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Hellsing-The Belladonna: Chapter 6

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Chapter 6

Thirty minutes later by taxi transportation, they had finally arrived at the museum, all elaborate and ready for this big event. Of course, anxious to get this day over and done with, they all climbed up the stairs and entered the museum.

From the looks of things, the ones that weren't from the tournament but were invited to this event were either royals or nobles, making Alexia and her friends one of a small few who weren't from that category. It was these types of event that all of them, except for Nichole, wished that they didn't have to take part in these things. Nevertheless, they just decided to suck it up and try to enjoy the night.

It wasn't long before Nichole saw the young men that she had met at the tournament and immediately rushed over to meet with them. Next was Benny and Ethan to leave the group, for a few feet away from them, they had spotted trays of snacks and bite-size meals set on a long table. With quick haste, the hungry duo raced to the food faster than you could say 'hamburger'. That only left Alexia, Joe and Sydney standing in the middle of the room.

"So...does anyone wanna just walk about and look at the exhibitions that they have here?" Sydney asked half-heatedly.

"Well actually, I have to go and find Sir Integra and talk to her about the orders that she requested," Alexia explained, searching the room in hopes of spotting the 'Dragon Lady'. "You know, before she decides to have me killed in my sleep or something."

"I highly doubt she would do that," Joe reasoned, although had had some doubts as well.

"Hey Lexi, isn't that her over there next to those people?" Sydney said, point to one corner of the room.

Sure enough, there she was, fashionably dressed in a cream evening gown, with three other people along with her. One of which seemed to be emanating a mysterious yet dark aura, despite his handsome features. The other two, a man with long, ginger braided hair and an eye patch and a woman with short blonde hair, didn't seem threatening. Then again, looks can be deceiving.

Alexia sighed. "Well....looks like I'm gonna have to go over there and pray that I come out it with my sanity still intact," she said before marching over. Both Sydney and Joe soon followed after.

"Good evening Sir Integra," Alexia said, bowing in respect.

"Good evening Miss Hunter, I hope you have some good news to tell me," Integra said, getting right down to business.

"If you're referring to the order, I've arranged for them to be delivered as soon as possible. They say that it should take two to three days to get here. But if for some reason they still haven't yet arrived, inform me as soon as possible," she explained before taking out her business card with her number on it and giving it to Integra. She then looked at the other people. "So...these people are...?"

"They work for me," she simply stated. Alexia just nodded in understanding.

"Hi! My name is Seras Victoria!" the short young blonde said happily bouncing up to Alexia, catching her by surprise.

Next came the man with the braided hair. "And I am Captain Pip Bernadotte. It 'zis a pleasure to make your acquaintance Mademoiselle," he said, and was preparing to kiss her on the cheek.

However before Alexia could react, her friends Sydney got to him before her, followed by Joe who dragged her away from Pip. "Don't even think about it Buster. I'll have you know, we don't like people going into our personal spaces and if anyone tries to hit on any of my friends without their permission, I'll be sending them to another world of pain...followed by a trip to the hospital," she said while cracking her knuckles in hopes of intimidating the guy.

It seemed to have worked somewhat since Pip took a step back and put his hands up in submission, although he seemed to be smiling about it at well. "Whoa, easy there Mignonette. It waz only a greeting, honestly! Besides, I already have a girl to keep me company," he said, ending with a smirk before stretching his arm behind Seras and slapped her hind. Next thing that happened, Seras had grabbed Pip by his shirt collar and went on ranting and yelling at him, her face flushed. It was quite comical in everyone else's point of view.

While that scene continued, Alexia heard a deep chuckle behind her, turned around to find the tall mysterious yet handsome man who had previously stood right behind Sir Integra. "Ah those two, squabbling like little children. It's hard to imagine them as responsible adults," he said, looking amused.

He was a striking figure, with long black hair and smooth skin, but looking like the undertaker in his black suit. Yet what was mysterious about this person was not just the way he dresses, but the features on his face. He always seemed to wear this grin on his face, and not a pleasant one, while although his eyes were covered by his orange-red spectacles, it looked as though he was peering through her soul.

Alexia just shrugged. "Actually they act more like a married couple if ya ask me," she said to the man, who laughed in response. "And you are...?"

