Mission
"Do we really have to?"
"Yes, you do."
"But why? We don't wanna."
This conversation had been going on in this manner for some time now as Alucard, Seras, and the Girls sat in one of the trucks taking the Wild Geese to the village, Crown Hill.
They were but five minutes away from their destination and Elizabeth and Mariann had been wittily arguing the whole way with Alucard and Seras about "working" that night; tormenting the men who had to ride with them, with their whining. After about twenty minutes of using their wit in their protests, that is what they had resorted to. Whining.
By the time the truck they were currently in slowed down to a crawl, the two girls had lost the rest of their abnormally large teenage patience. When the truck came to a stop the girls, arms folded across their chests, glared at their parents with complete irritation.
For the past half hour they'd fought hard for the night off. Using the fact that they had just met them and this was their first night at Hellsing. Also, using the fact that they should be relaxing and resting after traveling in "a fucking box for five hours" just to finally meet their father.
They exclaimed over sore and cramped muscles, knowing it was useless to use cramped muscles as an excuse because of the fact that everyone in the truck knew it couldn't hurt that bad due to the fact that they were already dead.
So when it was finally their turn to get out of the truck, after the men and before either Alucard or Seras, the girls both glowered defiantly at them and then said loudly, "Fine! We'll do it! God. So fucking uncaring," before getting out and waiting for their parents.
While Alucard helped Seras down, the girls looked around. The men had set themselves up around a central building. Elizabeth and Mariann could sense the four FREAKS in the three-story building. Unbeknownst to everyone, including Alucard and the FREAKS themselves, they probed the weak vampires' minds. Finding them to be easy targets, they voiced their conclusion after mentally consulting each other.
"If we have to be here on this mission, we're going to do it."
"Alone."
Alucard turned away from Integra (who had just arrived and was informing him of their plan) to look over at his two young daughters. Integra too looked over at the girls, who both had pursed their lips and had an eyebrow arched, silently daring their seniors to defy them.
Seras gaped at the duo, clearly showing she was against their decision. Alucard had raised an eyebrow of his own, not taking their sudden teenage attitudes and snappiness too kindly. Integra's expression was almost identical to the two girls'. Her lips were pursed but her eyebrow wasn't raised, instead her eyes were icy cold.
What do you think, Alucard? Should I let them?
I wait on your call, Master. What is your decision?
Don't be like that, Alucard. Though I never thought I'd see the day a natural born vampire would come about, let alone one (or two, I should say) sired by yourself, it doesn't surprise me. And I know you are concerned about their safety. You, being a protective creature by nature, and now a father to top it off. So what is it; you choose?
They're strong individually, but together they are tremendously so. And they're not stupid. I'm sure they assessed this problem and talked it over between themselves before they voiced their motives to us. Also, seeing as, like you said, they're my children and very much like myself and were so opposed to this mission, I'd say they've come up with an extremely safe, quick, and easy way to dispose of this problem.
"Very well then. Your father permitting it, you're to search and destroy." The two let small, devilish smiles show on their faces for a second.
Seras moved to stop them as they moved farther away from the group, but a large white-gloved hand stopped her from doing so. Looking up into her master's ruby-red eyes with wide baby-blue ones of her own, she silently pleaded with him to stop her newly adopted daughters. Alucard looked down into her eyes, but instead of fulfilling her wishes, he slightly shook his head before pointedly looking after his two daughters.
Taking the hint, Seras too turned to look after them, worry evident in her eyes. But that was until worry was lost to confusion. Once again looking up at Alucard, Seras saw that he too was trying to figure out what they were doing, though a small psycho-smile was spreading across his face.
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After walking about fifty yards away from the group that had consisted of Alucard, Integra, Walter, Seras, and themselves, the two young Draculinas had stopped and stared up at the building their victims were in. They waited for the order to come, but none came.
What's Auntie waiting for? If she doesn't call them off soon, we'll have to deal with the scumbags while at the same time, being careful of the men.
