Chapters "Gee, the gang really is all back together again. Now step aside! Twilight has tried to interfere with my plans one too many times already! She needs to be dealt with!" Yelled Sunset Shimmer as she launched a fireball towards Twilight.
"TWILIGHT!!" yelled the Mane Six, that is until a hooded figure came and got Twilight out of the way.
"WHAT!" yelled Sunset.
"Step aside and let me handle it, this is a far greater threat any of guys have seen!" Said the Hooded Figure.
"You think you can stop me, look around you, look at the power I behold, you really think you can go up against me!?" Said Sunset and soon was blasting a fireball towards the Hooded Figure.
"How did I go from watching the night to fighting a she demon, oh right I was interested in the commotion caused by a group of girls, how the hell was I to know that the jealous girl who most likely lost that crown due to a competition or something would become a raging she demon, great I'm talking to myself again" Said Red Hood. Red Hood immediately dodged the projectile and his eyes were drawing their attention towards the wall behind Sunset, thinking quick he got his grappling gun and shot it behind her
"You missed." yelled Sunset.
"Did I really?" Said Red Hood with a smug face, when he launched himself in a zip-kick hitting Sunset, But She instead composed her self rather quickly and grabbed Red Hood then throwing him near the girls.
"Dammit, my arm" Groaned Red Hood, having landed on his arm, he now clutched it. He saw that Sunset was now paying attention to the girls.
"This ends tonight!" Said Sunset before throwing a fireball towards the girls, Red Hood tried to do something but his body was in pain right now, expecting for the inevitable to happen he saw that the blast had no effect or damage towards the girls whatsoever, the girls seeing this as an advantage they went towards Red Hood to help him.
"We may have a way to help you stop her but you need to distract her, if I'm right then we can use my magic from my crown she's using to help blast her without interference" Said Twilight.
"I really shouldn't be having you guys get hurt but after witnessing a girl become a demon and you girls not be hurt by a fireball I guess I can let you guys do that, I may be slow though, that landing wasn't a pleasant one" Said Red Hood.
" Sunset Shimmer, The magic contained in my Element was able to unite with those that helped create it! Honesty! Kindness! Laughter! Generosity! Loyalty! Magic! Together with a crown, they create a power beyond anything you could imagine, but it is a power you don't have the ability to control! The crown may be upon your head, Sunset Shimmer, but you cannot wield it, because you do not possess the most powerful magic of all, the magic of friendship!" Yelled Twilight.
"Alright time to do this" Said Red Hood. As he stalled Sunset Shimmer, but managed she gashed his arm except now the magical energy was ready, unbeknownst to Sunset she flew up resulting in the blast hitting her midair
"No! What's happening" Yelled Sunset. The blast was now surrounding her and also hitting most students who looked awfully pale, it was also transforming her back but her being in the air had made her lose her wings, she had begun falling, but instead fell into the arms of Red Hood who caught her midair and helped her up, He had left her with the girls, sticking around for a while to see them talking to her.
"Hmm, become a demon and make havoc then be forgiven?" Said Red Hood to himself, he was confused how things worked nowadays. The girls then turned to him, how did things work now with magic being real he thought.
"Thank you for helping us, we'll take her and help her" They said. They had turned around to help Sunset but when they turned back, Red Hood was gone.
"Who was he?" Asked Applejack
"Don't know but his style is what I'm questioning" Said Rarity.
Red Hood had left with with grappling hook, he proceeded to go through rooftops, having now landed on his house, he had entered through the window and proceeded to remove his attire, he looked at his mirror, his arm was all scratched up and along with signs of sever bruising all over his left side . He went and bandaged his arm.
"Why did I leave that girl alone obviously she was bad right? Screw it those girls will deal with her I guess." Said Daemon. He readied himself for bed when he opened his eyes once again. He remembered what school it was, then it hit him hard he was going to that school.
"At least I could keep my eyes on those girls" Said Daemon. Daemon in reality had been afraid of fighting the She Demon, being just a normal person meant you weren't vulnerable to death. He at least survived the encounter but the moment when she grabbed him he thought what would have happened if she killed him.
Daemon slept though not peacefully, the encounter had made him have a nightmare. Daemon arose with sweat dripping down is forehead.
"Dammit, this is not going to let me go is it?" Asked Daemon to himself. He thought for a while, he rose up and sat on his bed. His pain from arm was now growing greater than a while ago. He looked at his clock adjacent to him, 3:45 am. Daemon instantly recognized this, it was going to be one of those sleepless nights again.
Daemon woke up to the sound of his alarm, he instantly realized this meant time to go to school. He had a week before he entered and now the week is up, while he wasn't sure of what would happen today he got ready and put his clothes on. He never needed breakfast but for once he ate an apple and headed out. He got in his motorcycle and headed to CHS. Once he got there he went inside and headed to the office.
"You must be the new student, Daemon Wraithe right?" Asked Principal Celestia,
"Yes Ma'am" Said Daemon.
"Alright, Head to the main foyer and one of our students will meet you there to give you a tour of the place, oh and before I forget here is your schedule of the classes." Said Celestia. Daemon left the office and thought to himself.
"Well guess I'll be skipping some classes since i'm taking a tour of the school. Then again the tour could be short." He had reached the foyer and waited, until he heard someone.
"You must be the new student.." Said the girl.
"Daemon, Daemon Wraithe" Said Deamon, he was surprised to see the his tour guide was the same girl he had encountered a week earlier.
"Hi my name is Sunset Shimmer, I'll be showing you the school and after that you can begin your classes. Principal Celestia did give you your schedule right?" Asked Sunset.
"Yeah she did." Daemon Replied.
"Good, lets get going" Said Sunset. Sunset showed Daemon most of the rooms what were interesting till they got outside the lunchroom.
"Here we have the cafeteria, the freshman will be out any minute no.." Sunset didn't get to finish her sentence when the doors behind her opened and a bunch of students poured in, Daemon reacted quickly and got Sunset out of the way.
"Well, that was a close call" Said Sunset "Thanks any second later and I would have been at the nurse's office, still how'd you react so quickly."
"I don't know, I just react and it happens I guess" Daemon said, even he was surprised he reacted quickly to help her but why, just a week ago she was wrecking havoc and now she's just a girl. After a while they had finished the tour.
"Well this is the end of the tour and it seems you have to go to class now." Said Sunset.
"Alright thanks" Said Daemon.
"See you later, Daemon" Said Sunset before she left. Daemon looked at his schedule and smiled, he was headed to his favorite class: Technology. After that class he later had math and then science.
The bell had now rang for the 3rd time today since Daemon started late, Daemon looked at his schedule seeing he had lunch now he proceeded to head there, he was just by the door when he was tackled by a pink fuzz.
"What the..." Said Daemon before he was pulled up by the girl.
"Hey new kid, how do I know you're a new student, well see I know everyone in this school and I have never seen you before so I know your new here anyways here's an invitation to a party at Sugarcube Corner!!" Said the girl.
"What party and who are you?" Said Daemon confused.
"My Name is Pinkie Pie and what do you mean what party? It's a welcoming party for you, being a new kid means you must have no friends so I set this party up so you could have friends like me." Said Pinkie.
"What if I don't go" Said Daemon unaware of what he got himself into.
"Well I'll set up another party and invite you to that one again" Said Pinkie.
"Seems like there's no way getting out of this, then fine I'll go" Said Daemon.
"Pinkie Promise?" Said Pinkie,
"Yes I Pinkie Promise" Said Daemon.
"That's not how you say it silly, it goes like this, Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" Said Pinkie.
"Ok Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye" Said Daemon monotone.
"Alright but if you break that Pinkie Promise I'll come after you" Said Pinkie Threateningly. Pinkie left after that leaving Daemon surprised and scared.
"Well better not disappoint and show up I guess, and because I wasn't ready to die." He said. He then remembered it was the girl who had fought alongside him a week earlier.
