AN: "Please read the other Turn series stories before reading this one. Also keep in mind that they are canon divergent due to them being written early in the series". And here we go with another Turn Series story. We're going to be exploring the origin story of how Loona was adopted by Blitzo on Extermination Day when she lost her parents as a baby puppy, all by viewing this by the POV of the Exterminator who did it. Plus, we'll see the aftermath of all this both shortly after the event and then years later when they reunite.
The Story is a three chapter one, but I will be updating this monthly. Meaning the next chapter will be next month, this gives me time to work on my other major fics. Once again, thanks to Catsamurai19 and FaroeKing for pre-reading this.
Disclaimer: I do not own Helluva Boss
"Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret—it leads only to evil.
For those who are evil will be destroyed,
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.."
Psalm 37:8-9
The New Year.
Everything that has a beginning also has an ending. And from those endings shall come new beginnings. A coming time for those to shed the past and be given a chance anew. For all who dwell in Heaven and Earth, it was a time of celebration, promises, and other happy occasions. However, for Hell and its demons, it was the worst day of their lives. Because it was on this day, and this day alone, that the infamous Exterminations would go on for twenty-four hours. Any demon who was too far into sin would be targeted and eliminated by the wrath of God's holy angels.
It was, tragically, a means to keep the population low enough so that Hell didn't destroy itself from the amount of sin and evil it collected over time. Unlike the eternal, boundless limits of Heaven or the laws of reality that protect Earth from such a fate, Hell was limited to how much sinister energy it could consume before it would self-destroy itself due to how evil works. Thus, the only way to remove such build-up was to remove the number of demons and sinners in the realm of the damned. Initially, this was done by Hell forcing demons to recognize their sins and accept their faults before being given chances to earn redemption. The Lord's mercy and love were eternal, even to those who were everything he stood against. But for the last two hundred or so years, Hell failed to produce the proper results as fewer sinners and demons earned their wings and halo each year. Until soon, all just stopped being redeemed ultimately. Perhaps it was apathy. Or maybe humans were becoming eviler and less good in this century. Regardless, something had to be done.
So it was agreed that on New Year's Eve, the Exterminators would descend into Hell and eliminate the worst of the worst for one day of the year. Be it Imp, Hellhound, Sinner, Goetia, Fallen, Sin Lord, Archdemon, Fiend, Spirit, or so forth, they were targeted, condemned, and destroyed with no hope of revival. A true death into the void of nothing. The only exception was the Royal Family, by Lucifer's request, and any who were either innocent or hadn't sinned enough to warrant death. Any angel who failed to meet these rules faced harsh penalties.
Many who lived in Heaven saw the Exterminations as a mixed bag. Some hated that they were forced to kill demons permanently in an act that would be considered genocide in some cases. Others believed it was the proper thing to do and held no mercy for the realm of murderers, rapists, thieves, deceivers, and deviants who had acted in selfish ways. And then there were those in the middle or who didn't really care.
Theniel Helostus, a veteran Exterminator, saw it as a job like any other. The Lord had commanded that this work be done, so it shall be.
In a small, dark, candle-lit room, Theniel knelt before the altar that held a golden cross next to an open page of his family's bible. Symbols of holy words and runes surrounded the altar on the walls of his personal chambers, where he often prayed in privacy. The angel was taller than an average mortal man, standing at eight feet tall with his raven-colored hair flowing down past Theniel's shoulders and covering one-half of his pale yet handsome face. The two slash marks from the claws of a Cerberus, a mistake he made on his first mission, were still glowing bright red on his left cheek. It served as a reminder of how dangerous demons could be when you let your guard down. Above Theniel's head was a spiked halo, a sign of his duty as an Exterminator, while his six wings fluttered behind him. Opening his eyes, revealing them to be a mix of silver and white, he did the sign of the cross. He slowly stood up while dusting his red and golden robes before he walked out of his private prayer chambers.
