"S-Schrodinger?" Rip exclaimed in shock as she looked again to see if she had been mistaken but she wasn't, it was undeniably the face of her comrade from Millennium but it was impossible...Satan had told her that all of her comrades were dead, he had told her every excruciating and gory detail so...so why was Schrodinger alive? Rip simply gaped at him as Schrodinger stepped up.
"That's me in the flesh, but damn Rip...I thought you were dead...I saw Alucard pierce you with your own musket" Schrodinger replied as Rip winced remembering the pain associated with that incident.
"Yes well..." Rip said pushing her glasses up, "I had some...help in that department" she said not comfortable with saying that Satan himself had resurrected her though how she had no idea as she then looked at the kidnapped girls, "is this your doing?" she asked.
Schrodinger nodded, "Of course, I'm trying to resurrect the Third Reich again" he said proudly, "soon I'll have an army of them ready to awaken and take over London when the time comes" as a chorus of 'Heil Hitler!' rang out.
Rip for some reason, was a bit nervous about this, it almost looked too easy...finding a group of youths ready to fight for the Third Reich, Schrodinger alive and well which was contradictory to what Satan told Rip, and the fact that it was Rip who found him...all of this was too coincidental, too strange as Rip wondered just what exactly was going on as there was a clanging behind her as Schrodinger aimed his Luger at the source of the sound, "Who else is with you Rip?" he asked coldly.
"It's just Maria, my companion" Rip said as Maria came out of the shadows, "Maria meet Warrant Officer Schrodinger..." she said as wondered if she should say 'who I thought was dead' part but decided to leave it out, after all she was just happy to see Schrodinger but if Schrodinger was alive then did that meant the others were as well? Did Satan lie to her?
"H-hello" Maria said, one look in her eyes and Rip could tell that she was just as much surprised by this as Rip was, just what was Satan planning...Rip wouldn't put it past Satan for him to do something cruel just for the fun of it but for her to meet Schrodinger like this certainly was not something a cruel, evil being would do, "nice to meet you."
"Likewise" Schrodinger said as he holstered his Luger as he looked at Rip, "Rip a word please" he said as Rip went with him to a secluded spot as he leaned on the wall and looked at her, "who is she? What is going on Rip?" he asked.
"She's a demon who is tasked in accompanying me to investigate a string of kidnappings, who I have now concluded are your doing, of girls in the area...I honestly don't know what is going on here Schrodinger...he said that you were dead, that everyone is dead" Rip said as she ran her hand through hair not even knowing what to think anymore.
"They are dead" Schrodinger said solemnly, "I believe that you and I are the only members left of Millennium" as Rip had a shock...so it was only her and Schrodinger? Satan had not lied after all? But...but what made them so special? Why had all the others died while they lived? Schrodinger's revelation only brought more questions for Rip to ask and she had no idea what else to ask or how to respond as Schrodinger looked down, "I tried looking for everyone else after the invasion failed, I spent years looking for them but all I could find were stories of our comrades...they are definitely dead because I looked everywhere for them but there wasn't a single trace of them anywhere" he said as a tear fell from his eye, "we're all that's left."
Rip pitied the boy, she didn't know much about his past only that the Major had found him one day in a ruined village destroyed by the Allied and seeing his special ability he had adopted him and taken him into Millennium, Rip could not imagine the pain that the boy must be suffering...to know that he was alone with only Rip to count on, the rest of his family gone, as Rip put a hand on his shoulder, "I know Schrodinger...but truthfully? Trying to revive the Third Reich isn't the way" she said as was surprised by her words...20 years ago, no, 70 years ago she would have said the opposite and that even if the Major and everyone else was dead they should still try to revive the Third Reich but things had changed, history had changed, the concept of an Aryan race was no more and she and Schrodinger should try to live their life as normal as possible without attracting the attention of either the Vatican or any other organizations that wish to eliminate all vampires and supernatural creatures.
Schrodinger looked at Rip in surprise before a small smile graced his lips, "You've changed Rip...you're not the same anymore" he commented in jest.
