sorry but im not even going to attempt writing the German accent, any attempts ive made sound inconsistent and weird, and probably offend German people.
also the Rio trip isn't super detailed as its more of a background scene in this chapter sorry,
thanks for reading, enjoy!
Integra drummed her gloved gingers against the wooden desk irritability and lit her third cigar, inhaling the smoke graciously, "what of millennium?" She muttured,
The butler frowned before placing a cup of tea on the desk "So far all the information we have, is Enrico's".
At the name and memory of their recent meeting Integra felt her head pound, trying to recall the information she frowned,"remind me"
"It's origins are from over half a century ago, during the Second World War, Nazi party loyalists were preparing to flee from Germany. The majority of these remaining party members and soldiers, ended up in South America where they found refuge with number of Nazi sympathizers" Walter summarized fluently.
Integra frowned slightly, "Those survivors were the Millennium group"?
Walter nodded placing the file infront of her, "Indeed, Millennium also refers to the classified operation to move these individuals and suppliers to South America."
The woman looked at the folder thoughtfully, "South America you say..."
"Shall we send Alucard and Seras?" The butler asked already knowing the answer,
"Bernadette will go as well, I'll have them fly out this evening, a search mission" she explained thoughtfully.
Walter nodded and noted the information, "I will find a private flight... But what of Victoria?"
Integra scowled, "I suspected that they may have found out about her, I'm not risking the enemy capturing and using our own weapon against us".
"Weapon? Are you still planning on using her then?" Walter asked suspiciously, unsure of the ethical implications.
"When the time comes, I suspect Millennium will put up a fight, another powerful vampire will give us the upper hand" Integra explained lowly,
The butler frowned slightly, "is Alucard not enough?"
Integra narrowed her eyes at his disagreement "It benefits us if we have another. Now, go bring them here" she demanded.
"Yes sir" Walter replied before bowing and walking out of the office.
XxX
"Huh look who losing now!" Victoria sneered pulling the pile of money and valuables towards her,
Pip slammed his cards down on the table angrily "Dammit men, zhis is why we don't use real money!" He barked glaring at the man beside him who gave a meek shrug in reply. "How in za hell are you so good at zhis?!" He remarked staring at the money sadly,
Victoria shrugged "In the military we played this in our down time, I got pretty good I guess".
"Uh of courze, remind me never to play againzt you" he sighed,
"Aw nah, another game" a man said eagerly reshuffling the cards. Victoria was about to place her winnings in the middle to bet again when the pager in both Pip's and her pocket beeped and vibrated violently simultaneously. Both cursed and stood up from the table lazily, Victoria shoved the money back in her pocket and snickered "Sorry boys, guess you won't be winning your cash back today".
Several men groaned and left the table irratibly, "another time" she called walking out the door with Pip leaving the barracks. Glancing at the pager she saw it was a summon to Integra's office, 'she's going to yell at me again I bet' the artist thought gloomily before heading to the location.
XxX
Opening the door she was met with several sets of stares, however it was Alucard's that bothered her the most, it had been three days since they last spoke, and it didn't end on good terms. Avoiding his glare she stood confidently to the Hellsing leader and saluted playfully, "yes sir~?"
"At ease" she muttered before explaining the summon, "Alucard, Seras, and Pip are going to Brazil for a mission, you'll be staying here and assisting around the mansion. I'm having you trained in firearms usage and further medical training".
Victoria raised a brow in surprise, "You don't want me to go?"
"There is no need, I'm not wasting money sending you somewhere you don't need to be" she remarked oblivious to how rude it sounded.
'Gee thanks' Victoria thought bitterly, "alright then, when do they leave?"
"In an hour, say your farewells now as after you leave your going to the library" Integra instructed,
Frowning the artist walked over to Seras and wrapped her in a sudden tight embrace, surprising the fledgling to say the least, after several seconds however she returned the gesture. When they pulled apart Seras held an awkward expression, "I didn't think you were the touchy type" she laughed,
"Yeah I'm not" she laughed softly, "but seriously be safe, don't die and you have my number so text me whenever" Victoria muttered seriously.
