From the Heart of a Villain (MxM)

Chapter 1 - Over The Brooklyn Bridge

The sun had long set when Samael swung open the large metal door to On The Rocks, a nightclub in the bustling city of New York. Once inside, he could feel the energies emanating from each person in the dense crowd, an ability he found exclusive to djinn. Every creature, whether alive or not, carried with them an energy that was as personal as a human fingerprint.

        That night, one energy stood out from the rest, and he knew her very well. Marzanna, a djinni whom Samael was close with was sitting in the lap of a man on a sofa against the wall. She crafted a beautiful caramel human physique with long black hair and dark eyes. Her body was curved in all the right places, and over her right shoulder she liked to display the tattoo of a crab. Samael never understood the reason she chose to do that, but it made him smirk every time he saw it. Men always fell for her charm, and he couldn't blame them.

        Samael, it's good to see you. Marzanna addressed him from across the room, but not with words. In their most basic form, a smokeless flame, djinn had no lungs or vocal cords. Instead, djinn conversed through an unspoken language of minute waves of radiation, a sort of telekinesis. Depending on how they were manipulated, a djinni was able to discern the message behind the various frequencies. 

        Likewise. Samael answered, but Marzanna was already leading the man out of the club.

        They had been close friends for so long that Samael could no longer keep track of how many times the earth had gone around the sun. She was the only djinni he knew who shared his appreciation for busy American cities. Most djinn resided in remote, wild places like desserts or dense forests because they preferred not to interact with people. They normally didn't cause any grief, but became threatening if a person unknowingly disturbed them. Samael used to be the same way, but over time he grew fond of populated communities because humans proved to be great objects of entertainment.

        While all disobedient djinn rebelled against the Creator's demands alongside Iblis, not all chose to follow his lead as ifrit in the Underworld. Samael and Marzanna returned to earth with many others after refusing to serve Iblis and became known as marid djinn, rebellious entities free to please no one but themselves. Marid were the most complex of all, more so than even the peri because their qualities were of both good and evil.

        Cutting his way through the crowded club, Samael found himself in front of a large mirror that stretched the entire length of one wall which he took advantage of to admire his materialized form. He nearly always appeared as a tall and well-muscled man in his late twenties with slightly-tanned skin, short black hair that was styled at the top and eyes a vibrant amber, nearly orange, but not unnatural looking. He grinned at his reflection in admission to the fact that he looked good.

        Samael liked to take the shape of a living creature's body, especially human. Not only did he appear human on the outside, he also included all the internal organs of a man's body. With his skin he could feel touch, his nose could smell fragrances, his tongue could taste food and drink, and his eyes could see all the colours of the world.

        Samael treasured this form especially because it allowed him to experience the beauty of earth in a way that was unlike any other. A djinni in his most basic form could only perceive the world through interactions of energized particles. The concept was similar to the use of echolocation by bats, only djinn used electrons to navigate their world.

        He scanned the club for a human that peaked his interest. It didn't take long for a slight woman in a short black dress with long blonde hair to capture his attention. From the furthest corner, he stood and studied her. The girl swung her body around from one man to the next, like a bumblebee in a garden of nectar. After just a few minutes of watching her dance with irritating confidence, he decided to make his move.