Walter awoke early that day and began preparations again, he let Integra sleep for a time, he knew oni was pushing her so he let her rest longer, he eventually did come and knock on her door, "Integra its time, we have a lot of work today." He waited for her response and wondered when they would be able to give her a break. But he knew it would be a long time.
Integra jumped up. She took a deep breath; dreams had been haunting her again. This time, it was just a bit worse. Instead of any old vampire, it was her father. She forced the thoughts and dreams from her mind. That's exactly what they were: Dreams. Not real. She reached over for her glasses and quickly got dressed. She approached the door and opened it slowly. She greeted Walter with a smile. "Good Morning, Walter. Thank you for letting me sleep late. We do have a lot of work to get done."
Walter nodded, "yes we do, " he went on with the now daily business handing her folders of last nights reports the weekly reports and monthly estimations. "The rest is on your desk, ill bring you breakfast in a moment." he walked her to her office, and then walked down getting breakfast and as he brought it up, he knew that once she read the weekly report she would be concerned, and once she read the monthly reports, she would be very worried.
She read the weekly report and it astonished her, really. There were so many vampires in so many places. Things were happening non-stop. "Why are there so many? Didn't Oni say something about… rules or something?" She looked to the other reports and her eyes grew wide. The numbers had quadrupled. She needed to talk to Oni and the rest of the agents as well. She knew that if they were ambushed with a lot of vampires, they probably wouldn't be able to get out alive. Well, Oni would. She sighed heavily, already getting a headache.
They were also getting more public. They even started to attack churches, and theaters. It was starting to anger her. She took a deep breath. "Great."
Oni suddenly appeared at Integra's side running his hand over his face, "not that I don't like helping you but its only 10:00 I occasionally need my sleep, but what's up?" Walter walked in with the breakfast and saw Oni, "a little sleepy Oni?" Oni looked to Walter and grumbled, "watch it Walter, I am not a happy person at the moment." Walter couldn't help but laugh and looked to Integra.
Integra looked up to Oni. "I'm sorry, but this is important… Look at the numbers." She gave him the folder and waited to see his reactions. "It's like they're appearing out of thin air, or something. There's so many." She looked to Walter and then down to the food. She wasn't very hungry at the moment… Just worried.
Oni became serious and said, "there growing exponentially, but dying almost as fast, there trying to build an army, I surmised as much when I went rummaging through the mind of one of them, I know they're like resistance cells, separate, but each with the same order, make as many vampires as possible, this is why there so vapid and dumb, they aren't given time under they're masters to mature so they immediately become like mindless ghouls with a appetite and they're all capable of creating vampires and ghouls, though there just as immature as there master, there building an army of shock troops, hard to kill fearless and... lots of 'em., what I don't understand is why there creating so many ghouls, ghouls simply ash away after 4 to 5 days even if there not attacked, so this started, id say they're going to attack soon whatever there target, and I have a suspicion on that too but who is the mastermind behind it all, who is organizing it, and who will lead the charge, we are massively lacking on information, section 2 is really dragging they're asses, I think you should call them and tell them to do something about it, we need more info or were going to die very soon.
Oni looked to her and made sure she knew he wasn't joking.
Integra looked into his eyes, then down to the papers. "..I agree." She pushed herself over to the telephone on her desk and bit her lip, dialing the number. It wasn't really that hard to remember, and she had to find it for her father before. She looked up to Walter, to Oni and then back down.
"Yes, this is Integra. I must tell you, we are lacking in information. If you do not get in gear, I will simply find someone else to do the job. We need information now… and I-.."
She cocked a brow with a small smile. "...Good. Get it as soon as possible, and make sure it is correct. I will not tolerate any more of this. Do you understand?"
She hung up the phone and turned to Oni. "They're getting on it." She sighed heavily. Was it too late? She was worried. Very worried.
"Do you think they're planning to attack the Queen? I mean an army of this size… It couldn't be for a normal person, or… thing." Her eyes scanned over it again.
Oni looked to her, "it is for the thing they see as the weakest, and right now, with the convention of 12 fighting us, not being fully recognized by the queen, that's us, or so they proceve. that of course is simply a best guess, and they'll attack within days and we aren't ready, I don't see how 20 agents and me are going to stop an army of that size, not without more help, forgive me for saying this but we need an army of our own, this is a completely new battlefield, and we are so very far behind, intelligence may confirm or may prove me wrong but we must move now or be destroyed, we can no longer afford to wait."
She swallowed hard. So they were after her… and the organization? She blinked and looked down to the paper. "How will we be able to get more people?" She asked her voice and tones a lot bit softer than normal. Her eyes grew hard. "How can we get help? From the police, or..?" She looked over to Walter.
Oni couldn't help but laugh, "the police? the police cant keep our streets safe, let alone the hole of England, no, you'll need to draw from the military S.A.S. mi 5 that sort of thing wouldn't you say Walter?" Walter nodded, "but you'll have to request clearance for that from the queen, the members would have to be granted the gamma 2 clearance to know this kind of thing so it cant just be anyone, they have to be men we trust, I could help with all that but I'm not really a leader of an army." Oni nodded, "I however... am or was rather, it may have been a while ago but I've led thousands of men into battle when necessary, and if needed I can help with the training, and leadership, though ill let Walter handle all the prep work, but like he said, the queen will need to grant this, and she'll most likely have to knight you first, and she cant really do that without the support of the convention of twelve, so its a rather large catch 22." He looked down wondering how she would handle it.
