Hellsing Fan Fiction ❯ Through The Looking Glass ❯ New Partners ( Chapter 8 )

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT in any way profit from this story, nor do the characters belong to me. All creative rights belong to Kouta Hirano, but since I'm using manga elements, they belong to Kohta Hirona as spelled on the manga cover. Anything in my story that has happened in real life is purely a coincidence. Though, Jonathan Adams and Patrick Hill are mine, Sir John Williams is not mine…He's an actually person, I just need to borrow him for the story.

 

 

A/N: Okay, that came out sooner than I'd expected… Sorry for any errors, and I have family visiting next week and they'll be here for a week, so I won't be working on the next chapter too much, I'll try though. Also, I got a new computer…so I have to transfer everything to that computer. Oh, the rating for this story is going up to R…just thought I would say something.

 

 

Two more things; enjoy this chapter, for I made a bit longer because there might be a little bit of a wait for the next chapter and two, thank you for the very kind reviews!

 

 

 

Alucard leaned down, his usual crimson hat was missing tonight, and his smooth midnight hair fell into his and her face as he bent forward….his hair seemed longer than usual, going past his shoulders. His pale features were clear now and Seras could see the large smirk on his face, their faces were inches apart. The moonlight above made his scarlet orbs appear even brighter and more stunning than before; a cold breeze made his hair sway and the air hit her flustered face. Her face felt hot under his intense gaze and she couldn't turn her eyes away from his.

 

 

“Where did you get that diary?” Alucard asked in a tone close to a whisper.

 

 

“W-what…?” Seras replied intelligently, Alucard smirked again.

 

 

“What's wrong, Police girl? You seem to be blushing.” The vampire chuckled slightly at her, which made Seras glare, “I will only ask this once more and that is it, if you do not answer my inquiry then I will be forced to take this line of questioning to another level…so, where did you get that book from?”

 

 

“I…I…Why should I tell you?” Seras scowled at him as best as she could, but she failed miserably as Alucard just grinned at her.

 

 

“This would be a lot easier if you just told me…However, it's a bit more entertaining this way….but I lack time so I think it's time we take this to another level, don't you Police Girl?” Seras could hear the amusement in his voice…along with some other emotion, which sounded a lot like…lust? No that couldn't be right…

 

 

Seras contemplated the pros and cons of telling the vampire where she'd found the book. What would he do to her if she didn't tell him? But what would he do if she did tell him, more importantly, what would Integra do if he told her that Seras was hiding things from her? No, there was no reason to worry about Integra being angry with her about such things…right?

 

 

Alucard's gaze lowered to her lips as he intently watched her mouth open. He almost instantly returned his gaze to hers and tried his best to not look irritated or embarrassed for what he just did…there was no reason to feel embarrassed…Why did she make him feel so…human?

 

 

Alucard leaned down further and brought the hand he held at her side to join the one above her head. He clasped both of her much smaller wrists together and held them still with just one of his own hands. He let his newly freed right arm trail down her right arm and to her neck. Alucard undid the buttons that were located at her collar, after a few seconds of fiddling with her collar the creamy skin of her neck revealed itself to his eyes.

 

 

“What are you doing? If you bite me I will make sure Sir Integra knows about this!” Seras struggled in vain with the vampire.

 

 

“I'm not going to bite you, but if you don't tell me where you got the book then I will be forced to taste your blood…which doesn't really mean I have to sink my fangs into you…just a little nick and the story behind the book will be in my head.” Alucard opened his mouth and licked her skin just to make her squirm. The gloves he had on prevented him from using his nails to cut her, so he'd have to use his fang to make a tiny wound.

 

 

Seras let out a breath that brushed against Alucard's ear, `She's about to talk,' Alucard thought with glee. But, just as she was about to speak, the commander's voice echoed through the forest trees, getting closer by the second. The vampire slowly sat up, letting go of her arms and letting his hands unconsciously move down her body to rest on her stomach. Alucard turned his head in the direction of the carrying voice. He refrained from growling in annoyance at the interruption. What would it look like to the man if Pip were to see Alucard sitting on Seras' legs in the forest…alone. Why did he even think this would work? That thought made him want to growl even more…This woman made him act without thinking…This wasn't the time to dwell on those things.

 

 

The woman below him kept her newly freed arms above her head in a daze, she still felt flustered and there were butterflies in her stomach. Though the air and fog around her was rather chilly, she felt like she was on fire. The vampire didn't emit heat from his body, which was to be expected, but she still felt like she was sweating…and it wasn't because she was cold.

