《A Demon's Ordinary Survival Story》 Introduction:No Longer Human As usual I fall into an white void the moment I fall asleep. With my legs crossed I stare at a familiar asshole. Gently floating in the vast void that makes up my dreams is a child sized mask. "What will it be tonight jackass.", I say to the black and white spotted mask. It doesn''t respond. "No answer huh. Alright then let''s get this over with.", I say, glaring at the son of a bitch that keeps ruining my nights. As usual it remains silent. We continue to silently stare at each other for what feels like hours. I try to speak to the mask but before I can say a word a thick grey mass. The mass of grey begins to collect behind the mask, forming a large ball approximately twice its size. Once the mass of grey had finished forming a ball the mask starts wrapping around it. Slowly its edges grow swallowing it, shrinking in size. Suddenly it begins to grow arms and legs, it''s center shrinking and lossening. Within seconds it forms a human body and within minutes the mask its wearing begins to change, same shape, same color, but with a large smile. Well now that''s new?" Suddenly the grey mass had become a large white ball with the silhouette of a human face on its front It''s wearing what I think is a jesters outfit. A large hat with two ling white and gray spiral patterned spikes loosely resting behind it''s head with grey spiral pattern riding up their tips, a matching black vest and puffy white pants. It''s pearly white hands and feet glistening with a grey shine. It looks neither feminine or masculine. "Wanna make a deal?", It says. "Wanna make a deal?", It says. Ignoring the slight echo coming from its aggressive feminine voice and its calm masculine voice I respond. "What do you want jackass." I say with a slight smirk. Suddenly it appears in front of me. I get a clear look at it''s mask, finding that has no face other than the two holes in it. A black and white light shine through those holes. "Maybe, you should be more polite.", It says. "Maybe, you should be more polite.", it says. Suddenly various tools appear behind its back. From hammers to pliers, every single thing it has used to torture me. "That''s not going to work you asshole.", I say with a bright smile on my face. It continues to silently stare, the tools disappearing. Suddenly it taps my forehead. Everything becomes a bright red, a warm feeling flowing down my eyes, the veins inside them becoming more visible.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. "Just tell me you want already.", I say with the best smile I can make. Despite blood pouring from my eyes nothing hurts. As usual it just puts on another spectacle. Even when it chokes me with my own intestines it doesn''t hurt and the impact of seeing your organs begins torn out of your stomach as the sound of flesh tearing continues to grow stronger is just lost on me after eighteen years of this crap. "For you to become a king.", It says with a sad tone. "For you to become a king.", It says with angry grunt. "Okay then I agree.", I say wondering how it plans to make being a king torture. Maybe I''ll be dethroned and burned at the stake by my subjects after a happy time, I think to myself. Suddenly it pulls it mask. Slowly it moves towards my face, the sound of skin stretching as it pulls, the mask refusing to come off. Until the mask is only an inch away from my face it continues to pull. Suddenly it slices it''s stretched skin, the sound of various people laughing, crying, and screaming filling my ears. It places the mask on my face. My body goes numb as the mask begins to grow swallowing my body. I curse in my head, trying to get a good look at the face of the bastard that tortured me for so long. Unfortunately it looks like I''ll wake up before I can. ---Real World--- "Damn it. Shut up already!", I scream as I begin to feel around the brown carpet floor for my phone. As usual I set my morning school alarm a little too loud. I really am an Idiot, I silently think to myself as I pick up my phone. Suddenly a bright feels my vision, causing my headache to get worse. I left my damn phone at full brightness before going to sleep. I go ahead and just place it back on the floor. After sitting on my bed for a bit I look out my bedroomwindow. "Damn it. It really is morning.", I say as I move to the shower after grabbing a change of clothes, not bothering to change my blue pajama bottoms or put on a shirt. While getting the water ready I stretch a bit. As my the sound of my bones cracking fills the room I release a small moan, hopping into the shower. "Hot!", I scream as the burning hot water slides down my skin. I step out, messing with the temperature some more. I notice my nails are a little longer than usual, almost like claws, but I don''t really care. I go into the shower. As I begin to rub shampoo in my hair I notice strange bumps on the back of my head. I try to ignore it but then I reach my ears. They''ve become pointed and now that I''m looking at hands closely I notice that the area around my nails is a light gray. Immediately I rinse off the shampoo, running to the bathroom mirror sopping wet and naked. My usually fluffy brown hair is gently flowing down my face, my pure blue eyes peeking through. Nothing looks strange except for the thumb thick white horns behind my head. In a panic I begin to feel the rest of my body, finding nothing abnormal other than the nails on toes looking like the ones on my fingers. With a slight sigh I check my mouth, wondering whether this a dream and when I''ll get my skull bashed in. "The hell?", I say as I look at my forked tongue and sharp animal like teeth. Closing my mouth I begin to punch myself repeatedly. I feel pain. This is real. What the hell did that bastard do to me? Chapter 1:Strange Normal Day As I continue to check my body ny memories of last night''s dream begins to blur. I try to remember what happened last night but I can''t. "Fuck my head.", I say as I begin to poke around my mouth. After making sure everthing is real for a few minutes I decide to hop back into the shower, stopping as the clear knob for hot turns. "Hey, Liam! Food''s ready!", Says my dad as he knocks on the bathroom door. "You go ahead! I''ll just walk today!", I scream. With an audible sigh, he steps away, asking me if I''m sure several times. I''d like to figure this out on my own so I don''t worry him so I tell him I''m sure. In the end he steps away, the sound of plastic clattering shortly after. It seems that he decided to pack it as lunch. "Allright, I''ll