THE END?

It had began, the final assault. Inside, Integra was in labor. Dr. Cornelia and the two nurses she had brought were busy delivering Integra's children. Outside, Alucard, Seras, Walter, and Mouse fought the war. Mouse's barrier was keeping the demons out, but nothing could keep out the hordes of possessed humans that slipped right through. All around them, the city burned. The sounds of looting, riots, killings, and complete destruction of property surrounded them. The four vampires fired round after round into the charging masses. Seras fired her Hallconnen, from the roof, into the crowds below.

"Do we have to kill them all?" asked Seras, of Walter, mentally. "None of this is there fault."

"Unless you can perform an exorcism on a thousand people all at once." retorted Walter, slicing a hundred at a time with his wires.

"Seras." called Alucard, suddenly appearing in front of her. "They've come to kill Integra and the children. Will you let them?"

"No, master. I would never…" assured Seras, worried that Alucard would doubt her loyalty.

"Then it is time for you to become a full no life king." said Alucard. "It is time you drank my blood."

"Master!"

Alucard held out his arm to her. He didn't even cut it. He just stood there and looked at her, his eyes full of intent.

"I need you as a full member of my family. Seras Victoria, it is time for you to leave the nursery. Now DRINK."

Seras looked at Alucard. He was asking her for her help. He was asking her to join his family. He was asking her to become his full blood daughter. She looked around her, the enemy was coming fast. There was no time left. She thought about her life, her death in cheddar, and her unlife since then. She wasn't ready to die, she wanted to live, but the truth was; She was dead already and had been for 15 year. But the children that Integra was giving birth to right now, they just started living. They were too young to die…and she would not let them. She looked at Alucard, and then sank her fangs deep into his arm.

"Aarrgghh." growled Alucard, in delight.

She was finally free of him. She was no longer his servant, but a true nosferatu no life king. Alucard smiled, as he felt her suck his blood from him with all her might.

"That's enough." he said, pulling his arm from her mouth.

Seras stood and roared her rebirth as a true vampire. Her eyes burning bright blood red and her fangs grew to full size. She looked at Alucard, now her father and smiled.

"How do you feel?" he asked, full well knowing the answer.

"Powerful." she said.

"These damned souls are seeking to kill our master and YOUR siblings. Send them back to hell where they belong." ordered Alucard.

"Yes, sir. Father."

Seras jumped off the roof, landed on her feet and tore through each and every enemy with such bloodlust that Alucard couldn't help but glow with pride.

"I knew I was right about her. It just took longer than I thought it would."

Looking below, Alucard saw more and more possessed humans enter their gates. Damn humans, the world was full of them. But there would be so many less after tonight. Alucard called on his dark powers and raised his army of undead to help defend his territory.

"Time for you Hellsings to fight once more. Time for you Hellsings to fulfill your vow to protect England from Evil. Hellsings Rise." commanded Alucard.

All the Hellsings ever buried, within the catacombs, rose from out the ground and attacked the humans and demons, with all the fervor of religious zealots. Some were no more than bones, others were still corpses of rotting flesh; but all were fueled with a hatred of evil. They wielded their swords and shields like the knights of old, with no fear and no mercy. They tore into their enemies like a pack of ravenous wolves.

"I guess you Hellsings are good for something after all." laughed Alucard.

He stood on the roof and enjoyed the sounds of war and his ever-growing power when he heard Integra scream.

"Alucard!"

Fearing the worst, he disappeared and reappeared in her room. He scanned the room for danger, but there was none. He watched as the nurses were cleaning up. Dr. Cornelia was giving the children a check up. Alucard went to Integra's side.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm fine. Go and see your children. Then we must talk."

Integra pushed Alucard away from her, urging him to go and see his children. Dr. Cornelia was now examining the boy, when Alucard walked up behind her. His son was crying his displeasure as being prodded. Feeling someone behind her, she turned.

"Congratulations, Sir Alucard. They are both fine." she said.

