Volume 6 is out! But the weird thing was that I had a dream that it was out the night before, and thenI went to homeroom and it actually was out! So weird, ya?

Order 1.5: Sobered Up

Seras was quite sure what the most interesting part of that night was; her master actually getting to a nightclub, and clearing the dance floor with his moves to "Thriller" made both Pip and Seras' jaws hit the floor..…Though, the scolding they all received from Sir Hellsing when they returned home was something to hear as well. Integra seemed to be doing a lot of yelling since this started.

However, after Integra was spent verbalizing her rage, she slumped in her armchair. "Is that all, Master?" Alucard asked, yawning and rotating a finger in his ear. Integra seemed to want to start screaming again, but apparently didn't have the strength for it.

"This morning, a call to the police was made. A teenage boy had been complaining about his neck all day, and then suddenly collapsed around 7 pm. We tried to contact you, but all attempts failed."

Pip looked sheepish-at 7 pm, they were in the bar and it was far too loud to hear a cell-phone. He vaguely wondered what Seras' excuse was. "What makes this so special?" Alucard asked.

"That one boy was not the only one to collapse today. Several similar calls to the police were made today, almost all concerning teenagers, and almost all of said teenagers were being monitored since Millennium's attack on that school. In a few hours time, you three and Walter will go to the hospital at which many of this kids are staying, and check them."

"Why am I involved in this?" Alucard asked.

"What do you mean, Alucard?" Integra inquired.

"I'm a vampire, carry two huge guns, and I am the death-dealer for Hellsing. If you haven't realized, I am more or less the anti-doctor. How am I supposed to know what you're looking for when I see it?"

"Please, Alucard, don't bother. You are no fool, though you act like one incredibly well. You know the anatomy of a human body as well as the top doctor in the country." Integra said, almost bitterly, as if she loathed coming that close to giving Alucard a compliment. "Besides, I have my reasons. And you have your orders. Follow them. And quit your yawning!" Integra added, seeing him raise a hand to his mouth. "It's your fault for being out all day!"

So, now they were on their way (in a stylish limo with an included driver), and Alucard was looking very displeased. Seras longed to say something like, "I told you so!" or "You should've known!" But the repercussions of those acts would be along the lines asking for a death wish instead. She was trying her best to force the thoughts out of her head in case Alucard decided to have a look-see.

"What hospital are we going to Walter?" Seras asked to distract herself.

"The Winchester healing Hospital."

The word Winchester now took up her thinking space. "Winchester, Winchester, Winchester!" Seras shouted suddenly. "First the school, then the pub, now a hospital! Why is everything named WINCHESTER!"

"Because the people that make the names have no imagination." Alucard said simply, staring out of his window. "That's another reason to become a vampire. A true one I mean. Eventually it gets boring to kill somebody the same way over, and over, and over again. Being a vampire almost forces you to think of ways not to be bored for all eternity." He continued looking out of the window while Pip was slowly edging away from him.

The limousine slowed down. "We're here sir." The driver said to Walter. "Thank you, Smith. We'll let ourselves out." Walter climbed out of the vehicle, followed by Pip, Seras and a very reluctant Alucard.

It was still night-time, most of the world was still asleep, and visiting hours were long since past, but neither rules seemed to apply to them. After all, they were Hellsing.

A doctor was waiting for them out on the front steps. "Hurry, hurry, you can't stay long. Don't want the staff to get suspicious of anything mind you." The doctor said, opening the door for them. Seras noticed the look on her Master's face. It seemed to be daring anybody to get 'suspicious'.

The doctor led them into a white corridor. "All through this wing are students that your people said they were so interested in. We can't figure out anything decisive maybe you can. Pick whichever room you like, just don't upset them, and do try to be gone in an hour..!" The doctor stressed. "The shift changes at that time and its bad enough one has already seen you."

The doctor left. "We'll take this one" Alucard said, indicating the nearest room. He walked in, Seras behind him, and Walter (along with Pip) went to check a different student.

As soon as they entered a powerful aroma filled Seras' nose. She started gagging. "Hmmm…" her Master moved further into the room. "Describe the smell to me, Police girl."

"I-it smells like-(cough)-wet dog or-, something-!" Seras choked out.

"Yes…Indeed it does. Perhaps Master Hellsing was correct in taking time to explore this…." Alucard pulled back some hanging curtains to reveal a hospital bed, and upon it, a teenage boy, drenched in sweat. On the nearby walls and ceiling, long claw marks had been made.

Alucard growled. "Another werewolf…very strange indeed. Check the boy Police Girl. Bite marks, claw marks…anything unusual." Alucard had his head back an was vigorously sniffing the air. Seras ignored the act, chalking it up to PMS (or perhaps Alucard just being Alucard…). She reached out and touched the boy.

"Master!" Seras whispered. "His skin is freezing!" Alucard said nothing, still sniffing. He crossed over to a window and yanked it open. Seras continued her search. She turned the boy's head so his neck was revealed, but their were no bites. She ran her hand along the swastika symbol placed by Millennium. This was the only place on his body that seemed hot.

"Something is not right here." Alucard said, pulling his head back inside the window. "Go retrieve Walter, I wish to-" Alucard was cut short as the teen's body shuddered. Alucard and Seras watched it for a moment, then it seemed to enter some sort of sudden seizure.

The hospital bed was rocking back and forth under the boy's muscle spasms and he was soon foaming at the mouth. The doctor rushed in with a nurse at his side, holding a long syringe. But the doctor never got close enough.

At that particular moment, the student's eyes shot open and he lunged forward, attempting to bite and or throttle anyone close enough. Alucard stepped in. He smashed the Casull into the boy's face, and he slumped back into his bed, alive, but unconscious and with blood trickling out of his nose. "Now doctor." Alucard stepped aside and put his gun away. "Administer whatever you wish, and tether him down afterwards. Do the same for all of your patients with the swastika at the base of their necks. Keep their straps tight, and put something in their mouths to stop potential biting."

Alucard strode towards the door. "Fetch Walter and Bernadette, Police Girl. We're leaving."

When they returned to the limo, Walter immediately raised the barrier between the front and the back for privacy. Seras asked the obvious question. "Okay! So just what is going on here!" Alucard was silent for a moment, and all eyes were on him.

"….I don't know."

"Report." They had returned to Integra's office, and Alucard was giving her the information they had gathered. It wasn't much.

"In our room, there were traces of another wolf, claw marks, and a serious odor of dog, but they seemed to have just vanished. I couldn't follow the scent anywhere other than inside the room. I can't come to any theories as to how the werewolf would have escaped. Even in human form that smell lingers."

Seras picked up next. "His body was cold, but the swastika symbol he had felt like it was on fire, I don't know if this means anything…."

"It might." Integra said, chewing on her cigar. "Walter, was it the same way with your subject too?"

The old butler nodded. Integra looked grim, as if she knew something they didn't. Or perhaps she was grim because she didn't know anything more than them at all, and it worried her.

"Very well, you are all dismissed."

I know this chapter wasn't as funny as the others, but this story does actually have a plot to it, more than just random bars and holiday shopping.

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