New York , twenty years ago
The day of Catharine's murder
It was when David went out to pay off the debts , as Catherine told him . He went to the bank and did that , then headed to Steve's house to give him the money .
He rang the doorbell immediately after he arrived . Steve opened the door and welcomed him while wearing a mask to cover his face ; it a white cloth mask that covered not only the face but also all of the head .
Steve greeted David ,
" Glad to see you , David . Come in . "
The mask bothered David because he had not seen Steve's face before ; he only knows his voice .
" Will I ever get the chance to see your face? " , said David .
Steve replied as he closed the door ,
" Sorry, but I keep the mask on for a reason—my face is scarred , and I'd rather not reveal it to anyone . "
David knew it wasn't the truth, but he brushed it off for the time being ,
" So, I came here to....."
Steve interrupted him,
"….to settle the debt, right? Let me guess the source of the money: your wife won the lottery, even though she didn't enter in the first place. "
David stared at Steve in disbelief ,
"Hold on, How the hell did you know that?! "
Steve responded angrily raising his voice a bit,
" What the heck David!!! Haven't you noticed that something strange is going on?? If you have, how could you leave your wife alone?! … I'll give you an address where you might find her --hopefully, you will get there before it's too late.... I'm fed up with him, this will be his fourth time and still he doesn't learn. "
That time, David was not only surprised but also anxious and afraid . It was the first time in his life that he felt his heartbeat race continuously without slowing. He placed the money on a chair and grabbed the piece of paper with the address on it -- the one Steve had pulled from his pocket and put on the table during their conversation.
David ran out of the house and jumped into his car as quickly as possible , driving at a dangerously high speed.
Five minutes later, a traffic cop on his daily shift , eating his dounts , spotted a car going at a dangerously high speed . He groaned ,
" Just my luck !!! I won't catch a break today. "
He followed the car using his siren to get the driver's attention ; however , David was focused solely on reaching his wife that he didn't hear the siren or even realize that there was a cop trying to stop him.
After a while, the traffic cop called for backup because the car wouldn't stop.
More cops arrived and tried to surround David. Upon eventually seeing the cops , David stopped the car.
They got off their motorcycles and cars to approach him, but when he sensed that, he started the engine and drove off and crashed into one of the officers motorcycles, but fortunately no one was there.
The traffic cops kept on chasing David and managed to surround him again. they also tried forcing him stop the car, but David, ignoring their commands crashed into three more motorcycle that were blocking his way, killing the officers riding them,
" Sorry, you made me do this. "
After that , he rest of the backup team went to check on their dead colleagues , while two officers continued the chase ; they drew their guns towards David and started shooting forcing him to stop the car.
David, forced to get out , used the car door as a cover from the bullets . The two cops got off their motorcycle, too , pointing their guns , prepared to shoot if they felt any threat.
David pulled a gun from his waistband, as he was kneeling down, and turned to the other side of the car hoping not to be seen. Despite his attempt to not be seen , the officers noticed him and started shooting , injuring his right leg making him collapse on the ground.
After successfully stopping him, the two cops went to arrest David while pointing their guns at him ; confirming he was unconscious, they dropped their guns, but to their surprise, David pulled the gun from under his stomach and turned to shoot the two men , intending to kill them.
Then he took off his shirt and tied it around his leg to slow the bleeding , but it didn't stop completely—it just lessened. Despite this , David didn't care and drove the car anyway.
Each time he pressed the gas pedal , the pain intensified , and more blood flowed from his wound . This continued until he finally reached his destination—the address. He saw a tiny cottage in the middle of the forest , with a car parked beside it. David stopped the car, got out , and headed towards the cottage, running and limping at the same time . His running caused the bleeding to worsen .
He witnessed something when he reached the door of the cottage : his wife was there , standing in front of a bed , and behind her was a man . The man took off his shirt , and within a second , he transformed into another creature .
The creature had an upper and lower limbs just like humans , but its upper half was cone-shaped with curved sides that start from the lower edges of the cone and meet at the top . It was orange .
It had three arms on the upper half : one arm from the right side, starting where the cone began curving upwards ; the same for the second arm on the left ; and the third arm was at the top where the sides of the cone met . The arms were green and had no fingers ; they were like a cylinder but with curved sides that met at the start and end of the cylinder .
The lower part of the creature had legs that were the same shape as the arms, but the difference was that they were yellow . Additionally , the bottom of each leg had toes—ten small toes on each leg , resembling the legs of a centipede . The legs started forming at the lower edges of the cone, just like the arms, there was a spot where the legs were touching and merging with the arms at the sides .
The creature appeared to be flexible, almost rubbery . There were five eyes on the upper side, inside the cone, visible from both sides, like five holes . It had no nose, but there was a mouth that encircled the interior of the cone . The mouth , just like the arms , was like hole and had no tongue—only teeth.