Rip smiled back, "20 years in a coma can do that to a person" she said before sighing as there was at least one thing that was with them, "at least Hellsing and Iscariot no longer exists...we just have to watch out for any other organizations that want to take us down."
At this Schrodinger looked genuinely surprised, "What are you talking about Rip? Hellsing and Iscariot still exists albeit with less power then they originally had but still they are out there" as Rip looked back at Schrodinger, Satan had assured her that neither of those organizations were still operational, another lie he had told her...just how many lies had he told Rip? She would need to have a good talking to with the Dark Lord once she returns from this mission. But before she could think further on it there was a great commotion from the Hitler Youth group as children were running all around as Rip and Schrodinger went up as Hans ran up to them.
"What's going on Hans?" Schrodinger asked.
"Bobbies sir, lots of them, all armed to the teeth" Hans said as Rip could see all of the children arming themselves, all of them seemed excited as a wave of fear came over her.
"Hans...you can't be seriously thinking of fighting them are you?" Rip asked as Hans looked at her and smiled, a smile she well knew of that of a fanatic as she glanced at Schrodinger who was starting to look guilty.
"Of course we are" Hans said, "why else would we have trained except for something like this?" as Rip was starting to shake in fear.
"Schrodinger" she hissed as the cat-boy shrugged.
"I didn't think something like this would actually happen" Schrodinger hissed back.
"Can't you convince them to give up? I don't think it's wise to go against the police" Rip said, "especially if they think they're going against hardened criminals" Rip said as she went up to see what they were up against as she peeked through the window: outside were at least a dozen or so police officers wearing Kevlar vests and armed with MP5s and HK G3K assault rifles...if those guys went in guns blazing it would be an absolute massacre, "I really think this is a bad idea Schrodinger."
"I don't have a choice, I've indoctrinated those kids for years, they'll do anything for the Third Reich" Schrodinger said.
"What were you going to do with a bunch of kids?" Rip retorted.
"I thought I had years for the plan to be in the works, I was going to have sleeper agents all over the place before I actually go through with it" Schrodinger retorted back.
"Yeah well your plan's going to go up in smokes, literally, unless you get them out of here" Rip said, "these guys mean business and I don't think they're going to sit around waiting for you to surrender."
"But...they won't actually shoot if they find out it's just a bunch of kids right?" Schrodinger, "I mean seriously...whose going to shoot at a bunch of kids?" he said with a grin.
Inspector Robert Dufford never imagined that he would be dealing with this in 2012, for crying out loud World War II ended 70 years ago, so why was some godamn Nazi sympahtiser kidnapping girls? It didn't make any sense and it was sick to say the least; thankfully the elite of the British police unit, CO19, was ready to go and eliminate these bastards...better for them to be dead then go to jail where they'll just rot anyways, "Alright lads let's do this safe, I don't know what these crazies have in gear but I want to get those girls home safely" he said to the CO19 officers as they nodded, "lock and load and if they have a gun shoot it without prejudice."
"Sir" the men replied as they got ready to breach the door. Just then one of the officers went up to Robert, "sir the Chief Commisoner is on the line, he wants to talk to you" he said as Robert wondered what would the Chief Comissioner would want with Robert as he went up to the radio and talked into it.
"Did you wish to talk to me sir?" Robert asked.
"Inspector I have just received an order, do not ask from who, and I have been given instructions to relay to you: whatever your men sees, whatever they encounter they are to shoot everything inside; the hostages are not to be sercued" Robert's boss said as Robert's eyes widen.
"Sir...are you telling me to kill the hostages too?" he asked in a deadly whisper in shock of what his boss is asking him to do.
"...yes" as Robert went wild, it was unheard of, it was illegal! No one would ever agree to kill everything in a building, Robert had no idea what was going on but this was not what he signed up for as he stuttered on his words, a clear sign of nervousness and shock.
"W-what? This is unhead of sir, who is giving this order?" he asked.
