Graveyard Dancing

Chapter one: The Beginning

The battles have gone too out of hand. Too gruesome, too violent. Innocent people dying murdered. Loosing so many comrades, having to kill them so they won't suffer as Ghouls, it's the least you can give them to end their suffering…

Hellsing needs help, though Integra hated to admit it. She knows that time is running out and rather quickly, she has to think up of something to help the Hellsing organization and fast before time is up. As she sat at her desk she brushed the loose platinum, blond strands of hair that got in her face away and she sighed.

"Walter," she Beckoned for him. "Get me a cigarette."

"Yes, of course madam." He went to the little small silver box on the counter at the far edge of the room and took a cigar out and gave it to Integra. She grabbed the cigar with a shaky hand and put it in her mouth, waiting for her butler to light it up. When Walter pulled the lighter away, Integra immediately took a long drag from the cigarette then she released her breath with a puff of smoke.

Both Integra and Walter looked out of the large windows and outside. She got up from her seat and walked closer to the window. It was getting dark. Alucard and Seras would be waking up soon… Integra let her mind wonder off of the topic of the war for a bit. She pondered on whether or not Alucard and Seras dreamt when asleep, since they were vampires and all. She wondered of her father when he would teach her about how vampires were evil monsters…

Her thoughts were interrupted when Alucard phased through the floor and into her study in front of her and Walter. Not so far behind, Seras barged into the room when she opened the door clumsily.

"Hello, Master," Alucard greeted Integra. "Are you going to sleep soon?"

"No. We need to talk." She said in a sad tone. This alerted Alucard, Seras and Walter at once.

She turned around and walked to her desk. As she sat down, the other three gathered a little closer to her desk so they could hear her. Integra seemed to be having trouble in search for the words she needed to say. Everyone waited patiently until finally, Integra sighed and began talking; explaining about how things are being too difficult at the moment for the Hellsing organization.

"We are in need of help right now…" Alucard held his breath as she said it; he did not want to ask for help! It would make the Hellsing organization look weak. "There are so many casualties going on, the loss of our comrades, innocent people have been constantly getting killed for no reason-'' Then Integra paused mid sentence. Everyone around her tensed up as she stopped talking. An idea had occurred to her. As soon as she thought of it, she thought that she had gone mad. But it seemed to be the only good plan she had… she had to tell them.

"I think I know who could help us. We just have to make sure they accept the offer. We have to behave ourselves too." Alucard was pretty sure his master had addressed that last statement to him. He looked down to the floor, feeling a little scolded but he was smirking, but then he suddenly snapped his head upwards to stare at Integra drinking in the words she spoke.

Just above a whisper, she said, "…I am going to call Maxwell for help.

Walter's eyes widened slightly, Seras nearly fell to the floor at the mad statement, and Alucard was speechless. His mouth was wide open, and his glasses fell off of his face; revealing his large crimson eyes to everyone. He had the urge to shoot the wall with his weapons or something.

"Master, let's just-" Alucard started, but was interrupted by Integra.

"No Alucard. We have no other choice. Who else can we turn to for help at a time like this?" Integra said, dark teal eyes stared deep into ruby red ones. "And if we do not get help and go into the battle field how we are now, it would be considered suicide."

Seras just stood there, hands held over her mouth, worrying about how the Vatican's would even accept the offer. As if reading her thoughts, Integra said, "We just have to offer them something they cannot deny. If we, the Hellsing organization, and the Vatican's form an alliance; we could become one of the strongest organizations in the world."

"Of course a lot of rules would have to be set down first that is if the Vatican does accept this." Walter stated after the madam's words had sunken into his brain. After some thinking about this barbarous idea… it was actually not a bad idea after all. Now all they have to do is to wait and see if the Vatican's take them up on the offer.

"Fine." Was all Alucard said in anger before he bent down to pick up his glasses and stalked to one of the walls in his master's study and phased through it.

Every one that was left in the room stared at the wall the vampire had just phased through moments ago and sighed.