go ahead and leave now. Today its homade sausage kolaches with a side of sunny side up eggs.", He screams from the kitchen. I thank him, trying my best not to drool. While waiting for him I put on the clothes I brought with me. "Maybe I should dry myself? Nah, this feels better.", I say as I lightly tug at the red t-shirt and loose jeans I put on. I check my phone real quickly, making sure I can make it on time for school or if I should just skip today. "Damn it. Eight o clock.", I say with a slight sigh. If I walk I''m going to be late so I decide to just accept it and spend my day at home. Dad''s definetely ganna be pissed but I don''t really care about that right now. I have a pretty good record for attendance and grades and I''d like to keep it that way. I think for a bit, but then again a break every now and then is always good. In the end I move to my room, tossing myself face first onto the bed, not even bothering to close the door. Enjoying the fluffy blanket and soft pillow I begin to relax, ignoring the faint feeling of urgency filling my body. Suddenly, while I''m trying to play some music, the sound of something cracking and tearing boomed into the room. I immediately flip myself over stopping as soon as I look up. The roof has turned black with white rings full of gray circular patterns appearing all over the black sheet. The rings seem to be moving and twitching, expanding and contracting as the symbols begin to fuse and change. Gray rings full of white rectangular symbols began to appear all over the roof forcefully pushing the grey rings towards the center After both kinds of rings filled the roof the black began to expand and drop. Slowly black ink and strange circles flow down the walls. Suddenly my sense of fear overwhelmed the strange sense of expectation I feel. I try to stand up and run but before I can the rings and symbols wrap around me with grey spots forming above, bellow, and next to me. A jade color fills the gaps between each ring. The grey spots began to grow and extend forming spikes the size of my head. Suddenly they exploded out piercing into my sides, head, and legs. I scream out In pain as the symbols, darkness, and jade light flow through the spikes into my body. -An Unknown Amount Of Time Later- "Fuck my head."I rub my forehead with my knuckles trying to soothe the pain to no avail. After a few seconds I sit up and look around. "Why in the hell am I naked?", I say as II begin to look for my phone by rubbing my arms across the bed. "Damn it seriously why does school have to start so early.",I roll to the left side of my bed and grab for my phone unfortunately it isn''t there."Fuck it I''ll just put on some lazy pants and that old shirt." I walk up to the closet grab my old office shirt with that glasses guy on the front then move to a small shelf next to bed and grab some big red sports shorts from the bottom shelf and a pair of black socks from the second to the last shelf.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. I sit down get dressed, grab my shoes from the left side of my bed, grab my wallet, and check the bathroom for my phone, checking the time as soon as I find it. "Alright then I guess it''s a late day." The screen says its ten a.m so I''ll probably miss a period or two. I move back to my room grab my headphones and backpack from the left side and walk to the front door fumbling around with the head phone''s cord. After untangling my headphones I open the door, head down the drive way steps, and turn right at the side walk. I put on some Psyqui and begin my walk down the neighborhood. Nobody should be out so I go ahead and put on the latest chapter release of beastars and begin reading as I walk. Eventually I make it to the neighborhood entrance. I take out an earbud, look to my left, and take a right turn after making sure no cars are coming. And so my walk continues. I go straight for another fifteen minutes and make it to a crosswalk. "Eh I''m already late might as well stop by the gas station and get some chips for lunch." I begin to mash the cross lights button completely ignoring the constant repetition of red light red light you may not cross.After around two or three minutes the light finally turns green. "GREEN LIGHT GREEN LIGHT YOU MAY CROSS." "Fuck that''s loud." I say as I cross the road and go into the gas station. "Welcome." "Good morning." For some reason the moment I see the cashier a sharp headache suddenly slammed into my head.Thankfully it only lasted for a second. I rub my forehead a bit then walk to the chip aisle."Ranch or salsa verde...Green bag it is."I grab a bag of green chips off the shelf and go to the back so I can grab a soda. "Of course its gotta be root beer."I grab a bottle of root beer and head to the cashier. Theres one person ahead of me. An old lady wearing some formal black pants, a pink blazer, and a flower embroidered red shirt.She only has a a pair of powdered donuts and a can of ginger ale. "That''ll be five bucks and seventy eight cents." "Here you go." She pays, he bags, then she leaves, and finally after around two or three minutes it''s my turn to pay. "That''ll be four bucks fifty eight cents." I pull my card out of my wallet and pay. "No need for a bag." "Okay sir have a good day." "Sure. You too." I put my chips in the front of my backpack where I keep my calculator and slide the soda into a small net on the side. "See ya later." I walk out the door and head to the cross walk getting ready for another annoying wait. Impatiently, I begin mashing the large button on the side of the light once again hoping that''ll speed things up a bit. "Why did I say see ya later? Guess it was just a moment of akwardness." The light turns green, I cross, go left, and after a bit of walking I''m on campus.I go to the math and science building and head downstairs so I can head to class. "Alright let''s get this day over with."I open the door, ignoring the teacher and take a seat next to my all day classmate. "Sorry I''m late I overslept." "You know the drill." "Sir it''s way past passing period so I don''t think I''ll be able to get a late slip. Just mark me absent." "Fine then. Go ahead and copy todays notes off your friend okay." I feel the edge of a notebook gently tap my shoulder. "I gotcha." Next to me a chubby teen with brown curly hair and a thick beard. He gives me a light smile and opens his notebook. "Thanks man.", I say to him. Suddenly, the moment I begin to copy his notes the fire alarm goes off. The speakers blare as a warning is givin about a suspicious individual