Scarecrow Jack- The Awakening

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Bradshaw told Damon that he is one of the suspects in the case, and he will come back again to question him. After they all left Damon came back in, he sat down and was thinking how they died, all of them in one night. He couldn't believe it himself. Then he remembered something. A flashback, he saw himself going into Benny's casino at midnight. The casino was empty, Benny was sitting at the bar surrounded by his men, they were laughing at the death of Sebastian. Damon walked in, he wasn't his usual self, he was something terrifying, something that scared the men and Benny. "Wh...wha...WHAT ARE YOU???" Said Benny in a terrified voice. One thug tried to stop Damon but he punched him so hard in the ribs that his ribs cracked, he fell to the floor in pain, another thug grabbed a bar stool and hit Damon with it, but the stool broke instead, Damon put his hand in the thug's mouth, it wasn't a normal hand it was made of hay, and then he shoved hay in the guy's throat which chocked him to death. Two thugs came at Damon with a baton but met the same fate. The guy who fell on the floor met the same fate; his eyes were wide open as he chocked. The final thug came at Damon with a knife, he stabbed Damon multiple times but couldn't hurt him. Damon then wrapped his  arm around him, tightened the grip and crushing his body, as he opened his mouth to breath Damon put the other hand and shoved lots of hay down his throat. Benny was scared, terrified, he pulled out his dagger and stabbed the creature many times, but nothing seemed to affect the creature. The stab wounds on its body quickly recoverd as it was made of hay. It punched Benny with such a force that his jaw broke. The floor became red with blood and Benny was apologizing for his mistakes, he didn't know who was the mysterious creature. "WHO ARE YOU?" he asked in a broken tone as his jaw was broken completely. "I strike fear in the hearts of those who think they control fear, I am ruthless, merciless, heartless. I AM THE SCARECROW!!" the creature answered with a terrifying voice and then it killed Benny. As the flashback ended Damon was surrounded with horror. He didn't understand what had happened, he felt all the killings as if he was there, almost as he was the one who did it. He was still in disbelieve, suddenly he heard a whisper calling his name "Damon". He froze with fear, his body was sweating and his heart was pounding in his chest. Then the voice called his name again "Damon...Ha...Hahaha". Damon sat up from the chair and made a run for the door, but he was stopped in his tracks. He struggled as his body couldn't move, he was scared what was happening to him, why he can't control his own body, his body started moving towards his room by itself, he was not believing what was happening to him, as he was brought to his room by his body, he was forced to take out the scarecrow mask from under his bed. The same scarecrow mask he had kept to disguise himself. Then his body made him put on the mask. As he put it on, his body stood up and looked in the mirror. He saw the scarecrow with its torn-out outfit and a body made out of hay. He was scared to see such a terrifying sight. Then his reflection spoke to him," Damon, don't be afraid, I am a part of you now, I have been waiting an eternity to live, waiting for a vessel for my soul, now we are two souls in a single body, I am part of you as you are part of me." "I showed my goodwill as I killed your enemies, I felt the rage and anger in you towards those people, but you were helpless and weak to take them on, so I did it, I killed them for us and now we are one, Ha...Ha...Ha." "But I never wanted you, I never chose this" said Damon in a low tone. The reflection replied "you chose this when you wore the scarecrow mask." "Now don't be afraid, besides I will not harm you in anyway.... yet, but you can have the chance of becoming what you have always wanted to be, rich, powerful, unstoppable." Damon thought for a while, then he said "Do I have any other choice. But I don't want to kill anyone else, sure this town have treated me poorly in the past and I do want to avenge that but I don't want to kill anyone." The reflection replied with a nod. Damon asked a question of the reflection "How did you know I wanted to kill Benny and his men?"

The reflection replied "I could feel the hatred you had for them, once your mind was weak enough, I took control of your body and killed them." "Like I said, we are one now, I can feel your emotions, your pain, your happiness everything." Damon nodded in return and a faint smile appeared on his face, a wicked smile.The news of Benny and his men's death travelled through the town like wildfire. The news reached the old Mansion beyond the forest. This Mansion belonged to the owner of this town, The Castellanos Family. They ruled this land for centuries, now the last of their heir Viktor Castellanos ruled it. The last heir because he had never married anyone. He had no relatives or children. No had seen Viktor for many years, the oldest person in the town had never seen him, because Viktor had no need to be in the town, he had his butlers manage all the matters of the town through all the years. All the merchants had to pay rent to the Castellanos as the land belonged to them. Every month the general supplies would be delivered to the mansion and the butler would receive it.