“Okay, Ozzy... so why were you trying to shoot me?” Kitty asked later, when we sitting close to her fire, after she had explained we were in her cave, where she had lived her entire life. Kitty pointed to the rifle and my bag that she obviously brought along with me her home.
I was afraid of that question, and I thought about telling her a lie, that I was just a hunter, and thought she’d make me rich if I bagged her. But what the hell, the truth was gonna get out sooner or later. “I’m a demon hunter for the Catholic Church.” I told her. “ I wasn’t going to kill you, it’s loaded with tranquilizers.”
“Demon hunter?” she asked, wrinkling her cute little nose up. “But your a Nephilim!” she exclaimed.
I nodded, then cocked my head sideways. “How do you know that?”
“I can smell it, can’t you?” she said. “All things have their own smell, taste, sound, and look. Everything’s different. I can smell it cause your blood has brimstone in it, and I can hear that your heart beats slower than a human’s, and you taste SO good to me.” she smiled again and licked my face with her sandpaper tongue. “Not to mention you’re seven foot tall, have slit pupils and needle teeth.” she explained. “But still, a demon hunter for the Catholics? That’s kinda like treason.”
I held my hands up in defense. “I haven’t seen anything that resembles a demon since the 50s, except for you.” I pointed to the rifle. “That’s only ever been fired once, and that was when my last girlfriend tried to kill me.”
She pouted for a second, but moved closer to me. “What makes you think I’m a demon?”
“Well, your not human, obviously. There’s no brimstone in your body though, but your heart does beat slower, and you’re delicious.” I said. “But it’s that or your a genetic experiment gone out of control.”
Kitty smiled and crawled up in my lap. “Actually, I’m the same as you.” she said. “Only I’m a third generation Nephilim, and a lot younger than you.” She looked me the eye and put one of her arms around my neck. “You’re not gonna turn me in are you?” she pouted
I shook my head. “I wasn’t going to turn you in anyway. I have a deal with the church, I only work with them as long I get to keep what I find. By the way, you said you were a third generation? how is that possible? I was told that we can’t reproduce, that’s why the biblical Nephilim didn’t over-run the Earth.”
Kitty rolled her eyes. “You know, for a 112 year old you don’t know much about yourself.” she kissed me on the cheek. “But I guess you didn’t have a teacher did you? My grandma taught me everything I know.” she swung her legs round and put one around my back, with the other bent upwards severely and resting on my shoulder. “Nephilim can have children, but only with someone they truly love.”