"Thanks Victoria, I'll see you soon" Seras sniffed, the artist nodded and gave her a final hug before turning to pip,
"Pip, when you get back, we'll finish the game yeah?" Victoria asked,
He nodded and grinned, "yeah except zhis time I'll win" he remarked confidently. The artist smiled kindly before it turned to a serious glare directed at Alucard,
"I don't care if you die or not" she stated coldly, before pointing to Seras "and don't you dare be a dick to her" she threatened. Alucard nodded stiffly, aware he somewhat deserved the treatment he was receiving, noting she was still upset. Finally she nodded to Integra signalling her leave, heading to the library.
XxX
"God there's a lot of books" Victoria remarked in amazement glancing up and down the seemingly endless shelves.
"Indeed" a smooth voice replied behind her,
Whipping around Victoria almost jumped out of her skin, "Jesus Walter, you need a bell or something" she panted recovering her breath.
The butler smiled softly before gesturing to the shelves behind him, "Sir Integra wants you to be working at all times, therefore today you'll be assisting me in reorganizing shelves".
'Shes a slave driver' Victoria internally groaned, "alright but I won't be doing this the WHOLE day...will I?" She asked anxiously,
Walter shook his head softly "No of course not, I'm stepping out for awhile so when I return you may leave to your next task" he explained. "Now, you need to take the books off these three shelves and reorganize them in alphabetical order".
Groaning the artist examined the shelves, "are you serious?" She asked in disbelief,
"Entirely" he replied, "I'll see you in a few hours" he called walking through the library doors leaving the woman alone.
XxX
"Major what will we do now! Doc exclaimed frantically, "they have started to put it together, they know about Millennium…"
"Put it together you say? well were's the fun if they don't know who we are?"
Doc frowned, "Is it my imagination or are you enjoying this?"
"Enjoying doesn't fit word for this feeling. I'm ecstatic! Just think of what a terrible bloody war awaits us!" The major exclaimed grinning eerily,
The majors words only drove more anxiety into the man, "what of our spy's intel, Hellsings new weapon?" Doc commented nervously.
major laughed, "well, what of it? The brothers failed in collecting her, so we will have to move ahead, forget her for now. We'll move forward with plans for the impending war."
XxX
After a shelf and a half was completed Victoria collapsed onto a chair tiredly, "time for a break" she muttered sinking into the plush chair. Eyeing a pile of books left on the table Infront of her she saw that they were handwritten journals, picking up the open book beside it she flipped back to the title page. "A study on the death of vampires" she read aloud, "...by Abraham van Hellsing..." She trailed off. 'Related to Integra?' She wondered. Flicking through the pages her eyes snapped to a chapter of interest, 'reincarnate vampires and afterlife', "no way" she muttered around, surprised at the convenience. Flicking to the desired page she read the single page of information,
"Not much is know of the afterlife of these monsters, however a trip to the asylum of my associate Dr John steward, proved interesting when he provided me with access to a unique patient. The patient was approximately mid twenties, male and otherwise seemed healthy. He complained of hearing a voice in his head other than his own, and had a craving for human blood. After several days of observation I witnessed with my own eyes the transformation of this man, it seems he had become a vampire in mind and soul, but had a living body, he claimed to need the blood of a undead to complete his transformation. I was forced to collect information from the vampire I have in captivity, known as Count Dracula. He has tamed significantly and offered his co-operation in exchange for sustenance..."
"Count Dracula? I've heard that before" Victoria muttered, unable to recall where from.
"From what little information he gave on the subject, it proved useful, however I did not give him his end of the deal as I couldn't risk him returning to power. He knew little about the subject but was desperate for food, so he complied eagerly. He explained the possibilities of a powerful vampire being reincarnated into the body of a human in the same bloodline. He went on to explain if the vessel was significantly physically or mentally weak, the 'vampire' could easily control their body. Exposure to the toxic substance of vampire blood is often known to onset the reaction, however for the 'vampire' to fully control the vessel, a full transformation must occur.
