Amen :: A Hellsing Tale :: Part 6 :: Friends & Foes

A soft breeze blew against your body, as the clouds moved away from the moon. Alucard came closer and closer to your lips, sending chills up your spine. Something stirred within you, but you couldn't place it.

Is this wrong? Should I be doing this?

His lips collided into yours. It was a strange, passionate kiss, comparing it to Anderson's kiss was a joke. It wasn't as rough and demanding as you had expected, giving you quite a surprise. He gently pulled away, looking into your deep blue eyes.

Sneaky Bastard

He smirked and leaned in for another kiss. Once more his lips were on yours, you could feel his tongue slowly parting your lips. You pulled away with a laugh, a growl coming from Alucard.

"I must go," you told him. "They will wonder were I am."

You turned to walk back into the ballroom, but was stopped by a hand on your arm. Alucard spun you around and pulled you back into his chest. His wrapped around your waste and he roughly kissed you.

"Alucard!" You said harshly as you pulled away. "Don't be such a stubborn ass!"

Alucard replied with a growl, his grasp on your waste remaining. You tried to pull away but his grasp was too tight.

Dammit!!

"What do you want?" you asked angrily. He smirked and let you go, causing you to stumble back. You grumbled and walked back into the ballroom, "Ughh...vampires!"

The rest of the night you spent dancing with other men, talking with mother and the queen, and spending some time with Seras. She went insane when you told her the news.

"WHAT!?!?!" she screeched. You quickly covered her mouth and pulled her into the restroom. "You've got to be joking!"

"Nope." you replied with a laugh. She leaned against the sinks and sighed.

"Who would have thought." she said. You sighed along with her and began to fix your makeup. "So, how was it?"

"Decent." you answered sarcastically. She laughed and helped you fix your hair. "It was decent."

There was a loud bang coming from the ballroom. Screams rang through the place, as you and Seras ran to see what it was. Thousands of FREAKS were swarming into the ballroom, killing anything that got in their way. You pulled up the skirt of your gown, taking the knife out of its sheath on your garter.

"What's a pretty thing like you doing with the weapon?" someone asked from behind. You spun to see a large FREAK standing over you, holding a large machete.

"Killing you," you replied flinging the knife straight into his chest. Pulling it out and moving on to the next FREAK.

"Victoria...the queen!" you heard someone scream. Spinning around you saw that 5 FREAKS surrounded the queen. You ran as fast as your feet could carry, gliding up the majestic steps, until you reached the FREAKS. The laughed at you, underestimating your power greatly.

A smirk came across your face as you kicked one of them in crotch, your other leg colliding into another's face. As they dropped their guns you snatched the weapons up, shooting two FREAKS square in the head. The last one stood between you and the queen. You smiled, noticing he had no gun on him. Pointing the pistol to his heart, you laughed, until out came a gun from his pocket. He pointed it to your face.

"On your knees and beg, bitch." he said. You moved your gun to his head with a growl.

"Fuck you." you said, shooting the gun as you ducked from his bullet. The FREAK squealed in pain and fell to the floor. You jumped over him and ran to the queen, who lay on the floor.

"My lady!" you asked, gently trying to bring her back to conscious. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled, coughing up blood. "Oh my God, hold on Your Majesty."

The country went quiet the next day. Her majesty had died, of a gun wound to the stomach. The attack on the ball had ended abruptly, all remaining FREAKS were destroyed by Alucard. You had helped mother and the guards carry Her Majesty to the hospital, where she died the very next morning.

Her funeral was held 3 days later, the country silent in mourning. You and mother were honored in her will, granted 50 million dollars for our own personal use, and government support.

Once the funeral was over, and the mourning had ceased, it was time to find a new queen. Rumored had it that you had been honored in Her Majesty's will to be next on the throne. This made the rest of her family, including her son, furious.

One fine evening, as you sat around talking with Seras, a call came for you from the castle.

"Victoria Hellsing," said the voice through the phone. "A meeting from the Royal Family is beginning, please be here in one hour."

With that, they hung up. You knew the royal family was angry with you, jealous that you had been stated in Her Majesty's will.

"Victoria Hellsing," said Her Majesty's only son, David. "It says here in mother's will Countess Victoria Annalice Hellsing, daughter of Integra Wingate Hellsing and the Duke of Abington will be the next to the throne by my death."

