A/N: Sorry for the wait. I had finals and family issues on top of being sleep deprived for a while. However, I have found how to manage my time so hopefully I can update faster. So here is the next chapter and I hope everyone enjoys it. Also, from now on things will be from Aiyana's POV unless indicated otherwise.

~Italicized~ is Aiyana's mental thoughts

Italicized is Aiyana's telepathic communication

~Italicized Bold~ is Alucard's mental thoughts

Italicized Bold is Alucard's telepathic communication

You've got to be Kidding Me!

I walked into the manor, looking around the huge parlor till my eyes landed on the two women at the bottom of a large staircase. Both were dressed in long black dresses that went to the floor and covered their neck with sleeves that went to their wrists. One woman had creamy brown skin, long straight almost-platinum blonde hair, and soul piercing sky blue eyes behind wire framed glasses who wore while gloves along with the dress. She seemed to be twenty-two while the other one seemed to be nineteen. The younger girl had medium length hair that was between golden and platinum blonde and kept in a messy bun like ponytail. Her eyes were almost a sapphire blue and her skin was almost a creamy pale. She had a voluptuous figure; her breasts seeming far larger than most girls her age. She also seemed to be a head taller than the older woman beside her. Both looked like they were preparing for a funeral.

Before I got closer to them, I opted for doing some research, using a little talent I learned I could do a few years back. My eyes flashed from their usual crimson red to an inferno orange. I focused on the older woman, peering into her mind, going through her memories as subtle as I could so she would not realize what I was doing. As I sorted through the various thoughts and memories, I gathered that this woman was the infamous Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing. I saw what happened in her childhood, feeling a bit of sympathy for her. She had lost her father and that same day her uncle had tried to kill her. If she hadn't found Alucard, the chances of her survival would have been slim. However, it seemed that over time she easily lost her childhood innocence under the responsibilities placed on her at that young age as well as the time she had been around Alucard.

~Figures that vampuric asshole would be part of the reason such a young girl was corrupted so early. I am honestly surprised she is still a virgin. Must be so she can remain in control of that lunatic.~

I then turned my attention to the younger girl and peered into her mind. I tried my hardest not to tense or run over to her and give her a hug at what I saw. She was no longer human yet she wasn't a full vampire. She was a mere fledgling but she chose to become a creature of the night in order to live so that she may continue on the path of justice. Something very rarely seen in fledglings or vampires. Apparently she used to be a police officer by the name of Seras Victoria. She was in the Cheddar during the incident with a vampire that posed as a priest. She was captured by the vampire who was prepared to rape her before drinking her blood, not wanting a "disobedient servant" apparently. However, it seems Alucard showed up and saved her, though he ended up shooting through her in order to get to the vampire.

~Sort of reckless but effective I guess.~

She wasn't wanting to die so he turned her into his fledgling. Digging deeper, I found that her parents were murdered when she was younger and she attacked the two attackers, stabbing one in the eye with a fork before the other had shot her. What made me truly sick was that as she laid there bleeding out, the guy she had stabbed was raping her mother's corpse.

~Those bastards! If I find they are still alive I shall make sure justice is served.~

"You must be Aiyana from Cerberus. Welcome to Hellsing. I shall be your Master from now on….." Integra started to say until I cut her off with a growl.

"Let's get one thing clear! I have no 'master' nor will I ever have a master. I will address you as I did my commander with 'sir'. You know, if you want my respect you have started out very poorly." I said coldly, earning very shocked looks from Seras and Walter at how I addressed the leader of Hellsing.

Integra looked furious and was about to say something when an all too familiar form came out of the shadows behind her. I remained silent as I watched Alucard silently exit from the shadows and come up to stand beside Integra, his mouth forming a half snarl and a half smirk. His eyes glared at me from over the rims of his sun glasses as if he was trying to look into my soul. My eyes turned back to their original crimson red color and began to glow as I returned his glare.

"Such a bold way to speak to our master you young fraud..." he said coldly, believing he had the edge over me.

