Blood Halo: Comic!Miguel O'Hara x OC Imagine

Coincidences

   Come on, Miguel, you can do that. Just ask her about the files... I knock the door of her office, it opens and I enter, Soraia is sitting on her desk, she looks at me look and asks apatheticly:
   - What do you want, Mr. O'Hara?
   - First of all: It's Miguel - I start - and second of all: I need Van Helsing's info files for some scientific bureaucracy...
   - Wasn't this already resolved...? - she raises an eyebrow. Shock...
   - Not really... Ty asked me to resolve that, and I need those files.
   - Ok... - she sighs and sends me the files.
   - Thank you - I walk out of her office. I did it! Now just analyze it and tell Selene.
   Speaking of Van Helsing... I see her on the end of the corridor talking to Kron... I hide behind a cornerstone between two other offices and hear what they're talking.
   - You're Mr. Stone's son..? - Henrietta asks - you don't look like...
   - What do you mean? - Kron asks.
   - You know, you don't dress in high fashion casual clothing and stink... You look like a homeless person, not the son of the most powerful man in the world - she's right though... Kron shocking stinks.
    - And you know I can make my dad fire you - he seems angry now.
   - Awn, so ask your daddy to give you a bath and housing assistance - she does a sarcastic baby voice.
   - You... - he says angrily, but then I hear some footsteps.
   - Kron... - I hear Ty's voice with a tone of disapproval. Great, just great... - Ms. Van Helsing, your first bat has arrived.
   - Ok... - she says and walks away. First bat... Why only one..? It doesn't make sense..! That type of experiment needs more than one, and since bats are small, they can come in larger quantities....
   - Let's go, son... - Tyler and Kron walk away as well.
   Something is off...

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   " From what Miguel told me earlier, Van Helsing is starting to be suspicious at this point... Vampire bats used for experiments in order to achieve eternal youth... This bats may be a euphemism for something else... But thanks to Miguel, we might find more things out about her. I think I may be just turning into Asiman at this point, paranoid by trauma (and we both have our reasons).
   Also, I'm strongly considering asking for some money to Miguel to pay Gus' dept, I know it's wrong and I don't like doing it, but if using his privileges helps ending this up in the fastest way possible...
   And Miguel... I miss him. I should ask him out again, maybe call him over. It would be a great counterweight to my request. "
   - Hey - Asiman enter the store from the door behind me with two cups with a red liquid in it, I close my sketchbook quickly - do you guys want something to drink?
   - Sure..! - Gus grabs one of the cups, I nod and grab the other cup, drinking the cranberry juice with blood.
   - You seem happy, Selene - Asiman comments.
   - She's probably thinking of Miguel - Gus teases.
   - I'm not..! - I oposse - just some bad jokes, you know...
   - If you say... - he chuckles - be careful to not fall in love - Gus teases with a smirk - my advices make anyone fall in love - I roll my eyes annoyed and sigh. It's just some casual hook ups, like friends with benefits...
   Asiman walks out the room, Gus walks around, attending some of the few clients, I turn on my Gizmo discreetly and take a deep breath. You can do this, Selene... I send a message to Miguel:
   - Hey pookie, can you do me a favor..?
   - Hello Selene, it's Lyla - a replie pops up - Miguel isn't avaliable at the moment, but I'll give your information to him. What do you need?
   - Well, my friend, Gus (Miguel knows him), needs some money, 6000 dollars. He's owing a loan shark because of some medical services, and his life is at risk because of that loan shark. And if he could help with that, I would be eternally grateful for him. And I'll pay hi. back, it will take a very long time, but I will.
   - Ok. Bye-bye.
   - Bye - I turn it off my Gizmo and sigh. I hope he accepts helping me...
   After a while Raven enters the store, she seems disturbed... Gus goes and greets her with a kiss, and they talk about something, I go closer to them:
   - Hey Raven..! - I smile, but the aura seems to be tense. My smile slowly fades - what's wrong..?
   - Well... - she grabs a small dice and an hologram appears above it: a missing person flyer of a woman named Sherazade Rwby... I remember her, the woman with hijab and glasses from the Court Event... And it also has the Mamba symbol... - It was all around the Court of Miracles, this woman who worked for Mamba Negra disappeared yesterday under unknown circumstances, and now they're madly looking for her...
   - Damn... - I mumble. It has a reward of 70k... A lot of people must be looking for her. If Miguel doesn't help, I have a plan B.
   - And also, be careful, Selene - she pats my shoulder - from what Gus told me, if they find out that you're half vampire or have some relationship with a human, you're dead... And I'm as well...
   - Are you half vampire? - she nods - oh... - I look away. We are all fucked... - well, just hope that they don't find out...
   - Don't worry, we'll make it - she smiles.
   - And of Mamba tries to hurt you, your strong boyfriend will protect you..! - Gus smiles at her, she chuckles and kisses him. How cute... They don't deserve to die for that mafia...
  
