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Eternal Hearts: Book Three-Twisted Shadows	By : alucardsangel1973 Category: Hellsing > General Views: 10544 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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- 12
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Woohoo! At last I got Chapter 13 done(and work on Chapter 14 has started.) Sorry it took so long, but thanks everyone for being so patient.

This chapter contains violence, and some graphic violence.

Chapter 13
Alucard and Demir stood facing
each other. Demir stared daggers into Alucard's mocking eyes.
"So, this is how our final battle is to be. I hope you know
I will enjoy wiping your name clean from the memory of the
world." He said confidently.
"You know if you're going to
destroy me, then do it! Don't stand there talking about it!"
Alucard challenged.

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Integra was rushed
back to Hellsing manor. Walter had Doctor Travallian see to her
right away. Quickly he stitched up Integra's hand and looked her
over. She still had the sword with her. She looked down at it
while the doctor wrapped her hand.

"Is
that..." Walter began.

"Yes. The soul
of Lilith now resides in the crystal of this sword. For now I
must hold onto it until I figure out what is to be done with
it." Integra said. Then she looked toward Seras.
"Captain Victoria, where is Alucard?" She enquired.

"He stayed
behind to deal with Demir and Aiesha. He told me to stay with you
to keep you safe." Seras answered.

"Let him deal
with the problem then. Now that Lilith's power has been
extinguished, they're power will not be as great as Alucard's. He
should be able to deal with the two of them without much problem
now." Integra replied.

"Sir Integra,
what happened to you back there with that sword?" Seras
asked.

"I can't really
explain it. The moment I caught it was as if something entered
me. It was almost as if I had some sort of out of body
experience." Integra answered looking down at the sword.
"She did say it was not of this world..."

"Sir, I'd like
permission to go visit with Zoey for a little while." Seras
requested.

"Permission
granted."

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Back at the Abbey:

Demir raised his
hands. A wooden chest began to rise. He sent it flying straight
toward Alucard who simply waved his hand sending the object
crashing against a wall. It splintered into a thousand pieces.
Alucard looked unmoved by the display.

"I hope you
intend to throw more at me than that. If this is the best you can
do, I'll just destroy you now and be done with it. I will not
waste my power upon such foolishness." He growled.

"That was merely
a demonstration. Let's see how you enjoy this." Demir
replied as his eyes began to glow. Thunder began to rumble in the
sky. Without warning four bolts of lightening struck burning
large holes in the old abbey's roof. Alucard found himself
surrounded by a cage of electricity as the bolts sprouted into
web like threads effectively closing him in.

He chuckled darkly.
"Impressive." Alucard said looking through the electric
confines.

Demir made a swirling
mostion with his left hand. The cage of lightening became a
blinding whirlwind as the bolts began to spin. He looked on
confidently thinking Alucard would not make his way out of this
trap. Demir's eyes widened in amazement when the brilliant
twister suddenly diminished to practically nothing. At first all
he could see was a slithering mass of inky black shadows. Then
Alucard emerged from the cloud completely unharmed.

"If I were a
less powerful vampire you would have fried me." He said
nonchalantly.

"I guess I'll
just have to try a little harder." Demir replied.

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Seras stood by Zoey's
bed. Zoey slowly opened her eyes to see her friend standing
beside her. "Seras, where is Alucard?" She asked.

"He's taking
care of unfinished business. Don't worry about him Zoey. Alucard
has been to hell and back with a smile on his face. He can take
care of himself. When it's all said and done, Demir and Aiesha
will just be a bad memory." Seras answered.

"What of their
plans?"

"They have been
thwarted. Lilith's soul is trapped inside the jewel of a strange
sword given to Sir Integra. And the sword is in Sir Integra's
custody as we speak. She won't let anything happen to it."

"Good. I'm glad
she is all right. What about Stewart? Is he all right?" Zoey
asked.

"He's
fine." Seras answered. "You're becoming rather taken
with him." She commented.