"Someone much more powerful then me, someone who is way above my paygrade" the Chief Comissioner replied, "look Inspector Dufford I know this is insane and if this person wasn't so high ranking I would have said no and slammed the phone but...but this is how it is and you have your orders Inspector, and you will not breath a word of this operation to anyone outside your team understand?"
"Y-yes sir" Robert said as the radio went dead as he went back to his team, his entire body trembling with fear as he went back to his team with a white face, "okay...I just got on the line with the Chief Comissioner...this is a top secret operation meaning that once this is over, it is over, it will never go on the record and you will never speak of it to anyone ever again. We are not to save the hostages, I repeat we are not to save the hostages, everyone inside the building is considered a hostile and they are to be eliminated with extreme prejudice" he said admist gasps and shocked mummerings, "I know, I know...it's horrible and quite frankly if it wasn't for the Chief Commissioner's orders I wouldn't be giving this out...let's just quickly get this over with and go home" he said as the men shook their heads and simply prepared themselves for whatever they were about to do.
The sound of a flashbang grenade flying and smashing into the window indicated to Rip that something bad was going to happen, she had seen these kinds of weapons used 20 years ago and she had little doubt that it had changed much, "Get down!" she cried out as she grabbed Schrodinger and dove to the ground before a loud bang echoed throughout the room as Rip managed to avoid the flash that would disorient her but wasn't able to do much about the sound as her ears began to ring from the high pitch attack as she groaned. She looked back to see that the police had already burst into the warehouse guns blazing as some of the Hitler Youths were gunned down in surprise, "What the hell?" Rip asked herself as she quickly got up and began firing, the musket killing three of the officers in one hit, since World War II she had trained herself to aim for one target but the trajectory of the bullet would mean that she would be able to hit multiple targets before reaching their real target...a skill she acquaired thanks to the powers as a vampire.
Hans was busy ordering the Hitler Youths to fight back as the children clumsily fire MP 40s and Lugers at the police officers, Rip didn't need to be a general to know that this was a useless fight, they were children for God sake! Not soldiers, they would be slaughtered before they were even able to fire off a shot as she grabbed Schrodinger and Maria as they made their way to cover, "We need to get out of here!" Rip screamed as she looked to see more children being gunned down, "They're going to get killed!"
"Keep fighting!" Hans yelled out Rip being surprised that he hadn't been killed yet as Rip saw bullets bouncing all around him as he bravely stood there though Rip knew that there was a fine line between bravery and being incredibly stupid as Rip fired back at the police team.
"We need to get out of here now!" Rip yelled, "Before we become corpses for real!"
"But how?" Schrodinger yelled back as he fired his Luger, "We're trapped!"
"I don't care how just do it!" Rip said as she went and killed several more police officers before she then saw the back door, the police had been bursting through the front and there weren't any police bursting in from the back, she hoped that there weren't any police down there because she didn't cherish fighting them all, "through the back hurry!" she said as Schrodinger and Maria went towards the back. The remaining Hitler Youth figured out what they were doing and they also fled towards the back as Hans and Maria were beside Rip as she kicked the door down to see some police who were about to breach the door when Rip surprised them, taking advantage of that she immediately shot them as the bullets killed all of them instantly, glad for her ability right about now.
"Come on!" she shouted as she stepped over the dead police officers as the Hitler Youth ran out in a panic, only to be gunned down by more of the police, "damn it!" she shouted as she went the other way as she looked back to see only Hans, Marie, Schrodinger, Maria and Rip were the only ones left...not a good thing.
"We're all going to die" Maria wailed as Rip could see the tears running down her face.
"Stop whining and keep moving" Rip said as she looked back, "hope the hostages are safe" she muttered.
"Unlikely" Hans replied, "I saw the police officers slaughtering them...what is the matter with them?"
Rip was just as shocked as Hans, she thought that the police officers would save the hostages but they were killing them? Something was wrong here and she didn't know what it was...she just hoped that none of her old enemies were rising because that would be bad news indeed if they were.