Alucard looked at his children. Both of them had dark black hair, like his and bright blue eyes, like their mother. Everyone who saw them would know instantly, that these two were the children of Alucard and Integra. Alucard stood and wondered. Babies were so small. How did these fragile little things ever grow up to become the giants of men? Then he remembered Integra. She too had been small and afraid once. But she had grown into a very powerful woman of iron. His daughter's crying moved him to comfort her. He gently placed and index finger on her tummy and stroked it. She instantly stopped crying.

"May you grow up to become as strong as your mother." said Alucard.

"She knows you're her father." smiled Dr. Cornelia, as she watched the small girl coo her joy at her father's presence. "Here, would you like to hold your son?"

"My son." said Alucard, as he took the boy from Dr. Cornelia.

"Alucard." called Integra.

Alucard turned to face her. She was now dressed and sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Shouldn't you be resting?" he asked.

"There is no time…and you know it. We must…"

"No!" said Alucard, firmly. "The world can go to hell for all I care."

"It has already." said Integra flipping on the TV. "Do you really want them growing up in this world?"

"It that really happening right now?" asked Dr. Cornelia, full of fear and dread.

Everyone looked at the TV screen. There were no reporters, just rolling cameras. The madness was everywhere. Fires were burning, cars were careening out of control, people were looting, and destruction and killing were everywhere. It was like the whole world had lost its mind.

"Yes." said Integra. "And the only way to stop it…is to sacrifice the boy."

"What!" exclaimed Dr. Cornelia. "You're not really gonna…"

Alucard said nothing. He stood and watched emotionlessly as all over England the world was being destroyed. Building, churches, businesses and private homes, all were being destroyed, looted, raided and burned. The screams of the dying filled his ears. It was his own son's tears that moved him. No, not for you or Victoria. I could survive this, I could make this world my own, but you. For that last nine months, you have been the targets of murders and assassins. Even in my world you would be hunted. Integra's voice broke into his thoughts.

"This is all my fault."

"It's not." insisted Alucard.

"It is. I asked you to sire my children. I slept with you and I broke the covenant. And for my sins, I have destroyed the world. I must stop this Alucard; it is my duty to close the door that I opened." she said, with a sadden heart.

Alucard held his son closer to him and tried to stop his crying.

"Alucard, you gave your life to save your people from their enemies. I have given my whole life to save mine. Did you honestly believe that our children would not share our fate and have to give theirs?"

"Not this soon."

"Believe me, Alucard." said Integra, sadly, as she stroked the boy's head. "If there was any other way, I would gladly die right now if it was my blood that would stop all this."

"I know, Integra."

"We need to hurry."

Alucard looked at Integra. Her voice was strong, but her face. It was her face that told the truth. Her heart was torn asunder and her tears revealed it.

"Let's go." he said.

Dr. Cornelia and the nurses stayed in the chapel, armed to the teeth. Alucard and Integra wrapped up both of their children and went to the garage. Alucard placed the children in their car seats and Integra drove. Mouse, Walter, and Seras were waist deep in trouble when they heard the garage doors burst open and a car tore out of the garage like a bat out of hell.

"So they've decided." thought Mouse.

"Walter, Seras, Mouse!" called Alucard, mentally. "Make us a path, let's go!"

Hundreds of possessed people began stalking towards the car, as Integra burned rubber and took off. Alucard looked at her.

"They'll catch up." said Integra.

Seras cleared a path with her cannon. Firing shot after shot, she decimated the enemies standing before Integra's car. Mouse had changed into her wolf form and was running full speed after the car. She looked like a demon werewolf slashing and killing any undead or demon in her path. Finally catching up, she leapt onto the roof. She changed back into her human form and began firing at all the creatures attacking them. Walter, and then Seras, turned into a bat and followed the car. They flew more like gargoyles soaring of drafts of air, at a high rate of speed. Mouse reached out to both of them and they landed on her arms. She held onto them until they changed back.

"Nice of you to join us." teased Mouse.

Suddenly, the car swerved to miss a rabid pedestrian.

