The Mysterious Demon

-Blake’s POV-

My eyes were fixed on one figure that night. I had missed her beyond anything I had ever felt before but… my fear held me back. Instead of going up to her, instead of talking to her, instead of fixing the things between us, I’ve been giving her the cold shoulder since she’s come back. I’ve been ignoring her even though I want nothing more than to hold her.

I downed another shot and kept watching her from afar when I suddenly see Jake walk up to her drunk as hell. I furrowed my eyebrows when he held onto her waist and brought his face dangerously close to hers. What the hell was he doing? My blood boiled in anger and betrayal and I wanted to go up to them and rip him off of her but I knew I had no right. So, I stood and stared as she giggled. Giggled. That sent me off.

After that, they started dancing into a room before slamming the door shut. What was going on? Why was she so happy with him? What did he have that I hadn’t? What were they doing in that room?

My head went spinning. Images of them together flashed in my head until I was seeing red. I wasn’t going to let my own brother take away the girl I cared for. I started marching towards the door when it opened soon after, both of them coming out. Dominic’s face flushed a little red too which made my head shake in anger. Murder was on my mindNôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

Before I could think clearly I swung to punch my brother. I felt contact but was too blinded by my anger to see who I had actually hit.

“Blake! What the fuck?!” Jake shouted at me, shoving me roughly which caught some people’s attention around us but I didn’t care. “Jake, how could you?” I asked as he kneeled down. I still hadn’t realized who was on the floor next to him. “How could I? Blake, do you even know what you just did?!” He shouted at me with anger and worry on his face which shook me out of my angered state and instead I was confused. What was he talking about?

That was when I finally saw it. I saw her. She laid on the floor, Jake picking her head up slightly in his arms to reveal her bleeding forehead. I sucked in a shaky breath and my hands started to shake again but this time it was out of fear rather than anger. I slowly kneeled down in front of Jake. “D..?” I whisper but don’t get a reply. “Dominic?” I say a little louder this time and reach forward but Jake pushes my hand out of the way which makes me realize the extent of my damage. What had I done?

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Nickolas hadn’t talked to me ever since he found out about what happened that night. Instead, he’s been worrying about his sister – as he should.

One of our other gang members was able to tell us that she had a mild concussion which was why she hadn’t woken up yet but was due to at any time and that she was going to be okay. That made me sigh in relief but I was still restless as I waited in the room opposite the one she was in. My hands had run through my hair multiple times, I wasn’t able to sleep either which probably made my eyes red but I didn’t care. I just wanted her to be okay.

Suddenly, I heard her voice from the other room which made me lift my head. “Woah, what happened?” she asked and Nick answered, “You received quite the blow last night and your forehead started bleeding.” “Hmm, yeah I think I remember now.” After that their voices go lower so I wasn’t able to make anything so I just sat quietly in the room I was in with my eyes closed.

“Damn, you look as if your family was killed by a gang and that same gang is after the ones you love. Oh, wait- that’s me.” My head shot up to Dominic leaning against the door frame, chuckling at me.

When I didn’t reply to her, she started walking up to me before kneeling down and holding my hands in hers. “What’s wrong Blake?” she asked which made my eyes tear up slightly. “How could you ask me what’s wrong when I hurt you?” I replied which made her look at me weirdly. “Hurt me? The guy who hurt me looked nothing like you. He had scary eyes and pointy teeth, a frown on his face, and was really angry. I’ve never seen you angry.”

I stayed silent, knowing full well what she was trying to do which made her break into a grin. “Quit messing with me Dominic, you know it was me,” I say to which her grin faltered. “And?” It was then my turn to look at her weirdly. What did she mean ‘and?’

“Blake my job literally has me get beat up all the time, I don’t know why you take it as such a huge sin. If Nick is bothering you then I’ll talk to him. Don’t worry, it’s cool.” She carries on while standing up and sitting on the sofa on the other side of the room. “How could you say that?” I ask back slowly, unsure as to why she wasn’t angry. She smirked back at me.

“Whether Xavier told me to quit or not, I’m a street fighter. I get paid to beat people up and get beat in the process. Last night I let down my guard and you were able to land a pretty good hit which made me knock out. I believe Zack owes you $500.” She says before laughing to herself but I couldn’t laugh with her. I shook my head instead.

“I had no right to get angry. I hadn’t talked to you or given you any of my attention since you came back and I was suddenly angry that my brother was spending time with you and doing what I wanted to do. I was angry with you guys being together in that room, I-” “That’s funny because, in that room, we were talking about you.” She cut me off and my eyes widened slightly at what she had said. She frowned and looked out of a window for a moment.

“I’m sorry for leaving all of a sudden like that Blake. I didn’t mean to hurt you and trust me, it wasn’t your fault.” Again I had to disagree with her because I wouldn’t accept that it was her fault. “If I hadn’t said what I did, you wouldn’t have gone.” Her frown deepened and she sighed. “When you said you loved me I ran because there are people who will target you if they find out about that and there was no doubt that they would if I staid with you. I’m not getting you killed Blake.”

Dominic rubbed her face as if this was an issue that was stressing her but when I thought about what she had just said I had finally seen some light shine on our situation.

