Side note: Mangaverse- veers from the timeline a bit; semi Pip x Seras tendencies.

Mission Three

Part 1

Integra sat bolt straight, with ever perfect posture behind her desk. Her paperwork was going slowly. Rather, it would've progressed more swiftly if it hadn't been for the presence lurking twenty feet from her.

Icy blue eyes swiftly glanced over at the red clad figure, poised unmoving in front of the painting of her late father. His eyes seemed to be distant from where they could be seen behind his rose tinted glasses, as if looking past the picture. He remained silent as per her request. He had been taunting her, goading her to the point where she was about to yell at him to get out of her office. However, he had smirked quickly and glided back from her desk only to remain in the room, where he was presently.

A vein promptly appeared behind Integra's long sweeping hair.

"Are you sure this is going to work master?"

"No."

Seras almost fell over. She had expected the customary grin, not a real concrete answer. Especially one like that.

Her master was sitting, hunched over the lone table in her room. Several markers were sprawled around him on the table. So far he had only used the black and red, not really a good sign, but definitely fit into his color palette.

He had marched through her door with a scowl, surprising her so greatly that she shot up from her inside her coffin. Luckily the lid wasn't on this time. Normally she'd sense him enter the room and sit up too fast to realize her coffin lid was on. She sighed. How she missed that normal bed. Seras shrugged and moved closer to her master. Curiously, she peered down over his shoulder at the piece of paper he was currently doodling on.

It was some kind of game, or target practice. She gulped, suddenly nervous. In the middle, there was a scribble with short pointy hair that looked strangely familiar. This particular scribble seemed to be in the open air without any cover and was taking the most heat. Seras could see this because there were three other groups behind, were those trees or bushes? Well, they were behind some kind of barriers (they were just black, so color couldn't very well indicate what they were) and several dozen lines were drawn from those figures to the Seras scribble. Her master had even switched colors to dribble bits of red on the ground below her.

What she didn't know was how this, whatever it was, was going to increase her dark abilities. Her master wasn't being very forthcoming either, which made her even more nervous. Especially since there was one figure who seemed to be wearing a hat. No doubt that was her master's crude depiction of a certain someone's cowboy hat. Seras closed her eyes, as if in pain.

Her master's wide grin as he held up his sketch did not comfort her.

"You need my 'elp?"

Seras's face went warm under the captain's startled, but eager stare. She squirmed.

"Um…yes?"

Seras peered up through her lashes at the man who towered above her short frame. He smiled widely and patted the side of her shoulder.

"Anyzhing," He said, laughing.

"Really? Anything Captain?"

Both Pip and Seras cringed at the sheer joy in Alucard's voice. It was just so unnatural. Pip's face took on a confused expression and he looked over at Seras, only to see her face scrunched up in worry. That couldn't be good.

Pip pulled at the end of his long braid that wrapped around his neck loosely once and then twice to hang down to his hips. He shook his head.

"What 'ave I gotten myzelf into, police girl?"

Seras sighed, "It's what I've gotten myself into Captain."

Pip raised his eyebrows, but at her wave for him to follow, he moved in step beside her. They walked to the barracks where Pip called the Wild Geese to attention. The men were mercenaries, so they didn't really form specific ranks, but they did have a sort of order. However, the hung about in front of Pip in a crowd, not in the usual uniformed lines that most Hellsing soldiers ascertained when called to attention by a ranking officer.

"Ze Police Girl needs our 'elp."

He left out Alucard's involvement on purpose. Withholding information wasn't lying, but knowing it was just the Police Girl in need might make the squabs more willing.

Pip judged right too because at the mention of the well built, timid girl the Geese all looked up in rapt attention. Several were also peering over curiously at the draculina, who was leaning a bit closer to Pip now that eyes were focused on her. Pip grinned.

"Zis is not mandatory, since it is an off day. Zhose willing- follow us."

Pip then turned and headed out toward the training field where Alucard had told him to gather. Seras hesitated, glancing at the men who made up the Geese.

"It shouldn't take too long…" She smiled tentatively before trotting off after Pip.

