And I'm picking up writing again after a plot bunny wouldn't go away…

This is a Trinity Blood and Hellsing crossover story. I couldn't help noticing the similarities, so there. While TB is a more recent interest, I have to admit Hellsing was something a bit in the past. Just leave a review regarding any errors I might have made in this story.

"Father Nightroad? Father Nightroad!"

"Esther! Over here! How are you doing? Any injuries?"

"Just a shoulder wound…Father…where are we?"

"Don't speak yet, can you climb up from there? Here, grab my hand."

A red-haired nun looked up from where she was sitting to where a silver-haired priest stood. Careful not to further injury her wound, Sister Esther Blanchett grasped Father Abel Nightroad's hand with her left. There was a sharp tug, and Esther was promptly lifted from where she sat in what appeared to be a part of the floor that had caved in. Back to solid floor, Esther dusted herself off before looking around in the ruined building the two of them were currently in.

"Where…?"

"I don't know, I don't even know how we got here."

Esther looked around, trying to grasp her bearings. The old, abandoned, and not to mentioned ruined building that now greet her eyes was not somewhere she recognized. A shelf carried several old books, of which a majority of them appeared to be in disrepair. There was a bed at the side, but it appeared to be unused. Besides having a hole where the floor had caved in, dirt streaked the surface, as typical of an abandoned building. The lack of dust, however, indicated that someone might have been here recently. Esther wanted to ask Abel more questions about the place, but he appeared to be as clueless as she was. Deciding to further explore her new environment, she strode forward to the door, only to wince and grasp her shoulder again. Abel quickly noticed.

"Esther" He moved forward to examine the wound, and then sighed. "Let's treat the wound first, while it's not particularly serious, leaving it unattended will no be a good idea." He led her to the bed, and while she stayed still he rummaged about in the room, finally pulling out a first aid kit. It was also old, and judging by the way Abel had to shake the dust off, also unused.

"Normally I'll wait till I can ask the owner for permission, but since they're absent and you're injured, I think I'll just have to apologize to them later and see if I can repay the favour some other time." Esther nodded silently, not trusting herself to speak yet. Abel rolled her sleeve up and began treating the wound carefully.

"Like I said, the wound isn't serious. Considering we were fighting against Auto-Jagers and two Rosenkruez members at the same time, that's lucky."

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The two AX members didn't know where they currently were, but they were about to find out. Not far from the same old building the two were currently resting in was a small military camp. This camp also worked in the name of a religious organization. Not the Vatican, in fact not even Catholic, but Protestant. Post-Armageddon's strongest surviving religion may be Catholicism, but Pre- Armageddon was a time of many religious. For England, the country that was once named Albion and will once again be Albion after Armageddon, the strongest religion was Protestant, and instead of the Vatican they had the Hellsing Organization.

Like the Vatican and AX agency, the organization was almost military-like, employing soldiers and other fighters to fight against those who oppose God and/or serve as a threat to humankind. The greatest threat to humankind was vampires, not Methuselah, but real vampires: Nosferatu. The Hellsing organization, unlike the Vatican of its time, fight them using all means – including employing vampires to fight against vampires. Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing, the leader, currently has two vampires under her command – Alucard, Class A vampire, and Seras Victoria, a vampire servant.

Because the Vatican of its time refused to ally itself with the 'heathen', the Hellsing Organization generally do not get along with the Vatican or its Iscariot Organization, the Vatican's military. Despite their similar goals of hunting down rogue vampires, the Iscariot agents usually end up clashing with the Hellsing agents, which only deepened the hatred between the two. Though a temporally truce was silently agreed upon that the organizations stayed within their own territories, the peace between the two was as fragile as the Vatican and New Human Empire of Post-Armageddon.

This was one of those cases. The military camp was set in England because its latest problem was in England, and as a result it was pretty much guaranteed that the Catholics will not interfere. Integra had received news of rogue vampires working on their usual tricks again, generally killing people and turning them into ghouls. Though it wasn't as serious as some of the cases they have seen, the point was to stop the vampire before it becomes that serious. They tracked the vampires down to the outskirts of town, hiding in one of the old and abandoned buildings, but it was unconfirmed how many vampires there were. They've managed to confirm two, but there was a chance there will be more.

Hence why it was decided that they send in their trump cards Alucard and Seras.

Currently the two were standing at attention in front of Integra. The woman held up two photos, a man named Will and a woman named Barbara "These two are your main targets, but there is a chance that there will be more vampires involved. There will also be plenty to ghouls to deal with, but I trust you two will have no problems with them."