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   Ahh... All I needed was a bath with a lot of foam to relax and forget momentarily about Van Helsing and the things I found out... I wonder if me and Selene will have enough intimacy to take a bath with a lot of foam together one day...
   - Hi Miguel - Lyla appears in front of me as I put on my robe - you have a message from Selene.
   - Selene..? - I raise an eyebrow, a message pops up and I read it. Does Gus own money to a loan shark?! Wouldn't it be easier to ask a bank? - Lyla, call Selene now - she nods and starts calling until her hologram appears, in her hero persona.
   - Miguel..?! - she looks at me from the bottom to the top and run her holographic hand across my head.
   - It's a hologram, Selene... - I say annoyed - Just like Lyla...
   - Right... - she steps back.
   - So, you want 6000 dollars for your friend? - she nods - Why did he do that? Wasn't it much easier to ask for money in a bank?
   - The thing isn't money - she starts - he did a surgery very important to him, but the only price he could afford was the one he had to ask money for the loan shark... Me and him would be eternally grateful for you, and I'll pay you back, I promise...
   - I see... - I beryl know Gus, he's nice but was dumb enough to ask money for someone who would kill him... But he's also important to Selene somehow... Is he trying to get money from me by using Selene..? - did he ask you the money?
   - No, I'm doing this of my own free will...
   - Right... - I sigh. I admire her altruism... And I don't wanna her to be sad with the death of her friend... She lost many people already, one more would be horrible... I send her 6000 dollars, she looks at her Gizmo - here... Take your time to pay back... - I smile.
   - Thank you so much, pookie! - her hologram comes closer to me happily, removing the mask and trying to kiss me, but the hologram goes through my head like a ghost. I blush a bit. That's... So cute...
   - You're welcome... - I turn back to her, she seems disappointed as she puts the mask back on - where are you by the way?
   - Near Hell's Bells - she replies - and also, any new info about Van Helsing?
   - A lot - I replie - if you can sit down, I'll tell you what I've found out.
   - Hold on... - she sits down on something that looks like a little wall, crossing her legs - now you can talk.
   - Ok - the data pops in front of me adn i share it with her, I clean up my throat - so, Henrietta Harker Van Helsing, born in October 31st of 2075...
   - Is she 24?! - she interrupts surprised - she looks like 40..!
   - Calm down, I haven't finished yet - I say annoyed - continuing, she was born in Berlin, Germany, daughter of Joanne Harker, a great retired scientist and doctor who won the Nobel Prize for finding the cure of cancer, and the deceased Albrecht Van Helsing, a parapsychology professor at the Berlin University, and apparently, they got divorced when Henrietta was 13 and she went to live in London.
   - Why..?
   - I don't know... - I take a deep breath. I don't wanna remember my parents... - She went to the Alchemax University to study advanced genetics, and after college, she went back to Berlin and has been working for Alchemax since then, starting as a lab assistant and gained notoriety with time by her productivity and efficiency, until she started her own project, the Hebe Project and all the things you already know.
   - And the part of her being 24 and looking like 42?
   - She actually has a chronic disease called Lugosi Syndrome, which manifests after puberty and makes the tips of the telomeres wear faster, causing accelerated and premature aging, health problems more common in older people, low immunity, infertility, lower life expectation and a few others. It has no cure, but a treatment which involves smoking a substance extracted from a fungus called Angel Eyes, which helps avoiding the wear of the telomeres but still, isn't enough.
   - Considering the project she's working on, it makes sense... She's trying to find a cure for her disease.
   - Exactly - I point out - and... That's it.
   - Hum... - she puts a hand on her chin - even though she doesn't have any reason for us doubt, I feel something is wrong...
   - Me too, I've heard some suspicious things from her and Ty, so I'll keep an eye on her until we can guarantee she's not killing vampires out there...
   - Ok... - she gets up and stretches - I know this may sound a bit out of the blue, but do you wanna come over to my place..?
   - Now?! - I look at the watch, it's 1 AM.
   - I mean, if you can, we could watch a movie together... I can buy some thing for us to eat as well...
   - Oh, if you insist... - I smirk. I want to see her as well, and this would be a great type of payment... - I'll be there in a hour.
   - Ok. Bye, pookie.
   - Bye, señhorita - I smile and end the call. That will be a great way to relax and I have to make sure to be handsome enough for that...