October 31st
10:36 pm
Inside The House Of Horrors
Danny and Nyx
Danny continued to lead Nyx down the blood stained hallways of Willow's House Of Horrors. The crazed man was still chasing the two of them, wildly slashing with his knife even though he wasn't close enough to actually hit them. As they ran, they passed a hospital bed in the hall that had been flipped onto its side. Nyx jerked her hand out of Danny's and he turned around to look at her. Nyx grunted as she moved the bed to block the hallway, the screeching of metal dragging across the tile sounded through the halls.
"What are you doing?" Danny asked her through his panting breaths. The fear evident in his voice.
"Get ready to kick." Nyx said quietly, Danny didn't need to hear anymore, he trusted her. The man got a few feet away before Nyx and Danny lifted their feet and kicked the bed as hard as they could. The bed was sent forward and collided with the man, sending him toppling over. Danny and Nyx immediately turned around and ran down the hall before the man could recover. After they rounded the corner, Danny pulled Nyx into a side room before shutting the door. They both squatted down as Danny placed his hand on top of Nyx's head to make sure that he could react to protect her if he needed too. They both held their breath as the crazed person ran down the hall, passing the room they were in. After the area had become silent again, the two of them slumped all the way down to the ground. Danny let out a long sigh before continuing to take breathe deeply to combat his asthma.
"Are you okay?" Nyx asked him as she turned her head to look at him, slightly out of breath herself.
Danny nodded before he spoke, "Yeah, yeah I just...need to...catch my breath." Danny said through his breaths. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes as he focused on breathing. Inhaling through his nose and exhaling through his mouth. Nyx watched him with a look of subtle worry on her face, she hadn't seen him burdened by his asthma this badly before. She shuffled uncomfortably, remembering the last time she had been alone with just Danny. It was after he had introduced her to his parents, when Nyx blindsided him with a stupid question. Are you in love with me? She still felt strange around Danny, every single time they were alone together, she said something stupid. She decided that it would be best if she just kept quiet.
Danny had other thoughts, "Nyx?" He asked softly. Now that things had calmed down, he realized something. "Where's Orion?" He asked with concern. Nyx's eyes widened and trembled when he asked that, the image of Orion's face of terror burning into her mind. Her eyes started watering slightly and Danny's face changed to realization before Nyx managed to tear her eyes away from his.
"No..." Danny uttered softly. "Nyx no..." Danny's voice broke slightly.
"It was Damien." Nyx's voice was weak. "After he knocked you out, he held you hostage." Danny tensed, he already assumed that was the case. "He forced us to surrender...or he would kill you and I...I couldn't let that happen." Nyx finally lifted her head and looked up into his grey eyes, the eyes that radiated more emotion than Nyx thought possible. "I told everyone to surrender, like he wanted...and then he...he just..." Nyx choked up before Danny pulled her into a tight hug. His throat burned from choking down the pained cry he wanted so badly to let out, but he couldn't. Nyx needed someone solid for support, he had to be that rock right now. They sat there for a while, Danny stared off into space over Nyx's head. This wouldn't have happened if I was stronger. This is my fault. My fault. My fault. Nyx stared off into space as well, but she was staring into Danny's chest. The images flashing through her head again, Orion's face of terror. The change from terror to calm as he thanked Nyx for trying to save him...I got distracted. I lost focus. I failed. Orion was killed because of me. My fault. My fault. My fault.
"Nyx." Danny spoke and she came back to reality. "Are you okay?" He asked her as he placed his hands on her shoulders and moved back so he could look at her. Nyx swallowed as she looked down, trying to figure out if she was going to lie to him or not.
"No, Danny. I'm not okay." Nyx said quietly before she mustered the strength to look at him. "I'm scared. Oliver is alone with Damien." Danny's eyes changed to slightly afraid for a moment before he took a deep breath. He scootched closer to her and lowered his voice.