Closing the passage behind him, Theniel sighed and looked at his study before walking to a Mahoney desk and writing a few lines in his book. A collection of his tales in the realm of the damned that he had written since joining the Exterminators when they started two hundred or so years ago. Before that, he had just been another soldier who had never seen action despite living for nearly five hundred years. He joined the Exterminators both as a duty and as a need to see the excitement in his life. That enthusiasm died quickly when he saw how wretched and horrible Hell really was. It made him wonder how anyone, even the demons, could live in such a hive of destruction and destitution.
Pushing his feelings away, he focused on the beginning lines of his most recent page:
"December 31, Year of Our Lord 2000
Today marks another Extermination in which I will descend into Hell and slay those unworthy of living even in Hell. Whose crimes and sins are too great to be given the Lord's Mercy and thus must be given his Vengeance instead. My targeted district is to be Imp City this year, which I find personally to be a bore as many of the living creatures there are merely imps. I keep hoping to be given permission to place my talents in a more suitable area like Pentagram City or Dis. However, the Exorcist Squad continues to claim them year after year. "
Theniel took a moment to shake his head. The Exorcists were some of the most bloodthirsty angels who hunted demons down as if it was a sport to them. They were considered weird even among their own kind, especially with the bizarre armor and face masks they wore. They looked like strange clowns with crazed smiles and 'x's for eyes. It was more like seeing something out of a horror movie or from an Angel of Death who was another weird group. Shrugging his shoulders, Theniel continued:
"I suppose that it doesn't matter in the end. The mission remains the same. The rules remain the same. My duty remains the same. I shall write more when I return."
Putting his pen down, Theniel closed the book and sighed before glancing at the clock. He had two hours to get to the base and prepare himself for his duty. A quick shower and a bite to eat would be needed as he would spend an entire day slaying demons until the clock struck midnight again.
A knock on the study's door alerted him of a new presence, and he spoke, "Come in."
Walking inside, Theniel felt a small smile spread across his face as his wife, Hilla, walked inside with her jade eyes shining hope into his soul. She was of light auburn hair, shorter than his own, and tied in a braid while walking with grace and pose. She wore a blue silk v-neck dress loosely wrapped around her beautiful figure but with not so much modesty that Theniel couldn't see the natural caucasian mortal skin of her legs. Her white wings flapped a bit as she walked forward with her hands crossed over her stomach and gazed down at her husband with a soft smile. "You weren't thinking of leaving early, were you?"
"Before saying goodbye to you?" Theniel asked in fake surprise before embracing his wife and kissing her on the lips. "Never, my love."
"Well, it's not just me, you know," Hilla replied as she winked at him. "Mannus would love to see his daddy before he goes to work."
"Well, what sort of father would I be if I didn't see my own child?" Theniel chuckled as he walked side by side out of his study with his wife.
The grand heavenly-designed hallway filled with white columns, solid cloud walls, and golden decorations glittered the grand mansion they lived in. Homes in Heaven were designed in whatever way the resident wished, with no limit to how big, small, or weird the overall architecture was. You could create anything from a castle to a space station. Unsurprisingly, many human residents based their homes on fictional ones like the Batcave, Jedi Temple, or Hogwarts. Despite once being human herself before arriving in Heaven upon her death, Hilla had gone for a simple castle design combined with the angelic features most natural-born angels were used to.
The place was perfect, but the ideal room in the eyes of its owners was the nursery that they soon entered. It was everything a baby angel boy would need to grow up loved and cared for by his parents. Colorful wallpapers filled with cute animals and colorful balloons. A bubble machine was designed to capture nightmares and fill the baby's head with pleasant dreams. Plenty of toys from loving relatives. Moving pictures of his respective parents on the wall to comfort him in case they weren't there when he was crying. Small mechanical life-like puppies, birds, and kittens float around to tend to his every need, from providing entertainment to feeding him. Of course, this was only when his parents weren't around, as the two were always happy to take care of their little one. The baby was in a floating bowl-shaped crib made of angel steel, chewing on a blue blanket while lying inside his purple onesie.
