CHAPTER 16
A.N. I am making up the history of a character you'll find out about later, since the incredibly talented Kohta Hirano didn't give us much of a history about them. Which works out well in my opinion because I wanted to use this character for something else anyway. Even with the fake history I am giving the character, which Kohta Hirano owns, I do not own or ever will own the said character. That being said, onto the story…..
OH, before the story starts, must add that someone suggested I do a crossover with my other story, The 8th Chevron, so I did, only because a idea came to mind of what you'll read! You'll either understand later or probably not at all if you aren't reading my other story. If you, the person who suggested the idea is reading this, then let me know. I am sorry I didn't write it down like I should have.
The General thought it would be better if they had used the Hellsing Manor for the meeting, but Integra did not want the Vatican filth in her house. Which the General agreed with when he learned more about the meeting as did Alucard who didn't want such a waste of life disturbing his place of rest. So the meeting took place at the Royal family villa, Krauney House, that was on the outskirts of London. The meeting hall was huge, bigger than most of the rooms inside the Hellsing Manor. There was a second balcony above with open draped windows, but no one was up there, however, if anyone walked across, or even crawled across, anyone would see them. It was that open and that small of a ledge. Below there was windows that went along the wall that were the same as above, in the same places. A very long conference table was in the middle, one chair at the head, followed by fifteen chairs on either side and one at the end. In the background, by the far wall, which was currently shadowed, there was another chair that had a couple men standing by it. This chair had around ten stairs that lead up to it, which had a red carpet leading from under the chair, down the stairs and all the way across the floor, going to the door to the other side of the room. In this special chair, sat the Queen. On the left side, at the head of the table with the Queen behind her, from where Sir Integra was sitting and Walter on her left as well, sat the members of the Round Table. On her right, six chairs down, sat Maxwell and his old bodyguard.
Many papers were strewn about in front of him while the members across from him had papers as well, but in organized piles. Integra sat with her fingers intertwined as the members were speaking to each other and Maxwell was talking to his man while she was waiting for three people to arrive. Heinkel Wolfe, in the same attire that she wore when she fought the two in Roanapur, was standing a few feet away and behind Maxwell. Yumiko was here, but not in the room at the moment.
"Sir Hellsing, where are the other three?" the Queen asked.
"I'm sorry your Majesty. I cannot say where Alucard is, but I am sure he will arrive soon. As for the other two, they should be here soon as well. After that fiasco with the British naval ship and being gone so long, if either of them leaves to go anywhere off the property, it makes Lance very nervous and scared, thinking they aren't coming back. So they are helping him understand what and why we are here, as well as putting him to sleep for awhile so we may not be bothered by him calling in worry." Sir Integra stated.
"Very well, I can understand those two being late then." the Queen said.
Maxwell spoke up as he had his man back away.
"Unfortunately, and unpleasantly, we are running around with our hands tied." Maxwell said as he waved at the mess of papers on the table. "All of our actions are completely devoted to these people. Without a veritable surge of diligence we will not be able to touch them. Their collaborators have spread everywhere! Governments, militaries, the economic world, religions, etcetera, etcetera. There are few people who can prevail against the temptation of eternal life. I should not be surprised if that holds true worldwide, including England and the Vatican. And probably among those here, not including them that already have it!. Damned vermin!"
Integra didn't comment on Maxwell's speech, even though she knew something that she learned from the American's rather recently, that obviously the vaunted Vatican didn't know or have a clue about. It made a smile cross her face as the man finished his rant. Before anyone else could speak, much less Maxwell at seeing Integra smiling, the door opened at the far end letting two people in. Alucard walked in, minus his hat, along with Captain Pip, who was in a green suit.
"I have finally arrived Master." Alucard stated.
"Yes, finally. You stand before the Queen, remove your sunglasses." Integra ordered.
Alucard did so as she spoke to Pip.
"Are the other two with you Captain?" Integra asked.
"The General and Seras? No Sir Integra. They hadn't even left the house yet as far as I know." Pip said as he sat at the end on Maxwell's side and just barely kept himself from grabbing a cigarette from his pocket.
Sir Integra reached into her pocket and pulled a cell phone as Alucard walked passed the guards and knelt before the Queen. She heard Alucard and the Queen talking as the phone picked up.
"Hello Sir Integra." the General said.
"Where the hell are you two? It doesn't take long to put a child to sleep, especially with your abilities." Integra asked, getting the an answer she didn't expect.
"We're already here and have been for five minutes. Neither of us have been here before and, are lost. Which is saying a lot considering my age. This place is huge." the General muttered.
"Oh god." Integra muttered as she rubbed her nose.
"Is everything alright Sir Hellsing?" the Queen asked.
"Yes your Majesty. They are here, and currently lost." Integra said with a sigh.
Many people laughed including the Queen.
"You must have called Miss Victoria." Pip said.
"No, it's the General." Integra stated as she hung up after telling him to hurry.
"And he admitted to being lost? God, I'd never live that one down." Pip said shaking his head.
"Alucard, direct the two idiots please." Integra said putting her phone away, ignoring the sneer Maxwell gave her.
It took about a minute and then they heard a couple approaching the door.
"I told you I thought it was this way." a female voice said, being Seras.
"I'm sorry. I was sure it was the other direction." the General said as he opened the door. "Sorry, took a wrong turn. My bad."
"Police Girl." Alucard said with a condescending tone, while smiling as he saw her groan and glare at him. "You should have easily found this area, had you used your abilities."
"Honestly." Seras said as she crossed her arms and turned away in a huff. "I forgot I could do that."
"Now, that everyone is here, you may begin with…." the Queen started saying to Alucard.
She stopped when she noticed that Seras slowly took a chair a few seats down from Pip while giving the General a brief glance, as the General was looking around like danger was approaching and started to reach behind his head. Others began to notice and the guards pulled their guns.
"Alucard…" Integra asked.
"I do not sense…." Alucard began also confused before he realized what it was.
"Another Immortal is nearby…" the General began as the door behind him burst open off its hinges.
He spun around pulling his large sword just in time to stop a katana swing that would have cut him in two. When both blades connected, a resounding clang was heard enough it made the others wince, and sparks showed on the impact.
"Oh, it's just you." the General muttered as he held his blade in place against hers. "Put your blade away please."
"Your head will be mine!" Yumie yelled.
"Yumie! You are to stop this at once!" Maxwell shouted as he stood up quickly.
She didn't listen and started swinging at him with many different attacks, sending more sparks. But nothing was getting through his defense and he wasn't fighting back. Sensing the tension in the air getting worse and seeing as Integra was ready to call Alucard to stop the fight, he dropped his defense and she saw it. Before the blade even got close to his coat, he caught his sword with hers and quickly spun it at speeds only vampires and Walter could see. Her katana was wrenched from her grasp and sent flying straight up. She grabbed her wrist with a gasp of pain, and then stopped moving as he placed his blade against her neck. Silence fell as everyone waited to see what would happen, though only three others actually knew what he would do. He reached out and closed his hand, but a little too quickly as he ended up grabbing the blade just near the hilt, instead of the handle. He let go quickly and muttered a curse as the blade stuck into the floor with his blood slowly sliding down it.
"Ouch. That was stupid." the General said not looking away from her and shaking his left hand making blood splatter. "And so was that. Sorry, I'll clean it up later. Okay, as for you, get a grip on yourself, we are all here to talk, not fight. You really want to do this, we do it after everything, outside away from this place, and only if you boss says so. Otherwise, bring your responsible personality back so we can all be civil. I prefer not to fight other Immortals unless they won't stop ragging my ass. You're just a bigger exception because I don't need your partner, plus the rest of the Vatican coming after me. And, I prefer not to fight women if at all possible."
"Bastard!" Yumie growled as she looked ready to swing a fist, but stop as he pushed the sword just enough to break the skin and make her back off.
"Yeah, yeah. Killing you would be pointless and I really don't want to have what is in your head, in mine. Last time I killed a psychotic Immortal with multiple personalities, it took me a good year to get my own mind back. And for those wondering behind me about how long ago, some thousand years back is all I can recall. Anyway, just because I don't want to kill you, as in take your head, doesn't mean I won't kill your body and walk away." the General said tapping her chin lightly before he pulled his sword away.
Grabbing hers by the hilt, he pushed it in further and then stuck his in the floor deeply as well. Sit Integra shook her head and heard guns being put away, but silently thanked god a fight didn't ensue. He walked away and sat down next to Seras, himself being three seats from Pip. Seras grabbed his formerly injured hand and took the blood off his hand into her, which while was obvious, it wasn't actually seen.
After he started walking away, she went for her sword, only to not be able to get it out at all, nor his. After Maxwell yelled at her once more, he finally had Hienkel go and stop her. Once the glasses were put back on, reluctantly, Yumiko apologized to everyone, including the General, and then went and stood back by where Heinkel went, embarrassment on her face.
"And I was looking forward to seeing them fight." Alucard said with a chuckle.
"Sadly, it would have been a short fight, not in our favor." Maxwell grumbled reluctantly.
"Alucard..." Integra growled. "Get on with your report."
"Very well Master." Alucard said as he walked to the end of the steps and sat down.
He gave them all a brief summary of what he encountered in South America and the guy he fought, and then moved onto the important part.
"Once upon a time there was an insane Major in the SS. He said, 'Let us make an Immortal army, let us make invulnerable soldiers.' They strove towards their reckless goal in a swelling sea of blood and madness." Alucard said.
"And that would be the Millennium Organization's project." Integra stated.
"Correct Master. But fifty years ago, we put an end to that project. 'We', being myself and Walter." Alucard said.
"However.." Walter said. "They didn't abandon their true intention. Everyone forgot about them, or tried to. But, they undoubtedly continue their vindictive existence in the depths of the shadows. While slowly, slowly extending their abilities. Currently, their dreadful research is reaching its horizon of perfecting vampire production. A vampire Kampf Gruffe, an invulnerable army of unhumans. Surely this is the return of Siegfried's mythical force."
"The last troop remnants of the Third Reich. The Letztes Bataillion." Alucard stated.
Everyone was shocked, except the people who worked in the Hellsing Organization that had already heard the news from Alucard, and the General who wasn't really surprised. Not even the Queen knew the information until now. Then an unknown voice spoke and they all turned to look at the broken doorway. Seras felt something strange, as did Alucard, but Alucard knew the feeling. Seras didn't, but did at the same time because she got the feeling from the General, who stood up quickly. Everyone else was surprised as they looked at the child like person near the door.
"Tubalcain's blood showed me the vay here. Really, I guess he vas good for something…" Schrödinger said.
The child like person wore gray shorts with black knee high socks, one stripe near the top and boots. The gray shirt was typical of Nazi uniform seen on Nazi's, but another belt was attached to the belt around the shorts that clipped to the left side and went across his chest going to the rank pins on his shoulder of the right side. His left arm held the sash that had the Nazi symbol on it and a small black tie was around his neck. White gloves with cuffs covered his hands, but what stood out the most, was the fact he had cat like ears coming out of from his hair and no ears where there should have been normally. If it wasn't for the voice and flat chest, you'd swear it was a girl by the look of the face.
People started pulling guns again, including Heinkel when two voices yelled wait loudly. Instead of everyone looking at the strange cat like person, they were looking at the General. He had slowly walked over and stopped near his sword, but didn't touch it.
"Very interesting. Very interesting indeed." the General said as he rubbed his chin and then walked around the cat like person and flicked one of the ears lightly. "Damn, it has been awhile, but you're different….."
"Do you know this person General?" Integra asked.
"So you are the Herr General that our Herr Major vanted to get hold of." Schrödinger said as he looked up at him and crossed his arms. "Your picture does not do you justice. Apparently the information ve have on you being a vampire now is true."
"I'm both, which in itself still baffles me." the General said as he stopped circling him and stood a couple feet away as he scratched his head. "It's been thirty years since I've seen a werewolf. You are very different from Peter though, and from the others I have came across. Not only in scent, but in looks too. Something is very off about you…."
"He's a werewolf?" most people exclaimed.
"I am." Schrödinger said with a smile and then looked in thought. "I wonder how a battle with you vould go Herr General? Or perhaps vith some of my verevolfe friends?"
"I've been around for thousands of years, well before vampires and werewolf's existed. And I've killed many of both, plus other demons and monsters out there. Though they were more like psychotic demon possessed people and such. I doubt they'd be much of a challenge now since I didn't have the new abilities I have now back then. Plus, that large sword, I had mastered using before my change. Trust me, being a Immortal Vampire has made my skill much more dangerous." the General said leaning into Schrödinger's face enough he had to lean back, also from the evil glare the General gave him.
The hint of anger and malice went away so quickly it was like it was never there as he stood back up and sighed.
"I'm curious why your boss would send you here." the General said as he sat on the edge of the table. "There is some powerful people here and we could have ripped you apart before you had a chance to finish what you began saying when you entered."
"Possibly. However, I am not here to fight. I vas sent as a messenger, nothing more." Schrödinger said holding out empty hands. "But I must express how disappointed ve are that our mission to get that navy cruiser failed. Herr Major really vanted that nuclear bomb. Plus that data about his Freak chips."
"It's on the bottom of the ocean floor, scattered in pieces. The disc were destroyed in the storm." the General stated.
"Sad waste of such a remarkable veapon." Schrödinger said shaking his head.
"How did you get in here?" Sir Integra asked. "Walter?"
"All security reports no signs of break in Sir Integra." Walter stated as he put the phone back.
"They wouldn't have seen it anyway. Werewolves are very good at hiding and getting into places without being seen. Experienced ones anyway." the General said. "Sort of like Walter and his incredible speed. It's a special ability. Peter like to sneak up on me a lot just for the fun of it. If not for Seras, I and Alucard, he could sneak into Hellsing Manor easily. But then, he has been around well before the Nazi's were a thought."
"I'm everyvhere und novwhere." Schrödinger said with a shrug. He then pulled a laptop out of nowhere, which even surprised the General. "Since eweryone from England und the Watican are gathered together here today, our Kommandant, Herr Major, has something important to say. So please, sit back und listen."
He set the laptop down and opened it next to the General. Before turning the power on, he gave the General a look as he sat down near Pip.
"If in the event I vas to find you Herr General, I vas to ask if you'd be villing to vork us, before it is too late." Schrödinger said.
"No." the General said with a laugh. "It's you and rest that need to surrender."
Schrödinger shrugged and started to push the button on a remote when he saw Seras. He stopped and stared.
"What?" Seras asked after noticing it was her that she was being looked at.
Shaking himself of whatever was going through his mind, he pushed the button.
"Looks like technical failure. You came all this way for nothing." the General said making a few people laugh as Schrödinger was playing with the remote.
The screen came on but it was still black as they heard voices.
"Ahh? Vat's wrong, there's no signal. Vat are you doing? Hurry und stand Herr Brigadier General up against the vall. There's still no signal? Varrant officer Schrödinger, this isn't vorking at all." the Major said.
"I am trying Herr Major." Schrödinger said pushing buttons.
"Ah, I see the sound works." the Major said.
"Major! Stop this! Stop, for god's sake…!" a voice said, and then they heard three bangs.
A few people were surprised, minus a few that didn't seem to care.
"A lot of Nazi's died that way. Kill the superior to get higher in rank." the General muttered as he was looking up in thought with his arms crossed. "I often wonder if that is where George Lucas got his idea for Star Wars. At least as to how the Galactic Empire operated."
"True. Star Vars is a cool movie." Schrödinger muttered as he pushed a few more buttons and they heard different sounds from the laptop. "Sounds like you haf your hands full there, Major."
"It's troublesome having to deal vith superiors who are cowards." the Major said as the screen finally came on and showed many dead Nazi troop bodies. "But now, I finally find relief. It feels good. It feels wery good."
"Killing your own troops, really doesn't help yourself. It lessens your man power." the General stated. "But then, I never did come across a sane Nazi so…"
"They vere useless und not even vorth cannon fodder. You must be Herr General, a former Brigadier yourself." the Major said. "Plus other military titles through your vast many years…"
"And your that fat, insane, four eyed Nazi commander." the General growled.
"Hi there Major." Alucard said after nothing was spoken for over ten seconds.
"Ah, it's been a long time Alucard. Being able to see you against the pinnacle of gladness." the Major said.
The two stared at each other for a few moments before Integra finally got tired of the silence and spoke.
"So, you're the enemy leader in charge of the Freaks we've been killing, correct?" Integra asked.
"Ah, this is a pleasure indeed." the Major said happily. "You're the director of Hellsing. Sir Integra Hellsing, ja? This ist the first time ve've met."
"What's your goal in this foolishness?" Integra demanded. "What leads you to engage in this daft behavior? Answer me?"
"Goal?" the Major said with a laugh. "Fraulein, lovely Fraulein, that ist one foolish question. If you must go that far Fraulein, ve do not haff any goal."
"Hogwash!" one of the older members yelled as he got out of his seat.
"Good grief." the General muttered as the man started to rant. "Even after all this time in England, I am so used to other countries. You people…have no idea how to say curses that even have meaning."
"Not everyone uses hell, damn and the occasional F word like you do General." Seras said as she crossed her arms.
"If anyone called you a sow, I'm not even sure if I'd do anything other than walk away." the General said.
"It's the same as being called a slut you idiot." Seras said smacking his arm.
"It does?" the General said in confusion as he rubbed his aching arm. "I really need to look up these words better. Almost sad considering my long life, there is still words I don't know, even with all the places I have been. Rise and fall of Rome for example."
"Rome…" Maxwell began.
"Oh shut up, Caesar was an idiot after he gained power. Became too complacent like a lot of other leaders who gained power and thought they attained godliness. I may get smacked or something for this, but Big Al here ended up the same way." the General said.
"I admit, I did become that way, which lead me to where I am now." Alucard said.
"Anyway, being what I am and my long life, I find myself now realizing this is one of the few countries I have spent little time in, plus not learning the culture as much as I should have." the General muttered.
Integra and several others sighed greatly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think we were doing something important." the General said.
