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By the time Integra and Nina came back to regroup with Heidi and Abel, they thought they would see Major and Captain Hans on the floor, dead, but they thought wrong. Instead of seeing the glorious victory of their allies, they saw them writhing on the floor, bloody and beaten before a shirtless Hans who looked down at them with a blank expression. His eyes then looked up when Integra and Nina entered, he still didn't look amused.

"Ah, Sir Integra!" Major exclaimed happily. "You made it just in time! Captain Hans vas just getting varmed up!"

Integra gritted her teeth. Then she saw the clock still ticking on the large screen behind Major from where he sat. They only had one hour to get out before the zeppelin blew up.

"I see zhat you found your daughter. A success I expected from you, Sir Integra. However," he said, as he folded his hands on his lap with a grin. "zhe time ist ticking. Vhat vill you do? Vill you leave your companions behind? Or die vith zhem?"

Integra looked down at Intera sleeping in her arms. She seemed unharmed, but after being in the clutches of Millennium, it made her worry. After all, it was a mother instinct to worry.

Then she looked up at Heidi and Abel. Her in laws who were supposed to be dead. Yet here they were, fighting along side her, even when they had little to no knowledge of each other.

"Go," Abel grunted as he got up on his shaky legs. He wiped the blood off from the corner of his mouth as Heidi got to her feet also, clutching her broken arm. She smiled weakly at Integra, her smile almost the same as Rip's. That smiled she so longed to see. That smile her heart cried out for.

"Ja, ve'll be fine," Heidi added, "und besides, it vould all for nothing, rescuing zhat daughter of yours," then she smiled, not a sad smile, but as if she were daydreaming about something peaceful. "Und don't forget zhat vife of yours."

The Hellsing leader tightened her grasp around her daughter protectively. She didn't want to leave them to their death, but they were right. If she died here with them, then a lot more chaos could happen. The end of the Hellsing bloodline, freeing Alucard from his bounds. All those soldiers who died for Hellsing, would be dead in vain. And a wife, left to be a widow, even if she was a traitor. Even if she lied about all those years. Even if she says she doesn't love her. Because Integra still loves her.

"Ve'll vhat are you vaiting for?" Abel asked with a smirk shaking off the pain that coursed through his body. "Go out zhere und get your vife back!"

Integra smirked back. "Thank you."

Abel laughed and cracked his neck. "Don't go all cheesy on me now."

Integra scoffed. "Me? As if!"

Major sniffled. "So touching! Zhe last farevells!" he blew his nose into a hankerchief he pulled out of his coat, then dabbed away fake tears.

"Shut up!" they all said in unison.

Nina nudged her head at Integra's leg, huffing at the clock on the screen. Now they only had 45 minutes left.

"Go on! Get!" Heidi urged, shooing Integra away with her hands, a playful smile on her lips.

Integra nodded and mounted Nina again, making sure she wouldn't fall and that she had a good grip on Intera. "Lets go Nina."

The lioness let out a roar, and ran to the door. Hans made a move to run after them, but Heidi and Abel stepped in front of him. Abel smirked, getting into a fighting stance. "Vere not done yet."

Nina made it to the hangar of the Zeppelin where aircrafts were scattered around. She ran faster and harder with Integra and Intera on her back, to the runway, but skidded to a stop before they could fall off the edge.

"How are we going to get out?" the lioness questioned in a panicked voice. "Were like one thousand feet up!"

Integra felt her doubts crushing her hope. How were they supposed to get out? They could fall to their deaths if they tried to jump out, even to the closets and tallest building.

"I was hoping you had some kind of bird form besides cat ones..." the Knight mumbled, looking down at London below from the terrifying height.

They could see everything. Wild fires were scattered around, sending dark clouds of smoke high up in the air, almost choking them. Bodies and fallen buildings were everywhere. There wasn't one place in London this night that wasn't in ruins.

The she heard loud thumping. Was the bomb about to set off? "Over there!" Nina exclaimed, her voice filled with relief and hope. "It's Walter!"

Indeed it was. The Hellsing butler was flying a chopper towards them. He flew close enough to the runway, and Nina took a step back, before running with all her might. She let out a roar as she jumped at the end of the runway, leaping into the helicopter, but transforming in time in her human form before her weight would swing the aircraft.

Unprepared, Integra was almost thrown out the other end of the helicopter. Fortunately, she grabbed the floor of the helicopter in time, with Intera in her other arm, now they dangled dangerously in the air.

"Sir Integra!" Nina exclaimed. She reached out a hand to her, and Integra groaned as she lifted Intera up with her one arm. The cat girl grabbed the little girl, and pulled her up into the helicopter to safety. She quickly reached out to Integra, grabbing onto her before she lost her grip, and pulled her up also.

Nina panted, flopping onto her back. "Whew! That was a close one!"

Integra let out a huff also. She felt her heart thumping loudly in her chest, so loud she could feel it in he ears. She looked behind her where Intera was lying down, still unconscious. Her presence there with her made her feel better, it relieved most of her worries, and made her glad that they were finally reunited.

Walter smiled even though her didn't look back. "I'm glad I made it just in time," he said.

Nina smiled also. "I'm glad t-"

Suddenly, a loud explosion rocked their helicopter. It flung the aircraft with a great force, that Integra and Nina had to grab onto something before they flew out of the helicopter. The zeppelin had been blown up. Two other explosions occurred, deafening them all with ringing ears as the helicopter tumbled in the air, beeping and flashing with warnings.

Walter strained to get back in control, but the force was too great. Suddenly, a loose part from the zeppelin flew at them, cutting off the helicopter's rotors. They began plummeting down to the ground, gravity pulling them closer and closer to their deaths. Integra held onto Intera, making sure to keep her safe from falling out of the helicopter while she was still unconscious.

Suddenly, Walter got out from the pilot seat to enter the back with them, a sad smile on his face. Integra saw this. That smile couldn't have been good. It couldn't have meant that he was giving up. Was he?

The Hellsing butler looked at Integra with pure sincerity, then he looked down at Intera. "It was a pleasure serving Hellsing all my life," he said, then pulled at his gloves, "but I'm afraid things must come to an end," the wires from his gloves glinted off the moonlight, and the fires below, and Integra's eyes widened, "and so, it is the end of my service for Hellsing. Goodbye, Sir Integra Hellsing."

"Walter! Don-!"

It was too late. The butler wrapped his wires around all three of them, holding them close, but not cutting them. He flung them out of the helicopter, and held on with all his strength as they got closer to the ground. Integra cried out at him, telling him not to do this, but he just smiled sadly, and a tear escaped his eye, sliding down his aged features.

Then, the helicopter exploded.

"WALTER!"