The Demon Inside - REWORK IN PROGRESS WILL BE NEW VERSION SOON

Part 25

Mid 2014

Danny p.o.v

Scarlett is with Jason as Theresa's mother wants to see her granddaughter and spend some time with her. I don't mind that as she has the right as her maternal grandmother to see my child. However, like most of Theresa's family, she likes to slag me off at any given opportunity which is something I don't agree with at all. She has no right to say any of those things about me because the truth is always going to be that her daughter was the abusive one, not me. I mean she's serving life in prison for attempting to kill me four years ago, it shows a lot to someone about what she really is like. She can't even have open visitation with anyone, it always has to be done behind a glass screen and she is in a maximum-security women's prison. She is totally the "innocent" one in all of this.

Tonight, we have a show in our hometown for a change. Most fans have now grown to love me, but like every band in the world there are still a few haters. When I say that I mean there are only a small minority group of them compared with all the supportive fans we have. There will always be a Deuce vs Danny fight with every album or song that we release but they will come to realise one day that despite our similarities, we are both very different people. He doesn't have the same vocal range as I have, he doesn't have the same musical talents I have, and he certainly doesn't have the same personality I have. It would be very weird if all of a suddenly during this Cambion war that Deuce goes all nice.

"Danny, are you ready?" Jorel asks me, handing me my mask. I loved it on nights like tonight where we play the show as humans. I love the feeling of his warm skin against mine. It's easier for me to perform if I don't have to worry about keeping the bubble close to me. "Yup, but I want a kiss first," I tell him. He complies instantly with a smirk on his face. He had one arms around my waist and he pulled me close. "Feeling dominant today then Danny?" he says. I put my mask on and send him a grin. "Yup, I like to change it up every now and then," I tell him before making my way to the others. He follows and wraps his arm around me and I wrap one arm around him. I love it when we are like this.

We all put one fist against each other as we stand in a circle. "J-dog, care to do the honours?" Charlie asks the leader. It does feel weird to be doing a show and carrying on like normal despite the war raging on around us that we are in the centre of. We all look at each other with grins on our faces. "One, two, three," He starts, the pre-show rituals which are very basic compared with most bands. "Undead," we all cheer. Let the fun begin. I can hear the fans singing Undead from here. I can't wait for them to hear Day of the Dead when that album comes out next year. We've worked so hard to get this far and we aren't going to give up now. Well we have released the single Day of the Dead a few months ago.

We start our set list with Undead. Then we sing a range of our songs from the three albums we have released so far. During the shows we usually focus on songs from Notes from the Underground, and American Tragedy more than we do with Swan Songs. We usually only play Undead and No 5 from Swan songs. It would be nice to play Paradise Lost every now and then, but we want to play the newer songs first and the party songs to get the mood going. I slipped up and turned back Cambion without Jorel knowing but I managed to keep the bubble as close to me as possible, so I don't send any of the fans to sleep which would give us up and cause more issues than the ones we already have with Aron.

All too soon the concert is over. We have group hug to celebrate another successful show with the fans singing along to their hearts content. I noticed Jorel was back to his usual Cambion form as well.

"You guys go home without me, I'll catch up. I'm just going to have a cigarette first," I tell them, and they nod to show that they heard me and then I head out the back exit while they head off home. I open my packet of cigarettes and take one out before lighting it. I put it up to my lips and take a long drag. I breathe out slowly and smile as I watch the smoke float away. Any stress that I have is floating away with the smoke. This war is more stressful than I liked, but there is nothing I can do about it.