He's real.

He's actually real.

Now he has been summoned into my house.

And I have no idea how to get rid of him.

BATMAN BEYOND REVISITED

EPISODE:

DEMON

I stood there, watching Charlie, having no idea what to do.

Every move I made, he'd mirror.

I thought to run, but how do you run from a spirit?

A haunting laughter was clouding my thoughts.

"Who are you?" I whispered, holding my hands to my head.

"YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!"

He flew right through me and I fell to my knees, crying out in pain.

"WEAKLING!"

I grunted and tried tackling the demon, but I went right through him, causing intense pain all over my body.

My vision turned red and I was certain blood was pouring out of my eyes.

I curled up on the floor, twisting and turning my body to find a spot where I wasn't in so much pain, but I found no such relief.

"YOU CAN'T FIGHT ME!"

I got up off the floor, knowing I'd do no good cowering on the ground in pain.

"STOP GETTING UP! I'LL JUST KEEP KNOCKING YOU DOWN!"

Then I heard someone at the door.

"Vance!" I heard Dick yell.

The door locked itself.

Dick tried to knock it down, but it didn't even move.

"NO HELP!" Charlie screamed.

I looked around the room in a semi-panic, trying to get any idea of how to stop the demon.

Then it came to me.

Demons...

Demons burn in Hell...

Burn...

Fire...

I glanced at the paper I used to summon Charlie.

"You're not unstoppable."

"YOU CAN'T KILL ME!"

I jumped towards the paper.

Charlie stood in my way, so I went right through him a second time.

The pain was worse this time.

It feels as though I've been shredded to a billion pieces.

Blood poured out of all my pores.

My vision was pulsing.

I grabbed the paper as the ghost stood... on me? Over me?

His spirit surrounded my body, the pain increasing every second.

I pulled a lighter out of my belt with a trembling hand.

I lit the paper on fire and the demon lit up screaming.

I stepped away from him, holding up the burning paper as he tried to grab it.

The fire spread to my arm, but the heat was nothing compared to everything else.

Soon it was nothing but ash.

The demon disappeared in the flames.

The room turned back to normal, as if Charlie was never summoned.

The fires disappeared, my suit was undamaged.

All the pain in my body was no more as the vision of blood was gone, my sight returning to normal.

The door to my room unlocked.

Dick rushed in and caught me in his arms as I passed out.

Hours later, I woke up in the batcave.

Dick and Barbara were watching over me.

"Oh thank God..." Barbara said as they both sighed in relief. "We thought you were dead."

"Well, I'm not dead. I wished I was for a few moments, though." I joked as I sat up.

"Did the cameras pick up the ghost?"

"No."

I sighed and held my head.

"So, it was all for nothing, then."

"No. You managed to kill a demon that was destroying everyone who called on him just to see if he was real and managed to stop him from harming anyone else." Dick said. "You're a hero, Jake. And this time... you may have just succeeded Bruce."