GENERAL HELLSING?

by FORD B

A very long lived Immortal, OC , joins Hellsing to help rid the world of evil, change Integra's world forever and gives Seras love she never thought she'd ever find or have. Stargate crossover included. Please read and review!

7. Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7

A.N. There's some major talk of sexual issues and sex in this chapter. Nothing you could really call X-rated however, but it becomes slightly graphic later. I originally had no plans to go where I did with Integra, but after reading a Hellsing story online at this site, I looked at it from the point of view, what would I do? So, what you will read later is what came to mind.

I also have not been to England nor know much about where the Queen really resides, as to whatever throne room and such. So I'm making it up as I go. I know it is Buckingham Palace, but I know little else about the place other than that and that Big Ben is part of it.

Shortly after they got back, a day or so later, Seras wanted to go back to her house and grab a few of her personal items and such to effectively move out of the apartment she had been in before. Even though she hadn't been back in awhile, it was still being paid for until she could come back to gather her things. With everything that had been going on lately, she hadn't had time much less thought about coming back yet. She opened one of the windows in the apartment half way as he was looking at a photo.

"Hmm, so this is your, was your dad. I saw him before, I think because he stopped me for speeding. Even as a small child, you were very beautiful. The hair hasn't changed much either."

"He thought so too." she said lightly touching the picture. "I sometimes wonder if I made him proud or not…"

"I think so." he said pulling her close. "You have saved many lives and that's what is important. Plus, even though you are what you are, you aren't acting like one typically does and certainly not taking advantage of all the abilities that comes with."

"When you put it that way, I guess I'd probably be considered the best side of what a vampire could become. I wouldn't even drink if it could avoid it." she said with a sigh.

"Where do you want to start?"

"Well, the pictures for one thing. I'm pretty sure there is enough room in the car to make one trip." she said setting the few pictures from the stand onto the table. "The furniture isn't important and most of the dishware is stuff I bought because I needed it, not out of personal favorites or anything. Need the clothes and a few other item around here…"

A knock at the door made them both look up.

"Must be the landlord wanting to say goodbye." he said walking over.

"But I've already talked to him, remember? It's the first thing we did before coming up? I did have to get another key too." she said as she walked up to the door.

"Oh yeah. I must have really spaced it."

He slowly pulled his gun as she asked who it was.

"Who's there?"

"I've come a long way to see you both."

The General opened the door and looked around it.

"Hey, you were that guy that ran us off even when we pointed out information in that place."

"Why are you here?" Seras asked as she remembered his brush manner.

"May I come in?"

"No offense, but considering how you treated us before, why should we?" the General asked.

"It is very important."

She nodded and he took a seat at the table.

"How did you find us here?" she asked as the General made a cup of tea for both of them.

"Thanks, I missed tea and supper today." he said taking a drink.

"The drink is all I have. I'm helping her move out."

"I figured that out after seeing the moving boxes in your car. Nice by the way, and American too, which is rather rare considering how old it is. As for finding you, investigations are what I do, as you know."

"Other than the fact you are MI-5, we have no idea who you are." she said.

"Forgive me. My name is Harry Sanders."

"And why is it you want us?" she said sitting back.

"It better not have anything to do with my background. I refuse to be experimented on or anything close…."

"Your Immortality is nothing new to MI-5. You have left a trail over the years that a simple dimwitted detective could easily trace. Using the same name for everything tends to make things sloppy on your part. However, you have everything in a very neat and tidy order with few illegal issues. Certainly nothing that has a warrant on you yet."

"Actually, it has kept me from getting into a lot of encounters over the last several decades." the General said.

"That's probably true. I think the fact you're the, what, twentieth General in the family line now. Every several decades you tend to bring the number up again indicating a son carrying on the family line."

"Worked so far. And I think the number is near thirty now. So, you're not here for me, at least for that reason."

"No. In fact, this meeting between us is not suppose to happen. Despite the fact that both our Organizations are sworn to protect Queen and country. The differences are immense. Our agencies, agendas. I'm human and, both of you are not."

"We know we are different." she said dropping her hands on the table making things rattle. "Look, unless there is something very important you need or are going to tell us, we have important plans."

"I need your help with something. Someone I need to see. You Miss Victoria I want along to see and hear what this person has to say. You General, because I believe you probably know the person and can get me to see them. I assure you that seeing this person will be extremely beneficial to both our organizations."

"We're going to be up most of the night anyway, and this here won't take long. We'll follow you in our car." he said after looking at Seras who shrugged okay.

"Very well." he said.

They followed his fancy car through several streets to a old but functioning building. It was rather late at night and Harry brought a light with him as they all got into a elevator and headed up.

"This all seems very familiar, but I haven't been in this section of town in many years." the General said as he was thinking. "Who are we seeing?"

"I'm betting you'll remember soon." he said as the elevator stopped on the top of the roof and let them out.

"Oh my! I haven't spoken to her in quite some years. I hope she isn't going to be mad at me." he said frowning in thought.

"Ah, you remember then?" Harry asked. "How long has it been?"

"Twenty years, give or take. I sent her many letters, but I'm not sure if they ever got to her. They should have, considering how much I paid to have them delivered."

"Would you like to knock then?" Harry asked.

He did as Seras looked at him hoping for an answer, also with a jealous expression.

"Old vampire friend." the General said. "Nothing more."

"Who's there?" a young woman's voice asked.

"It's me Helena. The General. Sorry it took so long to come back…."

"General?! It has been a long time." the young woman's voice said with surprise. "Please, do enter."

He opened the door and the other two followed him in.

"Who are your friends?" the young, possibly ten at most, vampire woman asked from a chair nearby. "You must trust them very much to bring them here."

"Well, yes and no." he said with a small laugh as he rubbed the back of his head.

There was a candles on tall pedestals in various areas along with a old record player playing opera music. A few tables here and there, but what stood out the most, other than the ghostly appearance of the girl, was the walls and walls of books that were everywhere.

"Rather cryptic answer General." she said raising an eyebrow.

"Wow, you really have been collecting lately." he said glancing around as he ignored her questioning look.

"I have finished the books you loaned me General. I was beginning to think you would not be coming back. But your letters continued to come, which I greatly appreciated. Who are they now?"

"Sorry. Forgive me Helena. I had no idea we were headed here, but I have been meaning to get back to seeing you again. This is…um, Harry Stanton or Sanders was it?"

"Harry Sanders of MI-5 Helena. I came to find out if you would ask some questions, nothing more." he said bowing slightly.

"And this is Seras Victoria. We work together." he said with a certain tone that only the women noticed as he bowed slightly.

"Good evening." Seras said bowing slightly as well.

"I see." Helena said as she looked at the General for a moment and realized he and Seras were more than co-workers. And that he wanted it kept secret. "I suspect from your lack of aura that you have not been a child of the darkness very long my dear."

"You could say fairly recently. Her Master wants her to become more powerful, like he is, but she doesn't want that so, I sort of help keep her in line."

"A funny way of putting it." Seras muttered with a small chuckle. "But I am glad in so many ways that he is helping me."

Helena got out of her chair and walked up giving the General hug as he knelt down.

"I did get your letters General. They were something to look forward to and I thank you deeply for it. When you read as much as I have, eventually, the story lines become the same, just different characters and personalities."

"I know how you feel." he said patting her arm. "You look like you are doing good. As radiant as ever."

"As good as can be expected. I must say I am not surprised at your cleverness Mr. Sanders. Bringing them to protect you."

"You were using us?" the General asked pointedly as he stood up.

"Forgive me, but I am checking things out on my own time and only certain people know the answers I seek. Though I have no ill will towards you Helena, I cannot say for sure if you might have the same for me."

"I have no quarrels with you that I can think of at present." Helena said as she turned to Seras. "Tell me, were you born through carnal means, or, have you yet to discover all the pleasures of being a woman, my dear?"

"I…um…I was dying and asked to be saved. Now I am a fledgling under…my Master."

"I see. You have also learned the pleasures of being a woman. Something that I will never be able gain or feel."

"I am sorry." she said knowing the girl was never going to grow up.

"Mr. Sanders, I am a very private individual with very few friends. And I am impassive in both inclination and ability. I am a harm and threat to no one. However, this is not the first time I have been harassed by your MI-5. Why are you here?"

"18 months ago, a new breed of night children appeared, lacking the morals and pride of your people. They rampaged and attacked my people, turning them to ghouls. This girl, along with the General, work for the Hellsing Organization."

They both got glared at.

"Don't give me that look Helena. I know the few vampires and other creatures that live freely and are watched. The ones, like you that I consider friends have been playing nice still. I only kill the Freaks made by some stupid computer chips and any ghouls in my way. Seras joined because she had little choice. And so far, she's only killed a few Freaks and lots of ghouls."

"I believe you General. You have always helped us, good vampires as they call us, when in need. However, I have lost many friends to the Hellsing Organizations butchery." she said with distain.

"Had I been here, I would have been able to change things. I got lost in Asia for a long time. I'm sorry I wasn't here. And I'm not trying to defend the Hellsing family, at least not completely, but I've seen the many reports and some of those real vampires were causing problems that they refused to stop. A few others were caught in the crossfire. I intend to keep that from happening from now on. At least to the best of my ability."

"Thank you General." she said and then turned to look at Sanders. "Hmm. I see. Though I am tired of living as long as I have, I still have many books I wish to read and hopefully, hear more stories from you General about things that very few would believe. These Freaks as you call them are only copies, powerful copies, but copies only, not having the true power of a vampire. The only way such a coping ability could take place is through the use of an original vampire. We vampires and other creatures that live the night life as they call it, have no cabal or group meetings. Other than the occasional sending of letters, we barely make contact. I do not like leaving my home and I see very few people as I have stated. The General is one of the few people I would trust with my life, for he is the only one who would give his for mine that I can speak of. However, seeing the questions in your mind, I can say that no English vampire, though few of us that are left, is behind this atrocity that is causing your people and Hellsing so much trouble."

She sat back down in her chair and sighed.

"I will see what I can learn and then if it is relevant information, then I will inform you Mr. Sanders. Now, please wait outside."

He bowed and then left the two.

"I doubt you'll take my advice, but there is books on tape, plus, lots of video games out there." he said seeing her smile as he knelt in front of her again. "They do pass the time quickly too. If it wasn't for Seras, I would be reading or playing games a lot unless I was working. No offense Seras."

"I played some of those games out there. I can understand it, to a point." Seras said. "I am better company and more fun than the games."

"Very true." he said with a smile that matched hers.

"You, who once married and bedded a vampire for nearly a decade, have taken another as your lover. I am not surprised General. I do wish you the best."

"To be honest, I didn't think the area of our relationship we have now would even gotten this far for another few years." he said. "But I am really happy it happened sooner."

"He danced with you did he not?"

"Many times. Wait, is that how he charms…"

"No." she said chuckling lightly. "We have even danced on occasions. It is a charming trait that has not been passed down as much as it should have been. Though I have always found him to be a great friend and consort, we could never be more than that. Though, from some of the stories he has told, I would have gladly given up my vampire existence to have one day as a human again with him."

"She's been around a long time. Much longer in some senses because Alucard was locked away for many years while she has been free. I used to visit a lot more often when I was here."

"Alucard." she said a bit surprised. "Forgive me Miss Victoria. I thought you were under another. You are truly blessed with the gift and curse that vampirism gives. However, you are with the best man I can think of to help you through many troubles."

"Thank you Helena." she said bowing.

"Now, I wish to be left to my solitude. It was good to see you again General. You must come by again at some point soon however."

"I will." he said kissing the back of her hand and then her forehead. "Forgive me, but I do have a question that only you may be able to help with."

She nodded.

"Due to a recent development, one that is a long story, I will tell you later or in a letter…"

"Another alien encounter?" she asked.

"I forget you can read my mind as well." he said with a slight chuckle as she smiled.

"I do not know much about vampires and them having children. It is at best, a very difficult subject for me because of my apparent age. However, I can make a few inquires and let you know if I find anything. I do wish you the best General. You have helped many creatures that normally are considered the worst enemies of humankind."

He pulled a card out and set it on the table.

"This is my cell number if you wish to reach me quickly. Good night Helena. It was very good to see you again."

Once at their cars, he thanked them both for their help and hoped them the best with their jobs and apologized for earlier back when they met before in that room. It was just business. With no hard feelings between the three of them, they said goodnight and he started off.

"Well, there is still plenty of time…" he began as they started to get into the car.

A massive explosion made them both get down and take cover behind the General Lee quickly as the small shockwave and debris came at them.

"That was Harry's car!" she exclaimed getting up.

The General ran over quickly and tried to see if he could possibly do anything, however, the entire car was engulfed in flames and he had to back off fast as another smaller explosion took place.

"He died instantly." he muttered as she walked up and they heard police sirens in the distance. "Better than burning to death. We'll have to stay to make a statement."

"I know." she said sadly. "I'll use the car phone to call Sir Integra."

"Wait…" he said stopping her as she was about to get in.

He got in without sitting down and pushed a few buttons making a picture of the car show up on the screen. A red line crossed the screen from side to side as the picture slowly rotated. It stopped and blinked near the front axle.

"Son of a bitch." he said getting out and looking under. "Nice bomb. Bad job."

"There's a bomb on ours too?!"

"Was." he said getting out and placing it in the trunk. "Amateurs. I've seen better bomb jobs done with a sock, grease and blasting charges."

"Sticky bombs go off without being stopped. It's like a grenade, you pull the pin and then let the handle go, you can't stop it from exploding." she said. "How can you compare the two?"

"Yes. But this was set up to blow as soon as the tire turned. It was so easy to disarm I could have done it blindfolded." he said as she got in and dialed.

