Chapter 3
Stepping out of the building, Celes found a surprise. Sir Integra had arrived. With Walter and Commander Ferguson looking on, Sir Integra was in a shouting match with a man in a black trench coat.
"London is Hellsing's responsibility!" she shouted, "Brimstone has no right……"
"Brimstone has been fighting the forces of darkness for far longer then Hellsing has existed." The man replied, "It was through us that your forces learned of the Nazi Vampire project."
"It was Hellsing operatives that brought them down!" Integra shouted.
"Hellsing operatives brought down PART of the project." The man said, "Rayne did the rest."
"That is the biggest crock of shi….." Integra began before gunfire distracted her. Celes moved further away from the building and looked up. The windows of the fifth floor lit up with each roar of Alucard's gun. There were also weaker flashes. Apparently Rayne had a gun as well. Several times, windows facing the street shattered, covering everyone below in glass.
"Sir Hellsing." The man said, "We cannot allow this to go on!"
"Unfortunately, I agree." Integra looked up toward the building, "ALUCARD!"
What? came his telepathic reply.
"GET DOWN HERE!"
But I'm having fun.
"Not anymore!" she glanced at the man. He raised a small communicator to his mouth.
"Rayne, Alucard's been called off. Come down here."
"But Severin……."
"Complain later Rayne." Severin replied, "Just get down here."
Moments later, an unhappy Alucard as well as an unhappy Rayne stood glaring at each other beside their bosses.
"Brimstone apologizes for this incident……." Severin begin before Rayne interrupted.
"WHAT!"
Severin continued as if he hadn't been interrupted, "…We regret the loss of life and hope to maintain a professional understanding in the future."
"Your agent cost me the lives of my men." Integra said, "I'm not going to forget that."
Severin glanced at Rayne. "Understood. Until we meet again Sir Hellsing." Severin turned and headed towards a car. Rayne turned and glared at Alucard, then Celes.
"We will meet again." She said.
"I look forward to it." Alucard said with a smile.
Rayne turned and followed Severin to the car. They then left in a squeal of tires. Integra turned to Ferguson.
"Perform a final sweep then allow the clean-up team in."
"Yes Ma'am." Ferguson replied.
She then turned to Alucard.
"You are to return to the mansion with Victoria. Understood?"
"Yes Master." Alucard replied.
Integra then turned and followed Walter to her Limo. Alucard watched his master leave, then turned to Celes.
"Police girl."
"Yes master?"
"Come."
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An hour later.
Celes and Alucard were in the basement of Hellsing. Celes was seated at a table watching Alucard pacing back and forth. Finally he sat down.
"It is time you learned of a new enemy." He said.
"Rayne?" Celes guessed.
Alucard nodded.
"She is a most worthy adversary." Alucard said, "And also a very dangerous one, possibly more so then that Catholic dog."
Celes' eyes widened.
"She is a Dhampir." Alucard began. Seeing Celes' confusion, he explained. "She is more human then vampire, and yet, more vampire then human. She is the result of a Vampire and human joining."
"She was born vampire?" Celes asked, stunned.
"Dhampir. And yes, she was born this way." Alucard turned his head and stared off at the stone wall. "She was found by Brimstone. Brimstone is an organization far older then Hellsing, but with the same mission, to hunt and destroy our kind. In Rayne, they found the perfect weapon. She absolutely hates all vampires. Most of her hatred was directed at her father, Kagan. Kagan was working with Hitler to build a vampire army, but he was defeated. As you know, Walter and I handled the rest of the group."
"So how do we defeat her?" Celes asked, "What are her weaknesses?"
"She has few." Alucard replied, "That is what makes her so dangerous. She has the vampire's strength, speed, agility, and powers. She can also pass for human for the most part. But…… she is extremely sensitive to sunlight, more so then either of us." Alucard smiled, "I found that out years ago."
"You've fought her before?" Celes asked.
Alucard nodded, "I have very fond memories of that fight. And she's improved since then." He leaned forward in his chair, his eyes boring into Celes. "Should you ever run into her again, you should run."
"What?"
"You are weak Police Girl." Alucard stated bluntly, "You don't drink the blood. You're becoming weaker by the day. You can't stand up against Rayne. Only a true Nosferatu had a chance against her, and even then they might not win."
"What about you?" Celes asked, "Can you defeat her?"
Alucard laughed, "With access to all my powers of course! But even then, Rayne will make it a challenge." He leaned forward with a grin on his face. "And I love challenges."
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"The rest of my time at Hellsing you pretty much know." Celes said to the gathered group, "I never did run into Rayne while Alucard was around."
"But you did later?" Kristine asked.
"Yeah, I did." Celes said, sighing, "When I was having my forgettable experience with MI-6." She turned and looked out the window. "Dumb basterds, kept sending me on missions where they hoped I'd die."
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"I don't give a damn what you think Victoria." Harris, her superior, said, "You will follow your orders."
Celes growled at Harris, but grabbed her rifle and stormed out of the surveillance van. They had been watching a house, suspected of being a vampire den. Several people had been seen entering and leaving during the night, but they saw no one during the day. Then when night had come, they saw no movement at all. Concerned, they had finally decided to storm the place, and guess who they sent first.
Yep, Celes Victoria.
Resident Vampire, moving target……..
Convenient meat shield.
But Celes couldn't do a thing about it. Since Hellsing dissolved, she'd been passed from one agency to another, before finally ending up in MI-6. Now they seemed to be trying to get rid of her at every turn.
At least Hellsing sent her out properly supported with expectations she'd come back.
She couldn't leave MI-6 either. Like at Hellsing, she was informed that should she end her employment, she would become a target, to be hunted until dead. Permanently.
The only positive thing was she no longer had to wear the meter maid outfit.
