Oh, I'm just hanging around... thanks for asking...

[tara_the_damsel]

Tara didn't believe demons existed. She didn't know about what happened late at night on the streets that she never walked on. Her mother, when she was still alive, had always taught her to walk on streets with lots of people and bright lights. She would be safe there

Comments

[herecmestrouble]

This was probably one of the sloppiest demons he'd ever seen. There was a trail all the way from the girl's apartment to the warehouse where he was holding her, and Michael was starting to think that this was going to be like taking candy from a baby

[herecmestrouble]

Michael paused for a minute, flashing her a bit of a grin. "It's a bit of a long story. But -- all the medical stuff? That isn't really what we do."

[tara_the_damsel]

She raised an eyebrow. "Then why are you taking me there?"

She backed a bit towards the door, her eyes getting a bit wider. "No, take me home. I don't want to go there."

[herecmestrouble]

"Whoa, wait, hold on," Michael shook his head. "There's a bonafide hospital in there. Medical professionals and everything. We just -- we help people. Save them from assholes like that demon back there. That's all."

[tara_the_damsel]

"Demon? There's no such thing as demons! That was just some sick perv..."

Her hands went for the door handle. She's tuck and roll if she had to.

[herecmestrouble]

Michael sighed slightly, pulling the car over to the side of the road so that she didn't hurt herself, before reaching for her hand gently. He didn't want her hurting herself any more than the demon already had.

"I know this a lot to take, okay? I'm not always the best at breaking the news to people because I was raised in this, but I am telling you the truth. I just want to help you."

[tara_the_damsel]

She pulled her hand back to her chest, biting her lip and looking like she was about to scream or start crying.

"You helped me already, ok? I don't know you and I just want to go home. Maybe you don't mind that place but it scares me and I don't want to go and you can't make me!"

[herecmestrouble]

"Okay, okay," he sighed. "Well, can I at least take you to a regular hospital first? Just to make sure you're okay?"

[tara_the_damsel]

She thought for a moment. "Saint Luke's." She had been there a few times so she wouldn't too worried about being there alone.

[herecmestrouble]

"St. Luke's it is," he said with a nod, before pulling back out onto the road, and changing course to head in the direction of the hospital.

[tara_the_damsel]

She watched him again, then sat back a bit more normal in the seat, looking out the window. Then she looked at her wrists and winced.

"Why me?" she asked softly.

[herecmestrouble]

He was quiet for a moment before deciding that honesty was probably the best answer. "I don't know. This ritual -- seemed to just need a random victim. No real rhyme or reason to it -- they just needed the blood."

[tara_the_damsel]

"He's been watching me for days. Sick freak."

[herecmestrouble]

"Guess he liked you," Michael said with a sigh. "They tend to do that -- stalk you, I mean."

[tara_the_damsel]

She rolled her eyes a bit and gave him a sideways glance. "Demons?" she asked, scoffing the word.

[herecmestrouble]

"Yup," Michael replied, not even responding to the scoff. "My family's been fighting them for a long time."