Chapter 6

Elena felt her shoulder being shaken, someone or something was trying to wake her…She opened her eyes to find Seras leaning over her, her crimson eyes boring into hers. She had fallen asleep on her desk, Elena pulled off her glasses entirely and placed them on the desk before rubbing her eyes to wake up.

"Why do I have a funny craving for a cigar?" She mumbled. Seras heard her.

"I wouldn't if I were you master. They are bad for your health." Seras smiled after that.

"Whatever…" Elena put her glasses back on before taking in what was in front of her.

Her brother was on the floor with a dazed look on his face.

"Arthur!….Are you alright?" Elena asked. Seras replied.

"He'll live." Elena nodded and the anger from before came back to her.

"How dare you go behind my back! If you ever do anything like that ever again I will shoot you myself! Do you understand!" But Arthur didn't reply…his eyes unfocused and he puked on the floor. The smell assaulted their senses.

"Urgh…" She picked up the phone. "Come take my brother to the infirmary, he's in my office and please bring the cleaner with you." Elena slammed the phone down. Seras had that same grin from before.

"May I sleep now?" Seras placed her hands on her hips. But she never lost that smile. Elena nodded and shooed her away with her hand. Seras disappeared into the wall.

Seras had to keep a face on the entire time she was talking to Elena, but she felt something she didn't want to share with anyone…it wasn't the bloodlust. She had come to except that…kicking and screaming perhaps, but she had. But this new feeling, it worried her. When she was in her 'other' form attacking the paladins she felt a presence…a presence that was behind her the entire way. But it was gone after she got back to Elena's office so she didn't say anything. But her eyelids began to droop…full and tired she made her way to her room. On the way she passed Alucard's old room…

'Well I'm not that tired.' She thought and pushed at the door. It creaked with age, much like hers. But inside was…nothing…exactly what she knew would be there. It was an exact replica of her room bar the coffin. She entered the room. And could immediately tell this was a different room. She could sense him in this place, his energy all around. Still here after a hundred years. In a strange way it comforted her, she felt at peace, but it made her loathe the thought of leaving. It was warm…Seras traced the wall with her hand. His presence was strong.

A few hours later…

"Errrrr….I feel silly…Seras?" Elena spoke. Seras woke up, she found herself lying in Alucard's room. She felt herself blush slightly and vanished into the shadows. Reappearing in Elena's office. It was dark, late at night. Good, she felt at ease. Seras had appeared out of the shadows to her left. She never even moved her head to greet her. Instead she had a steel look on that rivalled Integra's, plus she wore that formal suit of her. A necklace with a cross on hung from her neck.

"I have just received a letter from his majesty himself. He knows about you Seras, I had to tell him in my report. There was no other way, but it seems he takes this as good fortune. So he wishes you no go into no man's land." Elena turned to face her. "Ireland. He wants you to go and find out what is going on, and if possible. Stop it." Elena turned back to the door opposite her desk. Seras smirked.

"What do you want me to do?" She asked. Elena licked her lips.

"I agree, this has gone on for far too long, we need to find the source of this and stop it. At least the one in Ireland first. If you are successful you are to visit the other infestations. But that is getting ahead of ourselves. Not even the Vatican has managed to send someone into those areas and stop it." Seras nodded.

"I will prepare…"

"You will leave immediately, take all of your weapons with you. You will need them." Seras stepped back into the wall and disappeared.

'Great,' Seras thought, 'I have to lug that cannon with me…sorry Walter.' But she strode through the wall into the kitchen. The cook was just finishing off. He jumped and stepped further away from her. But Seras ignored the frightened man and stepped to the fridge. Inside were her blood packets. Again she took three out. Two in her coat and one for now. She shut the door and walked back into the wall down to her room.

She stepped out to her room and looked over the contents, it was exactly as she left it. Blood packets on the floor and her demon on the table. She picked up the gun and simply pocketed it. Having only two holsters and they were already filled. So now she had to find the weapons storage…

A few more hours later…

"Ready?" Elena asked Seras. They were outside of the mansion, the full moon high in the sky. Seras had strapped the ammo box for that Harkonnan cannon to her back and held the cannon in her hand. Held vertical, at half its length as it could do so. Elena was amazed that she could carry that thing so easily. But she kept it to herself. A few soldiers were behind her; Elena held her arms crossed in all seriousness.

"They will take you to the coast, then can you go on your own?"

"No need…my master…I will go on my own." Elena frowned,

"I said don't call me that…" But Seras was already…doing something. She was changing…not into bats or mist, but some sort of dog…no a wolf! The wolf had the same crimson eyes as Seras and it was huge! It stood on all fours as the same height as Elena. But she held her nerve and recognised that instead of gloves with seals on them she wore a collar with the same designs flowing around the collar. Then the wolf shot a look of understanding into her eyes and she leapt into the air and transformed into a black light which zipped across the sky as if lightning. The soldiers behind saluted her flying form. Elena merely smiled and whispered.

"Good luck."

