This is one of the last whumptober fics I wrote so I'm sorry if it makes no sense, I was running out of ideas XD I hope this is still entertaining all the same.
Single Shot
When Anderson and the Iscariots show up to crash a Hellsing hunt with a new weapon meant for Alucard, Integra is left with a vampire down for the count, and a mad man in front of her.
Day 28: Sacrifice, 'You'll have to go through me'
Integra was bloody tired of tangling with Iscariot. The job of the Hellsing organization was to take down vampires and the supernatural, not go up against others with the same intention. But when they continued to insist on getting in the way of Hellsing investigations, with the intent on taking out her own operatives—well, one in particular—Integra was very much not amused.
The fight had gotten desperate and messy quick. Hellsing was now fighting against both the nest of vampires and ghouls that had taken over the property, and Iscariot, headed by none other than the insufferable Alexander Anderson.
"I see ye, you beast!" the hunter called through the fray, focusing on Alucard who was fighting at Integra's back in the upper hall at the head of the stairs. "I've got a new toy to test out and you'll be the first to feel it's bite."
"He's intent on making trouble," Alucard said, not bothering to mask his delighted grin. "Shall I go take care of him, Master Integra?"
"Keep to your duty and finish up the stragglers first," Integra growled. "If he's so eager he can come to you."
Alucard grimaced in annoyance, but Integra didn't care. He could be kept on a tighter leash.
"I'm waiting, you blood-sucking heathen!" Anderson shouted. "What, are ye too feared to face me again?"
"I am merely following my master's orders," Alucard sneered down at him.
"Ah, like a good little puppy then," Anderson chuckled. "It suits you. The loyal attack dog whos master has told it to heel. Tell me, Lady Hellsing, what happens if the leash is tugged out of your hands?"
"You wouldn't want to know," Integra snapped down at him.
Anderson grinned manically, heaving something that looked like a heavy crossbow up onto his shoulder. "Wouldn't I? We'll see."
Some signal passed to his men and two of them suddenly raised their guns upward, trained on Integra just as she brought her sword up to fend off a ghoul.
Alucard whipped around. "Integra!"
The shots rang out at the same instant Integra felt Alucard grab her, spinning her to take the bullets in his shoulder.
At the same time, a heavy twang sounded out and Alucard jerked with the sound of a dull impact, gasping.
"Bullseye," Anderson breathed.
Alucard staggered against the railing at the top of the stairs, breaking through it and falling. Integra gave a sharp cry as she fell with him, his arms still locked tightly around her without him seeming to realize. But as they tumbled, Alucard was able to shift in midair so that he landed on his back, clutching her against him protectively. Integra bashed one knee and dropped her sword but was otherwise okay, if not winded.
She lay there on top of Alucard for a moment, catching her breath, expecting the vampire to get up and rush into the fight.
But he didn't. Integra started to push herself up with a grunt. "Alucard, you can take him down now," she growled, wiping blood off her lip from where she must have bitten it in the fall.
He was silent. She finally looked down at him. Alucard's eyes were closed, sunglasses dislodged in the fall, lying cracked to one side. He was so still, it was unnerving. Her glove was wet where she had pressed it to the ground and she pulled it back turning her hand palm upward to see it covered in blood. Alucard's arms, which had still been wrapped loosely around her slid limply to either side as she rolled completely off of him.
"Alucard!"
Horror overcame her at the sight of what looked to be a spear piercing through Alucard's body nearly horizontally. Entering through his lower back, the tip barely exiting above his right hip, glistening with blood.
Anderson was chuckling as Integra spun to glower at him. "Well, looks like that worked even better than I had hoped. The tip of the arrow was made from the spear of Longinus and blessed by the Pope himself. Powerful enough to fatally wound a vampire even of your pet's strength."
"You bastard," Integra snarled before turning back to Alucard and gripping his coat, shaking him slightly before slapping him across the face. "Alucard! Wake up, that is an order!"
Alucard jolted and coughed. "In…tegra, I'm…here." He coughed again, and this time choked up some blood that dribbled from between his lips.
"Can you get up?" she asked quietly.
Alucard shifted slightly, after if struggling under a heavy weight, but cringed and went limp on the floor again. "I…it appears that…I am unable to…move…" he said, voice strained. "This fell weapon…has some power…over me."
Integra pressed her lips together, trying to decide what to do.
"A sorry sight indeed," Anderson said with a mocking croon as he drew two of his bayonets and started forward. "Shall I put the beast out of its misery?"
