So an inspiration hit me in a dream… ok… so it wasn't a dream but instead my really insane best friend saw this fanfic, read it, then pretty much yelled at me for thinking I was going to quit. This is her favorite series too. Y'all owe her big thanks. Lol. ;)

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I was sitting in my house on the couch we had in our living room and my mom was sitting in the chair across from me. Daemon was sitting next to me with his arm wrapped around my shoulders. My mom had just asked me what it was like in Daedalus. As much as I wanted to keep it all inside me I knew I couldn't. One way or another, my mom was going to get it out of me. Also I knew that if I didn't tell somebody soon then I would burst. I knew my mom would wait until I was finished telling my story to ask questions or state opinions. But best if all I knew my mother wouldn't judge me for the mistakes I made.

I took a deep breath, closed my eyes and concentrated on not falling apart. I had to be strong in from of Dee and even Daemon. With my mom I didn't have to be, even if Daemon was sitting next to me, but I think he was also helping. Finally I opened my eye then started to tell my mom exactly what had happened. "It was horrible Mom. They had every hybrid there in these little cells made up of concrete blocks. The doors were made of steel with tiny windows in them. It really felt like a prison. Each room had one cot on the wall and a small toilet and sink on the other wall. It was cold and the florescent lights made my eyes hurt. Not to mention the little buzzing problem they had that would drive me to the brink of insanity.

"Then there were the guards. Most of them were cruel and treated us like we were rats. They would make fun of us, even the little kids that were in there, although they didn't go through lap tests like the older ones did until they were about 16 or 17. I would cry myself to sleep every night along with most of the others. If you talk to another person who isn't in your same cell, if you had a roommate, then they would hit you. But that wasn't the worst part." I stopped remembering Daemon sitting next to me. I don't think he should hear this part. "Daemon, Um.. are you sure you want to hear this part."

His arm tightened around me. "I want to hear everything, even if I may not like it. I am the one who put you in there." I started to protest but he stopped me. "Continue with your story. We can talk about what I did, or didn't do, after it."

I nodded then carried on. "There was this one guard who would basically feel up any girl who walked near him. I just so happened to be one of those girls." I felt Daemons heartbeat pick up and my own followed in sync. "More than once I would pass him then feel him grab my butt. At one point he went as far as to grab my boob, but he also ended up getting a blast of light to his face. That was when I was put in isolation as part of our escape plan." I could feel Daemon shaking with rage. I leaned over and put a hand over his chest. He looked down at me and took a few deep breaths. Slowly I felt his heart rate go down as well as his anger.

"Honey you mentioned a lab. What did they do to you in there?" My mother asked.

I realized that now was the time I would have to confess to killing the man. I also knew that soon I was going to break down as soon as I mentioned it. "They ran blood work on me and asked a few questions. If I refused to corporate I would get an electric shock. That happened a lot to me. Most of the time they would run experiments on us." I started to shake and Daemon looked at me with worry clouding his eyes. My mother's look was much the same. I started to cry and I knew I was close to losing it. "One time they injected what had to be onyx straight into my veins. It was the worst thing they ever did." I felt Daemon cringe next to me. He knew touching onyx hurt like hell but having it injected into you blood, that was a whole other level of pain.

"Onyx is like poison to the Luxen and to hybrids. It burns your skin if you touch it, but you can easily wash it off, except when it goes right into your blood… you can't escape it. It felt like my whole arm was on fire as it ever so slowly crept up to my heart." I stopped. I could barely go one because I knew what was coming. I stood up and walked away from both Daemon and my mom. I stood in front of the window trying to gain strength. The tears started flowing faster. I could feel the thread I was hanging on by begin to fray. Soon I would snap.

"Once it reached my heart the fire seemed to encase my body. I couldn't take it and I begged to be killed. Then I heard one of them men laugh. It sounded evil and made my insides churn with disgust. Then I heard one say 'I knew she couldn't take it. She is worthless like all the others.' After hearing that I just… snapped." I was shaking so bad now that my words were coming out in a strange way.

"Kat, what did you do?" I heard Daemon ask so silently.