"Master do I really have to do this?"
"Yes."

"Why?" Seras said in a pained voice.

"I'm bored."

Seras eyes widened and her jaw dropped.

"Whaaaat?"

"Oh be quiet Police Girl. The only way for your abilities to surface is when you are in dire need of them. If you are under duress, they will emerge to aid you."

"Okay master."

Seras flinched. She was standing in the middle of the training field and just like Alucard's little layout, the Geese were over in the underbrush. They behind bushes, trees and looking quite confused.

"We're supposed to shoot at her Captain?"

Pip sighed, "Oui…"

What had they all gotten into? Somehow this was supposed to help the Police girl with her vampiric abilities. It made sense to Pip that they would arise while in combat, but this seemed absurd. The most growth was usually gained through actual experience, but would it work if it wasn't an impending force that desired her demise? The Geese didn't exactly want to injure the young girl, even if she did have enhanced healing. Pip's eyes roved over the faces of his men- they were definitely hesitant to do this, almost as much as he was. However, he was confident about her abilities, so he felt she would pull through. What were several dozen gunshot wounds anyway?

Pip made a face.

"Stop dodging Police girl."

Seras sunk to the ground. Blood dripped down from underneath the curtain of her bangs, from her nose and mouth, and from several places in her flesh. The Geese weren't gifted with silver bullets luckily, so the wounds oozed only slightly. Her body's healing kicked in as Seras lifted away the bangs from her eyes.

"Master this isn't working."

Alucard almost rolled his eyes, "Just wait."

Seras whimpered softly. The Geese were across the open field and most of the weathered faces held strained expressions. Seras was such a good girl. She always seemed to come from out of nowhere to save their butts, so purposefully injuring her, even for the sake of training, seemed wrong. She looked so pathetic sitting collapsed and bleeding; they only wanted to help her, which is apparently what they were supposed to be doing by shooting her. It was quite the contradiction.

"Fire and do not stop."

Alucard sent a red eyed glance over to the Wild Geese. They warily took aim, slowing moving forward to better reach the target. Seras remained on the ground, her head bowed.

Pip stood to the side. His worried expression was not missed by the ever aware master vampire. Pip sighed, folded his arms and signaled the attack with a nod.

Seras gasped. The bullets ripped at her arms, and buried themselves into her legs and torso. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists under the pain. It didn't really hurt, not like it would a human, but it still caused a burning pain and was wholly uncomfortable. The barrage didn't stop though and Seras began to feel heavy. She dove into her mind and concentrated, trying to call upon her dark forces, if there be any.

Seras felt a sinking sensation inside herself. Her mind was dark and absent of any power stirring. Seras felt despair rise in her throat. She needed to become stronger. As she was, she could not protect her men or be of any use to her master's master. Seras growled at herself, the sound echoing in her mind. The bullets tore at her face, ripping her left cheek and right ear. Her right arm was nearly unusable and she probable wouldn't even be able to get up. If this were a vampire or his ghoul attack force, there would be no mercy for her. As her enemies, ripped her apart and incapacitated her- what would she do then to help her men? A responding growl in her mind was her only answer.

Seras's eyes snapped open as red overtook her vision. There was painful tingling, like her nerves were on fire. She felt her flesh stretch and fall away. Seras heard ripping sounds, but she focused more on the feeling of the bullets' weight disappearing. She folded in on herself and she fell to her side.

Alucard grinned. His red eyes glinted and narrowed.

Pip's cigarette fell out of his mouth and bounced a short distance away in the maintained grass of the field. The Geese straightened beside him and ceased their attack. Seras had disappeared. She no longer sat hunched in the middle of the field, simply taking the onslaught of bullets without much complaint.

Left in her place was a great blonde beast. It lay, unmoving in the grass. The beast seemed something akin to a wolf. The large head contained a few wrinkles of extra skin and sloped into a long muzzle which was stunted by a triangular nose that left it slightly pointed. The jowls hung down in layers of skin to the neck. With slender shoulders and hips, but a broad chest and long, sweeping tail the animal was quite fearsome. Could that really be Seras? From where he stood, Pip could see the closed eyes, but the short folded ears were starting to twitch.