on campus. "Shit. Alright class this is not a drill everyone go to the corner of the room, turn off your ringers, and quite down while I turn off the lights and lock the door." Following the teachers orders I move to the back of the room."Shit, that''s the suspicious dude alarm right?" I whisper to the teacher. He gives a silent not and puts his finger on his lips. This is real. There really is someone dangerous walking around the school. As the realization comes to me a heavy chill fills my body. I try to calm down but the chill grows stronger by the second. Suddenly, my head explodes with the memories of this morning. Something begins to flow out my mouth, nose, and eyes covering my face slowly spreading to my chest. As the liquid covering my head hardens my skin begins to turn pale white.Suddenly I''m wearing a large white mask. Ignoring the screams of fear and confusion I open the door and walk down the hallway. My hands they''ve become thicker no they''ve doubled in size. They''re covered in white fur and my nails have become longer with a sharp curve downward. The bottom tip of my fingers appear to have grown a small bone. I continue to move, a strong scent unfamiliar to me appearing. By instinct I follow, the chill growing stronger every step. "Shit, todays a wierd one.", I say with a heavy sigh. Chapter 2:First Fight Following my instincts I continue to move, ignoring the sound of desk shuffling as the students try to cover the door I tore down by mistake. Slowly I move closer to whatever it is that set me off. Step by step I make my way to the staircase slowly and carefully fully prepared for something to suddenly jump out and attack me. "I don''t know what''s happening and I don''t care, all I know is that you. Whatever the hell you are piss me off.",I spoke my thoughts without thought and without care as to whether it would hear me or not...actually no I know it can here me. "Death to the traitor king." With a quite whisper a young man walks out the staircase entrance. He has long black hair reaching halfway down his neck, covering his eyes, He''s approximately five feet nine inches, and his skin is a light shade of purple except for his pure white arms. Hes wearing a black polo shirt, jeans, and black shoes. Suddenly large gray and black spotted horns shoot out from behind his head. His body begins to shrink and bend, his arms and legs suddenly sprouting an armor like layer of grey and black spotted scale plates. His hip extends and thickens as his legs slowly become more and more abnormal. His legs look somewhat like a dogs and his arms appear to be the same just with the strange armor.He opens his mouth wide and pounces at me. My brain suddenly shuts down and my body begins to move on its own. I pop my fingers by stretching them as I open my hands revealing my wide fluffy palm. Suddenly he stops moving. For a few seconds a strong silence permeates the hallway. Suddenly he leaps at me, aiming to strike my ankle. He''s fast, so fast that I can barely react in time thankfully my body moved on it''s own. While he managed to successfully bite off a chunk of my right ankle, he didn''t manage to tear off my whole foot. I fall to the floor on my knees. His attack didn''t end there. He bent his strange knees and pushed up, his left hand moving to my neck and his right hand moving towards my knee. My body reacted on its own. Suddenly my right hand shot out and gripped the upper right side of his waist. My curved nails dig deep into his skin strengthening my grip immensely. Suddenly I feel something come out from the skin of the tip of my fingers and pierce his skin. He flinches for a second and immediately pushes away from me leaving me with a large chunk of bloody flesh in my palm. It''s warm and slimey. Skin loosely hangs from the ball of red meat in hand. He moves his hands to the hole in his hip. His scale plates begin to shake and move as a collection of symbols begin to appear above his arm. He seems to be experiencing extreme difficulty as he appears to be shivering. Suddenly a sense of danger fills my body. I have to stop him, it screams. Ignoring the cold and numbness spreading across my body I bend my good leg Ignoring the intense pain I feel and place my arms next to my sides. I push forward unexpectedly launching myself right at him. As a strange black light flows from his palms directly into his exposed veins he sees me. He moves his left arm placing his hand in front of my face preparing to jab his sharp nails down my throat. The mask cracks open on the bottom to reveal my wide open mouth as my arms move to protect my neck. I take the gamble. Who''s faster my arms and mouth or his single arm. Suddenly he moves his right foot to dig into my nuts. Thankfully my body reacts in time and successfully manage to block it with my leg.I lose balance and end up falling right towards his hand. I move my face to the side and successfully manage to escape with only a large gash on my cheek.Stolen novel; please report. He opens his mouth and begins moving to bite my face off. In responseI move both my hands to wrap around his neck. He tries to block with his left arm, thankfully I manage to succeed to get one hand on his neck. Once again my curved nails dig into his flesh. I immediately slam his head against the floor effectively snapping his horns in half. One of them stabs into his collar bone and the other one pierces the skin of his shoulder. Suddenly I feel something come out of my finger tips. If feels like they''re pumping something into him. He stops moving. "Even in your domain I shall find a way to end you traitorous king." Suddenly he falls unconscious. The bottom of the mask closes up and I feel a sudden wave of relief wash over my whole body.I still can''t relax. I feel like I have to do something to him but what do I do again? My body begins to move on it''s own. I remove my hands from his neck slowly and carefully so that I don''t accidentally kill him. After confirming everything is safe I break off a piece of the mask. I hold a small white piece of my mask approximately as long as my thumb and as thick as a pencil and push the piece into his head. With my free hand I grip my chest, slowly allowing something to flow into my body. A green light explodes out of my body as I fall unconscious. =Dream Land= I wake up to find myself in a small studio apartment. It''s just a small living room or is It bedroom with that massive mattress sitting in the corner. I don''t know. Someone wearing a mascot style bird costume is sleeping on the mattress. Next to