 

 

Alucard sniffed the air around him, as subtly as he could, and realized the commander was just behind a few trees. With that in mind the vampire quickly got off the girl and hid behind a large tree just a few meters away. `Why am I hiding?' Alucard frowned at his almost instinctive way of running away…this all felt too familiar.

 

 

Pip came into Seras' view and he gave her a quizzical look, “What ze `ell are you doing on ze forest floor, girl?” Laughter coated his tone, and he looked her over, noticing her somewhat disheveled self…as well as her unbuttoned collar. Her clothes were all wrinkled and her short skirt was slightly bunched up, her cotton underwear just barely showing. Pip took in the site with great amusement.

 

 

“I-I fell, sir…” Seras slowly sat up and straightened herself out and looked at the commander.

 

 

“I see…” Pip looked around to see if anyone else was near by, maybe one of his men was playing tricks on her…or something. With a sigh and a shrug of his shoulders, Pip reached into his pocket and grabbed a cigarette, which he quickly lit up.

 

 

(Behind the tree)

 

 

Alucard stayed put, he couldn't be sure if she would say something about his actions or not, so he listened closely and stood completely still…still aggravated with himself, which was rare for him.

 

 

(Back to Seras and Pip)

 

 

“I've decided zat ze deal was stupid and we can just go to sleep, what do ya zink?” Pip pulled the cigarette away from his lips and looked at her. He walked over to her and helped her to her feet; he then looked her over again with a smirk.

 

 

“That's fine, commander. I think I should get some rest, where did your men go?” Seras looked around, expecting to see his men leering at her as well.

 

 

“Ah, zey all retired for ze night. Lazy bastards didn't want to look for you. By ze way, call me Pip, you make me feel all old when you call me `commander'. Got it?” Pip smiled at her and then noticed a tiny slash across the small patch of skin that was showing, “Oi, what ze `ell `appened zere?” He pointed towards the wound.

 

 

Seras' eyes went wide and her hand shot up to touch the spot he'd been pointing at, she pulled her hand back and looked at the crimson smeared on her glove. She looked back at Pip and smiled nervously, “Oh, I was getting hot out here and decided to open up my collar a bit…I guess when I fell I hit a rock or something and it must've cut me, haha.” Seras laughed anxiously and rubbed the back of her neck.

 

 

“Let's `ead back, I'm tired.” Pip turned around and started to head in the direction where light could be seen shining through the thick bush.

 

 

Seras looked over her shoulder and at the tree she knew Alucard was behind, at that moment Alucard came out and grinned at her, his eyes glowed through the darkness. Shadows came from behind him and he stepped backward into the dark portal he'd just made, “Until next time, Police Girl.” Alucard said smoothly as he disappeared.

 

 

The young woman just glared at the spot Alucard once stood in, she had a feeling she would be seeing the vampire very soon…

 

 

 

 

Walter walked down the hallways of the mansion, speaking quietly to a woman who was walking closely behind him. She had long bluish black hair, glasses, pale skin and freckles. Her dark sapphire eyes shined brightly as she looked over the paintings hanging on the walls.

 

 

“Agent Winkle, please pay attention,” Walter said without looking behind him, the woman known as Agent Winkle started and walked with a more embarrassed look on her face, a slight frown on her features as well.

 

 

“Anyway, Sir Integra, whom you've already met in the past, is very irritated with these current murders. If I want to call it `irritated', though the case was handed over to her she can't just go outside and look over the crime scenes herself…and her new men aren't exactly the investigating type…This is why I called you up, one of the only people I trust, and you have Sir Integra's trust as well, you are one of the only people who actually knows about Hellsing…or vampires. Regarding this case, the murderer appears to be a pedophile, that and he or she only feeds on children. Two small puncture wounds on the thighs of each victim, the children were sexually assaulted. The police were slow to inform us of these murders…we're not sure why they acted slowly, but we're checking into it...” Walter continued to walk as Rip took in what he said.

 

 

“Alucard will probably be in Sir Integra's office when you go inside, and we all know how well you two get along.” Walter laughed lightly at that.

