(A/N: Sorry for the cliffhanger… Ok, not really. I enjoy leaving people in suspense. This chapter gets very violent, so brace yourselves.)
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Chapter 3: Indestructible
"C-Company?" Seras repeated.
Alucard was looking at a wall of fire. A figure slowly approached them from within the flames, not seeming to care that it was being burned. When it got close enough, Seras saw short spiky white hair and dark gray skin as shriveled as a raisin.
At first Seras just sighed. 'Just another ghoul.' Then she took a second look. Blood red eyes like a vampire's glowed with purple light like that of a ghoul. But there was intelligence in those eyes that was not seen in those of a normal ghoul.
The ghoul stopped a few feet away from the two vampires and grinned, showing off its sharp teeth. Seras knew that there was something different about this ghoul. Alucard knew it as well, but he merely cocked his head to the side and fired several rounds into the creature's chest, making sure to hit the heart.
As the ghoul dropped to the ground, Alucard turned to leave. "Seras, we are leaving."
Seras blinked. It wasn't too often that he used her actual name. "But… what about-"
"There is nothing here for us anymore." The vampire king interrupted. "Now is the time to…"
He trailed off as he detected movement behind him. He turned and saw the ghoul rising to its feet. It still had multiple bullet holes in its torso, but it refused to stay down.
"Your bullets are useless, vampire king." It said.
Alucard regarded the ghoul curiously. "So you can speak as well?"
The ghoul chuckled. "I am known as Severen. And I'm not your ordinary ghoul. I am, what my master calls, a living ghoul. I'm far more efficient than those soulless walking corpses with an imitation of a life."
Seras gulped, not liking the sound of this, but Alucard seemed interested in what Severn was saying. "A living ghoul, you say. I've never heard of such a thing. Sounds like Millennium's doing; creating new creatures of darkness."
Severen smirked. "Yes, Millennium. We did have some involvement with them in the past. Until we broke away. Now we're more powerful than ever."
"I'll be the judge of that." Alucard insisted.
He raised his gun and fired, but only hit air as Severen dodged the bullet. A ghoul he may be, but he was certainly a lot faster than one.
Seras took a step back as Severen suddenly appeared in front of her. He grinned evilly at her, showing off his fangs. "You look tasty, my little Draculina. I'd just love to take a bite out of that pretty little nose of yours."
He hissed at her. A moment later a bullet went straight through his head, knocking him over. Seras was showered in blood and the Thirst immediately kicked in. Alucard smirked as he watched in amusement at Seras' attempt to not give in to her vampire nature.
But the fight wasn't over yet. Severen was on his feet a second later. Though the bullet had gone straight through his head, clearly hitting the brain, he didn't seem fazed in the least.
"Fool, I can't die!" he declared, and charged at Alucard.
Alucard jumped in the air, right over Severen's head. He fired more holy rounds at the ghoul's back, but Severen merely stumbled. He whirled around and pounced, his jaws clamping down on Alucard's gun.
Severen grinned as his powerful teeth bit into metal. Alucard merely fired, blowing a hole in the back of the ghoul's head. But Severen just smirked and grabbed Alucard's arm. He released the end of the gun and went for Alucard's throat.
Alucard's fist connected with Severen's head. The force of the blow spun Severen's head nearly 360 degrees. But the ghoul didn't even go down. He released Alucard's arm just to reach up and twist his head back to its normal forward position.
"Is that the best the king of vampires can do?" he asked, sounding amused. "I'm disappointed."
More bullets collided with his body and he went down. Alucard was immediately over his fallen body, unleashing more rounds of holy ammunition. Severen's body jumped with each impact until the burning floor finally gave out beneath him and he fell into the lower level of Hellsing.
Alucard stopped firing, but remained where he was, waiting to see if Severen would come again.
"Master?" said Seras. "Is he…"
Alucard turned to her. "I don't know. What do you think? He's not your typical ghoul."
The floor exploded from behind him as Severen burst up from the lower level. "I told you, I can't die!"
