The Nightmare and the Dreamer #4

During the course of the history of mankind the general perception that the people had of the demons wasn’t favorable, regarded as vile creatures with no remorse nor love they were the cause of all the things that went wrong with the world, most of humans trough history blamed their own problems and misfortunes to demons not realizing that the fault was within themselves alone, the reality couldn’t be so far from that deluded point of view.
 Demons are creatures like many on earth, they need to survive so they hunt, most times not even harming humans directly, they mostly keep to themselves, the few cases where a demon has attacked a human without a good reason behind it other than plain malice are isolated, with no relation to one another, it is unfair to put all demons on one bag, the same could be said from humans, Of course that’s the vision that the young man developed of the demons because of his nightly visits.
 The Young man tried to understand more about the demon as it was only natural, each time he was visited on midnight by his partner he began to ask several question about the culture and history of the demons, this lead the carnal relationship for him and one of need for her to became one of curiosity and sharing, the demon and the man they both had questions of one another, their existence, their purpose, their feelings, they felt that they needed to be more personal rather than to be just casual partners for a night, this lead to every time they shared a tender moment feel more and more unique.
 The interest the demon had over the man began as one of pity however, it’s common for the type of demons that feed of emotions and memories to stalk their prey to see what kind of energy they emanated, then they could feed depending on their needs, however, the energy the man was giving  to her was different than most she came across, sadness, desperation, loneliness, while this was the type of person and  they were relatively common they were not like the one he felt and emanated, she would have normally feed but those feelings were stronger on him and felt more tragic, she also felt the self-hate that was destroying him from the inside.
The need to feed became curiosity, “What kind of past this one had?” she asked, this caused her to dwell more into his mind to understand what was going on within him, what made him feel that way and his thoughts, what she found made her feel compassion, it’s because of this that she began to empathized about her victims, up to that point she discovered that she didn’t need to kill to feed as feeding on emotions and fear could lead to the meal last way longer but still didn’t considered the lasting effect this could lead on her victims
 When she appeared behind him she was ready to eat his bad memories and feelings away, but it was then that the man saw her, what was first fear then turned into curiosity by seeing her eyes, those weren’t the eyes of a demon, he thought, they were innocent, she didn’t understand at the time but he became hypnotized by her because he knew from someone else that her kind wasn’t dangerous, as such the repressed feelings he felt back then came again stronger.
She asked how he was able see through her illusion and stopped having fear, the lust she felt, It wasn’t towards her, but rather someone else, “Why did he treated me as he knew me?“ She was asking for weeks, she didn’t understand it at the time.
 On the other hand the interest that the human had on his demonic partner was born of his experiences in life yet he didn’t knew about this, to him his interest was solely because he was rather lonely and he could embrace anyone no matter how they looked or who they were, despite the demon knowing he didn’t knew the answer she still felt that there was more to it than that.
Each time he fell asleep she began to dwell his mind, as time passed she began to know more about the man than he himself knew, she discovered that most of his interest towards her came from his childhood and more specially on his dreams, as a kid the man was an avid lucid dreamer, when he was growing and he entered his teen years she saw a memory that he forgot or rather was cut from him and blocked, yet the emotional impact had been following him for years
 One night he was “visited” by a nightmare, similar to her on appearance, another demon as she recalls all her victims and he never harmed a child , instead of breaking his mind or trying to corrupt him she began to talk with him, sort of became his friend, they both were inseparable once he dreamed, sadly for an unknown reason to them, his attitude began to change, ever so aggressive, desperate, lonely, rejecting every social interaction, thriving only for him to fall asleep, then she banished from his mind and memories, and time cured him, as if nothing had ever happened he went on with his life, yet he still felt as if a great part of his life was missing, a friend.
She was deeply connected to him without any one of them being aware of, she was feeding away his bad memories, but that wasn’t enough, she could protect him from himself, but she knew that her actions to protect him from the outside world did more harm than good, starting two wildfires that burned away several lives that saw that belonged to nature to burn away her crimes of protection, but even that wasn’t enough there was something else that couldn’t harm her but could harm him, the young woman she saw weeks ago, the one in charge of the cult.
