CHAPTER 100
EPISODE………………..my own mind made this.
A.U. This is a crossover with the anime Hellsing, not the Manga which I haven't read. I recommend that anyone who likes anime or anything to do with vampires needs to find and watch this. It is worth every minute in my opinion. Anyway, since there was no story after the last episode of that series, I'm going to make up what I think happened, well in a sense. You can check out Netflixs and rent the series.
Also, there is some references later about religion. Personally, I have nothing against anyone or their religions. It only bothers me when someone tries to force their beliefs on me. If I do offend anyone, it was not my intention.
Thanks go to Eternal Sorrow for her help with this story.
There was a winding and grinding noise that filled the air, not to mention blowing it around slightly as a the T.A.R.D.I.S. began to dematerialize. It was getting near dusk, with the sun still up on the horizon as the ship fully landed. Birds chirped as the door opened up.
"Ah, it's good to be home finally." Daniel said as he walked out first, backwards. "Sure, it was interesting to watch those asteroids, but I have a lot of work to do still. So much work built up after all that time with Adria…."
"We know." Mitchell said as he walked out.
"Hey, we all got some sleep first before coming back home. Technically, we've all been gone for…" Carter said looking at her watch. "Oh, an hour at most."
"Indeed. It is unfortunate that the energy reading that the Odyssey detected was not as great as we wished it to be."
"A thousand pounds, well just shy but close enough, of unrefined naquada is a good find Teal'c." Ford said stepping out. "It's going to take the Odyssey a couple of hours to drag it home to be mined, but…."
"Um, Ford?" Daniel said interrupting him as he glanced around like everyone else was now doing.
"Ford!" Carter whined. "What were you thinking?"
"We're not back a the base like we should be." Mitchell said looking at the tall building and trees around the area.
They were all in outside clothes, not anything from the SGC, just casual everyday outfits. All of them were wearing black leather coats, though Ford's was bigger like always. He had a bright blue suit on and his cane with him at the moment as he glanced around as well. Everyone but Daniel had jeans on Mitchell's and Teal'cs were black while Vala and Carter had on blue. Teal'c wore a tight black T-shirt. Mitchell's was gray and said Air Force on it. Daniel had a blue button up shirt and Vala wore a tight leather top that showed some of her cleavage, on purpose. Carter had a tight red shirt that only showed her neck.
"Indeed. I do not recognize this place." Teal'c said seeing the massive building behind the T.A.R.D.I.S.
"Where are we?" Vala asked.
"Hmm, I don't know, specifically." Ford said taking a whiff of the air and pulling his Sonic Screwdriver. "Air smells rather clean of pollutants but still has some according to the Sonic Screwdriver. We aren't far in the past. We are in England. Strange. I wasn't thinking of coming here at all, for any reason. I was thinking of Sally, and you."
"Well then, let's get out of here before anyone sees us. It doesn't look like we have been noticed yet." Carter said as they all glanced around and went back in quickly.
"Hey, did anyone else feel like we were being watched? And by something…..um…" Vala said unsure as Ford started setting and looking at the controls.
"Something what Vala?" Mitchell asked.
"Evil. Yeah, that's the best way I can describe it. I got the feeling like my life was in serious danger." she said with a shudder as she rubbed her arms.
"Well, it couldn't be another immortal. Ford didn't sneeze." Daniel said. "But I didn't get that feeling at all."
"Nor did I." Teal'c said.
"Me either. What about you two?" Mitchell asked.
"I felt fine."
"I felt it." Ford muttered as he was setting coordinates. "Okay, here we go."
He pulled the lever and when nothing happened, he hit the console. The pillar began to lift into the air and then stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Carter asked as she looked at the controls and began working on different ones.
"K-9…" Ford began.
"Interfacing. Please wait." he said as his ears twitched back and forth a few times. "We are not in our universe Master."
They all groaned.
"Not my fault. I was seriously thinking of Earth, Colorado. Our house with Sally, nothing more." he said holding his hands up quickly.
"And what TV or video did you plan on watching tonight?" Carter asked.
"We had plans, remember?"
"Oh, right. K-9, where are we?"
"We are in England Mistress. Beyond that, the structure outside is not familiar according to the databanks we have on the Earth in our universe."
"Are you…." Carter began.
"Yes. The T.A.R.D.I.S. is currently searching for our universe right now." Ford said as he finished hitting the right switches and buttons.
"Any possible time table?" Daniel asked.
"No." the two Carter's said.
"Last week when we went to Metabetis 3, it took the T.A.R.D.I.S. three days to find our universe." Carter said. "Not that it was a bad three days."
"Yeah, you would say that. Since it was just you, him and Sally." Daniel said with a certain tone and smile.
"And we had to stay in here, remember that Daniel? I told you about that horrific tale." Ford said with a shudder. "The blue ants were bad enough, but those large spiders scared the hell out of me. And worse yet, they talked telepathically."
"Scared Sally too." Carter said. "Okay, we are stuck here for the moment, so until K-9 informs us that we can leave, we might as well see what is out there."
"No!" Vala said a little too loudly. "It's not safe."
"I think we should investigate." Teal'c stated.
"I agree. I felt it too, and I don't like feeling fear like that." Ford said grabbing his cane from by the display case.
"This is such a bad idea." she said grabbing Daniels arm for support as they went back out.
The sun was now setting as they glanced around. You could still see without needed a flashlight, but it only seemed darker because of the large building. Though they didn't see everything right away, they all learned later what the place looked like. The mansion itself was four or more stories high with a block like structure, high windows accompanied that which looked out over a very spacious lawn, and areas in the back were reserved for special purposes that took place daily. The entrance was two simple door that had a small walkway of four steps that lead to the entrance. Thin curtains on either side of the plain glass windows kept the interior hidden from being viewed. The lawn was well kept and simple, no fancy shrubbery, ponds, statues or fountains. Just a simple paved driveway leading to a large metal gate that was attached to stone walls that went around the entire property. Trees surrounded the enclosed walls of the grounds except near the entrance where there was a guard station. A simple sidewalk outside the main gate followed the walls going both directions with street lamps lighting the way along the two lane road.
"I've been to England, several times. Though back in that other universe I called home. I've never seen any place like this." Ford muttered as he tapped his cane against his lip. "And yet, this seems familiar."
"Don't you feel that feeling in the air?" Vala asked with a shudder.
"You're really scared?" Daniel asked with some surprise.
"Hell yes!" she said smacking his arm before grabbing it harder. "General, I want to leave."
"I want to know what this feeling is." Ford said glancing around.
"Hmm, who do we have trespassing here?" a dark and mysterious voice said behind them.
They all jumped and turned around quickly. Vala screamed and backed up before passing out. Mitchell and Daniel turned around quickly and got down to check her out. Teal'c got in front of them and into a stance to fight. Ford put Carter behind him so quickly he almost knocked her down and then holding her hand, he backed up several steps.
"Oh god." he muttered quietly. "I'd rather be facing the undead from Raccoon City again."
"What the hell is going on?" Carter said getting her hand free and stepping back.
"Teal'c, back off. None of us can kill him." Ford said glancing at the T.A.R.D.I.S. that they had all backed away from. "Stay behind me!"
Carter got back behind him as pulled her arm.
"You're not human. Interesting." the red clad figure said looking at Teal'c through orange lens. "And you two, are something entirely different all together. Hmm. No, you are much different. And your blood is boiling loud enough I can hear it."
"What do you want Vlad?" Ford asked pointing his cane as the other three helped get Vala to her feet, though she still stayed unconscious.
The red clad figured laughed darkly, hard and evilly.
"What are you laughing at Alucard?" a stern woman's voice asked from behind them.
Everyone but Ford turned around to see about a dozen troops, in blue fatigues, with a variety of weapons pointed at them. Including some old man in a butler outfit that had hair that was going white slowly, though mostly black still, a monocle on his left eye, and some white gloves on his hand. A woman in a whitish suit, with glasses walked out in front of the men coming slowly towards them. Her hair was blondish and parted down the middle. Just over shoulder length, but it rose above her head at least two inches, before going down past the shoulders. A majority of it went down here back while a part from either side went just down the front of her shoulders. A blue tie that had a silver cross on it was around her neck covering her neck. White shoes and white gloves finished the outfit.
"What are you doing on my property?" she asked sternly as she crossed her arms. There was little politeness in her voice. "And how did you get in here without being seen?"
"We're sorry ma'am." Daniel said glancing at Ford who hadn't moved. "Guess you're not going to help. We have each other at a disadvantage. And we mean you no harm. My name is Doctor Daniel Jackson. This is…Cameron Mitchell. Teal'c, Vala Mal Doran. That's Doctor Samantha Carter and her husband, General Carter. May we enquire as to your name and where we are?"
She raised an eyebrow, filing the names away for later to check on them. She easily noticed that they all carried themselves, like military personal. Though this, Doctor Jackson didn't seem as tense as the others were. He didn't look like a medical type either so she figured he was in another field. The other female didn't look like a doctor either, so she figured she was also in another field.
"Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing."
"That name sounds familiar." Carter muttered.
"Sir? That would mean you would have been knighted by the Queen." Daniel said.
"Yes."
"Wait, she said Hellsing. Do you mean as to Van Hellsing?" Mitchell asked as he held Vala up, barely. "Teal'c, help me here please."
"Vala!" Teal'c shouted close to her ear.
Vala jerked awake and screamed slightly. She looked around and then seeing the stare off with the red clad man and Ford, she grabbed Daniel and held on.
"Hmm, your friend seems to be very afraid of something. Alucard?"
"I have never met any of these people in my lifetime Master. This one is most interesting though. He knows who I am, but I cannot read his mind. Her mind is very difficult to read as is the dark mans. The other two men are easier. As for the lady in fear, she is also very difficult, more so than this one."
"What is going on?" Carter asked. "Are we in danger?"
"I don't know about me and Vala. Something about Dracula here is scarring the hell out of us both." he said with a barely hidden shudder. "The rest of you will be fine until Sir Integra tells him to attack."
"Alucard, go somewhere else for now." Integra ordered.
With a smile that showed both fangs, he vanished into the dark laughing. As soon as he was gone, both Ford and Vala dropped to the ground breathing hard.
"Are you alright?" Carter asked kneeling next to him as the other's where asking the same of Vala.
"Yeah. Whatever he was doing, the power he was throwing off was affecting us."
"Any idea why?" Vala asked as they all got to their feet.
"I have a theory." he muttered as he shook his head and Integra walked up with the butler.
"Now, maybe you can tell me why you on the Hellsing Organizations property?" she asked with her arms still crossed. "And how you got this far in without anyone noticing?"
"We're here by accident." Daniel said. "Please forgive us for our intrusion."
"That will depend on how you got here." she said. "You can step down Walter."
"Yes Sir Integra." the butler said putting some wires away in his gloves.
"We're…..um…F," Daniel began.
"From another universe. That's our ship as stupid as it sounds." Ford said turning to Integra quickly as the others gave him a look. Except Teal'c. "I am willing to give you a brief tour if you like to prove my word."
She was thinking about it as she gave a glance at the British blue phone booth police box. They weren't all that common anymore, but there was still a few around in the area, if you knew where to look.
"Why did you tell her that General?"
"Because it is the truth Mitchell. Help me Daniel." Ford said.
"The truth has gotten us out of trouble before." Daniel said.
"And into big heaping loads of it too if you don't remember." Mitchell said.
"Only on other planets, usually." Carter said.
"Indeed."
"Integra, sorry." Ford said seeing a crossed look for a moment. "Sir Integra looks to be a woman of sound mind and reasoning. Considering the trouble she has to put up with when it comes to, Alucard, I don't think that her learning that life is on other planets is going to drive her insane."
"Life on other planets?" the butler muttered.
"Assuming what you say it true, why are you here?" Integra asked.
"Actually we were on our way home. And, we ended up leaving our universe and coming here. We're not sure why as of yet. But the ship is currently scanning to find our universe. Once the T.A.R.D.I.S. has finally found our universe, we will be able to leave and not be any more bother to you or your organization." Carter said. "Though we are unsure of the amount of time the computer will take to locate it."
"What sort of doctors are you? And General of what? Or is those gold stars a decoration only?"
The two looked at Ford briefly.
"I am a race known as the Time Lords." he said seeing her raise an eyebrow. "Our kind, which I am pretty much the last of, in our universe anyway. I'm also a Immortal, as is Vala. Which I think explains why we were both scared of Vlad. Teal'c is a race called Jaffa. You can call me The General. In our universe, co-existence is dependent on the saving of the galaxy. Sounds stupid, I know."
"Not as much as you think." Integra said.
"I'm a doctor of archeology, anthropology and linguistics." Daniel said.
"Astrology, astrophysics, metallurgy to a point." Carter said. "Wormhole technology and quantum physics, theory and mechanics."
"I'm dabble in many things, though I tend to stay out of the medical realm as much as possible. I don't like seeing internal organs and such. I don't have the stomach for it." Ford said with a grimace.
"And yet we've seen him kill countless enemies with a couple weapons, he calls them personal cannons, that blows large holes in just about everything they hit." Mitchell said widening his hands apart. "These pistols are so big and powerful, no human can use them."
"I once fired one of them and nearly took my arm off. I only ended up breaking my wrist instead." Carter said.
"Indeed." Teal'c said realizing that they must be safe seeing as they were giving out a lot of info. "The General once killed one enemy that got to close and, O'Neill ended up throwing up on him."
"You had to bring that memory up?" Ford asked with a grimace.
"Glad I was over with covering Daniel during that fight." Carter said. "He got sick when Sally used to throw up. At least he cleaned the mess….."
They stopped talking as they heard someone laughing, almost silently.
"Sir Integra?" Walter asked.
Her shoulders were shaking as she tried to fight it. But the very thought of someone who could possibly have guns as big as Alucards and then also have a weak stomach! It made her mind think of what would happen if Alucard suddenly became squeamish about blood like Seras was. Maybe it was her uptight nature as a lot of people kept saying or the fact that she had been at this so long, she never found anything funny and rarely laughed. Cried, she could admit to. Laugh, there was nothing funny anymore. That emotion left her back in childhood when she took over as the leader of the Hellsing Organization years ago. There was nothing she found funny anymore. Whatever the case, she lost control and dropped to her knees laughing so hard it even stunned Walter. He looked up at them to see them also surprised at what was happening.
"Oh my god." Ford muttered in shock. "She's laughing. That's impossible. What did we say?"
"I don't know." Daniel said as she stayed on her hands and knees still at it. "Is there something wrong with her laughing?"
"She's never done it before. Not since her taking over the Organization." Walter said. "If anything, she's become more withdrawn from any emotion other than anger since the incident with Incognito. I can't even get her to say anything other than the food is fine, no matter what I bring her."
"That would mean you have very few troops on hand if any at all." Ford said twisting the top of the cane across his lip. "Those guys over there look nervous to begin with."
"Um, she passed out." Daniel said pointing at the ground.
Ford and Vala both tensed up suddenly as Alucard showed up besides Walter out of nowhere. Vala instantly got behind Daniel holding him. Ford didn't move, but he got really tense.
"What happened Walter?" Alucard asked with some surprise on his face.
"She…." he said still in shock.
"Laughed at something…" Ford began.
"She did what? And I wasn't here?!" he exclaimed making the group back up a few steps.
"And, I think passed out from a lack of oxygen." Ford said quickly. "We didn't touch her."
"What in the hell are you afraid of?" Carter exclaimed as Walter gently picked her off the ground. "You and Vala are twitching like….um….god, I can't think of anything to use as an example."
"We are Immortal." Ford growled out.
"That's the power I feel." Alucard said with a smirk as he looked at the backs of his gloves. "In your blood. And it causes my power to involuntarily to effect you. That explains why my gloves have been burning me slightly since you have arrived. Very interesting indeed."
"What is going on?" Mitchell asked.
"You have nothing to worry about human." Alucard said dropping his hands. "Your little group is no threat to me."
He turned and started to walk away.
"That, and you have done something I have never seen nor heard in very many years, until now. Unfortunately I was elsewhere, but I heard her. Which is enough for me."
"What just happened?" Mitchell asked as they were all left alone.
"Um, I think we got his respect." Ford muttered in confusion as well. "Maybe."
They all went back in, and Vala felt extremely safer. There was a few chairs in the Console Room now as they sat nearby the console talking.
"Okay Ford, where are we?" Carter asked crossing her legs and keeping her head up with her hand on her chin and the elbow on her knee.
Teal'c and Mitchell seemed to be sitting more at attention while Vala and Daniel were more laid back. Ford sat straight with both hands on top of the cane out in front of him.
