Chapter 4
(Dante's pov)
I got back to the real world when I hear my cellphone ringing telling me that my foster mother is calling. So I pick it up and looked out the window to see cars passing by.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Dante. Your father and I are in the sandwich shop and want to know if you want something there."
"Philly cheese steak. Be sure it's Italian bread too."
She giggled a bit.
"Sure, honey. Want something to drink?"
"Root beer." I smiled.
"Okay, honey. See you later."
"Okay, mom." I said as I hung up the cell phone.
About an hour later, I get a text message from Rachael telling me "I looked up the incident recently of who caused it and it was no other than the H.I.V.E. No surprise there, eh? Thankfully despite the damages, no one was harmed in anyway and that the Titans finally stopped the H.I.V.E from doing anymore damage but the H.I.V.E escaped. That's all I know." Wow...so that's what was going on. Damn...I missed the action.
"Wish I had a camera to take a picture of it. Would make a gre-Argh!"
I was suddenly having a sudden headache when I suddenly hear a woman crying as I heard what sounds like Tyrannus shouting at her that she wasn't worthy to have me as her child. Then...comes sounds of beatings...Thankfully...I stopped hearing the sounds and was greeted by someone clapping. It was no other than Ignis.
"Well that was quite a show..." He chuckled as he stopped clapping.
"Leave me alone. I'm not in a mood for your shit." I glared at him.
"Too bad, kid...now...are you going to make this difficult for yourself by resisting or are we going to make this easy?"
"So I can be back to a "father" who rapes his wife just so he can have a child?!"
This made Ignis surprised when I said that...but that didn't stop him trying to smooth talk the situation.
"But you don't understand...you're father cares about you."
"FOR WHAT?! FOR SOME SICK FUCKED UP PLAN!? HE DOESN'T CARE! I WAS MADE TO SUFFER! THAT'S WHAT HE CARES ABOUT! MY SUFFERING!"
Before he could say a word, I whacked his face with a heavy textbook and he falls on the floor like a board.
"Get. Out. I catch you in my house again, it's going to be more than a whack to the face with a textbook."
But as I turned my back, faster than the speed of light he puts me in one hell of a headlock and he was mad.
"You little brat!" He growls.
He then slams me to the ground as he holds me down as I felt dazed...
"Do you have any idea what you're doing?! You're throwing away your family's lineage out the window!"
"Family?! What kind of family treats me like some sort of worthless tool?!" I growled.
Then something inside me just...snaps...you know when Rick from the walking dead show when something bad was going to happen to Carl and he loses his shit the next on the claimers? That's what happened to me. I quickly grabbed my army swiss knife, stabbed his hand to let go of me and as I got off the ground...he looks at me scared.
"So this is the rage of the beast..." He muttered.
I quickly grab him before he could escape me and I began stabbing him as he began screaming in agony. I wanted this guy dead...I wanted to guy gone from my existence! But I couldn't...why? My conscious. I stopped myself as Ignis was whimpering like a helpless pup as I threw him away from me.
"Get out of my sight...I catch you here again, I'll kill you."
Ignis got the message and vanished. I had to clean my hands, clean my knife and clean my shirt from all that black blood Ignis had.
"You're acting like a monster." I heard my conscious say as he showed himself.
"...What do you want?"
"You aren't controlling your anger well...and if that happens...well...you are going to be like your father."
I look at him confused...did he really say that?
"Are you serious?"
"You think I'm joking? You bear the demon blood of your father's and there is without a doubt that you can be blinded with rage."
"So you suggest I control my anger to prevent that?"
"Correct. But what I'm more worried is that your father might lose his patience and go after you himself. Come. We'll talk more in the other world...once your foster parents come back." He said as he vanished.
30 minutes later. I had to get my sandwich for lunch as my parents noticed me looking at annoyed.
"Honey? is something wrong?" My mom asked me.
"When you guys left, I had to deal with an intruder who snuck in the house with a lock pick and tried to kidnap me. Thankfully...the knife dad gave me scared him off." I sighed.
Mom and dad looked at me shocked...and scared.
"That son of a bitch...did you get a good look on him?" Dad frowned.
"No. He hid his face."
Dad pounds his fist on the table with anger and covered his face. Yeah...when it comes to family...you don't want to see him angry.
"Why didn't you call the police?" Dad asked me.
"My phone died when Mom finished talking to me."
"Excuse me." Dad said as he went to his room.
"Did he hurt you?" Mom asked me.
"No..." I shook my head.
It was quiet for the rest of the day. We didn't utter a word when I told the incident with Ignis. So to get away from this silence, I went to the other world and I see my conscious standing in front of what looks like me but the aura around him is blazing red.
"The hell?" I muttered as I walked next to my conscious.
"You're just in time, Dante."
"Who is this?" I asked.
"That is your anger. One of your emotions. Unfortunately...he is a manifestation of your father."
"Fuck...I didn't think he could do such a thing." I shivered.
"Any demon can manifest emotions besides anger. Do not approach your anger. If it's one I know about your father is that he is still looking for you." My conscious warns me.
"Can he see me?"
"No...but if you get too close to him, he will. Now I don't need to remind you what he would he do to you if he catches you so don't get near him. You're not ready to fight him...yet." He said as he walked past my anger while keeping his distance as I followed my conscious.
Anger suddenly starts sniffing the air making me go on edge.
"I smell a human...close..." I heard my anger mutter.
"Move. Now." My conscious whispered as he vanished.
I quickly ran in another building and closed the door behind me and right on time too cause I heard rushing footsteps heading to my direction then came to a halt...then a loud growl as my anger walks past the building I'm in.
"How come he can't see me?" I whispered.
"His manifestation isn't complete yet. Best be careful cause just because he can't see, his fox senses can still help him find you."
"How long is it going to take for him to complete the manifestation?"
Before I could get answer, I hear anger's roar from a distance.
"Now." My conscious said with a frown.
"Shit..." I growled.
"You best stay low. You don't want him to follow you to the real world."
"Things goes straight to hell if he does." I sighed.
"Correct."
Now I know how Raven feels when it comes to controlling her emotions...
"I don't see him. Best you stay on your guard and walk slowly...we don't know if he's still around." My conscious said as he slowly opened the door.
I get out of the building and walk to my house as I heard what sounded like a sinister voice that gave chills to my spine and made my heart beat like a machine gun being used for war.
"Hello...son..."