"I know." He said quietly with a sincere tone. "I'm scared too...but we just have to have faith that Oliver can hold him off. He told me to keep you safe, and I plan on doing just that." Danny said to her with a steadfast gaze. Nyx looked at him for a moment, she could feel her throat starting to burn. Danny saw her eyes start to mist with tears and his own face softened. "Come here." He uttered softly before he pulled Nyx into another hug. She cried softly into his shoulder, Danny's pulse quickened slightly. A moment of deja vu flowing through him as he slowly rubbed Nyx's back. Nyx struggled to keep her crying quiet so they wouldn't be discovered. They sat there for a while before Nyx had calmed down and finally gathered the strength to break the hug. "We need to go." Danny said to her as he held her back by the shoulders. Nyx nodded before they both stood up, Nyx brought up her hand and wiped her left eye with her knuckle. Danny smiled gently and exhaled a small laugh through his nose. He lifted his hand and used his thumb to wipe off her tears more effectively, he wiped his thumb on his shirt when he saw that Nyx's makeup had smeared onto it. For a split second, an impulsive thought invaded Danny's mind. The kind of stupid impulsive thought that, when you have it, makes you immediately feel horrible and guilty. His mind showed him stepping forward, cradling her head with his hand and softly kissing her. Guilt flowed into him before he cleared his throat and his posture radiated embarrassment. He averted his gaze to try and hide his face, which he assumed was flushed, considering how warm his cheeks felt. Nyx radiated slight embarrassment as well, most likely from breaking down in front of Danny, again. She cleared her throat as well before she reached for the door knob to leave the room. Danny gently held Nyx's wrist and stopped her hand.
"Let me." He said quietly as he guided Nyx back and he reached for the doorknob. He gently opened the door and peeked out. The coast was clear and he left the room and continued moving down the hallway. Nyx's Halloween costume caught on the doorknob for a moment, causing her to stop moving so she could unlatch herself. She turned around to catch up with Danny and she froze. Her heart racing immediately and she stared with frantic eyes.
It was just a wall. No Danny, no hallway, just a wall in her face. "Danny?!" She said urgently as she placed her palms against the wall and pushed, it was solid. Willow's dark laughter sounded quietly through the halls and Nyx remembered at that moment that this was a manufactured space. It was a Gift, she had forgotten that this space was built by someone's mind. Willow seized another opportunity and separated Danny and Nyx.
"Nyx!" Danny said with an equal sense of urgency as he slammed his fist against the wall a few times. Nyx could hear the thumping but couldn't hear Danny's voice. Danny lifted his fist to slam it into the wall again before he hesitated, he exhaled deeply as he gently planted his hand on the wall instead. The facts quickly flooded into his mind, they were separated, sitting here hitting the wall isn't going to help, and it sure as hell isn't going to help them find each other. Or Oliver. Danny took a step back with a deep breath. Nyx did the same but she took a few more deep breaths.
"Okay..." She whispered to herself as she shook her hands out slightly. She was alone now, that is just facts. No point moping about it, she had to focus, but she was faced with a dilemma. She could find Danny, or she could try to find Oliver. On one hand, Danny was also alone, with no Super Prediction. He had also just admitted to Nyx that he was scared. Although, Danny was by no means helpless. Oliver on the other hand...was alone with the devil himself. That was an easy choice, she had to find Oliver. She whipped around and moved down the hall to find her brother.
October 31st
10:36pm
Inside The House Of The Horrors
Oliver and Damien
Oliver and Damien broke apart their hostile grapple contest and they stepped away from each other. Oliver was breathing deeply in a ready position with his fists up. Damien was standing up straight and straightening his clothes. "Why are you doing this?!" Oliver said angrily. "So Nate killed your dad, he was a dick anyway! Why are you so obsessed with hurting everyone around you?!" Oliver yelled again as he softened his posture. Damien's face changed slightly, his eyes narrowed so subtly that Oliver didn't notice. Damien's lip curled in anger and his fists clenched. He would probably never admit this, but Oliver had struck a nerve.
"You don't know anything about me...Don't you dare act like you do." Damien growled out in anger. Damien lunged forward and threw a punch at Oliver. He leaned back and felt the air from Damien's fist as it swung in front of his face. Damien threw another, then another, he kept throwing punches, forcing Oliver backwards until he hit the wall. Oliver glanced behind him before Damien's fist finally collided with Oliver's cheek. He was slightly disturbed to figure out that Damien's strength wasn't just his Gift. He was physically strong as well, to an insane degree. Oliver was sent to the side before he slid down the wall, his head swimming slightly from the strike. Damien stood over him with a look that mirrored the dominant look of his father. "You think that you'll be enough to stand in my way? This is nothing more than a minor inconvenience." Damien growled quietly as his eyes darkened on Oliver.