Suddenly there was a stirring in the grass and with a grace that seemed impossible to such a massive body, the wolf rose to its feet. Red eyes blinked cautiously. Instead of the normal two, there were three, one if the middle of its forehead. The hair was definitely a strawberry blonde and was cropped short, close to the skin so as to not impair movement. The coat was shiny, short, and thin. It seemed more like skin than fur. In some areas, the purple color of the animal's actual skin shown through. It was eerie under the fair colored fur, especially since she was covered in blood, but seemingly not injured at all. As they watched, the dog tilted its head and flexed its ears. The floppy things wiggled a bit.

Pip moved a step forward. Wrong move. The dog's ears rose into tall points on its head and all eyes riveted their attention to Pip. Apparently, they were normally supposed to up off the head, like a Great Dane or German shepherd, but at rest the ends would flop down sideways on either side of her head.

Alucard came to life then and clapped. He confirmed everyone's suspicions.

"Good show, Police girl. It took you long enough."

The dog growled petulantly and appeared to be pouting. The dog sniffed, raised its nose as if it were a snobby upper-class citizen, and padded towards Pip. The mammoth of a hound plopped down its rear at the Captain's side and blatantly ignored its master.

Pip stared down wonderingly. He kneeled down and was surprised to find the dog's eye level above his own. The petite police girl was not so tiny in this form.

"Police girl?"

Pip struggled to make the connection. It was obvious that it was her; it was just so damn hard to believe she could change into something like this. The dog's eyes blinked before its head lowered. She wouldn't look at him now. Was Seras-wolf worried that she looked deformed?

Pip lifted a hand and lightly touched a folded ear. The appendage shot up to full point and swiveled towards him. A small yip encouraged the Frenchman onward. Pip grinned and scratched. Unbeknownst to the audience watching the man and wolf, a red clad vampire sneered at the scene.

With a roll of the eyes, he disappeared back into the castle, back into Integra's office that nearly dropped her tea upon his entrance. Another throbbing vein pronounced its existence upon the blonde knight's forehead.

A few heads turned at a sudden outburst of yelling. Most paid it no attention. The alarm for dispatch wasn't sounding, so it was probably nothing important. Just the usual happenings at Hellsing Manor.

Seras panted and purred. The weathered, well trained men of the Wild Geese surrounded her taking turns at her scratching her belly, ears, and back. The many hands on her skin were soothing and Seras arched into them. She smiled as she panted with her tongue hanging out the side of her mouth. She would nip lightly at the few hands that pulled gently on her tail, which only resulted in chuckles from the group. Seras barked and shifted onto her back feet, rearing up a little. A strawberry tongue snaked out and licked at the captain's ear.

"Argh- Seras!"

Pip grimaced as he swiped at her while wiping the damp shell of his ear. The Geese laughed as Pip chased Seras-wolf around the field. The blonde female barking and grinning all the while.

Seras happily teased the Captain. She felt bolder for some reason and more comfortable in this form. Was this her familiar? It must be. The coils of muscle and strength felt wonderful. The world looked different from this height and angle. She was more sensitive to sounds, smells and tastes. She was surprised to find that even the air had a certain flavor and the fresh, cleanness was delicious. Her tail wagged.

There was only one problem- how did she change back?

Seras wasn't even sure how she changed in the first place. She wasn't looking forward to asking her master. He seemed displeased with her playfulness. Apparently he expected her to act more appropriate. His familiar dog form was quite vicious after all. Seras shrugged her thin shoulders and stretched her lithe body. She'd wait for a little bit. Right now she had mischief to attend to.

Her eyes narrowed a bit and her smile turned purely wolfish. The Geese caught the change as if it were a change in the wind. Pip's eyes widened.

"What are you up to girl?"

Seras's grin only widened, putting the group in attendance on edge. That grin was just too similar to Alucard's. The blonde turned tail and trotted towards the mansion.

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