Hellhound. Part 5

"You protect mortals, not us."

Gunner looked down and the memory of his sister falling to a beast played over again in his head. He knew he had to stand down, but his heart ached for his sister and now for me.

I felt the last shake and then gritted my teeth as the beast pulled me close to its face and stared me down. It then opened its mouth and popped me into it like a f.u.c.king snack at midnight. Gunner and Dorin cried out as the beast swallowed me whole and Ari and Finna came running up and stared in horror.

"Did it eat her?" Finna yelled as Ari gripped his ax and ran forward. Just as he started to swing his ax the beast suddenly cried out and started to stumble, back and forth and then it held its stomach as I started to cut my way from it. I screamed loudly as I shoved my sword into the fiery flesh and slice through it like b.u.t.ter. The beast tried to expand its wings and managed to get a few feet from the ground as I finally cut through the layers of its flesh and could see a bit of the outside world. I gritted my teeth and pushed down on the blade and cut a long hole and then lunged forward, pushing my way out of it as the beast cried out one last time and fell onto its back, wings trembling and chest slowly lowering as the fire extinguished itself inside of it. I pushed upward and climbed out, standing up and slamming my sword into the flesh, letting it stand independently as I reached up and wiped muck from my goggles. I flicked my hands and looked down as Gunner, Dorin, Ari and Finna stood there, mouths hanging open as they stared me down. I lifted my goggles and then looked down at my vinyl dress. I was covered in demon muck.

"Is it always so f.u.c.king messy?" I asked as I looked up at all of them and they started to laugh, at first I thought I did something wrong, but when Gunner ran up and held his hands out to me, I knew. He held me by the waist and helped me down, holding me a bit longer that I expected, I knew that I had proven myself and I was so relieved. Ari and Finna came running up and slapped my shoulders and back as they laughed too. Dorin remained where he was, but the grin on his face told me that I had done well and with that my branding sank deep inside of me and made me the h.e.l.lhound I was destined to become.

I sat in the large black porcelain bathtub and let the very hot water relax me. I had no idea that I would feel this way. That some traces of my mortality would linger, leaving me sore. I guess I should not be surprised. I mean I am capable of feelings, feelings I did not know I could have for someone. Those I tried to swallow for Gunner, but it seemed to linger inside of me as did his kiss. I then heard the door open and close behind me as I sunk down a bit further, but when I heard his voice, something in me made me rise up and simply sit in the water, letting my b.r.e.a.s.t.s remain exposed. Gunner stood in the large bathroom with his back to me. I glanced behind me and grinned.

"h.e.l.lo." I said as he remained still and then decided to speak to me.

"I am so proud of you Halo. I just wanted to say..."

I stood up and stepped out of the bathtub, my new found power making me more aggressive, as the h.e.l.lhound in me started to take over. I stepped up behind him, water streaming down my skin as he stood rigid and refusing to turn.

"Gunner." I said in a softer tone, even a tone that was a bit foreign to my own ears. He then turned slowly as I stood there before him completely naked. His eyes remained on mine until I stepped closer to him and his wandered down, but quickly settled back onto mine. I grinned as I reached up and touched his face, my hand gently touching his skin as he closed his eyes. I pulled it back and touched his lips with the tips of my fingers, I sighed as the memory of his kiss was making me want him so badly. He opened his eyes, his expression looking more vulnerable than I expected from him.

"Stay." I whispered as he took a slow and deliberate breath.

"I should have waited, until you..." he started to say and I grinned.

"I wanted you to come, I hoped that you would."

He stepped closer to me and then scooped me up into his arms, walking me back to the tub as he kissed me softly. He stopped and set me down as I reached up and pulled at the bottom of his shirt. He stopped me as his hands touched mine and he pulled it over his head on his own very slowly, his eyes never left mine. He then dropped his shirt to the floor as I looked at his chest. It was large and muscular, I let my hands touch his stomach first, feeling the muscles tighten even more and tremble a bit as I started to move them upward. I felt his hands on my sides, strong and willing as they pressed against my skin. I leaned in and let my lips gently kiss his chest, he made a small noise, a moan of sorts that rose from the back of his throat involuntarily. I then opened my mouth and bit into him, not hard in anyway, but just enough so that he sighed and let his head fall back. I then lowered and started to undo his pants, but he reached down and pulled me back up, he lifted me into the tub and I stood there as he kissed me on my neck. He jerked at his belt and then tossed it aside, undoing his pants and leaning down slightly to pull them off. He never stopped kissing my skin, refusing to break contact with me but when he straightened up I moved back to see him and I felt my heartbeat speed up as his body was amazing, his c.o.c.k rock hard and very large. I watched as he stepped into the tub. I stepped up and pushed him down into a sitting position as I straddled him. I reached into the water and guided him into me as I hissed and felt the size of him fill me up as I had never been before. He gritted his teeth as I lowered down very slowly and took the length of him into myself, my p.u.s.s.y tightening on him as he stared into my eyes.