Oliver looked up at him as he felt his jaw, confirming that nothing was broken. "No, I don't think I'm enough to stand in your way. But I'm sure as hell going to try. Nyx is my sister. I know this is a foreign concept to you, but real men care about their sisters and protect them, not-" Oliver was cut off when Damien lifted his leg and kicked his heel into Oliver's face. Oliver groaned as he brought his hand to his face as Damien brought his foot back down to its normal position. Oliver held his hand to his face. His nose was bleeding.
Outside of The House, Willow and Azriel were watching the four of them, Damien was unconscious on the floor while the others were still in the chairs. As Willow watched, she saw Oliver's nose starting to bleed and drip onto his shirt. She smiled mischievously as she brought a hand up and rested her chin loosely in her palm. Back inside, Damien was still glaring down at Oliver. "You...will learn...respect." Damien growled out with his eyes filled with rage. Suddenly behind them, they heard a strange groaning sound and Damien turned around slowly with an almost bored look on his face. It was another one of those strange "people". He had a rusty scalpel in his hand and lifted it with a manic grin on his face. Damien raised an eyebrow as he watched the person sprint towards him. The freak tried to go for a stab in Damien's abdomen but Damien shifted his weight to one side and pivoted his body. The scalpel didn't find its mark in Damien's stomach, and before it was about to find its mark in between Oliver's eyes, the scalpel halted as Damien grabbed the freak's wrist. Oliver sucked his teeth in surprise and slight fear. Damien twisted the freaks arm and slid the scalpel from his grip, flipped it in his palm before stabbing it into the freaks throat. The "man" choked on his own blood for a moment before he fell to the ground. The scalpel was removed from his throat as he fell, Damien flicked his hand downwards and blood was flung from the small blade and onto the ground. Oliver looked slightly shaken seeing how quickly and efficiently Damien had just eliminated the threat, and now Damien had a weapon. Oliver quickly got to his feet and readied himself.
"Well, isn't that convenient." Damien said as he wiggled the scalpel in between his thumb and middle finger. Oliver's hands shook slightly before Damien lunged forward and tried to stab him. Oliver side stepped and gripped Damien's wrist as it moved past him. He twisted Damien's wrist and tried to wrestle the small blade from his grip. Damien's grip was stronger than Oliver thought, so he went for the Hail Mary. Oliver gripped Damien's collar and leaned his head back before headbutting Damien in the face. He grunted in a mixture of pain and anger and his grip loosened on the scalpel. Oliver managed to slide it out of Damien's grip and step back as Damien was holding his nose.
"Ha, impressive." Damien said darkly as he wiped the blood from under his nose with the back of his hand. Damien lunged forward again with insane speed. Oliver reacted on pure instinct and tried to slash Damien but he was ready for it. Damien grabbed Oliver's wrist and they struggled with each other for a few seconds before Oliver swiftly kneed Damien in the side. Damien's grip loosened and Oliver jerked his arm. Damien suddenly yelled out in pain and quickly stepped back, holding his hand up to his left eye. Oliver blinked a few times before realizing what he had just done. Damien lowered his hand and there was a long slash across Damien's left eye. He was holding that eye shut and it was dripping with blood. His lip quivering in rage as he growled.
Oliver was frozen, Damien spun his body and landed a hard kick on Oliver's jaw. Oliver was sent down to the ground and the scalpel clattered across the tiles and away from them a bit. Damien didn't give Oliver any time to react before he swiftly kicked him in the stomach. He groaned loudly as the wind was knocked out of him. Damien glared down at Oliver with a crazed look in his only good eye. "How dare you..." He growled out as he reached down and gripped Oliver's shirt. He lifted him up and held him against the wall as Oliver breathed through his pain. "After I end your pathetic life, that insufferable girl is next..." Oliver took a deep breath as his eyes turned slightly worried for a moment.
