Welcome to chapter 4. Sorry it took so long to update. wasn't letting me upload anything for a while. But I've updated with a chaper that's longer than the others have been. So, enjoy. And thanks everyone that reviewed. I'm still sad it's only three people, but it still gives me motivation to write. So please keep reviewing and let me know what you think of the story.

Disclaimer is on the first chapter, but if you need it again, I am not Kouta Hirano.

Integra, Alucard, and Seras surveyed the scene before them. From the looks of it, the attack that had been reported to them had been a bloody massacre. This time there were definitely no survivors. Body parts were strewn all over the alleyway, and the ground and walls around it seemed to be painted with innocent blood.

The police had barred off the street leading up the the alleyway and were busy keeping people from entering the area. Very few police officers actually looked at the mess. Most couldn't keep from getting sick and kept having to run to garbage cans to empty the contents of their stomachs.

Integra was pretty much immune to the gruesome sight. Alucard merely smirked and Seras couldn't believe someone, or something, could have done something so horrible. She hadn't seen anything so terrible since the war.

"Sir Hellsing." came a voice from behind Integra.

The Hellsing leader turned around to face the police chief. Integra nodded to him.

"Glad you're here." the chief continued.

"How many victims were there?" Integra asked.

"We're not sure..." the police chief replied grimly. "We think there may have been about three of them. We can't even tell what gender, race, or age the victims were at this point until we take what's left of them in for an autopsy. Unfortunately the forensic science labs haven't been rebuilt fully yet so they'll have to be taken outside of England, possibly to Ireland. There's a good lab in Dublin that could have results to us in a matter of days."

"Days may be too long a wait chief." Integra replied coldly. "We need results as soon as possible if we're to determine who or what is behind this."

The police chief nodded.

"I'll see what we can do Sir Hellsing."

He turned and left the three Hellsing agents alone once more.

"This is terrible..." Seras said to no one in particular.

Alucard continued to smirk.

"I can't wait to meet whatever did this..." he remarked almost gleefully.

He had been hoping for a fight this time, but the attack site was devoid of a suspect again.

"You'll get your chance to face them soon enough. They're very sloppy. We'll probably have results on who or what did this very soon." Integra replied confidently.

She also had a brief thought that maybe Millennium wasn't destroyed. But no...She was sure they had defeated the Mad Major. Integra was positive of it and made a mental note never to second guess herself again.

Integra turned to leave and Alucard caught a glimpse of her right eye turning green again. His smirk vanished for a moment before he composed himself and followed Integra back to the car they came in. Seras didn't notice them leave, and once she did, she hurried to catch up to their quick pace.

"Ah! Master! Sir Integra!" Seras squeaked as she ran to catch up.

Integra walked in the door to the Hellsing mansion looking rather exhausted. This had been a trying day and it was now well past dinner time. She wasn't in the mood to eat anything and simply walked up the three flights of stairs to her room, cursing the long walk on her way.

Integra began walking up the third flight when a splitting headache cut through her thoughts. She grabbed her head and gritted her teeth through the searing pain. She felt like her head was about to explode, like a bomb suddenly went off inside her skull. Her vision blurred and suddenly, the pain was gone, but she saw a vision of death and blood. Her first thought was that she was seeing scenes from the war with Millennium. But as the visions continued she saw it was not. What she was seeing didn't even seem to be happening in the world Integra knew.

The battle Integra witnessed in her head was one that looked almost medieval. People were shooting arrows and fighting with swords. But they were not attacking other people. They were attacking monsters? And, were those dragons flying in the skies? Yes, dragons of all sizes and colors plied the skies blocking out the heavens, fighting one another and falling from the sky, bloody and weak. She looked down at her own hands to discover them clawed. Her hands lifted seemingly of their own accord and blasted forth a powerful dark energy that blew away almost everything in her line of vision. What was she seeing? Why was she seeing these things? A million questions ran through Integra's head, but almost as quickly as the visions came, she was brought out of her dreamlike state. She began to fall backwards on the staircase, and just before she fell into unconsciousness she felt something grab her and she never hit the floor.

Alucard had felt the wave of pain that hit Integra almost as if he was Integra himself. It wasn't painful enough to deter the No Life King from his thoughts and he quickly composed himself and went to find Integra. He found her standing straight and unmoving, almost like a statue. He was about to pester her when the visions hit him as they did Integra. Integra was in too weak of a state to block her thought from him as she normally did and what she was seeing flooded Alucard's mind, almost knocking him off balance.

Almost.

He caught his master as she fell moments later and he carried her gingerly to her room. He placed her softly on her bed and he sat in an arm chair across the way to keep an eye on her for a while.

