It's done. I can't believe it. I finished it. It took so long to get done. But I was inspired. Amazingly inspired, and I knew exactly how I wanted it to be done. So I had to get it down before I lost it all.

I hope you loved this story as much as I did.

Hearts and Kisses.

- Me

:present - conclusion:

Destiny who cares
as it turns around
and I know that it descends
with a smile
It's just another day
the shame is gone
it's hard to believe
that I've let it go away
- Swamped; Lacuna Coil

"Admit you remember.." Alucard hissed, studying Integral's features with fevered intent.

"I do..." An odd smile lifted her lips, a finger kissing the corner of her mouth as she gazed off to the corner of her eyes. "I suppose you expect me to thank you for raising me. Raping me. Ruining me. Turning me into what I am now."

The monster's mouth twisted with satisfaction, a fang lazily overlapping one pale lip as loops of red traced the strong features of her face. "No. It is too late for thank you cards and candy. I miss her, you realize. That little girl who used to waste my time asking pathetic question after pathetic question."

She scoffed, a blast of warm air interlaced with the scent of tobacco and tea sending threads of Alucard's black hair into a faint disarray. "You are the one who took her away."

Smiling in mock anticipation, Alucard leaned his upper body weight further into her desk chair - pushing it teetering on its back two legs as he supported her weight with both hands clutching the feather arms. His smile without opening his mouth, the gesture unnatural yet eerily human. Monstrous features distorted into something more human, dipping those pinpoints of red into Integral's eyes. Searching for something he lost a long time ago.

"No...She's still in there. Somewhere."

"Alucard..."

"Shhh. Don't let me lose her now," He hushed, black bangs spilling over the side of his face.

She could hear the back of his throat growl, Integral swallowed hard and lost herself temporarily.

BAMBAMBAM

"Uhm.. Sir Hellsing?"

Integral spun around, the sudden interruption catching her by surprise. One hand swept her desk with alarm, knocking over an empty tea cup and shattering the pieces across the floor. She looked up as Alucard melted into the background shadows, eyes searching nothing then pausing at the door. The woman cleared her throat and leaned back into the chair. Deep breathe... oxygen.. breath.. "Yes, Walter.. the door is open."

A brass knob turned counterclockwise, testing its creek before an oak door glossed maple opened, revealing the older gentlemen with several papers on a tray delicately balancing on his left hand. Smiling politely, the butler bowed languidly then strolled towards her desk, offering the tray to her.

"It would please me to inform you that the doctor has just called."

Integral raised a lithe brow in curiosity, "And?"

"The surrogate mother gave birth to five children, however four died."

"The remaining infant's condition?"

"Alive and well, breathing by itself."

"What is its sex?"

"It is female."

"Good. I would have hated to adopt out another boy," Integral massaged her temples as a smile split her lips. "I suppose we will have to inform the father another successful birth. That makes... Four. Hmm. How are the other three doing?"

"Thomas is currently living in America, we have eliminated all birthing papers traced back to you. James, unfortunately, died. He was six months. Enrico currently possesses the first child, as was the agreement."

"How is Judas doing?"

"His first birthday was just last week. I apologize for changing the topic, Sir Hellsing, but the doctor requires you fill out this information before he is able to turn the child over to the Hellsing organization."

Integral grinned as she searched Walter's features, taking from his tray the stack of official papers. "Well, Walter. What shall we name her? I was thinking Elizabeth, but I assumed Enrico might be upset knowing his daughter is named after a Queen responsible for the massacre of his people. What about Mina?"

Walter's features fell, "I doubt Alucard would be pleased at that suggestion..."

"Oh. I doubt Alucard will be pleased at all once he catches wind of this project," Integral grinned, eyes sliding back towards the shadows as she mocked her pet. "Perhaps Elizabeth isn't quite such a bad name after all... Enrico did choose Judas after all. What a terrible thing to name a child. I pray he doesn't follow in the footsteps of his namesake."

"Yes, Sir Hellsing," The butler bowed, then raised a brow as he studied scattered pieces of a broken teacup across the floor in front of Integral's desk. "May I offer you more tea?"

"That won't be necessary. I'll call should I need you," Integral muttered, as she lit a cigar to celebrate the moment. "You are dismissed."

"Yes, Sir Hellsing," Walter bowed again, then turned on a heel as he walked towards the door, past the door, shut the door behind him, and left.

Integral's smile dissolved as she signed paper after paper, drafting the information with her pen while chewing on the end of her cigar as the toxic fumes filled her lungs.

The darkness just laughed. Surprised, alarmed, caught off guard, confused, hurt, upset, ruined. What more could he do but laugh? From loss? Reaping eternity of servitude under the daughters of Hellsing? Just when he thought he cornered the woman... "Oh, Integral... That was good. When?"

