Hellhound (12 page)

“He seriously whines constantly, I thought he would be an amazing addition here, but he had all kinds of “suggestions”, fucking writers.” Lucifer said as he stared at the painting.

“So, about Gunner.”

“Gunner, Gunner, Gunner. You need to get a new obsession Halo.”

“I am not obsessed.”

“I have to disagree.” His words sounded like hissing behind me as he suddenly appeared to have moved from in front of me to behind, He then reached out and touched my Vinyl dress, one hand at each side and slid them both down very slowly as his fingers creaked along the rubber like material. I sighed and let him, if this meant he would listen to me, then so fucking be it.

“So, I thought maybe we could work out a deal.”

“Hmmm, what kind of deal?”

“Something to benefit both of us.”

“I like the way your mind works Halo and I do appreciate a smart women in a tight dress. Especially Vinyl, God Damn.” He said as he stepped back and stared at my ass.

“I have to thank my brother for that.” He hissed, making a joke of creation.

I turned and looked at him. “I was serious, about Gunner not being able to come here and suffer any more.” His eyes lifted from my crotch to my eyes.

“Gunner chooses his own path.”

“But you run Hell, you are the ruler here, you can control things.”

“Gunner is a Hellhound, I do not control him, not completely.”

I stepped closer to him and he stood his ground as he watched me very closely.

“I am sure you could sway him.” I whispered as his eyes went to my lips.

“Perhaps. I guess that would depend on a few things.”

“Like what?” I asked him and he stepped up to me and touched my face. I did not stop him, but the pain of it was something I was willing to endure as his ice cold skin burnt mine.

“One kiss.” He said to me.

“Just one?”

“I mean for now, to get started.”

I raised an eyebrow and he leaned in, I closed my eyes as his lips met mine and surprisingly he kissed every well, it was gentle and shocked me to a certain degree. I mean I expected him to bite my lip off and chew it. He placed his hand to the small of my back and pulled me close to him. Then we moved against the wall, my feet feeling as if they were floating. His lips remained at mine but his hand wandered down and onto my breast. I will not lie and say that I felt nothing, but it was not love or want of him, it was lust, pure and simple. His tricks and use of manipulation had my heartbeat speeding up in my chest and my thighs heating up. He growled at my lips and his hand slid further down, pressing against my pussy as it hummed beneath his fingertips. I hated it as much as it pleasured me, but I was willing to do anything that it took to free Gunner. Only with that did I possibly have a chance of breaking through to him, or so I thought. I cried out as Lucifer bit into my neck and the doors swung open and Gunner came in with Dorin in tow. He stopped dead as Lucifer stepped back from me and I wiped my lip. I pulled my fingers up to look at them and saw a bit of my blood as he had bit me, only it was so gentle I had not felt it.

“Let’s go Halo, now.” Gunner said as I nodded to him. Lucifer stood there and grinned as he watched my ass. Gunner tilted his head and Lucifer looked at him.

“Gunner.”

Gunner said nothing as he slammed the doors shut and turned to look at me.

“What the fuck.” He said as he walked past me and I shook my head as Dorin stared at me.

“What? Someone has to lead and not follow!” I shouted at him.

“Unbelievable.” He muttered as he walked away and I had no choice but to follow this time as my seduction in Hell had come to an abrupt end, at least for now.

Chapter Ten

Fall to Rise

Gunner was pissed. I knew this just like I knew that the whole team had now decided to ignore me to a certain degree. Dorin at least made eye contact with me, but Gunner would not even look at me when I sparred, ate, passed him by in the hallway. Nothing, it was if I had never come here and I almost wished that I had not. If this is what love is, then I can do without it. Even Ari and Finna would not speak to me, well Ari would smile but Finna would pull him along. I was not a traitor, I had not sided with Lucifer, I was only trying my best to gain freedom for Gunner. The thought of him having to die over and over was too much for me to bear. Perhaps I should have shut off my feelings, if I had done that then at least he would still be visiting my bed. I missed his touch, I needed it more than I realized. I fell like an asshole but then again a true romantic, weird? You better believe it. I am not romantic by nature; I learned to ignore the couples who doted on each other, the girls who received flowers and candy, small cards and all of that. The men I had always been with never cared for much but getting in between my legs and then treating me like shit. Case in point…Travis. What a cunt he was. The only saving grace about him was knowing that deep inside of me I was a good person and even after I stabbed him I felt the remorse of it. That is
NOT
a pathetic way to be, it is actually uplifting. Maybe that is why Lucifer is so attracted to me, maybe it is the knowledge that I am good, and I would assume that his quest is to eat and destroy things like that. Who knows? And who the fuck knows why he even entered my thoughts? Oh wait! I know, it is because NO ONE here will fucking talk to me anymore. Pisses me off.

