Capítulo 40: Blood-Sucking Monster
While constantly trying to regulate the breath, Elia's memory membrane took Elia back in time. When Elia was in ninth-grade elementary school. On the way home, Elia saw a monstrous creature sucking the blood of someone who is the accident victim back on the road. The head of the accident victim leaked because it hit the asphalt. Police arrived too late to cordon off the scene of the crash. The victim was freely exposed, the citizens surrounded the victim, there were only one or two people who bravely covered the victim with newspapers. They do it with a scarred face. They covered the victim without trying to see the condition of the victim. They didn't realize there was a huge tall figure squatting over the victim's body. The creature holds the victim's head with its sharp black nails, pointed like scissors. After being satisfied to drink blood, the creature turned its head. Elia and the creature looked at each other.
In the tube that was holding Elia at this time, Elia could see the little Elia staring at the blood dripping from the creature's mouth. Elia could see the nape of little Elia getting goosebumps. Elia's breath was choked because the bad memory made Elia feel that the creature was observing and was about to suck her blood.
At that time, Elia saw the creature walking on all fours, either because it could not walk upright over a curse or because that was how such a bad creature was created. When it was close, Elia could see the face of the creature, half of the creature's face was handsome, the other half was drenched in blood. Elia was sucked in by her fear. With her breath gasping in the tube, Elia trap to panic.
The creature could almost touch Elia's neck and suddenly Elia felt calm because Max suddenly appeared. Max hugged her, then whispered, "You want to shop? Buy clothes or whatever you like?" Elia nodded. After that, the incident she can remember is already in Max's car. They go shopping, buy things they like. However, when she was about to eat dinner, Elia remembered the victim, the blood, and the face of the creature again.
"I don't want to," Elia said, pushing a plate filled with steak. Earlier, Elia asked to make a steak for dinner. Max obeys Elia knowing Elia is still traumatized by what just happened. Max pulled the steak plate made of wood. Max put it in the refrigerator.
"If you want later, take it in the refrigerator, heat it for a while," Max spoke carefully in a tone like a brother who didn't want his sister to miss dinner.
Elia nodded and hugged her knees.
Max sighed. Max knew that comforting Elia might not reduce Elia's fear, but Max decided to do it. Max looked into the shopping bag he had placed on the sofa. Elia hasn't touched it since coming home. Max glanced at Elia and saw Elia's body still shivering. Had Elia shouted and cried out loud, perhaps the side effects of her surprise could have eased a little. Max approached Elia and hugged her.
"You want to forget it?" Max spoke softly in Elia's ear.
Elia buried her face into Max's chest and seemed uninterested in the idea of forgetting the terrible event.
"There's a way to forget what happened," Max said.
Elia raised her face. A question mark appeared on Elia's little face. Max then knelt, looking at Elia fixedly into her eyes. Kneeling, Max spoke softly to Elia, "I'm going to hypnotize you. If you agree, I'll make you forget all that. How?"
Elia nodded. Of course, Elia didn't want to remember the creature's hideous face. Elia also did not want to remember how the creature absorbed blood from the victims of the accident.
Max then did what he needed to do. Max erased Elia's memory. In a short time, Elia fell asleep, the effect of the memory erase process.
Elia woke up hungry. Max then pretended nothing had happened.
"Since when are you here?" asked Elia cheerfully when she saw Max doing something with Teflon in the kitchen. Elia jumped off the sofa, threw the book in her arms at the table. Elia can't remember how she fell asleep there. Elia was pretty sure that she fell asleep while reading a book and Max came while she was still asleep.
"Ten minutes ago," Max said.
"Waw! That's steak? It seemed impossible just ten minutes ago. Preparing the steak took a long time, "said Elia.
"Who said that?" Max teases Elia.
Then, Max and Elia enjoyed steak together.
"Max..."
"Yes?"
"I am tired of being alone at home. What should I do?"
"Keep actively doing things. Like eating, reading books, watching movies, playing, doing anything, doing as many hobbies as possible."
Elia hesitated. "Hobby?"
"How about watching and reviewing movies?"
Max walked over to the flat-screen television. Elia watched Max's back. Within seconds, the American television channel was already broadcast on the flat screen. Max deliberately chose a comedy series.
"This television must be restored to its original function. Don't just make a display!"
Elia smiled at the memory of those times. If there had been no Max, I might have died of fear, Elia said silently. But the romantic feeling was only brief. Elia wondered, Max, erased my memory because I wanted it. How did it come back? I think the power of Ruang Hampa is greater than Max. Ruang Hampa returned the memory to me.
Meanwhile, from a dark place, Dalang's wingit gaze could not be separated in the slightest from Elia's every move.
Elia pondered for a while. Then, decided to face her fears alone. Elia closed her eyes again. At first, it looks only red. Then it was widespread but random.
The sight of panicked people returned to Elia. Spliced with the scene of newspapers being thrown unceremoniously by people trying to help but with a sense of horror, many were horrified while whispering to each other in the tavern, in the grocery store, pedestrians, motorcycle cyclists, motorists, all stopped and watched the victims drenched in blood.
The victim was on his back on the asphalt. His face pointed straight at the sky. The victim's body is convulsing. Blood flowed from his broken head. While the victim's right leg is bent with an unnatural shape. Suddenly the creature appeared, squatting on top of the victim, with his tongue sticking out licking the victim's face. Next, the creature moves to suck blood from the part of the victim's fractured head. The creature greedily sucked the white and red blood that came out at once from the victim's head. When the creature sucks hard, the body of the victim's convulsions is more intense. Everyone panicked without knowing what the victim was going through.
Ambulance officers and police arrived at the same time. The police removed the people and gave way to the ambulance officers. But, Elia knows, they were too late a long time ago. The victim was bleeding. The creature was now staring at Elia as the ambulance officer was picking up crutches.
The stiff Elia stood face to eye with the creature. Run. Run Elia! Run!
If only Elia could move the body. Elia's feet were suddenly heavy, fused with the asphalt.
Don't be afraid! A voice entered Elia's ears.
You can't rely on Max this time! exclaimed that voice. This is your memory, you are in charge of your memory and way of thinking.
Driven by a loud and warm noise in the ear, Elia increased her courage as hard as possible to face the creature.
What creature is this?
Elia clarified the visuals of the creature. Elia's last memory was to see the face of the creature in the form of half a handsome man, the other half a monster covered in blood. The creature walked strangely on all fours. The hind legs are longer and taller than the front legs. It looks like a spider, but it doesn't, the creature looks worse than a spider, especially the part of its canine teeth and scissor-like fingers.
Elia's concentration!
The creature's voice was hoarse. When the creature was close, right in front of Elia. Only then did Elia realize that the creature's height reached two meters.
Shit!
The terrible visual made Elia duck especially when the creature tried to hit him with his front legs. Elia rolled over. In addition to overcoming sudden attacks, Elia also had to overcome heart palpitations.
I don't want to lose! I don't want to be haunted by this horrible shadow all the time!
Elia looked around. There will be no help She can trust because her surroundings are now empty. There is nothing but arid soil.
Fuck! magical visuals can be misleading!
Elia ran away, while her mind continued to work analyzing her opponent.
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Author's note:
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