"An MI-5 Agent who was investigating these artificial vampires was found today… dead." Integra sighed.

"That is unimaginable." Integra closed her eyes. "When I was young, they had some respect for MI-5..." Walter said. "No one would have ever attempted such a--."

"Yes, Walter. But these are not those times… Times have changed... for the worse. Thanks to this, the forces all around England have begun accessing what sort of action is to be taken." She turned towards Walter. "I believe a Round table conference must be held immediately..."

Soon there was a knock at the door and Seras slowly popped her head in. "Sir Integra… You wished to speak with me?" She asked.

Integra placed the folder on her desk. "Yes… There is a new mission for tonight in a building near the outskirts of London."

Seras nodded. "Yes, Sir." She turned to leave.

"You will be leading them, Victoria."

Seras's eyes widened. "But Sir?"

"We cannot keep bringing people in here. You have done well, and I believe that it is time for you to move up. Do not disappoint me, Victoria. May God and Her Majesty be with you. Amen."

Seras nodded. "Amen."

Seras ran out and in a rush, grabbed the gun Walter had adjusted for her and threw herself on the van. She looked over the Soldiers in there with her and sighed. Would they agree to her being their new captain? She bit her lip and closed her eyes for a moment. They better, she thought. In an instant, they were there. She slowly got out and watched the soldiers. "...Sir Integra has appointed me to be your new Captain." Some of them started to talk amongst themselves. "No arguments.. Let's just get in and get out." She ordered.

Seras watched as they formed around the building and looked back at her, waiting for her. She gave a small smile and held the gun to her chest. She took a deep breath and kicked the door open, throwing her gun out, ready to shoot anything that dared get in front of her. She moved out of the way as someone shot a can of smoke and she placed the gas mask on. She held her gun tightly and looked around to see a figure standing by their lonesome. Soon there was another and then another. "Fire!" She yelled as she kneeled and shot one of them in the head. She got up and ripped the gas mask off as the smoke disappeared to show ash everywhere mostly. She looked around, her eyes narrowing in the darkness.

"There are no more targets.. We don't even see any bodies." As the soldiers went forward, Seras stopped and bent down to look at something that had caught her eyes. She looked down and picked up a shell and sniffed the air. Something here wasn't right.. Something.. Wasn't right at all! She stood walking over the scene.. She could smell blood, but.. She sniffed again.. It wasn't JUST blood. She closed her eyes for a moment, hearing the tick tock of a bomb. She gasped and turned to the soldiers. "GET OUT!" She screamed, but it was too late.. And she knew it. The soldiers started to run but just as she turned around to make sure no one was left behind.. It blew up. "I won't let our men die.. Not because of me.." She said, closing her eyes.

Ferguson stood there wondering what this was all for, and then realized what was... then it exploded. He looked to the explosion and hoped they all got out in time.

After the dust settled there were no apparent signs of life.. Until the rubble started to move. Soldiers popped out from the rubble in top shape, nothing was wrong with them, not even a scratch. Most of them staggered out, happy and surprised to be alive.. After a few moments, Seras popped out as well. She was weak, and she didn't even know what she did.. All she knew that when it blew up, she knew she had to protect them and something came over her that kind of scared her and calmed her at the same time. It had taken most of her strength, pfft.. All of it. She stood and looked up to Ferguson and the soldiers that were standing there. She blinked, realizing what she had done. It was that energy... That black energy that she had practiced that had protected them. "Heh..." She smiled weakly.

Ferguson smiled nodding to the troops who walked out alive what was this woman capable of she had saved them all from an explosion he didn't know was coming. "Good work Seras, you saved the men under your command, now if you don't mind, telling me how?"

Seras staggered out of the rubble and slowly walked over to him. "Thank you, Sir.." She smiled to him. "...To tell you the truth, I don't know exactly how either." She gave a nervous chuckle. "...I think it was because of the black energy I have... It might have created a shield around us so we would not get hurt." She said quietly. "Other than that, I have no idea.. But I am happy that I was able to, sir." She looked over to the soldiers with a sigh of relief. They were all fine, maybe except for the amount of fear they all held.

Ferguson nodded and said, "Well done. You certainly are coming along, it seems quite a while from the first time we worked together." he nodded and walked off, "withdrawal the unit, lets head home."

Oni smiled as he saw her actions on the field, he nodded approvingly. Today would be the day, and he was going to get his new sword." He began the preparations and then was gone. He appeared in front of his house and walked in, the old man came out smiling, "right on time, I like that. it is compl..." Blood dropped from his gaping chest wound, "NO!" The vampire behind him smiled, this is the price he pays for helping you!" He dropped the old man he smiled licking the blood from his wound. And drew his sword, "you can die now." He attacked oni but he stepped out of the way and drew his weapon striking the scum down in a second. "Damn you!" he fired over and over into the ashes. He looked to the old man, "damn it why did I have to return here why here of all places, why does this place try to kill me and anyone else associated with me, why did this have to happen?" He looked down his hair covering his eyes and the memories came back again. He stood knowing the man was dead. He walked into the house and grabbed his sword he sighed knowing that it would be the last one ever made. He looked down angry he couldn't see it, angry he couldn't stop it and angry he couldn't change his past, and angry he couldn't give the man a proper burial, but he could already hear the police coming. So he teleported back and sat down not knowing what to do, and a haunted look in his eyes.

Seras had already returned and was in her bedroom, staring at the blood in front of her. She sighed, and pushed it away, standing up. She sighed and walked over into Oni's bedroom, knowing he was already in there. She knocked on the door quietly. "...Master?" She called, again hoping she wasn't interrupting him from anything important. She turned the knob and stepped inside. She looked to him for a moment, feeling that something was wrong. "...Master?" She asked. "What's wrong?"

Oni looked to Seras and back down to the floor "he's dead, killed by a vampire... because he helped me... because Kyoto is Kyoto and I should have never returned, to many horrible things happened there... to many, so many it has taken me hundreds of years to atone... and even that isn't enough, I was so stupid and so blind... just like Stedlar... back then... back then." A memory flashed in his mind, "back then I was the only one left alive so I thought... so I thought no one would care if I threw my life away."

Her eyes widened. She looked to the blade beside him and knew right away who he was talking about. She sighed and slowly walked over to him. "It wasn't your fault, Master..." She said. "How could you have guessed they were going to kill him?" She looked into his eyes. "Don't punish yourself for what you have done… The past is just that… It is the past." She sat beside him with a sigh. "...People care now," she said.

Oni shook his head, "care? Care enough to kill an old defenseless man from behind... you don't understand you can't! Kyoto... Edo ... all those years ago was when it all started... all of it, my beginning my end and my darkest time... no you cant possibly understand and I hope you never do…"

She looked over to him and sighed once again. She stood and walked back towards the door. "Yes… You're right… I don't understand. I am sorry, Master." She turned and closed her eyes. "...Goodnight. I hope you feel better tomorrow." She said, stepping from his room.