"My name is Alucard, I am a servant of Sir Hellsing," he said as he took a bow. "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Miss Hunter."

"Just Alexia will be fine, saying 'Miss Hunter' just makes me sound older than I am," she corrected just as a waiter came by with drinks on a tray. Alucard picked two of them off the tray and gave one to Alexia. "And it's a pleasure to meet you as well, though I would never had thought that you were Sir Integra's servant. you look more like her escort."

Alucard chuckled. "I can assure you that I'm not. My master refuses to be involved in a relationship with anyone due to her duty to her country, and I am just someone who carries out her orders and looks fashionable."

"More like the undertaker if ya ask me," she quietly muttered before taking a sip of her drink. No sooner did she do that, her face showed surprised and disgust, trying hard not to spit it out. "Gah! What the hell is this stuff?!" she asked after she finished swallowing.

"Red wine; Bunello di Montalcino if I'm not mistaken," he said with a psychotic grin on his face, amused at the scene before him. Although he wasn't fond of Americans and their behaviours, this young American girl was very amusing.

Alexia grimaced at the wine she tasted before putting it down on a nearby table. "Tastes more like off grape juice with alcohol if you ask me."

Just then, both Ethan and Benny came up with plates full of food in their hands. "Hey guys, what's up? Anything interesting that we'd hate to miss?" Benny asked before noticing Pip and Seras. "Hey, whose the French dude with the girly braid and the cute blonde?

Well as you could imagine, Pip bristling after Benny's remark about his hair while Seras blushed beet red, embarrassed by the comment. Of course Benny also received a glare from Sydney before getting hit hard on the head with her fist.

At that point, Nichole came over. "Hey guys, are you all having...?" she began before she noticed Pip. "Oooh, he's kinda cute!"

Sydney frowned. "Girl don't even think about it, you're half his age!" she said, glaring down at her.

Nichole just pouted.

At that moment, the announcer from the tournament tapped the glass he was holding with a fork to get everyone's attention.

"And now Ladies and Gentleman, we are proud to announce that the Queen will soon cut the ribbon and unveil our newest exhibition piece; the 'Vermiculus Nectar de Andromeda'!" the announcer said, receiving several claps from the crowd while the Queen herself went up to the stadium where a red ribbon which held a rope to a pole that connected to something that was covered with a cloth. Meanwhile, both Alexia, Benny, Ethan and Sydney were bored to death but nonetheless clapped their hands while Nichole stared with excitement and Joe clapped along with the rest of the crowd.

However, before the Queen could even reveal the exhibition piece, the power went out leaving everyone in darkness, followed by screams, windows smashing. With only the night-lights from outside shinning through, everyone could a group of people with strange glowing red eyes rush in with quick speed, followed by slow moving entities.

While most of the guests screamed in fear while moving far away from the mysterious group, few of them however stood their ground and waited to see what would happen. That  included Alexia and the gang, who were now on full alert and anxious to know what was going on. Even Sir Hellsing and her colleagues were on full alert.

At this point, one person from the mysterious group stepped up towards the scared people with a horrid plastered on his face. "Greetings royal member of the England, and foreign guests. And a special greeting to the Hellsing Organization! My name is Jasper, second in command of our vampire force, and these anxious men behind me are your 'entertainment' for tonight's show," the man known as Jasper announced. "Unfortunately, our Master was unable to attend tonight's special event, so he sent us instead as a 'surprise'."

Alexia and her friends stared at the group of 'vampires' with a mixture of confusion and annoyance. "Okay, did somebody here hire some wannabe vampires from the Twilight fan club?" Alexia asked.

"Twilight? Nah, they look more like 'The Lost Boys' fan group," Benny said, looking at the group with distaste. "Though they should really work on their outfits. Way too cheesy if you ask me."

The 'vampires' stared at the them with mild amusement. "I assure you that we are genuine vampires, not some crazed fan or actors pretending to be one," Jasper explained. "After all, we are far better than those that perform in those silly horror films."

"Oh please, Christopher Lee did a much better vampire act than you lousy lot. He's a local legend! Heck, even the casts in the Blade trilogy were much better vampire characters than you!" Ethan shouted in disagreement, while his other friends agreed with him.

