CHAPTER 4
Warning, sexual themes ahead. Imagination is optional. But seriously here, what you are about to read is, not as graphic as some other chapters I have skipped over in other stories. Other than Hellsing stories I mean. It's a little more suggestive than a different story I am doing, but no descriptions. You'll see. Oh, and lots of heavy swearing and the usual violent stuff.
With the, more than just firing of Steadler, Integra had Ferguson look for another man to become the new Captain, but with much more scrutiny. Ferguson did suggest with the General's background, since he had been an actual General once and been in many wars, maybe they should see if he would do it. Integra thought that over for a few moments, but figured he'd say no. His interest were currently on a certain yellowish blonde, and little else unless it needed to be elsewhere. But she would keep the idea in mind and see what the General said. So, Ferguson was looking for candidates for a new Captain. And looking past the paperwork and background on it. He was talking directly to people about the candidates and had been for almost a week. So far, they'd all been safe from any attacks or missions so far leaving England currently safe at the moment. Walter, Integra, Ferguson and the General, who she brought in for an opinion, to a meeting, were all talking about the fact of the slowness. Alucard was present for a few moments, giving his opinion that something big was brewing. The other's all agreed that what was probably happening was the Freaks and possibly non Freaks were out there knowing they were being hunted even more than before and that they were planning bigger and better ideas to try to succeeded in whatever those plans were.
Everyone was on their guard just in case. Patrols were doubled, training more intense. Everyone was training, though Integra's trained by shooting targets in the firing range, other than her exercises. Walter, he was the only one not training. Even Alucard was training, but only because he got a new gun Walter made for him. But that was later the next day.
Integra was getting ready for bed for the night, seeing as there was no missions and she had finished the paperwork and other stuff for the day. And then she heard music playing. It wasn't the first time and she usually ignored it since it wasn't so loud like the other nights, but this time it was a little on the loud side. Sleep interferingly loud.
"Walter.." she said after hitting the intercom button for his room.
"Yes Sir Integra?"
"Are you the one playing music I've been hearing at night sometimes?"
"No Sir Integra. I believe that is the General and Seras in the ballroom again. Are they bothering you?"
"Ballroom?" she muttered. "No, it's fine. I'll talk to them. Thank you Walter. Good night."
"Good night Sir Integra."
She grabbed her robe and walked out slowly. No one was in the house, other than the maids and kitchen staff, but they were elsewhere doing their jobs. When she got to the ballroom, hearing classical music playing, she wasn't all that surprised with seeing the General and Seras dancing. The door was open, which was probably why she heard the music more than usual. When the door to this room was closed, though you would be able to hear the music, only if you were close by the room, unlike where her room was, any sounds coming from the ballroom wouldn't be disturbing or really noticeable.
She watched from the door with some envy as the two danced across the floor gracefully. She kept watching even as they went through another two songs. Integra had to admit, the General looked good in that tight fitting black suit. It wasn't a tux and he never wore any ties, swearing he never did and hated them since day one, but the black one came so close to being a tux. Seras was wearing a tight fitting sparkling black dress, one that fully covered her ample chest and exposed most of her back. Black high heels, no stockings. The dress was a couple inches from the floor and split on either side up to mid thigh. That outfit surprised Integra, not only because what the dress was, but the price had to be high. And it didn't seem like something that Seras had any interest in since none of her clothes she brought from home and had been buying were that revealing, other than the uniform. Integra may not have went out and shopped much for clothes, but on the few times she did, she did remember the prices of certain items. Things at one time she once thought about wearing, but never got the chance. They continued spinning across the floor, not caring about anything around them or even noticing her, or Alucard who showed up behind her suddenly.
"Jealous and envy Master? Those are some emotions I rarely feel coming from you."
"It's not important." she said closing the door quietly before turning and going back towards her room.
"If you wish, I could be your partner. I am sure they would allow us to also dance." he said casually. "You used to like dancing before you father died."
"That will not be necessary." she said and then straightened up further. "I need my sleep as do you I assume. Plus, I do not have time for such trivial things anymore."
"I must admit, this is a side of the police girl I did not expect to see."
"Now who speaks of envy? Please tell me you are not about to get into a lovers quarrel?" she asked turning to him quickly.
"I admit, the police girl is as you humans say, very easy on the eyes. But I hold no interest in her in that capacity. She is still my fledgling, despite my offering her freedom. Beyond that, nothing more."
"Good. I'd rather not break up a lovers brawl anyway. Good night Alucard."
"Good night Master."
"We were being watch." the General said as he gently spun her.
"I hadn't notice." she said sighing contently against him after he pulled her back in. "Much less care. We weren't interrupted so, it doesn't matter."
"You must be having fun. This is the third song." he said as she spun back around.
"Fifth." she said smiling. "And I think our 13th time dancing. I really enjoy this."
"Hmm, I wasn't paying attention to the days much less the songs. The company has been to great to notice anything else."
"Your eyes have barely left mine the entire time."
"Can't help it. You could be naked and I'd still be lost in your lovely face."
She pulled his head down and there was a intense deep kiss. It was making out, but not a lot of movement, other than the slowly guiding each other across the floor. About a minute later, the song was over and they parted. He had to take a couple breaths because of how long it was.
"I thank you for the dance and wonderful time my lady." he said bowing to her while holding her right hand. "We must do this again sometime."
"Thank you General. I had a wonderful time as well and loved every minute of it." she said licking her lips. "More so than the last times."
"You bit me." he said surprised as he felt his lip and noticed blood not only on his fingers, but on her lips. "Well, nipped actually. I didn't even feel it."
He didn't have a problem with it and she knew that. For some reason, he didn't even feel it much less the fact she had been drinking it as well.
"I couldn't help it." she said with a smile that oozed something that the General hadn't heard in a long time. He was further surprised at her next words and was wondering if she was enticing him unconsciously with her latent abilities. "I'm ready."
"I'm going to go out on a limb here. You're not talking about a drink are you?" he asked unsure about what he should do next. It had been a couple hundred years since he had had sex and hit on in such a way.
"Nope." she said rubbing her backside up against his side and staying that way as she slowly moved around him dancing to a beat in her head. "Well, maybe that too."
"Um….not that I am complaining, but, ahem, are you sure? We've only know each other, maybe a month." he said even more unsure of what to really do as she continued to move and drive him crazy.
