# Demons, CH 14

Author: Kindar
Tags: Drama, Human, Male, conversation, no sex, questions

Derick sits down to think and is interrupted by someone unexpected  
  
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Chapter 14  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I walk a few blocks and find myself in front of the Golden Pint. I look at the door as men and women come and go. I don't drink, so there's no point in me going there. I also don't have any money. But they have seats. It isn't like I have anywhere I need to be. Sitting down and thinking is probably a good idea.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I sit in a booth, and a moment later I'm startled to realize it's the one I sat in with Juliette. I waved the server off as he approaches and lean back. I notice the television.   
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It's the news. the rolling banner at the bottom of the screen says there's an increase in demon activity in Alabama. Why the anchor woman says something I can't hear before the image changes to a scene of men fighting in the street. The news does actually show that humans hurt each other. I look away. The news isn't important to me anymore.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What are my options.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do I have any?  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All I can see at the moment is either going back to headquarter or leaving the city. I don't trust Amanda to leave me alone, no matter what she said.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food is going to be an issue. I eat more than humans. What do they do to get money? I don't remember Jason ever explaining that. I put my hand in my pocket and I pull out the small wallet. Maybe I do have money. I still have the payment card they gave me, as well as the access card for the building entrance. does the card work only at the grocery store? I never used it anywhere else. Everything else was provided for me. I put them away, planning on testing it the next time I need food.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Someone sits across the table from me.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I look at Juliette. She gives me a shy smile.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "So, who are you really?" I ask her.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The question takes her aback. "Well, I'm a mother of three who works two job and does the best she can to make the ends meet."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Is your work for him one of those two job?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "If you mean Mister C, no."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I snort. "Mister C. Do you even know what he is?" The confusion on her face is answer enough. "He's a demon."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She frowns. "No, that's can't be right. He's been giving me money to help with the bills for a while now. Demons don't do that, they just hunt and kill us."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "That's what I thought too," I mumble. "What have you been doing in exchange for that money?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "All he asked me to do was to engage you in conversation. It wasn't easy to do. I tried to discretely get your attention for two month before the incident with the bottle. That gave me the perfect excuse, but even then, I had to chase you through two full aisle before you acknowledged me."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "You put your hand on me."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I'd been calling after you for the length of that aisle. I thought you might be deaf."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I shake my head. "And here? Why did he tell you to take me here?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She blushes. "He didn't. I wanted to get to know you."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Why?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She stares at me. "You have to know."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I just look at her.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "You're a good-looking guy. I thought that if you got to know me we might become friends and maybe more."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It takes me a moment to work out what she means. "You mean us having sex."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Her face turns crimson and she looks at the table top. After a moment, she looks up, no longer quite as red. "Well, maybe."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "You know nothing about me."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I know you have a good job, and that you take care of your children when they with you."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I shake my head. "I don't have children, and I'm not a construction worker. Like I said. you know nothing about me."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She studies me, frowning. "Okay, then why don't you tell me who you really are?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I'm two years old." I'm not supposed to tell her, but after all the lies they told me what to I care about protecting their secrets?   
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She chuckles. "That's funny. You look pretty good for an infant." I don't smile, and after a moment her amusement fades. "You have to be kidding. That's impossible."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I was made to hunt and kill demons. That's all I know."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She swallows and waves a server over. She orders a beer, I pass. She's silent until it arrives and she takes a long swallow.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "What exactly do you mean by that?" She asks, putting her mug down.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I woke up for the first time two years ago. They told me my purpose was to kill demons, to protect humans."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "But you're human, right?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "No."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Then what are you?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I rub my hand before answering. "I don't know."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Who are they?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I don't know that they have a name. I never asked it of the organization." Even after what they did to me I'm reluctant to give Amanda and Jason's names to someone else.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "That building where I picked you up, is that them?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I hesitate for a moment, then nod.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "You were hurt. what happened?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I learned things I wasn't supposed to. I became a liability."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She leans in and whispers. "I they coming after you?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I don't know."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She straightens. "What Are you going to do?"  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I also don't know that."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She sips her beer before talking. "You can come to my place, if you want."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "No. I can't."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "It's okay, really. It isn't big, but I can make room."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I shake my head. "Even if they don't hunt me, demons are going to be coming for me. The reasons why I was created might have been a lie, but I am not going to endanger humans because of that. I'll leave the city, draw the demons away. Maybe I'll go to Alabama, That's only a few hours south. They can use a hunter there according to the news."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Do you have to do that? You said the reason they created you was a lie, so you don't have to go on killing demons."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "It's all I know."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "You can learn something new."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I shake my head and stand. "No, there's no point in it." I leave, ignoring her protests.

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