1Chapter Two: Damage Control

Seras was panting, her cannon held tightly in her hands. She turned around and fired another shot at the FREAKs that were chasing her. Many fell, but more took their place. There wasn't an end to this!

She reloaded the cannon and sent another shell flying. The FREAKs dived for cover, but many of them still collapsed into dust. Some survived the blast, but these were few. But again, more replaced them.

Then she turned to run again. There were more coming in from the other side of the alley. She was trapped. Almost.

She gathered herself up and jumped. She landed on the top of the building next to her, then continued to an even taller one. When she reached the top she let the cannon and ammo clatter to the ground.

She had been fighting for hours. She didn't know how many. Alone, outnumbered, and outmaneuvered. She was exhausted, and couldn't even put up a fight when FREAKs started landing on the edge of the roof around her.

"No way out this time. You gave us quite a chase."

The artificial vampires advanced on her, grinning wickedly, fangs barred. They licked their lips expectantly. One of them pulled out a pistol and shot her in the leg. The pain caused her to drop to her knees.

Seras looked upwards, to the sky. It was still raining. It had been raining ever since the funeral a few days ago. Always raining. Always dark. And Seras began to cry, because she knew that there was nothing she could do to save herself. She started to pray.

Gunshots rang out from above them in a constant roar. Bullets literally rained, tearing the FREAKs apart before they turned to dust. Seras looked to the sky, and then saw it. A blackness visible against the sky.

Then it landed, going to one knee to absorb the shock. The man's black coat billowed slightly in the wind. For a moment it looked like an angel of darkness had fallen from the sky. As he rose to his feet again, she saw the cocky smile, and knew instantly who it was.

"No one hurts my little blood rose."

"Lui!"

He walked over, bent down, and kissed her. Then he began to examine the wound, which wasn't healing.

"Silver... This could be bad. We need to get out of the open."

He picked Seras up gingerly, and with another glance around, phased through the floor. Slowly.

LATER

Seras drank one of the blood packets Lui had brought with him. He had a few, but they weren't meant to last long.

He looked grimly out the window, "Alright Seras, what happened. No one on the outside can seem to get anything strait. The news said that an underground resistance movement staged an armed take over, and all travel was suspended."

"How did you get here?"

"I stole a B-52, and bailed out over London. Now answer my question."

Seras shuddered a little, "Someone got us good. They had someone on the inside, probably one of those mercenaries we had to hire. They knew everything about how we work, and Iscariot too. They managed to arrange a meeting between Integra and Enrico Maxwell, then they attacked. Both of them died. The next day the 'revolution' began."

Lui cursed under his breath. This wasn't good, "Where's Alucard?"

"I don't know. He and Luna-"

"Luna?"

"Yes. His and Integra's daughter."

Lui smiled a little, then frowned, "What happened to them?"

"They dissapeared, just before the attacks really began. I don't know where they went, but they aren't here anymore. They just left us here..."

Lui walked over to her, took off his glasses, and moved eye level with her, "The answer to the next question is very important Seras. Are there any others left? Are there any members of Hellsing still alive?"

Seras started cry, telling him, "No. I'm the last one."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Walter?"

"Died in my arms when they took over the mansion. He tried to fight them off, but he just couldn't any more. But he died with a smile on his face."

Lui nodded, then embraced her tightly, "That's how he wanted to go. He wanted to die on a battlefield, fighting the undead."

But unknown to her, this was as much to comfort himself as anyone. He and Walter had lost touch with each other until recently, but they had been friends longer than Seras had been alive.

Seras nodded into his chest, then he smiled, "Besides, think of how happy he must be. He's getting to give Integra her tea again. And I'm sure that Heaven will be quite spotless when he's finished with it."

Seras laughed a little. He was good at that, making her laugh. He stood up, smiled down at her, and said, "How's your leg?"

"Fine now. I'm still not much against silver though."

"That comes with time. Alright then, we need to go. We can mourn later, when the time is more appropriate. I'm sure everyone will understand."

Seras nodded then stood up. She frowned, "Wait, you said you bailed out of your plane?"

Lui grimaced, "Uh, ya."

"That means it crashed doesn't it."

"Ya, about that... You wouldn't happen to have an idea of how to get out of here do you?"

Seras punched him in the gut, "You idiot! You mean you did all of that and you didn't bother to think about how we would get out of England?"

Lui glared at her, "I was in a hurry to make sure you were ok. As you recall, if I hadn't showed up you wouldn't be here now would you?"

"And another thing, why are you alone? And why did you have to steal a plane?"

The vampire rolled his eyes and sighed, "Alright, fine. I disobeyed seven direct orders coming here. They probably don't know where I am. Johnny will be figuring it out about now. I had to be sure you were safe Seras."

She took his hand, "I guess you really do care don't you?"

He smiled that same old smile and placed his sunglasses back on his face, "Ya, I do. Come on, we should get out of London."