"Well guess my day hasn't been that bad I guess, other than that.. might as well enjoy the free period using my computer." He looked for an empty table, that crazy girl was right he needed friends but now was not the time. he usually enjoyed being alone from time to time but he knows for a fact that even the loneliest soul needs some attention, Daemon then found a table and took out his computer, He enjoyed browsing outfits that suit his rogue style so he looked for a nearby store that could make custom clothing.
"So the Carousel Boutique eh... Well maybe I should visit that place one of these days, I really could go for a new jacket, and some repairs on my other one" He Said. Daemon was so caught up in my computer he nearly jumped when his name was being called out.
"Daemon, come sit over here." Waved Pinkie, obviously trying to get is attention, the bad part is that she got other peoples attention.
Daemon looked over to where the Pinkie called out and saw that she was sitting in a table with a group of girls, while he only recognized Sunset, he mentally slapped himself of how easily he forgot about the rest of them. He shook my head for no and continued. Daemon knew he should be investigating what happened the week before so he hacked into local surveillance cameras around the area. He proceeded to playing back the footage only to be called out by Pinkie again.
"Dammit, I won't get any work done without her calling me am I' Said Daemon
"Daemon, sit over here, you can meet some new friends or we can go sit with you." Said Pinkie.
Seeing he had no choice he went to sit there, he hadn't thought of getting near these girls, he just wanted to keep watch of them after the event. There were four girls who he did not recognized, a rainbow haired chick, an elegant purple haired girl, an obvious shy one who was clearly hiding behind her pink hair and the last one who wore a Hat. He thought, that's weird.. a hat indoors? The other two were Pinkie and Sunset who he knew already.
"Well girls I want you to meet Daemon he's new to our school meaning he has no friends, so how about we give him a warm welcome" Said Pinkie, she looked way to happy for something life this, which was scaring me. Dammit, He did not like this at all but what threat do they pose, he wondered sometimes over his severe paranoia.
"Howdy, Names Applejack Pleasure Makin' your acquaintance"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Rainbow Dash, fastest runner and best athlete in the school" The girl with purple hair rolled her eyes.
"Right, It's a pleasure to meet you, My name is Rarity"
"My name is Fluttershy"
"Right, nice to meet you Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack my name is Daemon Wraithe" He said shaking each their hand
"Wait you actually heard Fluttershy?" Asked Rainbow surprised.
"I have keen hearing" Said Daemon
He proceeded to sit next to Sunset, taking out his computer but now he had to do something else with them around him, he couldn't let them see what he was working on. Having decided to work on the Tech homework gave him a simpler afternoon. The girls had asked him questions about whether he liked the school and where he had lived before the he moved here. While he gave simple responses he was annoyed of them getting in his business, he literally just met them. One question though had caught his attention.
"Daemon, have you heard anybody talk about what happened last week or about that Red Hood guy as people call him" Asked Rainbow, this topic seemed to bother Sunset. Daemon was going to give an answer when the bell rang again and he saw he had Gym, he headed there.
"So my Gym teacher is Iron Will, he is very strict which shouldn't be surprised for a guy his build." Said Daemon. The kids were all moved to a track field and lined up Daemon saw who he was lined up with, Rainbow.
"Alright Daemon, here you'll see for yourself that how I'm the fastest runner in CHS!" She bragged. Once they ran and Daemon saw how fast she was, but he was faster. He had caught up and went far as going ahead of her reaching the checkpoint first.
"WHAT!?" Yelled Rainbow, she looked surprised.
"Well, looks like I'm faster" Gloated Daemon. This had earned an angry face from her.
"I..I wasn't ready, my legs were hurting from my soccer practice this morning, yeah that's why" She said trying to hide her defeat.
"Whatever you say Dash" Smirked Daemon knowing this wasn't true. The day was now ending Daemon went towards his locker leave his stuff, haven done his homework during lunch gave him an advantage for later, so he grabbed his helmet and closed his locker. He was stopped by Sunset.
"To continue over the question of lunch, have you heard anything surrounding on what happened?" She asked, He knew what she was asking about.
"Yes, kids were telling me a lot of crazy stuff happening and how you were trouble. But I want to hear what happened from you" Said Daemon.
"Well you see the rumors based on how they were told are true, I was the meanest person in school wanting nothing but power, I am..was really a pony from another world who came here. I then got hold of a crown with magic changing me to a demon and attacked the students making them my minions. I was stopped by those girls you met along with another person but my reputation still keeps up with me" She said, her voice with regret, this incident had damaged her.
"Well I believe you since you said it to me directly, I mean you don't look like you could cause trouble" Said Daemon, it was true she didn't seem capable of trouble now.
"Thanks, so you're going to Pinkie's party right?" She Asked
"Yeah, I am, not cause I was threatened" He said jokingly even though that was serious.
"Alright see you there" She said. She then left leaving Daemon by his locker.
"Well that was something" Said Daemon. He headed out and towards His bike. It was time for showtime.
Daemon had parked his bike in his garage and headed inside, having to leave later he went to go get something to wear. He had everything all set but a jacket. His primary one had taken its toll last week and was full of scratches and holes, he also couldn't be seen using as it was a dead give away so he needed another jacket. Having just his red hoodie he used it for now.
"Great and it was new, well I could go pay a visit to that shop so see if they can also do repairs, I'll have to buy a jacket there too it seems." Said Daemon. He looked for the address again and saw it wasn't far only taking a 2 minute walk. He was outside the shop and headed in, he saw no one when he noticed a desk bell, he pressed it and heard a someone.
"Coming" Said the voice. Daemon saw it was Rarity and panicked, she was there during the attack and he was holding the jacket he used to disguise himself. "Daemon is that you, what a surprise to see you is there anything you need?" Asked Rarity. "Uh, yeah I wondering if you could repair my jacket, I had uh motorcycle accident recently and it got scratched pretty bad" Replied Daemon. He showed her the jacket.
"Well there certainly a lot to fix here, nothing I couldn't fix though, I'll have it ready and handed to you in the party, say this jacket looks very familiar." Said Rarity.
"Really, I had bought it a couple of weeks ago." Said Daemon, he was worried, she had recognized the jacket which could be a problem.
'Pardon me, I just remember seeing this jacket somewhere before, anyways is there anything else you need?" Asked Rarity
"yeah I was wondering if you sold or would make a jacket that would suit me for later?" Asked Daemon.
"Well, I can make a variety of styles but I can make you one I just need to take your measurements." Said Rarity. Rarity took out her measuring tape and proceeded to take his waist length, width, etc. "Okay, so same as the other jacket I'll handed to you in the party." Said Rarity
"Alright well how much will the total be for this?" Asked Daemon
"Don't worry about it I make outfits for my friends all the time." Said Rarity
"Well we just met, but still let me pay for the expenses." Said Daemon
"Well if you insist, that'll be $65.75" Said Rarity. Daemon took out his wallet and handed her the cash. Once that was done he left the shop and saw he had some more time left.
"Well that's done, what to do?" Wondered Daemon, "I could go back home or...." he knew exactly what to do, time to make some upgrades. With the jacket being repaired he had to buy some protection, the attack had left him scratched and bruised, being thrown across was not an enjoyable thing, he was close nearing a nearby hardware shop when he heard some girls causing a commotion, he went to see and saw a group of kids surrounding someone.
"You really think a change of personality will make you free of what you did" Said an unknown assailant. "I'm sorry, please leave me alone." Said Sunset. Daemon soon realized they were targeting Sunset, he also noticed one of the figures with a bat. He couldn't be seen by the group or they would recognize him later on if he managed to get away, He needed to intervene in order for them to leave her.
"Well, Hope this hoodie can hide my face, what am I even saying of course it'll hide, it just wont protect it. Well it's showtime for Red Hood" Said Daemon, He then realized he was worried about a group of inexperienced kids when he fought a demon. He was behind the group and then struck though verbally.
"Leave her alone" Said Red Hood.
"Who do you think you are, don't you realize that this girl has been a problem for everyone, we're here to teach her a lesson, now stay out of this if you don't want to get put in your place too" Said the figure aggressively.