She was alive, despite her efforts of trying to locate her she was unsuccessful, the cultist was hiding well and every moment she stopped hiding was on the day, time where the demon couldn’t reach her and then she disappeared into the night before the demon being able to locate where she went.
The cultist was calling her the night before he sent out people to kidnapping the man, the demon didn’t manifested herself that time, but she still was able to get a good look at her, she was pale yet she saw that she had a smooth skin, she was blonde and had a long hair, thick lips, narrow face and could be seen as a really attractive young woman, however the eyes she saw, sharp, ruthless, full of sadism they didn’t belonged on her face nor matched up with her innocent face, at the time she didn’t though much of it, as demons would generally have fools trying to sell their souls of sacrifice animals to make them appear, so she left to where the young man was.

 The demon didn’t had an idea of to what the cultist wanted with her, at least the cult leader, she had never saw her or at least she wasn’t a victim of her, she didn’t seemed upset that the demon brutally and mercilessly took down all her cult with her claws with acute precision, in fact she appeared relieved enough to let out a smug smile when she let herself out on public.
 Another fact that she remembers was that the cultist managed to gather people that were visited by her, the demon, in order to feed from the emotions, without her realizing that in doing so she was affecting the lives of several people, yet how she was even aware of her in specifically and her connection to a mere human was unknown, the man wasn’t even aware of his kidnapping as the demon removed his pain and his traumatic memories and instead replaced them with a special night on a cabin in the woods
The young man after that went on with his life as he had nothing to worry but whenever he went out the demon saw that the cultist followed him, the cultist appeared to have been aware that she was being watched by the demon, after seeing her so close to him she began to worry, and started to debate whether she should tell the young man about the danger that lurked mere meters from him.
She herself couldn’t be harmed, she could feel pain but you can’t kill a demon with normal weapons, you may incapacitate one for a short time, but if she were to tell him she would have to explain all of it to assure his safety and he would inevitable get to the topic  of having no memory of them, she needed to think more carefully how she was going to approach the subject, so she never uttered a word while she was hunting for her, to not get him into more unwanted troubles, however she felt that she needed to tell him to stay safe at the day where she can’t protect him.
Every night after visiting the young man she set out on a hunt, searching every are where a dark aura was emanating, this meant alleyways, abandoned buildings, sewers, crime scenes, despite being a small town the negativity of it was overwhelming she knew that she just couldn’t do that since time was running out, the cultist would search for a way to hurt her on an emotional level and then get away with it, she needed to find her fast in order to protect him.
As time passed she managed to set out zones where the dark aura was different and where cultist activity was done recently, she visited the same places and noticed things started to change on them but the cultist was nowhere to be found, everyday became uneventful and frustrating yet happy that she was able to be with the young man
Until one morning where the young man received a message from his friend, regarding the information he requested, the friend asked if the information that he managed to get was accurate, the young man was weirded out since he didn’t remembered requesting any kind of information about an address, but after seeing his chatlogs he indeed asked and received such information
On his chats while he didn’t specifically how he was going to use them he mentioned several key points of his investigation which lead him to uncover his old investigation about the cult, yet he didn’t knew what he was going to do or why he did search it on the first place, regardless of it when he got out of his work he went to the address in the south of the city, he was curious about the mystery behind it.
Thought the demon noticed that he went another direction instead of directly going to his house what he usually did most of the time,  she wasn’t able to do anything until it became midnight, she was anxious the whole  time seeing him looking everywhere cautiously more and more as he reached the “low” part of the city, the city on its prime was a quite wealthy are but it went downhill abruptly so instead the only thing that is witness of those times of wealth are the abandoned building scattered across town.
It was then when he reached his destination, an abandoned warehouse, he stopped to see the address that he had and looked back at the building, decayed down by time and abandoned by most, the building looked as if it was going to fall apart at any moment, every window to it was shattered and only was he couldn’t see a thing there, he stood there for a while, with his hands shaking, he knew that he shouldn’t be there, he began to slowly walk backwards and then go running to his house before the sun set.