Several hours later Integra's eyes opened slowly and she looked around to find herself in her bed. She didn't remember getting there and had to think back on what happened after she arrived home that evening. Her eyes widened after she remembered the things she saw and she sat up in bed quickly.

"Finally awake I see..." Alucard muttered from his dark corner.

Integra turned to look at him but said nothing. They simply stared each other in the eyes and Integra knew he had seen what she had.

A long silence passed between them and they continued to stare at each other until Integra broke the silence.

"Do you have any idea what's happening to me?" she questioned her vampire quietly, though it seemed like thunder after such a prolonged silence.

Alucard, his face emotionless, shook his head and remained silent. His eyes were glued on hers as if he was trying to read her soul. Integra began to feel slightly uncomfortable under his stare, but her gaze never wavered from his red, scrutinizing eyes.

After several minutes Alucard finally stood, ending their little staring contest of sorts.

"You need your rest Master." He said simply, nodded to her, and exited through the wall behind him.

Integra glared at the spot he was just standing in and let out an exasperated sigh. She kicked of her shoes, set her glasses n the night stand next to her bed, and went back to sleep, not bothering to change out of her black suit.

Integra grumbled at the paperwork on her desk she had neglected most of yesterday. An abrupt knock on her office door told her Walter had brought up her breakfast.

"Enter." she called a little more edge than she wanted.

The door opened and Walter walked in, unfazed by her tone of voice. He set the tray he was carrying on her desk to reveal a pot of tea, scones, bacon, and poached eggs. Integra smiled faintly up at her butler.

"You went without dinner yesterday My Lady, so I made a little extra for you this morning." Walter said with no emotion, but Integra knew he was trying.

"Thank you Walter." she replied.

The butler nodded and left her alone in her office once more. Integra began to eat her breakfast, realizing just how hungry she actually was. She sat back in her chair with a cup of tea when suddenly a voice spoke to her in her head.

"Get out of your office."

Integra was startled. She was starting to hear things now?

"No, you're not hearing things."

Integra set her cup down on her desk, eyes wide.

"Who are you?" Integra thought.

"There's no time for that now. Leave your office, you're in danger."

Integra glared ahead of her as a dark figure rose behind her outside the window.

"Why should I listed to some voice in my head?"

"Because I'm trying to help you. Look behind you."

Integra stood quickly and turned just in time to see the figure about to crash through her window. Integra had just enough time to run past her desk and into the center of the room, but didn't get far enough from the window and the shattered glass hit her back spreading cuts all over her back that began to bleed profusely. She didn't fall or waver and turned to face her attacker unafraid, though her heart was pounding madly in her chest and the cuts began to sting.

The dark figure was dressed in a black cloak with maroon runes embedded in the edges. Integra could see nothing else of it's appearance since a hood concealed it's face.

"You're the one that's been tracking me." the figure spoke, it's voice definitely male and very unearthly.

"Who are you?" Integra demanded, realizing vaguely that she had been asking that quite a lot lately.

Suddenly the voice spoke inside her head again.

"Run. He's too dangerous."

Integra ignored the voice and continued to glare at the intruder. Walter would have heard the crash and would be there soon. She just had to buy time.

"It won't matter. Your butler can't help you against him." the voice said to Integra.

Integra continued to ignore the voice, though she had a terrible feeling in her gut that the voice was right.

"You don't need to know, human." the intruder replied to integra's inquiry.

Integra was about to reply to him when the intruder was riddled with bullets. Integra turned to her right and saw Alucard, the Casull and Jackal aimed at the cloaked figure, his face contorted in a look of pure rage.

"You attacked my Master you piece of trash. Don't think I'll let you live this one down."

The figure was unfazed by the bullets. He seemed to have healed them already and he looked at Alucard, or rather seemed to look for his face still was hidden by the hood of his cloak.

"You're a brave one, vampire." he said, then turned back to Integra. "This isn't over, human scum."

Before Alucard could attack him again, the figure vanished. Alucard lowered his weapons and walked over to Integra. The smell of her blood overflowed his senses but he stayed in complete control of his emotions.

"Master, you need medical attention."

"I bloody well know that." she replied curtly. "More importantly, who the bloody hell was that?"

Alucard smirked.

"You seem to be repeating yourself quite a bit lately, Master."

"Shut it, you git." she snapped at him and she turned to exit her office to find it was painful to walk.

Alucard saw this, though his master wouldn't admit it, and he slipped his hand around her waist gently. She glared at him, but he knew she was thankful. Alucard helped her down the stairs where he promptly vanished as Walter hurried over to Integra with bandages and gauze and other first aide items.

"What happened my lady?" he questioned as he helped her to sit down in the kitchen.

"I don't know..." she said simply and nothing more was said as Walter helped clean and bandage her back.