His mind wasn't thinking too clearly anymore as she moved to rub against the front of his pants. Plus she was staring deep into his eyes and he couldn't look away.
"Seems longer. Come…" she said seductively while pulling on his arm.
"Are you really sure about this Seras? It is something you can't take ba…." he said as his body just followed her anyway.
"Shh." she said putting a finger over his lips before kissing him so deeply his knees started giving out along with hers. "You talk too much sometimes."
"Okay…" he muttered breathlessly.
He awoke groggily. And a little cold, and not alone, and then almost knocked himself out trying to sit up in the dark.
"Ow! Where am I? Why is it so dark? Was I buried alive again? No, wait, I'm on her bed? Oh boy. And in her coffin. Oh my god…" he said as, very personal and long lasting pleasant memories came flooding back. "I only lasted an hour too. But she actually…"
He reached around in the dark, looking for the button. She was somewhat laying on it, her butt ironically. Other than a smile, she didn't even move or react much as he had to move her behind bringing her closer to him as he hit the button opening the lid. Thankfully no one was in the room since he noticed they were both naked and their clothes folded neatly on the table.
"I really hope to god Walter did not come in here. I don't see a bucket so he mustn't have came in." he said getting up slowly while rubbing his head. "Oh, right. We put our clothes this way. Wow, it has been that long."
"More than you know." a seductive voice said behind him in his right ear.
He was barely able to react before being pulled back onto the bed and being straddled quickly.
"Last night was so incredible." she said seductively with a light kiss. "I am so glad I waited for you. I can't remember how many times you got me off."
"As much as I really loved last night…" he said barely ignoring the sensations of her rubbing herself against him. "Oh Seras…"
"I have to admit something. I fell in love with you. Had a sort of crush on you since the day you saved me." she said circling his chest with a finger. "And, I remember last night you saying you fell in love with me on that day. Though it was only because of my beautiful face at the time, which is why you decided to pursue me. In hopes it would become more than one sided. Does that hour last night qualify?"
"Ah, yeah." he said nodding. "Did you drink from me…"
"Well, I did for a brief moment. Like three seconds or something. With all the other feelings, it just came on me rapidly and I ended up biting your neck, mostly to keep from screaming. I stopped rather quickly when I realized what I was doing. You really taste different."
"I barely noticed the bite. That must have been one of those really high peak moments."
"I think it was that moment you passed out for a few minutes on me. I don't plan on doing that again though."
"I don't mind. It ended up with a pleasant experience for us both so…"
"I'll think about more." she said leaning in to kiss him.
"Ah, Seras…" he said placing one finger on her lips and the other on her behind to stop her rubbing motions.
"I can tell you're in the mood. And so am I." she said a little hurt at being stopped as he caressed her ass. "I know everything happened very suddenly and that I surprised the hell out of you when I pulled my top down once we got here…"
"Not that. I look forward to more of those times…" he said as she sat up just enough that he couldn't help but look at her chest. "But, um, unlike you, um….who can't anymore. I gotta go. After that, we can have more personal time together."
"Go? Where? Did you have plans to do something or a mission…" she asked confused. "What could be more important than me?"
"No, go, as to the bathroom. I really got to pee."
"Oh! Right. Took me a few days to suddenly realize I don't do that anymore. Hmm, it's only…" she said looking at her small nightstand clock. "Rather early actually. The sun is barely rising. Integra probably isn't even up. Doubt Walter is too though he did say he was an early riser."
"I'm not walking out there naked." he said getting up as she got off him, really reluctantly.
"Why, afraid to show off that totally incredible and strangely hairless but sexy body?" she said slapping his ass lightly.
"Yes actually." he said blushing a bit.
"I have my robe right here." she said grabbing it out of the drawer. "It's blue and kinda small…"
"I think I'll wear my pants." he said pulling them on. "I'd probably rip that."
"You are coming right back?" she said leaning against the bed post seductively.
"This is all a lot sooner than I expected. But since you want me back…" he said also putting his coat on. "And with a body like that to come back too…"
"I'd ask you to move in, but I don't think Sir Integra would allow it." she said peeking out the door. "I don't hear anyone. It's safe."
He left, reluctantly and wishing he wore his shoes. It was extremely cold and caused a certain part of his body to shrink despite seeing her totally naked. His mind was totally blown, she was totally incredible and better than he thought even thought it was her first time, and it all happened much sooner than he expected, and a stamina that didn't quit, which wasn't surprising seeing as what she was. He ended up passing out at some point and her muttering something about only an hour and how he bragged about being able to go over an hour once before. With his bladder feeling better, hands washed and using the mouth wash in her cabinet, which was another surprise, he opened the metal door and headed out.
"I see you had a lot of fun…"
He just about jumped out of his clothes while crying out from being startled half to death. While jumping, backwards, he slammed into the metal door loud enough Seras heard the impact. She stepped out quickly and noticed him sliding to the floor.
"Master! Why did you attack him?! My personal life…." she said walking forward.
"I did not attack him police girl." he said calmly. "I merely was offering my congratulations. Apparently his mind was elsewhere and still is, and he didn't know I was behind him. I can see where it was though."
She looked down quickly and realized she walked out without anything on. A quick eek and she ran back into her room while Alucard laughed. He was still laughing when she came out of the room, in the General's shirt and her robe, and Walter coming down to see what was going on with a bucket of ice and two bags of blood with him.
"General? General?" she said shaking him lightly. "Dammit! He's totally out. Thanks a lot Master."
"Was there a fight Miss Victoria….oh." he said seeing one of the General's shirts on her. "Alucard…"
"I did not attack the poor man. Nor do I have any interest in the police girls sex life." he said making Seras blush. "You should have been here a few minutes ago Angel of Death. The police girl put on quite a show for me."
"That was not intentional Master!" she yelled while gently picking him off the floor.
"It also seems all her hair is on her head like the General's is."
"Master!" she yelled really embarrassed now.
He grinned and took one of the bags before disappearing into the wall back to his room laughing.
"Hmm, I would assume you are feeling exceptionally well then Miss Victoria?" he asked with a certain tone as he opened her door for her.
"I was until he got knocked out. Master startled him from behind and he slammed his head into the door." she said laying him on the bed.
"The General stayed down here I see." he said setting the bucket on the table.
