Back When Things Were Simpler chapter 8

I continued walking until eventually I had left Vapara.

It was almost like the whole field that was my town was like an island, my house being on one of the shores, except it had no water.

A little past Angela's house was the main (and pretty much only) way to get out of Vapara.

I walked along it, and saw that it was a dirt road, with some grass on the sides of it.

I walked along the grass, just in case any cars came down, which I doubt there would be.

I was walking along for a couple hours and Vapara was far out of sight.

A little in front of me I saw two men, one wearing a leather jacket and jeans, the other wearing an unbuttoned plaid shirt and jeans also.

I saw that in the plaid shirt one had a large shard of blood-stained glass in his hand, and the other one was carrying a long and thick lead pipe.

Luckily for me I had sewn in a small pocket in my sweatshirts' sleeves that I put small serrated knives in.

I pulled out the one in my right sleeve, and held it in my hand.

I continued walking, not making eye contact with either.

I walked right in between them, and my shirt barely grazed the leather jacket.

"Hey!" He said after I was already a few feet behind them.

I turn around, and see the fake anger building.

"Do you know how much this jacket cost?!" He yells at me.

"I didn't know you had to pay to steal in Asmonday," I clutch the knife in my hand.

"You little brat! You have no clue who you're dealing with!" He yells at me, and his hand tightens on the pipe.

"I think I do."

He makes a growling noise and charges at me like a bull.

He lifts up his pipe and makes a move  to slam it, but I move my hand so the pipe slams on my knife.

I grin slightly under my bandanna.

The man's eyes widen and he takes a few steps back.

"Wait, James you don't think this is..." The plaid shirt asks.

"No, Daniel, it is!" James replies in fear, and they both fall on their knees in a begging position.

"Please! Spare us! We didn't mean any harm!" James pleads.

"Yes, we really didn't!" Daniel pleads right after.

"Huh?" I was so confused I say it out loud.

Daniel looks up at me, and he looks confused too.

"You mean, you're not The Demon Lord Zylos' son...?" he asks.

Wait, how did they know this?!

"I am...but how do you know that?" I ask, and take a step back.

"You're basically famous around here!...But not necessarily in a good way."

I kneel down so my knees are bent but my butt doesn't touch the ground.

I stare them dead in the eyes, and they shiver.

"You better tell me everything if you know what's good for you," I hiss.

James falls back so both of his hands are behind him, and he shakes more violently.

"Well, um, you do know your dad killed your mom, right?" He stutters.

I was now completely and utterly shocked.

Of course I knew but how did they?

"Yeah...but my question is how do you?"

"Your dad announced it. Up on Fufur tower. He said something like he had just killed his wife and cast out his son, Darth the half angel, half demon," He explains.

"Now I have two questions. First one, how the hell did you know it was me?"

"Well, it was your eyes, and that seal. All the half demons around here have some thing about them that shows they're a half demon. Like the ones who have a demon dog parent will usually have dog ears, tail or both. And you have the same eye as your dad's...and your bandanna, that's an ancient and famous seal..." He explains, and seems to be calming down a bit.

That explained what happened when I was seven, and when my bandanna fell off my face, I started changing.

"Now for my second one, why didn't anyone go after him, or me?"

He freezes, and Daniel answers for him.

"He said he would kill anyone who did. And he's the most powerful demon ever, so naturally people wouldn't take the benefit of the doubt that he wouldn't..."

There was still one thing that confused me.

"But if he said that he would kill anyone who came to me, why didn't he kill Agares, The Demon of the West?"

They both looked at me with very confused expressions.

"Never mind, get up," I order, standing myself.

The both stand, and dust themselves off.

"You're...you're letting us go?" Daniel asks.

I glare at them.

"Just the opposite. Where's the jail here?" I ask.

"What?! You're throwing us in there?!" James yells.

"Of course. You both know as well as I do that if I wasn't Zylos' son, you would've killed me."

The tense, and I know they know I'm not lying,

I start walking in the direction towards Asmonday, and I see it get bigger and bigger.

Everything was made out of stone, and I saw more than my fair share of smoke above the city.

There was a gigantic gate, except it didn't have a door.

I walked until I was only a few feet in front of the gate, which had a small ramp so cars could go up.

I turned around and stared them both dead in the eye.

"If either of you run away once we're in there, I will find and kill you both without hesitation. Understand?"

They both start to shake, and nod.

I walk in, and see dozens of cars, and people rushing around.

As I look closer, I see some people with scales, some with tails, and some with animal ears. The half demons.

Just as I'm  about to ask where the police office is, I see a giant sign that says

"ASMONDAY POLICE STATION."

"Guess that's it..." I think to myself, and start walking over to it once the cars stop.

A car comes speeding down the street, and stops just before it hits me.

"Get out of the way, moron!" The man inside yells.

I feel my anger flash inside me, but i calm down as I make it across the street.

I open the door, and the person at the front desk looks up with a phone pressed to her head.

She says into the phone "I'll call you back in a few minutes."

She sets the phone gently down on the receiver like any sudden movements would be the death of her.

"Can I help you, sirs?" She asks.

"Yeah, we found Zylos' son!" James yells.

I turn around to face him, and the next thing I now men in police uniforms are holding me back, but I'm too strong for them and pull them towards James as I approach him in anger.

He steps back, and I get closer and closer, but more police officers come and tackle me to the ground.

"You bastard!" I yell at him.

Once the officers have my in control, I feel something slam the back of my head, and the officers let me fall.

My vision doubles and I see James and Daniel.

"Thank you for bringing him to us, but how did you get him to come?" The woman asks.

"Sometimes you just have to trick 'em. Dumbass believed we actually were gonna let him lock us up."

I clench my teeth, and one of the police officers picks me up, and starts walking away.

Just before I fall unconscious, I see a poster pinned to the wall.

"REWARD. 10,000 BUNES FOR RETURN OF THE DEMON LORD ZYLOS' SON. APPROACH WITH CAUTION."

Under that was a detailed picture of me, and it was the last thing I saw before I blacked out.