"Well if that's the case with you, then let me show you who's getting hurt" Said Red Hood. With everyone against him he used this as his advantage, two of the teens tried taking him down only to run into each other.
"two down, three more to go" Said Red Hood, proceeding to be far from the one with the bat, he couldn't be distracted by him yet. he took another of the guys down when the guy swung at him, not thinking he used his left arm to block it but this proved hurtful to him, the guy proceeded to take another swing but Red Hood ducked and proceeded with a right hook. Standing Menacingly towards the guy he got his bat and hit him with it.
"Do that to me again and I'll have to hit you again harder," Whispered Daemon toward the guy in the ground
"I'm still left freak and I'm not easy to take down" Said the possible leader of this attack.
"Right you think you can go against me after I took down your whole group" Said Red Hood, he walked towards the guy while saying this.
"Now I'm in a very good mood, I'll let you leave right now unless you want a broken arm" Threatened Red Hood, He turned around and towards Sunset when the guy decided to hit him.
"Look out" Said Sunset, Red Hood didn't even bother to face him, the only thing facing the guy was his elbow. The guy fell to the ground.
"Warned You Didn't I?" Said Daemon before twisting his arm causing his shoulder to pop.
"Are you alright?" Asked Red Hood, he knew the answer to this, more importantly he should be asking that to himself, his arm took another hit, first landing on it and now being hit with a bat.
"It's you, the one who was there at the school, when you fought me" Said Sunset worried, This figure had fought her demon appearance and now saved her.
"Guess the hood gives it away, still are you alright" Said Red Hood
"Nothing other than verbal taunts' She Said. "But what about them?" She Asked while pointing at everybody Daemon had attacked.
"they're fine, had I been caught in a bad mood it would have gone worse for him." Said Red Hood, he told her leave, while she did hesitantly, he knew she wanted to know more but now wasn't the time. After she left Red Hood proceeded to run home, having left all of his gear home he couldn't leave quietly. Daemon ran through yards and streets till he recognized his house. It seemed like the only house in the neighborhood to have black as it primary color. He climbed up to his window and entered his room. He then pulled a book only to have the bookshelf move aside, revealing a ladder. He went down to a room hidden from others, turning on the lights to his gloomy abode he took off his equipment and patched himself up.
"I really need that upgrade" Said Daemon, His left arm was bruised and scratched, having gotten his health kit out he proceeded to clean the area. Taking some pain relievers he patch up his arm to prevent more damage. He went back up and into his living room, his layed in his couched trying to forget the pain.
"Well today was a heck of day" Said Daemon. He kept laying on his couch when he sprang up and checked his phone, 6:26.
"Crap the party thing' Said Daemon. He could get there in time, probably, He then began thinking of the possibilities of being late, his first thought being about Pinkie killing him for breaking a pinkie promise as she calls it. He Got up, changed his clothes and ran to the door.
"Yup can't be late." He Said worriedly
Daemon was trying to get to Sugarcube Corner as fast as he could, but this traffic light wasn't helping. Having turned green Daemon drove off. He approached the area looking for a spot to park and found one.
"Okay, just a minute late can't be that bad right?" Said Daemon to himself. He was going to grab the door handle.... SMACK!
"He Pinkie Promised!" Yelled Pinkie, She had not realized Daemon was outside the door and kicked the door open. The girls went to see who got hurt.
"Pinkie, I told you to calm down," Said Applejack, she saw it was Daemon "well Daemon's here let's bring him inside." She lifted Daemon and placed him on one of the chairs. Daemon was out cold.
"See Pinkie, told ya to calm down now Deamon's here knocked out," Said Applejack. Daemon seemed to be gaining consciousness as he heard voices around him.
"Well he seems to be waking up..." Said Pinkie guilty.
"Huh.. wha," Said Daemon, "Dammit my head" He was dazed.
"Sorry Daemon for hitting you with the door, It seems I overreacted" Said Pinkie
"Hit me..?" Said Daemon, He was confused over what what going on.
"See Pinkie here thought you weren't coming even though a couple of minutes passed, so she was planning on going to your house but instead hit you" Said Sunset
"Huh.. oh yeah the party I was doing something and didn't see the time... wait how does she know where I live?" Asked Daemon afraid.
"Just a hunch" Said Pinkie. Daemon was still trying to process the information given to him.
"Well since I can move, how about we get that party you talked about and get it started" Said Daemon.
"PARTY TIME" Yelled Pinkie, out of nowhere she got a cannon and shot it at the air, confetti came out. Daemon got the jackets from Rarity, The party was small considering it was only the girls who came, Daemon never enjoyed parties much but this was different. He had friends.
"Enjoying yourself Daemon" Asked Sunset
"Yeah haven't had this much fun in a while" Said Daemon.
"Now that I remember, I was meaning to ask about your arm" Asked Sunset
"My Arm?" Replied Daemon, he looked and noticed he wearing a t-shirt, he had forgotten to cover up his wounds but with the rush he had no time.
"Oh yeah, I...Um was in a... accident with my bike after I got out of school." Said Daemon, not sure whether sunset believed him. She eyed him for a while then said.
"Oh, Just curious it looks a lot like you got hit by something." She said suspiciously, Daemon saw this as a time to divert her questions somewhere else.
"Yeah I hit a curb and guess the impact from the sudden brake made me fall off, hitting the ground," Said Daemon, he was thinking about how stupid he was for wearing a shirt showing his injuries.
"But what about your face?" Asked Sunset, this had left Daemon confused he hadn't checked his face, he must have gotten scratched without noticing.
"My face...?" Said Daemon, Sunset pointed near his eye, He got out his phone and saw a fresh cut.
"I hadn't noticed that, seems like I scratched myself" Said Daemon
"It looks like it was recently too" Said Sunset
"Probably the door," Noted Daemon
"Right, you did get hit by a door." Said Sunset.
"Well enough about me," Said Daemon "How was your day."
"Oh, well I was attacked by these kids" Said Sunset, She sounded nervous
"Um did you run?" Asked Daemon, He knew the answer.
"No, I was saved by someone," Said Sunset
"Who?" Said Daemon
"Well remember when Dash asked you about the guy called Red Hood?" Said Sunset
"Oh yeah, I didn't know what she meant by that." Said Daemon
"Well he saved me from them, he attacked them and then told me to leave." Said Sunset.
"Oh well guess that's good to hear." Said Daemon. Things started to cool down after a while, party was soon going to be over. Daemon Proceeded to say goodbye to everyone. He got out and went to his bike.
"Well that went better than expected... well except the door part," Said Daemon. He rode his bike, nearing his house he parked his bike and got in. He changed to his Vigilante Persona and headed out, having left early meant he could go back and check on the girls, more importantly sunset as it seemed she got unwanted attention. Daemon fitted himself with his new jackets and hoodie and was out.
"Alright girls see you tomorrow," Said Sunset, she headed towards her apartment, she was wary of walking by herself having been targeted a while ago by a group of guys.
"Dammit, my arm is still hurting the the attacks." Said Daemon, He was grappling around roofs when he saw Sunset walking by herself.
"Wow... she pretty brave if she can go by herself even after being witness of an attack directed to her" Said Daemon, he saw that the other girls were going together so he didn't need to check on them, after all they had Applejack. Now she can throw a punch, they had been arm wrestling during the party and Daemon was very close to losing before he changed that and won. He continued to watch before she made it to her apartment, Daemon then proceeded home since it was soon going to be late.
Daemon woke up, just not to his alarm clock but rather a surging pain in his arm and head.
"augh, not a great way to wake up," Said Daemon,
"what time is it?" He looked at his alarm clock, 6:50 it read. He got up and headed to his wardrobe he put on some jeans and a blue shirt. He went to the bathroom and got ready. His alarm clock then rang reading now 7:00, he proceeded to shut it. Daemon then went to his kitchen and got cereal having gotten up early gave him time to have breakfast for once. While eating Daemon thought about how to improve his endurance to attacks.
"Wait a sec.. my old design." Said Daemon. He went through his storage room looking for something.
