Lashing out the action, returning the reaction
Weak are ripped and torn away
Hypnotizing power, crushing all that cower
Battery is here to stay
Smashing through the boundaries
lunacy has found me
cannot stop the Battery
Pounding out aggression
turns into obsession
cannot kill the Battery
Cannot kill the family
Battery is found in me
Battery
-Metallica, Battery
Possession
Ch 5:
The loud chattering of 1st period English was cut short as Mr. Lancer clapped his hands together. "Ok Class, we have a new student with us today, he's been….home schooled up until now, make him feel welcome. Say Hello to Damien…Damien…" Lancer Flipped through the papers a few times, "Umm… There's no last name listed."
"Anjou," The boy smiled nervously from his seat. He'd been dreading this since his release into the care of the Foley's… as that transition hadn't been hard enough… He kept trying to come up with an alternate past, so far he hadn't been able to think of anything.
If only you could have seen
How fucked up my life used to be
Then everything starts to change
Supposedly healing my pain
I never thought I'd feel this way
I never thought that I'd see a day
I'd run away from anything or anywhere or anyone
"Yes, Mr. Anjou, why don't you come up and tell the class about yourself…" the teacher smiled, obviously with good intentions, but with little realization to the deeper issues he had awakened.
'Typical…' Azrael chuckled, as Damien slowly stood. He could hear a wave of giggling ripple through the room as he began to walk towards the black board. This was just what he needed, he'd fought demons, he'd watched his family be slaughtered and he'd endured a hellish two centuries of constant temptation… but public speaking to a generation he had no connection to… that was something completely different. Though he was focusing on the deeper issues here, the class was acting like any humans would, and already making judgments based on appearance. The new kid as every student had subconscious named him, was tall and tan, wearing a blue tee shirt with the words, "Mr. Hyde" emblazoned on the front below a picture of a raven with it's wings spread. Below his waist he wore a particularly baggy pair of tan linen pants, that would not have looked out of place in ancient Egypt … or if worn at Woodstock. His shoulder length onyx hair hung off his head in many thin locks, framing his face like tangled black vines and his feet were covered by two Indian sandals… all in all he was a little wacky looking. The new addition stood before his classmates, and cleared his throat, "Seeing as I have no idea how this is supposed to be done, let's just skip this part and get on to all of you ignoring me for the next 3 years."
There was a general murmuring that echoed through the class, followed by a series of nods, but in the back one girl, with dark hair a pink shirt and blue capris, began to laugh hysterically, "Oh my god, that is great!"
Damien stood there against the board, utterly baffled. He brought a hand over his mouth to cover his whispering, "Um Az? Any ideas on what I'm supposed to say?"
'What experience do I have with human women?' The Demon murmured slightly annoyed, he hated that nickname.
"I was afraid of that." Damien lowered his hand, licked his lips and rubbed his palms and cracking his knuckles. He turned back to the girl, "Umm… Thank you?"
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"-And then he comes in all polite, and articulate and he turns the guest room into the bachelor pad from hell in 20 minutes. Plus this morning I caught him sleeping upside down, actually hanging from the ceiling."
Tucker was freaking out, an understandable reaction for someone who returns home from the mall to find a he has a new older "brother", his parents having forgotten to tell him that they'd offered to take him in. Danny had recovered from his near mental breakdown in time for school, but had little to say on the subject, his catatonic state possibly due to the thought of wasting his free period hearing Tucker mope. Sam could see it was up to her.
"Will you get a hold of yourself?" She finally snapped, "Look it's fairly obvious what needs to happen here, we need to get him to leave."
"I think someone's already on it…" Danny, moaned pointing over Sam's shoulder to where a small crowd had built up, all of them chanting one thing.
"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" The teeming masses shouted, as the Blonde Football star cornered the new kid by his locker, slamming it shut nearing catching the new ones fingers.