"Listen here you vampiric asshat. I have no fucking master and I am no fraud! As for my age, I am younger than you by ten bloody fucking years! Also, do NOT get me started on your behavior! You think yourself to be all that but in fact you aren't! You are nothing but a pet it seems. You call me a fraud but at least I was truly treated as an equal! And I didn't have to instill fear to do so! You have a so called 'master', your fledgling is slightly afraid of you and does not wish to be on your bad side and Walter's reasons for respect you shock me even more than the others! You sir should probably be knocked off your fucking bloody high horse and your ego put back into place! Because obviously this manor isn't even big enough to contain it!" I growled out, my eyes glowing a dangerously bright red as my anger was starting to get the better of me, fighting the temptation to remove Thanatos from its holster and fire as many rounds of my blessed silver bullets into that asshole's chest and head as I could.

Alucard glared at me more as he let out his own growl. In a blink of an eye, we had both drawn our gun and aimed at each other's head and pulled the trigger without hesitation. I fell to the floor once I felt his bullet make contact with the center of my forehead, smirking. I knew my three bullets had made contact with the center of his forehead, center of his chest, and his groan with enough force to castrate him.

Why? For shits and giggles.

I groaned softly as my body rapidly healed itself, pushing his 13mm round silver bullet out through the entry wound. Once I was fully healed, I slowly sat up, blinking a few times before I stood up, holstering Thanatos as I stared at Alucard's body as he slowly healed himself. I glanced at the others to find Walter and Seras staring at the scene with shock and fear while Integra looked either entertained or pissed off. About five minutes later, Alucard groaned as he finally stood up, my silver bullets dropping from his body as he growled and glared at me. I smirked and watched as he seemed like he was about to fire another shot at me before Integra clearing her throat stopped him, drawing both of our attentions.

"That is quite enough. We do not have the time for this. I am sending you both to Ireland to investigate issues occurring at Hela." Integra said with a slightly amused expression on her face.

I glared at her and then at Alucard. I could tell he was far from happy with the situation but he seemed to accept it far easier, putting away his gun.

"Yes, my master." He said, his voice close to a growl, his eyes set in a glare aimed at me.

"If you expect me to work with him, you are crazier than I thought. Pairing us is just simply asking for a botched mission." I said, returning Alucard's glare, my fist clenching.

"I don't care. Now you both are to leave now. We have a funeral to attend. Aiyana, your belongings will be in your room when you return. Now go." Integra said, earning a bow from Alucard as I just gave a simple nod of my head before walking out the door.

~An Hour Later in Ireland at an Unknown Location~

Alucard and I had arrived at Hela's location in Ireland, which honestly, wasn't very impressive or well hidden. The building seemed like an apartment complex made from red bricks with about two floors. There seemed to be twenty windows per floor, all of which the glass seemed to be shattered out of. The two large metal doors that were in the front were both open and barely hanging on their hinges.

I looked around before I began to make my way inside, only to have Alucard grab hold of my wrist. I let out a low growl as I looked back at him over my shoulder, glaring.

"What do you want you egotistic insane poor excuse for a respected individual?"

Alucard growled as he tightened his hold on my wrist that would have hurt any human.

"Our Master is making us work together so do not get in my way and there surely will not be any problems."

I growled and yanked my hand way and turned to face him fully, my eyes glowing in the night.

"Let's get one thing fucking straight. YOUR master told us to work together. She is only my boss. I have no master, I never had a master, and I NEVER fucking will!" I shouted before storming off towards the building and going inside.

As I entered the building, I was met with a gruesome sight. Almost every surface was covered in blood, entrails, and various body parts scattered in every which way. I slowly walked in more till I stood in the center of the room, slowly looking around and taking in more. I was shocked on how no evidence of this mass slaughter could be easily scene outside. Looking around more, I noticed a spiral staircase that lead to the floor above but what made me freeze in my tracks was one of the bodies lying on the steps.

It was the intelligence officer Cerberus had placed here to learn more about Hela.