Later I visited the 'reincarnate' in his cell, I asked him of this theory and his symptoms seemed consistent with what Dracula told me. However, the patient has told me that sometimes his and the vampires conscious will fuse into one being, similar to two people in one body. The vampire was volatile however, and would more often than not take control, the patient described it as a vicious, exhausting tug of war. Several days later he was found dead in his cell, seemingly unable to take the stress of it anymore. In all my years I have only encountered one of these beings, and since have had little information."
Victoria flicked to next page only to find it blank, the rest of the journal was blank and she felt a frustration built up inside of her. 'This is it? This is all anyone knows!' She thought angrily before throwing the book back onto the table before continuing with the laborious work irritably.
XxX
An hour later Walter came into the room to relieve her of the job, instructing her to go to the outside shooting range. The prospect of something interesting lightened her mood and she gladly followed the instructions, once there she was met with several members of the Wild Geese,
"My names Kane" one introduced holding out his hand which Victoria shook awkwardly, "I'm training you in basic firearm usage" he explained briefly before placing a hand gun on the table infront of her boldly. "Have you ever shot a gun before?"
"sometimes we'd go out to the range, I was never much good though" Victoria said through gritted teeth, her body shaking from the cold.
Kane nodded "Well we need you to be at least half decent, even a medic needs a gun here", he placed the gun in her hand before pointing down the range, "have a go".
Aiming down the sights as she was familiar with she fired all six shots, only one of which hit the board, "ah shit" she cursed eyeing the scattered holes.
"Nah it's alright for a newbie" he reassured before handing her another clip, "make your stance a little looser, and spread your legs apart more" he instructed,
Nodded the artist took the instructions but out of the shots only two hit the board, "maybe I'd be better if the gun wasn't shaking so much" she muttered gesturing to her cold shaking hands.
Tisking the man took the gun away, reloaded and effortlessly fired all six shots into the board, "ya have to be able to work in ALL conditions, it's a skill~" she bragged eyeing the board.
"Yeah, yeah. We'll see about that" she murmured irritably before reloading.
XxX
~Later that night~
Pip glared at the vampire "What is zhis? My hotel is a trash heap on the edge of town, while you and Seras have the penthouse!" Pip protested angrily,
Alucard smirked "Cheap hotels can be extremely charming.."
Pip scoffed, "Is zhat so, Well anyway we'll start the investigation tomorrow. I'll come by once the sun sets".
"I can hardly wait…" Alucard muttered sarcastically. Oblivious to the two men, a scout prowled the halls and conveyed their arrival to the corrupt authorities setting in effect a disastrous chain of events.
XxX
Victoria slid the glasses back up her nose and stretched her sore back and arms, "how long have I been writing for" she sighed looking out the window and seeing the thick veil of night cover the sky. For the past three hours the artist had been writing up medical reports studying for her exams, oblivious to the passing time. Turning on the small tv that hung on the wall she flicked through the channels looking for the weather report, shorty after when she found the desired channel a image of Alucard and Seras showed on the screen she scrambled for the remote to turn up the volume,
"Just twenty minutes ago two armed terrorists, a man and a woman, killed several of the hotel guests and staff. They have now situated themselves on the top floor and they're taking over a dozen people hostages" the reporter said frantically. Victoria was in shock and couldn't believe what was going on, "are we the bad guys!?" She screeched not believing what was going on, "...are Alucard and Seras just monsters?"
XxX
Meanwhile in the other room Integra was fuming, she had just seen the news herself and was certain her vampires were being framed. "I've been informed that the SWAT team is going to storm the building" Walter mentioned anxiously,
Integra scowled, "how do you think Alucard is going handle the situation?"
Walter frowned and pitied the men in the team, "I imagine, he'll feel that they're an obstacle barring his way to main objective. And history has made clear his favorite tactics for dealing with obstacles"
"Even if they are humans? Just…ordinary ignorant men..." Integra trailed off,
The butler glanced at their image still on the computer, "You seem to sometimes forget who he really is, Alucard truly is a monster".
XxX
The men outside the hotel room door anxiously awaited their signal, many praying and saying their last words. Minutes later the squad leader gave the final signal and the men bust into the room before spotting and firing at the vampire, their bullets effortlessly tearing through his flesh and the window behind him. After several seconds of relentless firing the vampire fell to the ground in a hollowed, mangled and bloody form, the team lowered their weapons and approached the body cautiously. Satisfied with their kill the leader begun walking out while the team followed, however a voice stopped them in their tracks.
