CHAPTER 17

(A.N. I'm no good with the German accent, so forgive me if it sounds wrong when I am using it with a particular person later. Plus, I'm doing different things with the particular person dealing with what they are and how they act, so a lot of it is going to be out of character.)

Just over a week had passed since the attack on Hellsing. Repairs were still taking place, the dealings with the medias, not to mention the British army and affiliates and the Queen, along with burying those lost in the battle. It was blessed luck that the X-wing and the two people from an alternate universe had managed to leave before higher people in the governments arrived to cause trouble, as the two Carter's put it when they spoke to Alucard. The loss of a large section of her property, which thankfully was only ground and what was left of the rock wall where the ship crashed, along with the attack, was no big deal. Considering the, over hundred foot by whatever hundreds of feet long and wide, hole that was left where the ship had been was now, Integra had a few plans in mind for what it could be now, one of which included a large pool and playground set up for Lance.

The only big problem that the General had with all the damage, was not the damage and helping repair things, but the fact he was getting near broke now in financial matters. Integra asked the Queen for help, and did get some, but the General ended up paying for most of the bill. In the end, the General ended up only having just over a billion left in total for all his funds once the damage was tallied, across the country. The only reason this was the case, as to more than just the property being assessed in damage, is because it was Hellsing's job to keep this from happening, and certain people began placing blame rather quickly. Money talked better and faster, which is where the General was cursing himself for suggesting he help pay. Considering his yearly expenses, other than for charities or other things, he'd be in trouble since it was near a hundred million a year in just those. And that didn't count daily things he did personally and had ordered in advance from various places across the globe, which explained the many cardboard boxes back home he needed to sort through at some point. Even with the massive amount of money that survived, along with jewels, gold and silver that the Nazi's took during raids and whatever, that was found in the broken blimp, it only was able to keep the General from going totally broke.

But despite the amount of time that had passed, the Hellsing mansion was still in serious disarray and the place still hadn't gotten repaired enough to have power, much less water or anything else really. Integra was living in the basement currently, as was Walter, where a temporary set up had been done to allow them to stay there as the place was being rebuilt. Generators were a cool piece of technology and several were providing power to the set up below.

Integra was still recovering from the sprained arm and gash to the side of her face that went from just above her lip on the left side and over her eye and almost into her hair line, and though the woman was far from vain, she was extremely grateful to God and the medical people who worked on her that her eye was still okay though visibly damaged, but not enough to hinder her ability to see. Walter was thankful he had only broken his ankle along with bruising some ribs and was healing well. Pip was still Pip, doing well and even helping despite the loss of a few fingers on his left hand. The men and women still left alive were still recovering, those at various hospitals or at homes they had in town or at friends houses, which were currently far and few between.

Alucard and Seras were the only ones that were completely healthy, aside from the General who lately had been feeling ill for some reason, and though they were unsure of what it was, Seras was feeling funny too, though not from feeling what the General was. The General had to cut back on drinking blood, which he was really glad to do despite the strangeness of the fact he should have been needing it. Seras continued to drink as she needed to, sometimes from the Immortal stash and sometimes off the General, but lately had been feeling like she wanted to eat actual food but had yet to act on it seeing as she, one, didn't want to puke it up, and two, food was kinda being rationed out with the recent destruction making town travel difficult, not to mention, many stores were either sold out or closed due to break-ins, or out right were rubble, as most of them currently were.

"Something wrong General?" Integra asked as the man came in, not wearing a suit but jeans and a dirty white T-shirt, since he had been helping work outside recently.

"No. Well, yeah, but…." the General grumbled as he sat down rubbing his face, which was clean like his hands since he recently cleaned them. "I felt rather weak suddenly and tried to drink, thinking it was that but ended up spitting it out and getting sick right after. It suddenly was extremely disgusting. Seras felt something was wrong with me, something off…."

"That's not very helpful." Integra said as she sat back in her chair. "She hasn't been feeling one hundred percent either."

"We thought that was because of me, but Seras says it is something else with her. She isn't dying thankfully, but she isn't sure what is happening either." the General said. "Whatever is wrong with me, it isn't what is causing her troubles."

Integra's office was still exposed to the air, even though a couple large plastic tarps were put up to cover the hole. So far, no rain had entered, where as, other places in the house had gotten water damage from the rain, not to mention the sprinkler systems. Her desk had scratches and cracks, but nothing serious enough that she was having it replaced, specially since the wood glue was doing such good work.

"That is because he is unaware of what is happening to his body." Alucard said as he fazed in through the wall. "Which I find very intriguing."

Seras came in shortly behind him after having went down to find Alucard to see if he could see what was wrong with the General. Needless to say, Alucard was really surprised and more shocked after checking on the General discreetly while the man was cleaning up before going to Integra. Seras followed him to a section of books that Alucard had of his own, some of which told certain details no one other than Integra was able to look at. After studying several books, the two left and were now in Integra's rather exposed and cold office. It was no surprise that Lance was in his cart bundled up as was Integra who, despite wearing one of the suits that hadn't gotten damaged, was bundled up anyway.

"You seem very surprised Alucard." Integra said.

Seras went over and knelt by the General, wearing baggy blue pants and a black shirt that was dirty like the General's.

"More shocked Master. I cannot figure out how the General's body has changed on such a drastic level." Alucard said with extreme curiosity and evident surprise.

"I asked for an answer, not a cryptic response." Integra said irritated.

"I'm not feeling so good. My heart is pounding and I'm getting a head rush." the General muttered while rubbing his face. "This is actually a first, and while interesting and surprising, I don't like it…."

"I think your face is turning red." Seras said.

"Long ago when I became a vampire and began learning more about them and becoming the No Life King, I learned about there being other types of vampires…." Alucard said trailing off as he tried to come up with the right word and failed. "I cannot call them handicapped vampires, for that wouldn't be completely correct, but the word different wouldn't work either. It is rather a interesting conundrum."

"Get to the point Alucard." Integra ordered.

"I only heard of three of these types of vampires in my entire life, and only met the poor lady on one day, shortly before my downfall." Alucard said with a smile, then held up a hand as Integra started to speak on his next words. "Vampires survive by sucking the blood of the living. The General, just like the other three vampires I heard about, has became….a un-vampire."

"A what?" Integra asked not familiar with the term.

"What the hell is that?" Seras and the General asked together as Alucard smiled.

"Seras, I suggest you start drinking now." Alucard said with a serious tone. "Otherwise the rug will need to be cleaned again and such blood should not be wasted."

The General suddenly coughed and put his hand over his mouth and nose as blood started to run out of his nose.

"What the hell…" the General said shocked as it began coming out a lot faster.

"Seras, do what he says." Integra ordered as she saw was she could swear was over a cup of blood pooling on the floor and continuing.

"But…" Seras said unsure and afraid.

"Do it!" Integra ordered forcefully.

Having little choice, she bit into the Generals neck and was surprised at the amount that came out and started sucking fast. Within a five seconds, it stopped coming out of his nose and the man had no indications of looking faint, but instead relieved. She felt a lot better as did the General, so with their link, it made her feel normal gain, even though she had slight hunger pains for actual food. It amazed the two that despite what just happened, neither of them were effected by the normal side effect that usually came with during her having to drink.

"What's going on Alucard?" Integra asked as she stood. "What the hell is wrong with him?"

"As I stated, vampires need to drink blood to survive since we do not have any of our own being dead. The General, though still a vampire technically, can do what normal vampires cannot. However, he is much weaker than when he was Immortal and vampire together." Alucard said.

"I'm still Immortal." the General said feeling and sounding better after Seras had just quit. "My neck just healed up, as did my nose as my Quickening kicked in…."

"True General. However, you have lost all that strength, and are just a bit stronger than most humans, yet are nowhere near as strong as Seras was when you first encountered her. And she still had yet to drink then." Alucard stated.

"Ouch. I was wondering why I couldn't faze through things and had other things I used to do without thinking. I figured I was just tired and was having trouble focusing." the General said. "So what is going on with me?"

"You are different than the three I knew of, only for the fact you are still telepathic, but from what I can sense, only between Lance and Seras. And possibly myself if I answer back. Beyond that, I am unsure." Alucard said.

"You still haven't told us what is going on servant." Integra said impatiently.

"The General's body overproduces blood instead of needing it as vampires usually always do." Alucard said with a evil look like he might try drinking from the General as the three gave him shocked looks. "Once he reaches a limit, it will come out of him as it just did a moment ago. There is several ways to compensate for this however. Letting his body expel it as we just saw, which will be rather messy and a complete waste. Cut himself to let the excess flow out. Or have it drained into a bag for later or by having Seras take it from him at that time."

"That's ridicules. I've never heard of such a thing." Integra stated.

"Your father may have not known about this particular subject Master. In fact, many vampires had mixed feelings over different types of vampires. Some wanted these vampires dead, mostly out of jealousy since those vampires could move among the living and do things we normal vampires cannot. Others wanted them kept alive to be used as a food source for our own kind, which eventually lead to the deaths of the three that did exist. There was quite possibly more, but I have never heard or seen so." Alucard said. "However General, you are a mystery that bothers yet intrigues me. I can only guess that your Immortality is the cause for your strange change since I have no other clues or ideas of how this could be anything else."

"First I have ever heard of this, which is rare for me to say. I do feel a lot better than I have in the last couple of days. Kinda hungry though, but then I haven't ate in six hours." the General said.

"Seras, how are you feeling?" Integra asked.

"Incredible. But that's how I usually feel after, well…" Seras said shrugging as she gestured at the General who was muttering about a needed shower since his shirt had blood on it now. "I still feel hungry for food though which I don't understand since I'm dead."

"What sort of food do you feel like having, if you were to try it?" Integra asked with a certain tone they knew.

"Real food Sir Integra." Seras said. "Not people. I could go for chocolate, but more than likely, I'm getting that craving from him."

"I had to check. Feel free to eat whatever you find left in the kitchen, unless Walter says otherwise. Let me know later what happens if you do." Integra said as Seras nodded.

"Once a blood sucker to now a blood discharger. I look forward to seeing how you continue to change or turn out General." Alucard said with a chuckle. "There is one other way the General can relieve himself of his excess blood, however, I am sure he won't do it, unless it was to Seras."

"I'd have to bite her?" the General asked, realizing that had to be the only way since he still had fangs and it was the only logical conclusion.

"Yes General. In your case, you would give blood to whoever you bit." Alucard said.

"That's…..bizarre." Integra said, not really sure what to say. "And completely unheard of."

"My blood is the universal O type. Makes sense I could give it to others that way. I guess if someone was really injured and needed blood to survive, transfusion, I could do it that way seeing as the blood would get back into them quicker than a I.V. bag." the General said rubbing his forehead. "If need be, I'll bite Seras or have her do it."

"Life just got more interesting." Alucard said with a short laugh before fading away.

Integra rubbed her forehead with a sigh as she leaned on the desk.

"General, if it wasn't for my fondness of you, and also being family, I swear I'd shoot you for the headaches you sometimes give me." Integra muttered. "I really want a cigar right now."

"I could go for a drink myself. Even though the hangover I'd have later would be hell." the General muttered with a tired sigh.

"It's been a long day for all of us. I'm going to bed. Can you two take Lance tonight?" Integra asked.

"Yes sir." Seras said.

