Chapter 3 - Second battle of Hellsing HQ

     The Captain was the first one out the door, reaching for his radio. Seras aiming towards the stairs with her rifle, obviously not worried about Lestat. As the Captain spoke various calibers of gunfire could be heard over head. "Warrant Officer, What's going on up there?" He moved his other hand to his pistol, glancing over towards the stairs every so often. 

     "We don't know! Reserve troops?" The Warrant Officer yelled back, gunfire going off extremely close to him. The Enfield SA-80s could be heard firing in reply, an MP5 here and there. "It's the Germans again!"

    "What?!" Integra said loudly, she knew that they weren't gone completely yet but how could they muster enough strength to attack HQ again? Her teeth were grinding together as she thought, looking at Seras. "Seras, go reinforce them." She turned back into the room, only to see the Doctor standing alone. Lestat was gone. She looked over into the hall, nothing. Seras didn't even move yet. 

   "Yes ma-am." Seras began to say as she started to lean forward to fly into action. 

   "Wait! The Lycan is gone!" Integra shouted into the hall way, prompting Seras and the Captain to look into the room. 

    "How? I didn't see him?" Seras said, blinking before looking up the stairs. The painting that hid the stairs was slightly ajar. Where was he going? To help?

    "Captain! We're being overrun!" The radio cried out, the gunfire intensified. Integra put her hand on her head. 

     "Seras, go quickly. We'll handle the Lycan later." Integra was clearly frustrated. The past 24 hours have been nothing but hell for her. Seras was up the stairs in a split second, springing into action not a moment to soon. Her rifle firing the moment the painting flew open. 

    "Which floors are breached?" The Captain promptly asked the Warrant Officer. 

    "The Ground Floor confirmed, possible gunfire on the first floor.*" The Warrant Officer replied quickly. "What the hell is that thing?!" 

    "Behind us!" Another voice yelled from the radio.

    "Damned wankers!" A third voice could be heard yelling. 

     "Report. What's going on?" The Captain asked in a panic. The radio went silent, prompting him to look down at the radio with a dazed look. 

      "What the fuck is in this place?" The radio called out again, causing the Captain to take a heavy breath before looking at Integra. 

     "What did you see?" The Captain asked quickly, Integra walking over to him. 

      "Something extremely large and pissed the fuck off." The voice said in a slight panic. The gunfire had ceased around the Warrant officer. Some still could be heard elsewhere, including Seras's rifle. "It's gone now but it left a bloody mess...minimal casualties here but it shredded the Germans." The Captain looked over to Integra again. 

     "Could it be that beast?" He asked her, almost confused. 

     "I'm not sure...." She walked over to the cell again, looking in and seeing the doctor look over what Lestat had written. "What does the rest of it say?" Herras looked up at her quickly. 
 
       "Well, After he said that he thought those days were forgotten, he said that his book must've been found. Also, he adds that you should be able to tell he's not one of the monsters." The doctor smiled a little at the last part...kind of an ironic thing for Lestat to say. Integra looked at him for a few seconds before turning and walking back to the Captain. 

      "Ask your men if the beast attacked them" She said to the Captain, crossing her arms slightly. Her eye was a little fuzzy, she was going to have to start wearing monocle like Walter did....The thought made her look down slightly as she waited for a reply. The Captain gave a slight nod.

     "Did this 'thing' attack you?" He asked the Warrant Officer, in a few more seconds the gun fire stopped completely. The last shot obviously being Seras's rifle. 

     "We can't really tell. The Germans got a hold of a few of our boys before we managed to push them back....from what we see though, no it didn't sir." The Warrant Officer replied, a little more calm but still breathing a bit heavy. It was going to remain heavy for a while, as is what happens when you are baptized by the battle against a vampiric force. 

       "Smells like rusty nails." A voice could could be heard before the Warrant Officer released his talk button. 

      "It appears we owe our new friend." The Captain looked over at Integra. 

       "He's not a friend until we know more about him." She quickly snapped at him, prompting him to only nod in reply. 

       "Lets get to the Security Room." The Captain spoke calmly before starting to make his way upstairs. The Painting had more than a few bullet holes now. There were few SAS Soldiers dead as they walked around. Only those who seemed to be caught off guard were the ones dead. Her Majesty ordered a bulk of Silver bullets brought with them. A few of the German Vampires obviously only died because holes in their anti-UV gear. Those without UV gear were assumed to be werewolves. Is that why Lestat sprung into action? The smell off other wolves?

     "Sir, I recommend requesting a heli for the wounded. We've got some bad shrapnel wounds." A Sergeant said as he ran up to the Captain

     "Order it ASAP, get a medic to go around looking for signs of shock." The Captain replied quickly, looking over the now bloodier halls. 

     "Yes sir." The Sergeant quickly ran off to his duties, Seras walking up to them now. 

     "The mansion is cleared Integra" She said softly, slinging her rifle to her back. She nodded to the Captain slightly.

     "Good work Seras, now, go find the Lycan and keep him in order." Integra gave her a soft smile.

      "Yes ma'am." Seras nodded and smiled back before darting off down the hall. 

      When they reached the security room, some of the Soldiers had already pulled up video from the ground floor where the Warrant Officer was. A large white and furry creature leaping over the lines from the SAS's side and into battle against the Germans, dispatching them and leaving as quick as he leapt in. The soldier were bickering about what it might be. 

     "Bullocks John, that's a damn bear of some kind. Look how big it is." A Trooper pointing at the screen said loudly. 

     "Shut up you wanker, That's a wolf. Look at the snout." A different Trooper shoving him a little. The Captain cleared his throat. Both the troopers looked over, thinking to see another soldier. At the sight of the Captain they both snapped to a salute. 

    "Sorry sir. We've found something interesting on the security feeds." They both tried to say at the same time, looking over each other. 

     "Go help tend the wounded." The Captain dismissed them quickly, walking over to the screen with Integra. Sure enough, a large white beast could be seen clear as day. The fur was the same color as Lestats, but the beast looked different. It didn't look slightly human like Lestat did. It was more of a wolf. Could he really control his shape?  The Captain rewound the video to just before it appeared. The Germans appeared to be inching ever so closer and then, in just a few seconds of recording, dead. Heads being torn off, sliced open, and bashed into the ground at a speed so high that some of the soldiers didn't even have time to react. Integra pushed a few buttons and Lestat was tracked through the videos. Sometimes the cameras didn't even catch him, mostly only when he was taking another step to spring forward. He could be tracked to the same room the little girl was in, which he was plainly seen sitting in front of the door. His tail in his lap covering anything that might need to remain unseen. 

*- In England, The First floor is the floor above the Ground Floor or Lobby. (While in America it just goes First, then Second floor)
 