Gloomy Night Rain

Demon In Me

Since the day Devin decided to join his uncle, Father Lucas, in performing exorcisms, his life have never been normal. The gruesome and horrid scenes he see during the exorcisms haunt his dreams at night, but that wasn't the worst. His eyes have been more open to the entities roaming his surroundings, and the presence of the devil have been familiar to him. Those are the negative side of living with his uncle. The positive side is the free shelter, food, and basically being provided with everything he need. His parents died a few years ago that's why he's forced to be with Father Lucas.

One Saturday, while Devin was helping in cleaning the church, a bald woman at her mid 40s started screaming outside the church. This caught his attention, along with his uncle and the other church helpers. They all rushed towards the hysterical woman outside.

"What happened? Come inside and we'll do our best to help you." Father Lucas told her, but the woman refused and shook her head frantically.

"My daughter! Th-the demon is in her!" she said and started hyperventilating. Devin rushed inside the church and filled a glass of water. He gave it to the woman and she drank it greedily.

"Come with me." Father Lucas was reluctant at first, but with the company of Devin and two other priests from the church, they decided to help the woman.

The woman, Carol , claimed that her daughter was possessed by a demon. She said that it started yesterday, when she was eating her hair in her room. She's staring intensely at the wall while doing so, as if there's something really interesting there. Carol asked her what she's doing, but she only stared at her blankly and giggled. It was like a giggle of a five year old girl in a sweets shop. What horrified her even more is when she started carving reverse crosses on the bedroom walls using the edge of a cross. This alerted the woman and since she's a nurse, she quickly drugged her daughter and tied her in the basement so that she can cause no more harm.

"We really need to perform the exorcism before I'd lose her completely." she sobbed while leading the group inside her house.

Father Lucas naturally felt sympathy for Carol , because it must be hard for her to tie her daughter like that. But Devin felt something... off. He shrugged it off because who knows, maybe it's him being paranoid and scared of the nightmare he'll be facing during the exorcism.

When they reached there, Devin didn't have the chance to hide his gasp. The daughter is tied on the bed with thick towels. Her wrists are practically bleeding, and her hair is bald on the front part. Her breaths are weary and she's almost wheezing, with a coat of sweat covering her body.

"Let's get this started." Father Lucas instructed them what they would do, and did the setup. When he started chanting the words, the girl called out Devin's name.

"Devin... Devin..." she whispered frantically, and he's trying his best to ignore her.

"Devin... L-Listen to me..." she pleaded as tears welled up her eyes.

"It's not me. I-It's her. It's her. The demon is in her..." she told him.

"Oh my God. Help her please!" Carol cut off and sobbed harder. While Father Lucas is reciting the lines, the girl keeps on telling him that it's in her.

Devin shut his eyes tightly. Trying his best to ignore her. But he just can't. The words are repeating in his head.

It's in her.

It is in her.

The demon is in her.

When realization hit him, it was too late. Carol grabbed the nearest item, just their luck that it was a shovel they didn't notice earlier, and smacked Father Lucas across the face with it. The old priest fell to the floor with a thud and an open skull. Carol grinned in satisfaction and dipped her finger inside the crack, digging a few brain flesh and licked her finger. Everyone were too stunned to move, except for the girl who's screaming at them to run.

Devin was the first to react and he went sprinting off for the door. The two other priests hurried after him, but the two of them was caught by Carol who buried her teeth to his neck and tear out the flesh.

Devin is so full of adrenaline that he managed to get away as far as the front door. But the door is tightly locked. He tried the window, again, no such luck. Carol appeared from the stairs with the sticky looking crimson liquid covering her skin. She smiled at him, the kind of smile that screams 'I'm gonna enjoy devouring your body and later your soul'. Devin started praying 'Our Father', asked help from Angel Michael, praying to Jesus to save him- but nothing worked. Carol just watched him in amusement.

"My faith will destroy you, evil!" he screamed to her while holding up a metal cross, but she only inched nearer.

"Faith will destroy nothing but the harsh truth of reality, sweetheart." her voice is a mix of a giggly little girl and hoarse voice of a dying man.

"God will protect me! For I've been a faithful servant! The angels will battle you and send you back to hell!" he buried the cross to her stomach, but she only gave him a sickly sweet smile. Carol is right in front of his face, the wild and pure evil look in her eyes is darting straight through his own.

"God abandoned you. The angels left. Look at where your faith took you, Devin." with that being whispered to his ears, Carol grabbed his own cross and stabbed him in the heart.