Like most children, he was a mix of his parents' looks. He had a lighter black shade of hair, a combination of green and white eyes, and his skin a darker caucasian type, while his nose was as cute as a button. The baby soon smiled and laughed upon seeing his parents looking down at him with big smiles on each of their faces.
Theniel slowly put his finger in front of his son, who gripped it and shook it like a toy. "I still find it hard to believe that, after all these years, we finally got a child."
"He's our little one," Hilla whispered as she put her hands on his shoulders and kissed him on the cheek. "And he's got a strong father that loves him."
"And a stronger mother who birthed him," Theniel whispered as he kissed her back.
Hilla then frowned and sighed. "Honey, do you...ever target children during the Exterminations?" Theniel's eyes widened. "I just ask because I heard rumors-"
"No," Theniel whispered sharply as he shook his head. "No demon child is to be targeted no matter whose spawn they might be."
God himself made that clear the moment they started the Exterminations. Any demon could be targeted so long as they were over eighteen and had only committed enough sin that redemption was impossible for them. Sadly, that ranged from a lot of demons in general. But no matter what, children were not to be targeted. Any angel who dares to do something like that is given such a harsh punishment that they'd instead become a Fallen rather than suffer it. Sadly, some didn't get the memo, and they paid for it dearly.
Not that Theniel had any sympathy for them.
"I see," Hilla whispered in relief. "Still, I never really thought about it until we had one of our own, but how many children lose their parents in these Exterminations? It must be horrible for them."
"A lot," Theniel whispered. He had heard points of conversation like these before, both in everyday talk and debates. Some were even in arguments. Theniel didn't take part in them or try to focus on them. It was better this way. What they did was an unfortunate necessity to prevent a significant loss of life for the demons of Hell, even if they never understood that. "But what's done is done. And I must do what I can to see that the Lord's work is done.."
"Yes, I know," Hilla whispered as she put a hand on his arm. "Please be careful. We'll be waiting for you."
"I will," Theniel said as he kissed his wife farewell before leaning down on his son and kissing him as well.
He was about to walk away and leave the room when his wife called him one more time. When he looked at her, she folded her arms and whispered, "If you can, show some mercy to those who need it?"
"...If it is the Lord's will, they shall be given mercy," Theniel answered with a nod as he turned away.
Walking through the Angelic Special Forces HQ halls, Theniel nodded to a few of his fellow angels. Some of which he would be seeing in the heat of the Extermination. There was still time to prepare himself for his task, and he was on his way to the locker rooms to outfit himself when he saw the Exorcists walking nearby. They were already in their armor and had their weapons out. Their visors showed those strange expressions on their faces. All were silent as they passed, with everyone giving them a wide berth while occasionally giving judging glances that they ignored. Theniel had been offered a place by their side once, but he refused since they took outright pleasure in destroying the demons. While Theniel was no demon lover, he would never take satisfaction in his work from a personal standpoint. It was just a job. Nothing more.
Ducking into the locker room, he quickly found his sealed chamber among the rows of black and white cylinders. Pressing his hand against the scanner, a great "hissing" noise was heard as each lock was opened from the inside before the door split to reveal a changeling area. Stepping inside, Theniel took a deep breath and closed his eyes as the mechanical limbs of his chamber went to work. Slowly, they placed dark white bits of his armor on him. Each piece slowly melted into each other like living liquid metal until it had covered his entire body. The armor was jagged and rugged in its appearance, and yet there was a sleekness in its dark black coloring. Spikes adorned his wrists, shoulder pads, and boots. The center of his chest was glowing red with the symbol of the holy cross, with all four points edged like that of a sword blade's end. His helmet, shaped like a knight's, had a visor that covered his entire face with his mouth guard shaped like eagle wings that extended past his cheek. And his visor was black glass, yet nothing short of Lucifer or someone close to his power could break it.