"Yes Walter. Please don't say anything to Sir Integra just yet."
"I think she already knows." Walter said as they heard her yell at Alucard about something to do with privacy. "I have something for you later Miss Victoria. Once you are done here, please come find me."
"Thanks Walter."
"I do not mean to pry, but was he worth the wait?"
"I don't want to ever sleep alone count as an answer?"
He smiled lightly and nodded. Once he left, she quickly drank the blood, then put a few ice cubes on his chest. He bolted awake quickly and grabbed the back of his head and chest.
"That hurt. And was cold!" he said then glanced around. "How'd I get back in here? Did Alucard attack me?"
"Hang on one moment." she said leaving.
He sat there looking at the door wondering where she went. It wouldn't take a lot of imagination to wonder what she had been doing, to anyone who saw her in the robe and shirt.
"Where'd you go?"
"Mouth wash. Though I hate the drinking, I did need that. I figured you wouldn't want to kiss me after…"
"Not particularly no. But that explains why you have it."
"Alucard says it is pointless to brush, but I do it anyway. I don't like the smell of blood on my breath either. Plus even though my body says the taste is good, I hate having the aftertaste there. Sometimes makes the need to feed stronger if I can taste it already."
"I'm guessing Alucard must have done something freaky or hit me. I don't remember much beyond being freaked out."
"You did scream, well, sort of yelled in fright. Then the back of your head hit the door. You even dented it slightly. I came out and well…." she said explaining the rest.
"Nice. At least it wasn't Walter. I don't think his heart could take it. Seeing a body like that, he'd probably keel over instantly and die happy."
"Better him than Sir Integra. I sometimes wonder if there is girl in that suit or some robot with her brain."
The two laughed at the idea for a few moments.
"Knowing Master, he's probably been in there while I was bathing though, so at least it was nothing new to him." she muttered. "At least it felt like he was there a few times."
"He got to see, but not have huh?"
"Yes, possibly. He always denies it though. I don't care right now." she said putting the robe on the table and then locking the door. "Now, where were we?"
"I think I unleashed a monster." he said as she quickly removed his shirt.
"Yes, but one you love." she said pouncing on him. "And one you pursued to this point."
"True." he said between kisses as she straddled his now naked waist.
Integra was in her office working most of the day. Had her meals in peace and looked over the troops for awhile before getting ready for the Round Table conference that was taking place later that night. It was only taking place because of the death of a undercover MI-5 agent that was found in the river with a British flag sticking out of his chest earlier in the day.
The morning news she got from Alucard was not something she wanted to hear. She knew it was inevitable that the two would be in bed together soon, but it was a lot sooner than she thought. She had asked the General once about it, and he said he would wait even if it took years. If Seras could have gotten pregnant by him, then she would have a problem and would have had them wait till much later to, copulate. Say several years or more, maybe a few decades. Seeing as that couldn't happen, she had nothing to worry about and dismissed most of what Alucard had said that morning. And told Walter to not talk about it. Though the pain of envy was still there, mostly for the dancing thing. Even her Majesty had asked on occasion if Integra was ever planning on having an heir before it was too late, or at least a husband. Despite her duties to the country, the Queen even had time for a man at one time. She did want to be a mother, but she didn't really care for the fact of having a man in her life.
The day went by rather quickly, for two people anyway. They spent most of the day doing two things, well, three if you counted the General having to get up and eat a few times, plus bathroom breaks. Later towards the night when Alucard finally got up for the night, the two got cleaned up and joined Walter in one of the rooms down in the basement. The General was in a blue suit plus coat and she in her uniform. They found out shortly after getting what Walter was giving them that they were needed to help patrol the area and keep things under watch while the Round Table conference took place.
"I see you two finally decided to grace us with your presence today." Walter said placing a somewhat large closed box on the table.
"Yes." she said happily.
"I'm tired. But I'm here." he said hiding a yawn. "What have you got here for us?"
"Actually, there's only two things here. I did not make anything for you General, one because you did not ask. Two, because would there be anything I could get that would compare to what you have had in the last several hours, old man." Walter said with a certain gleam in his eye.
"I would hope not Walter." she said as she noticed the General blushing.
"I have to say, I doubt I could make any sword bigger than the one you current pack around to begin with General. You always did like big swords and have quite a collection. Is this the biggest one to date?" Walter asked.
"Yes. Took me awhile to even be able to lift it. With the lessons I am giving her, I'm getting better with the slower swings. My biceps are getting bigger again too."
"And I've gotten much better as well." she said.
"She has improved much General. I must admit I am impressed with her progress." Alucard said. "She knocked his sword from his hand and pinned him to the wall the other day. Excellent job Police Girl."
"I…thank you Master."
"So Walter, it is ready then?"
"Yes Alucard." he said opening the box to show a very large black magnum.
"Nice." he said impressed.
"A thirteen millimeter Jackal. A semi Auto Anti-Freak weapon. 390 millimeters long and weighing 16 kilograms." Walter said as Alucard took it out. "6 round magazines. Too much gun for any human to handle."
"I'm impressed." the General said.
"Also, instead of the modified rounds from your 454 Cascull, we've custom made a special explosive armor piercing round for this weapon."
"Casing?" he asked as he put a clip in.
"Pure silver, with a Macedonian processed."
"Ammunition?" he said pulling the slider back.
"N.N.A.-9 Marbel cartridges."
"Explosive, or mercury charged?"
"Oh, mercury. And of course, they have already been blessed."
"It's perfect Walter." he said giving a twirl.
"I'm glad you approve."
"Do you think you could even kill that jackass Paladin Master?"
"Oh, I think so." he said with a big smile.
"Depends on who gets to him first."
"Is that a challenge General?"
"More fact than anything else. But, if we are both together at the time, I will defer to you."
"Good."
"Where's mine?" she asked.
"Right here, um…General. Do you still have enough energy to help me possibly?"
"Funny man here huh? Don't make me tell Alucard your hated nickname."
"I already know it." Alucard said.
"That blows that threat." he said disappointed.
Walter pointed at the ground at some very long and large case. He lifted it with one hand and did have to grunt a little. His sword and case were about the same so it wasn't much of a surprise.
"About the same weight as what's on my back. What the hell did you make her?"
Walter opened it and the two were extremely shocked.
