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Chapter Nine

Not the Only Demon, Father

The small apartment room was driven into a mysterious silence. Katie continued to stand in her spot, her tears beginning to vanish as she watched on as her ex-husband lowered his golden dagger, soon wiping the blood off the deadly object with his hand. She then noticed the dark creature hesitate slightly before he brought the device slowly behind him, placing it through the side of his ebony black belt.

Their daughter Terra, on the other hand, was gripping at her right arm and grinding her white teeth furiously. The young teenager's mind was racing through the shadows of nothing… everything in her brain couldn't seem to take a hold of the rushing pictures that flew by and this merely drew up more hatred within her! To her disapproval, the plan of 'running' had deleted itself from her mind immediately. Some stronger portion of her brain began to take over her emotions, dwelling on the madness within her. Whatever this distant cry was, it wanted her to stay and listen to the demon beside her… it wanted to watch the creature torture and kill her helpless mother!

The monster standing beside her, better known as her father, just stood there with a confused yet beaten expression across his face. However, apparently he wasn't completely lost for his deadly glare focused itself on his daughter once again. Yet, this time, his mind was truly paying attention to her.

"So… daughter" the darkside announced hesitantly, finding it strange that he could even call another being that, "well, ummm" he continued, now placing his bloody left hand along side the back of his head to scratch, all due to complete nervousness.

He didn't know why he was nervous but, then again, he never understood some of these human emotions that took place within the minds of people. They were all scrambled, worried, upset, regretful, ashamed, and so forth.

A part of him wanted to apologize for what he had said and done to his daughter in their first conflict together… however, the darker portion of his mind strictly told him 'no' and that was indeed the voice he chose to agree with.

He then drew his left hand away from his spiked hair, crossing it with his other arm. He knew the gruesome red liquid had gotten brushed up against the part where he rubbed, but that didn't really matter to him. He loved being covered with another beings blood… even if it was Terra's.

"Pff, well aren't you going to say anything else… dad?!" Terra stated venomously, looking up to face her now angered father.

The evil just stood there, darkening his eyes at her. Was she challenging him in some way? If the girl was, he would definitely join in and play her pathetic game! Why shouldn't he force her life into a living hell?! Just because she was his daughter didn't mean much of anything.

However, the good portion of his soul begged for him to delete all the gruesome, hateful ideas in which bombarded his mind!... the sickening thoughts in which had twisted and consumed him all his life! But, since his 'true' heart wanted to cause severe damage to both Terra and her mother (physically and mentally), then he was more then willing to let the dark portion of his heart spread.

"Ha, not really." he growled rudely just then, allowing a cruel smirk to form out across his deeply tanned face.

On a sudden impulse, the older creature began to head back over towards Katie. He came here to torture 'this' woman after all, didn't he?

"Hmmph, jackass..." Terra mumbled through grinded teeth, watching on as her father made his way towards his next victim, Katie Ishtar.

The young woman, once again surprised by her past lovers actions, backed up slowly. She had a strong idea as to what was coming and therefore took a quick run for it, brushing past the demon that had his right arm out in an attempt to grab her. He missed, causing his throat to emit a very low, evil growl…

Katie then took a hold of her child's left arm and yanked the girl towards the apartment door, her ex-husband watching her through shadowed eyes the whole time. However, to her utter horror, Terra cruelly dug her razor sharp nails into her mother's arm and pulled downwards to slice the skin, forcing the young woman to let go.

"Holy shit Terra!" the young woman shouted in pain whilst grabbing her now bloody arm, "Why did you fuckin do that?! We have to get away from here! We have to get away from that 'thing' over there Terra!"

The young teenager just laughed menacingly at her mother, and young Katie's eyes widened in shock. The girl's kind emotions were gone at the moment, the overbearing pain in her arm and leg diminished, and the darkness within her taking over… oh yes, this certainly brought her great pleasure.

Terra soon crossed her arms over her chest just as her father had done, allowing a sickening smirk to form across her tanned face. Ha, she was definitely admiring what 'she' had done… but apparently, to her disappointment, she knew the monster only a few feet away from her could of done so much better! He could of ripped her mother into a thousand pieces!

With that in mind, she then brought both her hands up to her mother, clawing at her arms and face again. Katie struggled, unable to force herself to just hit Terra! Therefore, the young woman jumped away from her child quickly, also keeping a safe distance away from the other evil creature in the room.

However, Marik merely stood there with his own arms crossed, amused by his daughter's actions. She was imitating all of his gestures somewhat and this made him quite surprised.

"Hmmph, well aren't you a piece of work" he stated evilly, smirking at the bloody site before him.

Terra just turned her head over to face the young darkside. He seemed quite satisfied with what she had done to her mother and this caused her to smile slightly. The young teenager found him interesting (a/n: not in that way people) and wanted to view him when he was creating his own art… maybe he'd allow her to see it now?

