Damian Lane was a strange young man. Never talked, never showed signs of phobia and never seemed to show signs of happiness. He never smiled or laughed. His parents Max and Joanna Lane were very concerned, but couldn't afford any counseling. They knew he was autistic, but even this was not natural. Damian did however, show signs of aggression towards kids who would make fun of him for being different. He would beat the living hell out of them as a child. This lead to being expelled many times from many schools. He always had a weird look in his eyes. Like he never blinks. He just stares. Soon he was sent to a mental hospital for care. The doctors would prescribe medication for him. Strong doses. Normally kids on these would be all over the place. But not him. It was like his body refused to react to the medications. This made the doctors and nurses feel unease around him. As time passed, he grew to be a 6'5 230 pound man. He showed signs of improvement later. Doctors were impressed with his progression. Soon he was let out into the world to start his life again. However, unlike most of the patients, Damian was really smart and head strong. He was pretending to get better only to fall into the world of crime. He was soon enough a criminal with a bounty. He did meet some people he called friends who to them he was no more than an acquaintance. He didn't try to hide that he had a bounty on him. Once they knew, however, they started to plot against him. Damian felt close to a young man named Jacob. He was about half Damian's size and was like the running back for an underworld mafia. Damian's parents had died before he got out, but he hadn't thought about them in a long time. What they would have thought of him wouldn't have mattered anymore. Damian did think about meeting the leader of the mafia. They called him the Shadow Man. He had asked for Damian to meet him the next day. He had a hard time sleeping the night before. When he finally did, however, he had a strange dream. He was in a strange dark ally with an odd feeling for a normal dream. Damian had looked around the ally for anyone or anything. Once he saw there was no one, he was about to close his eyes and try to wake up when...
"Damian"
Damian opened his eyes to see a strange man a black suit and red tie with... pitch black eyes and with a red cornea standing withing 2 feet of him. He looked to be in his 30s.
"Who are you? Where am I?" Damian asked.
"My name is Zalgo" The man said.
"Zalgo...? What kinda name is that?" Damian asked.
"What a kind greeting you have?" Zalgo said raising his eyebrow.
"What...?" Damian asked.
"You never liked the mafia you are soon to be betrayed by... I offer you something to wipe them off the face of the Earth" Zalgo said.
"This is just a dream..." Damian sighed.
"It's more than a dream... it's chance" Zalgo responded with a stern tone.
"A chance for what?" Damian asked.
"A chance to be something more than what they think you are" Zalgo answered.
Damian was so confused.
"Think about it" Zalgo said.
Damian suddenly opened his eyes and found himself away in his bed.
"What the f*ck" Damian swore.
4 hours later, he was on his way to the mafia bosses office with Jacob. He thought about what Zalgo had said in his dream. What does he mean by "What they think of him?" They reached the bosses office. Jacob knocked.
"Come on in" A voice from the other side of the door said.
Jacob opens the door.
"After you, buddy" Jacob said turning to Damian.
Damian nodded as he entered the dark room. The door slammed behind him. Jacob didn't even walk in?
"Mr. Lane"
Damian saw a man who looked to be mid aged with a suit and sunglasses on.
"Your the Shadow Man? You wanted to see me sir...?" Damian asked.
"Yes... I heard of the bounty you have... I wanted to... speak about the appropriate course of action" Said the Shadow Man.
Before Damian could ask what that meant...
BANG
Pain filled his shoulder. Collapsing to the ground, he didn't scream. More like gagged. Who shot him? Damian looked to see that Jacob was in fact in the room, holding a pistol with smoke coming out of the hole. Jacob shot him?
"Nothing personal, buddy... but your bounty is very high paying" Jacob said with a smirk.
The Shadow Man approached with a cigar in his mouth.
"We thought it would be best to just get the money out of turning you in... no one knows who we are so we can just walk up and hand you over to the authorities... easy as that" The Shadow Man said before everything went black.
"JACOB!!! DAMN IT!!! WE NEEDED HIM ALIVE FOR THE MAX PAYMENT!!!" The Shadow Man yelled.
"I-I didn't think he would bleed out!" Jacob defended.
