Angel and Seras walked for a little while, they both looked around to see all sorts of things laden on the floor. Bullets, dried up flowers and at one stage they even spotted a truck spare wheel propped against the wall. They came to the end, but it looked like a dead end and Seras waited for Angel to make her move. Angel paused and said back
"I'm not sure if I should show you this Seras, but seeming how you have seen how to get in the one back there"
"I won't tell a soul" Seras said honestly and Angel replied
"Alright"
Angel turned to the wall, she shone her light along it until she came to a stone that was slightly out and she pushed in the one that was two above it. She did have to use the old tire to get that high, but once she pushed it in she quickly got off the tire and turned it till it made a click noise. The wall opened, but it opened to a bullet being fired through the thin gap and Angel shouted
"Alucard, you bloody trigger happy pain in the neck"
He pulled the stone door with ease, he smoking gun in his hand and he asked backing away a little
"Why didn't you knock?"
"For the same reason you didn't make a noise, I wasn't sure who was on the other side" Angel snapped back and Alucard smiled and said back
"My master is waiting for you in the dining room"
"Thank you, oh and I'm borrowing Seras for a couple of hours after sun down" Angel said back walking away and Alucard asked back
"What do I get for lending her to you?"
"We'll talk in private about that afterward" Angel said loudly back down and Alucard said back looking at her without his shades
"I look forward to it"
Angel walked into the dining room where Integra was just lighting another cigar, Integra looked at her friend from her seat and then turned it to face her. Angel smiled and asked as Integra blew out smoke
"Have you calmed down now?"
"I was not angry at you in the first place, I just wanted you too know that I'm not going to tolerate it when you take half my employee's out of the house with out a word of warning" Integra said back and Angel sat down and took the lid out of a crystal glass of Scotch
"Oh and this place it riddled with cobwebs"
"I have been here to make sure it has been kept that way" Integra said back firmly and Angel looked back with a little horror in her eyes and said back pouring a drink
"I have killed at least five times more ghouls than you have, I traveled the globe to make sure that the Hellsing name was protected"
"I'm forever grateful for that, but the vampire you were supposed to kill almost killed me... she posed as my sister and almost ended my life" Integra said back slightly touching the scars on her neck and Angel replied
"I killed her brother but she got away, my letter got here and you all should have been on high alert that week"
"I'm still puzzled on how you are able to even get a single shot in on any vampire" Integra said back and Angel said back after taking a sip from her drink
"The fight with the werewolf did more than change my physical appearance"
"Did it bite you?" Integra asked now tired of the cat and mouse and Angel replied
"No, but the slashed that it left on me made me stronger and faster. But I am unable to change, it gave me a better sense of things... I have taken countless scratches and attacks from vampires that also helps. I'm not cursed, but I will admit that my wounds do take that bit longer to heal when I'm attacked with silver"
"This explains how you managed to live so long, but how do you know your not slowly being consumed by the curses" Integra asked back and Angel smiled and said back
"Because the second I feel like I'm changing into something like a half ton dog I will see to it that Alucard either destroys me or changes me into a vampire"
"A life you would willingly take?" Integra asked back and Angel said back
"If I have a child then it will be option A, but I am waiting on a reply from a doctor who is willing to do a operation...remove the bad blood and see that I life about the same time as you my dear friend"
"I will see to it that my doctors prepare this operation instead, Angel (Angel looks at Integra) I'm sure we can find you a nice gentleman" Integra had a smile on her face at the end of the sentence and Angel said back
"I'll send your workers back this evening"
"Keep them for one more day, they need the exercise seeming how my manor is so clean" Integra said back as Angel got up and walked to the door and Angel turned and said back
"Oh and I'm borrowing Seras for a couple of hours tonight, just to teach her how to ride"
"Fine, I had a alarm installed into your manor a while ago. Just in case something happens, it will go off if you are needed" Integra hit back and Angel just sighed and walked out.