"Why? All this just to get back at Nate for a sin that was forced on him? He only killed your dad because your dad tried to kill Nyx. She doesn't deserve this. No one deserves the horrible life that comes with being Gifted...not even you." Oliver said quietly with a sincere tone. Damien's good eye widened slightly before he quickly sent his knee into Oliver's stomach again. He fell down to the ground as Damien watched him with a look of loathing on his face. Damien then quickly retrieved the scalpel off the ground and approached Oliver again. Oliver had more to say. "You don't have to do this Damien, I don't know what Kuroi did to you but-" Damien interrupted Oliver by sending a hard punch into his face again.
"Don't talk to me about force fed sin!" Damien was suddenly yelling. "And don't talk to me like you know anything about me or my family! Why should I allow you to save your sister when I couldn't save mine!" Damien yelled angrily at Oliver and he jolted. His eyes went wide as he stared at Damien with shock on his face.
"Oliver...?" Nyx's voice caused Oliver's blood to turn to ice and his face twisted in sickening dread as a smile spread across Damien's lips. The second felt like it would never end as Oliver turned his head to look at her. She was standing down the hall a bit and staring into her brother's eyes while her own eyes were frantic and afraid.
"Nyx, ru-" was all that left Oliver's lips before Damien made a breathy noise of elation as he swiped his arm widely in front of him.
Nyx's eyes widened as she inhaled deeply.
October 31st
10:56 pm
Inside The House Of Horrors
Danny
Danny was moving slowly down the halls of The House when he heard the most horrible noise to ever invade his ears. A sound that made his heart feel like it was about to explode from the fear and dread. He heard Nyx's loud and long scream of horror. "That sounds close..." Danny uttered softly before he sprinted towards the scream. His heart thumped faster and faster as he ran, ignoring the burning in his lungs and chest. The moment that Danny turned the corner became a moment that felt like it would never end. He saw Damien, his chest and chin were covered in blood. He saw Oliver slumped against the wall, blood coating the front of his body and pooling on the ground. Danny's eyes widened in horror upon seeing that his throat was slashed open. He saw Nyx, kneeling on the ground with a blank look of horror on her face as she stared at Oliver's body.
She was completely oblivious to Damien approaching her with a sick smile on his face, clutching the same scalpel that had just killed her brother. She was frozen. Danny was snapped out of shock when he saw Damien lift his arm, preparing to slash at Nyx's throat. His eyes radiated madness.
"DAMIEN!" Danny yelled out every ounce of rage and resentment that he had been bottling in for far too long. Nyx was jolted from her shocked state and finally realized what was happening around her. She saw Damien in front of her and quickly tried to scramble to her feet and run away. Damien reacted and clutched Nyx's hair tightly and yanked her back. She yelled in pain and brought her hands up to try and relieve the pain. Because of Damien's height, Nyx was forced to stand on her tip toes as he brought the scalpel to her throat. Danny tensed with fear as he looked at Damien, his mind flashed back to the sight of Kuroi stabbing straight through Nyx while Danny was right there. His mind refocused on Damien's face, his left eye was slashed and still bleeding slightly. Nyx was trembling with tears flowing freely down her cheeks. Her breath was shaking as she looked at Danny with pleading eyes.
Danny clenched his fists, "Damien...if you spill a single drop of her blood, I will kill you again." Danny growled with a stern gaze as he locked eyes with Damien. "Slower this time."
Damien smiled devilishly as he studied Danny's presence. "There he is." Danny's eyes narrowed slightly as he glared at Damien. His hands were steady, but his mind was racing, flashing images of every horrible thing that this demon has done to him and the people he cares about. Keep her safe. Oliver's voice echoed through his mind as he glared at the man that used to haunt his every waking and sleeping moment. He wasn't afraid of Damien, not anymore. Right now, Damien had his prey by the throat, and the only thing that could possibly save her was Danny. Unless...he could buy time for Nate to get here and release them.
"You...killed Oliver." Danny said quietly, Nyx whimpered in fear. "Why..." Damien let out a small laugh.
