Episode 5

"Hello? Anyone out there?"

Seras felt herself cringe just hearing Abel's voice. He was just like Vash; she could sense it without needing to see his white hair, heavy pale jacket, and heavy cross that hung on his neck. He also reminded her, in passing, of her Master. It must have been a quick recognition and nothing more then that.

"Ah! So there's someone at last…what's your name?"

"Shut up…I've had enough of you blithering morons for one day…just answer my questions, and then we'll—"

"What is it you ask, ma'am?"

Seras felt herself blush slightly, but then embarrassment gave way to frustration. She couldn't believe it! She had hit the jackpot as far as finding the most morons and putting them all in one place. It was not something to brag about.

"Alright…Father Abel…"

"Abel is fine. What's your name."

"Seras. That's beside the point! What the bloody hell is going on here anyway!?"

Abel's stupid grin gave way to a more serious expression. All at once, Seras was reminded of Alucard. The seriousness of his face was so absolute. If Seras had just met Abel, she would have taken him more seriously, as he wasn't acting like a child.

"There's this Organization which has torn down the walls to the worlds."

"What?" Seras didn't think she heard correctly. She wondered if he really meant another world. Another planet? Another realm?

"Both myself and the man in the other room named Vash are from other—"

"How did you know about that moron?" Seras was confused. Was it an otherworldly power of his to know this sort of thing?

"Well, the butler mentioned him…"

"Oh…Walter…"

"Anyway…this Organization is comprised of select people from each worlds. I guess you can call them 'villains'. I know a man from your world came here. His name is…" Abel's face was screwed up in concentration, "Oh…what the heck was it…A something…"

"Alexander Anderson?" Seras asked, with a sinking stomach.

"Yeah! That's it! Thanks. Anyway, he's in."

"Why would he join them? What does he have to gain?"

"He gets to kill sinners across all dimensions of existence, and he wouldn't pass up that chance, would he?"

"I guess not…"

"Vash isn't from either of our worlds, but I need to return home, ya know?"

"Yeah…"

"The worlds have merged seamlessly, so very few people even noticed the change…"

"Hmmm…that explains it…"

"The only signs was a meteor shower a few nights ago…"

"Hmmm…"

"And, not only that, but there is another problem with keeping the worlds together."

"What?" Seras felt her stomach twist again. This didn't sound good. Abel's face was more serious then ever now.

"Eventually…they will merge completely. However, as some worlds have entirely different components than others, they will cancel each other out. All the universes, since they are one with the others, will suffer the same fate. In short, all existence will disappear completely."

Seras felt her heart stop all over again. Sweat had emerged over her brow this entire time, but now she was completely drenched in perspiration. The entire universe she had lived in was going to disappear! Then everything she did, everything she had achieved in her lifetime, had experienced, didn't even matter. There would be absolutely nothing left of her in any world!

"What can we do?" Seras asked, desperately.

"Well, we can—"

"Why do you trust him, Police Girl?"

"Master?!"

Seras turned on her feet to face the form of her Master appearing from nowhere. He had his massive sombrero hat on his head, and it cast a dark shadow over his face. The light did, however, glint of his glasses in the eerie lighting of the room.

"He is from the Vatican. There is no doubt he is fooling you…using you…"

"Hey! I don't know what you have against the Vatican and all…save for Anderson…"

"HE knows of Anderson! HE must be lying!"

"Master! Just listen to us for a second! What he's saying makes perfect sense!"

"I don't think so, police girl. Your mind is young; you have no idea of the evil that men like him do!"

"Isn't there anything we can do?"

For a moment, Alucard was silent, starring at them. Then, he broke out in a thin, sinister smile. Seras felt a mixture of dread and relief at this. "There is one thing we can do…it's a long shot…"

"What is it?"

"Open your mind…and I will read it…"

"Why is that a long shot, sir?" Seras asked, confused.

"He may attack in my, our, moment of weakness…we know not his powers…"

Seras doubted that Abel could even hurt a fly. He seemed to stupid to do so. Even after his speech, Seras could not deny one thing: Abel and Vash could probably star in the movie Dumb and Dumber. Still, Abel was a vampire, and they couldn't take any chances.

"Go ahead!" Seras decided. It was worth a shot, in any case.

Seras didn't even realize that Alucard was reading Abel's mind. It happened so fast that Seras didn't even blink before Alucard reported his results: "He isn't lying."

"You know that fast?!"

"Yes…his world disappeared completely. So did many others. After the walls are restored, the worlds will reappear just as they were. No one would notice."

"I see…" Seras said.

"So…this Organization…" Alucard said, "Anderson is involved?"

"Yes he is…"

"Wonderful…I would love to kill him…"

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Tohru felt a chill run through her spine as she walked down the street with Kurama. Buggy was out to hurt her. She had never experienced any time in her life where anyone had come with the desire to do her pain. Ever. She did not realize it then, but she became aware, after Yuki and Kyo began to comfort her, that she was shivering greatly.

