The Devil's Daughter (Damirae)

Chapter 5

Raven's Journal:

Damn. Did he just say he tortured and killed a five year old? When he was seven?!? What the hell?!?

I could tell from the shame radiating from him that this was not okay with this part of his past. I considered letting that be the end of the story. Then he cleared his throat and spoke.

"Her mother, Mary Parks, was an ex-member of the league. We had captured her and her daughter, but not her husband, Thane, who we wanted to put on trial with Mary for desertion. We needed to know where he was. My father tortured Mary for two days to no avail. It was her daughter's turn. I didn't argue. To argue would be to disobey. To disobey would be to be disowned."

Shane became terror as he continued. He was now stuttering, shaking, with his eyes wide open. And he was still hiding how terrified he truly was. If I wasn't an empath I myself would not know how terrified he was, but I could see the terror covering him, consuming him on the inside.

"I had battled Thane and Mary before so I knew I couldn't get anything off of her threatening Mary. I had to threaten Clara. I first threatened to start, gave her a last chance. She claimed she didn't know, so I asked Clara, and she told me to 'Go to hell.' To which I promptly cleaved her ear off."

Now he was looking down at his hands as though they were covered in blood. Obviously they were not, but he seemed to be off. Off in his own world.

"I didn't stop there- I flayed her, gauged our both her eyes, burned her flesh, eviscerated her until her wounds had almost killed her, than I tossed her in the Lazarus pit, pulled out a fully healed Clara, and did it again. And again. And again. And again. After a while I stopped doing it because I was told to and did it because it was fun. It was exhilarating. It was amazing." He didn't seem to feel amazing about it now. He was scared as all hell. "I kept doing it, I liked doing it, it was ecstasy. After about 16 times my grandfather told me to just kill her. I decollated her."

Now he was just sad. I didn't know what "decollate" meant, so I just cocked my head in confusion.

"I cut her head off." He clarified.

I was not surprised. Based on the way that Ra's acted, that was the option that seemed most likely.

But he was now struggling to keep from openly weeping. Which is saying something coming from him of all people.

"Less than a minute later, Thane showed up with s dozen soldiers. We had to fall back. He saved his wife and left with her, but he couldn't finish the job."

He now sounded like he was depressed, a low, long sadness of a time forgot. He had not wept- I'm not sure if he can weep- but he was definitely not proud of what happened next.

"One year later. I managed to track them both down. I lead the attack on their base. While outer troops fought theirs, I fought both of them. They were seasoned fighters, but I was trained by Ra's, and I had been bathing in the Lazarus pits for my whole life, causing my body to develop faster and strengthen significantly. On top of that, they were both blood-drunk, crazed, for the child I had killed. It didn't take me long to subdue them both.

I killed a five year old girl and enjoyed it, Raven. I liked killing her over and over again." He looked away. "What does that make me?"

"Don't say that!"

Damian's Journal:

She hugged me. When it was all said and done, she still cared knowing what I had done. It was shocking, yet still, it was a great feeling. There was also that strange feeling in my chest. Mostly on my heart. It only shows up when she's around. I still had to ask about that. But not right now.

She pulled away and sat on her bed

"You wanted to know my saddest story, there it is. Now, if you would like anything else, tell me now. Otherwise, I'll continue my nightly activities." I said, turning to leave.

"Wait," she said, then immediately mumbled, "Never mind."

"No, what is it?" I asked, genuinely concerned.

"Will you stay with me until I fall asleep?" She said, with a quiet, high pitched voice I had never heard from her before.

I was shocked. I didn't really want to but his was Raven. I had to.

I lied down next to her, expecting I would leave as soon as she fell asleep.

Within twenty minutes she was asleep. I decided to give her a few minutes to fully fall asleep so I wouldn't wake her when I left.

That turned out... differently than anticipated.

She ended up placing her head and left arm on my chest and her left leg only stomach.

"The hell..." I said before thinking.

She woke up and raised her head. "I'm sorry, Damian, I'll get off now."

I pulled her head to my chest.

"Don't worry about it. If it helps you sleep, then do it. I don't care."

Of course, that was just what I was willing to tell her. The truth was, in an odd way, I actually didn't mind it, in fact I very much enjoyed it. Than there was that feeling again. Which reminded me...

"Raven, have you casted any other spells on me since Trigon's invasion? Any I don't know about?"

She said "No. Why?"

"Are you certain?"

She laughed. Her laughter felt strange on my chest.

"I think I'd remember that."

What could it be, then? I wondered, now somewhat scared. It's not that it was unpleasant or anything, but it was terrifying. And at the fact that I didn't know what effects it may have, or even what it was. It could be good for me and healthy, but it could just as easily be a disease.

I'll ask Pennyworth in three days. I'm visiting the mansion anyway, and Pennyworth is the best physician I know.

I looked down at her, now fully asleep, head pressed to my chest. I had never noticed before but she looked... alluring, in her own way. Almost beautiful.

Not that I'd ever tell her that.

Oddly enough I felt tired now. Almost exhausted. I don't know where it came from, but I was to my own surprise, I was falling asleep.

I don't know what this feeling is... I thought as I drifted off, but I will enjoy it, at least for now.

{God, I'm reading over it and I'm realizing that this isn't as good as some of the others. In fact it is kind of shoddy... anyway I'm sorry guys I'm going on vacation and wanted to get a chapter in despite my little amount of time. I'll write a better one later in the week. Oh and btw the Parks family are all OCs none of them are in the DC.. anything.}