A short bit for you to see what went on when Seras arrived at the house leading up to when Alucard and Cat entered the room.
If anyone has any ideas for missions I'd love to hear them. I think that its about time for another one.

Other Goings On

Seras walked down the old familiar halls of Hellsing. She breathed in the familiar scent of the old building that she had missed so much. Pip walked beside her in silence enjoying her company and she looked over at him and smiled. She had been homesick from the first day she left Hellsing and now she felt like a great weight had been taken off of her chest. She was finally home.

Pip looked over at her and smiled, "You know we 'ave a new recruit. She is like you only tougher and she doesn't whine as much."

"Yes, I can smell her, but I can't seem to find any thoughts. She is still human isn't she?" the scent in the air was definitely a human scent, but Seras could not delve into any thoughts.

"She is still 'uman. I saw her just before you came to ze door, she was on her way to Mr. Alucard's room with packs of blood. If you asked me I would say she fancies zat vampire. Someone should tell her what a bad idea zat is," they were to Integra's office now and Pip knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Integra called from her desk.

Pip opened the door and peaked inside, "I 'ave someone who 'as come to visit you Sir 'ellsing. She is an old friend, if you know what I mean," he pushed the door the rest of the way opened and gave Seras a shove inside.

"Ahh, Seras Victoria, come and sit down," Integra continued shuffling through her papers like always.

"You aren't angry to see me Sir?" Seras timidly stepped into the office and Pip snapped the door shut behind her.

"Seras it has been ten years. Humans can't afford to stay angry that long. Come and sit and we can talk about what ever it is you came to talk about," Integra impatiently waved her hand at the chair in front of her desk.

Seras crept towards the desk and sat down slowly. She surveyed Integra's face for signs of change and found that there were not many. She looked nearly the same as she had ten years ago, only now she looked like she could be a lot scarier.

"So?" Integra looked at her expectantly.

"Oh! Right, well…how are things here? Much different?" she twiddled her thumbs in her lap and stared at her shoes.

"I suppose by that you mean to ask about the girl. Am I right?" Integra put her papers away and focused on Seras. She looked exactly the same she had ten years ago, of course.

"Yes, Pip said she is a human, but I can't pick up any thoughts from her," Seras scrunched her face up in annoyance. She had become so much more powerful since she left Hellsing and now to not be able to pick up the thoughts of a young girl was incredibly aggravating.

"I don't know anything about that, but she is human and she is sixteen," she watched Seras' eyes widen.

"Sixteen! Why on earth is she here!" she had felt betrayed by life when she was twenty and had to come to Hellsing so this girl must feel miserable having to be trapped here at so young an age.

"She was orphaned during a ghoul attack. Alucard nearly shot her just as he did to you," Seras made a pained face at this comment, but Integra continued, "But she managed to outwit the vampire holding her hostage and she lived. Her parents worked here about eleven years ago now. In fact they died just a few months before you arrived. We could not have her running around town with the memories of what she had seen so I sent Alucard to retrieve her. She fits in here quite nicely and she's very talented with a gun."

Seras felt a twinge of jealousy run through her. This girl had everything that she had not. "Pip said that she was bringing Alucard blood packs, does she do that much?"

"Yes, nearly every evening. She's quite attached to him and I think he is fond of her though he would never admit to it. I suppose fond isn't the right word for it. He tolerates her rather well and even caters to her curiosity or nosiness as he refers to it. I'm not sure if she realizes it, but she has met him before. When she was maybe three or four her parents brought her by the house. They were very proud of her and wanted me to see her. It seems so long ago, I was only nineteen. Anyway, she was playing on the floor here in the office and they told me to call Alucard so he could meet her as well. I didn't think it would be a good idea. I still did not feel entirely comfortable with him and she was such a small thing I was worried what he might do. The way someone worries about placing a dog around a baby. You don't know if the dog will lick the baby in a loving way or snap at its face without warning. They insisted that it would be fine so I called him in and introduced her as someone would introduce a grown person. He stared at her for a rather long time and she stared back at him just the same, almost like two people who recognized each other, but were drinking in the facial features to be very sure. Finally she got tired of this and began to whimper to be picked up. To my surprise Alucard reached down and picked her up just as if he had always had children and was used to babies. She clung to him like it was the natural thing to do and he complimented the Deschain's on the bravery of their small daughter. They laughed and said it was not bravery, but the simple innocence and kindness of a child," Integra sighed deeply and leaned back in her chair, "Would you go and prop the doors opened? It's getting stuffy in here from the furnace being on."

"Sure," Seras got up and pushed both doors opened. She looked both ways down the hall to see if anyone was around, but they were empty. She went back to her chair and plopped down in it and sighed, "That is a very interesting story. Is it the only time she met him?"

"She met him a few more times. Once they had me baby sit for her, but I haven't told her about it. It was not long after the first meeting and it was a disaster. I had no idea what to do with a child. Walter was a great help and Alucard even entertained himself with her for a while. I must admit that she was very funny. She did all sorts of odd things when Alucard was around. Walter would be holding her and Alucard would walk into the room and she would get very excited when she saw him and begin to wriggle and kick about so Walter would have to lean over and set her down. As soon as her feet would touch the ground she would wrap her little arms around Walter's neck and try to bite him! Once I saw her doing it. She would put her lips up to his neck like she was being sweet, but then she would open her mouth very wide and bite down. She never did it so hard that she left any marks. I think it was more of a show. It was like she knew exactly what Alucard was and what he did," Integra picked up a cup that was sitting on her desk and took a sip.

"Maybe she did know. She could have heard someone talking about it or maybe he made her do it for a laugh," Seras was beginning to feel like everyone was fonder of this girl than they had been of her.

"No, I forbade him to use any mind tricks on her. I was worried it might affect her brain or something. She could have heard them talking about it with realizing she did or maybe Alucard even told her. I left them alone in the library for a time when I had something important to do. Who knows what he said to her then, but when I got back she was fast asleep on his chest and he was reading aloud from the Grimm fairytale book. I've assumed that she does not remember any of this. I think the shock of losing one's parents erases memories from that young an age. Would you like me to call Alucard?" Integra was puzzled by the sour expression on Seras' face.

"He's already on his way. He told the girl I wasn't coming until around four in the morning. I can't see why though. I can read minds now, but he's hiding the majority of his," she squinted her eyes trying to see deeper, but she could not.

"Have you been reading my mind?" Integra asked curiously.

"No, of course not! I only do it when I haven't any other choice. It seems a very rude thing to do to friends," her face turned whiter when she said this, which Integra figured was the vampire equivalent of blushing.

Just after she said this, Integra saw Alucard come into view through the office doors, "Ah, here he is now."

Just as Seras stood up to greet her old master she saw the girl fly through the air towards his coat. The girl latched onto it and in his surprise he stumbled backwards and tripped over her. She knew that normally he would have noticed her coming, but he had been greeting her silently in his mind. As soon as he hit the ground she burst out laughing and Integra joined in. All the feelings of contempt that had been growing inside her for the girl disappeared when she heard her bell like voice call out to Alucard to let her up. She realized that it had not been the girl she was cross with, but herself for not being able to do the things this girl had already done. She went over to the heap of child and monster and watched the display of how naturally they interacted with each other. Finally, her old master had had enough and he sank though the girl ad the floor.

Seras took her chance and moved forward with her hand outstretched. The girl, which Seras realized she still did not know her name, stood up and stuck her hand out as well, though she looked a bit shocked to find another vampire in the room. Seras shook her hand and spoke, "It's nice to meet you. I'm Seras Victoria."

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