Chapter 4
Danny
Danny woke up early the next morning, before the sun was out in fact, to the sound of metal striking metal. Curious, he followed the sound to some kind of gym room where he saw two people dueling with metal swords. He couldn't tell who they were because of their fencing outfits and masks that hid their faces, but seeing his Dad standing at a corner watching, along with Seras made him think, it must be Mom and Sir Integra. He soon figured out which one was which by noticing that one was over a head taller than the other, Sir Integra was about that height, meaning that the other was his Mom.
Sir Integra was using her height to her advantage, keeping Maddie from effectively counterattacking her using her longer reach to strike first. Maddie was holding her own magnificently regardless, blocking all of Sir Integra's attacks and Danny watched as she finally managed a counterattack that sent Sir Integra retreating three steps. Sir Integra responded with a flurry of stabs and slashes that Maddie just barely blocked or dodged, ending with Sir Integra twirling her sword around Maddie's. Maddie went with the twirl and the two women kept twirling their swords together, trying to disarm the other for ten seconds straight before finally both swords went flying into the wall next to Danny. "WHOA!" Danny yelled as he ducked.
"Oh no! Danny are you all right!" Maddie and Jack yelled as they ran to their son. "Fine, fine, I'm fine," Danny told his parents, "That was something else." Maddie took off her mask and Danny saw that she was pretty sweaty, "I woke up early and decided to walk around. Inspector Victoria saw me and told me that Sir Integra was awake as well, in the gym so I came and saw her practicing, so I decided to spar with her to pass the time." Sir Integra walked over and pulled the swords out of the wall with a loud grunt of effort, "Thank you for the match Mrs. Fenton. You're the best opponent I've faced in years." "No problem," Maddie cheerily said. Sir Integra then checked the clock on the wall and said, "We have a quarter of an hour before breakfast, Seras, knock up Jasmine." "Do what!?" Danny said. "She means she's going to wake her up," Maddie translated. "What else could I be talking about?" Sir Integra said as she started leaving the gym. Danny walked up beside her and said, "I thought you wanted to discuss an alliance." "I do intend to discuss an alliance between us, but I have work to do before we discuss such matters," Sir Integra explained, "We'll talk, just the two of us, around 10 o'clock."
They met Jazz being led by Seras, Jazz looked terrible. "Whoa, Sis, what kept you up?" Danny said. "I kept on having nightmares," Jazz explained. "About vampires?" Seras asked. "No…I don't think so. I just kept on dreaming about a man touching me in bed," Jazz said and shook her head.
"What did the man look like?" Sir Integra asked her. Jazz took a second to think about it and said, "Medium height, average build, blonde hair, handsome, with glowing green eyes." "You've got to be kidding," Danny said. "I'm not, that was my dream," Jazz told him. Sir Integra stopped walking then said, "I'm going back to my room to change, I suggest you do the same Maddie. Jefferson will show you to the Dining Hall when breakfast is ready." "Okay," Maddie said and started going back to her and Jack's room with Jack following her. "What about us?" Danny asked. "Seras," Sir Inegra said, and the vampire walked forward and waved her right arm for Danny and Jazz to follow her. The three of them got to the Dining Hall and Seras yawned loudly. "Are you okay?" Danny asked the vampire.
Seras smiled and told him, "Just tired is all. I hope Sir Integra will let me get a proper eight hours today. I've hardly gotten 5 hours for the past three days. Vampires don't need as much sleep as humans do, but we still need it." They were the only ones in the Dining Hall and took a seat while they waited. "So Seras, how did you become a vampire?" Jazz asked her. Seras then asked her, "Are you certain you want to know?" "Yes," Jazz said. "Very well; I reckon that I became a vampire about 6 years exactly by next week. I was a constable sent to investigate reports of mysterious disappearances in a small village called Cheddar along with my partners Eddie Louis and Simon Olson. We soon discovered that a vampire disguising himself as a priest had slaughtered everyone in Cheddar, killing the children and turning everyone else into his ghoul slaves. None of us knew what was happening and before I knew it I was all alone in the woods, running away after seeing Eddie and Simon ripped apart."
Seras paused and sighed to compose herself before continuing. "The fake priest caught me and laughed as he said that after he raped me he would turn me into a ghoul. Then I saw a tall man in red appear. The fake priest had his ghoul slaves shoot the man in red to pieces; literally, no one could have survived that barrage of gunfire. Just as I lost all hope, the man in red's body swirled into shadows and he stood as if nothing had happened. He drew the largest handgun I ever saw and slaughtered all the ghouls. The fake priest realized that he was facing none other than Alucard. The fake priest tried to bargain with him, Alucard ignored him and asked me if I was a virgin. I told him that I was, and he shot me through my right lung."
"WHAT!?" Jazz and Danny both said at once. Seras nodded, "The bullet tore through my body like tissue paper and forced the fake priest to let go of me. Alucard then impaled him with his right arm and returned his attention to me. He asked me if I wanted to live and I barely managed to gasp through my own blood 'yes'." Seras then unbuttoned the collar to her uniform and showed Danny and Jazz the bite marks on her neck, "He turned me then. I died as a human, and woke up in Hellsing Manor as a vampire." "Let me get this straight," Jazz said, "Sir Integra's vampire killed you, made you a vampire, and now you work for her!?" Seras gave her a small smile, "Well, compared to dying in the woods, or being turned into a ghoul, it's the best solution possible. I get free lodging, sustenance, even a pay check."
"I can't believe you're not angry about this," Jazz said and Danny agreed with her. "It's not like I just accepted it. Alucard isn't the nicest master, and Sir Integra can be quite…obsessive at times, but when I actually thought about it, this is probably the best solution, sad as it is," Seras told them. "Where is Alucard anyway?" Danny asked her, he really wanted to know where the guy was. "Gone for now; but he will return, I can feel it," Seras said, raising her right hand to the wounds on her neck. "But where is he?" Danny asked. "I don't know," Seras said, "All I know is that he's coming back someday."
Seras immediately changed the subject, "What about you? How does it feel to be half-ghost and half-human?" That question made Danny think for a second. He didn't really put much thought into how different he was from other people for a long time. "Well, when I Go Ghost I feel…energized, like I just had a whole six pack of soda in two minutes. That's the best I can say," Danny explained. "And when you got your powers?" Seras continued asking him. Danny swallowed then and said, "Do you have to know?" Seras looked him in the eyes and said, "It's only fair." Danny sighed and said, "It felt like I was being ripped apart from the inside out and put back together, and, I felt everything."
They didn't speak anymore after this, and ate breakfast in silence when it was ready.