Hey guys, sorry for the long wait, got caught up in college work. I have seen the reviews and I apologise about certain elements, I have not read the whole manga through and I was not made aware of certain things so I will make them clear now. Yes Hellsing and Iscariot are still active as is Alucard I imagine and as for Anderson I have a special twist as he is dead but yet not dead, stay tuned to know what I mean ^^ But here is the 4th chapter and please, please review my work so I know how I am doing. Thank you and I hope to hear your feedback on my story, always a pleasure to read them whether good or bad.
The five of them had been running for almost an hour, they had briefly stopped at a clothes store as they brought clothes for Schrodinger, Marie and Hans as their Hitler Youth uniform stuck out in the modern world like a sore thumb as Rip and Maria had to hide the three children before going in and then coming out with clothes. The shopkeeper had been confused why they had brought three sets of clothes but Rip had convinced the shopkeeper that they were for her children as they were at school at the moment as the shopkeeper seemed to have accepted that as Rip and Maria went across to where the three kids were hiding before giving them their clothes. Another 30 minutes and they were now walking along London's underground trying to escape the police as Marie looked like she was going to faint from the sheer pressure mounting on her, "Are they going to catch us?" she asked with fear.
"Not if I can help it" Rip said, "those police officers…they were too violent, I have never seen police officers act like this unless that is how they are in this era" she said as she remembered that the police officers were a lot more tamer, and easier to kill, back in her day but it seems in 2012 they had tougher armor as her bullet didn't kill as many officers as she thought it would.
"No they don't" Schrodinger said, "I've seen my share of police takedowns but that was a complete and absolute overkill not to mentioned that they also killed the hostages…no…someone ordered them to take us all out and leave no survivors."
"We should get back to the Underworld as soon as possible" Maria said, "we would be safer there."
"But what about Schrodinger, Marie and Hans?" Rip asked, "Can they enter?"
"Yes, as soon as Lord Satan gives the okay then they can come in" Maria said.
"And how exactly do you intend on contacting him?" Rip asked, "It's not like there's a booth that says 'call the Underworld here' sign."
"Don't worry I know a place where we can hang out and be protected by the police" Maria said as they then moved out of the Underground into a different part of London as Rip looked left and right and saw no signs of the police, perhaps they had not found them yet? She didn't want to test that theory out as she quickly followed Maria to an abandoned bar as she raised her eyebrow but didn't say anything as she knew better then to argue against her as she followed Maria into the bar. The moment she walked in she could smell the strong smell of alcohol as she wrinkled her nose, it smelled worse then that time she went into a tavern in Germany, the whole place reeked of booze but this was multiplied by four folds as she nearly vomited, Schrodinger, Hans and Marie did as the patrons chuckled to themselves.
"Gods" Schrodinger said, "what is that smell?"
"That would be the smell of sulfur, beer, and corpses…welcome to one of the main entrances to the Underworld" Maria said with a smile as she went to a telephone booth immediately before calling someone leaving the others to just sit by themselves as they didn't feel comfortable mingling with the other demons who seemed to know that two of them weren't really dead yet as they smirked at Hans and Marie as Rip just sighed wondering how long it was going to take for Satan to say yes to two humans going to go down to Hell, Rip glanced at Marie who was shaking with fear while Hans was much more calmer but she could tell that Hans was also trembling with fear.
"Calm yourself you two, you look like you're about to be executed" Rip said as she looked out the window as she could see police cars rushing by no doubt towards the place where they had just narrowly escaped from.
"B-but this is Hell we're talking about" Marie squeaked, "it's…h-horrible isn't it?"
"Not really, it's horrible on the outside but once you're in the palace life is pretty normal" Rip said, "of course not everyone can do that…only special people can."
"And you're one of them?" Schrodinger asked sarcastically.
"As a matter of fact I am" Rip replied, "specially resurrected by Satan himself."
"You've met the Lord of the Underworld himself?" Hans asked in shock.
"Yeah, don't ask me how but I just have" Rip said as she was wondering deep inside what was Satan's motive for sending her here, it couldn't be coincidence that it was Schrodinger that were kidnapping girls nor could it be coincidence that the police were so brutal in their tactics and behaviour just then…something was going on and Rip didn't like it one bit.