"Maybe this Major might tell us his plan!" Integra shouted.
"Maybe he'll also blow his ugly head off too. He's insane! He has no plan!" the General stated. "Even Hitler never had any plan to go on if he won the war."
"You are, for the most part, correct Herr General." the Major said.
"See, there is no such thing as a sane Nazi." the General said.
The screen panned to show a line of dead men against the wall and one high ranking man, the Brigadier General, standing by a few dead men, shot in the head. His mouth was gagged and a sign was around his neck that said in German, I am a defeatist.
"Having a goal means more vork that it is vorth. In this pathetic vorld, there exist many groups who are determined to settle on no goals in obtaining their means. In other vords, after all's said und done, groups like us…" the Major said.
The camera showed some guy in a large overcoat that was closed and had a military cap tight on his head, then some long haired doctor with strange glasses on his face that held the camera up to a mirror to show who was holding the camera, then panned to a line of Freak soldiers, lots of them, then some strange lady that was smoking. The left side of her face was normal while the right side and shoulder had strange markings and writings all over it. The camera moved back to the Brigadier General and then a snap of fingers was heard. The line of troops rushed forward and they all saw the man ripped apart by the Freaks.
"Don't leave the job half finished. Even letting him become a ghoul vould be….bothersome." the Major said off screen as they heard the dying mans screams.
"That looks pretty severe Major!" Schrödinger said.
Everyone else was rather applaud at the sight. Alucard grinned and felt his blood boil for a fight. Seras was feeling ambivalent. Part of her was disgusted, but part of her thought nothing big of it. She looked to see the General yawn and realized he didn't think much of it either.
"I've fought in wars where I cut people down by the dozens with two large swords. It was sicker and more disturbing to do than watch on this lousy screen." the General said yawning again out of boredom.
"You both are insane!" Maxwell shouted.
"No, he's insane. I just have been around long enough to know what to expend my energy on and what to ignore." the General said sitting back and crossing his arms.
"You speak of madness to me? Vatican Section XIII Chief?" the Major asked.
"Yes! That goes for both of you! Nor is anyone in your group of sound mind!" Maxwell yelled. "The only people sane here are me and my people!"
"That's debatable." the General muttered enough only that Seras and Alucard heard.
"It is your god who guarantees my madness, you see. Very well, I ask you this. Who do you suppose in this vorld, guarantees the sanity of your god?" the Major asked.
Maxwell blanched as the General cracked up.
"Do you even understand just who the hell you're talking to? Perhaps it vould help if I vas veering a black SS uniform." the Major said.
A Nazi flag appeared on the screen as he kept speaking.
"Ve are the Schutzstaffel of the Third Reich! Just how many people do you imagined ve haff killed? The Death's Head Division, said to operate as if it breathed combat und wiolence themselves? Ve're insane? You say this now? You're about half a century too late! Very vell! So be it! Try und stop me then, you styled standards of normality!" the Major yelled loudly and then calmed for a bit. "But unfortunately, for you, my enemy ist not you und yours. Keep your vords to yourself for a bit Section XIII."
Maxwell grumbled something under his breath and then gasped in surprise, as did a few others, besides the General, who yawned yet again and was passing the feeling to Seras enough that she also yawned and told him to knock it off, when the Major continued.
"My enemy ist Great Britain! The Order of the Protestant Knights! Nien! It's that man who looks joyful standing there." the Major said.
Everyone turned to see Alucard, who was standing just behind the General and Seras. He was laughing hard, so hard he doubled over clutching himself, making the General rub his ear where Alucard practically laughed into it.
"Fine, fine!" Alucard yelled. "I'll destroy you any number of times! You really are a vengeful brood! A superb declaration of war!"
"Ve'll overturn unsatisfactory results any number of times. Of course, ve are the most vengeful type there ist." the Major said.
"Al…" Integra began, as she felt more than one mind touching hers, though Alucard was more or less digging in it as he usually did.
"You don't even have a clue what vengeance is. I've been in wars this world history has long forgotten, and almost all of them that have been." the General said as he saw the thoughts going through Integra's mind and heard Alucard pulling his gun. "Nor any idea the power you will be fighting against, much less the people I can call for help at a moments notice. Watch just one of my new abilities you pathetic little man!"
The screen spun around to show Schrödinger, who looked confused at the screen and then looked up seeing everyone looking, behind him. He turned around seeing seven blades waving in the air, just inches away. The General's hand was up, spread out open, and then was clenched quickly. Pip, a few of the members, the screen, the table and floor all got a good dose of blood as the swords moved so fast and impaled the cat man in several areas, including the katana that went through the top of his head. He dropped to the ground in a pool of blood as Alucard complemented the General on a great job, especially after the General opened his hand, making the swords rip out of the body and scatter across the floor. The screen turned back around dripping with blood.
"If I wanted, I could have diced everyone in this room within five seconds." the General stated, ignoring the looks of several people. "And that was barely any use of my true abilities. And I am capable of using dozens of swords at one time like that."
"Dicing the messenger, without cause, dear me. I have to admit, I did not expect such violence from even you Herr General. You command such great power! It is a pity you are on the wrong side. Ve could rule the world together…" the Major said as the General grunted in displeasure and shook his head.
"You have nothing I could ever want, or could ever give me." the General stated.
"Nice job General." Integra stated as she watched the men clean themselves off.
Pip looked at himself and shook his head, doing nothing. After the General tossed a hanky his way, he cleaned off the screen as ordered by Integra and then tried to do what he could on himself.
"Sending a werewolf as a messenger was stupid. The Hellsing Organization destroys monsters like that! He wouldn't have left here alive anyway. And you declaring war on us? Oh please. I've heard better jokes from Alucard, and he sucks…" Integra stated.
The General and Seras laughed hard, cracking up badly, at that, as everyone looked at them strangely. The General obviously found it funnier as he almost fell out of his seat.
"What's so funny?" Integra demanded.
"You said sucks. I'm sorry." the General said between laughs.
Even Alucard started laughing as did a few others, including the Queen.
"Yes, that was a poor choice of word considering." Integra said with a small smile, before turning into a sneer. "However, the point is that he has a better sense of humor than you do, even if it is terrible. You people are nothing more than a terrorist group that should have died out long ago! We will be more than happy to rid the world of your worthless existence! The only unfortunate side effect of doing our jobs when we finish you off, is the mass of paper work that may give me carpal tunnel!"
"You are afraid Fraulein." the Major said with a sneer.
"I'm enraged! There's a difference!" Integra shouted as she pounded her hands on the table and then swept a hand in the direction of the members. "If anything, they are showing fear!"
"I see, Ja. You are a very good Master. Und she appreciates her underlings efforts." the Major said.
"He means us three." the General said as he pointed at himself, then Seras and Alucard as he saw some confused looks.
"I see it will take much to bring out your fear, farevell Fraulein." the Major said as raising his hand in a Nazi salute. "I look forward to meeting again on the battlefield. Auf Wiedersehen!"
Integra growled as she pulled her pistol and fired until the laptop fell off the end and into the blood.
"Wow, I saw all those bullets. No misses." the General said amazed.
"So did I. Very nice sir." Seras said.
"Sir Hellsing, Alucard, General, Seras." the Queen stated forcefully as she stood. "I want them brought down, quickly and decisively. That's an order!"
"Yes your Majesty!"
Everyone was able to leave shortly after the Queen left. The General however was stuck doing cleaning duty because of the blood and had to pay for the damages to the floor. Doing it alone really sucked because Seras kept having the urge to want to lick the floor and so, to avoid the feeling she was sharing with him, she left shortly after starting. It was only after everyone left, that Alucard came back, took all the blood for himself and left the General to pay for the damages.
The next day, Sir Integra got a call from Sir Islands stating that the British navy lost contact with the British Royal Navy Invincible class Vstol aircraft carrier flagship HMS Eagle. The only thing she could think about was the fact that it had to be the Millennium group at work again, because no one else would try something that stupid after the first case of loosing a ship, and the fact that only that group would be insane enough to try it again. Unfortunately, they succeeded this time. The only consolation, Sir Islands said that the ship wasn't carrying nukes, or so he was told. But it was nuclear powered.
The full moon was out and shining into the main dinning hall where a couple people were sitting. The General was in a red and black stripped suit, with his heavy coat handing off the back of the high chair he was in. Before him was steak, potatoes, gravy, root beer, and a quadruple chocolate cake, along with some stir fry vegetable mix. Before he made the entire meal, he had two bags of blood and then got cooking quickly. Seras got a few drinks off him and then helped in the kitchen. She was in her uniform with her coat on the back of her chair as she sat besides him.
"God that steak smells so good. I really hate being able to eat." Seras grumbled. "You have no idea the envy…."
When he took a bite of the steak and then looked at her as he chewed.
"Right, you do know how it feels. But not completely." Seras stated with a finger held up.
"If it was possible Seras, I would trade places with you." the General said.
"Seriously?" Seras asked.
"Well, I mean switch bodies actually. Say for a day or couple of hours perhaps. If it was possible. After all these years, I have wondered on many occasions, what it would be like if I was a female. I'm betting everyone thinks it, but will never admit to it." the General said shaking his fork. "The only thing we wouldn't do, is anything physical. Personally, that would be….freaky."
"Yeah, I can see that." Seras said in total agreement. "Seeing and then touching my body, while not being in it, would be creepy. Besides, I don't get aroused seeing myself. Damn, after all this time, I still keep forgetting to ask how my mirror works so different than normal ones."
"I think it is because they might have real silver as a backing instead of…whatever it is they use now days, which I think is aluminum. That's just a guess on both thoughts. Or was it vise versa?" the General asked himself.
"You do know that you can change into a woman. We certainly wouldn't do anything, but you'd be able to experience what being one is like for a few hours or more." Seras said.
He slowly chewed as he realized she was right.
"I think another time would be best. Integra might wonder what the hell I am doing and I'd rather not be around Alucard at the time either." the General said.
"Good point. He'd either try to get together with you…" Seras said.
"Ugh!" the General said with revulsion as he held down the sudden nausea that threatened to toss all he ate onto the table.
"Yeah. Or he'd probably tell Sir Integra about it. Speaking of which, she's coming this way." Seras said.
"Ah, you two are here. I would have thought you would be in your room." Integra said as she entered the room. "I just put Lance to sleep."
"We played with him for a couple of hours before giving him to you Sir." Seras said.
"That was why he was so tired and wanted me to read a story. Thank you for that. I really wasn't in the mood to play. It has been a very long day." Integra said hiding a yawn.
"There is more of this in the kitchen if you are hungry." the General said as he pointed.
"I know, thank you for cooking. Walter will be bringing it out soon." Integra said.
"You know, he's not getting any younger. You could have…" the General said.
"I tried." Integra said. "He kicked me out of the kitchen and told me it was his job until his body said otherwise. I did have to deal with Lance, so arguing with him was pointless. And usually is when it comes to the kictchen."
"Has he ever had a day off?" Seras asked. "I've never seen it personally since starting here."
"No. His only time off is when he puts it into his schedule. Which I really have no idea when it is. I've tried to give him time off in the past, but he refuses. With no family, other than me to speak of, he has nowhere to go. He has went to a few Star Trek conventions that came to London a few times. Beyond that…" Integra said trailing off.
"Where's Alucard?" the General asked.
"Most likely outside staring at the moon from the roof of the house." Integra said as Walter came in and set the food before her. "Thank you Walter. You are excused to do whatever you want for the night."
He nodded to them and then walked off.
"I was told by Sir Islands that we lost contact with our flagship carrier the HMS Eagle." Integra said.
"You suspect Millennium?" the General asked.
"That would be stupid to do after that last fiasco." Seras stated.
"No. I am sure it is them, despite how stupid it is. Only they would be insane and asinine enough to do another attack like this, even with the current state of heighten alert amongst the fleet. Sir Islands also reported, as he was told, that the HMS Eagle did not have any nuclear weapons onboard currently. We can only hope that he was being told the truth." Integra said as she was cutting her steak. "She was last heard from near the Sea of Wales."
"Does this mean we'll be moving out soon? I'd really rather not go out to sea again." the General said.
"You and Miss Victoria will gear up and get ready to be sent out, if I feel it necessary for you two to leave. I don't believe I will, but it may come down to it." Integra said.
They didn't end up going out that night, but she want them to get ready for a mission that night. However, Alucard didn't show up and he wasn't coming to her calls.
"Go find out where he is." Integra ordered with a wave from her office they were in.
"Seras, you have a better connection…" the General began.
"Better connection?" Seras asked, sort of confused.
"He was your Master. He's the only other vampire around, and you can feel power levels in vampires better than I can. I feel it in Immortals." the General stated.
She sighed and closed her eyes.
"He's in his room." Seras said a few seconds later.
"Then go get him you two. No, Walter go with. I need to know if something happened to him. He's not coming despite even saying the words that did burned his seals." Integra said.
The two had their hands in their pockets as they walked down the hallway in the dungeon area while Walter followed with his hands behind his back.
"I just realized, after all this time, I have never seen Alucards room, much less his coffin. I had to buy yours." the General said.
"We never did get you one either. We just shared mine." Seras said also realizing it. "Though technically it is a oversized bed built in a coffin."
"I did find it strange that Sir Integra never ordered one for you, or told you to go buy one General." Walter said.
"She must have thought I'd buy my own or just continue to stay in Seras's. I never did get one much less look." the General said with a shrug as they came upon the door.
Seras opened it and they found him sitting in his regal looking and tall chair, asleep. His glasses were on the table and his hat was nowhere to be seen. There was a couple dozen blood packets on the ground, several of which were Immortal blood packets.
"Glad I got my fill earlier from you General, otherwise I think this place would really effect me the wrong way." Seras said with a frown.
"I bet he's all charged up." the General muttered.
"He's still asleep? I find that really creepy. No way in hell am I going to try and wake him up." Seras said holding up her hands.
"Hmm." Walter said as he picked up a empty packet. "With our current state of affairs here, he's eaten his fill and now sleeps his fill. Almost like some savage beast. No doubt he has sensed something."
"And he isn't sharing. Unlike telling Integra and the rest of us about the attack that he felt about to happen that did at the Tower of London." the General said as he flicked Alucard on the forehead.
"Are you wanting to be tore apart?" Seras asked in fear.
"He can't kill me. Despite the fact me and Integra got divorced, I am still his Master in enough ways he isn't allowed to attack me in a way that would kill me." the General said with a small smile. "Integra would explode if Alucard did do something like that anyway."
"Hey, he just grinned." Seras stated with worry.
"Must be having a good dream. I really hope it isn't about you." the General said.
"Doubtful." Seras said with a huff. "He's probably thinking about what sort of fun he'll be having tomorrow. Or about how he's going to get you back for thumping him."
"You'd think he'd sleep in his coffin. I know you are both dead and don't get muscle cramps, but the coffins are lined lavishly for comfort. Last time I slept in a seated position like that, I had a crick and cramp for several minutes." the General said as he glanced around and noticed a large object near the wall. "Whoa, that is his coffin?"
"Yes." Walter said.
"That's huge! It's even bigger than he is." the General said walking over. "Almost as big as our bed Seras, well more yours actually."
"I would be very careful General. He doesn't even like Sir Integra touching it. Much less anyone looking at it." Walter said.
"The Bird of Hermes is my name. Eating my wings to make me tame." the General said reading the inscription on it as he ran his finger along the words. "What the hell does that mean?"
Alucard, in the meantime, was dreaming. And it was something extremely stupid, involving famous actors and other people that left him more confused than he had even been in his life.
"He's still asleep but pulled his Cascull." Seras said worried as Alucard lowered it to the floor.
"Hey sunshine! Wake up before I decide to try your coffin out!" the General yelled.
A bullet hole in the wall next to his head made everyone jerk.
"Stay away from my coffin!" Alucard yelled.
"That woke you up. Sir Integra wants you." the General said as he ignored the gun pointed at him. "I must say, very nice looking, for a coffin. Marble finish, real gold outlining. Even the cross is made of real gold. But what the hell does the inscription mean?"
"Look it up yourself." Alucard said as he stood and still kept the aim. "Back away before I decide it is worth shooting you for just looking at it."
"You can't kill me…" the General said only to slam into the wall as a bullet hit him in the side of his coat, pushing him back.
"I can't kill you permanently, yet, I can shoot you in places where you will heal or in places that you can die but will still come back." Alucard stated.
"Okay. Point made." the General said crawling away at first with a groan before getting to his feet. "Man, you are grouchy."
Alucard put the gun away as the General stopped near Seras.
"Had you gotten a coffin of your own and became a true vampire, getting your freedom from Seras to achieve that, you may have understood the reason why a vampires coffin is so important." Alucard stated while not looking at them.
"Other than because if it was destroyed it would be your actual death you mean?" the General said.
"It seems I underestimated you after all." Alucard said impressed.
"Ah crap! Does that mean I'm in trouble if I get my coffin destroyed?" Seras asked worried.
Alucard stroked his chin in thought.
"It is hard to say. Though you are a true Nosferatu like me Seras Victoria, you are very different from normal vampires." Alucard said.
"Because I'm not a blood thirsty monster?" Seras asked without thinking. "Oh wait…."
Alucard laughed at her candor.
"Very good Seras! I was wondering if you ever could find yourself able to insult your former Master." Alucard said clapping his hands. "That is one reason. However, unlike me who has drank the blood of many types of people, even those heavily high on the drugs you humans create, to the Freaks themselves. You have drank more Immortal blood than any other type and have yet to actually take someone's life while drinking, stealing their very soul. I suspect, when you have a child young draculina, or children, they very well may have many immunities to what us vampires are weak against. I believe that they may also be able to eat and drink normally as well. I can't wait to see if my hypothesis is true!"
"Are you feeling creeped out by that at all?" Seras asked quietly as Alucard looked at the ground at all the packets and frowned like he just noticed them.
"No. I'm actually looking forward to seeing what sort of child or children we have. Seeing as we both can live for a very, very long time. You'll be able to have many children." the General said with a smile. "But not all at once."