 

 

“Don't remind me, ja.” Rip scowled at the thought of meeting the midian again…He wasn't very gentlemanly like the first time they met, so she wasn't expecting him to be any different from before…

 

 

Out of the blue, and while Rip was in another world, someone ran straight into the black haired woman, knocking both of them down with a thud, Rip was the first to recover and curse at the person for not looking at where they were going. “Vho the fuck are you?!” Rip asked loudly, not minding her tone of voice, or her choice of words.

 

 

“Ouch…That hurt, oh my! I'm so sorry Miss, I was distracted by the commander and I wasn't looking where I was going.” Seras spoke as she sat up slowly, rubbing her rear. Then mumbled her own choice of words at Pip, who couldn't hear her but had guessed what she was saying. He just smirked at her.

 

 

“Vho are you?” Rip asked again in a more agitated voice, and a glare fixed on her features. Though she made a quick glance behind Seras and saw a smirking man just down the hallway.

 

 

After that Walter stepped in and helped both women up, “This is Agent Seras Victoria. She is Sir Integra's distant cousin, currently residing with us as a member of Hellsing. Also, she will be helping in this investigation as well. However, she still has yet to be briefed on it. Pip Bernadette, the commander of her squad is the man you see down the hallway…This way please, might as well brief you both at the same time and save Sir Integra some breath.” Walter smiled sweetly at the two women and led them to Integra's office.

 

 

Rip walked side by side with Seras and looked her over, she didn't look like an agent to Rip…but Walter seemed to be very fond of her, almost in a fatherly way. Seras noticed Rip staring at her and gave her a quizzical look, “What is it Ms…what is your name?” Seras asked quietly.

 

 

“I'm Rip Van Winkle; however, you can call me Rip. Since it seems ve'll be vorking together.” Rip didn't stop to shake hands and continued to walk forward.

 

 

`She doesn't seem like the friendly type…' Seras thought with a sigh, the only other woman besides herself and Sir Integra was rather…rough, though Seras wasn't sure that was the right word for it.

 

 

Since most of the household were currently asleep, or they were too busy cleaning, or preparing for bed, it made the few silent minutes it took to get to Sir Integra's office quite awkward. There were a few glances between the two women and sometimes they would catch each other staring, which made the tension in the air intensify. About five minutes later Walter stopped and turned to face the two large wooden doors, the two women followed suit.

 

 

“We're here,” Walter stated as he looked at them both, the butler knocked on one of the doors and they heard some noise from inside, then a quick `come in' command was heard. Walter opened the right handed door and motioned for the women to walk in first. Rip quickly walked in before Seras and then saluted Integra. Seras followed her example out of habit and then noticed the man in the corner of the room…there wasn't any chance of not noticing him, his scarlet duster stood out against the room's colors, not to mention the moonlight made it appear even redder.

 

 

Seras tried to keep the blush from appearing on her face as she noticed him leaning against the wall, grinning at her…the same grin as earlier. Though most of his face was hidden by his hat, she could see his eyes and his shameless smirk…The look reminded her of the events from earlier that night. Her face instantly flushed as she recalled him straddling her and holding her arms just above her head…not to mention the small lick he gave her…After all that happened, she re-buttoned her collar and kept the cut hidden. Though she rubbed her neck subconsciously anyway, she kept her azure eyes trained on him and he did the same.

 

 

“Agent Victoria, what are you doing here, is there something I can help you with?” Integra raised an elegant eyebrow at the police woman.

 

 

Seras instantly broke eye contact with the vampire and looked directly at Integra with a serious face. “Sir, I was told by Walter to see you about a case…or something,” the youngest woman in the room replied nervously and locked her hands behind her back out of habit.

 

 

“Oh, well then Walter, thank you for bringing Seras here.” Integra looked at her butler and nodded, “You can stay, Walter, as can you Alucard.” The platinum blond switched her gaze towards the nonchalant vampire. She noticed he didn't look at her, and that his eyes were currently staring holes into her cousin, however, her cousin was trying her best to keep her eyes on Integra…again the older blond raised a brow at the odd behavior, but said nothing of it.

 

 

“This case revolves a pedophile, whether he or she is a vampire is yet unknown to us. We called in Rip Van Winkle to help out with all that, considering she is a forensic scientist…and she is a Hellsing member. Seras, you have not seen her because she does not work in our headquarters, she prefers to work at her own home…Anyway, back to the case, seven children have been murdered within the last week, all having the same MOs. All have bite wounds to their thighs, all are around the ages of six through eight. There are also signs of sexual assault.” Walter spoke for Integra, as he usually did.