Integra said she would contact the necessary people to ensure there was no problems since the police weren't going to be able to get a full account of everything that took place before the explosion. After the phone call, she was walking through the house and stopped to open the door to her office. Instead of it being her office, she entered a nightmare where she was the target in the maze for the troops, which ended shortly after she saw the large red pentagram seal in the air.

"Alucard, what the hell is going on?!" she yelled turning to him.

"Have you ever wondered what it is like to be the prey?"

"I have better things to do that play with you and your illusions Alucard. Stop this nonsense and let me get back to work."

"There is a point to this illusion Master. All the time I have been in your service, I have been pitted against pretenders and enemies that couldn't measure up to even becoming a match if I trained them for a hundred years. Even the few real vampires there have been over the years, though more of a challenge than the Freaks and such, they were nothing. Thanks to the General's training, Seras Victoria is more of a challenge than anything I have seen in some time. However, her desire to kill indiscriminately like I do is lacking."

"I figured that is why you refuse to train her."

"She never asked. Besides, though she has seen much and has became a capable vampire, she would not be able to withstand even half of what I could show her of her true potential. It would shatter her mind if I gave her a inkling of what I have seen and done that is, evil as you humans say."

"Is there a point to this rabble Alucard?" she asked tiredly.

"A true enemy, a real monster is about to appear." he said with a wide grin. "A strong enemy has finally come to our tiny island. Finally, I shall have the challenge I have been waiting so long for!"

One week later after returning from America………..

Things went very well over the phone between Integra and Hammond. Seeing as they were both very important and secretive organizations for their respected governments, they both agreed to a mutual cooperation. Three days ago, one of the Freak chips had been sent to them and was being checked out by the science departments deep in the SGC. The SGC was getting help from the General, if they needed him to come at some point in the future to help with whatever it was. And Seras if she wished to come as well. Really, even though the two groups had agreed to do whatever they could to help each other, there wasn't really much either could do to really help in some ways. Technologically speaking for one thing. Though the SGC had quite a few staff weapons, there was no way that they could be used to help the Hellsing Organization. It took silver and holy weapons to kill their enemies. But medical tech that the SGC learned, that wasn't able to be traced back to alien origins was something they could give each other. After the two hour call, they both hung up and she had Walter send the forms they both signed in the mail back to the SGC. During that week, there was only two incidents with Freaks, both thankfully went very well and no loss of life on their side happened.

"General, Miss Victoria. I have a mission that needs to be check out discretely. There is a club, only open at night." Integra said seeing the General stiffen a bit at her next statement. "It's been around for over a hundred years. Though it has changed from being a bar, to a dance club to now a large dance slash party slash whorehouse. What we were able to dig up was that it seems that the same owner has had the place and that she continues to run it. According to police reports, their have been disturbances there before, but not like the other night. A woman was found completely drained of blood, sitting on the bathroom toilet in one of the rented rooms. How long she had been there, no one truly knows, as to time of death. We know she wasn't a virgin and an autopsy is ongoing currently."

"Strange." the General muttered.

"Why didn't the dead woman, who I assume was now a ghoul, attack people?" Seras asked.

"That was a question that I asked myself at the time when I was told of this case. Apparently, a large wooden stake, shaped like a cross was sticking out of her chest where her heart was. It was white oak as well. Her heart was removed, though how is unsure at the moment. The doctors think someone reached in and yanked her heart out without penetrating her chest at the same time, but the autopsy will reveal more, or so they say. The name of the club is called, The Midnight Velvet. The police have the area closed off at the moment and the owner, plus workers are currently at the club. Go check it out and kill any enemies you find in the name of God and country."

"I don't think we'll find any." the General muttered.

It was already nighttime as they left the mansion and headed out. Seras would have been driving, but she didn't know where they were going. He was wearing a black three piece suit while Seras, who was thankfully didn't have to wear her uniform, was in tight leather pants, a black turtle neck, her boots and a black leather jacket. He knew she was wearing underwear, but the bra seemed to be optional lately. What was the point of wearing it if they were never going to sag anyway she said once. She also did it to rile him up because he knew she didn't have one on.

"You've been to this club before?"

"Over the years. I helped the owner set it up. I just hope Mel'thena isn't behind this. I'd hate to have to kill her if she lost control."

"Mel'thena? Wait, she's a vampire?"

"Yeah, sort of like you. Although her master was killed….I think after she was given her freedom from him. Been quite a few years since I've talked to her. What I do remember, her and her master were…um, like you. Though vampires, they tried to hide it and blend in with society the best they could. She was turned because she was dying from…some disease at the time. He let her know what he was and gave her a choice. She took it and I think it was fifty or sixty years later he was killed. Devastated her for awhile, but she moved on. I met her at the age of 203. We hit it off as good friends back then and her dream was to open a bar because she liked to drink a lot, alcohol I mean, and always wanted a bar. Seeing as it can't kill a vampire to drink excessively. She was also trying to hide from vampire hunters too. So, the bar was made into a night time thing only, which worked out well because most men got off at that time to come gets drinks after work and…."

"And?"

"Um, more than likely, she is probably still doing the same, other thing she wanted to do. At the time back then, she did it discreetly, but now days…."

"Let me guess. It's something sexual."

"Yeah, pretty much." he said feeling awkward. "With the newest laws and such, more than likely, she and her friends aren't going to be wearing anything. But, seeing as her place is being investigated, they should have something on. If we are lucky."

"Did you two…."

"No!" he said quickly. "Just friends. I have always been against slavery and such, but at the time that we got the bar open, a relationship such as that would have been really bad. She wanted into my pants, but I wasn't wanting into hers. She has the looks, but not the personality I like."

"Oh, she's black then."

"Yeah. Other than her extracurricular activities, and the fact she loves to drink up a storm, she's a very nice lady. It takes a lot to piss her off. And a lot more to get her drunk."

"Her and her master must have killed a lot of people back then. They didn't have blood banks and I seriously doubt they found people who volunteered."

"There is another way for vampires to get blood without turning someone. Her master taught her a vampire technique that causes temporary paralysis. Stare in someone's eyes and do some trick that makes it seem like time has stopped for them. Alucard can do it and given time so will you. It's actually a very good technique and skill you need to learn. Anyway, after the technique is used, the person has no idea what's going on or feel anything. They would then cut the wrist of the person and get what they would need, usually using a few people, not the same ones over and over though. Because vampire saliva can also heal wounds when they lick their victims, that's what they would do after getting what they need and then they would place their victims in a sleep state. The next day, other than feeling drained and not remembering what happened, the people went back to their daily lives. Legends and rumors pop up here and there about the happenings, but they were never found out since no one was ever turned or killed. With the invention of blood banks, she now gets what she needs from there."

"Wow, this place is big." she said as they pulled into the taped off area.

"Used to be two stories, but looks like she's made a few adjustments. Three stories and at least another acre of space." he said getting out and walking past the few Hellsing guards stationed outside. "Please tell me they are wearing clothes?"

"Well, if you count it as clothes General." the man muttered with a red face.

"Ah man." the General muttered rubbing his nose. "How bad?"

"If it wasn't for the fact I was married, I would have stayed in there, but I got out quickly. No offense ma'am, General. Even knowing what you are, you are still nineteen and I really don't recommend you enter Miss Victoria." he said uneasily.

"Why not?"

"It's technically a whorehouse." he said bluntly. "Almost well beyond X-rated."

"I knew that already. Seeing as I can't technically age anyway, it's a mute point."

"Your mind ma'am." he said stepping aside. "I did warn you."

"Seeing as I am a woman, there isn't anything I'm go to see that I don't have. Unless there is guys in there…"

"When you put it that way ma'am, I see what you mean. The two guys are wearing pants so, you'll be just fine." he said with more ease.

After they were out of his range of hearing.

"I've seen you and we've already had sex, what would be in here that could surprise me? I'm going to live forever anyway, technically, so I might as well get used to seeing the strange and bizarre, even if it is of the sexual nature."

"True, but try not to seem so surprised if something you don't expect happens."

They entered the red brick building, which looked like it had been recently repaired and fixed up. There was two large double doors, ten feet tall and six feet wide. Inside there was a small set of stairs leading down into a large open floor where people could dance. However, you had to wait to see if you could enter because of the podium stand that was by the wall where normally, a couple of bouncers and a employee who would check your ID to even see if you were old enough to enter. To the right of the large floor was steps going up to another open area that was filled with circular padded love seats and a table. These love seats could hold anywhere from three to ten people at a time. The table size varied from being able to hold a couple large pan pizzas to a full buffet. The larger tables, though cleaned and polished, had evidence of scuff marks, such as from high heels or similar types of shoes for when a woman was dancing on it for the customers. This type of set up was also set up opposite of the entrance up some stairs as well. To the left of the large dance floor was a enormous bar that had at least fifty stools. And drinks of every kind on the shelves behind the massive bar along with a couple doors that lead to the kitchen area. Some drinks were on tap, others from the bottle. Four sections of the bar opened to allow the waitresses to get out. Two near the middle and one on each end. To the left of the bar was the public restrooms. Each restroom had ten toilets, though the men's had the added large tub urinal. The women's just had a bigger mirror and a place to set down your make up trays and stuff like that. Female products could also be bought from vending machines inside there, same for the guys bathroom, but for them, it was condoms and a few other things. To the right of the bar was stairs leading to the second floor and even a elevator to the right of the stairs. Though the two didn't go upstairs, they did learn that the owner lived on the top floor while the other three floors consisted of rooms for people to have fun in. Either with their friends or with the some of the male or female employees. The whole place had a very regal and elegant look and feel to it.

No one was in the place since it was already checked out by the local police, MI-5, and a few people from Hellsing. Integra sent the General and Seras, mostly because Walter found out through the background checks that the General owned part of the building under a slightly different name. The people who were in the place was six other females and a two guys, other than Mel'thena. The two guys, dressed like Chip and Dales, were sitting with drinks at one of the booths by the wall on the right side, laughing about something. The women, were all at the bar. Four of the women were black and three were white. A black haired, blonde and brunette. The four black women, one had dreadlocks that reached her behind, another had straight hair that was dyed red, the other had just black hair that was straight and the last had hair done up like Storm from the X-Men movie. Each of them was wearing the same out fit, a white top that was more a string than anything, which barely covered the essential parts and technically that didn't even count because the small patch of cloth only covered their nipples which stuck out anyway. And the bottom, was nothing. They wore a apron that covered their front which had a zipper pouch for tips. Thankfully, their legs were crossed or at least closed as the two walked up to the bar.

Mel'thena was sitting on the bar, wearing a blackish blue one piece which was more like a bathing suit, however, it was so thin, you didn't need an imagination. She looked a lot like Hale Berry did in the Catwoman movie, the red haired part. A drink of some sort in her hand. The reason it was said was sitting, was because as soon as the General walked up the stairs, she jumped with glee and slammed into him knocking them both onto the dance floor. Seras jumped back after the lady launched herself and shrieked slightly.

"General! It's been so long since I've last seen you! God how I miss your company! It is so great to see you again!" she cried grabbing him in a bear hug that cracked a few bones and popped his neck. "I miss hearing about your stories and talking to someone who can really understand me! Where have you been lately?!"

As he was sitting up slowly and blinking away the whack his head took, she, still straddled to his waist, turned slightly to the other ladies hitting him in the face with her breast.

"Hey girls! This is the guy I kept talking about who helped me start this place! You won't find a more finer and gentlemen like guy than this!" she said giving him another hug that shoved his face between her breast.

"Isn't he also about the only man to ever reject your advances Mel'thena?" the brunette asked turning around. "He isn't alone and I don't think this lady likes where you are current sitting. Much less what you are doing with your chest."

"Huh?" Mel'thena said turning to see a glaring blonde as she let go and finally noticed he was really trying to push her breast from his face.

"I thought you two didn't have a history General?"

"We don't Seras. Not like you're thinking." he said rubbing his face and head while recovering his breath. "Nice to see you to Mel'thena. I told you stop doing that! Last time you shoved my face in your chest I almost smothered! Bad enough you flashed me the last time I was here too! Why'd you jump me?"

"I always jump you. And the flash was for fun." she said giving him a peck on the cheek before getting up and pulling him to his feet quickly and almost pulling his arm out. "You don't show up as often as you used to. Last time you were here, you were out there dancing away and singing…."

This got Seras's attention quickly.

"He's a great dancer hon. Very few people over the years have been able to dance like he does. He even does disco, making that John Travolta look bad." she said waving a hand in Seras's direction. "Though don't let him get near a drink, he can't handle it. Last time he was here, I had to knock him out before he did something he would regret. He's impossible to put into a trance if he is drunk. I had to break a bottle over his head to knock him out."

"Regret? Like what?" she asked as she noticed the General was blushing and shaking his head at Mel'thena.

"Having sex. What else? He's looking for someone he can spend many years with, not someone who wants a quick fuck and then moves on. He can't sing worth a damn when he's sober, but when drunk, oh my. The love serenades he can pour out, I wanted to take him on that floor even if everyone watched." she said with a shiver and then sighed. "But alas, he was singing those songs for a lost love. And I won't take advantage of anyone just like he won't. At least not sexually."

"I've noticed." she said.

"Since he looks about as red as fresh blood, that blush makes you even cuter General." she said patting his face. "As I was saying, since he isn't saying anything, my name is Mel'thena. And you are?"

"Seras Victoria." she said shaking her hand.

"You're a vampire too." she said moving closer to look deeper into Seras eyes. "I heard there was a young vampire out there that Vlad had made, but I didn't think I'd see you. He's been on the Hellsing leash for a long time. How'd he manage to get away with turning a young cutie like you?"