"Walter, has Integra ever driven a car?" asked Seras, sinking her claws into the roof and trying to hang on.

"Of course, but not since she crashed into a tree trying to avoid a dog in the road." he sneered.

"Integra." called Alucard.

"What? I'm kinda busy." said Integra.

"I don't think you have to worry about the rules of the road today." quipped Alucard.

Integra swerved again as something landed on the hood. Walter, Mouse, and Seras turned to see a large demon with horns and wearing human bones as armor. Mouse jumped up to challenge him.

"You two, clear the rooftops." ordered Mouse.

Walter started shooting up and Seras started shooting down. Anything that jumped from the rooftops was killed by Walter and anyone or anything trying to attack the car was killed by Seras. Mouse stood on the hood facing the demon, which swung a massive bloody ax at her.

"No fucking hitchhikers." she growled.

Mouse grabbed the ax and pushed against the demon as he roared, displaying jagged teeth and foul smelling breath.

"Just once I'd like to run into a monster that uses tic tacs." laughed Mouse. "Get the fuck off the car; you're ruining the paint with your toe claws."

Mouse swung the ax as hard as she could and let go. The demon flew off the car and was a second later blasted full of holes by Mouse. Alucard looked at his children, as the sounds of gunfire and bullets bouncing off the bulletproof glass frightened them. How does one quiet frightened children? Alucard reached out to them and waved his hand over them.

"Sleep."

Both of them quieted and went to sleep. Integra just smiled at Alucard and keep on driving. It took two hours to reach Stonehenge. Demons, possessed humans, and undead monsters followed them all the way.

"I'm out of ammo." yelled Seras.

"So am I." said Walter.

"We are almost there." informed Integra.

She raced into the stone circle. She brought the car to a stop right in front of the sacrifice stone. Integra and Alucard looked at Mouse's second barrier. Like the one at the house, it had been strong enough to hold the demons off until today. But now like everything else in England, it had been totally destroyed. All got out and each took a side. Alucard raised an undead army the likes never seen before. All the souls that he had killed and drained came to him at his command. They engaged the demons and fought them fiercely giving Mouse time to set the circle of protection. Mouse entrenched a circle around the sacrificing stone and the car. She poured holy water into it and said a prayer. All of a sudden, light shot out and from the holy water creating an impassible barrier around Integra and her children.

"Here they come!" warned Walter, as he faced west.

"Seras!" called Alucard, who was facing south.

"I know father." said Seras smiling wickedly, as she faced east. "No more holding back."

Seras stared down her oncoming opponents, with a grin worthy of Alucard as her nails grew into massive claws.

Integra had only cried twice in her life. The day her father died and the day they found Walter dead. However, today Integra's tears fell like rain as she unstrapped her son from his car seat. She carried him over to the sacrifice stone and placed him atop it. As soon as his back touched the alter, he began to cry; almost as if he knew the fate that was about to befall him. Integra tried to comfort him, but he wouldn't stop. So she let him cry as her heart torn in two.

"I'm sorry Vladimir, but as a Hellsing, you were born to die." said Integra, taking out the dagger that Donner had given Mouse. "That is the fate of us all. If it is any consolation to you, your sister is not escaping. She will die too. The only difference is …your death will be quick and painless. Her death will be the slow and agonizing life she'll lead as a vampire hunter."

Alucard, Seras, Mouse, and Walter fought like the no life kings they were. Alucard's army of undead howled and devoured his foes. Seras called to her two giant twin demon saber-toothed cats. She sent them forward into battle clawing, slashing, and killing the multitude of great horned beasts that assailed them. Seras herself tore through her enemies with vampiric relish, delighting greatly in the death of her opponents. She scattered their dead bodies over the entire field of battle. She would not let her family die this time. She would not let Alucard and Integra down. She howled her triumphant victory over the first wave and prepared herself for the second. Alucard's pride in her could not be matched by the sun itself as he beamed with delight at her final transformation. Walter eyes burned bright red as he eagerly awaited the battle before him. Closer, closer, he let them get before out shot his wires. Screams upon screams filled the air as each one Walter killed disappeared and went straight back to the hell that it had escaped from. Mouse stood alone, facing the hounds of hell. Legions upon legions of snarling, fang-filled and twisted animals bore down on her. Mouse let out a great shout as she released the spirit of Fenrir that dwelled within her. A mighty demon wolf, well over 100 feet from fang to tail stood beside her. It howled its readiness and Mouse said.

