Mana looked blankly out the large window of the study of the Hellsing Manor lost in her own thoughts. The sun was setting and soon Integra and Walter would be gone to attend to the pressing needs against Hellsing. With that in mind, this was her first solo mission since she arrived at the manor months earlier, it left her feeling uncertain. Quickly going over the names of the organizations that Irvine had given her she sighed.
The Third Reich, the Illuminati, Free Masons, Rosicrucians, The Knights of Seth, and the Palladists. They were somehow all connected, and her mission from Integra;
"deal with the whole bloody situation."
She placed her hand on to the windowpane feeling the bite of the late fall weather outside.
"Fuyu ni kiru…" Mana said quietly to herself as she glanced at the still dark green trees behind the Hellsing manor.
"Watashi…dekiru…demo…" Mana trailed off in her native tongue.
The feeling of hesitation slithered through her body along with the thought of Alucard devouring her as he did Tubalcain in South America. It reminded her that if she was to fail her mission he would devour her.
"iie." Mana said quietly and removed her now freezing hand from the window.
"Ok…preparations for tom—"Mana started when her cell phone began vibrating in her pocket. Quickly taking the device, she looked at the flashing white numbers on the small screen.
"Dareka…" Mana whispered and cautiously answered.
"H-Hello?"
"Mana Dornez."A woman's voice replied.
"Yes? How may I help you?" Mana asked curiously.
"So…you still are alive…it has worked then." The woman started.
"Excuse me?" Mana asked confused.
"Hm. You're investigating ze Illuminati no?" Mana heard the woman's accent slip through her almost perfect English.
"How did you get this number?" Mana asked firmly.
The unknown woman laughed in Mana's ear causing her lips to turn into a frown.
"He was right. You do seem very belligerent…Irvine passed along your number to me." The woman replied. Mana mentally kicked herself for letting the incubus obtain anything else of hers.
"Don't be too hard on yourself. He has ways of finding ou ze things." The woman said, her accent slipping out once again.
"What do you want?" Mana asked.
"I have information for you. You are someone I want to see. Meet me tomorrow at 12pm sharp." The woman replied firmly.
"Where? What is this information regarding?" Mana quickly asked.
"I'll send you a message with the location…as for ze information…it pertains to you and ze Illuminati." The woman replied.
"What—"Mana started.
"…"
Mana looked at her phone realizing that the woman had ended the call. Closing her phone she noticed she had a message from an unknown sender. Quickly reopening her phone she noticed the information was an address in London, and a time.
Grimacing she closed her phone once again and turned around to see Dimitri standing a few feet from the doorway.
"Oh- hello Dimitri. Did you need something?" Mana asked as she looked into his golden eyes.
"Not really. What was that about?" Dimitri asked as he motioned to her cell phone in her hand.
"…you heard that?" Mana asked suspiciously.
"Yeah…on accident though. Walter asked me to speak to you. He didn't say about what though." Dimitri replied.
"Uncle Walter…" Mana thought to herself as she realized that he was helping her before he left. She smiled to herself and shoved her cell phone into her shorts pocket.
"Right. Of course." Mana replied.
"You know what he's talking about?" Dimitri asked.
"Yes. Now…go retrieve Cain. There's a special mission we have to accomplish." Mana said.
Dimitri looked at the young woman for a moment then suddenly turned around and blushed.
"Alright. I'll be back." Dimitri replied before he exited from the room.
Moments later Dimitri returned with Cain following behind him. Cain stretched as he entered the room and focused on the lithe young woman.
"Hello Cain." Mana greeted the man, a small smile on her lips. Cain glanced at his friend next to him then back at the woman. Mana tilted her head in confusion.
"Is there something wrong" Mana asked as she looked at the two men.
"You just seem…cheerful." Cain replied.
"I do?" Mana asked.
"Yes…in a way." Dimitri replied.
Mana crossed her arms as she looked at the two men again. Dimitri and Cain looked at each other then back to Mana.
"I do not feel cheerful but…we have more pressing matter at hand. Take a seat." Mana replied and pointed to the sofa in front of the fireplace. The two men went to the sofa and sat on the opposite sides of each other.
"Alright. Lay it on us." Cain said as he watched Mana pace in front of them.
"Hai. Sir Integra and Walter have an important mission that may turn ugly…so we need to get rid of this issue as soon as possible." Mana started.
"What do we need to do?" Dimitri asked.
"The Illuminati has been a sleeping threat to Sir Integra since I have arrived…we need to deal with them." Mana replied.
Cain shifted to the edge of the sofa cushion and rubbed his hands together.