"This way is to the apartment, I think…"

"You mean we could be lost?!" Kyo snarled, angrily.

The one they called Sailor Moon was coughing heavily. Tohru could tell she was weak. That light that came out of her must have taken energy, she assumed. She had seen enough anime to realize she was weakening. She was weary.

"Hey…it's okay…" Tohru said, patting her back. Sailor Moon turned away, looking into Tohru's eyes. She was so tired. Tohru could tell by her gasps for air as she looked into Tohru's eyes.

"Thanks…" Usagi gasped, so weary.

"Here we are…"

"Hey! Kurama! Where the hell were you?!" A man jumped out of a nearby apartment. Tohru hadn't even realized they were at an apartment building. He had spiky hair, and wore a jacket with an evil label on the back of it. Tohru knew there had to be a perfectly good reason for that…but she couldn't think of anything without them wanting to hurt her too…

"Who are they?" he asked, curious.

"Sanosuke…you recognize them I'm sure…" Kurama gestured to the Sailor Senshi.

Sanosuke starred at them for a few seconds. His face was screwed up in concentration. Finally, he said, "Nope, no clue."

"Never mind…" Sailor Mercury said, shaking her head.

"Don't mind him…he is a bit clueless at times…"

"At times? Don't you mean every second of every day?"

Tohru looked up. So did Kyo. She recognized that voice. She felt a chill running up her spine as Yui emerged from the doorway, a smirk on her face until her eyes landed on Tohru and Kyo. Then, she blinked as a look of surprise filled her face again.

"Okay…what are you guys doing here…?" she asked, confused.

"That's just what I was about to ask you!" Kyo snarled, pointing at her.

"Is this the girl you mentioned earlier…Yui, I think?"

"Uh…" Tohru said, trying to make sense out of all this. What was going on? It made absolutely no sense to her. No sense at all.

"They were in the middle of a battle with a member of the Organization: Buggy the Clown."

"What kind of a name of that…?" Sanosuke asked, confused.

"Doesn't matter. We'll fill you in now of everything…both of you…" Kurama said.

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"Senior Excel…do you think we can do this?"

Excel and Hyatt had just landed themselves into a new scenario. They had found out where this "Miss Yukari" lived. Apparently, she was still in her parents' house. A fully grown woman, this Yukari worked in a nearby high school. Excel would be making a house call first and foremost!

"Of course we can!" Excel cheered, "After all, it is the will of Illpallazzo that he ignorant mass—"

A car smashed down Hyatt and rammed passed Excel as it screeched down the road. She landed into a firehydrant, and was enveloped in a tidal wave of water that tore through her shoulder! She landed heavily on her face, bleeding.

"Owchie…that freakin' hurt…LEARN HOW TO DRIVE!!!!!" Excel snarled. Then, she turned to Hyatt, who was now steadily bleeding from her ears over the floor. She was as flat as a pancake on the floor, "Wow…we really need to help you break your habit of dying, Hyat-chan."

"Senior…." Hyatt inflated herself to her normal size, and rose to her feet, weakly.

"You good, Hyat-chan?"

"I can't feel my heart beating…"

"Excellent! LET'S GO!!!!"

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"Now…what you said makes sense…" Chibiusa said, sweetly, "I sensed a lot of evil appearing recently…so what other option makes sense anyway?"

"Yes…it is the only way that everything that happened could happen…" Ami said, sighing. Everything that they said made sense. They were from another world that had seamlessly merged with their own? It made sense. The question was, "Who's in charge of this?"

"We have no idea," Tama said, tired.

"All we do know," Kurama said, "is that a man named Gendo represents the leader, and two people, one named Sesshomaru, are his second-in-commands."

"I see…he has two of them?" Usagi said, confused.

"Yeah, Usagi. Don't ask me why, they just do…" Miaka said.

"This is interesting…" Yuki said, "And not only because they wanted our worlds together. How was it that they even knew of each other before our worlds were together?"

"Apparently their superior organized it," Sanosuke said, "I don't know more then you—"

A knock on the door. Ami's head turned around toward the threshold. She felt a slight chill surge up her spine. Who could it be? Why would anyone want to talk to this group at all unless they were an enemy?

"I don't sense any malice…" Kurama said, walking forward.

Ami concluded, before Kurama opened the door, it must be that boy who he had talked to before. What was his name? Hiei? That was it. They seemed to be allies, so Ami wasn't afraid.

Hiei wasn't at the door.

A woman who was probably taller then Hiei walked into the room. Her skin was incredibly pale, as was her hair, as though devoid of any life. Her eyes were blood red. Her mouth was shut, but Ami was certain that there must be fangs underneath it. Was this a vampire of some sort from another world?

"Who are you…?" Kurama asked, a thin smile on his face.

She opened her mouth, and began to speak in English. Ami recognized it, and, judging by Yui's gasp, so did she. She had said "My name is Seras Victoria…I am here to talk to you about your mision…representing the Hellsing Organization…"