I walked into the weapons room and stepped up to the wall, I pulled two large knives and slid them into the holsters onto my back. I need to kill, I need to go out and hunt something down to push all of this bullshit out of my mind. I need a break, a killing one, if that is what it would take to free myself of this sinking feeling in my heart. I closed my eyes as the one night Gunner had let me in raced through my mind, the kiss, his lips between my legs, his tongue flicking quickly and then slowing down. I sucked in my breath as the memory of the multiple orgasms he had given to me on that night haunted me. They always would, just as he would.

I stepped out with my knives with a serious look of determination on my face when Dorin stepped out of the shadows.

“Hunting?” he asked me and I continued to walk to the door. I placed my hand on the doorknob and he was at my side with a bit of cool air preceding him. I glanced over at him and grinned.

“I am okay on my own.”

“I seem to remember someone saying that hunting alone was a bad idea.”

“That would be Gunner.”

“And he is normally right, regardless of how much you hate him.”

“I don’t hate him, not at all.”

“Oh dear.” He said as he hugged me and I let him as my face sunk into his shoulder for a moment. I could have cried, but instead I backed up and straightened my shoulders up, I am a Hellhound, not a broken hearted girl.

“I need to hunt and kill.”

“Sounds sexy.”

I smiled as I opened the door and stepped out, my face hitting Gunner in the chest. He raised his hands and placed them on my shoulders. His touch still sending waves through me, but he slowly pushed me back and stared at me and then he looked at Dorin.

“What is this?” he asked as I decided to speak. He didn’t even look at me when I did.

“I am going out to hunt and Dorin is coming with me.”

“Do you think it is a smart idea to hunt with two hounds?”

Dorin raised his hand.

“She is capable, so am I Gunner. It will be fine.”

“Don’t get killed.” He said to him as he passed me by. I raised my hands and let them slap the sides of my dress as the door slammed behind the two of us. I turned to go back in and just fucking have it out once and for all with him, but Dorin stopped me.

“Don’t.”

I looked at him and narrowed my eyes.

“I have to tell him why I went to Hell.”

“He knows.” Dorin said as I stood up straight and stared at him.

“So what? He doesn’t care then? I mean it meant nothing to him that I went to Lucifer to try to help him?”

“Gunner is not a man who accepts charity and that is what it was Halo.”

“Oh I see.”

I felt let down that it was not a jealousy thing, I know that may sound petty, but the idea of Gunner actually giving a fuck about me was appealing. I walked down the long steps leading away from the house and Dorin followed me. I stopped and looked back at the large mansion. I know this is supposed to be my home, but the reality of it not being anything close to that is really starting to wear on me. Once again I fucked up, I picked the wrong man, what sucks the most is that he is a GREAT man, one I could see myself with the rest of my life, but the only problem is that he doesn’t want me. Who knew not being wanted would end up being my fate, perhaps this is Hell for me.

***

I stepped up and grinned as I saw them, a group of 3 men who were “playing” with a girl in the alley. By “playing” I mean terrifying her and it pissed me the fuck off. Being a victim of abuse pretty much my whole life makes me not have any mercy for fuckalls who do this. Why people prey on the weak is beyond me so when I encounter it now I take great pleasure in destroying the assholes who do it for sport, that of demons and vampires. Unfortunately I cannot kill humans who act this way, if I were to do that then I would take 100 steps back and my ability to dig my way out of being a Hellhound would become a distant memory. Truth is I don’t know if I will ever gain freedom and go to Heaven, in fact I am starting to feel like being a Hellhound was what I was always meant to be anyway. The only thing that sucks about it is losing Gunner in the process. I pulled my two blades from my back and gripped the handles tightly as Dorin stepped up next to me. I glanced over at him as I saw him open his mouth and his two fangs elongated inside of his mouth. I guess I am starting to get used to seeing that too, I mean in the beginning he kind of freaked me out. The whole living with a vampire thing was just as bizarre as being a Hellhound. It is funny how you learn to accept things, even those that may end up killing you. Story of my life. I lowered my goggles and could see the three for what they were, three nasty vamps that looked to be about ready to suck this poor girl dry as they ravaged her.

“I got the two on the right.”

“Two?” I said as I flipped the blades in my hands. I had started to become quite proficient with all of the weapons. I had so much time to practice now that I was the leper of the community.

“Yes, you get the runt on the left.”

“I can handle all three.” I said as I ran forward, Dorin sighed and shook his head. Okay, maybe I am becoming a bit cocky; taking on three vampires was not exactly smart on my part. Demons are bitches to kill, but vampires move fast and are vicious, sometimes even worse than demons. They tend to not care about anything but survival; demons think they cannot die so they are not as bad to destroy. Vampires, on the other hand, enjoy immortality and they do not appreciate the thought of it being taken away. When we kill vamps they do not go to Hell, they turn to dust. Sometimes demons return to Hell, it depends on whether Lucifer is actually paying attention when they fall. He is impossible to read, as if I would want to.

