The Demon Inside (IC)

[Xikari chan]

The Demon Inside

Liam is a troubled teen like many others his age. But there is something different about what troubles him. On a daily basis dark thoughts cloud his mind without his control. Even with friends like Cole, he doesn't want to talk to him about it. He goes to his friend, Sarina. He tells her everything, all of his thoughts, and she tries her best to help. But.... lately, it's been getting worse. To the point where he's almost attacked her...

Will Liam be able to figure out what's causing him to act this way?

Will he be able to defeat, The Demon Inside?

Chapter 1:
Home

[lantgreen]

Liam woke up one day in a cold sweat, the demon that he believed has possessed him mentally attacked him that night. It usually only attacked during the day and even then it was every other. He had one at lunch time the day before, and then woke up from having one, this was new to him, two with in 12 hours what next he thought. He got out of bed and walked over to a chair in the corner and picked up his phone, he checked the time and it said 1:00 am. He wanted to call as that was their new plan to help reduce it, she always had something to say that would calm him down a bit. He flipped through his contacts and selected the name Sarina, he thought for a moment with his heart beating, he pressed call and waited.

[Xikari chan]

Nightmares, they weren't unfamiliar to her. She was having another nightmare about some man raping her, it was her biggest fear. Sarina made small noises in her sleep as she tried to escape in her dream. Outside in the real world, her phone lit up and buzzed on her nightstand. It had taken two rings until she groggily opened her eyes and placed her hand on the buzzing phone. "What............?" Taking the phone in her hand she pressed talk and put it to her ear. Her voice was a quite and a bit raspy as she spoke, "hello?"

[lantgreen]

Liam held the phone tightly to his ear and started rocking in the chair nervously, it rang for a couple times and he began to think she wouldn't pick up, she had always answered, not once had she not. He sighed when he heard her say 'Hello' he paused for a couple seconds then whispered into the phone, ".......it happened."

[Xikari chan]

When she heard Liam's voice through the phone all the thoughts of rape were washed out of her mind. Sarina sat up quickly, "Liam? What happened?" Her voice sounded more attentive now as she was more alert. Liam would only call her if it was important, he must've had one of those thoughts... or something worse... With her mind in the half-asleep state it was in she could hardly imagine why he sounded so... anxious. Was that the word, she couldn't tell. "Did you have a nightmare?"

[lantgreen]

Liam swallowed hard but was glad that he could hear her talk, he started to tear up a bit but spoke quickly, "it attacked again Sarina," he thought that that's all he had to say for her to understand what happened and to begin her usual procedure to calm him down.

[Xikari chan]

Just his simple words made her understand. Her eyes narrowed, "The demon attacked you in your sleep?" The sound of this infuriated her, no one was allowed to mess with her friend. But she tried to keep a level head, getting angry wouldn't help the situation. "Tell me more about it, I want to help you. What exactly did it do to you?"

[lantgreen]

Liam started to have a hard time breathing but held on enough to speak to her, "He attacked in my sleep, it's never happened before with in such a short time between the last one," he paused for a sec and caught his breath and wiped his eyes of tears, "It made me.......I...I..." he didn't want to tell her what happened but it was part of making it better. He had to.

[Xikari chan]

"Listen to me Liam, it's alright, I promise... You just gotta...." For once she could not think of what to say. Sarina bit her lip and looked down at the floor in the dark with a guilty look. "Do you need me to bike there, maybe it'd be easier to talk to you in person..." She was seriously concerned for his safety, he seemed very upset and she really wanted to help him.

[lantgreen]

Liam nodded to himself, "Yes, please." He had now lived alone in a small house, his parents were gone most of the time, they only came home once a week to check on him and pay the bills. So he had her over at his house quite often, so often that she had her own key to get in. He hung up the phone and brought his knees to his chest and began rocking in the chair, the room was dark and he was having a tough time breathing, his inhaler was on the other side of the room in the nightstand, he just waited for her to come, afraid that it would come out.