Source of Food

Chpt 11

The Closing Eyes

They faced each other with no one talked. Unspeakable conversation could be heard between them; language of silence they only knew. They weren't human and needed no air to fill their lung, yet Alucard felt suffocated because of the tension. He waited. Should he kill her now?

"I've been thinking about it for a long time Alucard." She said breaking the silence. He moved his face in curiosity.

"The queen and the rest won't forgive us for what you've done today. There's no way back." She said slowly. Alucard couldn't catch where this was going to.

"I always want to go to India, where my mother was born." She said bitterly. She had been longing for that exotic Asian country since her childhood, but thousands of things held her still. Alucard had a blank look in his face, so she explained more.

"There's a ship."

"What's your point?"

"Do what ever you want there. Kill me. Torture me. Rape me. Anything. In India."

"Why would I wait till India if I can do those here?"

"Because you will." She said sternly. She turned from him and led the way to the ship Thomas had prepared for her. She mused along the way. She didn't look at her back to make sure whether Alucard follow here or not. She knew he would.

Integra's POV

She hadn't lied when she said she wants to go to India. Her father had told her so many stories about that country. Their gods, their temples, and their folktales. She loved the Ramayana and Mahabrata story. Ah, Ramayana story… The king of the giants kidnapped the heroine; Shinta, and her lover; the hero; Rama, saved her. Will there be a hero save Integra Hellsing? She was leading her self right into her own death. She felt like to scream so someone would save her. Wasn't there any knight around to save her? Walter had told her many stories with a knight in shining armor saving a princess. And they lived happily ever after. Where was her knight in shining armor?

All of the sudden, she realized that she almost shed her tears. She held them back. She was a Hellsing, and she had been a knight for her self. She shouldn't wish for another knight. When was the last time she had wished for a knight? Ah, yes, she had when her uncle had tried to kill her. She hadn't found any, though she had found Alucard afterward. She had found a monster instead of a knight. She could live happily ever after with a knight, yet a princess isn't meant to live happily ever after with a monster.

She found that the way between the building where Alucard had been and the Thames was totally silent. Her troops had done a good job. She promised her self to praise them in the next briefing. She smiled bitterly when she remembered that there wouldn't be another briefing for her. And she started to wonder who would handle the next briefings for her soldiers. She hoped it won't be one of those old knights.

Damn it! Blast it all! She's going to die, for God's sake! Couldn't she stop thinking about anything else?

Ah, there it was! She had found the ship. It had a Hellsing sign on its side. It moved slightly on the small waves of the Thames.

She came into it. She wasn't an expert in operating ships, but she knew how to make it sails. She came into the navigating room and turned on the engine. She pulled some levers, and the ships started to move. She had been careless and the ship hit something before it sailed through the Thames properly. Suddenly she realized that she felt so tired. Yeah, she was a vampire, and was weak toward running water. It didn't matter anyway; she was going to die. When she turned, Alucard was facing her. And then silence again until the sound of waves alarmed them that they had been on the open sea. Integra could see some Hellsing vehicles on the shore. The troops all stood along the shore. They were giving her the last salute. She looked at them until the distance devoured them from her sight. They had been good troops.

"You don't think that I don't know your plan, do you?" He asked her and handled her some packs bombs with timer he had found somewhere. It hadn't been activated. She took the bomb and activated them before put them on the floor. She smiled warmly to him, as if they were talking about a good fight against those Catholic fanatics.

"At least your dream will come true. You'll kill a Hellsing." She said calmly.

Alucard's POV

She smiled to him. She fought him till the very end. Yes, she's right. At least he could kill her. Raping her before their death sounded good. She stood still and did nothing when he came closer to her. Should he rip her clothes first? Shouldn't he feel so happy? Why did he feel so strange? In front of him was Integra Wingate Hellsing, the woman who had betrayed him. No, she was the woman he had longed for. Long platinum hair. A pair of cold eyes. Blood-stained stern face. Exotic tanned skin. Masculine men suit.

"Kneel." She said. It snapped him. Had she been mad? He could kill her easily and crush the bombs. What on earth made her so confident? The seal had gone! A Hellsing wasn't famous for their sanity. He's the No Life King! Yet…

He knelt.

"Integra, my master." He said. Integra said nothing but stared at him coldly.

"Don't die here for the likes of me, Master. You don't need to do anything but to order me, and I'll jump off this ship."

" What are you saying? Don't you happy that a Hellsing's going to die?"

"I never want you to."

"Didn't you say you want to kill me?"

"I didn't mean to."

"Why did you do that then?"

"You know why."

"Anderson?"

"Yes, Anderson."

"Would you angry if it wasn't Anderson back then?"

"I still would."

"What will make you better then?"

"Use me, Master. My greatest happiness is to serve you, to be used by my beloved master."

Integra smiled again. He never changed, didn't he? She touched his tilted head. He was still kneeling before her. He closed his eyes and savored her every touch.

"I'm hungry." She told him and pulled him up. He smiled, and his coat disappeared. Integra opened his shirt and touched his throat lightly.

"I don't know which one I miss the most; the taste of the blood or the blood owner." She said.

"Don't worry, Master, both of them are yours." He said, leaning to her as she sank her fangs deep in his flesh.

"Master…" He whispered.

"Servant…" She answered between sucking. Both didn't realize that the obedient servant's arms didn't even leave his side as his master had told him long time before. He's always happy to be used by her.

The troops watched in silent as an explosion created a huge mushroom-like cloud from afar. They tried hard not to take it privately. Their leader had done a good job, and should be honored for that. Their Integra Hellsing would never disappoint them till the end. They turned one by one and got back to the manor. A manor without a Hellsing.

The troops told the maids and other staffs what had happened. Some cried openly, others sobbed in silence, and the others tried to look professional. Soon, everybody knew that the one who had caused her death had been her own servant; the Man in Red.

Thomas told Walter and Ceras too, and as quick as he could, he left them in privacy to mourn for her. The queen and the knights held a ceremony for the last Hellsing leader of Hellsing organization. The public never been told that she was a vampire. A week later, Walter C Dornez left the Hellsing organization for his early retirement to a peaceful suburban. Soon, Sergeant Ceras Victoria left too. No one knew where she went. The royal kingdom sent a proper young man to run Hellsing. After several weeks, Hellsing was officially discarded and closed. All the staffs, the troops, and the maids were sent to other places.

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