"Well father, aren't you going to do anything to her?! Rip out her brain? Tear out her heart? Cut out her eyes?... what?" Terra asked him questionably, only to receive a nasty glare from him in return.

Katie just looked over towards her child with even more bewilderment. Was this her own kid speaking?! Why in the world was Terra acting like a lunatic?! The young mom then looked over towards Marik who was glaring at his daughter darkly! He didn't seem to be the least bit happy with her… and Katie slightly understood why.

"What makes you believe that I'll listen to you? I'm the only 'true' shadow within this room and I'll do whatever I please with her! Maybe I should 'rip out your brain' instead," the darkside stated evilly, ideas beginning to form within his psychotic mind.

Though this heartless creature enjoyed killing, he didn't enjoy the fact that his own 'daughter' found the whole situation amusing! That it was 'his' own kid who thought up stuff nearly just as gruesome as he did! Strangely, it just bothered him…

"Pff, you're going to rip 'my' mind out?!" Terra shouted, her sickening excitement beginning to show, "Ha, I would just 'love' to see you try!" she stated sarcastically.

Katie looked on in fear as she saw her ex-husband tense, soon beginning to advance on the smaller girl before him. His eyes lost all the emotion in which he once held within them, and it was quite obvious that his plan right now was to murder the girl!

"I am going to do so much worse than that, my dear child…" he stated evilly, seizing his millennium rod from his black belt.

Katie screamed, her adrenaline kicking in and making the choice of 'fight' instead of 'flight' this time! She ran over to the heartless male and pushed the evil creature aside, knocking him harshly on the floor. He recovered quickly, pulling himself back up and then grabbed the woman's shoulders. He shoved her against the wall where a large BOOM could be heard on the other side.

"You will regret this Katie!" he growled furiously, reaching behind him to retrieve his rod. However, it wasn't there! The angered darkside turned his head around quickly to look for it on the floor, but he couldn't seem to find it anywhere…

"Looking for this?" Terra stated mockingly, causing the evil creature to jolt his head in her direction. She stood there smirking at her father's shocked expression, slightly rocking the object back and forth between her fingers.

"Give that back to me Terra! Trust me, you don't know how to handle it" he growled with his head still turned, his strong grip remaining to hold his ex-wife in place.

"I know how to deal with a sharp knife…" Terra stated, angry that he was referring to her as stupid. Or at least, that was what she thought about the whole case.

"I am not talking about that! I'm talking about…" he paused, quickly reconsidering what he was about to tell her. Marik didn't want her to know of its powers! That would only cause more trouble!

"Talking about what?" Terra asked curiously, watching him through shadowed eyes.

"Nothing…" he stated boredly, returning his gaze back towards his past wife.

The young killer knew his visit here was pointless now and that he wasn't getting anywhere with this conversation. However, Terra noticed this too and therefore began walking over towards her dad. As she got closer, she raised the golden dagger, getting ready to stab her father's back.

However, the darkside sensed her nearby presence and turned around quickly, letting go of Katie. He grabbed his daughter's arm harshly, seizing her other arm as well. His face burned with hatred! A hatred that could tear through someone's emotions, destroying them for good.

The veins in his face were bulging, his teeth were harshly grinding against one another, and the white in his eyes were all bloodied up with even more veins! He held her in front of him, keeping her wrists in midair. His evil, hatred filled glare 'never' left her eyes! He continued to stare down at her, growling at her menacingly…

"Don't you ever place that dagger near my back again! You hear me?! Never! I will rip and tear out every single bone in your body! Ha, and trust me, once I find the bone, I'll peel it straight out!... even if a whole lot of your muscle, tissue, and flesh are still in the way" the evil creature shouted furiously. He had never felt so much hatred in his life! It might have been because the girl seemed to remind him of his father! Or maybe it was mostly because... she reminded him of himself, and what he had done to his creator! It was as if she was reliving his past actions, raising the same golden dagger to a back that had the same carved markings! Like she was remaking the ritual that he, in the past, chose to create... the ritual where he peeled his father's back straight off! (a/n: crazy how I can write something gruesome, yet can't manage to make it through the first movie "Saw" without closing my eyes most of the time)

Marik tightened his grip on the girl's wrists, refusing to let her go! His dark eyes remained on her own, burning right through them…

He then pushed his daughter harshly to the ground, soon reaching down to retrieve his golden dagger from her. As the darkside took a hold of his possession, his daughter looked up at him with a little bit of fear. The good within her coming back…

The man looked at her wounds, smirking at his so-called artwork. He knew she needed to receive more pain and that was exactly what he intended to give her!

The evil creature walked towards her forehead, getting a slight glimpse of her expression.