"Uh… Miss Integra… are you sure this is the only solution we have?" Seras asked as she turned to look at Integra.

Integra blew out the last puff of smoke from her mouth before she discarded of what was left of her cigar. She stared at Victoria, her eyes full of unsure answers and it seemed rather melancholy to Walter and Seras.

"I'm not sure I know the answer to that Seras…" she stated simply as she put her head on her hands, her shoulders slumped.

After a few moments of silence, Integra got up from her desk and started toward the door.

"Madam?" both Walter and Seras said at the same time.

Integra paused when she turned the doorknob, opening it. "Walter, get the car ready. Seras go and get Alucard and bring him to me. We are going out." She stated suddenly, the walked out the study. Walter and Victoria gave each other a glance than went to do what they were told.

Victoria took forever to find her master, but she finally found him. He was sitting in a tree, on a really high branch just gazing at the stars up ahead.

Master looks like a child… Seras thought with a little smile placed on her lips.

Don't call me a child of all things. I can hear you police girl. Alucard's voice rang in her head, his tone sounded as if he was scolding her. She straightened up more and cleared her throat.

"Ah, yes master…" then she remembered what Sir Integra ordered her to do. "Oh right master! Miss Integra said that she wants you to go to her…"

"Why?" he asked in a curious tone. He wondered if they were going to the Vatican's… he didn't want to go. Everyone in the Vatican's pissed him off so much, he just wanted to shoot them all in the head and watch their brains just gush out of them. He narrowed his eyes a little when the police girl said that she did not know why Integra wanted him to go to her.

He took a deep breath and held it there. He took off his hat and glasses and stood on his feet on the high branch of the tree; he exhaled and just let himself fall from the tree. He loved falling, the wind brushing his long black hair out of his face. He felt free… He landed gracefully on his feet without even making a sound and walked off.

He pause mid-step, and turned his head towards Seras (who looked amazed at from the fall her master did from the tree) and whispered, "Come, police girl."

"Ah, okay yes master!" she said as she sprinted toward Alucard.

When they finally found Integra and Walter, they were by the front gate. Car ready and Integra was dressed in clothes made for combat, sword on her waist, and two hand guns hidden in her jacket.

"Where are we going?" Seras asked a bit confused that they were going out so late at night though it'd be morning for her and master.

Alucard was curious too. As they got into the car, Walter driving, Integra spoke.

"We are going to have a meeting with Maxwell and Father Anderson. I heard that they were actually in London this weekend for a Ghoul extermination, why we didn't find out about that Ghoul extermination- I don't know, I just got the message a while ago."

Alucard groaned inwardly. He didn't want to go over there and show any kind of weakness. The Vatican's made him feel uneasy and nervous, thought he'll never show it. Especially Anderson. I mean, head sliced my head right off once! He thought. When Anderson did that, Alucard felt a tiny bit of fear. He hated to actually admit it, but he did. He also thought that the bastard was going to kill Seras. When he stabbed her with all those bayonets too. The thought of them working together, made him shiver in a mixed feeling of fear, anger and disgust.

He gave a deep sigh and turned to look out of the window and to the stars he put his glasses back on when Integra asked him a question.

"Is something wrong Alucard?" She asked, "You look a bit angry- or rather shaken is the best word for how you look right now."

Seras pointed at his hand that was at the process of being clenched into a shaking fist. He was surprised at the most, though he didn't show it on his face, that he did not even realize that he balled his hand up into a fist. He took a deep breath and unclenched his hand.

"I'm fine." He forced out of his mouth. After he said that, he bit his tongue in frustration. He had a bad feeling that something was going to happen if the Vatican's do say yes, but he doesn't know what will happen. He knows it'll be something really really bad.

His blood started to pool inside his mouth after a while he bit his tongue, so he released it and swallowed the small portion of his blood. It tasted sweet and metallic at the same time. Then he realized that he hadn't drunken blood at all since the day before yesterday. But it's a good thing that he has medical blood in the inside pocket of his red coat. He wondered how much longer it will be until he's practically starving. He'll challenge himself.

He smirked at the thought.