"Aha, my prototype design," Said Daemon, Years back he was attempting to make adhesive grips on his gloves, instead he made a lightweight material that hardened on impact.
"Now to look at the structure to making more of this." Said Daemon, he then stopped and went to his room.
"Well maybe now's not the time," Said Daemon, he grabbed his watch and headed out to get his bike. Daemon has gotten his bike after earning enough to buy it, but not just any bike, the X132 Hellcat Combat. Having carbon fiber structures and being built for all terrain Daemon knew this bike would help him for his "hobby" as he called it. He now instead uses it as his main transportation for his civilian persona. Daemon always thought on having upgrades but with his recent activities he now thinks it's necessary.
Daemon rode his bike to school. Once inside he headed to his locker and placed his helmet there and got his stuff for the day. Daemon saw that he had history first, seeing this Daemon prepared for the worst, History being his worst subject,
It was lunch time, finally having dealt with classes for most of the day Daemon finally had a break. Daemon had to figure out a way to produce more of his prototype material so he found an empty table and took out his laptop. Using a program he made himself he used it to design various items but now he had his focus on his upper torso.
Out of curiosity Daemon turned to look at the girls and saw them already staring back, they were all signaling for him to sit there. Daemon moved and sat next to them.
"Hey guys, just had to work on a personal project so I sat by myself." Said Daemon, Sunset looked at his laptop and saw what he was working on.
"Why are you working on some armor?" Asked Sunset
"Oh..uh after my bike accident I realized I needed to be more careful so I'm designing something to keep me protected." Said Daemon, he forgot to remove his work from the screen.
"Well I need to keep on working on this so I'm going to put some earbuds to help keep me concentrated" Said Daemon, He plugged in his earbuds and put some music.
"Daemon" Said Sunset, no response from him.
"Alright girls, I'm kind of suspicious about what Daemon is up too, I think he may be that guy who was at the battle." Said Sunset
"How do you reckon that" Said Applejack
"Well see, when I was headed to the party I was attacked but then saved by that guy, during the fight he was injured in his left arm," Said Sunset, "and in the party remember which arm Daemon was injured with, his left. I mean it doesn't add up, how can a fall set his arm like that." Said Sunset
"You do got a point, but... I don't know Daemon doesn't seem the fighter type." Said Rainbow.
"We could spy on him!" Suggested Pinkie.
"I don't know if spying is the right way to find out." Said Rarity
"Well it's the only option we got" Said Sunset. Soon after the bell rang, seeing the girls get ready Daemon took of his earbuds and packed his things. He had music class now.
Once classes were finished Daemon was headed to his locker, earlier in music class he met a girl named Vinyl Scratch, she was pretty cool for a person who doesn't talk. However it did help make class move faster. Daemon went to pick up his helmet, he still needed to finish the prototype along with replicating the material which will take time. Daemon got on his bike, unbeknownst to him 5 girls were spying on him and ready to follow.
Once at home, Daemon went to his room dropping his stuff and getting a towel.
"Alright so this is where he lives, lets see if we can find something that can prove it." Said Sunset.
"And if we don't" Said Applejack.
"I'm pretty sure we will find something." Said Sunset. Sunset turned her attention to a window that just lit up. Grabbing a pair of binoculars Sunset looked towards the window only to start blushing and not being able to move.
Daemon went to his bathroom, turned on the lights and proceeded to remove his shirt, taking a shower after being exhausted helped him. He took off his shirt and was about to remove his pants when he saw someone out his yard looking at him with a pair of binoculars.
"Pinkie ABORT NOW!" Said Sunset. Daemon had caught her, luckily they were all wearing espionage clothing so they wouldn't be seen.
"Come back here, what do you people think you're doing!" Said Daemon. He saw them run but could't do anything now.
'Well now there's two things in my mind I need to work on, armor and security systems in my house" Said Daemon. Once the girls were far they talked.
"Told'ya it wouldn't work" Said Applejack
"Right, got that, guess I should trust your instincts since you're the element of honesty" Said Sunset.
Fatigued, Coffee and Duels?
Daemon awoke sitting in his desk, his back ached being arched all night. He worked late at night figuring out how to work the armor but instead passed out. His room was a mess and with his mind barely function at all right now he tripped and definitely woke up properly.
"Crap, what time is it" Said Daemon groggily, he checked his alarm clock and saw it was surprisingly early, this was the second time this week, yesterday being the first, he shut off his alarm from sounding later. He stretched his body and went to change. Brushing his teeth, once done his washed his face. He got his book bag and helmet and headed out.
"Wait a second, it's still early," Said Daemon, "Still better to get there than stay here and fall asleep." He got on his bike and headed to school. Once he parked his bike he went walked until he saw Fluttershy near the Horse Statue handing out flyers.
"Hey Fluttershy, what are you doing out here so early." Said Daemon
"Oh, I'm handing out Flyers for the Canterlot Animal Shelter." Said Fluttersy
"Did it open recently or something?" Said Daemon
"No we're looking for volunteers, wait do you think you can help out?" Said Fluttershy
"Um, I don't know..." Said Daemon, all of the sudden Fluttershy gave off a sad face, how could he deny her looking at him like that.
"Ok...you got me there, I'll help," Said Daemon. " But when would be the times I would help out"
"During the weekends usually, rarely the weekdays since we have school." Said Fluttershy
"Well I guess that could work." Said Daemon.
"Thank's for volunteering" Said Fluttershy.
"Well I guess anything to help a friend" Said Daemon, He got one of the flyers and then headed inside the school.
"Guess I'll be helping Fluttershy, at least is will help me expand my view of the town, I still need to get to know it more" Said Daemon. It's been at least more than a week since Daemons arrival in Caterlot but even then he still needs to to adjust and know the location better. Daemon headed to his locker when he saw Sunset there.
"Hey Sunset, need anything?" Said Daemon.
"No, I just wanted to check up on you seeing if you were liking the school?" Asked Sunset, she in reality wanted to get a conversation in order to talk about yesterday.
"Yeah It's a pretty good school." Said Daemon.
"So enough about school, anything going on in your life" Asked Sunset.
"No other than being very hurt and tired, actually something weird happened yesterday I spotted some figures in my yard," Said Daemon
"Seriously though for a great town it seems to have strange occurrences."
"Oh that's weird, anyways great talking to you, Well talk later" Said Sunset, she waved goodbye and left.
" Well at least he doesn't suspect it was us" Said Sunset. Seeing that it was early Daemon hung out by the lockers, he saw a vending machine, he saw that they only had some drinks and one snack: Peanut Butter Crackers.
"Well guess they haven't restocked yet, might as well get it." Said Daemon, Just as Daemon was about to place his coin in the machine he was stopped by someone.
"STOP, those are the last peanut butter crackers and the Great and Powerful Trixie must have it" Said Trixie. Daemon was to tired and hurt to care, and her use of third person made it worse
"Well too bad I got here first." Said Daemon
"How about a duel?" Suggested Trixie. Daemon didn't want to go through this so he said,
"I'm too tired to even care so just take them." Said Daemon.
"Good choice since The Great and Powerful Trixie always wins" Said Trixie. She placed her coin and got the snack, she then threw a smoke bomb and disappeared.
"I still see you" Said Daemon while he pointed at her behind the trash can before she ran out of view.
"Could this week not get any weirder." Pleaded Daemon. Something Daemon learned in this town by now is that nothing out of the ordinary should surprise him.
After spending the entire day trying to pay attention which is hard to do when you got little sleep and your body hurts. Daemon was finally glad that class was over, he had fallen asleep during lunch which had the loudest bell in the entire school and he was glad for that or else he would have been late for his classes. Now that it's over Daemon walked over to his locker and got his helmet. He decided that maybe a little coffee would help him for a while so he headed to a cafe.
Once inside the Cafe he sat in a booth by himself and was attended by a waiter.
