Angel pulled up to the gate, a senior officer was stood there and he looked at the bike and said back opening the gates
"Welcome back Miss Sancho"
She nodded, her visor was completely black and it was a puzzle to the other soldiers how the SO had reconised her. She zoomed down to the garage, a wind swept by as Alucard flew into the door and proceded up to the office. Walter was stood at the door, Angel walked in with the saddlebags on her shoulder and Walter said back as she put her helemet away
"Welcome back Lady Sancho"
"I forgot, hello Walter how are you?" Angel said back as they slowly walked along the hall towards the stairs and he replied
"Well enough for someone my age"
"Is Integra annoyed about my return" Angel asked back and Walter replied
"No, she was more worried that you might fall prey to Alucard before we got there. She won't admit that of course"
"Of course" Angel said back looking up to the dark second floor and Walter asked
"Are you expcting me to take your saddelbags to your room?"
"Walter, you know as well as I do that you can't lift it...only it's true masters can" Angel said back as they climbed the stairs and he admitted
"Yes, but you have nearly broken me in half trying to lift them"
"Considering my age at the time and not even I knew about that, you can't really blame me" Angel smiled and a voice said from behind them
"Walter"
They both turned, Seris was stood at the bottom of the stairs in her grey shirt and jeans. She stared at Angel with her red eyes, Angel just turned and carried on walking. Seris walked up the stairs and Walter said to her as she watched Angel walk towards the offices
"Miss Victoria, is there something wrong?"
"Who is that?" Seris asked a little confused and Walter answered
"That is Angel Sancho, she is a long time friend of Integra and has stopped by for a visit"
"I've never seen her before" Seris said back and Walter smiled and said back as they walked in the same direction as Angel
"No, neither has Alucard.It is because she is a world explorer, she has not been back to England for eight years. She is the childhood best friend to Sir Integra"
"She has never mentioned her before" Seris explained but Walter stopped her short
"Why would she, don't worry she is not a vampire setting a spell. Angel and Integra have just fought on the cliffs of Dover, so I must attend to her wound. Would you be a dear and fetch the first aid kit"
Seris ran off to get the kit, Walter walked into the office and saw that Integra was in her seat with Alucard stood to her left and Angel sat infront of her. The room was still dark, but this was because the curtains were drawn, Angel was sat with her eyes closed the same as Integra but with out a cigar in her hand. Integra finally broke the silence as she stubbed out her cigar and asked
"Do
you intend to stay long this time?"
"Last time I was hot
on the trail of that werewolf, so I might stay longer than a hour
this time" Angel replied and Integra carried on as Seris walked
in with the kit
"Why don't you just stop globe trotting and work for Hellsing, you know damn well you can't carry on hunting on your own"
"If you're refering to that werewolf that was because it was my first one, I will be more prepaired next time" Angel said back and Integra opened her eyes as Walter fixed up her hand
"I thought you said you killed it"
"I did, ther eis more than one in the world old friend" Angel explianed and Integra said back
"I need people, people who I can trust. My men were wiped out recently and not for the first time, at least with you on my team I would sleep well"
"Knowing that I will be fighting with your vampire with no fear, I've been keeping my ear to the ground about Hellsing. Where is your new vampire?" Angel asked and Integra sighed and said back
"Angel meet Seris Victoria"
Angel looked at Seris, then she looked to Alucard and then back again and then Angel said
"Right, you're getting bored with Alucard"
"Alucard bit her, I am not getting bored of him but another vampire has helped Hellsing" Integra said back after trying to think of a good reply and Walter said tying the final knot on the bandages
"Done"
"Thank you Walter" Integra said back and Angel said back
"Walter could you check the damage she did too me now?"
"Of course Lady Sancho" Walter replied and Integra asked sitting back in her seat
"HAve you even seen your manor in the past eight years, heard anything from it"
"Yes, you've been using it" Angel replied and Integra said back
"Enough dust in it to choke a human to death"
"If you didn't have Walter clean it up" Angel added and Integra said over now leaning on the desk
"Your informers are very observant"
"That's what I pay them for, now what will I get if I gree to work with you" Angel asked back and Integra smiled and said as a flash went across her glasses
"So you will then, or else you wouldn't have just said that"
"Yes, I need a break from travelling and I've been missing my home so much" Angel admited and Integra asked back
"What do you want as your pay?"
"Normal pay for me, also I want either Alucard or Seris to protect my manor" Angel said back and Integra snapped
"I will not give you one of my vampire's"
"Why not?" Angel asked back and Integra said back
"Because my manor is more at risk of being hit than yours, but I give you my word that if your manor is hit I will send either one to assist you"
"Can I at least have Walter so I can get my manor back in shape?" Angel asked putting out her hands and Integra lit another cigar and said back
"Would you like to go for a couple of days Walter?"
"I would be happy too, if you don't mind sir Integra" Walter replied and Integra said back looking straight at Angel
"It is sorted then"
"Great, right let's sort the presents I have for you"
Angel had caught all off gaurd with that, she seemed so hard to the core like Integra and then she just opened her saddlebags and started to pull out presents.First came a shimmer of light, then more shimmers of light and she said as she laid them on the table
"Californian silver, slaughter wires for Walter"
"Oh, that is very sweet my ones are becoming rather worn recently. Thanks you Angel" Walter smiled back and attached them and reeled them in.
Angel then removed a crystal ball, within it was a rare flower from the mountains of India. Angel passed it back to Seris who was shocked to be getting anything and Angel explained
"Don't be fooled by it's nice look, it can let out a blast of pure sunlight and reallt ruin a vampire's day. Just don't push the top down"
"Thank you Miss Sancho" Seris replied carefully placing it in her pouch.