"Right. Wait, my cannon-"

Lui produced it from behind him, "I grabbed it on the way. Come on cutie, we have a lot of ground to cover."

He phased them out of the building, and they began to dash from place to place. Then a thought occurred to Lui.

"What the crap are we doing?"

He snapped his fingers, and summoned two of his familiars, nightmares. The flaming horses pawed the ground impatiently as Lui helped Seras onto hers. Then mounted his own.

Then they were off, as fast as the horses could run. Which was extremely fast, considering that the nightmare was theoretically faster than any vampire could hope to be.

It also attracted attention. Lots of it. Machine guns fired at them as they ran by, and some FREAKs ran out to try and block their path. Lui fell behind Seras, to let her get a clean shot with the cannon and allow him to fire at their attackers to the left and right of them.

"Who are these people?" Lui asked, firing great streams of bullets. And yet he didn't seem to be making a dent in their numbers. It was incredible. Who on earth was controlling them? And why were they using the same emblem as the Valentines?

"Lui!" Seras yelled, and he looked ahead. The buildings in front of them had been knocked down, and made a solid barrier. There was no way around it.

The American smiled, and pulled Seras off her mount and onto his, "Hold on tight, I've never done this with two people!"

The flaming horse careened towards the building. Seras closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the crash. However, she felt only cold. Black, numbing cold. She held onto Lui tighter, afraid of what would happen if she were lost to the darkness there.

It was gone, and her eyes opened slowly. She was shocked to find they were no longer in the city. She looked behind them, and saw the burning remains of the once great capital of the British Isles. The mount dissapeared from under them, and they slid to a stop. Lui set her down, and then looked back himself.

She noticed he was breathing heavily, "Are you alright?"

"Ya. That felt strange though..."

"What happened?"

"Nightmares aren't only fast on foot. They can also phase themselves and their riders very long distances. However, it's a lot harder for me to hold on with two people than if it was just me."

Seras caught him before he fell down, and realized how much power that must've taken. Alucard could summon his familiar only when his Control Arts were released to level one. It was a full strength ability.

"Can you keep going?" Seras asked.

"We should find a basement or cellar of some sort. The sun will be coming up soon, clouds or no clouds."

"Come on, I may know a place."

Lui leaned heavily on Seras, then cursed himself. He was supposed to be rescuing her. And now they were both hopelessly trapped. And it was his fault for not thinking things through clearly. If he had been smarter, they could've been out of England right now.

Or she could be dead, and you would be alone here.

He shuddered at the thought. The American looked at Seras, and suddenly understood, to a small degree, what Alucard felt. He didn't want to lose Seras.

"Hold it right there."

The two froze, and then Lui realized how stupid they had been. They were out of England, but still in very much enemy controlled territory. Lui had fought in the Revolution, the Spanish American Wars, the Civil War, World War One, World War Two, the Korean War, and Vietnam, and they had got the drop on him. He suddenly felt very stupid.

Lui made to go for his pistol, but Seras stopped him. Fighting would do them no good at this point. The American sighed and raised his hands into the air. Seras did the same.

They had fought their way out of London, only to be captured on the outskirts. Irony is so darn cold.

"And where do you think you're going?"

Everyone stopped at the voice, and turned slowly. The crimson coat swirled in the wind, the hat hid the man's face from view. But those yellow sunglasses glowed with evil fury.

Alucard.

"I see you came to fight Luis. Valiant. I commend you, your skills improve every time I see you. And Seras, you put up a good fight. But now I think you need some help."

Gunshots rang out, and the FREAKs scattered and ran. Jackal and Cassul rang out in unison, obliterating the trash that stood in their way. Until there was nothing left. Only Seras and Lui still stood.

"Alucard!" Seras said, running to him. She stopped half way there at a sign from him.

"Seras. Luis. I have to go now. I do not know when I will return. But I have faith that you will be able to handle this trash in my absence."

Alucard held out his arms, and a small bundle appeared. His daughter, wrapped up snugly. Lui took a step forward, eyes wide.

"A dhampire... Never actually seen one of these..." Lui commented, then asked, "Alucard, any ideas on how we are supposed to get out of here?"

"I'll leave that to you."

And then he was gone, without another word. Like a wisp of smoke on the wind. Lui hated it when he did that.

"Lui, come on. We're almost there."

'There' turned out to be a small underground bunker built into a hill. Seras had to search for a while to uncover a keypad, then type in a rather long password to open the doors. When she did, Lui was fairly impressed.

"I take it this is a storage depot. Clever."

"Weapons, food, some blood packets... just in case."

Lui nodded and walked in, closing the door behind him. It snapped shut. He heard some sliding as a large piece of metal slid into place.

"Wait, what was that?"

"This entire place is surrounded by a layer of silver. Expensive, but effective. Nothing was supposed to get in or out that wasn't supposed to."

