[b]“You're really good at this chemistry kind of stuff. I can't believe you made this by yourself.”[/b]

Daemon scratched the back of is head and gave Koyaani a disgruntled look. "What're you talkin' about, dude, I graduated all of school- which, by the way, includes college- when I was 14. I'm a fuckin' genuis, you think I can't make some skin strengthening cream?" He felt slightly insulted, before remembering that Koyaani still didn't really know that much about him. "Oh, right, you just met me." He shrugged. He was about to continue-in a less crass way- explaining, but his cell phone rang. He answered the call without looking, holding his finger up to Koyaani, and put the phone to his ear.

"What." Was his curt answer.

[i]"Your father wants you to come i-"[/i]

"No."

[i]"Bu-"[/i]

"No."

[i]"He ordered i-"[/i]

"No, I'm not fucking coming in, I told him I wanted as little to do with it as possible and that he can't just fucking call me in. I'm his son, not a dog. Right now I've got a sister who practically cried herself to sleep because of that bastard, I'm not about t-"

[i]"DAEMON AXEL MALONE YOU GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE THIS FUCKING INSTANT!"[/i] Daemon winced and pulled the phone away from his ear as his father interrupted, screaming through it so it could practically be heard through the whole apartment.

"HOWABOUT YOU KISS MY ASS INSTEAD, OLD MAN!" He yelled back, his short fuse already blowing. His eyes glowed a malicious green. "I'M NOT LETTING YOU RUIN MY LIFE BY PULLING ME BACK! DAMI ISN'T EVEN APART OF THIS AND BECAUSE OF YOU SHE CAN'T MAKE ANY CLOSE RELATIONS! HOW MANY GODS-BE-DAMNED TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE?!"

[i]"YOU'VE GOT A DUTY TO YOUR FAMILY-"[/i]

"LIKE HELL I DO, YOU PRICK! I'VE GOT A DUTY TO DAMI, I OWE YOU NOTHING-"

[i]"THAT AIN'T GONNA MATTER WHEN LUCID STARTS GOING AFTER EVERYON-"[/i] Daemon threw his cellphone across the room and it shattered on impact, leaving a small hole in the wall. His breaths were short, let out in angry huffs. His fists were clenched and he glared at the opposite wall.

"You and daddy had a fight again." The voice was small, and Daemon's eyes softened, returning to their brown state. He never really took into account if people would hear him and his dad fighting, he never cared when he blew his fuse. "He just wants you to come home. He told me."

"He wants to pull me back into the business, Dami, and you know I don't swing like that." He whispered. She nodded. 

"I should go see him, calm him down. It was nice meeting you, Blaine." She said, leaving before Daemon could stop her. Oh, and Koyaani just heard all of that.Great.

Daemon sighed. Far too much was happening. It seems like everything he was keeping hidden about himself decided to crop up on the one day a Recruit-Hero-to-be was there. Everything he'd kept from H.UN.T; his identity, his sister, his father...it's all coming down on him today.

If that's not Karma making him her bitch, he didn't know what was.