Lance was sleeping in his crib in their room as they sat on the bed talking while watching him sleep. Both were in night clothes, the General in a white T-shirt and black jogging pants while she was in a full blue PJ outfit.

"I can feel that your body is building up blood in you, though slowly at the moment. It is very weird." Seras said. "No offense, but you reek of blood actually. Sadly, it is enticing."

"I guess I'm lucky there is very few vampires around really then. If there was more, I'd be a walking target." the General muttered.

"Probably. I'm rather surprised Alucard didn't try or ask to drink from you." Seras said cringing at the thought.

"Considering all that blood he was able to suck up over a week ago, I'm not. That's more than he's had since Integra let him go back when her Uncle tried to kill her." the General stated with a shrug.

"That was a lot of dead wasn't it." Seras said sadly as the General nodded.

"I'm so tired of this. I can't do this for another month, or longer if it takes that." the General muttered as he opened his fourth or fifth chocolate bar.

"I know you don't mean us. But I can't figure out what you really mean. Too many thoughts are going through your head." Seras said.

"We've been fixing things up here for over a week. And none of the soldiers are here helping since they are all pretty much recovering. Even Pip is somewhere in the city with his friends. Every night, Integra has Alucard looking around to see if there is any enemies around we missed, but he's found nothing. Not even any criminal activities have been happening lately." the General said, though happy with the news, also bored about it too.

"England is under a marital law of sorts and is suppose to be for at least another month, or more." Seras said with a shrug and longing look at the bar.

"That's what I mean. Nothing is going to happen. No attacks. Any enemy that tried would be beyond stupid. Alucard radiates power even if you're a normal human. When the freezer got damaged, he drank over two hundred packs of Immortal blood, along with all the normal blood, plus all that blood during the battle. If he isn't highly charged, I don't know what is." the General said waving the bar as he spoke before taking another bite.

"That explains why a lot of the workers seem on edge as night falls. Or during the days where Alucard doesn't go to bed in the mornings." Seras said as she tapped her lip thinking, while still staring at the bar.

"Yeah. The point is, I can't deal with this. We're going to have to leave." the General said with a tired sigh.

"And, go where?" Seras asked, wondering herself if it was some place Integra would allow.

"Colorado." the General stated.

"America?" Seras asked raising her eyebrows.

"Yes. I need to see something other than lots of destruction. See the mountains again too. See a movie for Christ sake! We barely have a functioning radio out here since something in the air is ruining the radio signals. Not to mention the cell phones." the General said as he trailed off grumbling. "I want to see my home, my stuff. Be in a place that is more familiar to me than anywhere I have been in a long time."

"Well, I can't deny that. Even I am tired, mentally, of doing the same thing every day. And seeing this dark walls everyday." Seras said with a audible sigh. "The last time we had a moment together was before the attack. Even with the few times I've drank from you since then, there is no pleasure in it. Wait, that came out wrong…"

"I understand Seras. I can't even go for a drive to relax since the roads are being watched too carefully. And we haven't been able to really repair BG's front axle well enough to drive efficiently." the General said upset at himself for not getting it done sooner. "Got everything else we could do for the moment though."

"Sir Integra isn't going to just let us go. If Lance wasn't here, though I am glad he is, we'd be able to leave." Seras stated as she looked at him sleeping peacefully.

"Maybe I can convince Integra to go with." the General said thinking.

"Huh?" Seras asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We all could go, even Walter. Think of it as a vacation, no, it will be called a vacation. With all we've done lately and particularly this incident, we all need time to relax. There is no enemies to deal with and with that fiasco with Section XII, we don't have to worry about them trying to come over and do anything. Especially with the British Army running the rounds along with the law enforcement and American troops sent in for aid." the General said waving a finger around.

"Sir Integra never takes time off. She didn't want to give over command when she was in the last stages of her pregnancy." Seras stated. "You had to come in every night and give her a report and then do whatever she had in mind for the next day."

"She's barely doing anything other than getting reports of the daily progress around here. And whatever Alucard tells her the next morning, which has been zilch, nada, nothing. Even Mel'thena came over to see what was going on since her customers haven't been coming by lately." the General said swallowing another bit before continuing. "I think the main reason she came was because Pip and his friends spent a lot of time there."

"No doubt. At least she has the money and supplies to last if it takes over a month. Things were bad enough she didn't even have sex on her mind much less a passing thought about you in that regard." Seras said as she eyed the candy bar even more.

"See, nothing is happening anywhere. Even the Queen isn't going anywhere." the General said.

"That might get Sir Integra to come around." Seras said grabbing his hand that was about to put the last bite of bar in his mouth. "I want to try something. No, I need that…."

"Okay, if you start to get sick, you can faze through the wall." the General said as she went over by the said wall and put the last piece in and chew it with a look near ecstasy. "Seras?"

"Oh god, this is so good." Seras said with a tone he was familiar with, only in bed.

"You're not getting sick." the General stated with confusion as he not only saw but felt she did swallow in delight that matched ecstasy.

"Wait, I'm not." Seras said surprised. "Wow…."

"And there it comes." the General said as he felt it.

"No, I think I can hold it down. It's only a slight nausea." Seras said sitting by him after he motioned her over and then put his ear between her breast as his hand covered her left breast. "General, if you need to feel and see them that badly, I can remove…"

"I think you're heart is beating. Unless I am hearing myself." the General said checking her pulse on her wrist next. "Wow, you're warm. Not like normal warm, but not ice cold anymore."

"Yeah, I've noticed that as of late. I don't hear or feel like my heart is beating though. And the nausea is practically gone." Seras said surprised as she was licking her teeth. "Oh, that was so damn good to taste again….."

"And yet you ate something. Interesting, I'm not the only one changing then. You have been feeling hungry, so this might be the first step towards eating more." the General said.

"As fascinating as this is, we can deal with it in the morning where I'm not so tired that thinking is a chore." Seras said pushing him back on the bed then laying on him somewhat as he pulled the covers over them and went to sleep with her.

"You want to what?" Sir Integra asked the next morning.

"I can't handle doing this for another month. There is plenty of people here doing the work to restore and whatnot to all this. All the important stuff we don't want stolen and such has already been put away and Alucard can keep a watch on everything while we are away. It's not like anything is going to attack or even try to. I know the enemy has been stupid, but not stupid enough to attack despite how vulnerable we look." the General said. "Assuming there is any enemy around to begin with, locally I mean."

"I must admit, I can't argue with that. Alucard has been very bored, but, dare I say, rather content and peaceful despite not finding anything each night." Integra said sitting back. "He's not even trying to run around my mind, which is kinda disturbing since I am so used to it."

"Alucard's giving you a break?" the General said in surprise and then grabbed his arms and looked like he was freezing. "Did it just get cold in here? The souls of the damned warm this place and I think hell just froze over."

Seras burst out laughing so hard she dropped to her knees while holding his pant leg to keep from falling over. Integra looked angry for a moment, because of the statement apparently, but also burst out laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes like Seras did.

(A.N. I read that joke or saying, in a comic somewhere and also laughed so hard I hurt and was in tears. I couldn't help but put it here because it seemed right. Hopefully someone else finds it funny too. Sad I can't recall what comic I read it in.)

"Well, I admit I found that funny at the time I heard it too." the General said with a chuckle.

"Oh my, that certainly was new for me." Integra said as she wiped her eyes. "Thanks General, that really did explain things very well."

"I can see that memory too." Seras said as she wiped her eyes, and then grimaced as she saw they were bloody as expected, to which she just brought it back into her body. "Good thing I am dead, or I would have wet my pants like you did General."

"Thanks." the General grumbled as Seras said sorry but also admitted it happened to her a couple of times.

"Sadly, I have never laughed that hard." Integra said with a sigh. "But that moment just now came close. But, going back to the request, it sounds like a good idea."

"We both know you can order him to not go over a certain level of his power if a enemy showed up, which is highly unlikely. And if he had to, he could easily contact you telepathically with his current power level." the General stated.

"True. I cannot deny the prospect is appealing. I have little if anything I can do here except look over progress reports, which change little if at all each day. I cannot even talk to the Queen unless they send someone or I go almost ten miles away to break through whatever this lingering problem in the air dissipates. She did mention, though I am sure it was a joke, that I would be able to take a vacation since there was little I could do to mount an offensive if anything happened because I could only send Alucard out." Integra said with a sigh.

"Yeah. My guns survived, but we have almost no ammo left anywhere. My sword was utterly destroyed and the room and supplies to create all that was damaged badly as well." the General said upset and sad.

"My sword was broken too." Seras said. "My cannon is still intact and I have a few rounds left, but Walter said I should keep them unless it became a serious emergency. The plans were damaged along with the room so more ammo isn't possible at the moment."

"It is no surprise that our swords broke in the end." Integra said as she glanced at her broken blade and handle on her desk. "As much as I would like to say no, mostly because I should stay because duty demands it, the Queen did say I could go. You make a very good argument General. I can and will order Alucard to limit his power. The rest of us can go and will stay for awhile. God knows, Walter at least needs to have the vacation if no one else. I still need time to recover myself and a change of scenery would do that. The weather here isn't suppose to change from rain for another week or possibly longer and not seeing the sun is getting dreary. That's Alucards only complaint since he can't see the moon. I'd rather not have Lance get sick, such as a cold or something, which is highly likely with this weather."

"You have no idea how happy I am to hear that." the General stated with great relief.

"What about our prisoner?" Integra asked with a serious tone.

"She still hasn't woken up." Seras said. "The only comfort that I think we can take in that is that she isn't causing trouble and hasn't since Alucard brought her back."

"Her gun didn't survive so, at least that's another comfort." the General said.

"No, it survived. Alucard just kept it for himself." Seras said.

"Oh yeah, I forgot he said that." the General said.

"We can't leave her here unsupervised." Integra stated.

"We can take her with then, which I'd rather do anyway. She won't try anything around me." the General said as he stood.

"And if she does?" Integra asked.

"I may not be as powerful as I once was, but I can say she wouldn't be able to defeat me in hand to hand combat, even though that was when she was younger. And if she remembers me, that's even better since I showed her nothing but love and kindness. Not that sort of love Seras, and you know it." the General said looking at her.

"I know. I just wanted to see that look on your face." Seras said with a sweet smile.

"I'm going to go make the arrangements Sir Integra. You can inform Walter and Alucard while I get the things we'll need for the trip. And before you say or ask, we can buy you new suits or other clothes once we get to America." the General stated. "No one will know who you are over there so you can go to town, with Seras if you want, and go girl shopping for once in your life."

"Considering many of them are in serious need of repair, I was about to suggest we do that before the trip. It may take a few days before a plane is available." Integra said.

"I know some friends who can fly in. We'll be able to leave tomorrow afternoon." the General said. "Hopefully anyway."

Alucard wasn't surprised that Integra told him they were leaving. It was very hard for her to sleep, not really because it was the basement, but because she was having some nightmares about the fight, mostly dealing with Lance, but also her other more closer friends not being able to be saved no matter what she did. Personally, Integra never had nightmares, at least not since she was little which were few and far between, but with having Lance, her defenses and normally hard way of living had gotten soft. Plus, being injured as she was, having pain a lot didn't help matters either. She refused to take any pain killers aside from aspirin, since the troops and many others needed those precious pills and shots more than she did.