She nodded. "I see. I will go see the Queen today… If that is not a problem with you, Walter. I'd like to do this as soon as humanly possible." She stood. "I will get ready," she turned to Oni. "We will meet with the Queen and speak with her. Do you wish to come with me?" Her eyes slowly grew hard.
Oni looked to her and said, "Not especially, but I should, for more than one reason." He changed immediately into formal garb." Walter nodded and went to get ready, "ill inform the royal court were coming." Oni had a few things in mind, he had read the convention of twelve minds and well he had enough dirt on them to put them in a very tiny cell for a very long time.
She nodded and walked to her own bedroom, getting dressed formally. Before she walked back out, she looked to the cross around her neck letting her fingers trace over it for a moment. She sighed and quickly walked back into her office. "I'm ready." She grabbed the folders, thinking that the Queen would probably like to see this. It may scare her, it may sicken her. Whatever it did, she did have to know.
She smiled to Oni slightly and turned, walking back down the corridor. She waited in the lobby for both Walter and Oni, seeing the car waiting outside already.
Oni walked downstairs and looked to Integra, "no matter what, Integra you will be knighted today, of that I am sure, but I think I might always call you Integra in private." he knew she was going to be given a large responsibility today, he merely hoped, she was up to it, and that he could help, Walter appeared moments latter and led them down to the car that sped off as soon as they got in, a few moments later it pulled up to the palace and waited for them to exit.
Integra looked out the window as they drove. She sighed heavily, her hands in her lap holding the manila folders. As the car stopped, she got out almost immediately and walked towards the Palace, hoping that she wasn't interrupting the Queen from anything really important to her. In a way, she was happy that she was going to be knighted, but in the same way she wasn't. This responsibility was a heavy one, one that she was willing to take and she hoped herself that she was able to take it.
She entered the palace and approached the throne room, waiting for Walter and Oni to come up beside her.
Oni had disappeared but Walter was walking beside her, Oni appeared in the room where the convention of 11 were, they were about to head for the throne room to shoot down Integra when Oni stood before them, "alright here's how this is going to go, your going to support Integra, and I do mean your full support now and until the time you die, and trust me, if she dies by anything other than natural causes, I swear that you will be hunted down and killed, even if it is not by me it will happen." The knights were outraged, "How dare you!" Oni scoffed, "I dare sir island, because of your little kickback system inside the royal court you've even got a handy little Swiss bank account number where your making quite a little nest egg now let me think the account number was..." sir island had gone several shades paler, "alright."Oni nodded, "ohh and to the rest of you I have equally damming evidence." He appeared then beside Integra, "you ready?"
Integra looked up to Oni and nodded. "Yes… I am." She walked into the throne room, seeing the Queen getting seated. She walked up slowly and calmly and bowed before her. "You're Majesty. I apologize if I brought you from anything important to you."
The Queen looked to her, Oni, and Walter. "It's quite alright, Integra. I was told it was of high importance, so there is no need to apologize. What is it?"
Integra slowly approached the throne, bowing her head and gave the folders. "We have learned of many vampires and ghouls as well being made. Though the ghouls' ash in about 4-5 days even when not attacked, this is still very dangerous.
The numbers of vampires have quadrupled and this is very dangerous. We do believe they are creating an army, Your Majesty. At first, I thought they were going to try to attack this palace, but Oni, my protector, opened my eyes to more things. Since my father has died, the vampires see it as an opportunity. They believe me of weak and unable to lead this organization. I do believe they believe they can get rid of me and this organization once and for all, but it will not happen in any way. There are many possibilities and we must be open to all of them. I have come to give you this information and to ask for your help..."
The Queen looked down to the manila folders and then up to Integra. "I will grant you all the help you need." She looked to Oni and Walter. "I see you've been doing fine so far, though I've heard of the Knights refusal. Do not worry, they will accept you." She looked into Integra's eyes.
the knights entered the room as the queen finished her sentence, "your majesty, we have after reviewing further data upon these recent weeks of management by Integra Hellsing, altered our decision, it seems our earlier judgment was too harsh and for that we apologize, we now believe that Integra Hellsing is the only person to run the Hellsing organization." Oni barely held back a laugh and looked to the queen; Walter however was looking at Oni and wondering what he had done.
Integra bowed her head. "Thank you, Your Majesty." She turned and faced the Knights.
"Then so be it." The Queen stood and smiled magnificently. "...You will be knighted as of today. Come here."
Integra's eyes widened slightly and she stood approaching the throne. A man came with the Knighting sword and handed it towards the queen. She kneeled and the Queen placed the sword on her shoulders. "With all witness hereto, I bid thee… Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing." After a pause… "Rise, my child." Integra did so, and the Queen kissed her forehead.
She bowed. "Thank you, Your Majesty. You will not regret this."
"I hope not." The Queen gave a small chuckle.