Major OOC-ness and AU in this chapter - thanks to "Zizzi Hungarian" for the suggestions! And I still won't react to flames, and won't cut this.
And yes, I know both Maxwell and Integra have met Schrö, but note that they don't know his name.
It's been a year he's been missing. No round-table meetings, no greater battles during this period. The Hellsing organisation seemed to have retired to gather its forces.
The Millennium, anonimously, searched hospitals, playgrounds, even animal shelters – no results. In the case Schrödinger was taken to a secret laboratory to be examined, he would have obviously used his abilities to escape.
The Major began to get somewhat worried, while the Doctor couldn't decide whether to be angry or worried. Where was the Junior Warrant Officer?
One day, when he once again became the subject of conversation, they made the terrible discovery…
"We should really do a worldwide search for him" said the Major between two sausages.
The Doc didn't really agree, but decided to stay silent and listen to the Major.
"So" he continued, undisturbed "he's around 5 feet tall, looks like a 12-year-old boy…"
"Hmm…" a memory flashed in the Doc's mind, remembering the last time he told Schrödinger off for something. Around 5 feet? 12-year-old?
"SCHEIßE!"
"What's wrong?" asked the Major, so surprised that he almost spat the sausage out.
"I have made a mistake… the eternal youth… when I created him, I wasn't sure if it was going to last forever, but he's been like this for so long…"
"And?" actually, the Major never used to pay too much attention at the Warrant Officer's looks, height or anything.
"He was taller last time… only now I remember…" and the Doc showed to the Major how tall the catboy was "that's nearly 6 feet…"
The Major finally got it. He jumped up and crashed the plate on the floor.
The Warrant Officer, unnaturally, began to grow up.
They paid so little attention to him that only now they finally realized it.
There were only a few places they haven't searched; they ruled out kidnapping by the Hellsing organisation or Iscariot13, but what if…?
Sorry, looking for Schrödinger. Nein here.
Danke.
Lieb, Major
- said the letter Integra and Alucard found in the middle of the ruins which used to be part of their headquarters. Though the main heart of the Hellsing organisation hasn't been destroyed, and only a few of their soldiers died, the damage was huge. Integra swore revenge, but before she could light a cigar, her phone rang.
"Hallo?" she asked, enervated and angry.
"Maxwell here."
"What do you want?" his voice wasn't exactly one she longed to hear.
"Just tell me one thing: who is this Schrödinger? The Millennium just bombed us down and left a letter…"
No sign of him. No trace of the Warrant Officer. Only now the Millennium realised how important he used to be.
The Major left the TV on after the news, and sat down at the table for dinner, barely noticing a documentation about a small but fascinating town had started. The Doc gave a look at the screen while bringing in the plates, which the next moment broke noisily on the floor.
"What was that?"
"Look!"
In the film, there was a slow panoramic of one of the streets in town – and in the shop window of an antiquity shop, there was a whole Nazi youth uniform, complete with the armband, shoes, and everything.
"Who sold it to you?"
The old man was shivering in fear, a knife held to his throat. It was late in the evening, and he was about to close the shop when the two men – one short and fat, the other tall and thin – walked in to ask about the Nazi uniform.
"T-that nice girl living outside of town…"
"Don't be ridiculous! Where is the boy who owned it?"
"W-which boy?"
"ANSWER ME!"
"N-no boy! J-just that g-girl…"
"Well then… where is she?"
"T-to the east… the f-forest…"
The Doc slashed the man's throat with a swift movement.
"We have found him."
They left the shop, leaving the owner lying in a pool of blood.
But they weren't expecting what they were about to see…