He took the orders to not go beyond level one of his restriction, and to continue to go about looking around at night, even though it was probably going to be the same as it had been every night. If there was any criminals out there, depending on what it was, which she gave a list of, he was limited on what he could do to them. He was allowed to kill certain ones, but it had to be certain circumstances. Since they'd be able to completely lock up the basement area and Alucard was going to be able to leave one of his shadows to keep watch at all times, even when he was sleeping, it gave him something to do. Integra was rather surprised, and it showed, when he didn't cause trouble or argue with her. He noticed and basically said he was very content with all the battling of late so, even though he was rather bored lately, he was satisfied anyway.

The General was able to get a plane to come in towards the afternoon, and they set out in three cars, one of which was one of Integra's Roll's she really liked, that would be coming along with the General's car, that couldn't do over thirty. It took pulling some favors, and promising to do a couple, and a Hercules cargo plane was waiting when they packed up and took off. One of the reasons Integra wanted her car to be brought along was because it was comfortable for her to sit in during the long trip, along with holding Lance in a more safer place. Seras, the General and Walter also were in the car, with Walter very content with sitting up front in the car with several books he was reading as the rest stayed in the back of the Roll's.

Getting fueled up twice, they made it to Peterson Air Force Base with a few hours left until the evening. Four people were standing nearby as the ramp came down on the large planes and the cars backed out. Surprisingly, Rip was still asleep, so it was easy to get her out and into the General, which was put on a truck since the car was unable to drive itself on the streets safely.

"Is that those people, that team we helped on another planet?" Seras asked pointing.

"Yes, it is. I couldn't get the people I wanted to come get me, mostly because of governmental issues, England issues that is, so I did the only other thing I could and called the SGC. The plane came with much needed supplies and now, here we are." the General said as he slowly pulled up to them as Walter pulled up beside the truck the Black General Lee was on.

"I know you're leaving something out." Seras stated as she got out, also seeing Integra and Walter doing the same.

"What is going on General?" Integra asked.

(A.N. It is season seven for Stargate, but the episode Hero's hasn't happened yet, though Fallout has.)

"I called several people to get me here, but I was ultimately told no or was turned down, mostly because England is in a sort of lockdown. So I called them." the General said as the group walked up.

"Hi. I'm Colonel Jack O'Neill. Two L's." Jack said not seeing Carter smile lightly beside him as he held up two fingers. "This is Major Carter, Doctor Daniel Jackson and, Teal'c."

"Seras you know, this is Walter, family butler, Sir Integra Wingates Fairbrook Hellsing, and Lance, our son." the General said as they all shook hands.

"It is a true honor to meet you Sir Integra." Daniel said with a respectful bow. "I was very happy to hear you had all made it, especially you since I was hoping we could talk sometime."

"Thank you Doctor Jackson. We were all exceedingly lucky and blessed to survive that. The General has told me a few things about you. I would be happy to indulge you with our family history and the truth about vampires." Integra said shaking his hand. "To a point however."

"Well, with introductions out of the way, we can move onto the next order of business. Forgive me Sir Integra, but I had to make a deal with them in order to get their help." the General said as he started to feel a bit uneasy.

"And you're mentioning this now?" Walter said as Integra scowled and glared at the General.

"It only effects me, and probably Seras." the General said, seeing Jack smile.

"That's relieving, somewhat." Sir Integra said. "What's the deal?"

"We come and help them at the base. Well, me mostly. I just figure Seras will be there anyway." the General said.

"I have no problem with that, as long as you come home. I do not want to raise Lance alone." Integra stated.

"Trust me, I do not plan on letting that happen." the General said as he turned back to the group. "So, what do I need to do? Come in and such."

"We'll give you a couple of days to settle in and then we'll give you a call and let you know then." Jack said. "I'm not sure about any of the, off world stuff yet. Carter here wants to have your help with a few things, as does Daniel."

"Works for me." the General said only to cough the next moment. "Oh no."

SG-1, were more than startled when the General covered his mouth as blood came out from between his fingers. When they saw Seras look at him with a kinda panicked look and then started looking around quickly, they got worried.

"General, what the hell…" Daniel began as he placed a hand on the man's shoulder, only for much more blood to come out with a couple of coughs and splatter the man's shoes.

"It hasn't even been that long…" the General muttered with a gurgle sound. "Why now?"

"General, the car…" Seras said grabbing his arm quickly, only to stop as BG spoke, startling everyone but the people who knew of her.

"Not happening. You go somewhere else to do that. I don't need blood all over my interior." BG said as they heard the doors lock.

"What the.." Jack asked first after seeing Seras and the General had suddenly disappeared. "What the hell is going on? Where did they go so quickly?"

"What's wrong with him Sir Integra?" Daniel asked concerned.

"We aren't very sure of all the details, mostly because it is something that not even I have heard of until very recently, and even Alucard was rather shocked at finding out, with what has happened to the General. And we're not even sure why or how it is happening. But essentially, though the General is part vampire, he's the complete opposite of one." Sir Integra said with a sigh. "Which is why he was coughing up blood."

"He's what?" the group asked confused.

"How the hell did that happen?" Daniel asked a bit to loudly.

"You'll have to ask him the story behind it Doctor Jackson. I am not well instructed or learned in Immortal matters." Integra said, ignoring the outburst.

"Wait a minute. I've heard of that sort of vampire before. I thought it was, well, a joke or something." Daniel said. "It was in some really old castle, or a book in a really old castle, many years ago. I think it said something about them being called, a blood discharger is it?"

"Correct." Integra said somewhat surprised. "Do you still happen to have this book?"

"Somewhere in my vast collection. I'll try to find it if I can." Daniel said with interest as he thought.

"That would be greatly appreciated. Can you recall what else it said?" Integra asked as they noticed the two coming out of the back of the large plane they came in.

"It said something about a vampire that had to bite people and give them blood because their body made too much. I dismissed it as someone seeing the unfortunate victim bleeding to death as they were actually being sucked. I wasn't able to translate all of it and some of it was hard to read because it was rather damaged to begin with." Daniel said as he thought about the book.

"Okay, so you two are saying that, and no one knows why the General is this way either, but his body makes too much blood and, at some point, it just starts coming out of him, right?" Jack asked.

"That is basically it Colonel O'Neill." Walter said.

"I know Daniel's blood is sometimes taken to help with supplies at the base, since it seems that Immortals have type O blood by default. I only say this because the General and Daniel have the same type as does Janet, who isn't a Immortal yet." Carter said. "We've never had any interaction problems, so when the General works for us, whenever this problem starts happening, we could, drain the excess out."

"We thought of doing the same thing once the Hellsing Manor was rebuilt." Integra said as the two finally walked up.

"Sorry, I'm okay though." the General said.

"How long have you been a blood discharger?" Daniel asked. "And how much of an Immortal are you still anyway? I barely felt you walk up?"

"How'd you…" the General began. "Oh, Sir Integra told you. Okay, um, as far as I can tell, completely Immortal. A bit stronger but not as strong as I was as a complete vampire, obviously. And healing tends to depend on concentration."

"I really want to hear about what has been happening since we last met." Daniel said. "We can talk when I come over to see Sir Integra."

"Last time we met I was cooking and you were ascended. Why'd you give it up?" the General asked to the astonished Doctor.

"I saw you when I was ascended?" Daniel asked confused.

"Yeah. You told me the, um…ascended beings were checking me out or something. I don't recall the details much. Why don't you remember?" the General asked confused.

"Daniel did something against their rules, and in doing so, he was sent back as a human, to another planet were we luckily found him." Carter said. "But he had no memories at all and is still trying to remember everything he knew before ascending."

"Not surprised to hear about that. Figures." the General muttered. "Wait a minute! Those bastards have to be behind this! From what I can remember about our conversation in the kitchen, they were the reason I was a vampire to begin with and how I became a…"

"We should probably talk in a more private place." Seras said with her hand over his mouth, since she saw the others looking at him with a shut up look and seeing Integra make a motion for Seras to do something.

"Oh, right." the General mumbled between her fingers.

"Okay, I think that is enough for one day. We can talk more when you come in to work. You should get them home before night falls. It's going to be a good two hour drive to begin with." Jack said.

"I'll drive you there if you let me Sir Integra." Daniel said. "We could talk for a hour or so if you don't mind. Give your butler time to recover better."

"That would be greatly appreciated Doctor Jackson." Sir Integra said as she saw Walter agreeing it would be a good idea.

"Have someone come out and pick me up…." Daniel began.

"You can take one of my cars. Or better yet, BG can take you back so it gives her a chance to check the area out since this is her first time in this country." the General said. "Shouldn't take too long to do a quick fix to the axle when we get home."

"I like that idea." BG said. "Getting tired of not being able to move."

"Can you explain the, 'car' real quick?" Jack asked as he used his fingers to make quotes around the word car as he said it.

"Look up the Foundation for Law and Government, AKA, F.L.A.G. That will explain everything." the General said as he bid them goodnight. "She awake yet?"

"No. Brain scans indicate she's still in a deep sleep." BG said.

"I'm starting to feel a lot more hungrier now." Seras muttered as she felt the General was feeling hungry as well.

Once at his house, Sir Integra was impressed as was Walter. Even BG was too and was happy to have her own place in the parking garage under a section of the house, especially after getting repaired which thankfully took just over half an hour. The two got their own rooms, with Integra's near the Generals in case she needed him to help with Lance. Henry kept quite about who the people where and was glad to help them out, as was the rest of the staff living there. After dinner, Integra and Daniel sat down in the General's office or sometimes referred to, the comic library since it had the General's personal favorites unlike the other one that had the rest of the other books. While those two talked, Walter was apparently enjoying being in one of the Jacuzzis while Seras and the General were outside walking around with Lance. Helen was extremely happy to see the two of them and even happy to see Lance for the few hours she stayed awake before heading to bed for the night since she really enjoyed being able to go outside during the day and feel the sun on her.

Seeing as time had passed, forward, for them to get to Colorado, it was easy for all of them to get to sleep and wake up with little or no jet lag. While the rest of the house got up, Integra being very happy that, even though Walter was kinda indisposed, Daniel was able to help her to the kitchen with no trouble and was very happy to do so. She drank tea while he had a few cups of coffee and one of the people in charge of the house made breakfast for them. Walter didn't like the fact he was being served, mostly because he never took a rest break really, but had little choice but to allow it as he hadn't fully healed yet. Integra ordered him to try and enjoy it while he was able, like she was, since an attack could happen any second and they'd be back on the plane to England if it was serious.

"Where's dad and sis?" Lance asked.

"I think they are still sleeping." Integra said as Lance was eating cheerios near her at the table. Walter snorted and tried to hide it, but failed in the rather quiet kitchen. "Walter?"

"I may be getting old Sir Integra, but my hearing is still exceptional." Walter stated as he cleaned his monocle.

"I don't want to know." Integra said shaking her head with a tired sigh. "I'd be jealous, but I have no interest in sex since I have what I want."

Daniel snorted and coughed as coffee ran through his sinuses and over his shirt.

"Did you not know Doctor Jackson…" Integra began. "I assumed someone of your talent and profession would have noticed it…"

"Yeah, I already knew." Daniel said cleaning himself off the best he could with a towel as he grumbled out the next words before continuing on. "Most of the SGC knows. I'm not used to hearing that subject candidly even after all my years."