"Of course I killed him. He got in my way." Damien leaned down slightly as he spoke, causing Nyx to tense and tilt her head away from him. Damien moved his eyes to look at Danny and saw that his posture had changed to slightly stern, resembling Nate. "You think I don't know what you two did together?" Danny and Nyx both stiffened again. "Like I said, I know more about you than you think." Danny knew what Damien was doing, he was trying to get under his skin. He was trying to wear down Danny's mental state like he always does. Danny couldn't let that happen, he couldn't let his mind slip...or Nyx was dead.
"What's your point, Damien." Danny said with slight impatience in his voice. Damien breathed out a laugh again.
"My point is this: Do you truly believe that Nathan holds no resentment towards you after you defiled his relationship before it even began?" Damien said quietly. Danny's eyes widened gently and Nyx's did as well. Danny's entire body filled with guilt again before he clenched his teeth to choke it down.
"No. I don't believe that he holds no resentment." Danny choked out, trying to hold back his urge to lunge at Damien, he was too far away and Damien could easily kill Nyx before he got to her. Danny lifted his arms up at his sides, "Yes. I slept with Nyx, is that what you wanna hear?! I stabbed my friend in the back, and slept with the girl of his dreams! And maybe I still have some complicated feelings that I can't quite explain. But you know what? I see Nate and Nyx together and I don't regret anything. He makes her happy, and she makes him happy. That's all I ever wanted for either of them, and there is nothing you could say to make me regret any choice I made." Danny yelled at Damien with anger, Nyx looked at Danny with shock on her face.
"My intent is not to make you regret any choice you made." Danny looked at Damien with a confused look after he spoke. "My intent was to drill it into your mind that no matter what you do, I know how to break you. I know just the right strings to pull...to make you unravel." Damien purred before he lowered the scalpel from Nyx's throat, she exhaled slightly in hesitant relief. Damien then stabbed her in the abdomen with the scalpel before he removed it just as fast. Danny jolted as Nyx yelped loudly in pain before blood began spreading across her costume.
"Did you forget what I said, Damien?" Danny said again after his shock had faded. "You won't make me unravel...all you're going to do is make me mad." Damien grinned devilishly as he lifted the scalpel to Nyx's throat again, just under her ear.
"That's what I'm hoping for." Damien purred as he slowly dragged the blade down Nyx's throat, she whimpered as it slightly cut her. Not enough to cause real damage, but enough to cause blood to start dotting her skin. Danny's heart rate quickened but he refused to let his face show it.
He had to buy time for Nate.
October 31st
10:45 pm
The Erebus Estate, Exterior
Nate and his friends were warped to a safe location outside the Erebus Estate by Lisa. They had taken some time to prepare for this fight, much to Nate's protest. He wanted to rush into the estate and get Nyx and his friends out as quickly as possible but Nerissa convinced him to wait. She had said they if they rushed in blindly, there could be a repeat of the night they killed Kuroi. Elizabeth gave all of them free reign of her personal armory, Nate had grabbed a long hunting knife. He opted out of using a gun again because it had proved ineffective in close combat. Especially considering what close combat fighters his friends were, he didn't want to risk shooting them. Nerissa had also forced Orion to stay behind, much to his protest. Orion understood why Nerissa was afraid, but he wanted to be there to help. After some heated convincing, Orion agreed to stay behind. He still made himself feel useful by prepping the medbay with Mia.
The group moved towards the gate quickly while taking care to stay low. Okay, are we going to try and sneak through or fight our way through? Nate asked in his friends heads. He quickly heard Soul's response.
We need to get there as fast as possible, so we're going for stealth unless we have no other choice. Her voice sounded calm and collected. In fact, if I know Damien, and I know Damien, he has them in his office. My dad's former office.
Nate nodded at her before Soul led the group towards the back of the estate by the outer wall. Once they reached the back of the estate and they were under the window into Damien's office, Soul motioned her hands in front of her with her palms facing downwards. Her shadow spread across the ground under all of her friend's feet before it silently lifted them up to the large window. Nate's eyes quickly tried to adjust to the darkness in the room before they widened in horror. He saw two figures that he had never seen before, an intimidating woman with black hair, she was sitting in Damien's desk chair reading a book. There was also a smaller figure that was idly shoving Damien with his foot. Nate's face changed to confusion and concern as he looked at Damien's unmoving body.