"Halo." He whispered as he was already half out of breath. I grinned and rotated my hips against him, his moan turning into a growl as he placed his hand to the back of head and wound in fingers into my long red hair. I rose and fell, getting into a rhythm that pleasured him beyond anything he had experienced before along with myself. I stopped suddenly and stared into his eyes.

"This is not a test right?" I said to him and he reached down and cupped my a.s.s with two hands as he suddenly thrust upward and shoved me closer to him, my c.l.i.t was suddenly being ma.s.saged as he continued to do this. I opened my mouth as the climax started to rise in my lower abdomen and threatened to consume me.

"I want you to say it." He said as he quickened his pace with me.

"Say what?" my voice went up an octave as I tried to focus on his words.

"That you want me."

I gritted my teeth together, the muscles in my jaw tensing up and relaxing as he continued to thrust upward, over and over again. I suddenly felt the o.r.g.a.s.m taking control of me and I cried out as my head fell back.

"I want you Gunner, I want you!"

He cried out as he suddenly lifted me up and out of the tub, I was still straddling him. He lowered to the ground, thrusting forward as I arched my back against the cold floor. He sat up and placed his hands against my flat stomach and felt my abdomen tighten as my o.r.g.a.s.m ripped through me and I bit into my finger as hard as could without drawing blood. He rotated his hips and shoved the length of himself into me, careful to thrust more slowly as my o.r.g.a.s.m tightened around his c.o.c.k and he growled again. He then grinned as I looked up at him, eyes glossy and out of breath.

"Did you?"

He shook his head *no'.

"I can go all night." He said to me.

"f.u.c.k!" I said as he flipped me over and pulled my a.s.s up towards him. He buried his tongue inside of me as I cried out and tried to regain my blurred vision.

We lay in my bed for a while saying nothing to each other. I was not sure after 5 hours of love making what else could be said. I had seen every part of him, even his animalistic side. I adjusted my head against his bare chest as he stared up at the ceiling. I then pulled his hand over to my mouth and started to kiss the inside of his palm when my lips felt the scar. I pulled it back and saw the round scar in the center of his hand. He pulled it back from me as I adjusted and looked up at him.

"I am sorry, that had to be a terrible death."

"It took days for me to die when they crucified me. No one really talks about the reality of a death such as that, but it is not a pleasant one."

"I am sorry." I said as I leaned up onto my elbow and stared at him, his blue hair messy, more so than usual after being with me. I reached up and touched it as he took my hand and smiled. He kissed the inside of my wrist, his eyes closed and his expression so endearing. I knew that I wanted him, I think I knew from the moment we met, but this was different, a different feeling that I had now. It wasn't the s.e.x that changed things; it was this moment, watching him gently kiss my wrist and the truthful expression on his face. This was a man who I could love. A man that I knew would always protect me and be by my side. This was someone who would not cause me any harm. This was real trust, a strange feeling that I had never experienced before, especially with a man. He stopped kissing my wrist and stared into my eyes.

"What is it?" he asked me as I realized I was tearing up. I wiped my eyes and sat up in the bed, pulling the sheets up and holding them tight. He rolled onto his side, propping himself up with his elbow and watched me closely.

"I have never, I mean. I appreciate you Gunner. I appreciate how you care about me. I am not used to it, not at all."

He touched my exposed back and his fingers felt like fire to my skin. I took a breath and he continued to touch me.

"Halo, there was a time that I did not know how to care about others. That all changed when my sister died."

I looked at him and tilted my head.

"I am so sorry about that, I really am."

"Losing her once was enough, then..." he stopped and sat up as if he had said too much and needed to stop. I turned and looked at him, the sheet slipping from the front of me and exposing my b.r.e.a.s.t.s to him. He glanced at them and then turned, reaching up with one hand and cupping my right breast in the palm of his hand. He ma.s.saged it slowly, allowing his thumb to gently run across my erect nipple. My body trembled as his seductive grin curled the edge of his lip.

"More?" he said to me and I nodded as he kissed me pa.s.sionately and we lowered onto the bed.

Chapter SIX SIX SIX.

Lucifer is a d.i.c.k I woke to loud yelling in the house. I sat up quickly and saw that Gunner was not in the bed and that kind of caused a panic to rise in me. I guess I could do without that, the panic thing. I mean it would not serve me any good as I continued to hunt. The worry of that left me quickly as my door swung open and Dorin stood there looking angry as he stared me down.

"Get up Halo."

"What is wrong?" I asked him as he left my room and said nothing more to me. I jumped from my bed and slipped my pants on and pulled a shirt over my head. My hair was a mess so I pulled up into a ponytail onto the back of head as I ran from my room and down the hallway. I could hear that the yelling was coming from downstairs and as I ran from the final steps I paused as I saw someone I could have done without...f.u.c.king Lucifer, here, in our house. What the f.u.c.k?