"I think I am.
He seems to be growing on me." Zoey replied.

"He's a good
man. He can be moody sometimes and isn't always the most
emotionally open person in the world. But he is a good man."
Seras said.

"Seras, I'm
worried about what will happen to me when this is over."

"Don't worry
Zoey. I know Sir Integra isn't the warmest person, but she is a
fair person. She'll make sure you will be well cared for."
Seras replied reassuringly.

"You should get
some rest Zoey. I'll be back to check on you later."

#################################

Demir had given an
impressive show of force with the lightening. But now it was
Alucard's turn. He stood perfectly still as his eyes began to
glow. An entire section of benches began to slowly rise. Alucard
slashed the air with his arm and the wooden structures went
flying toward Demir. Before he had a chance to move he found
himself assaulted with wood and metal.

For a moment there
was silence. Alucard stood waiting for retaliation. Splinters and
chunks of wood went flying in all directions as Demir stood
amidst the rubble. His eyes flashed wildly and the hunks of wood
suddenly burst into flame. The burning pieces began to lift from
the ground. With a snarl Demir sent the floating bonfire straight
toward Alucard. But before the flaming projectiles could hit
their target, a gust of wind blew through the halls extinguishing
the flames. The missiles became nothing more than smoldering
splinters as they fell harmlessly to the ground.

"Are you going
to spend this battle hurling things at me, or are you going to
get serious?" Alucard asked.

The tone of Alucard's
voice annoyed his opponent. Demir's expression grew angry as he
bore his teeth at the elder vampire. Alucard was unmoved by the
display.

"Oh what's
wrong? Am I getting to you already? I thought I'd actually be
able to flex some muscle against you. You're a true vampire, and
this is the best you have to offer? How dissapointing."

"Enough! You
want to see what I'm capable of, so be it!" Demir barked
angrily. He looked over at the door broken from the cage that
held Seras. He jerked his hand toward the bars. They began to
detach from the wood slat that held them together. The bars shot
toward Alucard. Before he could move, he found himself impaled in
ten different places. The heavy metal spears shot through his
hands, arms, legs, shoulders, chest and one went right through
his neck. The force of the impact was so great Alucard was thrown
against the wall and effectively nailed to it by the bars.

Demir's anger turned
to satisfaction seeing his old enemy's body motionless. His
mocking eyes seemingly closed forever as blood dripped from the
numerous wounds. He walked toward Alucard's limp frame as it
continued to bleed.

"How does it
feel to have a taste of your own medicine Impalor!" Demir
spat.

As he was about to
turn away, his eyes widened. Alucard's body melted into a huge
red blob. His maniacle laughter echoed throughout the halls of
the old abbey. Demir looked around sharply hearing his rival's
voice all throughout the room. He looked to where Alucard's body
had been pinned against the wall by the bars. Now only the bars
remained. The red blob began to pull together. The scarlet hue
blackened over and inky tendrils began to reach from the now
writhing mass.

Demir watched with
both revulsion and amazement as Alucard's body began to reform.
As quickly as he had been wounded, Alucard now stood as if
nothing had happened. Every wound, every trace of blood erased as
if the bars had never touched him. He flashed a purely demonic
smile at his advesary.

"Now that is
more like it!" He barked. "But I believe you only get
one shot using me as a pin cushion." Alucard replied
arragontly as his shadows began to work their way around the bars
and melted them until they pooled into a mass of smoking, ruined
metal. Demir growled seeing the weapons reduced to a useless
mass.

"Now that I've
taken care of that little formality, I think it's time we upped
the ante on this little duel of ours." Alucard said as a
black cloud began to form and swirl above the two vampires.

"What do you
think you're doing?" Demir asked in a demanding tone.

"I grow tired of
this place. I have a much more appropriate location for our
battle to continue." Alucard answered as the he began to
rise. Before Demir could do anything a mass of writhing shadows
lashed around his upper body. As much as he struggled, he found
that he could not break himself free. Alucard's body was
swallowed up by the now swirling void followed by that of his
rival.

