Killing thugs

"Nothing," Jeff answered without turning back. "No sane judge would punish you for something that happened before you got mentally well."

"Good to know." Damon smiled and waved goodbye to Jeff, who was not even looking back. Bye-bye now!"

Damon went back to bed, and again his astral form left his body. He was floated above his body and cursed. "Aw, man! I have to search all over again!"

He went past the walls and reached the outside. He flew toward the ground and landed on his feet. He walked among the humans and noticed that he wasn't feeling well. He could feel the heartbeats of people around him, which hurt his head.

"So annoying!"

Damon's words made the demon within shout inside his head. Kill them! Now! Kill them! Kill them all!

He held his head as he continued walking. He decided to walk somewhere more secluded, so he walked away from the main street and reached a dark alley. He leaned against the wall and sat down.

"Man! What is going on?" Damon asked his inner demon. "Why am I feeling so uncomfortable, some of the people?"

'Those people have malice in their hearts.' the demon answered. 'Kill the sinners! All of them!'

"Huh? I don't want to kill anyone unrelated to my situation."

'Why?'

Damon's eyes widened from the question the inner demon gave him. "What do you mean why?

Inner demon released the sound that resembled sighing before answering. 'Those people are the ones who have guilt in their hearts. No different from Miranda. The sharper pain you feel, the stronger is their guilt.'

"I see, but I suppose it is not my problem." Damon sighed while getting up.

'Do as you please. I am going to sleep.' the inner demon answered because he did not want to argue with Damon for no reason over something he did not care for.

Damon shrugged at the inner demon's words. He started walking but stopped as he heard someone screaming. His head felt heavy, and he could hear someone's heartbeat beating inside his head.

"Kyaaaaaa!" the teenage girl with white hair screamed as two men dragged her toward the alley where Damon was.

They walked past Damon, who was standing there, confused at what was happening. One of the men punched the girl, breaking her nose.

"Huh?" Damon stopped in his tracks and looked at the people. "What is going on?"

"Help!" The girl screamed for help but was stopped by a punch in her face.

"Shut up!" The man shouted at the screaming young girl.

The girl was trying to break free and kicking them. But another man was a demon, and he had slightly enhanced strength.

"Let go!" she screamed.

The men smirked as the demon pulled out the pocket knife. They looked at each other and nodded as if they agreed with something that was not said out loud. Suddenly, the taller one put his hand on her cheeks and licked his lower lip.

"We will let you go…." A tall, slim demon said to her. "If you will satisfy us!"

"What do you think? You might enjoy us more than your boyfriend!" Another culprit said, but suddenly, his head was impaled by some invisible claw.

The blood splashed on the girl and demon's faces, who were standing frozen and staring at the dead man, who was still standing as whatever impaled him, was not letting him go. They were too startled to move and stood while staring at the dead man. Suddenly, the girl screamed.

"Kyaaaaaaa!" the girl screamed again and fell to her knees.

Suddenly, the invisible creature showed up in full demonic glory. The shadow hid his entire body except for his mouth full of sharp white fangs. The blood splashed on the creature's face, so he stuck out his tongue to taste it.

"Not tasty at all!" Damon said after spitting out the blood. He turned to the demon who was holding the girl by her neck. "Now about you!"

"W-who are you?!" The demon shouted, pointing his pocket knife at the girl's neck. "If you come any closer, I will kill her!"

The girl was so terrified that she passed out, making it harder for the demon to hold her hostage. She was falling, but the demon caught her and again used her as a hostage.

"Stay away!" the demon shouted at Damon, walking toward him. "Don't you care what happens to her?!"

"Do it."

"Huh?" the demon almost lost his knife when he heard Damon's words.

"Come on! Kill her! Give me another reason to torture you!"

Damon smirked and revealed his sharp fangs, making the demon who held the girl flinch and drop her.

"Tsk. What a buzzkill." Damon clicked his tongue and frowned as he looked at the guy who started to run away. He turned invisible, created shadow wings, and flew at the demon incredibly fast. He quickly caught up with the escapee and grabbed him. Damon took the man a whole kilometer into the sky.

"Please! Don't let go!" the man cried. However, Damon smirked and let the man fall to his death.

The man fell and crashed into someone's car. However, he died while still in the air because his heart stopped from the terror while he was still in the air. The car the demon fell on was empty, so no one was injured.

"Dead?" Damon asked as he landed on the ground as well.

Damon walked toward the man, but he assumed he was dead because he could no longer hear the man's heartbeat. However, he still wanted to ensure the man was dead, so he came and after checking the man's pulse Damon pierced the corpse's head with his claw.

"Dead for sure." Damon sighed and walked away as the crowd started to surround him.

"Kyaaaaaaaaa!" a girl screamed after seeing the dead body.

"This man fell from the sky!" another woman pointed at the dead demon.

"Call an ambulance!"

"Don't look, Jimmy!" the woman covered the child's eyes with her hands.

"Mommy, is he dead?" the child asked his mother.

"Dead! He is dead!" someone screamed after checking the demon's vitals.

The crowd couldn't see Damon, watching how this would play out. They surrounded him, and many took out their phones, calling for authorities.

"Yes! Send the police!" a woman yelled at her phone.

"Yes! There is a dead person over here! Send someone already!" Another person called for the police."

Damon started to feel the heartbeats of a few people within the crowd and flew away. He flew to the same dark alley and found a girl still passed out on the floor. After landing, his wings vanished, and he walked toward the girl and slapped her a few times.

"Auch!" She opened her eyes and looked around but couldn't see anyone. "Eh? What the hell?!"

Then, she noticed the man who kidnapped her, still lying around with a hole in his head. She instantly felt chills going down her spine as she stared at the dead man's empty eyes. Suddenly, she felt something on her shoulder but when she looked around nothing was there.

"W-Who's there?!" The girl yelled, but no one answered.

Damon held his hand on her shoulder and was chuckling at the girl. He removed his hand off her shoulder, and as the girl stood up, he turned himself visible and screamed while exposing his demonic teeth right into her face.

"Boo! Give me your soul!" Damon screamed when he turned visible, and after the scream turned invisible again.

The girl's face turned white, and she almost passed out again, and Damon was laughing. However, she could not hear him as Damon chose to stay hidden.

'Real mature.' inner demon told Damon. 'Stop playing around!'

"Sorry, sorry!" Damon was still laughing as he said. "I couldn't help myself! Haha!"

The white-haired girl stood up and started running as fast as she could. She never turned back and quickly disappeared from Damon's sight.

"She's quite fast for a human!" Damon chuckled.

'I wonder who's to blame.' the inner demon sounded annoyed.

The inner demon was angry that Damon wasn't giving revenge his full attention. He wanted Miranda, her father and the murderer to pay for what he did to Lilith and his grandparents. So in anger, he started showing Damon hallucinations of dead Lilith.

"S-stop!" Damon screamed in agony. He did not want to see this anymore. "Please! Why are you doing this?!"

Damon saw Lilith's burnt corpse in front, the ti. The real world stopped, and the illusion kept repeating. Thousands of times, making Damon cry in pain. Not physical pain, but emotional. He had to relive the moment he found Lilith's corpse many times until his mind was set on his goal again. Revenge.

'Sorry, Damon. I don't want to do this to you… But you forget our goal.' the inner demon said to himself while Damon was still screaming out his lungs.

After the illusions stopped, Damon knelt on the floor while weeping and holding his head. His eyes were bloodshot.

"Kill them all!" Damon and the inner demon said in unison as Damon grew wings again and flew into the air, disappearing behind the buildings.