Integra was not in the mood. There was still nothing on the term 'The Masquerade' and today she received a Vatican entry stamped letter approved by the queen that the new treaty that Anderson broke a while ago was to be renewed, at her Manor. Enrico would surely bring Anderson along. And Integra had no idea where Alucard was, he's been missing in action too often lately but she's been dealing with too much to be concerned. It's as if he was avoiding her.
Integra was in the conference room waiting, Walter had to get a check up from his doctors, so she was all alone. Integra impatiently shuffled through the treaty papers she already signed her side, the quicker they can get this over with.
Suddenly the door opened. Integra straightened only to see Kenneth. He walked inside.
"What is it?" She asked him.
"Nothing?" He replied nonchalantly observing the room, sitting in a seat next to her while lighting a fancy black cigarette.
"Why are you here?" She was annoyed already.
He took a long drag. "Daddy's orders."
"Orders?" She raised a brow.
"Ya know -" He imitated Alucard's voice. "I'll be busy and Walter also, watch out for those catholic dogs, if they try anything have their heads." He smiled.
'Why is Alucard treating me like a child, he wouldn't have to do that if he was around more often, granted I don't need protection, oh well, Enrico might try something, and after all, he is catholic.' Integra thought to herself.
"Just be quiet and don't start anything, no matter how many insults they throw, our enemy is the vampire, not humans."
Kenneth nodded.
A house guard walked in and announced the Section XIII members' arrival.
Strolling in came Enrico Maxwell and Alexander Anderson.
Anderson stared at Kenneth, curious as to who he was.
"Let's hurry up ye' Enrico." He sighed.
Enrico held out his hand for Integra to shake.
"Sir Integra Hellsing... Pleasure."
He stood for about a minute, Integra did not shake his hand. Enrico sat.
"Have it your way" He murmured.
"Just sign the papers and leave my house Maxwell." She said coldly.
"Not very polite now are ye?" Anderson implied.
Enrico grabbed the papers and signed them, he then handed them back to Integra.
She reached for the papers but Enrico grabbed her hand.
"Are you mad?!"Integra's eyebrow twitched.
A snarl formed in his tone. "96 Hellsing London staff members only you and the butler are to survive. Tell me Integra, how does that make you feel?"
You could almost feel her anger bursting out of her. She clinched her teeth.
"Get your filthy hands off of me." Integra spoke through her teeth.
"Hey!" Kenneth couldn't let it continue, he jumped up but Anderson threw an inscribed bayonet at his throat. Horror spread in her mind, remembering that he couldn't heal as quickly as Alucard.
"Enrico you -"
"Shut up you deep ditch whore, the Vatican and section 13 will not shrink to your dense excuse for a treaty. Where there are vampires there's the devil, and where there are vampires they must die so we will start here, along with you Heretics."
Integra scoffed a laugh. "If the devils anywhere he's -"
Enrico pinned Integra against the wall.
"Now just listen to me you squealing English sow." His voice carrying a wicked tone.
Suddenly the room went black, Enrico looked back at Anderson.
"Alex Hurry!"
"Aye!" Anderson quickly but up his barrier, both him and Enrico thinking it was Hellsing's vampire Alucard.
But it was the man Anderson took down with a bayonet.
Kenneth stood grinning just like his father. He studied the knife in his throat.
"An Inscribed bayonet..." He cocked his head and touched it with his right hand.
To everyone's surprise, it didn't burn him. Kenneth pulled the inscribed bayonet out of his throat with slight grunt.
"Funny little toy of yours Paladin."
"Impossible! What the hell are you?" Anderson was caught off guard.
Kenneth quickly separated Enrico from Integra breaking some of Anderson's barriers.
Anderson noticed and quickly tired to restore them but he was too late. Alucard's sigil appeared in the room.
"Invocation of Cromwell confirmed. Levels three, two and one released. Releasing restraint control technique system to situation A...Activating limited disengagement of ability protection." Alucard appeared.
Anderson quickly got out his knives grinning widely and threw them at Integra. Alucard jumped in front of her pushing Kenneth out of the way.
"I thought you were here to kill Vampires father, not a humans." He said coolly.
"The heretic heathen owns vampires she deserves to -" Anderson trailed off.
