Source of Food
Chpt 9
Broken Heart
Integra awaken in full alarm in her heart that night. She had heard a huge roar. Alucard had back! She thought. What is he going to do? Will he just come here and slaughter every one he pass as he's making his way to her place? Or is he just going to turn Vatican into a hell and impale everyone just like what he did to Incognito? If so, what should she do? Vatican will make a war to England. Everything's going to be a mess. A very huge one. She had not thought about the consequence of his behavior when she threaded Maxwell. She alone couldn't stop him, Maxwell was right. The seal's gone, and she had no control over Alucard. He's no longer her obedient pet. Maybe he had promised her. But would his promise keep him under her control?
She couldn't sleep until Anderson came in.
"Have you a nice slumber, Sir Hellsing?" He asked her politely. This time, there was no blood pack. Yet he brought a dagger with him.
She didn't answer him and eyeing him intently as he dragged a chair closer to her jail before sat on it and cut his forehand just like yesterday.
"What makes you think that I will drink your blood again?" She asked him. He just shrugged and looked back at her.
"I know you need it, and so do you." He told her calmly.
"Why on earth the 13th division decides to keep me here? What's your point?"
"A pact where we can get back our territories in Ireland and Scotland."
"Get them back? They're not yours in the first place!" He just made her angrier.
"That was what I've been told. I know nothing about politic. I just care in punishing those impure souls. Here ." He offered her his bloody hand.
She just held his hand in hers and stared at it deeply. He eyed him in silent, trying to understand what was happening inside her head. Did she hate him or like him? It sent a strange shiver to his body just to think that she hate him or disgusted of him; a priest who acted like a boy in love. He had to say something to erase his uneasiness.
"Is it reminding you to that vampire of yours? A free one is he now?"
"I don't know. If he doesn't come here soon, I may assume that he's free and in his way in taking the Police Girl to his homeland."
"Why should he take his fledgling to his homeland?"
"Get his happy ending maybe. That's why he had turned her." She was shrugging as she said this.
"You're blind, Hellsing. That vampire loves you."
She chuckled dryly. "Loves me? It's more like he just wants to posses me. That demon, he hates me because I'm a Hellsing who has to order him around. It was my ancestor who captured him and put him in his servitude. He takes his revenge on me. He had turned me into something I hate the most." And she started to lick the blood slowly. Again, that simple action turned something in Anderson. But the feeling was different from the last he felt when he fed her. It was anger.
"How dare he!" And he cursed in his heart. You are a priest! Control your self! He told his self. But he couldn't. An image of that filthy vampire turned this Hellsing just to take his revenge made him so angry. He had to protect this Hellsing from that demon. Yes, just like the stories he had read for the orphans, where the knight saves the princess from an evil demon, and it ended with a page where the knight and the princess live happily ever after.
Again, he shuddered when he felt her cold tongue lapped his blood. He couldn't help it anymore, and with his free arm he caressed her right cheek gently. Just to know, how cold a vampire's skin can be. Not more. He wasn't a pervert. He was about to touch her platinum hair when suddenly a grunt made him stop. The temperature fell drastically, and darkness seemed like covered that sublevel room. Alucard had come, and he wasn't in a good mood. Hundreds of red eyes blinked from all directions to Anderson. Black tendrils danced wildly in the room. But the most dangerous thing in all that chaos was Alucard with his hurt-like expression.
He opened his jaw and groaned madly in irritation. Yes, he was in a pure irritation. He had seen how Integra had struggled for days before gave it up because of Walter. But now, she gently licked that dirty priest's blood and let him touches her! How could she? He had given his freedom and promised her his servitude yet she easily betrayed him!
He couldn't turn his gaze to his master. The view of her with that priest's blood on her lips made him hurt. He wanted to kill him. He would kill him for touching his master. He showed him his big and pointed white canines. His hair got longer and moved as if they had their own soul. Actually it was to hide glowing red liquid which was filling his eyes.
