Chapter 25 - Day 3

Maxwell is heaving as he breathes in anger over the whole situation.

'How did this happen? Ever since that girl showed everything has been messed up!' He grabs his hair before breathing hard to calm himself down.

A few minutes later he looks up with his normal expression except there is a glint of maliciousness inside of them now.

"Anderson, I believe we have been lacking in our rebuttals to this harassment. First thing tomorrow I'm going to That who-. Ahem, Sir Integra's office and demanding her to stop that girl from further actions."

"Why can't we just kill her Maxwell? She is clearly the instigator."

"I wish we could, unfortunately one of the clauses of this deal is that unless physically provoked we're not allowed to attack. All this girl has been doing is mind games." He pauses.

"I have to admit that she is very good at it."

"That's ridiculous."

"I know, but if we have it out with them we need a reason. Being annoyed is definitely not a good one."

"Fine. But I still say we should just get his over with." Anderson disappears after saying so.

'Me too, father. Me too.' Maxwell thinks to himself before going to bed.

While the Vatican members are going to bed, seras is talking to Alucard in their room.

"Now Police Girl, How should I punish you for disobeying me?"

"I'm sorry master, I just wanted Sir Integra to like me again." Seras starts to tear up.

"That's no excuse! You have disobeyed your master and you need to be punished!" Alucard yells.

'I-I'm So-sorry master." She tries to not cry and is failing miserably.

Alucard looks at seras crying and his anger lessens a little.

"I'm just worried seras. You are still so young and you have gained this power."

Seras looks up at him and doesn't say anything.

"I won't punish you if you swear that you will not use that teleportation ability unless your life is in danger."

"I swear master. I won't do it again."

"Good. Now about your training."

"Yes!" Her expression perks up at the mention of that.

"I have decided that we will start doing it tomorrow night."

"YES! Thank you so much master!" She tries to hug him but he moves out of the way.

"....." he looks on as she comically falls down onto her face.

"Why did you move?" She speaks with her face still on the floor.

"I don't do hugs." He says while walking to his throne and sitting on it.

Seras portals her way to her bed and pouts to herself.

'We shall see master.' She thinks to herself hoping he doesn't hear.

The next day, the Iscariots are finally starting their search of the Mansion. Maxwell is showing a smile at the thought of finding information about the seals.

'Let's see that bimbo try to annoy me when I find out how to seal away her master forever.'

As Maxwell is thinking of this he passes by multiple Hellsing soldiers on the way to Sir Integra's office. When he arrived he flinches as he sees Seras waiting in front of the office doors.

"Oh Bishop Maxwell, how are you feeling today?' Seras asks with a knowing smile.

"I'm very well, thank you for asking Miss Victoria." He smiles back.

"You're very welcome. Unlike some people, I have manners."

Maxwell doesn't say anything to the unsaid comment from her statement. He stews in silence until seras speaks up.

"So Why are you looking for Sir Integra?"

"Unfortunately I cant tell you. I have to keep it a secret."

"I see. So it doesn't have anything to do with my Master's seals? That's good to know."

At her statement, Maxwell starts to tremble before turning his head to her slowly. His face is slacked open in horror.

"That's a nice face to have on you Bishop. Don't worry though, I haven't said anything to anyone. I don't want to ruin my fun."

Seras continues to look at Maxwell who's face is twitching before she speaks again.

"Oh yeah, you might want to knock on the door. I just wanted to see your face when I told you. Have a good day." Seras disappears into her portal through the floor.

When seras is gone Maxwell is left standing in the hallway. His face is twitching from surprise, to horror, and finally to anger.

'Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! DAMN! DAMN!' He keeps cursing mentally until he calms himself down.

He breathes in and out for a few minutes before knocking on the door.

"Come in." Integra's authoritative voice sounds out.

Maxwell opens the door to find Integra staring at him with an annoyed look.

"That's not very nice sir Integra. I've come to inform you that our search is beginning today." Maxwell gives his typical shit smile while saying so.