"..dogs... That was a very good try... However..." He trailed off huskily, while the squad watched on in terror as his wounds healed before their eyes, "..I cannot be killed by dogs" he growled. Before the SWAT team could raise their weapons in self defense Alucard viciously begun tearing them apart, screams filled the air and blood soon covered the entire room, chunks of human flesh and body parts were scattered around the floor and dyed the carpet red. When the room was silent Seras climbed out of her hiding place and observed the room in shock,
"Master.." She trailed off in disbelief.
"Prepare for battle" he commanded lowly,
"But master…these people…these are humans…" Seras complained. Suddenly Alucard grabbed her roughly by her collar and glared at her intimidatingly,
"I don't care what these things are, they came here to try and kill us! It no longer matters what they are, now they must die!" He growled angrily still glaring at the fledgling."
Seras paled, wishing Victoria were here to intervene, "Sorry master" she muttered submissively before the elder vampire released her,
"I'm calling Integra" he announced before dialing the number.
XxX
The major stared at the screens showing Alucard mercilessly killing the swat teams happily "what a glorious spectacle! I love it! I've missed my beautiful war very much! This is what I want...a creature who dances between life and death! Who mocks the borders between sanity and madness. He looks as lively as the day I saw him. I can hear a symphony of war".
Doc paled and glanced nervously at the screen, "imagine two..",
"You worry too much doctor! What better than two liven up this war!" Major cackled.
XxX
Alucard stood at the entrance nice of the hotel admiring the men impaled on the flagpoles, suddenly a voice snapped out of his daze,
"you really shouldn't play with your food, however you do certainly live up to your reputation" the name man snickered. "My name is Tubalcain Alhambra, Though, some people have taken to calling me the Dandy man" he explained walking up to where the vampire stood.
"Did these men belong to you?" Alucard said boredly glaring at the man,
"Oh, you're speaking of those unfortunate men up there" he guestured to the corpses on the flagpole, "their superiors were fools, so they allowed their men to end up being such a state. amazing what's some people do want the promise of immortality" Tubalcain commented idly.
"Taking Advantage of idiots, there is no such thing as immortality." Alucard remarked unamused, "You're starting to bore me. Let's cut to the chase. What are you here for?"
"I'm here to take your unlife, Millennium has given me the task of bringing you in, well, at least a sample" he remarked cheerfully, signalling the beginning of the fight. The two met in the middle and pulled out their weapons, each taking respective turns tearing each other apart, seemingly evenly matched. However it wasn't long before the pair moved to the roof of the building out of the public's prying eyes, continuing their bloody violent fight.
Meanwhile on the ground while the two vampires fought, Pip calmly walked into the police tent and easily killed the remaining officers, looking to the sky he saw the two vampires viciously fighting. Pip looked at the crowd who were becoming increasingly anxious, "we don't have long" he noted, "now.. Where did zey put zhat helicopter.."
XxX
Alucard dropped the vampire to the ground, his mutilated body crumpling into a heap before catching alight in blinding blue flames. The vision of majors army still echoing through his mind, "so it's war then?" he muttered,
"Master!" Seras called rushing to his side, ".. you killed him..." she muttered nudging the pile of ashes with her boot, now somewhat desensitized to his murderous tendencies. "What did he say?"
"It's not what he said but what I saw, it seems millennium is preparing for a full scale war" Alucard grunted.
The fledglings eyes widened and her knees felt weak, 'a single one was hard enough' she thought worriedly, suddenly a lodging thudding was heard above,
Pip leant out the side of the chopper and was hurriedly encouraging them to climb aboard, "Mr. Alucard! Miss Victoria! Hurry up!" He yelled over the choppers beating, "we're getting out of here"
XxX
~The next evening~
Seras precariously walked into the room, anxiously looking around, "uh Victoria? You in here?" She called,
The artist opened her eyes open and snapped her head up, "hm yeah?" She called tiredly.
