Chapter Sixteen: Brazilian Trap

-Present Day, August 18-

I was watching Alucard, who was sitting in front of me in an expensive looking suit, drinking wine, and flying in a private jet to Rio de Janeiro in broad daylight. According to Mr. Maxwell, the Millennium group we're searching for happened to be in Brazil, and that they are the survivors of the Third Reich. I still felt a little sickened by the fact that these people are Nazis, and that someone from the Vatican had supported them and helped them transfer from Germany to Brazil.

I glanced to right to observe Mr. Bernadotte, who seemed equally perplexed that Alucard could stand being in sunlight as I was. Sir Integra sent Alucard, Mr. Bernadotte, Seras, and me to Rio de Janeiro in order to start the search for Millennium. This was the thing I was waiting for; if I can find them, I can find Sean and the others. I offered to go with them in order to lure them out of hiding, seeing as there was a possibility that these were the people who kidnapped my friends. I shivered slightly and glanced out the window.

"Understand Non-Character, that Millennium may have more interest in me than you." I glanced at Alucard, and his wide grin wasn't in place. That meant that this was probably going to be my most vicious fight yet.

"Have you faced these people before?" His smile slowly inched on his face as he sipped his wine thoughtfully.

"Fifty-five years ago." I felt my eyes widen as I did the mental calculation. "Walter and I were sent by the previous head of the Hellsing organization to destroy the Nazi's vampire production plant. Because if we didn't, then the world would've been overrun by Ghouls and the future as you knew it would've never existed. Now it seems that fat little Major is stirring up some more fun to entertain me."

"I don't think the world exists just to keep you entertained, Alucard. Wait, a fat little Major? Was he blond?" Alucard remained silent and he seemed to be trying to remember, then he shrugged.

"We'll find out soon enough, Non-Character."

I stared around the room as Alucard spoke with Mr. Bernadotte at the door to the penthouse suite of the hotel we were going to be staying in. I felt sorry for Seras, who had to endure the entire flight in the cargo bay, locked up in a coffin. The poor young man at the counter looked like he was about to have a heart attack when he found out that it was our baggage. Alucard convinced him that I was his niece that suffered a terminal illness and that it was my wish to travel as much of the world before I died. And I apparently wanted to be buried on the foreign land in which I perished in. I still don't understand how Alucard made the guy buy all of that.

I sat on the bed in the bedroom as Alucard sat in an over-stuffed armchair in the main sitting room. I rubbed my eyes slowly, trying to shake off the tiredness. Alucard peeked into the bedroom briefly.

"Non-Character, you must rest now. We will be starting our investigation tomorrow night, and you need to be fully energized in order to be of any use." I nodded and obediently slipped under the covers after taking off my shoes. I didn't know if or when he went back into the sitting room. Minutes after my head touched the pillow, I drifted off into an unwanted dream.

I woke up to a strange loud noise outside my window. My fuzzy mind was still numb from sleeping that I didn't even register that Alucard was shaking me. I glanced over to him, and he snorted in disbelief.

"It would seem that Millennium is aware of our presence, Non-Character. I need you to put on your uniform and await orders." That snapped me out of my sleepy state. I shivered as he left me in the bedroom by myself. Quickly I slipped out of my little black dress I was wearing and pulled on my uniform. I buckled my boots and left my hair in its usual disarray, there was no time to try and find my hair brush. I rolled the dress and tucked it and the shoes under the bed, found my dual pistols, and rushed into the sitting room.

Seras was standing there confused while Alucard was explaining what she had to do. I holstered my weapons and noticed that there was a flashing bright light outside of the window. I went to go and peek out the window, but Alucard gripped my wrist and pulled me toward a cupboard. Seras had already climbed inside of it, and helped me climb up as well. Alucard gave me one last look before he closed the cupboard door and I heard him walk away.

Seras and I sat in the cupboard for minutes before we heard the door to the suite being kicked down. I heard several men shout before a loud, wild barrage of bullets filled the room. I covered my ears until the bullets stopped. A foreign voice rang out suddenly.

"Fan out and find the women. The blond is to be executed, but the redhead is not to be harmed." I felt Seras tense and I shivered in fear. So Millennium was definitely the ones who attacked us at the theatre, but why?