I was caught up in my thoughts that I had failed to notice Alucard walk in. I was still starring at my fallen comrade when a sudden pressure on my shoulder cause me to jump slightly and look at my shoulder. I was a little surprised to see Alucard's hand there and I turned my gaze up to his face. I could barely see his eyes through the heavily-tinted sunglasses but I could feel the look he was giving me was softer than usual; almost caring. I went back to looking at my deceased comrade, forcing myself not to cry in front of the No Life King.

"He was a member of Cerberus. We had placed him here to gather intel on Hela in order to determine if they could be trusted….he was the best intelligence officer we had."

"I am sure he did not go down without a fight. The best thing you could do for him now is find out what happened here and take out the one responsible." He said, his tone even softer this time, as if he was afraid that I would shatter under a harsh one.

Seeing this side of him, it made me see him slightly different.

He didn't seem so cold-hearted or psychotic. He actually seemed as if he still had a heart and what remained of his humanity. I was honestly surprised that he was showing me this side, after having called me a fraud no more than two hours ago. I then realized that he must have been in my position before and my reaction probably made me seem like a fledgling that had been abandoned to fend for herself in the world.

I simply nodded, tightening my fist as I looked back at him.

"You're right. I'll see what I can find on this floor if you are willing to check the upper level. We can cover more ground if we split."

Alucard nodded and silently made his way upstairs, going back to his cool and collective self.

I waited till I knew he was out sight and ear shot before I walked to my comrade. I crouched down and stared at him before placing my hand on his bloody chest. I closed my eyes and focused. I could feel a burning sensation travel from my feet, up my body, and travel the length of my arm. The sensation traveled from my hand into the body and I could feel the once slaughtered corpse slowly beginning to heal. Blood began to travel back into its proper host, bones began to snap back into place with a sickening crunch, body parts begin to reattach themselves as muscle and sinew regrew.

Once I heard a small groan and felt both a heart and a set of lungs begin functioning once more, I pulled my hand away and slowly opened my eyes. I let out a relieved sigh as I gently smiled at the sea-green eyes that were slowly beginning to flutter open, a few strands of the short shaggy cinnamon brown falling in front of them.

"Welcome back to the world of the living Sergeant Hansel." I said softly, helping him slowly stand on his feet.

He looked around in slight confusion before his eyes opened wide, staring straight at me.

"A...Aiyana…what…when…never mind…I have got to report back. Hela…they can't be trusted…"

"Calm down Hansel and tell me everything."

Hansel took a deep breath and begin to tell me what all he had learned.

He told me of the experiments Hela had been conducting as well as that the massacre was the result of a victim of those experiments becoming unstable. He then pointed over a secret passage in the wall and told me how to open it and that it lead to the basement where the experiments occurred and the victims were kept.

I nodded and thanked him for his service.

"Thank you Hansel. You should return to Cerberus and inform the commander. I will check on the victims and evacuate any survivors I find. You have my word."

With that we saluted each other and parted ways.

I went over to the wall Hansel told me the secret passage was and then felt around until I found the loose brick and then slowly pressed it into the wall. To my left the wall seemed to split until an opening the size of a door was left, revealing another spiral staircase that lead downwards. I looked down and noticed that at the bottom of the stairs were a series of torches that were already lit. I felt a presence behind me and looked to find Alucard had come back down to join me.

"It seems that Hela was keeping secrets." I said, looking back down to where the staircase lead.

"They weren't the only ones."

I knew what he meant. He had noticed the body of my comrade was now missing and the absence of a blood scent. I knew I couldn't reveal everything yet; not until I felt I could trust him with my life.

Remaining silent, I made my way down the staircase, trying my hardest to keep myself calm. The claustrophobia I developed during the Second World War usually made some missions difficult but I knew I couldn't let Alucard know this.

Not if I wanted to prove that I was no fraud.

~Wait…..why do I care if he believes I am a fraud? He holds no importance to me.~

I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard a voice.

Stopping, I listened closer. Alucard stopped behind me, listening as well. The voice was soft, especially since we were only half way down the staircase, and sounded as if it was a little girl singing. I recognized the song immediately as the one from that Disney movie. I believe the name was Pinocchio. I listened a bit longer, the voice slow and sounding sad and tormented.