the mattress is five speakers one playing hip hop, another playing lo-fi, another playing some metal, and the other two are playing some kind of rhythmic static. The one speaker playing lo-fi is shaped like an hour class with a golden paint covering it, the speaker playing hip hop is just an ordinary beats speaker with some old anime stickers pasted on it, and the speaker playing metal appears to be soft and bouncy with several small metal spikes covering it. The other two speakers are crystals with small black spots shaped like doves inside each one. The mattress is covered in what appears to be grey doves with disheveled feathers and behind it on the wall is a large slim shady poster with the words moment, censor, and mother on it. Suddenly the bathroom door slams open revealing a demon. If you look above its legs all you''ll see is an ordinary healthy young man with rams horns glued to the sides of his head. If you don''t look pay particular attention to his upper body that''s the only abnormal thing you''ll notice. Under closer scrutiny you''ll begin to notice his large, thick hands covered in pure white scales and the strange light gray symbols covering his neck and chest. My body begins moving on its own or at least what bit of body I have. A pair of unattached pure white hands appear in front of me. They gently push against the air, their fingers slowly poking outwards. The demon attempts to attack me but before it can even move gray pikes shoot out from the fingers, each pike splitting multiple tens of times, essentially piercing everything in front, above, and below me. In an instant everything next to the mascot has been pierced by several tens of small pikes.Afterthe pikes filled the demon they dissipated into nothingness. I begin to twirl my pointer fingers slowly making a pair of gray and white rings. The demon is still alive but it can''t move since it seems the pikes focused their attacks on its joints. It attempts to crawl to the mascot but it stops as soon as it sees a large gray ring appear right in front of it. "It seems that your quite limited traitor. May the seven sovereigns end the traitorous emperor." In a single instant, less than a millisecond the demon suddenly grew white scales all over its body. It shrunk into a small white ball and imploded. Noticing the demons response I instinctively left. =School= "Fuck my head." Gripping my head I try to stand only to be stopped by an intense pain and partial numbness spreading across my right leg. I look to my ankle, the source of the mind numbing pain i''m experiencing and see a massive chunk of flesh missing, the bone is exposed. I scream as a stream of blood slowly flows out from the hole in my ankle filling the floor and dyeing my clothes. it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts It Hurts It Hurts It Hurts It Hurts I scream out in pain looking away from the massive chunk of missing flesh trying to forget about the strands of muscle loosely hanging off the visible bone. While panicking I notice the strange corpse in front of me. Its body is perfectly fine except for a large tear the size of my head on its hip. That''s bad but even worse it''s not human. Large spikes poke through its back, its skin appears to be burned badly with its arms burned the most. A collection of vein like strings flow down its arms, bits of a solid green material loosely hang from them, its legs are mangled and bent in an odd direction with the lower parts being comparatively smaller almost as if they tried to change into a small cat''s legs and failed, and its face is a disfigured mess. It has a small fleshy snout but its mouth spans across its whole face, its nose is nonexistent, and the teeth exposed from its slightly open mouth are a mix of sharp and square. Where am I? What in the ever loving fuck is happening? What in the hell is that? What happened to my ankle? This morning feels especially foggy. My brain overloads and I fall unconscious. =Personal Dream Land= "Welcome to our library" ......... What is that? Whose speaking?He sounds just like me.I open my eyes and see in front of me is a strange man wearing a white mask. Behind him is a sea of tall, empty, gray bookshelf''s. "What in the hell." Chapter 3:Weird Meeting "Give me moment I have to deal with something outside."His body begins to blacken and melt slowly flowing into the floor creating a large black spot. While he''s gone I examine the area around me with trying to figure out where I am and why it feels so familiar. In front of me is a collection of linear grey bookshelf''s of varying shades stretching as far as the eye can see. Each is covered in spiral carvings and behind me is a sheet of black as wide and high as far the eye can see. The floor seems to be made of jade bricks. I begin to walk to the closest aisle stopping in a single step due a feeling of something slapping against my leg. Looks like i''m naked.I continue walking, enjoying the breeze, ignoring the fact that there is a breeze. "Guess its farther than it looks."Even after well over one hundred steps I haven''t moved a single bit closer to the nearest shelf. Eventually I decide to just stop moving and wait for the masked man. -An Unknown Amount Of Time Later- "I''mmmmmm back!"Suddenly the masked man appears in front of me, his face directly in front of me I notice his strange eyes through the small holes in his mask. They''re a mix of grey, black, and white with the center being a deep shade of murky green. "Anyways, come on grab my hand I want to check out that big dirty black shelf!"He grabs my hand and pulls me along as he begins walking the fourth aisle to my left. Slowly we make our way visibly getting closer and closer, the familiar feeling growing stronger as we move. As we walk I begin to examine the masked man. His skin is a light shade of grey, he appears to be rather skinny with his rib cage clearly visible, and on the back of his head is a pair of pure white, smooth, deeply curved horns reaching his neck. Within a couple of steps we make it to the black shelf. "Okay then which one which one?"He begins to step ahead me and slowly look through the collection of multicolored books sitting in the fourth to the top shelf.I too begin to examine the bookshelf trying to figure out what exactly is making me feel such an intense attraction and familiarity. Slowly I look through the many books making sure to read through each title. Farmers Tale-Peasant Edition[5th Meeting/Small Provider], Farmers Tale-Agricultural Leader(Before Deity)[23rd Meeting/Average Rating], Kings