Blood Sweeter than wine

Chapter 4

His dream

A graveyard outside of London was his final battle as a free man, he was no longer going to be free he was going to end up being a servant of the man that had stopped him from getting what he always wanted.

"Have I been bested?" he asked in pain

"Yes you have been bested." His eyes glow orange as he looks at the man who has beat him "Your secret is gone, the people fear you, your servants have left you, your home and hide out is gone… she will never be yours count, you are nothing, and you will be nothing."

Silence in the graveyard before a large fist came down on his chest again, blood poured from his mouth, he was picked up by the coat collar and held there roughly. "And the child has been born after you bit her mother, because of you she is a monster, a half breed vampire was born all because you were in love with her mother."

His only thoughts "What have I done?"

Her Dream

A little girl aged about four and her mother walk down the street together, her mother holds to the little girls hand, as they walk toward the market when something catches the little girls eye a man on a black horse, she looks to see him and thinks in the back of her head that he must be some kind of prince, he sits high with his chin up, he wears a cape and a black Victorian suit, his hair is black and hangs to his shoulder blades, he has a black mustache and goatee, his shoulders are broad as he rides up on a horse, it is his eyes that catch her more, they are red with an orange glow, he looks down at her and gives the little one a soft smile "Hello my princess."

From his pocket he takes out a flower and hands it to the little girl "What a beautiful flower you will become."

"Sir Integra You have called this meeting because the unthinkable has occurred." The man with a pointed nose and classes with snow white hair folded his hands on the table. I stood next to Integra as she smiled "Yes."

The twelve of British military and Parliament gathered around in secret at the round table, I was the unlucky thirteenth that had to be present, the only good thing that came out of it, I only had to be present to share the story then go back to my room and rest. I was still weak as a dog "So much has happened even if we did try to stop it there are still numbers that will go to the press."

Integra nodded

"What have you found Integra?" One man with a mustache and salt and pepper hair asked.

Integra looked at me and I readied myself, "As you know there was an increase in the vampire population, so we took it upon ourselves to research them, we found out…"

She looked at me, I took from my bag a white cloth and unwrapped it, it was covered in blood, but I managed to clean it off enough to show what it was. "This chip is a transmitting device of some kind, I tried to track it but it came up with nothing, it shows everything, if he or she is ripe enough, mental status, combat status, so one and so forth." I said sliding it to the middle of the table 'Someone is behind this no real vampire would do this."

"And you would know?" a fat man in the corner of the room snorted and raised his eyebrows, I glared "Well me being only half I would know that I don't have a chip in my neck."

Integra snorted "There is something else as well."

"What?" Members of the parliament looked surprised.

"While I was on a hunt on a hunt against ghouls I found this out, usually victims who are still virgins usually turn into new vampires, however in my case files when I submit them this is not the case, all of the victims virgins or not, still turn into ghouls." I replied

"And how do you know that they were virgins?" one accused, it was the fat man again "Sir Edward", I knew the questions were coming because I was a half breed. My eyes narrowed "You ever kill a child ghoul before?"

The members of parliament went silent, and I looked at them "I did."

Integra took over knowing I was getting pissed off "We also found that while the masters were dead the ghouls still lived, the incident with Father Anderson for instance, he said that he already killed the head vampire, but Alucard, Camellia and Serus had just killed off the ghouls."

All of the members of Parliament looked at me "And you confirm this?"

I nodded "Yes I do."

"Then there is really no need for you to stay, thank you Camellia."

I looked at Integra "My orders?"

"None today, rest, you still look weak."

I nodded and stood up. My way down to my chamber was a long one, I didn't feel right, I removed my dress shirt and got into a different outfit, my flair jeans, tennis shoes and a black shirt. "WALTER!"

I cocked an eyebrow and looked at my door "What the hell?"

I walked out of my chamber and down the hall to Serus' room "What is going on in here? Members of Parliament heard you I am sure." I asked

Walter looked at me "Ah Camellia, Serus was just telling me how upset she was over the loss of a mattress."

I smiled and looked at Serus "Why?"

"I want a bed!" She whined

"You won't drink blood, so you have to sleep in a coffin filled with dirt of your birth place."

"What?"

I nodded "I was lucky enough to be human enough not to do that but then again I can do a lot of things the vampires can't do, but Serus blood is important for your survival I know that you won't want too but you will find out that when it comes to drinking blood and turning into a skeleton the blood is chosen."

She looked down and I felt a bit of pity "Why don't you want to drink blood anyway? There are other options "

"I don't know, I just feel that something will disappear."

Walter looked at me and rolled his eyes, "You idiot, why did you let me drink your blood in the first place, you could have just died then."