The demon was glad that he didn’t risked his life but became weirded out as well, asking why out of the blue he decides to go to a place he has never been before, so she waited until midnight came so she could scout the zone, the building emanated a dark aura but oddly enough only when one was close to it, it must have been a hideout by the cult she thought.
 When the time came she materialized herself near the building and as soon as she did that she began to analyze the area for any possible way to enter, at the doors had many looks and chain to them, entering at any given time on day or night would have been tiring with the all the security guarding it, she with her claws tried to open a lock, it took some time but she was able too, even the chains were strong, after 10 minutes of cutting all the lock she managed to enter.
The inside of the building was cold, even to her, and dark the only light there was the one that came through the doorframe, there were even bags on the middle of the room, but it was too dark to make anything from them, even with all her experience in combat through the years she was really unsure whether to go any further, despite all of that she felt that the cultist was there was well on the same building but she could not sense her anywhere, nor hear any heartbeat or hear her breath.
However if she abandoned the building and the cultist most likely would have gone into hiding again, so she decided to safely grab a broomstick and use it a torch, as well to move crates to the door so she wouldn’t have to worry about the cultist escaping that way as she can easily escape in case of needing it without any effort, she investigated all the building yet found nothing, the only thing that she didn’t investigate was the things on the ground, when she was on reach she crouched to further investigate, they were indeed bags full of junk some of them had photos of places and of the young man
It was then the cultist stepped out of the shadow, despite her trying to appear as calmed as possible the demon could sense her intense heartbeat, they both remained quiet looking directly into each other’s eyes.
 -This is a fair warning, you’ll stop going after me and my associates and then I’ll spare your life- the demon broke the silence with a loud and demanding voice, the cultist began to look nervous
-Your kind is revolting, No, only you are revolting in my eyes, I’ll never stop until your crimes are condemned- The cultist replied with an aggressive tone – Look at you, you are not a strong demon either to make those demands, if I can hide from you then you must not be a powerful being either, You are a lowly pawn that managed to cause a lot of trouble for me- she said while grinning.
The demon remained clam at the provocations and got up looking at the cultist eyes, trying to intimidate the cultist tried to mock her –If I could slice your cult with ease, what makes you think that you on my reach wouldn’t die a horrible dead-
The cultist then sneakily reached for something hidden on her robes – Unlike those waste of human beings I know how to pull a trigger – she then quickly aimed at the demon with a handgun, the demon then tried to avoid the bullets but out of the nine times shot at least five hit her on the body, while they weren’t enough to kill her they were enough to affect her agility, the cultist tried to reload quickly but then the demon ran towards her now that she was “vulnerable”
The cultist, loaded her gun just in time for the demon to be on reach and push her to the ground, even on the ground she shot two times at the demon before the demon grabbed her gun and broke it with her hands, the demon then grabbed and the cultist took the chance to stab her with a hidden knife, while the demon was feeling pain she quickly punched the cultist on the stomach
-You know, if there’s something I like about you humans it’s the originality on their methods of torturing and execution- the demon said to the cultist lying on the ground twitching in pain – I think it is only fair for a witch like yourself to burn- The demon then was preparing to cast a fire bolt the cultist
As she crawled through the floor, the cultist seemed to pathetic for the demon to so she turned around and to treat her wounds, the bullets, while it was true that her body could be destroyed it was going to take more than a few bullets to even make a significant damage, still it was able to leave her in pain, with her claws she took out the bullets that hit her, it was only a matter of time before she would be alright again.
When she looked back at where the cultist was supposed to be she already left, seeing how one of the doors where open with all the locks unlocked, the cultist was standing on the end, with a homemade bomb which she left near where the door was as she started to run, the demon didn’t comprehended what she left so she walked towards it but then the bomb activated, rather than an explosive it left the place burning.
The old building was in decay and the wildlife had taken over it, but due to being winter it was dry, soon after the flame extended rapidly on all the building, the Demon could scape easily but the cultist was already long gone, she could only stare how the building was collapsing due to the fire consuming it.