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Integra sat at her
desk looking at the mysterious sword and the now blackened
crystal at the center of it's blade. Walter and Peter Fergason
remained with her to keep her safe. She was not in any relative
danger, but she was still weakened by the events of the evening.
And in the case that Demir should escape Alucard's grasp, they
would be there to defend their leader.

"What should be
done with the sword Sir Integra?" Walter asked.

"We shall wait
until Alucard has destroyed the targets and returns to the
Hellsing mansion. Then I will decide what is to be done with this
sword. For now it must remain here in my custody. Any damage,
even the tiniest crack to this crystal, and we're all in a lot of
trouble." Integra answered.

Seras entered
Integra's office. Integra, Walter and Fergason all looked to see
her walk in.

"How is the
young lady?" Integra asked.

"Zoey's sleeping
at the moment. I thought she should get some rest. She's been
through so much." Seras answered.

"I agree. She
should not have more stress put on her than is necessary."
Integra replied.

"Sir, I'm
concerned about what will happen with Zoey after this is over.
She doesn't really have any family to go back home to. Even if
Alucard erases her memory of everything that has happened to her,
she's been exposed to true vampires. Others of our kind will be
able to smell it on her. She'll be victimized all over again if
her mind is altered and just set back into the normal
world." Seras said.

Integra took a drag
off her cigarillo and exhaled the smoke. Walter and Peter weren't
sure what the young leader would do. The Hellsing commander's
look was stern but pensive.

"I want you to
understand that this organization exists for the purpose of
protecting this country from the armies of the night who seek to
do it harm. Hellsing is not a charity institution. But seeing as
the young lady didn't have much say in being brought here thanks
to Alucard, I suppose this one time I can bend the rules. But
she'll have to earn her keep here just like the others. I will
assess what skills she has and that will determine her place in
this house." Integra answered.

"Yes sir. Thank
you sir." Seras replied.

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Demir hit the ground
with a thud. He got to his feet to find Alucard standing before
him with a sadistic smile on his face.

"Do you know
where we are?" Alucard asked calmly.

"I don't care
what place you've chosen. I only want to end this battle and be
done with you once and for all." Demir growled.

"This happens to
be the Tower of London. Many unfortunate souls have spent their
last days in this place. Both the guilty and the innocent have
been tortured and executed in this very tower. There are those
who believe the souls of the condemned still haunt its
walls." Alucard began.

"Anne Bolin was
one of the wives of Henry the Eighth. She failed to produce him a
son, so he conviently had her placed here. Of course he couldn't
just toss her in the tower and forget about her without a good
reason. She was accused of adultery and witchcraft. She was
beheaded soon afterwards. Whether or not the charges were true
had no relevence to Henry. He just wanted to move onto his next
wife and have the son he so desperately wanted. And then there
were two young princes locked up in the tower. Supposedly for
their own safety. They were never heard from again."

"Enough with the
history lesson! Let's finish this battle!" Demir barked.

"Really, and I
thought you would like this tower's bloody reputation."
Alucard said.

"I could
honestly care a less." Demir growled.

"That's the
problem with vampires like you. You never truly appreicate the
suffering of others." Alucard replied. With that he raised
his hands calling upon his unearthly powers. Black shadows
writhed and enrobed him in a cocoon of darkness.

After a moment two
large and long clawed paws emerged from the mass. The shadows
dissolved revealing Alucard in his hellhound form. Several pairs
of fiendish red eyes stared maniacally at Demir. The vampire
smiled wickedly at the devilish canine that now stood before him
poised and ready for the strike.

Demir enveloped
himself in a white mist. The vapors swirled around him as he too
began to change his form. The hellhound form of Alucard heard an
ominous growl eminate from the mist. The monsterous dog grinned
bearing an impressive row of razor sharp teeth and two very
enlongated fangs. The battle was about to go to the next level.