"Monsieur, have you made your decision" Asked Savoir Faire
"I'll just have a coffee please" Said Daemon
"In a moment" Said the waiter, he then left, Daemon took out his computer to order the supplies for his upgrade. He would need to visit the hardware store properly this time again for tools. Once Daemon got his coffee and paid for it he started noticing something different about the cafe, suddenly the cafe was arising with commotion along with a haunting vocals. In another booth sat three hooded figures who had finished there song and were talking.
"Why do we need to keep going to cafe's if we know the location of the magic" Said one of the figures
"We need to conserve energy, we're trying to gain Equestrian magic so we need to have an advantage to whatever we're dealing with" Said another figure
"How do you know it's Equestrian magic," asked the third figure, "It looked an awful lot like a rainbow"
"Ugh, just shut up" Said the second figure.
Seeing the sudden change Daemon thought it might be best to stick around much, he stood up from his booth and headed to the exit, he had a pair of eye's on him though.
"How is that possible, no human here is able to resist our song" Said one of the figures in shock, it seemed as if this action took her by surprise.
"What, what are you talking about Adagio" Asked the second figure.
"One of the humans was unaffected and just left." Said Adagio. She began thinking and knew that they soon will need to investigate the school.
Daemon had officially finished the armor, 3 weeks have passed by and surprisingly Daemon didn't put on his Vigilante attire for a while. Working with Fluttershy wasn't so bad either, he saw a potential pet there in the animal shelter that he could adopt. Daemon saw variety of animals in the shelter, even a baby crocodile. Daemon had to go back and help Fluttershy today since it was Saturday.
Daemon hadn't realized the change in environment, the leaves were already falling, it's funny how that fall formal as they call it started in September, he'd expected it to be around October. He knew that Halloween was nearing in the upcoming week, it being a Saturday meant everyone had full day of Halloween. Once he was at the place he parked his bike nearby the area and headed inside.
He saw Fluttershy inside, she seemed preoccupied towards a Bat? Daemon walked forwards, he was still impress at how big this place was and how most of the animals were let free which was something he had not expected though they still have to be placed in cages during closing time.
"Please eat little guy, it's a piece of fruit" Said Flutteshy,
"Hey is that a bat?" Asked Daemon
"Yeah I found it..OW" Yelped Fluttershy, the bat had bit her finger which led to Daemon get worried. He walked towards Fluttershy.
"You should probably go to the doctor since bats do sometimes carry diseases." Said Daemon
"But who is going to take care of the animals?" Asked Fluttershy, clearly she wasn't too ecstatic about having to leave the animals.
"Well I could, I'm pretty sure it's not difficult to take care of these guys" affirmed Daemon, seriously how hard can it be too feed the animals and putting them back in there cages.
"Alright I'll head to the doctors I guess" Replied Flutteryshy worriedly. Once she went out the door Daemon went to check out the Bat.
"Huh, It has a collar," Said Daemon, "K. Langstrom... must be the owner... wait a sec since when are bats pets" Questioned Daemon. He went to the back room to leave his items, once Daemon stepped in the room he was blasted with fresh cool air, having to work with animals meant you had to deal with a lot of smells.
Daemon went back to the animals only to see chaos erupt, the place was a mess, the animals were scrambling around. He then saw Angel running around with the rabbit food.
"Hey come back here with that" hollered Daemon, Angel was known for being bad which made Daemon wonder how Fluttershy put up with him. Angel ran around with the food prompting for Daemon to chase him, with the animals turning their attention to Daemon they started chasing him.
"Aw crap" was all Daemon uttered before he started running. Daemon thought of something, the food. He ran and grabbed the animal food.
"Alright settle down," Commanded Daemon. After seeing the food the animals obliged. Once done feeding them Daemon had to clean up, but it wasn't looking pretty, with bird cages tipped over and trampled boxes along with the messed up papers all over this was going to take a long time.
"Hey Daemon I came... oh" Said Fluttershy, it had been 45 minutes since Daemon had to clean up and he wasn't doing much progress.
"What happened here?" Questioned Fluttershy. She looked around at the mess.
"Oh well I guess I can't take care of animals by myself...heh.... right anyways what did the Doc tell you." Asked Daemon.
"Oh nothing much other than everything's fine luckily the bat wasn't carrying anything" Exclaimed Fluttershy.
"That's good, think you could help out?" Asked Daemon. The Clean up didn't take much with Fluttershy's help, she helped calm the animals into the passive state they were.
It was time for both of them to leave. It got dark fast, the view of the city changed a lot from being cloudy and windy to calming and somber. He asked Fluttershy whether she needed a ride home.
"Thanks, It sure gets scary at night" Claimed Fluttershy. Daemon while riding his bike took the time to see how beautiful the night was. He dropped of Fluttershy by her house which looked an awful lot like a cottage.
Daemon returned to his house, hiding in the dark the house looked unnoticeable. He went to his Living room and turned on the T.V, there was an advertisement for an upcoming movie, Owlman V Ultraman Emergence of Crime. Daemon dozed off having been exhausted from chasing all those animals. He awoke after hearing his controller fall off his lap, he saw that the news were playing.
"It seems like it's eleven." Said Daemon.
"People have been reporting sightings of a giant bat, witnesses claimed it attacked a local supermarket, the whereabouts of this creature are currently unknown" declared the news reporter.
"Giant Bat?" Said Daemon, "Well guess it's time to look into it, the night is still young after all." After going through the bookshelf Daemon prepared his prototype armor and wore it underneath his shirt, after that he got his hoodie on and to top it all was his jacket. Daemon was now ready to move out. Daemon realized the sightings were reported around the urban area which was pretty far from here.
"Well time to use the bike," Exclaimed Daemon, knowing the possibility of being uncovered he removed the plate from the bike.
"Time to move out." Said Red Hood. Going as fast as possible Daemon wanted to reach the city fast if he wants to catch a glimpse of this "Giant Bat". Once in the city he found an alley and hid his bike there it was time for rooftop espionage. Grabbing his Grappling Gun he aimed it at a rooftop, close to reaching the top Red Hood grabbed hold of the ledge only to be Surprised by something.
*HISS*
*HISS*
Daemon was surprised by this encounter and let go of the edge. Having little to react to he shot his grappling gun towards another building. Rather than having it shoot him up he hung there.
"Okay wasn't expecting that, now to find where it went." Persisted Daemon. He launched himself and shot his gun to the original he was going up towards.
"And it disappeared, I didn't even noticed how it looked." Said Daemon, he was pretty sure he noticed the wings so they weren't lying about it being a giant bat. He investigated the roof, looking closely at the floor he found some fur samples, putting it in a secure bag he heard commotion coming around the corner.
"Well now I know where it is" Said Daemon, Grappling himself down he got on his bike and headed towards the disturbance, he saw that it was attacking another supermarket and eating fruits? Once it turned around Daemon saw some distinctive traits, it was feminine due to its hair and seemed inhumanely agile, one distinctive trait that Daemon noticed was it didn't seemed interested in attacking the people but rather scare them to gain the fruits. It saw Daemon and flew past him, Daemon turned his bike and sped up to chase it. Unknowingly he sped past 2 cop cars and was now the one being chased.
"Stop you vehicle," Yelled a cop from its bullhorn.
"Great law enforcement, just what I need. I Can't go after it with this heat." Said Daemon, he saw a truck ahead of him stopped in the middle, unwilling to do this to his bike he slid the bike on its side so he could go underneath the truck, while doing that he quickly grappled the roof of the truck and jumped over landing next to his bike on the other side. This left the cops to stop and Daemon saw this as a ticket out of here. Driving through the busy area he headed through another turn towards home, sweat pouring down his neck from having to do something risky. Reaching his gloomy base he went towards his garage and left his bike inside. He traced the scratch in his bike, Carbon Fiber still was susceptible to deep scratches.
"Going to have to repair that later in the day." Said Daemon, He had Engineering classes but only on Thursdays and Fridays, still he had knowledge to fix vehicles. He sat on the floor with his back on the wall thinking about his next move. He remembered the sample he collected and went off to his Subterranean Base in order to see the what wonders the She Bat carried in its genes.