The way it was being sung, I would have thought the song should be in some sort of horror flick.

As we made our way down the rest of the stairs and drew closer to the source, the words became clearer.

"I've. Got. No. Strings. To. Hold. Me. Down. To. Make. Me. Fret. Or. Make. Me. Frown."

We entered this large room made of solid concrete that seemed to be the size of a football field and in the middle of it was a large dragon. The dragon's head was resting in the lap of what looked to be a young human girl that had a dragon tail and wings that were about the same size of her height.

"I. Had. Strings. But. Now. I'm. Free. There. Are. No. Strings. On. Me." The little girl sang eerily, slowly stroking the head of the dragon.

As I got closer I noticed that the dragon was pure snow white and about forty-five feet from head to tail, its body alone taking up majority of the room. If I did my calculations correctly, if it were to stand up fully, it would be five foot four inches from foot to shoulder with a wingspan of forty-two feet. Judging by the characteristics and the slender frame as well as the lean muscles that seemed they haven't been properly used regularly, I would say the dragon was female. It saddened me when I realized that the dragon was covered in several wounds and scars. The dragon showed no signs of life and the blood that had seeped from the fresh wounds had already dried and caked on the poor beast's body. Her head was resting in the young girl's lap, where I noticed some similarities.

Like the dragon, her hair that went down to just above her butt was snow white, dried blood caked through-out it. Her skin was pale as if she was a corpse and her eyes were blood red, a scar going over her right eye. She wore nothing to cover her body which was covered with various scars as if she lived a life of nothing but experimentation. She looked no more than twelve and appeared as if she would stand at four feet even with a three-foot dragon-like tail and dragon wings that looked as if they were made of leather with an eight foot wingspan and big enough to cover her entire body and then some. Her body was so thin that I doubt she even weighed a hundred pounds.

I slowly walked over to her, crouching down. My movement seemed to catch her attention and she stared directly at me. She stared at me for a moment as if she was debating if she could trust me before Alucard moved over.

Her attention then went to him and she glared directly at him, her eyes getting a softly glow to them as she seemed to growl. I knew right then it seemed as if she became another person. I stood up and moved in front of Alucard, holding my hands up, focusing on letting her know we meant her no harm.

"It's ok. We're not here to hurt you. I promise you. Let's start with introductions. My name is Aiyana and this is Alucard. What's your name?"

"Why?" she growled out, her voice sounding like the voice of a girl and guy both combined.

I was taken back a little but quickly replied, "Well, if we knew your name, we could talk with you better because we will know what to call you."

"I refuse to talk to the likes of him." She said, letting out a deep growl as she looked past me at Alucard.

I knew that this wasn't going to be easy as long as Alucard was down here. And to make matters worse, he drew that silver gun of his.

Moments like these made me want to ask one simple question: Why me?

I shot Alucard a glare over my shoulder before turning my attention back to the girl, my eyes much kinder.

"Would it be a lot easier to talk with me if I asked my friend here to leave?"

Instead of answering, she just continued to glare at Alucard and growl. I took this as a yes before turning around to face said vampire.

"Look she isn't going to talk as long as you are down here. I have a feeling whatever Hela has done to her has made her aggressive towards males. So, go back upstairs and wait on us while I talk with her and calm her down." I said softly, giving him a firm look.

"We weren't ordered to bring back some child. As far as we know, she is responsible for all of the deaths here. Our master will want her dead." He replied with a slight growl, raising his gun.

His words hit two triggers in my head that pissed me off beyond belief and caused me to let out a deep growl that shocked even the likes of him.

Not only was he willing to shoot such a young girl without hearing her out, but he still did not get the whole fucking issue that I had no master through his thick idiotic screwed skull.

I backed away from him, pulled Thanatos out of its holster, took aim, focused and pulled the trigger. My eyes were glowing brightly as I smirked, satisfied that all three bullets made impact in the center of his forehead and he fell backwards to the floor with enough force so that he was now near the foot of the stairs.