"The 30 millimeter, Anti-Freak Harkonnen Cannon." Walter said proudly as he lifted it out and setting it on the ground, barrel up.
She had to look up to see the end of it even though she was a few feet away.
"The Harkonnen Cannon uses two types of ammunition. One, depleted uranium shells."
"Depleted uranium?!" the General exclaimed. "We are fighting Freaks, not tanks! On the other hand, if there is a wall in the way of a bunch of Freaks or ghouls…"
"Yes. The second, armor piercing, explosive incendiary rounds. Say for example, a large collection of ghouls grouped together."
"You got to be kidding? You seriously expect me to carry that thing around?" she asked with still widened eyes.
"It really suits you police girl. Especially considering your mates choice in size of weapons. Now you two are, evenly matched."
"You really think so? Wait, his guns aren't that….oh, the sword. Right. Are you sure about this Walter?"
"I believe your next mission will be very interesting Miss Victoria." he said with a certain smile.
"Let's go have some fun with this." the General said taking it from Walter. "About the same as my sword. Bill me for the ammo Walter."
"I will. I had ammo made for your guns as well General. They also are like Alucards Jackal, though not his caliber."
"Cool…"
"The ammo crates were sent to your room. You will have to load your own clips since those are custom made."
"Have to give them a try then." he said handing her the cannon and grabbing the backpack ammo crate for her off the ground.
Along with her help, they loaded down a couple dozen clips for him. Including some of his extended clips that held 30 rounds. And then, off they went to a different sort of firing range where explosives were used rather often. Some experimental, some not. Such as the silver shrapnel grenade.
Something about firing the large cannon, turned her on. Maybe it was because she stood behind him, holding him close around the waist to let him try firing the cannon. And though it was on the tripod, if it wasn't for her, he would have been blow onto his ass, which happened when he decided to see how the real kick felt. She managed to catch the weapon as it went into the air while he tumbled head over heels a couple of times from the recoil. It hurt, but he said it was a blast anyway, no pun intended.
The plan for protecting and patrolling changed when the police were called with someone yelling about a vampire attack. So Ferguson and several troops, plus those two were sent to investigate. Two A.P.C.'s and his car got to the location quickly, which was a bunch of run down storage units, all close together and some warehouses.
"This doesn't seem right." the General said looking the area over from his car. "Captain!"
Ferguson had the men wait a moment as he walked over to the two as they got out of the car.
"General, something wrong?"
"Yeah, something seems wrong about this. Very wrong."
"Miss Victoria?"
"Yes sir."
"Do you sense or feel anything?"
"Nothing. But I trust his judgment. Now that you mention it, the area smells funny."
"Hmm. What do you think it is General? An ambush perhaps?"
"I don't know." he said suddenly tensing up. "Ah damn! Now I know why things feel wrong."
Ferguson had all the men stand at ready as he saw the General glancing around, a lot. He pulled the sword off his back quickly as he walked away from his car.
"Is it one of them General?" she said looking around with the grenade launcher.
"Yeah it is. Watch yourself. They may be honorable or deceitful. If it is the latter, they'll go for your head too."
"Got it."
"General, what's…." Ferguson began.
"There's another one like me here, somewhere." he said still glancing around. "Does anyone see…no! Everyone quiet. Seras, listen for everything. I need to know where any movement that would be human size is. Peter, there isn't any holy ground around here is there? Grave yard perhaps, or former one?"
"None that I know of. "
She listened closely and smelled the air.
"There's someone in that building." she said pointing at the building they were suppose to investigate. "I smell blood that direction as well."
"Captain, trust me on this. Do not send any men in. They will only get in the way…"
"I do not fully understand this Immortal deal that Sir Integra told me about, but she did say to not interfere. We will stay outside and keep watch." he said nodding. "May God and her majesty be with you. Amen."
"Worse case scenario, it is a vampire that captured an Immortal and feeds off them." he said opening the door slowly.
"And even worse case, you die." she said behind him.
"Stay behind me for the moment. I want your help." he said entering slowly. "I could use you as a distraction."
"What?!"
"This could be a trap to get me, in which case, having a vampire might scare them. I got lucky with learning what Walter can do. Very few other people can learn much less have speed. You have it and more naturally. Hell, if you can toss me around, a normal Immortal will be nothing."
"Good point. Wait, I see…"
Some red headed female in a skimpy tight leather outfit came out of the darkness at them, from above. She got ready to fire, but he swung his sword upwards quickly. From groin through the top of her head, she was cut in half.
"She wasn't very bright." he said as she turned to dust before hitting the floor.
"There!" she pointed off to her left.
Some light haired, 5 foot 6 man with a long claymore stepped out of the shadows, holding some small object in his hand. He had a long green trench coat, jeans and some white open collared shirt.
"They said you were a smart one General. I didn't think that smart. Even old Immortals can get unlucky. Too bad those Hellsing fools aren't in here like it was planned." he said as they circled the room slowly.
"Who are you talking about? Who do you work for?"
"That would be telling. Who's the lady?"
"Dracula's fledgling." he said seeing the guy jerk. "Yeah, he's still around. Didn't know that? Did you know that girl I just killed was a vampire?"
"Yes."
"Yes to which one?"
"Doesn't matter." he said stopping and holding up the small device. "I helped them out and now I'm going to get something I've wanted for a long time."
"He has a detonator!" she exclaimed.
"Wow, she has, or I'll say, had good eyes." he said pushing the button.
She went to grab his arm and push him out, but ended up grabbing nothing only to feel he was grabbing her arm. The ground came rushing up at her as all three of them went flying out the doorway. The other man rolled away quickly and got up still holding his sword. The General lost his as it skidded several feet away from his grip. Seras was getting off his back when she was kicked off harshly. She quickly turned around as she noticed the claymore sticking in the General's side. That sword would have been in her back, or worse. And it was silver coated, or pure silver, hard to tell really. Ferguson noticed the three fall out of the building and then the General get stabbed. The men also noticed and started to take aim when he stopped them. The sword was plunged deeper, twisted and then pulled from his side sideways. He placed the sword against the General's neck and then smiled wickedly as he fell back.
"Now I can get my revenge for what you did all those years ago."
"Seras, I'm sorry. Now get…oh shit." he said seeing she was already gone out of the corner of his eye.