"I'm not really sure how we got here, seeing as I haven't seen or looked at this particular cartoon series in awhile. I wasn't even thinking about it. And, as much as it would be nice to have Sally here because I'd rather be with her like we promised, it is better she isn't. This, is one of those cartoon's that I keep hidden away from her sight."
"Is that guy really Dracula? I heard the name Hellsing thrown around." Mitchell said.
"I never read the books series, but from what I gathered, Abraham Van Hellsing, from what I understand is, that was his first name. Fought against Dracula at some time, but didn't win. Or he did and captured Dracula. There's a lot of different stories with different fights and endings. At some point in the Hellsing history we are in, whether it started with him personally or not, I don't know, there was a knighting ceremony by the Queen and the family became a special branch of the monarchy. Though mostly a silent part of it, used to destroy inhuman monsters and creatures. We are safe Vala, you to Teal'c. Anyway, at some point, Dracula was captured and holy seals of some sort were placed on his hands, the back of the gloves specifically. He is a servant AKA slave of the Hellsing family. And will always be until someone releases him of it. Highly unlikely though. But, from the way he is portrayed in this series, he doesn't mind being a slave. They give him transfusion blood, basically blood bank blood and he gets to destroy enemies of the Queen that are evil undead or some other monster. Uses two incredibly large pistols. You'll more than likely see them later." he said looking at the console. "Unless we leave any time soon."
"Dracula in servitude." Daniel said amazed. "Wow. Does he talk a lot?"
"On and off. Very bluntly though. I don't know whether to say yes or no to talking to him about his past. You'd probably be better off talking to Walter or Integra about stuff like that."
"How dark are we talking here? Is this one of those cartoons that you keep locked away from her and mom's sight?"
"Yeah, one of those. Lots of blood, gore and such. Going to be kinda scary out there if more undead attack this place or something. Bring back memories of that mansion outside Raccoon City."
"You make it sound like we are staying here. Are we?" Mitchell asked.
"Well, until we can leave, pretty much. I could take the T.A.R.D.I.S. and go somewhere else in the world, but then we stop the scan and have to start over. A consequence of leaving our universe apparently."
"So, what do we do if we go out there?" Carter asked.
"We could ask for jobs. For free of course." he said getting looks. "We don't need the money since we have a vault full of different currencies in the T.A.R.D.I.S. Food they have unless you want to come back here."
"I don't mind. I'd like to look around and talk to them if possible." Daniel said.
"Well, the scenery is better than looking at holes all day. No offense." Mitchell said.
"What jobs would we be taking anyway?" Carter asked sitting back. "If we do this?"
"I don't know. This place needs to have guards and usually does, but after the last battle with, another bad vampire like Dracula, they lost pretty much everyone. We'd have to ask. Oh, if they decide to have us help them, the weapons they use has blessed silver ammo, as are the knives. Oh right, this is very important. Anyone have anything against the Protestants?"
They looked at each other briefly and shook their heads.
"This is Protestant country. And Integra has very strong beliefs in that faith. If any of you are Catholic, don't even mention it. The very mention alone could piss her off bad enough to sic Alucard on us. Also, if he is around and speaks to you, don't call him Vlad or Dracula. He goes by Alucard now."
"He did that in a movie I saw." Mitchell said.
"Indeed. In order to hide his true identity and motives." Teal'c said.
"Unlike other's, I suggest we don't tell anyone about how we might know things." Ford said.
"If anyone slips up, we could say we are just going off what we know of the Dracula of our universe." Carter said.
A knock at the door startled them. Ford got up as Carter pulled the lever and the door opened.
"Walter? How can we help you?"
Walter looked past him slightly and then saw more into the room as Ford stepped out of the way. He looked around each side of the phone booth before looking back in.
"Oh my god. It is an alien ship."
"Yep. If it helps any, the ship has no offensive weapons, personally. Basically a powerful shield system otherwise." Ford said as Walter walked in and stayed by the door.
"Is Sir Integra okay?" Daniel asked.
"Yes. She is currently sleeping, and peacefully for once. Though I am quite sure she will ask you the same thing, even after I tell her, what is your plans?"
"Actually, we were coming to find out if you had any jobs for us. We have no idea when we'll be leaving. The computer is going to take awhile, but it will find it eventually. So in the meantime, we talked and figured helping your Organization out until then would be a good idea. That is if you want or need it." Mitchell said. "Oh, and we'll work for free."
Walter blinked considerably at that.
"Yes, we could use the help. Though Sir Integra is in charge of hiring personal. I have noticed, and I'm quite sure that Sir Integra noticed as well, you all have military backgrounds of some sort. May I inquire as to which branch and country?"
"Well, I'm actually a civilian working with the SGC, which is a American run by the Air Force. Vala is also a civilian while Teal'c works on our team from the Jaffa Nation. These three are actual officers." Daniel said.
"Me and Sam here are Lieutenant Colonel's. He's a Brigadier General in charge of the base with another, General Hank Landry."
"We already scanned to see if anything that we do is in this universe, and we found nothing. Whatever the Americans here use the facility for, it's not the same like us." Carter said. "And since we are not in our universe, our ranks are null."
"Except among yourself I presume?"
"Pretty much. We're actually a single team of our own."
"You all show yourselves to be a close knit group. We used to have several teams like that once." Walter said with sadness. "Sir Integra will have the final word on if you will be hired, however short your stay will be. But seeing as our forces are at nil, I'm sure she'll agree to your applications. We shall see in the morning."
"Ah, this is also a time machine. Unfortunately, we can't move her to go anywhere at the moment because she's searching for home." Ford said. "We can stay in here if you wish, but we actually all got up just recently."
"I see. In that case, I'm sure I can find something for you to all to do until morning. Forgive my bluntness, but seeing as it is night time, Alucard will be around as will Seras Victoria. There is no missions for them tonight so I would advise not looking in areas you shouldn't go." he said as he explained the buildings they should avoid. "We have maps I can give you as well."
"That would help." Daniel said.
"I shall be retiring for the night soon. Other people will be around, mostly kitchen staff at the moment, so you may ask them for help. If you wish to leave the grounds, we would like it if you did not tell anyone where you came from or what we do."
"Not a problem. Our job and facility is secret from the public back on our Earth." Mitchell said nodding. "Aliens are bad enough, but ghouls and vampires, that's a whole other bowl of wax. We do our best to keep it a secret from the public about alien life so I'm going to guess that your people do the same."
"Yes."
"We can blend in better with the populace without being given a second glance." Teal'c stated. "That is if we leave the premises."
"We also have a, number of weapons on this ship. It's a lot bigger than it looks. But we can supply our own weapons if you are running low. We also have silver ammo, though not blessed."
"Our weapons stockade is quite low at the moment. But our ammo supply is still very high. I am also the arms master here, and if Sir Integra approves, you may provide you own weapons and we will provide the ammo. Unfortunately, I do not think I can provide ammo for that weapon." Walter said pointing at the Tommy gun he saw in the display case. "Or for the large pistols you carry on your person until I have seen them."
"That's on display now since the ammo goes too quickly. I'll show you my guns tomorrow if she approves."
Carter got the gun Ford gave her, strapped it to her side and followed out with the others as Walter gave them brief tour, handed out the maps and left for bed for the night.
"Okay, what now?" Mitchell asked.
"I'm going to look…"
"At the library? Kinda figured that. What about you T?" Mitchell asked.
"I wish to check the grounds, which I think you feel like doing the same." Teal'c stated. "If we end up staying her for more than a few days, it is best we know our territory."
"Yeah. Especially since Walter asked. Vala…"
"I know, go with Daniel. Keep out of trouble."
"And you two?" Mitchell asked.
"Walter mentioned something about a computer chip that turns people into vampires. From what I gathered, they haven't figured out how they work or where they came from. I think I can help in that department." Carter said. "I'm going back to the T.A.R.D.I.S. to get my laptop. Wish we could bring K-9."
"General? Are you even here?" Mitchell asked.
"Someone is missing." Ford muttered as he glanced around.
"Yeah, that Walter guy said someone named Seras…um." Mitchell said snapping his fingers.
"Victoria, Seras Victoria." Daniel said. "The only other females I saw was the nurses and a couple maids."
"She's also a vampire. Though a very sweet girl despite becoming one. You'll see her when you notice the bright red eyes. No one else here is like that. Actually, you'll notice her rather easily. She, stand out very well."
"So, no worries?" Vala asked.
"She may get the look to want to drink blood, but she's very different. Only drinks transfused blood. Maybe she's still sleeping?"
"Are you wanting to see her?" Carter asked.
"Other than to point her out, no, not really." Ford said not noticing the jealousy in her voice. "There's something I want to go get from the T.A.R.D.I.S. though. I suggest we all go back and get some things, just in case."
"Like our coms?" Mitchell asked.
"Indeed. Such an action would prove important in the event of an attack, or more importantly, the T.A.R.D.I.S. getting finished."
No one bothered them as they went in, got into their vest and left in different directions. Though not blessed ammo, the others took nine mill's with a couple clips of silver ammo. And they were told if there was any problems, they were to hand over the guns without any fuss and say Walter allowed them to look around. And that Alucard knew they were here. Carter took a couple of clips with her for the gun on her hip and then got her vest and laptop. Ford was the only one left inside as he grabbed the sword from the display case and the special made sheath for his back. And then he went further into the ship.
Mitchell and Teal'c walked around the area, just to see where they were, check the area out and to guard the place for the night. Walter suggested the idea, if any of them would do so since they were very understaffed at the moment. Carter sat down at a table inside a research room and opened the little box seeing the strange chip with strange stringy wires hanging off all four sides. K-9 was with her helping.
Daniel found the library to be very fascinating. There was so many books and many of them he didn't even know or had heard of and some he had. Seeing how well the library was organized, he took notes on where books belonged as he took them out and read them for a moment and then further notes on one's he'd like to finish reading. Vala was rather bored until she found a book setting out that caught her interest. Something to do with vampires, ironically.
Ford was in one of the work shops working on the blades of the sword. The few people currently in the employment of the Hellsing were either guarding the front gate or the various buildings at the moment. Alucard was watching the new people from atop the highest point of the Hellsing mansion. He kept probing the minds of the newcomers, at least the ones he could access, doing it as gently as possible without alerting them to his presence. He only got disturbed when he suddenly lost the feeling of his fledging, namely the presence of Seras.
Seras had woken up about half an hour after the newcomers had arrived. Though she didn't know they were even there. And Alucard didn't alert her, nor did anyone else. Alucard didn't always tell her everything unless Integra told him to do so. So she was looking around for Walter. After inquiring as to where he was and finding out he went to bed for the night, she realized that there was no missions and that the two vampires were free for the moment. Even Integra was asleep. Though before Walter went to sleep, he had left a blood bag in her room, which she drank even though she hated to do it. There was no one down in the training rooms, though that wasn't surprising since there was few people working there at the moment. What guards she did see where in their positions as they were suppose to be. So she was walking around the grounds, thinking. She couldn't find Alucard, since he was hiding his presence from her. Not surprising really since he did it quite often. She was walking the grounds and noticed a couple of people she didn't recognize walking beside the wall. Both seemed to be wearing outfits that she didn't recognize either. She thought about going over when she noticed something out of the corner of her eye.
"What is that?" she asked aloud as she walked over. "Oh my god. I haven't seen one of these since dad took me to that police museum."
She walked around it a few times as she remembered memories of her dad and her.
"Why would an old police box be…" she muttered as she pushed on the door. It surprised her when it actually opened, though the surprise was really evident as she noticed what was inside. "Oh my god. This is impossible. I feel like I stepped into a weird sci-fi show."
She felt a weird feeling go through her as she walked in. It went away quickly and she didn't think anymore on it as she looked at the console. She saw the silver looking Tommy gun and avoided it, just in case. The monitor on the wall had a language she could read and she touched the screen to see what she could find. It showed several levels of the ship, many actually. Not to mention the names of different rooms. After about a minute of being idle, it went back to the original screen.
"I wonder if there is a crew?" she muttered going further inside. "And why they are here? And why they left the door open?"
She kept going down different corridors, looking at the different monitors to see where she was. It took awhile, but she found the kitchen and no one was in it. She tried knocking on the different doors and even glancing inside, including the bedrooms, but no one was any of them. At least she knew the names of the people who were the crew. Though she wondered why anyone had the name General on their door for their name. Then she found the armory, well the one holding weapons. She had never seen so many weapons in her whole life. There was what seemed to be endless rows of weapons. Pretty much every pistol, rifle and assault weapon known. And some she didn't know, one of which looked like a strange snake object. Though it wasn't endless room because she did find the other wall.
"Incredible amount of weapons. Which is strange since these are human weapons. Some of them anyway." she said seeing the strange staff objects on one rack. Which included a strange staff that looked like some sort of lance. And then she saw a weapon on a work bench that stunned her more than the Harkonnen Cannon she had.
Ford finished working on the sword in less than an hour and placed it on his back. Feeling it secure and not about to fall off and the belt still holding onto the fox head latch. He closed the door and walked away, suddenly feeling a strange sensation, like if Alucard was nearby. He ran quickly to the Console Room and checked the camera's. There was no one inside that he saw and the T.A.R.D.I.S. didn't indicate any intruders. As he was looking over the camera feeds, he completely spaced the fact vampires didn't show up on cameras or mirrors.
"K-9, did…." he asked seeing the door outside still open. "K-9?"
The dog wasn't there.
"Sam?"
"Yeah? Is there something wrong?"
"Is K-9 with you?"
"Yes."
"Is that why the door is still open?"
"I closed the door after we left. K-9 says he has a clear signal link with the T.A.R.D.I.S. and we'll be able to inform us when the search is done."
"Oh, I didn't think he could do that." he said closing the door.
"Well, I was able to look inside that T.A.R.D.I.S. cell phone and find the link between it and the T.A.R.D.I.S. and incorporated it into K-9."
"I must have been busy or something. Sorry I wasn't there to help." he said checking the camera's again. "Good job by the way. Great actually."
"Thanks. Why don't you try one of the others? Maybe they came back for something and left it open. Call me if you need anything else."
"Teal'c, Mitchell. Did either of you come into the T.A.R.D.I.S. and leave recently?"
"No. Why?" Mitchell said.
"Nothing, must be Daniel or Vala's fault."
"What's wrong?" Mitchell asked.
"The door was left open."
"Wasn't us. We left well before those two did. In fact, I'm pretty sure they were the last ones out."
"Thanks. Daniel, Vala. You two forgot to close the door."
"What? No, I made sure I closed it." Vala said.
"Yeah, I saw her close it." Daniel said. "What's wrong?"
"I don't see anyone in the T.A.R.D.I.S. and the intruder alert system isn't active. But I was about to leave when I noticed the door open."
"Isn't K-9 there?" Daniel asked.
"No, he's with Sam. Long story short, K-9 is linked to the system and can inform us anytime when our universe is found."
"I'm guessing it isn't found yet?" Vala asked.
"No. I'll look around and call if I need help." he said signing off and opening the door again.
He stepped out and bumped into someone. When he looked up, he jumped back and yelled slightly as he fell back into the T.A.R.D.I.S.
"Dammit man! Scared the hell out of me! Wait a minute, I don't feel that feeling."
"I got tired of that burning sensation in my hands, so I focused my power to stop."
"Thanks." Ford muttered as he got up with difficultly from the sword. "Why are you here? Interested in a tour?"
"No. I get a particular sensation I don't like when I get near this thing. My fledgling is missing."
"What?"
"The police girl. Seras Victoria is her name." he said glancing around and staying a good foot away from the T.A.R.D.I.S.
"Haven't seen her yet. Hey, any of you see a blonde haired girl, kinda spiky. Alucard is looking for Seras."
There was pretty much a chorus of no's.
"None of my team has seen her. Could she have left the premises?" Ford asked crossing his arms.
"Not like this. No matter where she was, I could feel her. This, is as though she died."
"I'm guessing you are in this region of the area because you last felt her here?"
"Yes. Hmm, unlike some people, you did not make a joke about vampires and death." he said with some surprise.
"I'd say I couldn't think of one, but I see no reason make that crack either. Maybe that's why the door was open. But I don't think…" he said trailing off as he looked into the ship. "Try to put your hand past the doorway."
"Why? The very presence of this thing disturbs me. Though I have no idea why."
"Seras might be in there. Even though I have tried looking, to a point. The problem is, the Time Lords fought against vampires. I wasn't one of them. And you weren't the king of them either. Some bigger vampire was, you, I mean the other Dracula was only in charge of Earth. But from what I understand, they couldn't get into these ships because of a defense system that kept them out. On second thought, you better stay away just in case. I'd hate to have Integra ride my ass and possibly attack me for your death. As to being turned to ashes and never coming back."
