Deadly Desire

Trip Down Memory Lane

Alucard and Walter went back outside to finish off the remaining ghouls that were barely alive, cleaning up the yard.

Inside, Rina got undressed and sank her body into the warm water and washed away the blood and dirt off. She sat back in the tub, sighing in content. Rina blinked and looked around the bathroom which was hard to see through the steam and mist. Why do I have a feeling that I'm being watched? They wouldn't put cameras in here, would they? No, don't be silly. But she couldn't shake the feeling away. Several pairs of red eyes were hidden in the upper ceiling of the room before they vanished and disappeared. In the hallway, Alucard smirked, and he walked away, chuckling, and phased through the wall, disappearing into another room.

In the break room, Walter and Integra and Seras were waiting for Rina. Integra was tapping her fingers on the table impatiently, while Seras was rocking back and forth in her chair. Walter was smoking a cigarette. There were cups of blood for Seras and Alucard and one for Rina along with another cup of tea and a sliced sandwich.

"Walter, go and see what's taking her so long."

Just as Walter was about to leave the room, he was met face to face with Rina, who was hanging upside down, smiling. Their lips were almost touching. Walter backed away from her, a little startled, and narrowed his eyes at her. Seras stared in awe, seeing Rina hanging upside down. Rina looked at Walter, seeing the cigarette in his mouth.

"You know those things can kill you, right?" She smirked in a teasing tone.

"Get down from there!"

Rina blinked and hopped off and landed on the floor. She peeked in the room and saw her guns lying on the table. "So, you guys were snooping around I see." She noticed that Alucard was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey, where's the big red guy?" She asked.

"What kind of bullets were you using against those vampires?" Integra asked her, ignoring Rina's question.

"Open it and find out." Rina told and walked over and sat down next to Seras and began to eat her sandwich. Walter walked over, standing next to Integra, keeping his eyes on Rina as she ate. Rina avoided his gaze.

Integra reached and took one of Rina's weapons and popped open the clip and a bullet plopped onto the table. It had a purplish glow around the tip.

"What is it?"

"Ultraviolet rounds. Almost equivalent to sunlight." Rina told them as she finished eating. Their eyes widen and Integra folded her hands, placing her chin on top of them.

"Where did you get this? You don't seem capable of making these."

"My uncle. Those right there are the last until I make a supply run." Rina told her.

"We need to get more of these to have an advantage against these vampires." Integra spoke. "They're not ordinary ones like we usually fight against."

"I couldn't agree more, my Master." Alucard spoke suddenly, startling Rina when she saw him coming into the room through the wall. "Might be more of a challenge as well." He walked over to the table, standing next to Rina with a creepy grin.

"So, just who are you guys?" Rina asked them. "You hunt vampires as well?"

"This is the Hellsing Organization. Our job is to eliminate vampire threats that are a danger to England and to the Queen." Integra told her.

"So, all of you are vampires?" Rina asked.

"Seras serves under Alucard, who changed her. Walter is not a full vampire, but an artificial vampire, having gone through Nazi experiments. Alucard is compelled to serve under my family when my grandfather Abraham Van Helsing defeated him." Integra finished explaining. "Now, about you. You're a Dhampir? How come there's never any records or sightings of them? How old are you?"

"Maybe, from what I've been told there hasn't been. Dhampirs usually never survive birth when they are born or are hunted down by other vampires or humans. Guess, I'm one of the lucky ones." Rina snorted. "As for my age, I've lost count after 519."

"Why are you fighting against vampires, considering you are one?" Alucard asked.

"It would be better if I showed you. It'd be shorter than explaining the whole story" Rina spoke and rolled down her sleeve, revealing her arm. "So, who wants to have a bite?"

Seras and Walter stared at her in surprise, along with Integra. Alucard was a little surprised as well and smirked, revealing long rows of sharp teeth.

"Master, what is your order?"

"Go ahead. But if anything's weird spit it out. I don't want another repeated incident." Integra nodded. Alucard knelt down beside Rina and took her arm, bringing it closer to his mouth. Alucard slammed his teeth down with a chomp, nearly pulling Rina out of her chair.

"Ahh! Okay!" She hissed out in pain and gripping the side of the table to steady herself as Alucard began to drink her blood, searching through Rina's memories.

Alcuard saw vivid images of beautiful woman who looked like Rina with blue eyes wearing a long red dress with white ends. She had a fair complexion as the sunlight shined on her skin as she watched the sunset. The images began to flood faster showing the same woman screaming in pain as a man took advantage of her. The man had long black hair, slightly pointed ears, dressed in old fashioned clothes. His blood-red eyes illuminated in the darkness, chuckling evilly. It made his blood boil in anger. Then Alucard heard the cry of a baby and saw Rina as she was being held by another man. He had short blond hair, blue eyes, old clothing as well. He was standing beside the bedside as he held Rina's mother's hand, crying, as she died from childbirth. Then a few more images appeared as it showed Rina older the same age as she is now, fighting vampires. They were fast. Super hearing. Super regeneration. And they take a lot of damage to kill but she always aimed for the heart or head.

Alucard blinked as he released Rina's arm, and she pulled her arm away from him. Alucard silently stared at her and Rina shifted her gaze, avoiding his. He wanted to catch her in the act and decided to play along her story thinking that it was a lie. But it wasn't. She was telling the truth. The more Alucard looked at Rina, he couldn't help but remember Mina. Rina was so fascinating, so full of life, so innocent, like her. But maybe a little crazy like him that he loved to admit.

"Well?" Integra asked, waiting, snapping Alucard back to reality.

"She's telling the truth." Alucard murmured, telling everyone what Rina had showed him. Rina took a drink from her cup of blood and her bite wound slowly began to heal up until it vanished.

"Then these vampires need to be put to a stop." Integra gritted her teeth. Rina sighed, leaning back in her chair, tilting it back a little.

"So, this was nice getting to know each other. Where can I sleep for the night?"

"I'll have Walter here arrange a room."

Walter led Rina down the hallway, taking her to her room. The two didn't say a word to each other and Walter noticed every now and then Rina was looking away from him. They stopped in front of her room and Walter opened the door. Rina stepped inside, seeing a bed in the far corner of the room and a window across from to the right.

"I assume this is to your liking, unless you prefer a coffin to sleep in-"

"No, this is fine. Thank you." Rina smiled.

"If you don't mind me asking, why do you keep looking away from me?" Walter asked her and he leaned against the door frame, blocking the way and Rina tensed up.

"You just remind me of someone from my past a long time ago, that's all." She quickly told him.

"Is that why you helped me back there? I reminded you of your past lover, perhaps?" He smirked.

"That is none of your concern!" Rina snapped at him.

"Then it shouldn't be hard to answer." Walter retorted, snidely.

"Fine, then, if you want to know so badly! He died!" Rina shouted. Walter's eyes widened but stayed silent. Rina pushed him back and Walter stumbled out of the doorway.

"Goodnight!" She shouted, angrily, and slammed the door in his face.