Chapter 3
Authors Note: Thank you to all whom read and review like you Kilo E Massey my character will have a little more story than being a side kick and a little something other than kill moves. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Darkness.
(Dark Corridor)
"I've always been something of a wimp when I was a kid," Jayden said as sat in a dark void. "I would jump at my own shadow, I would run and cry from a bee, I would freak out on a roller coaster. I didn't become brave until I reached the age of fourteen. Never would I imagine killing people for a living." I let out a heavy sigh as I stood up. "I also never would of imagined that I would have all that fear and hatred as my power."
(Back to Jayden)
We were driving down the road at break neck speed as I tried shacking Jackie awake. We were trying to collect Paulie's money but Jackie got snuck from behind by a big dude and that's all she wrote. I wasted the guy and grabbed Jackie before any real damage could be done but we forgot to collect. If we didn't collect for Paulie that crazy bastard would flip and think we betrayed him.
Jackie finally woke up looking paler than usual as he looked around in confusion.
"Are you alright Jackie you looked like shit since this morning?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's just something's going on with me." He said.
"Yeah well rise and shine sleeping beauty we got a real big fucking problem." Nino said frantically.
"Will you shut up I told you he looks like shit!" I yelled as I looked at Jackie. "What's going on with you?"
"I dunno, it's just…I feel like something's eating away at me from the inside of my soul."
We all sped down the tunnel trying to think of a way to get on Paulie's good side when Mickey came up with the idea to kill the foreman at the construction site. He's been giving Paulie crap for weeks maybe killing him would give us some leverage.
Just then we heard sirens as Nino threw Jackie a shotgun and shells and gave me an AK-47 and some clips. He nagged at us to load faster but it was kind of hard to do since Mickey was driving like a lunatic and we were getting shot at. Nino eventually got shot and fell out of the car.
Jackie took his place at the passenger seat and started blasting at cop cars. I did the same as I fired my AK-47 at the bastards. Before I blew their faces off I recognized some of them to be Eddie Shrote's boys. He was the Chief of police and was on Pauli's payroll.
"Why the hell are they shooting at us?" Mikey asked.
"I don't know let's just get to that construction sight and waste that foremen." I shouted as I loaded another clip into my gun. We then took a turn in the tunnel that led to the construction site. We lost the cops but then we started getting shot at by the workers who were camped out at the far end of the tunnel.
"What the hell, where they waiting for us?" Jackie yelled.
"Aw shit, this is so messed up," Mikey shouted as we started crashing into all sorts of shit.
Before I could comprehend what had happened, the car took a turn and we crashed down into the lower levels of the site.
(Jackie's POV)
I started to stir awake as I slowly got to my feet. I looked around to see that my gun was gone and Jayden was laying a next to me. I walked over and shook him awake.
"Ugh…my head," He groaned as he looked into my eyes. "We dead?"
"Not yet," I chuckled. "Can you stand?"
"Yeah," He said as he slowly got to his feet. "Where's Mikey?"
"O-Over here boys." His voice groaned on the other side of the destroyed car.
We both quickly made our way over as we saw the poor bastard lying on the ground.
"Oh shit Jackie his freaking bone is through his leg!" Jayden said in a shaky voice. I walked over and he was right his shin had broken through his shin. Jayden and I grabbed both his shoulders and sat him down on a nearby bench.
"Oh, I wouldn't want to do that again." Mikey chuckled causing the two off us to chuckle as well. "Oh shit look at my pants!"
"Yeah, it's a bitch." Jayden said sarcastically.
"Jackie come here I got a birthday present for ya." He said his voice straining from the pain. He reached into his coat and pulled out two silver .45's with some very nice designs on it. "Happy Birthday kid."
"Thanks." I said as I took the guns.
"No problem you take care of those pieces," He said as he looked over at Jayden. "You protect Jackie and take care of the foreman."
"Hey, fuck the hit let's just get out of here." I said.
"Nah, don't worry, I can-I can…" He then slumped in his chair and that was that.
Jayden walked over and felt his pulse. He shook his head as he reached up and closed his eyes out of respect. He then reached into Mikey's jacket and pulled out his Desert Eagle and a couple clips. He then reached down to his ankle and pulled out his snub nose .38 and put it in his pocket in his leather jacket.
"C'mon Jackie let's get this shit over with, for Mikey and Nino." He said as he walked through a nearby door. I followed after him as we made our way down the dark hallway. Poor kid he didn't need this I knew I should have never gotten him involved.
"Jackie…"
I whipped my guns around to see who called my name but only saw nothing but Jayden and the walls.
"What's wrong?" Jayden asked.
"Did you hear something?" I asked. Jayden shook his head. "I must be hearing things."
"C'mon there's an elevator nearby we can take that up to the construction site." He said as he walked into the elevator.
We both went up and readied ourselves for work. We stepped out and heard a couple of guys talking. Slowly we crept up behind them and took them out silently.
We then made our way to the yard which had even more goons.
"Time your shots kid." I said to Jayden.
We pulled our guns out and started picking them off. It didn't take long before the ones inside heard the gunshots and started shooting at us.
"Kill them!" Shouted one of the thugs.
What armatures they thought that just because they had guns they were a freaking dead shot. All they did was empty they're clips and hope they hit us. When they ran out Jayden and I took out each and every one of them and we still had bullets to spare.
After that we made our way to the foremen's office only to be greeted by a T.V. It turned on to show Paulie with his signature scowl. Actually this one looked worse than usual.
"Hey, It's your uncle Paulie." He greeted. "You know you've been a pain in my ass since the day I met you Jackie. Pissin' and moaning about the way I do business. Well you need to learn who's calling the shots in this family." Jayden glared angrily at the T.V as I started hearing something from a nearby closet. "I've been very, very generous to you and your friend Jackie. In fact I got a surprise for you…On your birthday. Have a blast." He said as the screen went blank.