Alucard only grunted and walked off towards to woods, muttering about possible incantations or seals that might have been placed on her quickly or something like that. Ford went back in and tried the intercom, calling out her name a few times and telling her how to use the system. After a couple minutes of not getting any response, he figured she might have tried to come in and was attacked by a defense system he really didn't know if existed. According to the camera's, the doors opened but no one came in. He didn't even think beyond that and figured it was a possible malfunction seeing as the console didn't activate the lever at the time. He made a report of it for him and Sam to look at later along with K-9 during a diagnostic. And then he left again making sure the door was closed behind him. Had he looked at the earlier footage at the other doors, he would have noticed them opening without anyone there.
"Was the police girl in there?" a voice in his mind asked.
"No. What are you doing in my mind?" he asked aloud as he was walking to the mansion. "Wait, I thought you couldn't read my mind."
"I can't. But that doesn't mean I can't talk to those with a strong mind like this. Her remains aren't in there…." Alucards voice said again.
"No. No ashes. Even the surveillance video showed nothing and nothing activated either. The door opened and then stayed open, but no one came in. She's somewhere else. If we see her or hear anything, I'll yell for you."
Alucard only grunted a small sort of thanks and then was silent in his head as he walked into the mansion.
Morning came and Integra woke up almost completely forgetting the incident last night. That was until it came flooding back while she was dressing.
"Walter!"
No one else really heard her. Mitchell and Teal'c were outside looking at the training area and thinking of ways to possibly improve it. Carter was still wrapped up in her research and making great progress. Daniel was still reading while Vala had drifted off a couple hours ago. Ford, only after an hour after talking to Alucard, went up to help Sam and only was able to help for about ten minutes, and then he passed out in a chair. She noticed long enough to kiss him goodnight and then put her vest over him before going back to work. Being a Time Lord really screwed up his sleep pattern a lot, but thankfully, he hadn't had any trouble off world yet. She was getting tired herself but all the data she had gotten lately was so intriguing it helped keep her awake. So absorbed in working on the chip and the data, she didn't even hear the door open, nor did she hear her name spoken much less the clearing of someone's throat.
"The Mistress gets involved in her work greatly ma'am. So greatly she ignores everything else." K-9 said before turning to her. "Mistress."
When she didn't say anything, he shocked her watch.
"Ouch! K-9?!"
"You are wanted Mistress. Sir Integra is behind you."
She turned quickly seeing Walter and Integra standing there by the door.
"I'm sorry…." she began.
"I can understand your infatuation with your work." Integra said with a small wave as she walked up. "I tend to do the same. Walter informed me you wanted to look over our freak chip. Have you learned anything that might help us?"
"Oh yes. I've found out a great deal." she said suddenly suppressing a yawn. "I'm sorry. I've been at this all night. You don't have coffee here do you?"
"Walter…"
"I shall bring a cup right away. How do you prefer it miss?"
"Mrs. actually. But you can call me Sam." she said giving him her preferences. "Okay, I've learned how the chips work and why, though you already knew what they did. But more importantly, I think I know a way to stop them from functioning."
"Silver bullets do that for us."
"Yes they do. Even though there is a small amount of silver inside the makings of the chip, which baffles me since it's suppose to be their greatest weakness. Maybe it was to try and built up a tolerance, I'm not sure. But what I mean, is I think I can build a device, which you could use to destroy these, freaks, and you won't have to fight them head on."
"Explain." Integra said tensely.
"Basically, it would be a sort of gun or even a small satellite, like those atop vans and other large vehicles. And it would put out a signal, which we can't hear or feel, and it would cause the chips to malfunction and shut off. If it does it right, you won't have to use lots of troops to take out these freaks. As for the ghouls, that is not something that I think even science can reverse. Given enough time, I might even be able to come up with some way of making the chips to the reverse of what they're suppose to do and turn the people back to normal, but that's only a theory."
Integra turned around and looked at the door as Walter came back with the coffee. He could see Integra was in deep thought as Carter thanked him and took the drink. Walter turned as he heard a movement behind him and noticed the man from last night sitting in the chair, asleep. And a very extremely large sword on the floor next to him.
"Forgive me if I say anything wrong, but he doesn't seem like much help except in the way of what I guess is in fighting. I've never seen a sword of that design much less size before." Walter said.
"Actually, he's as smart as I am, more so in some ways. Being other than human, his sleep pattern is really off from ours. He was helping until he got to tired and passed out. If it wasn't for K-9 here, I'd probably insulted or resentful."
"K-9 is a robotic dog, right?" Integra asked looking at him from the corner of her eye as she stayed in thought.
"Yes. You could say a pre-wedding present. At the time, he was busy doing other jobs on the base and helping me when he could. K-9 was built to protect me and help me with projects amongst other things. I don't think I would have half the info I do now on these chips without him."
"Impressive. Assuming this theory you spoke of works, how long before a test could be made?" Integra asked.
"A day at most. I'm still trying to find the exact frequency and then, I have to build a device to create the right signal. After that, we just hook it up to a satellite dish or a small hand gun like device I could probably put together from items in the T.A.R.D.I.S." she said hiding a yawn. "I forgot I pulled an all nighter the other night."
"Fortunately, we are not under any attacks and no missions are underway since there hasn't been any sight of freaks or ghouls as of late. Walter can…."
"Mistress."
"Sorry Sir Integra. Yeah K-9?"
"The T.A.R.D.I.S. has completed the scan. We can go home at any time."
"That's great!" she said.
"I'm sorry to ask, but is it possible to finish helping us with this before you leave?" Integra asked hopefully.
"K-9, we can leave anytime right? Even if we use the T.A.R.D.I.S. for something else, like say go to another continent or something?"
"Affirmative Mistress. Unless the coordinates are purposely erased, we can return at any time."
"In that case, sure we can stay and help. I'd rather go home to be with my daughter, but since we have a time machine…" Carter said trailing off as she took a drink.
"I speak not only as leader of the Hellsing Organization, but as a servant of her majesty when I say thank you for the help you can provide. If this works, I will not have to loose so many people anymore." Integra said with a slight bow.
"Thank you, but we're glad to help. I only wish this would help us against a enemy that are in our universe, but they are very different. I can tell you later if you wish." she said hiding another yawn. "Sorry."
"I may take up the offer to see the ship of your later. In the meantime, since you are helping us, and can stay for awhile. I suggest you get some sleep and start back later anew. Walter can show you to a room…"
"Thanks for the hospitality Sir Integra." Ford said getting up and stretching before he bowed politely. "I got to stop sleeping in chairs. Though I am quite sure that your house has more than excellent accommodations, I have another idea. We can go back to the T.A.R.D.I.S."
"That would work out much better." Carter said catching on as he handed her the vest. Walter was more surprised than Integra was when Ford lifted the sword off the floor without any trouble. "Being a time machine, we can go in, leave for what will look like a minute, and then come back. For us, several or more hours will have went by. We can then get back to work with no time loss here."
"I'm going to assume that this time travel technology isn't something you can share is it?"
"No." the two said.
"Not that I wouldn't if I could. Basically, she's one of a kind. The Time Lords are all gone except a few. And seeing as the ship runs on a power source that isn't possible to duplicate on this planet, even telling you the basics wouldn't help."
"Hmm, that tour you mentioned would be a nice change of pace for later. Walter, have them all report to me once they have came back."
"Yes Sir Integra." he said bowing as she left.
"I feel sorry for her. Didn't even get to have a childhood. Just like me." Ford muttered as he picked up K-9. "Everyone meet back at the T.A.R.D.I.S."
"We'll be back in a few minutes Walter. Say five at most?"
"I'll do five for safety reasons." Ford said nodding.
"In that case, sleep well." he said showing them out.
Vala was still dead tired and wanting to go back to bed when they all arrived inside and he dematerialized the ship.
"Okay, so what's the plan now? We just go home after getting some sleep?" Mitchell asked hiding a yawn.
"We could, but we promised Integra we'd stay and help. Though we can go home at any time." Carter said. "I'm very close to figuring out their problem and solving it. When I do, their loss of troops should drop dramatically."
"That's good news. Both are good news." Mitchell said.
"Works for me too. There is some really interesting books in there and some in a language I can't even begin to understand. Though Walter said he'd help me with some of it, if Integra approved." Daniel said.
"I found the place to be, most interesting and quite beautiful. I do not mind staying longer." Teal'c stated.
"I hate it. That guy gives me the creeps." Vala muttered. "I'm still getting that feeling."
"Strange, he managed to stop the effect and I only know that because I was there when he showed up and scared me. I didn't feel him show up or anything." Ford muttered. "None of you ever saw a blonde in a short blue skirt, maybe yellow?"
"I'm guessing you mean that girl that's missing called Seras?" Mitchell asked.
"Yeah, Alucard came here while I was getting ready to leave trying to find her. He can't even sense her anymore and it disturbs him. Something about the T.A.R.D.I.S. also bothered him greatly, which is why he won't come in or get too close."
"You were talking about the door being opened and none of us did it. Could she have…" Daniel began.
"No. Not that I really know of. The recording showed the door opened, but nothing beyond that."
"Ah, Ford. You do know that vampires don't have reflections?" Daniel asked.
"Duh."
"And trying to take a picture of them also fails?"
"I don't think it applies to video cameras, but then again I am probably wrong about that. Besides, I tried the com unit and no one called back."
"Not every area of the ship has been fitted with these." Carter said tapping the touch monitor by the door. "Much less the intercom system."
"There's a note on those doors to go no further because of that problem." Ford said.
"Never know." Mitchell said. "Considering what little I understand about this ship….it's way different from everything because it's in its own dimension. That alone keeps things from being detected normally if it's in here, right?"
"Can't we just have the T.A.R.D.I.S. or K-9 scan for additional life signs?" Vala asked. She saw the looks and spoke before they could say anything. "Right, I forgot. They're dead already."
"Let's just go to sleep and try looking later." Ford said hiding a yawn.
"Didn't you sleep?" Mitchell asked as left the console room.
"A little, but that chair was uncomfortable."
"I'm getting that feeling still and it's getting stronger." Vala muttered as she rubbed her arms. "Are you sure that he isn't in here?"
"Yes. It's day light so he's asleep in his coffin. But I'm feeling it, slightly." Ford muttered as he glanced around. "K-9, can you scan around for anything that shouldn't be?"
"Yes Master. Scanning." he said as his ears moved.
"I'll help him look around you all can go to sleep." Carter said.
"Are you sure?" Teal'c asked.
"Yeah, we got it. The T.A.R.D.I.S. protects its own." Ford said watching K-9.
"Scan complete. An unknown life form has passed through here Master."
"K-9 can you locate who or what it is?" Carter asked as she pulled the gun on her hip. And then put it away as she saw the look on his face. "Sorry, forgot where we were for a moment."
"That's why there is no firing range in here." he said following K-9 as the other's went to bed.
Several corridors later, he stopped outside a room.
"Hmm, I don't recognize this room." Carter said. "But then we really haven't look at them all anyway."
"It's one of the armories."
"One?"
"There's….five, I think? I lost count really. Different levels and such. This is the first." he said opening the door slowly. "K-9 stay here in case anything happens so you can call the others."
"Yes Master."
"Oh my god." she muttered seeing the rows of weapons. "Not even the base carries this many."
"Some of these have never been fired. None of them have ammo in them at the moment either." he said glancing around as he pulled the Sonic Screwdriver from his inner pocket. "Hmm, I'm actually getting a reading. There is someone in here. Must be her because I detect no life signs."
They crept down past several rows coming to the wall where there was a long counter that had cabinets above it full of different ammo's, cleaning supplies and other things needed to take care of and use in or on the different weapons. They rounded the last shelf to find someone sleeping on the counter top. Seras had her arms on the counter top with her head on it. She was sitting in one of the comfy chair stools that had a back brace.
"Uh….hmm. I have no idea how she got in here. And why she didn't leave." Ford muttered.
"She's a vampire?"
"Yep."
"Looks so young, and innocent. I'd feel more scared of Vala."
"She is, both I mean."
"I don't get it."
"She's a virgin. She's still waiting for the right person, though I don't think she'll find anyone soon. Not many people accept vampires. And Alucard doesn't have any feelings for her like that."
"And you know this how?"
"Only virgin's can be turned into vampires. Otherwise they turn into ghouls. You really need to watch more movies or at least read folk lore on this stuff. In case we end up in another situation like this. Another universe or whatever."
"We live with enough horror. Don't really need to watch it too. Wonder how long she was really in here or if she just ended up here and fell asleep?"
"Doesn't look like anything was messed with. Well, except this." he said.
"What the hell is that?!" Carter exclaimed.
"That's what I was wondering." Seras muttered as she woke up slightly and rubbed the sleep from her eyes and then spoke with a sheepish voice. "Sorry for intruding. I, got lost, and couldn't find my way back out. I wasn't even going to enter, but the door opened and I felt compelled to look inside."
"There's a touch monitor on the wall outside." Ford said pointing. "How did you get in here and when?"
She looked at her watch in thought before speaking.
"I was working on my sword then. No wonder I felt something funny."
"I used the touch screen to find the map, but I kept coming up against walls that shouldn't be there. I gave up and came back here a couple hours ago. Figured I'd have a better chance at getting help if I was noticed in here than wandering around and getting more lost. Besides, less I move, the…" she said trailing off and looking away.
"The less hungry. Yeah, we know what you are. And we do have blood on hand in case of need, because of an accident or attack. Well, it's morning outside so, you're going to have to sleep in one of the rooms here until nightfall."
"But we're not waiting that long. Why can't she just….right. Sunlight is dangerous to them." Carter said fighting a yawn. "Can't we just pop into the mansion and let her out?"
"That would work better." Ford said as Seras got out of the chair.
"Forgive me, but who are you people?"
The two explained the same thing they told Walter and Integra.
"Okay." she said blinking. "That explains why I can't feel Master anymore. I hope he isn't mad. I'm ready to leave, but can I know what this is?"
"This is, or was, the Herculan. Name is engraved on both sides. It's named after a partner I had that wanted a bigger, hand cannon than the current one I pack around. He bugged me enough to make it after he drew up plans. As far as I know, it does work. Fully functional. But, we never got a chance to test it. He, had to leave before we got that far."
The gun they were looking at was a extremely large version of a 45, in some senses. The barrel of the gun alone was two inches wide, and almost two inches in height, and the whole gun was over a foot and a half long. The barrel itself was an inch wide while the handle was just big enough for him to grip. At least that was before the regeneration. At the end of the barrel, there was three 45 degree angle slits on either side of the slide.
"Reminds me of the Master's Jackal. I'm guessing these are the bullets?" Seras asked pointing at the large box next to the wall by it.
"Yes. Personally made by the two of us." he said removing a shell that was an inch wide and three inches long. "The whole thing is made from pure titanium. Including the bullet casings. Ammo various though."
"Please tell me you do not plan on using that except in dire emergencies?" Carter asked.
"I can't use it even then. I doubt I could even if my life depended on it. The kick alone would take my arm off, literally and shatter most of the bones in my hand and wrist. Worse than that, I'd miss whatever I was firing at unless at point blank range. Well, I could use it if I used Anises armband, but I'd rather retain my hearing."
"Hercules wanted this made, seriously?" Carter asked.
"He was sure we could handle it. I'm pretty sure we could." he said as Seras picked it up and looked it over with his permission. "We even talked about him taking it when he went with the Tok'ra, but seeing as they don't have the needed supplies much less the propellant I use…"
"What?! Your special mix is in these things?" she asked waving one of the large bullets. "What was the plan? Blow a hole in a ship?"
"If it came down to it. Or at least it was his idea. He wanted to be intimidating. But only a small amount of my mix was in it while the rest is gunpowder. Anything more would have blow the gun up in my hand."
"There's no clip for this." Seras said pulling back the slide. "Oh, it's a single loader. Walter would probably get a kick out of this. Reminds me of my Harkonnen Cannon. Wait, do you mean to say you can't use this at all?"
"Nope. It's been sitting here for, well it was elsewhere collecting dust until I put it here, but basically, after all that work. It'll never get used." Ford said with a shrug.
"I guess that means you won't melt it down and make something else then?" Carter asked.
"I could, but it wouldn't be worth it. Mostly because a lot of hard work went into it. I just can't destroy it." he said giving it a few twirls. "I really hate the fact we never got to try it out."
"Does that mean it's going to go on some shelf, such as a display?" Seras asked as he set it back down.
"Pretty much. Probably in some gun case and hidden away more than likely."
"This probably is really too forward of me, but can I have it then?"
Carter was rather surprised when Ford opened a box nearby the ammo for the outrageously large pistol and gave her a hand made leather holster and a leather belt that the ammo was placed into.
