Hellhound by Rue Volley Page A

appeared as a small child on a street corner like some fucked up horror movie, but when Gunner leaned into my shoulder and told me to lower my goggles I could suddenly see it for what it was. Unfortunately we cannot see the demons as they appear on earth unless we wear, what I will call “Demon vision goggles”, which is almost comical. I mean we are Hellhounds, we can feel the demons, just not see them as they are because earth is an even playing ground as both Lucifer and God fight for control of it.
    “Mother Fucker!” Ari screamed at the beast as he held onto his back. I stared at him as he stabbed his long knife over and over again into the side of its neck. Black blood oozed and covered his hand and then squirted onto his face as the beast screamed and exposed rows of sharpened dagger like teeth. It must have been 11 feet tall, three large men wide and its skin looked charred, like it had been roasting in a fire pit. It glowed between the cracks like fire raced through it and perhaps it did. This was a demon we had tracked down and now fought in this back alley, as time seemed to stand still.  When we fight no one can see it here, time stops for humans, or “mortals” as I should get used to calling them now. I am not mortal; I will never be that again.
    “For shits sake, kill it already!” Finna screamed up at him as Ari rolled his eyes.
    “Does it look like I am playing?” he yelled back at her as she shook her head and leaned into me.
    “I think he is losing his ability to kick ass.” She said, loud enough so he could hear her.
    “Oh really?” he yelled down as the beast spun and tossed him across the alley and into the brick wall. A few bricks fell as he did, he lay still in a lump of fur for a moment and then I stepped forward, but Finna held her arm out and stopped me. Ari stood up and shook off the brick dust as the beast extended his arms out and screamed in his direction, it belched fire, as you would expect a demon of hell to do.
    “Come on!” Ari screamed as he lunged forward. The beast ran at him as Ari suddenly leapt into the air. Finna tossed him his large ax and he swung it as his body spun in the air. The ax made contact with the side of the beast’s thick neck and started to plow through it like butter as Ari gritted his teeth and yelled like the Viking king that he truly was. Finna crossed her arms on her chest as the ax went through the demons neck and it stood there for a moment as Ari landed, his fist hitting the ground, ax tightly held in the other and he rose up. The demon head dropped before him and body slammed to the ground, making a rumbling noise beneath out feet. I stood there as Finna walked up to him and then the tongues and making out became a bit disgusting. There wasn’t much that the two of them did that was not aggressive and looked like it may hurt a little bit. I jumped slightly as Gunner touched my arm and I looked up at him. He lifted my goggled to the top of my head as my eyes remained wide. I must have looked like I may be in shock.
    “Are you okay?” he asked me and I nodded to him. I had no choice. I mean what was I to do? Say “Oh listen, I think I shit my pants?” which would be closer to the truth, but not beneficial to me or this team.
    “Good, because the next one is yours.”
    “What?” I said as my voice cracked and I followed him out of the alley.
    Dorin stepped up next to me and grinned.
    “You are about to pop your cherry.”
    I rolled my eyes and glanced at him.
    “I am not talking to you yet.”
    “Really?”
    “Really.” I said as I started to follow Gunner. He walked down the middle of the street.
    “Don’t hate me Halo.” I stopped and turned to him. I raised my sword into his face and he grinned, his teeth still looking normal and quite human.
    “What you did was not cool.”
    “What I did will someday save your life and that is my job, to show you what a vampire can do.”
    I tilted my head as I watched his teeth elongate in