To
move past all of the recent turmoil in his life, Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan,
returns to his job as head of the Parapsychology Department at District
University in Washington, D.C.). He offers us a recap while brooding and
wondering about Saripha Thames, the woman he loves. He is greeted by various
colleagues and students as though he hadn’t been gone for a year, puzzling
him—then Saripha shows up with a happy kiss then runs off to class. A student
reminds him that they are both late for class so Daimon follows him and
discovers “he is already in the classroom, a perfect double, scolding the
student for being late. Daimon ducks out and visits his office to find it
occupied by his double’s effects. Then his double enters, demanding to know who
he is. The double offers to let the angry Daimon look into his soul and Daimon
does—finding his own soul. He flees….
Interlude:
Patsy “Hellcat” Walker is frustrated, finding that transforming her years of
diaries into a memoir isn’t as easy as she thought. Hearing her frustration,
Gargoyle enters and gives her some encouragement. Isaac is also aware that
Patsy is concerned about Daimon Hellstrom; she agrees that she is worried about
him and her psychic abilities suggest he may be in trouble but she doesn’t know
if she is in love with him….
Daimon
walks the streets of Georgetown, finding himself at the door of a certain home;
he enters to be greeted by Saripha. He sounds strange so she uses her Wiccan
powers to read his mind and discovers she is not her Daimon. He insists she
knows who he is and he takes on the form of the Son of Satan. The fake Daimon
enters and tells Saripha to leave the room, then he reveals that she is a) his
wife and b) pregnant. She is adding her Wiccan power to her husband’s to try to
force the “impostor” out of their lives. The two Sons of Satan begin a violent
battle of demonic powers and it looks like Real Daimon is losing….
Interlude:
The Elf in the Model T Ford drives Luann Bloom to a strange world where they
stand before a Tribunal that orders T.B. #6-C to make her report—and he seems
to mean Luann….
Daimon
overcomes his double and they fight, the double discoursing on the nature of
identity and a commitment to life is needed to prove title to one’s own being.
Daimon gets clobbered again and the double demands he forsake his identity as
Son of Satan. Daimon considers it but realizes his love for Patsy has made him
alive and he channels all of the contradictory forces of his nature through his
opponent’s trident, forcing the double to resume his original form as a minor
demon from Hell. He had joined Satan in his invasion of Earth but stayed behind
when the rest all returned to Hell; he assumed Daimon’s identity and learned
about love and friendship, which the real Daimon would have corrupted. Daimon
orders him to be quiet and Saripha dashes out, explaining that she really loves
her hubby and they were joining their magicks to induce the real Daimon to have
an identity crisis so he would keep away. So the demon takes on a different
human form as he and Saripha plan to go away together and restart their non-Daimon-centered
lives. Daimon walks off, agonizing over his identity crisis still growing in
him….