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"hi"- Talking

hi- Thinking

hi- Darkness

Chapter 1: A Fresh Start

In the beginning there was nothing, and the form of the earth was shapeless in the void of the deep. Then God or whatever you call Him said "Let there be light!" and light there was and God saw that the light was good and forever separated the light from the darkness. That is the problem with humans; no one ever stopped to consider how the darkness felt about that...

Well you cannot entirely blame people for not considering such a foreign concept, an ordinary man can hardly be asked to be aware of such a question...but Jackie Estacado is hardly what one would call an ordinary man, even if you disregard his background as a hit-man for the Franchetti Family in New York started at age 14.

Jackie is in fact the only person in the world who knows exactly what the darkness feels about it; resentment does not even scratch the surface. Jackie knows this as he is the current inheritor of the power called 'The Darkness'; a power older than time itself and the embodiment of all that is dark and deadly; and Jackie is its host...no that is inappropriate...more like rebellious slave.

Jackie in the short time that he received his 'gift' on his 21st birthday has done wonders and terrors. Jackie thanks to the Darkness has made something that is already deadly into a scourge of the night he has made more money in a matter of weeks than some people pull in a lifetime, in a matter of days he eliminated all competition in New York and in a matter of weeks practically owned Cuba itself.

However being the host of a thing capable of tearing apart legions of enemies in a matter of seconds has its downsides; such as incurring the wrath of the Five Families including his own Uncle Frankie the man that took him in, witnessing the death of the only woman who meant anything to him, seeing and doing battle with creatures that no man should ever see, and lo and behold, even ending up on the shit-list of the Catholic Church itself. The fact that this power has a "have sex and you die clause" is on a whole new level of cruel for Jackie.

That was within the timeframe of 2 years, Jackie thought, Christ, what the fuck is going to happen in the next 10? Jackie couldn't help but brood over what has happened in his life, it is necessary to reflect on the past to determine the future, after all he was making a significant change in his life now. Jackie is the first to admit he was not a saint, fuck, he thought, I even killed a few. However, it did not stop anyone from trying to change. Granted this was not entirely of free will, with everyone looking for him, and that means everyone, Jackie had no choice but to split. So without even saying goodbye to some of his only friends such as Butcher Joyce he boarded the first plane out of the country, hell, even out of the continent. Jackie would have preferred going out of the current hemisphere but there was no time. Could not even travel on his own private plane, and Jackie loves his private plane, Jackie ended up in coach on a red eye flight out of the US of A. This is just embarrassing, Jackie mulled, having to skulk around like a dog for safety.

You didn't have to Jackie, you know this.

Great just what I need. The Darkness may be a power like none other, but it is sentient and has its own hobbies, this includes maiming toddlers and eating people, but its favourite is tormenting Jackie.

We could have destroyed them, Jackie, could have devoured them all, but no you have to do the noble thing, Jackie.

"Then why don't fuck off and leave me alone!" A statement that Jackie said with relish, also in a tone so loud that it woke up half the other passengers in the cabin. Some through filthy looks, others just ignored it, the poor bastard sitting next to Jackie shifted uncomfortably to his side, back turned to Jackie, one of them pushed the service button. Great; company. Jackie felt foolish and embarrassed; the Darkness needless to say was thoroughly amused.

HA HA! Talking yourself Jackie...bad sign Jackie. Are you losing it Jackie?...Maybe you should sleep Jackie.

"Not a chance in hell" his voice barely a whisper, he turned to face the viewport mirror, it was cloudless and calm, hard to believe it that the plane was moving at 10,000 miles an hour.

You forget Jackie...we created hell.

"Listen you little-" The concept of gremlins or demons on a plane has been part or aeronautical history, frequently just a myth. However, it is not that hard to imagine when a demon pastes his face across the plane window. Jackie almost reared in shock, but he held back, he could not afford any more attention. The winds outside would be incalculable let a little darkling was none for the worse. A shapeless almost cartoonish grins spread across his face to the point where the edge of his mouth disappeared from sight.

You will what Jackie? Disregard us? HA! You forget Jackie as you always do; we are not inside you, Jackie, you are inside us...Jackie. You are not the smartest host Jackie, you do not own us...we own...you...Jackie.

The voice of the Darkness faded away from Jackie's mind, it had its fun now it has other things to do. Thank God, Jackie thought, maybe some rest.

"Sir." Jackie turned and saw a man in a suit stare at him from the ailse, he was not security he did not have the body build but rather a flight attendant. "you okay? We heard complaints about noise."

"Oh yeah," Jackie said trying give an impression of fatigue, "just..a bad dream." Jackie hoped there was not going to be a problem he could not stand the possibility of having his cover blown already. The attendant smiled, a good smile, an understanding smile.

"I understand sir, I'll get you some water if you wish. Could you please just keep it down for the passengers?"

"Yeah...sorry." Jackie voice filled with a sense of relief. Safe..for now. The attendant nodded and walked away. Jackie turned back to his side and stared into the empty dark beyond the window. However, Jackie saw a flash of lightening in the distance appear...a lightning storm.

"This is your captain speaking," over the PA system, "We are about to encounter some turbulence due to a nearby storm, this will not delay our flight to London, however we request that you buckle up and return to your seats. Thank you."

Jackie groaned and buckled up, just in time too, the plane started to shake violently. Hopefully this will all work out. He glanced outside into the nothing...a lighting strike and Jackie saw something that was illuminated...and cringed. The strike revealed a small legion of darkling's actually sitting on the wing...not laughing, not mocking, but sitting and staring...at Jackie.

Don't bet on it...Jackie boy.

Authors Note: Hey guys new story, new chapters, hope you like it. This is a basically a revamp with the Darkness in the Hellsing Universe. Review as always.