"You better hope not." Seras said crossing her arms.
"We must get going people." Walter said. "Sir Integra is waiting."
The next day, the group, except for Alucard, was needed elsewhere. The General was in his silver suit and coat while Seras was in her uniform and coat, both of them wearing their glasses. Walter was in his usual attire while Integra was in a black suit and had a large white trench like overcoat, that hung from her shoulders. They were walking down the hall to the HG of the British National Security Special Guidance Division. Two guards were at the doors to the room they were headed for and many other people were in the halls as they walked down them. No one tried to stop them or said anything as they kept walking. But voices were animated enough they could hear what was going on inside as they walked up.
"Hasn't word come back from aerial reconnaissance yet? What about analysis photos from our spy satellite?" a voice yelled.
"As yet no information has been received from the intelligence board!" another said.
"Contact the base commander at Polden Naval Base! It's urgent!" someone else yelled.
They entered the room and everyone looked up.
The entire room, up on the wall and even above the large wooden double doors behind them, was a few very large screens. One was made of many screens that was the main one, showing a picture of the world on their side, no parts of America showing currently. The right screen had other information as did the one on the left of the main, plus the others showing other info with close ups on different areas of the world or England. In the middle of the room, there was a large circular table that has seven chairs, all occupied. However, it was big enough to have twenty. The middle of the table had nothing in the center but a large hole. There was monitors built into the table at different places, some very close together, others very far apart. A few high tech phones with small screen on them and lots of buttons were next to a few of the men in the seats. Papers and files were in front of the men seated and there was even a few men standing around taking or looking at files, all of them wearing uniforms.
"Who are you people?" one man asked.
"Hellsing, is here on her Majesties Secret Service." Sir Integra stated.
"Ah, there you are, Sir Integra Hellsing." British Royal Navy Vice Admiral Sir Shelby M. Penwood said. "You must then be Walter, Sir General Hellsing and Seras Victoria."
"Yes, but just call me General. I don't like the sir part." the General said.
"It is your knighthood Sir General." Shelby stated.
"How about this, you call me General, I will answer. You use the Sir before it, I ignore you." the General said with a smile and casual wave of his hand.
"Sir Integra…" Shelby said.
"I suggest you do as he says." Integra said with a shrug.
"Does he give you this such disrespect as well?" Shelby asked.
"No, in fact, I get more than I have from most people. Which is why I never use the Sir title with him either." Integra stated.
"I hate it because it reminds me of my real age." the General said with a shrug as Seras suppressed a laugh. "And, for some reason, I just hate being called sir. Always have. Seems to grate my nerves."
"He must be fun to deal with in a restaurant or drive through." one guy muttered.
"Admiral, seriously. We can't be seeking help from this lot!" another man said as he pointed at them. "This is a matter of national security! How can you permit the involvement of a suspicious group like them?"
"I guess this suit is a bit flashy." the General muttered. "I should have went with the blue one."
"Really, using dice to determine what you'll wear is lame." Seras muttered as she crossed her arms.
"This situation falls under the jurisdiction of the British Navy! It's not there place to be here! Not to mention the last time they helped, we lost a important cruiser because of those two there! Plus the nuclear bomb on board!" one of the higher up men yelled.
"For the record, if it isn't already, I took that apart and tossed all the pieces into the ocean. As for the ship, the Captain was working for Millennium and killed his crew with the intent of taking the ship to those Nazi's. We were just lucky the boat didn't sink in the storm." the General stated.
"I've read the reports and think you and her are lying!" the man yelled as he pointed at the two. "You just happen to sink the ship, in the port of a well known area of the world where terrorist and gun runners, plus many other illegal acts take place! I think it was all planned! You're not even from this country much less, been in her long!"
"What you think of my people is not important." Integra said as she took a seat, cutting the General from some retort. "The fact they did their job, despite the circumstances and came back with important intel is. I can assure you that they aren't working against her majesty or this country."
"How can I believe…." the same man began.
"That is enough gentlemen!" the Vice Admiral yelled loudly. He patted his sweating forehead, took a couple deep breaths and then spoke again. "Please, we need your help Sir Hellsing."
"I would not be here otherwise, despite what certain people may think." Integra said looking at the men glaring at her. "What is the present situation Admiral?"
"Just over twenty four hours ago, communications were lost with our newly built royal aircraft carrier, HMS Eagle. She was on maneuvers in the Atlantic. It had broadcast a report of contact with an unknown helicopter. Presently, it is sitting idle at point 300km away from Pollington."
"Are you sure it isn't headed for South America?" the General asked.
"General…" Integra said.
"It's a legitimate question Sir Integra. The last ship was capture to go there too." the General said.
"We have satellite photos of her sitting at the said position. And, as far as we can tell, the satellite is not being hacked and fed misinformation. We checked that out very quickly." Shelby said as the group nodded. "We did not intend to even contact your organization, despite the report from the incident with our cruiser, however, the photos we got back show some disturbing information."
The folder was given to her and Integra opened it for them to see.
"Categorically, this is no longer our problem. It's an act of madness." another Admiral stated from his chair.
"Yes, the remnant Nazi party coming back is madness." the General said. "I really hope that is paint and not blood."
"Millennium is moving." Integra stated as she looked at the photo of a very large Nazi symbol, surrounded by a circle, painted on the top deck of the ship. "The Letzets Bataillon is what they said they were."
Other than the Vice Admiral, many of the men all yelled. Things from hogwash, that's BS, ridicules, absurd, are you out of your mind. Those sort of things went on for a few seconds.
"Enough!" Shelby yelled again.
"Vampires? Nazi remnants? Seriously Admiral! You can't begin to even believe that such nonsense is true?" a man yelled.
"Vampires, yeah right!" another yelled.
"It's ships mutiny or a riot!" a different guy yelled.
A sharp whistle made everyone shut up.
"That hurt even my ears. I forgot how loud I was." the General said rubbing his ear. When they started to yell again, he yelled over them he would whistle louder and then start shooting next. "Thank you. And you call yourselves gentlemen? If I may Sir Integra."
"May what?" Integra asked.
He leaned down and spoke into her ear.
"Miss Victoria. I want you to lift that empty coffee cup." Integra ordered.
"Why not me?" the General asked.
"You have a pulse, she does not." Integra stated.
They began yet again until they saw her move her hand out and then saw the cup, across the table from the group, move into the air. She slowly set it back down without spilling the contents.
"There is a reason why the Queen respects and holds the Hellsing Organization in high regard gentlemen. We deal with a different sort of pest control than you do. We do not fight countries, nor do we fight soldiers from other countries. We fight monsters. And have been for over a hundred years, starting back with the great Van Hellsing. Back then, it was more believable when someone spoke of monsters being around and attacking. Now days, because of our organizations efforts, we have been able to keep many people, including most of the British military and the world, in the dark. You are only hearing the truth now because of what it taking place. Your ship has been taken by Nazi's, who have been creating artificial vampires, which we call Freaks. Miss Victoria is a real vampire, who works for our organization to rid the world of any evil threat to her majesty and this country. As strange as this may sound, she is a good vampire." Integra stated.
"How…" a man began asking.
"The details about how and why she is as she is, is not important gentlemen. She was born in this country, served her country and died in the service, only to be reborn into a vampire. Despite this, her loyalty hasn't wavered in the slightest and she has saved many lives because of her new life." Integra said.
"But vampires must drink blood…" one man began.
"You may explain yourself Miss Victoria." Integra said.
"I do. We get transfusion blood from a local blood bank." Seras stated formally. "Personally, I hate having to drink and wish I didn't have to. And before you ask, I have not drank from anyone either, nor plan on it. And, I have very good self control."
"Now that that is hopefully out of the way, perhaps we can get down to business gentlemen." Integra stated as she crossed her fingers.
"Thank you Sir Hellsing." Shelby said. "I did not inform them of all the details, because I felt it was your place to inform them, if you intended to."
"I understand it quite well Admiral." Integra said.
"Good. Captain, go over the situation." Shelby said.
"Very well sir." the man said a little reluctantly. "Since we last lost communications, we have tried numerous times to re-establish contact. However, we have gotten no responses at all. We've even dispatched several reconnaissance planes, but we still got no reaction. It seems as though the ship is abandoned."
"It's not. The crew are most likely all dead, or undead. Turned into ghouls and hiding inside from the sunlight. As would be the vampire." Integra said.
"We do have some new intel however. There seems to be a person sitting on the deck, here near the middle of the Nazi symbol." Shelby said. "They are sitting under a parasol."
"We currently have two S.A.S. squads on approach. They shall arrive via helicopter, assess the situation and take control." another high ranked man said.
"Can you call them back before they get there?" the General asked.
"Why should we?" a guy asked.
The General smacked his forehead loudly.
"Did you not hear what I just said moments ago?" Integra asked. "If those men land on that ship, they will be dead within minutes. The only way to kill vampires and ghouls is with blessed silver. I seriously doubt that your men are equipped with such ammo. And even if they were, they are not trained to fight such enemies."
"Contact those helo's right now and have them turn back!" Shelby ordered.
They waited as a guy was making the call. On one of the big screens, it changed to show a satellite feed of the two helicopters on approach for the ship. Obviously, they got the message because the helicopters started turning around. The lead one however took a hit from something and after a few seconds, exploded. The other took a hit, but managed to fly away with a few holes in the rear section.
"What the hell just happened?" Shelby yelled.
"We're not sure sir! Satellite feed shows a single shot fired from the carrier! From a musket that unknown figure is carrying!" a frantic man yelled.
"Sir Hellsing?" Shelby yelled.
"I do not know what has happened. General, you have a greater understanding of weapons. Have you heard of anything…" Sir Integra asked.
"No." the General said shaking his head. "No musket rifle has the power to even shoot that far. That was impossible, even for a vampire to do. Moving their selves at incredible speeds is one thing, moving an object that fast…"
"Can we get a close up of that figure on the deck?" Shelby asked.
It zoomed in closer to show the long dark haired women, with glasses, in a old style black suit that had three buttons on either side of the abdomen area. In her right hand, which was waving back and forth like she was following a tune, was the umbrella. In her left, which was also moving, held a very long musket rifle.
Integra looked up as they saw the figure and felt the air near her change. She looked to see the General tensed up with a gasp and looking at the figure intently. She glanced over to see Seras looking at the General intently as well.
"General…" Integra said hoping to get his attention on her first call.
"What?" the General asked monotonously as he didn't look away.
"Do you know who this person is?" Integra asked.
Everyone looked at him, but he didn't notice.
"I…don't know. She seems….very familiar." the General said still staring intently while apparently very confused and frustrated that he wasn't able to recall what he wanted.
"Sir Pentwood, Admiral Shelby, there is nothing else we can do here." Integra said as she stood and noticed the General still staring. "We are taking our leave in order to deal with this problem."
"Yes, of course Sir Integra." Pentwood said. "We recognize Hellsing's prerogative. Please, if at all possible, bring back the ship intact, and any survivors if there is any."
She nodded and then they walked out, with Seras having to pull the General from his memory searching.
"What do you think Walter?" Integra asked.
"It is a good decoy, and a obvious one." Walter said as they continued down the hall. "The more time it consumes, the better it serves them."
"Hmm. We cannot however ignore it either. Treating it merely as a ghost ship would be far too dangerous. It's out of the question for us to deal with it personally. Seeing as they would expect us to show up after blotching their last attempt. But we cannot disregard it either." Integra said.
"We are at a dilemma Sir Integra." Walter said.
"If we were to approach it, they would no doubt attack. Damn, this is a typical battle of threat and besiegement. I suppose the ocean is the castle wall with an infinitely wide moat." Sir Integra said.
"That assessment sounds very true sir." Walter said.
"And that musket. Firing what can be best called, magic bullets. There is nothing that can get close in the face of those." Integra said.
"I saw it." the General said as he was paying enough attention to not walk into anyone as he thought and watched the floor.
"So did I." Seras stated. "It was a fast bullet, but I could see it moving on the screen. Just barely though."
"Hmm. A direct confrontation with you two, or even both of you and Alucard would end up with that unknown woman falling in the end then. Our problem is that they are very far from land. Even with Immortal blood, Alucard does not like water missions if he can avoid it." Sir Integra said.
"With the vampire or vampires on that ship, we have the vast ocean working in our favor." Walter said.
"Yes. They have no where to go or escape to. It they even managed to escape the Eagle, that is where they would have no choice but to end up. Unfortunately, it is the same for us. How would we send any of you three into that maritime steel stronghold?" Sir Integra asked.
"The General would be the best one to send. The water has no effect on him at all Sir Integra. If the ship started sinking, Miss Victoria would be in serious trouble." Walter said.
"I can swim." Seras stated.
"Yes, but the water would drain your powers, even though you would have drank Immortal blood Seras." Integra said. "That far out, even if you both found a life boat, you'd both end dead in the end. Him from you drinking him to death out of loss of control and him from drowning."
"I….understand." Seras said slowly.
"Even though the General would be the best man for the job, it would be pointless in the end. The time required would be more than we have. And they will not let their captured ship remain idle for long." Walter said.
"Helicopter or plane would be shot down." the General stated.
"A small high speed boat perhaps?" Walter suggested.
"That ship is loaded with weaponry, to counter long range attacks to a row boat inches from the hull." the General said. "You couldn't kamikaze your way onto that ship even if you had a dozen planes. Too many missiles and anti-aircraft guns. And no submarine could get close because of the depth charges they'd be able to easily drop on them from being stationary."
"How do you know so much about that ship?" Integra asked.
"I do have subsidiaries in naval ship all around the world. Besides, I like to read up on ships around the world. Getting access isn't all that hard either." the General said shrugging.
"That still doesn't help us figure out how to get you on that ship." Integra stated.
"He's not the one going." a familiar dark voice said.
The looked up as Alucard came down through the ceiling.
"No matter how many missiles, bullets or this magic bullet, I have to be put on that ship Master." Alucard said.
"Alucard…" Integra began.
"If this is a decoy as Walter says, then having these two back at home with you is the best idea. I have much more power than either of them and much better control. Besides, I am the one they are after, other than you Master. They know how to run the new system as where I do not." Alucard stated.
"He's got a point. And I'd rather not be going out to sea again." the General stated.
"You are looking for an excuse to drink more of that Immortal blood." Integra asked.
"Perhaps, but I still make a relevant point." Alucard said with a smile.
"Hmm." Integra said with a smile as an idea came to mind. "I believe there is a way to get you on that ship after all Alucard. Only you would be someone reckless enough to give this idea a try. However, since I doubt you killed or drank from anyone with the knowledge needed…"
"Oh no." the General stated quickly as she told him the plan. "I am not letting him drink from me. I already know the side effects and absolutely refuse…"
"The sexual side effects only work if the other person is aroused by the effect. It is no wonder you would be aroused by Seras feeding off you." Alucard stated with a grin as she blushed and looked away embarrassed. "It's all in the way you feed off someone that makes it arousing or not."
"Look into my mind for the info needed. I'll drop all my barriers." the General said crossing his arms.
"But where is the fun in that?" Alucard asked with a laugh.
"Look into his mind for the information Alucard." Integra ordered. "You can have some of his Immortal blood stash at home before you leave."
"I can live with that." Alucard said as he walked up and put his hand on the Generals head.
"At least it isn't my plane." the General muttered slowly as he lost consciousness from all the memories that came flooding to the surface so quickly.
"Hmm. I see why the General enjoys flying so much." Alucard said as he let the man drop to the floor. "And he does know the woman in question on the ship."
"That figures." Seras muttered as she held the General.
"Who is she Alucard?" Integra asked.
"A young lady Master. The General once knew her many years ago when she was but a innocent child, well over forty years ago. Not yet tainted by the evil of the Nazi regime despite being German." Alucard said.
The General bolted up suddenly, startling them as he grabbed his face while breathing deeply.
"Jesus Christ! I said look for info how to fly a plane, not everything I had in there. Geez, I now remember things I forgot hundreds of years ago that I wanted to remember. And some things I didn't want." the General said and then looked sharply at Alucard. "I need a favor Alucard."
"A favor from me?" Alucard asked with more surprise than confusion. "I can't wait to hear this."
"You bring her back, alive and uninjured. If you have to knock her out, fine. But do not take her life or even drink from her at all." the General said.
His face fell and for a moment, it looked like he was thinking.
"I do not save lives." Alucard stated.
"You saved Seras." the General said as the other three kept watching the conversation between the two.
"She asked to be turned to live. There is a difference." Alucard said while turning away.
"It is either a favor I can repay at some point, or else." the General said standing.
"You think you can threaten me General?" Alucard said with a laugh.
Integra was rather surprised when the General recited some words that made Alucards seals burn visibly and make him drop to his knees in pain.
"I can't order you and would rather not ask Sir Integra to make you do so. I don't care if you kill everyone else on the ship and sink the damned thing in the process. But I want her brought back alive." the General stated.
"You better have a good reason for this General." Integra said as Alucard stood again and looked extremely pissed.
"I do." the General said staring at Alucard as he returned the glare given "If she gives me the wrong answers and refuses to cooperate or say anything, I will put her down myself. It's probably my fault that she is where she is anyway."
"You did leave her with relatives in Germany during a bad time." Alucard stated as he pointed a finger. "Very well, I will expect you to come through when I call in that favor."
The General nodded as Alucard faded away into the darkness.
"Who is she General?" Integra asked.
"A promise I failed to keep." the General said sadly as he looked away with haunted eyes. "Someone I looked for, for many years and eventually gave up thinking they had died during the raid where I left her. Pardon my words, but this is one of those moments in my life where I fucked up bad enough I still hate myself and regret what I did and can never fix."
The British Air Force sent four of their planes, that looked a lot like Mig's, but weren't Russian planes. Integra was told that they were sent to try and sink the carrier, which she quickly told them was a very stupid idea because the planes wouldn't even get close enough much less be able to even hit the ship. Taking her advice, they called the planes back quickly as they were ten minutes from attack range. After hearing her other plan of action, they allowed her man to use the aircraft in question, seeing as the General was so willing to pay for the loss of the aircraft.