"I see. Then be off with you and leave me in peace." She waves him off before going back to her papers.

Maxwell's expression falters when he coughs awkwardly before speaking again.

"Actually I have come to ask you to stop Ms. Victoria from harassing myself and the others."

"Harassing? What do you mean? I have specifically ordered them not to."

'I see, so that letter was a lie. She didn't allow her to attack us.'

"She has been leaving threatening letters for the past couple days and I'm afraid Anderson is getting quite irritated at her. I'm afraid she'll be in danger if this goes on."

"Oh? What letters?"

"These." Maxwell hands her the letters that seras has written.

As Integra reads them she starts trembling and when she gets down with the last one, she begins to cough a little.

'Wow, she must be very angry that that bimbo has gone against orders.' Maxwell smiles triumphantly at this.

'This is the funniest stuff I have ever read. Oh my god, seras you have outdone yourself this time.' Integra thinks to herself.

A few seconds of fake coughing later, she calms down so she doesn't laugh out loud and gives a serious look.

"Don't worry Bishop. I'll have a talk with her tonight, she will stop doing this. You have my word."

"Thank you for your understanding. I'll be off searching the mansion for contraband." Maxwell smiles arrogantly before leaving.

A few minutes later, Integra laughs so loud that Walter, Who is almost at the door barges in. He closes the door behind him when he doesn't see anything out of sorts except Integra laughing.

She keeps doing so for a few minutes and her laughter turns into chuckling before stopping completely.

"Sir? What is so funny?"

"Oh Walter, Maxwell was just here and you have to read these." Integra hands him the papers whiles still smiling.

Walter has the same reaction as Integra while reading the letters and he starts to laugh a little before calming down.

"It's too bad Alucard has denied seras of blood. I would have given her extra for doing this.

"True. I only wish I was there when they got them." She chuckles again.

After Maxwell left Integra's office, He goes back to the Iscariot's meeting room where the rest are waiting.

"How did it go Bishop?" Yumie ask.

"It went as expected. The English sow had no idea that her pet was doing such actions. She has promised to tell the blonde bimbo to stop." Maxwell's insults are flowing freely now that he has a guarantee.

"How can you expect Protestants to keep their word Maxwell!?" Anderson yells.

As soon as he does a clap of sounds out from behind the group. They all turn back and find seras smiling while clapping.

"Congratulations Bishop, you just told on me to 'mommy'." She says the last word sarcastically.

"Shut up you blasphemer! You no longer will be able to antagonize is so much." He yells at her.

"Oh really? Aren't I only antagonizing you?" She asks back knowingly.

"What!?" He says with a yell before looking at the rest of the Iscariots.

He notices that despite they're anger they actually agree with what she said.

'How is she doing this!? There was nothing in her file that suggested she was this intelligent. I have to calm down, she is making me look bad.'

"Fine. Yes, you're annoying me to an almost impossible degree." He says after a few seconds in thought.

'Oh? He calmed down. Now I get to see how he has become the leader of the Iscariot organization.'

"Good. I'm glad we're on the same page. You see, you guys are trespassing into our home on some trumped up reason. I just wanted to make it more difficult for you."

"What do you mean?"

"Well last night, I've moved all the information inside the family library around so it would make your search much more difficult."

"What!?"

"See? I don't have to antagonize you directly. Good luck getting Sir Integra to make me help you with your search." She goes to the door to walk out.

Before she touches the doorknob she speak again.

"Oh yeah, I left you a little something on the table." She leaves in a human fashion after saying so.

After she leaves they all look at the table and find another letter folded neatly. Maxwell nearly yells in madness before Renaldo opens it and is confused by the message.

Maxwell takes it roughly before reading it.

It's just a big number 5 written in blood like ink.

"What does this mean?" Maxwell asks nobody in particular.

"Isn't it the fifth time you have insulted her?" Yumie asks.

"DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!!!!!!!" He finally loses it and yells loudly.

Seras hears that in her bed and chuckles to herself.

'That was fun.'