"I..." she said stepping back with some shock. "You know Master?"

"I met O'l Drac once. Easy on the eyes, at least when he wore the tux, but he's so creepy that I didn't want to know or even get close to him. I know about Hellsing and they know about me. I don't drink from my customers, I do the blood bank as does Vera over there."

Vera turned slightly, and flashed her fangs for a moment before going back to chat with the other girls.

"Vera is a vampire too?" the General muttered.

"She got cancer over ten years ago, un-curable. Having no family, except some cousins nearby and in the states, she asked me to save her. Her real family was killed by ghouls and she ended up here looking for work since she couldn't do much else after failing school. Takes money to get an education and she had nothing but a beautiful body to show off. It was really a last resort thing. Couldn't get a job or anything so she came here to flash some flesh even though she was reluctant to do it. Still hasn't gotten laid yet."

"How old is she?" Seras asked curious.

"She was seventeen when I turned her. She dances for whoever pays, but won't have sex. She won't say why and I don't ask. Though I suspect it has something to do with the fact she had total cancer of her entire area down there, ovaries, cervix, all of it. Hurt her to pee, move, crap, even eat. There was pain in…."

"Should you really be telling us all of this?" the General asked.

"She's told everyone else. At least everyone here that works here. She gives a different answer to customers. Besides, you're both with Hellsing and probably want background info on us vampires here anyway. I know that Hellsing lady doesn't like vampires or other evil creatures, but she will put up with the ones that are nice and not trying to destroy England and such. Like me. And Vera." she said sweetly. "I do supply her information on other vampires I hear about from time to time, but I haven't heard much lately, other than the Freak thing. Anyway, I think Vera looks to me like a mother figure, every time I offer her, her freedom, she shrinks away and refuses. On the other hand, I do like feeling wanted again. Being a mother was fun."

"Wait, you got pregnant?" the General exclaimed in surprise.

"Just because I'm a vampire doesn't mean I can't have children. Though I don't know how it happened." she said with a frown. "Besides the obvious of getting laid and…"

"No details please." he begged.

"He is prude isn't he?" she said to Seras.

"Only when talking about it." Seras said. "At least around others."

"When did this happen?"

"Um…." she said thinking with sadness in her voice. "I met a very nice man many years ago. Over a hundred years. He was a virgin at the time and wanted to court me. We dated for awhile, and at that time, I sustained from having sex because I really liked this guy. Six months later, he asked for my hand in marriage. I then showed him what I really was and told him I would marry him if he still wanted me. It took him a week before he came back and agreed to keep quiet about it and marry me. We got married in a local chapel, at night and then five years later, I ended up pregnant. I used the cut and drink approach which seemed to turn him on a lot for some reason. Which is why he never was turned. He died of old age in his sixties and happy. Our daughter lived to be 112. That was over sixty years ago. She had two kids, one boy and one girl. I actually lost touch with the grandchildren and have no idea where they or any family after that is. My daughter, she kept her secret pretty well and from what I was told, by her and others, she never told her children she was half vampire. Her children never had the fangs, but did have a few extra abilities. Mostly better immune systems, strength and longer lives. Other than that…."

"I'm sorry if it brings back painfully memories, but how did your daughter turn out beyond what you've said?" Seras asked gently.

"Why honey, are you looking to get preg…." she began and then her eyes opened really wide. "Oh my, you finally found someone to be with again General! And she is a looker too!"

Seras blushed and bit her lower lip as she was being looked at by the other ladies. Mel'thena was so excited she jumped a few times and then gave the General a hug that cracked more bones as Seras raised a eyebrow at the strange behavior of the woman. Stepping back, her breast pop out of the thin strings holding them. He saw them for the briefest of moments before slapping his hand over his eyes.

"Geez Mel'thina! Do you have to squeeze so hard?" he said rubbing his back. "And cover up!"

"Sorry, when I get excited, I forget my real strength." she said while fixing her straps.

"And you haven't killed anyone yet?" he said peeking before moving his hand.

"Excitement from sex and seeing you are two different things." she said patting his arm.

"No kidding." he muttered as Seras asked about the pregnancy thing.

"Well, I don't really know what I did right, even though me and Ricky tried many times and eventually nature took its course. I'm pretty sure he had more fun than I did though. Always passing out…"

"No details please!" he said covering his ears.

"He passed out a few times." Seras whispered behind her hand.

"Wow General, I always thought you had more stamina!"

"Takes over an hour though." Seras said with a laugh.

"I'm so jealous hon. I have tried many times to get him into bed. If I hadn't read his mind and saw why he wouldn't, I would have kept thinking it was because I was black or something else. Have you been trying to get pregnant though?"

"Not really. Sir Integra just wants to be cautious."

"Were you free before or after you got married?" the General asked.

"I was free by then."

"Have you tried to have children since then?" he asked rubbing his chin.

"I've thought about it." she said rubbing her hands together. "But no. With the current vampire problems and such, and the fact I haven't found a man who likes me that much, I haven't tried. On the plus side, I can have all the sex I want…."

She laughed as the General said again, no details and was trying to cover her mouth this time.

"You think it is a power that would make it possible for us then?" Seras asked.

"It's possible. We looked through the Hellsing library and found little on vampire mating rituals and considering what Mel'thena said, it would make sense. It is possible, given time and concentration on your part, you may become pregnant if you wanted it bad enough. It may be that you'll have to get your freedom first."

"You two can talk telepathically then too. Isn't that a nice ability compared to the other abilities you eventually learn."

"I'm still learning. I'm afraid of what I might accidentally do though." she said with concern. "I don't want to have the darker abilities and end up hurting someone by accident or if I loose control."

"Vera is afraid too. That's why I keep a close eye on her. We can also talk telepathically. Well, aside from the nice chat and talking about sex that has got me really horny at the moment…" she said getting the response from the General she was looking for that made her laugh.

"Oh geez Mel'thena. I didn't need to know that!" he said rubbing his face with both hands. "Could you at least put something on over that then please? You're making it hard to think."

"Wow, with all the blushing, I didn't think you had enough blood left to get it up still, which it is." she said with a laugh as he looked at the ground rubbing his forehead. "I'll get my coat so you don't have to see anything. Not like you haven't seen me naked before anyway."

"Does she always have this effect on you?" Seras asked quietly.

"Didn't use to." he muttered as he kept his eyes on the floor.

"Didn't use to?" she asked curious.

"Usually I was able to push aside those thoughts and keep…from being aroused. I could see her nipples Seras. And her thighs were getting damp. Before I met you, I never cared and ignored it. This time, it brings back memories of us."

"Well, at least you're thinking about me instead of her or one of the other girls." she said happily. "How much of her have you actually seen?"

"Everything." he muttered with a sigh. "She used to bend over near me a lot when I was here more often, in hopes of getting my attention. And she always made sure she had nothing on at those times. It was almost impossible to ignore."

"So that's why you don't come here anymore or talk about it. I'd be jealous and think you're lying if I wasn't able to see in your mind." she said while crossing her arms. "What about them?"

"I don't know any of them. They are all new here. But it has been a real long time. Oh forget it. No way I'm going to be able to think this away." he said zipping his coat closed.

Seras didn't get it at first and then it hit her, especially after Mel'thena came back in a large fur coat that touched the floor.

"Typical, always closing his coat to hide what has to be a great pac…."

"Okay, now you're pushing it." he warned with a finger.

"I was wondering how far I would get." she said giving Seras a wink. "Normally, I can ride him for maybe an hour before it gets to him. Too bad I never got a real ride…."

"Mel'thena!"

"Okay, okay!" she said laughing while holding up her hands as Seras chuckled at his predicament.

Seras could tell telepathically that he was more than riled up. He was ready to take her up to one of the rooms and have some fun for a couple hours. His mind was just about anywhere but on the mission. Only because she wasn't really riled up was because he was having better control of his thought processes. Though the images in his mind of them together were starting to get to her.

"So, as I was saying earlier, you two must be here about that dead woman."

"Yes." he said quickly. "Dead woman. Integra sent us here to find out what happened."

"I can say this, it wasn't me or Vera. Vera will drink, but she won't use her fangs. I've never even seen them grow. Seeing as she doesn't have sex, it makes sense that she doesn't expend as much energy as I do. Five bags every couple of days for her depending on if she dances or not. Me, it's five or more a day. Hell, I got so much money, there is a down stairs where people come to volunteer blood as payment for a show from me or Vera or one of the other girls. We sometimes get up to two dozen bags of blood on a good day. But I limited each customer to only one bag a week. I don't want to kill my customers."

"How many bags do you have stored then?" he asked.

"About five hundred. Some I get from the blood bank when I think we are low. But between me and Vera, we can go through a hundred in a month, depending on things. More me than her since I will do more than a show."

"Back to the dead woman." he stated quickly.

"She was a regular customer. Had been for almost a year. Don't know if she had family or anything like that. Always came in and had one of the two guys over there dance for her and then up to one of the rooms for a couple of hours and then she would leave. Only a few times would she end up sleeping in that room for the night. The night she was killed was one of those nights. I don't remember which of the guys was with her, but I can look at the books. Also, in case you are wondering, other than the possibility of me or Vera, neither of the guys or the girls are capable of having children. Which is why they are working here. I don't want to have legal issues coming up about pregnancies." she said as they made their way to the bar. "Nor medical if possible."

He leaned against the counter while Seras sat on his right, mostly because he said he wanted her there to help him keep from looking in the other girls direction, even though they were over a dozen seats away. Mel'thena went behind the bar and went under it, only to come back up several seconds later with a laptop and paper notebook.

"Okay, according to both the paper and the computer files, she paid her normal amount…do you want to…"

"No, go on." he said.

"Okay, paid normal, got together with Card…"

"Card?" the two asked.

"Stage name. He has a tattoo of a ace of hearts on his back, hence the name Card. I can give you his real…"

"Not unless it seems important. Go on…" he said rolling his hand.

"Spent two hours together. Then he left and went to rest for a few minutes in the booth he currently is in. Stayed there for half an hour and then, after getting an energy drink, went back to work. She was found the next morning, dead in the bathroom. We have cameras that monitor all the hallways and this entire area. The top floor is not monitored because me and Vera live there and being vampires, nothing would show up other than objects moving around on their own. There is no way out of the rooms other than through a window, which even though has a fire escape, it does not go to the top floor. That area is totally off limits to everyone but me and Vera. Except maybe you General if…."

"Mel…" he warned.

"Anyway.." she said ignoring the growl. "I looked over the recordings since the hallways are monitored by several cameras to ensure that no matter where one camera is looking, each area is covered no matter what. Basically, you'd have to be a vampire to sneak in. That door never opened after he left. Well, except for when I went to check on her like I do a several customers. You can hear on the recording her saying that she was just fine and didn't need anything or to have Card come back and me asking her a few questions. One of the reasons I check on some of our customers is because they may want food or usually, have another go. It didn't happened very often, but there was a few times where she had Card come back in and sometimes stay the night. I saw her clearly with my own eyes, she was walking around the room and eating something that was from the fridge. I don't remember what specifically, but I doubt that's what killed her. She said something about a bath and then going to bed. I closed the door and walked away. Next morning when she didn't come out, I figured she was still asleep. I walked in and found her on the toilet, dead."

"Hmm." the General said thinking.

"The bath tub was dry, but showed signs of use from that night. She was totally naked, oh. When I was checking on her, she was still naked and liked to sleep naked. Even though she was sitting dead on the toilet, leaning against the wall, there was no blood anywhere, nor any in the room. And, the toilet was totally clean, as to not used recently. I had the septic checked from that toilet to the tank to see if there was blood or her heart, but nothing. At least not enough blood to count for hers missing. There was no indication of a fight in the room or struggle. The only thing I can come up with is that a powerful vampire, who masked their aura, came in and did that to her. I know for a fact that Vera couldn't have done it, mostly because she is practically harmless and the fact she spent that night either catering to different customers down here or doing a few dances. I however…."

The General gave a glare that made Seras laugh as did Mel'thena.

"I know, no details. But I just love seeing you riled up." she said with a bright smile. "Anyway, I was with three customers that night. Not all at the same time. I don't do group sessions. But for you…"

"I will shoot you if you keep it up…" he growled while reaching.

"It must be really serious with you dear. This is the first time his threat has been real."

"Did anyone hear anything?" he asked while the two laughed.

"Hon, when people are in those rooms, they are having so much fun they aren't thinking about what is going on in the other rooms. Besides, I had changes made to make each room practically sound proof. Other than the windows to the fire escape, it's pretty much quiet in those hallways until a door opens. And before you ask, the window to her room was locked from the inside. No forced entry that we could find or fingerprints that were anyone's but hers and Cards. Which brings me to the thinking it was some powerful vampire or other evil creature. I haven't done a lot of studying concerning evil creatures that exist mind you, but vampires are the only ones that come to mind that drain a body of its blood, can move through objects and aren't seeable on cameras. Plus don't leave fingerprints."

"This is very strange." he muttered thinking clearly for once since they stepped inside and Seras could tell it easily. So she decided to play with him and spoke into his mind.

"Why don't we go upstairs for a few moments. Have a bit of fun…"

He was thinking clearly and then turned to look at her innocent looking face as she broadcasted a image of herself tossing her robe off after a nice shower. The only reason it was a image that she could conjure into his mind so well is because she did it frequently when he was down there waiting for her to get out of the shower if he wasn't joining her at the time.

"What?" she asked with a small smile of innocence.

"I was thinking clearly until you gave me that image…."

All the girls cracked up, including Seras.