Alucard snarled under his breath, baring bloody teeth.
Integra snatched her sword up and pushed herself to her feet, standing over the injured vampire. "If you want him, you'll have to go through me," she said firmly.
Anderson grinned, forming his blades into the shape of a cross as he advanced. "Go right ahead."
Integra whipped her pistol out as well, getting off several shots, which hit the hunter, but didn't seem to faze him at all. He lunged and Integra brought her sword up, catching his blades firmly before disengaging and stabbing out at him.
It was a vicious exchange of blows, until Anderson caught Integra in the face with the hilt of one of his blades, causing her to reel back, stumbling to the ground. She brought her gun up again and shot him in the knee, staggering him slightly. But no matter what she did, he kept coming, grinning wickedly.
"Perhaps one day we'll meet in Heaven," Anderson mocked as he raised his blades.
"I highly doubt that," Integra muttered, as she lashed out and slashed the back of his leg with her sword.
Anderson cried out and at that moment, the backup Hellsing agents rushed in, the other Iscariots coming it on the opposite side at the same time.
"Sir Integra!" one of the Hellsing men called.
"Open fire," Integra snarled.
The Iscariots rushed forward to retrieve the bleeding Anderson, making a retreat, quite outnumbered at the moment.
Integra sheathed her sword and hurried back toward Alucard who was still shifting slightly, as if trying to get up.
"Are all the vampires and ghouls terminated?" Integra called to her men.
"Yes, Sir Integra," one answered.
She knelt beside Alucard and his eyes fluttered open, looking up at her.
"What a kind gesture to protect me, master," he smirked.
Integra frowned. "Don't talk." She snapped her fingers at two of the men. "Help me get this out of him."
The soldiers came over and assessed the situation, paling. It wasn't often that they had to perform first aid on Alucard. He could usually heal himself. This seemed different somehow and it did not sit well with Integra.
"We'll have to break this off to get it out of him," one of the men said.
She pressed her lips together, and turned to Alucard. "You'll make it, I assume?"
Alucard let out a tired breath. "I would dare not die without your order to do so, my master."
Integra clicked her tongue in annoyance but nodded.
She watched two of the men crouch on either side of the vampire, cutting his clothing open around the spear. They nodded to each other and gave Alucard a warning before one of the men pulled out a blade and used the hilt to slam into the spear just below the head.
It snapped and Alucard gave a sharp cry, Integra wincing along with him.
"Get it out of him," she told them men.
They rolled Alucard onto his side and pulled the spear haft out of his body.
Alucard let out a shuddering groan that soon became a strangled cry of agony as the haft revealed spikes driven through it, doing their best to rip his apart from the inside out.
Integra hurried forward as Alucard fell limply on the floor, panting once the spear was completely removed.
"Alucard?" she demanded. "Are you able to heal yourself?"
He didn't reply, just continued bleeding on the ground, some more blood dripping from between his lips.
"Get him into one of the vans and patch him up," Integra snapped.
Once the men were gone, Integra knelt and pressed one hand to Alucard's face, propping his head up. "Do not leave me, Alucard," she said firmly. "That is an order."
She watched silently as her men loaded Alucard onto a stretcher and carried him out to the van. She didn't want to admit to how terrified she had felt when he had been unresponsive. She'd never seen him this injured before and it was…unnerving to say the least.
By the time they got back, Alucard had been bandaged and laid in his coffin to rest. Integra had blood ready for him when he woke, knowing he would need it.
She then kept her own vigil at his side, reading through the day until the vampire finally started to stir by evening.
"Back with the land of the living, then?" Integra asked blandly as she saw his eyes flutter open.
Alucard's gaze landed on her. "I'm afraid it's been a long time since I've been living, Integra."
She closed the book she had been reading and got up, walking over to crouch by his coffin. "How are you then?"
His hand went to his bandaged middle, testing. "I will recover. But I'll admit, that caught me by surprise."
"I've never seen you that hurt before," Integra commented.
Alucard smiled cheekily up at her. "Was my master truly worried?" Integra frowned at him, but he continued, face softening. "I'll admit it was a bit embarrassing for you to be the one to protect me…but I am very grateful for your bravery and devotion, Integra."
Integra glowered at him briefly. "You are an asset I cannot afford to lose."
"Of course, master."
"That being said," She reached for one of the bags of blood and handed it to him. "I am glad to see you on your way to recovery. Do not scare me like that again, Alucard."
He took the blood from her and caught her hand, pressing it briefly to his lips. "I will attempt not to, my master Integra."