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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 ‘Midnight Madness’

After those words were spoken I flapped above him. Remembering those words from his father. His transparent aura became a bright silver. His sword sparkles as if it was made of diamond. The Vampire shivered looking at Charles. "What are you? You are no human!" The vampire yelled it did not affect him as he seemed to be in a trance. He slashed the vampire block with one of its arms. As smoke started coming off it wound as the sword got deeper. The vampire jumped back and the wound showed no sign of healing. With a small smile. 

"The son of Hellsing shows them the terror that your father brought to this world." I said looking down at him. A small laugh escaped from my mouth. As then he blocked an incoming blow with his sword. It hurt the vampire. Then he sliced off his hand. The wound smoked and seemed as if it was burned. Kicking the face of the vampire sent it through the wall. Swooping through that hole to see the Vampire was dazed. Charles stomped down on the Vampire chest sending it through the floor. Diving down to watch the vampire was hit through a support pillar the building shakes as debris starts to fall. Having to dodge it. Watching him knock the vampire through a dozen more walls sending him outside. As I rushed out there. Seeing the Vampire and Charles trading blows. Charles has dealt several deep cuts on the vampire. Hearing a scream as Arthur flew out of the window. A being hopped out of the window. 

"You are strong but get out of here." His voice was cold. His eyes looked into shock. Seeing Charles as he blocked the attack with a Mythril sword. He knocked Arthur out as Willam charged; he blocked it by grabbing the Odachi in between his two fingers. Then he snapped the blade. Knocking him out with the hilt of the blade. Charles grabbed the vampire's neck and struggled as it ripped free blood gush out of its neck. Charles threw the piece of flesh to the ground. He had put Jackal away. The piece of flesh smoulder on the ground. He charged the vampire and barely dodged the attack. Having a small cut on its side. It landed a punch on his side smashing him to the ground and his hand had some minor burns on it. 

"Maybe it could? Nah I need to see more." The person that had a strange aura about him said. Charles then sprung back up. Dodging the punch of the Vampire. Charles tried to run his sword through the neck. 

"Dodge." The vampire said as it shrouded with a dark aura at the last moment it was able to dodge. Appearing behind Charles he was able to block much better now. Blocking the punch with his sword. Then he quickly shot six shots. As the bullets dug deep into its flesh. 

"A mid caliber Vampire with the power of our combat arts." He was looking at the huge grotesque monster that was now mishap. In the simplest ugly. The monster used a punch. Charles redirected it to the ground. Hitting it in the side it fell to one knee. Then knee the monster knocking it over onto its back. The places where Charles hit the vampires were smoking and seemed to be burned. It let out a deafening roar. It got back up. Now it seemed mad it stood up. Now it seems bigger. A hulking mass of blood red skin and monstrous fangs. Fangs flew out of its mouth. Many of them hit Charles as his silvery aura seemed to grow and the grass below him started to smoke. They both charged at each other. His sword started to slash the vampire skin it started to burn. Its hand started to turn into ash. As then he jumps back. To dodge the dozen teeth that shot out. 

"Flash Step." The Vampire said as it appeared behind Charles slamming him into the ground. Then there was a flash of bright light. Charles started to slowly stand up. He was barely holding onto his life. The tips of his hair transform into silver and his eyes glow yellow. 

"Hunt… Hunt.. Hunt. Hunt!" Charles roared, his yellow eyes seemed to belong to a wild beast. His sword was at his feet long since forgotten. He swiped at the vampire leaving a trail of silver aura. Charles got punched in the face knocking him to the ground. As he once more leaped at the Vampire. The vampire bites down on Charles' shoulder. Charles started to keep the vampire mouth close. The Vampire mouth started to smoke and burn. Charles' grip loosen by a vampire threw Charles onto the ground. Blood flushed out of Charles' wound. 

"Now maybe nah I will let you finish-'' The man who was watching was cut off. "Hunt! Hunt!!" Charles screamed the aura grew even larger now about twice his own body size. Grass below him started to blacken and it started to burn. Charles fist clashed with the vampire hand. After this clash the vampire slipped past Charles' second fist. Landing a viscous cut. Blood also gushed out of this wound. But then many small cuts appeared. 

"What happened to him?" I asked no you can't leave me. Not again you are mine. Don't leave me. I begged. 