After that she then went directly into his apartment, he was there waiting alone, when he saw her he smiled for a moment but then he stopped.
-Do you know what’s going on? - He asked with a sure tone – You know it don’t you? It’s not to scare you but I asked information about a cult to a friend without me being aware of?-
She only looks at him trying to act confused so he doesn’t ask any further –I do not know anything about it, probably one of my sisters playing a  bad joke on us-  she said looking directly into his eyes, despite her lying she saw how sure she was so he relaxed for a bit.
-That’s reassuring- she said sighting –But from our conversations I had with you I thought that demons didn’t had a good understanding of humans, besides I tried to remember some days yet it’s almost as if I don’t remember anything that happened on the night, especially on the woods, what where we doing there on the first place? -  She was getting nervous and stopped for a minute to think for her answer.
-I am not the only demon that has a thing for humans you know?- she said while nervously laughing, surprised at how sharp he was – As for the memory problems, maybe what I shared with you was so good that you forget everything else and only remembered that, and I don’t like this apartment I took you there- each time she lied she made herself look sure, but she knew that he had something that would force her to reveal all the details, he turned on his phone, and started to search on the net
-It’s also curious that this group, this cult is hunting you down- as he said that she began to sweat but her fur on the body and the darkness covered it, trying to maintain her breathing normally, she was getting worried for a human to discover her secret, she realized how attached she became to him
-I am not going it to hide any further, It’s indeed a cult, they don’t know that you are with me, but I am untouchable for them I’ve already dealt with many of them, you don’t have to worry about them anymore, not while I am here- she said, still avoiding all the details, she felt guilt but knew that was best for her to not let him know too much and let him feel safe, he then thought she was being sincere despite looking worried when he was reading something from his phone, he then proceeded to hug her.
He felt the slightly wet fur and her increased heartbeat, he knew that she was still hiding something at that distant, but he leave it on her hands to deal with was needed and then he heard a knock on his door and the landlord shouting again.
-It’s probably best that we leave it for some other day, you look like you have stuff to do, will you come on 5 days? It’s a special holiday that we humans celebrate- as he said that they hugged tightly and then the man decided to open the door, and the land lord began to shout at his face again, as much as she wanted to at least give the landlord a lesson she had to make sure he was safe by that holiday.
All that night looked all over the city, not being able to find any lead on her, she could be anywhere and she looked the most possible hideouts, on the other hand she would be able to appear before her on day if he “marked” the man as her own, but knew that would cost a lot for him so she decided to don’t do that and trust that she could find the cultist before she could harm the young man.
The night finished and she was forced to stop use her physical form however she was still able to see from another plane, just not from her, each day went by without her having a proper day until two days before the holiday when midnight came she was tired of ending empty handed with each hunt, the next course of actions she was going to take was to call one of her sisters to help her find the cultist, she had been keeping a secret from them but some of them knew that she was spending too much time on the human plane.
She managed to get into contact with a demon that had experience dealing with mages which were scarce in modern times, almost nonexistent, they agreed to discuss it away from hell on a random abandoned cabin out of the city lost in the forest, and the demon she had brought in had a higher status, thus having more power.
- Sister, it has been a long time since you ever spoke to me- The arch demon said to her, she had a slimy look with scales, her head was more reptilian but still had that feral-like form, she was much taller than her, she even had wings to denote her higher status –Not even on hell you looked for me, and I know you didn’t called me to say hello-
-I require your assistance- the demon said while looking at the ground, avoiding eye contact – To locate a person-
-The thing must be serious since you called for me- The Arch Demon said while chuckling –But you know I don’t work for free, and seeing how this is rather personal, the payment must be equal, how about a few rounds with your slave?-
-You Know?- the Demon then looked over at her eyes, the eyes of the arch demon where predatory, half closed looking down at the demon,
-How I couldn’t know, perchance you are not relevant to most others, but you are most relevant to me- the arch demon, then smiled – Sister, or maybe … - the arch demon began to look at the lower ranking demon from the feet to her chest –I think he’s enough, you aren’t in a position to not accept since his life is in danger-
-I know, I’ll see what I can work out- The demon said anxiously –Please, the sooner we finish the better-
As such the Arch Demon took the demon to a house on a shady part of town, -I’ll leave this up to your hands, If you don’t manage to do it, next time the prize will be larger- the arch demon said as she returned to hell, as soon as she disappeared the demon, quickly ran to the house, she broke into the house, to which she was already expected, a man quickly went into her with a baseball bat, screaming, she then just grabbed, the bat midair and kicked him on the head,  the scream was enough to cause a commotion since there was someone running for the garage, then other three men ran towards her, but she was able to quickly use the bat to hit two on the head, and to grab the third one by the neck and brake it, she then heard the sound of a car turning on.