He turned and looked at me with his black eyes and then his harsh expression softened a bit. The pupil of his eyes going from black to red and he smiled. I stood there as he approached me and reached out, taking one of my hands and kissing it, he stopped and stared at the palm of my hand and then lowered it.

"You have a glow about you Halo."

I jerked my hand back and looked around the room. Ari, Finna and Dorin stood there looking p.i.s.sed. I then realized that Gunner was missing.

"Where is Gunner?" I asked as Lucifer walked towards the door.

"Gunner is now working through his f.u.c.ked up issues Halo."

Ari stepped up and gritted his teeth.

"You have no right to prey on his guilt Lucifer."

Lucifer stopped walking and then was back in Ari's face before I could blink. He reached out and grabbed Aris' throat tightly and lifted him from the ground as Finna screamed and Dorin had to stop her from rushing the two of them. Ari struggled to break free as Lucifer held him there, his feet barely above the wooden floor. Then Lucifer looked at me and grinned.

"I think it would be prudent for all of you to remember one f.u.c.king thing...you WORK FOR ME!" he yelled as the walls cracked and the floor shook beneath our feet. My heart sank as he held Ari there and for a minute I thought for sure that he was going to kill him. Then I felt the room fill with warmth and a flash of light temporarily blinded all of us. Lucifer hissed as he dropped Ari and covered his eyes for a moment until the light faded and a man stood there before us. I stared at him and then Lucifer started to laugh.

"Oh El. What?" he said and the man looked at me and grinned. He then turned back to Lucifer and sighed.

"It seems you are cheating, what a surprise." El said as he stepped forward and held his hand out to Finna. She took it and smiled at him.

"My Lord." She said in a quiet tone as I watched him closely. It could not be. He then turned and smiled at me as he approached me. He stopped about 3 feet in front of me and looked me over.

"Are you?" I started to say and Lucifer called out behind him.

"Elohim." The whole house shook, walls cracked and the wood moaned as it seemed a small earthquake rolled under us. I covered my ears as the word itself sent a sharp pain through my head and made my ears feel as if they may start bleeding. The man turned and looked at Lucifer as he narrowed his eyes.

"You know better." He said as he was in his face quicker than I could see him moving. They both stood there for a moment as Lucifer clinched his fists at his side but El relaxed and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"You cannot speak my name here, it causes destruction. I would think that you would like the idea of earth as you tend to treat it as a personal playground Lucifer."

"Listen to me brother, there will come a day that you will no longer have any power here. Humans are not worthy of your compa.s.sion."

El leaned towards him. "That was always your problem brother, you never had any faith in them when I do." He leaned back and then turned to me.

"I wish you well Halo, I am sure we will meet again someday."

I nodded to him as he took Lucifer's arm and they both faded as Lucifer started to b.i.t.c.h at him. I stepped forward as Ari pushed himself up from the floor and rubbed his neck.

"Was that?" I started to ask and Finna smiled.

"That was G.o.d, or as his true name is...well, "El" for short, speaking his true name causing the earth to shake."

"Amazing."

"Why? If there is a Lucifer, there is an El."

I nodded and the turned back to her.

"Gunner...where is he?"

Dorin then decided to speak.

"He is in h.e.l.l."

I looked at him with an expression of panic on my face. "What?"

"Lucifer let him go as usual, it tests his will."

"Why? He is a h.e.l.lhound, he does not need to be tested!" I yelled as Finna stepped up and touched my arm. I looked at her as she looked softer, which was strange for her.

"It was you, Gunner is not allowed to be with anyone."

"Wait, we didn't"

Dorin laughed. "Oh come on! I heard your moaning all f.u.c.king night, we all did."

I blushed as I looked down. "So, he is there because of me then?" I asked and Finna placed her arm around me.

"He will return, he always does."

I pulled from her and shook my head.

"I need to go to h.e.l.l and get him right now."

"Are you insane?" Dorin said as he stepped forward and held his hands up to me.

"I am the reason he is there and I should be the one to get him back."

"Oh." Finna said as she stared me down.

"What?"

"You are in love with him."

I laughed at her. "No! ...no, I am just... He is there and it is my fault!" I said, trying to convince myself as much as I was trying to convince all of them.

"Was he that good?" Dorin asked me and I turned and scowled at him.

"Okay!" he said as he stepped back from me.

"Okay good!" I said as they all stood there. I held my hands up.

"How do I run the elevator?"

"Gunner runs the elevator." Ari said as Finna hit him in the side.

"Only Gunner?"

"Yep." Ari said as he tried his best to lie to me.

"Right." I said as I started to walk through the house. I stopped in front of the elevator and sighed as I stared at the black panel on it. I reached up to touch it and Dorin shook his head and interrupted me.

"I would not do that Halo."