"An unconfirmed amount of vampires" Alucard smirked "sounds like fun. I'll deal with them and Police Girl here can handle the ghouls."

"As usual, and its Seras Victoria" The vampire servant groaned.

"No matter, just take out the vampires and its ghouls. Once again, if the noise attracts a civilian stupid enough to play explorer, make sure not to kill him. I don't want a repetition of the time I had the Vatican breathing down my neck."

"He never died!" Seras exclaimed.

"But he caused quite a stir" Integra lit up a cigar "enough talk. Move out, you two" Alucard smirked, orange sunglasses gleaming in the light, before taking his leave and heading for the building. Seras followed, in a not-so-sinister manner.

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While Esther rested on the bed, Abel made his way out of the room to explore the building. At a quick glance, it appeared to be abandon, but Abel found traces of residence pretty quickly. The lack of dust and fresh foot prints were just two examples. He moved around, looking for the building's occupants, but gradually he grew more wary of the place. He realized he didn't like it; there was a heavy and sinister atmosphere in the air. Almost without intention, his footsteps became lighter and his breathing quieter, as if trying to hide from an unseen force.

Meanwhile, Esther sat silently on the bed, waiting for Abel to return. Though it took much convincing, Esther finally agreed to stay behind and rest for a while. She was injured at the moment; therefore her marksmanship will not be in top quality. If they went out and end up being forced to fight, she would only be a burden.

From behind, she heard the door open. Esther didn't turn around "Father Nightroad, I've been trying to think of how we got here, but logic tells me its impossible for us to be at another place so suddenly unless there was an explosion of sorts and yet there was none…" the sound of a gun clicking stopped her. The red-haired nun turned around and froze, because the person at the door wasn't Abel, Abel would never point a gun at her.

Seras stared in shock at the supposed vampire across from her. That was the only conclusion she could come to, because the girl across from her was definitely no ghoul. The 'vampire' was not Barbara, she was too young, probably just around Seras' age, but their difference couldn't have been more obvious. Unlike Seras' arguably modern-styled clothing, the girl wore the modest dress of a nun. Whereas Seras had blond hair, hers was a vivid red. The vampire also had impossibly large eyes, giving her an image of purity and innocence, which contrasted Seras' own narrowed cat-like ones.

"You…"

Seras recovered from her shock when the red-haired girl pulled out a gun, not as large as hers, but still lethal. Acting on instinct, the vampire servant fired, blowing the gun out of Esther's hands. The nun was not daunted; she leapt into the air and lunged at Seras, giving a well-aimed kick to the large gun, disarming Seras as well. The Sister threw a punch forward, but Seras blocked it. A hiss escaped her lips, revealing fangs to Esther.

"Methuselah!"

Seras didn't understand the word that her opponent said. Assuming it was some foreign language, she ignored it, and instead she threw her own fist forward. Though Esther was able to jump back, her injury slowed her down, and despite avoiding maximum pain the punch sent her reeling back. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Seras moved forward and sent a kick at the red-haired girl's direction. Once again, Esther moved enough to avoid most of the injury, but the force this time was enough to knock her to the ground. A cry escaped her lips her pain flared up her injured shoulder.

Seras retrieved her large gun and pointed it at Esther, only to freeze again at the scent of fresh blood. Her opponent remained at the floor, clutching her shoulder, which was now stained a crimson red. Seras stared, vampires did not bleed like that, and vampires would have also healed from that type of wound quickly. Esther was also gritting her teeth in pain, and for the first time Seras saw the lack of fangs.

A human, she had been fighting a human, and if the clothing was real then she had been fighting a Sister. But before she could apologize, question or help the human, she felt the barrel of a gun pressed behind her head "don't move."

Esther looked up at the voice, and saw Abel standing behind the 'Methuselah'. When Seras didn't move, Abel pushed the gun out of her hands before he addressed his injured companion "Esther, are you okay?"

"Don't worry about me," Esther answered. "Father Nightroad, wherever we are, we can't stay here for long without backup. Rogue Methuselah and large guns do not make a good combination, for all we know we're at the base of another extremist group!"

"Yes," Abel agreed, gun still poised behind Seras' head "it does seem like it, we'll have to contact the others." No sooner had he said those words did he felt the barrel of another gun pressed behind his head. Judging by its size, it was a much bigger gun than Abel's. Esther froze again as she saw another stranger in the room, this time of a man even taller than Abel. The man also carried a gun, larger then Abel's though not as large as Seras', and judging by the sadistic smirk on his face he was probably very tempted to pull the trigger.