Looking over her shoulder, Elizabeth confirmed that Integra still hadn't moved. But Alucard, having seen Elizabeth's backward glance, extended his psyche to her. With much surprise though, he found her mind, as well as Mariann's, strongly barricaded, making it impossible for him to 'talk' to them. Concealing his surprise, Alucard 'knocked' on Elizabeth's mental door.
Daddy? He 'heard' come from the other side of the 'door'.
Yes. It's me.
A small peephole formed in the 'door' and he 'saw' two blue/red eyes look out at him. Feeling a strand of her mind probing his, he put down his defenses. He was still trying to get used to them being so advanced in telepathy and anything else that had to do with the mind, so his guards went down slowly. But he knew that she was doing this to be completely sure it was he.
When she withdrew from his mind and the peephole disappeared, he was left confused. But it was washed away when her defenses came down just enough to let him in. There in front of him 'stood' not one, but both his daughters when he crossed over to the other side of the barrier.
They were 'looking' at him as if impatiently waiting for something.
Hello, Father.
…Hello. Though he had become comfortable with having daughters (even though they did have their irritating moments), he just couldn't get used to being called 'daddy', or in this case 'father', and was still quite unsure as to how to always deal with them. Their current cold civility toward him had him at odds and ends as to what to do. A part of him told him they were being disrespectful and should be punished; yet another told him they still didn't know him all that well and punishment would just make matters worse and ruin any kind of bond they had already formed. He resolved to take the easy route and not punish them, but inquire after the reasons for which they had for being hostile toward him.
What's wrong, girls? We're all watching and waiting for you to take out the targets.
You do realize that if Auntie Integra doesn't say something to the men they'll go on in and we'll have to work around them? Mariann 'replied' to his question.
Alucard hadn't even thought of that. It surprised him actually, but instead of hiding the shock he thought it best to let them know about it.
Now that you mention it, I do see what you're getting at.
We're waiting for her command. The one stopping the men from going into that building, Elizabeth 'told' him.
Alucard 'nodded' and told them he'd inform his master to their request before he 'left' Elizabeth's mind, hearing the 'door' shut behind him.
Master?
Everything is fine, Police Girl. The girls just need something done first before they do their job.
Oh. Okay.
Turning his attention to his master again, Alucard addressed her and informed her of the problem after what felt like being with his daughters for an hour at least, but in actuality was only a minute.
Nodding her head, Integra turned to her men, who had started to move into position. Grabbing her radio, Integra ordered the men to stop and move back. Caught off guard by their employer's sudden command, the men looked from one another.
Eventually, Pip caught Seras' eye and silently asked her what was going on. Seras pointedly looked over to the two girls standing casually in front of the building the men had just been about to rush.
Catching what Seras meant, Pip followed his commander's order and fell back to watch the show. Seeing their captain doing this, the rest the squad followed his example.
---------M&L--
Ooh. This is too easy.
You've got that right, Mari.
Okay. So. Familiars?
Elizabeth flashed her sister a wide and evil grin in response.
Precisely what I was thinking, Mari.
Figured so, Lizz.
---------M&L--
Everyone watched as a flaming blue parrot flew from a self-standing shadow to the twin on the right's side. A shadowy torpedo shot from the dark ground next to the twin on the left. Both heading for the building in front while the two girls and everyone else watched from the sidelines.
If you had looked into the two girls' eyes you would've seen that they were "in another place". To us, their eyes would have seemed cloudy and unfocused. But that was because they had put themselves in their familiars. They were seeing and feeling everything in a different and better way.
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Elizabeth flew over everything, laughing out loud to the world. Mariann, on the other hand, smirked as her earth bound self quickly covered the space between her 'natural body' and the building. Both girls reveling in the adrenaline rush they were getting from the height and speed at which they traveled. They could have just had their familiars do this alone, without taking over their 'bodies'. But where was the fun in that?