"They were together before we married." Integra stated. "Despite my religious beliefs, which the General also holds, as does Seras, much to Alucards annoyance, we married for several reasons, none of them out of love in a relationship sense of the sexual level."

"I remember you spoke briefly about Lance last night." Daniel said.

"Before Seras came to join our organization, only because she was dying since Alucard shot her to get the vampire behind her, and asked Alucard to save her, I was sure that all creatures of the night were dangerous. Some just biding time till no one was looking. It was because of the General, and Seras before he arrived, that I was able to see that not all, monsters as most of them have been termed, are not evil. There is another vampire out there that has a establishment, and though she follows the laws and doesn't attack people, I find her evil just because of her profession. Since she provides good information from time to time, I leave her alive. Not to mention she is also friends with the General which I learned later. As for the Helen lady here, she stayed to herself all the time we watched her." Integra said. "Even when night time came, she rarely came out and mostly got anything she needed from couriers."

"Yeah, I have came across that sort of, situation a lot before." Daniel said.

"Seras Victoria is a very exceptional case." Walter stated. "Alucard hates anything holy…"

"But he uses guns with holy ammo and such." Daniel said confused.

"Yes, but Walter meant it in the way of a, more personal touch. Though he can stand by holy water and blessed silver, Alucard cannot touch them without pain. The same is said for Seras, which also includes garlic and most other things that harm vampires. However, the exceptional part, which to this day continues to surprise me, which we believe is because of her getting blood from the General, is that she does come to church with the General and us during Mass. While the General was able to take the communion, she was not, though I think that was because we drank from small silver cups. We can only attribute the fact she was able to sit there and listen during the song service and sermon afterward that is was because of the General's blood. Alucard, despite being much more powerful than Seras, wouldn't have been able to stand there for a minute during either or both services." Integra said.

"Wow." Daniel said rather shocked.

"She was even able to hold a bible." Walter said. "We are unsure of what is going on with her, but she is unlike any vampire the world has ever seen."

"Was her family religious before she became a vampire?" Daniel asked.

"From what we gathered about her parents, they were so." Integra said as she told him of what happened to the poor girl. "Up until the night she died and became a vampire, she did go to church. That all changed after being turned and she didn't go after that, and admittedly missed it, much to my surprise. When the General arrived, I asked him to join us, and he did. Once she started drinking from him, he wanted to try and see what would happen if she did join us during Sunday service. It was uncomfortable at first, but eventually it went away. But they still stay at the back, mostly to avoid any confrontation troubles. God knows I don't need them trying to start a exorcise on them both."

"Does she still go?" Daniel asked.

"We haven't been able to go for over a month with all the recent troubles." Integra stated. "And seeing as I am unfamiliar with this country, I do not know if there is any Protestant church's here. Considering we need time to recover, and the General is still getting used to his new condition, we'll more than likely wait until we are back in England to go back to the weekly services."

"I could still look around for you if you want?" Daniel offered.

"Thank you Doctor Jackson, but that won't be necessary." Integra said. "It would be easier to avoid lots of questions and people finding out who I really am."

"Well, I would like to continue with you on our talk and such, but duty calls. It was a honor to meet you Sir Integra, and you as well Walter. I will try to get out again at some point." Daniel said as he got up and then bowed as they did as well.

"You done Lance?" Integra asked.

"Yes mom." Lance said with a smile as Integra wiped the milk off his face.

"Then let's go for a walk. I'd like to see the rest of this place, outside, before it gets too hot." Integra said as she picked him up and finished cleaning his face off. "Walter, we will see you later at some point. I would enjoy you coming with, but…"

"I understand Sir Integra. The offer was very welcoming. I am enjoying being able to catch up on some reading though." Walter said. "The sooner I heal, the sooner I will be able to fully serve you again, and be ready to defend you from any attacks."

It was well after ten when the two finally got up, as to getting out of bed and down into the kitchen to eat before starting the day. They had actually been up since about eight, took a shower, had fun for awhile, then another needed shower before heading out. They talked with Integra for awhile while enjoying time with Lance before the General had to go deal with a few things he needed to get done. Seras was wearing a red shirt, that wasn't surprisingly to see very tight, along with tight jeans and one of those short jean jackets, and hiking shoes. The General was wearing similar, with the T-shirt being blue instead and had Sonic the Hedgehog on it.

The General needed to get a particular thing done, hopefully sooner than later, but had one quick thing to deal with seeing as a particular person was starting to come out of their deep sleep. Last night, Rip was taken to a small room down in the basement area, usually used for storage and such, that was converted into a room quickly with Seras's help. A simple bed, yet comfortable, a dresser that had some clothes, all men's at the moment that would fit her, along with a chair adorned the brick room. Seras stood with her back against the door out and the General sat in the chair near the bed as Rip was slowly waking up.

"Whatever Alucard did to her, sure took its time to wear off for her to wake." the General muttered as Rip was slowly stirring.

"On the bright side, we can deal with her now instead where we don't have any pressing matters." Seras said with her arms crossed.

"I'm just glad that that chip was found in the back of her neck, when BG scanned her, after the attack was over, after Alucard told us where she was from coming back from that carrier." the General said.

"It was different from the Freak chips. Sort of." Seras said as Rip sat up holding her head, still in the clothes she wore when captured. "And BG was able to shut it off without killing her so we could remove it. Still bugs Integra and Alucard that she is part vampire."

"Rip, you remember me?" the General asked as he got up and stood by the bedside.

"Herr General? Vhy are you here?" Rip asked slowly as she glanced around, extremely confused and rubbed her head with one hand. "How did I get here? Vhere is here?"

"You're at my house." the General stated.

"Your house? Ve're in Svitzerland? Doesn't seem that cold." Rip said rubbing her arms anyway.

The General blinked, very confused as Rip was looking around. Seras walked up to him feeling him lost and thinking.

"General…" Seras began gently.

"Huh? Oh, hi!" Rip said waving a hand at her while smiling brightly. "You must ve a friend of the General's."

"Hi. Um…what's going on General?" Seras asked.

"Rip, what is the last thing you remember?" the General asked sitting on the bed by her.

She tilted her head up putting her finger to her chin.

"Um, I vas vaiting for you to return, but the village vas attacked. Ve ended up being captured vy the Nazi's. Um…" Rip said rubbing her head. "I think I vas taken avay to some commander. Oh yeah, I vas given a choice, in order to spare vy grandparents, I had to help them vith something. But I can't remember vhat it vas….."

"Rip, I'm sorry to tell you this, but it's been forty years since I last saw you." the General said as Rip looked at herself, just now noticing herself not being as short as she remembered. "I did come back, two weeks later when I heard fighting was taking place near where you were. I had even brought those things you and the village wanted, but it was for naught. The village was almost burned to the ground, and I spent the next few years searching for you, but with all the fighting going on, it ended up being so difficult I ended up giving up. There was so many dead, I couldn't stand to keep looking at all the bodies. So many children…"

"Forty years…." Rip said slowly seeing her friend looking extremely distraught. "Vait. Vhy do I still look like this vhen I should ve much older?"

"An insane Major and his group experimented on you, making you into a bad person. Over a week ago, a friend of mine was fighting you…" the General said as Rip sat back surprised with blinking eyes. "And only because I asked him to bring you back, after seeing it was you, is why you are here. In America, Colorado specifically."

"Vhat happened to me?" Rip asked fearfully as she gripped herself tightly.

"Are you feeling hungry?" the General asked after a moment.

"General, I don't know…" Seras began.

"Unless you have a better idea." the General said.

"Guess, it can't hurt. Don't have any reason to feel jealous, but I do." Seras muttered.

"Rip…" the General said gently.

"Um, I am hungry, but not sure vhat for. Vhat happened General?" Rip asked grabbing his hand. "Vhat did they do? Vhy is forty years gone by and I don't remember?"

"There is no easy way to say this. They turned you into a vampire." the General said.

Rip stared at his sad but serious expression and then started to laugh.

"That is so funny Herr General!" Rip said coming out of the laugh quickly to look worried again. "You're trying to keep me safe General, vhy? Vhat is it?"

The General sighed and reached into his pocket, finding it empty of what he thought he had earlier.

"Okay, um….Seras.." the General said.

"This is a really strange way to do this." Seras said.

"Yeah, I know." the General said as Seras bit his wrist, not on the main vein, but a location that would bleed enough for his purpose.

"Ew." Rip said as Seras licked her lip and the General held out his hand. "Vhat are you doing?"

"Can you smell it?" the General asked.

"Yes." Rip said while trying to avoid looking at the blood, only to spend more time staring at it. "It smells like blood as it should."

"And how does it make you feel?" the General asked calmly.

"I….vhy do I feel the need to lick it?" Rip said confused, yet fearful of what she was sure was the answer.

"I've already healed, being what I am. But go ahead." the General said.

Both were surprised when she lunged over and licked it off quickly, seeming to savor the flavor and then realizing what she did.

"Vhat have I done…." Rip said backing off with her hand over her mouth.

"Rip, calm down." the General said putting a hand on her shoulder.

"But I am a vonster!" Rip said fearfully.

"Do you feel like attacking me for more?" the General asked calmly.

"Yes." Rip said weakly as she started to tear up. "I don't vant to…"

"Seras is a vampire too. You're going to have to learn control." the General said.

"Vhat?" Rip said loosing all her fear and other emotions instantly. "Vhat do you mean she is a vampire?"

"I am one too, kinda." the General said as the two of them smiled, showing their fangs to her.

She felt hers, and was shocked, especially when she cut her own finger on the fang.

"I'm having a vad dream." Rip said as she looked around even more confused and frightened than before.

"I'm sorry Rip, but it is true." the General said as Rip fell over and cried in his lap.

"This is really, completely not what I expected." Seras said. "She has no memories of anything past you leaving. Somewhat I mean."

"Yeah. It has to be because the chip was removed. She and who knows how many others were probably prototypes, or later versions. We don't know for sure, but enough that taking hers out didn't kill her. And I only did that because BG said the chip was barely functioning and believed it could be removed after she shut the thing off." the General said slowly stroking the young ladies hair as she continued to cry.

"Her condition isn't good General." Seras said after putting a hand on Rip's head and focusing for a moment, and only doing so since Rip cried herself to sleep. "That chip must have been regulating her body. I can feel she is slowly falling apart from the inside out."

"How long?" the General asked after a moment, with his voice trying not to break.

"I honestly don't know. But, and I'd rather not do it, I think she can be saved." Seras said nervously.

"How?" the General asked, even though he was sure he knew the answer.

"Well, there is only one way and I shouldn't have to…" Seras said.

"I see." the General said slowly as he laid her back on the bed gently. "I wouldn't dare ask Alucard. And since I am unable to anymore, there is only you. Maybe Helen would do it."

"I hope so." Seras said with a sigh. "I don't want to have anyone but you in my head."

Seras went and found her rather quickly, being a vampire herself, the aura was easy to locate and get to where the General would have been asking others and looking for quite awhile since Helen was actually watching TV outside in a gazebo behind the house, which was some educational channel dealing with nature.

The General was still sitting on the bed watching Rip sleep, seeing her chest rise and fall to his amazement, probably being a reflex action she either learned or trained herself to do, or something along those lines, or it was because she wasn't a true vampire. Whatever it was, the General wasn't sure and didn't dwell on it much.