"Drop you gun, priest"

"You…" Abel couldn't believe that someone had sneaked up behind him when he was on high alert. "You're with her?" He indicated to Seras as he obediently dropped his gun. When the other man didn't lower his, Abel almost expected to be shot on the spot, but the man only continued speaking. "I'm not here to kill you, priest, at least not yet. What's your name, human?"

"Father Abel Nightroad" the silver-haired man replied "and my companion there is Sister Esther Blanchett." He didn't turn around yet, so he couldn't see the other man clearly, but at the corner of his eyes he saw dark hair and orange sunglasses, along with reddish-orange clothing. Esther, on the hand, could see the man clearly, and all her senses screamed Danger. When the man's smile grew, revealing pointed fangs, she reasonably panicked, but the man actually pulled the gun back from behind Abel's head.

"Go over to your friend's" Abel obeyed, moving to Esther's side and helping her to her feet. Then he turned to finally look at his attacker, who continued smirking "Exactly why are two humans, and of strict religious backgrounds, in a building that is marked as belonging to a vampire? Are you two from the Iscariot organization?"

"No," Abel answered. The Iscariot organization? They perished even before the Armageddon started! Could it be…but that's impossible… "We are simply travelers who were planning to rest here for a while, as my companion is injured." I better not tell them how… "If I may ask, who are you and what are you doing here?"

Seras glanced at Alucard, and when he gave no command she answered "I am Seras Victoria, and this is Alucard, we are both of the Hellsing Organization sent to deal with the vampire problem here."

"Aren't you a Met…vampire as well?" Abel corrected himself, earning an odd look from Esther.

"I figured you'll recognize us" Seras answered, mistaking Abel's question as a confirmation to them being Hellsing's trump cards. "I suggest the two of you leave this place quickly, this is Hellsing business, and the two of you will only be in danger when the ghouls or vampires attack."

"Ghouls?" Esther repeated, but from a look Abel shot her she quickly quieted. The others never noticed it, as a sudden thumping drew their attention "what's that?"

"Looks like the ghouls have arrived" Alucard smirked. "Police Girl, deal with them, I'll see if I can find the vampires, in the meantime, I suggest the two of you leave quickly before things get too dangerous for you; unless you need Police Girl to accompany you to safety?" In response, Esther and Abel pointed to their guns on the floor.

"We have our own defences, you've only caught us unprepared, but outside we'll be able to fight if the need arises." Abel smiled, and Seras was struck by how Abel also contrasted her master, just like how Esther did to her. Alucard laughed.

"If you say so, now Police Girl, let's go. Try holding them off for a while so the two humans can escape" the two of them quickly vanish out the door. Abel glanced at Esther and noticed the reopened wound, so he spoke even before Esther opened her mouth.

"No, Esther, you're still injured. We'll leave this business to them, let's go."

"What's going on, Father?" Esther asked as the two of them began to find a way out of the building "Hellsing Organization? Iscariot? Ghouls?"

"Esther…I know this might sound impossible…but I think we've been somehow sent to the past."

"What?!"

"Iscariot is the former military organization of the pre-Armageddon Vatican. Hellsing is Albion's, now England's, own religious military organization…" as the two navigated their way out of the large building, Abel told Esther all he knew of the times. Esther found it hard to believe, but when she saw her first stray ghoul reality was forced upon her. Abel shot it down quickly, and Esther became aware of how she was slowing their progress out the building down with her injury.

She suddenly remembered her first encounter with Ion Fortuna, and realized this must have been how he felt like at the time.

Thundering footsteps brought her out of her thoughts. Abel, too, sensed the danger and tried to speed up their process, but it wasn't good enough. A good amount of ghouls suddenly appeared in front of them, forcing them to draw out their guns. The ghouls, seeing the two of them, moved forward.

"Esther, stay behind me" Abel ordered as be began firing his gun. Esther shook her head.

"Sorry, Father, but I can't just stand still"

"You're injured!"

"I'll be worst condition if I let them overpower us. I'm not going to be your burden, Father" she held out her own gun and began firing. The ghouls began falling, but more and more of them were approaching and replacing the dead. At the rate they were going, Abel knew they were going to be cornered.

Then a rain of bullets fell upon the ghouls from behind, and the two AX agents saw Seras standing behind the ghouls "what are you two waiting for? Hurry up! The exit's just this way!" Abel would have thanked her, but Esther already screamed something.