"His body is not used to using that power as a double edge sword. It locked his mind in one state of mind." The unknown man said, looking at Charles. Charles' hair started to turn even more silver. 

"Hunt. Hunt. Hunt!" He roared as he attacked the vampire. 

"Dodge." The vampire disappeared and it just vanished. As I felt Charles also be knocked out. He picked Charles up over his shoulder. Then I saw the vampire head was cut off and it started to turn to smoke. "Tell my daughter, I loved her and please find someone she loves." The man pegged before he completely turned to smoke. Then an unknown man looked at him. 

"Thank you Mike. I will tell your daughter and wife that you died in a fight against a noble vampire." The hooded man. "Godspeed." Then he just vanished. As I flew back to the castle. Entering the manor. 

"What are you doing here?" Carmine Von Pendragon is the eldest of his siblings being only seconded to the true progenitors. The true progenitors are Sebastian, Nile and me. There are three types of progenitors. True progenitors the first three vampires, Greater progenitors those are the Draculina, Archduke, Princess and Princes. Lesser progenitors are the Dukes. He had angered Charles and he had pummelled him so badly that he had to take three years to fully recover. Charles made a promise to Marionette never to be that angry again. So he bottled up his emotions causing his aura to become clear. Marionette was saddened because they lost their brother's smile. 

"He has been captured." I spoke as then a hand firmly wrapped around my neck. He was choking me. 

"Drop her." A cold voice spoke as he instantly did so it was his father and my brother. Sebastian Von Pendragon. 

"Brother I have terrible news Charles has been captured." I said as the room temperature dropped to below zero. The hallways were covered in a thick layer of ice. Outside a raging storm. Hurricanes formed lightning rained down. As I felt a gate of Chaos open as we all walked through.

"Hello. I was wondering when you would come for this sword." The person said throwing the sword at our feet it was Reinfield the sword Charles used. 

"Father, may I kill this bloodbag." He basically demanded. Before brother could answer he charged. A blade of ice forms in hand. Four swift hits and he hits right beside him. Then a kick to the side causing him to be knocked to the ground. Carmine shot ice shards at the user, all of them shattered; the last one was caught between his fingers. 

"Are you related to him?" He said, throwing the shard deep into Carmine's neck. 

"Indra Arrow!" He screamed as the clouds above him started to spiral. Then as if a god thunderous beam of lightning struck the ground. 

"That is a strong attack but one fault no one can dodge lightning but you have to charge it up and gather it in one place. It is better as a trump card when the enemy lets their guard down." A cloaked man said with his face fully hidden. The ground was scorched black. Then he was kicked back, hitting the ground next to us. 

"How is this possible!" Carmine yelled. Getting back up. Brother eyes flicked between the two. He growled. 

"Bloody Rain." He said as thousands upon millions of drops of blood hit the ground as if there were bullets only I and him were spared. Carmine was riddled with holes as from the dust he looked uninjured. 

"I was right, it does get weaker the farther away it is." He said as if he had seen this attack before. But when my brother fights he never leaves any survivors. He is very careful about this. My brother is the closest thing to paranoid, not even his wife has seen him fight. 

"Strange I make sure to leave no survivors so how could you have seen that attack?" He questioned pulling out his sword of Oricalcum Night Rose. As his smile grew. 

"Let's talk." He said as he sat down. 

"You took him." Brother said his voice was deadly as he glared. 

"Yet you took him first. No need to get butt hurt." He said getting up dusting himself off for some reason reminds me of someone. 

"Summon Household." As dozens of Noble vampires answered the call even one Marquis answered the call. They all charged. Brother was testing him seeing if they had any weakness. As he dispatched the Barons and Knights something feels like I know him. "We need him alive but he is becoming a pain." He said as he looked at his oldest son. 

"Get back in there son." Brother said as he threw him Night Rose as he then pulled out Van Hellsing blade Abraham made of pure Mythril it gleamed like a diamond. It burned my brother's hand as he held the blade. 

"How dare you use that." The unknown man said he seemed enraged at that blade being in my brother's hands. He dashed past everyone. 

"This blade is not for me or him," he said as he stabbed a noble vampire. He instantly turned to ash. As his hand put through a small gate of chaos. He sliced off Carmine's arm. "Because you failed me, don't do that again." Brother peeled the arm off the sword. He picked up the sword he slashed at him. He managed to duct under the swing grabbing Reinfield. Then blocking the next attack. 