"Destroy our enemies."

The demon wolf moved like lightning throughout the demon dog packs. The air was filled with howling and death.

Integra stood looking at the dagger in her hands, and her son upon the alter.

"Vladimir forgive me." whispered Integra, as she kissed the boy for the last time.

"Dear God, I beg you to hear me. Forgive my sin, shut the gates of hell, and spare the people of England."

CRACK! BOOOM!

Suddenly, it began to rain. Integra looked up and saw the darkest clouds that she had ever seen. Thunder and lightning struck. The wind howled and blew its mighty breath upon them all. Sensing that their end was near, all the demons of hell roared with a great voice and pressed harder their attack. Not when they were this close to being free would they allow a human, a cursed corpse, a half-breed, and two turned humans stop them from their goal of ruling the world.

"Master!" shouted Mouse. "It must be now!"

Integra closed her eyes, said another prayer, opened her eyes, and plunged the dagger into her son's heart.

Immediately, the stone circle glowed with greater intensity and all the stones of Stonehenge gave up their light.

"Everybody inside the circle of light!" shouted Mouse.

Walter and Seras tried to do as they were told, but found it not easy to enter.

"Mouse! It won't let us in!" shouted Seras, over the din.

"It's because your vampires! You have to press your way through, unless you want to spend the rest of eternity in hell with our enemies!" exclaimed Mouse.

Thus inspired, Walter and Seras both pushed their way through the circle of light. Once through, they both heard someone weeping with great sorrow. They both went to check on Integra. Seeing the boy's dead body lying on the alter, his blood rushing to cover the stone table; Seras too began to weep. Walter looked for Integra and found her on her knees, sobbing and crying for her death son. He tried to comfort her, but it was no use. She would not be comforted and he no longer knew how.

"You too, Alucard!" said Mouse, grabbing him from behind and throwing him into the circle of light.

Just as he hit the ground, safely inside, there was a great gush of wind. A tornado the size of a football field rose up from the boy's blood on the stone table and grew ever wider. They all watched as it sucked up every single demon, human, creature, and animal that had escaped hell. They watched in awe and wonder as each one was thrown back beyond the door. Seras looked around and took count. Victoria was safe; she was still in the car. Walter was standing next to Integra, and Alucard was looking at …

"Mouse!" screamed Seras.

She stepped forward looking to try and save Mouse, but Alucard stopped her.

"We have to do something!" she yelled.

"And you think that I would not!" he said, dropping his arm to let her pass. "But we can't pass through the barrier."

Seras strode forward to the barrier and tried to push through it. She screamed as she received such a shock and then was thrown ten feet away. She hit the car and then she hit the ground. Alucard just looked at Seras with sad eyes. There was nothing he could do to save his Mouse, to save his daughter.

Mouse found it hard to breath with all that fierce wind in her face. She dug her claws deep into the ground, as deep as they would go, and she closed her eyes. She waited for the vortex to suck her in, but it never did. Ghouls, monsters, demons, and lost souls screamed and howled their disapproval at their short lived freedom. The vortex spun growing larger and larger until it filled all England; sweeping over every man, woman, and child.

Then, as quickly as it had begun, it all ended. There was a great blinding flash of lightning and then all was silent. Integra was the first to be awakened; startled by the cry of a baby. She looked to the car; but if Victoria was crying, she shouldn't be able to hear her.

"Vladimir?"