Almost half an hour later, the two came in and though Helen was kinda reserved about doing what the General wanted, she was going to do it, not only out of gratitude for him saving her and giving her the ability to see life like a normal person can, but also because it would allow her to impart her knowledge onto someone else, such as Rip who would be her fledgling since Helen would never become a mother and had wondered sometime what it would be like, and this was as close as it got.

Rip didn't even wake up when she was bit nor woke up during the process of being turned, nor even after it was over, making Helen wonder if something went wrong for a moment even after giving some of her blood to Rip, who on reflex only swallowed, but still stayed asleep.

"Is she alright Helen?" the General asked worried and confused as Seras was.

"Yes. She has retreated to the back of her mind, mostly from confusion, but also in fear and shock from learning what you recently told her. She should wake soon, if not later, and will know what has happened to her." Helen said getting off the bed.

"Did you find her lost memories?" Seras asked. "The ones of her being with the Major and such?"

"They are there, but fragmented bad enough, she alone will doubtfully ever piece them back together. Your former master scared her greatly when he took her, so much so she shut down after he punched her. Which is why it took so long for her to wake up again. With now, being so far from your former masters aura, she began feeling safe and hearing your voice made the feeling greater which woke her up as well. Though I have no need for her to be in my servitude, I will keep her from doing anything that would be regrettable or worse." Helen said.

"Thank you Helen." the General said giving her a hug that she returned with a happy smile of her own, only kissing the side of his neck in return and then him doing so on her forehead.

Helen walked out happy, humming something and Seras told him she went through the floors to go back to the program she was watching outside. Rip did wake up a few minutes later, having mixed feeling about so many things, while confused and yet understanding what happened to her with what Helen did, why and after talking to the two of them for a few minutes, she left feeling the need to talk to Helen about what she was and her, purpose as it were. Promising to caught up with the two later, she left and went outside, after being given a bag of Immortal blood that Helen still continued to get.

"We need to go talk to Sir Integra about this." Seras said. "I don't think she is going to be happy."

"I know. But, this burden is on me, and I hope I don't have to go against her seeing as this isn't her country and this is also my home, where much of her jurisdiction of power can't be used." the General said with a sigh.

Integra's eyebrow twitched somewhat as the three, plus Lance who was sitting in Seras's lap while eating a soggy cereal from the kitchen table, sat and talked. Seras held him while he ate, ignoring the few times he missed his mouth and got it on her clothes. The General was eating a chocolate bar while the two told Integra of what happened. Integra noticed but was so concentrated on the General's story that she didn't put two and two together about Seras having took a few bites from the General's chocolate bar and didn't get sick.

"I cannot say I approve of this General, but I have spoken with Helen on several occasions and feel I can trust her as I trust Seras. She never caused trouble back in England and I seriously doubt she will ever do so here. I exclude the fact that an attack on this place or a world war taking place injuring her so bad she looses control since with the current state of the world and other political and religious issues causing the current troubles, that could happen at any moment. I swear, this world seems like it is a hair trigger away from total destruction." Integra said with a tired sigh. "However, we must make do with what we have and continue on as best we can. Though we are outside England, vampires are under the watch of the Hellsing family, no matter where they are."

"Excluding Rome since they are, somewhat able to handle their own problems and we don't need to go fighting them and whatever evil creatures there as well." the General said.

"It should be our business, but you are correct that we will stay out of it. The point is, Helen and…her new fledgling will still be watched per say, but will be allowed to continue their freedom. If this Rip suddenly gains her memories back, then we will deal with whatever needs to be done then. I for one, hopes it never returns for your sake and my own. I would not rather have to order her destruction because things got out of hand from her memories returning." Integra said taking a drink of her tea.

"I saw bits and pieces of what she once knew, and from what Helen said, unless I or Helen helped those memories come back together, she shouldn't be able to on her own." Seras said.

"We told it would be best if she never remembered and didn't try. Just remember what she knew before it happened and dwell on everything else now." the General said.

"That works well for me." Integra said.

"Why are we so far from the house?" Seras asked as they walked down a trail out on the back of his property in the forest and she was eating a apple like the General was.

After the two had left Integra, who was going for a walk in the small grove, vineyard and garden nearby the house as Lance had his nap, and Seras cleaned herself off, the General said he had things to work on and Seras came with not only to stay with him, but also because he needed her help.

"Our swords were broken and I have no replacements. Or at least none I want to use." the General said as he tossed aside the steam and spit out the seeds.

"And?" Seras asked as she tossed aside the core.

"I've had an idea for a new sword ever since the battle where we lost ours. I'm not sure what you want, but I need to make myself the one I drew in my spare time." the General said as he pulled the paper from his pocket.

"What spare time?" Seras asked curious with a hint of playfulness.

"As much as I wished you had been there while I had to eat, Integra really wanted all that work done." the General said as she nodded. "And there was a few times while I was in the bathroom where I kept drawing."

"What's it look like?" Seras asked with interest.

He handed over the few papers in his pocket, and she looked at them, turned them a few times before figuring out what he finally designed.

"I think you've been watching to many sci-fi movies." Seras stated.

"Oh, yea of little faith Seras." the General said faking being hurt.

"I didn't say I didn't like it. It looks really good and very powerful for a sword, but it seriously looks like something from a futuristic movie." Seras said as she turned the papers again.

"Well, I can't deny some of the idea came from a couple movies." the General said pocketing the papers. "And technically we're in a futuristic time since we'll be working in a facility that goes to other planets."

"And from what we know, there is only two people in that place that are Immortals, and neither of them want to fight you." Seras stated.

"That doctor lady might still be a pre-immortal." the General said as they came up to a tall greenish brown fence with a closed door and padlock.

At one time, the boards for the fence were so close together that you wouldn't be able to put a piece of paper through them. Now, after all the years that passed, even though he had painted them a few times, many of them had gotten loose or shrunk slightly. Inside the fenced in area, just big enough to turn a car or be like the General Lee around in a complete circle, was a small hut with working bathroom and bed, along with a small shed filled with metal and tools of different kinds for working on metal and wood. A special fire pit with buckets, and anvil and a few other things were nearby but facing away from the hut to prevent any chance of fire from hitting the huts. The ground was concrete, and though cracked in a few areas, there was few if any weeds or other growth inside. Nearby was a hole attached to a water spigot by the hut.

"Wow, what is this place?" Seras asked, feeling his pride for the place.

"It's my own personal place I make my own swords with. I made money off this one for a few years, in this place in particular. Over my either life time, I think a few hundred years total would have been spent on just making swords for other people, either as gifts or for money." the General said as he grabbed a few items from the shed, one of which was a couple of books he handed to her.

"What am I suppose to do with these?" Seras asked, barely feeling the weight even though she knew it was a lot for a normal person.

"Look through them, unless you have an idea of what sort of sword you want me to make." the General said while setting the various items up to start working.

"A thick but thin and barely visible serrated katana, strong, capable of hopefully breaking through my opponent and his or her weapon without breaking itself. That way, besides protecting myself, I can also do the same for you." Seras said surprising him.

"Doable. I can make a couple out of titanium and a couple other metals, like I was going to do for my two swords. Going to take awhile though. Very good choice and glad you had something in mind before. I'm proud." the General said as she was putting the books down with a bright smile. "We'll have to look at handles and hilts in the other books. In the meantime, let the teacher show you how it is done."

"I know what sort of hilt I want too, but not sure about the handle yet." Seras said impressing him further.

"You've been thinking about this for awhile huh? I like that." the General said ruffling her hair slightly.

"Mostly from you thinking about your swords while I was working. Plus, it gives us something to do together and I have to admit, it is fun. Fighting without using projectile weapons makes it more interesting." Seras said with a smile that turned to a grimace afterward. "The only problem is I think most of the idea of fighting and it making me happy is because of what I am giving me those feelings since I never had them before."

"Yeah, but it is for a good cause. Saving people and helping protect me." the General said.

"You're good at this cheer up thing. So, where do we start teach?" Seras said with a bright smile.

"Well, draw up a design if you can of the sword so I have a basic idea of what it will look like and I'll show you how to do it. What sort of hilt do you want anyway?" the General asked as he put his papers down and got some out for her.

"A gold V, nothing big but certainly enough to keep another blade from hitting my hands." Seras said expecting and seeing the thinking look on his face. "The V basically stands for vampire and helps me remember what I am and what I don't want to be."

"Good point, good idea too. We can inscribe your name on the blade like I'm doing for mine along with the name Hellsing too. When you said V, I thought you were referring to your name." the General said.

"Hmm, I didn't think of it that way. Good thing though, since if anyone asks, I can say the V stands for Victoria, instead of the real reason." Seras said nodding her head.

"Now that is thinking ahead." the General said with a happy smile.

(A.N. To see a few pictures of what sword is created, go to Facebook and look for the account with the name, as it is written here, generalfordbreaker. Then just go to the photo's. I would have put the address in, but fanfiction doesn't allow links to be put anywhere in stories. To anyone who wants to draw a better picture of the same sword, for me, is welcome too. I used to be able to draw better in my youth, but my hand shakes too much anymore to be able to do better. If there is trouble getting to the site, let me know.)

(Further, if someone thinks I took the idea from someone else or a movie or anything else, I swear I came up with the idea myself and also swear I do not ever remember seeing a sword design like this. The same sword is in my other story, A Tale of Symphonia.)

Integra was rather surprised to see them later when they came back towards night and were covered in soot and looking burned in a few places. After getting cleaned up and into new clothes, they came back to the dining room table to eat with her and Lance. Integra was at the head, while the General was on her left and Seras on the right.

"What the hell happened to you two?" Integra asked with some concern, even though it wasn't really needed.

"Making swords." the General said as he dug into the pasta that was for dinner.

"We haven't finished Sir Integra." Seras said when she asked where they were.

"Oh. What are they?" Integra asked.

"Mine are a pair of katana's, one for normal use and the other for fighting vampires and such since it will be blessed and silver coated." Seras said as Integra nodded with approval.

"I am impressed with you Seras. I often wonder who you would have turned out if the General never showed up." Integra said. "No offense, but I usually come to the same conclusion, since I did talk to Alucard about it, and he agreed."

"I'd be dead." Seras stated, not really shocked as Integra nodded her head.

"You weren't drinking blood at all, and didn't even do so until later with the General, from what I understand to be a intimacy issue that got you to do so." Integra said as Seras looked embarrassed. "Though I am sure you wouldn't have died during the untimely arrival of the General during that fight, if he hadn't, it was obvious you were so weak, from what Alucard said, that you would have been raped or went berserk, resulting in serious trouble either way. If your mind didn't go from the trauma, you more than likely would have been out of control."

"I understand." Seras said quietly before smiling again. "Despite what I am, God must have found some favor in me still to bring you along huh General?"

He smiled a certain way that made her sort of blush as he also winked, ignoring the roll of eyes that Integra did at the two of them. Lance reached for Seras, who took him and tickled him for a few seconds before relenting as he hugged her and laid against her breast tiredly before falling asleep peacefully using them as pillows per say, which he tended to do with her. It was only because she told him telepathically early on that she was not capable of giving him what he wanted, was why he stopped trying to get in her shirt.

"That amazes me beyond belief as well." Integra said.