The aircraft carrier was slowly moving along and the people onboard did notice the planes and also saw them turn around. They laughed greatly thinking the pilots had turned tail and ran away cowards. However, that all changed when they saw Rip drop to her knees on the deck and start screaming, instead of singing as she had been.
"AH! IT'S HIM! IT'S HIM! HE IST COMING!" Rip screamed.
Very high above in the skies and heading for the carrier, and only admitting to himself that he was actually enjoying the feeling of flying the plane, was Alucard in a modified SR-71 Blackbird Spyplane that had the words, Royal Air Force wrote on either side of the long neck.
Before Alucard was given the plane that hit the General's pocket book, since they made him pay for twice it's worth, Integra was informed of what he was going to fly by some important man in the Royal Air Force. It took calling the Queen to get the man to give up the plane and then having the General pay for it to make everything work out.
"The EXP 14L-E, an experimental stratosphere model. It's one of the two SR-71 reconnaissance jet's retired from service a few years ago by the U.S. military and sold to our R.A.F.'s R&D department. From what I understand, that man, the General, that works with you, has the other one, still as it was during service." the man said.
"Which is unable to fly because of its location and has no fuel either, much less runway to take off. Plus, we need this one right away." Integra said.
"I don't think you understand. The plane may look similar on the exterior like the American version, but the interior has been altered drastically. To begin with, the reconnaissance models are two-seaters. This one is not. The reconnaissance facilities are gone and it's been retailored as a one-seater. It's been designed to break high altitude and high speed records. And you want to use it for personal use?" the man asked.
Integra made the quick call shortly after and they got what they needed.
On the ship, the men were on the bridge looking at the radar screen as she was screaming.
"Ve haf a radar blip! It's inbound!" one man yelled. "The speed is Mach 2.8! The altitude is 85,000 feet!"
"Vat? Impossible! 85,000 you said?" another man said.
"It's a reconnaissance plane. Un SR-71." the leader of the men said.
All of the men on the bridge looked at him.
"You don't know? They've been in magazines many times. Even that Herr General that Major wanted on our side owns one in his backyard in Colorado. The plane vas born during the Cold War, un artistically styled reconnaissance plane. But this ist the first I've heard of Britain having any." the leader said.
One guy laughed with a few others.
"Vy don't ve knock it out of the sky?" one of the men said.
"Ve can't." the leader stated harshly. "It's a monster vhich flies through the stratosphere faster than Mach 3. This ship's antiaircraft missiles vould do nothing."
"HE IST COMING!" Rip yelled even louder.
"Lieutenant! Vat ist? Vat's happening? the radio man yelled down to her. "Exactly who ist coming? Lieutenant!"
She kept saying it was him and that he was coming as she was trying to quickly reload her musket. He was flying overhead and coming at them quickly, a large smile on his face. Per Integra's order, on the fins of the plane there was a small banner that said, We are on a Mission from God. Under the banner was a funny looking bat that had vampire traits and below the bat was the word HELLSING.
"IT'S HIM! IT'S HIM!" Rip yelled as she pointed her gun at the sky. "The Mad Mouthpiece ist coming! Vith the smell of death kicked up und in his grasp, trailing behind him a black steel horse, he comes straight for us!"
"Take heed, for is thou presumeth to flirt with spirits…." Alucard said with a leering smile as he dropped the nose of the plane. "Thou shalt join them!"
The man at the radar went crazy.
"THE ENEMY IST NOSEDIVING!" a man yelled from where he was watching the radar.
"VAT?" most if not all the men that heard shouted.
"It couldn't be! He couldn't mean to crash into this ship!" the leader said in shock. He quickly turned to the person at the helm. "ENGINES! ALL START IMMEDIATELY! EVADE HIM! FULL SPEED AHEAD! CIWS! FIRE A BARRAGE! SCHNELL! SCHNELL!"
The anti air guns aimed high and fired round after round into the sky. The clouded night changed as the plane dived through the cloud and parted them visibly from the vast speed it broke through them with. Rip, even with fear going through her, fired her musket as the plane kept coming. Bullets bounces or pierced it on impact and hers went through it several times. Everyone cheered greatly when the plane exploded into a massive fireball. The cheer turned into fear quickly as they noticed a darkness befall them and heard a voice as many eyes appeared out of the darkness around the ship.
"Control art restriction system, level three, level two, level one! Released!" Alucard said with a fearful voice.
The plane slammed into the deck, causing a massive explosion and sending fire everywhere. The entire ship went up in fire and with the plane sticking out of the deck, it made it look like a large burning cross was there, instead of a once great plane. Many of the undead men who were once part of the crew burned while many Freaks also burned. As the fire raged around the ship, Rip could only scream silently as the darkness around the ship changed to come together as millions of bats forming into the man she dreaded seeing before her. The flames did nothing to him and even stayed away from her, though she didn't notice as she stayed on her knees in fear with her rifle between her knees as she held onto it like it could save her.
"A magnificent ability Rip Van Winkle." Alucard said with a laugh as he stood before her. "Thanks to the General's memories, I now know who you are. Before this change however…"
She screamed as he reached out to grab her face. However, he was stopped as a few bullets hit his back.
"LIEUTENANT!" the leader of the men yelled as he and a big group of the men where behind Alucard.
She quickly moved out of the way and to a wall that was hot, but not burning as the men opened fire with everything they had, including bazookas.
"Pull yourself together Lieutenant!" the leader yelled as he tried to get her to her feet. "Lieutenant!"
She still didn't get up and stayed on the ground afraid as they yelled at her.
"It isn't much longer until the time of the Major's orders! Until then! Somehow ve must…." the leader said.
"FREAKS!" Alucard yelled with much malice and anger. "PRODUCTS OF MADNESS!"
They saw moving blackness everywhere, eyes and floating teeth and bats.
"FIRE! KEEP ATTACKING! USE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING! THROW THE HAND GRENADES!"
Even with everything they threw at him, all they did was add fuel to the fire, literally. Alucard was so happy he was allowed loose on everyone on the ship. He spread himself everywhere, over every inch and tore into everyone, minus one person, eating and drinking as he laughed and enjoyed every moment. He ignored their gun fire, their explosives and their yells, cries of pain and pleads for mercy. Nothing they did could stop him, especially after being able to drink a hundred bags of Immortal blood before flying the plane, which he had to admit, only to himself, was a very interesting experience that he'd have to try again at some point. Sure, he had massive power and could move at incredible speeds, but he never really felt or understood what people said about G-forces until he got into that plane. The control over a device that was under your own power, but not part of you. It was a very interesting experience and pleasurably experience he wanted to try again. Plus, he had never been that high in the air before either and it made the moon seem so much more appealing to look at and certainly a lot more prettier and a hell of a lot closer even though he didn't leave the planet.
He would have taken his time with his prey, but because the ship was slowly sinking and he had a favor to do, he finished his meals quickly and then reformed himself back into his normal look, holding the damaged underside closed with his powers. Ignoring the fires around him and under him, he turned and walked to the crying and fearful woman who was holding herself and her gun close to her body. He figured the name, Zamiel, she kept repeating over and over was one of the men he had eaten as he walked up to her.
The three were in the room with the Admiral and other officers as they watched the carrier go up in flames from the satellite feed that turned into a smoke cloud quickly after the impact.
"What's happening?" one of the men yelled loudly. "Hasn't the reconnaissance report came in yet?"
"The Eagle has became an inferno! We're having trouble making anything out in the smoke!" another man nearby on a radio headset said.
"That would be our win." Walter said.
"Naturally." Integra said with a smile that changed as she looked at the General who was answering his phone that suddenly rang.
"Hello? Um…" the General said walking away to the wall nearby and not noticing that Integra was watching with several other people. "This really is a bad time sir."
"What have you done? What's happening on that ship?" Shelby yelled. "Sir Integra!"
"I'll explain in a moment gentlemen." Integra said as she was watching the General.
"Um, no sir. No, it's not what you think. No, no new bomb. We had little choice in the action sir, the ship was over run with Freaks. Yes, we did crash one of those planes into one of our ships as you monitored. No sir, you can inform the President there is nothing to worry about, at least the moment. But you might want to keep a watch on South America. We recently had some trouble…." the General said.
"Sir General!" Shelby yelled.
He jumped as he was startled and made a grab for the cell phone, only to fail as it impacted on the floor into a broken mess.
"Not again. I really liked that phone too. Took me half an hour to program." the General said sadly with his head hung.
"Sir General!" the Admiral yelled getting his attention this time. "Who in the hell, in the United States of America where you talking to?"
"You were monitoring my call?" the General said.
"This is a top secret facility General." Integra said. "The moment your phone rang, they started a trace."
"We never got the exact location Admiral." one man reported. "But it was from somewhere in Colorado. Possibly NORAD sir."
"Sir General!" Shelby yelled again.
"By orders of the President of the United States, I am unable to answer your question. I can't tell you anything beyond that without bringing serious diplomatic issues up that could cause a world war I don't want to be the cause of." the General said.
"I think the Queen is already aware of our situation concerning that topic." Integra said as she turned back to the group. "For which your people will have to defer to her Admiral."
Many of the people in that room were upset with that answer, but knew they couldn't do anything. The Hellsing family was well respected by the Queen and had been for many years, plus had informed the group earlier that the Hellsing Organization knew what they were doing and had full authority.
"Can you at least give me your word that nothing traitorous was taking place with whoever was on the other end of that phone?" Shelby asked worried.
"Yes." both Integra and the General said.
"Very well. I shall see if the Queen will give me some answer later." Shelby said gruffly. "Now, what about the Eagle Sir Integra."
"I am sorry gentlemen, but the ship is lost and was the moment the Freaks took control of it. The modified SR-71 plane we were given was crashed directly into the ships deck." Integra said.
Most if not all the officers yelled in outrage and started asking what the hell she was thinking.
"HEY! FOR ANY OF YOU IDIOTS THAT FORGOT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TOWER OF LONDON, THE SAME THING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THAT SHIP MADE IT BACK TO THIS COUNTRY OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY!" the General yelled loudly over everyone. "Everyone on that ship was dead or turned undead and the people that took it over were all a bunch of Nazi vampires! If you thought the Germans blitzing England all those years ago was bad, think of it happening with a bunch of blood thirsty German vampires that can turn anyone they bite into a undead soldier at their command! Short of using a nuke bomb on England, there would be no way of stopping them from taking over this country, especially with all the power and ordinance that ship has!"
"Thank you General. I think you got the point across quite well." Integra stated as she saw the shock on the men's faces.
She was sitting against the wall of ship still as he walked out of the fires towards her.
"Now, what will you do? What will you do, Rip Van Wrinkle?" Alucard said as he stood several feet away from her. "Cower in fear, give up, or fight back?"
Still crying in fear, she glanced around and saw nothing but the burning ship, burning bodies and the burning of the clothes of her former comrades that he had eaten or drank from until there was nothing but ashes left. Wiping the tears from her eyes, she put her glasses back on and stood with determination now in them. Alucard laughed with delight as she pointed her weapon at him.
"My varhead vill punish all vithout distinction!" Rip said as she fired.
He only kept laughing as the bullet went through him and kept going through him over and over again.
"Fall! Fall! Fall! FALL UND PERISH!" Rip yelled as she made the bullet go through him several dozen times over and over as he kept laughing and kept walking forward despite the constant hits on his body.
When he caught her bullet and tossed it aside, her fear returned. As she started to sink to her knees, he grabbed the end of the gun and pulled it away, dragging her to him. She only stayed still with fear as she look up into his eyes.
"You are very fortunate girl. You get to live." Alucard said.
It took several moments for her to realize that she wasn't being eaten or drank from and that he didn't try anything.
"Vat?" Rip asked, swearing she heard wrong.
"The General asked that you be left alive, so that he may deal with you personally. And he requested you come back alive and uninjured. However, you are more of a problem that I need to deal with." Alucard said.
Darkness over came her quickly as he punched her dead in the face. It wasn't his punch that knocked her out though, it was when her head slammed into the metal behind her that made the little birds tweet around her head as consciousness left her as she slid to the floor. Taking her gun, he put it into his coat and then shook his head before looking up at the stars. Schrödinger appeared on the deck nearby and was perfectly still with a screen in his hand as the Major looked at the scene before him. Both were surprised to find her still alive and Alucard standing there looking at the moon above them on a burning wreck.
"This ist not vhat I expected." the Major said with a frown of confusion.
Schrödinger barely managed to faze or teleport away as the Jackal came out and blew the screen away.
"How very interesting." the Major said as Schrödinger appeared by his side. "Leave her Doc…"
"But…." the Doc began in confusion.
"I do not vant her fried. He left her alive for some unknown reason und I vish to find out vhy. Perhaps ve vill learn something important vhen she vakes up." the Major said.
The three Zeppelins that they had created to go and fight the rest of the world, took off from deep inside South America and were now over the ocean, headed for England. Something totally unexpected and quite unbelievable took place as they were over the ocean though. Only the main zeppelin survived as there was a bright flash of light ahead of them that was seen for many miles, and by a lot of people that were on the South American mainland since they weren't that far from it yet, plus a few people from space that were tracking the zeppelins movements. Something massive came out of the distortion and went right through them. There was a massive explosion as the other two zeppelins were ripped apart from the impact as the main zeppelin was grazed by the large object that went through them and or from the massive turbulent wake it left behind. The Major and his zeppelin shook and barely managed to avoid going down as the massive object flew over them, grazing the top and taking the other two out. All their screens were able to tell them was that some unknown ship of some sort went through their position and crashed into the ocean with their ships as well before they could learn anything else.
"Maybe hooking the jump drive and the T.A.R.D.I.S. together wasn't such a great idea." Carter said as the ship shook, badly.
"It's a smaller and much more manageable version of what was in there before! I don't see what can be going wrong!" Ford said as he tried to stabilize the unstable energy that the core wasn't processing right. "All the simulations turned out well!"
"Yeah, I was there and so was K-9!" Carter yelled as the ship jerked heavily and then exited the hyperspace like jump window. "Holy…."
Ford looked up to see a three large, airships of some sort in front of them for a brief moment and then felt the entire ship shake violently as explosions took place at various points along the ship as they ran into them as Ford tried to avoid them, and failed as he barrel rolled the ship by accident when he lost control and his fingers hit the controls wrong. Alarms went off and pre-programmed security measures took place as lockdown protocols took effect. Both of them were tossed to the back of the secondary bridge near the T.A.R.D.I.S. as the ship slammed into something and then flattened out.
"I think we hit water…" Carter groaned as she rubbed her back and butt like he was along with his head.
"Yeah, kinda feels like we're sinking." Ford muttered as he slowly got off the floor and helped her. "You okay?"
"Bruises only." Carter said as she checked a console. "Damn, we're sinking fast and the hull is starting to buckle from the stress!"
"K-9, raise shields!" Ford yelled.
Inside the T.A.R.D.I.S, K-9 raised the shields quickly around the entire vessel.
"Master, there is an unknown vessel that is lodged into the upper right hanger bay. No life signs are detected, but there is extensive movement." K-9 stated.
"Seal off all decks for now K-9. Sam, how bad is it?" Ford asked.
"We're sinking at 30 feet or more a minute. Sensors are barely functioning and I only have internal scanners. Shields are offline as are the weapons and propulsion. All the external exhaust ports for the engines are filled with water and the secondary sublight engines on the starboard side are offline from damage. The main bridge is flooded along with the entire front of the ship and about six blocks in. There is pockets of damage in various areas of the ship that are filled with water as well. Most of the lockdowns took place without any problems and there is no further leaking that I can see. I shut down life support to all areas but here for the moment and the emergency shutters for the air duct system has closed down all across the ship, except in the damaged areas, mostly near the front." Carter said.
"Do we know where we are?" Ford asked as he was doing something on another console.
"In the ocean." Carter stated.
"Duh. I meant besides in the obvious?" Ford asked.
"Not at the moment." Carter said ignoring his sarcasm as she kept working on the console. "Glad we left mom, dad and the kids back in Colorado so we could test this without worrying about them."
"Same here." Ford said working on a different console. "The jump drive is down currently so we can use that….hey, K-9? Are we in our universe?"
"No Master. The T.A.R.D.I.S. is currently searching." K-9 stated.
"Great, at least we thought ahead of time to do this idea here instead of on the main bridge." Carter said. "Damn, we've got some power distribution problems. A few circuits couldn't handle the over loads and blew out on various decks. Plus the water damage is causing problems to the various systems that are still functioning even under all this water."
"Can't we just shut them off from here?" Ford asked.
"I'm trying, but a lot of the connections have been damaged or severed. Oh god, we're over four hundred feet under the water and still falling." Carter exclaimed. "I have no idea where we are or how deep we could end up going."
"If we knew an exact location or somewhere close to where we could be…." Ford began.
"Master, Mistress…." K-9 said.
"Yes K-9?" they both exclaimed.
"Suggest that you brace for impact." K-9 stated.
They quickly grabbed the consoles and then barely held on as the ship hit the ocean floor and bounced once to land at a 34 degree angle to the left while sliding several feet across the ocean floor. A screeching and tearing noise outside really caught their attention as they hear something move over the hull and hit the ocean floor near the ship. More alarms came on as water flooded the damaged upper right hanger further that was trapped inside the shield and had fluctuated when the large obstruction in the hanger bay fell out.
"How bad is everything now?" Ford asked.
"There is some buckling on the upper right hanger unit struts and several other connection points, plus the engines in that section are totally fried. Water has flooded a few sections here and there, but we shouldn't have any problems getting to the engine room in hopes of doing a cold restart of the engines in more hope that we can get off the ocean floor and back into the air." Carter said while using the system and opening several windows.
"Anything else?" Ford asked rolling his eyes at their predicament.
"Life support is only functioning on this deck and sporadically in several others areas. I might be able to get us a path to the engine room, given some time, but otherwise, you'd have to go out in a space suit or at least some thick boots to keep from freezing your feet and taking a light for any dark areas. Scratch that, I'd have to use thick boots since the cold doesn't effect you." Carter said.
