(2 months before Tord left)
Tord watched as Tom struggled against his restraints as the purple smoke moved up from the glass box it was being contained in and down the tube that led to the oxygen mask Tom was wearing.
He'd made sure to drug him beforehand after the emetics wore off, after all he didn't want him escaping, the demon he'd managed to capture when they went to hell could do anything to him, even kill him if this went wrong. Luckily Edd and Matt were on vacation so if Tom did somehow die he could probaby make it look like whatever they thought Tom had got the better of him.
Tom glared at Tord a look of pure hatred mixed with betrayal in his pitch black eyes which were now beginning to glow magenta as the demon entered his body, it wasn't a very intelligent demon having been easily coaxed inside the box in the first place by Tord taunting it as well as the failed attempts to communicate with it.
Tom let out a scream of pain as it finally finished possessing him before his body went limp, then after waiting a few more seconds he grabbed the memory eraser gun from off a nearby table and turned the dial on it making sure not to go too far back before he shot him in the head with it then he carefully removed his restraints before dragging Tom back to his bedroom.
The next morning when Tom finally woke up something felt off, not only was Tord staring at him as he entered the kitchen but whenever he looked at him he felt some kind of sense of betrayal. He didn't know why though so he just ignored the feeling and prepared a bowl of cereal for himself
'Are you feeling any better Tom?' Tord asked suddenly
'Yeah actually...' Tom said realizing he hadn't thrown up or felt dizzy and nauseous like yesterday.
Tom continued preparing the bowl of cereal finally pouring the milk in before sitting down at the table across from Tord who wouldn't stop staring at him as he ate so he decided to just go to his room and eat breakfast. As he was eating however Tord came into his room and started messing around with an empty Smirnoff bottle that Tom had forgotten to throw away the day before
'What are you doing?' Tom asked confused as Tord spun the bottle around on its side
'Nothing' he responded casually before making his way over to where Tom had his guitar propped up against the wall ignoring the bottle he'd been messing with as it rolled off the dresser.
'Hey!' Tom exclaimed placing the bowl of cereal onto the floor as he rushed over to prevent Tord from touching his guitar, he didn't know why but he thought he saw a strange purple mist in the corners of his eyes
'What the hell is your problem?! You know how I feel about people touching Susan!' Tom said angrily as he grabbed him by the wrist
'I'm just messing around, theirs no need to be so sensitive' Tord said with a laugh before prodding Susan with his other hand causing the guitar to fall over causing one of the strings to break when it landed on it's own strings. Tom shoved Tord out of the way as he picked up to assess the damage
'I hope you have enough money to pay for new strings asshole!' Tom snapped 'Would you calm down, It's just a guitar' Tord responded rolling his eyes
'Just a guitar?! First off do you have any idea how much Susan costs? Second my dad got me her for my birthday the same year he died!' he said tears forming under his eyes
'Well at least he doesn't have to see what a crybaby you've become' Tord said. And just like that a strang feeling overcame him, like something gigantic had grabbed him, he could barely get a word out before he doubled over in pain screaming as a thick purple smoke poured from his eyes enveloping him and taking the shape of a gigantic monster while also layer of it rapidly solidified into blackish scales.
And as it glared down at Tord he quickly pulled a grenade out from his hoodie and threw it into the creature's mouth as it prepared to roar before diving onto the ground as it exploded. And there sitting on the ground was Tom who looked terrified
'What the hell was that?' Tord asked pretending to be confused 'I-I don't know I swear! ...wait why did you have a grenade in your pocket?' Tom replied
'It was my lucky grenade but I think that was a demon, Tom you're possessed!' Tord said 'what? How?!' he responded 'obviously it's from when we went to hell, we probably shouldn't tell Edd or Matt though' Tord said 'Why?' Tom asked confused
'Think about it, if we tell them you're possessed do you honestly think them calling an exorcist would help? I was lucky to have my grenade on me when I did but no exorcism will rid you of that thing and once they realize that they'll kick you out' Tord explained
'Then what should I do?! Won't it just take over again?' Tom said 'Then find a way suppress it... I won't tell them but I'm not staying here if there's a chance you'll kill us all...' he responded
'...But I think I'll give it four or five months, They're still my friends' Tord added before turning to leave.
As Tom left Tom sat there on the floor for a moment 'Does he really blame me for what happened?' Tom wondered glancing at the damage done to the ceiling and wall from the creatures horns and tail.
(2 years after The End)
Usually Tom was able to keep the rage demon from taking over his body, however tonight wasn't one of these times.
he'd only been in the park for an hour before someone came up to him claiming he was playing on his guitar too loudly when he'd only strummed a few strings so he attempted to excuse himself only for the person to grab him by the arm yelling that they weren't done speaking to him before trying to grab Susan out of his hands and that was the final straw so without anyone else to kill the demon left his body for a while like it always does after taking control of him leaving him in the partly melted bloodstained snow surrounded by the bodies of the few people unfortunate enough to be at the park at the same time he was.