"Did you make her do that?"

"No General. I only have influence on Vera." she said between chuckles. "You seem to forget General, you are a very attractive man and I can tell that in her eyes, she cares enough for you to die for you, if she wasn't dead already."

"I know." he muttered.

"Thank you for what you could give us Mel'thena. I believe I know what we need to do now." Seras said shaking her hand and then grabbing his arm. "Let's go dear."

"But we have no idea…."

"I do." she said as Mel'thena told them both to come back again sometime soon. "She said the only way that it was possible that that woman could have died like that, is if a powerful vampire came in and did it."

"Yeah, and…." he said still not thinking clearly as his eyes wandered down to the back of her tight leather pants.

She did notice, but kept talking as she went over and got into the drivers side, after being tossed the keys.

"Well, we need to first ask Sir Integra if there have been any other incidents like this anywhere in the city or if this is something unique. I think we'll find there is a few more related deaths just like this."

"Okay…"

"Which means this is a powerful vampire out there Hellsing has missed or a vampire that actually learned how to mask his aura and learned to faze through things and has been keeping himself really well hidden from being caught."

"Okay…"

"Your mind is in your pants right now isn't it?"

"More or less. That's not the shifter your hand is on."

"Oh, I thought that felt wrong." she said removing her hand from his knee. "I forgot that your car will automatically shift if you forget to and I thought I had. Anyway, if there are related deaths, then that would mean there is a vampire with those abilities. However, Master will be able to find the vampire after seeing the dead woman."

"I probably would have figured that all out if I wasn't so distracted."

"Look at it this way. If I am right and Master goes after this vampire and finds he doesn't need our help, then we have the rest of the night off. Which means…."

"And you were so innocent when I found you."

"Since becoming pregnant looks like something I would have to focus on trying to have happen, I don't have to worry anymore about how many times we go at it. Even thought it would be nice to be human again and still have you, I have to admit, as a vampire, we have much more fun this way." she said with a innocent looking smile.

"Why?"

"Because, as a human, I wouldn't last an hour. I usually only quit because you pass out. And sometimes not even then if your body is still awake even though you aren't."

"That explains the good dreams. And why you don't drink from me anymore after your second climax."

"You stay awake longer the less I feed. Ugh, that didn't come out right." she said as he cracked up badly.

Back at the mansion, Integra was going over paperwork and trying not to think about what the Queen had been talking to her about earlier. She wasn't getting any younger and the Queen was pushing her to find someone to marry and have children with, otherwise there was going to be no heir. The Queen said she also wanted to talk to Integra and the General in two days. Both were to show up at a certain time, unless a dire emergency came up. Otherwise, Alucard, Walter, Seras and the troops were suppose to handle it. She was trying not to think about getting another lecture when the door was knocked on.

"Come in. General, Seras. I didn't expect you back so early."

"I'm glad we are back." the General muttered as he took a seat without permission and rubbed his face. "I now remember why I stay away from that woman."

"Sir, we investigated the area in question and talked to the owner. She assures us that she and her fledgling did not kill the woman. She gave our people the tapes which are currently being checked to corroborate her story. The General and I believe her and her fledgling are not behind this attack. Moreover, I do not believe this was an attack by a Freak." she said standing at attention near the chair.

"I had heard that Mel'thena had taken on a fledging, and I now remember reading it in one of the reports. I suppose I'll see the full reports from the rest of the troops tomorrow when Walter brings them in." she said giving the General a glare that he didn't see.

"Sir, has there been any reports of attacks similarly or closely related to the death of the woman in question?"

"Actually there has." Integra said reaching for a file. "Walter and I went over a few other cases and found 4 more closely related over an hour ago. Do you have an idea on what is happening Miss Victoria?"

"Sir. Mel'thena suggested that a powerful vampire capable of masking his or her aura is behind this attack." she said telling her the rest of what Mel'thena told them about the rooms, sound proof thing and such while leaving the sexual bits out.

"It would make sense. The only thing that was different in this attack was the wooden cross stake where her heart should be. The other victims only had their hearts removed after being completely drained. However, each of the other bodies were found in hotels or motels, also in the bathrooms on the toilets." she said intertwining her fingers in front of her as she thought. "Did you and the General have some sort of plan?"

"No. I, personally, can think of no way to draw out this vampire. Therefore, I was going to suggest you have Master look into this. I would be very surprised if he could not detect the aura of this vampire and track him or her down."

"A very good idea. I came to the same conclusion just recently. I do not know what happened at this, brothel as I hear it really is, but it seems to have taken a lot out of you General. Please tell me you didn't engage…."

"No Sir Integra." he said shaking his head. "Best way I can describe it,….um, actually I can't. And I'd rather not try either."

"Can you try Miss Victoria?"

"Mel'thena was very blunt with sexual talk sir. And continued to rile him about it for her own amusement. Plus, she was barely wearing anything, plus flashed him once and…you're better off not knowing the rest."

"I see." she said as one eye twitched. "Your background check states you not only know this woman, but helped her establish the current building."

"At the time it was a bar, nothing more. She was always into sex and over the years, she turned it into what it is now." he grumbled. "Only because she has kept her word of being a good vampire all this time is why she isn't dead."

"You seem very nervous and agitated General."

"I can't think of any situation to describe how screwed up I am at the moment. She just kept going on about sex and then when she realized I was with Seras, she started in on it even more. If it wasn't for the fact she is a friend, I was going to shoot her."

"I am beginning to understand." she said remembering what little Walter explained about in the few reports he got from the soldiers about the scantily clad women. "My hormones are not raging, but they may be soon along with my blood. The Queen wants to see us in two days time. You and me personally. Walter, Alucard, Seras and the troops are to deal with anything that comes up, unless it becomes necessary for us to be there, we are to attended."

"Oh no." he groaned.

"We will talk more on this later. You and Seras have the rest of the night off, and I'm pretty sure you both are looking forward to it. I will send Alucard to deal with this. If on the off chance he cannot deal with it, you two will have to be ready at a moments notice. However, I am sure Alucard will wish to deal with it himself, even if it is a hundred ghouls."

"Thank you sir." she said with a small bow.

"General, Seras." she said as they approached the door. "Seeing as you found little in the library, I assume you did ask this, Mel'thena about her past and if…."

The General recounted the story to her and his thoughts on what would make it possible for Seras to get pregnant.

"I see. Then I do not think we have much to worry about. Mostly because I know you still do not feel ready to gain your freedom and I see no reason to force you into asking for it. If anything changes, let me know. If that is all, good night."

"Thank you Sir Integra. Good night."

It was a good thing that he was very rich and good at sewing, because as soon as they got down to her room, she instantly fazed out of hers and after taking his coat off, since he really liked the armor coat, she ripped the rest totally off. His boots were even torn in half. Seeing as Alucard was after a vampire that he did detect after seeing the body and room, and Walter was up somewhere else in the house, no one heard them thankfully during their two hour romp. It only took a couple hours and Alucard defeated the vampire and his few ghouls. It wasn't a incredibly spectacular fight, but he deemed it better than fighting a worthless Freak.

Two days later…..

Integra was wearing her greenish suit while the General was in a blue suit. As much as he really wanted to, she refused to allow him to go to see the Queen in his car. A driver took them in her Rolls instead since she claimed it had better class. He wanted to refute that and even argue about it, as she saw in his eyes, but he kept his mouth shut. He had his leather coat on until she told him to leave it in the car. She also left her overcoat in the car as well. He was very reluctant to leave it, but continued to follow orders. As they got up the steps and inside, they were both being checked before being allowed into the throne room area to see the Queen. Integra was checked first and then he was next. He reached behind his back and brought out one of his large pistols, gave it a wave and then put it back.

"You have to hand that over sir." one of the guards said.

"Not happening." he said shaking his head.

"General…."

"Forgive me Sir Integra, but I refuse to be without some sort of weapon. There is another Immortal around…" he said getting confused looks from the guards that he ignored. "And I wasn't able to bring my sword, so I'm keeping my gun on me. Either the Queen will see me with it, or I walk back to the car and if need be, walk all the way back to the mansion."

"General…" she growled.

"The last time I was here, the Queen before this one was nearly assassinated. I was completely weaponless and because of that, the assassin got away, nearly killing me in the process. Had I at least a sword or hell, a pen knife, I would have been able stop them! But I failed and nearly had my head taken off because of it. Only because the Royal Guard back then came to my aid did I survive. And no, the assassin wasn't another Immortal."

"Is there a point to this banter General?"

"I'm not going anywhere further without my gun. The other Immortal could be honorable and decide to leave me alone, or come out and challenge me, or decide to attack everyone else to get to me. I don't have my coat so I have no defense, which means I need to have some offense if trouble happens."

"Very well, I understand your situation. Inform the Queen that the General here is also my body guard and I would serious prefer that he keep his weapon with him."

"I will pass the message on Sir Integra, but are you sure this man hasn't lost his mind?" the man asked quietly.

"Immortals truly exist." she stated sternly. "Whether you wish to accept this idea or not, is up to you. However, her Majesty does know about them and requested our presence today. What you do on your own time with this information is up to you, however, speaking to others about this subject could get you in serious trouble with her Majesty. Worse, any one you may be taken to a mental hospital for talking about what is commonly thought to be impossible. Most Immortals do not talk about their, immortality, however, the General here doesn't care if anyone knows."

The General shrugged as he crossed his arms as they gave him a look, one that Integra also gave.

"Can you find this other Immortal easily if they are in the room with her Majesty?"

"Depends on how close I get to whoever it is. All I know is I got the feeling when we stopped the car outside. I glanced around, but didn't see anyone I knew."

Several minutes later, they were allowed in, two guards following from behind.

"Ah man." he muttered as he noticed a lot of the Round Table people and a few other high people in the room, people who only knew about what Hellsing was really for.

"It looks like a coronation of Knighthood is about to take place." she muttered as they continued forward and then finally knelt down on the red carpet before her.

"Yeah, I think it is." he grumbled.

The guards backed off and stood near pillars nearby as the Queen stood.

"Sir Integra Hellsing, you may rise and come forward."

She did so confused and stood off to the left of the Queen as directed.

"We shall speak momentarily dear." the Queen said before turning back to the General who was shaking his head lightly. Integra could swear he looked ready to bolt out the door.

"General. When you came under the employment of Hellsing, you, like every other person that has ever came to work there, underwent extreme scrutiny. Your past was dug through extensively. I must admit, I was very surprised as was many of the people here about how easy your past was able to be dug up. Some of us here know about what you are, while others do not. However, because you have a very distance past with the Monarchy, your Immortality status shall become known to the members of this room more clearly than before. You once protected the former Queen before me many years ago in her, slightly younger years. According to the history records of that time, you were to be Knighted for your bravery. Yet, you never showed up for the coronation. Moreover, you left the country and didn't return for over fifty years. Will you explain why you ran from such an honor?" she said. As he started to speak, she told him he could stand.

"The honor would have been greatly appreciated your Majesty, however, I was also to marry some girl I did not know one week after being Knighted. Even back then and for many years, I have been against the belief in using women that way. They should be allowed to choose what man they want to be with, not have a man forced upon them. I did not talk to the Queen personally about this at the time, but had to talk to other Parliamentary members. Seeing as I was being forced to marry this woman I hadn't even seen yet, I lied saying I agreed to avoid being brought up on false treason charges they would have placed on me. The day before the ceremony, I managed to run away and, as the records state, did not come back for many years."

"The history of that event also states that you ran because of being charged with treason. That you had a hand in the attempted assassination. The assassin was found years later and it was also found you had nothing to do with the attack. But, no one could find you at the time and footnotes were left in case you ever did return. Considering how history turned out, it is a good thing you didn't marry her. Immortals can't have children and she ended up marrying another man several months later who helped keep a war from breaking out between England and another country at the time. Their descendants still live today. One of which is a member of the Round Table. Though, from what other information we have gathered from abroad, pictures and otherwise, it is said that you were once a member of the original Knights of the Round Table with King Arthur. Is this true?"

"Me and a hundred and forty nine other knights. I think Merlin wasn't human. But I never could prove it. He liked me though. I left them on a personal quest well before they started looking for the Holy Grail. A Doctor named Indiana Jones found it and then promptly lost it. Sorry I'm rambling your Majesty, but yes." he said as she started to speak. "I was with them. And with his father."

"How far back does your history truly go General, and where do your loyalties lie?"

He smiled slightly before answering.

"Not many people believe me when I tell them this, but though I didn't see or meet the man, I did hear of Jesus's preaching." he said seeing several people roll eyes or mutter under their breaths. "I have been around long enough and seen many things. I have fought in most of the wars that have been on this planet and been on both sides, but not at the same time. I however, have never served the Germans, or at least the Nazi's. Currently, my loyalties are with the American government on a level I cannot speak of. The Japanese, though that is mostly a honor bound agreement I have had for many years to several families I am suppose to help in times of need. And currently to Sir Integra. If any country goes to war with England, I probably won't help either side. Sort of a depends on the circumstances situation. Personally, I'd rather stay out of any wars if I can help it."

"Then I have your word of honor that you have no quarrels with me or the government of England?"

"None at all currently."

"Very good. I am pleased to hear that. Though you have your Knighthood status from way back then, it does not apply to the people of this era. The honor due to you for your act of heroism back then shall now be bestowed upon you and you shall become once again, another Knight of the Round Table."

"Oh great." he muttered quietly, though the Queen and Integra noticed. "I'm not being made to marry…."

"Immortals are incapable of having children, so it would be more unfair to you than her, if there was a woman to be said. I doubt there is anyone that can begin to understand how much pain you must have endured and continue to endure from seeing so many people you cared for pass on while time continues to pass you by." she said with sympathy.

