The Devil's Legs Upside
Next Victim

I rose firmly, my right hand holding the English key in anger. I attached my back to the gate wall of the Platform Generator-Compressor and mounted the horses. I got ready, hit anyone who would cross in front of me. When they walked across the gate of the Generator-Compressor Platform then I was ready to swing this British key right into their heads.

My heart is beating, I'm nervous. But I tried to concentrate by closing my eyes and listening carefully to their upside-down footsteps. I heard those faint footsteps for a while, then the voice disappeared, Eh? I took a deep breath, venturing to peek at the bridge.

There I saw old man James and the other worker throw Abeba's body to the sea. GODDAMN CREATURE! The grip of my hand on the English key was getting firmer, I couldn't wait to break their necks.

Just now that I was intending to get out of my meeting place and approach the two workers so-the incident, suddenly from appeared a terrible figure who jumped onto the bridge. The figure was like jumping flying and landing on a bridge with ease. This time, I saw clearly how the real Pretni was.

Her figure was more like that of a naked woman who was so thin, I could see her breast bone was so obvious. His body was soaked in sea water, his skin full of lebab here and there. His hair was also wet, long unraveling to the buttocks. His fingernails were so big, clutching a shirt and pants full of blood, belonging to Abeba.

The teeth are so large and irregular, that they come out of the lip. The tooth moved up and down as if chewing something, from between the fangs came fresh blood, which dripped onto the floor of the bridge. The drop of blood was stepped on by his upturned leg and left an inverted footprint, which we had misunderstood.

Then he stopped chewing and spit something out. A contact lens ejected from his mouth onto the floor, contact lens belonging to Abeba. It feels like my anger has reached the throat, even my breath to the point of being irregular because it holds the anger.

Then the damned creature began to groan, the groan made my footsteps that were about to approach him instantly come to a halt. He then wriggled to the ground, and continued to groan as if to endure the pain. A few seconds later, I saw an amazing phenomenon. Slowly, the skin turned brown, although there were still bruises here and there. Those long fingernails and teeth started to shorten. His ghastly face slowly changed .. It resembled Abeba. The long hair also shortened to follow the size of Abeba's hair. After a while I was like seeing a naked Abeba wriggling on the bridge floor. Then, without sin, the creature stood up while wearing the Abeba clothes he had picked up earlier, then walked up to Old Man James. The three people..no.. the three creatures then groaned with each other as if greeting his friend who was just present. The three of them then walked back into the Well-head Platform.

I froze, What kind of magic is that?!! All my life I've only seen this first real supernatural phenomenon, as terrible as it is. So that's how they resemble humans, the way they can infiltrate this bridge is unknown. It's true what I've been expecting all along. They did not come from the main island, not from ships departing from Dwarka. But they come from the sea! They jumped from the depths of the sea, ascending to this bridge. They can appear anytime and anywhere, and resemble anyone.Slittle by little everything about them begins to unfold. No one should know. If they do this at night, no one will see.

Now what am I supposed to do? The question immediately came to my mind. I took a deep breath, calmed my emotions and thought for a moment. They're heading straight back into Well-head, what's up? I think I should find out what they're doing there. And as much as possible, I should keep them away from the Generator-Compressor Platform, Right.

After steadying my heart, I finally started walking slowly towards the Well-head Platform. While continuing to alert my senses while occasionally looking back, - who knows there are other events that come from the direction of the Platform Generator-Compressor - I went down the bridge that began to darken. At that time the sun had almost completely sunk but the Bridge lights had not automatically turned on. The darkness of that twilight was enough to make my heart flutter.

I finally got to Well-head's main room. There I saw seven. No. Ten more men were banging on a giant drill tube. Some did not even hesitate to use iron chairs, or pieces of wood and smite them into the body of the steel-plated tube. Looks like they're trying to destroy that giant drill tube, but for what? Pretni that much I can't face alone, I have to devise a plan.

To my right, I saw an iron staircase leading to the monitor room. I slowly crept around, then climbed the stairs, headed for the monitor room, hoping Abeba hadn't really locked it. And true! He just shut the door, hasn't really locked it. Maybe it was because I called her back then and Abeba was kept busy by a worker who suddenly hit the tube. I thank you in my heart, as soon as I enter the monitor room.

In the monitor room I experienced a great turmoil, between me having to turn on the lights or not. However I prefer not to turn on the lights and turn around to lock the monitor room from the inside, I must not provoke their attention. While locking the door I turned my head from the window of the monitor room towards the bottom, they all seemed to be still busy beating the giant drill tube. I wasn't too worried about those steel drill tubes that were continuously being hit, but I was wondering about their numbers, Where did that much Pretni come from?

As soon as the Bridge lights turned on automatically, the night had come. The lights in the giant drill tube room suddenly lit up, shocking them for a moment. With the help of that light I could see their bruised faces, so horrible. Some were even covered in blood because his forehead he smashed many times into the tube body, They are no longer human, I know! Luckily, the monitor room light does not automatically turn on because I did not turn on the button earlier, Eh wait…

Instantly I remembered that I could close both gates of the Well-head Platform (Gate that leads to the Generator-Compressor Platform and Production Platform) automatically from here! I remember what Abeba taught me this afternoon, it was used during the drilling process, so that no one passed through the Well-head Platform. My hands clenched hard as I remembered Abeba, I had to keep this thing away from Julia and Lim no matter what.

Then I walked towards the workspace of the three of us, then I turned on the nautical system of the Bridge and pressed the button that closed the two gates. With this, I've locked myself in with that Pretni-Pretni. I have to tell Lim and Julia. I picked up my smartphone and called Lim…

“Are you okay? How’s Abeba?” (You all right? How's Abeba?)

I swallowed my saliva deeply “Not good ..” (Not good..).

“What do you mean? Is she alive?” (What do you mean? Is he still alive?)

“No .. I’m sorry” (No..

Then there was an iron-like sound that was struck by the hand and Lim yelled cursing.

“Hello ... Dimas?” Suddenly the voice on the phone turned into a half sobbing female voice.

“Julia! Look, Listen...” (Julia! Listen to me ..)

“Is it ... true? Abeba...” (Is that ... true? Abba ..).

“Please calm down .. there is more important matter to talk about ..” (Relax .... there are more important things discussed now ..)

“You think .. Abeba’s life is not important?” (So ... You think Abeba's life doesn't matter?) Julia's voice looked raucous and sobbing.

“*Y*OUR LIFE ARE MORE IMPORTANT! LIM”S LIFE TOO! I’M TRYING TO SAVE BOTH OF YOU RIGHT NOW GOD DAMMIT!! STOP BEING CRYBABY FOR A SECOND?!”

(YOUR LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT! LIM'S LIFE TOO! I AM NOW TRYING TO SAVE YOU BOTH, MY GOD!! CAN YOU STOP WHINING FOR A SECOND?!!)

I yelled at Julia all out, I could hear her cries getting louder. Then I slammed my smartphone on the floor with so much emotion, I snapped

He thought only he was sad because Abeba died? When Mr. Dennis disappeared? He thinks he's the only one entitled? Had Julia and Lim seen what I saw on the bridge, she would have been as frustrated as I was!

With overflowing emotions in my chest, I sat on the floor of the monitor room limply, not knowing what to do. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, Oh God what should I do??