"Do it proud. But I advise you don't shoot it around here. Sir Integra probably wouldn't want to get new glasses, and neither would Walter."
"Seriously?!" Seras asked as she put the gun into the holster and handed her the ammo box with it.
"I can't use it and no one I know can either. You'll have to have Walter make more ammo though. Also, none of this ammo is silver, or blessed."
She thanked him profusely as she strapped it to her right leg and hip. As they walked out, Sera's pointed out where she had went and found only walls where there should be corridors. There was no walls there now, but she swore on it. Since there was no harm done, Ford believed her and they all kept going. She explained on their way back to the Console Room why she was looking at the outside saying it reminded her of her father and their visit to a museum. They went back to the Console Room and he dematerialized inside the main hall. Walter was walking up to Integra's room when it suddenly showed up. When Sera's walked out, she bowed to them and said she was sorry again. He came down as the police girl went to the basement.
"How long was she in there?" he asked wondering if he saw what was attached to her leg was actually a unknown handgun or not. And if it was, what did they give her that was so big.
"Since she went missing. I'm kinda surprised she was in here. Alucard hates being near our ship saying it bothers him on some level. I really have no idea why she was able to get in. She's safe in case you are wondering Walter."
"Thanks for bringing her back. We'll talk to her later…"
"Oh no. Please don't punish her. She didn't do anything other than get lost and fall asleep. And I didn't mind giving her a tour. No harm was done at all."
"Very well. I assume you have yet to sleep? It's only been three minutes since you left."
"See you in several hours, our time anyway." he said closing the door.
Soon after the police box dematerialized away and he went back up to give Integra the news. A few more minutes passed by and then the T.A.R.D.I.S. dematerialized in the main room by the front door again. Everyone walked out refreshed and full. This time without any ammo, but with their selves kitted up as though they were going off world. Minus the back packs though. Ford was now in a gray suit and he left his cane inside. Walter came down and lead them up the stairs to Integra's office. She was looking out the window when Walter came in and stood next to the desk as she motioned them to sit in the chairs across from her. Ford muttered something to K-9 when he saw Integra pull a small metal case from her desk drawer. Integra only glanced at the dog as its ears moved but didn't think much beyond that.
"I must thank you once again for the help you are providing us. We shall provide you with the silver ammo you need for your weapons. Walter will show you to the training grounds so that you may see how our troops work since from what you told me, you don't carry blessed silver ammo. Earlier this morning, our informants reported the sighting of a couple Freaks recently. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated."
"I'm sorry, Freaks?" Mitchell asked.
"Vampires created through technology." Integra said.
"I'm working on a way to stop the chips and save lives through a signal pulse instead of expending troops." Carter said. "Remember last night, we talked a bit about it?"
"The word Freak didn't actually pop into the conversation, that I remember anyway. I'm guessing that a wooden stake to the heart isn't going to do it."
"No. Those methods only worked in the past on younger vampires." Integra said as she opened a small metal case. "The blessed silver bullets will kill them easily, only if you shoot for the head, or the heart."
"Forgive me, but Walter, when did she start that habit?" Ford asked catching Integra off guard as she lit a cigar.
"Truly, I have forgotten." he said trying to remember.
"Why is my health of any importance to you?"
"Well, you're the last of the Hellsing's for one thing. And if I am correct by the sounds you made before you passed out from laughing, your lungs are damaged. The extent of which I can't be certain."
She was about to take another puff when she stopped and gave them all a look. Even Walter raised an eyebrow.
"What are you doing?" Carter asked.
"Saving a important life. Report please K-9. Damage assessment and life expectancy."
"Scans indicate her lung have considerable scarring. Life expectancy is twenty years at most if Sir Integra continues. Data is based on data complied if she smokes once a week."
"And daily?" Ford asked seeing Integra starting to look kinda pissed.
"Considerably less Master. Ten at most."
Walter's monocle fell off as he eyes widened. Integra noticed and only glanced in his direction as he was putting it back on.
"And if she quits now?" Ford asked as everyone's eyes were either on him or K-9 at his feet.
"With exercise and treatment, she will live to be over a hundred, or more Master."
"Wow. I figured on 80 years at most. You're in a lot better health than I thought Sir Integra. No offense was intended, but there is no heir to this place and other than if you ever want the chance to their being one, you better quit while you're ahead. You can't serve her Majesty as well as you wish if you're fighting off lung cancer in a bed or wheelchair. And I'm pretty sure you don't want to go on a donor list, if that's even possible in this universe. So, the question is, what do you do now?"
She ground the cigar out as she muttered under her breath about some doctor being right.
"Walter, I need to see my personal doctor as soon as possible."
"Your agenda is open after you give them orders Sir Integra."
"Good. This is very ironic. It took an alien to tell me the same thing my doctor has been saying for several years now. Though it wasn't my life expectancy rate that is making me quit." she said tossing the metal case into the trash.
"The Majesty comment?" Mitchell asked.
"Yes. I cannot serve Queen and country in a hospital bed hooked up to breathing machines. Worse than that, I imagined the Vatican laughing at my predicament and taking over my job if I was to go down. As much as I hate to admit it, because I really did like those cigars, I thank you for your medical assessment. Now, is there any other surprises I should know about?"
"Alucard won't go near our ship. Gives him bad vibes."
She barely contained a snicker. Walter noticed but didn't say anything.
"Interesting. Very few things have made him, jumpy I think is a good term. Have you any idea why?"
"Not really no." Ford said shaking his head.
"Had it affected, um….I'll get her name. Seras, yes, had it affected her, we probably could find something out, but since she's just fine. We haven't any clue to even begin looking." Carter said.
"I see. Did she do anything…"
"No. She said something about her father and memories about seeing a police box once. I really can't think of why the door opened for her. The T.A.R.D.I.S. doesn't usually let people in we don't know or trust. Anyway, no harm was done."
"Why does it look like an old British phone booth?" Walter asked.
"Easier to find really. Mostly, the real reason you probably won't even begin to understand."
"It's of no importance then. On to business." she said picking up a couple folders. "Which of you are going to be able to go out and take care of these Freaks?"
"Mitchell?" Ford asked.
"I guess the question here is who wants to go?"
"I'm going to stay here and look through the library. No offense, but something tells me, my sometimes blundering nature might be a problem this time around. Unfamiliar territory and all." Daniel said.
"You just want to read old books." Mitchell said.
"That too. Anyway, who's going to coordinate with telling her what's going on?" Daniel asked.
"I'll be staying here to complete the signal analysis and building a device that will deliver it." Carter said.
"Okay then, the four of us can go take care of the Freak problem. Is there any way to scan for vampires?" Mitchell asked looking at her.
"I never really thought about trying." Carter asked perplexed at the idea she didn't think of before. "K-9, can you detect anything about the two vampires sleeping downstairs?"
"Scanning Mistress." he said as his ears once again started moving. "Negative Mistress. I only detect two dead bodies. No movement or brain activity."
"There goes that idea." Mitchell muttered.
"It is possible the reading might be different if your dog tries again later tonight?" Walter said.
"We could try that." Carter said realizing what he meant. "They are active at night so the readings would have to have some difference."
"Hopefully you will find out something. It would make things much easier on us for locating our enemy." Integra said impressed once again in Carter's skills.
"That means we have to go find these Freaks at night then?" Mitchell asked.
"Yes. Unless you had other plan, I was going to suggest you help teach what men we have that will go with you some of your techniques and Walter can show you some of ours. Though I usually send Alucard on missions like this, I believe I will keep him here, due to other reports we've gotten which are not important to mention. However, I would like to send Seras along, if you can handle working with her?"
"I don't mind. Alucard gives me the willies." Ford said.
"Okay, me, Teal'c, Vala and the General will go after these Freaks and you two do whatever you need to here." Mitchell said nodding. "Seeing as you two are Immortals, I don't think we'll have much to worry about being sneaked up on."
"I'll go with Seras. You can have everyone else including Vala, for a sensor as you say."
"Oh lucky me." Vala muttered as she crossed her arms.
"Are you sure you can handle working with only Seras as back up General?" Integra asked.
"Actually, I could probably do the whole mission alone. But I'd rather not."
"No, he's serious." Mitchell said as Integra gave them a questioning look.
"Very serious." Carter said.
"I look forward to hearing your reports. Walter, they need ammo."
"I will need to know what sort of weapons you carry." he said taking out a notepad.
Ford pulled out one of his guns as they all got up. Integra thought for a moment that Ford had taken Alucards .454 Casull. But it was longer and not as big in the barrel.
"A custom made 45 caliber pistol." Walter said a little impressed as they left her office and headed downstairs.
"I only need the bullet heads themselves Walter. I use my own casings. And propellant."
"Why can't you use normal 45 caliber ammo?" Mitchell asked. "One shot from that and everyone will know where you are?"
"That's the point." he said giving it a twirl. "Besides, my casings tend to actually eject quicker."
"What?" Mitchell asked.
"The gun was built to fire with a quick response time with each ejection. It's not really noticeable, but K-9 says the ejection speed from his gun compared to a normal 45 caliber pistol of the same model, plus or minus being a long barrel is 3 faster." Carter said.
"I don't get it." Daniel said. "What's the speed…"
"Unless I am mistaken, your gun is not made from metal on Earth." Walter said. "Which leads me to believe that using normal ammo casings could cause damage to the barrel."
"No. Actually, it's because other casings tend to not fully eject causing it to jam. I actually had it cut a casing in half and I had to use a hammer plus a very long nail to pound it out of the barrel. Hence the reason I use my casings. They don't cut in half."
"Very well. I can provide what you need. Do you have your casings with you?"
"Yes. I brought several clips that are empty."
The large room inside the armory and firing range building outside the main mansion was loaded down with a lot of weapons, but not as many as they were used to seeing. But there was a lot of silver ammo. In fact, it was pretty much all silver ammo, melted down from blessed silver crosses from Lancaster church, some even cooled in holy water. Carter began muttering about how all this was practically impossible according to the normal standards of physics seeing as 'magic' didn't really exist. Different universe, different rules. It fascinated her greatly as did Daniel.
Daniel more than anything else was ready to get back into the books and learn how to read the books that were wrote by vampires. Soon after they got loaded up, though it took Ford half an hour to get his finished, they set out. Daniel went off to see Integra and to learn that info he wanted. Carter took the clips Ford gave her and then went off with K-9 to work on her project. The other four went off to see the other men with Walter. A couple dozen men were sitting in some chairs in a sort of class room as they entered. Seras was in there pointing at a white erasable board that had drawings and other important info.
"Hello Walter. And, I forgotten your names. Sorry. Is there something I can help with?" she asked.
"Why aren't you sleeping Miss Victoria?" he said noticing there was nothing on her hip this time.
"Not tired. I fell asleep in their ship, so. There was nothing else to do and no missions I can do, so I came to do my job here. If I have to leave…"
"I don't think we mind her being here." Ford said. "We need to know what we're dealing with and who better than her?"
"I don't mind either." Mitchell said. "T?"
"Indeed. Who better than one who is like the enemy to teach the skills needed to defeat such an enemy."
"I still got that weird feeling, but I can live with it." Vala said taking a seat near some of the men in the front.
"Very well. I shall be in the main house with Integra most likely." Walter said with a small bow. "Miss Victoria should be able to answer any of your questions, and if not, come find me."
They all took seats in the front getting a few looks from the other men, though Ford stood against the wall crossing his arms.
"I shall start over then. I barely started really anyway." Seras said with a shrug. "When a vampire drains their victims, depending on if they are virgins or not, they will either become ghouls if they aren't virgins, and become vampires if they are."
"Excuse me, but is that the reason you are a vampire?" one of the men near the back asked.
"Yes." she growled out. "However, that is only true with real vampires, not the Freaks we've encountered. They will turn you into a ghoul whether or not you are a virgin."
"How did it happen to you?" a guy asked.
"Any questions about your jobs?" Ford asked glaring at the group.
"Why?" one man asked as he got up with a sneer. "You her protector and lover?"
That got her to growl again.
"No. I'm married and have a child, so I'm not looking." Ford said getting off the wall. "And it doesn't matter who your superior is, you give them respect, if they deserve it. Be thankful you're talking to her instead of Integra or Alucard. Those two wouldn't take as kindly to your tone."
The guy started another smart remark and that got Mitchell to get up.
"Okay, you obviously have issues. Why are you here?"
"Money man."
Ford sighed as did Mitchell. Ford got off the wall and stood up near Seras as he took a count. 23 people were in the room, not including their team.
"How many of you here have issues with female authority and/or possibly with working with, a vampire in charge?" Ford asked.
Five hands shot up a little too quickly.
"And of you five, how many will be able to overcome that problem?" Mitchell asked.
None of them said or did anything, other than shuffling their feet.
"I wish I did this last time." Seras muttered.
"If that is your answer, then leave. Pack your stuff and get out." Mitchell said pointing at the door. "If you feel you can't overcome those issues, we don't need you."
The five left quickly, muttering obscenities and complaints as they walked out quickly.
"Before she goes on, anyone else?" Mitchell asked as Ford stepped off and stood against the wall again.
They shook their heads and Mitchell sat down.
"Thank you sirs." she said with a slight bow. "Where was I?"
One of the men at the far left told her.
"Thanks. Okay, ghouls are easier to kill than the vampires. Mostly because they don't have any special powers. Though targeting them is the same as if you were firing on a vampire. The head or the heart. Anywhere else will not finish them off and they will come back. Keeping calm and aiming right will save you a lot faster than firing indiscriminately at your enemy. Full auto or not. For those of you who don't know what weakness there is in vampires, listen carefully. Wood stakes do not work. They once did, but not anymore. Blessed silver and blessed crosses, preferably silver do harm and can kill them. But only with contact. Holy water is iffy. While it will harm me, it won't do much to my Master, other than piss him off. Really, any sort of silver will do harm to vampires, blessed types have more power."
"I have heard from our world that garlic is also a weapon. Is it the same here?" Teal'c asked.
"I used to like it, but now I can't go near it. Truthfully, I have yet to hear of it killing any vampire. Mostly we don't like the smell. And it burns us if we come into contact with it. Though on more powerful vampires, I don't know if it would do anything. Master defies a lot of the myths and non myths about killing vampires. Not even blessed silver piercing his heart killed him."
"Isn't Sir Integra your master?" a man in the third row asked.
"Yes. But my true Master is Alucard."
"I don't understand." Vala said.
"Basically she is in servitude to him until she drinks his blood. Until then, he has total control over her. He could come in here and command her to, say dance dirty or something else embarrassing and her body would do it against her will." Ford said.
"That's not good." Vala said. "Why haven't you asked for freedom from that?"
Seras kinda fidgeted.
"I only drink transfusion blood. And even then I don't want to. Master has little regard from where he gets his and I don't want to become like that. Some days I don't know whether it is a good thing I don't know all the powers I can command or if it's a bad thing. If I drank his blood, I'd probably loose control." she said with some sadness that turned into bitterness and anger. "It doesn't help that he won't tell me much of anything anyway, let alone teach anything either."
"Okay." Vala said nodding. "More than I was expecting. Wait, he hasn't had you do anything…"
"No thank god. I seriously hope he never gets the idea either." she said crossing her arms. "Any other questions?"
"If these vampires we go after unfortunately gets hold of one of us, and say that person is a virgin, what would happen to that person if, on the off chance that the vampire was killed by any of us or on the off chance that person was able to kill the vampire after the change?" a guy at the front asked.
"Dude, you need to get out more if you're still a virgin." the man next to him said. "Wasn't that girl I set you up with…"
"Shut up Doel. I'm waiting for the right girl. Unlike you, you pervert. And that lady was married by the way. Glad I got out while I had the chance." the man said crossing his arms as his friend laughed.
"I waited 53 years." Ford said stunning a few people. "It was worth it. But that is a very good question sir."
"A very good one. It has never arisen before though. From experience, if I fight hard enough I can resist my Master's influence over me, to some points. Seeing as these other vampires do not have the age and power that he does, anyone who might be turned will probably be able to fight back a little better since those vampires may not understand the extent of their true capabilities. We've came across vampires that couldn't even heal themselves after taking injuries, such as gun shots. I learned that ability early on, thankfully." she said rubbing the front of her neck unconsciously.
"Is there any way to turn someone back from being a ghoul, or a vampire?" another guy asked.
"No. Once they are turned, there is no way." Seras said sadly. "Though it has yet to happen, with someone being turned into a vampire against their will, if the case ever arises, I'm sure Sir Integra will allow you to stay here, provided you join Hellsing like I did. Anything else?"
No one said anything and she waited a minute to allow them to think, which some of them seemed to be doing.
