"My secret side I keep
Hid under lock and key
I keep it caged but I can't control it
'Cause if I let him out
He'll tear me up and break me down"
Scarlett's P.O.V.
Scarlett crouched on top of a building and watched the people move down the streets. Her fingers twitched as she saw the life pulse within them.
The secret side of me I never let you see
"Look" The Demon hissed. "So many people with such useless lives. They deserve to die, don't they?"
"Perhaps," Scarlett said aloud. "but wouldn't I get caught for doing that?"
"After 337 years," The Demon raged. "You are still thinking with that stupid human heart you have! Human lives are useless. They serve no purpose. Humans have destroyed the world and each other."
I keep it caged but I can't control it
Scarlett grabbed her head as pain shot through it. "What about the mutants?" She gasped in pain, peering down to look at the Mutants in the streets. There were fewer of them but their life forces where a lot stronger than human life forces.
"Tolerable." The Demon said with a sniff. "They are powerful. They would be worthy of ruling over. We just need to get rid of the insects that plague this world. See? Look there."
Scarlett's head twisted to the left and far below in an alley she saw several men beating up a woman. Clenching her hands, hate filled her. How could men do such s thing to woman? Of course, she shouldn't be surprised at all. She'd lived for a long time and had seen much worse.
Destroy those men!" The Demon growled. "You will do this and then you will be stopping some of the evil that this world has. You can ignore me, but I will make you do this, even if it kills you."
So stay away from me the beast is ugly
"You don't want to kill me." Scarlett said with confidence. "You like me to much to get rid of me just yet."
"Kill them!" Said the Demon.
"Alright." Scarlett said. "But you owe me one if I get out if it."
"Anything." The Demon said. "I will give you anything within reason if you kill them."
Scarlett pinpointed the men's life force and concentrated on it. Feeling the power swirl around her, she willed herself to appear where they were. Appearing behind one of the men, she grabbed he back of his neck and gluing him into the brick wall hard enough so that he crashed through it.
"Who's next?" She asked grinning at the rest of the men who where looking at her with fear.
I feel the rage and I just can't hold it
"This is none of your business Mutant freak!" One of the men yelled. "This doesn't concern you!"
"I think it actually does." Scarlett said narrowing her eyes. The three men looked at each other as if coming to a silent agreement, and then they all rushed at Scarlett. Her hand shot out and a blast of power caused the men to fly into the wall five feet off the ground. They struggled but couldn't move because of the power she held over them.
"Good, good." The Demon thrummed with glee. "Now destroy them all. Even that woman. She's seen to much. Destroy them!"
Scarlett looked at the woman who was huddled on the ground. The woman had tears streaming down her face.
"P-please don't h-hurt me." The woman stuttered.
"I don't want to." Scarlett said slowly. "But I have to." She used her power so that the woman couldn't move from where she was crouched.
"Kill them all now!" The Demon said.
"How?" Scarlett asked, and shuttered when the Demon put a picture into her mind. Glancing at the three men that she had held up against the wall. She would kill me with no remorse, she decided. They had done bad things, but the woman on the other hand was innocent.
Sensing her hesitation the Demon took her over with a roar. Scarlett tried to regain control of her body. She knew she could do it but with her mind occupied, she couldn't fight the Demon taking over.
It comes awake and I can't control it
Scarlett felt the skin on her fingertips tear open as claws emerged. Her fingers moved by themselves, clacking together. She no longer had control of her body. The Demon was in control and it wanted blood.
In my body, in my head
It was like watching a movie in a way, Scarlett could see and hear what was going on. She had all of her senses still, but she couldn't control her body. She could couldn't do anything but watch in horror as the Demon did what it wanted to do.
The power whipped out and wrapped it's way around the men's brains. From there it spread down there body's until it completely had them within its folds. With a twitch of a clawed hand and a simple direct order from her mind, the men exploded into a huge splatter of blood and gore.
I feel it deep within, It's just beneath the skin
If Scarlett had been in charge of her own body, she would've thrown up, but she didn't. The Demon chuckled at her but stayed silent. There was a squeak from the woman on the ground that eventually morphed into a scream.
"Shut up!" The Demon roared, his voice echoing inside of Scarlett's head. She knew that the woman heard it as well because she fell silent. "You will die a slow death." The Demon said slowly, as if he was talking to a child who didn't understand something. "And then I will eat your soul."
I must confess that I feel like a monster
The woman trembled as Scarlett approached her. She used her power to lift the woman several feet into the air.
"I shall enjoy kill you." The Demon said forcing Scarlett's mouth into a twisted smile.
It's hiding in the dark. Its teeth are razor sharp
Scarlett was just about to explode the woman's head from the inside when something shot directly towards her face. It was thanks to her quick reflexes that she narrowly missed it. She lost her concentration on holding up the woman and she fell to the ground.
There's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart
Turning her head towards the entrance of the alley she saw three people standing there blocking the exit, two men and a woman. Glancing at their life forces she realized that they all where mutants, powerful ones as that.