"In case of FREAK takeover, retreat here and wait to be rescued."

Seras laughed a little, then sat down on a box of something. And cried. Simply cried. None of it made sense anymore. Integra and Walter dead, Hellsing obliterated, most of London destroyed, and now Alucard was gone. It was just her and Lui.

Lui... He had sat down beside her, putting an arm around her shoulder. He was desperately trying to think of something to say, but came up blank.

"I do hope that this crying isn't about me."

They both jumped back, startled. Both vampire's eyes went wide.

There was Walter, polishing his monocle. He looked younger though, about thirty. When he replaced the lense to his eye, he smiled, "Hello Miss Victoria. Master Luis."

"Walter... Walter, you died, how is this possible?"

Lui walked up to him, and tried to touch Walter. His hand passed through easily. Lui emmediatly understood, "A ghost."

"Correct."

"Lui, what do you mean a ghost?" Seras asked, walking up beside him.

"Exactly that. Walter, you've become a ghost."

"Yes. It seems my duty hasn't been completed yet. I haven't completed my oath to serve the Hellsing family. As long as a Hellsing breaths, I stay."

Seras smiled as she looked up at him, "Walter... So, what do you do now? Are you going to drift around for a while?"

The butler brushed some hair from her face, "Miss Victoria, you underestimate me. For periods of time, I can become very much real." His smile turned evil as he flicked his finger, "Wires, and all."

Seras hugged Walter while he was solid. She had thought he was gone. Then suddenly he went ghost again, and she fell right through him and to the ground. Lui started to laugh.

She turned around, blushing angrily, "Shut up!"

Lui stifled it to a giggle, "So, I guess you have sort have become a literal 'angel of death' haven't you?"

"Yes, I suppose I have."

Then he went transparent, and looked down at himself distastefully, "Oh, this is such a bother."

"Oh I don't know Walter. You're young again. You're possibly more invincible than vampires are. It could be worse."

"Yes, I suppose it could. I believe I will go with you and Miss Victoria when you go though."

"Can you do that? You aren't bound to the spot of your death?"

"There you go underestimating me again. Just worry about yourselves, I have a very good grasp on what I can and cannot do."

"So Walter, did you get to see heaven?" Seras asked absently.

"Sadly, I must stay silent on such matters Miss Victoria. It is not the place of a spirit bound to this life to speak of the afterlife."

Seras nodded, then yawned. The sun was coming up. She leaned wearily against the wall, and slid down to a sitting position. Lui took off his coat and put it over her like a blanket, and she curled up into a little ball. He kissed her on the forehead.

Then he noticed Walter was still right there, and blushed a little.

"I see. I knew you two had feelings for each other. How strong I am still not sure."

"I came here didn't I?" Lui asked, sitting down next to her.

Walter smiled, "Yes you did. Should I leave you two alone?"

"She's already asleep Walter. And so am I. Are you going to stand guard?"

"I do not need to sleep if that's what you mean."

"Good. Cause I do..."

When Lui woke up, he felt an unfamiliar weight on him. He looked down, and Seras was using him for a pillow. He smiled, and decided to let her sleep for a while longer.

"Are you awake?"

Lui nodded. He looked up at the apparition, which was sitting on a crate, "Yes I'm awake. Let's be quiet, I don't want to wake her up."

"Alright." Walter said, lowering his voice slightly.

Lui smiled and said, "Walter, ghost or not, I'm glad your still here. Does it cause you any pain at all?"

Walter shrugged, "Not really. I feel slightly out of place at times, and it is sometimes disturbing to not be able to see yourself, but I do not suffer. All in all, not a bad existence, though I wouldn't like to spend eternity as a ghost."

"Sounds not all that unlike being a vampire."

"I'm just another piece in this game of life and death, a piece stuck with so many others in an area in between."

Seras stirred slightly, and opened her eyes slowly. She blinked a few times to clear out the blurriness, then scanned the room.

"Then it wasn't all just a dream." She said, both sad and happy. Sad that so many people had died, and happy that everything that had happened was real.

"No, it wasn't a dream."

Seras sat up, and pushed the coat off of her. She had slept better than she had the last few days, not that that was saying much, but she did feel slightly refreshed. Lui put his coat on, and got to his feet.

"So then, what do we do now?" Seras asked, also rising.

"Now Miss Victoria, we get off this island and get some help. I say we scout out this area first. Agreed?"

"Sounds like a plan."

Alright. Chapter Two!

Ya, I killed Integra in the first chapter. And yes, I killed Walter to. But he came back as a ghost (For some reason, that's how I always picture Walter. Being killed, then coming back to the mansion as a ghost and straitening pictures in the halls. I dunno...)

Alucard is gone somewhere. And if you found this chapter boring, bear with me. It'll get better, I promise.

Sorry all you Integra fans.