(I love my villains too much...)

"I win again."

Billy Numerous smirked against the now flabbergasted Aqualad. "But... but... how!" "I know your face, Aqualad. Gimme."

Grumbling viciously, Aqualad tossed Billy his twenty dollars.

Robin rolled his eyes. "I've been watching Billy win against everyone here. How does he do it?" "He is really good at reading faces." Utopia noted. "Does he even have an inner demon? He seems way too happy." Beast Boy said. "You have one, and you're even happier than him."

Utopia darkened when she said that. "Sometimes... people act happy, but its all a mask. You have gotten over your hurts in the past. Billy hasn't, and he is very good at hiding it." She said quietly. Beast Boy's ears tipped down. "Oh. What is his inner demon?" "That is called none of your business... Billy knows very well what it is though." Utopia said, skipping up to Billy.

The duplicator glanced at her. "Yeah?" He said. "Can you teach me how to play BS?" She asked. "Sure, come on, Aqualad, one more round?" Aqualad huffed but sat down, along with a now curious Raven.

Billy woke up, panting hard and shaking like a leaf. Glancing around his room, he breathed out a sigh of relief. "Good. No screaming nightmare. That would've been embarrassing." He said, trying to calm down.

He went for a run outside... but didn't expect to run into a small pink haired girl walking with her blonde not-boyfriend. "Woah... Billy, is that you?" Kole said. Billy nodded. He was only wearing a pair of sweats and a wife beater, so he blamed the lack of uniform for the confusion.

Jericho raised his eyebrows. 'Okay, curious, why are you running so late?' "Couldn't sleep... why are you two up?" Billy duplicated into two and both smirked. "It... it isn't what you think, Numerous!" Kole snapped, blushing. "Aw, how cute, a midnight date." One of them said. "It's not a date! We just couldn't sleep." "And how would you know that Jericho couldn't sleep either?"

Kole couldn't respond to that, just blushed even worse. Jericho rolled his eyes, then realized something- a pale scar on Billy's right shoulder, and another on his collarbone. 'Where did you get those?' Jericho signed. Billy blanched. "Uh... fightin' you guys." He lied smoothly.

Jericho didn't buy it. 'They look older than that... HIVE academy training that rough?' "Sure, let's go with that. I'm goin' back to my room, see ya later, lovebirds." Billy retreated quickly. "Why would he lie?" Kole whispered. 'Sometimes, people lie with good intentions... or its just that bad.'

Both were interrupted by a loud yelp from Billy and the sound of someone getting punched. "Uh oh." Kole said.

The duo ran around to the entry of the HIVE base.

Billy was crawling away backwards, staring in horror at his inner demon.

Demon Numerous had red eyes and he was unshaven. He wore a much sloppier wife beater and black jeans. "Well, whaddya know, the freak still lives, even after gettin' beat up that bad." He leaned over mockingly. Billy gritted his teeth and shot out his legs, kicking Demon Numerous off his feet.

The doppelganger fell over with a grunt. Billy flipped back onto his feet and duplicated into twenty. "Now, you never do fight fair, I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Well, now the scores are equal." Demon Numerous got up and copied him.

Billy's eyes widened. "Aw dang." He managed to say before each of him was tackled by a demon him. The fight was like watching an army, Billy would keep duplicating, but for each one he threw out, Demon Numerous could do.

Kole covered her eyes. "Tell me when it's over." Jericho sighed and shook his head, waiting for her to catch on. "Oh, yeah. Sorry, that was kinda insensitive." She said, uncovering them but diverting her eyes from the battle. 'No problem- uh oh.'

It was bound to happen- Billy reached his limit. He rejoined with a lot of force, waking both towers and everyone in the underground base. Billy hit the ground and moaned. "Billy!" Kole gasped. Demon Numerous rejoined himself and walked up to Billy, kicking him in the ribs. "Hmm, I wonder what your daddy would give to have you like this, so he could beat the shit out of you again. I mean, he only did it once. Screwed you up for good, though." He teased, fists crackling with black electricity.

Billy's eyes snapped open. "Go to hell. Tell me what its like. And one more thing." Billy shot up and crashed his hand into Demon Numerous' jaw, breaking it with sheer force. "I am nothing like my good for nothing son of a bitch father!" He yelled. Demon Numerous turned into ash.

The duplicator sighed and rubbed his shoulder scar in pain. "Heh. Guess you figured out where the scars came from now, huh, Jericho?" He said without turning around. Jericho winced, but nodded. Somehow, Billy knew he did. "Sorry you had to hear all that, guys." "What's going on!" Bumblebee flew down, still in her night clothes, an extra large t-shirt and yellow/black striped loose pants.

Billy shrugged. "Not much, just defeated my inner demon." He picked up the charm, which was bright red. Bumblebee gaped. "That... isn't much? Are you freaking kidding me?" "Pretty much. I'm off to bed. G'night, guys." Billy limped down into the underground base, glancing at the charm one last time:

A picture of him and his mother... and on the other, an older him with a couple kids of his own.

(Billy would just play it off, lol.

Bye byes, remember to review!)