The Slayer Chronicles-Book 1|Demon Soul

Reborn

Hello! My name is Demon Slayer, and I'm a Superhero! Yeah I know, kinda confusing. Here let me explain. My name is Demon Slayer and I was just a normal guy doing YouTube videos for fun with all my friends, then one day on the 4 year anniversary of my channel, something weird happened. A psychopath named Sithusis tore our minds from our bodies and trapped them in Cyberspace to kill me and take over my body to destroy the planet. There were a lot of battles fought and a lot more hardships won, I even died! But thanks to the Cybercore I was revived and was able to stop Sithusis dead in his tracks. However as it turns out, that Cyber Power stayed with me even after I returned to reality. Now I'm able to hack into, and control, any electronic device no matter how big or small. As I learned more about my abilities I took up the role of a hero and kept my name, I even made a suit of armor for myself kinda like Iron Man's, only with a different design. Now I defend my city and my planet from any and all threats that come it's way. I am Demon Slayer, and welcome to my life as the Slayer Supreme!

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"Man! Three bank robberies in one week!? Don't these guys ever learn?" I say to myself.

It's been almost a year since I received my Cyber powers from the Cybercore and it seems like the more I try and stop crimes, the more they show up. I guess people think that when a superhero is out and about, they can take them down with nothing but a gun, well not me! I made a suit of armor that protects me from that kind of stuff, not even a rocket launcher can get past this stuff.

"Report. All officers to the new Fifth-Third Bank, a robbery is in progress!" I hear on my police scanner.

"Dammit! Make that four in one week!" I say out loud, clearly pissed off as to how many morons decide that it's a good idea to rob a bank when they know I'm gonna show up. Being a hero is harder than it looks, I barely have enough time to commit to my passion, YouTube videos! I've barely been able to talk to my friends cause I'm too busy saving people and stopping crimes. Man, now I know how Spider-Man must feel. Not only that, but my friends were the ones who helped me gain these powers to begin with. Without them I never would've met the Cybercore and stopped Sithusis. I owe them my life, as do they as well. Oh well I might as well stop this robbery, if I don't, people might get hurt, or worse.

"Come on Donovan hurry up! The cops are almost here!" One robber yells to one of his accomplices.

"Hold your shit Frankie! I'm almost done!" Donovan yells back.

Just then they all look up at the ceiling to see none other than me burst through and say, "Wow! Really Donovan!? I thought I just put you behind bars not last week."

"Slayer!!! GET HIM BOYS!!!!" Donovan yells to his robbery crew, and a sad excuse of a crew it is. The lead numbskull is Donovan Slovetti, small time thief who thought it would be a good idea to "Improve" his line of work. The one he was yelling at is Frankie Slovetti, his younger brother, and he's even dumber than Donovan. He blindly follows His Big bro and does whatever he says. He's a good guy at heart, he just needs a little guidance, however, he never listens to authority figures, me especially. The other two are Michael West and "Skaro". Michael was a good guy once too, but lost everything to gambling so he turned to crime to get it all back and then some, and Skaro is just your everyday, run of the mill street thug turned bank robber. By the way, I never understood why they called him Skaro.

Frankie is the first one to throw a punch and I'm able to dodge it quite easily. "Eh eh eh, Frankie what have I told you about violence. It doesn't suit you." I say in a sarcastic tone. I then counter by giving him a strong left hook to the jaw making him stumble back only to fall over his bag of cash. Skaro is the next one to fight and he tries to whack me with a machete. He's a blade kind of guy, and after the last time I put him away, he's wanted to make sure I die. He starts to slash at me furiously and I'm able to dodge all but one of his strikes, the last one breaks his blade and makes the handle fly up and smack him in the face. "Oy Skaro! Last time I checked, metal doesn't penetrate metal ya doof!" I yell to him cleverly. Mike is the last to attack and this time he brought some big toys, an AK-47 w/ Grenade Launcher attachment! Mike is the gun guy, if anyone needs a gun, chances are very high he can get em' for you. He starts to unload on me, knocking me back a few inches and making small dents in my armor, he doesn't let up there, he uses the attachment and fires at me, launching me back a good distance. I get up in a ringing daze only to be met with that same forceful blow again. Damn! If he keeps this up, My armor will begin to fall apart.

"Hey! Mikey! You know the difference is between you and a gun!?" I yell out to him, nearly recovered from my dazed state.

"What would that be!?" He asks angrily.

"A gun would be smart enough to give up at this point!" I yell back, and I run at him at top speed, dodging the last grenade and socking him right in the side of his head, knocking him out cold. By the time I tie up the rest, Donovan thought it was a good time to run. He's sorely mistaken. I run after him and use my newest attachment to my armor, Jump boost boots. Something I came up with just in case I need to catch up in a foot race. By the time he reaches the street corner, I fall down to the ground right in front of him and punch him right in his gut, then I go for the head and knock him out as well. I run back to the bank and tie him up with the others and leave my normal greeting for the cops, a simple card that reads "Courtesy of Demon Slayer!" And with that I head back home and get ready for the first time in over 3 weeks when I finally get to record something with my friends! It's about time!

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In the jail cells, the ones responsible for today's robbery are yet again locked up and secured, however as soon as they start to get comfy in their cells they start to hear yells and bangs outside the cell rooms. After a few seconds, it starts to go silent only for the doors leading to the cells to blast open with great force. Just then, a man hidden in shadow, floats towards the cells and offers the imprisoned men something they can't refuse. "Hello Gentleman. How would you all like a chance to get revenge on a certain... Demon Slayer?" The shadow man asks in a whispery tone. None of the men can respond to him, but they all give looks of confirmation to him. Now, just as quickly as he arrived, the shadow man, along with all four prisoners, vanish. There is more at work here than anyone could know, and Demon Slayer was his first target.