Chapter 5

Fate

I stared at her for a couple minutes, then say, "and I should care why?" , raven is beyond shocked by what I said, "Don't you know what my father did already, he almost destroyed the entire universe!" , she screamed. "Yeah I know, but I doesn't mean I care." , her emotions are starting to control her, "you dumbass! Why can't you see the damn picture? If you're his vessel, then that means he'll use your body to kill everyone!" . Her powers were starting to go out of control, books were flying out of the window, the bed slammed into the door, and her grip on my limbs grew tighter with every second that past by. Each of her eyes split into two, making four of them. She got in my face, "tell me why? Why is it that you aren't scared, or worried about anything, including you, even when you know all that you know why don't you care! TELL ME!" , when I looked into her eyes I saw tears coming down, some of them splashed on my face, looks like she actually cared if something happened to me. "I just don't care, simple as that." , then she gave up, her eyes went back to normal, the furniture her room came crashing down to the floor. Right then the others came rushing in, they saw raven on top of me, robin asked, "what happened in here?" , I pushed her off of me, "me and raven were in a disagreement that's all." , I got up and headed towards the door, before I left I said, "the reason I'm not worried is because he's not going to take it away from me." , I didn't look back to see if she picked her head up, just kept moving forward. Yuna was waiting in the back for me, once I past her, she followed after me, "so what did you guys talk about?" , she asked, "we talked about her dad." , "why him? Isn't he gone for good?" , "from what she told me that bastards not finished yet." . Yuna was getting worried about this, I ruffled her hair, "hey don't worry, 'not matter what's in our way we'll bust right through', remember?" , she relaxed a little when I said that, "yeah you're right." , "alright then come on. We gotta get your house before your rent's chew us out." , we ran down the hall as fast as we could. Trying to get home in time, on our way there, I a voice in the deepest part of my mind, it said, 'you can't run forever. No matter where you go I'll get you.' , I ignored it and hurried up to get to the house.

At yuna's house

When we got there we got chewed out by her dad, and like always he blames everything on me. "Why are you two always out late? You both know the demons come out at this time of night. Are you trying to hide something, are you in some gang. Or are you two doing each other?" , then we both said in unison, "you bull shitting me. I'd never do that shit." , he backed off when we said that, he be surprised if knew how close he was to the truth. Her mom didn't though; it seemed like she already knew what we were doing, which bugs me a bit. I get over it and head for our room; yeah I said 'our' room. She sleeps on the bed I get the floor, since the house only has two rooms I got stuck in hers, instead of the couch. She'd go in first, change, then let me in. I just take off my shirt and lie on the floor. On her way to her bed she purposely stepped on my back, "the hells your problem?" , I asked, she ignored my question and went to her bed, "looks like its someone's time of the month." , once the words were uttered she stomped down on my head, then I knew what was up with her. "How's it going ray?" , "shut up and listen. You need to hear what I have to say." , yeah its ray, most times she takes full control, other times she just takes control of yuna's body. "Hen ay it already." , having your face smashed into the floor doesn't help your speech at all. She took her foot off my head and sat on the bed, "Good, you actually understand how serious this is." , "not really I just want to get this over with." , she groans in annoyance, you think she know me better by now. "Well whether you care or not it's important. It's about what raven said." , "about her dad trigon taking over my body?" , "yes that. She was telling the truth. One day trigon will take over your body, and that's why we were made." , I look at my band then at ray, "it was destined to be me?" , she answered coldly, "no it wasn't. it was for anyone really, the person to be possessed by him had the right arm of a demon." . I stare at my arm, she lifts my head up with her foot, "I know this hard to take in, but it's the truth." , I look up at her, "you think I actually give a shit about destiny? I'm pissed off that some demon thinks he can show up and take control over me? He got another fucking thing coming." , ray shakes her head, "can nothing make you give in?" , "nothing yet. I plan on keeping it that way." , she gives up, and goes to sleep. I think to myself, 'gonna have to start training with 'him' again….great.', I pass out on the floor, letting the eternal darkness swallow me whole.

Next morning

This was probably the worst day of my life, when we got to school the news; police, journalist, and some photographer were already there. Yuna said, "bet its about you." , I say, "well everyone's bond to notice a big shot like me." , she groans, "you're unbelievable." , "that I am. Come on got get to class, if I'm late again I get suspended. Then your dads gonna go off on me." , she chuckled, seemed like she enjoyed my misery. We go through the back of the school to avoid any attention. We split up after that since we have different home rooms. When I got to my class everything got quiet, it felt kind of awkward. I go to my seat, put my stuff on the floor, and sit down. It's still quiet, but not dead silent, I could hear them whisper, they said, "it's him. Why is did he show up? Why do they let freaks come here? Wish I had a different class." , I sighed, "if you're gonna talk about me come here and say it." , the whispers stop, the bell rang, teacher came in looking scared out of his mind. He tried not to make eye contact with me, never ask me any question, which was good for me. The bell rang, I got out of the class room first, and what was waiting for me was something I almost didn't see coming. Out waiting in the halls were a couple of priest, I asked them, "what'd ya want have to get to get art class." , "silence demon. You've no right to speak." , one of the priest said, 'man these guys are annoying. You gonna kick their ass?' , the band hasn't spoke to me in awhile, so it surprised me when it did. "Yeah I'm gonna do just that." , I look back at the priests, they looked confused, I guess they were wondering who I was talking to. "Anyway you guys gonna let me pass?" , they respond by charging at me, they came at me with their staffs, I dodged them with ease, I asked, "can we hurry this up, I'm gonna be late for class." , this got them pissed off, they surrounded me, then threw water on me. I shook me head like a dog, "the hell was that supposed to be?" , they stood their in shock, one of them said, "impossible! No demon should be able to resist holy water!" , he was outraged, I chuckled, "man you guys are funny. Holy water. That shit ain't gonna work on me when I have my band on." , I show them the band on my right arm, "with this I say goodbye." , I waved at them, and ran off to art class.