"Why?" the General asked. "He already knows who she is and always has since we both can communicate with him telepathically. Or I could but have since lost the ability somewhat unless I really concentrate."

"I am speaking mostly on the fact that you are cold Seras and have no heartbeat. But, since you have held him almost every day since he's been born like the General has, he must have gotten used to it." Integra said.

"Oh, we meant to tell you Sir Integra, but some time ago, well before the battle with the Major, even though I am still technically dead." Seras said as she blinked a few times still trying to grasp the concept somewhat even after all the time. "I haven't been as cold as I was when I became a vampire. I'm not warm like when I was human, but I don't feel like a ice cube anymore."

"I can only think it has to be because of me. Seras is the first vampire to have ever been on Immortal blood this long. The most I ever heard was a week during the capture of one of the Immortals way back then. She now feels more like slightly warm water in temperature." the General said.

"It must be a side effect then. Not a bad one either because it will make things easier for you when you are out amongst the population and end up shaking hands or something." Integra said. "Just have to remember to restrain your true strength."

"Alucard has already stated if Seras knew all the abilities and powers that a vampire can have, she would be able to easily outmatch him in battle with her power level because of my blood." the General said seeing Integra's eyebrows rise and eyes show shock for a brief moment even though she didn't do anything else or speak.

"I guess I shouldn't be surprised." Integra said after a moment. "Alucard has mentioned that he is incredibly proud of you Seras, even though he is also extremely disappointed in the fact you, as he put it, didn't follow his footsteps since he is technically your father in vampire terms."

"I'd still rather not drink if I could avoid it." Seras said with a sad voice. "I just take comfort that every time I do with the General, I at least know he doesn't care and that I am not hurting him."

"Oh, he cares." Integra stated.

"Well, that's a side effect and I meant it differently." Seras said.

"So, what is the plan for the next few days." Integra asked.

"I'm going to try and finish those swords by the end of the week. I could do it quicker, but I don't want to leave you and Lance alone for the next three days or so. Besides, Seras and I want to do other things around here as well." the General said.

"Not to mention it is a long walk and though I can get food, he can't move as fast as before anymore." Seras said.

"I will also need a new sword General. I can assume you will be able to do that?" Integra asked.

"Same as the one you had or something else, different?" the General asked.

"The same will work." Integra said.

"That's going to be easy. I can make three, possibly four depending on how it goes. I'll inscribe your name on the blades and put the Hellsing crest on the hilt." the General said seeing Integra's eyes light up, even though her face smiled lightly and showed approval.

"I would like that very much General. Thank you and I look forward to seeing your workmanship." Integra said with interest as the General pushed his plate over which wasn't finished. "I'm going to assume there is no garlic in that."

"No." the General said as Seras finished off the last five bites of pasta with a moan of joy at the taste.

"It feels so incredible to have something besides blood anymore." Seras said. "Sadly, I have to pace myself otherwise I get nauseated."

The next few days flew by rather quickly as they all talked, hung out in a relaxed fashion, with Helen even joining now that she had people to talk to she knew better, looked around with the General as he gave them all a tour, and even did a trip to town to show them around, having no trouble at all, other than being looked at by various people for driving a cherry red 57 Chevy Bel Air limo through town since Integra preferred the chauffeured way of getting around. Helen really enjoyed it because other than being important to the General and Seras, it made her feel important and feel even better seeing as she could go into public without feeling the need to feed, plus being out during the day in town.

By the end of the week, things were settled down better and Integra was getting more into the relaxed feeling of things, not having to worry about monsters or anything about to attack, especially since Alucard was able to finally call them by phone and tell her every night before his journey out and once back in the morning when she awoke that there hadn't been any troubles, at least of Hellsing duty needs. Walter was doing much better as well and was now getting around without a lot of trouble and was especially glad to be waiting on Integra again even though he was taking it easy as much as he would allow himself as she wanted him to.

The two were really impressed with their swords that were finished, as was Integra, and Seras was really happy since she did help in making her own much to Walters approval since the General was kinda biased towards her anyway. Seras managed to catch on quickly and fold her blade over fifty times on the non blessed blade and only twenty on the other because it started to get to that point she didn't want to hold it because of how blessed it was becoming. For the General, his weapons didn't feel very different really, though he could tell them apart even though they looked identical in every way, being folded one hundred times because he wasn't very good at beyond that unless he concentrated and worked on that sort of task and nothing else. Integra's blades were thinner than Seras's so he could only get fifty folds for the three blades he made for her.

Seeing as the, blessed weapons weren't in any need of use currently, they were set aside and the normal ones were used or carried around, mostly because the General needed to get used to the one he now had. Since Seras didn't want to break her new sword, or needed to really try it out against him, she was using a titanium metal pole that was slightly sharpened to keep it more intact against his blades.

Integra decided to watch while practicing her fencing to get herself back into practice since her arm had healed up enough she could move it again, but not to greatly, as the two were sparring to give the General a better chance at learning his new sword, or swords if you wanted to call them that too.

"God, this is hard." Seras said as she stopped for a moment and shifted her gloves again as he did the same after they had been sparring for over fifteen minutes. "Not to mention this is very familiar."

"Why is it that?" the General asked, not thinking first.

"When you started teaching me, you had to move slow with that huge sword and you wore out easily. Now the roles are reversed." Seras said as she twirled the blade a few times. "But without the weight problem."

"I guess they are, kinda." the General said lifting the sword back into place and pushing the blades out as she lifted her weapon.

"I'm having to hold back, which is actually more difficult than it seems." Seras said. "I'm so used to moving fast."

"Yeah, even though my arm has healed, the phantom pain is still there." the General said rubbing his left arm slightly.

The other day when they started, with the General having her only attack since he was only going to defense, which they were still doing in order for him to get used to how the swords would work in this fashion, she had, not thinking about it like he didn't either, ended up swinging to his left side, which even though he did bring the sword up to and did block the attack, wasn't used to the fact she usually used a lot of force since the last time they sparred he was still more of a vampire instead of what he was now. The blade did stay intact thankfully, and did deflect the blow somewhat, but not enough to keep his left arm from breaking in a couple places as he was tossed aside with both weapons flying away as he let go. It took an hour for him to wake back up, and then the two realized she had to be careful.

"Even though I barely feel the weight in this thing, I have to hold back or I'll hurt you again. Restraining my strength is actually a lot more difficult than it looks." Seras said. "Not to mention my speed as well."

"I know what you mean, remember?" the General said while tapping his head.

"Oh, yeah. We are still connected." Seras said as he shook his head and the two laughed.

"Think of it this way then. We're both getting training, me in learning this weapon, and you in more control of your strength and abilities." the General said.

"When you put it that way, yeah. Still difficult as hell." Seras said as they went at it again.

By the end of two hours, even with being able to heal, the General was rather sore considering he was still getting used to the new weapons and more often than not, barely deflected her attacks and blows. Seeing as he didn't want to ache each day, the two decided on trying another tactic by him attacking one day as she defended, and the next day, the roles would reverse. By the end of the week, he was a bit better but not in top form, when the SGC called saying they wanted to get them started. Seras was up to drinking tea in the morning with him and having one to two pieces of toast followed by something small at lunch and usually finishing whatever he had for dinner.

Seeing as SG-1 was off world, they were escorted in by a guy named Siler. Since having weapons on their selves wasn't actually possible, Seras hid them in the darkness in her coat which she was able to keep saying it had to do with her abilities in the sense of helping her. Both had to change clothes into some blue BDU's that most of the other people on the base also wore. Taking a seat in the briefing room, they waited, sitting across from each other as General Hammond came into the room from his office.

"Hello Miss Victoria, um, General. No offense, but is there another name we can call you?" Hammond asked as he took a seat at the head of the table near them.

"Sorry, I only have that name. I guess you could call me Mr. Hellsing if you wanted." the General said.

"Mr. Hellsing?" Hammond said.

"I married Sir Integra Hellsing and took her name since I didn't have a last name. My I.D. says, or said, Mr. General and nothing else before, so being called General was easier than Mister." the General said.

"Mr. Hellsing is it then. So, after looking over what we've been able to find out about you two, which was a lot actually, and reading over what SG-1, specifically what Major Carter and Doctor Jackson had to say, I want you two do help them both with whatever projects you can. Considering how long you'll both be living, I don't see it to be a problem with trying to learn whatever you can here since you have a lot of time."

"I'm willing to try sir, but I'm not really technically inclined." Seras said.

"I understand, but I'd like you to try. If it gets to difficult, we can try something else. Also, I see you have had some medical training, mostly field work. Would you be willing to work with Doctor Frasier to learn more?" Hammond asked.

"I don't see any problem with that." Seras said.

"I know you told us before about, well, what you are. If you feel it is a problem, then I'll only have Doctor Frasier limit you to injures that aren't blood related." Hammond said.

"Oh. I understand what you mean sir. Seeing as I probably won't be very far from the General, Mr. Hellsing as you'll be calling him, I doubt I'll have any trouble. I have a lot of control and whenever I have that craving, he's always around." Seras stated.

"Considering my new problem, she barely has to drink much at all." the General muttered.

"I'm sorry Mr. Hellsing, what was that?" Hammond asked.

"Something has happened recently, that has changed me." the General said, seemingly rather embarrassed while aggravated too as he told Hammond of his new condition.

"Ah yes. Doctor Jackson spoke of it, but not in that much detail since he was going to leave that to you. I must say, even with the job I have heard, it has to be the most strangest and bewildering thing I have ever heard, and probably will be the same when I see it, which will undoubtedly happen at some point. Is there nothing you can do to stop it?" Hammond asked.

"No. I was hoping Doctor Jackson would have been able to help since the last time I talked to him he was ascended and told me the, um…ascended people up there were looking at me with interest. But since they took his memory away…." the General said trailing off.

"Well, he is getting his memory back day by day. Hopefully at some point he'll be able to tell you something and if not, be able to help in some capacity since you two will be working together." Hammond said as the two nodded. "SG-1 is off world but should be back before the end of the day, so I'd like you two to go down and see Doctor Frasier before getting a tour of the place."

"No problem sir." they said.

"Good, if there is no questions, you can go. And any you have later, just come back and I'll answer them if I have time. Dismissed." Hammond said as he got up and left.

Janet was going over charts and only one patient was in there being tended to by a nurse, which was Siler who sprained his arm when he fell off a ladder in some hallways during a light change. It was almost a medical miracle that the guy was still alive since he seemed to be the most accident prone man in the mountain, yet he was never injured enough for it to be considered extremely life threatening. It was also a surprise the man hadn't asked for a transfer considering his, bad luck per say.

"Ah, Mr. Hellsing, Miss Victoria. General Hammond said you were coming." Janet said while waving at a bed nearby, ignoring the look the General had for a moment that Janet only knew because Daniel had it every time he entered the infirmary or she came by.

"I'd prefer Seras if you don't mind Doctor Frasier." Seras said.

"Sure Seras." Janet said with a smile as they sat on the bed by each other. "Hmm, interesting. You aren't as cold as when we first met. Still no heartbeat though."

"We think it has something to do with my blood." the General said.

"I'll just have to take your word for that since we really have no way to make any test. You're the first, of your kind we've ever came across." Janet said.

