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15th Hour // Voice

Jan 15, 2011 11:17

[Jack's voice sounds strained and distracted]

I need to talk to someone here who has experience with... the supernatural.

[He takes a deep breath]

With ghosts, spirits, specifically.

[There's a pause with nothing but the sound of Jack breathing and muttering something]Thank you ( Read more... )

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[Police Filter] newbvampire January 15 2011, 17:52:25 UTC

Are you alright, sir? I've...I've never heard you talk like this before.

[Police Filter] ctu_savior January 15 2011, 17:58:15 UTC

Seras.

I'm sorry, I've never dealt with anything like this. Do you know anything that could help?

[Police Filter] newbvampire January 15 2011, 18:19:15 UTC

I don't know, sir. We never went after ghosts, at least while I was at Hellsing. Sir Integra, or Master would probably know though if either of them were here.

Um do you have any silver, sir? Maybe that would work, or at least make them stay away.

[Police Filter] ctu_savior January 15 2011, 21:45:32 UTC

Yeah, I should have something... I'm not sure I want to hurt them, though. A lot of these people are- were my friends, my family. They haven't made any threatening moves, they're just... following me.

I don't know what to do, but I can't work like this.

[Police Filter] newbvampire January 16 2011, 01:22:33 UTC

How can they be your friends and family that doesn't make sense. Unless the Porter is playing some sort cruel trick on us.

[There's a long pause.]

Sir? What exactly do these ghosts look like?

[Police Filter] ctu_savior January 16 2011, 02:49:13 UTC

There are faces, coming out of the shadows around me. Nothing distinct, but... definitely recognizable. They keep coming and going. My daughter is here, my father, my- my wife.

[Jack swallows audibly]

I don't know what they really are, but if there's a chance that my daughter's been brought here somehow, in some other form...

[Police Filter] newbvampire January 16 2011, 03:48:47 UTC

I...I'm sure it's just the Porter playing tricks on you, sir. It can't really be your daughter.

[At least she hopes not cause otherwise she'll really have to question the ones she's seeing right now.]

They can't be real.

[Police Filter] ctu_savior January 16 2011, 04:04:12 UTC

Yeah... yeah, you must be right. They aren't showing any intelligence, they aren't... responding to anything I do. They just keep following me.

[Police Filter] newbvampire January 16 2011, 04:11:47 UTC

I know it's creepy, sir, but if you just hang in there I'm sure they'll go away eventually.

[They'd better, or she was going to go find the Porter and put a few Harkonnen sized holes in it.]

Um....is there anything you want me to do, sir? For you I mean.

[Police Filter] ctu_savior January 17 2011, 01:24:37 UTC

...

I don't know if there's anything you can do, Seras. But thank you.

[long pause, then PRIVATE]

Seras, do you trust me?

[Private] newbvampire January 17 2011, 01:41:55 UTC

Yes sir, Absolutely!

[Private] ctu_savior January 17 2011, 02:01:02 UTC

Good, that's what I thought.

Why?

[Private] newbvampire January 17 2011, 02:10:25 UTC

Your my commander in STARS. You've always been honest with me, sir. We've fought alongside each other and I've seen you're a good cop. You...you've always been supportive. There's a lot of reasons I trust you, sir.

You've also never given me any reason not to, sir. Um...why do you ask?

[Private] ctu_savior January 17 2011, 03:16:28 UTC

Seras...

[sigh]

I've done some pretty bad things, Seras. And I've let a lot of people down. I'm looking at a lot of them right now. They're standing here, staring at me. Reminding me.

Every sacrifice I've made, I've done because I thought it was necessary to protect innocent lives. I don't regret that, but I do regret the cost. The people who know me tend to get dragged into things, end up paying prices that they shouldn't have to. Some of them die, some of them... become different people, get changed by being involved. Sometimes it's my fault, sometimes it's something I can't prevent, but one way or another they get hurt ( ... )

[Private] newbvampire January 17 2011, 03:33:06 UTC

But you did it for the right reasons, sir. Right? Isn't that what a commander is supposed to do? I know you didn't want them to die, but if they hadn't then innocent people would have been killed. I'm a police officer, sir and a member of Hellsing. I'm supposed to protect people. I...I don't want to die, but if I have to keep people safe t-than I guess that's alright. I know you wouldn't just...throw me, or anyway else away.

So yes sir, I understand and I still trust you. I don't want to let you down, sir.

And thank you, sir. For what you said about me. Also, I'm sorry, sir. For the ghosts, sir.

[Private] ctu_savior January 19 2011, 03:40:57 UTC

[One can almost hear the smile in Jack's voice.]

You don't have to worry about letting me down, Seras. That's the last thing you should be concerned about. I know that you are willing to lay down your life for this, and I respect that. But there are other things you can lose, things that I don't want to see you have to sacrifice.

[He sighs]

Look, I don't think I know how to explain this. So I'll show you.

[Suddenly, the communicator's video turns on, showing the darkened interior of Jack's apartment kitchen. Shadows are everywhere. The picture is a little shaky, but the face Jack is focusing on is clear, staring out from the shadows, unblinking.]His name was Carl Mossman. He was a civilian, a bank manager. Information had been hidden in his bank that implicated the President of the United States in a terrorist conspiracy. The President had declared me a fugitive, I was being hunted by every law enforcement agency in the country, so I had to go outside the law. I broke into Mister Mossman's home in the dead of night, threatened his ( ... )

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