Superstitions (Rewrite)

Chapter 5: An acquaintance with big ego

Two teens were worried that the wounds were more severe than they thought. Danny looked horrible to say the least. Multiple bruises amd cuts on his skin, not to mention the ruined robe. But it wasn't what scared the ghost teen the most. He was worried that when his family came home, they would find him in such condition, before putting two and two together. If not his father, than the others. But there was a little the teens could do, just bandage the most nasty scratches.

After doing so, Tucker had to leave. It was getting late and Joshua would kill him if he disappeared all of a sudden. Tucker protested, but Danny managed to convince him that he should be fine. When the dark skinned teen left, the half ghost painfully turned to the side, thinking about what just happened and what was he going to do. To sum up, the situation was really bad. If every bypassing ghost could beat him so badly, what could Pariah do? He needed to become stronger, and as quickly as possible. But first things first, he had to heal.

He didn't know how long he was lying there, Danny was in a half asleep condition. He heard some bickering behind the door of his room, footsteps, and finally everything went silent again. Thank Goodness they didn't want to come inside their son's room and take a look at him. Most probably they were too inclined in their thoughts about the recent event. The neverending chat from behind the door was a proof.

Danny woke up early that day. Well, early for him. He tried to drift back to sleep, but found himself unable to. At first he didn't recall the past events, but the stabbing pain in his torso rudely reminded him everything. The teen seriously considered staying in bed through the entire day, pretending to be ill. But then his overprotective mother and sister wouldn't have left him alone. His wounds wouldn't have gone unnoticed. He had to get up.

Slowly, the teen got into sitting position. It was less painful than he thought it would be. Of course, the pain in the torso was still there, but yesterday it pained him to even breath. Now it was gone. Curious, Danny lifted his torn tunic. His eyes became wide as saucers. Just eight hours ago he looked like he was about to die, now the former bruises and cuts looked like an angry cat scratched him in some places. Only one of the cuts still looked like an injury, that's what caused the pain in the first place. So...he had a quick healing.

Danny couldn't believe his luck, wait before Tucker learns about this. They didn't fear the injuries as much as diseases which always followed. Grinning, the teen got on his feet. He put on the spare tunic, which looked exactly the same as the other one. Trying to ignore the cut, Danny went out of his room, deep in his thoughts. Skulker could return, and he won't buy the same trick twice.

"Can you believe it, Mads? Demons, here!" Jack rambled.

Danny stopped for a moment behind the corner, deciding to eavesdrop.

"Honey, you are saying this for the tenth time," Maddie responded.

"Yes, I am, and I will say it again! I was right all along!" The man said in excitement.

"You are strangely excited for it. Jack, there is a Devil's spawn roaming around our town. Aren't you at least a bit worried?"

Danny cursed mentally. He had forgotten about that little detail. But he wasn't going to do anything bad, right? The teen never wanted to harm people...save Dash. Strange pacifism for someone who made weapons, but it was truth. Taking a deep breath, Danny made a step into the room. Both adults looked at him.

"Oh, Danny-boy, we have completely forgotten you are here."

"Shall I feel offended?" Danny said sarcastically.

"Oh, of course not!" Jack said, as usual not getting the sarcasm. The raven haired teen sat at the table. "It's just we are still recalling the yesterday events."