"Seras! Behind you!"

Seras managed to jump out of the way as several bullets rooted themselves to where she was standing earlier. Looking up, the three of them saw a woman with a firearm and a pair of sharp fangs – Seras recognized her as Barbara, one of the target vampires.

"My, looks like we have three rats who have snuck in" the vampire sneered, and continued firing several bullets. Seras jumped out of the way and landed closer to the ghouls then intended. Quickly preoccupied with the ghouls, she shouted "Can you two deal with vampire?!"

"Of course" Abel began firing several rounds at the vampire, who despite moving out of the way was grazed by several of them. Esther narrowed her eyes, this vampire was the exact type she despised, so she acted without pity when she took aim and fired. Dead blood sprouted out from the wound on the vampire's arm.

"What…damn you Hellsing dogs!" Neither Esther nor Abel bothered correcting that assumption as the two of them engaged the vampire in a duel. Because the three of them were frequently moving and jumping, without intention, Abel and Esther suddenly jumped out of a broken window and realized that they were outside the building at last. Their troubles weren't over, as without warning the vampire jumped out after them. Abel couldn't move fast enough, the vampire threw a heavy object forward and Esther's cry of pain pierced the air.

"Esther!"

Abel watched in horror as Esther fell. When she finally landed, Abel saw her eyes were closed. He raced forward and knelt down beside her, she was still alive and there was no blood, he thanked God for that, but the vampire's laughter snapped him out of further thought.

"GAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Can't you see you humans can't win us? Don't worry, I'll drain you both dry so you two will be my new ghouls!" The hysterical laughter sent a ringing in Abel's ears as a cold fury consumed him. He stood up, staring at the vampire with cold eyes, before speaking.

"Originally I was planning to simply arrest you and hand you over, but I think I've changed my mind." A slender hand reached up and removed his glasses. "Nanomachine Crusnik 02, initiating operation at 40 percent, activate"

"What the…?" The vampire stared as the air suddenly seemed to still. The ponytail that the Father had tied his hair back in loosened and lifted up, as if reaching for the sky, resulting in the appearance of a spiked silver crown. Sky-blue eyes suddenly glowed and turned red, but most important were the fangs that slowly grew out from his teeth.

"You're…not human" Barbara stated in shock "don't tell me…one of us?!"

"No, but close enough. Have you never thought about something like this?" Abel asked. "Human beings eat animals and plants, vampires suck the blood of those human beings, then shouldn't it make sense that something out there will live on the blood of vampires?" The vampire was terrified at what the situation was turning to, but she tried to talk her way out.

"Why are you with the humans? Even if we are different, you are closer to us then you are with the humans are you not? We can work together…"

"I have no interest in making an army of ghouls, nor do I take pleasure in the ruthless killing you seem to so enjoy" Abel raised a clawed hand, and a scythe made of blood appeared. "Repent, and you can start by first telling me who you are working with."

"Like hell I'll tell you!"

"So be it"

There was a flash of red, and the vampire screamed as she was cut horizontally from her waist. She stared up at Abel, who now towered over her like some sort of demon. "Normally I'll be more patient and try to ask for more information, but what you have done to my companion is unforgivable. Goodbye, vampire" There was another flash of red, and one last scream, before the vampire was finally killed off.

Abel had heard that once head vampires were kill, the ghouls would no longer be a threat, but either he heard wrong or his source was incorrect because when he looked up he saw ghouls heading his way. Abel's eyes narrowed, for one second he considered picking up Esther and just running, but he soon realized that wouldn't work. An inhuman snarl escaped his lips as he realized he would have to fight quickly so that Esther wouldn't die from the wound. Raising his scythe once more, he lunged forward and attacked.

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The remains of what were once ghouls surrounded the Crusnik as he reverted back to his human form. Not wasting any time, he hurried to Esther's side "Esther! Esther!"

"I'm fine" Esther's voice was strained, but to Abel that was one of the best sounds he had ever heard, knowing that Esther was still alive. He knelt down and pulled Esther up to his side.

"Let's go, Esther"

But the next thing he knew a strong helicopter light shone at them, temporally blinding him. There was the sound of many guns clicking and the footsteps of many men. When his eyes recovered, Abel squinted against the light and saw what appeared to be troops of humans marching forward, stopping at a distance of several feet, but their guns were all pointed at him and Esther. Abel felt Esther's grip on him tightened, but neither of them said anything. In fact, somebody asked the question for them.