Tale(Before Near Ritual Defeat)[Year 53/Slight Growth]. "Here Here read this one!"Suddenly the masked man begins running at me, screaming with a book as thick as his head in his right hand. While wondering how he moved so fast he appears directly in front of me, as if the distance between us was an illusion. "Here ya go!"He attempts to hand me the book but stops suddenly after taking a look at my face. He stares at me for a couple seconds, scratches his head, then opens the book after showing me the title. [A View Of Heaven 1st Edition] "Alright I guess we''ll have to split the mask...Damn it I don''t wanna!"He begins flailing his arms around expressing a deep dissatisfaction in having to share his mask. After stomping around for a couple seconds he grabs the bottom of the mask and pulls at it. He appears to be struggling to remove it. "Umm give me a moment the fuckers fighting back a small bit."He sits down, his legs crossed be begins to smack his legs multiple times. Suddenly a large amount off white liquid explodes out of his knees covering the entirety of his lower body. Within moments a pair of white bag like pants covered in gray spots appears on his legs. His body become pure white. "The frills are missing but this should be enough I guess."He pulls at his mask once again this time successfully removing the part covering his mouth.Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. "Here ya go." Wearing a bright smile he puts the bit of mask on my mouth without hesitation. Suddenly everything rushes into my head. Every single dream, every single day, everybody I know, everything I have ever experienced suddenly slams into my head giving me the worst headache I''ve ever felt.I fall onto my knees, gripping my head I stare at the masked man. "Why hello there you annoying prick." "Sorry I''m not him but then again I''m kinda her. Hmm I forgot how much exactly did I inherit. Eh doesn''t matter I remember enough so why don''t we talk a bit before ya read a bit of this." He begins to hum a simple tune, It sounds like a swing arrangement. I wonder why it sounds so familiar?"What the hell are you and what did you do to me!" He smiles even wider, slightly opening his mouth, exposing a collection of needle like teeth and canine like teeth. His lips are a deep shade of gray and his chin is slightly pointed. His cheeks appear to be a small bit puffy. He cups his head with his right hand and begins to tap his left foot as he swings his hips left and right. "First off I didn''t do anything to you and second I am um how do I say this. Hmm I guess the best description of me is I guess your soul but then again you never really had one. I guess i''m your sudden supernatural twin brother." I immediately call bullshit in my mind. Though I still listen because that prick might say something useful. "Yup, souls are real but ya don''t really need them with your brain and the chemicals that flow through em. If I remember right the souls only real use is to send some slaves up to the angels. Either that or to find angel candidates, i''m having a little bit of trouble remembering without the whole mask so the answer''s one a those two." "You can read my mind?" "Sure sure anyways ya wanna read dis book." "Okay, why in the hell are you speaking like that?" "Because I can. Thanks for noticing though you don''t have to be so rude about it." "Fuck off." "You know this may be a tad bit sudden but I wanna know how exactly you''re doing so good. Hmm what? Uh huh. Okay...nevermind never mind." "The hell was that?" "It was nothing. Anyways we took a little too long so I guess see ya in a month. Quick tip if you want train up a bit go through the red door when you sleep and walk around a small bit, you should only access to only around two or three cities worth of space but that should be enough. You can keep the piece for now and don''t worry I''ll save ya again if I need too. If only dreams moved slower. Oh well see ya later." "What?" I feel a wave of sleepiness wash over me. Suddenly it becomes impossibly difficult to keep my eyes open. "Go..d....dam....n..it." =Unknown Hospital= Slowly I open my eyes trying to overcome the feeling of a heavy body. I attempt to move only to be stopped by something. I open my eyes and move my head so that I can take a proper look at my arms. I''m laying on what appears to be a hospital bed. The sheets are pure white and the rails on the side of the bed stopping me from rolling around to much, are a deep green. Yup perfectly ordinary bed except for the large leather straps wrapped around my elbows and wrist.Suddenly my mind clears up. The fogginess disappears and I can see and remember everything clearly. Immediately I look to my legs to see if my foot is fine. ".....Where the hell did my foot go?" My right foot has been replaced by a bandage wrapped nub. I look at it in silence trying to process what the hell is going on. "Sir everything is fine please calm down and please listen." I hear a feminine voice calmly trying to speak to me unfortunately my need to know what the hell is going on has given me an extreme case of selective hearing an tunnel vision. "Sir I am speaking to you through a microphone. Look to your right and you''ll see a camera on the corner of the roof." "WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE THE HELL AM I!" "Sir please calm down." ''I''LL CALM DOWN WHEN YOU ANSWER MY FUCKING QUESTION!" "Sir you are in Methodist Hospital, transplant ward in San-Antonio, Texas." I begin to further examine the room around me, at least what I can. The bed has a large board for back support so I can''t quite see everything behind me. I do manage to sneak a peak at what appears to be an inactive heart monster, an I.V. drip, and what appears to be a collection of medical tools like lights and extra tips among other things. "Answer me. what in the hell happened to my foot." "Sir, when you first arrived a majority of your right ankle was forcefully removed by a demon. The connecting muscles that allow you to move were extremely damaged and the part of your ankle that acts as a shock absorbed was damaged, though not beyond repair it was permanent. The bone was also pushed out of place forcefully and quickly causing some damage that would make it add to the lack of shock absorption. The only option we had to avoid infection and allowed us to do proper damage control was to remove it." ..... "Sir over thirty percent of your ankle was bitten off we had no choice." "...Tell me how do you know about demons." "Sir it has been one month and twenty one days