The pleas of mortals never failed to amuse him. They always had the same ring to them.
Don't do this, it is not fair. These creatures spoke of fairness as if it was their given birthright to have everything be fair for them. That wasn't the case. Fairness was a concept made up by men and it was not how the world worked and if need be, he would always make them see just how wrong they were to expect life to be kind to them. There was no natural right for fairness â not for him and not for them. Demands based on the argument that it would be fair, only made him laugh, just as blunt pleas for mercy did.
He is innocent. Innocence. Another one of those concepts they had no real grasp on. They weren't able to see as he did, didn't know what he knew. There was so little innocence in existence, if you took the human's definitions for it. Not even angels qualified, but they came close. No human was innocent.
Please, they are just children. One day, one little human came up with the idea that innocence was a quality that children possessed just by being children and that not having lived for long meant that they should be allowed to live on. They failed to see how they were all children to the demon's eyes. There was barely a difference between ten and eighty human years for him who had seen the beginning of time. It was ridiculous that they even asked of him to care.
He did nothing to you. That was just another one of those reasons that weren't reasons at all. When did they even come up with the idea that he always needed a reason or would listen to the fact that whoever he was hurting hadn't harmed him first. Granted, right now, he had a reason to have this human occupied, but it could just as well have been just for fun.
âOh, really. If he did nothing to me, I'll leave, of course. How silly of me. Thanks for your insight, that was all I needed.â, the demon's voice was thick with sarcasm, mocking his victim in the most obvious way. He knew his vessel was prone to sarcasm and it made this just a little bit better that he could imagine Scott recognizing a part of his friend in the way he talked. âOr, no, I think I'll just stay a little longer.â
He wasn't yet ready to respond to the other things the werewolf said. Sure, to him it must have been strange that the demon didn't just possess him and get all those answers he wanted to have all laid out for him instead of having to gather them the hard way. It was just that there was everything wrong with that conclusion. He couldn't possess shapeshifter, reduced to only being able to possess pure humans. The hard way was actually what he liked to call the fun way. And Scott was wrong if he thought the body he was in was the thing that determined the limits of his abilities.
He wanted Scott to see that all for himself, rather than tell him outright. All those things he thought were so great about his physical powers were things he now possessed as well in this body. He'd be surprised by how easily Stiles would have been able to lift him off the ground right now and he could feel Stiles was curious as well.
The demon's eyes caught on a drop of blood that ran down Scott's knuckles. A soft smile appeared on his face while he didn't even listen to his words anymore, interrupted the man mid-sentence and sent him flying towards the wall.
Did that mortal think he wouldn't see that he was doing something at the back of his pants? No matter how minor the movements, how stealthy he had tried to be, it was obvious. He couldn't finish the thought that maybe he had a weapon there and that it could get interesting if he actually did, when a phone fell heavy to the ground. The demon rolled his eyes and stepped closer to the device resting against the carpet. How disappointing.
Stiles was disappointed too, different reasons causing the emotion as he was mulling the thought over that Scott might have almost called someone, until he caught the thoughts of the demon and suddenly was relieved Scott obviously hadn't yet called anyone. The demon didn't think that he couldn't take on ten people at once â werewolves or not. Scott had to flee, not call more people to their certain doom.
There was a loud, sickening crack when Scott's face hit the wall. It got to Stiles, made him feel nauseous, and delighted the demon.
SO WHY DONâT YOU COME AND TAKE ME?!
Louder than the low, slightly desperate growl of the werewolf and louder than his claws, scratching uselessly at the wall, maybe trying to push against the invisible force that had him pinned against it, was the laughter of the demon. It was hollow and cold, mocking and arrogant. âWhat makes you think I don't already have you?â Of course he knew that was a dare to occupy Scott's body, but he wasn't rising to the bait.
This fellow was obviously all kinds of boring. Not only did he want to give him all his secrets willingly, he was offering himself with them. A real hero, trying to give him everything he wanted for the life of his friend. His friend, who was screaming and fighting, because he didn't want him to sacrifice himself, wanted nothing more than that Scott ran as fast as he could, escaped and maybe found a save way of rescuing him.
Obviously the thing Scott cared most for was already in the demon's possession. That was interesting.
It was pure pleasure to watch the werewolf see his friend for a brief moment, that was gone as fast as it had started. There was almost doubt that the demon would have more fun with anything that was yet to come. Stiles didn't disappoint, unable to hide his fear and the hardship he had to live with at the moment. It was almost cute how much they both feared for the other's death.
The demon rolled his eyes and stepped even closer to the phone when Scott launched himself at it, probably to call someone after all. âGoing to call more people to the slaughter? Go ahead. Who is it you're sacrificing? Lets see.â, the demon cocked his head and glanced down at the display. âYou're going through with that? Think I couldn't take ten of you on at the same time?â
The demon turned his gaze on Scott and flicked his hand in his direction quickly, sending him flying against the wall again, his back causing a loud crunch when it dented the hard material upon impact. He stepped onto the phone hard, did it again just to be sure and listened to the sick crunch of metal as it died beneath his heel.
His hand was still extended in Scott's direction as he started getting closer with deliberately slow steps. The demon stared into Scott's face while his eyes changed color. It was like black in had been poured into their center, rapidly expanding throughout them until all there was left was a black void where his eyes used to be. He grinned and flexed his fingers as he stopped walking as if he had them around Scott's neck, making it harder for him to breath.
âI appreciate that you will just tell me everything, but I had actually hoped for a little bit resistance. Is there no fight in you, boy?â
Even if he was going to tell him everything, there was still no reason why he couldn't torture him. Stiles almost lay in shock inside his mind as he caught up on the fact that this creature wouldn't let his friend go, no matter what he did.