"What about U.V. lights?" Mitchell asked.
"They are not easy to come by, but they can harm us just like if we were exposed to sunlight. Not a great weapon of choice unless it's a last resort though seeing as vampires have incredible speed to avoid the beams." Seras said. "I can stand out in the sunlight, though not for very long. Enough clothes and special glasses, plus a skin cream helps protect us for awhile."
"There is one thing left though. Hellsing has other, human enemies." Ford said. "Which will kill you despite the fact you are human."
"Yes. Unfortunately, the Vatican has agents of their own, called the Iscariot Organization. Section XIII I think Integra said. Thankfully they don't come here very often because they are not allowed to even be in this country. The best bet is to avoid them if you come across them. They kill humans and monsters alike, with no remorse. And they especially hate anyone associated with Hellsing. The worst person to encounter is a man named Paladin Alexander Anderson. He's extremely tall, blonde spiked hair with glasses, and a scar on the left side of his face. He has a small cross around his neck and his weapons are what seems to be an endless supply of holy bayonets. If you see him, run. Not even my Master was able to kill him, mostly because the man ran away. I don't understand his powers fully, but he is capable of regenerating any wound, even shots to the head."
"Sounds like he's an Immortal General." Mitchell said.
"He's not. Just a scientific experiment that the Roman church succeeded at making. Hellsing's trump card against evil is Alucard. Theirs is Anderson." Ford said with distain. "That suddenly gives me an idea. I wonder…."
The team has curious looks as Ford left the room. Since there was no other questions, she took them to a out door training facility which was a concrete bunker above the ground. Inside it was different rooms and corridors that had pop out targets, just like some police and other law enforcement places had. But this course was different because you had a time limit on how long it took to attack a target depending on how close you were to it and what the target was. A small set of stairs lead up to a large balcony to look over at the inside as the training went on. Seras met everyone out there after she had to go get a few things. Instead of the very tight blue shirt and skirt that was her uniform, not by choice, she had on boots, thick white pants, a white turtle neck shirt with white gloves to match. A white coat over that and a thick white ball cap. Her face had some sort of cream on it that was kinda visible plus some strange pair of glasses that fit over her eyes and almost all of her nose.
"You can come outside?" Mitchell asked surprised.
"For short periods of time. The cream wears off rather quickly. And if I stay too long, even the clothes will not protect me. I did explain that earlier. Right now, I'm going to go over what happens here and how it all functions, then seeing as Walter explained what you are doing here and how you're helping us, you can keep watch and do what needs to be done for me."
She told them all how the course worked and how they would be graded, and then went back inside. Those with the highest scores would be given command to see how was the best at keeping men alive. If the said commanders started trying to make it into a contest, they would be disqualified. It was not a race, it was skill test on leadership. And their was more than one training ground and they changed targets frequently and their locations for where they popped up as well. Live ammo was going to be used, but not silver ammo seeing as their targets were not real. The time limit was also explained for each target and scores on that would also be factored in. Once it was all over, depending on how many people scored high and how may were made into team leaders, only then would their be permanent placing of teams. Until then, they were to form up their selves and choose their own leaders to see how well they could cope with each other. Seeing as there was 18 men left, they managed to break into three teams.
SG-1 didn't count seeing as they were watching and directing according to Sera's orders. Six people to each team including the leader. The course, if done correctly, would take half an hour at most. Seeing as they had most of the day and had to wait till sundown before going out on the mission, depending on how they all did, they had quite a few hours to try the courses several times with different people leading. The second group went into the other training course nearby and the third broke up between the other two teams. Mitchell was keeping watch and score on the first training ground while Teal'c and Vala were on the other one. Ford was with Mitchell for a few moments before he went in to grab something and see about helping Carter. If she finished it well before they had to go, then they'd be able to get the job done much quicker. Ford went back to the T.A.R.D.I.S. to grab a couple things, one of which was his sword. Carter had a few items in a few large closed crates she was taking into the house to work with as he was strapping the sword onto his back.
"You just don't like using your gun much anymore do you?" she asked.
"A closer fight with your opponent is much more, enlightening. And I love using a sword more than my fist, or legs. I need some practice with this anyway."
"I'm still surprised you can wield it without the armband." she said handing him a couple crates.
"Time Lords do have better strength than humans. For me, it just added onto the already incredible strength I already had." he said following her out.
"And yet, your gentleness with me and Sally is astounding." she said.
He spent a good hour helping her with the project, setting up the different computer systems, analysis machines and the other equipment to get the right frequency. After that, he decided to go help Walter cook, leaving his coat and sword in the room with her. Integra came in a couple hours later to check on her progress.
"Any further progress?"
"A lot actually. I have the right signal needed, but I have to work on it a little more. If we were to activate the device I built, not only would it shut off the chip, it would also blow our ear drums at the same time. The frequency is so close together I have to work on it further to make sure it only pinpoints the chip."
"It looks like a old ham radio system. With more dials and switches."
"Most of those are needed for me to get it just right. If it wasn't for K-9, I'd probably had blown my own ears already. I figure a few more hours and then I'll have it down."
"Your work is very impressive Mrs. Carter."
"You can call me Sam."
"Integra will do for me then. Unless someone comes along, other than Walter, I shall need to be called Sir Integra."
"I can understand the importance. I'm a Lieutenant Colonel and though the team calls me Sam even when we're on the base, everyone else calls me sir or ma'am, even off base sometimes. I'm still trying to get my former commanding officer to stop calling me Carter. Though I'm pretty sure he does it to annoy me now."
"You don't have any pressing matters here right now do you?"
"Not really no. Why?"
"It is lunch time and I have very few people I can talk to, other than Walter. Even less women I can talk to in any regard. Miss Victoria does not count. I would be honored if you would join me and tell me of the things from your world."
"Sure. I could use a change of scenery. I've been staring at these screens way to long anyway. Lead the way."
The two girls ate in a different room of the house while everyone else, except Walter, was eating in the large room of the barracks. Carter gave told her a lot about the different things, people and enemies in their universe, plus allies. Integra gave a somewhat brief explanation of what happened that caused the lack of troops. The Queen released her after about a week in the prison, mostly because she had to wait and find out all the information about what happened that caused the attack on England. There was a lot of damage and deaths in within a couple hundred miles of the Hellsing Organization after the demon Set was released causing the still untold amount of damage to everyone. They had to blame someone for it and the traitor in the Round Table was eventually dealt with for causing all the problems. Walter was released from the hospital shortly after Integra's release. Seras, just stayed at the mansion waiting for them to return, seeing as she could do nothing else anyway. Alucard pretty much stayed with Integra during the nights and slept back at the mansion during the day, sometimes driving Seras crazy. It'd been almost a month of getting back on their feet and assessing the damage to the Organization itself plus getting the new troops which were currently being trained. The rest of England was still in a state of repair along with finding the true death toll, not to mention the repair cost of everything. Basically, Sir Integra and the Hellsing Organization was pardoned from everything. The only problem was that whoever was behind the Freak chips was still out there and the only thing they knew about them was the name behind the people was, Millennium. Integra was sure it was some Nazi group trying to take over the world again, but had no real proof.
Walter made something for all the men that had went through training, including SG-1, while Ford made something for the two girls. Daniel was chatting away about different finds and such at the table that SG-1 was sitting at. Minus two of them. Ford and Walter were in the kitchen and ate there. Other than because he wanted to talk to the, Angel of Death and hear about how he used his strange wire attack, but also to help the poor man clean up the mess they made. Later that night, they got ready to go off and get rid of the Freaks. Unfortunately, Mitchell and Teal'c were quite sure that the troops still needed training and after seeing some of the video results plus the reports the two gave, Walter and Seras both believed that they weren't ready at all, with a few exceptions. A couple hours before Alucard was suppose to wake up, Seras went off to sleep for awhile before the mission.
Three hours later they all got into a large English armored personal carrier, which had wheels instead of trends and took off. Alucard wanted to go with, but had to do a mission dealing with a different possible Freak sighting in a different part of England way far from where they were going. Three of the men that actually had good high scores went with the SG-1 unit that was coming. One of them had leadership qualities, so they were brought along to see how a team worked together and how a leader really should work with his team. The possible leader was driving with his so called second while the third guy was in the back with the rest of them. Seras was sitting by the back door on one side with Ford on the other side. He was rotating his sword back and forth by its tip on the floor for a few moments until they noticed he was putting a hole in the metal. The three members of SG-1 were kinda surprised at the two weapons that Seras had on her. One was the large Harkonnen Cannon and the large pistol on her hip with a belt around her holding several rounds. There was also a square backpack on her back that held the ammo for the Cannon. They didn't ask anything though, other than Teal'c muttering something about he never thinking he'd see any large and powerful weapon being held by someone else other than General Carter. After hearing about the fact Vala knew how to use swords as well, Integra had a blessed silver double bladed sword given to her. Nothing fancy, but she did want it back when Vala was finished with it. The three were kinda thrown off when Integra prayed for their safety and success of their mission, but acknowledge with an Amen as Ford did with her.
There was little talk as they traveled down to the docks and warehouse district. The vehicle was parked outside and they entered the area slowly seeing several warehouses and lots of semi trailers around.
"You two feel anything?" Mitchell asked.
"Other than Seras, no." Ford said looking around. "Don't hear anything either."
"It's way to quiet." Seras muttered as she looked around with her enhanced vision. "There doesn't even seem to be any disturbances around that I can tell either. No blood or indications on anything."
"I guess we just spilt up then. Keep in radio contact." Mitchell said pointing off to the right. "We'll take this direction. You two can take the other side."
"Shouldn't we make a bet on who finds them first?" Vala asked getting stares mostly from the three men they barely knew. "What? We usually do bets…."
"Yeah, why not. What's the stakes General? Food, money, time off?" Mitchell asked.
"Wouldn't be fair if the other two we're involved though."
"They snooze, they loose." Mitchell said.
"We're on a mission to destroy enemies of her Majesty. Not to make a game of it." Cap said, who was trying for leader. The other two under his command were Leon and Willie.
"We're not treating it as a game. It's something we even do back home, though with different missions." Mitchell said. "Seeing as we can't think of anything really big from a reward, I suggest making some sort of dessert if we win General."
"Hmm. That would work in Daniel and Sam's favor too and keep them from grumbling about missing out." Ford said stroking his chin. "And if we win….um, you'll have to help Walter for a few hours around the mansion. Vala can hang around in the library by cleaning and putting books away. Deal?"
"We're not included in this are we?" Leon asked.
"No. If we win though, he usually makes enough of whatever dessert for everyone anyway, but if they win, you won't be subject to it." Mitchell said.
"Thank god for that. I never really was one for cleaning anything really. I can't even fold my shirts right." Willie muttered.
"Off we go then." Mitchell said heading out slowly.
Seras had the gift of having night vision because of her vampire powers. Ford was using his glasses to allow him to see in the darkness. The heard very little and saw even less during the fifteen minutes of search.
"Is there anything here at all? I wonder if her intelligence wasn't really all that great." Ford muttered.
"From what I understand, there is usually guards around here. But I don't see, hear or smell evidence of any of that." Seras said as they walked down a corridor of stacked trailers.
"I have a question that's been bugging me. Did Integra make you wear that outfit or what?"
"Yes." she growled. "Unfortunately, I'm the only woman that is on the pay roll. I don't count the nurses and maids. On other missions I can sometimes wear other outfits, but she and Walter insist I wear this ridiculously small and tight uniform. The only thing I can say about tonight, so far, that I'm thankful for is that no one was giving me lustful stares for once on the way here. Though I think it was because of what I am."
"Alucard was married once. Just give it time…"
"Right, who's going to love a vampire…"
"You never know. If you lived in my universe, there's people who would look past that and not care about it."
"Really?"
"We deal with aliens, some of which are our allies. God, it is so quiet here. Not even the wind is blowing. I can even hear the small clicks of noise as those shells you have in the pack rattle around."
"You don't seem afraid of me at all."
"I'm not. Unlike Alucard, which even Integra is kinda afraid of, you're much different. Basically, you still have your humanity. Besides, you couldn't kill me unless you took my head off. And I'm sure I'd survive as long as you didn't drink me completely dry. I'm mean I'd survive and not change, but it would take some time to recover from something like that."
"I don't want to ever drink from someone. You end up with their memories and other things. From what I was told, if I drain anyone and turn them into a ghoul, then I steal their soul." she said sadly as she shook her head and the stopped moving suddenly. "I hear movement…"
"So do I." Ford said taking the sword off his back with one hand while grabbing his com. "I think we found something."
"We just heard a lot of movement a couple minutes ago that we're investigating now." Mitchell said. "We haven't seen anything yet, but Vala says something doesn't feel right."
"Does that mean we lost?" Seras asked.
"First sighting is when the bet is over. So no…." he began as they heard gun fire, though it was about a mile away. "Wow, I had no idea we were so far from each other. Cam…."
"Kinda busy General! I'll get back to you!" he said.
They both listened as they heard a lot of gun fire for a good couple of minutes. And then it ceased.
"Cam…."
"We're fine General. No one was injured. There has to be at least twenty piles of dust here now though. Sad it happened to these people, on the bright side, we don't have to see bleeding bodies everywhere."
"There is more coming Colonel Mitchell." Teal'c said in the background.
"We'll get back to you in a few."
"We've got company." Seras said lowering the cannon off her shoulder.
"How much ammo do you have?"
"One in the barrel and six in my pack, why?"
"There's only three of them." he said waving at the three undead guards that were moving rather slowly. "I think I can handle them, unless you want to…"
"I'll wait. There could be a whole lot more." she said keeping watch on them. "Aren't going to use your personal cannons?"
"Nah. I like direct confrontations, if I have no choice. They usually move quicker. Do you sense or hear anything? I think this is a trap." he said taking a couple steps forward.
As she was listening and looking around with her weapon at ready, the three charged forward, what teeth was left barred and their hands raised high as they rushed towards him. There was chunks missing in various places and blood practically all over their security guard uniforms, but nothing was dripping seeing as it had dried. All three of them rushed him in a line next to each other. One quick high swing took off the heads of two of them and clipped the top of the head of the third one. The other two turned into dust shortly after their heads went flying while the third managed to knocked the sword from his hands and tried to bite Ford's throat. Ford, other than turning green quickly from the sight and smell, quickly kicked out knocking the dead man away. Unfortunately, his foot almost went through the guy as well. He quickly got his sword and stabbed it into the heart before the guy could get off the ground and turned to dust quickly. And as much as he tried to ignore it, he failed and ran up to the trailer getting sick next to it.
"Are you okay?" she asked with more confusion than concern.
"Yes." Ford said after a few moments and finally getting out of the dry heaves. He pulled a water bottle from his pocket and cleaned his mouth out. "I have a weak stomach for this sort of thing."
"And yet you went on this mission anyway?" she asked skeptically.
"Actually, I've seen much worse than that." he said feeling nausea build up again.
"You're going to get sick again.."
"Must fight the urge." he said breathing deeply and thinking about other things. "Okay, I'm feeling better now."
"Direct confrontation is a bad idea I think. I don't mind it seeing as I have seen them up close more than once. And I only seem to get nausea if I'm over water or try to eat. "
He put the sword on his back and pulled his guns.
"I think all of the fun is with them. There's nothing here other than more trailers."
Mitchell and the rest took down at least other dozen dead guards and a couple dozen dead men who probably were homeless people at one time. Some of them barely had any clothes on. Though all of them were completely drained and brutally mangled in some form, or were until they were turned into dust by their weapons.
"T, was this anything like that mansion you went to in near Raccoon City?"
"No. That enemy was much slower, but more scarier in many ways."
"How so?"
"They had eyes. These creatures did not. Though they had much more speed, they were easier to kill. Even the shotgun that I found and used on those undead did not usually kill them on the first shot. These die quicker once hit in the right areas. Also, those bodies did not disappear as these do."
"Lucky us. Just reading those reports by you alone was, disturbing." Mitchell said looking around for other threats. "Vala?"
"I'm still feeling that feeling. There is someone here, but I don't know where they are if you're asking." she said with a very itchy trigger finger as she was looking around with her weapon, almost wildly.
"There's some sort of movement…" Leon began saying when something jumped down from a trailer nearby.
He started to bring his gun up to fire when at first, it was one person firing, then it became two followed by him and everyone else. It was some homeless looking person in drab clothes. And at first, they all were beginning to think it was just a homeless person until they turned into ash.
"Form up in a circle, now!" Mitchell yelled loudly as his team rushed to his back. The other three did the same quickly glancing around as they all stayed in a tight circle, back to back.
"Vala?"
"They're close. Or that Seras girl is nearby."