Reaching out he carefully grabbed his guitar which had been dropped when the person who'd been yelling at him tried to run resulting in a few scuff marks as well as a burn mark from the demon breathing fire everywhere.
At this point he felt ashamed not wanting to turn himself in but if he did try that he'd likely be experimented on and used to battle the Red Army which has already taken over two thirds of the world, and that was assuming it didn't force him to go on a rampage until it broke out.
Suddenly Tom was distracted from his thoughts by what sounded like a drone flying nearby but when he turned to look in the direction the sound was coming from nothing was there, not that he could see much with how dark the sky was getting so he took off running and didn't stop until he reached his apartment building a few blocks away.
After taking a long shower Tom got dressed before heading over to the fridge to grab a bottle of Smirnoff when he heard his phone ding so he picked it up to see who it was
Unknown: Hello Thomas.
Tom: Edd? Are you trying to prank me again, I'm not going to fall for something that you've already done the day before Halloween
Unknown: Oh this isn't Edd, btw that was a cute little massacre you just did. You almost seemed threatening
Tom: Who is this?! Whatever you saw it wasn't what it looked like, I didn't mean to kill those people
Unknown: I know you didn't but unless you want a few videos to "accidentally" end up online I suggest you refrain from going to the police. If any of us see you so much as making your way there out of your own free will I promise everyone will find out what kind of monster you are.
Tom: Why are you doing this?
Unknown: idk, maybe it has something to do with being shot out of the fucking sky! Don't worry though, Matt's the one who stalled me long enough to give you the chance.
Tom immediately dropped his phone his heart racing as the words flashed In his mind 'He's dead. He died...' he said out loud trying not to have a heart attack as another message appeared on the phone, this had to be some kind of trick maybe Edd just thought it'd be funny. Wait it couldn't be him, Edd was distraught and angry at Tord to the point he tore his face out of every picture he had of him.
Gathering his courage Tom picked up the phone just as another text appeared
Unknown: Oh and don't think about telling them I'm alive. You wouldn't want them to get hurt now would you?
Unknown: I swear if you're talking to them right now I'll gouge both of your eyes out of your fucking skull!
But as he typed something flew past his window
Tom: Why are you telling me this? Also are you spying on me with a drone or something
Unknown: I was earlier, that must be the gift I sent you. Have Fun.
Almost instantly something small crashed through his window and scrambled up the wall hiding in a pocket of shadow in a corner located in between the ceiling and wall, from what he could make out the creature had the head and wings of a bat and a long snakelike body and as it used its clawed wings to continue to grip onto the ceiling he slowly backed away reaching for a knife from the knife holder next to his sink, the creature then snapped its head towards him opening its mouth in a threatening hiss as it unhinged its jaw before flying right at him.
Quickly grabbing one of the knives Tom slashed the air in front of him but the creature managed to swerve out of the way before diving at him again, This time he managed to slash it along its neck and shoulder while darting out of the way cutting off the strange looking collar around its neck in the process.
After having been cut the creature flew around in a circle in the kitchen as Tom ran inside the bathroom and grabbed a towel so he could catch it but when he came back out it was gone and there was a trail of blood droplets leading to the window which he decided to repair using duct tape with tacs poking through it to prevent anyone or anything from getting inside until he could fix it. Afterwards he cleaned up the blood and glass all over the floor before picking up the strange collar from of the ground noticing it resembled a shock collar with a camera attached which he promptly disabled by scratching up the lens with a knife before pulling out his phone to text Tord back only to find several new messages from him.
Unknown: I see you had fun with Subject 9, don't worry we were able to retrieve it when it crawled out of your window.
Unknown: oh and before I forget I have a little task for you, I want you to attack Matt
Unknown: I don't want you to kill him, in fact you could make it seem like an accident but if you don't permanently injure him by the tomorrow afternoon I'll release those videos.
Tom: Can't you just leave them out of this? I was the one who almost killed you not them!
Unknown: Then I guess I'll release the videos, let's see if your "friends" still care about you then brb
Tom: I'll do it
Unknown: Good
Tom felt sick to his stomach as he stared down at the texts, Matt was annoying sometimes sure but he didn't want him dead which would likely happen if he hurt him. And considering how Tord said "Permanently injured" he guessed he couldn't just accidentally give him a paper cut or a bruise, and even if he just ignored it at least a few of those videos would probably have the police knocking on his door even if they thought the parts where he turned into a gigantic fire breathing monster were fake.
but was it worth it?
if Matt thought he did it on purpose both he and Edd would hate him, he knew that's what Tord probably wanted but he wasn't ready to risk everything just to keep some psychopath happy so after getting something to eat Tom decided to at least attempt to fall asleep only doing so after several hours of tossing and turning as well as getting back up to check that the door was locked and the tape was still covering the hole in the window before managing to fall asleep around 4 in the morning.