74. Split Head

Book:BROKEN : Satanic Verses Published:2024-5-1

Thick black blood mixed with yellowish mucus startles Dev. From that disgusting liquid came out a head, complete with a flattened body and crushed bone structure. Dev gasps to see the creature standing and stares at her with her eyeballs almost popping out.
“Who are you, damn it?” The long-haired figure didn’t budge. However, it walks up to Dev and attacks.
The figure flew over Dev’s head, then upside down, her messy, wet and sticky hair hanging over Dev’s head. For a moment Dev is helpless because she feels uncomfortable with the rotten liquid that constantly drips from the entire body of the creepy creature.
It causes Dev to be controlled easily. Her body lifted, then swayed in the air. A situation that causes Dev to be like a mute. As her body went limp, the blistered figure knocked Dev to the floor.
“Who are you, Ugly? Where’s my mother?” said Dev while coughing, the figure … then disappeared.
In her weakness, Dev goes around the house looking for Jessy. However, she could not find her mother. In fact, she didn’t even see Elfara and Mehmet. She still felt the dark aura even though the strange figure was no longer there.
Dev goes to the basement. The sound of objects colliding was heard from the medical room. Rushing there, she found Elfara chopping something up on the table.
“Why are you here?” asked Dev. Elfara seemed to stop the movement of her hands, then returned to what she was doing without a word.
Initially Dev wanted to return to float what was on her mind. However, after she saw the blood dripping from the table, she swallowed the words again. Curiosity made her spontaneously approach Elfara.
“What are you doing?” asked Dev again.
The sound of the knife tapping slowed down before finally not being heard at all. Elfara didn’t turn around, but the girl gave her sister an unexpected surprise. Several pieces of meat mixed with fresh blood rolled off the table. Dev immediately grabbed Elfara’s shoulder.
“You–” Shocked, Dev couldn’t believe what she was seeing.
“You cut off your own hand?” she continued. Her eyes lingered on Elfara’s half left hand, then turned to the table. Some finger pieces are still scattered there.
Dev runs towards cupboard containing medical equipment looking for rolls of bandages. When she had found it and was about to turn around, she suddenly felt a painful touch on her back. Slowly, she found out what was going on behind her.
“Elfara!” Dev said softly.
The girl stood with a chopping knife in hand. Apparently it was the thing that had injured her back. Dev is silent and thinks, what is going on. Strange things happened not only to Jess, but also to Elfara. The family gets weird. Dev is really sad and devastated.
“Does this all have something to do with daddy’s past? Is it because of my presence? I’m a descendant of the devil, right?”
The words spontaneously came out of her heart. She didn’t know, guessing was wrong. Elfara didn’t understand her heart. All the girl knows is to attack Dev back.
“Stop it, Elfara!” Dev tries to dodge. However, the blade had already cleaved her shoulder. She groaned in excruciating pain.
After that, Elfara became more aggressive. She attacks Dev blindly. Several times, the transgender woman was able to escape. However, not this time. Her suddenly weakened body made her feel that Elfara was strong even with only one arm.
Dev feels like she is about to die when something hot suddenly stabs into her chest. The withered eyeballs lit up brightly. Pain becomes great ammunition. Dev replies to Elfara’s attack with a punch. The girl hit the bed. Elfara’s almost expressionless face was downcast, but her hands and feet were still moving. Give a more painful reply.
They fought fiercely with extraordinary strength. Elfara is still Elfara, a weak little girl. Over and over again, but not dead. Right now, Dev is out of control. Her consciousness has been ruled by darkness. However, her sanity tried to stop the heinous act she was doing.
“Dev, wake up, she’s your sister!” Dev tries hard to control herself and what happens is not as expected. She increasingly brutally beat Elfara. Until finally, Elfara’s unconsciousness stopped her madness. Elfara lay lifeless.
Dev is on her knees shaking looking at her sister covered in blood. Her chest heaved in a frenzy. The anger had disappeared, but the sadness and regret arrived at the same time.
“Elfara!” she shouted, then she sobbed.
Dev spreads her still shaking palms, then stares at her blankly. She muttered, “I killed her!” Dev stands staggered. Feelings of self-pity began to emerge.
“I’m a killer!” she cursed. Dev goes berserk and injures herself with nails.
Dev staggers towards the table where Elfara cuts off her own hand. Crossing the mirror on the left wall, she was immediately shocked by her ugly body. Some skin is scaly. A condition that worsened her mood.
“The Lord of Nature! Why did you bring me into the world? Who am I really?” Dev cries for some time. After that, she was determined to end her life with a woodcutter machine who knows who kept it in the corner of the room.
Noise filled the room as the engine started. Without hesitation, Dev pointed the saw blade over her head. Within seconds, Dev’s head was split open. Blood spurted profusely. All the vital organs were horribly dispersed. However, Dev is not destined to die yet. Even though her head was split open, her eye organs were still functioning normally. In fact, she can still move her separated lips. The murmur that came out was very incoherent.
Dev’s eyeballs are sticking out, looking straight ahead. The gush of thick blood continued to move across the floor until it reached the access door to the kitchen. Right at the point where the blood had stopped, a hot beam of light flashed before a sudden windstorm came tearing down all the buildings. All materials do not escape the fire.
Before long, from the flash of fire appeared a strange creature riding a dragon. A large creature that has a snake tail. Three heads resembling a bull, a human, and a ram are attached to a body with strange legs. From the mouth, fire gushes hard towards Dev. Dev goes blind, but her ears are working fine. She could still hear all the sounds.
“Deva!”
“Deva!”
Over and over again, a male voice called out her name. In the darkness of the eye, a beam of white light expands. Dev wakes up and finds Mehmet by her side. She immediately woke up in a daze.
“What happened?” asked Mehmet.
“Mommy? Elfara? Where are they?” Dev’s heart beats fast as she remembers the two women.
“Uncle! I killed her! I am a murderer!” Dev said angrily.
“Who? Who do you mean?” asked Mehmet.
“Look over there!” Dev points to the bedside wall, where it was the last place Elfara died.
However, right now she didn’t see her sister there. Instantly, Dev seemed to be a confused person. All angles did not escape the glare of her eyes. She just realized, the last time that happened was that the magnificent building had been destroyed by a huge, scary monster.
And what she currently saw was that the walls were still intact as usual. However, the chaos that existed again stirred her head. Chopped knives and blood, as well as a chainsaw that lay not far from her. Dev touches her head, then runs towards the mirror. Dev gapes with wide eyes.
“Has something happened?” Mehmet finally asks after observing the strange behavior shown by Dev.
“Uncle, is Elfara still alive?” Dev’s absurd question made the man’s forehead furrow.
“Elfara is fine. She is resting in her room. I feel something is wrong. Did you experience something? Mystical thing?” Because Mehmet asks, Dev finally tells in detail the flow of events that happened to her.
“I’ve said that Jess has a non-medical indication. I’ve proven it with prayer therapy when you went looking for Elfara.”
“What do you mean?”
“Your mother is always in a trance every time I do therapy. She vomits larvae and hair a few times, but after that she will get better. Dev, the magic that binds Jess is very strong. About that strange creature, it might also have something to do with what happened.” Listening to Mehmet’s explanation, Dev immediately remembered the demon she asked Yerin Kang. The lust cult of the heretical sect died before finishing her speech.
What is the connection between the demon and Erhan’s family, especially Dev? In fact, the demon once harmed Masma, who is the biological mother as well as a tribal group of women who worship King Asmoday.