Stupid woman

"But first let's enjoy the breakfast, shall we..." Raphael says as he dissolves into shadows and appears a few steps away from the woman.

Walking to her and stopping before her, Raphael smiles at the woman's expression. 

"Eh? " The woman is surprised at Raphael's control over his powers as well as the uniqueness of them.

Someone with control over darkness and shadows wasn't born in millennia.

While she is thinking, Raphael extends his hand to her.

The only difference between his previous and current appearance is that now, his body is releasing sips of darkness as if he is about to flare up every next second under the bright sunlight behind him.

His glowing blood-red eyes are focused on the beauty in front of him as he speaks.

"Don't be so surprised... Those folks spoke the truth..."

"So you are a demon... A shadow demon..." The woman replies as Raphael nods.

"Something like that, yeah..." But then he suddenly narrows his eyes as a minor glitch forms in his POV, a thing he clearly ignores with a random thought that he is probably just altering the Protagonist's, David's "fate" again as he did with Amy the night before.

"Wait, do you have a problem with that? " He asks instead.

"N-No! " The woman replies quickly so as to not make Raphael upset again, adding: "I just thought, that seeing a demon is pretty rare these days you know. Your race is almost extinguished..." 

"I see, so my fellow brothers have fallen that deep, huh? " Raphael replies as he still holds his hand extended to the woman.

Realizing she should not let the gentleman wait, the woman finally takes his hand and lets herself be led to the table.

Pulling a chair for her, the woman sits comfortably as Raphael walks to the opposite side of the table.

"I know this is nothing like you imagined, but give it some time... It will be better the second time we meet..."

"Huh? What are you talking about? There will be no second..." The woman replies strictly as Raphael leans closer.

"You really don't sugarcoat things, huh... Fine then, let me be straightforward with you. You have two options to choose from as a payment for my forgiveness." Raphael says as he leans back and starts eating.

Playing up the fork, he starts explaining.

"First, you can become my-" Raphael is not even in half of his statement when the woman suddenly interrupts him.

"Denied..."

"Alright, as you wish... Then, make me the student of the Nebelver Academy..." Raphael replies as he leans slightly into the chair.

"Huh? Why do you think I can do that? " The woman narrows her eyes at him as if he is wrong in his assumptions.

"Do I really need to give you proof? " Raphael asks but the woman remains unfaced, awaiting his response.

"Fine, I guess, the first is your phone which has countless messages from your sleazy colleague at the Academy... By the way, he is awaiting you already in a parking lot..." Raphael says, adding:

"Second are your honors for the teacher of the month, year, etc. hanging above your desk in your bedroom, all from the Nebelver Academy."

"Third are the exams on your desk..."

"Do I need to continue? " Raphael asks as the woman sinks back into her chair and shakes her head.

"No..."

"So, do we have a deal? " Raphael asks with a smile but the woman's response is not what he was awaiting.

"No..."

Hearing the exact response he wished to not hear, Raphael sighed in disappointment.

"I wished I didn't need to use my strength... You need to believe me, I really did..." Raphael says as he suddenly disappears from the chair, reappears behind the woman, and pierces her left hand with the fork he still holds, pinning her down to the table.

"AAAAHHHHH!" The woman shouts in pain, tears rolling down her cheeks as a trail of blood starts to roll down the table.

"But you gave me no choice," Raphael adds, saying: "So listen to me baby girl, I don't have time for your stupid mind games."

"I don't care who you are, who you have as your backup, or if you own the entire planet..."

"All I want is to get into the Academy, and you will get me there, whether you like, or not... So I'll ask again..."

"Do... We... Have... A... Deal? " Raphael asks with a crazed smile as he focuses his attention on the woman.

"NO!!! " She screams but before Raphael can do something more drastic, the Vampires near them start to struggle, trying to get out of their chairs.

"Can't you fuckers see I am busy?! " Raphael shouts in anger, pulling the fork forcefully out of the woman's hand, as he walks to the Vampires.

