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

Animal Ghosts

   " I'm still remembering Nabeshima, I miss them... I wonder how's Dante dealing with their disappearance, and who's taking care of Nabeshima's cats...
   And I need to find out more about that Ed Helior and Van Helsing... I'm getting tired, only Miguel gives me some calm in this tornado... "
   I'm near Dante's house, so I can ask more info about the Van Helsing Family and see how Dante is doing. I go to the top of his building and change to my civilian clothes, I enter the door and walk downstairs until the 13th floor, the apartment door is unlocked... I open the door and there's no one there, and the secret passage is open... The elevator is there... Weird...
   I feel something against my leg, I look down and it's a big furry gray cat with gray eyes and a grumpy face. Oh... I kneel down and pet the feline, it's so soft. The cat goes to the door, I follow it thought the stairs until it stops in front another door, scratching it until someone opens it. It's Dante..!
   - Miss Selene..! - he says surprised.
   - Hey, Dante... - I smile slightly.
   - Come in... - he opens the door more and I enter in a more modern apartment full of cats around, there're many of those tissues Nabeshima used to sell as well and an old radio on a table playing a soccer game in portuguese.
   - Is this Nabeshima's apartment..? - I look around.
   - Yes... I'm taking care of their cats while listening to the Brasileirão finals... - he sits down on a chair next to the radio - it was such a sorry that Flamengo lost in the semi-finals to Palmeiras, I hope Santos smash them in the second period...
   - Yeah... - I mumble - Are you good..?
   - Yes, but I'm worried about Nabeshima... I haven't had any news about them until that day...
   - I'm looking for them and the other missing people, and I need some information that you probably have...
   - Which ones..? - he raises an eyebrow.
   - The Van Helsing Family in general.
   - I see... - he gets up - let's go...
   We walk to his apartment, entering the elevator and ending up in his house. He goes to grab that big book with the vampire history and he opens the chapter of the Van Helsing Family. It says:

   " The origins of the Van Helsing Family are very nebulae, but what's known is that they have their origins in the Netherlands and some members were part of the Vampire Hunting as vampire-hunters priests in the Middle Age. Some records say that the family had noble heritage and were very influential in the academic world for ages, even influencing Illuminism besies their belief in the idea of vampires being demons and killing some vampires in the name of God for many generations.
   In Amsterdam, the Professor, Doctor, Lawyer, Philosopher, Scientist, Metaphysician and the most bloodthirsty and unstoppable vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing (1858-1907), who killed approximately 2 thousands vampires during his lifetime and inspired the Bram Stoker's Dracula character, created the Animalistic Vampires Theory in his article ' The True Vampire Nature and its Dangers ' (1883), which was mainly based in the pseudoscience of phrenology to justify the hunting against vampires in a scientific way.
   The theory itself says that vampires (which he consider a separate species from humans, animals with humanoid characteristics) had bigger jaws in order to fit their pointy fangs inside that mouth, which caused their braincases to me smaller, and consequently, their brains would be smaller and they wouldn't have much control over their desires. This article depicted vampires as animalistic beings with almost no rationality or humanity that should be killed in order to prevent its procreation and mass murder.
    The Academic institutions at the time didn't take the article seriously because of the vampiristic factor, but Van Helsing defended his twse with all his power despite all the humiliation. Many of his descents believed in that theory for a long time but they stop taking it so seriously in the newer generations. The family still exists, but with no record of vampires murder by them these days²⁴⁵. "

   This is like Don Costello's theory but inverted... Two different enemies but the same origins...
   - Thank you, Dante... - I look at him.
   - You're welcome - he says - it will be 100 dollars or 110 grams of silver.
   - Ok... - I create a boll of silver and give it to him - you can have the change... - he smiles.
   - I appreciate your generosity, specially during times like this... Times of great change... - he looks at the paintings above my head with a bit of sorrow.
   - Changes are a inevitable part of life, specially when you live forever... - I close the massive book.
   - I know... And it's hard to let the pass go when you're blinded by nostalgia...
   - But if you're blinded by nostalgia, you cannot enjoy the present where you'll feel guilty of never enjoying it...
   - Wise words, Miss, wise words... - he turns around. Ghost are the feelings we couldn't let go because of nostalgia...
   I say goodbye to Dante and walk out of there. At least he's good... As I walk out of the building and lean against the wall next do a dirty alley and check my Gizmo. I hear a familiar voice in the alley saying:
   - Boss, Helior is back... - It's Matt... - That traitor not dead, Minji didn't burn him right, he's alive, and I think that red eyed girl is involved, the Mr. Del Rei is still unsure, but it's very likely to be involved... Would you doubt on your right-hand man?! I'm telling you, Sherazade was last seen next to Hell's Bells a few days after that girl came there and mysteriously came with the money a few days after..! Isn't that so convenient? Right, boss... I'll be there soon... Arrivederci...
   Ed Helior is involved with Mamba Negra and Van Helsing..? Why..? How..? They're literally opposites with the same roots... Maybe Mamba has more information about him... Matt and Minji walk away from the alley, this is all very suspicious... I send a message to Miguel:
   - Hey pookie. I think I've found some new info.
   - Hello Selene, it's Lyla. Miguel isn't avaliable at the moment, but I think you should come over to his house.
   - Why? - this is weird...
   - Just come.
   - Ok, I'll be there. Bye.
   - Bye-bye.
   I turn my Gizmo off. What's wrong with him..?