"Ready to talk yet?" The mysterious man asked my brother as he let out a deep growl. His eyes glowed with crimson light. 

"Crimson Death." As my brother said his blade was covered in crimson glowing blood. As a rose marking form on my brother's hand. 

"Zodaic Style: Cancer Crush." The man landed the strike and two slashes appeared on brother 's chest. As his blood back strings and stitches the two deep cuts. If my brother was unweakened then he could have easily taken this guy out. But then the same wound appears on his skin. 

"Crimson Death is one of my favourite techniques. It makes our technique hurt each other." He said I was shocked. Only seen him fight one other time. As then he was covered in a gold aura. 

"Angel Breath." He said as the major wounds healed. That was an ability taught through the church. 

"One of the church's holy powers." My brother said with a smile. That means he could hold back less. 

"Since you show me one of your favorites, let me show you one of mine." He said I felt the temperature rising rapidly. My mind flashed back to that night. His silvery aura was as if I was looking at a star in the night sky. Why did it feel like that night? 

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"Summon." A voice said as I felt myself being dragged through Chaos Realm. Seeing Charles was okay I flew up to his shoulder, my favorite spot. 

"Where have you been?" I asked him as I looked around in the room. It was a huge bed. He was covered in bandages. As Charles started to read it I was too worried to read. 

"Hello ~~~~~~, 

you and your friends were injured so I took you to my house. Both of the other two are sleeping in the other room. If you get hungry they are happy to help themselves to the stuff in the fridge with just none of the alcohol. 

P.S. Stay here until I get back there to a training level on the bottom floor and you can throw on some of my clothes." As he slowly put down the notes. The second word was illegible. It seemed it was written and erased many times. So I have no clue if it was meant for me. But I put it down as Charles stretched and I heard a crack. "Och. Damn I thought I was good as new but it seems as if I am still injured." He mumbled as he opened the closet. It was one outfit as he put on a loose fitting shirt with black sweatpants and an overcoat. He looked like someone. Wait he looks like his father Hellsing well wearing that. Strangely, those two have a similar style to Hellsing. Wait that aura, these clothes and helping Charles is Hellsing he fighting. No that can't be possible, his body frozen in the bottom layer of the manor. As a bright light was shining like a star. 

"What was that?" Willam asked, running in the room as we looked out the window. It was a shining white light where I was just there before being summoned. You know what weird things have happened. But it is clearly weaker than Hellsing Dawn Breaker. Hearing a knocking at the door. 

"Hello!" Someone called out that we all froze. "I know you three are in here he already told us so we are entering." As I heard the knob of the door open. Three people with white coats were walking in. 

"You should not be standing!" The second doctor said. Pushing Charles back into the bed. "You are lucky to be alive if he did not find you then you could have bled out. As for you, get back to your room. You may be less injured than him but you need rest." The doctor ordered as Willam shrugged and walked off. 

"Take off that shirt." The third doctor ordered. As he slowly took off his shirt they swiftly bandaged him in new bandages. They also quickly left. As Charles left the room he was in. Walking to the next door, it was a huge apartment. It has a huge kitchen and several rooms. Then he opened the door. The room was empty. It had a computer and he closed the door. It had the city's official badge. The screen said it needed a password. He guessed: Password. The screen flashed red saying the answer the screen said was wrong. He rolled his eyes. He guessed Password1, than Password2 he kept trying this until he was up to Password66.

"Try Van Hellsing." I said, rolling my eyes as Charles typed it in. I looked in shock, we were in with a smile it seemed a record of dead or missing vampires in the slums. 

"Looks like someone's a fan." Charles said with a small smile on his face. It had articles vs the actual reports. Then he lost interest of course he wanted to find his friends. Something is strange we brought to the house of the Vampire Hunting and instead of a 2nd Division holding cell. The second room was a nursery. It looked untouched and so familiar for some reason. The third room held his two friends. Willam and Arthur both of them were awake. 

"Hello." Arthur said with a smile. 

"Do you know anything about the guy who knocked us out?" The question was asked by Willam. 

"I was being toyed with if any attack I threw at him was deflected or I felt double the force dealt back at me." Arthur said grimly he had his pride shatter and then stomped on. 

"My memory is fuzzy about when I was fighting that Vampire." Charles said with a small frown on his face. Hearing the door open. 