The men and Ferguson saw it for a brief moment, and then the building exploded. They took cover quickly as shrapnel and other parts of the building flew by. The flames all started to die down as they saw, heard and felt an electrical current in the air. There was massive wind that came from nowhere and put the flames out as a bright light followed by electricity flying everywhere, plus a woman's scream and glass shattering made them get down. Ferguson looked up briefly to see a body floating in the air where he had saw the three before but who it was, he wasn't sure. Visible electrical currents flashed over the floating body, making it twitch and jerk a lot as the person cried out in pain. The currents also raked across the two A.P.C.'s and the General Lee, making lights blink, computers sputter and burn out, or catch fire. It lasted about a minute and then everything was quiet and settled down again. A few small fires were burning from the destroyed building and in a few other places nearby. The glass on all the vehicles were destroyed, including some of the building windows. All the men got up quickly and got at ready thinking they might be attacked any second. Ferguson got up and had a few men follow him quickly as he noticed Seras was, alive, and dragging a body towards them. Seeing as the person on her shoulder was taller than her, she was essentially dragging them because their feet were on the ground.
"Officer Seras? What happened?"
"The building was rigged to kill us all and take him out sir." she stated. "Some other Immortal was working, with whoever was behind the ambush. Revenge of some sort. We didn't find out either answer."
"Are you okay?" he asked as the men took the General off her shoulder.
"I got burned sir. Literally. But I'm okay other than the pain. I'll be better when we get home." she said seeing her uniform was burnt along with areas of her exposed skin. "Now I know what being hit with lightening feels like, sort of."
"Who was the man I saw stab the General?"
"The other Immortal sir. His body is back by the rubble. I'm not sure where I tossed the head when I ripped it off though sir." she said with no remorse or regret.
He raised an eyebrow and then dismissed her. The General was put into his car, passenger seat and his sword placed in the trunk. She got the keys from his pocket to drive the car home seeing as he had allowed her in the past on their trips to town several times. Ferguson found the body and had it bagged to hopefully find out who the man was and possibly things about his past and stuff that would help them find out who staged the ambush they luckily got out of. Ferguson was rather surprised to find the body still had all its blood though, or at least it looked like it since blood was pooled up around the body and still pooling.
"The General is doing a good job of keeping her humanity just like Sir Integra told me. Interesting."
"It is possible sir that she didn't drink him dry because he would recover anyway. He was just like the General…"
"Yes. I've heard the story as well. She had enough time to be able to drain him before ripping his head off though."
"I, hadn't thought of that sir."
"Not important soldier. Have the others check the area out. We'll leave after I talk to Sir Integra." he said going back to the A.P.C.
Seras had already left and the men were all on edge, especially after the local authorities arrived. Despite the electrical problems, the phones still worked. Integra was not happy with the fact her people where almost ambushed. She had them return to the mansion and had him personally come to her office to explain everything. Seras made it back to the mansion in record time, hitting a few things on the way. The General didn't wake up, even when with Walters help they got him into the house and down to her room. Using the two chairs, they got him to sit and not fall out. He was rather dirty and burnt, not to mention covered in blood so, it was easier to keep the house and his room clean this way.
"Walter, I need a bag. Quickly." she said removing the General's coat.
"Bag?"
"The sight and smell of this blood is making it things very difficult for me. I did get injured back there in the explosion, but since have healed. I don't want to drink from him in this condition. Please hurry. And ice."
"I shall return post haste." he said rushing out.
She literally ripped his clothes off, not caring that the suit was expensive, even though it was already damaged from the explosion and sword. It wasn't Armani, but still expensive. The boots didn't even survive. She did leave his pants on, for the moment. Though she had seen him get injured before and heal, she actually expected to see a hole in his side, but there was only a lot of blood on skin. Walter came back in and set it on the table slowly.
"Miss Victoria…" he said looking around the room and seeing different bits and pieces of his clothes around.
"I think this will wake him up." she said setting the bag aside and grabbing the bucket of ice.
She dropped the bucket of ice across his chest, and didn't finished dumping. He jumped up, knocking the bucket across the room and sending ice flying as he screamed. He dropped to his hands and knees muttering about the cold and pain.
"General, are you okay? Say something?" she asked kneeling next to him.
"I hate that feeling. Especially the memories that come with. That guy was a total asshole. Now I know why he wanted me dead." he said shaking his head. "Seras, please don't do that again. You, I can handle. The ice cubes, no."
"I believe you two will be okay without me." Walter said heading for the door.
"Walter, he's going to need his robe. Mine's, too small."
"I shall hang it on your doorknob and knock then." he said leaving.
"Seras, did you rip my clothes off?" he asked as she helped him to the chair.
"Well, I was waiting till Walter was gone….oh." she said tapping her lip. "He is gone."
"Ouch." he muttered as she just ripped them right off like a magician pulling a tablecloth off without upsetting the dishes.
"We can't shower together with you in those dirty and bloody pants."
"I have created a monster." he said as she smiled, seductively evilly. Though it dropped away at his next words. "Seras, you interfered back there."
"So what? He was about to cut your head off. No matter what you say, I believe I made the right choice. I don't give a damn about this game or whatever the hell it is much less the stupid rules…" she was yelling as he placed his finger over her lips. She went to slap it away but he caught it, barely.
"I don't care either. Others have done worse to keep themselves alive. Dogs, guns. Distractions, such as help like you, or worse, revealing areas of the body. Thank you. You did the right thing." he said cupping her cheek. "We can watch each other's back this way."
She leaned into it, for a moment.
"Wait, revealing what?"
"Um…there was, a female Immortal, who…..um, fought dirty." he said with uncomfortable memories.
"Dirty as to tight see through revealing clothes or…um…"
"She wore clothes, just certain areas normally always covered were left uncovered to distract the Immortal 'men' she went after. And she shaved or waxed, so…."
"Did you take her head?"
"No." he said shaking his head a lot. "No, no, no. I was one of the lucky few to hear about her before she came after me. I didn't know it was her coming after me until she opened that cloak. If it wasn't for what I was told, I wouldn't have ducked that sword. I did not want her memories in my head and I ran away quickly. Never saw her after that. Heard she was killed by another Immortal many years later."
"Was she pretty?"
"Okay, I will admit she looked very beautiful and had…great assets. But her mind, beyond psycho."
"Hmm." she said noticing the time. "Whoa. Look at the time. Those people are going to show up soon."
