Chapter One:

Rescue

Walter's P.O.V

"Walter! Where the hell is Seras!?" Sir Integra slammed the phone into the receiver. Her jaw was clenched into a snarl. She glared at me.

"I'm afraid that she and Captain Bernadotte have yet to return from the assignment that you gave them yesterday," I informed her. She sat back in her chair, eyes narrowed and focused straight ahead. She opened her cigar case, taking one and cutting off the edge. I walked over to her, readying the lighter in my hand. I lit the end of her cigar which she then took a puff of and blew out smoke.

"Then I suppose I have no choice. Walter, I'm sending you in with Alucard on this assignment. It's a two person job and you are the only other one that I can trust to get it done." She glanced up at me.

"Of course sir." I bowed.

"You set out immediately." She took another puff of her cigar.

"Shall I notify Alucard?"

"No need," the voice answered behind me. I turned to see him walking through the wall. "Where are we headed, my master?" He looked at Sir Integra, his eyes filled with a lust for blood and a smile spread across his face.

"Nottinghamshire," She said simply, adjusting her glasses. "Two vampires are going on a killing spree. They've sent us a direct message." She handed him a photograph of a wall coated in blood with the word "Hellsing" dripping down. "This is a message to all of us and I intend to see their heads severed and hearts pierced." She rose from her desk, her sword already in hand. "We leave now." She made her way for the door. Alucard and I followed behind.

Two hours later

In Nottinghamshire

Sir Integra led the way up the street where the police tent was stationed. She walked briskly past the guards. They had met her before and knew better than to interfere with us. We stood outside, waiting for our orders.

"So Walter, how does it feel to be heading into battle again?" Alucard smiled.

I glanced at him, not saying anything at first. Finally I smiled, pulling my black gloves out of my pockets and sliding them on. "It…" I paused still searching for the right words. "It excites me, sir." I responded, flexing my wrist, letting the wires flow out, and then using them to snap a rock in half.

"Ah, how I have missed this! The Angel of death returns!" He laughed.

"Indeed."

Moments later, Sir Integra emerged from the tent smoking her third cigar of the night. She stood her back to us.

"What are your orders, my master?" Alucard asked, his smile growing wider. Sir Integra turned to face us.

"Search and destroy, my servant," She said with a hint of amusement in her voice. "As for you, Walter, you know what to do." She smirked. "A half mile up the road there's a white house. It's number thirty-six. Do not let these monsters get away."

"As you wish, Sir." I bowed. Alucard began walking and I caught up with him. He didn't speak once while we walked. I didn't mind the silence.

It wasn't long before we came upon the house Sir Integra spoke of. We stopped at the end of the driveway. Alucard was the one who walked ahead of me and up the front steps. I followed him slowly. I could feel the excitement in me rising. It had been a long time since I'd fought anything. It was only two vampires. This would be child's play.

"Are you ready Walter?" He pulled out both his guns. I held my left hand to my mouth and pulled the wires forward.

"Of course… this might actually be fun!" I smiled. Alucard reached for the door handle, opened it and stood to the side.

"After you, Angel."

"It would be my pleasure." I stepped into the main hall. The air was thick with the smell of blood. They were here, I could feel it. I walked down the hall into what I assumed was the living room. My eyes widened at what was before me. "Alucard…we have an…unexpected development." I stood aside for him to see.

"What, are they already de-" He didn't finish his sentence. In front of us was a young woman strapped to a chair. She wore the remnants of a night gown. Her hands were bound and she appeared to be dead. She had been brutally tortured; she was coated in blood with two gun shots in her legs. I began to approach her. "She's dead Walter."

"Let's just make sure. We don't want a ghoul sprouting up out of nowhere!" I knelt beside her and placed two fingers to her neck. "She's alive! She has a pulse!" I looked back at Alucard.

"Check for a bite mark. If she's clean, get her the hell out of here. Otherwise, dispose of her." His red eyes were cold as always. Alucard moved back into the hall and went up the stairs to the second floor.

I moved her long, black hair aside, searching her neck. I checked her arms, her torso, and her legs. There was nothing. It was almost a shame. Poor girl would be better off dead than in her current state. I severed the binding on her arms and legs and picked her up, letting her head rest on my shoulder. Suddenly, I heard gun shots coming from the second floor, followed by screams of agony.

'So much for the fun!' I thought.

The girl's eyes flickered open and she winced in pain. "W-who are you?" she squeaked out. Her eyes were sapphire blue, but almost lifeless.

"Don't talk, you've lost a lot of blood. I'm going to get you out of here." I walked down the hall and pushed the door open with my shoulder. I looked down at her again. Tears were streaming down her face. Her eyes were growing duller by the second. "Stay awake! You have to stay awake!"

Police cars had gathered around the house as well as an ambulance. Sir Integra was waiting. She dropped her cigar and looked shocked.

"A survivor! Sir Integra we have a survivor!" I shouted as I made my way down the front steps.

"Don't just stand there you idiots, help him!" she yelled at the cops. They hollered for paramedics and they rushed over to me, carrying a stretcher. They took the girl from me and placed her on the stretcher. Sir Integra approached me. "Has she been turned into a vampire?" she asked.

"I searched her, ma'am. There were no bite marks that I could see," I assured her.

"Go with them. If she turns, we'll have to take her in." She watched as the girl was placed into the ambulance.

"Are you sure, sir?" I understood her reasoning, but I wasn't exactly itching to go to a hospital with a half dead girl.

"Just go, Walter. We can manage one night without you. The world won't end." She laughed. She started walking towards Alucard, who was gliding down the street with a large smile on his face that was always there after he'd recently slaughtered something.

I turned back, looking at the ambulance and sighed. 'I'm getting too old for this…'

An officer approached me. "Mr. Dornez, if you follow me I'll be the one to drive you to the hospital." He led me to the cop car, and opened the door to the back seat. I ducked in and sat there as the cop got in and started driving.

We arrived a while after the ambulance. A few hours after arriving, a nurse approached me.

"Is she alive?" I asked, glancing up at her for only a moment.

"For now…the doctors say there's a 5% chance."

I sat there, thinking. "Do you have a name?" I asked after a period of silence.

"Not that I am aware of." I stayed quiet after that.

When morning came, she was out of surgery, but still in critical condition. She was alive, but barely. If she was a vampire she would be awake and healing from her wounds much faster. This girl was still human and dying. I informed Sir Integra of the situation and she ordered my return. She's wasn't a vampire, meaning she was no longer our problem.

I stood over her, the heart monitor steadily beeping in the background.

"I am sorry, my dear. I have done you a great disservice. I do not ask for your forgiveness, but hope that your suffering doesn't last much longer." I thought about killing her right there and then, but I ignored it. I turned and walked out the door, leaving the hospital and the girl behind.