Jasper frowned before hissing at them, causing Ethan and Benny to scream like little girls while Nichole whimpered in fear and went behind Sydney, Joe and Alexia, who weren't phased at all. In fact to everyone's, besides Alucard, shock and horror, both Alexia and Sydney went up to the guy and punch him right in the face!

It was after that that both girls felt someone dragging them away from this 'vampire' being, who was now on the floor cradling his bleeding nose. Both turned around to see that it was Seras and Pip that had a hold of them.

"Are you both crazy! Do you have any idea what you just hit?! Seras cried out.

"Hey, if he's not the Pope or the King of Sweden, then we don't give a crap about who we just hit," Alexia said with Sydney agreeing beside her.

This made Alucard roar with laughter. "Excellent! I never thought that we would have such entertainment! You my dear are certainly very amusing. Such shame that we never got more acquainted," he said while Alexia gave him a look that said 'right, in your dreams buddy'.

At that point, Jasper, who had now recovered from the bludgeoning he got from the two girls, stood up and wiped the blood off his face, looking furious. "Either you lot are brave, or very foolish to attack a vampire head on without a second thought," began while bringing his arm up. "Well then, lets see if you can handle this lot!"

With a snap of his finger, slow forms were seen behind the sinister group, getting closer and closer with every second. It didn't take long for everyone in the museum to realize that the forms were in fact people, and yet, they weren't.

Both Ethan and Benny were the first of the few in the building to recognize what they were. "Ahhhhhhh!!! Zombies!" Benny cried out while doing the Scooby-Doo style and jumped into Sydney's arms, who dropped him on the floor a minute later.

"Close, they're called ghouls. They are our undead slaves who carry out our bidding," Jasper explained as the 'ghouls' dragged themselves towards the people.

"Ghouls, Zombies, same difference! They still walk about moaning and eating human flesh!" Ethan exclaimed.

Jasper shrugged his shoulders. "That is true," he said before looking at the rest of the people. "Well Ladies and Gentlemen, hate to cut things short, but me and my fellow comrades have a job to attend, and you will all be dead at the end of this event."

Suddenly Sir Integra stepped up. "What's your purpose for this attack?! Who is your Master!? Answer me dammit!"

"All in good time Sir Integra, that is if you survive this night of course," Jasper began as two of his men walked up beside him and stood still, waiting for orders. "Though to answer your first question, it is quite simple; to steal the 'Vermiculus Nectar de Andromeda', kill as many of you as possible, and further our master's plans to destroy your organization, including you 'pets'. Try not to 'loose your heads'."

The minute he said that, he snapped his fingers, and all of the creatures lunged forward in attack mode, eager to sink their teeth into their victim's throat while most of the guests were running, screaming and frantically looking for a way out the vampire-infested building. Meanwhile, some of the people, such as Sir Integra, pulled out their swords and attacked any that came near them. Even some of the fencers from the tournament assisted in the fight. Seras on the other hand brought out what appeared to have been a military canon, and yet looked somewhat different from any firearm that has ever been seen, and took a shot directly into the group of ghouls while Pip brought out his firearm and shot at any nearby ghouls. Alucard on the other hand went after some of the vampires, bringing with him two large pistols that he kept in his inner jacket pocket, and Started shooting them with his signature wide grin still plastered on his face.

Meanwhile, Alexia and her friends had rushed to the side of one of the walls, though accidentally got separated from Ethan and Benny in the process, viewing the battlefield in front of them while Alexia took out her grandfather's sword from its sheath, preparing to slice anything that came near. They couldn't believe what they were just witnessing; ghouls and these people that call themselves vampires fighting and killing innocent people! Not only that, but some people from the event suddenly bringing out swords and guns and started killing these creatures as though it was a normal thing to do.

Just then, screams were heard not far from where they were, causing their heads to turn to see two members of the royal family backed into a corner while a vampire walked, slowly towards them, savouring their fears. Alucard, seeing the commotion from where he was, raced towards them, shooting any ghouls that were in his way before pointing his gun at the vampire's head.

However, before either the vampire or Alucard could make their move, quick movements was heard coming towards the vampire, followed by something thin and silvery rushing across the vampire's from his head to his lower arm. It didn't take long before vampire's eyes were wide open before his body split diagonally in two, causing Alucard and the other two's eyes to widen. What was even more shocking that the slain vampire was the person that actually killed him.