In some ways, he looked like an advanced version of Templars of the human world, yet that soon ended when the cybernetic links took into activation and lit up his armor with wires of electrical data swarming in his body to report every detail to his visor. Blue rows of data streamed into his subconsciousness as his mind adjusted to the impulse of information. A split second later, the helmet and his mind became one, as if an invisible USB stick was plugged into his mind:
Albion Angel Assault Assimilation Armor (A5) Linked Up
A5 Identification Process Scanning
Scan Complete
Welcome Back Exterminator Theniel Helostus
Today's Bible Quote: "Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute," (Psalm 82:3)
"Run diagnostics check of all A5 systems," Theniel stated.
Checking...
Armor Maximum Integrity
Shields Maximum Integrity
Mind Protection Maximum Integrity
Anti-Corruption Systems Maximum Integrity
Built In First-Aid Assistance Maximum Integrity
Weapon System Maximum Integrity
Communication System Maximum Integrity
All Systems Are Go.
Nodding, he walked out of the chamber and let the doors close behind him. Raising his fist, he concentrated and quickly mentally projected a spear in his mind before it appeared before him in a flash of light from his glowing hand. The spear was silver with a dragon's head for the mouth, and a blade came out of it with angelic ruins. On the other end was a round ball for counterweight. Twirling it around, he then thought of a simple angelic-styled pistol which the spear transformed into as he gripped it and held it properly as if he was ready to shoot.
More weapons were tested, from martial weapons to range weapons to even some that appeared to be sci-fi-like. Theniel also mentally ordered his suit to have added features like rocket shoulder pads, mini-gatling guns on his arms, and a belt for throwing daggers around his waist. All are powered by the suit and its divine energy core. While each Extermination group had its own means of carrying out its duty, some were solo Exterminators like Theniel. They were trusted with more advanced standards to defend themselves and slay their demonic targets.
Theniel, confident that everything was prepared, was about to leave when he suddenly got an emergency message.
Attention All Exterminators
Message From Archangel Micheal
Extermination Is To Begin In Thirty Minutes.
Reason For Early Start: Rumors Of Y2K Scenario Proven True
Instigators Eliminated
Certain Factors of Hell Played Role In Concept
Punishment Is To Start Extermination 10PM New Years Eve to 12PM New Years Day
All Exterminators Proceed To Arm Themselves And Prepare For Transport
Theniel couldn't help but curse. The change in the millennium was a powerful time for Heaven and Hell. Numbers had power due to mathematics being part of the creation process of how the universe was made. Each number had meaning to it and, when properly used, could create or destroy anything with enough willpower. There had been rumors that certain demons were planning to use the New Year to cause chaos, and apparently, this was it.
Obviously, such actions couldn't be tolerated.
Spreading his wings, Theniel flew out of the locker room just in time as many angels swarmed in to get ready. Thankful that he was already prepared, Theniel flew down the halls (now more active than ever due to the sudden change) and mentally prepared himself for the task that was to come.
Usually, when an Extermination was to occur, the streets of the various cities were quiet as a mouse when they first started. Only when the angels arrived and began their slaughter did the screaming, noise, and destruction echo in the sky. However, because of the early start, there was a riot in Imp City and other locations in Hell. Demons were running around everywhere, trying to get home or find shelter. In contrast, others took advantage of the chaos to steal whatever they could. The desperation was so great that many were willing to kill each other just to escape the streets.
That all ended when a beam of white light appeared from above and slammed into the middle of a street in the middle of the city. Everyone had dropped or stopped what they were doing to face the holy glowing beam of light that forced them to cover their eyes. Slowly it faded, and when they removed their hands or opened their eyes, they felt true terror come before them as a single individual stood in the middle of a small crater from which they rose slowly.
Transport Complete
Location: Hell, Pride Ring-Imp City
Permission To Engage Granted
Good Hunting.