The mist disapated
revealing the form of an abnormally large tiger. As soon as the
beast formed, it took an attack posture and sprang toward the
hellhound. The hound also lept foward meeting the monstrous cat's
agression with his own.

Fur and flesh smashed
against each other as the two monsters began to clash. They hit
the ground with a heavy thud. The two beasts rolled around biting
and clawing each other. Bloody lacerations formed and heeled over
and over as they sought to tear each other apart. Soon the spot
where the fought was littered with blood and fur.

After several moments
hellhound and tiger stopped their brutal attacks upon each other.
They stared at each other with pure hatred. As amusing as it was,
Alucard grew tired of clash and decided it was time to take a
more direct approach. He called upon his shadows again and took
human form once more.

Demir also took back
human form. He glared at what now stood before him. Alucard had
reverted to the warrior known as Vlad Dracula. He wore black
leather pants and a matching long sleeved tunic with black knee
length boots. His hair cascaded to his waist and, his normally
clean shaven face now showed a beard and mustache.

"Appropriate
don't you think?" The leather clad vampire growled. He held
out his hand as shadows began to rise from his palm. Within
seconds the tendrils formed the shape of a sword and solidified
and turned a metallic silver color.

Demir formed his own
sword as well, but his blade was curved in the shape of a
crescent as opposed to Alucard's broad sword. Again the two faced
off circling each other. They stopped and glared at each other a
second longer before Demir made the first move rushing toward
Alucard with his sword raised. Alucard gripped the hilt of his
sword with both hands holding it to his chest so that the blade
faced upward.

He raised it a split
second before Demir's blade struck. Metal clanged against metal
as sparks began to fly. The two vampires swung furiously at each
other trying to hack each other to pieces. Demir drew first blood
slashing Alucard across the chest. The laceration healed as
quickly as it was made. Alucard retaliated by making a sizable
gash in Demir's shoulder. He hissed and quickly backed off as his
wound too healed quickly.

Again and again the
blades struck each other as Alucard and Demir clashed. Swords
slashed and cut the air faster and faster until they were nothing
more than silver blurs. The battle quickly stopped however, when
Demir found his sword hand suddenly missing from arm. He looked
in shock to see it had flown several feet across the room. Caught
off guard he didn't see Alucard lunge forward and impale him
through his right shoulder.

With the blade still
deeply embedded in his flesh, Demir found himself pushed against
a wall. With the profoundest enjoyment, Alucard twisted the blade
around. Demir howled in pain as he grabbed at the blade. But the
only result was his other hand being sliced in half. He looked
down to see all five fingers along with half his palm fall to the
ground.

Blood poured from his
body as he felt the blade of his enemy grind through muscle,
tissue and even bone. As that blood poured, Demir felt his
strength beginning to wain. Now that he no longer had his dark
mistress to call upon, his powers had been diminished to that of
an ordinary vampire. When Alucard was done torturing him, he
slowly drew the sword from Demir's shoulder.

The weakened vampire
fell to his knees. His body shook wracked with spasms of pain. He
looked up at Alucard with pure malice. He bore his teeth. His
eyes glowed with nothing short of utter hatred. Alucard only
stood over him with a demonic smile.

"Cursed be you
among the damned Vlad Dracula! God will not have you! The Devil
will not have you! May you remain a dog of humans for all
eternity!" Demir spat.

"And you can
give the sultan my regards." Alucard snarled as he swung his
sword one final time. Demir's head was quickly seperated from his
body as it went flying across the room. It landed with it's face
twisted in malice and agony. Then the entire body, including the
severed parts became nothing more than ashes.

He looked down at the
piles of dust and waved his hand. Wind from out of no where
scattered the ashes to places unknown as Alucard reverted to his
usual appearence. The black leather replaced by his charcoal grey
Victorian suit and red leather coat. With hat and glasses in
place, Alucard vanished from the tower to return to Hellsing
manor.

To be continued...
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