The Beauty In The Nightmare

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"Don't let it get away..." Degan snarled lowly as he layed in the bed of the black truck, a sniper positioned and proped up, stretching across the lowered gate of the truck. Chris, King and Dex ran after the Demon in the field Degan had shot.
Chris got to the Demon first. His eyes widened as he aimed at it's head. Dex now stood next to Chris, King then followed.
"What the fuck..." Dex spoke as he lowered his gun. "That isn't what Degan shot..."
Chris kept his gun steady as he watched as the creature rolled over with groan. Blood seeped from the bullet hole on his lower back. They watched as his crystal blue hues slowly turned crimson , his midnight hair turned silver as he released another groan. The male then tried to sit up, only to lay back.
"Why the hell are you all stan-" Degan pushed King aside, the strap of his sniper rested across his chest, wrapping over his shoulder, the sniper itself was held to Degan's back. He watched the male as it sat up.
"Da fuck is wrong with people...always shootin at shit..." His eyes glowed brightly as he growled and staggered to his feet, Dex, King, and Chris all took aim. The male growled and snapped his fingers, he then dissipated into a black smoke that quickly disappeared. He was nowhere to be seen but his voice was heard. "Seriously...I take it you don't know who your fucking with?"
Degan gestured and the boys lowered their guns. "Who are you?"
The male reappeared behind Degan, his hand on the bleeding hole in his lower back. "Let's just leave it at you don't wanna get on my bad side..."
Britha sat up in the back seat of the truck, stretching as she hopped out of the truck and made her way to the guys. Her pink hues turned teal as she say the man behind her husband. She rushed to them, an excited yet slightly concerned expression played her pale face. 
Degan turned his head, noticing Britha his eyes widened. "I told you to stay in the truck!" He growled softly as he spoke,  the male scratched his head and turned to face Britha.
"Hello there, beautiful..." The male gave Britha a wickedly inviting grin, the light of the sun shone on his pearl white, razor like fangs as they protruded from behind his lips.
Britha froze in place as the male acknowledged her. She bit on her bottom lip as she fondled with one of the buttons on her long sleeve, pale pink blouse which clung loosely to her skin. "El-Ello..." She stumbled on her word but managed to get it out as her talon like nails tapped against the plastic.
The male's crystal blue hues widened as he coughed up blood and gripped his abdomen. "Well fuck.." He groaned and fell forewards. Degan stood behind the male, now wrapping a old cloth around the blade of his knife, cleaning the males blood from the blade.
"Wrap him and put him in the back of the truck." Degan's eyes looked over Britha as she stood, blood spattered on her cheek. He then sighed softly and walked past, placing the knife back in its holster on the side of his left leg, taking Britha's wrist in his right, pulling her along with him back to the truck.
"D-Degan..." She followed behind him as she turned her head and watched the boys tie up the male then wrap his body in a blanket. She then reverted her attention back to Degan. "I-is he d-"
"No." Degan cut her off as he stopped at the trucks back, passenger door, swung it open then turned to face her. "In."
She waited for him to release her wrist to climb into the truck.  Degan opened the glove box and pulled out a first aid kit. Moments later he was leaning over the back of the passenger seat. He cupped her left cheek in his left hand and wiped the blood from her right cheek with the small alcohol pad on his right hand.
"Why did you get out of the truck?" He stuffed the bloody pad back into its pouch tgen placed the pouch in a small trash bin between the driver and passenger seats and put the aid box back in the glove box.
"Ah...Heh..." She hesitated with her words as she fondled with one of her belt loops on her pants. She kept her head low, her pink hair fell over her shoulders and infront of her face as she sucked on the inside of her bottom lip.
Degan put his rifle in the large metal case in the back of the bed of the truck then made his way to the driver seat. The boys carried the males body up to the truck. Dex climbed into the bed as Degan closed the driver door. "Why did you get out of the truck, Bri?" Degan slightly rose his voice as he gripped the steering wheel.
She swallowed her hesitation and fear as she knew the consequences would be worse if she didn't tell him at all. "Heh...Heh's nut jest eh regular demon..."
Degan relaxed in his seat and pushed back a dread or two from his face. "Explain." He glanced up in the rearview mirror and watched as Dex placed everyone's guns in the metal case and closed it. Chris and King made sure the male was strapped down properly  and wouldn't move around. Dex  and King jumped off the tailgate as Chris threw a tarp over the rolled up, strapped down body to keep from gaining any suspicion. Chris then hopped from the gate then closed it. He then got on on the back driver side and King got in the back passenger side, leaving Dex with the front seat and Britha in the middle of the back. All three doors where pulled shut simultaneously.
The drive back to the house was silent and the road vacant of all but 8 or 9 scattered cars.
"So, Boss, what do you want us to do with him?" Chris asked, breaking the awkward silence.
"Take him into the basement, I want the bullet from his lower back removed, get Tea to wash and bandage him." Degan pulled up to the front porch and the boys all got out. King dropped the tailgate, allowing  Dex and Chris to climb into the bed of the truck and unstrap the male. They then hopped back down and carried the body. King closed the tailgate then ran up to hold open the front door.
Degan parked the truck in the garage, turned the key them slid it out of the ignition. He then hopped out, closed his door and opened Britha's. He held his hand out for her to take. "Now, explain."
She took his hand and stepped out of the truck. "Heh's eh Bloodriver..."
Degan closed her door and clicked the button, locking the truck. "Bloodriver..." he paused for a moment as they walked up the front steps. "Like Alucard? Didn't his kids die when they were 7 and his wife disappear?"
Britha followed Degan into the house, slipping her shoes off as he did and set them by the front door where many other shoes sat. "Yes, but nu. Alucard married intah de Bloodriver family, heh es ah VanHellsing."
Degan sat on the couch and Britha beside him, leaning against him as he put his right arm around her, his hand resting on her right shoulder. "Hm...I never knew that, keep going."
She smiled softly and scratched the base of her left antler. "Da original, or first Bloodriver was Varen, who married Sapphire Shykado. Dey were poor en et da time Kyran ruled over Epecien's Vampires and Demons. Varen et one time was Kyran's right hand man, taught all of hes knights. Though none of em were es good es Varen wit ah sword. When Varen figured out Kyran was goin teh try an take ovah all species, him en Sapphire, along wit their daughtah ran from the kingdom. Shiruki was young when da war between species broke out... Her parents were eventually killed protecting while dehstracten guards while da othahs escaped."
Degan looked over at Britha as she spoke. "Wasn't Shiruki found dead in her garden after Alucard became Lord?"
She nodded as she sighed. "Mum told meh dat after Alucard was married to Mizori, heh killed Shiruki to gain total control ovah da kingdom."
Degan shook his head and propped his left ankle on his right knee as he leaned his head back."She's the one who's been missing, right? After daughter was born?"
Britha nodded, "Well, nut exactly...Mizori dedn"t go missing until sheh gave birth teh twins, Marcileen and M-"