As she went to the garage the car broke the garage door on a hurry, the demon knew that in that car the cultist was there despite her not seeing her, so she ran as fast as she could behind the car, the car was slowly going faster than her, so she jumped at it with her claws in hopes of then being able to reach where the driver was, while she indeed put her claws on the car she wasn’t able to hold them there was the friction of the ground pushed her back, but the car lost control and hit a nearby tree, she then  looked at the driver sit, only to find another man unconscious, she was furious about it, she didn’t know if it was the Arch demon that lied to her or the cultist that outsmarted her.
Either way, defeated returned to hell to clear her mind, another failure that was going to torment her, as time passed she knew that this was going to become more dangerous to her man, but the only thing she could do know was to hopelessly search for the cultist on her own and too just protect him, the Arch Demon would just claim him as his own if she asked for another help, or rather something worse.
The Holiday came by, the young man went to work as usual, but each time he noticed that he was feeling rather bad, he didn’t had the energy like he used to, and he was feeling nauseous at times,  so the store manager told him to go home earlier, but instead of going to his apartment, he went to the center, the demon which was spying on him was worried, because he might wanted to discover something about the cult again, but it became apparent that he was going to a hotel, from her understanding those places where safe, but was still weirded out.
After the young man came to the room he locked the door and making sure he wasn’t going to be disturbed, he closed the curtains of a door that led to a balcony, everything was clean and orderly it was bigger than his apartment with better illumination, air conditioner, the luxury made him forget about the money he spent for a single night, he then jumped into the bed and he was laughing and almost crying over how soft it was compared to the hard bed he had back home.
 It was then that he watched television for the wait to wait for the demon after taking a shower, after some hours passed, she appeared, she looked  everywhere with confusion, then she saw him, grinning lying on the bed as he was looking to her, she smiled at the sight
-Please tell me you like this, I paid a fortune for it- the man said while still grinning
The demon only smiled as she was walking slowly towards him, he then got up of his bed and asked her to just lie on the bed while he gave the finishing touches to the ambient, he turned off the light switch and then he lit some candles.
-Let me take care of getting you on the mood- he said on a sure tone as he asked her to lie face down
He then brought the only oil that could work on fur, coconut – What are you trying to do?- the Demon asked to him – Well it’s a human thing, it’s something that some humans do to women, just enjoy-  he put the oil on his hand and began to work on her back.
He was massaging her upper back and shoulders, slow and smooth–Hey I know for a fact that you have been really stressed as of lately, I am doing this to relax you- the man said as he continued to massage as time passed he went to the lower back and then the legs, each time he massaged lower she felt heat, she had muscled legs, despite him almost not knowing what he was doing she seemed to like it
-I like how you humans are deviants- she said on a relaxed demeanor –Making the partner feel so good-
-We haven’t started the deviant part yet- the young man said as he was massaging one of her legs and he was moving towards her pussy, she unknowingly began to lift her butt up and began to softly moan, he was breathing heavily at that sound as his heartbeat began to increase, he placed each hand into her cheeks and spread it, she wanted him to ram her at that instant, she felt that she needed to be filled she even felt that she was wet, he wanted to start with the sex but decided to teaser her more so he began to caress her butt.