The workers had done a good job, just over half the manor was cleaned up and Walter had even gone out and looked up a furnisher to repair some warn things like cabinets, chair and tables. But the night had crept in, the cleaners left and Walter said as he went to leave also
"Integra was not too angry"
"No, but we did have a talk on some things... when you see Alucard tell him I'm free at nine tonight" Angel said back at Seras walked toward the garage and Walter bowed a little and said back
"I will deliver the message"
"Thank you for the help Walter" Angel said as she removed keys from her pocket and he said back before leaving
"A pleasure as always Miss Sancho"
Seras waited at the garage, but then it opened on it's own and she looked in as the light flicked on. She saw the garage was just as dusty as the basement was, she then spotted a dust sheet over something huge. She walked over to it, but as she went to look under it Angel said leaning against the door
"That's the Lion Heart"
"Lion Heart" Seras said back
Angel ripped off the dust sheet, the bike here was a massive black and chrome machine like a Harley.The bike was rolled out the front by Angel who found it to a bit heavier than she remembered, the horses were kept away from the gravel road by a little fence. Seras saw a heart design like a tattoo, it had lions climbing up sides of the heart and a stake embedded in the top left of heart. It was a silver design on the black paint work, Seras thought the bike was amazing and she would happily pay all of her money to buy it. But she noticed that Angel had run her hand down the machine, it was obviously too big and awkward to take across the world but certainly a gorgeous thing. Angel put the key in the ignition, she turned the old bike on and it came to life with a slight cough but then a roar. Seras sat on the bike, Angel went through how to get the thing moving and turns
"Just don't grip the breaks to hard, or else your going to end up flying to the manor and will poison you with garlic if you scratch this bike"
"Yes sir" Seras said back not sure about the garlic quote and Angel said back
"Straight to the end of the drive, turn it and full throttle back to this line"
Angel put her heel in the ground and made a line in-front of her, Seras revved the bike and went flying down the drive. She felt the air sweep through her hair, the coldness of the night was really relaxing to her and she stopped at the large black gates and turned. With her vampire vision she could see Angel and the line at her feet, she focused and shot back down. She was out of the tree's within seconds, the horses had run in terror at the noise the bike was making and Seras slowly pulled on the breaks. But she was not quick enough to stop the bike completely, Angel took a swift step to the side and the bike's front wheel stopped where she was standing. Seras said back looking at the split line
"Sorry"
"No need for that, you have to get some practice... but not too bad for a first time" Angel said back and Seras said back with her foot now on the floor
"Well I guess you nailed it when you first tried..."
Seras had forgotten to put down the stand, the bike started to topple but Angel had caught it, even with the bikes weight Angel still managed to lift it back up with Seras also on it. She had a bead of sweat on her forehead from the sudden weight, but she said back flicking the stand forward with her foot
"Never forget, this thing can easily fall over when your sat on it and the stand can stop that happening...just remember to put the thing down and kick it up before you set off"
They worked on Seras's new gained skill for over an hour, once Seras was done she walked to the door with Angel and said
"Thank you for the lesson, but I think I should be getting back to the manor now"
"Alright then Seras, tell Alucard if you see him that 45 is my favorite number" Angel replied using a switch to close the door to the garage and Seras nodded and said back not understanding the message
"Yes sir"
"Also don't call me sir, that's Integra's title... Angel will do just fine" Angel said back and Seras smiled and said back
"Alright...Angel"
Angel walked into the house, Seras walked down the road and to the main drag toward the manor. She had really started to like Angel, she wondered if Alucard would be the same with the traveling rouge. But she still felt that Angel had a very dark side that she didn't want to show. Seras walked into the manor that was very dark, but she started to walk toward the stairs to the lower level and stopped seeing her master was hovering up from the stairs. He was facing her, she looked up and Alucard asked seeing her
"Enjoyed your lesson police girl?"
"Yes my master, Angel told me to give you a message" Seras said back to Alucard's widened smile
"Really and that is?"
"Her favorite number is forty five" Seras replied and Alucard said back vanishing
"Well than I'd better get myself ready"
Angel was in her dressing gown, she was sat in a large velvet chair by the roaring fire that was burning away in a Egyptian styled fireplace. She had grapes in her hand, she threw one in the air and caught it in her mouth and then another. The time on the clock on the mantel to her far right was 9:45 exactly. She threw another grape in the air, but this time it didn't come down and she looked up to see it was between the thumb and forefinger of Alucard. He was dressed in his black and red suit, he held the grape for a moment and then dropped it back into the crystal bowl. Angel stood up from her seat, Alucard lifted her hand and kissed her knuckle and said letting her go
"Good evening Lady Sancho"
"Good Evening Alucard, take a seat... a drink" Angel said back as Alucard sat down and he replied smelling the blood she had recently taken from the cooler
"It would be rude to say no"
"Hmm (pours the drinks) does Integra know your out?" Angel asked and as she handed the drink to Alucard he replied
"She knows I will be out of the Manor tonight"
"Right, now what do you want for me borrowing Seras tonight?" Angel asked getting straight to the point and Alucard smiled and asked back
"What would you like to give me?"
"How about I treat you to dinner and a show?" Angel replied and Alucard put his hands together and up to his face he said looking through his shades
"I'm listening"
"There is a little restaurant called 'The bloody steak', American themed on the lesser explored parts of London. A very nice spot, but the owner has a ghouls or two in the cellar. I was told about it not long after Seras left, maybe we can go there and dine tomorrow" Angel said back to the glimmer in Alucard's eyes and he asked back
"Are you certain of this place?"
Angel threw photo's across the table between the pair, the restaurant was stationed next to a blood bank and ghouls could just be seen in the alley between the two going into the cellar door. Angel saw Alucard come out with a very crazed smile and she said putting her fingers together
"I will tell Integra, but I want us to have something to eat first... it will be easier to get out the back with out a fuss if we use my method of distraction"
"And that is?" Alucard asked and Angel smiled and said back
"A moment of feeling faint, you will not leave my side until we find the boss and then you can have all the fun you want"
"Then my dear, we have a date" Alucard said back standing and finishing his drink and Angel said back also standing
"I'll see you tomorrow night then Alucard, or in the morning"
Alucard bowed again, he kissed Angel's hand and walked out the door feeling very happy and looking forward to the next night.