Alexia stayed in her position as still as possible with her sword out, now covered in blood, before standing straight and staring at Alucard. "Sorry dude, but I can't let you have all the fun now can I," she said, grinning before leading the two royals away from the battlefield. Alucard just smirked with amusement before rushing off to find more vampires to kill.

Meanwhile, Nichole, Sydney and Joe were in a bit of trouble themselves. Unfortunately, some of the ghouls had spotted them and started wobbling towards them, eager to set their teeth on their flesh. Nichole, in a panic state, began rummaging through her purse for something to stop the ghouls while the other two began throwing whatever they could get their hands on with very little success. By the time the ghouls were only a few feet away, Nichole had found one of the spray bottles that she got from Alexia's trunk and quickly sprayed the stuff at them, not knowing what it was or if if it have any affect on them.

As soon as Nichole sprayed the stuff at the ghouls, they immediately, to Nichole and the other's surprise, went up in flames! It then took only a matter of seconds before they became a pile of ashes.

Nichole was now completely shocked. "What kinda spray is this!? Acid?" she asked, delicately handling the spray bottle.

"Well whatever it is, it's doing an excellent job at getting rid of those freak-a-zoids!" Sydney said before taking the bottle and spraying it at any ghouls that came too close to them while they all moved away as quickly as possible to another safer location.

At this point, Alexia was still in the fight, slicing at any ghouls or vampires that tried attacking her, or anyone else. Surprisingly enough, she was doing extremely well for a young person. In fact, far better than what a girl her age would be if they were in this situation.

Meanwhile, two guards were trying desperately to escort their queen to safety while shooting any ghouls that were in the way. However, it didn't take long before they were out of bullets and now five ghouls had blocked their paths. Seeing no way out of this, the guards were preparing to sacrifice themselves to save their queen. Just then, two shots were fired, followed by four ghouls loosing their heads and collapsing to the floor. Next thing that happened, two boys, which turned out to be Ethan and Benny, appeared with pistols with strong bullets and incredible fire-power.

"Get the queen out of here! We can handle these zombie freaks ourselves," Ethan said while going in front of the Queen and the guards and shot at a couple more ghouls that came too close. Incidentally, Benny did the same thing, however he was behind Ethan instead of being beside him. The guards and the Queen thanked them graciously before quickly running towards the other survivors.

"You know, this is just like that game 'Zombie Apocalypse'!" Benny remarked while shooting two more rounds from the pistol. "Well, besides that this is real life and we could die and everything."

"Benny! Ethan! I thought I told you knuckle-heads to put those pistols back in the trunk?!" she yelled at them while rushing over, glaring hard after seeing her grandfather's pistols in their hands.

"Yeah we know, but they made us look cool!" Benny began explaining, feeling a little scared of Alexia's evil glares.

"Not to mention that we wanted to have a closer examination of these bad boys after the event," Ethan reasoned.

"Well for once in my life, I am so glad that you two didn't listen to me," Alexia then said, surprising the boys. "Now I want both of you guys to meet up with the others and get as many people out of here to safety. Afterwards, all of you go straight back to the hotel. It's way safer than staying here!"

"What about you though?" Ethan asked.

"I'm gonna hold off as many of these freaks as I possibly can. Don't worry, I'll catch up with you guys as soon as possible," she said before rushing off into the battlefield again. Seeing their friends disappear, the two boys quickly rushed off to find the others.

It didn't take long for them to find their friends, for they were with other survivors, standing at the exit door, held shut by something from outside, while some were trying to force it open. Captain Bernadotte, who was in front of the door was trying hard push the door open with four other men, without any luck.

"Dammit! Why won't zis door open?! There's gotta be a way to open zis thing!" Pip said in frustration, pushing and pulling the door more vigorously.

Sydney sighed in exasperation before walking towards the door. "Oh move over Captain Useless!" she said, pushing Pip and the other men aside, who grumbled in response. With a deep breath, and flexed muscles, she twirl-kicked the door hard with her right leg, causing whatever that barricaded the door to crack from the impact, before kicking the door again with her left leg, this time allowing the door to open once again.