"Well done, soldiers, but now I must say good-bye." And then there was the familiar sounding barrage that I knew came from Alucard. And the screams of confusion, terror, and pain that came from the men he was decimating without care. I felt bile rise up in my throat; what was he doing, those are humans not vampires! I tried to open the door, to jump out and stop him, but Seras held me firmly. I heard her sniffle softly, and I realized that she was crying. She didn't like the idea of killing those humans either. We stayed hunched inside the cupboard for a few more minutes after the bullets stopped.

"Police Girl, Non-Character; we've got work to do."

I stood on the rooftop with Seras as Alucard confronted the enemy at ground level. Apparently, this Millennium operative had convinced the higher ups of the local police that killing Alucard and Seras would allow them to be eligible for immortality. I felt white-hot anger pulse through my veins; those men from the SWAT team were used as sacrifices to draw us out, just so then their superiors would get to become immortal? I noticed Alucard flashed past me and I took my cue to stand in the center of the roof while Alucard and Seras watched my back from a further location.

The operative came to a halt a few yards away from me, and I turned to face him fully. His surprise didn't faze me in the slightest; I met his golden stare directly. Then he started to laugh loudly.

"Well, I wasn't expecting this! To think that I would be the one to capture you-!" I cut him off with a laugh of my own, a confused sneer etched onto his face.

"Who said anything about capturing me? I'm going to play a little game with you, that's all." I remembered the words from that night, and decided to bring them into play. "It's like tag, but with a twist. If you bleed, then you have to answer my questions."

"Oh, so you want to play like that, little Non-Character. So then what do I get if I make you bleed?" His golden gaze dared me to back down, wishing me to make him chase me. It was probably his primal instinct to hunt, but I wasn't going to be the victim anymore.

"I thought that would be obvious, I would undoubtedly be at your mercy. I honestly don't believe that the Major wanted to lose me after the Rossolue incident." I noticed his hand twitched and a handful of cards were in his between his fingers. He smiled widely, and flicked his wrist and the cards circled around me in a tight circle.

"So you are aware of who we are then? Personally, collecting you would be far more rewarding than the vampire. I will admit though, you are rather short for your age." I slowly unholstered my pistols, and the cards spinning around me circled closer. "So it seems that working with Hellsing has given you a new skill set. I wonder though, how long do you hope to last against me? It would seem that Alucard has abandoned you to save himself."

I knew Alucard was watching me closely and was ordering Seras accordingly, all I needed was the signal. I saw out of the corner of my eye a red flash of cloth and I dodged to the right as Seras's incendiary shell plowed past where I stood. The operative threw a card and cut the shell in half, though when both halves hit the roof, a cloud of dust and debris was kicked up. I felt a hand pull me out of the cloud and I sat and watched as Alucard took my place, but it seemed that the operative thought it was me.

I watched as the operative fight Alucard's familiar, which looked like a big, wispy black dog. The operative didn't realize that it wasn't Alucard until it was too late. I just sat there numbly as Alucard drained the operative that he called "Alhambra." I stood up and dusted my shorts and began to walk towards Alucard when the operative's remains caught fire, a blue colored fire.

"Alucard!" I dashed towards him, hearing Seras follow suit. Realizing what the fire meant, I kicked a loose piece of debris angrily. "I didn't even get to ask my questions yet, dammit!"

I froze hearing a helicopter coming level with the rooftop, though when I whipped around, I saw Mr. Bernadotte holding a gun to the pilot's head. He seemed to be dressed in the local police uniform as well.

"Mr. Alucard, Ms. Victoria, can I offer you a lift?" I raised my eyebrow at the man, knowing that he was probably making sure that there were no microphones in the helicopter, so then Millennium wouldn't find out my name. Seras was standing close to Alucard, trying to convince him to snap out of the daze he was in, so I climbed into the helicopter first. Now was probably a good time to get the hell out of here.

A/N: This is probably the longest chapter yet. And for the record, this chapter had me sitting with writer's block for 3 months. And yes, rating and reviewing is going to benefit you in some way; I call it free publicity.