I bowed my head then continued. "I used the Source and melted the restraints. The guard that called me worthless ran out the door and the one that laughed ran into the controls room and pressed a button that sounded alarms. That left just me and the man who made the fire start in the first place. It was just me, him, and all the rage I felt flowing into me that I kept bottled up from the first day I was in there. He knew I was going to kill him. He begged for his life, pleaded with me not to, but I did. Now he is a pile of ashes on the ground." I heard my mom gasp then I heard the couch squeak as Daemon go up and walked over to me.

"Kitten you aren't a killer. You didn't know what you were doing. It was probably the drug that made you do that." Then He said the worst possible thing he could have at the time. "It wasn't your fault." That was all it took. I felt the string holding me together snap.

I whipped around and looked directly into Daemons eyes. He took a step back. "Wasn't my fault?! So you are saying that something I had complete control over wasn't my fault. Something I did intentionally and loved every second of it wasn't my fault!" My voice was rising with every word.

The lamp bulb blew out and the TV turned on then off. Things in the room started to float. I saw Daemon's eyes begin to glow from within. He was preparing for the worst and that made me angrier.

"This was sure as Hell my fault Daemon. I killed that man because I wanted to! He was father and a husband! Now that little girl has to grow up without a father because I killed him out of cold blood." I heard my mother gasp and seen she was looking at me, directly into my eyes and I knew they had started to glow too along with the light that was starting to surround me. She ran to the front door and out Daemon told her too. I knew she was headed for his house. That was when I felt it. A change came over me suddenly. I felt a sadistic smile spread across my face and I felt myself calling upon the Source. Daemon must have felt it too because his human form flickered out as he slipped into his true form. A brilliant blinding light that is I was still wholly human I wouldn't be able to look upon.

"Kat stop this." He said to my brain. "This isn't you."

My smile spread wider. "Oh but it is. You see Daemon, those months in that place changed me. I'm not the empty shell you were expecting to find. When I got trapped in there without you it ripped my soul in two. Part stayed with me, the other part with you. The thing that was left was the cruel, uncaring, and cunning part of me."

"I'm sorry Kat. I tried to get you out. It was a lot harder than the first time because the first time Blake led us in as a trap. Remember who you are. For me please."

I grew angrier at the mention of Blake. I shot off a ball of light and it collided with the coffee table, charring the top of it. I knew I had to stop, but I couldn't. This other part of me was taking over and I didn't know how to stop it. I wanted to ask Daemon to help, but I couldn't open my mouth to form the words. I felt tears slide down my cheeks once again. "Daemon, help me." I didn't know how I did it, but I knew he had heard me. I talked to him through his mind like the Luxen talk while in their true forms.

"Don't worry kitten, I will." Daemon walked over to me then wrapped me in a hug. The warmth from his true from seeped into my body. He leaned forward and kissed me just like he would if he was in his human form. I don't know how but I felt the kiss both like I was kissing his lips and I felt the warmth flood me. I could feel myself calming down. I also felt my soul knitting itself back together.

Daemon slipped back into his human form and lifted me up. I wrapped my legs around his waist and he deepened the kiss. Being like this with him made me whole again. Daemon was the cure to my insanity.

He held onto me as he walked us up to my room. He laid me down on the bed then laid on top of me. We continued kissing and being near each other for a while. When we stopped Daemon lifted the blankets above us and I nestled into his chest as he held me, not saying a word.

When he finally did speak he said what I needed to hear the most. "No matter what you did or why you did it I will always love you. I love every part of you, even the bad parts. You will never have to doubt my feelings for you and you can always tell me anything. No lies and no secrets. I will always be here for you, I promise." I started to cry again, but this time they were tears of joy.

"I love you." I whispered to him.

"I know." He kissed the top of my head and we both drifted off to sleep wrapped in each others arms feeling safe.

Today was my first freak out of many to come. I knew I would never be the same Katy ever again, but I think I could learn to like this new bad ass Katy. Hopefully the others will see me the same way as Daemon does. I also hope that Andrew and Ash would think twice before messing with me again. As long as I am with Daemon I can get through this one day at a time.

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Again y'all better thank my best friend who pushed me to finish this and who also gave me ideas so I could finish it before school started. Also if you are wondering what happened with Hunter and Serena all you have to do is read Obsession by Jennifer Armentrout. I didn't want to explain what happened to them because I would have basically gave the entire book away and I didn't want to piss off any one who was thinking about reading it. Thanks for all your reviews again. 3