"You will be staying with me for a while. Your father said it was okay." A person said as he appeared behind Charles he jolted. Looking at him my eyes could see lies, illusion and falsehoods. Yet there was none. How did he make a deal with Sebastian? He is the most protective father in the world. This made no sense. 

"Wow that's cool, what should I call you?" Charles was raising a hand for a hand shake. His smile grew. 

"Call me Seris." He said the name seemed familiar to me. But I can't put my finger on it. Something was odd. "Get to sleep, I have some training to do." Seris said this as I followed him. He was going to the basement level. The elevator door clicked closed. "Good to see you once again, Valtina." He said my face was in shock. How did he know? 

"How did you know?" I asked as it seemed to make no sense. 

"Yet say me and Van Hellsing were close." He said with a small smile on his face. As the elevator opened. I heard a ding sound. There were weights, treadmills and then three doors. He put his hand on his shoulder, cracking his shoulders. 

"Well if not one of the strongest. Seris." A man said one of his eyes was covered with flesh it had clearly scared over. 

"Divison Commander of the second division. Weapon Bulwark." Seris said he was old, he looked to be in his late 90's and life has not treated him nicely. 

"Have you heard of the Wyvern Riders to the south." He said as I heard of them. Humans have broken into small cities based around one of the strongest. We have a council of cities once a year. There are a total of about nine hundred major cities that are on the council and many major tribes making up hundred tribes of a total of a thousand members as the founders are Pope of light church the major religion of most area, Sol the city that we are in and has the biggest population of hundred thousand in the capital and about another ten thousand outside of the capital with them all them being in 13 major cities being beside the capital Sol. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Mars and Gaia being the biggest ones and the smaller ones are Pluto, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake and Eris. 

"No I have not." Seris said with a small frown as he started to pick up a huge dumb bell. It weighed 60 kg. It was easy for him. 

"There is a new leader." Weapon said as he continued to work out. They use the rank of their Vampires. 

"Really, what could beat a Vipera Titanic?" Seris asked if it was based on the power of one Wyvern. 

"A Vipera Persephone is about as old as my grandson." He said his voice sounded worried as us and the old chief had contacted our city for trades routes farther south. One of the strongest species weaker than Thanos but stronger than Titanic. 

"I hope we can make an alliance or the exchange program will fall through." Seris said with sorrow they had one of the five most important trade roots for them. 

"Yeah I find it disgusting that four organizations have control over our whole territory and several other countries." Weapon said with hatred in his voice. The four were the Wyvern Riding Tribes who controlled the paths to the south and air, and the Pendragon family controlled the mountain trade routes to the north and east. As well many underground trade routes some think are deeply connected to the crimes and organized crimes which we were. Illegal trade and the black market was run by them. Charles had his hand with the weapons not knowing that each of his siblings have a much more powerful reach within the shadows and black market. Murat that runs the sea trade in the city of Neptune. The Goldhoard family has the one who has second most wealth only second by the Pendragon but on paper Goldhoard has more money and just as good a PR team. But Pendragons use their monies on charity, orphanage and other things. Now it will be sent into chaos. 

"Yet stop before you get to the City Lords and the system we use to govern ourselves." He said, rolling his eyes. 

"Another thing I have a problem with is that the wealthiest person in each city becomes a City Lord. Then it became a struggle to have the most political influence. At least Pendragon stays out of it but I doubt they don't have some City Lords on their payroll." He said and he was right we had a few of them by that I mean nine of them. I keep forgetting who is not important enough for me to remember. 

"Wait, have you heard the head of the Murat went missing? There are several factions trying to claim the throne. By the looks of it the younger brother will win the succession war." The old man said one of the bad parts for the humans in power is they are always struggling for power unlike us Vampires who have a clear cut system in place to prevent infighting. A few more hours past nothing really relevant that they were talking until. 

"Have you heard of the Doctor Despair." He said wait, that was one of Charles' aliases. 

"Yeah the one who runs the slums speaks through the Hellhound that is the only one who has ever seen him." Seris said as he looked at the old man Weapon who was slowly down his work out. 

"He is only loyal to money if someone can throw more money at him he is a really good merc. Stays within the law but only steps out when no one is looking. We have a clue about Doctor Depsair." He said with a small smile on his face. Why is he so happy?

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