Disclaimer: I still do not claim to own Hellsing, so please do not sue me. I don't have enough money anyways because college tuition and books drain me of everything I own.

The Pain

As Seras walked through the portal, she felt a sense of nothingness as the dark matter surrounded her and then arrived into the regular scene of a pissed off Sir Integra and a smug Alucard. He did not have his red duster on, nor his hat or glasses making it easy to see the taunting glare in his crimson eyes. Not sure that she wanted to know what had gone on between the two, Seras took her regular stance in front of Sir Integra's desk; waiting for the details for the Mission ahead of her.

"Now that you are both here, we can get down to business." Sir Integra grimly pulled out a folder and opened it, placing it on the desk for the two vampires to see the grotesque pictures. There were several snapshots of three bodies…well, what should have been bodies. What was left of most of the lumpy looking objects wasn't much and from what Seras could see, something had had way too much fun causing such a slaughter. Chunks of gore splattered the room leaving dark spots everywhere along the walls and ceilings, and organs were flung everywhere. It even looked as if the intestines were dangling on the ceiling fan. Seras hoped that wasn't the case. This was definitely not something a human could have done.

"The Police were called around 7:30 pm today when neighbors reported hearing muffled screams coming from the house. When they arrived at 7:45 two cops went in to investigate. They never came back. When two more went in to search for the missing two, they could not find a single trace of the two cops. When they went to get witness reports, they discovered that the entire neighborhood had been massacred. That was when they decided to call us. This thing is out there nearby the crime scene, and I want you both to Search and Destroy! Whatever has done this is obviously out for more bloodshed. I expect a thorough report when you're finished."

Sir Integra lit a cigar and took in a deep breath and released a cloud of smoke.

"Yes Sir, Sir Integra!" Seras gave a quick salute and teleported back to her room to grab her Harkonnen. Her stomach was killing her again, but she hoped that it would not affect her too much. When she was absolutely positive that she had everything that would be needed, she mentally searched for her Master and found him on the roof of the Hellsing Mansion. She opened up another portal and arrived at his location.

He was in his duster now, and the trademark hat was on once again. She couldn't see both of his guns, but she knew they were there. He loved those guns almost as much as he loved fighting. He stood there for another minute or so, and then let out his infamous Cheshire grin.

"You took longer than normal. I hope you don't make it a habit Police Girl."

"Sorry Sir."

Without further hesitation he launched up into the sky as a thousand bats; Seras right behind him. She didn't always like flying as a bat. Yeah, it was fun to fly, but keeping all the bats together took a lot of concentration. It also didn't help that her cramps were now twice as bad now that she was a ton of little flying bodies. She found it a lot harder to concentrate.

It seemed like forever, and when Alucard finally flew towards the ground Seras could barely hide her relief. He took his normal form and landed. Seras struggled for a second and then changed back to her form as well and landed beside him. Her cramps were now sending sharp angry stabs through her and she was finding it hard to hide it all from her Master.

Choosing to continue to ignore her pain, Seras discovered that they were in a decent neighborhood. There were nice little lawns with flower gardens so extraordinary it was mind boggling. This was not a neighborhood that a crime to this extent would occur at. Finding the culprit in this area couldn't be too hard, could it?

"It would seem that our monster would like to play Hide-and-Seek with us." Alucard let out a dark chuckle and began to walk to the left.

Not wanting to disappoint him, Seras went to the right. She noticed that it was getting considerably harder to walk, but continued to push herself. She could not let her Master know. As she continued to scan the neighborhood, she held her Harkonnen at the ready. She looked for any signs of her enemy but found none. How strange. You would think that with all the bloodshed there would be at least one bloody footprint to lead her in the right direction, but she couldn't find a single trace of any mishaps. As she walked further along, she began to sense that something was wrong. As if something was watching her every move.

She began to glance nervously behind her. She couldn't see anything, or sense any evil presence. Thinking it was just paranoia she continued to slowly edge herself forward. She couldn't believe that she was hurting this bad. Maybe it was because she was a vampire?

Suddenly, a tremendous aura hit her and she stumbled backwards.

"What the hell was that?!"

Seras held her Harkonnen more firmly and tried to see more clearly in the dark. Her vampire senses were already at full throttle though and it did very little to help her. She could hear loud moans now and knew that she was headed the right direction. As she rounded the bend in the road Seras stopped in mid-motion. In front of her were five hundred ghouls and a tall silhouette standing in the middle of them.

As she began to aim her Harkonnen she was suddenly knocked backwards. The tall silhouette she had glanced in the middle of all the ghouls was now upon her and she could see him clearly. He was really tall with pale crimson hair that travelled down to his waist. He was dressed in all black leather making his wild ruby red eyes stand out even more in the dark. On his hip was a sheath, and in his hand the sword glinted madly in the moonlight.

Seras sent a quick mental message of alarm to Alucard and then struck out at the strange man. Oddly enough, the ghouls did not make a single step forward. Her attack was blocked by the man's sword and she let out an angry snarl. This made the man grin and he knocked her backwards once again.

"Hello ducky. But what's this? You think you can kill me in your current state? Go ahead and try little ducky, I'll just keep knocking you down."

Seras let out an angry snarl, ignoring the black dots forming in her vision. She raised her Harkonnen again and fired at the vampire. He dodged and ran at her with his sword raised to strike. She jumped to the side; barely missing the sharp silver sword. She let out a quick kick but failed to hit once again. He then jumped into the air and aimed for her again. She tried to dodge but the sharp burn of silver bit into her shoulder. She grabbed onto the hilt and kicked him with all she had. He fell backwards and recovered. Seras held on to her shoulder as her vision began to blur. Her stomach raged on and the last thing she saw was her enemy charging at her before she saw complete blackness.

To be continued…

Author's Note: Wow! I can't believe I've had so much support from only the first chapter! Thank you! I hope that I continue to get such support throughout this story because I know that it's going to get a lot more interesting. It was actually pretty funny when I wrote this because I was experiencing stomach pains just like Seras, only mine were not from cramps. I know I cut off at the most horrible point I could have, but it leaves me a great point to start up the next chapter to. I'm sorry for the lame action scene. It's pretty obvious that I've never done one before. I look forward to writing the next chapter and hopefully it won't be too long of a wait.