Monster Of Darkness

She is Dead

She was shocked for a while when she heard Nancy's words. Then she asked quickly.

"Who? Where did you hear all that? Aunty please tells me ..." She was asking impatiently. She just stared at her.

"I went to find my mother. She lives alone. She was sick that day. I thought she would be fine if I stayed with her for a few days." They both started walking together.

"It was my mother's house next door. They were married. My mother told me that this girl had cancer. Ah ... can I tell you how sick she was. Sofia ... Yes that was her name."

"But that phrase aunty? When did you hear that?" She was curious.

"Yeah... I'll never forget that night my darling! It was a scary night. Black and that storm from above. I was in the room with my mother when I saw the lightning flashing across the window. I Frightened, I hurried to close the window when I saw the girl on the lawn next door. The girl with opened hair raised her hands in the air to find out what she was saying. The same phrases I heard last night. That's probably magic, Maria. That's what everyone says. "

"And what did you see?"

Maria asked anxiously. Aunt Nancy stopped. Her hands clasped tightly. There was a tremor in her hands.

"I didn't know what it was, Maria. I didn't tell anyone that no one would believe me but ... I saw him. He had red eyes and his whole body was just black and dark. Terrible pointed fingers. The Voice ... I thought I would be deaf. "

Hearing this, Maria's heart was pounding.

"I screamed and closed the window and hid in bed with my mother. I couldn't sleep all night. I just remembered those eyes again and again. I came back the next day with my mother." Reminding that night, there was fear on her face. Maria watched her closely.

"One last question, Auntie ..."

"Ask?"

"Do you know what an Astroot is?" She shook her head in denial.

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"I want to talk to you about Astroot, Mr. Isaac!" Isaac looked at her in shock. She was looking at him.

"I'm sorry but do I know you?" Maria shook her head in denial.

"No. I actually saw you for the first time and I heard your name from my neighbor's aunt a long time ago. I also took your address from her." Isaac shook his head.

"Can you talk about Astroot?"

"I don't know what you're saying. This is the first time I've heard that word." Maria looked at him carefully.

"It's about your wife, Mr. Isaac." Hearing this, his nerves were strained.

"Look, I'm going to be late for the office. I don't know anything about Astroot, so you'd better go. Have a good day." He hurriedly closed the door. She was standing there helplessly.

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She was working with the nurse to change Neil's clothes when she saw the spots and scales on Neil's back. The skin on his back had hardened in those places. There were also some particles on the bed sheet. And this is not the first time.

The day she sat down to cut his nails, the fingernails were gone.

"Such changes are taking place in coma patients" The doctor told her.

"Lying in the same place all the time starts to degrade quickly but it usually happens after a while. Sometimes months later. But in the case of your husband it has already started within a week."

She listened helplessly.

"They're already in disarray. We're afraid that if it stays that way, their major organ could be damage, Mrs. Maria."

She cried that day holding him.

"I don't want to lose you Neil. Please get well. For me, Please. You are my last asset. I will be worthless after you. Please come back."

She was crying but he was lost somewhere beyond the world of consciousness.

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"It's about your wife, Mr. Isaac!" A voice echoed in his ear. He shook his head and came inside. Sofia was still in bed.

"I want to talk to you about Astroot." Voice was echoed again.

He came to her slowly. She was sleeping unawares.

"Astroot is hungry ..."

He sat down beside her and began to remove the hair from her face. He had a bunch of hair in his hand. He was shocked. He pulled the braid gently. All those hairs were in his hands.

"Nun ... no ... how is that ..."

He took several steps back. Sofia's forehead was full of these strange spots.

"Astroot is hungry ... go ... go ..."

He was looking at the hair uncertainly.

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He was unsure.

"I can understand it's very shocking, Mr. Isaac, but it's true. Your wife has inherited this cancer. It's a very rare but deadly type. Her treatment is less beneficial. And at this stage, the chances of improvement are rare. "

He wanted to live with her and she was dying. In a matter of days, she had become a thorn in the side. The eyes were sunken inwards. The skin had dried and turned into leather.

"Save me, Isaac ... I don't want to die. This baby is very dear to me." She cried that day but he can’t do anything. That child was lost.

Her body was not enough for her, so how could she save another life. How much she cried that day. There was no peace for a moment.

Her chemotherapy started the next day. Surgery was of no use. That too was a painful process. A long and painful process. The session lasted for several hours. Vomiting started as soon as she came home. The cancer had spread in her blood.

"I won't let anything happen to you. Promise. We'll both live together, fight together."

He consoled himself more than her.

All her hair had fallen out. Eyebrows, eyelids ... All hair had fallen out.

In four months she was on the verge of death.

"I want paint. I have to go back there. I have to paint you."

Butterflies and birds watched her sadly.

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When Maria's eyes opened, she found herself in this strange place. It was an old-fashioned building. The torch next to the old wall was burning. Some of the windows were bright.

She wanted to get up but she couldn't. She saw that she was tied to a high platform in the middle of the room. The ceiling was straight, her both hands and both legs were tied. She jerked but the chain was very strong.

"Anyone? Help ... Help ... Anyone?" She screamed but no answer. No one was there.

A lot of time passed like that then that smell hit her nose. That unpleasant feeling was beginning to touch her. She saw that the black monster had entered.

Just smoke from head to toe ... Instead of fingers, these were long, knife-like pointed limbs. There was nothing on his face but these two red eyes and white teeth. She was shaking with fear.

"Someone ... save me ... help ..." She cried. He walked over to her.

"She is mine ... she has surrendered herself to me ... she has become mine ... so why are you intervening ??????"

He placed his pointed finger on her chest. Maria felt as if someone had ripped her off with a sharp instrument.

"She belongs to Astroot ... she is just for Astroot ... understood ... she is mine ..."

He was driving madly. A fountain of blood gushed from her chest. She was running, screaming for help, there was an ominous sound in the air.