I barley make it there on time, I head for my seat, and just let my weight drop. I feel everyone's burning stare, I take out my sketch book and draw, it helps me ignore the stares. The entire time I was in there I felt awkwardness; I swear you could almost taste it. Then the lunch bell saved me from this eternal silence, I ran to the cafeteria, grabbed the food I wanted, paid for it, and went back outside. Before I could take a bite out of my food, I hear guns being readied to fire. I look up and see the swat team, guns ready, dogs barking, trigger happy snipers, and to top it off they already had the guys. Yuna looked bored out of her mind, hina was lost in thought, and gene was sleeping, I thought to myself, 'they probably found him when he was asleep.' . One of the swat team came forward and said, "Give up. We have you surrounded." , I ask him, "can I eat my lunch first?" , they were baffled by this request, they allowed me to. I devoured everything on my plate, not a single crumb was left over. I went and dumped my tray, and leaned against the wall, "thanks for letting me eat." , they seemed to think I was going to give up easy now that they've been kind to me. I asked the leader of the squad a question, "why exactly do you want to arrest us?" , he pointed to the giant hole yuna made, "you've destroyed this school, all on your own. Who knows what you do if we let you go." , I asked him something else, "do you know that yesterday demons attacked the school?" , he nodded his head, "then why didn't any of you show up?" , "we saw that the school would be overruled by the demons. So we left it as it was." , he said coldly. I started laughing hysterically, "and people call me heartless. Man if they knew the truth." , a bullet had grazed my left cheek, I liked the blood that came to my mouth. I tell them, "you're treading on thin ice officer." , the tone in voice went from laid back, to menacing. They all aimed for a head shot, I clench my fist, then smile, "c'mon guys…" , I slammed my fist into the wall behind me and made a decent sized crater, "…let's have some fun." . The wall caved in from its own weight, the snipers that were above me came raining down with the rubble. They opened fire; I ran out of the way, dodging as many bullets as possible. When they couldn't hit me they sent the dogs, and they seemed rather hungry. They came at me from all sides, trying to get a sample out of me; one locked its jaw on my left leg. It stung, but I've felt worse things, much worse. I slammed my elbow on the back of its neck, was on the floor out cold. They others tried to gang up on me, I got annoyed with it, then screamed in a demonic voice, "COME ON!" , they stopped moving; then ran away with their tails in between their legs. I walk towards all the men in front of me, "who's next?" , they all cower in fear. Before I can do anything, my band starts to act up, 'hey kid. There's a demon among these humans.', "which one is it?" 'Not sure. Just know its one of 'em.'. "Damn it tai." , ' 'tai'.' , "yeah I'm calling you that from now on." , it gave up on the conversation seeing that it wouldn't win. While I was having my conversation, they formed a circle around me. "Give up now. There's no way you can avoid being shot." , I pull out my own gun, "neither can you." , they all freeze up. "Unlike like you pieces of shit I ain't afraid to die. So who's gonna pull the trigger first?" , they all started looking at each other, knowing I'll kill whoever shot first. I noticed one them was starting to back away, I whisper, 'is it him?' , tai's answered was, 'kill his ass.' , that's all I needed to know. I point the gun at the guy who's now running away, I shot both of his ankles, he cried out in pain, and then he began to change. In the midst of his transformation, I threw my short blade straight into his skull. There was a loud thud after that; the swat members stood their in awe. I went and took my sword back, put it back in its sheath, then went to check on my friends. They were still in the back of the swat truck; they were already free from their handcuffs, "come its over." , they all hop out of the truck, gene complains about something waking him up, hina stares into the sky, and yuna wanders around the courtyard. I scratched my head, then look back at the swat team. "You guys alright?" , I asked, no one says anything, I shrug, then start to leave. Yuna grabs me by the arm, "just where are you going jak?" , "away from here. Before anything else comes and tries to ruin my day." . She thought about this; then followed me. Gene and hina stayed behind said they had nothing better to do. Me and yuna decided to go hang out in the lower districts where there's more fighting going on. That's where I used to live before I started living with yuna. Kind of felt good to be in my old neighborhood, but there's one thing I hate about coming down here. I always end up running into my dad, whenever we see each other we always just glare at the other one. We never got along with each, before I got my arm we still fought with each other. Guess it gave him an excuse to kick my ass to the curb. We ended up going to see an underground fight, usually gets rid of my piled up stress. See some old faces there, couple friends, enemies, and something's I rather not talk about. We made it in time to see the main event, leviathan vs. the headstrong. Everyone made their bets, I put mine on headstrong. When the fighters entered the ring I already figured who leviathan was, dude was huge; man looked like he weighed over 300 pounds. The headstrong was a lean kid who seemed like nothing compared to leviathan, and I was the only one who put a bet on 'im. The matched started headstrong rushed the leviathan; he went an upper cut him. But leviathan shook it off, "looks like the big guy can take a hit." I said, yuna look at me, "why'd you bet on headstrong? It looks like leviathan's going to win." , I kept watch on the fight, "I not so sure about that." , I pointed at the ring, she turned her head just in time to see headstrong knee leviathan in the face repeatedly. Leviathan wobbled back, headstrong came in quick and finished him with a back roundhouse to his head. Leviathan came crashing down, everyone was shocked by the out come, I yell out, "just who the hell do you think he is!" , he answered , "I'm Greg the headstrong!" he yelled back. He comes out of the ring, and comes up to me, we bump fist. I turned to yuna, "hey I'd like ya to meet a friend of mine. This is Gregory Plummer, my original partner in creating chaos."