Theniel looked down at the demons staring at him with wide eyes and horrified expressions. Most of them were Imps, but the occasional Hellhound or lower-class demons he outclassed by miles could be seen. Nobody was making a move, and Theniel was scanning each of these demons to see how many were eligible for extermination.
It didn't take long for him to see the list of crimes: murder, rape, extortion, molestation, stealing, heresy, embezzlement, assault, blackmail, drugs, prostitution, deviance, racism, prejudice, and so forth.
Everyone in the entire crowd before him was beyond the normal levels of sin. Which meant there was no need to hold back. Mentally projecting his weapons, two large, heavy-duty machine guns appeared in Theniel's hands, along with smaller rockets on his shoulder pads. The moment they saw the guns, the demons began to run, but Theniel opened fire before they could go too far.
Demon Kill Count: 10
Demon Kill Count: 30
Demon Kill Count: 46
Demon Kill Count: 68
A few imps tried to shoot or stab at Theniel but their weapons didn't even make it past the shield as their information popped up on the visor:
Name: Trel Blackhorn
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: None
Sins: Multiple Acts of Murder
Judgment: Exterminate
Name: Rita Roljub
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Nurse Assistant
Sins: Cheating on Wife, Child Endangerment, Cheated on Ex-Husband, Murdered Ex-Husband
Judgment: Exterminate
Name: Morris Johnson
Demonic Race: Imp/Sinner Hybrid
Occupation: Hellhound Orphanage Janitor
Sins: Sixteen Counts of Rape, Mistreatment of Hellhound Orphans, Two Acts of Child Murder
Judgment: Exterminate
Name: James Woodrow
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Prostitution
Sins: Multiple Acts of Prostitution, Blackmailing Married Clients, Led to Suicide Of Several Clients
Judgment: Exterminate
Name: Katrine Holmes
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Firefighter
Sins: Illegal Entry onto Earth, Burned Several Church with Occupants, Multiple Acts of Arson and Murder
Judgment: Exterminate
Name: Vilko
Demonic Race: Imp/Hellhound Hybrid
Occupation: Wanted Criminal
Sins: Nine Acts of Bank Robbery, Twenty-Nine Thefts, Four Home Burglaries, Two Acts of Murder
Judgment: Exterminate
A simple combination of a sword and double barrel shotgun with unlimited ammo made short work of them. As well as those around them.
Demon Kill Count: 81
A female sinner demon suddenly tackled him and tried to bite his head off in a mad rage but all Theniel felt was annoyance as her teeth clanked on the metal helmet.
Name: Serena Velcroft
Demonic Race: Sinner
Occupation: Stay At Home Wife
Earth Sins: Inscest with her Brother, Marriage To Her Brother, Four Acts of Murder With Brother To Keep Love Affair A Secret, Suicide with Brother When Exposed
Hell Sins: Inscest with Her Brother, Marriage To Her Brother, Kidnapping and Torturing Others for Sexual Pleasure until Murdering Them
Judgment: Exterminate
It turned out that her brother was already on Theniel's kill count and she was trying to kill him for revenge. Sighing, he took her by the neck, snapped it, and tossed her body over his head.
Demon Kill Count: 82
Naturally, some attempted to hide in buildings such as a nearby apartment complex. Further scans of the area showed that not only was every demon in there guilty of some crime or another, but one of them was the head of a drug trafficking ring while using new sinners as a place for testing their products until they all O.D. Launching himself into the air with his wings, Theniel landed on the roof and summoned a spear. He twirled it around while focusing the divine energy granted to him by God into the tip before slamming it down. A shockwave went through the building like a lightning bolt before each floor exploded in a burst of white-hot flames. Their residents screamed in agony as they burned before the holy fire that would send them to oblivion.
Demon Kill Count: 132
By now, most of the crowd had run in various directions, so it would just be a hunter's game going forward. Landing back on the ground, he heard a noise and turned around to see a frightened male Imp, thin as a stick, crawling away with tears in his eyes as he stood in an entire street filled with blood and limbs. Theniel scanned his eyes and let the visor information come forward.
