HELLSING Chapter 2 "Heart of Dream"

Hearts of Dream is the Second chapter of Hellsing: Volume 9. It is also the Seventieth chapter of the Hellsing manga.

Summary
Alucard, having awakened, releases his seals and begins to rush Anderson. Plunging his fist into his chest, he removes Anderson's heart and crushes it, lamenting how similar Anderson had become to Alucard. The field is silent on both sides as Alucard and Anderson talk for the last time in this life. But just as the priest dies, a new foe appears bearing the face of an old friend...

Synopsis
As Alucard rushes toward Anderson, the end of their fight is here. Integra stands amongst the rubble, watching as the bodies of Alucard's army burns under the vines that Anderson has begun to spread out. She recalls what her father said about Vampires, something that Alucard mirrored. That Vampires aren't these confident monsters who can't be killed. They're merely people. People too weak to stay people, thrusting themselves into a never ending nightmare just to escape death, realizing how badly they seek their own demise later on. Alucard reaches out and punches into Anderson, removing his heart and crushing it in his hands. As he does so, he cries out that Anderson is Alucard. He weeps openly as he declares that Anderson fell under the same spell of immortality the same way as Alucard. To that, Anderson coughs and looks to Alucard, stating that devils never cry. Anderson lays on the grand, his body turning to dust without the Nail of Helena. As Alucard laments his demise, Anderson tells Alucard not to cry, stating that this was what a monster was. Why he became a monster was so he wouldn't have to cry anymore. Anderson tells him to laugh in arrogance as always, saying that when a human cries all the tears they can, they dry up, their heart and emotions dry up and they become a monster. To respect Anderson, Alucard smiles. Integra in honor of the priest would find a broken sword and would stab it into the ground, forming a cross. As Anderson slowly slips away, he says he can hear the sounds of children, and says that he must go the way Maxwell had, as he's waiting for him. He then tells the members of Section XIII to not cry for him. He then commands them that they say their prayers every night before bed. He then says amen, and Alucard repeats it. Then suddenly, a third voice parrots it, landing and crushing the priest's remains to the dust as he drags down a building to display his new youth and power he has become drunk on. Integra is shocked at this betrayal, and Walter states that the dead are but trash, and trash doesn't deserve to be buried.

Appearances (In Order)

 * Alucard
 * Alexander Anderson
 * Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing
 * Sir Arthur Hellsing
 * Seras Victoria
 * Heinkel Wolfe
 * Yumiko Takagi
 * Walter C. Dornez

Organizations

 * Iscariot (Vatican Section XIII)
 * Hellsing Organisation