"General, are you two anywhere near us?" Mitchell asked opening his com line.
"No. But we're on our way. Just under half a mile. Why?"
"Keep sharp people. That must have been a very slow and/or new vampire." Cap said, more to his two than the SG team.
"Or he was a distraction." Mitchell said.
Teal'c looked up as he felt something drip on his bald head. Instead of looking up instinctively, he started firing above him and then looked. Everyone else scattered and turned firing up in the same location. Teal'c quickly moved out of the way as a body came crashing into the ground, turning to dust moments later.
"Vala?"
"I don't feel anything. Wait, I'm feeling it again…."
"Ah damn! We lost!" Ford cried out as he trotted to a stop and saw all the dust piles. "I gotta cook."
"Yes!" Mitchell said pumping his fist. "I love this job."
"We need to look around and make sure there is no other ghouls around. Or any other vampires." Cap said.
"It might be safe to split up….." Mitchell began.
"I can look quickly." Seras said setting the Cannon against a trailer. "Give me ten minutes."
And then suddenly she wasn't there.
"Where did she go?" Vala asked.
"Super speed." several people said.
"So General, how it go with you two?"
"Three dead guys."
"We never heard anything loud though. You used your sword huh?"
"Yeah, bad idea." Ford said with a shudder. "Close confrontation is for those with strong stomachs."
"You threw up didn't you?" Vala asked.
"Not funny Vala. Quit smiling about it." he said pointing a finger.
He didn't think much about it when she dropped the smile and suddenly went tense.
"I'm back…"
Ford just about jumped out of his skin as he cried out in alarm and went to grab his sword, only to drop it from his back and then trip over it as he fell backwards.
"I…sorry. I forgot you sense our presence." Seras said sheepishly.
"Don't take this the wrong way, but I'll be glad to go home. I hate this feeling." he said getting up slowly to ensure he didn't cut himself.
"At least it is not as bad as the feeling we get from Alucard." Vala muttered.
"Report Miss Victoria." Cap ordered.
"Sir, no sign of any ghouls or vampires anywhere. The rest of this area is deserted." she said standing at attention.
"In that case, are we able to go home or do we need to look around more?" Mitchell asked.
"Missions over. Let's go home men."
The ride back went well and Integra was happy to hear that things went well. She had her people report first and then them. Seras also left going to get her drink and then off to somewhere else. They left soon after as she had SG-1 stay.
"Thank you once again, especially for bring my men back alive. I have yet to have such a successful mission cross my desk in many years. This is based on the missions dealing with my men going out, with or without Seras or Alucards help. And also the least amount of time considering how close these Freaks were. Samantha and I had a very interesting chat earlier about your universe."
"You don't seem all that surprised or shocked about any of this. As to people from another place and aliens." Mitchell said.
"I deal with the undead and other unholy monsters Colonel Mitchell. And live with two of them in my house. That alone should be enough for me to be prepared for anything."
"Good point."
"If it wasn't for the help your universe needs, plus the child you have General, I would attempt to do whatever it took to have you join our Organization. Be sure to spend as much time with your daughter as you can and give her a good childhood. Though our universes are very different, I would hate to have something in common with her concerning parentage."
"Only child?" Vala asked confused.
"Dead parents. Though I'm sure you are meaning to say, having to grow up to fast if I understand correctly Sir Integra." Ford said.
"Yes. Now, about this bet…"
"It's something we do…." Mitchell began.
"I can understand why it takes place Colonel. What I am getting at, is when is this cooking of desserts going to take place? According to your wife General, you are very exceptional at cooking. And I could tell that from what you made earlier for us. Your best cooking of desserts seems to be, a brownie of some sort, hmm?" she said behind the gloves hands in front of her mouth.
Though you couldn't see her lips, you could tell there was a hidden smile.
"No offense, but it is a good thing that there isn't a lot of people here. I may have to go to the store and get the supplies." Ford said with a slight grumble, especially after seeing his team look at him.
Teal'c didn't eat many sugary treats, usually donuts and cake if he wanted that fix, but Ford's brownies were one of the things that he did like too.
"You may use any of the cars I have.." she began and then stopped him before he could say anything. "Your wife also explained your fascination with a car called the General Lee as well. I do know what a Dodge Charger is and seeing as not many American made cars are in this country like that, and because I'd rather you keep a low profile, you will use one of my cars. Understood?"
"Yes Sir Integra." he said with a slight bow as he also heard the tone of her, rank, behind the order.
"You're all dismissed then. Please have those desserts ready by morning if possible."
They all left going different directions, Ford going to the T.A.R.D.I.S. to make the brownies seeing as he had all he needed for them in its kitchen. He only made mention of the store because he wanted to go for a drive, but since he was ordered to use otherwise, it wasn't worth the effort. Mitchell and Teal'c were looking around the house in the places they were allowed to tour, while Vala went to bed in one of the guest rooms. Ford even felt tired, figuring it having to do with the adrenalin rush from being in a constant state of fear, small as it was anyway. Seras did ask Alucard how to make the effect she was giving off go away after he came back from a bust mission that had no powerful Freak. But he didn't help her. Instead he walked away laughing as he vanished through the wall. Daniel and Carter were still doing their things even after the others came back and checked on them. Integra did spend awhile talking to Daniel shortly after talking to Carter, other than to get another side of the story about their universe, but also to help him read the books that alluded him in translation. He was so fascinated with what he was learning, he was almost drooling over the books he was able to read and understand now.
The next morning, everyone had a great breakfast followed by the brownies, which the few troops they had also got. Walter did get the recipe from him and promised not to let the others know the secret ingredients. Integra was impressed and though it was obvious she was really enjoying them, she put on a good show of keeping it hidden. Walter saw otherwise with each bite she took.
After breakfast, she informed them there was another Freak, possible three to four of them she wanted them to go after. Carter felt it would be a good idea for them to test the device since it was ready. All she needed to do was hook it up to one of their A.P.C.'s and have a small satellite installed on top for broadcasting. A couple hours at most to get it all done and make sure there was no compatibility issues or complications of any sort. Mitchell suggested that the three they had from last night come with, but stay in the A.P.C. with Carter, other than for protection, but also to watch to see how the device functioned and what they might need to do if there was any tweaking to be done after they finally went home. A couple of the guys that were in the group were training in working with stuff kinda like what she did, so they were given the specs and a few notes Carter took. They also were going to come along to keep watch and learn. The rest of the team, which would include Daniel this time, was going to go out and take care of the Freaks. Seras and Alucard would also be joining them since the information showed that one of the Freaks apparently had been around for over a year. Which meant they knew how to use their powers and was probably the leader of the evil group. Since it was still morning though, they had to wait till later before going out on the mission. Integra was going to go with to see how it worked as was Walter to protect Integra. He never left her side much anyway.
The rest of the day was rather uneventful. Daniel was reading a lot and making lots of notes. Vala somehow managed to go off shopping, with a driver provided by the Organization. Walter told them she said she'd be back in before nightfall and said that the General would reimburse Integra's account, with interest. Mitchell mentioned he was going to kill her when she came back. But Ford only shrugged and said it was actually a good idea since she was not here looking around and messing with things she shouldn't then. And he did pay Integra back with interest, in several gold bars. She had Walter melt them down and have their seal put on before turning them in for money. Teal'c and Mitchell went back to helping training while Carter was still making adjustment with Ford helping with on the A.P.C. A couple hours before they were all to head off on the mission, they went back to the T.A.R.D.I.S. to rest. Vala had went to bed early after bringing in several dozen bags of stuff, and had to do it without help. Most of it was clothes anyway.
Two A.P.C.'s trudged through the streets heading for an old building, ironically. It was made mostly of wood and some concrete and metal. It was a large old motel that might have been popular at one time and probably American owned by the design. There was once a large pool in the back that had since fallen apart and filled with all sorts of garbage. They later found a few dead bodies that had been sucked dry or eaten in some form in there too. The building was four stories high and shaped like a large H. The main entrance was still boarded up like most of the windows. Some of the windows had been broken into though it didn't look recent. People that were mostly homeless ran away as the two vehicles came up and parked across the street. SG-1 got out and noticed it was really quiet. Too quiet.
"Alucard?" Integra asked as she got out last and looked across the street.
"Something feels wrong Master."
"Explain."
"I can't. The smell of death is heavy in the air though. And recent." he said with a certain smile.
"I smell it too Sir Integra. It's very close by." Seras said as she put her large cannon on her shoulder.
"Do you plan on using that large pistol Police Girl?"
"Not unless I have to Master. My ammo in this is much more limited than yours."
"No offense, but why are you bringing that cannon anyway? You're liable to attract attention with it." Ford said as he stepped away from the A.P.C. and walked into the middle of the street and waved his Sonic Screwdriver around. "I'm picking up a life sign inside. Someone isn't dead yet…no, they have a very strong life sign. Interesting."
"Could be bait for us Sir Integra." Walter said. "Unfortunately, many of our enemies know we are currently weak in available troops."
"Perhaps. But they don't know about our secret weapons. Sam, if you would please."
"Sure." she said going back in to the computer and activating everything. "K-9, keep watch."
"As always Mistress." he said as she got everything going.
"We'll know in a minute…" she said typing away. "Whoa. I got readings already. There's three chips currently active."
"That was very quick. Impressive work Sam." Integra said looking at the screen. "How long before…."
"About 20 seconds. The power needs to build up to send a large burst of the signal. After that, we'll know in seconds if it worked."
"I almost hate to say this, but if this works, what is Alucard going to do Sir Integra?" Walter asked.
She actually hadn't thought beyond that and Alucard could sense it in her mind and read it as well.
"Yes, where shall I get my fun Master?"
"This weapon doesn't work on ghouls." she stated. "Nor the real vampires out there."
"It's ready. Would you care to do the honors Sir Integra?" Carter said.
She turned back and pressed the button. They didn't see or feel anything, but the computer did say that it fired. The three dots on the screen, which were in different locations of the building suddenly blinked out. They all kinda jumped, except for Alucard when they heard blood curdling screams from three different locations and then nothing.
"I still feel that strange feeling. And it seems familiar." Alucard said as he started towards the building and pulling his two guns.
"And I thought you had big guns." Mitchell said seeing the glints of them in the moonlight.
"No kidding." Daniel said.
"Size doesn't always equal power, or quality of the effect." Ford said. "With his weapons, they are made to kill instantly or damage the targets. Mine were designed with maximum penetration in mind along with leaving a mark sometimes."
Daniel was unable to hide a laugh. He tried to cough it off, but failed.
"And you say Jack corrupted my mind. Shame on you Daniel." Ford scolded as Daniel went to defend himself as Mitchell cracked up too. "Same for you Mitchell."
"Bad choice of words General, really bad."
"Really, I'm sorry. I just started thinking of what Jack would say or do after you said that and I couldn't help it." Daniel said with a cracking up smile.
Ford couldn't help it either as a few things came to mind making him laugh. Though he stopped rather quickly.
"And you say my mind is bad. I'll remind you of this moment General when I say something that you take as derogatory." Vala said. "That goes for the rest of you."
"Are you going to yell at yourself for thinking probably the same thing…" Daniel began.
"Damn, Jack is a bad influence." Ford muttered trying his best to think of something else.
"Indeed." Teal'c said.
"Men can be such pigs." Seras muttered.
"I wasn't trying to talk about…..oh never mind." Ford said trialing off as he rubbed the bridge of his nose as Daniel cracked up again. Mitchell was containing it slightly better. Vala, she was laughing inside while showing off anger on the outside.
"What are they laughing about?" Integra asked quietly.
"Sex." Carter muttered.
She looked at Integra as she noticed the woman hadn't said anything and was apparently thinking.
"Oh. I get now." she said after a moment.
"We had a former commanding officer who like to sometimes make jokes or comments close…wait, you didn't get that idiotic misunderstanding till now?"
The look Integra gave her was enough.
"Never mind." she said looking back at the screen and muttering very quietly. "And I thought Ford was leading a secluded life before he met me."
"Should we even bother following?" Ford asked as they saw Alucard just disappear near the broken gate. "I don't want to mess up his fun."
"Seriously, I did not expect this signal to work. Forgive my doubts Sam." Integra said impressed.
"No problem. I saw all the reports they had on those chips. That many failures on so many test, not surprised at the doubt."
"I've look over her work Sir Integra. Some of it alludes me, but given time I'll be able to figure it out completely." one of the geeks said.
"The Freaks inside have been dealt with…" Integra said as they heard several gun shots. "However, before we can leave, we must destroy all the ghouls. Any of them getting out will result in the deaths of more innocent people."
They all heard several more shots followed by the sounds of two guns firing a lot more ammo.
"Alucard says there are many ghouls infesting the hotel. He is currently cleaning up the left side. Miss Victoria, take the right side and make sure that no ghoul is left alive. If you come across a Freak, though unlikely, kill them."
"Yes Sir Integra." she said with a salute before rushing across the street and vaulting over the fence.
"K-9, keep a scan of the area and let anyone here know if anyone approaches these vehicles or leaves the buildings. Other than we few going in." Ford said as he started forward.
"Yes Master."
"I thought you couldn't detect ghouls and vampires?" Walter said.
"No, we can't. They don't show up on any radar screen. Seras helped with a few experiments." Carter said. "But, K-9 can detect movement so we have that advantage."
"Mitchell, I suggest you and Daniel along with Leon go one the right side and keep watch. Teal'c, you and the other two go and watch the left side just incase. I'll go in through the front with Seras and see what I can do as I head towards the back." Ford said removing his sword.
"Sounds like a plan. Call if you need help."
Integra and the other's watched as the group took off, keeping to the shadows the best they could. Except Ford who kicked the rusting gate down and walked over it.
"Subtle." Integra muttered.
"Well, he likes making an entrance. Not to mention, the center of attention. But for good reasons." Carter said.
"I'm venturing he does it to protect those around him. Relying on his Immortality and that armored coat."
"You're good Integra. Not many people put that all together so easily."
"I'm quite sure about my people taking over if you wish to join them."
"No. I think I'll stay here. I know I'm not pregnant, fortunately and unfortunately. But I've been feeling nauseated for a couple of days now." she said rubbing her abdomen. "I don't think seeing dead people walking will help any. You're two vampires excluded of course."
"Hasn't your dog scanned you too?" she asked as they saw Ford looking around near the front door.
"Yeah, didn't find anything conclusive. Other than what I guess is a sour stomach. Probably something I ate on the Odyssey." she muttered.
"I felt kinda sick too for a few hours while we were on the ship. But it went away." Daniel said. "Must have been something we ate. Ford didn't cook so…"
They all heard more gun fire on the left side where Alucard was on the second level and a few rounds come out of the house behind Ford going into the right side.
"General, what's wrong?" Carter asked through her com.
"I'm looking through the house with my glasses. There's ash everywhere. Someone else is killing…..uh oh. What is he……"
Everyone heard Seras scream, loudly. And then her cannon went off. Obviously she missed when Mitchell's team saw the back end of the motel blast out. Seras screamed again but it was suddenly cut short. Daniel and Carter were heading over quickly, but Ford waved them back as he pulled his gun and shot the wall a few times before throwing his sword in that direction next as he ran forward.
Seras was blasting the ghouls with her nine millimeter that was usually attached to the outside of her small pack. And then, by sheer luck she had avoided the massive amount of very familiar blades that slammed into the sides of the doors and windows, holding single sheets of papers to the wall. That was when she screamed for the first time when one of the blades went into her leg. She quickly yanked it out and once seeing what it really was, quickly took aim with her cannon and fired at the man coming towards her. He moved quickly and threw several more blades, each of them piercing her skin, none of them in her heart or head. She dropped the cannon and her pistol as she cried out from the pain of the blessed blades.
"Oh ye, heathen woman." he said pulling two more blades. "This time I will kill ye before ye can run and before that accursed Hellsing pet can stop me."
The wall to her left exploded as a large blade came through and stuck into the wall just above her. The man stopped in surprise as Ford stepped through and pulled his sword from the wall.
"You're outside your jurisdiction Paladin Alexander Anderson." Ford growled while looking at the badly injured Seras. "Unlike Sir Integra Hellsing, she has enough, mercy to allow you to go back home. I don't. Short of God Almighty coming and stopping me, which I highly doubt, I'm going to kill you."
"So, she has hired another set of new bodyguards and troops to replace the ones that evil beast Incognito killed. You look more like a sadistic mercenary with those heathen eyes." Alexander said as he pointed at him with a blade. "Whoever you are, any ally of that whore is an enemy of mine!"
"You and your people say you believe in Jesus Christ, and the Hellsing people believe the same. Kinda strange both groups do the same job and want to kill each other." he said removing a few of the blades from her as he held his sword out pointed at the man. "Though personally I don't believe in the whole hail Mary thing. You don't pray to someone else to talk to the only God there is. There is no go between."