-You humans tease too much, but the buildup is rewarding- she said while she was breathing heavily
He was biting his lips while he was doing the deed, sometimes tapping her rear end at times, after a time he was ready to finger her, he licked on finger while the other hand was still caressing her butt and often her thigh, he then placed it inside her.
-I don’t know if you know this but…- the man said while he was putting another finger inside of her –You really mean a lot to me, not just because of sex, I have connected better with you a demon rather than a human- she knew this as she already dwelled into his mind but still it was heartwarming for her to listen to him admitting it.
-Ok turn around, I want to see your face while I do this- he said and she obliged
-You know, you too have become an important part of my life as well- the demon said as she turned around, lying on her bed with her legs spread directly gazing into his eyes
-Your eyes, I love them, they are so innocent, I might even say they look playful- he said as he then again put his fingers inside of her, they never got the chance to speak as someone could hear them and ruins their date, however this time around they had all the privacy and luxury they needed.
He then bends his fingers and pressed where the G-spot was, as she let out a load moan she shout it – I love it! I love it when you do that! -  And then she grabbed his other hand and was holding it, he did that but never broke eye contact; she was panting heavier as he went faster, after a time she became on his hand, he then began to lick all his hand to clean out her juices.
She got up of the bed and wrapped her hands around his neck, by this time she was feeling a warmth on her abdomen and the chest, her heart was beating hard, looking down at him as she was taller than an average human being, she then kneeled over him, -I guess it’s my turn to return the favor, isn’t? - The demon said as she then grabbed his penis
When she saw it, it was half erect but got harder as she was grabbing it, on the tip of it there was already precum for the buildup of earlier which she then with her fingertip she spread it all over the tip circling her finger across his penis she then hold it still while she was giving kisses to his penis, often using the tongue and large amounts of saliva all over it, she then gave a final kiss to the tip before taking it inside her mouth
Already there with her tongue she began to slowly move it on the top of her penis and after some time she then began to rub the tip on her cheeks and tongue, at the same time she was caressing his balls, but then she stopped.
-Huh? It’s something wrong? - He asked eager to finish panting
-Lie down- the demon said, the man couldn’t do another thing than to oblige.
-Your legs bend them and put them upwards- the man was confused but had a grasp about how it was going to turn out.
-I’ll show you how we used to treat humans back on the day- she said as she squatted up grabbing his penis stroking it a few times and then she slipped his penis inside her, he didn’t had to much as she was taking the lead, he wasn’t aware of it but the face he made and the moaning added to her doing it more intensely looking at his face and eyes while doing so as she’s moving her hips leaning over him, the angle was perfect for her as she felt his warmth going through her
-That face of yours always drives me crazy- she said while she was going on him harder and with a steady rhythm, feeling filled.
After a time he came down inside of her as she had worked a little she felt how the cum was going through his penis all the way to her, lying there panting, she then walked towards the bed and lied there for a while letting her man rest.
-Your turn- she said as she opened her legs, spreading. After he recovered he went towards the bed, right there he slipped his penis in and started doing the deed, to her it felt as if entered at the right place at the right time.
Another thing that added to the intense situation was the fact that the one pounding her was a mere mortal, being overpowered by one sexually was unspeakable for some demons only succubus which were heavily stigmatized by demons were “allowed” to have mortal partners openly but even then none would have been dominated at any time, at least not in public.
He was thrusting her, she was seeing him as he was doing just that, she then raised her legs and she wrap them around him making him go deeper as well as to put her hand on his neck, at each thrust she pulled him with her legs, she loved the feeling of his weight on him and even more so the other feeling or sharing heat and sweat while being so personal, the feeling of being overpowered by him was so fulfilling to her as this went on for a considerable amount of time it was then that  he came for a second time inside of her, the whole encounter had exhausted him, even more so than the other times, as such he went to sleep easily.
When he awakened on the morning it was Christmas, albeit the day was lovely outside the man just lied on his bed before dressing up and returned to his apartment, walking through the corridors of that building tainted his memories, he was disgusted of the place he had lived for so long, he entered his room and sit on his bed looking at mirror at his own reflection with no one to greet him, he just stared at his reflection on sadness and nostalgia.