"The Italians? So we are going to 'wake' them up?" Cain asked playing on Mana's words.
"Yes…they originated in Italy…but have spread through the world…who is exactly is pulling their strings I am not certain…but…" Mana trailed off remembering the time she and Seras ran into Enzo in South America.
"Hm…I am not for certain, but…someone within the group mentioned the name of Milo…Enzo…it's not much to go on…but…it's a start." Mana started.
Dimitri shifted on the sofa as he looked at Mana then into the fire.
"That's…not really a lot to go off of…" Dimitri trailed off.
"It's still something though…" Cain added.
"I have an image of the weapons they used. I know that they are not normal weapons that are distributed to the public so that is something…and it's all that we have…" Mana trailed off as she glanced at Dimitri
Mana noticed the slight uncomfortable shift in Dimitri's position that caused another wave of hesitation to slither through her as she looked at the man looking into the fire behind her.
"Kare…" Mana thought to herself.
An hour later Mana made her to her room and slowly opened the door. She peeked her head in before fully entering, and closed the door behind her. The cold air of her room quickly drained the heat from her body, she quickly made her way over to the fireplace and started a fire.
She rubbed warmth into her arms as she looked at the fire crackle as it became stronger. Mana sighed and turned towards her desk, and noticed her lacquered box that sat on the desk. She smiled to herself and walked over to the box and ran her fingertips across the family crest.
During her free time she had made various rounds for the Hellsing guns, Seras, Alucard, and herself. The thought of her having to call her mother soon to restock made her cringe. Her mother was meticulous when it came to locating ingredients for poisons, or for Mana's rounds.
"I wonder if I can find some of the ingredients here…" Mana trailed off in thought. She hoped that she would be able to find some ingredients in England. Abandoning the thought she headed towards the bathroom.
"I haven't seen Alucard today…he wasn't in his room."Mana thought to herself as she remembered taking Alucard his meal, but he was nowhere to be found. She untied her ribbon and unbuttoned her vest as she entered the bathroom.
Mana quickly showered and stared at herself in the foggy mirror. She poked, pinched, and pulled at her cheeks and frowned.
"chottou…" Mana said as she turned her head and studied herself. She knew that if she was in back in Japan her mother would remind her to take care of her complexion, and eat healthy. She kept her daily facial regimen and ate healthy, except for some of the macaroons Integra would let her try.
She continued to look at herself in the mirror, with a sigh she opened the medicine cabinet and took out a small glass. She looked at herself once more as she turned on the water and began to fill the glass when a sharp pain shot through the back of her head and through her right eye.
"ah…w-what—" Mana started as another pain shot through her left eye and to the back of her head.
"y-ya…bai…yabaiii" Mana panted heavily as unfamiliar memories and emotions invaded her body and mind.
People dying, laughter, gun shots, screams of agony, crying, prayers, unknown languages.
Mana's eyes dulled as her hand squeezed the glass cup making it explode. Her jaw clenched as she squeezed the glass shards deeper into her hand pulling her from the aggressive emotions. Pain shot through her as her vision became focused; panting heavily she quickly ran from the bathing room and to the first aid kit near her desk. She was oblivious to the man in red lounging on the on the sofa.
"aah….doushite…kore wa…" Mana quickly removed the glass shards from her hand and tried to stop the bleeding. Suddenly her hand was yanked away forcing her to acknowledge the man in red.
"Nani-!" Mana started when she realized it was Alucard that grabbed her hand.
"A—Alucard-sama—"Mana started. Alucard applied pressure to her palm as he slowly brought her hand to his lips. His tongue slowly lapped at one of her bloody fingers causing Mana's eyes to glaze over as she watched the man's tongue wrap around her finger.
"A…ah…" a groan escaped her lips as she continued to watch. After almost seductively licking the blood from her fingers Alucard moved to her palm, and continued to devour the red liquid that had began to slide down her arm.
"Alucard…please…" Mana started breathlessly. His attack on her wound, his languid licks pushed her body into a frenzied state. Alucard ignored her and continued his languid licks.
Mana could feel the danger radiating from Alucard, and her head swirling as Alucard effortlessly kept her still.
Her head swirling, and her breaths had become ragged as she felt his tongue press into the wound, pushing her further into a frenzied state.
"Alu...card…please stop—" Mana moaned pathetically as she looked away embarrassed at the sound of her voice. Her tight grip on the thin towel that covered her body began to slip as he continued.
No answer came from the man as he pressed his tongue harder into her wound. Mana yelped and attempted to yank away her arm; Alucard held firmly on to her and stared into her eyes, his eyes glowed crimson.