So, Elizabeth hovered above the building, waiting for Mari to get to her right spot. Mariann jumped through a shadow and found herself in her destination. In the correct room, on the top floor, with the four FREAKs in sight.
Got 'em, Lizz. Elizabeth could hear Mari's chuckles rattle though her head, in turn making her giggle as their easy plan quickly began to take form.
Alright, Magic Sister. Time to go to work.
This oughta be good.
Elizabeth quickly descended, flying though the door the men had left open, as Mariann left her familiar's body. Watching from her spot on the ground next to her still 'out of it' sister, as the cat turned into a huge shadow that enveloped everything in the room in darkness, Mariann let the impish grin on her face stretch until she threw her head back, laughing hysterically, looking very much like her father. Elizabeth, hearing her sister, from inside the building, let loose her own laughter in the form of a screech. Deafening the ghouls and FREAKs within the building.
The screeching laughter continued as Elizabeth wined up through the building, stopping the FREAKs from communicating with their ghouls and further confusing the ghouls.
Secure the rest of the building, Mari. Stop them from getting out.
No problem, Lizz.
With that Mariann's familiar's shadow stretched to consume the whole building's insides. Cutting off all exits. With the windows and doors blocked, the flaming parrot set anything it came in contact with, on fire. Wing tip to ghoul. Ghoul to ghoul. Wing tip to walls and furniture. Fire spread from the walls to the floor and everything else in sight like a disease in a walled-in city. Killing the ghouls on the ground floor and quickly finding its way up the sides of the building. Consuming all that stood in the way of its belligerent race to the top.
Elizabeth had snapped back into herself, laughing psychotically next to her hysterical sister, as soon as the first ghoul had caught fire. A deeper cackle could be heard coming from a proud father behind the identical duo, sounding as if Evil itself was laughing in joy.
---------M&L--
Everyone watched as the blaze reached the top of the building, swallowing it whole. Flames licked at the low hanging clouds, casting everything in an eerie yellow light. And then, out of the shadowy mouth of the fiery tower, shot a blue parrot. Increased in size and wings outstretched wider then before, the blazing creature flew towards its master. Soon following it, the shadows covering the windows and doors fell away and condensed into Mariann's kitten that also came bounding toward her.
The girls surveyed their perfectly executed plan, turned brightly colored fiasco, basking in the success of their beautifully done 'game'. But after a few minutes of this, the two turned back to the adults behind them, took a bow and then headed off toward the truck they'd ridden in on their way to their current place. Walking beneath a painted orange moon with their familiars perched on their shoulders.
Stopping in front of their 'family', the girls let sweet, angel-like grins fall across their faces. Both nodded at Integra, tightly hugged Seras, and levitated up to give Alucard kisses on both cheeks before continuing on their way. But on their way they came across Pip, and with everyone silently watching them, they both held out a hand and uttered "Truce?" Pip gave them skeptical looks before shaking both of their hands with a hesitant nod of his own.
With that done, Elizabeth and Mariann, Mariann and Elizabeth, once again backtracked to the truck that they had left only seven minutes before. But when Alucard, Seras, and the men that had ridden with them before came into the truck, both girls were nowhere to be found.
Seras looked up at Alucard from her seat, worry once again evident in her eyes. Alucard shrugged his shoulders, in answer to her unasked question, before contacting Integra.
Master.
Alucard. Is there a problem?
The Girls aren't in the truck here. I'm going ahead home.
What?! Not there?! But we watched them-
Alucard drew back to let Integra rant and question herself mad, and, grabbing hold of her arm, he shadowed himself and Seras to Hellsing Manor. Where they found Seras' room had unofficially been moved two doors down from Alucard's own and the room in-between theirs occupied by a travel-worn box and two 'sleeping beauties'.
Well…What'd you think?
I liked it.
I'm liking how this is coming out.
It started out as a crack fic and still is, but it has its…serious? parts.
Am I right?
Oh well. Review. Hope you enjoyed.