SUMMARY: Anderson slams a bayonet down
on Alucard's head, splitting him in half from skull to breastbone. Seras jumps to protect her master, and while she struggles
with Anderson's bizarre new form Alucard gets a breather and regenerates. He tears Anderson apart, yanking out the Thorn of
Elena.
Anderson returns to human as he dies, and his and Alucard's faint smiles reveal a certain camraderie.
Anderson's body disintegrates into fragments--which
are ground beneath a sudden stomping bootheel as a newcomer appears. It is the unnaturally young Walter Dorneaz. Yumie leaps forward at this insult to Anderson's
memory, and she is swiftly beheaded. Heinkel screams and pulls her weapon, but is gunned down by The Captain.
The Major lands his zeppelin and lowers
a boarding ramp, inviting Integra inside to find him. "You are my true enemy now," he says over a broadcasting intercom. Integra and Seras enter and start fighting their
way to the heart of the vessel. Seras blocks bullets fired at her commander, while Integra cuts Nazi vampires in half
with her sword. The Captain appears and directs Integra to The Major's control room. Integra leaves, and he and Seras prepare
to fight to the death. Seras unleashes her full vampire powers, while The Captain transforms into a werewolf.
Outside, Alucard is getting the worst
of the fight. Walter has blocked every attack and Alucard soon loses his legs and arms to Walter's monofilament wires.
Walter grabs a spear of metal wreckage and approaches Alucard's crippled body for a last blow through the heart. But
why is Walter coughing up blood? And why does he look even younger than he did a few moments ago?
Inside the zeppelin, The Captain knocks
Seras through a pile of crates. She lies dazed and exhausted, and she wonders if this is it for her; The Captain
is too strong for her. She's about to admit defeat when she hears a familiar voice inside her head...
Art samples from Volume Nine:
Volume Nine
>