"Alucard, I thought that was a little obvious," Integral smiled as she continued to sign document after legal document. "Walter did say our oldest child was a year old."

"..You bred with that Catholic swine.."

"Of course. It was only necessary."

"I fail to understand why."

"He and I were both ordered by the Vatican and the Queen."

"What order? When? Enlighten my lack of knowledge."

Integral rolled her eyes, this was exactly the response she expected out of Alucard. "Hellsing required a heir."

"That much I understand," Alucard hissed, cocking his head. "...But why the Catholic swine..?" The words only added insult to injury, retching his undead heart and killing his pride. Imagine, he must serve under a generation of Hellsing tainted by that bastard's sperm. The very thought made him want to wretch.

"The Vatican ordered it. The Pope wanted to mend ties with England, and create an alliance with Protestants against the then unrecognized Millennium group," Integral crushed her cigar out of habit, relighting a new one as her story flowed without pause. "Unfortunately, we can't just have the Pope go off and honeymoon with the Queen to show favorable ties, it breaks many creeds and adds frustration. So the Pope and the Queen negotiated and wrote a contract that obligated their two greatest agents to bare proof of the alliance."

"...What were the contract's obligations..?" The terms seemed obvious, but the end result still confused Alucard. While it may have been easy to read Integral's mind and take information from her by force (and mind you, he was angry enough to do just that), he wanted to hear his master speak for herself.

"The contract required Enrico and I to have a child that would be heir to Hellsing. At the time, the Catholics argued the contract's terms were one-sided so we extended the agreement. The Hellsing Organization would be inherited by a girl Catholic and Anglican by birth. The updated contract also required that another child of the same blood and crossed religion would also attain pope ship in the future," Integral paused as she tasted those words, pressing a tongue into the corner of lip as she measured the weight of what she was saying, "Quite a complicated, genius agreement if you ask. It made many radical groups in both churches exceedingly angry, but we are under pressure and sacrifices have to be met. I do not doubt Judas will probably be assassinated before he manages to rank in the Papacy. But... That is a war we will fight after the Millennium is ruined."

"..When was this?" Her pet interrupted, trying to piece together the missing parts of the puzzle.

"You heard Walter, Judas did just turn one."

"Yes... but when did you agree to this..?"

Integral hummed, chewing the tip of her pen as she calculated the time spent from then and that time before. "..Enrico was the one who sent me the message. I believe it was the week after you impaled Incognito."

"When did they take your eggs?" Alucard was becoming impatient with his master, a trait he never expressed before the young woman.

"My ovaries were extracted when you were consorting with Anderson... I think," Integral said, just as equally impatient but relishing her momentary victory that she has been savoring for two years. "I don't quite remember the specific time, I was under heavy painkillers."

There was a falling quiet between the Master and Servant. Integral didn't appear to make any motion to disturb the silence, her pen scratching on the surface of the paper as she signed document after document. Sometimes she took the time to read over specific papers, a curious smile playing over her lips as the words leaked into her mind. Most of the time she ignored the printing and went on signing. Alucard was the first to speak, agitated beyond words, "Well, go on."

"With what?"

"Informing me of what I initially should've known," Alucard impatiently snapped.

Integral rolled her eyes and slapped her pen onto the desk, "For heaven's sakes, Alucard. I have quite a bit to do and I do not have time to carry out theatrics at the mome-"

"I have a right to know, Integral."

At those words, the Hellsing director paused. Defeated, she continued reiterating her memories, "After my eggs were removed, several tests were carried out to clone the cells. Multiple embryos were created under the guidance of lab scientists, and we had selected a handful of surrogate mothers to carry the child. Two had miscarriages, one died of complications and was the carrier of Judas, James, and Thomas. As you heard, James recently died of ill health - probably a hemorrhage to the brain , Thomas lives in America, and Judas is under the care of Iscariot division XIII." Integral grinned through her cigar as she continued, "I remember when the Queen discreetly sent me a message that informed me she assumed Enrico would never accept Judas. Quite the opposite, actually. Enrico was the first to hold the child. He is still quite smug with himself, claiming he saved England single handedly from eternal damnation. He often sends pictures of the child dressed as a catholic priest in order to irritate me. I should show you those pictures. I'm sure they will piss you off as well."

Alucard just smiled madly, trying to maintain mixed emotions. "So why produce more children than what the contract required?"

"Hellsing required a female child, not a male. So the other two were adopted out since they complicated the contract between the Pope and the Queen. Another surrogate mother was acquired and, as you just heard, there has been a success. I am the proud mother of Elizabeth Hellsing." The moment those words came out of Integral's mouth, there was confusion. Integral honestly didn't know how to feel about the situation. Whether she should be excited as is required of her maternal instinct, or satisfied out of duty. Honestly, there was no emotional attachment. "I really should do something to celebrate. Maybe organize arrangements to find a wet nurse and nanny, heaven forbid if I actually find time to raise the girl. Oh now, don't give me that look, Alucard. When she turns fourteen, we will begin to train you to drink her blood. I know how impatient you are for fresh virgin blood."