Integra quickly jumped up and looked upon the stone table. She became overjoyed and cried in elation as she picked up her crying son. She held him close and ssshhhed his tears away. She ran her fingers over his head and kissed his forehead. She held him close and thanked God for sparing her son and returning him to her. She looked down at him again and noticed a large vertical wound in the middle of his chest. It was where she had plunged the dagger into his little body. The wound was healed; but now and forever, he would bear the mark of his death.

Seras and then Walter were the next to awaken.

"Man, I hope we never have to do that again." she complained.

"Are you kidding that was fun." said Walter, smiling.

Seras shook her head at him. He would never change…or would he. Something was different about him. He seemed lighter. Dark Walter, as they had started calling him, had a sinister look about him. But now Walter seemed lighter…good and friendly. Seras gasped as she looked at his eyes.

"Walter!"

"What?"

"Your eyes." said Seras, as she stared at him in disbelief.

"What about them?"

Hearing this, Integra too looked at Walter. His eyes were green. They were back to normal color. Integra then looked at Seras. Hers too.

"Your eyes have changed color as well." informed Integra. "They are blue again."

"Really?" asked Seras, happily. "Does that mean we are cured?"

"Forgiven, more like it." stated Integra, feeling as if the world no longer rested on her shoulders.

"Well, cured or forgiven, I no longer hear the voices of the shadows anymore." said Walter, with relief.

Seras noticed that Walter's stance and speech had changed as well. He didn't seem creepy and his smile was warm and sincere.

"Miss Victoria, it is impolite to stare." he reminded Seras.

"I'm sorry, Walter. It's just that … you're so different. You're finally back to the Walter that I remember." she said, giving him a great big hug.

Walter allowed her to hug him. At first he stood still, wondering if it was proper to hug her back. But then he remembered all those wasted years hiding behind propriety. He remembered two wild and passionate lovers mating with no regards for what is right. He decided then and there not to let everything go back to normal. Seras' smile grew wider as Walter not only hugged her back, but gave her lower right cheek a playful squeeze.

Alucard was the last one to awaken. He shook his head clear of the pain as he stood up. His first thought was of Integra. He looked for her and saw her holding Vladimir. But she was smiling. What happened? He briskly walked over to her.

"Integra, are you alright?"

"Yes, and so it Vladimir." said Integra, holding him up for Alucard to see.

"How…?" he asked curiously, as he looked upon the dagger's wound on his son's chest.

"It's called a miracle, Alucard. You don't question it, you just thank God for it."

"Hm." he said.

Alucard looked around; Integra, Walter and Seras.

"Where's Mouse?" he asked.

Suddenly, they all heard a huge and thunderous voice; like a thousand oceans all speaking at once. Instantaneously, a man dressed all in white appeared before them. He looked at them and then he spoke.

"Fear not. I bring you a message. Because you have obeyed and sacrificed your son, your sins are forgiven you. The gates of hell are closed and will remain so. I am taking the responsibility of it from you Integra Hellsing."

A lightning bolt shot out of heaven and zapped Alucard. It ripped through him and separated his soul from his body. A great dark grey dragon sprang from his chest and flew through the air above him. Alucard growled and cried out in terrible pain. Seras, Walter and Integra watched as the great grey dragon split into two creatures; a dragon of light and a dragon of darkness. Suddenly, the dragon of light returned to Alucard; entering his body through his stomach and its head sticking out of his chest. The dragon of light gave a great roar and then disappeared within him. Alucard's body was released and it fell to the ground. Integra handed Vladimir to Seras and went to see about Alucard.

"Are you alright?" she asked, helping him to stand.

"Yes. But I feel different…like I've been cut off."

Integra looked at Alucard's eyes. They were brown.

"He's made you human." declared Integra.

"Why?"

"If you remain a Sinner, vampire, you can not have Integra. The next time you come to know her the gate will again be open."

"But you said you were taking the responsibility from her." challenged Alucard.

"I did. I have taken your darkness from you. You are no longer a fallen angel. Now you may know her and the gate will never open." the man in white declared. "However, Lunos has escaped. His demise is your new mission. Along with your continued mission to guard these shores."