Ford only sighed as he sat down in a chair nearby.
"Damn, and we haven't even shown Atlantis this yet. I'd have to wear boots because I think eventually it would get to me." Ford muttered.
The Major's zeppelin still continued for England, even though their plans for total world war was completely stopped, for the moment. They were suppose to attack America and Europe while going after England as well. Once they had control or caused enough chaos in those countries, the next step was to take over the world in a war that would probably end with the total annihilation of all life on the planet. Herr Major was rather pissed that his plans were pretty much completely gone from doing that now. So he and the troops left were going to eradicate Hellsing, Alucard and if possible, England. From there, with every expectation of succeeding, they'd go forth and conquer the rest of the world. It would be slow now without as many troops as they had before, but the Major was quite sure that they would win in the end anyway. On the bright side, it meant the fight would last longer and be that much more enjoyable.
The three were still in the command center with the other officers when the radio man spoke up quickly.
"Admiral! Several of our Air Bases are reporting the sight of a large zeppelin heading for England's shore line! It's reported it has the Nazi symbol on it!" the man yelled.
"I'm sorry, but did you say zeppelin?" the General asked before the Admiral could speak. "Like the Goodyear blimp sort of thing?"
"Um….yes." the man said.
"Interesting, I knew the Major was insane, but I did not think he'd be this insane." Integra said surprised. "And to attack us with only one of them you say?"
"Yes ma'am." the man said nodding.
"Is there any reports of any other attacks taking place in England or in Europe?" Shelby asked.
"All bases and ships at sea report everything is quiet." the radio man said. "If it wasn't for the moonlight, Ark Air base wouldn't have even noticed anything."
"They are quiet flying machines." the General muttered. "And built properly, can hold a rather big amount of weight, even though it takes time to get to whatever destination…."
"You've been on one or own one General?" Integra asked.
"Been on one. Pretty cool ride too since they can't go as high as airplanes and move slow enough to see the ground better than in a plane. I say we shoot it down." the General said.
"I say not!" a man's voice yelled in a order tone.
The door to the room opened as several soldiers rushed in and pointed weapons at everyone.
"Commander! What is the meaning of this?" Shelby yelled as he stood and then was forced back into his seat.
"The meaning is simple you arrogant ass!" the commander said as he pointed his gun at Shelby and smiled with teeth that had fangs. "Vampirism is a magnificent gift! And this bitch and her cronies have been destroying it for hundreds of years! But now, it ends here!"
Integra lightly smiled as the gun was pointed at her along with several others.
"The Fuhrer will be greatly pleased to hear that I have captured the great Sir Hellsing!" the commander yelled.
Seras didn't move even though Walters hands had for a moment. Several guns were pointed at her and a couple were being poked into her back and chest. The same was with the General who had his arms crossed and looked bored, but the guns were all aimed at his neck.
"The Major wishes to have a word with you Herr General, so unless you wish to truly die, I suggest you stay where you are and do not move. You try anything and they will blow you head off. As for her, she will be shot with enough silver ammo to not be able to regenerate despite the Immortal blood she has undoubted drank many times from you!" the Commander stated and then shouted. "From here on out, this facility is under the control of Millennium!"
The dozen or so men under his control all laughed with him as they were so sure of their victory.
"You, contact the bases and tell them to stand down and let the zeppelin fly in undeterred!" a man with glasses that was with the Commander who just took over, held a gun to the radio guy's head and ordered him harshly.
Everyone was surprised when Integra started laughing, well, aside from three people.
"Hey you bitch! What are you laughing about?" the Commander yelled as he looked at her and then at the General and Seras who didn't move a inch and even looked at her like everyone else.
"If you're expecting me to do something Sir Integra, sorry. Even with my vampire side, I'm more Immortal than vampire and I'd rather not loose my head. I can't do anything." the General said with a sigh. "But I guess you already knew that."
"I can't do anything either." Seras said quickly as the guns were poked into her a bit harder as she resisted the urge to turn around and punch the man out.
Integra shook her head while still chuckling.
"I do not expect you two do anything at all." Integra said giving them a brief glance and then shrugging as she looked at the Commander. "You vampires are all alike. The Hellsing Organization has been exterminating your kind for years and many other evils. And you are not even true vampires, so your threats are beyond meaningless. Do you seriously think that you have captured me?"
The Commander looked around as did the men, thinking something was up and so did everyone else, except for one man in particular who had moved his gloves around slowly to no ones notice.
"Walter, if you would…" Integra said with a wave of her hand.
There was a almost silent slicing of metal sound in the air and every gun in the room suddenly fell apart.
"What the hel…." the Commander started yelling.
He and the men in the room that had guns suddenly died as they were diced apart. Blood went all over the walls and computers and on a few people. Seras got lucky and Walter didn't get any on her nor Integra or himself. The General however was pretty splattered and Sir Penwood got a small splattered on his face.
"A thousand pardons sir." Walter said as he retracted his wires and saw the blood on Penwoods face. "My aim is not what it used to be."
"I owe you Walter." the General said rubbing his neck and then he saw his coat. "Aw come on! You could have done better that this!"
"You had a dozen men around you General, where as the others were more spread out." Walter stated.
The General only groaned as Penwood wiped off his face.
"Are you still in one piece Sir Penwood?" Integra asked.
"Yes Sir Integra." Penwood said tossing the hanky aside quickly.
"For a moment, I was beginning to think you had betrayed us as well." Integra said.
"I may be an incompetent, but I am no traitor." Penwood stated.
"Where is that zeppelin?" the General asked quickly as he used his vampire powers to absorb the blood to one point in his hand and then tossed it onto the wall behind him.
"We're being contacted with orders on what to do?" the radio man said quickly. "The airship has already passed over Parliament!"
"Where is it headed?" Shelby yelled.
It was several long minutes as the man was getting different radio signals from different bases and people as more troops entered the room, which were not Freaks and despite all the blood and dead bodies, for the most part, kept themselves together and instantly got to work on different orders that Penwood gave out with Shelby.
"If it stays on the current course, the destination will be where the Hellsing Manor is sir!" the radio man said as he turned around quickly.
"You'll have to forgive me gentlemen." Integra said as she rose quickly. "I have a home to go defend."
"But…" Shelby began.
"I suggest you find silver ammo for your troops and get it blessed quickly in case we fall in this battle." Integra said before leaving.
"Sir Integra, I am disappointed in you." the General scolded as they walked quickly. "After all that work we did for the defense of our home, you think they could actually do anything to us?"
"You may have lived more lifetimes than most people ever dream about General, but I have been fighting vampires for longer than you have. You and Seras may be powerful, but Alucard is even more powerful and he isn't here to rely on at this moment." Integra stated forcibly. "Technology has its uses, and I have no doubt that the weapons we have will help in the battle to come. However, even Freak vampires can move very fast and can be very powerful. You do remember what Alucard said about the Freak vampire he killed while his brother was causing all that trouble up stairs?"
"That not even Alucard could hit him with his guns?" Seras asked as they exited the building and got to BG quickly.
"Exactly Miss Victoria. This is not my car…" Integra said.
"You and Walter take her and get home as fast as you can." the General said as he pushed her in against her will into the drivers seat. "Seras and I can make it home much quicker without wheels."
Closing the door before she could try and get out or say anything, BG quickly took off in a squeal of burning rubber and gave her control once on the road. The other two grabbed each other's hands and ran quickly.
"We are nearing the Hellsing property Herr Major!" a man yelled.
"Wery good!" the Major stated as he stood before the troops before him. "Even before the battle hast taken place, ve have lost many loyal troops to un unknown attack that took our airships to the oceans bottom! This unknown attack vill not stop us from destroying Hellsing! Ve vill bring about a vorld var that vill never be forgotten!"
The troops all cheered greatly as did the men on the other decks of the zeppelin.
"Our objective ist Hellsing und the overthrow of Alucard! Zorrin!" the Major said.
"Present und accounted for Herr Major!" the woman with the writings on the right side of her body said as she smoked a cigarette and held a large scythe on her shoulder.
"Excellent! You vill take a detachment of troops und make them a vanguard! You shall be the first vave attack against their defenses!" the Major said.
"It shall be a pleasure Herr Major! With no Alucard, they will fall quickly to our attacks!" Zorrin said.
The men and her were surprised when he shook his head while waving a finger.
"Herr General und those two vomen are not to be underestimated. Integra Hellsing may be a normal human, but she is a formidable foe! She ist a descendant of the Hellsings! The head of the mightiest vampire hunting family in history! Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing! Alucard recognizes her as his master!" the Major stated.
"Alucard isn't even here Herr Major!" Zorrin stated.
"True Fraulein Zorrin, true. However, Seras Victoria ist a true vampire vith powers that are comparable to Alucard! Her exinstance ist somevat of a marvel. You could even say it's somevat of a joke seeing as she doesn't vant to be a vampire. But her powers have greatly increased because of the General! And the Herr General ist a Vampire Immortal hybrid! His only veakness is his neck! His true danger is due to his vast experience in war! I vould very much like to speak to the man instead of seeing him dead!"
"As vould I Herr Major.." the Doc said with a chuckle as he rubbed his hands together. "He should not even exist! To study him would ve the epitome of my existence!"
"Yes! Because of Herr General, Seras Victoria is a formidable foe! All three of them are experienced in battle, less so ist Integra Hellsing, but Herr General has been in more vars than the vorld even knows itself! Because he has helped in training Seras Victoria und done so with Integra Hellsing, I value them as arch enemies, the same as Alucard! Though sadly, Alucard ist not here to fight us, I believe that Herr General is a very powerful foe to deal with! Attack und destroy all before you Zorrin, but be vary of those three!" the Major ordered.
"Yes Herr Major!" Zorrin said loudly.
"Wery good! Now, gentlemen! Let us go forth und kill und be killed, die und bring death! Eat freely, drink freely! Destroy Hellsing, destroy England un the Imperial Capital, und then destroy the vorld!" the Major yelled.
The cheered even greater than before as the Major lifted a glass.
"I propose a toast. The feast hast begun tonight, from this time forward!" the Major said.
Several months ago, Samantha Carter managed to create a device that would be able to track the signals the Freak chips gave off, seeing as she had a couple chips to look over, but the range was somewhat limited. Because of the back and forth callings from the SGC and the Hellsing agency and the fact that the President of the United States called Integra personally, which shocked her that day, many talks had went back and forth. Even the Queen knew about what the SGC did because she was contacted and told, which she kept the information rather secret from many of the people around her as well, especially when she found out that more countries around the globe also knew of what was happening at the SGC and how quiet they were also being about it and the different diplomatic understandings and cooperation's going on. So, this device was given to different country heads and told very discreetly to very few people under the different top people in charge. This device had a particular function added to it as well, which rendered the Freak chip inert for several minutes since Carter was still trying to figure out how to shut the chip off without also alerting whoever was getting the signal that the chip sent out to whoever was monitoring the different people that were implanted.
Even with all their advanced technology from other planets and even having the Asguard take a look, it shocked many people in the SGC and the Asguard that not even they could pinpoint where the signal went because it bounced off so many satellites it was practically impossible to try tracing without also being found out, and the few that came close, those people burned instantly when the chip self destructed. The Asguard was sure other alien technology was involved, but they were unable to identify who or what technology it was. Anyway, they found quite a few Freaks in various positions in the United States, mostly high positions, and was able to get rid of them before they could do anything and with the devices, kept more from coming in and trying to retake those positions or other positions. Freaks were even found in Russia, a few other European countries, China, Japan, Australia and a couple other countries.
When Doc and the Major found out that their people had been taken out and weren't going to be able to take over the world as easily as hoped, they stayed with the original plan of attacking with the forces they had instead of trying to send more people to get back the positions since they didn't want to be found or be learned about before they were ready, seeing as they learned they were being searched for. Having that large unknown object slam into their zeppelins caused a serious blow to their operations further, but they continued anyway. The Major was upset that his men that hadn't been detected in the British military had failed to cause any havoc, but was surprised that they lived and were not found out like all the other countries did. He chalked it up to the fact that Integra probably believed they had already gotten rid of the Freaks in their country, but he really didn't know the answer as to why those people weren't found out. He and no one else really learned that the reason why the device sent to check for Freaks in the British empire actually didn't work because some idiot had dropped it but figured it still worked because it did turn on anyway. It just kept giving the same reading that their was no Freaks around so they took the small devices word for it not knowing it was damaged.
The two had made it back to the mansion in record time. The zeppelin was just over a mile away and still approaching with very few people actually noticing it. The General was famished and drank about a dozen bags while she only took several drinks straight from him, which he then ate a few large Hershey bars while directing Pip and the other men to get ready for battle stations. The doctors and other non personal staff quickly got off the property and left through a couple secret tunnels under the house. Lance really didn't want to go and cried about it, but Ferguson said he'd watch the boy and keep him safe as he left with the non personal staff.
Seras got a new, toy, that Walter had made for her during the construction of all the weapon placements. As the General was down booting up the system and getting the weapons at ready, she was on the roof with a hand held weapons system that had a extra long range bombardment firearm ability designed for localized defensive use, or better known as the, Harkonnen Mark II. It was a 30mm semi-auto cannon with a max range of 4000m. Even though it weighed 345kg, or just over 690 pounds, she barely felt it. Wearing her uniform and coat, she had the large octagonal ammo canisters strapped to her back and both of the huge cannons in either hand. When Walter showed her the weapon for the first time and she put it on, not even flinching or having trouble with wearing it and standing, the General flat out fainted. He did so again later when she test fired it too and didn't fall over or move from her spot at all. Walter and everyone were worried there was something wrong with him at the time and still didn't get an answer why he fainted, though Seras said she knew and wasn't going to say anything. When Alucard found out, he laughed well over an hour.
The reason he fainted, twice, was because unless he used his vampire powers, he could barely lift one of the guns and that didn't include the ammo canister. She lifted it all and even fired it without any trouble and the fainting came from the fact that he had misjudged exactly how strong she was and it made his mind reel from the fact she hadn't already killed him with just the sex they had so often, never mind the sparring session that ended up with him getting 'minor' injuries. He'd seen her lift BG off the ground a couple times and if he really worked at it, he could lift the back end or front end at least so the tires were off the ground, otherwise he had to pull on his vampire powers to do anything more. For her, it was natural to use that strength and ever since that day, he was still shocked at her control. Which made him often wonder exactly how strong Alucard actually was.
She aimed her weapons after putting the earpiece into her ear and heard the Pip and the other Captains giving out orders. She heard the General every so often in her head as he did the same.
"They are in range lady? Why aren't you firing?" Pip yelled.
"I have a name Pip." Seras stated. "I'm waiting for the General to tell me when."
"Oh, sorry. I hope he hurries." Pip said with worry.
Over the time since he joined and realized that she was very clear about not looking at her that way or thinking about her that way, Pip knew to avoid getting on her bad side and stayed very professional around her and the General. Eventually, they became friends but nothing more. To help Pip and his men, despite his extreme reservations with the idea, the General gave him a card for Mel'thena's place and told Pip that the General sent them. It was sick, to both of them at the amount of times the men and Pip went to that place when they got the chance, but then again, sex was something that was a natural way of life and hard to resist sometimes. When the General pointed out how often they went at it, Seras said nothing more about the troops or Mel'thena.
The Majors blimp was moving slowly because its engines were slightly damaged. Zorrin was placed in charge of the first wave and turned to one of the men as he reported that they were nearing Hellsing headquarters.
"Good." Zorrin said around her smoke. "All hands, prepare for combat!"
"The V1S's from the flagship are going in for an attack!" a man yelled.
"Excellent." Zorrin said. "Heralds from the Deus Ex Machina! Let Hellsing fill its belly vith them!"
The dozen or so attack craft came forward towards the mansion. Bright lights lit up around various areas of the estate as everything powered up and slowly aimed at the incoming enemy on the Generals screens.
"And with this, the end of the Nazi's forever, I hope." the General said as he put his finger on the enter key. "You ready to fire with our vast arsenal my dear?"
"Ready and waiting." Seras said with a smile he saw in his head. "Have you heard from Sir Integra?"
"Yes. She and BG went to the hide away outside the property several minutes ago. Despite what I told her, she and Walter should arrive in the mansion in a couple minutes though. Lance is in BG with Ferguson and if it gets really bad, he will go straight to Solomon." the General said.
"Good idea. But I think we'll be okay." Seras said.
"Here we go then." the General said as he pushed the button.
The mine field was ready, the missiles primed and all set to fire automatically along with the guns on around the house as soon as something entered their firing range. The watering system outside was set up and watering everything with the holy water line in case they were attacked by ground forces, plus, the plants and lawns needed watering anyway, even though their survival was doubtful at best. As soon as he hit that enter button, the entire board lit up as the command to fire at the approaching crafts was ordered. Everyone, including Walter and Integra, were surprised when the power flickered and everything suddenly shut off, going instantly to backups within a few seconds.
"What the hell happened?" Seras asked as she heard a lot of commotion over the lines.
"The power grid just blew up! It couldn't handle the power load for some reason! Just open fire and tell the men to fire manually!" the General yelled into her mind.
She yelled to the men on the roof with her and they quickly got to work with flashlights as she opened up with her guns. Mass rounds from her guns were soon joined by the gatling guns on the different areas of the roof as they were used manually. The small fighter crafts were blown away quickly before they could even get near the property line.
"What the hell is going on?" Integra asked as she entered the main computer room.
"The whole system blew from a power overload!" the General yelled as he grabbed his sword. "Everything went to backup and manual control. I'm going topside to fight. You can manually use the guns on the lawn, but not all at once. The infrared system is still working so you can see if there is anyone out on the lawns and then blow the mines with these buttons."
"What about the troops?" Integra asked.
"They are staying inside the house to fire at anything that gets close. I'm going to the front door where I do not plan on letting anything in, no matter the cost." the General said giving her a very surprising kiss on the lips. "Just in case I don't survive, goodbye Sir Integra. I do love you, just not in that other way."