since you were attacked since then several similer incidents have occurred. We ask for your cooperation in dealing with the current issue and we would also like to add sir that so far no demon has been proven to be bullet proof." .... "What is your answer sir? If you need we can answer some more of your questions." Chapter 4:A full Mind "...What''ll happen if I say no?" "You will be shot to death and your corpse will be burned and buried." Hearing her words I look around trying to find a door or window failing to see anything but white wall. I try to make my hands change but nothing happens. In the end I decide to cooperate since I love life. "I''ll cooperate." "Good I will now read your profile. Please correct me if anything sounds off." "Go ahead." "Your name is Liam William Doron and you were seventeen years and three months old before the incident. Your height is five feet seven inches, your blood type is B negative, you have no allergies, and you have no siblings." Suddenly my king goes foggy as she speaks, my body growing warmer with every word. My arms and legs keep twitching, trying to escape the leather straps holding me down. "Sir please calm down. Tell me what it is troubling you at the moment and we will try our best to resolve it." Hearing her gentle voice my body began to cool off slowly with the intense twitching growing weaker and weaker by the second.As I calm down I notice something sliding down my cheeks. It feels cold and wet yet at the same time its oddly warm. I really want to see dad. "Do you know what happened to my dad?" "Sir your father is currently acting as the leader of a small civilian run militia protecting the city and maintaining peace." ".....What is that?" "Sir please keep in mind that this will only be a simple run down so if you wish to hear more you must cooperate with us. A majority of american citizens are gun owners whether they just have a small hand gun or a semi automatic. Due to a lack of response to the people''s safety during the situation small groups formed aiming to cover what the government could not. To put it simply after a long struggle a civilian police force was put together by the local government after an intense resistance." "The government did nothing? Is my dad safe?" "The focus was more on protecting the more politically important originally while creating a false sense of hope among the populace instead. The attack was sudden yes but the response was lackluster as the only ones really moving to deal with the situation were armed locals, police, firefighters, those specialized in medicine all acting of their own free will." "Now sir I have answered some questions now it''s your turn." In my mind I curse her out. Trying hard to stay calm I put on my best smile, hoping she''ll be nice. Maybe the questions will be easy, I think to myself. "Fine what do you want to know?" "What exactly are you?" "What?" "When we first found you, you were just an ordinary human but one night approximately two weeks ago you woke up turned into a large masked demon and began attacking every disguised demon in the city. It was reported that the demons referred to you as the traitor king." Suddenly I feel an extreme sense of danger screaming at me not to tell her. Between being shot and failing to listen to my freak of a body, I choose to listen to my gut. At least that masked prick will protect me, I think to myself. "I refuse to answer." "Sir you cannot refuse." "Let me out and I''ll answer." "Sir answer the question." "Nope." >Creak< I look forward and see the wall open sideways. Slowly as it opens the shadow of a person appears."Sir answer the question."A small woman walks through the door slowly with a hand gun in her right hand. Her cheeks are round and her chin is smooth and round, her eyes are a deep green, and her hair is a light brown. Shes wearing a thick Kevlar vest and what appears to be stuffed camo pants reaching to the bottom of her ankle.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. "Answer the question or these rubber rounds are going to bounce off your ankle. I can assure you it will hurt." I put on a bright smile and tell her my thoughts, preparing to transform and rip her head off."Bring me my dad." She silently stares at me. With a slight sigh she walk to me, putting the barrel of her gun as close to my nub as possible. >Click< My body shoots upwards in pain as I feel a rubber ball shoot into the side of my ankle nub. Even as my mind panics I maintain a certain level of calm stopping myself from screaming in pain and fear. "Answer the question." I try to speak but the intense pain causes me to take a deep sharp breath whenever I try to open my mouth even slightly. "I will give you a single minute." >Cough Cough< My throat feels like its tearing apart as air rapidly shoots in and out smacking together occasionally. "I don''t know! I made a deal with some fucker that''s been bugging me since I was little and now I have a weird body!" I give in, cursing her and the bastard who was supposed to protect me in my mind. "...It seems I was being to serious. Fine I will allow you to walk around as long as you fulfill our requirements." "...Thank you." She walks to the bed and begins removing the leather straps making sure to aim the gun at my right eye the entire process. >Step Step Step< Suddenly three men dressed in full swat gear walk through the door and encircle me."Stand up and put your arms behind your back."She pulls a pair of hand cuffs from her side and put them on me as soon as I fulfill her command. "Follow me." She turns around and begins walking. The moment she makes her first step the three men grab me and begin to drag me along.We step out the door into a large hallway. I look left and right trying to find a single door but only seeing beige colored walls as well as the blue and white tiled floor. The three guys suddenly slam me against the wall pressing me against it hard. I hear something close. "Let''s go we need to check something." The three guys turn me around and begin to push me as we begin to move left, down the hallway. "Can you be more gentle please." "Men do not go overboard. Your head is at risk here so do your best to control yourselves." "YES MA''AM!" "YES MA''AM!" "YES MA''AM!" After around twenty minutes, a right turn, and a left turn we make it to a wall with five elevators.She presses the down button and steps away. After around a minute the second elevator to the right opens up. "Get him in. I''ll see you down there." I''m pushed into the elevator, still restrained of course and