"Incredible, it seems as if her genetic structure has been altered merely temporarily!" Exclaimed Daemon. "But how am I going to catch her?" Asked Daemon, He then though of something, Since she is a bat than she may use echolocation meaning that he could track its location using a device to trace the sounds. This means he'll have to abandon the search in order to study its movements. Having to make a program to detect the waves meant no sleep tonight.
Daemon awoke, though there was nothing but a dim light in his room coming from his computer, he preferred his room to be dark so he got a matte wallpaper and black curtains. He finished working on the program and using his Serpent Drone as he called it, having built it a while ago to help with searching through areas, he would attach the device with the drone in order to capture waves produced from the She Bat.
Daemon saw it was 12:09 he went to check the news in his living room. Daemon grabbed hold of a controller and pressed a button, a T.V. came out of the the wall along with a shelf, sitting at his couch he placed his legs on his small table. He flipped to the news. It was in commercial break, once back it showed something Daemon expected to appear.
"Last night police responded towards another giant bat report when a speeding bike was now being chased instead. Here's News Reporter Vicki Vale at the scene." Said a news lady
"Here at the scene was a speeding bike that cause great commotion at the area, the identity of the speeder is currently unknown as police are having a difficult time tracking down the speeder without its license plate. A witness at the scene captured footage of the Speeder going over a truck and its bike going underneath." Reported Vicki Vale.
"Well at least the details of my bike are still difficult to determined from the crappy video quality this person captured" Presumed Daemon. Daemon then forgot he had to go to the Shelter, he called Fluttershy,
"Hey uh sorry for not coming in today I had overslept..." Said Daemon
"Oh no is it late, I didn't come too I'm going there." Said Fluttershy
"Should i head too?" Questioned Daemon
"It's Fine you did have a rough day yesterday, you had to clean up and cover for me." Said Fluttershy
"Oh Thanks Guess I'll see you at school tomorrow" Said Daemon and hung up. Daemon went to work on his bike, seeing this he realized he'll need a second vehicle on for his hobby. Daemon was at his room, he looked out the window, Dawn had set and seeing the orange sky with the city in the background was something Daemon liked to see. Seeing this as a cue he released his Serpent Drone, it had an AI that would allow it to return before sunrise.
Daemon look and found a bike that he could use. G2 P51 Combat Fighter, having more Carbon Fiber Structures than the one he had, it also had a more menacing look and power. The worst part was it's price being more than the bike he has.
"Now to get another job and save up for it" Said Daemon. He had always had money to support his projects and himself but that's after saving up from his old old job.
Friday afternoon, the sky was soon becoming dusk. Daemon passed a lot of trees, each corresponding a different shade of orange and yellow. He was head towards a rural area of Canterlot. Applejack had contacted everyone, apparently something had been attacking her family's apple trees and she wanted to find out what it was.
"I'm pretty sure I know what it is" remarked Daemon, thanks to his Serpent Drone he studied the She Bats movements around the city it seems as if she attacked fruit markets and supermarkets, soon after it disappeared from the city. He was pretty sure it drove its attention towards the Apple family's farm. Using the sample he found he had made a cure for the She Bat, seeing how it might make an appearance today he brought his book bag. He reached the ranch-style home, he seemed to be late seeing as he was the last one to appear.
"Good everyone's here, now we can see what pest been eating our apples," Claimed Applejack, " Alright lets split up and head out to see if we find something. Here's some flashlights, if we find something flash it in the sky. " Once far from the girls Daemon got his bag and took the contents out, he change out of his shirt and put his DSIP Plate underneath it. After that he continued to trek the area, with the antidote in his book bag he was ready. Daemon was getting bored looking around when he saw a flashlight in the air.
"Alright so I was at the wrong direction," Said Daemon he ran towards the location of the light and found everyone there except Fluttershy.
"What's going on, where's Fluttershy?" Questioned Daemon, he looked at what they were so interested and saw for once the face of the She-Bat.
"Is that Fluttershy?" Asked Daemon.
"That's not Fluttershy, That's Flutterbat!" Exclaimed Rarity.
"We need to help her!" Yelled Sunset. Soon after Flutterbat swooped down and hissed at the group, flying towards the opposite direction the girls ran toward her.
"I got my rope we need to catch her" Exclaimed Applejack. Daemon watched them run after Fluttershy, Daemon was awestruck by the revelation, He took a second to regain his composure and put on his attire, tonight he was going to hunt a bat. It began to rain which was bad, it meant the ground would become muddy. Setting up the Jet Injector with the Vaccine on his hand he would help Fluttershy. Following the direction of voices Daemon began wondering how Fluttershy got in contact with this Mutation when it hit him, the bat in the animal shelter. He then saw Applejack holding Flutterbat with her rope.
"Ah got her." Yelled Applejack, except that wasn't true when it ripped the rope.
"No, I got her" was all Red Hood before receiving looks of confusion. Thinking fast Daemon used a different grappling gun, one designed to grab hold of people. As it tied up her foot Daemon underestimated its strength and instead of pulling her he was pulled.
"Dammit, did not expect that." Said Daemon, holding on to the gun he pulled himself forward with the rope. Once close enough he grabbed on to her. Flutterbat was successful at clawing towards his face when she ripped his hood. Daemon got the upper hand and injected her.
"Calm down I'm trying to help you!" Yelled Daemon, the Vaccine seemed to take effect as Flutterbat quit fighting and both of them were now falling.
"Can't move!" Was all Daemon said Before his back hit the ground.
"Augh" Howled Daemon, while his armor protected from blunt damage it wasn't strong enough for long falls. While Daemon received most of the damage Fluttershy was fine, carrying her back to the girls he saw that she transformed back to normal. It was dark enough for the girls to not see Daemon but alas the rain was getting strong and lighting struck revealing for a split second who the Red Hood was.
"Daemon?!" Said the girls in unison. disappearing the second the light gave off he was gone.
Daemon arrived home. Shutting the door he painfully walked upstairs, each step he made were all too much for him, even the creaks of the stairs were not enough to hide the his groans, going to his base he put away his equipment. Taking some pain killers he sat in his chair looking at his equipment in the closet. Seeing the amount of damage put on himself he thought, with the fact that his identity was blown he was wondering what he would do now. Going up the ladder, Daemon laid in his bed, looking up to his ceiling he closed his eyes.
*KNOCK*, Daemon awoke to the sound of knocking, without thinking he blindly went downstairs. Opening the door he was shocked to see a familiar group of girls.
"May we come in?" Asked Sunset
"Uh yeah, just wait in the living room, need to get organized since I just woke up." Explained Daemon, leading them to the living room he went upstairs to his bathroom, while brushing his teeth he began worrying about what they may say. Changing to a different outfit he went back downstairs.
"So um, what do you guys need?" Questioned Daemon, while he knew what the issue was he wanted to make sure.
"We just need to talk, 'bout yesterday," Said Applejack, "So it seems that you are that guy, uh"
'Red Hood, that's what they called him at the school after the fall formal event." Replied Rainbow Dash
"Right, Red Hood.." Said Applejack before she was cut off by Daemon.
"Look, yes that's me, no point of hiding since you guys saw me but I want you guys to not say it to anyone. You six know who I am and you six should only know, deal." Commanded Daemon.
"Deal," Replied all the girls.
"Well now that this was settled you guys need anything else?" Asked Daemon
"Well duh, it's Halloween silly, did you forget" Said Pinkie
"Oh right, Halloween so you guys are going to the event in the town?" Questioned Daemon.
"Yeah, we're all going" Said Pinkie
"Okay well then I'll see you guys there." Said Daemon.
"Sunset, give me a heads up over their location." Requested Red Hood, after being placed with Sunset in a robotics project for Technology class he was impressed with how Sunset worked with technology. Having her know who he was already he asked her to help him with his nightly duties. Due to the Bat incident he had to get an appearance change, now donning a mask underneath his hood along with contacts that gave him night vision, making his eyes white in the outside. He had a voice synthesizer placed with his mask to change his voice.