"Vhat's going on? Vhat's happening to our planes?" Zorrin asked loudly as she and the men watched them being blown apart.
"They are being sniped! We are being fired upon by Hellsing HQ!" a man yelled.
"Vhat did you say? That is impossible!" Zorrin exclaimed.
"THE V1S! THEY'RE ALL SHOT DOWN!" a man yelled.
"You can't be serious! All two dozen ver attacked at vonce!" a different man yelled.
"IT'S HER! TURN ON THE SEARCH LIGHTS!" Zorrin ordered. "Shine them on Hellsing HQ!"
"But then she'll see us!" a man exclaimed.
"You idiot! She can already see us!" Zorrin yelled.
The various lights on the airship came on and spread out over the area as they moved in, onto the property.
"There is weapons systems everywhere!" a guy yelled as the lights moved across the yard and found the fifty cal's pointed across the lawns.
The lights continued around and found the other weapons on the ground, including a large tank, and then a couple shined on one man standing with a sword near the front door. A couple more shined up the walls and found the roof covered with men that were firing stationary weapons at them. Two lights moved to shine on her as she kept firing at them, blowing a couple lights out.
"It's an armed fortress!" a man exclaimed with some fear.
Several men moved away from the different missile systems as they came online manually and fired.
"Dozens of missiles inbound!" a man yelled as the airship was struck from numerous fire from the men on the roof and from her cannons. "We're the target!"
Zorrin quickly ordered an attack and left just as quickly with many others. The zeppelin the Major was on took many more hits and slowed to a dead crawl, floating as it burned. Seras kept firing at it until it hit the ground. Pulling her guns up, she attached two special devices to the end of the barrels quickly that were sitting on top of the ammo canisters. Swinging the barrels around to where the airship just crashed, she fired the Vladimirs, a couple of explosive incendiary wide field area effect grenades. The resulting explosion from the impacts to the front end of the downed aircraft was deafening, not to mention extremely brightening as well as the zeppelin more or less blew up. Tossing the near empty cannons aside, she told the men to only fire when they saw the enemy and jumped to the ground near the General, pulling her Harkonnen cannon from her coat. Pip and the rest of the men opened the windows just enough and aimed weapons out the various sides of the house as they waited for the enemy to arrive.
"Well, well, well. Looks like they survived. This was not how I wanted to spend my night." the General muttered as they saw people running out of the fire towards the house. "Maybe we'll be lucky and the Major is already dead."
"But he's just a normal human. Or so we think." Seras said. "Considering he was alive back then, he must have been changed in some regard."
"Yeah. If Integra went down, there would be no Hellsing anymore. At least not for many years. Take out the leader…." the General said.
"Yeah, I get it." Seras said as she loaded a shell.
Deep at the bottom of the ocean….
Half an hour later, the two managed to do several bypasses in the system and open different doors in the ship to vent out the water that had accumulated before the shields were put up. There was still sections of the ship, mostly at the front where the water was still inside the ship and a few areas in the upper right hanger bay. Carter was sure those engines were for the most part, shot at the moment and needed hands on repair inside and out. As for the main engines, they could get to that room finally and was able to restore life support to most of the ship now. External sensors were still offline and so was communications, but internal sensors were functioning enough for them to get an overall damage assessment.
"Okay, we're in luck. The damage to the main engines isn't as bad as it seems." Carter said.
"Shouldn't take us long to replace a few crystals, do some rerouting on the console down there and replace a few broken parts from the looks of it." Ford said as he looked at the damage report with her.
"It will take a few minutes to get her off the ocean floor and back in the air, but I think we can get her to fly out into space if we need to avoid drawing attention." Carter said.
"Like we haven't already?" Ford said.
"Okay, drawing more attention. We could also just use the T.A.R.D.I.S. to move the entire ship into space and then…" Carter began.
"We don't know what universe we are in. We could end up in the middle of a war up there or into the flight path of some alien ship, or a monster." Ford said.
"All I can tell from the images here is that we ran into some old zeppelins. Three of them apparently. There isn't many books or TV shows that I know of that have those in them. And if we are in Earth's past…." Carter said.
"Nothing would be happening in space. I got that. But because of all the damage and the jump drive causing some interference, I can't get a very good scan of the time period we are in at the moment with the T.A.R.D.I.S. sensors." Ford said.
"That is so strange, for being very advanced technology and all." Carter said with a frown.
"And a hair dryer being capable of disrupting the function of a Sonic Screwdriver isn't?" Ford said with a chuckle.
"I thought that was a joke until I tried it too." Carter muttered while running her hand through her hair with a sigh.
"Master, Mistress…." K-9 said.
"Yes K-9." the two said.
"Internal sensors indicate movement within the ship." K-9 stated.
"Probably some fish that got trapped K-9." Carter said as they grabbed a tool box they got from the T.A.R.D.I.S. earlier and headed for the door.
"Negative Mistress." K-9 said.
"What do you mean negative?" Ford asked.
"There is aquatic life in the ship Master, Mistress. However, the movement from them is not what the movement registered on the sensors." K-9 said.
"Show us." Carter said as a holographic screen of the ship came up.
It turned to show the side of the ship in 3D, as though you looked at the framework and housing. Just lines and corridors and words in small boxes to indicate the location of said areas of the ship.
"Aquatic life is in these areas." K-9 said as the front pointed out a couple dozen small blips near the front and a few others in the upper right hanger area.
"Here we are." Carter said pointing. "So where is the other scans K-9?"
The red blips went away and then changed to grayish ones that were in the hanger and moving in various decks of the hanger section and aft end of the ship, spreading out slowly.
"Why are they grey K-9?" Ford asked.
"They do not register as alive Master." K-9 said as another holo-screen popped up on another console nearby and showed a live feed in one corridor.
"Those look like soldiers." Carter stated. "Can you clear the image K-9?"
"Negative. This is the best image possible currently Mistress." K-9 said.
"Camera is obviously damaged and waterlogged. But how would soldiers end up on our ship, and still be alive after hitting the ocean that hard?" Ford muttered.
"K-9 says they don't register as alive. That guy there is walking around with his rifle pointed, but has no left arm, and it doesn't look bandaged." Carter said.
"I noticed. Must be in shock or something." Ford said.
"The rest of them have various injuries as well and they are moving through the ship like….." Carter was saying when Ford gasped. "What is it?"
"K-9, replay image back ten seconds and move forward slowly, one frame at a time." Ford said leaning on the console.
Both of them watched carefully for the next minute or so and then saw one of the men walk close by the hidden camera.
"Stop! Freeze that image and enhance!" Ford exclaimed.
"Working Master. I cannot say that…." K-9 said.
"Best guess of what it could be from any and all data you have access to K-9." Ford said quickly.
The picture zoomed in on some fuzzy black and white patch on the man's upper arm sleeve. It was very hard to make out at first until it slowly, line by line, got clearer and clearer.
"How in the hell did Nazi's get on board?" Carter exclaimed. "They attacked Britain and from what you said the T.A.R.D.I.S. says, we're somewhere near South America!"
"I don't understand." Ford said completely confused. "Unless we ended up in a alternate universe were the Nazi's managed to win and we ran into a patrol…."
"K-9, do we have any footage of the hanger before and after it was breached?" Carter asked.
The screen changed to showed three zeppelins in front of them as they exited the jump and rammed into the nose of one while trying to avoid it, which killed the feed instantly. The next couple camera scenes showed the ship scrape the larger one below them as Ford was barrel rolling the ship and they came down on the other one on the other side, which caused massive explosions that ripped across the top of the ship before she plunged down into the ocean. Another feed showed the hanger bay and many troops getting out before water came rushing in moments later and then cutting out as the camera was damaged by the water. K-9 brought up several other cameras that were working, somewhat, and it showed various troops looking around or searching through different crates and other rooms.
"Seal off all essential rooms!" Ford said quickly.
"Doors have already been seals and locked Master. The lockdown procedures have already taken the necessary steps to keep enemy infiltration, hull breach decompression and the event of water landing from getting to vital systems." K-9 said.
"Good work K-9." Carter said and then grabbed Ford as the ship rocked slightly making them drop to their knees. "What was that?"
"Several explosive devices have went off in the ship Mistress. They unknown enemy attempted to enter a restricted area and blew themselves up. Damage report coming up now." K-9 said.
"Ah damn. Blew a few of the power grids in that area, which is going to make it difficult to reroute main power even more than before." Ford said.
"Okay, we got dead Nazi troops trying to take over our ship. We could just leave in the T.A.R.D.I.S. and set the self destruct…" Carter said though it was obvious she didn't want to.
"No. There's too much work put into her and too much important materials to get dropped off. Not to mention the explosives on board that would make things much worse." Ford said.
"I almost forgot about that. So, what do we do? We can't stay here forever." Carter said.
"We fix the engines and get this ship back into the air. From there, we open all vents and doors and let explosive decompression take place. We can beam up anything we don't want flying away into the ocean and get rid of our intruders in the process." Ford said.
"We're going to need weapons then…" Carter said going into the T.A.R.D.I.S with him. "K-9, keep watch and in radio contact with us. And keep watch on our work while making sure the enemy doesn't get to this room."
"Understood Mistress." K-9 said.
She exited with a P-90 that had silver ammo wearing a vest as though she was going off world. The magnum was still on her hip with a few extra clips, also silver ammo. Being used to fighting in combat boots, she had them on along with fatigue pants that had several pockets on them with small tools and parts she felt would be important for the job ahead, along with the pack on her back. Ford came out with his suit and coat on and the Heavy Arms rifle, also loaded with silver ammo, along with a pack with tools and a laptop as well.
"Here, I modified it to show moving objects instead of life signs." Ford said handing her a scanner. "Only problem is, if the enemy doesn't move, it won't show anything."
"Didn't we have to fight a bunch of undead people once, or something like that?" Carter asked. "But not in our universe."
"Yeah…" Ford said thinking as he checked his gun over once more. "But what it was about eludes me at the moment."
"Same here." Carter said as it didn't come to her either. "Are we sure about silver ammo killing them?"
"The ammo was in the rack labeled for killing undead." Ford said as he put his code in and the door opened. "If it doesn't work, then normal lead ammo wouldn't do any different."
"I should have realized that. Let's hope it does work." Carter said.
Checking both directions, he waved her out and then closed the door quickly as she kept watch. Moving out slowly and quietly, they headed off down the different corridors needed to get to the engine room. There was hanging wires, shorted out lights and other hanging things amongst the damage they saw as they crept through the hallways quietly. Since the elevators were off line, they had to take the stairs. Getting off on the level needed, she held her hand up as they neared a corner.
"There is three or four of them a few meters down the hall to the right." Carter said.
"Looks like a couple of them ahead of us on the left as well." Ford said glancing at the screen.
"If they have radios, they'll be able to call for help as soon as the shooting starts." Carter said.
"There is a better chance of everyone coming because the ship is so silent, the gun fire will be heard instantly." Ford said.
"K-9, you still there?" Carter asked.
"Affirmative Mistress." K-9 said.
"Can you give us an idea or estimate of how many intruders we have on board?" Carter asked.
"Processing Mistress." K-9 stated.
"We need a fall back position or some place where we can't get ambushed." Ford said as he glanced around.
"Good idea." Carter said looking around as well as she thought out loud. "Okay, if we are here. That means that room is…"
"Too dangerous. Even if the room is undamaged, either of us could get fried if the power conduit was hit." Ford said.
"Right. Well, that room over there has storage crates…" Carter said.
"I'd rather not get the supplies damaged if at all possible." Ford said. "Besides some of the stuff in there is volatile."
"There's a small maintenance room a couple corridors up from here." Carter said after a moment.
"That would work. The only trouble is the ladder that goes up and down." Ford said.
"We can lock them manually. If these dead guys are really strong, we'd still know before they were able to get in." Carter said.
"Good plan." Ford said.
"Mistress, scans indicate there is fifty three intruders." K-9 said.
"Great. Hopefully we have more than enough ammo. Thanks K-9." Carter said.
Keeping back to back, they headed forward slowly. They had to stop and stay very quiet against a wall as three men were walking around and looking for anyone just around the corner from them. They knew they were in trouble when the three men stopped.
"Hey, I smell something." one of them said.
"I smell fresh blood too." another said.
Muttering a silent curse, he made a couple hand signals that she nodded at quickly. Pointing at the screen, she made a couple signals as well that he also got quickly.
"I think they are…." a different one said.
Ford came out quickly and opened fire, riddling them with holes, along with the wall as she ran behind him fast to the adjacent corridor and got against the wall. As she suspected, the four men around the corner a few meters from her came running quickly. If it wasn't for the fact she was kneeling when she opened up on them, she was sure she would have been hit as one guy got off several rounds above her head.
"Move!" Ford yelled.
They both heard a lot of running as they ran and fired a few rounds behind them as a few burst came their direction. She rushed around the corner and swiped her card quickly. The door partially opened and she began forcing it the rest of the way as he stayed by the corner firing off burst.
"Sam!" Ford yelled.
"The damn door is damaged! I…got it! I'm in!" Carter yelled.
He whipped around and entered as bullets hit the wall where he was just at. The room was just over ten by ten square feet with a set of rungs on the back wall that lead up to a hatch and one in the floor. The walls had panels on them that could be removed to work on the internal workings with a console built into the wall and large screen above it to the right of the door for doing maintenance work in that area of the ship. The lights in the room were pretty dim like the corridors and the maintenance station was currently offline because of damage and lack of power. She aimed out and fired at three that came around the corner and fired until her clip ran out.
"Changing mag!" Carter said as she tossed her bag off quickly and grabbed a new clip from her vest.
"I've still got quite a lot left. Go ahead and lock those hatches." Ford said firing a few rounds.
One guy took the rounds and fell quickly while the two behind him were grazed and moved out of the way before they took more hits.
"Give up und ve vill make your deaths quick und painless!" one man yelled loudly.
"Screw you! I'm Immortal so your threat is useless! And I have lots of ammo with me!" Ford yelled.
They both heard several curses from what had to be over a dozen men as she finished locking the hatches and then got by the door with her weapon ready.
"Ve are vampires! All the ammo in the volrd isn't going to stop us from killing you! Ve vill take extra care in torturing you for a long time! Charge!"
Hearing many footsteps and seeing what must have been all of them at once, they quickly opened fire as the men opened fire back. Bullets bounced everywhere as both sides exchanged fire at close range. Sam had to back up and just point the barrel out firing in hopes she hit something because her vest took three hits that thankfully didn't penetrate her armor, but still stung anyway. When her gun ran dry, she tossed a grenade out quickly as he pulled back to reload as fast as he could. The explosion shook the ship where they were and caused power blow outs in the hallway and the console near her. He barely managed to get the clip in as she was still getting hers out when a injured man started in. Ford took a hit to the face which he ignored as he slammed the butt of the gun into the mans face quickly, knocking him back into the others that tried to rush in. Before they could try and get through the door, he opened fire and didn't let up on the trigger as the men behind fired through their own troops at him. She stayed kneeling on the ground and fired back without aiming. Ford dropped to his knees as he took a hit on the leg, but didn't stop firing. Her gun ran out and when she went to duck back to reload again, she cried out greatly as her leg suddenly hurt.
"Sam!" Ford said as he kept firing while looking at her.
The P-90 was damaged from a couple hits and her right upper thigh took a hit that went straight through. On the same leg, at the shin, a bullet had grazed her there as well and was bleeding badly. She gritted her teeth in pain as she pulled the magnum off her hip. His weapon ran out again as he ducked back against the wall and tossed it aside quickly, pulling his personal cannons as well. Being they were both on the floor, it made their job easier as the troops started to rush in with drooling mouths at the smell of their blood. Easier only because they just started firing with no hesitation since their guns were aimed up and they couldn't hit each other. Being the powerful guns they were, heads or chest were blown out quickly. Both were panting hard and keeping a watch on the door after what seemed like an eternity of no one entering and the many bodies before them turned to ash. Both them and the walls and floor were covered in blood and a few body parts.
"K-9…." Ford said slowly while panting.
"There is four more intruders on your level left Master." K-9 said.
"How close?" Ford said not lowering his guns, even though one was empty.
"Twenty meters and closing." K-9 stated.
"Can you bind your leg without me?" Ford asked quickly while ejecting the one clip.
"I think so." Carter said with obvious pain, fright and shock in her voice.
"Stay with me Sam." Ford pleaded as he replaced the clip and looked out the doorway. "It can't…."
"I'm shot, not dying. Even though I can tell I'm going into shock." Carter said as she tied her leg off and couldn't help screaming from the pain it gave her.
They both heard laughing and then running which surprised them both as the four men were suddenly in the room. They didn't even hesitate and opened fire. Her gun stopped after two shots and his after seven or eight. Whatever it was, divine intervention, luck, guardian angel or something else, she had not been hit by the one guy who had fired at her with his assault rifle. There was bullet holes in the wall by her and in the console screen, but no more in or through her.
"K-9, please say that is all of them." Carter said with clenched teeth.
"Affirmative Mistress. You are seriously injured Mistress. Suggest imperative action that you return to the T.A.R.D.I.S. for medical treatment immediately." K-9 stated.
"No kidding." Carter said tossing the gun aside as she looked across at him. "Ah hell."
Ford was dead with a couple hits to his chest, one in his hand and a few to his face.
"K-9, is the transporters working at all?" Carter asked.
"Transporters are offline, sorry Mistress." K-9 said.
"Damn." Carter said as her teeth chattered.
"Body temperature levels decreasing Mistress. Advise haste." K-9 said.
"I can barely move K-9. And Ford is dead at the moment." Carter said slowly getting to her feet and dropping the vest quickly. "Keep a watch on me and keep the line open."
"Affirmative Mistress." K-9 said.
"Thank god they turned to ash. I couldn't walk over that many bodies." Carter said leaning against the wall for support as she walked out as quickly as she could. "I need help staying awake K-9. Um…any guess when he'll heal and wake up?"