Doing that little parlour trick of hers was incredibly fast, but also draining. But luckily she was nearing Ireland. So in her lightning form she began her descent. The ground rushed up to meet her. She landed with a huge explosion and rock burst from the ground and flew everywhere. Seras gathered herself mentally and physically in the crater where she had fallen. The dust cleared and she saw the coastal town she had landed in. Seras stared in shock…the town was a pile of rubble! It lay abandoned with not even birds overhead to inhabit it. The buildings were only a shadow of there former selves…but a rustle near her caught her attention. Seras brought out the Jackel, and good job she did because no sooner then she did a werewolf had leapt from it's hiding place and pounced at her! It's giant canines about to rip her apart. But Seras pulled the trigger and the werewolf's head blew clean off. She stepped to the side as the headless body landed where she had been moments ago and skidded to a halt in the crater. Seras listened for any other sign of attack…but none came. Seras growled.

'Was that it?' Seras thought. 'Pathetic…' She put away her gun and began to climb to the top of the crater. She had landed in a once used road, cars lay overturned and damaged in the road. A bleak dark mist hung in the air, an unnatural silence engulfed the town. Seras began walking down the road heading inland.

The damage was immense…nothing could possibly live here, Seras looked up. Dark clouds were above, in fact no stars could be seen…but then Seras noticed.

'The clouds aren't moving! The wind isn't blowing, this place is truly dead…' Even though she was just as dead as everything else she shivered. Not from cold, she felt like a stranger, in a land of darkness. She may have come from there, but she did not belong there.

Seras continued along her chosen path, taking her straight to where she felt a powerful darkness calling to her. But along the way she felt a disturbance. Seras glanced around trying to find it. Then she spotted him, a vampire sat on a roof of an old coastal café, the tables upturned and destroyed. He wore black leather and had long black hair.

((AN: Don't get any ideas…its NOT Alucard..))

He moved his head toward her as if only just noticing her. His hair hung over his eyes.

"What are you doing so far from home, little girl?" He spoke. Seras was about to pull out her gun…but then decided against it.

'I might be able to get information out of him. ' She thought. But the vampire had disappeared,

"You smell familiar…have I drank a relative of yours?" That voice came from behind her. She whirled around to see no one. She pulled a gun out, her own demon. "Ha, a gun can't harm a vampire." He laughed.

"This one can…" She shot at where she estimated he would appear. She was spot on, he appeared just in front of the café, the bullet ripped through his hand and it landed on the floor.

"Argh! What is that!" His cockiness gone.

"This is the demon, it fires bullets of pure melted silver used in the swords of Paladins blessed by the pope himself. Not as explosive as my other guns, but I like it." Seras laughed.

"You…you aren't human…you're one of us." His hair moved slightly as he moved to reveal his own crimson eyes. Shock filled them. "You were sired by him…His blood runs in your veins! Argh!" He yelled and ran off into the street.

"Oh no you don't…" She aimed and fired. A sickening squelch was heard as she shot his leg clean off! He fell to the floor but still hobbled along on one leg. She fired again, this time his other leg went. He fell to the floor, he turned and tried to crawl away. But she caught up to him. She stopped him by resting one leg on his back and putting her gun on the back of his head.

"Now, tell me what is going on? Where have you all come from? And how do you know my old master?" She ordered. But he didn't answer; instead he began to laugh…Seras pushed the gun harder to his head. "Answer me!" But he suddenly fell as dust. "What the?" Seras said out loud. Howls and snarls filled the air…masses of werewolves and other freak animals began to edge nearer. Too many and they were moving too quick in and out of the shadows to get a good luck. Two thoughts immediately ran through her mind.

'Oooooo….crap' and 'This is gonna be fun.' She didn't know which was really hers. But her instincts soon took over. One animal creature leapt and she shot it in the heart with her demon. It fell dead, another two behind her! She pulled the cassul from her jacket. And they soon fell dead. But more came, she fired in all directions, her perfect aim laying waste to the animals. But more still came. The clips dropped on the floor, she dodged a group of them and somersaulted onto a nearby building, reaching into her pocket for another clip…but there was none! Seras hurridly holstered the guns and took out her cannon from where it was swung over her back. She set it up as the creatures were crawling over each over to reach her. They snarled and even teared into each other as they tried to reach her. One creature slightly stronger then the others reached just as she had loaded her cannon. It was unlucky enough to get the explosive shell straight in its mouth, it was shot back into it's counterparts and they blew up, blood was shot everywhere but yet Seras saw through the smoke that more came! They climbed over the dead bodies as if they had always been there, this was it. Seras knew her time was here. She dropped her weapons and began to chant.

"Release control art restriction to level three, level two, level one. Situation A, the Cromwell approval is now in effect." Her seals on her hands began to glow brighter and brighter until they almost burned. The animals were just about to reach her, when…

((AN: Ok yes, I said I wouldn't do a cliffy but I felt like it….(Dodges bullets…) Woah, hold on there…(Dodges another…) They'll be another update tomorrow…I think and hope. (Dodges new barrage of bullets…)))