His jaws clamed down on Alucard's shoulder, digging deeply into the vampire's flesh. Alucard gasped in surprise before sticking his gun into Severen's gut and firing. The ghoul's body jerked from each bullet, but he remained where he was.
Alucard reached over his shoulder and tore Severen from his shoulder. The ghoul took a good chunk of flesh with him as he was tossed across the room. He swallowed his mouthful, licking the blood from his lips. "Delicious."
He charged again, throwing a punch. Alucard stepped to the side, allowing Severen's fist to pass by right before he leaned forward and crushed the ghoul's arm in his jaws.
Severen growled. "Damn you, let go!"
Biting down harder, Alucard spun around, tossing Severen with his head. But he didn't release the ghoul's arm, and it tore free from Severen's body.
Severen did a flip in the air and landed on his feet with half his arm missing. "Bastard!"
The arm in Alucard's mouth was crushed within his powerful jaws and he grinned at the ghoul. "You're falling to pieces on me."
Severen growled. "You-"
Bang! Whatever he was going to say was cut off as Seras fired her Harkonnen. The entire left side of Severen's face was blown off, leaving him with half a head.
"Well done, Police Girl." Said Alucard.
He charged at the ghoul, burrowing his fist in his chest. His hand burst out of Severen's back, holding the ghoul's heart, which he crushed in his grasp.
"Can you survive that?" he asked.
Severen snickered, reaching into his jacket. "Very easily, you fool!"
He buried a blessed blade into Alucard's chest, piercing his undead heart. The vampire's eyes widened in surprise as Severen gave a cry of triumph.
"I'm disappointed." He said again. "I expected more."
He dragged the blade straight up, slicing Alucard in half from his chest up.
"Master!" Seras cried.
Severen jumped back and kicked Alucard, sending him crashing into the wall. Burning rumble dropped down from above, burying the vampire in debris.
"Really, how fucking pathetic." Severen commented. "To think that a ghoul would defeat a vampire." He turned to Seras, his remaining eye staring at her hungrily. "I think I'll take my time with you."
Seras took a step back and raised her Harkonnen. Severen just laughed at her attempt to keep fighting.
"Stupid little bitch. You just don't get it. That weapon is useless. I literally can't be killed. You can completely drain me of blood, burn my body to nothing, eat the ashes, and shit me out, yet I will survive." He licked his lips. "I think I'll do that to you."
A sinister laughter echoed through the room. Severen blinked, distracted by the laugh. But Seras recognized that laugh, having heard it many times, and she had to resist joining in with the laughter.
Darkness began to circle around Severen. It got denser and darker until Severen was walled in. Blood red eyes floated around in the darkness, eyeing Severen hungrily.
"What is this?" he asked, a hint of fear in his voice.
Alucard's laughter rang out from the darkness. "Did you really think you could defeat me? You truly underestimate my power. You're the one who's pathetic. Now see why Millennium fell before me!"
The darkness rose up like a black wave and came crashing down on all sides of Severen. He was lost from Seras' vision in the darkness, but she still heard Severen's cries, Alucard's laughter, and the sound of flesh being torn and devoured.
When it was over and the darkness vanished, only Alucard remained; Severen was gone.
"Master!" Seras cried happily.
The vampire king turned to her and grinned. "Surely you weren't worried, were you?"
Seras blinked. "I… um… I…"
Alucard didn't wait for an answer. "Come, Police Girl, we have things to do."
Seras was taken aback. "Um, things to do?"
"This creature was just a pawn for a much bigger game. He wasn't aware of it, but his master had expected and intended for things to end this way. Now, let's go find our master."
"Sir Integra? You know where she is?"
Alucard paused for the dramatic affect he liked to cause. "Not necessarily. But I know where we must go next. This creature provided me with the knowledge I needed. You see, to his master, this is a test. We've passed the first level and are now moving onto the next. To them this is just a game." He turned to Seras, his eyes shining with excitement. "And I intend to play."
(A/N: Round one goes to Alucard. Was that action packed enough? They'll be a lot more scenes like that. Alucard has made it clear what he intends to do, but what about Seras? How's she handling this whole situation? And what are they going to do when they reach their destination? There's more to come, so stay tuned.)