Hellsing: Amen
by Notan Rappa
Chapter 7: Walter...?
Alucard flew down to the ground and reassembled himself into a more humanoid form. He straighted his hat, and looked around. The scent had thin spots in it, but always picking it back up, it had led him to this place. A warehouse, sunk deep in shadows.
"Perfect." said Alucard, loving every moment of it. He followed the scent to it's thickest point. The scent was leading him toward a door. When he put his hand on the door handle, he felt the scent so thickly that it actually knocked him back. 'What is this?' Alucard's eyes narrowed. 'Obviously I have underestimated whoever is driving this effort.' Alucard reached forward and opened the door. Three figures stood up.
"Who are you?" asked one. The other two were obviously in favor of the kill-first-ask-questions-later method. Bad method when dealing with a vampire with two huge guns, which were now pointed at the two men. One shot each was all it took. The third man got up and ran behind Alucard, trying to get to the door. Alucard shot him over his shoulder without looking. He didn't need to look. He knew that his bullet had found its mark. He moved closer to the heap in the shadows that those men had been huddling over.
It was Walter.
Meanwhile...
Integra stared in horror as the vampire approached her. "Ahh, sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing! Leader of the infamous Hellsing Organization, stuck in a jail cell, now at my mercy! This will only serve to make your blood even sweeter!" He lunged for Integra, but didn't get very far before he suddenly burst into flames.
"AAGGGHHH!" the vampire screamed as he fell to the floor. Seras stepped into the cell, pointed a handgun at the vampire, and pulled the trigger. The gun sent a blessed silver bullet straight to the vampire's heart. The vampire gave one final scream before collapsing into a heap of smouldering dust. There was an awkward silence, which was broken by Seras giving one of her silly grins.
"I...er...kinda had a feeling that you might be lonely and in need of company, but I guess I was wrong." She paused for a moment. "Silly me, I seem to have killed your only visitor!" She giggled at her own wit. Integra smiled.
"Then I guess you will have to keep me company instead. Now get over here and help me with this paperwork. They say that if I finish all of this red tape, they can let me out in a few days."
"What's 'red tape'?"
"Stupid bureaucratic stuff, meant to slow down the doing of things that need to be done."
"Ahh." Seras was silent.
"So, how are things going at Hellsing?" Seras wasn't sure how to answer for a moment. Integra wasn't just asking how things were going. Did she suspect...no! There's no way she could know. She was probably wondering how things were faring in her absence.
"Er...well...things could be better, you know. I mean, you're gone, and that's lowered moral a lot. The men have also started slacking off without you there to keep them in shape. I seem to be the only one who feels that things aren't over yet."
"And right you are." said Integra, getting serious. "Things are not over. Walter has been taken from his room at London Hospital. I've got Alucard out looking for him. Something is wrong, and we are going to need our men in tip-top shape for this." She looked Seras in the eyes. "I need you to keep up with practices, and do what you can to encourage the others to do the same. And practice that...uh..." Integra waved her hand in a circular motion, "...thing...you just did. The fire thing. That might be useful."
"Well," said Seras, "it works fine on ghouls, but for vampires you still have to shoot them."
"Yes, well, I have a feeling that our battle this time isn't going to be solely against vampires. Other forces are afoot."
"Other...forces...?" Seras whispered. Integra turned to face Seras and smiled weakly.
"You should head back, Seras. The sun will be coming up soon."
End Chapter 7