forced to stay in the back.One of the three men pushes the first floor button then stares me down as the other two men continue to hold me up by my arms. Eventually we make it to the lobby. The door opens and we walk out and wait for the woman to make it down as well. The guards are clearly stressed but I don''t care. I''m finally free from that room and tiny elevator. After around two minutes the elevator in the middle opens up. "Come men. To the transport." We begin to move through the maze that is this hospital. A left, then straight, then left, then right, then straight, then right, and then finally were at the main lobby after passing the chemo area, the cafeteria, and a gift shop. "Jesus Christ what happened to everyone." "Sir everyone is currently staying at home." I look to my home town with a sense of familiarity, finding nothing I can remember. The tall skyscrapers are gone, many houses have been removed. There are no cars, there appears to be no other humans, and various metal forts and tall blue spikes fill the city. We move to a parked police car. I see that each window has thick metal bars protecting them as well as a sheet of metal around the sides of the door. One of the men opens the back door while the other two toss me inside. They put the seat belt on me forcefully making the handcuffs rub against the leather of the seat making them scratch the skin of my wrist. I look in front of me to see a sheet of black metal clearly blocking my view of the front. I feel the car begin to move. Seeing as I can''t really see anything other than metal I might as well think about the situation. For the moment my life has value so I don''t think I''ll be killed for no reason. I think if someone really tries to kill me the demon will protect me but I don''t really know. For now I''m safe. At least I think I am. I begin to look at my missing foot and wonder where exactly everything went wrong.Suddenly once again I feel something drip down my face. "Dad is a leader now, huh?" Memories of my ordinary life begin to flow into my head bringing me a moment of piece. All the days spent at school whining about class getting through the day only due to a sweet sweet lunch. And all the days working at Chacho''s pizza place having small conversations with Alex about the latest anime to trend or arguing with Janet over which manga was better. It''s my life or horimiya. As I began to remember my diners with dad I couldn''t help but cry and moan. His cooking was never really the best but it felt good knowing that he was...is, is willing to put in the effort to make a tasty meal for us both. He would always rant about how ngnl is a goldmine waiting to be mined, he''d always talk about how annoying modern cliches are compared to his childhood shows, and I especially remember all the damns and damn its, he''d scream when trying to play any of my fps games. Slowly my mind began to sink more and more till I could no longer properly process my thoughts. >Click< "Come on out sir." The woman opened the door guarded by several gun holding men. Each muzzle is pointed clearly at my face. Even so the first think I notice is the dull sky. "...Let me take off your hand cuffs." "Ma''am maybe we should wait a bit." "Its best we try to keep him as calm as we can of course while keeping our goals in mind." "Then at least let me do it ma''am." "Go ahead." I look to her and see outside the door is a large stadium. There''s a good chance they''ll make me fight something but I just don''t care after all the fucker these guys seem to be so scared of guaranteed my protection. "Come on you bastards let''s get this over with. After I''m going to see my dad, Okay?" Let these assholes see what they want who knows maybe I''ll scare them so bad they''ll leave me alone.Suddenly I feel a something shoot out my mouth and wrap around my face. Looks like the mask popped up once again. Chapter 5:Welcome test >Click Bang< A rubber bullet hits my knee, digging into my skin a small bit causing a mix of burning and piercing pain. My leg flies forward reflexively as I fall backwards deeper into the car, kicking empty air. Suddenly the woman leaps at me with her handgun aimed directly at my head. "Move even an inch and you will lose an eye. Do you understand?" "...yes." I feel a sense of anger slowly fill my body as I look at the woman who shot me, restrained me, and chopped off my god damned foot. My fist begin to clench as I begin to think more and more about what I''ve experienced so far but stop at making a closed fist as the fear I feel over her threat overrides my urge to punch her. "Help me up and drag me wherever you need me to go." She steps back and allows a pair of armed men to pull me out carefully and lift me up, both holding me by my arms. A choking sensation invades my throat as the mask begins to liquify and enter my mouth. "What was that!" The man holding my right arm jumps away seeing the mask flow into me. Pointing a small rifle he shivers, his finger clearly on the trigger. I try to answer but a wave of sunlight stuns me. My head hurts a small bit and my sight becomes blurry as a bright light hits my face. "Hell if I know."Even as a gun is pointed directly at me with clear malicious intent I continue to maintain a certain level of calm, my annoyance slighty reduces my logical thought preventing me from perfectly responding. "Stand down. You answer the question." "I don''t know okay. Lady, I was a normal dude until I guess a little past a month ago." "...Men hurry up." The man that jumped away drops his gun letting it loosely hang by the strap on his shoulder and grabs me once again.Slowly we make our way into the stadium. I look around trying to find anything that could let me know where I am. I try to focus but the guns hanging off people''s hip is a bit distracting. Im a little nervous but I should be fine. "If you try to kill me that thing that killed a bunch of demons will probably kill you all so don''t try anything funny." "...Men stop. Tell us more." "Tell me what''s going on. There is no goddamned way that the army got fucked to point of those gun groups got too act as their replacement." "Do you known who the U.S. president is." "Some dude named Joe right." "Joe Jackson. What year is it and what city is this." "It''s twenty seventeen and this is san antonio." "What do you call the stadium behind me." "The only places I know are my home, school, and chacho''s pizza. I was not a very active person to say the least now come on where are you going with this?" "We plan to pass you by some of your fellow abnormalities and see if you can be trusted." "What?" "Just come with us." We make it past the ticket booths, metal detectors, and rotating blockers finally properly entering the building.We take a left turn and begin the long walk. Around ten minutes in I notice the smell of fresh buffalo wings...god those smell good. "Hey so that''s my fellow wierdo?" "Yes actually." After passing a popcorn and nacho shop, a gift shop, and a hot dog and burger shop we make it to a small wing joint. Behind the marble counter, in front of the fryer a tall old man and kid are making something.