"That's changed." Integra muttered quietly.

It took only a few minutes, and though a few members did not want him Knighted, they had no say in it.

"Rise Sir General. I wish to speak with you and Sir Integra before you leave." she said waving them to follow.

"Were you behind this?" he asked after they were left out on a upper section outside waiting for the Queen. Tea was brought out along with different cookies and they were left alone.

"I had no idea this was going to happen Sir General." Integra said seeing him groan. "She did want to see me yesterday originally, but re-scheduled for today. Now I know why."

"Sir Integra, I respect you greatly, admire your courage and tenacity to take on just about anything and love you for it." he said seeing her seem a little startled. "However, you like to be called Sir, which I have no problem calling you. But, you start calling me Sir General, I will call you Integra or Miss Hellsing, or even that Teggy nickname your father used occasionally."

"Walter was right. You do hate being called sir, even if it is an honorary title." she said smiling a moment before moving on. "I shall not call you Sir General then."

"Thank you. It is greatly appreciated."

"What?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Thank you Sir Integra." he said with a small bow from his chair.

"Better. And we will never speak of my nickname either." she stated as he nodded.

"Now I just have to keep Walter from calling me sir." he muttered.

"I wonder how Miss Victoria will take it?"

"She already knows not to call me sir. Or else I'll call her police girl."

"Alucard does it to rile her."

"I've noticed."

They both stood as the Queen came in and dismissed the guards. She sat down and then waved for them to do so.

"Sir Integra, you look as well as ever."

"Thank you your Majesty. As suspected, my job continues to keep me fit and on my toes at all times. Not to mention the sparring lessons I have with the General in swordsman ship every so often."

"Will you explain what you meant back there when I spoke of his inability of having children?"

This startled them both and the General suddenly became very uncomfortable.

"I cannot your Majesty. Something happened to Sir General back in the states a couple weeks ago. Because of the incident behind it, I was legally obligated to sign forms to keep quiet about what happened to him. I only was told because he and Miss Victoria told me."

"Hmm." the Queen said as she took a sip of her tea.

"Forgive me your Majesty, but if it was possible, I would tell you the details. However, this information is so secret, we could be in trouble with the highest levels of the American government for just mentioning it." the General said as she began to say something to Integra. "I felt it prudent for personal reasons to tell Integra about what happened. It is nothing extremely serious and certainly nothing that is against you or this country. The info wouldn't help you or this country in any way either."

Integra knew that last part was a total lie. The fact that the Americans were traveling to other planets, gaining technology to aid in their fight against aliens that wished Earth destroyed was something that every government in the world would want to know. However, she did sign the forms and talked to General Hammond, plus even talked to the President of the United States too. The only reason she didn't have much care for knowing about the aliens was because it didn't effect her organization. Her sworn duty was to fight off evil creatures, not aliens, not unless those aliens became monsters, but it was unlikely to happen. Besides that, General Hammond said that they had nothing that would kill off the walking dead, seeing as several test were performed on Miss Victoria. Most of them were performed on skin samples she gave and every sample, nothing changed. It stayed as dead flesh. However, when it came into contact with holy water, garlic or silver, it turned to dust or burned. Integra could only hope and pray that the Queen would take their word for it and not ask any more questions. She silently prayed thank you when the Queen changed the subject, however, that prayer turned into a curse quickly.

"I believe you for the moment Sir General." she said seeing him cringe slightly. "Sir Integra would have told me otherwise if it was something important. Seeing as it is only dealing with the fact you somehow have changed in the fact you can now have children, which I must wonder if it is because of your advanced years…"

"I've heard that….as well your Majesty." he said catching himself from saying rumor.

"It brings me back to the original reason I had you come here Sir Integra."

The General heard Integra groan and saw her cover her face with one hand.

"You are not getting any younger Sir Integra. And I have to agree with the rest of the Round Table. You need to find a man to have an heir with before it becomes too late or something happens to you. It is already known to us that if you were to die before having an heir and passing on what you know, Alucards seals would be broken and he would have his freedom again. We cannot allow that to happen. Several of the Round Table members believe you should have him killed to prevent anything from happening."

"He is the Hellsing trump card your Majesty. I cannot do that. There are enemies out there, and from our latest reports, we believe someone is going to make an attempt to destroy Hellsing or possibly England herself. Who or what is behind these Freak attacks and creating them, we have yet to learn. As much as I would like to rely on our own troops to protect us, it is not possible. The enemy can vastly outnumber us in a matter of seconds by turning our own men against us after they are dead. Alucard is needed then when all else fails and he is the only one capable of taking on other vampires directly."

"What about Miss Victoria? Even though the same members believe she should be put down as well, or at least sealed like Alucard is to ensure her loyalty, from what you have told me, she is completely loyal to you and your cause despite being a evil creature herself."

"What is evil?" the General asked. "It has many definitions your Majesty. Humanity is evil. Truly evil. I have seen families butchered by their own family members, be it son, daughter, mother or father that did it. And we're the only species that rape each other no matter the age. In the animal kingdom, they don't kill each other for the fun of it. It's usually out of protection or territorial disputes. But us humans, we kill for fun, greed, anger, sadistic pleasure. Not all humans are evil, just as not all creatures are evil. Seras was turned because she didn't want to die. Even though she is a vampire, as is several other vampires I know that live in England and keep that secret about themselves well hidden, they are not evil. I know a priest who is a werewolf and has been for a few hundred years, for example."

"Are you defending Miss Victoria for personal reasons Sir General?" the Queen asked with a particular tone that suggested she was wanting to know if there was a relationship issue meaning behind his words.

"We work together your Majesty. Closely." he said noticing Integra a little fidgety. "It took her weeks to finally decide to drink blood to survive, and even when she does even now, she is reluctant to do so. She is willing to do her job and save as many people as possible at the expense of her own if need be all while doing everything she can not to become the monster a vampire is capable of turning into."

Only a select few people in the Hellsing Organization knew that he and Seras were together. Most of the men suspected, but it was discouraged on purpose. Certain members of the Round Table would see that the relationship ended with her death because of how, evil and sin like it would be considered. So, even though they were unsure of how the Queen would react, they were keeping that a secret as well.

"I have been training her in several combat tactics plus several other things. I will admit we spend a lot of time together as well, but it is usually just talking. Technically, she is all alone there with no one to even try to associate with. Most of the men look at her lustfully so she tends to stay away as much as possible. Walter is busy most of the time and Sir Integra, well…I don't need to say anything there. One of the more important reasons I am working with her and spending time with her is because she is afraid of loosing control. She wouldn't even drink before I showed up. Now she is doing it daily and is accepting her situation and looking at it as a gift to help those who can't defend themselves from the evils out there, even though, like I said, she doesn't want to drink. The ghouls can't actually kill her so if she fights them, it saves the men's lives. Alucard goes after the head while and the men take care of the body so to speak. If it wasn't for her, on a few missions that have taken place, there would have been a lot more deaths. Despite what she is, she uses it to help the Hellsing Organization and its creed your Majesty. She was a former police officer for England and for the most part, is still, but under different management."

"I see. I take it then that her Master, Alucard is not training her?"

"Not at all." Integra said. "Which is why I have had the General doing so. He has dealt with vampires before over the years and as he said, is friends with the few that are living in England amongst the populous. And yes, if your next question is do we keep tabs on these other vampires, we do closely. A couple of them even send us detailed reports of what they did each week and have learned. So far, even after all these years, even back when my father was still in charge, these vampires have lived up to our laws and not taken any lives that we have been able to tell. They do know however, that once they step out of line, even if it is by accident, we will kill them instantly."

"Have you ever had to enforce that Sir Integra?"

"On two of them yes. One of them tried to run away but didn't get very far. The other came to us directly and asked to be put down after a incident, which wasn't totally their fault, however, they were directly responsible for the death and were very guilt ridden by it. The other vampires we watch have taken those acts as proof of our word."

"This is just the very thing I mean Sir Integra. You have so much to pass on. That being said, a list of candidates has been drawn up for you to look at." she said pulling a piece of paper from a pocket as Integra groaned again. "I have been very lenient over the years Sir Integra, however, you are a grown woman and as such, you must look to the future of your Organization. That can only happen if you have an heir or heirs to take over for you. It has been decided by the Round Table and me that you will wed, however, the choice of your suitor is up to you. This is a list of men who we believe could help or at least fall within the capability of understanding what really happens in your job. You will have one month to talk to each of these men, or at least the ones you think are worthy. However, you must pick one of them before the end of the next month or else I shall have to choose for you."

"At least I am being given a slight choice." she grumbled. "I shall look over the list and talk to them your Majesty."

"You may talk to them wherever you deem necessary. I suggest the Hellsing Mansion only because whoever you pick will be living there with you." she said finishing her tea. "Now, I must take my leave and return to other duties. One of my guards will see you back to your car."

They walked back to the car in silence, however, the General noticed she was fuming quietly. Whoever the Immortal nearby was, he didn't notice, but it didn't stop him from reaching for his gun the moment he felt the other Immortal nearby. She noticed and looked around, but didn't see anything. When no one came up, they both got into the car and headed off. That's when she vented. The driver paid no attention to it and closed the window between them to allow her to vent more privately, or at least so he could drive and not hear her yell.

"Damn! Damn, damn, damn!" she said in rage as she crunched the list into a ball. "And damn it some more!"

He grabbed it as it bounced off the glass shield.

"I should have realized this was another attempt to get me to marry! Only this time it is being forced upon me!"

"I recognize some of these names on the list. A couple of these names are people on the Round Table."

"I know most of the people on that list already." she grumbled as she crossed her legs and arms as she looked out the window.

"I wouldn't talk to him." he said making a slash mark through the name with a pen from his pocket. "Nor him. Nor these guys. Definitely not him either. This guy probably volunteered even though he's fifty something, but I bet he has a hidden motive. Another bad. God, a lot of bad. You'd swear most of these guys were waiting for this moment to arrive."

"A lot of the men on that list want to marry me to take over my Organization. I did not sit and listen to my father tell me how to defeat these evil monsters and such to have it all taken away by some man who probably thinks a woman has her place and that what I do is not it!" she yelled while banging her hand on the seat.

"You know Integra…sorry, Sir Integra, I am right here. You don't really have to shout." he said rubbing his ear.

"It helps me vent and yelling a lot is what I do! Get used to it!" she said grabbing the list from him. "Some of these men I wouldn't want to be with or around if they were the last chance to save humanities extinction! Why these though?"

"Once you accepted me, as to the job, I did some checking around. I was rather surprised to find you still single, not to surprised to find out you were still a virgin though. Through calls and digging around on the computer, I found out a lot about certain people that knew about what Hellsing really does and about people who might know and some other people as well." he said then pointed out different names he crossed out. "This guy, would marry you to take over and then pretty much rape you every night. He may not be married, but he goes to strip clubs where he pays to dominate women. These two wish to marry you to take your power away, to also take your innocence away and to force more strict measures on fighting evil. Such as taking away a lot of Alucards rights and sealing Seras, plus locking her away too. They believe they are weapons and nothing more. Which also means they would also go after the good vampires out there and either kill them or force them to join Hellsing, to be sealed away until they are needed. Let's see, this guy just wants you. Doesn't care much about what you really do though he isn't much on the details."

"A few of these other names you crossed out I know are bad as well now that I remember the names better. What about these down here?"

"They wish to kill all vampires and any other evils, no matter who they are, which includes Alucard and Seras. Plus change things so that a thin silver mist is sprayed over the entire country of England for a week 24/7. That would pretty much kill anything that can't handle silver. Even Alucard wouldn't be able to escape that if he stayed in his coffin the entire time. Well it would until he got out. By then, the air would be saturated with enough silver it would effect him. Some people might get sick from breathing it in, but their plan involves doing it so it gets spread out evenly enough that it shouldn't cause any problems for normal people. And if it didn't kill any undead, werewolves or vampires, it certainly would bring them out since they could hardly hide from it. Ingenious idea really, but not a good idea."

"That much silver would cost a massive amount of pounds!"

"They've been storing it away for a long time. A real long time. It would take the Queens approval for them to even do it. The last guy here actually wants to take over and have Seras sealed and then have fun with her since technically with her being dead, it wouldn't be cheating in his book. And being sealed, she wouldn't be able to disobey without having intense pain. He knew her because he was once with the police force and had an eye for her when she was still with D-11."

"Another bloody pervert." she grumbled. "That leaves only 7 candidates to choose from. I can cross these three off since I know enough about them that I would rather be turned into a ghoul than be with them."

"That bad?"

"They are fifty to sixty years old and have already had at least three women in their lives already. That leaves four, all within my age range. Bloody hell."

"Leaves five actually." he said as he smiled slightly.

She looked over the list a few times and then recounted.

"I still come up with four General."

"Wait till we get home."

Once at home, he talked with Seras for awhile as Integra and Walter spoke about the events of the day and what happened with the Queen.

"Now I can call him Sir because it is required."

"Not unless you want to be called by your nickname Walter. His words, not mine."

"Oh damn, there goes my fun." he said with a false sigh. "But then again, it might be worth it."

"Remember, you have been warned." she said looking at the different print outs that Walter was able to get of the four candidates that she had to choose from. "Why did he say five?"

"I'm sorry Sir Integra. I didn't quite catch that."

"Muttering to myself Walter. Where is Alucard?"

"Sleeping I believe."

"This early?" she said seeing the sun had set already.

"I did tell you about the mission Sir Integra."

"Sorry Walter. I got that there was a mission and that it was successful, but not the entire story. This has had my mind preoccupied today." she said waving at the papers.

