Chapter 8 : What the Mind Holds

I know. This took forever. Please don't shoot me. I have had nothing but hell since college started. Parents are jumping my ass for no reason, and can barely sleep at all.

Aqua woke up to find herself being watched over by the four "major players" of the Hellsing Organization. She saw the looks on their faces and knew that they had somehow peeked in her dream. Damn them! They're as bad as perverts! She then saw Alucard grin.

"As if you meddling in the affairs of other worlds is okay," he remarked to the young girl. Aqua then figured out that he heard her thoughts. She blushed, then regained her posture. She knew that she would have a bit of some explaining to do, and she wasn't going to like it one bit.

"You scryed into my dream didn't you," she asked Alucard. Then his grin disappeared and was replaced by a serious look that he rarely had on his face; one that would worry everyone when they saw it, for it was never a good sign when Alucard had actually gotten that serious about anything at all.

"The three sayings that were spoken in your dream; repeat them," Alucard commanded. For some reason; Aqua felt compelled to recite them, so she did as she was told.

"The Bird of the Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame." When the other three had heard that; they all had very shocked expressions, and Integra decided to question her servant about it. This was getting very weird.

"What is the meaning of this, servant? How could she have known that phrase," Integra demanded. She was definitely none too happy. Aqua just looked at everyone in the room with a confused look. What's going on? Is the saying particular to this organization only or something?

"I didn't put it in her head or nothing, if that's what you were suggesting. I was just as shocked. It was in the voice of my old self as well. If anything, it's quite interesting," he grinned as he said the last part. He knew it was impossible. He had encountered a Keyblade wielder during his war with the turks, but it sure as hell wasn't this girl. Most interesting, indeed. Integra didn't know what to think. This day was strange enough, and that was saying something. Every second she became more and more confused. First the Keyblade, then Heartless, then a Keyhole, Heart of the World, Light and Dark are too different, her head was spinning. She decided she would worry about it later.

"Please continue," Integra said to the young girl, who just managed to regain her posture. She wanted to get all of this over and done with. Aqua did so without question.

"Madness and Genius are two sides of the same coin." Everyone looked at each other. Nobody really heard it before. Alucard had heard it, but it was only inside one of Seras's dreams. Everyone just shrugged their shoulders. Alucard had wanted to talk to the two girls about it. He would do so later, then inform Integra about what he manages to gather. He was too distracted by the fact that she knew the only words that could allow him to release every single bit of his power.

"And the last one was in my own voice. 'Light and Dark are One and the same.' I don't know what it means," she said with a little bit of shyness in her voice. Alucard could only grin. He knew, and he was going to help her learn. He had heard the phrase when he was still a little boy.

"Alright. I am having one hell of a hard time trying to make sense out of all of this, so I am going to go and get some rest. However, starting tomorrow; I will be demanding answers," Integra cited as she walked out. She wasn't going to add all of this to what she already has to deal with. Walter had went with Integra to get her tucked in as he has done since she was little. Seras was exhausted, so she went to bed inside her now Queen-sized coffin. She would talk to Aqua tomorrow.

"Why are you still here? Shouldn't you be getting to bed or something," Aqua asked Alucard, rather irritated that she couldn't be left alone. Alucard only grinned.

"It's true, you know. Light and Darkness are one and the same. Remember that, and you will be just fine," he stated as he phased out of the room and into the darkness. She still felt quite uneasy, but knew that worrying over everything that happened over the past 10 minutes would only hurt her even more. She decided to pull the covers back over her and go back to sleep; hoping that tomorrow that she would get some answers herself.

Meanwhile...

"Gentlemen, ze pieces are now in play. Ze coming var shall be one like never seen before. Ve shall be ze onez to zee vhat lies beyond zis var. Und ze var after zat. Und ze next. Und ze next!

(Dramatic Outro)

What did you all think? I know this chapter was probably one of the least interesting, but I have been working on this for a while; so give me some credit.

So, what is it that will become of Aqua? Will the members of Hellsing get the answers they seek? Will Aqua be able to conquer her own self? And "who could possibly be trying to bring about a war that would bring about the destruction of all worlds and leave naught but hell and darkness"? PLEASE REVIEW! I LIVE ON THEM!