"Cannon or no cannon?"
"Might as well at least carry it in the case. Same with you. We could keep watch from the roof."
"Suns out though."
"Keep watch from the main tower near the front door then."
As they took off and got into position, the Round Table people arrived in different limos. Walter let them in and took them to the room upstairs where the conference was to be held. He then informed her and she went to the room to find them all seated and waiting. She took her seat at the head of the table, a smaller table with a phone with intercom capabilities was on her right by the chair.
Outside the mansion, at the time the conference started, a couple guys, Jan and Luke Valentine, came up to the main gate. One guard was reporting in and saying something about suspicious people when he was killed, the back of his head blown across the gate wall. The other guard was killed by the other brother before he could say or do anything. It wasn't until the two in the tower noticed the main gate ran down by a tour bus that they knew something was up.
"I think we have intruders." the General said strapping his sword to his back. "I'll go check things out downstairs while you inform Walter and Ferguson."
She got her cannon ready as he left, after a quick kiss and the two wishing each other good luck. The limo's outside were almost all destroyed and the main door was also blown away by a four round rocket launcher. Luke was still outside as his brother and the ghoul troops from the tour bus started entering. The ghouls were dressed in soldier like outfits that the Hellsing troops used, carried MP-5's and had full body shields usually used in riot control to keep people back. Jan stopped just inside with the ghouls behind him as he saw one man standing at the base of the stairs, leaning against the banister while holding a large sword on his shoulder. Long dark gauntlet type gloves that matched his coat and had small silver spikes on the outside covered his hands.
"You have to have some big fucking balls man! No back up anywhere, oh wait, they are all hiding upstairs and look, around the corners down here too!" he said laughing heartily as he swung two modified PC-90's up at him. "That sword isn't going to save you! Hell, you should have run when you had the chance! Boys, blow this asshole away!"
Several dozen guns came up and opened fire as he quickly dropped down and even though the blade was not wide enough, got behind it anyway. One hand still holding the handle while he used his arm to cover his head. Bullets slammed into him, the banister, the walls, the floor. The soldiers in the various areas fired from their hiding places as more ghouls came in and lining up with the others still firing. It took about 30 seconds before the ghouls stopped firing and had to reload.
"The was so fucking cool! None of you bastards have a chance in….what the fuck?!"
Most of his coat, the outer lining was gone on the one side. Including the lining on his gloves leaving a tight woven metal mesh exposed. Almost all the areas near his body had blood seeping out through the metal mesh, though no bullets got through anywhere, enough impacts took place breaking the skin. He got up, a little slowly while grunting in pain, especially after shaking for a second. What lead had got stuck in between the metal mesh fell off after he shook himself.
"My turn." he said with a evil growl.
Both guns came out quickly and he fired rapidly. He had aimed for the guy with the strange hoodie that made it seem like he had a third eye, but the guy moved out of the way quickly before getting hit again. One round did hit him though and took a nice chunk out of his left side. He kept firing for a few more seconds, before noticing someone in a pale yellowish suit drop down in front of the ghouls and then disappear. Both guns were quickly let go of as he grabbed his sword and did a couple very fast 360 degree spins in a X form. Luke just barely managed to jump back but noticed he was caught in the arm and quickly jumped out of the way when the man rushed towards him swinging two swords. The General missed but didn't stop as he rushed into the blazing gun fire. Troops were now outside as well along with many inside firing rapidly at the intruders. Ghouls were dying left and right from gun fire and his spinning of sword as he rushed through their ranks. Seeing as the length of his swords were more than normal, one swing took out two or three men. Unfortunately, troops that were too close were dying from either gun fire or the ghouls attacking them physically.
Seras was on the second level heading for the main entrance when she noticed a large amount of ghouls heading down the hallway. She fired off a round from her cannon blowing many of them away as the large bullet passed through them and ended up hitting the far wall in the main area. What ghouls that did survive didn't even aim as they started firing down the hall. She kicked a door open and ducked in quickly and just in time as the bullets ripped into the carpet and nearby walls and ceiling.
Now outside, the General was slicing and dicing constantly. He'd been bit a few times but managed to get the ghouls off him quickly. He was leaving a nice trail of blood, though he was healing at a fast rate while being shot at, either by the ghouls or by the few troops left outside.
Seras had reloaded with one of the incendiary shells and fired it down the hall. This was quite effective in taking out even more ghouls and leaving her a path to the main lobby. It also left a nice big hole in the walls, the ceiling and the floor. She quickly rushed forward while reloading and found the main entrance filled with ghouls. Most of them were spreading out on the first floor while some were still trying to get onto the second floor. She wasn't sure why the stairs leading up to the second floor were almost completely demolished, but seeing as it meant the ghouls had to climb to get onto the second level, she wasn't going to complain. She aimed from the main entrance as someone showed up a few feet away from her.
"Wow! Now here is nice piece of ass! And what a rack lady! I bet you're a good fuck!" he said groping himself with his left hand and massive smile. "I plan on saving you for later…."
"Bloody pig!"
She growled and swung the barrel at him with the intent of slamming him into the wall. He laughed and held out his left hand to catch the barrel and did catch it, however she was a lot stronger than he expected as his hand, wrist and arm broke from the impact as he was slammed into the wall. She didn't even give him the chance to get up as she blasted him and the wall away, ignoring the debris that blasted past. A few scraps and other deep cuts ended up across the front of her body as a result but she ignored the pain as she emptied the spent round and reloaded.
Outside, he was still swinging and dicing, while trying to get back inside. He heard the explosion of her cannon as he made it back into the entrance. She started to aim when she saw him down there swinging away. A couple of ghouls managed to jump him making him loose his main sword and had barely managed to cut them off with the other as he was trying to get his other sword back when more ghouls dived on him.
"General!" she cried out as she quickly kicked a ghoul off the second floor and moved out of the line of fire.
"Fire!" he yelled loudly while tossing a ghoul off him.
"But…."
"Just do it!" he said taking out a few ghouls with a wide swing.
She swung around and pointed it at the floor downstairs as she pulled the trigger. The incendiary round blew away many ghouls and shook the entire room and filled the room with smoke and a few fires. It also blew the ghouls off the General, and him out the front door as he tried to jump away. More troops rushed out onto the second floor firing into the mass of ghouls getting up.