"More... Give me more details..."

Integral rolled her eyes, "Oh for heaven's sake, Alucard. What more do you want to know? Do you want to hear how pissed off Enrico was after catching wind that his children were going to be, and I directly quote the man, 'Born of a Pagan Sow'? Perhaps you'd rather I go into detail of Judas' curious dual baptism into both churches in order to please the contracting parties." Integral laughed as a flood of memories she intentionally blocked away from Alucard were allowed to come back to her. "It was held in secrecy to prevent the Millennium group from catching wind of our agreements, but the Catholics outright attempted to completely outdo our baptismal service in terms of extravaganza and celebration. Enrico absolutely required the Pope to baptize the boy, and several high officials of the holy Anglican Church attempted to contact the encyclopedia in order to document THEIR baptism. Thank god her Majesty had sense enough to stop all the ruckus and carry out a half decent, very private baptism - both Catholic and Protestant." Integral choked back her laugher. "I wish I was there, but as you are aware, the Queen kept me imprisoned in the tower."

Alucard narrowed his eyes. "Was your lock-up also a political ruse?"

"Of course," Integral blinked, quite alarmed with Alucard's question. "It was to protect me and to protect the contract between Vatican and England as well as ensure Judas' security. He was born on that day, you realize. That's why they released me from the tower. England required a scapegoat. I was that scapegoat. After Incognito ruined London, the people were agitated and something had to be done to satiate them and distract the Millennium from our alliance with the Vatican. If word came out that the two rival churches had created a firm tie through blood, our plans may have been ruined. It was necessary that the Queen fake my arrest, pardon, and disbandment of the Hellsing organization."

"Hellsing isn't disbanded.."

"Hardly. The Holy Knights are currently under review for replacement, and we are training troops on the grounds of Buckingham palace as we speak."

Alucard lowered his head, threads of black spilling over alabaster features. "And all this time... All that time when I was offering you my blood in that cell... all that while this bastard child was being baptized before the Pope and the Queen.."

"Precisely. My capture was a successful diversion."

"Clever girl..." The vampire just stood there in disbelief, pride smashed and upset. Finally, mustering a humility he thought he was incapable of, Alucard's voice twisted, "Why was I not informed?"

Integral was quiet, rubbing one hand over her bicep while rotating an aching wrist. "Alucard. I respect your disposition, who you are, and what you are to my family. But there are certain affairs that are above your notice. Matters that do not require your knowing of."

"...Did the Queen ask this information not be shared with me? Does the Queen still not trust me after all these years of service?"

"The contract required confidence from the parties involved. You were not involved, Alucard."

"My SERVITUDE is involved, Integral," The vampire spat. "Am I nothing to you but a means to an end?"

"What you are to me does not hold weight against my responsibilities. To this organization and to this country, your life and service is, indeed, expendable."

Alucard became quiet under the weight of this revelation, closing amber eyes as he drank in the weight of her words. "In the end, we are both pawns bidding after the Queen..." Alucard's mouth opened... then closed. What could he say? The vampire raised languidly then drew himself away from Integral, inhaling the mixed scents of old books and tobacco as he approached an open window. Placing both hands gingerly on the frame, he sighed, the sound unfamiliar and rasped. "Now I know how you felt when I brought back Seras."

Integral continued to sign papers, the scratch of her pen disrupting the silence with every stroke. She then put her pen down on the desk and pulled her body up, one thumb snapping the elastic of her suspenders and sliding it off one shoulder as her skin ached under the strain. One hand snubbed her cigar into an over heaped ashtray while the other crushed the nape between her neck and arm as she tried to relax tense muscles. Integral moved towards the window, crossing her arms as she relaxed in her own space, sharing the night with her servant. "It is only fair, Alucard. If you create a generation, I should create a generation. Don't let this escalate into a war. Don't start finding younger, virgin police girls and discard their mortality for your war against Hellsing. Don't force me to call upon the forces of doctors to continue creating a line of female soldiers mixed with Hellsing and Catholic blood. You know how I'd hate to continue this artificial procreation with Enrico," Integral chuckled, attempting to lighten the mood with her dark humor.

Alucard could do little but shake his head, the impression amazing. "Elizabeth... is a child born of two virgins. Her blood will be... strong."

"I know," Integral frowned, tapping her foot. "I assume her control over your instincts will surpass what I am currently capable of."

