Art not mine.
P.s.
Bold itallic print will be for when Dark is talking to Mark in Mark's mind and just itallic print is just for Mark in his brain.
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I quickly drove home to my apartment, well should I say mine and Kendra's apartment, and went inside. Once I got into the room, something about the air wasn't right. It was.... Heavy... Like the feeling you get when you know an enemy is there in a game. I catiously walked to my bed room and the air just got heavier. I grabbed the doorknob. It was ice cold. I slowly opened it to be met with my pitch black room. Then, I heard a dark chuckle.
"What are you doing here?"
My light flickered on and illuminated everything. Sitting on my bed was my inner demon, as some would say, staring at me.
"What do you want Dark?"
"I just noticed there was a girl living here.... That's all.... I was just curious on who it is. She seems young."
"Her name is Kendra and she is 17."
"Ooooh.... And how old are we now?"
"I am 30."
"Tsk. Tsk. 13 year difference. That is frowned upon you know?"
I blushed slightly at what he was edging towards.
"S-shut the fuck up! It isn't like that!"
Dark slowly got up off the bed.
"Are you sure? I watch from afar and you seem to eye her body a lot."
"I know when I am actually doing something like that, that it is you. You are in control when that happens!"
He chuckled once more and started to walk around me in circles.
"Mark, Mark, Mark...... Don't remind me that I can take over. You may do things to her that you'll regret..."
"Don't you dare make me touch her! She has already been scarred because her ex has done things to her..."
Dark stopped in front of me and stared into my eyes.
"I can't help but wonder if he actually raped her...."
"The doctors said so."
"Doctors aren't always right you know....."
He smirked deviously. I just sighed.
"God dammit Dark..... I hate you.... So much...."
"And that is what fuels what I do."
Dark turned away and sprawled himself across my bed facing up.
"Will you just disappear again? I don't want to deal with you."
"You have many hours until you have to pick the girl up."
"I told you her name is Kendra."
"Alright, fine. You have a couple hours till slut-bag-"
Once I heard him call her that I lunged at him. I grapped him by the collar and raised my fist in the air to get ready to punch his smirking face.
"Say something like that again, I dare you. Call her names once more, see what happens..."
"My, my....."
Dark chuckled as he started disappearing.
"What?"
I asked in an angered tone.
"You really would give your all for that girl, wouldn't you?"
And then he was gone. I was just gripping the sheets now.
"Yes..."
I responded to his question.
"I'd give my life for her. I promised I'd protect her and I am going to keep that promise."
I walked back out to my living room and ended up falling asleep on the couch.
*3 hours later*
I awoke to my phone vibrating on my chest. I scrambled in my sleepyness to answer.
"H-hello?"
I asked, not even trying to hide the fact that I was asleep.
"M-Mark.... Could you c-come pick m-me u-up please?"
It was Kendra. I was now fully awake once I heard her crying.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"I'll t-talk about it when we get h-home b-but please come g-get me...... Please...."
I quickly ran to my car and drove to the school. As I was driving I heard Dark chuckling in my mind again.
"What now?"
I asked him in my head.
"Oh nothing. I'm just remembering your answer to my question earlier. It's pathetic."
"Shut up. I don't care."
"Then why did you ask?"
Dark laughed. I sighed and didn't reply for a while.
"Dark, I'm almost at the school. Go away."
"Fine, fine. See you soon enough."
He stayed quiet and I drove the rest of the way in silence.
*15 minutes later*
I finally got to the school. I parked quickly and ran into the school then to the office. The secretary looked at me strangely as I caught my breath.
"I-..... I'm here for...... For Kendra...."
The secretary said she'd be right back then about 3 minutes later she came back with Kendra walking beside her. Kendra was crying insanely. I saw bruises all over her.
"What happened?!"
"T-these girls b-beat m-me up. But I'm f-fine.... Kind of...."
I carefully hugged her and thanked the secretary for helping and I lead the crying Kendra to my car. As I drove home, the only sounds I heard were the sounds of the car and the sound of Kendra crying. We got home and she went straight to the bathroom. She sat in there crying for 20 full minutes. I started to get woried so I walked over and knocked lightly on the door.
"Hey, Kendra? You ok?"
"Y-yeah.... I'm ok...."
"Do you wanna come out and talk about what had happened?"
The door opened slightly so I could only see a sliver of her face. Tears still streamed down her cheeks.
"I-.... I guess..."
She turned off the light and left the room. We walked out and sat on the couch.
"I..... I lied...."
She said through her small hiccups.
"What do you mean?"
I asked.
"I mean that the girls didn't beat me up.... It was the leader of the football team. He pinned me against the lockers today and was whispering things like he'd love to do anything to me.... Let it be romantic or sadisticly sexual...."
She seemed to shiver.
"He was rubbing all up against me.... It made me scared...."
I pulled her close to me.
"That feeling would have been normal in that situation."
She cuddled up to my chest and cried. In my mind I was yelling at Dark.
"You need to tell her the truth. Guys are just like that. Or shall we demonstrate it?"
"Hell no, Dark. We are not doing anything to her."
When I focused my attention on replying to Dark, I hadn't realized he was controling my hands and arms. He made me push Kendra away from me slightly until she backed up. Then, he took complete control of my body.
"Dark! Please! Don't do this!"
"You are so pathetic when you beg. I like you better this way."
I watched as he moved quickly towards Kendra, practically lunging at her, and pinned her to the couch.
"M-Mark?! What are you doing?!"
"I'm so sorry... But you explaining what that guy did ticked me off. He should know you are mine."
Kendra blushed deeply and looked away. That gave Dark the chance to kiss her neck. He leaned down but before my lips made contact with her skin, he gave me back control. Under my hands I could feel Kendra shaking. I pulled away quickly and almost ran to the bathroom.
"M-Mark...?"
She called after me. She followed until she was at the bathroom door.
"What just happened, Mark? Why'd you do what that boy at school did?"
I felt anger bubble up inside me.
"He got that close to you?!"
I quickly opened the door and cupped her face in my hands and turned her head slightly so I could look at her neck.
"Did he actually kiss your neck?!"
She smacked my hands away.
"No he didn't. I told him no.... And he pushed me down and started beating me up.... That was the only part missing from what you did...."
I hugged her tightly.
"I'd never beat you up. And I swear... What I did... That wasn't me... It was my... Inner demon as some call him. His name is Dark and he can show up to others sometimes but usually we share the same body."
She looked up at me in disbelief.
"I know, I know.... I probably sound crazy. But I'm telling the truth."
"I..... I don't know if I can believe you....."
"Oh, you should darling..."
Said a low voice behind me. We both looked to see Dark smirking.
"If I wasn't real... Would I be standing before you now?"
"That, Kendra..... Is Dark."
She looked at him quizically.
"So this is your "dark side"?"
"Technically yes."
"I should get going. It's boring out here. It's more fun to watch from his eyes. Buh bye."
He then disappeared. I turned towards Kendra. "Maybe you should stay with Wade now...."
"What?! Why?!"
She screamed to me.
"Because.... Dark has seemed to take a liking to you and I don't want him to hurt you. I hate being him. I hate becoming Dark...."
She embraced me passionately.
"No matter how "Dark" you become, I'll still stay by your side."