Serus looked at her master with a bit of fear, I patted her on the shoulder "You chose to be a vampire and you will always be such."

Serus looked at the ground because of her scolding, I put an arm around her shoulders and looked at Alucard and mouthed "Not cool" he sneered in return "A vampire like you comes along every once in a while, it doesn't bother me too much, but be warned you will need blood sooner or later."

"oh yes Alucard I did get your order in."

"Really? Let me see." His voice purred

Walter went over and picked up a box his arms shook violently as he struggled to lift the box, I walked over to help him and lifted it on the table "I could had lifted that when I was younger I am sure."

I smiled "Not anymore old man, not anymore."

He gave me a bored look and opened the box, Alucard smirked "This is…"

Walter explained "A different design from your original Joshua 454 this weapon cant be used by humans, even a half breed such as Camellia cannot use it, 76 kilos, 39 mm long and carries six bullets it has a 13 mm pistol round.

"The casing?'

"Gold Alloy, Special."

"The gunpowder?"

"Macedonia company NNA9 formula."

"The casing themselves?"

"Unique baptism anagram."

"Walter this weapon is perfect."

"I am pleased that you are pleased." Walter looked at me "Oh yes, Alucard ordered this special for you Camellia."

I blinked and looked at Alucard "Special for me?"

"Yes miss."

Walter handed me a black metal knife "Oh it's beautiful."

"this is no ordinary knife, it may look like a pocket knife of some kind but that is not the case, he pointed to a small button on the side of the hilt and told me to push it, I did as he said and the slides flipped open and unfolded until the handle was In the shape of a bow and arrow, "Well this is cool but what does it…"

A sudden blue light went across from one end to the other "Do…."

"This is an Ultra violet spectrum with almost five hundred degrees radiating the light, with no harm to you, of course ultra violet light hurts vampires. This is a new invention and the best part about it, if you throw it, it comes back like a boomerang, I believe that it will work to your advantage apparently Alucard thought so as well."

It was rare to see Alucard give me something of such value even after what happened. "Thank You Alucard, and thank you as well Walter."

Serus looked at out weapons with a sudden jealousy "And don't worry miss Victoria I got something for you as well."

From behind the box that Alucard's gun was in he opened another case, and I helped him lift up another gun from the case, it was large, huge, and heavy to lift. Serus looked at this thing in awe, I looked at it in fear "This thing is huge."

"But it is very powerful, almost like a bazooka, I however was too interested in my n newest toy to really listen to the description of the thing. Alucard looked at me intently "You like it?"

I nodded "It is deffinatly an upgrade from the last pair that I had unfortunately Anderson took them with him, they were lodged in his back when he left."

I heard something in the far distance, something didn't sound right "I hear something."

"What is it?"

"It sounds like…Guns…or Marching? Whatever it is, it doesn't sound right…"

The lights flickered above us causing panic, All of us looked at the lights as they flickered on and off and then finally they all went off and the back up lighting came on. "What the hell?" I said in frustration.

Alucard didn't say anything he stood motionless against the wall, "What do you think?"

He smiled "Battle of course."

I rolled my eyes "I am an idiot I knew that somehow."

A phone came in from inside the house, Walter answered it "Yes Sir Integra…Yes…" He made a motion for me to turn on the monitors in the room next to mine and I nodded, I made my way to the hall and turned them on…"Shit…"

Inside the house were ghouls…. Many of them and two men one with long blonde hair and a white suit and the other with black hair and a beanie on his head with an eye, they both were vampires, but they were factory made. Alucard came in behind me "Well?"

I pointed to the monitor "Seems we have some unwelcomed guests." I said

Alucard looked at the screen "Yes it does seem."

"Any plan?"

"Not yet."

We walked back in and the phone went off again and an unfamiliar voice came across the receiver, "Is this thing on? Cool…Hello Hellsing, your ass is currently being kicked by the Valentine brothers my Names Yan, and Let me give a special shout out to the queen bitch herself Miss Hellsing, I want to thank our hosts for all of the refreshments being served today they are delicious…" I glared at the phone before I walked back over to the monitor and looked at it, I saw the man with beanie on his head and piercings on his face. He licked the blood from the head causing me to shiver, from what I saw there was blood in the background, I heard the phone behind me, "There is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide unless of course you just want to take the easy way and kill yourselves…of course right now I would recommend pissing yourselves fallowed by praying to your infinite god." he pressed on the heads eyeball until it burst. "We will leave it up to you, thank you London…goodnight."

I glared as the monitor went off "Sick bastard wont get away with it. We take action as soon as possible."