“You… were protecting me?” I asked with half a smile. She saw this and grinned back at me, telling me that my speculation was correct which made me immensely happy.

She then slapped her legs and got up energetic. “Okay! Well, now that’s sorted, I’ve got a fight to get to.” “Wait!” I called which made her stand still with confusion written on her face. I quickly stood up and ran up to her, grabbing her waist, lifting her into the air, turning her which made her yelp a little before hugging her tightly, and for the first time, she was comfortable in my hold and held me back.

-Xavier’s POV-

It’s been four and a half weeks since she left and four and a half weeks since I’ve been in the ring. Tonight was different though because it was the night I was going to show my face to the crowd again. I didn’t have much choice since our commentator burst into our room and told me to ‘get the fuck up, there’s an opponent I’ve got to fight tonight’ before slamming the door shut before I could protest. He was one of the only people who showed me that much disrespect, the other being Dominic.

Tonight, I was going to fight for her. That’s all I would think as I warmed up. People were screaming like crazy which had my adrenaline pumping. I hadn’t felt this way in a long time.

“BEAUTIES AND UGLIES, BOYS AND GIRLS, I’VE GOT A SPECIAL TREAT FOR YOU TONIGHT! COME OUT OUR MISSED FIGHTER, CHAMP!” That was my signal. I walked out with my head held high. There were a lot of people tonight in comparison to other nights which was a little weird but I ignored it.

I waited as my opponent was supposed to be called out but instead by the edge of the ring I see our commentator and another man talking quite enough for me to hear them say, “Where is she? I already promised the audience that she’d be here.” She? The only female who would fight here was M. D.

“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR FAVOURITE FIGHTER IS HERE!” We suddenly hear through a different mike. The commentators cheered out in praise which made everyone hysterical. I scanned the crowd to see five familiar faces of the Skulls and Bones and they all held happy expressions, especially Nick who looked extremely smug. That’s when I realised, he couldn’t have, could he?

“BOYS, GIRLS, BELOVEDS, THE MYSTERIOUS DEMON IS BACK!” My eyes widened as I saw her appear through the doors and walking with pride up onto the ring. There was no fucking way.

The crowd chanted her name over and over again which only got louder when she threw the mike at the audience. There were so many people who loved her, loved to see her fight and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t one of them.

Dominic then turned to me with a grin lurking from the edge of her mask. “Good to see you again, Champ.” she greeted but I was unable to reply. Before I knew it, our fight started and I received a punch to the face which knocked me back into reality. However, when I opened my eyes, she disappeared. What? I thought but then got a strong kick to my back which made me lose balance and curse. I looked back but she was already gone again. As I was hunched forwards, I felt her fists slam on the back of my neck which made me fall.

She had gotten faster and stronger than she was before.

I got up quickly to a dizzy room of people cheering for M. D to finish me off but just as she was going to punch me again I held her fist and didn’t let her go. I saw a smirk from under her mask this time. She went for another punch with her other hand which I caught too. Now neither of us had any hands free. With that thought, she jumped and span forwards while I was still holding her, using me as support as her leg made its way around and kicked the back of my head. The next thing I knew was that I was drowned in darkness and she was probably declared the winner.

“MYSTERIOUS DEMON! M. D! MYSTERIOUS DEMON! M. D! MYSTERIOUS DEMON! M. D!”

When I was finally able to make my way back to our room I got in to see Dominic standing there with a Monster in one hand and her phone in another. “Yeah bro, I’m all good… no I had my fun for tonight… eh he had it coming… I’ll be with you in a few minutes yeah?… Cool, see you, bye.” She ended her call and gulped her drink down thirstily while I stood there watching her as if this couldn’t be real.

“You know they don’t have the same energy drinks as us in England? It’s disappointing but they had all of my favourite Monster flavours so it wasn’t that bad. They did have this thing called Boost though. It’s kind of tangy at the end but it’s good. I bought some back with me, hopefully, Zack didn’t finish them.” She then said with a chuckle at the end. She turned to me and her smile faltered.

“You don’t look the least happy to see me. I know I beat you but the silent treatment? That’s harsh.” She then walked towards where I hung up her jacket and picked it up while my voice got stuck in my throat. “I missed you.” She carries on but I wasn’t sure if she was talking about her jacket or me so I didn’t respond. This led to her letting out a drastic sigh before putting her jacket on.

“Well, I’m going to head out now. I’m a part of the Skulls and Bones so they want to get planning and have me get this tattoo that they all have. Who knew I’d join hmm?” Guilt was eating me alive at this point.

“You’ve actually quit street fighting?” I asked, trying to keep my voice from trembling. “That’s what you wanted right?” She asked back, looking directly into my eyes. That’s when I see a strong fighter. Not a girl that I should have kept this from.

I shook my head negatively. I had to make this right.

“The Men of Meyhem was going to come after you the night after. I had no other choice but get you far away from here.” She started walking away but I stepped in front of her, hoping to get her to listen.

“I did it to protect you!” I say desperately to which she looks up at me and I see something I hadn’t expected, an all-knowing smirk.

“Then I’ll see you tomorrow. No one tells me, the Mysterious Demon, to quit.”

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