"I don't think that knowing I'm a vampire is going to be a problem." Seras said. "You deal with aliens every day, even have one working for you. That's more believable to most people than saying vampires exist. I didn't even believe in them until I became one."

"Good point. So, Mr. Hellsing, it seems you have a blood problem of some sort?" Janet asked.

"My body produces too much." the General said with a grimace.

"Strange concept. I have to ask, mostly out of medical curiosity, can you bleed to death? I know you'll come back…." Janet asked gently.

"I'm not really sure. Haven't really had a bad case, other than when Doctor Jackson was over, which I don't think has anything to do with it." the General said.

"What do you mean by bad?" Janet asked.

"It took me going back several times to finally get his body back to normal." Seras said.

"Going back?" Janet asked confused.

"She drinks off me, remember?" the General said.

"Oh, I can't believe I forget that for a moment. How long was that, do you remember?" Janet asked.

"It took over a minute before I finally felt normal again." the General said. "Which is really strange since she only usually needs less than twenty seconds to get rid of any cravings."

"I haven't had any cravings since this started with you. I'm actually getting more than I really need, but being what I am, I can literally just drink and drink." Seras stated.

"Daniel did mention something about, or was it one of the others on SG-1?" Janet asked mostly to herself as she was unsure. "One of them said something about you mentioning that you'd be able to donate your blood since it was Type O. It would help since we wouldn't need to order more from the outside."

"I have so much to give." the General said with a small chuckle.

"Unscheduled off world activation! Defense teams to the gate room! Unscheduled off world activation! General Hammond to the control room!" Walter said over the com system.

Janet looked at her watch and nodded.

"That should be SG-1 returning. Get the…." Janet said turning around to bark different orders. "I'll be right back, baring SG-1 being injured."

"You alright?" the General asked as Seras covered her face with one hand and looked tired before he realized what she was feeling. "Oh, all this talk of blood isn't making you hungry, but something else."

"Hell, I have nothing to worry about in any form, and certainly no pain no matter how hard you are, so I only associated blood with two aspects of my life." Seras grumbled as she crossed her arms over her breast.

"It's worse for me at the moment." the General grumbled as Siler was released to go and did leave as the nurse went to another room.

"How's that? It I drop my arms, everyone's going to see my nipples." Seras whispered. "You at least have tight underwear and loose pants on hiding your problem."

"It's not only because of your lovely breast. You're only wearing what you have on and nothing underneath. Though I have to wonder if a bra would cover those well enough…" the General muttered.

"I'm going to grab those extras from our temporary room." Seras said dropping down onto the floor without moving her arms and walking out before she embarrassed herself, or her body did it anyway.

Janet came back just shortly after when the medical teams she brought with, seeing the General sitting there alone.

"Where did Seras go?" Janet asked.

"Back to our room for something. Is SG-1 okay?" the General asked.

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have came back so quickly. Once they get in here, I'll be busy for an hour or so. New planet, so got to check their blood for many things along with a lot of other medical stuff." Janet said while grabbing a blood draw kit. "What was she getting that was so important?"

"Something she needed." the General said as casually as possible while trying to not think about the said items.

"Something personal you mean. I won't bother asking what it is then. Which arm or does it matter to you?" Janet asked.

He lifted the sleeve on his right arm while looking at the door.

"Needles bother you?" Janet asked.

"Kinda of. Really, I'm concentrating on keeping my body from healing so you have more time to drain me, as it were." the General said with a frown.

"Really? Is it something you've always been able to do, as a consequence of age, or because of something else?" Janet asked as the bag was filling.

"More than likely because I am still part vampire, though you might call it un-vampire really. Could be because of my age too, not sure. If SG-1 is okay, where are they?" the General asked.

"On their way. I got back here to get this out of the way and they do at least have to give any important information to the General before coming here and then going to the briefing to give the full story." Janet said.

"Makes sense. Short of the infirmary visit, Seras and I basically did the same thing with Integra. I noticed something when I came in. You haven't died yet." the General said.

"Not sure if that is an insult or not." Janet said as she took the needle out and gave the full bag to another nurse.

"Yeah, that did come out wrong. Sorry. Doctor Jackson should be here very soon." the General said looking at the door.

"How can you tell? Oh, right, the quickening thing." Janet said as SG-1 came in, all looking perfectly fine.

"Hey." the General said with a small wave as the group went to different beds, except Daniel.

"Hey. Guess they finally called you in. General Hammond was going to call you in sooner, but there was some, things happening that made him wait." Daniel said as he walked up. "Is Seras here too?"

"She's getting something she left in our room when we had to change." the General said as he waved a hand at the door. "After this, and I guess your briefing, we're suppose to go look for you or Major Carter to start working with you two."

"Looking forward to it." Daniel said patting him on the arm before heading to a bed nearby.

They all turned when the General started coughing and saw blood coming out from between his fingers. Janet, forgetting what he was and his condition started to panic as she saw a lot of blood coming out from his fingers and fast. Daniel stopped her in the middle of orders and handed the General a bed pan, though confused at first, used it as he noticed the pool on the floor.

"What's wrong with him?" Jack asked as the man continued to bleed, and rather heavily.

"Shouldn't he have passed out…" Carter asked with concern.

Everyone but the General were surprised when there was a breeze in the air, though not strong, but noticeable, and only after seeing Seras was now in front of the poor man, did they realize what happened.

"General…" Seras asked worried with a hand on his shoulder.

"I don't know…" the General began with a gurgle to his voice since the blood was coming out of his nose and mouth, when he suddenly pushed her away as the bed pan over flowed splattering the floor as he bled for a few more seconds and then it all stopped. "Damn…"

"Mr. Hellsing, despite how you look, are you okay?" Janet asked, avoiding the blood on the floor as much as possible, ready to catch him if he suddenly passed out.

"Hungry, but otherwise feeling relieved. I thought my head was going to explode for a moment." the General said while holding the pan steady with a grimace. "Same with my eyes. And ears…"

"Wow." Seras said as she saw exactly how much blood she had been drinking from him. Or at least so it seemed to be since she had to drink for more than ten seconds at a time now.

"There has to be a gallon or more here. Are you alright?" Carter asked in surprise at the amount there was. "A normal person would be unconscious or dead by now…"

"Oh yeah. As strange as this will sound, this has became routine." the General said as the bed pan started to lower. "Can someone take this before I drop it?"

"You're not going to drink that are you?" Daniel asked as Jack suddenly looked very sick, as did a few others, though Teal'c looked fine but did raise an eyebrow.

"Only if I was desperate. And I haven't been that way in quite awhile." Seras said as the pan was taken and a couple wet towels were handed to her lover. "As sick as this is going to sound to you all, I prefer it fresh and warm."

"What the hell happened? You've never done that Daniel." Carter said.

"He's an un-vampire as it were." Daniel said. "Didn't I already talk about this?"

"If you did, I don't remember." Carter said as the General had finally cleaned himself up.

"Is everything alright in here….Good Lord, what happened?" Hammond asked as he entered the room and saw the blood on the floor, and on the General's shirt, pants and part of the bed.

"I had one of those moments." the General said as he blew his nose and then drank some water he was handed only to grimace afterward. "That was revolting."

"Yeah, you're teeth are still red." Jack said as the General groaned.

"Are you alright son?" Hammond asked.

"Yeah, a lot better." the General said with relief. "As strange as that sounds considering how much blood I just lost. I feel sick, but that's the taste in my mouth…"

"Next time I'll hook up more than just one bag. I calculate you lost over a gallon and a half, which didn't included the bag you gave." Janet said.

"I'll remember that next time. Wish I knew what triggered it suddenly though. If I can be excused, I'd like to go get changed before all this sinks any further than it already has." the General said.

Hammond waved him out with Seras following.

"Any ideas Doctor Frasier?" Hammond asked.

"One moment I left him to check on SG-1 and then he was, gushing. And it happened right after he gave blood. I haven't seen someone lose that much blood since my last surgery, and even then, that wasn't as much as he just….I'm not even sure what to really call it." Janet said.

"Try and keep a watch on him the next time it happens and see if you can learn anything. Once you're done with SG-1, have them come to the briefing room as well so I don't have to repeat myself more than once." Hammond said.

"Might want to bring a few bags or something in case he has a moment during the meeting." Jack said.

Up there in the briefing room now, SG-1 had their normal seats while the General and Seras were sitting across from each other at the end.

"Thankfully, you are already acquainted with each other, so we don't have to go over that. And you already know what we do here and have signed the papers needed, so we can avoid that too." Hammond stated. "I talked to them before you returned SG-1, so anything I say over again Miss Victoria and Mr. Hellsing, is for their benefit. Now, as part of the agreement, I would like you both to work with Doctor Jackson here, with whatever you can, more so Mr. Hellsing since he has been around for so long. I'm going to have Miss Victoria help Doctor Frasier out seeing as she has had some field medical training. And before any of you say anything or ask, I have already talked to Miss Victoria about what she is and the fact of dealing with injured personnel. She has assured me that she has control over herself and abilities, and I did talk with Sir Integra Hellsing about Miss Victoria, who also assured me that Seras here is trustworthy in her word concerning her vampire side. If you would Miss."

"Oh, okay, sir." Seras said understanding what Hammond wanted her to say. "As I believe I said, I originally never wanted to drink and would not do so if I was able. Being as I have no choice, I have learned to only, get that needed item, from the General. Since the unfortunate change he has had, I have had less and less, of the feeling, which wasn't really there much to begin with. Unlike my former Master, he would never turn down blood. In my case, as of late, I am actually getting more than I need, in some ways, as strange as that may sound. But being what I am, I really can't even get enough and could continue, but don't need to or even feel the need since his change."

"As strange as that did sound, I actually understood it." Daniel said. "Basically, because he has this blood rush, whenever it happens, you can drain him of the excess and keep yourself going better than having to always have it on a regular basis."

"Yes." Seras said. "The less I am injured, the better off I am."

"Being injured like normal people doesn't put as much strain on her as it would if it were, particular types of weapons or attacks." the General said.

"Such as silver, or garlic and such?" Carter asked.

"Yes." the General and Seras said.

"Forgive me for asking, but for reasons I am sure you understand, if anything were to happen, God forbid, what is your weaknesses?" Hammond asked.

"I do understand where you are coming from sir and would rather tell you in case something did happen." Seras said. "Silver of any kind, though blessed is more dangerous. Holy water obviously. I'm not sure about prayers, since I have been in church since my change and nothing has happened. I can touch a bible, surprisingly."

"What about wooden stakes?" Jack asked.

"I'm not really sure on that one sir. I've never had that trouble before and from what I understand, though I can't recall the details, it has to be a particular type of wood." Seras said thinking. "And even then, you have to stab them in the chest, in the heart, for it to even work."

"Thank you Miss Victoria. I have talked with Doctor Frasier and since you two will be working here, we both agreed that having extra blood on hand, for both use on people seriously injured, and just in case a time ever arises where Mr. Hellsing isn't around and you sudden need blood, his will be on hand." Hammond said. "I would like you, the moment this blood rush happens, try to get to the infirmary as quick as possible to have Doctor Frasier deal with it, unless Miss Victoria needs it otherwise."

"Unless something strenuous comes up, or injury, I feel as I will be able to hold out for a week or more." Seras said. "Working down here, I avoid the sun so I have less stress there on that particular weakness which is more of an annoyance now."