"Oh my gods..." Nate heard Nerissa whisper quietly, it sounded like her hand was over her mouth. "Look..." She said as she pointed to the right, Nate followed her finger and his face twisted into sheer dread. He saw Oliver was slumped forward in the chair he was in, next to Danny, who was next to Nyx. He also saw that the entire front of Oliver's body was covered in blood. It dripped periodically into the large puddle that had collected under him. His throat was slashed open.
Oliver was dead.
Throw me in there, in front of the woman. Nate said in Souls mind with a determined tone, but he still sounded shaken.
Are you sure? Soul responded. Nate knew that she was concerned for him. Nate also knew that whatever was happening to them was because of the woman who was now sitting at Damien's desk. Her eyes were glowing bright violet, which meant that her Gift was active. Nate also knew that Oliver was killed because of that Gift, he couldn't lose Danny and Nyx too.
For the love of God, yes just throw me! Nate yelled back in his head before Soul quickly wrapped shadows around Nate's waste. Before she threw him, Soul stabbed a large tendril through the large window to shatter it. The noise jolted Willow and Azriel from what they were doing and their heads whipped towards it. Nate was thrown into the room and landed on Damien's desk before he quickly activated his Gift. Willow was already looking at him because of her shock so it was easy to take control. "Hey!" Azriel protested before shadows wrapped around him and snaked up to wrap around his mouth as well. Nate turned and looked back at Willow with a blank stare. Her eyes were already glowing red to match Nate's.
"Tell me what happened here, now." Nate said coldly as Nerissa, Rhys and Soul made their way into the room and ran over to release Nyx and Danny.
"I took them into my House of Horrors, that is my Gift." Willow started with a slightly shaking voice, like she was trying to resist but it wasn't working. Nate's eyes narrowed slightly. "I brought Damien into my house as well, against his will. He was the one who killed the boy with the big mouth." Nate hummed a small quiet growl and his eyes darkened. Nate had reached the point where he was calm, collected, and dangerous. Well, his face was calm, his eyes were crazed.
"Release them, now." Nate ordered in a calm but dark tone. Willow's eyes then flickered in between red and violet before Nyx, Danny and Damien jolted awake. Nyx's eyes immediately started flooding with tears and they looked over to where Oliver's body was. Her hands were unbound and she essentially fell forward into Nerissa's chest.
"Don't look, honey...just...don't look." Nerissa whispered quietly, hugging Nyx as she trembled and shook but made no sound. Danny looked over at Nyx before his eyes were drawn to Damien as he was getting up off the ground. The wound on his left eye was still bleeding slightly, but some of it had clotted. Suddenly, Damien was wrapped in shadows and lifted off the ground. The expression of boredom on his face never faded as he looked at his sister. She was approaching him with anger in her stride.
"You've gone too far this time, Damien." Soul said coldly as she looked into his only good eye. Nate watched with a dark look in his eyes before he turned back to Willow and his empty gaze of madness was aimed at her.
"You're lucky I'm in a hurry, now go to sleep." Nate said before Willow's eyes fluttered shut, she fell out of the chair and to the ground. Nate's eyes immediately flicked to Azriel and took control of him too. Azriel's hot pink eyes darkened to red and he stopped struggling. "You too, brat." Nate said before Azriel's head dropped and he fell asleep. Before Nate's eyes could flick to Damien, a vision crashed into Danny as he stood up. He saw a bullet fly through the shattered window, through Nate's abdomen as Nate's eyes went wide in shock, and flew into Danny's forehead.
"Get down!" Danny yelled in desperation as he ran towards the desk Nate was standing on. The shock of the situation caused Nate to step to the side just barely before a bullet shot through his abdomen. It shot straight through him and into the wood floor, causing the wood to splinter. Nyx's eyes widened again with horror and she screamed as she tried to run to Nate, but Rhys forced Nyx and Nerissa to take cover. Nate fell forward off the desk and landed hard on the ground, he laid there for a moment before he tried to lift his body. Thankfully, he was out of sight of the sniper. Danny slid across the ground and took cover behind the desk next to Nate.
