One Must Wonder

==REAL TIME==

Intergra was disturbed from her musings at the sound of Alucard returning from his mission.

She had made it a point that he was no announce his return lest he simply wander off to his coffin and indulge in his past conquests and leave her waiting for his report.

She now made it specific. Once you have finished your mission you will report to me immediately upon your return to the manor and YOU will announce your presence before entering my presence.

The reason for the last part was he took great fun in return at inappropriate times. When she was on the toilet, in the bath, with guests etc.

Today he announced his presence by shooting the weather vane off the roof again. She watched the crumpled piece of metal fly past her window and crash in the bushes below.

"I have returned my master." He said phasing into the room.

She rolled her eyes at his attire. He wore a safari suit and helmet and carried Rip van Winkle's rifle.

"Did you have to announce your presence like that."

"You were not specific enough my master do you wish me to simply knock."

"Yes, just knock on the door."

"Very well I shall do that next time then"

Intergra face palmed and sat back at her desk closing her diary. "Report!"

"It was not one of lucifer's own but a lesser demon, a pit fiend with no human name and no real power. It made numerous ghoul like hellspawn that took the longest to deal with since they remained even after I had destroyed their master."

"Casualties?"

"20 or so villages turned before I arrived, 4 wounded afterwards and one of ours got a splinter"

Intergra focused on the vampire "A splinter, where?"

"In the eye, from an explosion."

"Will he be ok?"

"He is in the infirmary as we speak"

"Good good" Integra said nodding

"It was about 4 foot long."

"Alucard, has he lost his eye."

"No, just his head" The monster laughed as he faded back to the dungeons.

Integra called the infirmary and confirmed that one of the solders had recived a head trauma but would be fine, he was in shock as Alucard had saved him from the flying piece of 2 by 4 by shooting it an inch from his face.

Intergra groaned after hanging up. She cursed herself for giving up cigarettes at a time like this.