Angel flipped the saddelbags over, she opened the flap over the top and removed a foot long box. It was also a foot wide, it looked rather strange coming out the bag but it did so just fine. She handed it to Alucard who happily took it, he opened it and found it was loaded with bullets. Angel saw his eye's light up, his smile became broad and she described them to him
"I aquired a cross from Rome, it was melted in Australia and given very small hooks to tear through any Ghoul. But for vampires it has a even better effect. Once it pierces through a vampire it gets caught and breaks letting out mercury, it will be fine for your jackal. Well I believe it is the jackal you use now"
"This is marvelous, your informers are correct. I shall have alot of fun with these. How many are in here?" Alucard had started laughing but as he asked the question he smiled as Angel replied
"Eight hundred bullets"
"I am impressed" Alucard said back with a shine in his eyes and watched as Integra waited for her present.
Angel removed a plynth, but then she turned it over to show the head of the werewolf she had slain over seas. Integra was shocked by the sight, she had seen vampire/ werewolves but never a pure werewolf head before. Angel slid it along the table to the shocked looks of most bar Alucard. Angel said back
"Well you wanted a gaurd dog"
"How is this thing a gaurd dog?" Integra asked back as the werwolf head seemed to become more menacing as it got darker
"Because by day it looks like nothing more than a wolf head, but by night or in the dark it can frighten almost anything or anyone away"
"Why is there a little door at the back?" Integra asked looking at the back and opening it and Angel explained
"You can hide secret meassge's in it, but you must sign who the note is for or leave a name on whatever you put in there"
"Why is that?" Intergra asked back and Angel said back
"There is something in the back of it for you, but if Alucard went to open it the werewolf would try to bite his hand off. The fella who I saw to do this was very happy I killed the werewolf so he threw that in for free. Close the back and try it"
Integra closed the back, Alucard went to open it but the head came to life and tried to snap his hand off. Integra loved it, she smoothed it fur and opened the back to remove a picture in a frame. It was of her, her father and Angel...it was taken two months before he was taken ill. Angel was stood with her arms crossed, her body facing to the right of the picture and giving a half smile at the camera. Integra was stood looking very happy, her father had his hand on her should and she had her hands clasped together holding the cross on her neck at that very moment. Her father was holding up a very big fish, he was smiling as it hung from the scale that it was being weighed on.Integra felt a lump in her throat, she had not seen this picture since the first departure of Angel a month after her father's death. Integra looked up, Angel had left the room by now and was on her way to her room.
Integra remembered the day well, she was sat by the lake with Angel and as Angel fished Integra was looking at her cross that he father had given her. They were sat at Angel's manor that her parents left to her, they had moved to Scotland and had to deal with business up there. But they ended up loving it, so they stayed but Angel didn't want to go so they left her the manor. Angel loved fishing, so she sat with the rod in her hand and Integra watched the water riple as a fish came close. Then the line was taken, they both were shocked and happy by it and Integra said standing
"Reel it in Angel"
"It's big Integra, help me out" Angel said pulling has much as she could
Integra grabbed the rod, they pair puled with all thier might and it seemed to be no good. The line was strong but they were worried it would snap, so they let it out a little and then tried again. But this time they were being pulled towards the water, as they saw thier feets touch the mud a hand came down and pulled up the rod. Integra and Angel saw it was Integra's father, he and the girls pulled the massive fish out of the water. He made a call to the manor, Walter ame out after a couple of minutes with Scales to weigh the fish. Integra asked as they put it on the scales
"Will it go back into the water father?"
"Of course, every lake needs it's big fish" he replied and Angel said back
"Thanks for your help Mr.Hellsing"
"As always a pleasure Miss Angel" he said back with a little bow and Walter said back
"Twenty two pounds sir, it's a miracle it didn't pull them both in"
"Yes well, lets take the picture before we put the old boy back"
Hellsing coughed as the girls smiled and they posed for the picture as Walter took it.Integra and Angel put the fish back, it swam away happy to be back in it's rightful place. The sun was setting behind the Sancho manor, the girls went to the dining room in the west wing of the building.That night they had...fish. After eating dessert they sat in the study, Angel was reading up on werwolves as Integra read up on vampires. They spent most of thier time like this after the big fish, at eachother's manors or just walking through the forest.
BAck in the normal time, Integra looked at the picture and the room emptied and it was only Walter and Integra in the room as he cleaned up the blood stained cloths. Integra had a shine over her glasses, it had been twenty minutes and she had not stopped looking at the photograph. Walter asked as he put the last cup on the silver tray
"Sir Integra, would you like me to place the... head in one of the rooms on this floor or somewhere else?"
"Put it in the dining room over the fireplace" Integra said back still not looking up and Walter asked
"And the frame?"
"I'll keep hold of this, you should remember it though Walter"
Integra turned it so it was facing him, he took a closer look and smiled remembering the day. He said picking up the tray
"Incredible that it never dragged you both into the lake"
"It was" Integra said back
Walter left the room, Angel was sat on the banister and she asked as Walter spotted her in the darkness
"Is she still looking at that photo?"
"Yes, she seems to remember the day as well as we both do"
"Ah yes, the monster fish that we would scare other people with...we used to ay that if they got too close to my lake it would get them" Angel said back remembering the fun she had and Walter asked as she got off the banister
"How long do you really intend to stay?"
"I've already said, my travelling days are all but over... anyway I want to see Seris and Alucard in action for myself" Angel said back and Walter said back
"Well Miss Sancho I'll bid you a good day"
"Yes, I think it is about time I had a sleep... good night Walter" Angel said back vanishing into the darkness again.