"You fell asleep at your desk again" she giggled,
Victoria peeled the paper stuck to her cheek off, "shit...yeah I did. Forget that though, your finally back!" She exclaimed clumsily rushing over to hug the woman before giving her a stern look, "you have a lot of explaining to do! Why the hell where you on the news?!... Are we terrorists!?" She rambled worriedly.
"Well I'll be happy to tell you everything later..." She yawned, "but right now I'm exhausted. I need to sleep" she apologized,
Victoria huffed, "alright... I've waited two days, I guess I can wait longer".
"Thanks" Seras replied meekly, "oh and before I forget, master wants to see you",
"Yeah I bet he does" she growled cracking her knuckles, "where is he?"
"He'll find you" she replied, "when I leave he'll probably come",
"Never leave me Seras.." Victoria commanded seriously, "never ever".
The fledgling laughed awkwardly, "it won't be that bad, he's in an okay mood today",
groaning she gave in "alright, I'll see you later then" Victoria sighed before walking back to the desk and collapsing in the chair. Several seconds later she heard the door click shut, and several minutes later she heard it reopen. "Shy are we?" Victoria called condescendingly not bothering to check who it was since she already knew.
"I preferred the privacy" Alucard said simply closing the door behind him and striding into the room, "your arm seems well" he commented noticing her arm free from the sling.
"All the better to hit you with" she barked staring at him with hatred, He ignored her comment and took several strides over to examine her more closely. "Careful red your in striking range" she hissed eyeing the distance between them.
"I leave for two days, almost die, and this is the welcome I receive?" he commented absently,
"almost is never enough" Victoria growled.
"still angry?" Alucard asked, hoping she had finally gotten over it,
"what the fuck do you think?" the woman remarked stiffly swinging the chair away from him,
'apparently not' he thought. Alucard frowned and swung the chair back around to stare down at her angrily "Don't swear at me" he said lowly,
Avoiding his irritable gaze she stared at the door blankly, "what do you want?" She demanded.
"I'm apologizing" the vampire stated still staring at Victoria tensely,
"Cool, when?" She snapped.
Alucard clicked his teeth together in annoyance and frowned, "I'm trying to make this work Victoria, you should to",
"Excuse you?" The artist asked in disbelief, "make what work exactly?"
"Our relationship" he barked,
Victoria burst out laughing and buried her head in her hands and sighed "Oh my god, oh my fucking god" she murmured. Trying to process the situation she was hoping not to go insane, "And when the hell did you decide we were dating?" She asked calmly through gritted teeth.
"A few days ago" he recalled,
"Well thanks for telling me!" Victoria hissed sarcastically. "God I swear some of the shit I have to go through around here makes me what to jump off the roof of this building" she grunted.
"Don't" he replied firmly,
She sighed and ran a hand through her messy hair, "I don't know what happened to you in Rio, but whatever it is your feeling that's making you do.. this.. its probably fake and your still in love with Katja, so I'm not taking you seriously "she explained exasperated.
"I've already decided" He stated coldly,
"oh have you now? I don't know how old you are, but women aren't property anymore" she spat. "you don't get to decide things for them".
"well I knew you'd disagree" he commented, "why?"
Victoria narrowed her eyes angrily "I already told you",
the vampire shook his head gently, "no, seriously",
'I guess I owe him that much' she thought reluctantly. "..we're always fighting, your super weird with emotions sometimes, you never make up your mind and then there's Katja" she rambled, "who is kinda the last nail in the coffin". There was several seconds of silence and heavy thinking on both their parts,
"..what if she was gone?" he asked slyly, "would you consider it?"
The air was heavy with an awkward silence, as she thought the question over, "...no, I don't think your intentions are in the right place",
Alucard frowned softly "I will prove it to you then" he muttered cryptically before silently before phasing through a nearby wall and out of sight, Victoria jumped off the chair and begun kicking the wall angrily, "Prove what?!" She screeched angrily. However after several minutes she concluded her tantrum and was left, along with everyone else in the manor, alone.
sorry the fight scenes are more suggested rather than fully written out, but I figured everyone as already seen the scenes you don't really need to read about them. I've heard rewriting scenes somewhat annoys people, and is a somewhat pain for me to write, let me know if this bothers you though, and i'll include them.