"Fucking sniper..." Nate grumbled through his pain as he tried to get himself off the ground. His hand clutched his wound as he tried to push off the ground with his other trembling arm.
"Save your strength." Danny said quietly as he placed a hand on Nate's back. Suddenly, a large wall of shadow formed on the other side of the desk and completely blocked the window and the sniper no longer had sights into the office. Nerissa and Nyx immediately sprinted over to Nate and they both slid onto their knees next to him.
"Nate...oh god...oh god." Nyx said quietly as she saw the blood starting to pool under him.
"He's gunna be fine, Nyx. I won't let him die." Nerissa said with a determined tone. Nerissa felt her hip and her heart stopped, "Wait...where's my water?!" She exclaimed in shock before Damien started laughing quietly before suddenly, Soul yelled as she was stabbed with a shadow tendril in her abdomen. Damien didn't aim for anything life threatening, but it caused Soul to drop to her knees and made her lose focus on her tendrils. The wall shielding them from the sniper also weakened, but Soul focused herself and strengthened it again. Damien landed on the ground and reached behind him, he revealed Nerissa's bottle of water. A tendril flowed from his shadow and grabbed the bottle before encircling it completely in shadow so Neri couldn't use it. Damien sent out another tendril and grabbed Nyx, making it clear that she was still his target. As she was being yanked away, Nate instinctively reached out his hand.
"Stop...." Nate choked out, on the verge of passing out from blood loss. Danny quickly stood up and ran towards Damien, but he was ready and restrained Danny as well. Then he restrained Nerissa as Rhys tried to leap forward and slash at Damien with a loud roar. Damien quickly side stepped the slash before countering with a tendril wrapping around him. Rhys was pushed backwards at breakneck speeds before slamming into the wall. He tried to lift his head but it dropped when he passed out.
"Rhys!" Nerissa cried out in horror before Damien started laughing again.
"It's cute that you fools thought you could stop this. Like I said, I will have her head on a stick." Damien said as he lifted his hand slowly. Danny's eyes widened before he looked over at Oliver's body, the dripping of blood had stopped now...he looked over at Nate, who was struggling to stay conscious. He looked at Soul, who was holding her bleeding wound, struggling to stay coherent. Danny's eyes drifted back to Damien, who had turned towards Nyx and started approaching her again. She was just staring off into space, like she wasn't even processing what was happening. Danny felt something building inside of him, almost like a scream that clawed through his stomach, heart and throat. Suddenly, Danny felt a strange warm feeling crawling across his skin before it started to build more. Damien was distracted by the strange low noise that began humming through the room. Before anyone could react, Danny's eyes suddenly started glowing bright electric blue and his body surged. Electric energy surged out and traveled down Damien's tendril before colliding with him. Danny was released and he landed sloppily on his feet and he stared at his hands. Nerissa stared and gasped in horror and recognition.
"Dante?" She uttered just barely above a whisper. She recognized that power immediately and her heart started racing. Damien groaned as he got back onto his feet clutching his chest. The intense shock had caused Damien to lose focus and drop the rest of his prisoners and they all ran away and took cover. Nyx fell to her hands and knees, still stuck in a state of shock and dread. Nerissa had to run over to her and almost drag her behind the desk.
"Well....that's new." Damien said evenly as he wiped the blood from his chin. Danny stared back at Damien with hate in his eyes. His eyes began glowing electric blue again and violent electric energy began sparking from his eyes. He didn't know how the hell he was doing this, but he wasn't about to stop now. Danny then smiled manically as he felt extreme power surging through him, finally.
"Oh ho, Damien. I hope you didn't plan on winning this fight." Danny said as he lifted his hand, clutching a violently sparking ball of electric energy. "Because now, for reasons unknown, I finally have the power to pay you back for all you've done..." Danny's eyes radiated madness as he glared into Damien's eyes, Damien's face almost seemed to radiate uneasiness. "You have struck fear into me for long enough, you have hurt my loved ones enough. I am not afraid of you anymore." Danny lifted his head a little higher and he stared at Damien with manic eyes.
"And I...have had...enough."