I walked up to the closet and opened the door to see the dead foremen dead and strapped to a bomb with the words 'Happy Birthday Jackie' written on the walls in his blood.
"Oh, fuck!" I yelled as I ran towards Jayden and without thinking threw ourselves out of the window. The building blew up as we crashed through some stands softening our fall. When we landed I quickly got to my feet and dragged Jayden with me who looked a little winded.
"Just leave me Jackie!" He yelled.
"No, I'm not abandoning you now come on!" I shouted as he started picking up the pace.
"Darkness Will Fall!"
There was that eerie voice again what the hell was it?
"Jackie…I think I heard it that time." Jayden said.
"You did? It can wait till after we get out of this." I said as we made our way to the Trinity Cemetery. I heard a car pull up pull up next to the gates as more of Paulie's men started coming after us. "Aw, fuck!"
I then carried Jayden into a nearby bathroom that looked abandoned. I thought we could buy some time or at the least hide out until they gave up and left. Wishful thinking.
We hid for only a few minutes before Paulie's crew shouted down at us.
"Jackie, we know you and your little bitch is down there." One asshole shouted. "C'mon up and you won't get hurt."
What a dumbass. Jayden pulled out his snub nose and lifted himself up.
"I got six bullets how many do you have?" He asked as I looked at my empty gun.
"I'm out."
"Well Jackie, it's been real." He said as He started running towards the exit.
"No!" I yelled as I felt something erupting from inside me.
"Through you I will display my power."
The voice said again as I reached the exit. The lights started blowing up as the church bell began to ring. Jayden fell back as I pushed him onto the ground.
"Through You I am born."
Just then a dark tentacle appeared from behind me and smashed the remaining light. It then pulled me over to the entrance where Paulie's goons were waiting for us. It started to pull me towards them as two serpent heads appeared and started ripping the guys face and throat out. Out of fear the goons started shooting at me but they're bullets weren't hitting me. The demon head then wrapped it's jaw around one goons face and smashed him into a wall. Then a tentacle reached out and stabbed a fleeing thug while one of the demon heads slithered over to another guy and ripped his throat out. For a final attack a black hole opened up and started sucking the remained men in. They screamed and begged which seemed to please the demon heads and the voice as it started laughing. They were pulled into the hole and in an instant it disappeared and they're bodies were lying all over the ground.
"You are nothing but my puppet."
"What the hell are you?" I asked a little panicked from what just happened.
"Darkness." It hissed.
"Jackie," Jayden asked. "Jackie are you o-Oh god!"
(Jayden's POV)
"Jackie," I called out as I walked up the steps. "Jackie are you o-Oh god!"
I fell back in horror as I saw a pile of mutilated bodies lying around on the ground, but it wasn't that that freaked the hell out of me it was those tentacles and glowing demon heads hovering behind Jackie that scared the hell out of me.
Before I could make a move one of those head wrapped around my right hand and a tentacle started wrapping around my body.
"J-Jackie." I gasped.
"Whoa what the fuck" he yelled as he started pulling on the serpent.
"HE'S WEAK!" The voice growled.
"Let him the fuck go!" Jackie shouted.
The other head slowly leaned towards me and sniffed at me. It opened its mouth as a stream of some kind of energy flowed into its mouth.
"Yes…Darkness…You will do my bidding." It said as its grip loosened.
"You okay?"
"No."
As I collected myself those things were ripping the hearts of Paulie's crew out of their chest. Then out of the ground this little thing wearing a dead cat as a hat and a jersey with the British flag appeared.
"Hello Monkey." he greeted with an English accent.
"What the hell are you?" Jackie asked.
"I'm a Darkling, I was created from your noggin." The Darkling explained. "You see every perverted thought, violent deed and any other filthy thing you've had manifested and turned into me."
"Okay…what now?" Jackie asked.
"Well let's just get out of here for starters." It said as it jumped over the gate and had begun pushing a car out of the way.
Jackie and I just looked at each other and just decided to get the hell out of dodge.
"This way monkey's." the darkling waved at us.
"Jackie what the hell is going on?" I asked.
"I don't know Jayden but it's something really fucking bad." Jackie said as we ran over to the subway station.
(Dark Corridor)
"When I was a kid I was different and I always preferred to be different." Jayden explained as he sat on the ground with a lone light shining on him from above. "I couldn't stand the life of a regular person it was so boring. Waking up early and going to some shithole school with asshole teacher's crazy students and then only leave so you can work at some thankless job for little to no money and slowly wait for the day you die. What kind of life is that, normal?"
He stood up.
"It's not normal its safe. People are so afraid to take the initiative and do what they want because it upsets the balance. Well I'm not like most people I'm different I don't care if they are black or white male or female young or old poor or rich. You leave me alone I'll leave you alone you insult me I'll insult you, you hit me then I'll beat the living crap out of you, you beat the living crap out of me then you better kill me because I will come after you again and again until you are all dead."
He then sat back down on the ground and started to chuckle.
"Now that's my definition of a normal life."
(Canal Subway)
"Jackie over here!" I said.
He ran over to me as we walked up the stairs to China Town.
"You sure she lives up here?"
"Well I helped her move so…yeah." I stated bluntly.
"Yeah, fucking Paulie doesn't care about anyone but himself." Jackie grumbled.
"C'mon lets go." I said as we went to Jenny's apartment.
"Jackie, that thing what does it want with you?" I asked as we walked down the street.
"I don't know Jayden but I know that it's been with me for a long time. I just got to stick to the light and I'll be fine."
"Okay, just one more question what's it called?"
"The Darkness."