"..How many more embryos do the scientists possess?" Alucard inquired, turning to Integral as he estimated his enemy and friend.

Integral frowned, curtly replying, "How many girls have you intended to make your bride, Alucard?"

"Many." He answered calmly. "Many. I still have intentions." He turned his head then, wisps of black hair framing his alabaster face as he searched Integral's eyes. "You were one of them. Still are one of them."

The Hellsing director could only smile and press a finger in the corner of her lips. "I suppose our war will never end, in that case."

Alucard smiled, shifting his weight closer to Integral as he watched her from the corner of his eye. "I pray it never does."

"I doubt it will." Integral responded thoughtfully. "I doubt it ever will."

- fin

Author's Notes:

If you got confused, events in order:
Chapter 9: Enrico gives Integral a copy of the contract written between the pope and the queen, hence why she is so surprised at the contract's terms. I tried to make it look like Integral was being forced to sign over the Hellsing Institution to England's authority or, heave forbid, the Vatican's authority. I really hope I fooled you there.
Chapter 10: Integral was informed secretly that her sentence was going to be carried out when the contract's terms were finally meeted AKA A child was finally born. So while Alucard tempted her with his blood, she was all ready assured of her own security and had no reason to accept his offer. So she did little but smile and wait for the Queen's 'message' of the safe birth, and ready herself for the staged trial.

I've wanted to write this chapter for two years now. Sounds weird, doesn't it? Well, don't be too weirded out. I have anticipated and wanted to post this thing for the longest time. I always planned that Integral would give birth and Enrico would be the father in the most logical, canon way I could.

I've wanted to do it ever since I wrote a chapter about Integral and Alucard having that argument about her virginity and how tied Alucard is to her virgin blood. I remember a reader who wrote a review that said "Ohohoho. Too bad Alucard doesn't know about current birth technology, eh?" And it snapped. I said to myself 'OH! OF COURSE! THAT IS SO PERFECT!'

Then I remember reading back on 'Fics from Hell' where the webmistress ranted about how Integral COULDN'T have a child, and if she ever did, she would probably take other birthing options. Like a surrogate mother, etc.

And I said to myself, That is Genius idea.

Field of Innocence has been inspired by many fanfic, many people, and many ideas. Some of which were mine, most of which were everyone else's.

I would like to thank the following:
Readers, for making this a joy
Reviewers, for criticizing and helping me become a better writer
My iPod, for the delectable tunes
People at the hellsing community livejournal site who have dealt with my shameless self promotion plug
All of you, really.

If you've read this, I encourage you to review. Just say 'Yeah. I read this.' or 'This was really awful', etc. I love to know who my readers are. It gives the fanfiction a certain face.

Since these are the author notes and I've spent too much time finishing and refining this story, then I can pretty much write whatever I want here. So I'll write what I think is the most important thing about this entire fic: It's Soundtrack. So here's the soundtrack and notes concerning why I chose particular songs for each chapter. I really encourage you to find those songs and listen to whem while reading this fic. It really helps illustrate the story better.

The Soundtrack
prologue: Field of Innocence by Evanescence - Self Explanatory. The song talks about reflecting the past, Integra centered
chap1: Shine by Mr. Big - Alucard centered, reflects his attitude towards young Integral.(Eventually, Integral the Child would be replaced by Seras and that song would then reflect Alucard's relationship with Seras)
chap2: Burn by The Cure - Alucard's obsession over Integral
chap3: Mute by Moonspell - Very much a hate/love relationship song. Spoken more from Alucard's point of view
chap4: Blue by A Perfect Circle - Integral doesn't realize the directions she's taking are wrong, to me the song is about potential mistakes and how Alucard sadistically enjoys watching her make those mistakes.
chap5: Agnus Dei by Rufus Wainwright - Related more to the origins of vampirism, and begging god for help from the suffering wrought by the father of vampires in which I suggest is Cain.
chap6: Siren by Tori Amos - One person's obsession(be it hate or love) over a very abnormal girl. In this case, it's Enrico Maxwell's
chap7: Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen - This song speaks for Walter who, at this time, can't honestly recognize himself as the person he used to be.
chap8: A Forest by The Cure - While Seras never directly enters the chapter, her presence is still very important in an indirect way. The song defines her relationship with Alucard where she's lost and a toy for his own means.
chap9: Sacred by Depeche Mode - The terms between Integral and Enrico change, as their duties require them to. The song reflects their commitments as 'missionaries' of their faiths and countries.
chap10: Fear of Ghosts by The Cure - The lyrics are pretty self explanatory. Alucard Integral's master/servant relationship
conclusion: Swamped by Lacuna Coil - Integral rised above Alucard's expectations, taking destiny into her own hands.

Thus, we close a curtain on what has been my favorite writing piece in a very long time.

amen.