Walter went straight to the conference room after Seras came to him. Troops were sent out in full force and ten guards were placed outside the conference room after Captain Ferguson heard about the attack. Though the 10 men inside were all either scared, confused or both after hearing about the attack, most of them were in agreement that they were in trouble and figured the enemy would show up any time. Integra was worried until Walter told her that the General and Seras were already at the main entrance and doing their best to contain the situation. When he was asked about Alucard, he informed her he was not sure what Alucard was doing. The doors were locked any way as she talked to Peter over the intercom. He informed her the second level was under attack but so far they were doing a rather good job of holding their own. The first level was currently under the enemies control and at last report, all the men that had been down there were killed and turned into ghouls as well. Everyone heard the gun fire and also heard plus felt the explosions that happened, several times. Currently, they had lost a lot of men already but keeping the invaders back.
After she had spent all her cannon rounds, she dropped the weapon and jumped down grabbing the Generals main sword from where it landed in the wall. With her superior speed and the skills she learned it didn't take long for her to dispatch the enemy. Her vampire side kicked in making her go on a killing frenzy. At first, she was just taking heads off or stabbing them in the chest and pulling up, or sideways or down. Now, she was just hacking away several times with a malicious smile. The troops started dropping down to help finish off the rest of the enemy and went to other areas of the first floor to search for survivors and the rest of the enemy. No one went down stairs to the basement since no ghouls went that direction and it was off limits anyway. Noticing the enemy all gone, she suddenly turned around seeing the spread out troops.
"Uh oh." one of the men whimpered. "Um, sir. We got a problem."
"What is it….oh boy." the man in charge said seeing her looking at them.
She raised the sword up and started to take a step forward as they raised their guns at her. She ended up crying out as her foot suddenly burned her and made her drop the sword. On the floor was a gun that after seeing it, plus the pain, made her regain her senses as she saw she had stepped on one of the Generals magnums. Her uniform was rather trashed, burned, bloody and bitten, but nothing extremely revealing was showing yet, other than her underwear if you looked close enough at the various rips in the skirt that had ridden up. Her boots were burned and ripped so she was almost bare foot. The look on the men's faces made her look at the room around her, plus the blood and dust on the sword. Walter came out quickly onto the second floor seeing her sink to her knees while holding herself tightly and crying.
"Miss Victoria. Are you alright?" he said after jumping down near her.
The men went on their way, still doing clean up as he helped her to her feet.
"Some of the men were ours Walter. I killed them!" she said shaking as tears slid down her cheeks. "I almost lost control and attack the men!"
"They were already ghouls or about to become them Miss Victoria. You did those men a favor. As for the rest of our men, something made you regain your senses. I suggest you keep that thought in mind in case the next time you start loosing control. I would hate to have to kill you or heaven forbid, the General be ordered to do it if you lost total control and didn't get it back." he said looking around. "This is going to take some time to get repaired. Speaking of which, where is the General?"
She looked up suddenly and then raced outside, burning her foot on his sword she dropped, but now picked back up. There was a few ghouls outside, eating off some of the men while the small group of troops was still killing them or others. She quickly looked around and noticed him several feet away on the other side of the burning wrecks of the limos. Since she saw he was breathing, she helped the troops outside, swinging away with expert precision, venting her anger with more control.
All the time this was happening, Luke had left going downstairs to fight the only person he wanted. It pissed him off that that man had managed to hit him and if the General was still alive after he got finished with Alucard, he planned on torturing him for a long time. He found Alucard sitting in a tall and old chair in the middle of the room and after a short conversation, they started fighting. It was a short battle at first, with him thinking he had the upper hand. Once Alucard changed, Luke got sacred and tried to run away. At first Alucard was proud to fight him, thinking he was fighting a powerful vampire like himself. Once he realized otherwise, he used part of his dog form to eat the pathetic man.
With the two Freak vampires dead, it didn't take long to clean up the rest of the first floor and the few on the second they missed. A couple of limos did survive enough to still drive, even though they were heavily damaged, and the members of the Round Table left quickly. Integra listened to Ferguson give his report as she glanced around at the damage. Priceless paintings were destroyed along with several vases and other objects. The damage wasn't a real problem for her, it was the loss of so many good troops even though it could have been much worse. The loss of the helicopter was a heavy blow too. Estimated time for all the repairs was at least a couple of weeks. Though it was not a extremely big loss of life for their number of troops, they still needed to recruit more. There was over a dozen men in the infirmary that were going to need time to recover, including Captain Ferguson who ended up breaking his hand while punching a ghoul that got to close. The doctors checked out the General anyway even though they found no injuries. Seeing as the doctors and nurses had others to attend to, Integra had Seras take the General away to his room to have her clean him up and find out how he was doing, mentally. Though there was no evidence on his body that he was bitten and eaten, his clothes told tales that he had been, more than several times.
She had no problem taking him back to his room, removing the coat and totally ripping away his clothes, again. They were ruined beyond serious repair anyway, bite marks, bullets holes and claw marks marred his outfit. She expected him to wake up after being stripped, but he didn't. Nor did he wake up when she placed him in the tub and sprayed cold water across his bloodied body. It was driving her crazy in two ways that he hadn't woke up yet. She pushed one set of feelings aside while washing him and talking to him. With the rest of him clean, except for his hair which was more red than blue black, she decided to try one of the powers she had been trying and failing at for awhile. Grabbing his head gently, she turned his head and placed it against her forehead and concentrated deeply. Really, she had no idea how Alucard entered into people's minds, so she was guessing and hoping she was at least doing it right in some form. For her it seemed like hours went by as the shower sprayed down on her back and head and on him when it was actually only a couple minutes when she felt a connection take place. Several of his more recent memories ranging from time with her to things he did in his past from stories came pouring into her head along with the emotions and feelings. One strong memory of being eaten alive by a bear attack once came up quickly, which she instantly realized was there because he was being eaten from by the ghouls. She jerked back and let go, landing on her butt as the connection was lost for a moment. She hadn't expected the extreme intensity nor getting any sort of connection but she could still feel a strong connection to him and felt him starting to wake up.
He blinked his eyes a few times and then glanced at himself before looking up.
"I'm in the shower? But I was in the middle of fighting and being eaten again. How did I…" he muttered in confusion before looking to his right. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I think." she said rubbing her head. "You got some interesting memories and powerful memories."