 

 

The Hellsing heiress suddenly spoke, “We were just informed about the seventh victim about two hours ago. So, I want the two of you, Agent Winkle and Agent Victoria to go and investigate. I do know that this is not your usual line of work, Agent Victoria, but I am running low of men who do that type of work. Just follow Agent Winkle's lead and you'll catch on quickly. If anything comes up, I want you to contact me through my direct line with this phone.” Integra spoke with a determined yet gentle voice.

 

 

Walter walked over to Integra's large desk and grabbed what looked like a cigar box, but was wider and covered in a silver casing. The butler made his way towards the brunette and opened the container to reveal an elegant hoary colored cell phone. “This phone is only able to call out to the Hellsing line, if you can not get through to Sir Integra's direct line, then it will automatically redirect to my personal line. Then I will connect you all to Sir Integra.” Walter smiled as he told them about the small phone.

 

 

“Walter here will provide the case files and give you the directions to the crime scene, not that he really has to since you two will be escorted to the area. Is there any questions?” Integra grabbed a cigar from her stylish case and put the stick to her lips, but kept her cerulean eyes fixated on Rip and Seras.

 

 

“No Sir,” both women said simultaneously, and Seras looked at Rip with a small smile. Perhaps they weren't so different after all…

 

 

“You are dismissed. The guide is waiting outside, Walter hand Agent Winkle her case file and you two be on your way.” Integra looked down at her papers and started to sort through them, acting as if everyone was gone from the room.

 

 

“Alright, this way please.” Walter directed the women out of the office and to the escort, and then shut the door tightly behind him.

 

 

 

 

Alucard continued to lean against the wall as he watched the Police Girl walk out of the office; after she was gone he looked over at his master. “What are your orders?”

 

 

Without looking up to address the vampire speaking, Integra spoke softly, “Follow them, discreetly…Don't let Seras out of your site, I don't entirely trust the woman yet. Not until I find out more about the family history.”

 

 

Alucard smirked to himself, Integra failed to notice the sinister grin on his face as he started to disappear but before he was fully dissipated he said one last thing, “As you wish, my master.”

 

 

Integra then looked up at the spot where the vampire once stood, his voice, he sounded very excited about these orders…not one complaint, what was he hiding? With that thought the platinum blond glared at the wall and sighed, then took a long drag of her cigar. “Vampires…” She whispered as the smoke passed her nostrils.

 

 

 

 

The vehicle their escort drove to the crime scene looked very expensive, covered in black and silver lining. Two English flags sat right next to the side view mirrors, resting on the hood of the car and blowing in the wind…in fact this car looked a lot like the one Larry drove…

 

 

Seras leaned over and knocked on the glass that separated the driver from the passenger, the black window rolled down and Larry was looking at Seras with a smile through the rear view mirror, “Why hello there Miss Victoria, long time no see. I am your escort for the evening, as if you couldn't tell,” Larry said with a hint of amusement in his voice, the gray in his hair had progressed since she last saw him and he looked a little bit older.

 

 

“Ah, yes it's been quite some time since I last saw you, Larry…How are things? Your hair is a bit more silvery than I remember…” Seras giggled slightly, though she hadn't known him for very long at all but she felt some closeness had developed in that short amount of time.

 

 

“Yeah, I'm going gray…And we're here, Agent Victoria, Agent Winkle, the crime scene is just down that alley…Sir Integra told me to give you two something to wear over your uniforms, well it looks like you're already wearing a jacket Agent Winkle and you're just wearing a simple violet suit…nice touch…but please put on this coat…She only remembered all of this at the last moment, Sir Integra, that is.” Larry reached over and grabbed a box on the passenger side, then handed one of the rectangle shaped boxes to Seras and the other to Rip.

 

 

“We need to hide as much of your Hellsing uniforms as possible; since this murder was on such short notice…you didn't have time to change. So here is the jacket, just a simple black duster that will end at your ankles…Please put it on now before going outside the cab.” Larry smiled while both women opened the boxes and put the coats on as best they could, the car didn't give either of them much room to put them on.

 

 

“My thoughts exactly, Larry… Agent Victoria, are you ready yet?” Rip said as she folded her arms in front of her torso, her jacket already on her shoulders.

 

 

“Yes, I'm quite ready. We can go now,” Seras replied exhaustedly, putting on the jacket in such a hurry and in such a small area was rather difficult.