"Unknown Mistress. The Master is currently healing as we speak, however, I am unable to tell when he will wake. Data experience suggest that head wounds take longer to recover from Mistress." K-9 said.
"No surprise there." Carter said grunting in pain. "The damage to the engines, tell me about them and what needs to be done. It will help me stay awake."
"Understood Mistress." K-9 said.
K-9 continued, going over the report and repairs in detail as it took her ten minutes to get back to the room. Once inside the Console Room of the T.A.R.D.I.S., K-9 activated the transporter system that took them the infirmary instantly. Jacking the temperature up to a hundred degrees helped alleviate some of the cold she felt as she used the advanced medical equipment to fix her injuries. Thankfully, no arties were hit even thought the blood loss was rather great. Seeing as she couldn't sew up the wound herself and was so dizzy from the blood loss, what she was able to do that used what strength she had left and the morphine, she ended up passing out on the bed before she fully finished the job on her shin. K-9 made the bed drop to his level and then, doing the only thing he could think of, used his nose laser to cauterize both wounds. It was going to leave a scar if not treated soon, but at least she wasn't bleeding from there anymore.
Ten minutes later, Ford came rushing in, slipping on the blood on the floor. Ignoring the banging in his head and broken arm that were healing, he quickly finished her and cried with relief when K-9 reported that she was going to live. Fifteen minutes after fixing her up and then leaving her to rest, he left the channel open in case she woke while he worked on the engines.
Just over an hour later, and in a dirty white shirt and jogging pants while working as he muttered to himself, he was surprised when she came hobbling in with his cane in her blue robe and red slippers.
"Sam, you should be…." Ford said setting aside some crystals.
"I'm fine. K-9 says I need to take it easy on the leg to avoid causing any complications. There is no more intruders, nothing to fight and I'm not carrying anything heavy or plan on it." Carter said sitting in the chair before the main console. "I'm going to sit here and work on the programming parts while you work on the hands on damage."
"Okay. You just say something if you feel the need to rest or eat or whatever…" Ford said grabbing his tools and crystals again. "You're sure?"
"I will be fine. K-9 is keeping me monitored along with everything else." Carter said. "I was able to get some work done on the transporters enough that if I am in trouble, K-9 can get me out of here."
"Why are you in a robe?" Ford asked as he went back to work.
"You cut my pants off and left me there in my undergarments. I woke up to a room at a hundred degrees and still feel a bit hot. I have a slight temperature, which is going down. Two people working on this is better than one." Carter said as he started to speak. "We can take a shower together later to clean up. I don't need to stress my leg anymore than it already is."
"Good idea. I haven't been able to really clean up much either, other than getting out of those clothes." Ford said.
"Do we know where we are yet or how and why they attacked us?" Carter asked as she pushed various buttons and switches while hooking up the laptop she got off the floor Ford had set aside.
"K-9 was able to find out which universe we are in. It's not the same Hellsing universe like before, but another one." Ford said as the panel lit up to his surprise. "Hmm, I got that finished sooner than I thought."
"What did zeppelins have to do with Hellsing?" Carter asked.
"I forget. I was reading the manga series and watching the DVD's, but stopped at the fifth book and three DVDs I think. I've barely had time to read or watch anything much lately." Ford said. "And that is one of the DVD series I don't want Sally or Avon to see just yet till they are older."
"Same here with watching things. If we aren't working on something or in bed together, we're playing or doing something with the kids. Wonder why we ended up here?" Carter asked.
"Don't know." Ford said working on another panel. "But I did find out something very interesting."
"Which is?" Carter asked.
"There is a SGC in this universe. However, I don't know the time line." Ford said.
"That is interesting. I guess the jump drive only jumps to universes where the SGC exist in some form or another." Carter said.
"I'd have to agree. We're probably better off not interfering unless we really need to." Ford said as he smacked the thing he was working on and it lit up.
"Wonder if this SGC is one of the ones that had the one of the teams that showed up in our universe." Carter said.
"Don't know. Didn't do a further scan for much info." Ford said as he used his Sonic Screwdriver.
"Could be the SGC that your clone came to." Carter said.
"Maybe. We can find out later…" Ford said with not a lot of interest.
Integra saw the troops headed for the mansion and opened fire with several different guns, with Walters help. It worked at first and began blasting ammo across the field as the mines exploded in different places and the perimeter wall blew up in various areas, sending garlic and silver into the air. Less than ten seconds into firing the fifty cals at different intervals, the backups gave out and the guns drooped as they shut down. Angry at all the work that took place to fortify the outside of the house and it failing, she got up in a huff and left to grab her gun and sword. Walter advised against her fighting, seeing as she was the most needed to help raise Lance to be the Hellsing the world needed when she was gone, so she compromised with saying she'd stay in the main entrance area and only fight if they made it through the front door. Since he was staying by her side, he could help keep them from getting to her.
Seeing as the guns quit and many of the land mines go up before them, the two knew they were both in for a hell of a fight. Gun fire from the roof started up as did from the troops inside the house that were pointing out the windows. They were about to rush forward into the mass troops when a couple of people appeared several dozen feet away from them. One was the lady Zorrin and she used her scythe to easily block several rounds that came at her. The other was some tall man in a long coat that had the lapels up which covered his mouth and nose, plus a military type cap. He easily dodged the shots at him as he stared hard at the two and pulled a couple long barrel guns.
"Pip, have you and the rest of the men concentrate their fire on everyone else but the two before us. And do your best not to hit us either." the General said into his com.
"Good luck General. If you fall, I'll let Mel'thena know you said bye." Pip said.
"Me die? What a laugh!" the General yelled.
"Yeah." Seras said as she fired her cannon off into the crowd of troops and then tossed it aside to pull her sword. "Good luck to you as well Pip."
"Same to you Seras." Pip said as he signed off.
The General pulled the blade in handle sword out and gave them both a twirl before going into a defensive stance that Seras saw as one of the ones he used to fake out his opponents into attacking first so he could find a quick opening in their attacks. She brought her blade up in front of her in a defense stance as well to hopefully have the same effect from whoever the guy was in front of her.
"Herr Major varned us about you two." Zorrin said as she took a puff off her smoke and then tossed it aside.
"Your Major is an insane ass that I will have no problem putting down myself! You make the German name a disgrace!" the General shouted as he looked past her at the massive troops rushing forward still.
Though being rather damaged, the X-wing flew on and went across the darkened Great Britain as she slowly headed for the a specific spot. The large fires and gun fire plus various explosions made it easy to see from the air where they were headed as well. Most of the fighting stopped as they all looked up seeing some object flying towards them with various fires burning on or in it, lots of smoke coming out along with water pouring from some areas and running lights either on or flickering. The sound of the engines were heard for miles as she began descending slowly, but not in a good way. Smoke came from the back near the engines as they began failing from the damage and the ship began falling towards the ground.
Some of the Nazi's fired at the ship while others ran. Zorrin and the other guy with her ducked and ran for cover like Seras and the General did as the incredibly large unknown vessel came down raking across the top of the burning zeppelin frame before hitting the ground and digging a rather big crater as she fully impacted with the rest of her damaged body and skidded to a stop slowly, leaving her front end almost a hundred feet from the front of the house. The ground shook violently causing a quake that was felt for miles, and while it did damage the foundation of the mansion as well as cause more cracks and breaks in the frame and other places, the house still stood. What mines were left all went up taking some of the enemy with them that were nearby. The tank they had built with duel barrels on the turret had gotten skewered by one of the damaged poles that extended off the front of the ship and was smoking while hanging off the still attached pole.
The gun fire resumed as the Nazi's that survived started rushing forward, only to not only be cut down by gun fire from the house, but also from a couple rail guns that began shooting the ground, tearing whatever it hit up with small explosions. Zorrin rushed forward with her weapon as Seras and the General got back to their feet. Both of them had a tough time for the first few minutes as she continued her assault on the two of them who didn't have time to react more than for defense. Zorrin stopped when a large bullet ripped through her back from behind and exploded before it left her chest, severing her body in half. With all the gunfire going on, they two didn't know where the shot came from and didn't think on it as Seras quickly moved forward and cut her head off just in case. She deflected a few bullets and she backed up with a jump and looked around as the bullets were now being fired at the General, who blocked them as well until he stepped back into the ship and instead of paying attention as he should have, he turned to see what he ran into and took one to the head followed by a few to his chest. Seras screamed as he fell to the ground missing the top of his head, enraging her so greatly that she didn't even feel the few bullets that went through her chest.
Ford had blown one of the upper hatches out of the ship and stood outside with his Heavy Arms rifle on his back and held his special sniper rifle as he looked across the once peaceful area that was Hellsing manor, which was now a mass of fire, death and a battlefield that's limit couldn't be seen. Sam was still inside trying to do what she could for the ship as she worked in the T.A.R.D.I.S. since, besides being injured and needed to stay away from any more fighting, she needed to get what control she could on the damaged vessel before things got so out of control the ship would explode. While the two knew they could get away from the area and leave the ship, being responsible for a explosion that would take out everything within three hundred miles or more was something they didn't want on their conscious. The few rail guns that did work, he had fire at the downed zeppelin and the few troops left on the field belonging to the enemy until they overheated from damage or blew up themselves. He would have fired a few missiles, but their destructive yield was too great to use.
Seeing Seras towards the front of the ship with some other guy he didn't know and fighting what he knew to be an enemy, he decided to help and put a special bullet meant for killing undead, such as vampires, into her. He was happy to see he hit his mark as she blew in half and Seras cut her head off before her upper body hit the ground. Thinking it was more of the troops now shooting at the two, he looked out finding a man he even felt a bit of fear for because he knew barely anything about the man in the trench coat that was firing a couple long barreled German made guns that Seras easily deflected with her sword. The man turned his aim and fired at someone else and then Seras screamed loudly as Ford knew whoever it was that was hit must have been someone she knew more than a friend. Since the house was extremely damaged and he knew there was still life signs in the manor, he rushed down the ship to get everyone he could out an into the X-wing where they'd be a bit more safer.
Seras wasn't sure if the General would return. His head wasn't severed from his body, but he was missing the top and most of the back of his head and she didn't feel anything from him. Her blood boiled in extreme anger and that part of her that she felt that was true evil, the blood sucking killer instinct of a vampire, the dark repressed anger for battle, came out in her rage as she roared at the man she saw coming towards her. Instead of rushing him, she threw her sword at him, which he barely caught as it entered his chest and stopped short of the handle and hilt rushing through with the strength she used as he just barely stopped it. He pulled it out and snapped it in half as she had pulled her cannon out and fired. Instead of being able to move out of the way and avoid the explosive shell, he was caught in the blast when it detonated before getting to him when she threw some object at it making it slam into the ground. His coat was damaged as he hit the ground and rolled a few feet before jumping up to his feet and skidding to a halt.
That dark evil aura that was seen around Alucard a lot when he was pissed radiated off her and her eyes turned a glowing red as her fangs grew and she broke her gloves and boots as she tensed up so hard they ripped along with some of her uniform. He tossed his coat aside and rushed her, only to take a few hits from some gun that wasn't shot by her. Another explosive blast caught him in the chest with much more force than the shell she fired, knocking him back several feet and looked to have injured him greatly. He got to his feet and in anger, turned into a massive wolf that looked to have a flaming body, which was bigger than most buses.
Ford saw the short battle of ammo shot back and forth between the two along with her throwing her sword that got broke moments later. He could feel fear come up in his body at the aura she gave off, but shrugged it off as best as he could as he kept going and jumped off the edge and hit the ground near a dead body. He tossed his sniper rifle back into the ship before rushing down to where he was now, and brought his Heavy Arms rifle around firing as the man rushed her. As the man was distracted from the rounds, he fired off one of the grenades and was further shocked he even hit the man he knew was some sort of werewolf dead on. When the man got up and turned into a massive wolf, he knew he was in trouble, until he glanced to his left and saw something on the ship he was sure he could use.
Seras was infuriated and not thinking straight as she began feeling the small voice of reason start to fade away, until two things brought her back. One was the link she felt come back alive, but was extremely weak. The second was that the man that shot the General was now being attacked by someone else and at first, she thought it was her friend, lover and husband. But when she looked over, she still thought it was him for a moment until she noticed it was someone else, and while this other person didn't have the same face, the hair style was basically the same as was the confidence and strength the man had. He pulled something from his pocket that looked like a strange flashlight and aimed it at the ship as he yelled something, which had the wolf's attention.
"Hey you fucking Nazi bastard! Let's see how you like this! Burn in hell!" Ford yelled as he activated his Sonic Screwdriver.
The emitter for the Asguard beam weapon came alive and fired, hitting the ground first before arching up and taking Ford's hand off along with the Sonic Screwdriver, making him cry out in pain and drop to the ground holding his burning and injured stump until it returned. The blue beam raked across the ground and slammed into and through the large wolf that howled upon impact. The beam continued through him and then turned suddenly as the emitter began to overheat and break from damage as it arched up fast going through part of the damaged house near the middle and then straight up into the air. The emitter blew up shortly after and the ship died as all power suddenly went out.
Seras lost her rage and stared in shock as she felt the link get stronger slowly and saw that the fighting had completely stopped because everyone was surprised at what just happened. Her rage was still there, but ebbing off slowly. The wolf came back together and roared before turning back into the human form and seemed to be visibly injured and breathing hard. She about jumped back when the unknown man got in front of her with his back to her.
"Get everyone out of the house now and into the ship! There is a access hatch underneath and you can't miss it! I'll hold him off!" Ford yelled as he went to fire his Heavy Arms rifle and found it damaged. Tossing it aside quickly, he pulled his personal cannons and fired.
Seras wasn't thinking straight even though she heard his words and was about to run off as she realized what he did say, but wasn't able to move as the man was shot down before her, spraying his blood in her face as his head was blown off from the neck and his chest took several rounds as well. His body landed on her chest, knocking her back to the ground as his blood soaked her as it squirted out of his neck. It wasn't really the shots earlier that made her body start soaking up the blood, but the one massive one in her chest she got when his head was blown off and the bullet continued through her. Having that open hole which had the man's blood going into it anyway, made her soak it up quicker like Alucard did. She felt herself become extremely hungry suddenly as the power surge she felt from the unknown blood that only lasted a few seconds.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Seras yelled so loud that the windows that hadn't been broken on the mansion shattered.
Pain raced through ever cell of her body and made her literally explode. The werewolf began laughing at the sight and got ready to attack the mansion with the troops left but stopped just as quickly. A mass of blackness grew so big that it was three times the size of the mansion. What seemed like a million eyes appeared in the blackness that stood between them and the mansion, and it rushed forward like a massive tidal wave, slamming everyone in its wake along with the ship. Screams of pain and terror were heard as the mass of darkness and countless teeth spread out across the land killing everything in its wake that was human or animal. No matter what weapon was fired, grenade was thrown or attack was used, it had no effect on the black mass.
Maxwell and several massive legions of Section XIII's army flew over to London to basically raze the confused and chaotic city to the ground as they headed over to destroy Hellsing. They knew some sort of large space craft had crash landed or landed, the report wasn't yet sure, at Hellsing and Maxwell, a new Archbishop, planned to take it for his Holiness and for the Vatican, which would help them gain control of the world which he truly believed that the Catholic church should be in total control of. Their plans were completely thwarted when a dark and heavily damaged but still moving aircraft carrier came into the city by the river running through it, breaking anything in its path with no care. Heinkel and Yumi quickly realized what it really was as did Maxwell and several others. Thinking he was safe behind a special glass that was a room he was being transported in by helicopter and the place he commanded everyone from, Maxwell ordered the massive troops at his disposal to destroy Alucard, no matter the cost.
Alucard saw the chaos before him and laughed greatly as the foolishness before him. Bullets, explosives and other weapons hit the carrier as they attempted to destroy him and it. He didn't know the full details of what was happening at Hellsing, but could see that Integra was going to fight to her dying breath if it took that. Telling her telepathically that he had returned, she didn't waste anytime in ordered him to destroy and kill anyone and everyone that was against them, giving him totally unrestricted access to his abilities. He could only laugh and laugh as he felt himself able to go fully out as he hadn't been able to in such a long time. It pleased him so greatly it was like ecstasy to feel the fear that radiated off the thousands and thousands of foolish people before him, that had no chance against him as he unleashed everything he had and was. Everyone that he had ever drank from came forth as familiars and rushed forward under his orders. His once former army back when he was Vlad during the medieval times came forth in a massive wave that ripped through Maxwell's ranks like they were tissue paper before a hurricane. Innocent people who hadn't been able to get out of the country or area yet were killed by both sides with no remorse. Alucard felt more people join his power as they were killed and ate and drank, making him stronger by each second. Explosions happened across the city as more and more of his power rushed out going across buildings, streets and bridges. The Nazi troops that hadn't fully went to attack Hellsing, were also fighting back with what people they had managed to kill and turn, which some were of the Catholic army.
"YES! EXCELLENT! I AM TRULY PROUD AND IMPRESSED MY LITTLE DRACULINA!" Alucard yelled with delight as he felt the power and destruction she was doing as he was in the heart of London dealing with the trash there. "REVEL IN THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION OF YOUR ENEMIES! SHOW NO MERCY AND FEEL NO REMORSE FOR THE FOOLS WHO DO NOT REALIZE THEIR IDIOCY! ELIMINATE ALL BEFORE YOU, SERAS VICTORIA!"
Maxwell ended up being the last person alive of the massive army be brought, and was shocked at the fact he lost. Alucard, after drinking up all the blood and even eating most of the bodies of the dead, stood before the decrepit man hiding in the cracked glass room. Burning wrecks of various things were everywhere across London, most of it caused by the hundreds of helicopters that Alucard had taken down. The carrier had sunk but the channel wasn't deep enough to totally sink it, making the once again burning wreck smoke amongst the rest of the city, leaving a cloud of smoke that added to the rest that could even be seen in orbit. Despite his howls and curses, Alucard didn't bother to take the man back to see Integra, mostly because she might ended up just letting the pathetic man return to the Vatican in the end, so he tortured him for a good while before sucking him dry and then leaving his dead body that he made sure didn't turn into a ghoul nor turn into ash, laying in the street for all to see. It was only as he was starting to walk away that he realized that two people were not in the fight and had ran towards the Hellsing Manor, which he only smiled about as he slowly followed along and had a moment of feeling generous towards the General by leaving the two girls for the General and Seras to deal with.