"From what little I have read, I believe ultraviolet lights would also simulate the suns rays. Am I correct Major Carter?" Teal'c asked.

"Yeah, you got it right Teal'c." Carter said. "Seeing as the sun hasn't done anything that we have seen so far, I'm guessing that it wouldn't do anything to you unless you were in serious need of, well, let's call it a fix."

"Yes Major." Seras said.

"Okay people, let's get back to work and if there is anything that needs to be addressed, we can deal with it later or whenever the time comes." Hammond said as he stood. "I have to make some very important calls and meet with SG-4 very soon for their post op mission briefing. Doctor Jackson, can you show them around?"

"Yes General." Daniel said as they all stood.

"There is one thing we need to address, Colonel." the General said after Hammond went into his office.

"What's that?" Jack asked a bit suspiciously.

"If we do, since um, General Hammond didn't say anything about if we would go off world or not, if we have to, we'll have to do something about weapons for her." the General said.

"Why?" Carter asked confused like the others was, since Jack didn't answer right away. "She can just use what we have here can't she?"

"We don't have weapons with any silver or blessed as you said. Why would you use those weapons if they are harmful…" Jack began as the General raised his hand shaking it slightly.

"It's because of what Seras is that makes it so she has to use certain weapons. Seras…" the General said nodding at her to explain.

"I can bring in the specifications that Walter has, since being what I am, my strength is much higher than, well, anyone's really." Seras said with a nervous laugh as she got looked at a bit nervously. "Any weapon I use has to be modified to certain degrees so I don't end up breaking them the moment I touch them."

"Don't you have weapons like that already, that you can bring?" Jack asked.

"We would bring them, but they are all pretty damaged, and back in England." the General said. "She does have one weapon, along with a sword, but only the sword is for close range combat."

"The other one is back at your house then?" Jack asked.

"No, she actually has it with her." the General said and then muttered with a grumbled of sadness and annoyance. "I used to have that ability to. One I really miss besides the flying one."

"Ah, ha, ha. Yeah." Seras said nervous herself as they looked at her wondering where a weapon could hide on her since most of the clothing was rather tight.

"Must be a small weapon." Jack muttered. "How did it get past security anyway?"

"You hide it within the darkness in you." Daniel stated while pointing.

"She is doing what?" Jack asked confused, having the same look as the others of his team. "What darkness?"

"Vampires are sometimes referred to as living shadows. At least I have heard of that before." Daniel said after getting confused looks from his team. "Yes, they can take on a solid form, which is usually what they looked like when they were alive. But they can also shape shift into anyone else, and hide things as well, basically within themselves. Turn into a flock of bats that allows them to spread themselves out enough that they won't be noticed as much and it will seem like a normal action seeing as bats normally move together anyway."

"You're a lot more well informed than I thought Doctor Jackson." the General said impressed.

"I was reading something about it after talking to Sir Integra the other night, and suddenly remembered something about their race. And just call me Daniel, please." Daniel said.

"Sure. I'd rather be called General since Hellsing is, well, a really defining name." the General said.

"Daniel, what are you talking about?" Jack asked.

"Why are you still here people?" Hammond asked coming out.

"Oh, sorry sir. Just talking." Jack said. "We're leaving."

Going to Sam's lab, since it was easier to do what Jack wanted, since Seras said she would seeing as it was an order, and Sam wanted to scan what was happening, even if she didn't get anything, Sam took Seras down to the locker room for Seras to get her long coat and then came back to the lab.

"Why is the coat important again?" Jack asked as Seras was putting it on while Sam was setting up some equipment.

"The coat is part of her Jack. You'll see what I mean in a minute." Daniel said.

"It's ready." Carter said while pointing a scanner of some sort that was attached to a computer system nearby.

"As a forewarning, this is going to be a shock, probably." the General said as Seras opened her coat, which now looked like a black void on the inside.

"Whoa. Where did the coat's inside go?" Jack asked fascinated.

"It's part of me, or infused with my power actually. The General had something similar, but since lost it and now he just has a coat with the, scent of my power." Seras said as she reached into the darkness, much to their surprise, and slowly pulled out her Harkonnen cannon, doing so carefully not to hit anything in the process. "It's not loaded and I'd rather not demonstrate it with the few shells I have left."

Needless to say, the group was beyond speechless, though the General was smiling. Seeing as Teal'c was about the only one able to even lift it, they let her put it back, with Sam watching in extreme interest as she was unable to get any readings. Intending to talk later, or the next day, Daniel took them around the place, which took a few hours, and by night time, the two groups went home for the night and planned on meeting the next day to go to work.

After getting home and telling Integra what was going to happen, at least until they went home, they played with Lance for a few hours, giving Integra time to make a few calls and deal with issues back home concerning paperwork that came by fax. When they had to leave the next morning, Integra spent most of her morning, since Lance was sleeping still, talking to Helen about vampires and stuff along those lines seeing as the young draculina had been around longer than Integra had, and had since changed to enjoying company now that she was able to go out so much. The once frown to no emotional expression Helen used to have for so long, was now replaced by a bright smile of joy each morning.

Seeing as Daniel did say he wouldn't mind sparring with the General for awhile, the two got their swords and went to the SGC as planned the next morning. Since Daniel had already told the guards of them coming and bringing swords with them, they were let in after a short inspection. The General had his in his long case that once held his other sword, while Seras kept everything inside herself basically. After signing in and seeing their orders for the morning, Seras went off to help Janet as the General went, needing help, to Doctor Jackson's office.

"At least you aren't bored Alucard. And following orders." Integra said over the phone in the General's personal library, as she didn't touch but looked at the gracefulness of the Enterprise A on his desk.

She found it odd as a object on his desk since for her, it had no real importance to be there in some ways. Not even a great paperweight since it could easily fall over and break. This brought on a half hour lecture and or talk of why the man loved Star Trek and why this particular ship was the greatest thing ever made, beauty wise. Walter had to agree with the General seeing as he was also a Star Trek fan, but he didn't have any real preference in the ships, but was more interested in the characters and story line.

"Are you bored Master?" Alucard asked with a chuckle. "The manor isn't complete, but you would be able to stay here again with little trouble."

"I could, yes. But Lance wouldn't be able to handle the cold, much less not being able to do much." Integra said looking over to see Lance was playing on the floor, on the large rug that had the Star Trek insignia on it, with some of his toys. "Plus the General and Seras are helping the American military for the moment so they can't come back right away and Lance would be worried."

Alucard grunted over the line, but she could tell he agreed, seeing as the young lad would eventually be his master one day, and had no fear of him. More than likely a consequence of seeing into Seras's and the General's mind during their telepathic exchanges when the boy was still a babe. Integra made a few other inquires and then a couple orders before hanging up to chase down Lance who was leaving to explore.

"Please forgive me if I stare at you sometimes." Janet said as the two were in her office as Seras was looking at a folder Janet gave her to read. "You defy everything medical and even after seeing, touching and whatever else you've let me do, it still baffles the hell out of me how you are alive and yet, still dead."

"Don't worry about it Doctor Frasier." Seras said with a friendly smile. "To this day, I still find it strange myself what happened to me even after all this time."

"What would you be doing if you hadn't, well, died?" Janet asked trying not to make it sound so weird.

"Not sure really. I was a copper in unit D-11. Considering the hell England went through recently, I'd probably be dead for real." Seras said with a shrug. "I'm better off where I am and currently love my life, so can't complain."

"I can't see any reason either. That General guy is a head turner." Janet said with a smile.

"Oh god, you have no idea. The story behind how we met is even stranger. The few people who know it, don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for me." Seras said as they sat down and she told Janet what happened.

"Daniel, I'm here….wow. You've got a lot here." the General said as he glanced around after entering the man's office, ignoring the look Daniel gave him of relief, since the two both felt each other's presences. "A whole lot."

"Morning. There is a lot of people out there in the galaxy that are or have some connection with many cultures on Earth." Daniel said as the General picked up a artifact from the Mayan period and was looking at it intently.

"I've seen one of these before. Long time ago." the General said putting it back.

"At least you're not playing with it like Jack does." Daniel said drinking his coffee.

"That would be stupid. This stuff is worth money, especially to museums. or private archeological collectors. I've got stuff, either by gifts, bought myself or found that I've put away or have around the house." the General said.

"I noticed some of those. I thought they were fake at first but after checking out the fertility statue you had as a book end, I was impressed to see otherwise." Daniel said as the General smiled.

"That was a gift from one wife who thought it would help her get pregnant since nothing was happening. One of the most exhausting times in my life, since she didn't get the fact my Immortality was the trade off for not being able to have kids. I had never been on so many herbs and god only knows what else because she wanted me to try." the General muttered. "Some tasted okay and others I ended up throwing up shortly after she left the room."

"Sounds like a interesting and fun time. Had a few of those myself. Not the herbs and such thing." Daniel said with a cheeky smile. "What happened to her, if I may ask?"

"Age got her in the end, which was better than the war going on at that time. 68 I believe. Her parents did like me, even though we never told them what I was, and as sad as it may sound, I was somewhat glad when her parents died later since I didn't want to explain why I wasn't aging." the General said. "And the real reason why I couldn't have children."

"I've had to deal with that a lot. Come to think of it, all Immortals deal with it at some point." Daniel said shrugging.

"Yeah, not a good conversation. Now days though, it is a bit easier. Better medical technology, plastic surgery for one. Medicines like crazy." the General said shaking his head and rolling his eyes.

"Oh yeah. Dated a Wicca once, not the dark arts ones or that. She was heavily into herbs, for the right reasons and taught me a whole lot. Had to move many times with her though to avoid mobs, but the trips were worth it. Eventually settled down in a town that thought she was a healer, and lived out the rest of her life there in peace. Sad to say I can't recall her name though." Daniel said with a frown.

"I only remember the names of the people I love apparently. Some friends, but family, always there." the General said tapping the side of his head and then rubbed his hands together. "Well, enough reminiscing I think. Time to start learning again."

"Um, feeling okay?" Daniel asked concerned as he glanced at everything he owned in his office and not seeing a towel around, or bucket that could be used.

"Why? Oh, you mean the blood thing?" the General said seeing Daniel look around and then pointed at his nose. "I felt funny when I woke up so Seras more than took care of it. Enough I kinda felt light headed, so I'm doing great."

"Well, if you end up starting to feel it again, please do it outside or on the cot over there if need be." Daniel said. "I can replace that with ease…"

"One of those people that stays at work and sleeps in the same room where they work, only to sleep when they realize they need to and does so before they crash on the table, book, or whatever." the General said as he was looking at the shelves again.

"Yep. More often than not though, I end up waking up with paper or a pen, or pencil sometimes, or even the imprints of my keyboard on my face." Daniel said.

"Done that once." the General said as he looked at some wooden statue that had what seemed like glass jeweled eyes and some other interesting features the man couldn't identify. "What is this? Something from off world?"

"Looks like it doesn't it." Daniel said with a smile. "Something I found in town one day, in another country actually a few months ago or so. Well, before the ascending thing. Anyway, Jack tends to come in and play with various objects, which bothers the hell out of me, so I got that which is more of a child's toy and has no historic value. He tends to come in, pick it up and I look worried."

"Ensuring he keeps from touching the valuable stuff. Nice thinking…" the General said as he put the item back. "So, where do we start?"