"Master?" Alucard stepped out of the building, closely followed by Seras, both of them looking like they have had a good workout carrying out their duties. Neither of them appeared to know what was going on as they stared at the troops, all mobilized as if for another war. "May I ask about the meaning of this?"

A woman stepped out from the group. Abel saw she had long pale hair and dark skin; she also wore a serious and cold expression. Those merciless eyes were pinned on Abel even as she addressed her subordinates "you two left two threats out. I told you before that there was an unconfirmed amount of vampires and ghouls in the building, but it appears that there's something else altogether as well."

"Two more threats?" Alucard repeated "Master, he may be Catholic but…"

"Enough, Alucard" Integra snapped "look around you, the ghouls and vampire being dispatched so easily and quickly should already indicate something to you. I've seen how he's done it, and you will be informed of it later."

"You think I'm some sort of…monster?" Abel asked softly.

"No," Esther shook her head "this is a misunderstanding! Father Nightroad isn't a monster…" The redhead sensed more then saw the gun aimed at Abel's direction by a soldier positioned on one of the trucks that had transported the troops. Despite her dizziness from her wound she realized what was going to happen.

"Father!" She pushed Abel down just before the bullet pierced her side. Abel fell to the floor and watched in horror as Esther fell once more, except this time, the wound could be fatal. The redhead's eyes closed and her body became still.

"Esther!" Abel caught her before she hit the ground. "Esther, hang on! Esther!" Scarlet was soaking through Esther's white robes, and they stained Abel's black as well. The Crusnik trembled with silent fear and agony "Esther!" He wasn't given the chance to grieve, a second bullet flew and grazed his cheek before embedding itself in a wall. Abel felt his own blood trickle down from his new wound, and he froze once more.

Integra had not passed the order to kill the two, but nor did she explicitly said to take them alive. When one of her men fired the first bullet, she simply took the opportunity as well. As she wished, Abel's attention went back to her "You…" Abel turned to look at the woman. Her authoritive behaviour was almost like Catherina's, but Catherina would never try something like this. "This isn't about this child, it's about me. I'm the monster, she isn't!"

"Master, please listen!" Seras tried to explain "I fought with her! Whatever assumption you have, she at least is definitely human!" Judging by Integra's expression, the woman had realized it as well. The blood pouring from the Sister's wound was too fresh, too human.

"She is unrelated" Abel continued. "I don't care what you do with me, but please save her!"

Integra looked at his expression, and saw the genuine concern and fear, fear that the girl would die. Whatever relationship those two shared, they obviously cared deeply for the other. The redhead had taken a bullet meant for him, and now to save her he appeared to be close to begging. A slight conscience tugged in her as she acknowledged that the Sister was a human, like her, and she knew what she will do.

"Let's make a deal" Integra proposed. "If you surrender quietly, I will save that girl."

Abel looked at her, looked back at Esther, possibly dying in his arms, and closed his eyes. "You'll keep your word?"

"I swear it upon my life" and that was all that Abel could hope for. He gently lowered Esther to the ground before standing up and moving a few steps away.

"Alucard" Integra ordered.

Abel soon found himself unceremoniously shoved face first against the wall, Alucard's gun behind his head, while another hand held both Abel's hands behind him. But the Crusnik offered no complaint as he heard Integra ordering her troops to take Esther to the hospital. He watched as a stretcher arrived and Esther was carefully placed on it, before she disappeared from his sight.

Abel didn't put up much resistance when he was roughly tied and blindfolded despite his glasses. His gun was removed and his wrists were bound so tightly that the ropes cut into his skin. The wound on his cheek was ignored as the soldiers secured him. When he felt a tranquiller gun pressed against him his last thought was still of Esther.

Wait for me, I promise that I'll definitely come for you.

And not far away, in the old and ruined building that was situated beside the one that now had ghoul remains all over its surface, two people watched as the Hellsing troops took away the two AX agents. One of the observers was tall with long dark hair, while the other was slender with the face of an angel, but most definitely the heart of the devil.

"So we've been thrown into the twentieth century of Pre-Armageddon," the smaller figure smiled "I bet even you didn't expect this."

"It certainly was unexpected," the taller man replied "but I had been testing the experiment for a while, Marionettenspieler."

"Don't I know it, Panzer Magier"

I watched anime episodes subbed, and haven't seen the dubbed versions. So if some of the phrasing here is different then the dubbed versions, that's my reason.

I apologize now if I have turned the characters OOC, alright? Don't flame me for it, civilly critic me