"You're beliefs are no concern to me you inhuman monster! I will purge this country of Hellsing's pet monster along with you and your friends. Especially that dark haired female and that bald black guy!" he said throwing several blades.
"Must be a spy in the Hellsing ranks again." Ford muttered as spun the sword in front of him like a whirl wheel blocking the blades easily.
"Ford?!" Carter exclaimed from his com as he stopped spinning his blade.
"Stay back for the moment." he said quickly into his com while not looking away, but slightly behind Alexander to see Alucard in the shadows near the end of the hall.
Behind him, he heard several footsteps at the other end and realized by the sounds that it was Mitchell's team. Teal'c and the others showed up by Carter. Integra started to go forward to see what was happening and head in when he made a motion that made Daniel grab her arm.
"Let go of…." Integra began.
"I don't work for Hellsing and I personally want to kill you, and I'm going to easily." Ford growled and then yelled over the tall priest. "And you apparently haven't read the bible right either Paladin! You're not completely human either so I guess if you don't think an alien can go to heaven, then you can't go either!"
He stuck his sword into the floor and there was a click as he did something. He pulled a long serrated blade out and then moved the other sword making it come back together.
"Seras, you'll have to remove the rest while I deal with this fool." he said then rushed forward.
"I'll kill you easily you heathen monster!"
Mitchell had the others stay back as he ran up and helped her remove the blades. He saw her remove the first one and noticed her hand burning.
"Incredible." she muttered through the pain.
"Yeah, he's fast, and good." Mitchell said.
The others came in from outside watching a whirlwind of blades connecting. It was obvious that the Judas priest was having trouble. His blades kept getting broke or shattered, though he'd quickly replace them. His large robe had several rips, some that had run deep from hits he had taken. The General had a distinct advantage, bigger blades, better skill, and his weapons were indestructible. So they didn't dull no matter what they impacted. Ford was momentarily distracted when a bunch of papers came at him. He swung cutting them in shreds quickly with the single blade but didn't notice the full attack until his limbs were all grabbed by papers that were acting like ropes. While swinging the bigger sword in his right hand, the priest attacked his left making him drop the serrated blade. Ford barely managed to avoid getting stabbed as he pulled himself free with one swing and then roll out of the way as several blades impacted the ground where he was at.
"Very impressive powers you have monster. But they will not save you un-heathen soul!" Alexander shouted as he rushed forward swinging.
Because of the blade in his left wrist, he was having a little trouble dodging and blocking his attacks. He had to back up several feet before his healing ability cut the blessed bayonet out of his body. The priest noticed and kicked out catching Ford directly in the chest sending him back several feet from the force of the blow. Alexander jumped back as he reached into his coat and pulled several dozen blades again.
"Now die!" Alexander yelled tossing them down the hallway.
Ford had gotten up by then and quickly pushed on the top of the blade.
"You think you can throw swords, block this!" he said putting the sword behind him and then throwing it forward. "Might want to move Alucard!"
Alexander heard and saw the large blade coming. And once it was thrown, he got ready to move, until he felt something behind him and heard what the man said. He noticed movement in his glasses and threw a few dozen blades behind him before turning around, to six different blades coming at him. Some of his blades were on the ground from where they encountered Fords. The largest one went into his chest. A couple others ended up in his chest plus his arm and leg. Two of them flew past missing and eventually landed on the floor. He dropped to his knees and yelled in pain. Thankfully having closed his coat well before the battle, Ford waved his arms around knocking the different blades away that he could with the long hidden blades that came out of his coat sleeves. A few impacted on him, but either bounced off or broke. Some did fly past, but the group was safe as Walter used his strings to cut them to ribbons. With no more sword flying, Ford switched clips as Alexander pulled the different blades from his body. None of them managed to pierce his heart so his extremely advanced healing was working rather well.
"Very impressive
attack you inhuman bastard!" he said tossing another aside. "But it was…."
A couple dozen rounds went through his
body as Ford emptied both clips of normal hollow pointed ammo into
him while he was still kneeling on the floor. The largest sword was
imbedded into his chest until it fell out as he dropped backwards. One bullet had blew his brains out the back of his head, so Ford was
sure the man was dead.
"That should keep him dead." he said putting his guns away as he came back over to the group.
"You managed to hit me with that sword General. Very powerful blade, though it did little to me." Alucard said walking up as Ford was kneeling next to the unconscious Seras.
"I did tell you to move. Is she going to be okay or did she really die for all those…."
"The police girl is badly injured, but she will live. Her injuries have only put her into a deep sleep…" he said.
"Is she okay…" Daniel asked.
"Walter…."
"I have a bags of blood ready in the A.P.C. Sir…"
Seras's eyes suddenly opened and she lunged forward slamming him into the wall hard enough it cracked and left a dent. Ford instinctually brought his arm up as she went for his neck. She bit down into his exposed wrist making him cry out for a moment. SG-1 started to move forward, but Integra stopped them quickly.
"But…" Daniel began as he saw her swallowing, a lot. At least a dozen times already since the bite. She had bitten directly into a artery and even with hall her sucking and swallowing, his blood was dropping off her chin.
"Her vampire side has taken over because of her blood loss. To attack or go near her…." Alucard began saying as she backed off quickly screaming and convulsing.
Alucard grabbed his head a moment and even dropped to his knees in pain. Ford clamped his other hand over his injury to help stop the blood flow so it would heal quicker. Sure he could heal, but enough blood loss would even make him weak. He was feeling a little dizzy at the moment.
"Alucard? Alucard, answer me! What's happening?!" Integra ordered loudly.
Ford and a few others held her down, barely as Seras kept bucking and screaming. Whatever was happening, it was causing her extreme pain and if they didn't hold her down, she was going to break bones, or her back. Suddenly she stopped and started breathing normally, normal tears running out of her eyes. They all let go and got up slowly, except Ford who stayed kneeling in case she went into another frenzy of blood lust. That and he was sure he wouldn't stay standing long.
"Alucard!" Integra yelled.
"I cannot feel the police girl." he said confused as he got up on slightly unsteady feet.
"Explain!"
"Impossible!" he exclaimed in shock.
"Ford…." Carter asked quietly.
"I'm fine Sam. I've had worse dog bites. A little dizzy though." he said feeling Seras's neck. "Oh my god. My blood turned her back. I wondered, but…."
"She's what?!" Integra exclaimed loudly.
"The police girl is human again." Alucard said still in shock. "I don't see how this is possible."
Integra didn't know what to say as Ford stood, slowly.
"With those screams, she must have been in extreme pain." Mitchell said. "You knew this would happen, didn't you?"
"I suspected that my blood might do something. I actually thought she'd end up more like Blade, but…." he said holding himself up with one hand on the wall.
"Walter…"
"I shall inform the medical personal to prepare for her coming and what to expect Sir Integra." he said with a slight bow.
Integra started to order her men to pick up the unconscious girl as SG-1 was waiting for them to leave. They all turned hearing Alucard cry out in pain as he was pinned to the wall by several dozen blessed blades. Several guns came up as they saw Alexander standing there in bloodied and damaged clothes.
"Your attack was impressive, but futile." he said with a sneer as he launched another massive amount of blades at the group.
Ford had no swords to counter with and it would take too long to get his guns, but they would be kinda useless anyway since one, no ammo at the moment, two, he was good, but not good enough to shoot blades coming at him like this. He did have his hidden sleeve blades, but he was sure they wouldn't do much at the moment, so he quickly swung out knocking everyone back or down. Carter hit the wall rather hard and slide down it beside Daniel. Teal'c and Mitchell collided and fell on top of each other. Vala was knocked into the guys holding Seras and they tumbled into pile. Walter pulled Integra out of the building quickly as the blades flew past their position. Ford put his arms up, not being able to duck in time as he was hit several times, all bouncing off or breaking or going past him. He quickly retraced his blades and moved his arms away to rush forward and cut Alexander into a million pieces. Instead he bounced off someone.
"May God have mercy on your un-holy soul you inhuman monster. Amen."
They all looked up, short of Alucard who was getting himself off the wall by turning into a darkness that was fading away. Alexander was right in front of Ford, towering over him since he was around seven feet tall like Alucard. Ford's head dropped from his body and then his body clumped down in front of Alexander.
"And now for the rest of you unholy heathens." he said reaching into his coat with both hands.
Everyone was totally stunned, more SG-1 than the rest. No one moved as he was pulling several more blades from his coat. Walter started pulling his wires as Integra reached for the gun in her coat. Her men got up off each other quickly and were in the process of raising their weapons. Teal'c raised his as did a very pissed off Mitchell. Sam was still looking at Ford's body, but something clicked in her. All those times of him helping her with learning guns better paid off today as she pulled the gun from her hip in rage. Alexander only smiled evilly at their attempts as he brought the blades out. Though he dropped them quickly as one gun shot stopped him.
Sam had shot him in the groin. Another two rounds went into his knees dropping him to the floor. Another went into his head at point blank range blowing the back of his head out. The rest of the ammo was spent on blowing his neck from his body and then into what was left of his head. She continued to keep pulling the trigger even when the ammo was all spent. No one did anything for a few moments, waiting to see if the dead priest was going to get up.
"Sam, it's over…" Daniel said as he got up and put his hands on her arm and one of the gun.
The team noticed she was in shock because she kept trying to shoot and wasn't letting go of the gun.
"Sam, wake up. Come on. Wake up." Daniel said shaking her slightly.
"Walter…."
"I shall get the medical team right away Sir Integra." he said hurrying off.
"Dammit Sam, snap out of it!" Mitchell said standing in front of her and shaking her rather harshly.
"Alucard, help them with her." she said pointing.
He walked up and moved them out of the way, pulling the gun from her hand.
"Sleep." he commanded while looking into her eyes.
She dropped instantly with Daniel and Mitchell catching her.
"Thank you for your assistance in this matter." Teal'c said as Alucard handed the gun over.
Alucard walked away and out of the building, saying something to Integra before moving on.
"This is a very sad day." Teal'c said as tears came to his eyes.
"Yeah. A very bad day at the office." Mitchell said wiping his tears away. "Dammit!"
"Sam may be traumatized." Vala said holding her arms close to her body as she watched Integra's team pick up the unconscious Seras and take her away.
"I think she was beyond that." Daniel said as he laid her against the wall.
"I…am sorry for what has happened here. Is there anything I can do?" Integra asked solemnly.
"Uh, yeah. We'll need a stretcher." Mitchell said reeling his emotions in. "Send K-9 out here too please. We'll be along shortly."
"Something is not right." Vala muttered suddenly.
"No shit something's not right! The General was just killed!" Mitchell exclaimed.
"Don't you dare think I don't miss him too!" she yelled back. "I was here and something that should have happened didn't!"
"What are you talking about?"
"She's right." Daniel said suddenly comprehending. "Ford's essence, his quickening, it didn't get released for her to absorb."
The group turned and looked, especially after Integra suddenly made a loud gasping noise. A goldish glow of unknown energy surrounded his body and head. The head moved as tendrils of energy pulled it back to the body and then reconnected it. Ford suddenly sat up, staring down the hallway.
"Holy shit. I'm….alive." he muttered as he felt his neck.
There was no blood, no damage marks on his skin, nothing. It was on his clothes however.
"I…" he began muttering.
"Ford?" Daniel asked in total disbelief.
"But how? It's not…" Mitchell began when Ford just dropped back hitting the floor.
Teal'c stepped closer and felt his neck.
"I do not understand, but he is alive." he said and then smiled happily. "I am very confused at to what has transpired, but I believe the correct saying would be, this is a miracle."
"Can't argue with that." Mitchell said wiping away tears. "Daniel…"
"Sam, he's not dead. You can wake up…" Daniel said shaking her gently. That not working he tried a different tactic, which didn't work. "It was a bad dream."
"What sort of alien is he?" Integra muttered in shock. "Seras didn't have enough time to drink him and then turn him, though he said it wasn't possible…"
"He has a pulse Colonel Mitchell." Teal'c said and then lifted his lips. "And no fangs."
"Okay, he's alive. As impossible as it seems. We'll deal with finding out later. Let's get out of here before I have to deal with the authorities." Integra said as Walter came back with a stretcher and K-9.
"Sam, wake up." Daniel said shaking her again. "K-9…"
"The Mistress is deeply unconscious Doctor Jackson."
"And Ford?"
"The Master is in perfect condition."
"Perfect condition?" Daniel muttered in shock.
"Did you register it on your sensors with him loosing his head?" Mitchell asked as they placed Ford on the stretcher.
The team from before came back to collect the weapons, mostly Seras's cannon and helped pick up Ford's pistols and swords.
"Affirmative Colonel."
"Does it even register anywhere that he is alive even though he should be dead?" Mitchell asked. "Do you know why he's alive?"
"Possibility that his link to the Time Vortex in the T.A.R.D.I.S. is the cause. I cannot say with 100 probability however until we return to the T.A.R.D.I.S."
They were all stumped and even more confused than before.
"Hopefully, they'll explain it later." Mitchell muttered as they all left quickly as they heard sirens in the distance.
Sam was tossing back and forth in a nightmare state as she kept reliving the event that happened over and over again. She didn't see where his head had rolled off to but she did watch his body fall and saw where his head was suppose to be. She kept reliving it over and over to the point she sat up quickly and screamed. She dug her hands to the bed sheets and clutched them to her chest crying harder than she had when her mother died. Everyone she had ever fallen in love with had died at some point or another. Didn't matter if they were alien or not. She had no idea how she was going to explain this to Sally or if she was even going to see Sally again, or her parents and everyone else. What was she suppose to do, how was she suppose to go on without him there? If it wasn't for Sally, she'd shoot herself.
"Mistress."
"What K-9?" she managed to sob out from the sheets covering her face.
"The Master is not dead."
She kept crying for several more seconds until what he said kicked in.
"I don't understand." she said quietly, hope on the edge of her voice.
"The Master is not dead."
"Clarify. Where is he?"
"On his side of the bed Mistress. Data suggest he is alive because of the Time Vortex."
She very slowly turned seeing him sitting there looking at the wall, or at least she guessed that he was looking at it. While she was under the covers, he had not been. He was only wearing a large black robe that was closed. She looked down at herself seeing she was also in a robe, with her underwear and for a moment, she wondered who had undressed her completely. The thought was forgotten quickly as she moved over and practically jumped his back, to feel him again, to know he was actually there and alive. What she didn't expect was him not to withstand her doing that and they both fell off the bed onto the floor.
"What were you doing?" he asked slowly as she got off his side and let him sit up a little while she straddled his waist.
She hugged him fiercely and then kissed him hard for several moments before backing off.
"I…wanted to see that you were actually here, and alive." she said with tears in her eyes as she placed her hands on his chest. Feeling both hearts beating, she began crying again.
"Ford…"
He blinked a few times but otherwise didn't acknowledge her.
"Say something, please? Tell me you're actually here and didn't leave me. Tell me this isn't a dream…"
"It's not a dream." he said looking into her eyes and wiping away her tears. "I'm still here."
"Do….you, know why?"
"Well, with a body like that, who wouldn't come back." he said eyeing what was under the open robe.
She laughed and cried at the same time as she dropped her head on his chest. He held her close as she continued to let it out. A couple minutes passed by and she was able to calm down enough to sit up again.
"How did you come back? Please don't say it's a temporary thing dealing with some deal with the Ancients…"
"No." he said shaking his head. "Despite how much I'd like you to stay where you are at, I need up."
"Why?" she asked with a small hint of arousal as she noticed and felt he had nothing but the robe.
"The floor is making my ass hurt. And it is kinda cold."
"Well, we have a wonderful bed right next to us."
They both sat down next to each other on it, though she was ready to climb back on him. Obviously part of him was thinking about it, but most of him was elsewhere.
"Seriously now, what happened?" she asked wiping her eyes with the robe.
"Remember that I stopped sneezing when other Immortals came around? No, never mind that. Um, remember the movie Dragonheart with Sean Connery and Dennis Quaid? As to the deal the dragon made?"
"Yeah." she said a little confused.
"When I, regenerated, that was my only one. I can never regenerate ever again. Not that that is a bad thing since I'd rather not have a worse personality change. And I rather like how I look. Though the missing three inches would be nice to have back."
"I'm glad for the missing three inches. I don't have to look up as far to see you now."