There was silence between the two as they continued to stare at each other, Mana regaining her senses tried to yank her hand away from the man only to still have him firmly hold on to her.
"L-let go of me." Mana stated firmly. She could smell blood, her blood on his breath. Her confidence seemed to slip from her as he continued to silently stare at her. His intense stare made her feel more embarrassed and small, not to mention vulnerable.
"Alucard—"She started.
Alucard abruptly stepped between her legs and pushed her on to her desk. Unable to use her other arm, her free arm instantly went to push the towel between her legs, but quickly stopped when the towel began to fall from her breasts.
"W-What are you—"She yelped and as she felt Alucard's fangs nip at her neck.
"Your scent is intoxicating…I want more…" Alucard whispered roughly as he pricked her jugular vein. Mana trembled as she felt the prick and began to squirm and attempt to push away Alucard with her free hand.
"Stop-! A-ah-"She started when suddenly Alucard's fangs began to sink deeper into her neck.
Mana jumped out of her bed and crashed on to the floor panting. She quickly looked around for any signs of Alucard, but found none. Still high from the adrenaline she shakily stood up and looked around again.
"N-nani…kore…yume? iya…kono itai no kimochi…" Mana thought to herself as she touched her neck. Feeling no wound she looked at her hand noting that it was wrapped. She also noticed that she was dressed in a large shirt with undergarments.
"So…did he…" She muttered under her breath.
Knock Knock…
Mana looked at the door, and hesitated on answering it.
"Haiii" Mana called out as she approached the door. She slowly opened it to see Walter dressed in a winter coat.
"Ohayou Mana," Walter said with a curt nod.
"Ohayou Gozaimasu Ojisan." Mana replied and nodded.
Walter quickly glanced over her and noticed how wan she looked.
"You don't look well…" Walter started and noticed her bandaged hand.
"What happened?" Walter asked as he pushed his way into her room.
"Ah…the bandage…" Mana started as Walter turned to face her, and focused on her neck to see if there are any puncture wounds. Mana turned her neck so that he would also be able to confirm if Alucard had taken more than what he should have.
"I cut my hand yesterday. It is a small cut nothing to worry about." Mana replied as she saw the relieved look on Walter's face as he did not find any puncture wounds.
"Is it that small that you would need to wrap your hand for it?" Walter asked.
Mana mentally cringed; she knew that it would be harder to discourage Walter from asking questions. She didn't want to add more burden on to him by letting him discover the real issue.
"I didn't have any small bandages." Mana replied and mentally kicked herself.
Walter looked over her once again and smiled to himself.
"Alright…I have prepared a list of items for you to attend to while we are away. Make sure you do those as quickly as possible and complete your mission from Sir Integra." Walter said as he moved towards the door. Mana followed him.
"If an issue arises?" Mana asked.
Walter stopped and turned towards her and smiled.
"I know that you will be able to handle whatever comes you way." Walter replied.
Mana looked down as Walter stood in front of her.
"It's early…it's 2am—"Walter continued, but Mana's thoughts began to drown out Walter's words.
"maji? 2 gozen?! jikan…wa doko?.." Mana trailed off in her thoughts as she continued to look at Walter as he continued to speak.
"I'll keep you notified of any changes via your cell phone…make sure you keep it with you." Walter said.
"Un." Mana replied.
"Alright then. Oyasumi." Walter said as he walked away.
"O...Oyasumi nasai…" Mana hesitated and closed her door.
A/N: I apologize for not updating a much as usual, college stuffs. Mana has her first solo mission and of course she has Dimitri and Cain to help her, but will it be enough? What do all of these sects have to do with the Illuminati? and this unknown woman, what does she have on Mana and the Illuminati?What's up with Dimitri? Another memory seizure, what's going on with Mana? Alucard has had a taste of Mana's blood, now what?
Fuyu ni kiru: Snow is Coming
Watashi…dekiru…demo : I can do it, but…
Iie: No
Dare ka: Who
Kare: He
Chottou: Wait…
Yabai: Risky ( as in Risky, dangerous or risky situation )
aah….doushite…kore wa…: aah… why is this
N-nani…kore…yume? iya…kono itai kimochi: What was that? (a) Dream? No…that painful feeling
Ohayou: Good Morning (Casual)
Ohayou Gozaimasu Ojisan: Good Morning Uncle ( Polite form )
maji? 2 gozen?! jikan…wa doko?: Seriously? 2am? Where did the time go?
Un: yes
Oyasumi: Night ( as in good night, Casual )
Oyasumi nasai: Good Night ( Polite form )