I could feel the girl staring at me in shock as I holstered Thanatos and slowly walked over to Alucard's body. I grabbed him by the collars of his cape and coat, dragging him closer to the front of the stairs before using all of my strength to toss his body up the stairs as far as I could.

Of course I knew it was probably a bad idea but I didn't care, especially after I saw he had landed on the railing and slipped over onto the stairs instead of slipping and falling back down.

Satisfied with my handy work, I made my way back to the girl who continued to stare at me in shock, smiling warmly at her as if nothing ever happened.

"So….how about that name hm?"

This seemed to bring her back into focus and she blinked a few times before looking at me more calmly.

"Project Gemini."

"Project Gemini huh? Well…can't exactly go around calling you Gemini so….how about…Gemma?"

The girl seemed to think it over before giving me a small genuine smile. This caused me to relax and smile more.

"Gemma….I really like it. Thank you Miss Aiy…Aiya…Aiyan…" she said, getting a focused expression as she tried to pronounce me name.

I chuckled softly before smiling warmly at her, carefully picking her up with complete ease.

"Aiyana. But you know what…just call me Aiya."

This caused her to smile even more before moving onto my back and holding on tight. I chuckled and began to walk up the stairs with her on my back. By the time we reached where Alucard had landed, he was glaring daggers at me which I had no problem returning as I walked on by. As we passed, Gemma shot him a glare and growled darkly which he returned as he followed behind us. They glared and growled at one another as we made our way to the top of the stairs. I was just about to snap and saying something when Gemma suddenly fell silent.

I looked at her over my shoulder and smiled as I saw she had fallen asleep, still holding onto my back. I guess the previous events had drained the poor girl of her energy.

I moved her from my back into my arms and smiled as she snuggled up against me. I started to walk out of the building to where the plane that would be returning us to Hellsing was waiting.

"You cannot possibly be thinking about bringing that thing with you." Alucard said behind me once we were out of the building.

I bit back a growl as I glared forward and kept on walking.

"First off, this thing is a she by the name of Gemma. Second of all, I am bringing her with us because she needs help. She is now an orphan and if we just leave her here, she will only be at an even greater risk." I responded coldly, making my way up the boarding ramp.

"You do know our master will want us to kill it."

I froze once at the plane's entrance.

I felt a vein right above my eye start to tick as I tried so hard not to rip that mother fucking asshole to shreds and then burn them.

"Listen, and you better listen closely because I am so fucking tired of having to repeat myself. That mother fucking Hellsing bitch is not my damn master. I never had one nor will I ever. I did not ask to become this. I did not have the luxury of choosing. My freedom and my life was stolen from me that day so I do not want to hear any more out of you on how I am a fraud or anything about no fucking master. I do things on my own free will and it will stay that way. It is all I have left. Now…..either go eat a fucking dildo or go suck your fucking dick." I said, my bangs covering my eyes before entering the plane, sitting Gemma in the seat by the window.

I carefully leaned her against the plane before I got into one of the overhead compartments and pulled out a large green fluffy blanket, gently covering her body up with it to give her some decency. I then made my way to the other end of the plane and took a window seat facing her direction so I could keep an eye on her.

Staring out the window, I remained silent and even more so when Alucard took the seat in front of mine.

We both remained silent up until the plane took off. I honestly was in no mood to talk to the vampire but he apparently had other plans. However, the softness of his tone and gentleness in his voice through me for a loop.

"I am sorry for what happened to you. Any child of the night should have the choice to become such. Not be forced into it. And since you are a draculina, I assume you were still a virgin." He softly said.

I glanced at him form the corner of my eye brow staring back out of the window.

"Yea…I had just turned twenty-four. I was heir to my father's throne back in medieval times. Ten years after you had drank the blood of the battlefield and became the No Life King, I found myself in a horrible predicament. Let's just say, he wanted my hand in marriage and I refused him. I was unaware that he was a vampire and by the time I had realized it…it was far too late. He had bit me and turned me. A few centuries had passed and I found myself working with Cerberus…and now here I am." I said quietly, not sharing my full story since I still did not exactly trust him.