"Shortly after the sun started to set, a attack took place several miles away. Alucard went right away to investigate. The Freak had only changed two people into ghouls and they weren't a problem. I quote, the Freak they implanted was a complete fool and so incompetent that I was so insulted to even have to fight, and even then, the fool blew himself up. End quote."

"I remember what you said now. The Freak was throwing around silver filled grenades."

"Alucard was more miffed at the fact of being burned and blasted than the usually gun fights he gets into."

"The Freak pulled one to many pins and forgot to pull the grenade off himself at the same time. I bet he was pissed."

"Alucard was still steaming, literally when he came back. He took several blood packets and went to his room."

The door was knocked on and Walter opened it.

"Come in General, Miss Victoria." Walter said as he opened the door. "How can I help you?"

"Actually, I have an idea that I hope you'll take into consideration Sir Integra. It's….really farfetched, per say. But it would solve a lot of your current problem." he said as he walked up with the other two.

Walter stood by the desk as usually while Seras and the General sat.

"What idea do you mean?" she asked as she leaned on the desk with her hands intertwined in front of her like she usually did when thinking.

"Let me say everything I want to say first before you say anything. Even if you think the idea is bad even at the start, please give me a chance to finish first."

"Very well." she said. "Go ahead."

"Okay, what I am about to suggest, should not leave this room. Seras and I talked about this and think that considering what happened today, it is actually for the best considering how bad it would be if you married one of the people on the list that would more than likely do whatever they could to take this place and change it to something your father didn't want, plus do whatever to you. Anyway, when I mentioned back in the car about a fifth person to consider on the list, I meant…..me."

Integra raised an eyebrow but otherwise didn't move. Walter almost lost his monocle.

"I'm listening." she said slowly with a unsure voice.

"Several of those people on that list also want me fired and kicked out of the country. Two of those candidates that you said of the four left would rather see me dead. Now I do admit, I would like to have a child of my own. Since Seras is unsure about the idea and we aren't even sure if what info we got from Mel'thena is how she got pregnant to begin with, Seras would have no problems with it if I have a child with you. You obviously don't even want to get married because you are pretty much married to this job and your fathers dream. That was a compliment."

"It felt as much. Go on."

"Seeing as you do need a heir anyway, we could get married and produce one. Given what medical knowledge I have gained over the years, you'd be able to talk to your doctor or doctors and they could find out the exact time when your body is….ready to…um…"

"For actual fertilization to take place on the first try." she said still not moving.

"Yes. I was trying to think of some way to say it without it being vulgar. We could get together that one night, get it over with so you never have to do it again since you obviously don't want to do it at all. From the outside, the Queen and everyone else will think we are married, they get their heir and you keep everything as it currently is. The only thing I will need to do is anything the Queen requires of me that you can't do. Husbandry things and such. This is where it goes to the point that might cause problems for you in the plan. I do love you Sir Integra, but it's more like a fatherly love. I was there when you were born. As to the fact your father brought you out for us to see before taking you back to your mom. I did help raise you somewhat until I had to leave. The fact is, we all know that I am really in love with Seras and I don't want to give that up nor am I going to. On the outside, we just will work like we normally do, do our missions and such. However, inside, where no one else knows the real truth, me and Seras stay they way we are currently. No one would need ever know that this was done to ensure you finally had a child and was able to keep the Hellsing Organization the way you wish it to be."

"I assume you would be there to help take care of the child?"

"Most definitely. He or she would be something I've always wanted so if we did this, I wouldn't be leaving even if we managed to rid the world of ever evil creature this place is meant to kill." he said as Integra gave a brief glance at Seras. "I exclude Seras of course. Unless something happens to you, I have no plans at all much less want to be in command of this place. Another way of looking at it as well is I could help sign papers since I would legally be able to do that, I'd also only need limited training in the act of seals since I've seen it done before. Plus the added fact, if something did happened to you, dead or otherwise, then I would be in charge of Alucard and would keep him in check."

Her eyes wandered around the room a moment and even Walter glanced around with that comment. The General looked behind him before turning to Seras.

"Miss Victoria, can you sense…."

"Master is currently asleep Sir Integra."

Integra sighed with relief but otherwise still kept the same position.

"The only stipulation I would have if we do this plan, even though I am in great health, it takes two to have a child, so you'd have to quit smoking, permanently if possible."

"General….."

"Yes?" he said thinking she was about to yell.

"I believe you must have been an angel in some form before being born. I would say past life, but other than not believing in that idea, you've been around to long for that to have even happened. I cannot say that this so called plan is settling with me very well, mostly because of your involvement with Seras. No offense intended Miss Victoria." she said lowering her hands. "You would be swearing an oath of loyalty to me before God as it is done in every marriage. So technically, going back to Seras would be considered against that oath, an affair and adultery. However, seeing as I will not hold you to that oath because her Majesty and the members of the Round Table are forcing me to wed, we will be saying the words, but not completely mean them. No one will need to know about this save the people in this room. I shall call the Queen tomorrow and inform her of my choice."

"I actually expected an argument." he said surprised. "Or a flat out no."

"You are saving me and this organization from being destroyed, both from without and within. If anything, I am more in your debt than you in mine." she said standing up. "In many ways, this is going above and beyond the call of duty. I'm not sure if father would understand or not, but it does keep the Hellsing name pure. There is one thing I must point out General."

"What's that?" he asked a little worried.

"If you had not saved the former Queen all those years ago and got Knighted today, this plan would not be possible. You would be considered a commoner working under me and not worthy even if I wanted you to be if we were even truly in love."

"Must be destiny, or fate." he said before bowing with Seras and saying good night.

Despite calling early the next morning and telling one of the people at the palace that she had made a choice and needed to talk to the Queen about it, it still took over six hours before she was finally gotten back to. Integra was rather miffed that it took so long, considering the fact that the Queen had been bugging her about it for many years. Part of her thought that the Queen would come to the phone quickly to discuss arrangements and such. She wasn't surprised to find out that the Queen had previous engagements to do first before being able to call back, but it still annoyed the hell out of her that she had to wait. With little else to do, since Alucard was still sleeping and probably wasn't getting up unless it was a dire emergency, she went about working on other paper work, which she got finished rather quickly. Seeing she still had a lot of time on her hands waiting, she went to check out things around the place. Ferguson and Garret were training troops with another Captain. Walter was doing the daily chores with a few other people. She consulted with the doctors about what she wanted to do concerning the fact she had to get married and have a child, so they told her to come back after being married and they could run what little test there was to make sure that she got pregnant on the first try as she wanted. Seeing there still was no phone call back, she went to check on the other two. They weren't down stairs even though Walter said they were awake and somewhere. She eventually found them near the woods, or at least that's what one of the few guards standing nearby said. She, along with the few men there, could hear metal clang against metal, quite often actually. However, they never saw anything other than a stir of grass or dirt.

"Why are you men here then if you can't see them fighting?"

"We're placing bets on who wins sir." one man said. "We've been doing it for awhile now that Miss Victoria has gotten skilled enough to counter a lot of the General's attacks. We may not see them, other than maybe seeing the ground get churned up sometimes or a tree take a hit, but we bet away. They inform us afterward if it's a draw or if one of them won."

"I see. They are trustworthy and I doubt they would cheat. I assume they get no part of the bet?"

"None at all sir." the man said as Integra nodded.

"When this started weeks ago, Miss Victoria used to win a lot. But lately, the General hasn't been holding back." another soldier said.

"Why haven't I heard about any of this?" she muttered as she noticed the ground erupted a few dozen feet away from the impact of a big sword.

"I wouldn't know sir. Walter hasn't been keeping watch as much as he used to. They just kept training without supervision and still do sometimes. We're only here because we got finished with training an hour ago. Captain Ferguson told us to take the rest of the day off." another solider said.

"I hope to hear good reports from him."

"I screwed up once sir and shot a innocent. He made me do the course over three more times to get it right." a different soldier said.

"Did you?"

"Yes sir." he said standing at attention quickly.

"Good."

The ground erupted again, but from a slice upwards, like a golf swing. Dirt flew away from them fortunately, but they did notice blood also fly from at hit taken, apparently by Seras since she didn't wield a huge sword. Integra had expected to see them stop fighting because he had hit her, however, they didn't.

"That's three against her." one guy said.

"I thought it was four?" a Lieutenant said.

"No, that was him taking a hit. Her blade isn't as big, but it is double bladed."

Two bloody hits were seen close by and some of the blood landed on a few of the men and on Integra's arm and the left side of her face.

"That's two against the General." a guy said making check marks on a pad.

"Bad enough we fight ghouls and get their body parts on us sometimes…" one guy muttered.

"Uh oh. Sir Integra got hit as well."

"I'm so sorry sir!" Seras said standing a few feet away as she suddenly stopped. "I didn't mean….I wasn't trying…"

She was wearing blue jeans, her boots and a black turtle neck sweater. Her boots were scuffed and dirty while there was slash marks across her body just about everywhere. Nothing important was showing, mostly because of the blood covering a few of the different areas. Despite the fact she was obviously injured, and by a silver sword, she didn't look all that fatigued. Suddenly the General was behind her with his large sword blade at her throat near the hilt area.

"Never let the enemy sneak up on your when you get distracted. Always…"

She reached up fast, grabbing the hilt and pushed it away quickly as she stuck her blade into the ground at her feet. Before he could do anything, she grabbed the front of his shirt from behind her and flipped him over her shoulder onto the ground at her feet. Her other hand, that still had hold of the hilt of his sword, had yanked it from his hand during the flip. She quickly stuck it into the ground near his neck and followed with hers on the other side and crossed them before he could get up. His boots were also in just about the same condition as hers, and he was wearing jeans plus a turtle neck as well. He had about the same amount of cuts as she did, though more blood since he would still bleed for a few moments unlike her who healed up just a bit quicker.

"Very good Seras." he squeaked, more out of fear of almost being beheaded than the fact he was out of breath from being slammed into the ground so hard it cracked a few bones. "Nice counter."

"Yes, I admit I was distracted, however, had you been a real enemy, you just failed to finish off your opponent when you had the chance." she said looking down over the blades. "I win guys."

"Miss Victoria…."

"I am sorry sir." she said quickly standing at attention. "I will go get…"

"The blood is not important, nor is it any issue." she said taking a hanky from her pocket. "I am glad to see your training has paid off very well. I have no reason to doubt that the General is the greatest swordsman on Earth. Taking him down, especially like that, is quite a feat."

"He is a very good teacher. I have to admit though, if it was a true fight, I do not believe I would win."

"Seras…" he said tapping the blades.

"I highly doubt that Miss Victoria." Integra said as she noticed the men still playing with money while Seras pulled the blades out.

"That was a close call." he said rubbing his neck. "Scared me there."

"You greatly outmatch him in speed. Even Walter cannot keep up with you." Integra said.

"If he had any other sword, I would agree with you Sir. But he has shown me a few of his more secret techniques that not even Alucard could fend off or avoid, no matter how fast he moved."

"I find that very hard to believe." Integra said.

"Alucard noticed one of the techniques I taught myself many years ago and even told me he would not be able to avoid getting hit at least once." the General said as he took his sword back.

"Care to demonstrate?"

"I can't. You wouldn't be able to see it."

"I see. Am I correct that you are holding back still in when you two train like this?"

"For the most part. I only hit her now when I see an opening that shouldn't kill her. I almost did once, but…." he said trailing off since the men were there.

"I understand." Integra said as she realized that he offered himself quickly to her after the blow to save her. "Are you alright Miss Victoria?"

"I am tired." she said with a certain tone that Integra knew it meant she needed to feed. "A shower and clean clothes will feel better too. Is there a mission sir?"

"Not currently, but that may change as it gets closer to nightfall. I suggest you hurry back in quickly Miss Victoria. The effects of the sun are starting to take effect."

She looked down at her bare hands and noticed they were beginning to steam along with her face. The couple of drinks she had from him earlier were wearing off, mostly because of the injuries and level of activity. They found out that if they just walked around and basically talked and didn't do anything strenuous, she could walk for almost ten hours in the sun light without any troubles and that was with two drinks off him. Depending on the level of activity depended on how much time was shortened. In this case, they had been at it for three hours and he had hit her a few times going a couple inches deep making her have to concentrate harder on recovering quickly.

The training he did with her was doing many things. First, helping her get better with the use of her speed. Two, though she didn't pull it off as much as he wished, fazing. There was a few times that his blade came down and would have caused great damage had she not made herself faze so that the blade hit nothing, giving her the chance to counterattack while he was very close. Three, build up her ability to heal better, to the point that like Alucard, did it pretty much subconsciously. Four, though at the time they started sword training, to help her get used to drinking. The more movement and injuries meant the craving increased, which also was to help her gain better control of, even though really she didn't need much help in that department. She had really great control on the drinking part. Whenever she needed it, though she tried to ignore it unless she really needed it, she came to him.

As for when she went into a crazed attack, that was still something he was working on helping her gain better control of. She almost killed him a few times because she lost control and just went after him. It took knocking her out the first time, the second time took hitting her, cutting her bad enough it turned into a blood lust craze that she woke up from as her fangs started to dissolve. Even though she had a pretty good control on healing herself, his ability was stronger and after thirteen seconds, her fangs weren't there anymore. The third time she had him pinned against a tree and because he had his blade against hers, it was the only thing that kept him from loosing his head. That time took certain, old words, that made her back off and cry out in pain as her head felt like it was boiling for a few moments. The fourth time she managed to gain control during the attack, same with the fifth, sixth and seventh. So far, she had been gaining better control each time he pushed. But since she had been getting much better at fighting and gaining the upper hand on him more often, he hadn't been pushing as hard as he used to. He was afraid she'd go crazy and possibly kill him for real before gaining control.