"It seems that they're a couple of feet ahead of you, make a right turn here and you'll most likely see them," Said Sunset. Grappling to a ledge he perched and looked.
"I got them." Replied Red Hood, reports over a gang in Canterlot had been spewing these past weeks. Every time Daemon goes out after them they disappear. Deciding to take a more quiet approach he got above them and attacked. Landing on top of one he noticed that the rest ran.
"Look at your so called friends, ditching you like cowards what do you gain attacking these people!" Shouted Red Hood, grabbing on to the guy. Out of nowhere the individual took the form of Red Hood's appearance. Confused by the members sudden change, it took this chance to punch Red Hood and escape.
"Dammit, get back here!" Yelled Red Hood, still dazed from the hit, chasing him to the end of the alley it connected to a street, taking a left Red Hood saw a group of civilians. Everyone started looking at him, each confused over his appearance. Deciding it was time to leave he ran back to the alley and grappled up to the roof.
"Are you fine, seems like he got you good?" Asked Sunset.
"Fine, now I know why they keep Disappearing all of the sudden. Come by my house tomorrow, we'll talk there." Said Daemon. Grappling towards another building he reached an alley, in that dark passage was hidden his Bike. Realizing how indiscreet he was he made some upgrades to his bike, placing some Plates that surround the main area to change appearance as well protecting the bike from anymore ballistic or blunt attacks.
Having Needed more space for his operations Daemon rode towards an abandoned warehouse, he recently set up base here. In there Daemon designed many projects.
"Well at least the look turns people away from here" Added Daemon, "now the real question is how they changed to look like me?" Inquired Daemon. Deciding he'll have more help tomorrow he looked unto his projects.
"Hmm, Insider...., Brainiac AI..., H.R.E Gauntlets and the Bat Serum. Still unfinished and still in development hell." Stated Daemon, he had no time for any of these projects.
"Maybe the holiday break will give me time," Thought Daemon, he looked out from the roof, seeing the flashing city at night somehow gave a calm sensation to him. Deciding it was time to head home Daemon left his equipment here and reverted his bike back to casual mode.
Going inside his garage Daemon got an ice pack and put it near his cheekbone, while it stung at impact it alleviated the pain. Daemon took a shower after that and headed to bed. He woke up around 9, getting dressed he expected for Sunset to arrive around noon so he decided to make some cereal and watch television.
"So this is what it feels like to be a kid again" Solemnly remarked Daemon. Once done with his meal he washed the dishes. Being done he turned off the TV and went to his room. Reaching the top step he looked down the corridor, three empty rooms. Daemon always thought to make use of the rooms but nothing came to mind. Going in to his room he sat in his bed, he looked over to his backpack. He walked toward it and opened it revealing the contents inside it: his laptop.
"Maybe I could work on the serum." Thought Daemon. Studying the genetic properties, he tried making a visual interpretation with his genetic structure to see if any problems appeared. Being so into his work Daemon lost track of his time when his phone alerted him. Having installed security measure his phone gave him a notice when someone entered his premises. Checking the time he knew it was Sunset so he walked towards his door. Sunset on the other hand reached his door to knock when all of the sudden Daemon opens it.
"Ahhh!" Screamed Sunset, "Don't do that"
"Hello to you too Sunset" Replied Daemon sarcastically.
"Alright about yesterday it seems as if they're able to mimic a persons physical appearance" Said Daemon
"Well that explains their name" Added Sunset
"You knew what they called themselves?" Questioned Daemon, he still hadn't figured out what they called themselves in order to have a better chance to find them.
"Yeah, they call themselves The Changelings, what you didn't know?" Asked Sunset
"Now I do, still if they can change ones appearance then how would we be able to find them without confusion" Thought Daemon
"Wait remember the attached machine to their back, what if that's what changes their appearance. Maybe if we could hack into it... no it would take to long." Though Daemon "Aha, an EMP blast,"
"You mean an Electromagnetic Pulse?" asked Sunset
"Well yeah, it can disable electronics in the area, so if that pack allows their transformation then we could disable it." Explained Daemon
"Well how could we trigger one where it will affect all of them?" Asked Sunset
"Don't know, maybe as a grenade or in a DEW." Said Daemon. They continued discussing the topic. Daemon and Sunset worked on the designs of the project when it was getting late.
"You should be getting home, it's getting late." Said Daemon
"Yeah I guess, see you in school tomorrow." Replied Sunset
"See you." Said Daemon. He reviewed the design, the appearance of a gun helped make the build easier than a grenade, which required compressing the contents.
"Never though I'd use something like that in my life." Referred Daemon, while looking towards the EMP Rifle design. He then looked over to the Bat Serum.
"Seems like it could work, although it increases Adrenaline. Could it cause aggression?" Wondered Daemon.
Monday morning, brisk winds hitting Daemon's face. His class was going to a history tour to the Canterlot National Bank. Having to meet the classes by the bank Daemon headed there. Seeing that they were supposed to be there by 8, Daemon left his house by 7:40 meaning he had plenty of time to get a coffee. Turing to a corner he walked down the street and walked inside the Cafe. He walked up to the counter.
"Hi, can I get a medium french vanilla?" Ordered Daemon.
"Yes, yes no need to yell," Complied Rudely a waitress, going to the kitchen Daemon thought.
"Wonder where Savoir is?" Questioned Daemon, sitting in one the swivel barstools he looked around and saw people arguing.
"It's always like this every time I enter here." Acknowledge Daemon. Looking at his watch it was 7:46, wondering why it was taking so long he saw that the staff were arguing.
"Dammit!" Cursed Daemon. He was about to leave when a girl sat next to him catching his attention.
"Hello." Said the voice
"Uh can I help you?" Said Daemon perplexed, he didn't know what to do.
"No but I was just noticing how you stand out in front of these hu.. people" Claimed the girl.
"Well for one I don't have anyone to argue with so.." Explained Daemon. Looking at his watch he jumped.
"Look this talk is unexpected, and I uh need to head somewhere!" Exclaimed Daemon. He was just at the door when he heard those haunting vocals, except this time it was only one vocal. Daemon's Eye's started to dilate, his vision tunneled and all he heard was the deafening vocal. Daemon felt cold, trying to get a hold of himself he snapped out of it. Feeling dazed from this he almost tripped going out the door.
"Geez, guess they're right about not standing up too quickly." Said Daemon. Unbeknownst to him the girl he was talking to was not just an ordinary girl . Running to the Bank he saw that the classes were already there, getting through the masses of people he got in line and was behind Trixie. Luckily for him he got there exactly at 8, with the Teacher taking attendance now he wasn't late. He was so into his thoughts he got surprised went someone bumped into him.
"What?" Was all Daemon said, turning around he saw Sunset behind him.
"Sorry, I tripped over someones leg." Said Sunset rubbing her head, she looked up and saw it was Daemon.
"Oh hey, guess I'm late huh." Said Sunset
"No they just started taking attendance" Said Daemon.
"That's good." Replied Sunset. The Trip started great until the classes had been sent to a room where they set up a presentation. Daemon was hoping to see the vault doors, he was always mesmerized by their security. The tour lady was rather nice, joking around every now and then to keep the class entertained.`
"Yes, you in the back." Said the lady
"May I go to the bathroom?" Asked Daemon.
"Go ahead, its just down the hall." Replied the lady. Daemon stood up and walked to the door, he forgot to leave his backpack so he had left with it. Going down to business he whistled until he heard alarms blaring all over.
"And in the middle of this, luckily I came with my backpack" Said Daemon, going through the contents he found his equipment and got ready.
"Everybody get down on the floor unless you want to play hero and get shot." Replied a Changeling. Daemon sneaked past the rooms and looked from afar.
"Well it's these guys again, need to get them away from the civilians..." Thought Red Hood, being interrupted by the leader.
"You two check around for another exit, the other two go to the vault, rest of us will handle the hostages." Replied the leader.