All the surviving guests, including Captain Bernadotte, were completely speechless. Never have there been someone, a young girl no less, who had the strength, nor the capability, to possess such remarkable talents.

Sydney, who was pleased that her years of muscle training, street fights and martial arts lessons had finally paid off, stared at the stupefied people. "Well come on, let's get the heck outta here! Unless of course you all want to stay here instead."

Quickly shaking off the shock, everyone raced out of the creature-infested museum, while some stayed behind to make sure that all of the survivors escaped. Meanwhile, both Sydney, Nichole, Joe, Ethan and Benny raced out of the building, ran across the streets, and nabbed the nearest taxi that was driving by and headed off to their hotel. They hated to leave Alexia behind, but they knew that once she had her mind set, they was no way of talking her out of it. All they could do now was just pray, and hope that she would be alright.

Seeing that not everything was going as planned, the vampire Jasper ordered one of his men to steal the exhibit piece, take off and give the item to their master. With quick acknowledgement, the guy rush over to the exhibit piece, grabbed it with the cloth still over it, and rushed off elsewhere. Luckily, Alexia saw what happened and rushed after him while the others were still fighting the other creatures.

It didn't take long for Alexia to find the guy, who was hiding in the storage facility, fiddling about with what appeared to be a giant pearl-like egg, quite possibly the new exhibit piece, with the glass container shattered to bits on the floor. Seeing him occupied, she lunged over and started tackling him, hoping to subdue him. However, for someone with hardly any muscles, he was pretty strong.

At that moment, the guy then shoved the egg at her chest, causing her to fall backwards while he ran towards the back door that led to the alleyway and broke it open. Surprisingly enough, the hinges still stayed on. Quickly so he would be incapacitated, she grabbed the nearest object, which just happened to have been a decorative knife lying beside a pile of priceless weapons, and threw it towards the guy, aiming it into his shoulder-blade. She couldn't see what had happened next for the back door had closed behind the guy, but she could hear him screaming and stumbling before collapsing.

Thinking that the guy was down, she gently placed the egg onto one of the crates and quickly rushed to door with her sword out and pushed it open, only to find the guy no longer there and a small puddle of blood on the floor. She also heard footsteps in the distance but by the time she looked to the direction of where the noises came from, there was no one in sight.

Seeing that the guy had already long gone, she cursed herself for not getting him fast enough. Oh well, at least she saved the exhibit piece from being stolen, not like it was anything special.

Just then, she saw a something blue glistening in the dark corner of the alleyway. As she slowly walked towards the thing, she noticed that it was just a small glass bottle with a fire-like design on the front. Quite possibly something that the freaky guy dropped while running away. When she picked it up and examined it carefully, she saw that there was some red liquid inside it.

"Huh, what the hell is this? Kinda looks like juice," Alexia guessed, trying to figure out what it was. It certainly didn't look like any bottle that you could find at a local store.

Then she thought of something. 'It must be either strawberry or raspberry juice that the guy had and wanted to drink!' she thought excitedly for she loved strawberries and raspberries, and after drinking nothing but awful wine, she was anxious to have an alternative.

So without taking any precautions or second guessing, she opened up the bottle and took a huge swig of the red liquid. It wasn't long before she realized that she made a big mistake after drinking the liquid.

Alexia grimaced at the taste. "Eww! What the hell was this guy drinking?! Expired juice that tastes like metal or something?!" She cried out while spitting out the small traces of the drink from her mouth in hopes of dulling the taste.

Suddenly, Alexia felt weak and nauseous while swaying side to side, feeling as though the world itself was spinning. The next thing that happened, a strange surge of pain coursed through her entire body. She collapsed to her knees, loosing hold of the bottle and her sword, while clutching her hands to her sides in hopes to dull the pain without any success. Once the pain crept to her head, it was so intense she felt like she was going to die. However it was more painful in her mouth for some reason, that if she weren't in pain everywhere else, she would've thought that she was suffering from a tooth ache. As her vision began to blur, she thought she could see a faint purple glow surrounding her.

Then at that moment, everything...went...black....
Okay, chapter six up and ready. Uh.....can't say alot about this now since my brain has now decided not to work properly, I might try writing more later. But for now, enjoy the story!


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Not bad over all you have created a very interesting story and have fitted your own character's in flawlessly in to the Hellsing universe.