A Real Fucking Vampire(3)

Entering a room on the lower levels of the manor along with Walter, Rodeo looked around the room to see it contained a bed, a bathroom, a mirror and a wardrobe for storing clothing or anything else. 

"This will be your living quarters for the time being," Walter explained as he showed Rodeo the specifics of his chamber, "The rest of your companions will also be kept in similar rooms like these in the lower levels of the manor. Hope you find the room to be of your liking."

"It's great," Rodeo replied, thanking Walter.

Walter gently nodded, "Your PC will also arrive by tomorrow morning," he stated, before adding, "And regarding your armor."

"You want me to give it to you now?"

"Actually, give it to me tomorrow morning when Mister Heisenberg wakes up, and we'll start working on it."

"Sure, and thank you again, sir."

"Oh please you can just call me Walter, Sir Rodeo."

"Sure, Walter."

Smiling softly at him, Walter continued, "...To think that you worked only for a few months for the foundation and survived various fights and hardships in it is quite a feat to accomplish when people like me needed years."

Rodeo simply shrugged and responded, "Well, that's just how I am actually."

"However, you are still a long way from making bigger decisions in your life."

"What do you mean?"

"After hearing your stories, I need to tell you, Sir Rodeo, that you need to grow past the old you and bring in a new you, otherwise... you won't be able to face the more deadly scenarios and decisions that will befall you in the future."

"I'm trying alright."

"I'm not telling you to try, I'm telling you to do your best in growing past your former self."

Rodeo slightly nodded, "Alright."

"Excellent," Walter replied as he proceeded towards the door, "Now have a nice night, sir Rodeo." he said before leaving the room. 

Watching as he leaves, Rodeo decides to remove his armor and face the mirror to his side, looking at his half-naked body and the many old scars he has received up to this point.

Rodeo merely sighed and laid down on the bed.

"Why the hellsing universe?" Rodeo wondered, "I know how things will go down, but... if I prevent certain things from happening, I might mess up the timeline of this universe."

Rodeo knew very well about Hellsing and its story, but what if he tried to change some things? However, there was a possibility or a risk it might make things worse or create alternate situations that might deviate from the original timeline and negatively impact Alucard's power growth and certain character arcs. Rodeo was again experiencing the same internal conflict in his mind as he did back in the Resident Evil universe when it came to Miranda and the four lords. 

"Is this a test from fate to see what kind of decisions I'll make in the future and how they'll affect things around me?" Rodeo couldn't help but sigh heavily, "I don't know anymore, but as long as the Forsaken isn't after us and doesn't manipulate Hellsing's plotlines to the worst... we'll be fine."

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It was a full moon night back at the SCP universe, where as Spy, the one who has become Silver Chariot, Michelle, the one who has become Spice girl, Miguel the one who has become Black Sabbath, and Evan, who has become the World along with Dr. Amelia Buck and Agent Thomas Green as they were both currently standing on the rooftop of Site-17, waiting for two important people to arrive at the helipad they were on. 

"These people better help us out." Spy said, breaking the silence.

Amelia stated, "Spy, these two are the best scientists in the foundation, and they will be very helpful in our efforts."

"They better help us."

Shortly after he says that, everyone notices a Black Hawk Helicopter from the sky in the far distance, heading towards the helipad... a bit too fast. 

Michelle seemed to notice it first as her expression became concerned, "Uhhh is it just me or is that helicopter coming a little too fast."

Green sighs, "I'll take a big guess that he's piloting it."

Curious, Evan raised a brow, "Who?" 

As soon as the helicopter reaches the helipad with an alarming speed, everyone immediately steps back and watches as it crashes belly first onto the helipad. Immediately after, the side door of the helicopter gets kicked open by a man wearing a necklace known as SCP-963. 

Dr. Jack Bright

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"Not a bad entrance." Miguel and Michelle both commented.

"Wooooooooo!"

"Bright, Bright, take it down a notch." Amelia interrupted.

"Wooooooo..."

Just as Bright decreases his volume, he got kicked in the back by a man wearing a cowboy hat who had exited the helicopter with Bright as he fell face first on the floor. 

"...Ow."

"Damn it, Bright! I told you not to steal and fly the damn thing that was meant to bring us here!"

This man with a cowboy hat was Dr. Alto Clef. 

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"Come on, it was pretty cool actually." Bright said grudgingly with a sardonic smile.

"...That crash of yours is the exact opposite of cool," The man named Dr. Clef sighed deeply, "I'm still surprised the foundation even keeps you around, but anyways," returning his gaze at the helicopter, he says, "Lucy you alright in there?"

"I'm alright."

