Conspiracy

Holding the mostly eaten apple Marcus looked back in fear. It was as if his eyes were finally opened. "What the hell is going on?" He asked himself while shaking.

It was like leaving that look alike cleared any obscurities that clouded his mind. Looking back from where he came from he felt fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of that thing that took his form. He felt as if he needed to get out of there, but his instincts made him look back at the apple in his hand. It was as if some type of force was giving him the urge to continue eating it. He devoured it whole. Not even the core was left. Finally after eating the whole apple like a starved ghost he felt a flood of darkness in his mind.

"Finally you ate it all. I was worried that you might throw it away in fear, so I gave you a little push"

Hearing this voice shocked Marcus to his core. Turning to where he heard the voice Marcus saw a teen. Black hair, dark brown eyes, Average build, with his hair about 3 inches in length. Staring at his look alike Marcus asked in a shaking voice "What are you!"

"I'm here to help you, relax Marcus. I have a proposal that would surely satisfy you" Said the look alike with a kind expression.

"Bull shit. You're a demon aren't you? I may not be religious, but I've read enough stories"

Suddenly Marcus dropped to his knees. An overwhelming pressure just strong enough to give him pain, but not injure him assaulted his very being.

"Demon? That's very rude." said the look alike with a scoff. Slowly he walked towards Marcus who was still under pressure and said to him with a hint of arrogance

"Calling me a demon is an act of disrespect Marcus. On the other hand I cant blame you for your ignorance. I want you to keep this in mind. Calling us demons is like calling orphans Bastards. It rubs us the wrong way"

Before Marcus could respond the darkness from earlier started flooding his mind once more. The pain was worse than the pressure. Letting out a maniacal laugh Marcus glared at the look alike and said

"Help me? That's extremely funny. You! You Cant help me for shit! You're the one hurting me and you say your helping!"

Gripping his head once more Marcus started screaming. The darkness that was once chaotic started to take form in his body. Seeing this the look alike seemed pleased. Watching Marcus get devoured by the darkness it said

"Of course I'm helping. After this you wont feel any pain. Isn't that help enough" chuckled the look alike

Suddenly Marcus stopped screaming. He stood there still with an expression of annoyance. The darkness seemed to scurry away out of his body. Realizing Marcus was no longer being devoured by the demonic energy the demon thought to himself.

"What happened?"

An overwhelming sense of danger assaulted the demon when he looked at Marcus. It was so sudden he couldnt even react to it properly. The first thought that appeared in his mind was to run. But before he could turn to retreat. Marcus appeared right infront of him.

"I despise your current form" said Marcus while reaching out his left hand, then gripping the demons face. Sensing danger the demon tried to defend but realized it couldnt move. Bright lights of all colors started to shine out of the left hand of Marcus while the demon screeched in agony. The demons form reverted to his original looks which was a humanoid with light grey skin with no hair on any part of its body. While flailing in pain, but failing to get away from his grip it heard 'Marcus' yell.

"Why did you come for this boy!"

Seeing as he wouldn't answer 'Marcus' kicked the demon which sent it flying a few meters before the demon with a half melted face started murmuring incomprehensible noises.

"Wooo ah uh oh ugh" The demon couldnt even speak. It started melting even more before finally turning into a thick pile of grey goop. This pile of goop had a revolting stench. So much so that 'Marcus' backed off a few meters leaving a gap of atleast 10 meters between him and the goop. Thinking how he destroyed the only thing he could question annoyed him.

"No wonder he couldn't answer me. Dammit, I didnt even use that much force. His soul was destroyed too. However my attacks were only towards his physical body. So his soul should've been unharmed" said 'Marcus' while scrunching his eyebrows.

"I doubt this is all a coincidence. That apple too. It seemed normal, but that darkness it contained was odd. It actually forced me out dammit!"

"Seems I have to speed up my plans. I originally wanted to gift Marcus these powers after he becomes an adult. Though his soul being immature might cause some tiny problems, but I'm sure you can handle it Marcus. I believe in you."

After he imprinted the powers into Marcus's body, he felt the presence of 3 people heading towards his current position. Sensing they weren't evil or bad people he decided to create a plan to protect Marcus. He let his energy run wild in Marcus's body, while gathering the left over demonic energy in the area to cause even more damage to both the body and surroundings. He also made sure to destroy everything that could lead to Marcus's identity. He hoped this could buy Marcus more time.

"It seems the demon is destroyed already, I wonder what happened?" asked a girl who observed the demonic goop.

"Over here, theres a person severely injured." Yelled a man

A third person much older than the two rushed toward the man who yelled. Seeing Marcus's injuries, the destroyed surroundings, and the demonic sludge he came to a conclusion.

"Alyssa. You go back to the clan and report this incident. It seems a young contractor destroyed this demon, but it nearly cost him his life. Hurry!"