Chapter 5: The Operation
"So you believe that you can beat me with your own to hands, do you, Median?" asked Anderson snidely.
"Yeah. Too bad I can't kill you, though. Something is wrong with you, Anderson, and I intend to find out what." replied Sieghardt.
Before the priest could say anymore remarks Sieghardt charged him once more. This time, however, Anderson wasn't ready. Sieghardt was able to land a hammer like blow to Anderson's face, knocking him backward. Before he was able to hit the ground Sieghardt ran toward him and grabbed him by the shirt before pulling him toward him and driving his knifed fist through his chest.
Knowing he would heal Sieghardt pulled his hand out and threw him over his shoulder. Allowing him time to land he simply stood and waited for Anderson to get up.
"I see you have some skill with-"
"Shut up. Say one more word and I'll make this as painful as possible. You may be a comrade, but when some-one tries to attack and injure my family then they die." said Sieghardt. Normally he would be excited about fighting the Priest. They, like his father, were rivals and each could respect the other's skills. However, this was the only thing that kept him alive, the Priest. With Sieghardt, he had lost all good humor, and was simply, to put it mildly, beyond pissed. A stoic mask was now on his face, bringing out the cold and emotionless Sieghardt.
Sieghardt knew that he had to end this quickly, and he knew the only way to do this was to beat the living hell out of him and hope that he was able to stay alive. The only problem was how to figure out how to gauge this. Anderson was stronger than the average person, but even he had his limits. So, he just decided to wing it and go until he could feel him close enough to death not to die, but still not slip into death later. This was going to be harder than he thought.
In the end he was able to do it. Once the priest was up again Sieghardt charged him again. This time, rather than use his powers with magic and shadows, he began to, pardon the use of the cliché, wail on the priest. Slamming his fist once more into the priest he almost caused him to fly back, however, he grabbed onto the priests jacket and brought him forward for another punch. Again and again, until the priest kicked him in the chest and was able to get away for a few moments, then Anderson attempted to fight back. When he tried to land a fist to Sieghardt's face, however, Sieghardt was able to dodge the attack and then, using a quick movement of his palm to the Priest's elbow while moving to his side and holding his wrist, Sieghardt was able to break the paladin's arm.
Instead of going for the other arm Sieghardt decided to drive his elbow into the back of the Priest's head. It broke a few things, but they would heal in a few hours. This also assured that if he woke up before then that he wouldn't be able to move.
"Now, we figure out what's wrong with you." said Sieghardt
With that he picked the priest up by the back of the collar and dragged him over to his daughter and Lucian.
Their fight seemed to have gone over much smoother when Lucian showed up. When Sieghardt got there he saw that Yumie, now Yumiko had been tied up and Heinkel had been knocked up. From the looks of it she had been hit hard, by his daughter most likely.
"How's the leg?" asked Lucian before Sieghardt could show up.
"It still hurts, but I think it'll be alright in a bit." replied Angela.
"Hold on, I'll bandage it for you."
Lucian then began to dress the wound, however, since it was on her thigh she had to pull up her pant leg a good bit, and well…you get the idea. When Sieghardt saw what was going on he wasn't exactly the happiest person.
"Lucian, unless you want to lose both arms then remove your hands from my daughters leg." he said evenly.
"Dad, he's just dressing a wound." replied Angela.
"That's how it starts. Now, finish, we need to get back to manor."
"Fine, but dad, what's up with you, you've never been this angry before?"
"That's not anyone's concern but my own. Now, let's go, we need to take them with us back to the manor." he said while pointing toward the Operatives.
"What are you going to do with us?" asked Yumiko quietly. Unlike her other personality she was very meek and timid.
"Information. Something's weird about Anderson. And I want to know why. Now, we're leaving."
Hellsing Manor
After returning Sieghardt drug Anderson right into the Common room and called on his father.
"What, might I ask, are you doing with the Paladin?" asked Alucard.
"Take him and look into his mind. Something was up with him tonight; he seemed more rage induced than usual. I want to know why. He'll be out for a bit more, but find some way to seal his movements." ordered Sieghardt.
"Why can't you do it?" asked Alucard. Sieghardt had rarely ordered him around unless something was wrong with him.
"That's not your concern. Not at the moment, least-ways." With that Sieghardt turned on his heel and left the manor.
Alucard did what he said and chained Anderson down in the basement, using runes to hold him in his place. With that done he went to tell his bride of what had happened and asked her where he might be.
Angela, on the other hand, went to talk to her mother about the whole thing and introduce her to Lucian.
Sea-side harbor, the roof.
Sieghardt sat on the roof, the same place he was years ago soon after coming here. He was deep in his thoughts. Right now he felt so fucking stupid for what happened. He was supposed to protect her, he was her father for fuck's sake and he couldn't do a fucking thing to help her when she needed it. It was like going back to his past and the future that didn't happen.
"Why the fuck did that have to happen. Why couldn't I protect her?" he asked to no-one.
"Because you didn't have the ability to." said a voice. When he turned around he saw Integra standing there.
"How'd you find this place?" he asked. His anger momentarily out-weighed by his confusion.
"Seras told me about it. She said it was a place she liked to come when she was troubled, she said it might be a good place to find you. Angela told me about what happened." said Integra as she sat down next to him. "My question is: Why are you beating yourself up so badly about this?"
"Because I vowed to never let something like that happen again. You remember about the attack by Kagan? After my father took me away to train I made a promise to myself that I would never allow myself to become too weak or to not be able to protect people who were precious to me. I lost everyone that night, and vowed never to let anything like that happen again. So, because of the fact that I couldn't do anything for that short amount of time Angela would be dead were it not for Lucian." answered Sieghardt as he continued to look out into the ocean. He felt so low right now that he couldn't even look Integra in the eyes.
"So, you're berating yourself because of a circumstance that was out of your control? Well, at least you have a better way of dealing with disappointment than your father. He would have sulked a lot more than you." replied Integra.
"Yeah, I deserve it for breaking that promise."
"No, you don't. You couldn't have done anything differently. What happened was a fluke. Anderson was able to get you just in time to go in synch with Yumie and Heinkel. It was completely out of your control; given a few more seconds, however, you would have been able to protect her." Integra reasoned.
Sieghardt thought about it for a few moments. He realized she was right. He was beating himself up too much for this; it was out of his control.
"How does someone like me get lucky to have you?" he asked lightly.
"Good karma, I suppose." Integra replied.
Sieghardt then motioned for her to come closer. She leaned on his shoulder before he took her and placed her in his lap.
A\N: Okay. Sorry to end the chapter like this, but I've gotten writer's block at this point and I can't really think of anything good to end it with. Anyway, I'll continue this story, so R and R and I'll be back.