*It was a foggy day in Britian, just like so many other days, but today was different. Today things would change once more. After the recent ravagings of the undead, the Hellsing orginization was still recovering... The damage done by the trickery of Incognito and the traitor in their midst had killed most of their best men, but they had been re-recruiting... This, however, has left them lagging in the war against the undead, and outer forces are now begining to rear their heads. The Vatican and the Belmonts, one a bitter foe, and the other a barely known rival... Numerous agents from both of these forces had been found in Britain... But perhaps it was for the better, for none would be quite prepared for what was about to come to pass... Many were the outsiders who had come, some from the dark country, some from elsewhere... Some had plans for wealth, and others had more, sinister ideas.*
*In a recently ruined building, four men stood about a circle.*
"It lies here?"
"It's fragments sleep within this realm."
"So let it be known."
"So let it be said."
"So let it be recalled."
"So let it be done!"
*They each spoke, one at a time, with the last 4 statements they eached raised a staff to a pinacle point. Then each began to chant, dark words, words that would call spirits.*
"Many have died in this place!"
"Many souls have been laid to rest!"
"Many need to be awakened!"
"Many are those that will join them!"
*They walked about the spot, counterclockwise, and a slow, howling moan slowly began together.*
"One is it which shall lead them."
"One is it which has been defeated."
"One which shall be ever stronger."
"One which shall call them forth."
*They continued their slow walk around the spot, one white dot growing in the center.*
"He was the first to die in this realm."
"He was one unbanished."
"He was a spirit and a force."
"He will bring them all up!"
*A pentagram appeared and grew, a ever growing design, glowing dark orange, sickly green, and dark blue.*
"RISE UP!"
"RISE UP!"
"RISE UP!"
"RISE TOGETHER!"
*A long stream of white light shot upwards from the center spot, a huge stream of energy. A beast, a monster who had been destroyed in the real world, not banished as had all before... And as it rose, other, smaller white whisps rose with it...*
*The first sign anyone got of this event was a sight of the Demon Shed, appearing only as a ray of bright light, ascending into the sky, and vanishing from sight, leaving naught but a sparkling trail in the fog. What followed, however, was more disturbing yet. An army of what appeared to be ghouls marched slowly out of the tower, moving into the surrounding town. Unlike ghouls, however, they were not equipped with weapons, instead they attacked with spectral white tenticles that transfixed those they struck and, after only a few moments, added them to their ranks... And also unlike ghouls, they glowed eerily in the fog...*
*Meanwhile, at the Hellsing Mansion*
"All squads, move out!"
*The commands of Lady Integral echoed over the PA system all across the compound.*
"Dammit, Alucard, every single man, woman, and child who died in the Incognito affair has been ressurected as a ghoul... Go! Help the men, take her with you as well."
*They both knew which her she was reffering to, and Alucard nodded, backing off and vanishing into the wall. Before long, the full might of Hellsing moved on the ghoul ranks, but the outcome was far less than certain.*
Edited by: The Dark Gun at: 3/14/03 4:24:08 pm