"You're covered in blood and wet. Your uniform, your hair, your boots…even your underwear. Thanks for the nice view. Now that's a wake up call if I ever saw one."
She got up sitting on the edge of the tub and crossed her legs.
"Yeah, that woke up part of you." she said looking at him. "They're right. Men can be pigs at anytime. Doesn't matter if the world is about to explode, they see a flash or good look of any private part of a woman, instant erection. Lucky for you, I don't mind since it is about me."
"Sexual feelings aside, how long have I been out, did I get my ass seriously kicked, and what happened?" he said running his hand through his hair. "Ugh! What did I do, bathe in blood? This isn't mine…."
"I don't know. Could be any number of peoples blood, and yours. You obviously healed, but your clothes say you were being eaten off of. Been out, say an hour or two. Probably two." she said as she removed her uniform by ripping what was left away. "As for getting your ass kicked, yes and no. You were doing a good job until you yelled at me to blast the floor. That took out a good portion of the ghouls and sent you flying out the door where I think you bounced off one of the destroyed limos. I was able to disassemble your swords, though a couple of them are damaged as is one of your guns. I'll let you clean them yourself. The enemy is gone and right now clean up is taking place. I'm just now getting to myself as you can see. Move over."
"Yes ma'am. The door is locked…."
"Yes, but who cares." she said sitting across from him in the large tub. "The medical staff was busy so Integra told me to take you away and clean you. Which is why we are currently here. Since I've already taken care of you, you can take care of me."
"Am I just imagining it or are you in my head?" he said taking the soap from her.
She explained what she did to try and read his mind or at least enter it and see why he hadn't woke up, and yes the medical staff tried using smelling salts, which failed. He was cleaning her off while she told him what memories she saw and was still feeling and slightly seeing.
"That explains why I see a few of your memories. I think you somehow managed to telepathically link us. Rather cool actually."
"Not a bad thing. We can talk to each other over distances perhaps. So, which memories?" she asked helping him wash his hair now.
"Your parents death. Your teammates as well." he said feeling the sadness of her loss. "Just flashes. I'm truly amazed you survived that gunshot wound back then."
"I was thinking you weren't coming back. That your mind had snapped. Your body would be alive, but you'd basically be dead. That's what triggered those memories." she said rinsing his hair out. "There, we are both clean. Now we can go to bed. I'm dead tired."
They got out, dried each other off and despite the feelings they really wanted to go at it, fatigue set in quickly for him more than her. Seeing as his room had no windows, it wasn't going to be a big problem for her to sleep in his bed with him. She wore one of his shirts just incase anyone came in and were both so sound asleep that when Walter came by to check on him, he wasn't too surprised to see the two of them in the Generals bed. He turned the light back off and quietly slipped out the door, reminding himself to come back before morning so Seras could go to her room before Integra got up.
A few days later, the men they lost were buried and the many men that did survive, along with Seras, Walter and Integra were all at the grave yard saluting the fallen men. The graveyard was on the property, but far enough away that even if a heavy battle took place near or in the mansion, the graveyard would not be effected. Integra was standing away from everyone near a bunch of grave stones. Rain poured down on them all rather heavily. Seras felt it, but not the cold it left hanging in the air. A few of the men were cold while most of them tried to ignore it. The General was standing next to Seras who was in a black skirt and shirt that didn't cover her arms and gloves that went to her elbows, plus boots. Walter was in a suit as was the General, though he wore completely black, even the shirt, leaving his special coat at home while Walter had a white shirt. Integra was in a green suit with an old hat that held a small veil over her face. The families of the fallen men were also there, with their children. A pastor said words for awhile and then everyone started dispersing. Walter and Seras went back to the car waiting only to turn and find they were not followed. Integra was still standing by a grave and the General was by her. Seras thought about listening in, but decided not to, even when Walter muttered out loud about it himself.
"This is all my fault."
"Telling yourself that will never work. I know from experience."
She only jumped slightly and turned enough to see him by her.
"What are you doing?"
"I've seen this before Sir Integra. I've been in this sort of spot before, many times. Trust me, it is never easy and blaming yourself never works. They did their jobs, what they were trained to do. Soldiers die on the field every day, there is always some sort of war going on somewhere. Even if it is on another planet. Yeah, I know your skeptical about that idea. My point is, you're not alone. Loosing men…correction, troops sucks. And it hurts. Especially when they are people you knew for a long time and even more when it happens at home, or at a headquarters." he said lightly rubbing her shoulder as he looked out over the gravestones. "These men died knowing what could happen. They are in God's hands now. Safe from any further attack or harm. The best you can do for them, is to continue on and try to make their deaths have meaning and purpose. Heaven forbid Walter dies in battle, but if he did, would he want you to grieve over his loss forever? I know him enough and some of these men I did talk to, that they'd want you to let it go. Shed tears for them as I have, not only for these men but everyone I ever lost as well, and then go on. Try to do better to keep this sort of thing from happening again."
"Thank you General." she said giving him a hug, which surprised him at first.
Walter and Seras only blinked in surprise to see it happen and it only lasted a few seconds before she pulled away and wiped her eyes.
"You're right. Only someone who could understand the loss would be able to even say words like that. I wish I could have done more to prevent this from happening, even if we could go back and knew it was going to happen, we still wouldn't have been able to do much to stop it. Men would still have died. The best we can do now is honor their loss by continuing the fight and compensating their families. As you said, they are in his hands now, safe from the evils of this world. As cliché as this question might sound, does it get any easier?"
"No. It never does. Doesn't matter if you try to distance yourself from everyone either to avoid it. This part is from personal experience, but if battle doesn't get them in the end, age does, or some sickness. Death hurts no matter how it happens. As sad as this is also going to sound, it is easier for us to have them die on the battle field than in some bed. I've had many former soldiers die in their beds wishing they had died with more dignity on the field than from age, sickness or whatever ailment they had. One way of putting it is like the Klingons, to die on the field is honorable where as from other means usually, well, it is a ego and dignity blow that turns many old soldiers bitter and…."
"I understand where you are going General. No need to further elaborate. Though I did not nor was looking for any help, it is greatly appreciated. It is time to leave."
"I agree. It's cold and even though I can't get sick, you can. Which is bad for morale."