A chain like whip wrapped around Enrico's throat. Kenneth slammed Enrico to the ground and pulled him under his boot, now firmly placed on top of Enrico's head.
"The Vampire Killer?! What!? A BELMONT?" Enrico gasped struggling.
Kenneth seemed to have snapped.
"We can handle this situation two ways Paladin. One, I snap your Directors neck and devour his body with no remorse at all, or two you both saddle up your shit and get your border hopping papists selves back to Rome." He demanded.
Alucard grinned, proudly.
"Call off your dog Maxwell." Integra announced.
"Anderson!" Enrico yelled. Kenneth tightened his grip. "ANDERSON! STOP!"
Anderson muttered putting his swords away. The whip slithered from Enrico's throat. He ran behind Anderson. Anderson opened his bible and papers started to fly about.
"We'll meet again ye Hellsing freaks." They disappeared.
Alucard put away his gun watching Integra gather the treaty papers. Kenneth walked over to one of the papers Anderson left while holding one of his Inscribed bayonets.
He kneeled down and muttered the words to himself.
" Ego sum angelus ad Deo. Carnifex Dei. Quod instrumentum divinae censura... Interesting..."
He stood and folded the paper then placed it in his pocket. He then redirected his attention to the bayonet.
"Anderson's barrier does effect you, why is that?" Integra was curious.
Kenneth turned to look at her.
"I'm half vampire but, Belmont's hold legendary holy power in their bloodline, also my mother studied every religion, becoming a light sorceress making me resistant to any holy destruction."
He poked Alucard with the handle of the bayonet; the words lit up and burned him.
Alucard grunted softly. "If you're going to do research on that, I suggest you keep it away from me."
"You know you could be resistant if you drink my blood." He tried to sound convincing.
"If I bite you, you'll become a full vampire."
"Well?" Kenneth was asking permission for something.
"You're not ready." Alucard looked at him
"What?!"
"I handled the situation well enough; I carried out your orders -"
"No you did not." Alucard was walking out.
"Wait. How, -"
Alucard turned around and locked his eyes on Integra instead of Kenneth. He cut him off. "You let that catholic swine touch my Master." He glared then walked away.
Kenneth held his head down in shame and embarrassment. "Sorry sir." He said to Integra.
"Its fine Kenneth." She paused. "Let me ask, just what is it that Alucard said exactly to you?"
"Uh let's see." He was about to imitate Alucard's voice.
"And don't imitate his voice please." She stopped him.
"Oh... He said to me exactly. 'I have some business to attend to today, so my first order for you is to protect Integra, and that means no one touches her by any means necessary do you understand? Do I make myself clear son?'"
There was awkward silence for a while.
Integra noticed he wasn't treating her like a child; he was being overbearingly, over-protective. Moreover, when did he have business? It was time for them to have a talk she's had enough of these secrets.
"Alright, thank you Kenneth, your dismissed."
A room illuminated with flames burning black and red:
"I told you he was going to fail!"
"He did not fail young one, he carried the orders out perfectly."
"What the fuck do you meaning perfectly! No one's dead! That Hellsing chick isn't dead! Alucard isn't dead! His son isn't dead! The vampire girl isn't dead! The mother-fucking butler is not dead! No one is fucking dead! Let me just blow the entire place up, I can get it done, just let me go -"
"Calm young one. You are second in command, you must not go in battle just yet, and you must follow the Masquerade." A bearded man said.
"Besides." A very strikingly handsome man with a thick Spanish accent stood in the doorway. "It's my turn anyway." He was flipping a black coin.
"Oh what? Lay your 'moves' on Hellsing?" The young man replied sarcastically.
"Heh, why not, it's not against the Masquerade to want to get Miss Integra Hellsing in missionary." He smiled widely show gleaming white teeth.
"Do as you please Armando; just do your part of the Masquerade." The bearded man said.
Armando put on sunglasses and walked out, "Oh, I'll do as I please alright." Flipping his coin. "Long live the Masquerade."
The young man jerked up, but the bearded man stopped him.
"Just wait your turn young one, just wait your turn, everything will fall into place as planned."
Translation of words spoken by Kenneth:
Ego sum angelus ad Deo. Carnifex Dei. Quod instrumentum divinae censura.
I am the messenger of God. The butcher of God. The instrument of God's divine punishment.
A/N: This will play a brief role in a future chapter.