"Well... this just lessens your share" The Shadow Man said.
Damian opened his eyes. He was back in the same dream. Same ally... same darkness. He tried to get up, but couldn't. It's like his body just wouldn't work. Then he heard a voice.
"Damian"
Damian recognized the voice.
"Zalgo?" Damian answered.
"So... have you finally realized the truth...? They don't care about you... they think your easily replaceable... just a paycheck to them..." Zalgo explained.
Damian stood in silence.
"I know" Damian answered.
There was a moment silence before-
"You know, the offer is still on the table?" Zalgo said.
Damian raised his eyebrow.
"What will I get out of this...? What will you get?" Damian asked
"I have something I can give you... but it will cost you one thing" Zalgo said.
"What?" Damian asked.
"Now that your dead, there is no going back to being fully alive... but you can be partly alive" Zalgo said.
Partly alive? What did that mean? Zalgo then continued.
"No you will not become a zombie, just... a little less than alive... but also more" Zalgo clarified.
Damian thought for a while. Then said-
"You know what... I don't even care at this point if I become a walking corpse or not, I just want them dead!!!" Damian said with a stern tone.
Zalgo smirked.
"Thatta boy... this is going to shock you for a second" Zalgo said.
Zalgo then appeared next to Damian. Damian looked up at him as he kneeled down placed his hand on Damian's heart. For a second he didn't feel anything. Then a surge of shock blew up inside of him. Damian started to shiver as Zalgo did whatever it was he was doing. After a moment of this strange feeling, Damian felt his body starting to work again. He shot up and breathed deep. His breathing felt different. Felt less... functional. Damian stood up and looked at Zalgo.
"What the hell did you just do to me?" Damian asked.
"Gave you a second chance... like I said... your a bit less than alive now... and also more. You a lot stronger now then you were before, but that's not all" Zalgo said as he kneeled down a grabbed a broken wooden plank from the ground and tossed it to Damian.
Damian caught the wooden plank in confusion. However, once he caught it, it started to dissolve into wooden crumbs in his hand. Damian was taken aback by this.
"See... I've given you power" Zalgo said with a smile on his face.
"Power?!" Damian said with confusion, shock and amazement all at once.
"The power... of decay... and... the power of darkness?" Zalgo said.
"I feel so much stronger, and I get the decay part... but what of darkness?" Damian asked.
"Just wake up... and you'll see what I mean" Zalgo said.
Then there was a flash of light for a second, causing Damian to blink. Then Damian opened his eyes. He was back in the bosses office. He looked to see the Shadow Man yelling at Jacob. Damian checked his shoulder. No wound. It was healed. He slowly stood up catching the attention of both men.
"What?!" Jacob said with surprise.
"I swear he was dead just a second ago..." Said the Shadow man.
Damian was ready to get his revenge.
"DON'T JUST STAND THERE!!! GET HIM" The Shadow man yelled at Jacob.
Suddenly, as Jacob was about to do something, he found himself in a void. Everything was black. Jacob looked down to see that he himself was still visible. However, anything within a foot around him, was just... darkness. Then, Damian walked into Jacobs view. Jacob was so confused. Without a word, Damian grabbed Jacob by the neck. As soon as Damian touched Jacob, Jacob began to scream bloody murder. His body began to decay from where Damian was touching him. The worst part for Jacob was that while he was decaying, he was still alive. Within moments, Jacob was dead. A decayed corpse. Damian then turned toward the Shadow Man. Damian's skin became more pale as cracks began to form on his face. His eyes were lifeless and empty. The Shadow Man was horrified by what he had just witnessed. Screw the money, he would rather live. He pulled out his pistol and shot Damian in the chest 5 times. Unfortunately, it did nothing.
"What the hell are you?" The Shadow Man asked as he was about to meet the same fate as Jacob.
Out of his mouth, Damian said-
"Only one way to find out"
Appearance[]
Damian is tall with a lean built. There are parts of his body that are a pale grayish color with small black cracks.
Powers[]
He has superhuman strength and durability. He can heal from many wounds. Whenever he has his sights set on someone, his victim will suddenly find themselves in a dark void. Once he touches them they will start to decay.
Creator[]
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