Alicia, a famous scientist, hides a deep, dark wound that no one can reach off. Famous for her fabulous works, every day she is behind her laboratory doors working hard to invent the time machine so that she can finally escape from her past, finally free from the clutches of the demon.

Alicia pov :

After many trials and failures, the final product of my cure is finally here, The time machine. To escape my past, I tried seeking therapy, tons of medications and sessions but nothing helped. I can only be cured when I erase the cause. It was a fine day, and I was just 7 years old when the demon entered my house and slaughtered everyone: my mom, my dad, and my brother. Everyone died right in front of my very own eyes. Why did he leave me as the sole survivor? I don't know. I was determined. I worked and studied hard to reach the top, but I was the only one there. My family is not here with me, in hard times, in good times. I stood standing alone through it all, but not anymore. I will travel back to the past and save my loved ones. It's midnight now, and I finally finished the final model of my perfect time machine; well, it's not perfect yet. It can be used only one time. I will head to bed as I shouldn't just experiment or mess with it.

I cried softly, covering my mouth under the dinner table, praying to God he wouldn't find me.

Alicia's dad: Dear run fast as you can far away as you can now.

He coughs up blood and faints as little Alicia jumps out of the window and starts running. There he was, following her, smiling widely. No matter how hard she ran, he was always behind he grew up in size as a tall monster. Alicia's breath caught up in her throat as she couldn't believe her sight. The monster roared at her and started chasing her. She screamed, she cried, and ran as fast as she could, only to be caught by the devil.

Alicia's pov:

I woke up gasping hard clutching my chest. The same nightmare of the same day has replayed every night thousands of times. I trembled as I went down the stairs to the kitchen and grabbed a glass of water, chugging it.

Amidst the darkness, there seemed a glow from my office room. There, my invention was gleaming in the dark, waiting to be used. With trembling hands, I entered the date 28 December 2004 exactly 3 days before the tragedy and pressed start.

I opened my eyes, lying on the cold road. I studied my surroundings and entered into a 24-hour medical shop.

"Sir what's the date, year and time"

He looked at me as if I was crazy and said, "It's 29 December 2004 and 3 am now, mam".

I beamed with happiness knowing that my invention worked as I exited the shop. One thing I noticed is that time flows the same. When I entered the time machine, it was 3 am, and here I am 20 years back at the same time, 3 am. The same world, but the times of the past and present are parallel. My mind was filled with questions and possible theories as I walked down the road. Where this road will lead me is a mystery.

Suddenly, a shrieking scream was heard, and I felt goosebumps across my body. I followed the voice leading to an alley as I hid behind the wall, I saw a man wearing all black with a black mask and gloves, stabbing a woman. I gasped as I covered my mouth; his back was visible to me. He was crouching down, and the woman lay in her pool of blood. She saw me and mouthed "help" and he erupted in laughter.

I walked backwards steadily as he turned around chuckling. That was my last straw I started running fast. This is where the road had to lead me damn it.
This all seemed like child's play to him as I heard his laughter. I did not have the guts to turn back.

He grabbed me by my hair behind and pushed me down to the ground. He held my mouth and looked deep into my eyes, I could feel his smirk even behind the mask. Those eyes of his!

He took out his pocket knife and jabbed it into my right knee as I cried.

Richard Pov: Another beautiful bird right in my trap oh, I must be so lucky. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my hand only to find her biting me; how cute.

She started to crawl away and I stood there watching, so cute, so cute, so cute in pain. My mind started to debate whether to kill her or not. I dragged her by her ankle and jabbed her left knee with my knife. Her expressions, her tears, her bite, her screams, her braveness, I want it, I want it all. I want her!

I pressed my kerchief soaked with a sedative to her nose. She did not go down without a fight, so cute. I carried her in my arms to my car and drove deep into the woods.

"Oh baby the real fun starts now"!