Celes entered the house by the front door and slowly looked around the foyer. The place was in shambles. The walls had been slashed at various spots, blood coating more then a few. She slowly moved into the living room. Most of the chairs and tables were shattered, and the slashes were once again on the walls. There were also several piles of dust, dust that had once been either a vampire or a ghoul.
"I really hate this." Celes muttered as she moved down a back hall into the kitchen.
The kitchen was one of the most gruesome things she'd ever seen. Blood coated everything. It dripped into a huge pool from the open refrigerator.
"Oh my god." Celes covered her mouth. Though a vampire for almost twenty years now, she still was revolted by the idea of drinking blood. She had finally drunk it, though she almost threw it back up.
Celes moved back into the foyer and slowly headed up the stairs. She moved her rifle slowly around, watching for anything out of the ordinary. Reaching the top of the stairs, she once more found piles of dust, as well as more slashes on the walls. She moved across into one of the bedrooms. More dust and slash marks. She left the room and moved to the next one.
There, she found a body. Headless, limbless, the sight of the body sent chills down her spine as a reawakened a memory.
"I really fucking hate this." Celes muttered.
"Then why not let me end it all for you?" came another female voice.
Celes slowly turned around. Sitting in a chair in the corner, admiring her fingernails was Rayne. Celes shivered at the sight of those silver blades, moving ever so slightly as Rayne turned her hand.
"Nothing to say to me?" Rayne asked, still not looking at Celes, "Your Master always had something to say."
"I am not my Master." Celes said.
"No," Rayne replied, her green eyes turning towards Celes, "You're weaker."
Celes started to back away.
"Leaving so soon?" Rayne asked, "Alucard must have told you how deadly I am. But then you've seen me at work. And then of course, your Master wants to kill me himself." She smiled, showing off her fangs. "At least he'd like to try."
"I don't suppose you'll let me leave." Celes asked.
"And deny me the chance to kill another Vampire?"
"I haven't done anything to you." Celes said, "I've only been a vampire for twenty years. I've never even fed off a human."
Rayne stood up and walked towards Celes. Celes backed away until she hit the wall. Rayne leaned in close and whispered in her ear.
"I don't care."
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"Where the bloody hell is she?" Harris asked.
The surveillance agent merely shrugged. Harris sighed.
"Never send a dead creature to do a man's work."
That was when something hit the roof of the van, dishing it in several feet.
"What the hell was that!" Harris asked.
He and the other agent leaped out of the van. Laying in the large dent her body had made was Celes. Her eyes were just barely open and she was letting out a gurgling moan. Harris' eyes widened as he took in the slash at her throat, as well as the massive stab wound in her stomach.
"Dear god……" he muttered.
"Sir!" the other agent cried.
Harris turned just in time to see a woman land on the ground nearby. Her arms were held out, keeping two blood-covered blades away from her body.
Harris pulled his handgun out and took aim at the woman.
"Hold it you!" he shouted.
The woman looked up at Harris, her green eyes narrowed.
"You can't harm me." She said, rising to her feet.
"I beg to differ lady." Harris replied.
"Oh…..but I beg to differ." The woman's hand shot out. Something flew past Harris' head. The other Agent let out a cry of pain. Before Harris could turn his head, the woman pulled back her arm and the Agent came sailing past, landing by her feet. She hauled the agent to his feet before her. Harris tried to retarget the woman, but each time she moved her hostage to block the shot.
"I have a message for you to deliver." The woman said.
Harris growled, "What is it?"
"It's for that vampire there." She pointed to Celes. "Tell her Rayne will return for her AND her master."
Harris blinked, "Are you threatening me?"
"Are you an idiot?" the woman asked, "You are not her master. She'll understand. Meanwhile…." The agent jerked as one of the blades burst through his chest. He opened his mouth to scream, but all that came out of a fountain of blood. The woman then removed her blade and tossed the body at Harris. Harris ducked the corpse and when he stood up, the woman was nowhere to be seen.
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Celes moaned as she opened her eyes. A look around showed she was in the infirmary. More specifically, the infirmary which had been built to hold and study her when not on missions. From behind thick armored glass, Harris looked coldly at her. He reached down and a speaker in her room popped.
"You cost me a valuable agent." He said, "You failed to remove the vampire threat."
"She wasn't……" Celes began.
"I DON'T CARE!" Harris shouted, "We keep you around so that agent's lives aren't placed in danger. If you can't do that, then maybe we should just terminate you."
Celes remained silent.
Harris continued to glare at her.
"One more thing." He said, "I have a message for you. Rayne will return for you and your master, whoever that is." He then turned and left.
Celes lay back down and stared at the ceiling.
'So she'll return.' She thought. She rubbed her throat. She could easily feel the scar Rayne had given her, slowly healing. Her eyes then narrowed.
'I'll drink the damned blood.' She though, 'I'll become stronger. And when Rayne returns, I'll be ready…….'
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"So this is the second time she's gotten you in the stomach?" Keima asked, "I thought you said you'd be ready?"
"I thought I was." Celes replied, "As my Master said, she improves with each encounter."
"So," Sentaro said, "How do we stop her?"
Celes blinked, "We?"
"Much as it pains me to," Keima said, "I agree with Sentaro. We're going to help you."
Celes shook her head. "No. Rayne is my problem."
"And the Rogue Demons and SEELE were ours." Kristine said, "But you helped us, so we're going to help you."
"Face it Auntie." Sentaro said with a smile, "You have help whither you want it or not."
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Author's note:
'And about that 'only doing 4 more stories' I WONT LET YOU! You can NEVER QUIT! MWAHAHAHAHA!'
So apparently I'll be doing more.
That's good…..I do have some possible story lines…. I just have to watch a bit more cartoon network.