Stepping out of the helicopter was a woman. She had long black hair and brown eyes, and she wore a purple T-shirt with long black pants and a lab coat over the t-shirt, with a black colored badge which says Lucy in a white colored text on it, and she wore white colored sneakers.

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"This might be the 56th helicopter you crashed, new record as always."

Bright smiled, "Neat."

"And I'm always surrounded by nut jobs." Clef grumbled, feeling exasperation.

"These... are the ones who are gonna help us? Fantastic." Spy commented in a deadpan tone.

"Welcome back to Site-17, Dr. Bright and Dr. Clef," Amelia said to the two doctors, before shifting her focus to Lucy, "I didn't expect another scientist to be shifted here."

"Oh Bright just dragged me here because I wanted to know more about the Stand situation going on these days." Lucy explained.

"Oh."

"So Buck, how have things been and how's Gustav doing?" Bright decided to ask.

"Things have been more or less baffling for the past months, and Gustav turned out to be a Chaos Insurgency agent, now he is in prison under O5 orders."

"Oh..." Bright was a bit taken back, "Must have been hard to know that your best friend and colleague turned out to be one with the enemy."

Green stated, "Well, he's behind bars now, so that's all that matters."

"So, who should we follow?" Bright asked as he looked at each of the people present.

Spy took a step forward and introduced himself in front of the three scientists, saying, "I am the Spy. Currently, I am the temporary leader of Queen's Requiem until Rodeo, the original leader, returns, and I'm also your foundation's hired mercenary. Any questions?"

"Yeah, are you the blue or red spy?"

"I was blue before I became Silver Chariot, mon ami." Spy simply answered, "Now all of you follow me, we have much to discuss."

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In the following moment Spy, Dr. Bright and Clef were the only ones in the briefing room as Spy was explaining regarding the current situations that had occured and were in. 

"So Rodeo ain't here because of SCP-507 and with a new Stand arrow with your concern whether D4C has caught wind of all this." Clef reflected the words he heard from Spy as he rubs his chin in contemplation.

"Look, the last time they attacked us, they did so precisely, Site-17's system was hacked, and a number of Scps even broke out of containment because that was D4C's plan. As for casualties, while they were not particularly high that day, people still lost their lives either way," Spy frowned deeply, "So my request from you two is that you try to investigate any whereabouts of where D4C could be or has been because me and the rest of the team will be busy with other missions as usual. Can you do that?" 

"Sure we'll help." Bright agreed.

"Then we'll start investigating where the hacker did his job and go from there," Clef added.

"Excellent, but I need you two to also take research duty shifts between Site-17 and Site-19 on a certain timely basis in order to cover more ground," Spy ordered the two before drawing his gaze at one of them, "Dr. Bright?"

"Yo."

"Don't blow anything up in Site-17 and Site-19 during your investigation." Spy commanded with a stern look.

"I can only promise to try."

"You better."

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In a containment chamber of SCP-105, Iris was casually resting on her bed, staring at the ceiling, lost in thought, until she heard a knock on the door, causing her to break away from her thoughts.

"Come in."

From her words, she watches as the door opens to reveal the female doctor who had been with Bright and Clef along the way, Lucy.

"Hey Iris." 

"Lucy, you're here?" Lucy exclaimed, leaping to her feet in delight at the sight of her old friend.

Lucy shrugs, "Well, Bright brought me here, and now I'm here."

Iris ran up to her and hugged Lucy, which she hugged back in response.

"It's good to see you again."

"Me too."

"You can't believe what has happened in the last few weeks," Iris said with a sad frown once she and Lucy broke away from their embrace.

"Want to talk about it?"

"...Yeah." Iris nodded before recounting the D4C incident, which made Lucy let out a worried look.

"You lost your camera to D4C, the foundation has stop giving you missions because you didn't have the camera, and D4C gave you a file related to this SCP-3002 from a parallel world which has something connected to you, and only you and Cain know about the file and the rest don't?"

Iris sadly nodded, "Yeah, and Rodeo is missing after we found out he used SCP-507 to escape from the Chaos Insurgency and was heavily injured," she heavily sighs and spoke out in a sad tone, "It's been crazy, and I feel like I'm powerless. I can't do anything without my camera, and even if I want to go out on a mission, the foundation stops me, or I just don't have the guts to go out at all."

Lucy pats her back, comforting her, "Iris, it's okay to feel fear, but you can't let that slow you down, and you're not powerless without your camera, you've done things without it before, right?"

"I did, but I had help with me that time, that's why I had no problem. However, what if there is a time when I don't get help at all, then what should I do?" 

"Simple, you have to believe in yourself, I know it sounds like a cat poster and extremely cliche, but it's true."

"...Okay," Iris nodded calmly, but then she wondered, "I also wonder what Rodeo might be doing right now?" 

"I'm pretty sure your friend is doing well."