She bowed quickly to Integra and suddenly vanished. He waited till the men left as she dismissed them before speaking.

"I'm guessing you came here to also talk about what the Queen said Sir Integra."

"Unfortunately no." she grumbled as they started back inside. "Please don't let that drip on the floor."

"Oh right. Hang on a moment then please."

He walked back out blasting it off with the water hose as she stayed back from the spray and talked.

"I called her Majesty earlier this morning only to be told she'd have to get back to me later. I am still waiting for her to call back."

"I think she'll go for it. She did leave it up to you to choose your husband to be." he said shaking it off and then wrapping it in a large towel.

"Is that one of our…"

"No. My own towel. I normally do what your seeing after me and Seras are done, but you aren't usually here to, technically interrupt as you did. I just spaced doing this. Once back downstairs, I'll clean it properly and such."

"Very well. I hope to hear from her soon. I am unsure of what will happen if she refuses my choice. I've been over the other four in suggested men in case she refuses. Only one of them stands out, even though I know very little about his ideals. He is 28 and served in the American military for 6 years before coming back to his home country to enlist into the British Naval forces. Shipyard work."

"Why'd he leave the Americans?"

"His only family is a brother who got injured badly on the job. No one else could come to help him financially or otherwise so he came home and continues to take care of him."

"Do you know the injury?"

"Something to do with a crushed pelvis. I gather his brother is paralyzed from the waist down. He had medical coverage through the job, something to do with construction, but they refused to do anything but the medical bills. When he sued, the suit failed and now he can barely pay for his medical bills. At least that was until his brother came home and helped. According to the other info I have gathered, the case has been reopened and they are still suing the company."

"Insurance's just don't want to pay for anything anymore."

"We have the same problem ourselves. The doctors that work here do what they can, but are paid through what budget the Round Table gives us."

"Hmm. I want to see the budget for this place if that is possible."

"Why?"

"I also think we should hold a conference here as soon as possible. I am part of the Round Table, again. Might as well get closer introductions and such out of the way, plus, if the Queen approves, they will probably want to talk to both of us to find out what plans are going to happen and want to put in their two cents."

"They will probably want their say even if we do not get married because you work for me and are part of the Round Table. I will make the call to see about having a conference set up as soon as possible. I would not put it past several if not all of them that they might try to give you duties or orders to carry out while you are here or they may even try to send you elsewhere."

"They can't do that."

"You are technically, a junior member since you recently were brought into this group. However, if the Queen approves, your status will climb much higher, keeping them from saying or doing much."

"I may be part of the Round Table Sir Integra, as I was all those years ago, but I don't give a damn what they say, whether we marry or not. I do not work for them nor do I want to. My job is here, to protect you, Walter, Seras and the troops, plus anyone else in the charter of Hellsing. Not run errands for old fools who think they know it all."

"I agree with you General." she said as he left his sword next to the stairs to the lower section and followed her to her office. "Considering everything you have seen and done, in many ways, you should be in charge of the Round Table. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if you tried to run for President of the US or become in charge of some other country. Even this one."

"No way. The paper work alone for running a company or place like this would make me want to commit suicide. Taking over a country, I'd be lucky if I could be in the bathroom for a moment of peace. I don't know if it is true, but I've heard that the U.S. president has had to do important paperwork while in the bathroom and even had to be on important calls."

"The job of being a leader leaves little time for one's own personal time. I am still trying to work out how having a child with what really goes on here is going to work."

"Well, between me, you and Seras, it shouldn't be that hard. I can speed read well and help with some of the paperwork. Seras will be sort of like a…big sister to him or her."

"Which would you prefer to have, a boy or girl?"

"Girl."

"I am unsure of which I would want." she said opening her door. "I don't personally want to even do this at all, but I have heard and read that most women change their views after giving birth because of a deep connection between the child and mother."

"It's true for most women." he said as she picked up the phone. "I'll be back after I change."

She made the call and a conference would be held at her place in a few days. The guy she was talking to asked if she had chosen one of the men on the list yet and she only commented on the fact she had, but was waiting to talk to the Queen first. The guy tried to dig for answers, but thankfully the Queen called back at that moment.

"Thank you for getting back to me your Majesty." she said sitting down.

"I have been told you have chosen a husband. I must say, I did not expect you to even pick one and that I would have had to pick for you. Could you at least tell me what made you come to a quick decision?"

"The man I have picked has also agreed to marry me if you will allow it your Majesty. Given time, there may become a deep connection that will bond into actual love, but for the moment, he is willing to just become the father of the heir you and the rest of the Round Table so deeply desire to see."

"I can understand how much you must hate having to do this Sir Integra, but getting angry and contemptible at me will not do you any good."

"Forgive me your Majesty." she said rubbing the bridge of her nose. "It has been a long day and I have had much to think about."

"I am going to assume the man you are speaking about is not on the list. You already know the rules Sir Integra…."

"If you will allow it, the General has agreed to be my husband."

For at least a minute, there was silence on the phone. Finally, fed up with waiting and only hearing the Queen breathing.

"Are you still there…"

"I am still here. I am trying to decide if this is a ploy or something or if this is for real. We have seen his recent medical records and they do check out that he is fully capable of having children. However, there is a unknown in his blood test…"

"That's the Immortality factor your Majesty. He has assured me that though many test have been done on him, over many years at different points, they have been unable to determine what it is that causes his Immortality, therefore, it has yet to be duplicated."

"I see. That would explain why there is a massive file in his medical charts that we were able to obtain through certain channels. He has been seen many times by different doctors all over the world, and we have been able to get many of those records. I will not allow him to be taken and studied like a lab rat however, despite the recommendation from several people here. He has demonstrated his loyalty to Queen and country, therefore, I shall keep him safe in that regard."

"Thank you your Majesty. I will pass on the news."

"Hmm, a thought just occurred to me about your request. I must ask first, did he approach you or did you approach him?"

"I would in many ways like to say I asked, but we both know that would be out of character for me. He was there when I was born and on the way back from seeing you and getting his Knighthood, he asked me after seeing the list if I would count him. I know many of the people on that list and I know many of them would destroy what my family has worked so hard to do for this country."

"Yes, several of those men have stated what I should order you to do to Alucard and Miss Victoria. I know how important they are and unless they step out of line, I will continue to protect them from what ideas and plans the other people here have suggested. Do you love him at all?"

"I have feelings for him, though they are not love like you are thinking your Majesty. I would be more willing to have a child with him than any of the other men on the list, even though I do not want to do this at all. Another way you could look at this your Majesty, is that the child will be in excellent health because of his genes."

"His genes will not be much help if you continue to smoke those cigars Integra. Which means you must give them up, now."

"I stopped two days ago. I'll have to go on the gum or something. Does this mean that you approve then?"

"You know him better than I do Sir Integra, so if you believe he is worthy, then I will not stop you. I am just happy to hear you are finally going to get married and continue your family name. So when and where do you wish to have the wedding?"

"Seeing as I don't even want to do any of this to begin with, but have little choice, I shall have our minister perform the ceremony here, maybe tomorrow or the next day. I need to talk to him more about it. I don't want a huge wedding with lots of people I barely know or people that don't care much about me anyway to be here. An attack could take place at any moment and I seriously doubt a incident wouldn't occur during the wedding. I am not sure if you have been told, but a Round Table conference has been scheduled in the next couple of days. Sir General asked for it on purpose."

"I was told. Many of the other Round Table members can't wait to talk to him as well. I will be very busy for the next several weeks so if you do decide to hold your wedding, I won't be able to attend."

"No offense your Majesty, but you would have to leave shortly after away even if I made a big party out of it."

"That's true. Seeing as I doubt you'll wait awhile before actually doing this, at least have pictures taken and then sent at some point."

"Yes your Majesty, I will."

"Hopefully, for your sake, it will turn out to be something you never look at as a regret. Good bye Sir Integra."

She hung up the phone as the General walked back in, in a flashy blue suit. When the light hit it right, it would shine or shimmer slightly.

"Was that the Queen?" he asked as he sat down.

"Yes. She has approved. I personally wish to get this over with quickly." she said sitting back and telling him briefly what the Queen said. "Three days from now there will be a Round Table conference. Her Majesty said that more than a few of them want to talk to you."

"I expected that. As for the getting it over quickly thing…"

"I refer to the wedding. Personally, I have no interest in having a big party or anything of the like. I assume you are not wanting the same either?"

"Yeah. I am doing this for the both of us. The less people that know the real reasons, the better."

"I agree. I shall talk to our minister and have it set up for tomorrow if no missions come up."

"I knew it was going to be quick, but I didn't expect it this quick. What did the Queen say?"

"She gave me the approval to go ahead. Even if I wanted to have a massive party and invite many people, there would be very few people I really could invite that I know well enough to allow them here. Seras would have problems in the sun eventually and explaining what she does here and what we do would be even more difficult."

"I understand completely." he said nodding. "Seeing how close it is, Seras and I talked and agreed to wait a few days before and after the wedding before getting close again. Just in case. I'll let her know when I leave."

"Good." she said leaning forward and steepling her fingers. "General, I know you have been honest with me so far in everything, but I want to know if there is any doubts or problems, anything you want to say about this….arrangement. I know you are deeply in love with Seras. I need to know if us getting married, if anything will suddenly change in a way that….."

"I look at you and sometimes, I see that little girl I carried around on my back. Or pushed on a swing. Bought ice cream for occasionally." he said seeing her trying to come up with the right words. "When I see you, I think of you as a daughter I wish I had. Even though I'm sort of…feeling weird about all of this, I'm still going to go through it. Your father had me promise to protect you as long as I could, when I was around. He knew I may had to leave at some point, and I'm just sorry I didn't get back in time to see him again. Even though you don't need protection, in some ways, I'm still fulfilling that promise. Marrying you is one way I also look at it. His dreams for this place to continue what it does and that you continue the tradition will happen because of this. I cannot think of anyone or anything that could possibly come along that would take me away from here, or from you and the child we'll have. A way you could put it, is that the only ties I have right now are here. Before I came, I was basically wandering."

"Thank you General. I trust you and your judgment. I believe this will, all work out well. You are saving me from many things, and for that, you have more than my gratitude." she said getting up.

"I'm getting to experience a dream that people sometimes take for granted and you are keeping yours." he said as she sat on the end of the desk.

"Yes. I admit I have wanted a child, but not the ties of a man to deal with too. Now, I do not like wearing dresses, but I shall for this. I still have my mother's dress and I know she and dad would have liked me to wear it for my wedding day. I will have Walter have it ready by tomorrow. Seeing as Seras will be the only other woman there, I do not believe flowers will be necessary, do you?"

"No. But one should be made for the pictures for the Queen."

"Agreed. Seeing as I will be busy with other agendas, aside from what few wedding things that will need to be done, you being the groom, will have to go get rings."

"I know a few people who could get something done by tomorrow afternoon if I called them now. Seeing as I have a gold ring like Seras, I'm going to guess you'd rather have a silver one, other than because of the wedding need."

"Blessed silver would work better. Being it needs to be for me, even though I'm not into jewelry, save for this gold cross…." she said rubbing the cross that was attached to her neck tie.

"It probably needs more than a few diamonds. I could have the ring made with an inscription on the inside, and on the outside, it will have crosses etched into it. Four of them with a few diamonds between each one."

"Hmm. I actually like that a lot. If it looks as good as you described it, I may wear it full time. You will be able to cover it up better being as you also fight in the field so keeping the wear and tear down along with whatever you encounter will keep anyone from asking about why you aren't wearing it."

"That sounds like a plan. I'll just have to remember to wear it when the need arises."

"I will inform you of any times when it comes up, if I don't see it on you already. Go make the calls while I talk to Walter."

Walter felt it should have been a more special occasion for Integra seeing as it was something to cherish, but Integra thought otherwise. So, as she wanted, there was no party or anything of the like. Seras, Walter and Captain Ferguson were present as the minister married them in the Hellsing chapel. He had on a black wedding tux, minus a tie. She had on a blue wedding dress, sort of Victorian style but without the dragging part. She also wore a small scarf around her neck that held her cross on it. There was no straps and she had Walter fix it so even though it was tight around her chest as it was suppose to be, it went above her breast by two inches instead of setting on them so the top on them would be showing. The rings, his being a simple silver ring with the crosses as well, though with a small diamond in the middle of each cross, hers being as she liked. The inside of hers said, To Sir Integra with Love, the General. His said the opposite, which she agreed sounded right. Over a dozen pictures were taken, with a digital camera so they could delete those they thought were bad, which ended up they took over three dozen in the end. Seras was a little jealous when they kissed, even though it looked like it. She counted the seconds and felt three was a bit much. It was more Integra than him kissing because it was her first kiss and probably going to be her last. Being the only girl there, she was handed the flowers and Integra gave her a small smile and bow.

One hour later, papers filled out and her back in more comfortable clothes, it was back to business as usual. Walter emailed the photos to the Palace while Integra was showing the General the ropes of sealing and a few of the other closely guarded secrets about the Hellsing family. He knew a bit about sealing from years back, and even though it was in some ways a refresher course, there was a few things he didn't know. Shortly after telling him the various things he needed to know, she then, as he thought the best description was for it, dropped the bomb.

"The main reason I we had the marriage today was for another personal reason I have not told you about. The doctors have already did what test they needed and told me today or tomorrow would be the best time to, copulate, to ensure pregnancy right away."

He sat back in the chair and blinked a few times.

"Okay. I guess that means you want to…um.."

