Episode 2
Caius Aldridge
Hey, you up?
Her breath shudders.
That's the same message. Word for word the exact he sent before everything went wrong.
Her hands tremble as she types.
Her fingers hovers over the screen. She taps his name. The profile picture is back. The call button is active. But something seems off
She hesitate, before she presses call.
She grips the phone bearly breathing.
Silence. No breathing. No background noise just silence
Then a voice, Low and hollow.
Caius Aldridge
Hey, you up?
Noa's stomach twists. It's the same word. The same tone. The same infliction.
Caius Aldridge
Hey, you up?
Her fingers dig into the phone
Noa Lancaster
Caius, what the hell is going on?
Caius Aldridge
*distorted* ... Forget me
Noa jerks the phone away from her ear
Her hands are clammy as she stared at the screen. She reopens their chat. The messages are gone again. Profile picture? Gone.
And then— her screen flickers
she throws her phone unto the bed
Noa Lancaster
"No. Nope. I'm not doing this."
Her pulse hammers as she paces. She needs proof.
She yanks open her laptop and scrolls through old backups. Messages, Emails— anything
nothing. Not even a trace of him.
And then—a file appeared.
Her throat tightens. She didn't downloading anything.
Shaky fingers, she clicks it.
The videos blurs to life. Grainy and distorted— like a corrupted file.
A figure stands in a dimly lit room. Tall. Familiar
He turns towards the camera. But his face is wrong.
Shadowed. Like something is stretching underneath his skin
A whisper crackles through the speaker.
Caius Aldridge
You shouldn't be here.
Noa slams the laptop shut— heart racing.
Taken from outside her window.
Noa whips around. her curtains are open.
But the street below is empty.
Then— her laptop screen flickers back on.
ytee_bha(author)
My girl really going through a lot
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