"Not so confident now are you… you pathetic excuse for a child" he stated darkly, leaning down so that he could relax. Oh, he was going to turn his daughter's face into an art masterpiece! The most gruesome one EVER to be made by him!

"Wha..what do you mean dad?" Terra asked, shaking violently. She knew it was her who had caused him to be angry. The teen could see it through her very eyes! However, she just couldn't regain any control over her actions. It was as if a whole new person had conquered over her mind!

"Hmmph, what the hell do you think I mean?! That you're not worthless and that you shouldn't be destroyed?! Ha, now that's a good laugh, isn't it?" he growled mockingly, smiling at what he considered to be an excellent 'joke'.

"Dad… I'm so sorry! I didn't mean any of it I swear! I…" Terra got cut off.

"You didn't mean any of it?! How foolish do you think I am?! You took your nails and scratched the heck out of your mother, asked me to tear apart her own flesh, and then you raise my dagger to my back!!! Grrrrrr… you really don't deserve to live Terra." he announced furiously, slight mockery beginning to spill from his voice.

Marik could care less for this girl right now. He wanted her dead! He wanted her body to be merely just thrown away in a trash can! She didn't deserve any place better then that.

The evil creature then took his golden dagger, getting ready to pierce the skin on her head but his daughter interrupted him.

"Dad, please don't! You don't understand! I had 'no' control over what I was doing! I could see everything unfold before my eyes but I couldn't stop it! Please, you have to believe me!" Terra cried out, tears beginning to brush down the sides of her cheeks.

Marik looked down at his daughter, his eyes slightly widening. For some reason, he could sense that what she was telling him was indeed true.

"Dad, I'm sorry" Terra continued, forgetting that earlier on, all she wanted to do was get away from this demon.

"Terra…" Marik drifted off, worry consuming him. Had his daughter received the same darkness within his own heart? Was this why, back in the alley, he had sensed they were somewhat similar mentally.

Marik, once melting straight back into reality, slowly placed his dagger back into its original spot. He then looked between both his daughter and Katie, both arms placed neatly on his left knee whilst still leaning over somewhat.

Katie watched him through confused eyes. She was obviously not having a very good day and the young darkside could clearly see this.

The evil creature, on a sudden impulse, pulled himself from the ground, offering a helping hand to his daughter. Terra glanced at his hand hesitantly, finally allowing her father to help her up, her tears beginning to vanish.

"Thanks… dad" she said whilst smiling. Terra wasn't used to giving a man that title but, by the getting the chance to call her biological father that in person, it made her happy.

"No problem." He stated, slightly embarrassed and confused. However, he was mostly worried for her safety… and for his own.

The goodness within his heart was beginning to come back again and it was starting to get quite irritating! The conflicts held within his mind were endless! He would kill off people, putting them through a living hell, and then out of the blue, his heart would no longer would want to be evil! And it was all because of this family… 'his' family.

Marik growled slightly. He wasn't the least bit happy with 'these' types of emotions coursing through his brain, and both Katie and Terra took much notice to this.

"Marik, are you alright?" Katie stammered, pondering over what this madman might of been thinking.

"Umm yeah, I… it's nothing! Now leave me the hell alone!" he shouted furiously, soon leading himself to the apartment door. He wasn't going to stand for this! He needed to get out of there… but what about his child's dark personality? Would she be alright? Maybe he could use her to get what he wanted? Afterall, the darkness of his soul was buried within her too!

"Grrrrrr…." he groaned, grabbing his head violently. The good and evil within him were once again fighting each other, and it was driving his mind insane!

Katie and Terra merely watched, unable to figure out what to do.

However, the young teen decided to go up to her father and try to comfort him…

"Dad?" she asked whilst placing her small tan hand on his right shoulder, only to have it brushed harshly away by the evil demon before her.

"Get the fuck away from me Terra!" he shouted, glaring at his daughter with so much hate! Then, out of the blue, the young killer pulled the front door open violently… running out and leaving his family behind.

They looked out after him, watching as he rushed down the little hall and soon down the apartment's old stairs. His dark violet cape flew out behind him, hitting the wind as he went.

'I have got to help him…' Terra thought sadly, tears once again threatening to fall from her eyes.

Just then her mother took a hold of the doorknob, pulling it closed so that the outside could no longer be seen.

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Anyways, did you enjoy the chapter? I sure hope so… this took me like over five hours to write! See the time difference between that and a nice ten second review saying, "please update".

Please just review, that's all I'm asking. :(

Oh and, real quick! Chapter eight had been changed around a whole lot (same concept but a lot more details) and yeah, needed to tell some of you guys this!... if you had read it the day I updated or at least two days afterwards, you probably read the old version. But no worries, you really don't have to read it again cause, like I said, its the same exact concept.

Okay, I'll stop talking! lol

Goodbye for now. :)