 

 

With that Rip opened the door and got out of the vehicle, followed by a very different looking Police Girl. Seras looked over herself and noticed the insignia on the shoulder of the duster, it was a SIO crest, and it was also on Rip's shoulder. The rest of the coat was all black, and it was made from satin, some sort of expensive satin at that. The coat reminded her of Alucard, except this one was a lot more modern looking and it looked more like the one Integra was wearing when she came to send Anderson away…And as mentioned by Larry, the hem was located near the ankles.

 

 

“Let's go, don't vant to keep the police men vaiting, now do ve.” Rip stated rather than asked. The brunette walked towards the passenger side of Larry's car and knocked on the gray tinted window, after a few moments the window rolled down and Larry was leaning over the seat. “Ve're okay here, you can leave, Sir Integra gave us a phone to contact her vith if anything vere to come up.” Rip smiled sweetly at the driver and he just nodded his agreement to her.

 

 

The window rolled back up and Larry took off down the road. Seras watched nervously as the dark car continued to get smaller and then disappear from view. “Um, Agent Winkle…what are we going to do when we need a ride back?” Seras asked quietly, but loudly enough for Rip to hear her.

 

 

“First off, call me Rip, ja. Second, I just said that Sir Integra gave us a phone for contacting her, she can just call Larry back up and send him back here…If he vere to stay vith us it vould be suspicious.” Rip started down the alley as she said this, not really caring if her new partner heard her or not.

 

 

Seras stared at Rip for a moment then ran off to follow the brunette; her coat was blowing in the wind and flapping behind her. “Wait up, Agent—er, Rip.”

 

 

 

 

Alucard watched the women go down the darkened alley, but mostly kept his inhuman eyes trained on Seras. She didn't look like a malevolent person, nor did she look like an enemy for the Hellsing organization…But Integra's intuition wasn't usually wrong about these types of things, but he had a feeling…no he knew she was wrong this time, the Police Girl was ignorant to the fact that the notebook held some sort of significance to her real family.

 

 

The more irritating thing about it all was that he couldn't remember exactly who Sir John Williams was, and her blood told him that she didn't even really know either. After Van Hellsing experimented on him, some things he'd forgotten…things he thought wouldn't matter anyway, he only had the memory of his past as Vlad Dracula…the Impaler…everything concerning his human life in Transylvania…and even his entrance to the un-life…even Scholomance, those memories, along with the love for Mina, were all that Van Hellsing had really cared for Alucard to remember…Almost like a punishment for the vampire.

 

 

Alucard remembered coming to London to get the woman he wanted, and remembered becoming trapped by the knight…During the experiments, Alucard was taken outside in the daylight to test his immunity towards it. The doctor wanted him to be able to walk in the daylight as well. Though he would allow Alucard to go out at night as well but with the Van in tow…At one point, he remembered hearing a young woman scream and various other human noises. A few days after that incident, Alucard attacked a young man in a dark cloak and torn out his throat. Sir Hellsing was able to get Alucard away from the scene and when they returned to the Hellsing manor, Alucard was bound to the Hellsing bloodline through the alchemic symbols on his gloves…His memory of it all was still scattered but it was still there.

 

 

Remembering all those things was very tiresome…He hated to think about the doctor, even though he admired Sir Hellsing, he felt ashamed…Bound by mere gloves, what would his people think of their hero now?

 

 

Alucard frowned at all those thoughts, he shouldn't be thinking of such things when he was trying to collect information on the Police Girl for his master and himself…The more time he spent around her, the more he realized how interesting she could be. The roof of the building he was currently standing on cast shadows all around him, giving him a perfect hiding spot to materialize in…not that he had to use shadows to dissipate, he just liked to. With that, the vampire moved towards one of the darker shadows and disappeared.

 

 

 

 

A/N: I'm already working on the next chapter, hopefully I can get it out soon…The ending part of this story is something I'm very proud of actually…I used some of Bram Stoker's stuff and other things from Hellsing to help me out, but a lot of that is from my own brain…Anyhoo, how did you guys like this chapter? Not much action, but I think I said there wouldn't be much anyway…I'm not very good at writing it. Also, I tried to make Rip in character as much as possible…Which is rather hard, I hate OOCness…I was debating whether or not if I should call her Rip Van or just Rip…Rip is easier to write. Can anyone guess who Seras is related to by any chance? I don't know if I like this chapter that much or not, either…