I ran towards the three of them as one grabbed the girl around the neck and jerked her backwards; the other two stepped forward and hissed at me. I grinned as my blades felt light in my hands and ready to slice through each one of them, but as the thought of killing entered my mind, the one on the right darted off like a soul sucking cockroach. I could not worry about it, I still had one in front of me who acted like he wanted to play and it was making me happy.

“Dog.” The vampire hissed at me and I nodded.

“That is right.” I held my blades out in front of me as the vampire slid behind me like the tricky fuck that he was. He wrapped his arms around me and I ran forward and up the brick wall, flipping over and breaking his hold on me, I stabbed forward and sliced through his side from behind as he screamed and darted upward. I watched him climb the wall like a spider as I rolled my eyes and took a few steps back. I slid the blades into the holsters on my back and ran forward, jumping up and hanging onto the wall. I started to climb almost as quickly as he had as I looked upward and saw the vampire reach the top; he peeked over the edge and hissed at me, spitting venom as they are known to do. Some of it landed on my shoulder and made my skin smoke. I looked over and gritted my teeth as it burned, but not too badly.

I reached the top and looked everywhere, but did not see him. I looked down over the edge and saw Dorin as he battled the two vampires, he seemed to be holding his own. He was a badass and I did not have to worry about him, especially with other vampires. He knew what they would do, and could keep up. I backed up and then turned as the vampire was suddenly in my face, he grabbed me and tossed me across the roof and I hit on my side and slid until I slammed into the small wall that was around the edge on the roof. I moaned as my back cracked the brick and a couple of them fell from the building and tumbled 4 stories below us. I then looked up as the vampire flashed to me and held onto the wall with two hands, he reared his black boot back and then preceded to kick me in the stomach, at least 20 times. At first it hurt and then as he continued on I started to get pissed. I remembered when Travis used to do this shit to me, he did it many times before the night he actually died and killed me along with him. It was a fucked up and humiliating thing to do to someone. To kick them in the stomach over and over again is ridiculous and a show of weakness on their part, like doing this was a show of power they so desperately wanted to prove. I then grabbed his foot and he screamed as I twisted the fucking thing all the way around and tore it off. He hopped back as I stood up with his foot in my hand and I grinned at him. I shook it and then tossed it behind me off of the roof. It fell to the bottom with a splat.

“Oh shit, sorry about that.” I said as he hissed at me again.

“Fucking bitch!” he yelled at me as he turned and started to run, his stump made him hobble and I simply walked behind him, pulling my blades and narrowing my eyes. He reached the edge and then turned back to stare me down.

“We can go easy or hard, your choice.” I said to him as he started to laugh at me. In fact he laughed so hard he doubled over for a minute and then stood up straight, wiping the bloody tears from his eyes and then licking his fingers.

“I will not be killed by a bitch, a fucking female. You are weak and unworthy, in fact all you are good for is sucking dick and being fucked in the ass…so how about you get on all fours dog and let me give you what you deserve.”

I stepped forward as I smiled at him, cocking my head to one side. I then thrust one blade through his dick and as he was dealing with that pain I waiting, just a few moments and then I shoved the other blade through his gaping mouth. He stopped screaming of course as I severed his ability to make any noise at all.

“Looks like this female just fucked your shit up, huh?” I said as I jerked the blade from his mouth and then from his dick. He stood there swaying on his one foot and stump. I smiled and then he did something I did not expect, he started to try to whisper and I leaned in to hear what I did not want to… “Amelia says Hello.”

My eyes widened as the vampire started to laugh and I spun on one foot, cutting off his head, then I kicked his body off the edge of the roof. I ran back to the other side of the building and looked down into the alleyway, the girl was lying on her back, throat torn out and no vampires in sight, no Dorin either and I was suddenly sick to stomach as I knew this was a trick, an ambush and that Dorin may be in serious trouble.  In fact, everything in me told me that he was. I stepped back and jumped, not knowing if the fall would harm me, but knowing I would have to take my chances. I landed, with my blades out and simply crotched down and stood up.

“Huh.” I said as I started to run, happy that I now knew that jumping was not an issue for me at all.

I ran out into the street as I suddenly had to skid to a stop. I walked slowly as I saw him, Dorin, on his knees. His head hung low and I was not willing to wait and negotiate for shit as I then saw Amelia standing next to him. She had one hand on her hip and wore a black lace body suit. I would love to say that she could not pull that shit off, but she could. Her body was perfect as I would assume most vampires were. I mean they are sexual machines, built to seduce and eat. She reached down and grabbed Dorin’s hair and jerked his head up. I could see that his face was beaten and his mouth was extremely bloody. He tried to look calm, but I could tell that he was in terrible pain and it hurt me, this was my friend and regardless of what he was by nature, I cared for him deeply. I stopped walking and she smiled at me.