[2:10 AM]
Inspector, please… let’s leave this room. My hands are freezing.
Inspector Rajiv
[2:11 AM]
(typing…) No. If that message is true, then tonight we catch whoever — or whatever — is behind this.
The cracked mirror hums faintly, as if vibrating with each passing second. The clock on the wall ticks louder, echoing unnaturally in the empty corridor.
unknown number
[2:13 AM]
(new message) You shouldn’t have stayed. It always takes the one who watches closest.
Inspector Rajiv
[2:14 AM]
Who the hell are you?? Show yourself!
[2:15 AM]
The lights flicker violently. The mirror ripples like water. A faint reflection of Anjali and Riya appears inside it — their faces pale, lips moving soundlessly, as if calling for help.
Mrs. D’Souza (Warden)
(whispers, trembling) Sir… they’re inside…
unknown number
[2:16 AM]
Now… Rajiv joins them.
The inspector suddenly feels an invisible force drag him toward the mirror. He braces himself, but his reflection doesn’t mimic him anymore — it reaches out with its own hand. His real arm burns with frost as it’s pulled closer.
Inspector Rajiv
[2:17 AM]
(shouting) Help me!! Don’t let go!!
Mrs. D’Souza (Warden)
(grabbing his coat, screaming) Sir!!
The mirror shatters — but instead of falling glass, a black void opens. Anjali and Riya’s faces stretch into silent screams, vanishing into the darkness. For a split second, Rajiv reflection grins before pulling him in. The void closes with a deafening silence.
[2:20 AM]
The warden collapses on the floor, staring at the now ordinary cracked mirror. Her phone buzzes. A new message appears from the Unknown Number:
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