Its all these demons haunting me
Its all these little things trapped inside of me
Releasing me from all my sin
Its taken me all my anger
And taken me all of my hate
To learn how my life came together
Releasing the demons again
"What the hell?!" Damien yelled as he drew his hand back quickly.
"Do people hit on other people's girlfriends all the time where you come from?" Dash taunted as he gripped the front of the boy's shirt, a bit awkward really as the two were the same height. "Cause, 'round here it's kinda rude!"
"What are you talking about?" Damien asked, seriously confused at this point.
"Paulina Man!" He yelled as he punched him hard in the face, knocking Damien back against the lockers and from there to the floor with a right hook which earned an "ooooo" from the crowd, "Focus! The whole class saw you flirting with her!"
Damien's breathing picked up as the he touched his face, feeling the gash from his assailant's ring heal beneath his fingertips. He shivered a little, He'd never gotten used to that. 'Oh Holy one,' Azrael sneered, 'If I might interject?'
And now I look through my minds eye
And see where my past needs to rest
Its always disturbed by these voices
That echo inside of my head
Another way that I can hide
Another reason to crawl inside and get away
From everything and everywhere and everyone
No!
Its all these demons haunting me
Its all these little things trapped inside of me
Releasing me from all my sin
"No…"
"No? Did you say no?" Dash snarled, picking him hard in the ribs, the audible cracking showing the damage. Damien winced, his demonic aura not masking the pain that moved through him. "Come on fag, get up!"
"Kick his Ass Dash!!" Yelled one of the boy's teammates.
"Az…." Damien whispered, unable to make much of a sound with the wind knocked out of him, "Do it…" Instantly in answer to his command there was a seismic motion of agony that ran through his body, as every tissue in his being was saturated in dark power. His hair grew slightly, his canines grew longer and pointed, and his blue eyes turned red where they should have been white. As this transformation took place, Damien became aware of his opponent was launching another kick at him. A split second before impact he rolled out of the way and caught a hold of the attacker's foot, twisting violently as he pulled the football player off balance bringing him to the floor.
Its taken me all my anger
And taken me all of my hate
To learn how my life came together
Releasing the demons......again
Damien stood, cracking his neck as he did so, before lifting the jock back to his feet. "Actually, where I come from we have a rule, we face our opponents, and we never kick a man when he's down…literally…."
Dash gripped his stomach trying to hide his smile, "Let me ask you a question, do people win fight's were you come from?" The football star launched a punch at the demonically possessed teen. He was amazed to find it stopped. Damien had caught the punch. Using his dark strength, the boy crushed the jock's fist, and twisted his opponents arm behind his back before kicking him forward and into a wall. He then gripped Dash's shoulder with one hand and flipped him onto his back, leaving him to stare up at the ceiling, the wind knocked out of him.
Facin the days as I grow into my own
Loving and hatings the same
And three-fold I told you
It comes back with laughter
Over and over again
Its coming back
The dark teen, pressed his heel into the jocks trachea, causing football star to cough horribly. "Actually, that rule is more of a guideline." Damien finished before kicking Dash in the teeth.
Damien, turned, leaving the boy to bleed on the floor. The crowd parted for him, murmuring following his movement. As he was about to turn the corner, a chill ran through him showing his demonic aura's fading.
"You are so dead man!!!" Dash sputtered, as he spat blood onto the tile before him.
Damien walked towards the cafeteria door…
"I'm beginning to wish I was."
Its taken me all my anger
And taken me all of my hate
To learn how my life came together
Releasing the demons again
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A/N- Ah, finally we see Damien's second form. What else is to come? I'm curious too… In the mean time I realize that I have answered no reviews. So here it goes… at least for last chapter:
InuPhantom: Well, you have good taste in songs, although I'm not sure about your writing taste… I mean, your reading this.
Rachel Ember: Although, I'm a little confused if that's a good thing… thanks for reading and reviewing…. So few of you do.
Cakreut12: That was unoriginal and well thought out!
