Walter

by: Alucard's Bane

Disclaimer: I do not own Hellsing...but sometimes I wish I did...

Hullo! And welcome to chapter two...I'm feeling a bit feverish and dizzy today, but I still bring you the third installment. I will continue as long as writer's block does not settle in, and if I actually finish this story, this will be the first one I've ever managed to finish! Mebe I'll go take a nap later...And to the person that wrote Variations of a Theme, I commend you on your work...I rather like that Buffy the Vampire Slayer obscured reality...thingie...and BTW, I'm listening to the Furuba soundtrack, so if some of the story seems to drift off, let me know and I'll fix it. I seem to have misplaced the spell checker not that I use it, mind you, so if you see any spelling errors, it was because I was too lazy to look them up and see how they are spelled.

Chapter 2

Integral sat in the garden, contentedly sighing as she finished the book she had been reading. It was a book about a Dragon and a knight that saves the Princess, how she loved those fairytales! She closed the leatherbound book as she head someone coming down the garden path with what sounded like a tea tray. Her blue eyes lightened as she saw Walter bringing her her afternoon tea, and she managed to smile a little as he sat the tray down on the little table by the bench. "Hullo, Walter." the twelve year old still smiled at her old friend.

"Good afternoon, Integral." he smiled back at her as he poured her a cup of tea. "Did you finish that book I loaned you?" he asked as he handed her a scone.

"Oh, yes!" she took a sip of the tea and a small bite of the scone. "It was a lovely story! Do you have another similar?"

Walter shook his head, "No," he sat down beside her. "I don't think you'll be needing another book."

Integral looked at Walter, her face full of confusion. "What?" she dropped the teacup as she started to feel sick. "Ugh...Walter..." she fell off her seat, looking up at the old retainer, his form had changed. "What did you do...?"

"Shh...hush, Integral...go to sleep." the vampire stroked her hair gently as she tried to get up. "It will be over as soon as you stop resisting..."

"Walter..." she blacked out as maniacal laughter echoed throughout the garden.

"Walter!" Integral shot up in the bed, cold hands instantly grabbing her and shoving her back into the mattress. She tried to fight off the inhuman grip, her fevered mind racing. She didn't want to die! Where was she? Where was Walter! "Let go!" she shouted, wincing as she felt something jab into her shoulder, her fevered glance landed on her shoulder to see a gloved hand injecting her with some sort of liquid. The cold grip on her arms eased a bit as her beaten body settled back into the mattress, she looked up to see the person that was holding her down. He looked somewhat familiar...her body relaxed even further as the sedative started to work and her eyelids drooped.

"You're all right now, Master." she heard a guttural voice say...a soothing tone. "You're safe here..." the hands that had gripped her so firmly before now caressed her feverish forehead as the owner of the voice began to hum a tune, it was a slow and sweet melody, and she soon found herself drifting between two worlds.

Integral didn't know how long she had been dozing when she awoke, whoever was in here before was gone, only a nurse popping in and out occasionally was the only sign of life she had seen. She didn't feel quite so fevered, but she still felt rather weak. She placed her arms to either side of her, and proceeded to try and pull herself into a sitting position, what she didn't realize was that she had been unconscious for nearly two weeks and her muscles were underused. White hot pain shot through every square inch of her body which elicited a loud cry from Integral's throat. She fell back into the pillows on her bed, and instead reached for her glasses that sat on a tray-table beside the bed. She slipped the wire frames onto her face and blinked as her vision rapidly came back into focus. She took in her surroundings and immediatly realized she was in her bedroom, the midnight blue walls offering a bit of familiarility to her confused mind. She couldn't quite remember exactly what had happened to her, the only thing she could remember was Walter. Integral felt a sudden pang in her heart for the old man and stifled a sob. Her poor Walter...her poor, poor Walter...she had let it happen to him. If only she had stayed with him that night instead of running away. Now he was nothing but a slave to the Millenium, nothing but a mindless demon. A quiet knock came at the door. "Come in," Integral's blue eyes widened at the raspy sound of her own voice. The door opened slightly and a blonde head poked in.

"That's funny," the young woman looked around. "I could have sworn I heard someone in here..."

"Hullo, Seras." Integral smiled slightly as the young vampire jumped.

"Oh God! Don't scare me..." Seras trailed off as she turned to look at the person that had spoke, a look of pure shock stood prominent on her features. "...like that...ohmygod..." Seras' eyes widened (as if they could widen any further) and she started towards the bed. "Sir?" Seras felt of Integral's face.

"Seras? Is something wrong?" Integral asked the small vampire, a half smile on her face. "You act like you haven't seen me in weeks."

"I'm just so glad you're awake, Sir Integral! I've been so busy helping Father Anderson and Master clean up the manor that I haven't had time to drop by and check on you!" Seras was practically beaming at the elder Hellsing as she sat down in a chair at the foot of the bed. Integral smiled as she patted Seras' head, Seras smiling all the way. "How are you feeling?"

"Better," was all the Hellsing said as she turned to look out the balcony windows. She could see the forest of the impaled just outside the gates. It was funny...just a few months ago she was just worried about where all of these vampire attacks were coming from. A small chuckle escaped her lips.

"Sir?" Seras cocked her head slightly when she heard Integral laugh. "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, Seras," Integral looked at Seras, her ice blue eyes tired and lifeless behind her wire frames. She couldn't stop thinking about Walter, no matter how much she tried to, she just couldn't...the way that he looked at her. She felt the corners of her eyes start to burn again as a choked sob escaped from somewhere within her.

"Integral?" Seras had never seen the older woman cry, and it was odd, to see the one person she thought were above such things, crying like a child that had lost its mother. The tears just came streaming down Integral's face as the sobs continually racked her body, the wounds that Walter had inflicted burning with poker hot pain, just making her cry harder. "Integral?" Seras stood up and walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge. When the elder Hellsing didn't reply, Seras scooted a bit closer to her, wrapped her arms around Integral, and started to pat her back in a soothing motion as she sobbed. "There, there," she whispered. "It's all right," she started to rock Integral back and forth. After a few moments, Integral's sobs began to quiet as she pulled away from the young vampire. She looked even worse now than she did before, the red and puffy eyes only adding to her state of appearance.

"Now blow," Seras handed her a Kleenex, and Integral began to blow her nose gently, her shoulders shaking a bit

"Thank you," she smiled slightly as Seras handed her another Kleenex, and she pushed some of her misplaced hair out of her face as she tried to dry most of the tears away. "Now," she sniffled. "Why don't you see about getting me some tea?"

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TAH DAH! It took about three days, but here is chapter two! And I found a spell checker...a 1984 copy of Webster's New Dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus . Sorry if Integral seemed a bit OOC, but, how would you feel if your fatherly figure turned to the darkside and tried to kill you? You'd cry too, wouldn't you? Oh, and I did see a pic of Alucard after Integral releases him...I was like, OMG, he looks SO HOT with facial hair! And I always thought that Dark Walter was a vampiric version of his teenage self, not a de-wrinklyfied version of the adult Walter. And yes, I know that Alucard is Vlad Dracula...I've known that since I noticed that his name spelled backwards was...yeah, I'll shut up now, please R&R!