"The thing is, I'm now even more immortal than before." he said before waving at the walls and ceiling. "The T.A.R.D.I.S., is now not only my greatest strength, but also my greatest weakness. I cannot die from anything at all, nothing. As long as the T.A.R.D.I.S. continues to live, I will also live. She'll always bring me back. Time Vortex power thing. Same sort of thing like Jack Harkness. Other than because K-9 can detect trace amounts of the energy in me, I got a, telepathic message from her saying she would always be there for me. Though when she finally dies, from age or destruction, I will be completely mortal and will eventually die of old age. I doubt that will ever really happen though. Considering how well I take care of her, her auto repair systems and the fact we do a lot to keep her from danger and damage."
"Ford.." she said grabbing his hand with hers. "You knew you were going to outlive me and many other people and objects. We talked about this. Why are you so sad about this new development? This is a good thing."
"I….I don't know. The realization of knowing I can't even end my own life is something that, bothers me. I'll heal up from any injury, no matter what. And she'll always bring me back."
"I'd be jealous, but she doesn't want you in that way." she said leaning on his arm. "There's still many years left and we may find a way to make it so I stay here much, much longer. I'm just so happy to know you aren't leaving."
"I'll get over it. I never really contemplated suicide, but knowing I can't just irks me for some reason." he said holding her close. "How'd we get here?"
"Not sure."
He wrapped his arms around her as she crawled over and laid on top of him.
"K-9, where is everyone else?" he asked quickly.
"They are in the mansion sleeping currently Master."
"How long have we been here?"
"4 hours Mistress. Morning has not yet arrived. Colonel Mitchell and the others are waiting to hear from me about your conditions. Should I wake him Mistress?"
"No. We'll tell them when they wake up." she said quietly.
"Quick question, did you…no, you still thought I was…"
"The question is?" she asked quickly.
"How did I get into a robe, same for you?"
"Vala cleaned the blood from you Mistress and then with Doctor Jackson's help, you were put into bed."
"At least she left my underwear on."
"I'm wearing nothing K-9."
"And I like that." she said smiling.
"You would. But I'm cold."
"Master Teal'c and Doctor Jackson were instrumental in removing your bloodied and soiled clothes Master."
"At least it wasn't Vala who got a look again." he said laughing.
"Don't I make you warm?" she said sitting up.
"More so than before. Wait, did he get away?"
"No Mistress. You killed him."
"How…" he started to ask in surprise.
"Don't answer K-9. I don't want to think about that right now." she said shaking her head. "I just had very terrible nightmares…"
"I thought I heard you scream." he said rubbing her cheek. "My mind was elsewhere at that moment."
"It's feelingly noticeable that it's now on something else." she said leaning in for a deep kiss. "I suggest we forget everything else and concentrate on, better feelings."
Morning came and the team was eating breakfast, still waiting for the other two to come out. Vala muttered that she had a good idea on what the two were currently doing after K-9 said they had been up for awhile now. Usually, when she made those sort of comments, they told her to shut up or yelled at her.
"Can't blame her." Mitchell said. "If I was that lucky with a girl and she came back, I'd probably be doing the same."
Seras came past them going to the kitchen wearing blue striped pajamas and some blue slippers. She didn't even notice them as she rubbed sleep from her eyes and reached into a special fridge.
"Seras…." Vala began as she came back out with a blood packet in hand.
"Oh hey guys. Morning." she said rubbing her hand through her hair and sitting down at one end.
"Are you actually going to drink that?" Mitchell asked.
"What else am I suppose to eat? I hate it, but I don't have a choice…" she muttered looking at him like he was stupid as she took the top off.
"Seriously, I wouldn't…" Daniel began.
She narrowed her eyes and then went to suck when Teal'c reached out and took it away.
"Hey! Walter didn't bring it to me like he usually does and I'm really hungry!" she said reaching for it.
"Catch." Mitchell said tossing a butter knife towards her.
She grabbed it easily and gave it a glance. She cried out and tossed it on the table as she realized it was silver.
"Oh god. She hasn't even noticed." Mitchell said shaking his head.
"Good morning Miss Victoria."
"Walter! I need your help." she said as Teal'c replaced the top.
"She doesn't realize what happened yet." Vala said taking a drink of her milk.
"What happened?" she asked confused.
"This should help." Walter said pulling down a large silver platter off a nearby mantle.
She shied away as he placed it on the table, on its side for her to look right at it.
"What are you doing Walter? That will kill me." she said scared.
"Look directly at it." Daniel said. "What do you see?"
"My reflection."
The group all laughed lightly to her dismay. Teal'c didn't laugh but shook his head at her very lack of seeing the obvious.
"Why are you all laughing at me?"
"You are not a vampire anymore Seras Victoria." Teal'c stated. "Therefore, there is no need of this."
It took about a minute for her to process this. And then she felt everything was different. And certain promises she made to herself came to mind, though she was rather sure they were promises that would never come to pass unless vampirism became curable.
"Walter, I want chocolate, now." she said quickly. It didn't really surprise the others that much.
"That is not a good idea for breakfast Miss…."
"Please. It's been way too long. I eat healthier tomorrow." she said begging.
"Very well."
"About time you two showed up." Mitchell said as they walked in.
"Coming back was, kinda strange. Took awhile to get all that blood out of my hair." Ford said as he sat down at the end of the table next to Teal'c. Carter sat next to Vala across from Ford. "Morning Walter."
"It is good to see you alive and well General." he said bringing a piece of chocolate cake to Seras.
"Oh god. This is so much better than any blood lust craving." she muttered in delight.
"Welcome back to the land of the living General." Integra said as she came in, in a green suit. "The same for you Seras."
"Your tea is almost ready Sir Integra." Walter said as she took a seat at the other end of the table far across from Seras.
"Thank you Walter." she said as he went back into the kitchen. "Once again I must thank you for all your help. I was informed earlier yesterday that more troops, including some former people that Walter knows are coming to help us. As much as I wish I could sway you to stay and help us, your help has been greatly appreciated and you can leave at any time."
"We were glad to help despite the, strangest of it all." Mitchell said swallowing his eggs.
"Can I get you two anything?" Walter asked as he set the tea down by Integra.
"No thanks. We ate already." Carter said. "More coffee would be greatly appreciated though."
"General?"
"I'll have that please." he said pointing at the cake that Seras was eating, very slowly. Like it was her last meal.
Walter muttered something as he walked away. Integra thought it was funny, but only displayed a smile.
"The last time I saw anyone eat that slow on cake, it was Jack." Daniel said as Seras ignored them.
"Yeah. At that rate, you'll still be here at dinner."
"I'm enjoying something I've wanted for a long time now." she muttered. "I made a promise to myself, if I ever became human again, I would eat slowly to enjoy the moment."
"No wonder she's enjoying it." Carter said. "It's the cake you made."
"I just realized that. That actually lasted the night. That's a first." he said kinda amazed.
"Though we do feed our troops, certain, delicacies are kept from them." Integra said behind her hands. "They are paid enough to go get their own delicacies."
"He does that to Jack on purpose sometimes." Daniel said.
"I never thought I'd see General O'Neill beg before." Mitchell said chuckling at a memory.
"Now that was funny." Vala said. "He actually got on his knees in front of us."
"Well, the fact he agreed to do the paperwork for me that day made the deal." Ford said as Walter brought out the cake and coffee.
Seras was enjoying the cake when she stopped suddenly and set the fork aside.
"Is everything okay Miss Victoria?" Walter asked.
"Has anyone thought about what happens to me now?" she asked quietly while looking at her lap.
That mostly got Integra's and Walter's attention. Though the others heard the sadness and slight fear in her voice.
"I do not understand the problem." Teal'c said.
"She was considered dead Teal'c. To everyone she knew. The only reason she had a job here was because she was a vampire." Daniel said.
"Can she still not contribute to the Hellsing Organization?" he asked.
"I am still debating on that." Integra said behind her tea cup. "Her medical exam showed she is clearly human again, though with an abnormality that we haven't been able to identify."
Ford reached over and touched her neck, making her jerk.
"No, only one heart beat." he said as she rubbed her neck.
"Can we see the results?" Carter asked. "We've had to look over blood results of other patients before. Maybe we'll recognize something."
"Walter, can you go get the file from off my desk?"
"Yes Sir Integra." he said bowing a moment before leaving.
"How did Alucard take it?" Ford asked.
"Not well. He felt her change and it caused him pain." Integra said setting her cup down. "He came straight home to his coffin. Didn't even have a blood packet."
"Well, from what I understood of the different books I read, I think what happened was he essentially felt part of himself die. Vampires, or I should say in this universe, have a deep connection with the people they turn into vampires. Since Seras never drank his blood to become, free from his influence and become true vampire to herself, he still had that deep connection. She was technically his, child of the darkness, and changing back was basically like him feeling her die." Daniel said.
"That's horrible." Carter said. "I couldn't go through that."
"Here is the file Samantha."
"Thanks Walter."
"Better eat that while it is still soft." Ford said.
"I'm not hungry anymore." Seras muttered while still looking at her lap.
"You're alive. What's wrong with that?" Daniel asked. "You may not be able to do what you did before, but it's better than being dead. And I mean that as to not moving, functioning. In the ground permanently dead."
"She knows and has seen too much about this place. We will not kill her, but she cannot go back to her former life. Her Majesty wouldn't allow it. Nor can I." Integra said.
"Wait, you mean this, amazing miracle means she still has to stay here, now as a prisoner?" Daniel asked.
"Daniel, this is not our universe." Ford said. "Nor our battle as much I wish I could help out."
"I don't care. It's not right."
"It's also not America Jackson. There is different rules here." Mitchell said.
"What if she comes with us? It's obvious she isn't going to be accepted as she was before." Daniel said.
That made Seras look up a moment, but it was short lived.
"That would be up to her if she decided to leave with you." Integra said.
"Ford, look at this." Carter said in amazement as she slid the folder over.
He looked it over while noticing Seras was looking at Integra a moment before then looking at them seeing they were waiting for her to respond.
"That's impossible." Ford muttered.
"That's what I thought. But we looked at similar results this morning."
"You know what the abnormality is then?" Integra asked.
"Hold out your hand for me Seras." Ford said as he made the hidden blade come out startling everyone.
"What?! What are you thinking?!" she asked holding her hands behind the chair.
"Just touch the tip for me. Nothing more."
She was rather reluctant but did it slowly. It was sharper than she thought as it poked deep into her finger drawing blood instantly. She pulled back with a cry of pain and held it in her napkin.
"Some test! Now I need stitches!" she said barely holding back tears of pain.
"If this says right, you won't need anything, ever." he said retracting the blade.
"What?" she asked in confusion as Sam gently opened the napkin.
There was no blood or any cut.
"But I felt it. It even cut into my bone. What happened to me?"
"We've looked at Ford's blood…"
"Wait, your name isn't General?" Integra asked.
"Is it. No offense, but I only let very close friends and family call me by my real name. All things considered, you, Walter and Seras now count. Go on Sam."
"We've look at his blood before on many occasions to see if it was possible to use it in some way to help others. Because of other complications due to the fact he is only half a Time Lord, no successful simulations have ever worked. Nor any test done on samples. They always break down or worse, kill the samples."
"What has happened to Miss Victoria then?" Integra asked in extreme confusion.
"We know that vampires survive by living off the blood of others. Though Seras was technically dead, part of original DNA still existed. She helped me with a few other test earlier. Ford's blood must have found that DNA, and…in simple terms, reset her body back to its original form. But because Ford's DNA is so different, it also changed her."
"How? I don't feel any different. At least from what I remember being when I was human."
"There is, a special energy source that is inside our ship. No, not the black hole Cam." Carter said noticing he was about to speak. Both Integra and Walter muttered black hole but didn't say anything as Carter continued. "This energy is alive, though I cannot even begin to grasp the concept as to how. That energy is what brought Ford back to us. And it also in your DNA as well. Though not as greatly as him."
"And this energy is doing what to her?" Integra asked.
"I will never die. No matter what happens. Tear me apart, blow me up. Throw me into the sun. It won't matter. As long as the Time Vortex survives, I will never grow old, never die. The down side is that when the ship dies, I will become mortal as everyone else here. And so will Seras, at least I'm pretty sure that will be the case. Until then, you have went from the possibility of living forever as a vampire to, living forever as a human."
It didn't take long for that to sink in.
"I'll be 19 forever. Hmm, at least I've already went through puberty. Can I still have children?"
"I have one."
"Yeah, but we had Sally before the change." Carter said.
"Right. But the test indicate I still can have them."
"And K-9 is still researching what will happen when I have another one."
"Right." he said solemnly. "I forgot he hadn't completely finished that yet."
"Which means what?" Seras asked.
"Essentially, any children you have, will also have some of that energy. According to K-9, when I have another child, the possibility of he or she being able to live forever is very remote. More than likely, he or she will have a better immunity, better healing abilities and a much longer life. How much he can't determine." Carter said.
"This is sounding better and better. What's the catch?" she asked with a smile that suddenly faded. "Oh, all this will go away once you leave."
"No. You'll still have that energy. More than likely we'd even be able to come back sometime. Computer keeps a record of everywhere we go, no matter where it is. The catch as you call it is also a curse. There is one day above all others I am dreading more than anything in the universe." Ford said as he looked away and stared at Carter. "More than seeing my children pass on."
No one said anything as they all realized or knew what he meant, by just the look he had as he looked into Carter's eyes.
"Though for us, in our universe, there is a lot of alien technology and aliens out there. So I'm praying we find something that can extend human life to be more than just a hundred years." he said happily. "Well, more than just humans Teal'c. We know you're getting up there."
He nodded slightly in response.
"As much as the invite to join you is appealing, I'm going to stay here. I can still help Sir Integra and Hellsing."
"Given the proper training, she may even take over in later years." Walter said.
"Hmm." Integra said behind her cup.
"What are you thinking about Sir Integra?" Seras asked politely as she was being stared at with a look she didn't like much.
"I think I found a way to get a vacation that Walter continues to nag me about. Yes, training you to eventually take my place if something happens and I have no heirs is a good idea Walter."
"I….was sort of joking there Sir Integra."
"I am not." she said finishing her tea and standing up. "On the behalf of her Majesty, the Hellsing Organization and me, you have our gratitude for all your help. I would offer you anything I could possibly ask, but I doubt that there is anything we have to offer."
"Do you have any copies of some of those books I read?" Daniel asked making the others, SG-1, laugh. Teal'c only smiled at his friends exuberance.
"Walter will see that you get them. I wish you well, luck and our prayers with your battles. I must take my leave and get back to work." she said bowing slightly before walking out.
"Is there anything I can get anyone else before you leave?" Walter asked.
They shook their heads as they got up.
"I bid you good day and my thanks as well." he said bowing.
"Oh, is Integra going to get into trouble for…" Ford began.
"The guy I killed in revenge? No. I don't think so anyway. K-9 was recording the fight from a camera and from a few satellites, per Sir Integra's request. Though it was originally just from the cameras on the A.P.C.'s, she asked. That way it shows she wasn't totally behind it. He was on British territory anyway." Carter said with a shrug.
"I believe she planned on sending copies of those tapes to the Vatican today." Walter said as he walked out.
They took their plates to the kitchen, said their goodbyes to Seras and then went to the T.A.R.D.I.S. Seras went back to eating the cake, enjoying every minute of it. And then she remembered something and ran off quickly.
"So, now we go home. I'm guessing we don't tell anyone about this do we?" Mitchell asked getting looks. "I was kidding. Who'd actually believe we ended up in a universe that was a comic book?"
"No one but us." Vala said as Ford was setting the coordinates.
"That's not home." Carter said.
"One quick stop in Rome first." he said as they door was suddenly knocked on.
"Why?" she asked as Mitchell opened the door.
"To ensure that our interference here doesn't cause a war between England and Rome."
"Wait, they are both secret organizations." Daniel said.
"Didn't stop the other wars on Earth." Ford said. "All it takes sometimes is one wrong word."
"You decided to change your mind Seras?" Mitchell asked.
"Oh no. I came to give this back. As nice as it is, and loud. Tell him it does work, exceptionally well, but I can't use it now, or ever. Goodbye." she said running off as Mitchell looked at the large gun and bag.
"What the hell is this?"
As they made their trip over to Rome, Ford retold the story he told Seras about the huge pistol.
Enrico Maxwell was extremely enraged when Ford told him that Alexander was dead. Even more so when Carter said she was the one that did it because he tried to kill her husband. He promised extreme retribution after seeing the videos that showed the attack and his Paladin's death. They had arrived a couple days after the video showed up to make sure he saw that it wasn't something the Hellsing Organization made up. Certain, blackmail-ish information the T.A.R.D.I.S. computer was able to find through bank accounts, the internet and other computer info kept him from enacting that retribution. With that problem out of the way, they went back to their universe, but not before dropping that information off on Integra's desk late at night while she was sleeping.