Name: Vincent Hobbs
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Clerk
Sins: Use of Cannabis, Cheated on Girlfriend
Judgment: Spare
Theniel turned away and began to walk in the opposite direction. The Imp was stunned but didn't waste the chance and ran away as fast as possible. Dismissing his spear, Theniel soon forgot about the Imp and continued onward. After all, it had only been thirty minutes into his Extermination.
Demon Kill Count: 7024
It was a slow Extermination Day, at least for Theniel. Usually, he had a higher body count around this time in the process. Still, there weren't many demons he had faced who had crimes worthy of extermination this year. At least compared to the other times he had been in Hell. It was also his first time in Imp City, and he often heard that Imps were the lowest of the low and often did so much sin to get ahead in life due to being at the bottom of the food chain. However, he didn't find as many of them worthy of harsh judgment, and most were just in hiding and pleading to Satan to be spared. A few of them were even praying to God.
Still, there were plenty of terrible demons to slay before him. And it was only 4PM at the moment. He had twenty more hours to go.
He calmly looked up from the spear where a male imp, pierced through his stomach, was on his last breaths while trying to reach for Theniel's visor in a furious desperate attack to kill him. The imp just came out of nowhere and tried throwing him with grenades, which Theniel avoided before stabbing him in a quick session.
Name: Lindo Mocko
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Arms Dealer
Sins: Selling of Illegal Weapons, Multiple Acts of Murder, Multiple Acts of Vandalism, Multiple Acts of Theft,
Judgment: Exterminate
"Fuck...you...and your...God!" These were the last words of Lindo Mocko before he went limp.
Letting the corpse slip from his spear, Theniel turned to a nearby house and activated his scanner for demonic presence. There were five individuals inside. Four huddled together in one room while the fifth was nearby the house armed with a shotgun.
Name: Lyce Impalix
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Used Car Salesman
Sins: Embezzlement, Tax Evasion
Judgment: Spare
Name: Jessica Impalix
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Stay At Home Mother
Sins: Tax Evasion
Judgment: Spare
Name: Nina Impalix
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Child
Sins: Invalid Due To Age
Judgment: Auto-Spare Due To Age
Name: Nate Imperix
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Child
Sins: Invalid Due To Age
Judgment: Auto-Spare Due To Age
Name: Nolan Impalix
Demonic Race: Imp
Occupation: Retired Career Soldier
Sins: Illegal Visit to Earth, Rape of a Human, Actions Caused Perment Truama and Eventual Suicide of Said Human
Judgment: Exterminate
Smashing down the door, Theniel watched as an elder imp shot at him with buckshot from the house's main hallway. He let the gunfire hit him in the chest, where no damage was done as the Imp, Nolan, pumped his gun. "Come on, you bastard! You gotta get through to get to my fam-"
Nolan didn't get a chance to finish as Theniel had already split him in half with a silver double-handed ax that sent this blood flying all over the room. Theniel turned to the living room, where he could sense the imp couple and their children hiding behind the couch, sobbing in terror as they most likely assumed they would be next. Turning around, Theniel walked out of the house and made his way further down, trying to sense for more demons to kill.
His gaze then focused on a nearby bar with many motorbikes outside of it. The displays showed that it was a Hellhound Bar with plenty of "Beer, Billiards, and Bitches". Figuring that this was an excellent place to continue his work, Theniel first summoned a few land mines and activated them before making his way down to the bar, levitating off the ground. No sooner did he get within ten feet of it than all the windows opened up and started firing at him with guns. The holy energy shield of his A5 suit kicked in and defended him without a scratch on his body. He flew at the doors, dropping his mines and summoning two heavenly guns styled like .50 Cal Desert Eagles. Theniel zoomed inside and smashed through the doors while slamming his knee so hard into the first Hellhound that he heard the neck-snapping upon impact.