Grabbing the shoulder of the closest one, he thrusts the fork into the Vampire's neck as his blood paints Raphael's face.

*COUGH! The Vampire coughs blood as Raphael speaks.

"ALL... I... WANTED... FROM... YOU... WAS... TO... BE... SILENT!!! " He shouts word after word as each time he says a word, he pulls the fork out of the Vampire's neck and thrusts it back again and again until the Vampire's head falls to the ground and the Vampire disappears in a pile of ash.

Suddenly, the sounds of quick footsteps are heard as Raphael speaks "If you leave now, I will kill every single person who tries to help you..."

Shifting his gaze from the Vampires, his eyes land on the woman standing in front of the door, trying to escape this madness.

"You have a choice... Choose wisely..." Raphael adds as the woman thinks for a second, but then opens the door and runs out.

"Humans... Even with superpowers, they are still idiots..." Raphael says as the remaining three Vamps suddenly flare up in Raphael's corrupted flames.

A few seconds later, the same piles of ashes as from their fellow friend remain from their corpses as a slight breeze comes through the open door, from the hallway.

The breeze makes the ash fly away from the chairs and land on the floor, from which Raphael's body consumes it all, through his feet, just like it did with the blood on his face and clothes.

"Ugh, looks like I should go after her..." Raphael says but when he is about to leave the apartment, to follow the woman, suddenly, his system starts to glitch out as his black screen turns red.

[ ! ABBORD MISSION: UNCOVERED MOTIVES ! ]

Opening the glowing message, a video of a surveillance camera shows the same woman running across the parking lot toward her sleazy colleague, yelling:

"JACK! JACK HELP ME! A DEMON IS AFTER ME!!! "

"What a stupid mouse, thinking she can run away..." Raphael says with a devilish smile as he closes the video but when he is about to move, new messages that he "fucked up" start to pop out one after another while making an annoying beeping sound inside his head.

"Ugh, shut the fuck up, VEGA! " Frustrated and annoyed, Raphael cuts off his left hand as the system's entire menu disappears when his hand lands on the ground and dissolves in shadows, leaving only the silver ring lying on the ground.

Picking up the ring with his darkness powers, he shows it into his pocket while in anger, Raphael walks out of the apartment.

Walking down the hall, he says: "First, you fucked up our sweet moment together, and now you even fucked up Vega... Girl pray that I have enough patience with you, or this world will see butchery that will never be forgotten..." as all of a sudden, flames erupt from the door he just came off.

The woman's entire apartment is destroyed as Raphael dissolves into the shadows, in the middle of the hallway.

...

Appearing in the parking lot, he sees the woman hugging the man named Jack while pointing at Raphael.

"That's him, we need to hurry, we need to go, NOW! " She shouts but the man shakes his head.

"Maria focus, do you listen to your words? Demons don't exist! Not anymore after Winchester took care of them, so lemme handle this boy... He is nothing..."

"NO! You are underestimating him too much! " The woman, Maria is trying to pull Jack away with tears rolling down her cheeks but he pushes her away and says:

"Wait for me in the car. I'll be right back..."

With a sigh, knowing she will not make him change his mind, Maria runs to the car while Jack starts to walk right toward Raphael with signs of motivation.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! " Raphael on the other side begins to laugh as he stops in his tracks and starts to laugh even stronger at the sight of the man, so much so that he even bends down.

"What's so funny boy? " Jack asks as his hands flare up in blue flames.

"You... You are funny, Jack." Raphael says as he takes a deep breath, adjusts his posture, and extends his hand at the man.

Then, he fires a small beam of corrupted darkness at the man who at first feels nothing, but a second later, his flames start to diminish, slightly changing color to green.

"Ugh? What is this? AHHHHH! " The man starts to scream as his entire body begins to shake and rot.

"You should have listened to Maria... She was right..." That's all that Raphael says as he starts to walk again.

