Welcome again everybody! I'm hoping that you'll find this update to be much more timely this round. Now that we have that out of the way, I'm also going to point out; to make sure that my tush is covered properly; that I don't own Hellsing or Parasite Eve, if I did, the latter would've had at least had a third game before giving up on the series completely like Square did (grumble mutter).

Hienkal stalked her way through the crowded London streets, not even bothering to wait for Yumiko to catch up to her. Yumiko was having her own problems to think about that it hadn't crossed her mind to ask her companion to slow down for her. In her arms was her sword carefully wrapped inside an old looking tapestry.

Hunting after a young girl didn't sit well with the nun and she'd jump at a chance to have the whole thing called off completely. All that she herself had been told was that the girl was approximately fourteen years in age with blond hair, the only thing they'd been given that was even slightly helpful was that she'd be in the presence of the Hellsing people when she was found. Things never went easy for them. She saw Hienkal getting to far ahead for her to be able to catch up properly and squeaked before breaking into a flat out run, her skirt nearly tripping her several times in her rush. Lucky for Yumiko, Hienkal had been stopped by a traffic light, giving the nun a chance to catch up with the tall, cross-dressing woman.

"You need to get longer legs," Hienkal commented amusedly.

"It's not my fault that you're freakishly tall," Yumiko prodded, turning away with a huff.

"You need to lighten up," Hienkal teased, placing a rough hand on the nun's shoulder.

"You're not the one with a conscience eating away at you," Yumiko said quietly, clutching the tapestry wrapped sword against her chest.

"Things will work in our favor this time around, I promise," Hienkal said softly, giving Yumiko's shoulder a reassuring squeeze, "We'll get her back to the Vatican and bring her up to fight against those daemons on the side of God. Everything will work out fine," she cooed, stepping into the street as the signal changed for them to cross.

Eve jumped backwards as something exploded out of the wall at her. The thing landed on the floor a few feet away, placing her between the vampire that was supposed to be watching her back and the daemon that was no doubt her target for this mission.

She studied the details of the creature as best she could before it attacked her again. The creature itself reminded her of a cross between a cat, a snake and a porcupine with a set of ram's horns stuck on the top of the head.

It charged her, swinging out swiftly as it came close and barely missing the girl's head as she ducked down and away from the blow. Darting across the room as quickly as she could, she began focusing on her hands once again, swelling it larger then for simply lighting her path. The creature dove at her again, spreading its claws out as wide as they would go, intending on sweeping her up and making a meal out of her young flesh. Stepping to the side once again, Eve let go of the fire that she had been holding and sent it into the creature's waiting mouth.

She watched it roll around in agony for a brief moment before it recovered completely and started after her anew. Eve had to move quickly to avoid those claws, her mind unable to focus long enough to form another fireball. She was still tired from everything that had happened to bring her this far already. What wasn't helping was the fact that the whole situation was scaring her out of what little wits she had left. She needed to think fast and that needed to happen soon, or else she'd be on the menu as the catch of the day.

She spotted a plank of wood that was jagged at one end and remembered something that she had overheard Aya saying once. She'd been saying about how some of her abilities were easier to use if she had something to focus it through besides herself.

She bolted over toward the plank and grabbed hold of it tightly, pointing the jagged end at the approaching daemon, trying desperately to concentrate on getting anything to go through the plank at the creature before it made a meal out of her.

Alucard watched from his corner of the room as the girl swung and swatted at the monster, trying desperately to make the jagged end of the plank connect with the monster's flesh. The girl really needed to get a grip on herself and soon, little twit had even forgotten that she'd been given a gun and ammunition before she even left the mansion.

The monster jumped back after its shoulder was stabbed with the board, the flesh there sizzling softly and giving off smoke. Shortly after, the end exploded in a shower of splinters that struck even Eve's body. The girl picked herself up from the floor while the beast was still howling in pain.

She walked over to it slowly, her hand brushing against the weapon that she'd forgotten about and bringing it out, still watching the beast as it looked up at her with pleading eyes. Her heart sank right through the floor at that. She lifted the gun to the side of its head, squeezing her eyes closed as she went. She stood there a moment, gathering her wits as her finger tightened on the trigger.

"I'm…sorry," was what she could push past her lips before the bullet flew from its case, ending the creature's pain for good.

"Well done child," Alucard chuckled, returning to his normal shape in front of the girl, "You really do have a great deal of potential for this line of work. Who'd have thought that you'd get your voice back in this of all places," he then added, grinning manically at the girl before him, "Perhaps in a few years you'll be ready to leave behind the humans and walk among those of the night."

Eve opened her mouth to say something, finding nothing but silence coming out.

"So, it was a one time deal then? Very well then, the master will be wanting your report once we get back, we best not leave her waiting to long or else she'll get ugly with us."

Eve fell into step behind the vampire whom himself was floating through the halls already. Ugly huh? Just what she didn't need at that time…