Soon Maria came back with a smile, "We're all good to go" she said, "but we gotta wait for an hour before they can grab a transport for us since they're busy with something at the moment."
"Then can we wait somewhere else other then here? It feels like I'm gonna suffocate to death at any moment" Schrodinger asked as he did look pale and looked like he was about to be sick as did Hans and Marie.
"Alright but make sure you stay close to the entrance, they're not going to wait for you" Maria said as they all nodded and went outside as they smelt fresh air that could almost seem like salvation to them.
"Mein Gott! What was that smell?" Hans asked as Marie looked like she was going to faint, "I did not expect this when I joined up the organisation" he said glaring lightly at Schrodinger as the cat-boy simply looked away.
"Still we can't really take them with us the whole way through Schrodinger" Rip said to her companion, "we'll need to drop them off somewhere along the way."
"I can't leave them by themselves Rip" Schrodinger replied, "I just can't."
"They're just children, I'm sure they have a family somewhere" Rip said.
"No they don't" Schrodinger replied, "they only have me…"
"Schrodinger don't get too attached, remember what the Captain said about being too attached to your men?" Rip said remembering the lecture as the Captain said that it would only bring officers to their deaths if they became too attached to their men because that would compromise their judgement in battle and a compromised officer is pretty much a dead officer.
"I know" Schrodinger said, "but I can't leave them here either…they don't have a family to go back to."
"They're orphans?" Rip asked as she had to admit that she had never dealt with orphans before, although the war 70 years ago did create a lot of orphans Rip was lucky enough to have never encountered them, to see German children saddened because of the war wrought upon them broke Rip's heart and despite the fact that she is now a vampire…well even vampires have feelings and Rip's feelings had always been one of duty to her country as she looked at Hans and Marie with pity for the first time since she laid eyes on them.
"Yeah, their parents died in a terrorist attack and they've been bouncing around orphanages until I got to them, they were scavenging for food when I came across them, I could tell instantly that they were orphanages…stay a child long enough and you tend to think like one" Schrodinger replied with a sad look in his eye as Rip knew that a benefit of being a vampire is that one lives for all eternity and eternally youthful but even that has its own disadvantages, "are you…attached to them?" she asked.
"Yes…they've been with me since the beginning and although Hans may be a little rough with Marie he still loves her and will do anything for her…I sometimes wished I have my own sibling somewhere" Schrodinger replied with a sad face as Rip put a reassuring hand on his shoulder as he gave a small smile.
"What do you think we should do now? The police are looking for us and there is no way that they're acting on their own, someone higher then them must have ordered our deaths and it must be someone like the Hellsing organisation."
"They wouldn't be so brutal like this Rip, the Hellsing organisation has never been this brutal, most likely this has something to do with the Vatican…their powers have grown since we last met and they have agents everywhere."
"Is that so? So one of them could be looking at us right now?" Rip said as she looked around for any suspicious people but she wasn't really able to pinpoint anyone that was suspicious so she sighed, "I hate this…I really need to have a talk with Satan…I don't think he's telling the whole story."
"You really expect the Fallen One to be straight with you?" Schrodinger asked rhetorically as Rip chuckles to herself knowing that perhaps Satan was playing her as she hoped that she was wrong as Maria then came out in a frantic state as there were fear in her eyes, "what's wrong?"
"The entrance…it's not opening" Maria said, "something is wrong."
Rip immediately reacted, "Hans! Marie! Get over here now!" Rip yelled as the two children hurried to Rip's side just as the bar where Maria came out of exploded in a fiery fireball as bystanders screamed as Rip covered the others with her body as she was the tallest as she grunted in pain as several glass shards embedded themselves in her, "Damn it!" she exclaimed.
"Rip!" Schrodinger exclaimed as he pointed as Rip turned to see three black robed people standing before them, one armed with a katana, the other with dual pistols and the other with a shotgun, "Oh no…they're…they're…"
"You know them Schrodinger?" Rip asked.
"Iscariot…" Schrodinger whispered in fear as Rip gulped and took hold of her musket as she faced them as she didn't think that Vatican agents would be living so close to Hellsing headquarters as she stared them down.