"Looks like I could get them each if I play my cards correctly here" Anticipated Red Hood. Seeing the two men go off separate directions he saw that one of them kicked the door to where the presentation was being held.
"Hey, this is no place for you to kic... gak" Exclaimed the Lady before falling on the ground, the Changeling had shot her.
"Anyone Else! Good." Yelled the Changeling.
Rage fueling Red Hood he went straight ahead and brutally punch the guy, a sickening sound was heard as his fist collided with the Changelings face, but Red Hood didn't stop their, seeing the guy on the floor he kept punching him to the point where blood started appearing through the cracks of his visor. Red Hood then turned around only to see one of the men appear to see whats going on.
"I'll get you for this" Yelled the Changeling before getting ready to shoot.
"Everybody get down!" Yelled Red Hood, ducking for cover he still manage to get shot.
"Ughh" Grunted Red Hood, blood trickled down his body, his white shirt was now sporting a hint of red around the abdomen. Grasping his side he quickly opened his pouch belt he got a Epinephrine auto-injector and struck his thigh. Using this he dulled his pain and pounced at the guy making him lose his rifle. The man push Red Hood back and started punching his face. Without haste a blue headed guy tackled him. Daemon recovered and saw that the Changeling pushed the guy out of the way. He took out a knife and was going to impale him when Daemon did something he never though he would have done. Grabbing the mans rilfe he aimed down the sights and shot him in the leg. With this guy immobilized he took him of the guy and ordered everyone to stay put.
"two down five more to go." Said Red Hood.
Hearing foot steps he paced towards a doorway, seeing that only two of them were he prepared to take them both down. Doing his personal Tombstone attack he pulled them back so they fell and quickly turned around and punch them both down. Seeing that he'll need to attack those by the vault he directed his Serpent Drone to come to his location.
Daemon had a window opened for his Serpent Drone to enter. Seeing it approach he took out his phone and opened a program that allowed him to access encrypted devices and hack into it. Planning a strategy he flew his Serpent Drone quietly to the Vault, seeing the Changelings already getting the money he manages to access the dye packs. Activating them, he made all the money useless. The Changelings reacted to this unexpectedly, having added some non lethal weapons in the Drone he shot one of them with a taser, the other Changeling saw the drone and shot it down.
"Expected that, augh." Groaned Red Hood, while the adrenaline boost made him stronger and helped dull the pain it was merely temporarily. Tightening his DSIP Plates to keep pressure he began planning out a plan to take out the ones with the civilians.
"The rilfe, if I could get the guys underneath the chandelier I could shot the chain to drop it" Thought Red, going back to thehall he picked up the rifle and went back, as expected he saw the one from the vault to talk to the boss.
"The money, its gone something activated the dye packs." Announced the Changeling, clearly out of breath. Getting something from one of the desks he threw it to draw their attention.
"It's Him" Announced the leader. All of them walking together, Red Hood saw a chance and shot the chain. Hearing the sound the Leader looked up.
"Look out!" Yelled the Leader, jumping out of the way the rest didn't react quickly and had the chandelier fall on them. Deciding it's time to escape the Leader got one of the hostages.
"You either let me go right now or I blow her brains out." Pressing something around his temple he activated a thermal vision in his googles. Seeing Red Hood, he started shooting his Direction.
"You can't hide from me, not anymore." Yelled the Changeling, right after he heard more commotion outside he was about to shoot the hostage when Red Hood shot the gun out of his hand.
"Augh" Yelled the Leader in pain, changing into one of the dead security guards he went outside, being disguised he managed to leave but not before framing Red Hood for the robbery.
"It was some crazy guy, with a red hood" Explained the Leader. Seeing this he went unto the bathroom and changing back quickly to his civilian persona, once the cops raided the area they found Daemon only looking much pale from his injuries. Allowing them to take him to the Hospital he was rushed in order to remove the lodged bullet.
"Kid claims he was shot by one of the guys before being saved by the leader. Why would the leader save the kid, then there are hostages who claim that the Red Hooded figure was not the leader." Questioned a cop.
"Commissioner Armor, what do you think." Asked another cop.
"Hmm, who told you about the Red Hood?" Inquired Commissioner Armor.
"One of the guards." replied a cop
"Look into it, until then we place the Red Hood as a prime suspect, it isn't the first time we've encountered him. We were sent to investigate a supposed Giant Bat attack a month ago, coincidentally he appeared for the first time." Added Commissioner Armor. Daemon was asleep, waking up the next day he was asked more about what happened, giving the same response they left him alone for the mean time. Hours Later the Mane Six went to visit him.
"Hey guys, so how's the school reacting to what happened?" Asked Daemon, weakly
"Okay first of all we need to ask about you, seriously how are you holding up?" Asked Applejack
"I'll manage, the road to recovery will take time though, so about the school?" Asked Daemon
"Well because of what happened we were left off for two weeks," Replied Dash, "How did you know how to use a rifle?"
"It's easy, if you mean how accurate I was given under that situation then I'll admit I had training in the use of them," Explained Daemon.
"So when will they be letting you off?" Asked Sunset
"By tomorrow," Said Daemon. Soon they left Daemon alone, he fell into a deep sleep before awakening to the breeze of the cool winds. Opening his eyes he looked around, he noticed that the window to his left had been opened. Getting up carefully he grasped his sides and closed the window, suddenly something caught his eye. Walking towards the note left by the table he read it, 'I know who you are, don't think you're safe yet. Meet me inside Ace Chemicals, we end this tonight.' Crumpling the paper in his hand he took off, going through the corridors he found the security office. Seeing someone in there he knocked the guy out with a hard hit in the neck. Going through the locked items he found he belongings. Before leaving he made sure the guy was alive and placed him in the chair making it seem as he slept. Looking out the window he saw he was in the fifth floor, seeing his abdomen still hurt he thought of his available options.
'Fuck it, this fight will leave me worse than ever' Thought Red Hood, lunging at the night he grappled to another building. He was headed to Ace Chemicals, a processing plant with a long history of bad reputation. Standing at a rooftop Red Hood looked down at the docks, he saw the dreadful place.
'It's now or never" Thought Red Hood, seeing that wires were dangling and were reaching the plant he zip lined his way down. Nearing the window he went inside, walking around he saw that the chemical vats were down below. Suddenly he heard the footsteps of another.
"Foolish boy, not properly healed yet and still wanting to finish the fight. I knew you would come, your arrogance brought you here." Said the Changeling
"Continue talking, it's only going to come out worse for you" Taunted Red Hood, he gripped his fists.
"Very well." Said The Leader before striking the first hit, preparing for this he dodge it and made his own hit. Falling back to the punch The Leader growled.
"You've got guts kid I'll give you that, too bad it won't help you" Said The Changeling before taking out a knife, changing his appearance to equal Red Hood's he proceeded to lunge at him,dodging the Leader he was surprised when he was hit from behind by his boot. Going back The Leader got his knife and was going to drive into Red Hood's chest.
"Face it kid, you're done for" Replied The Changeling,
"Funny you talk to much about my arrogance that you blindly forget yours," Said Daemon before getting the upper hand and punched The Leader, taking away the knife he struck it into the Morphing Pack causing him to change back to before. Side kicking the leader he failed to noticed the loose handles, Falling back the Leader went straight into the vats, jumping he tried grabbing the mans hand only to miss it by much. Hearing his agonizing screams of pain led to Red Hood look back at what he had done, feeling the guilt hit him hard he slumped down by the railing . Seeing the way events played Daemon soon believed it was time to give up his place as The Red Hood. Heading to base than the hospital Red Hood looked at himself in a mirror.
'Red Hood no more' Thought Daemon.
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'Where am I' Thought the voice, getting up he looked at his surroundings. 'Seems like a sewer system of some sorts' Seeing a reflective pane in the view he went for it, he stared into it seeing the man he had become, horribly disfigured he laughed at what had transpired. It seems as if his Morphing Pack had affected him when falling into the chemical vat.
"Say hello to your new reign of terror Canterlot, for Destruction awaits soon" Said the Man who was once the leader of the Changelings.