"Have sex tonight, yes. Today is more preferable than tomorrow. Mostly because the doctors said there is a better chance if I have do it today. I'm going to finish a few more agendas for the day and then have dinner, followed by a bath. After which, I will call you. With luck and hopefully a miracle, we will only have to do this once."

"No offense Sir Integra, but did you ever have any dreams or plans when you were younger to get married at all? Sure, this was my plan to help you, and I am glad I am, but did you ever plan on ever getting married or were you just going to keep doing what you did till your body gave out, either from stress, old age or those cigars you have to stop smoking."

"I stopped a few days ago. When the Queen asked for us to come speak to her, I had assumed that she was going to force me to marry. I had assumed that on ever visit and I always quit that day and then started right back up after getting home. However, this time the issue was forced leading us to this moment. When I was younger, I had thought about it, on and off like most girls do. When father died, I gave up on those dreams, thinking there would be few if any men that would be able to understand what I have to deal with daily. Especially when Alucard showed up and I had to deal with him."

"Alucard is a hand full. I've never seen so much disrespect and yet, so much at the same time to the same person. Walter told me a few tales of you yelling at him a lot when you were younger."

"I had to show him who was the superior and that I was his Master. I will admit, there was days back then that I almost crumbled, but refused to give up. As for ever thinking about marriage, I gave it very little thought, even when the Queen was, nagging me about it. If I had been able, I would have gotten out of it yet again."

"But, eventually you would have had to anyway. Again, no offense, but you're almost 30. By forty, it tends to get more difficult for women to get pregnant and each year that goes by after that it lessens."

"I never really had any long term plans, on the getting married idea. I kept putting it off, thinking about dating and such only after I had rid England of the evils out there. And then the Freak's showed up so I pushed it even farther away."

"I see."

"I respect you very much General and hope to see the child we have take over when I finally get to old to continue it myself. Unless something happens to me before then making you take over."

"Heaven forbid that happens. I'm not sure I could handle the paperwork." he said seeing her smile.

"I agree. Tonight will go simply like this. I will have a relaxing bath, take a couple pills the doctor recommends to help. There will be no foreplay…"

"I kinda figured that." he said nodding. "Actually, I was rather hoping you wouldn't want that anyway."

"Good. We will not be under the covers or totally naked. I would prefer you not seeing me. Just stripping for the doctors occasionally is bad enough."

"At least you have a couple female doctors for that."

"True. Thankfully, one of them is trained in birthing. I suggest you come in something simple as well. I will be wearing a robe. You could do the same. Seeing as sex is not a difficult thing to do…" she said taking a deep breath that he could tell was nervousness and anxiety.

"I just…do what I need to and leave."

"Yes. I will be ready after my bath as I said, you only need to come, not bring anything. I will only have the bed side lamp on, no others."

"Very well. I understand. I'll also come in a robe."

She nodded and dismissed him, yet the nervousness of it all was giving her a headache and making it hard to concentrate no matter what she did.

He talked to Seras, seeing as Integra didn't mind and knew they would keep quiet about it. She was jealous, but understood what was taking place and why. Though she was surprised at how quick it was taking. On the bright side, it would be over quickly and they could get back together in a couple of days. While the General and Integra had been talking, she had been training, either through practicing martial art moves he taught her, the sword skills and her vampire powers she wasn't as great at. Such as flying. Currently, she could float across the ground and get maybe three feet up before it became a strain. Alucard did see her trying and told her it was in her mind only that made her think that she weighed too much or needed to concentrate so hard on the task. Other than that bit of advice, he said nothing else. It only frustrated her, but she kept quiet and kept on training until she got to tired to continue.

He did wonder why the General had been sleeping in his own bed the last couple nights seeing as he usually slept with Seras, and wondered why he wasn't helping Seras currently. She only said he was talking with Sir Integra and he left. Alucard knew that the General had been Knighted and knew that the Queen had talked to Integra about getting married and forced the issue. However, due to him doing other things, sleeping, some slight exploring, or doing missions, he hadn't been informed that Integra had gotten married. The last time he, glanced at her mind, she was looking at the list of candidates and was settling on checking out four people. Beyond that, he hadn't been in her mind since. And he hadn't checked out anyone else's mind lately either, nor did anyone say anything to him. He did notice she was really distracted lately, but he wasn't sure what it was and chalked it up to being the fact she was being forced to get married. He just hoped the man chosen would be able to accept the situation he was putting himself into, or else.

Seras, after talking with the General, got a drink and then let him go for the night. She wasn't surprised to hear that he said he'd be thinking of her, mostly because it was about the only way he was going to be able to, get it up, since Integra didn't want to show any flesh. Which he didn't mind anyway because it would have been hard to look at her each day and not think about what he saw. So, he got cleaned up, got a shirt and his underwear on, plus slippers, the robe and the proceeded to her room.

Integra was laying on the top sheet of her bed, wearing her night gown under her robe. She was extremely nervous and tried not to show it when he came in. There was enough light to see, but details weren't great if you looked around the room.

"You can't fool me Sir Integra. I can see by your breathing you are nervous. If there was some other way to do this, I would."

"Invetro-fertilization is a option, but I should not give into a fear that is stupid."

"It is basically rape."

"No. In order to continue the Hellsing family, there must be an heir. I do admit, I look forward to have a child of my own. It's the process I do not really care for." she said as he sat on the bed next to her and listened.

"You weren't molested or anything of the like at any time…"

"No." she said sternly. "It is the fact I will loose my virginity that I hate. I have always looked at it as a strong fact in my life. I…fear that loosing it will cause me to loose that strength. Even though that is not possible. If anything, this experience will eventually make me stronger."

"A mother protecting her child is a dangerous thing. Just look at how animals do it. They will fight to the death for their cubs even though in the end, it is actually a bad thing because those cubs could loose their mother."

"Yes. However, I will never give up in any fight." she said determinedly and then sighed. "Even though I did say I did not want a cake, I should have expected that you would have wanted one anyway."

"I couldn't hold back. Even if you weren't going to eat it, I made one anyway."

"At least it wasn't more than one tier. And seeing how good it really was, I do not intend to share it with anyone but us and Walter."

"Was the icing that said Happy Hellsing's too much?"

"No." she said with a small chuckle. "I think I am calmed enough now."

"Is there anything you want me to do other than…"

"No. I do not know nor care to know how it goes with you and Seras, but I would prefer if you did not moan."

"Okay, I don't do that anyway. We could just talk."

"No. As strange as this request is going to sound, how long will this possibly take?"

"A few minutes at most. It really depends, but I doubt you want to me explain why."

"Preferably not." she said spreading her legs just enough.

"Um…" he said pointing.
"Other than Alucard and Walter, they only know I sleep in a nightgown. Tonight will be no exception. I just will sleep in my robe on top of my bed."

"This will probably hurt a little, or a lot."

"I doubt it." she said as she jumped slightly feeling him hit that area of her body.

"Doctor gave you something?"

"I….broke myself many years ago while doing my stretching exercises. You tell no one that however."

"Well, on the bright side, it will be less painful for you this way."

She reached over turning the light off and kept her hands at her side. She did her best to ignore the sensation, which was a lot better than she thought it was going to be and started wondering if the pills the doctors gave her might have had something extra added into them, other than to loosen up and get that area of her body ready. Which was one of the reasons she turned the light off, because she didn't want him seeing her face in case she did enjoy it like she was, and it made part of her wonder why she wasn't do this more often. That thought went away quickly as she brushed it from her mind and tried to keep it on more important things, like the sleep she'd need, the months of carrying around a baby and everything to come after that, plus the fact of doing those things while continuing as the commander of the Hellsing Organization. Everything was going okay until there was a growl.

"Did you just…" they both said after he stopped moving. "It wasn't…"

She didn't see, but she felt the air move when something struck the General's face and literally threw him off the bed. She sat up crying out, more out of the fact of the feeling of forcefully being fully pulled out of, which shocked her as it actually got her off. She covered herself and quickly turned on the light as she ignored the sensations she was feeling.

"Alucard! What the hell are you…" she began yelling.

"After all his promises to you and the police girl, instead of finding him with her I find him in here raping you as you sleep!" he shouted in extreme anger while pulling his guns. "I can't believe he betrayed our trust…"

"In case you hadn't noticed, I wasn't asleep! And he was in here on my consent!"

"What?! Why the hell are you fucking him?! If it wasn't for the fact that I know that you are Integra Hellsing, I would swear you had been replaced by a copy or those clones they talk about creating! The Integra I know is so abstained from sex you treat it like I do garlic!"

"He is my husband Alucard." she said quickly picking up the ring off the nightstand. "The Queen ordered me to get married and have a child. I chose him. Why am I explaining myself to you anyway?! You've been running around in my mind for years, you should have known what happened and why we were…"

"Having sex." he muttered as he had searched her mind and the Generals. He bowed to her as he knelt on the ground and spoke, seeing in her mind she was really thinking about tossing him in the dungeon for a couple of weeks and only bring him out if they really needed him. "I see. Forgive me Master, I have been busy with personal thoughts as of late and have not been rifling your mind as much as I usually do. I had no idea of the recent events that have taken place. Learning what I have now, you and him being together is the correct choice to not only save the Hellsing family name, but to save yourself and everyone here.."

She felt him in her mind and suddenly realized that he hadn't been in her mind for the last few days. Usually she was pushing him out every day, even though he mostly did it to rile her and strengthen her mental shields from other intruders. In this case, he hadn't been and if it wasn't for the fact of her thinking about what the Queen ordered and everything that came afterwards, she would have noticed it sooner that he wasn't bothering her. Even with the times since coming back from the Queen, the times they had talked, usually mission based, he did what he was told and then left, came back, reported and went somewhere. She knew he knew she was thinking of locking him away, but seeing as he had no idea of what had been happening, mostly because she should have told him instead of thinking he already knew and wasn't saying anything because it had to happen anyway, she let it go.

"Forget it Alucard. This is both our faults for not saying anything to each other before hand. This is more my fault actually for not saying anything after we got back from the Queen. You should have been informed right away. Especially since he is now your master as well."

"I must say I am surprised."

"How so?"

"That I am not being punished or burning."

"You were trying to protect me as is your duty. Also, you didn't do anything that he couldn't recover from quickly anyway. However, you speak of this at any time, even to me, I will stick you into that sealed room and make Seras and the General take care of everything for a month, no matter what enemy we encounter. And you will get no blood during that time. Understood?"

"Crystal my Master." he said bowing again. "Should I deal with the General or have the police girl come up?"

"Why?"

"The General is currently unconscious and even though in that state, he is still aroused and currently exposed."

Against everything she told herself not to do, she turned to look anyway and noticed he was sprawled out on the floor, on his back. His jaw was probably broken at one point or at least his teeth may have been since there was drying blood around his mouth and down the right side of his cheek. Since he landed on the side of the room where the light was, and his robe was open, she basically saw him in all his glory. Shock was not even a word to describe how she was feeling. She didn't see men in the nude, ever, and seeing him sort of opened her world of understanding why some women liked doing it a lot, like Seras and him did a lot.

"Alucard…" she said turning her head rapidly to him.

"I shall get the police girl right away." he said vanishing quickly. Only then did he laugh at her predicament once he was sure she wouldn't hear.

Seras listened to Alucard tell her some of what happened. She got up there quickly, wearing her blue button up shirt and pajama bottoms, to find Integra sitting on her bed with a afghan over her legs. Being a vampire at this point did not help her because she could smell the sex in the air, and the blood. Though Integra had the look like she was in control as usual and ready to bark and bite at anything that pissed her off, her eyes said otherwise. Mostly, extreme embarrassment. Seras looked away quickly to notice the General totally out on the floor, and, deflated. It was then she also realized that it wasn't the General that had, gotten off.

"Um…" she began unsure of what to do or say.

"Just wake him up please Miss Victoria. And speak of this incident to no one. Not even Walter."

"I was never here sir." she said going over to him.

"And…"

"I understand sir." she said closing the robe over him.

Putting her head to his and gently holding it, she spoke to him in his mind. She jumped back hitting the bed as he suddenly sat up and reached for a gun and sword that weren't there.

"What the hell happened? How did I get on the floor….someone hit me." he said rubbing his jaw. "Thank god my teeth mend themselves. I hate dentist."

"Why would you ever go to one?" Seras muttered.

"Had a few yanked for study. That numbing stuff did help seeing as it took about a minute or so to get out of my system. Why are you in here Seras? I seriously doubted you'd come up here, but…"

"Alucard attacked you not knowing the current situation." Integra said as she crossed her arms and hid a yawn behind a hand. "He apologized and is now up to date on everything. I ordered him to never speak about what happened, so if he does say anything or ask, you inform me right away."

"Sure." he said nodding. "Well, this is….awkward."

Seras got up and bowed before the two and said good night before walking out quickly.

"We will have to do this tomorrow now. Hopefully it will work…"

"Forgive me Sir Integra. As…..I guess perverted might be the right word considering what has happened. Most guys would probably leave, but I can still if you…"

Seeing the look he was getting.

"Never mind. Forget I said…"

"No. Tonight is the best time and I would rather not have to do this more than once." she said laying back down. "I will probably fall asleep seeing how tired I am from the stress and everything else that has happened. If I do, just close my robe and cover me with this afghan."

He was rather surprised when she did fall asleep a minute later, but her breathing increased to the point she got off at the same time as him. She didn't wake up as he closed her legs and robe, making sure not to see anything either, and then covered her with the afghan before leaving for the night. Back in his own room, he cleaned up and pushed what he just did to the deepest parts of his mind as he could and tried to forget the whole thing.