He stroked that priest in the face with his fist. Without wait any longer, he raised both his Casull and Jackal and shot him right at his head and before there were enough time for Anderson to regenerate, Alucard had called his black hell-hound form and was about to eat him when suddenly Integra stepped in front of her. He had stroked that Judas Priest so hard that his body had slammed the jail so hard and broke it.
"Stop it Alucard! Don't kill him!" She said sternly.
Alucard faced her at last, startled. "Why, Master? They had captured you! How could I leave him alive?"
"He had helped me."
"I AM HELPING YOU!"
"What's your point, servant?"
" I –you –he… YOU DRINK HIS BLOOD!"
She tried to answer him. She opened her mouth but found nothing. Her face flushed heavily.
Alucard turned his back on her. He didn't ready to go face to face with her. It's too pathetic to see her expression; a guilty face.
"Okay Master –no –Hellsing, if this is what you want, I will leave you like this. I've tried hundreds time, and you ignore me. Only three days, and he already got his way to you. Now I'm free. I no longer have reason to stay as your lapdog." He said huskily.
"Walter and Ceras are upstairs." And with that, he disappeared.
"Alucard! Wait! Where're you going? What do you –" She shouted in guilty. For the first time, she felt scared, and a broken voice full of anger answered her.
"You let him touch you, but for over then 10 years, you never let me touch even a stray of your hair." And then silent. She shouted his name out loud. She screamed and called him; gave him orders. No one answered.
"I've told you Hellsing; he loves you." Said Anderson as he came closer to Integra.
"But every body knows I hate him." She whispered. Suddenly the metallic door was slammed open and Ceras came in. Behind her were Maxwell and Walter. Actually, Maxwell was tied by Walter's string. Before anyone could see, Anderson silently gone. Integra nodded to him before the last page of his bible disappeared.
"Sir Integra! Are you okay?" Asked Walter in worry.
"I'm okay. Where's Alucard?" She asked Ceras.
"Eh? He came to the dungeon to find you. Isn't he here?" Ceras replied in confuse.
"It doesn't matter. Now, let's back." And she rushed out from the room.
"Hey, what about me?" Asked someone in a smug tone. Integra just realized that they had Maxwell with them.
"Leave him Walter. I don't like to bring someone as disgusting as him around. Or maybe, we can kill him after this."
"O –okay, no more pacts. Happy? Now leave me!" And Walter threw him aside.
"Should I say gently?" He said as his back hit the floor. But they ignored him and ran up through the stair. After they reached the hall, Integra realized how big the damage was.
"What happened?" She asked Ceras as they rushed out of the building.
"Well, Master didn't happy when he came here." Ceras said as if that explains everything.
"We'll think about that later. How can we get out from here?" She asked Walter this time.
"There're some Hellsing troops. When I give them the signal, they'll come." He said in hurry as he hopped over a broken white statue. He then murmured something like 'Sorry, Angelo' when he looked at the statue.
They kept rushed to the south park where the troops would bring the chopper when suddenly they had to stop. In front of them were a nun with a samurai and a priest with a pair of revolver.
"Sorry, but you can't go further." Said Heinkel and she raised her gun.
Walter wasted no time, and he raised his string to…
"STOP IT!"
Everyone turned to Anderson as he made his way.
"Let them go." He said to Heinkel.
"But they –Father Maxwell will –" She protested.
"I will deal with him."
"But Father, she is a vampire, and look at what they had done to Vatican!" Said Yumi in anger.
"You know we should let her go." He said sternly.
"No, I don't!"
"I'm talking to Yumiko."
Suddenly Yumi let her samurai down, and folded her hands.
"Yes, Heinkel. I think we should let her go." And she turned to Integra.
"Sir Integra, it's nice to see you. Take care."
"Thank you. I'm leaving now." And she and Ceras and Walter behind them rushed to the chopper which had come without being realized. Anderson and Yumiko and Heinkel said nothing when the chopper flied away.
"It is you, Father Anderson! It's you!" Said Yumiko cheerfully.
"What do you mean?" Asked Heinkel curiously.
"I've told you Heinkel! The prince who saves the princess. The prince is Father Anderson!"