"I was unaware of this, sire." You answered to the frustrated prince. He scowled, along with all the others of the family. "And I have no desire to become Queen"

"Good," he answered harshly. "You may leave now."

As you left the room you heard the prince whisper something to the guards, knowing it wasn't a good thing. The prince had always been the jealous type. As you left the castle, three men stood in front of you.

"Im guessing this isn't an escort." you said dryly. The smirked and pulled out their guns, pointing towards you.

Before you knew it, 3 shots were made, and the men fell to the ground. Expecting to see Alucard appear from the shadows, but instead, another stranger approached you.

He was of medium height, sporting an eye patch on his right eye, long blond hair tied back into a braid that wrapped around his neck like a scarf, and a cigarette in his mouth. He smiled as he walked up to you, placing his guns back in his belt.

"Thank you sir." you said looking at the dead men. "I owe ya' one."

"Of course, anything for ze Hellsing girl," he spoke in a French accent. He dressed like a soldier, but you didn't remember meeting him.

"I thought I had met all of Hellsing's soldiers," you replied shaking his out-reached hand. "Who might you be?"

"Pip Bernadotte, captain of ze White Geese." he said, lighting another cig. He offered you one, and you gladly took it.

"Now I owe you two," you said with a laugh. "Heading back to the manor?"

"Of courze, my lady." he said sarcastically.

"My lady? I like the sound of that!" you laughed. "But to you, it's Victoria."

He laughed and walked alongside you as you headed back. Not before long, you saw that a small cafe was open.

"Care for a drink, captain?" you asked with a grin, running into the cafe.

"Qui my lady!" he laughed running in after you. You bought the two of you some coffee and sat down on the small couches. "Merci!"

The two of you spent 3 hours in that smell cafe, getting to know each other. This is what you learned.

Pip Bernadotte is indeed French, with a Swedish background. He lost his eye while working with his team of mercenaries The Wild Geese. He has fought with Hellsing once before when he was in his early 20s, he is now 35 years old. A bit older than you had hoped, but he was damn gorgeous. OH, and one more thing...he's a pervert. Other than that, he's a great guy!

By the time the two of had gotten out of there, it was dark! Pip insisted that he take you out on the town, and even though it was your home town, you accepted!

The night club was hot and smelly from all the sweat coming from everyone, but you couldn't have cared less. Pip led you over to the bar, buying you and himself some scotch.

"Do you dance or does that gun mean no?" you asked with a laugh.

"Ahh...hiccup...anything for ze...hiccup...English woman!!" He said tripping over a large, bulky man, causing a fight between the two. You calmly stepped between them, pulling your Captain friend back to Hellsing Manor.

"Come my fair maiden...hiccup...ve'll make sweet love and...hiccup...zhen we'll rattle ze troops!!...hiccup" Pip sang as you helped him back home.

"Alright, Casanova lets get you home and into bed." You said with a laugh.

"Qui!...hiccup...wonderful idea!...hiccup...it's ze bed for us...hiccup" he sang, tripping over his feet.

"Now, now Mr. Pip I am a virgin!" you replied in an innocent voice. Though it was true, no one would think that you were possibly a virgin.

"A virgin!!!!...hiccup...vhat kind of idiot vould I be to keep you a virgin!!...hiccup...to ze bedroom!!!" he shouted as you reached the doors of the manor. You laughed as he tripped once more, falling flat on his ass. He looked up and pulled you down onto the floor. "Are we in my bedroom yet?"

"Nope!" you laughed.

"Dammit!!...hiccup...quick my love!!...to ze love making room!!" he sang, pulling himself to his feet, taking you along with him. He didn't make it far.

The rest of the night you spent trying to get out of Pip's love-making room and over to mother's office to explain your meeting with the Royal Family. After much struggle and a passed out Pip, you finally made it over to mother.

"They tried to assassinate you?" Mother asked, not too shocked.

"Yes, but I was saved by Captain Bernadotte." you replied.

"Yes, I sent him out to keep an eye on you, I knew something did not sound right about that call." she answered. "Now go a rest, tomorrow you need to practice with the troupes."

"Alright, goodnight mother." you said, leaving her office and heading to your own room. Slinking into your room, you practically tore off your clothes and fell into bed, falling fast asleep. Little did you know, someone was watching over you with prying, devious eyes...