It was quiet, way too quiet. Murdoc was looking down all the hallways, trying to find where the shadow demon could be hiding. Murdoc even took to hiding behind things in case he saw something.
He ran and when he heard it. The hissing. Murdoc slowly followed the sound, keeping low and out of sight. He turned a corner to hear the hissing again, it was coming from the giant room they used for the rock the house music video.
The bassist came to the door and slowly pushed it open, peeking inside. The room was different when it wasn't lite up. It was dark and creepy, but it still held a little light to see.
In the center of the room, was the demon. It was hissing, but also speaking in some language. Murdoc glared as he saw it was doing something to the floor.
What was it doing?
Not caring anymore, Murdoc came into the room and fired at the demon. It cried out in pain and whipped around, seeing the Satanist.
"You wanted to hunt me, too bad, I'm killing you, you piece of shit!" snapped Murdoc. The demon hissed and growled before flying at the Satanist. Murdoc dove out of the way and fired again.
He hit it's cloak, sadly missing any real hits.
The demon raised it's hands, razor sharp claws growing instantly. It swiped at Murdoc, who pulled back, but his shirt was ripped. It came at him again and Murdoc managed to barely miss it's claws.
He continued to fire his gun, missing a lot but getting two hits. The demon then disappeared and the older man looked around.
Where did it go?
"Quiet hiding you coward, fight me like a real demon!" yelled Murdoc. "But, don't you hide too?" asked a voice.
Murdoc quickly turned around only to get slashed across his chest. He stepped back but the creature pushed him back. Murdoc landed on the ground, losing his gun.
He went to get up but was shoved down again. The demon was on top of him, keeping him pinned.
"So you can talk, and I don't hide." spat Murdoc. "You do, whenever you're father or brother were around, you hid in your closet, whenever the world got too much, you hide behind the facade of a tough guy, when things turn sour, you hide in the alcohol you desperately need." hissed the demon.
Murdoc was stunned and glared at it. "That's not true, I'm not hiding, how do you even know that shit?!" demanded Murdoc. "I know all there is to know about you Murdoc Alphonse Niccals, or maybe Murdoc Faust Niccals as you changed your middle name." said the demon.
The bassist was shocked when the demon reached up to it's face. It removed the cloth over it for the bassist to gasp. "What the hell, that's not possible!" said Murdoc.
The demon's face was his own?!
"Shocked to see yourself?" laughed the demon. "How are you me, there can only be one Murdoc." he said. "I'm not really you, just a manifestation of your true nature." said the demon. "True nature?" asked Murdoc.
Shadow Murdoc laughed cruelly as he gazed at the man. "I'm your demon, everyone has them, an inner demon who represents their true dark desires." said the demon. "Dark desires, then why aren't you at a strip joint or something?" asked Murdoc.
Shadow Murdoc smiled in amusement as he petted the bassist's hair. "When we inner demons form, it's always because of a dark desire that our real counter parts are fearful in, because they keep themselves from actually wanting to do it." said the demon.
"Wh-but you killed my friends!" yelled Murdoc. "Because that's what YOU have wanted to do, Murdoc, I mean come on, they annoyed you so much." said the demon. Murdoc glared as the demon waved his hand.
"Noodle ticked you off because of the lift, she insisted that you put in that horrid voice that goes 'it's coming up' repeatedly before declaring 'it's dare', and don't lie to me about it, you KNOW its true." said the demon. Murdoc looked away, that had annoyed him, but never enough to wish for her death.
"Then there was Russel, that fat ass was always eating and telling you off for your addictions when he was addicted to food, so I turned him into a large roast, well, seeing as how scared he was, he's now a roast chicken." laughed the demon. Again true, Russel always bitched to him about his smoking and drinking when he never stopped eating.
"Plus Jag, whenever you wanted to have fun, he was on your back to stop it, even beat you up when you hit 2D, so I took him out the way I knew he'd go, protecting someone else, what a moron, what a fool." laughed the demon. Murdoc frowned, Jag did do that, but it was always to help him, plus he died saving Noodle.
"And lastly, that stupid dullard." said the demon.
The Satanist looked to see Shadow Murdoc was holding his singer's severed head. "Do I even need to tell you, he was so annoying and so damn stupid, he never shuts up, he bugs you constantly to hang out, he never learns, which is why he was the first to go, as well as the slowest to die, even when I was ripping him apart, showing off his organs as I decorated the room, he wouldn't shut up, well, least till I chopped his head off, now THAT shut him up." sneered the demon, eying the head.
Murdoc was shaking with rage, how DARE this demon say these things. Just because his friends annoyed him from time to time, didn't mean that they should die.
And now it was insulting 2D's death.
The torture, the fear, everything. 2D never deserved that, no matter what this monster said!
"Don't say that you f**ker, he didn't deserve this, I would NEVER want to see them all dead!" yelled Murdoc. "But you did, you did have dreams of them dying like this, remember, you were even doing the killing." said the demon. Murdoc shook, those weren't dreams, those were nightmares. "The subconscious is a mysterious thing, but still, I was born from those thoughts, but I was trapped in that room, least till you let me out, so thank you Murdoc, you let your demons out." laughed the demon.
Murdoc shook, so Russel was right, this WAS all his fault. He let this monster out, he had those dreams, and he never thought to talk to his friends about it.
"So what now, you kill me?" asked Murdoc. The demon laughed again, tossing 2D's head in his hand. "Why, you're suffering a lot more alive, besides, there isn't anything you can do to stop me." sneered the demon. It then threw 2D's head away. Murdoc watched it hit the floor with a loud crack before rolling a bit.
It's empty eyes stared back, and Murdoc could actually see the pain and fear still etched on the face. That demon made 2D suffer so much, it didn't care, only laughed at it.
Murdoc could beat the singer, but when others did it, he beat them up. No one messes with his singer but him!
The bassist glared at the laughing demon, managing to free an arm. "Go to Hell you piece of shit, 2D didn't deserve this!" yelled Murdoc.
He then grabbed his dagger and thrusted it into his demon's neck. It screeched, gasping as blood flowed out it's neck. It roared and brought it's claws down, slicing Murdoc's chest open and his neck. Blood flowed from both but then the demon chuckled.
"You can't kill me, Murdoc, I am you, I am your demon, your true nature, I am-" spat the demon. "Oh shut the f**k up, you dying ass piece of shit, can't you die quieter." growled Murdoc.
The demon growled before it's head hit the ground, blood still pooling around it. The shadow demon was dead and that made Murdoc happy. It was gone, he avenged his friends.
'But now I'm dying.' thought Murdoc.
He put a hand to his wounds, feeling the blood gushing out. He then looked over, seeing 2D's head again.
"Heh, looks like I won, Stu-pot, that thing will never hurt you again." said Murdoc. The head seemed more relaxed, but that might just be the blood loss talking.
"Guess this is it for me, see you in Hell Stu, I still own your soul after all." chuckled Murdoc. He then closed his eyes as the blood kept flowing. Murdoc's breathing came to a stop as a loud gong sounded.
An old grandfather clock stood tall, dinging as the it read the final hour. 12:00 AM and the Satanic bass player Murdoc Niccals has joined his friends.
A/N: With that, Murdoc has taken his final breath. But, is this truly the end of that demon? Is it? Also how many guessed that the demon was somehow related to Murdoc? Be honest. Anyway there is only one chapter left, what will go on next? Stay tuned and plz review.