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. "Alright little man you just want some fries right?" "Yes please." "You don''t have to be so polite all the time...actually no nevermind pretend you didnt hear that." "Okay?" The old man has a thick gray beard and glasses wearing an apron and some jeans with a little boy wearing a dinosaur shirt and a pair of beige shorts sitting on the old mans shoulder gripping his gray hair tight with both hands.The old man has a muscular body and slightly tanned skin while the little boy is small and chubby with peach colored skin. "Can you loosen up a bit." "I don''t wanna." "I''ll let you play with my beard later if you do." The little boy immediately let''s go of the old mans hair, instead wrapping his arms around his neck. "Thanks. Though I really do wonder why you like playing with my beard isn''t it super scratchy." "It feels good to scratch." "Okay okay." The old man looks this way putting on a frown as soon as the woman enters his sight. "Not right now Jane." "We have a new partner." "Once again, not right now Jane." "...Fine we''ll eat then Tommy can do his magic, right tommy."Th little boy hides his face in the old mans hair in response to her words. "Hey kid barbeque or buffalo." "Barbeque and fill up two of those sh...Tiny plates." "You get one plateful okay, oh and watch your language when around kids okay." I decide to take a seat on the floor resting against the wall. Thankfully nobody stopped me though that might be in part due to the calm and relaxed atmosphere. Despite the bleeding leg and group of armed swat guys this is the most normal thing I''ve experienced so far. After a little over ten minutes a bell rings. The smell of wings suddenly doubles in strength causing my mouth to overflow with saliva. "Foods ready kid." I stand up and move to the counter to see him holding the most glorious pile of wings to have ever been successfully stacked in a single plate. "Ah, sorry before that the kids gotta do a quick check. Thomas are you ready." "I don''t wanna but okay." He places the gorgeous wing plate on the counter and climbs up across the counter with the kid still on his shoulders. He slowly lifts the kid up and places him standing up next to his left leg gently pushing the kids back. "Sorry partner he''s not exactly good with people other than me." "It''s cool it''s cool." "Sit down." "What do we say thomas." "Please sit down." I obey the kid and take a seat on the floor. I cross my legs a bit and lean forward preparing for whatever the I''d has planned. The kid puts his right hand on my forehead and begins mumbling. A couple seconds in, a small red bead appears on his forehead, a bright six pointed star with small dots between each star floats in front of it "Elaf Faizal sulaimon commands you, come to your master and do his bidding." Suddenly a large wooden staff begins to appear from the gem on the kids head a small glass worm is resting on its top. The kid grabs the tall staff, practically hugging it and slams it against the ground. A large circle with unknown symbols covering it appears below us. A large blue hand lifts us up and drags us down into it. Instantly I find myself in a small hill covered in blue and red flowers. A river appears to circle around us branching off and spiraling down the hill.I look up to the moon and see the silhouette of a man and several women on it. "Yes master." Suddenly in front of me, right behind the kid a giant blue person appears. His eyes are a bright silver and his lips are a deep red. His messy brown hair has a golden net with small green and blue gems forming a dripping pattern. On his neck is a collection of gold necklaces and gem strings and below it on his chest where his heart might be is a large and thick spear clearly piercing through "Mister will he hurt me and uncle arny?" "Give me a moment master." Suddenly the man pierces my head with his large nail. My mind goes numb as a wave of electricity slams into me spreading and hitting every part of my body growing in strength every single second. I begin to scream. The man jumps away and hides behind the kid the moment he finishes doing whatever he was doing. I fall over covered in sweat, my mind trying its hardest to put itself back together. "Master I''m sorry this man is safe but the thing inside simply isn''t. A demon that passed the limits set by the gods resides within and it is something you could never dream of contracting. Master I reccomend that you do your best to please him." After catching my breath I manage to sit up. My body feels disgusting. Like someone tried to take over by scooping out my brain before giving up half way through. "...Um hey kid you alright?" The kid is laying on the floor pressing his face hard against the floor covering his ears. Hes shaking hard so hard his clothes are practically flying. "I''m sorry I''m sorry I''m sorry I''m sorry." "Kid it''s fine look I''m fine see." I begin to flail my arms around in an attempt to show that I''m still full of energy and completely capable of moving. Even showing off my healed leg, ignoring the fact that my leg has healed. "See kid." "I''m sorry I''m sorry I''m sorry." "Sir I''m sorry but my master likely won''t calm down without Arnold''s help. I''m truly sorry for the inconvenience sir as an apology If you wish I can convince Arnold to protect you assuming you''d like that." The kid continues to cry and apologize non stop flinching whenever the man mentions the name arnold. Arnold should be the old man so I go ahead and agree. "Do it." The man taps the back of the kid leaving a small white light. "May we meet again under better conditions sir and I pray you have a pleasant time." "Sure." {We sure will!} {We sure will!} Suddenly I hear a familiar voice. That prick seems to have protected me again. "The hell!" {Don''t forget to go to sleep as soon as you can and go through the red door.} {Don''t forget to go to sleep as soon as you can and go through the red door.}