Integra and the others could only watch in shock and or utter terror as the black mass that was once Seras decimated the area and enemies, shortly after the unknown beam of light ripped through the house, taking only a few men with it. It was either divine intervention or some other miracle that the house didn't blow up or anything after the beam left the house going up out of the roof. She and no one else thought any further on it as they felt pure unleashed evil and terror in the air around them. Integra wasn't scared of Seras, she was more scared of not being able to get the young lady back under control and having to be forced to kill her, since wasn't sure if the General was truly dead. Walter wasn't the only one who didn't see, his Quickening be released, which meant the man had to be alive still in some form, which Integra had pointed out just before Seras went berserk. The sheer evil aura that she was giving off made some of the men run for it, despite Pip yelling at them to stop, even though he was one of the many men that had pissed themselves from the terror they felt. Those men that had ran for the back of the house, came running back in. Integra and Walter turned as they heard gunfire behind them, in the house. The wall with the stairs leading up to the second floor that went elsewhere and to her office, exploded in a shower of shattered wood, followed by the sound of something big and metal crashing to the floor. One light shined at them as Walter got ready to dice whatever it was as Integra aimed her gun with several of the troops, only to find it wasn't an attacker.
"Sor….ry….Sir In…tegra. It is too….dangerous….to leave…..this property." BG said with stutters as the damage she took from various things wrecked havoc on her systems. The most major thing being that she busted her front axle bad enough lifting her into the air again would most likely result in her engine and herself falling out. It was obvious she had been caught in the fight somewhere by the body parts and mass of blood on her. "I can't…..protect Lance…"
BG was tilted enough that pretty much no object set on her hood would stay put unless it was taped or stuck there. One headlight was shining while the others were busted as was areas on her body that were crumpled. The windows were all cracked and she smoked in a few places. Both fifty cal guns were out and one of them was bent badly while the other still functioned enough she'd shoot anyone that came through the front door that wasn't friendly.
Ferguson got out of the car are finally when he was able to get the driver door open with Walter's help at pulling with Integra. Lance was bawling in fear which mostly went away when he saw her. He asked for sis and his father, as to where, but she could only say they were nearby as she got into the driver seat and held him while using her other hand to hold her gun out and ready. Peter got a gun and had it aimed at the broken but still standing doors, waiting to see what would come. Everything went totally dark suddenly, with only a few flashlights along with her one headlight and some lights that still worked on her dashboard and overhead, though were flickering occasionally.
"Seras, or what was her, has covered the house Sir Integra." Walter said as he got ready for what he was sure to be a fight he didn't find himself getting out of in the end.
They heard movement and the house creaking under the pressure and damage, and then the darkness suddenly went away and all was quiet aside from the fires and creaking. No fighting was heard anywhere nor was there any signs or sounds of movement. They waited several minutes before heading outside, going slowly with only those that could still move, while the others stayed inside with the wounded, which unfortunately Pip was one of. The front door came off from damage when they began opening it and Integra only shook her head.
"I think the battle is over." Walter said, but kept his wires out just in case.
"My god, that ship is huge." Ferguson said as they turned to see it.
"I don't know whether to call it divine intervention or not." Integra said. "Anyone see the General, or Seras?"
When a black wavy form started towards them, Walter got in front quickly and had his wires out.
"Whoa, Walter. It's just me." Seras said as she held up a hand.
"Miss Victoria?" Walter said surprised and slightly unsure.
"Seras?" Integra asked also unsure.
"Can't you see me?" Seras asked.
"She doesn't know what has happened to her." Alucard said as he suddenly appeared beside Integra.
"What the hell happened to her Alucard?" Integra asked with a angry tone.
"Her body has been destroyed. I have had it happen to me many times. Seras has never been damaged so much she had to restore a limb or anything of the like. Currently, she is a shadow of herself." Alucard said with a smile. "I'm impressed Police Girl. You vanquished all the foes yourself, save one. Now, you are a truly powerful vampire."
Seras snorted as she turned away and crossed her arms. Integra ordered the others to go back inside to start medical treatment for the rest and to secure what they could. Peter and Walter stayed however.
"I'm just glad the damned battle is over. Wait a minute, what do you mean my body is destroyed?" Seras yelled as she turned back, not noticing her eyes glowing red before looking at herself and only seeing a wavy black outline of her former form. "What the hell happened to me?"
"You have not learned how to make yourself reappear." Alucard said with a pained sigh as Integra ordered him to tell her. "Think of how you look, the fleshly outline of your body, your skin…."
"Yeah, yeah, I get it." Seras grumbled as she closed her eyes and thought about it.
"Seras, stop." Integra said as they saw her appearance returning to normal, which went back to being her black form again as she was interrupted.
"What's wrong Sir Integra?" Seras asked as she saw Walter and Peter had turned around and Alucard laughing. "What's so funny?"
"I am amused greatly while also very disappointed. After all the times you have seen me do it, you have yet to grasp what you are doing wrong. Too bad the General hasn't awoke yet to see this." Alucard said with a chuckle. "You must think not only of your appearance, but also what you want to wear, seeing as you do not have anything since it was also destroyed."
"Bloody hell!" Seras exclaimed as she obviously was covering herself out of habit, even though there was nothing to actually see.
"What the hell happened?" the General grumbled as he slowly got to his feet holding his head with one hand. "Wow, the fight is over already…."
"General! I thought I lost you!" Seras said as she was now at his side holding him.
"Seras…..what the hell happened to you?" the General said with a confused look.
When she went to explain, the link grew back to normal between them again and was a bit stronger than before, making her suddenly appear back to normal, and totally naked. Alucard only laughed further as she yelped in surprised and hid behind the General. Though rather damaged, he took his coat off and put it around her.
"It is good to see you are still alive General. I am sure you are the only reason Seras was able to regain control of herself." Integra said, as she, Walter and Ferguson, along with what Seras remember, filled him in on all that happened after he died.
Sam, though still felling rather tired and hurt, managed to get the shield around the ship again before the black mass, which she saw come from nowhere, hit everything within at least a mile radius. The shield held, but nothing in the ship was currently functioning due to a overload in the system Ford did when he force activated the beam weapon at his location. For the moment, there was nothing left of him after that massive black wave attacked everything. Figuring he was taken in by the mass, she was sure he would reappear somewhere very soon, hopefully in the T.A.R.D.I.S. Not being able to do anything within the ship itself, she went into the T.A.R.D.I.S. to see what she could do there. Just as she entered, she saw something, or someone as it were, lying on the T.A.R.D.I.S. floor, that shouldn't be there seeing as had anyone came into the room to get into the T.A.R.D.I.S., she and K-9 would have noticed.
They had just got finished telling him what happened and Seras had gotten enough concentration in that she created clothes, which ended up being her uniform since she was so used to that, where she had been trying for anything else. She suddenly grabbed her chest, where her heart was, and fell to her knees in pain, followed by the General who was holding her arm. Walter started forward, but stopped due to injuries and Seras waving a hand for them to stay back.
"What is happening to her Alucard?" Integra asked, as she could only watch the two on their knees, both in pain, though Seras had the worse of it. Lance was still in her arms, completely asleep from crying himself into weariness, and had yet to wake up much less stir, which Integra was extremely grateful for.
"I am not sure." Alucard said with actually confusion. "I would suspect that perhaps one of the people she killed out here is trying to fight back within her…."
"Hmm, for a vampire, you really are very different." Integra said as she looked out over the area finding that there was dead bodies everywhere, along with blood all over the place.
"She killed the enemy without malice and such utter destruction, that I cannot deny my awe in your power. But you didn't drink or eat them. Leaving food, even scum food like this is disappointing." Alucard said with a small finger wave.
Even though she wasn't really breathing, she was panting anyway and managed to look up with one eye open.
"I left them for you…" Seras said sarcastically before speaking in spite. "I prefer my meal warmer and more powerful, plus alive where I get more than just the thrill of the meal."
The pain had ebbed enough away by now that the two were mostly recovering, and just before she finished what she said, the General fell on his back laughing, shortly followed by her, who stayed on her hands and knees. Integra and those who could currently see Alucard's face, saw conflicting emotions. Not only did she just insult him, she attacked his pride, ego and his existence, per say. Integra wasn't the only one who thought he was going to do something, seeing as they were also laughing, which had to be at him. Instead, he grunted.
"Unless you order me otherwise, I am going to clean up her mess, then go to bed my Master." Alucard said as he turned around.
"What?" Integra asked. "Go to bed?"
"I have done my job, and have nothing else to do for the night. The moon isn't full and I could not see it with all this smoke if I wanted to. There is nothing to stay up for." Alucard said as his shadows cleared the field and went through the house, cleaning the blood and bodies inside of the dead, though leaving the dead bodies of the Hellsing troops alone since he was not to touch them ever.
Though she was badly damaged, BG did work enough to know she was cleared of all the bodies parts and fluids from them that didn't belong in her or on her. She said a garbled thanks, which Alucard did hear, knowing it had to be Alucard who did it since Seras wouldn't have.
"Seras, are you alright?" Integra asked.
"I am now. Whatever it was, has gone. Though I don't feel as powerful as before." Seras said with a frown. "Not that I care too."
The General wasn't the only one who noticed something out of the corner of his eye, when there was some movement heading towards them. The first gun shot was wide and hit the house. By the second and third shot, they had found out where they were coming from. Everyone was rushing towards the house, with the General and Seras taking the rear to protect them. The fourth shot hit Seras in the shoulder, which made Lance cry as he saw her get hurt, after waking from the loud gun shots. Three more shots were fired as Walter rushed forward with his wires. He unfortunately ended up tripping, breaking his ankle audibly, just as he released his wires. All three bullets ended up getting caught by his wires, but one of them was cut wrong when he tripped, making the bullet go a different direction.
The General suddenly spun slightly and fell to the ground, bleeding from a gash across the side of his head. Seras moved without thinking first, to help him instead of rushing out to get whoever was shooting at them, only to spin around as Lance screamed along with Integra.
Integra cried out as the other bullet got her in the face, making her drop Lance without wanting too as she dropped to the ground on her back, holding one side of her face in pain as it bled. Seras more than managed to grab Lance in time and was about to grab Integra to rush them both into the house when Integra stopped her.
"No, get him in the house and stay with him!" Integra yelled while holding Seras's arm tightly while her other hand held her bleeding face. "That's an order!"
Not wanting to, she did so anyway since Lance was bawling and more shots were fired. BG had her door open already as they two got in and Seras tried to calm Lance down. Seeing the still functioning gun BG had out, out the broken window, she got an idea.
Walter tried to get up, or at least sit up to use his wires, as whoever had been shooting at them, was now walking towards them, but was unable to because his foot flared up worse. Finding he had broken it because he stepped into a hole that his foot was caught in, he was unable to do anything and cursed a moment before apologizing.
"It is not your fault Walter. Do not worry." Integra said as she got to her feet and pulled the pistol on her hip. "I can handle this myself."
"Ah, the dear Integra Hellsing." the Major said as he was walking over slowly, because he was dragging his left leg slightly. "I vas sincerely hoping to meet in my var room, but as most var's do, not all goes as planned. But, I still vin."
"Idiot. You should have shot me when you had the chance." Integra said as she fired all six rounds from her revolver into his chest, with one in the head. She almost dropped her gun when the man only staggered, but didn't fall down or back. "What in the hell…."
"Hmm, I did wonder how you survived so long Major." Alucard said as he appeared by Integra's side. "You're a machine…"
"No Alucard, my arch enemy, I am human." the Major said as he stood back up, with whatever fluids that ran through him leaking out of his wounds and his mouth. "Und now, I vill defeat you…."
Alucard laughed as Integra growled and kept from grunting from the pain her face caused her from the damage to it.
"It is you who have failed and lost." Integra said. "Though you have done more than sold your soul to live, just to defeat one man, the evil you and your worthless kind have wroth here, can't begin to be paid with your death and subsequent trip to hell, where I quite frankly think will not be enough suffering even if you are there for eternity!"
"I have von, you just have not seen it yet." the Major said with a laugh. "Very soon, you shall be defeated und gone forever Alucard. I have, vhat you call, a trump card."
"How cliché Major. If you are so sure, then defeat me now. Do whatever it is you think you can pull, call forth whoever you think will come to your aid. I will strike them down and then I will do the same to you. It is only a pity that I will be unable to torture you, nor drain your life away…" Alucard said with a wicked smile. "I can see, feel, taste and smell much more than before. So please tell us Major, how will you defeat me?"
"Vy attacking your greatest strength Alucard." the Major said as he pulled a still functioning CB out of his pocket. "I vill unfortunately not be able to see your true defeat, nor the destruction of this country, but I vill know in my heart that I von in the end."
Integra had expected something, such as a massive explosion or some monster or something to happen as the CB light turned read, indicating he pushed a button, but nothing happened. The Major looked at the CB, hit it once and tried a few times more.
"I'm waiting Major." Alucard said before yawning. "Hmm, after all his efforts, the technology like himself has failed to aid him in the end. Shall I shoot him now Master, or do you wish the honor?"
"What was suppose to happen Major?" Integra demanded.
"Very interesting. There vas only one voman on that ship, und she vas injured. Even she is vasn't, she couldn't have stopped him." the Major said as he tossed the CB. "Not all vy troops are gone. Very soon, that ship vill blow up und bring about your defeat."
The Major laughed heartily as Integra looked at the ship in horror of the realization of what the man said.
"Alucard…" Integra began.
"There is two people alive in that vessel Master. And one of them is a badly injured woman, but is not in danger of dying. The other seems to be the man that left the ship and aided in the attack. I do not know who they are, but they do not seem to be in a rush or worried about a possible explosion." Alucard said.
Integra was unable to keep from jumping as rapid gunfire came from behind them. Alucard was about to spin around, but stopped as he pulled Integra out of the way, even though she was not really in danger. A good dozen bullets ripped through the wall of the house and hit the Major. A few more went well above his head and then heard a small explosion in the house followed by silence.
"No one is injured inside. Nor did the car explode. Pity, I was looking forward to killing him myself, or seeing you do it Master. Ironic." Alucard said.
"Explain." Integra asked.
"I have spent too much time talking to the General about his car." Alucard said with a frown. "I got curious one day and asked him about his car. How it lived, yet was not a living being. The irony is, the Major was killed by a living machine, though in a different form."
"Yes, it is. I'd probably laugh, if my face did not hurt so much. I am going inside, make sure he is truly dead and then find out what those people are doing, and check for whatever threat he made." Integra said as she walked away. "Any other threats that appear, cut them down and only call for me if you feel you need to question me about it."
"Yes, my Master…" Alucard said as he fazed away.
"Sir Integra, are you…" Seras began as she saw the woman still bleeding.
"I am fine." Integra said as she took a toweled ice pack from one of the men who had made several for the other injured. "How is Lance?"
"He cried himself to sleep." Seras said as she showed her the kid was asleep in the back seat. "But he knows that, no offense, the important people to him are okay."
"Go get the General and Walter please. I will stay with Lance." Integra said as Seras nodded and ran outside.
Alucard appeared suddenly, just as Seras was coming in with an unconscious Walter and General helping her carry him in. A somewhat loud sort of groaning and grating noise was heard and then there was silence.
"What happened Alucard?" Integra demanded as she stood up quickly as Alucard was smiling.
"The threat was real, but never got a chance to happened. The two people were scared, yet very brave. They didn't really say where they were from, nor was I able to probe their minds, but they did aid us and had to leave quickly instead of being able to stay and help as they wanted." Alucard said.
"Why?" Integra asked. "And how did they leave without making a lot of noise and shaking the area?"
"I do not know Master. They had a machine that was bigger on the inside than out, and I am ashamed to admit, there was a power in that small looking box that made me fear even looking at it. Why it looked like a old phone booth, I am unsure, but it is the reason why the Major's planned failed." Alucard said. "Remember that young werewolf that came to the meet…."
"Yes, yes. He was alive still despite what happened to his body. After everything that has happened, including that massive ship, I'm not surprised to hear that cat boy if you will, still lived after what the General did to him. What happened to him in that ship?" Integra asked.
"They said he was sent to cause the ship to blow up. We already know why, but as for how this would mean my defeat, I am unsure. Whatever that small box's power was, it made it so that the cat boy was unable to use his strange powers, therefore making him completely vulnerable to attacks like any werewolf. The word they used was, zatted, for how they got rid of him. He said he was everywhere and nowhere we he spoke to us, but now, he is nowhere forever." Alucard stated. "As for why they left, is because they didn't want to get involved with the militaries of the world, much less the ones of this country that are on their way here to investigate the ship. The ones that are left that survived that is."
"I see. Well, even though they left, I am sure they know we are thankful they did so in order to keep this organization a secret from the world." Integra said.
"Damn, I was hoping to look at that ship too." the General muttered.
"We need to prepare ourselves the best we are able for the army that is coming. I am sure I will be able to talk to the right people to get help and to avoid any further problems that we have now. Get the injured ready for transport and the rest be on standby. Alucard, go to my room and get one of my coats, then go back to bed. Seras, Peter, General, you will come with me to deal with the military. Look lively and proud. The enemy may have dealt us a serious blow, but we have won and must continue to keep doing so as our mission has always been." Integra said as she tried to make her ruined outfit look as best she could, since she had no time to change seeing as they saw a lot of lights appearing outside.
(A.N. I had thought there was something different than what I read in the last Manga book, and after reading it, it was too hard to really come up with a different idea of adding it in like I wanted, so I went with what I already had for the most part. Sorry for the wait and hope this chapter was worth it, seeing as it is an extremely long read. More chapters are on the way, which will hopefully answer any questions this chapter has for those wondering things.)