The woman had white hair and was rather tall. The man on her left had three long blades protruding from his hands and the man on the woman's right had a weird set of eyewear. All of them where dressed in black. Snarling in anger the Demon launched a mental attack on the three strangers. Much to its disappointment they only stumbled slightly from it.
The woman regained her balance first and the air was suddenly charged with electricity. The sky darkened and was quickly followed by a strike of lightning aimed directly at Scarlett. Throwing up her hands she managed to produce a small disc of highly heated air that barely stopped the lighting. Scarlett let out a cry of alarm and pain when some of the sparks from the lighting burned her arm.
Regaining her balance quickly, she saw the man with the claw-like blades run at her. With the help of the demon scarlet pulled out her own weapon and met his first blow head on. The mans eyes widened when he saw her weapon of choice. It was a double edged sword with a blade that was about an arm length long. It glowed slightly with the Demonic power it held with in it.
Maybe it's just a dream or maybe it's inside of me
Taking advantage of the man's surprise, Scarlett lunged forward and knocked the man off balance again before giving a powerful blow to the man's chest. The man let out a loud yell as the blade cut cleanly though his shirt and brew blood. Scarlett knew that it wasn't fatal, but it would take a hell of a long time to heal, even it the man had ways of getting quick healing. Demon blades where like that, nothing magical could heal wounds made by them, it was the evil power that they held. With another quick blow to the head, the man crumbled to the ground unconscious. Flicking her hand like she was brushing away a fly, the man's body flew into the brick wall creating a hole much the same size as the first one.
"Logan!" The woman cried in alarm. She ran towards the hole in the side of the building. Sharpening her senses to keep track of the woman, Scarlett turned to look at the last man. The one with the weird glasses. She suspected that he was the one who had first attacked her. The man reached up to the side of his glasses, as if to take them off but instead he turned a small mob on the side and Scarlett rolled out of the way when a red beam of light shot out of the glasses. It was most certainly the weirdest and strangest thing that she had ever seen, and that was saying something because she'd see a lot of things in her long life. He also was definitely the one who had first attacked her.
Stop this monster!
Blocking the next optic blast with her blade, Scarlett made her way closer to the man so she could actually hit him. She looked down when she felt someone wrap their hand around her ankle. She scowled when she saw that it was that woman that she would've had killed if the three mutants hadn't arrived. Kicking the woman in the face to let her ankle go, Scarlett then turned just in time to get an optic blast to the face, causing her to fly backwards and hit the opposite wall unconscious.
Scott's P.O.V.
Scott silently thanked the woman who had grabbed that Psycho's ankle, so he could actually subdue her with out any trouble. He knew that if that woman hadn't he would've had a serious problem on his hands. He might not have showed it, but he was surprised that the Psycho had managed to defeat Logan so quickly. It was unnatural of how fast she had done it. Logan however did deserve what he got for many reasons. He walked up to the Psycho ignoring the human woman that was still on the ground. She had hit the wall pretty hard, there were some chipped bricks from the impact. Looking down at her he was surprised that her skull wasn't caved in, actually, she didn't look like any form of injury whatsoever. Just who the hell was this woman?
"Scott!" He heard Storm yelled. He looked up to see her walking slowly towards him with Logan propped up against her shoulder. "You don't kill her did you? Charles want us to bring her back to the mansion alive."
"No." Said Scott. "Something tells me that she isn't dead. I have no clue how the hell she's still alive if she is. No one can survive a blast like that, much less to the face."
"No injury?" Storm asked setting Logan down and coming over. "Whatsoever?"
"Nothing." Scott confirmed.
"That's unnatural, even by our standards." Storm said. "Logan doesn't seem to be doing very well." She said switching the subject.
"Doesn't he have enhanced healing or something?" Scott asked nudging the woman with a foot.
"Yes." Responded Storm. "But it doesn't seem to be doing much. Hie bones have healed and the blow to his head as well. The wound across his chest isn't healing for what ever reason. It's not fatal but it's still concerning."
Scott nodded absently. "Fuck." He muttered. "The Psycho Bitch is still alive." He could see that she was breathing slightly.
Ignoring what he said, Storm grabbed Logan again. "We need to get out of here." She said.
"Is he still unconscious?" Scott asked briefly glancing at Logan.
"Yes." Said Storm. "Now get the person that we went to all the trouble to get and come on."
"Fine." Scott said as he picked the woman up. "There better be a good reason why Charles wanted us to get her."
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Hello readers! So this is the second story that I'll be writing and I hope that you will like it.
Things might've gotten confusing once the Demon took over Scarlett's body. Perhaps I can explain. Every action that she does after that point in the chapter is the demon. The thoughts though are Scarlett's own. I thought that it would be harder to write if I switched back and forth between the two and since it was Scarlett's body, I decided to have everything look as if she was doing in on her own free will. But she's not! Keep that in mind for every time the Demon takes control because I will write it in the same fashion. Also, the names of the chapters might seem random but each chapter is also the title of a song. The song basically describes the chapter. I will be putting in the lyrics to the song into the chapter(the ones that fit with what is going on). The lyrics, if you couldn't figure it out, are the lyrics are the text that is in Bold and Italics.