"I think you told me about the knight."
"Yea, I mean the knight who saves the prince."
Father Anderson didn't say anything.
Integra was surprised when she got in the chopper. The troops greeted her in cheer and relief.
"It's nice to see you okay, Boss." Said one.
"Know you will always be okay, sir. I've told them so." Said the other, and the rest followed them.
Integra wasn't a sentimental woman. But it's hard to ignore them and she smiled. She said nothing but a single 'thank you all'. And there're more greets as she reached the manor hours later. (After changing into a jet in Italy)
"Thanks God! You're okay Sir Hellsing!" Shouted the maids. It had been several times when Integra was in danger. But they greeted her in such a relief because they knew that the Man in Red won't be a monster and would be an obedient servant as always around her.
"Mr. Alucard won't haunt us again with you here!" Joked a troop. Everybody laughed and cheered again. They thought that the Man in Red had been in his dungeon, resting in satisfaction after rescued his master. As always.
Integra said nothing and excuse her self to take a rest. With uneasiness, she took a bath and slept, wondering of all of this was a long nightmare, hoping so that when she opens her eyes, Alucard will be beside her, a pervert as usual.
It had been a week since Integra came back. Everything seemed normal; nothing change. The troops trained as usual, and so the maiden, and the staffs. The only three who knew the there're something wrong only Integra, Ceras and Walter. They knew that Alucard was free and had left the manor as a free No Life King.
Integra was mysteriously silent every time someone asked about Alucard. She didn't say anything and acted formal as always. She had asked Walter and Ceras to give her blood so se wouldn't starve. The blood she had was enough to keep her alive, yet it couldn't bring her in her normal strength. Walter had pushed her to have more blood from him, yet she refused firmly.
Ceras didn't dare to raise this matter. She only wandered at nights, when her master had used to train her. It's hard for her. Her master is a closest figure for her. He's just like a father or a brother for her. Walter was much like her friend. And Sir Integra was like a Sir for her. She felt empty without his taunts of her weaknesses.
Walter was much braver then Ceras. He had tried to bring this matter on in front of Integra. But she ignored him. It told him that he could do nothing to solve the problem. Beside, he had more things to do. Since Alucard's absent, he had to manage more troops to deal with vampire cases or other supernatural cases. Ceras Victoria is a powerful vampire, yes, but not as powerful as Alucard or Integra. He had succeeded in convincing Integra not to join the battles. She's the leader. If something happens to her, who would lead the organization? He had told her. She had nodded in silent and hadn't joined any battle afterwards.
The other households of hellsing didn't know and didn't care about the creepy Man in Red. They just knew that he lives there and won't harm anyone innocent. At least, he won't as long as Sir Hellsing tell him not to.
So, there's peace until Tuesday on the next week. A staff rushed into Integra's office, didn't even mind to knock and found Integra was discussing something with Walter.
"An attack! In a midday!" He said in hurry and turned on a big television in the room. On the monitor, Integra found a sky crapper building with some choppers flying around it. Some of the windows were broken, and from some parts, smokes and fire could be seen. The reporter was saying something about a group of terrorist, but the Hellsing staff had another idea.
"It is vampires! No, but a vampire! Look at this!" And he handled them a paper with a black and white picture from a security cam. Walter and Integra's eyes grew wide when they realize who was the one ripping the employees' bodies in the picture.
"The Man in Red! It was Mr. Alucard!" Whispered the staff, holding his breathe.
A/N : Thanks for reading this broken English story of mine. (,) It will be finished soon. Two more chapters, and it's ended. I don't think a mere 'live happily ever after' will suit them, nor the kind of Romeo and Juliet tragedy. Any idea? As always, comments and flames are always welcomed.
To EriSukaYangManis2 : Hehe, thanks udah mau baca Laba-laba… Gimana, cerita yang ini? Menurut Eri, perlu Valent buat dalam versi bahasa g? Supaya temen2 Indo bisa baca. Walaupun kayaknya orang Indo yang baca dikit.
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