Passing by the rotting corpse struggling to remain alive and fight, he extends his hand as Jack's soul flees out from the corpse and enters Raphael's body.

"Thank you~" Raphael smiles as he speaks those words in a funny, anime-like way but as he shifts his gaze to the front to look for Maria, all he sees is a car approaching him at a fast pace.

Behind the wheel is no one else than Maria herself, wearing an angry expression.

"Come on... Try it~" Raphael whispers as he assumes an open chest position and lets Maria roll him with the car.

Passing Jack and leaving the parking lot, Maria looks into the mirror but seeing only Jack's corpse in the reflection lying on the ground, panic hits her immediately.

"Looking for someone? " Raphael's voice suddenly echoes in the car as Maria looks at the seat next to her and sees Raphael, sitting comfortably while smiling widely.

"Like I said, everyone who tries to help you will die. You chose this outcome, not me~"

"And now is your turn~" He adds as he grabs Maria's wheel and starts to pull the car to the side, the opposite way Maria does as the car starts to move from side to side, driving across the road in weird patterns while dodging all the cars coming their way.

...

At the same time... A few meters away...

Amy walks on the sidewalk of a bridge with a happy smile wearing those white cable headphones while listening to some of her favorite tracks.

She is dressed in her school uniform and is on her way to the train station when suddenly, she sees a car running at her at an uncontrollable speed.

From fear, she jumps to the side as the time around seems to slow down.

Immediately while in the air, her eyes register Raphael's as he winks at her in slow motion while finally letting go of the car's wheel as Maria unconsciously uses all her strength and turns the car left.

Quickly, Raphael pulls the seat belt and secures himself as Maria panics, covering her face when the car loses balance, turns to the left side, and falls off the bridge.

*BOOOOM

...

Landing on the ground but fortunately without any bruises, Amy quickly gets up from the ground and runs to the other side of the bridge while stopping the cars with a hand gesture.

Seeing that the car landed near the water canal, she sighs slightly in relief.

But then, her eyes register some movement.

It's the woman, Maria who is trying to get out of the car through the window.

After a few struggles, she gets out and stands up as if nothing happened to her.

Then, she starts to run away.

For Amy, that's quite weird, but what gets her more into questioning her sanity is that all of a sudden, weird flames cover the car, making it explode as a silhouette of Raphael covered in shadows spawns from the ground near the wreck.

Turning his face, he sees Amy standing on the bridge as he waves at her.

Then, he turns and cracks his neck as he starts to slowly walk like an angel of death after the woman who runs toward a nearby abandoned warehouse...

...

Entering the warehouse, Raphael is slightly surprised when after a few steps through the dark, dim place, he instead of the woman sees the well-known three elemental demons awaiting him with smiles.

"What is this...Wait three? " He asks himself as the Asian-looking woman suddenly passes by him.

While approaching the three, her appearance starts to change as she assumes the appearance of the fourth elemental demon, the water Demoness he saw in the pictures Vega showed him.

"Hello, brother... We are already waiting for you..." One of them, the Air demon speaks up, adding:

"Heh, I must say, you are really something. You haven't been here a day and you are already playing with the fate of one of the sons of light... That's quite impressive..."

"While we are trying to hide our intentions, trying to play it in the shadows like true demons, you on the other hand don't care one bit about anything... I admire this trait of yours~"

"Alright, cut the crap and tell me what's going on...What do you want and why I'm here? " Raphael says as he looks around.

Seeing numerous Vampires coming out of the shadows all around him, wearing smiles while surrounding him in the center, the Air demon suddenly speaks.

"You see, when I said I admire you, I meant it, I really do, but in this situation, it is something I can't just ignore... Your irrational behavior called unwanted attention which is hindering our progress."

"What unwanted attention? " Raphael asks with narrowed eyes as the Air demon speaks.

"Raphael, have you ever heard about a man named John Winchester? "

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