Demon Kill Count: 7027
Spinning around, dodging every attempt to strike at him with their claws, feet, teeth, or objects in their hands, Theniel shot his way through the bar as the dying howls of various biker-themed Hellhounds echoed in the room. He spared none of them as each had committed some kind of crime or another worth of extermination, and thus he held nothing back. The Hellhounds, for their part, had fought with as much vigor as possible, but they were nothing compared to his abilities. Even when they tried to dogpile him, all Theniel did was order his suit to send out spikes in all directions that they fell onto and gagged on their own blood before he shot them all to end their suffering. A few tried to escape, but Theniel heard the sounds of his mines going off and howls of shock and agony before the demonic dog beings breathed their last before oblivion took them.
One of them, either out of foolish fear or bravery, tried to attack from behind with a billiard stick and slammed into his back, where it broke like a twig. Slowly, Theniel turned around to face the Hellhound, who was looking at the stick before slowly giving a nervous smile with his hands up in the air.
Name: Burnerpaw
Demonic Race: Hellhound
Occupation: Biker Gang Member and Career Criminal
Sins: 2 Acts of Murder, Domestic Assault on Girlfriend and Daughter, Multiple Acts of Robbery, Multiple Acts of Grand Theft Auto, Multiple Acts of Assault, Illegal Drug and Gun Distribution, Using A Bible As Toilet Paper
Judgment: Exterminate
Theniel took the broken pieces of the billiard stick, jammed them into the screaming Hellhound's eyes, kneed him in the balls, and slammed him against a billiard table before cutting his head off with a katana-shaped sword.
Demon Kill Count: 7058
After that, it was simply a matter of cleaning up what few Hellhounds remained.
Demon Kill Count: 7068
Once he was sure that the bar was clear, Theniel made his way towards the doors when he heard the cocking of a shotgun. Sighing, he turned around and saw four more biker Hellhounds, all with furious tears in their eyes, glaring at him with their guns raised. They were all female, and judging by how they stared at him with grief and loss, Theniel assumed that he had killed their mates somewhere in the slaughter.
Name: Helga
Demonic Race: Hellhound
Occupation: Biker Gang Member and Career Criminal
Sins: 23 Acts of Assault, 4 Acts of Robbery, Use of Illucide Drugs, Multiple Acts of Accessory to Murder
Judgment: Exterminate
Name: Sweetie
Demonic Race: Hellhound
Occupation: Biker Gang Member and Career Criminal
Sins: 2 Counts of Murder, 2 Counts of Rape, 2 Counts of Robbery-Homocide,
Judgment: Exterminate
Name: Artemis
Demonic Race: Hellhound
Occupation: Biker Gang Member and Career Criminal
Sins: Illegal Entry To Earth, Four Acts of Sexual Assault, 2 Abotions, 3 Acts of Child Abadoment (All Childred Died From Starvation)
Judgment: Exterminate
Name: Nera
Demonic Race: Hellhound
Occupation: Biker Gang Member and Career Criminal
Sins: 8 Counts of Murder, 4 Racial Acts of Murder Against Imps, Racist Assault on Imps
Judgment: Exterminate
"Die you fucking cocksucker!" The Hellhound, known as Artemis, screamed as she fired her machine gun at Theniel while her fellow Hellhounds fired their weapons. Theniel just stood there, levitating, as he took the blows easily blocked by his armor and shielding.
Rolling his eyes, Theniel summoned two more heavenly-designed guns in his hand. They were MP-5 shaped; only they had fifty-round drum magazines. He didn't even need to aim. Just fire and spray all over the bar area as the rounds quickly pierced the girls while also breaking the multiple bottles of alcohol around them. Many bullets went through the walls and into the outside due to the armor-piercing design given to them. The female Hellhounds stood no chance and were soon on the ground in pools of blood, much like their mates.
Theniel was about to exit when he paused at what he saw.
Demon Kill Count: 7074
7074.