The rest of the plane ride was in complete silence, except for the occasional soft snoring that would come from Gemma.

It actually seemed pretty peaceful. I didn't notice but my eyes started to feel heavy and I started to drift off, something that only happened if I was feeling drained and I hadn't fed recently.

I was almost unconscious when I suddenly felt something being draped over me.

I lifted my head up and looked to see that I was covered in a wine red soft blanket. I looked at Alucard to see him sitting back down in his seat. I watched him a little longer, fighting the urge to allow the unconsciousness consume me. I was not sure what he was planning and I truly did not wish to risk it. Nor did I wish to risk the safety of Gemma.

Alucard looked at him calmly, the normal mischievous look no longer in his eyes.

"Rest. You look like you need it Aiyana." He said, his deep dark voice having a silky smooth underlying tone to it, making it difficult to keep my eyes open.

"Fine…just don't try any funny business or I will not hesitate to castrate you and fill you full of my blessed bullets." I said before unconsciousness fully claimed me.

~You have got to be kidding me! Am I really trusting this…this…crazed psychopathic idiotic masochistic vampuric asshole enough to allow myself to sleep? I think I need to take a trip to the infirmary upon arrival…~

~Alucard's P.O.V~

I watched Aiyana slowly close her eyes and fall into a slumber slight state.

Despite only a few mere changes, she looked pretty much the same as she had centuries ago. Her hair seemed to be a brighter shade of red and her eyes were no longer a brilliant sapphire blue that looked like they had the stars trapped inside. Her skin was of course paler and then there were the two bite marks that a mortal would have overlooked.

I never wanted this for her. I never wanted her to live through this eternal torment. I wanted her to live a normal life, find a lover, settle down, have children, grow old, and eventually die.

I did hurt that she did not seem to remember me but it is probably for the best. If she was to remember, if she was to realize what I had become….it be best she doesn't remember.

My eyes saddened as I watched her sleep, slowly reaching out, brushing a strand of hair out of her face, tucking it behind her ear. She was still so beautiful, strong, and independent as she was back then.

I would never deny the fact that I once tried to court her and if I was to be honest with myself, I would court her again. But that would never be.

I knew she was holding back parts of her past because she did not trust me and I do not blame her. But I did not need her to tell me. I was there with her….I knew of everything that had occurred and what had happened before.

I smiled at one particularly fond memory of finding the beautiful maiden before me asleep underneath a tree that sat on a hill we used as our rendezvous location.

I settled into my seat as I watched her, trying to collect myself. Sir Integra would not be pleased if I allowed my past to make me soft. Hence why I put on the act of not standing her and of course despising her, believing that she is a fraud though I know far different. I had to push her buttons to get to where I could test her. I had to make sure that in this line of work, she could truly handle herself in any situation.

~Though I will not let much harm happen to her. Not as so long as my long stilled heart still belongs to her.~

My smirk turned into a truly sincere smile as I too allowed my eyes to close as the morning sun began to rise.

Sweet dreams my draculina…..my Countess of the Night. I told her telepathically, doubting she would remember it when she woke nor know it was me and that it definitely would not cause her to remember me.

However, I was shocked awake when I heard a telepathic response coming from her.

Sweet dreams my No Life King…..my Count of the Night.

My eyes shot wide, staring at her still sleeping form before slowly relaxing and closing my eyes once more, a new strange feeling stirring within that I had not experienced in so long.

Love.

A/N:Ok everyone, here is the next chapter of Hellsing. Sorry it took so long. I will try to update faster. Also, I will try to update Listen to the Music of the Night soon as well. I will try to do a different update one a weekly basis for all of my stories. This weekend should be Listen to the Music of the Night. I will also work on updates for different stories at once during writer's block for each story and then publish said updates whenever they are finished. I am also doing holiday specials for Hellsing and FNAF which will be posted when I have every holiday covered. See you all later!Also, I apologize for any mistakes. I finished this close to 1am. Again, I do not own Gemma! She belongs to Arem from MeraAremRema.