"Um, excuse me." spoke up Seras. "I don't mean to question you, but I thought they were all gone; sucked back into the gate."

"Only those that were in England were returned beyond the gate. Lunos and a few others are still loose. And someday they will return. When that day comes, you must be ready. So I will allow you to keep your speed, strength, and skills because you will need them." enlighten the man in white.

"What of Mouse?" asked Alucard. "Where is she?"

"She is now mine." declared the man in white.

Alucard growled at the man in white, but Integra placed a hand on his shoulder stopping him.

"She will become the symbol of our new covenant. As was said, the life of your first born child must be given. Integra gave hers, and now so must you."

"NO!" shouted Alucard, turning towards Mouse's body.

He watched in horror as he already knew what was to come. He watched helpless as the dark dragon stopped flying overhead and entered Mouse's body. Mouse's screamed in pain and anguish as it tore through her. Her wolf spirit fought the dark dragon; each biting and snapping at each other, neither wanting to give up ownership of Mouse's body. Mouse screamed even louder as the two fused together making one creature; a wolf-dragon with huge dragon wings, a great giant wolf paws and claws, and the head of a dragon with a wolfish snout. It roared a great howl as it announced its creation. Suddenly, another lightning bolt shot out of heaven. It threw her to the ground, struck her in the heart, and nailed her there with her hands outstretched.

"Kalle!" shouted Alucard.

Alucard's heart ripped in twain as he saw the sigils being burned into her hands. Soon Mouse stopped screaming and lay silent. Then an unseen wind carried her from the ground and spun her around. When it stopped, Mouse stood before them. She wore black boots, black pants, a white dress shirt (unbuttoned at the top), white gloves, and a black leather jacket. Mouse stood there, not moving.

"Kalle?" called Alucard.

But she did not answer him.

"She is now the Master Vampire of Hellsing. She will be your new weapon against the agents of the darkness." informed the man in white. "Awaken Ellak."

At this command, Mouse began to move. She strode right up to Alucard and Integra and knelt before them.

"Your orders, my master." she said, with no emotion at all.

Alucard looked at his first born with nothing but anguish in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Kalle."

Ellak said nothing. Nor did she move.

"Alucard." called Integra.

"No! I will never call her by that name!" he shouted. "Kalle, stand up."

Ellak (Mouse) did not move.

"Ellak, stand." whispered Integra, in a barely audible voice.

Ellak stood. Alucard clinched his fist and growled.

"I'm sorry, Alucard. But you know all this better than I." said Integra, softly.

Alucard looked for the man in white to say something to him, but he was gone.

"Alucard, there is nothing more here. And Vladimir does not need to be out in this cold air." said Integra.

"And the sun's coming up." stated Seras.

"You needn't worry about that anymore Seras." reminded Walter, when a gentle smile.

"Oh, yeah. I guess I just got used to it. Well, there goes my biological clock again." she laughed.

"El..El..Ellak." called Alucard.

He hated calling her that. It burned his throat to have to say it. But he knew she would never respond if he didn't. Her name was now reversed, just as his had been. She would sleep now until Hellsing had need of her services.

"Ellak, get in the trunk." commanded Alucard. "We're going home."

Ellak obeyed. Alucard held the trunk open for her as she climbed inside. Ellak lay down, as one would if they were in a coffin, and closed her eyes. Alucard looked at her one last time…and then closed the trunk. Integra strapped Vladimir in his car seat and then got in. She noticed that Victoria was still asleep.

"She slept through the whole thing." commented Integra.

"She sleeps like her mother." sneered Alucard, climbing in after her. "Let's hope she doesn't snore like her too."

"I do not snore." said Integra, firmly with disdain for Alucard's little joke.

"No, you just breathe funny at night." he snickered.

Seras smiled, trying not to laugh, as she sat down in the passenger seat next to Walter.

"Well, If I thought things were fun before; they're really going to get interesting now." he smiled, as he started the car.

As Walter drove, the rising sun chased them all the way home.