His previous count was 7068.
He just killed four.
It should have been 7072.
So who were the other two?
"Show kill list information," Theniel said out of curiosity.
Kill Number 7074: Helga
Race: Hellhound
Time of Death: 04:20
Kill Number 7073: Artemis
Race: Hellhound
Time of Death: 04:20
Kill Number 7072: Relron Garugo
Race: Hellhound
Time of Death: 04:19
Kill Number 7071: Rachel Garugo
Race: Hellhound
Time of Death: 04:19
Kill Number 7070: Sweetie
Race: Hellhound
Time of Death: 04:19
Kill Number 7069: Nera
Race: Hellhound
Time of Death: 04:19
Theniel's eyes widened as he saw two names he didn't recognize and wondered how they got there. He quickly asked for the information of both Hellhounds, and what he saw made him freeze and drop the two guns in his hands while they disappeared into thin air.
Name: Rachel Garugo
Demonic Race: Hellhound
Occupation: Stay At Home Mother
Sins: Vandalism, Petty Theft (Both Crimes Committed Underage)
Judgment: Spare
Name: Relron Garugo
Demonic Race: Hellhound
Occupation: Bodyguard For Hire
Sins: Underaged Drinking at 16
Judgment: Spare
"No. No. No." Theniel whispered in horror as he read the information.
Spare.
They were meant to be spared.
Whoever these Hellhounds were, he had killed them. They were not to be hurt or targeted, yet he killed them. Permanently. Fear gripped his heart, and his blood turned to ice as he looked around the bar, trying to find the identity of these two innocent Hellhounds that were not to be targeted. Their sins were nothing. Stuff they did as teenagers. Things that didn't warrant death.
Theniel checked every face of everybody in the bar, but none were these two Hellhounds. He then remembered his mines and rushed outside while seeing the various smoking limbs of their explosions. He checked them out, but to his shock, they were also not his victims. He tried to calm down and brought up the kill information again until he noticed that they were killed around the same time he was killing the four female Hellhounds.
"But how? They weren't around us and-" Theniel stopped as he heard something. Something very familiar to him. You got used to it as a parent, and there were nights when he sometimes couldn't sleep because of it.
A cry.
A baby's cry.
And it was coming from an alley around the corner of the bar. Slowly, Theniel levitated himself around the passage and froze at what he saw. Two Hellhounds were lying on the ground with bullet marks all over their backs and sides. The silver and whitish fur male was on his side, dressed in body armor that stood no chance against the bullets of a blessed heavenly gun. An assault rifle, AR-15, was by his side, untouched and broken from the impact of several rounds. His face was at utter peace as his paws touched that of his mate beside him. As if he had some comfort that he wasn't going to die alone.
Said mate, the female, was dressed in a blue long-sleeve shirt with red jogger pants. She was dark black fur with a really bushy tail. Tear marks were in her eyes, and her expression was one of sorrow not directed at her husband or herself for their deaths but for the bundle in her embrace where the crying was happening.
"...No," Theniel whispered in shock and horror as he soon landed beside the dead couple. His eyes gazed at the bar wall where there were multiple bullet holes. Beyond the bullet holes, he could see the bar he was shooting at earlier through the crumbling holes. The rounds had gone through the wall and hit the couple who, out of the worst luck possible, had gotten hit in their efforts to get out of the alley.
He killed them.
All by accident.
But he still killed them.
Slowly, Theniel leaned down and removed the bundle wrapped in a blue blanket from the dead female Hellhound. Her grip was strong, even in death. He slowly looked at what lay inside and saw the widening teary red eyes of a female baby Hellhound with silverish white fur save for her black and white bushy tail on her rear end.
A name was stitched onto the blanket. The same name appeared on his visor as it scanned the demon in front of him.
Name: Loona Garugo
Demonic Race: Hellhound
Occupation: Orphaned Child
Sins: Invalid Due To Age
Judgment: Auto-Spare Due To Age