The day goes on with all members of the Iscariots searching the 3rd and 2nd floors. Every room was overturned and turned into a mess.

All of the soldiers were angry during the whole ordeal. Not because they're searching through their rooms personal and professional, but because they didn't clean up afterwards.

Seras wakes up and hears the whispers of soldiers complaining about the Vatican members.

'Wow, is this payback for being angered or is he just that rude?' She thinks as she gets up and then remembers about the training tonight.

She jumps out of bed and looks to the throne. She notices that Alucard isn't there and his coffin is laying next to it.

She walks over to it very slowly trying not to make any noise that a vampire can hear. She does it successfully and leans next to the coffin trying to listen in.

'Wait. Do vampires even breathe? I know I do but couldn't that be because my body is still used to it?' She thinks as she listens more intensely and doesn't hear anything.

'Should I knock on it? But what if he is still in there and gets mad? He won't train me anymore.'

If any of the other Hellsing members were here they would get surprised at her hesitation. The vampire who can kill without hesitation and remorse is hesitating in this situation.

'I'll just do it.' As soon as her fist is an inch away from the door her master appears behind her.

She yells in surprise before turning to him.

"What were you doing Police Girl?"

"I was....um.....checking to see if you were awake."

"I see. I'll let it go this time, but It's incredibly rude to knock on somebody else's coffin, especially when they're your master." He goes and sits on his throne.

"Master?"

"Yes?"

"Um....." she tries to ask about her training but she doesn't want to anger him anymore.

Alucard just looks at her as she gets sad and he begins to laugh.

"HahahahaHaha. I was just messing with you Police Girl. I didn't forget about your training."

"You're so mean master." She complains and he laughs again.

"Ok, we're going to be going back to that room where I punished you. So, follow me." He disappears after saying so.

After he goes seras follows him after. A few seconds later they appear in the room where seras almost died.

She notices that the room is completely clear of the corpses earlier and she turns to her master with a questioning expression.

"I returned them to where they came from. You really put them through hell Police Girl. They said that they would rather die than face you again."

"They didn't die?"

"Of course not. When I teach you how to summon familiars I'll tell you all about it."

"Ok."

"Before I begin, I have to clarify what we are to you Police Girl. I was going to wait until you drank my blood and became a Nosferatu, but you have exceeded all of my expectations."

She smiles smugly in a joking manner.

"You see, vampires that we faced before aren't true vampires. According to Integra's research they're man made copies based on a true vampire."

"I see."

"You already knew that, but what you might not have known is that these 'true' vampires aren't really true vampires. Well, they are and they are not."

"What do you mean?"

"This is difficult to explain. Let's see, ok let me say it like this. I'm a first generation vampire. I have turned myself into a creature of the night. You are a second generation."

"I'm with you so far."

"These true vampires are actually descendants of vampires like you and I. They're weaker versions of the true vampire, so they don't have all of our abilities."

"Oh, I understand now. Is that why Helena couldn't gain the memories and abilities of those she drinks from?"

"That's correct. You see only the first and second generation vampires have these abilities. Any one after will not."

"Ok. But why did you explain this to me before we start training?"

"One of the abilities that we have and they don't is that ability to alter our appearance." He says this and changes himself to look like he did when they went to Brazil in the ova.

"What I have done is not just change clothes. I altered my physical appearance which is impossible for others."

"Why?"

"That's because they're not the same as us. True vampires, Nosferatu, do not have physical bodies. We are projections of our soul using shadows."

"What?" She asks majorly confused.

"There is a shadow world that is always around us. Nosferatu are able to use these shadows to form physical manifestations of our soul to roam the planet."

"Ok?"

"You're not fully like this because you're still a fledgling. However you are able to alter your clothes the same way."

"Is that why you're able to be shot by blessed bullets and stabbed by Anderson bayonets without dying?"

"Yes. They still hurt like hell though." He chuckles darkly.

"If all of this is true, then how did Abraham Hellsing experiment on you to make you stronger?"