Outside Gray and Juvia were searching every corner of the outer area. They weren't having much luck in finding a vampire or anything relating to one.
"Nothing." Gray said. "Been out here for two hours and we have found nothing."
"Well how can anyone expect to find anything out here this late? It's so dark." Juvia said.
"Vampires only strike at night so it's best to look for them at night."
He heard her cock her gun and watched her unload the bullets. She pulled a knife from her garter and used it to do something to the bullets before loading them back up.
"What are you doing?" He asked her.
"Something that ensures my bullets will harm vampires if we encounter them. All my bullets are made from sacred stones that can breakthrough a devil's skin and bone but I'm not sure what kind of an effect it will have on vampires so I'm carving a cross on each of my bullets."
"You really think that will work?"
"Crosses repel vampires right?"
"Have you ever fought a vampire before?"
"No but I'm very educated on them. Gajeel made sure that I knew everything there was to know about all unholy creatures."
"How much do you know?"
"Let's see I know they can't survive in day light, they can be harmed by holy water, garlic, or a cross."
"So you know the basics. Doesn't mean you have any idea what you're up against."
"You don't think I can do this do you?"
"Honestly...No. No offense but I find it hard to believe that a nun is capable of doing anything violent."
"Anyone is capable of doing anything if they have the will do it."
"Oh boy here we go."
"What?"
"You're gonna pull that whole independent woman crap on me and tell me how just because you're a woman doesn't mean you can't be a badass and blah, blah, I don't know how many times I've heard this."
"I'm not a badass and honestly I don't want to be one. I'd be perfectly happy living a life where I can just peacefully worship God, show kindness to others, and perform missionary duties. But unfortunately at the moment we're at war so I have to be prepared and I am."
"But you've never fought a vampire before. How can you be prepared?"
"Okay so I'm not entirely prepared but I'm close."
"You know vampires can be really manipulative. They have a way of getting inside your head and messing with your emotions. They're also notorious for seducing their victims."
"Yeah but did you know that victims can resist their...Um...Hypnotic seduction if they love someone and they're confident."
"What does that mean?"
"It means if you love someone and you know in your heart that could never love anyone else but that one person then you can resist vampire's lure. You don't really feel the need to find...Lust? Pleasure? In that creature because you know that you could never love anybody else."
"Where did you learn that?"
"Mother Mcgarden taught it to me. And she's right. There was this one case where a vampire tried to seduce a married woman but she was happily married so his charms had no effect on her."
"So married people aren't effected?"
"Happily married people." Juvia corrected. "Vampires typically prey on people who are lonely, had their heartbroken, or are completely unsure of their feelings toward a significant other."
"That's an interesting fact I didn't know about."
"Love is a very powerful force Gray. One that overcome time, space, even death in some cases. It's the one thing that evil can't give you. Evil can offer you many things but they can't offer you real love."
"So you believe that phrase 'Love Conquers All' huh?"
"Yes. When it's true love I do believe that it can do anything."
"It can't raise the dead." He said. "And it can't make you get passed certain things."
"You know you're awfully cynical. Have you ever considered having a more positive outlook on life."
"I'm a devil, how can I have a positive outlook on life?"
"It wouldn't hurt to try to have one."
"Just keep quiet and keep searching. Try looking over there where that motel is and if you see anything just holler."
"Gotcha."
She started to look around the motel while Gray checked around the back. All was quiet where he was. Too quiet which usually meant that something wasn't right. He carefully looked and listened for anything that wasn't human. Eventually he found a trail of blood. Bingo! He pulled out his blade which was made out of pure, undiluted silver. According to many legends and myths pure silver was excellent defense against vampires and devils alike and that was only half true. Regular silver had no effect but a certain brand of silver did. The kind that Gray's blade was made of had been black smithed and materialized by holy men and blessed by sacred scriptures and incantations.
As Gray drew closer to the source of the blood trail he gripped the blade and prepared to make his attack. But to his surprise there was nothing there. No body, no vampire, nothing but a puddle of blood. He was just about to turn back when he was struck by a force. Said force then pinned him down with a level strength no human could have. Looking up Gray realized that he had been attacked by a vampire and as fate would have it, it was another pure blood and Juvia wasn't nearby.
"What luck." He said in his terrible voice. "I was expecting to find Miss Scarlet's human mooks sniffing around here not her lap dog. Tell me is her pet bat here too?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because while human blood is satisfying the blood of a devil and a vampire will increase my power."
"You'd drain your own kind? You pure bloods can't really sink any lower can you?"
"Survival of the fittest as they say."
"Yeah expect for the fact that you're not really alive."
"And you're not really human which raises the question why you defend them? It's not like protecting humans will make you a real human being and give you a cleansed soul. You were condemned the moment you were born into the world."
His grip was so strong. Gray could normally fight against it in his real form but he was under the seal which meant his abilities were limited to that of a regular human. He tried to reach for his fallen blade but he couldn't move his arms or his legs. Without that blade or the powers he had in his real form this psycho wasn't going to kill him.
"Any last words before you take your rightful place in hell?!"
Even if he had any words to speak at the moment he couldn't because the vampire was practically choking him. He couldn't breathe let alone talk. Then...
Bang! A shot rang out and the vampire's screech of agony was heard. The source of his pain was a bullet with a cross carved on it which had been shot into his shoulder by Juvia. She stood across from them, positioned to shoot again.
"You filthy human! How dare you-"
But she just fired another bullet. She fired another and another and another until the vampire's grip on Gray loosened enough for him to grab his blade and plunged it into his heart from behind. He then dropped to the ground dead.
"Are you alright?" Juvia asked him.
"I'm fine." He coughed a little before standing up. "Nice aim."
"Thank you. I told you I was prepared."
"Alright. Go on gloat, tell me how wrong I was like Erza and Natsu always do."
"Oh I don't like to gloat. I think that counts as being vain and vanity is one of the seven deadly sins."
"Oh...Well thank you for that because I'm really not in the mood for it right now."
"You're welcome."