Prepare to have your mind blown! What you’re about to see is beyond unbelievable—something so shocking, so unexpected, that it will leave you completely speechless! Don’t say I didn’t warn you!”
That was the last thing Olivia’s best friend, Mia, had texted her before going radio silent. No replies. No read receipts. Nothing.
At first, Olivia thought Mia was just messing with her—it wouldn’t be the first time Mia hyped something up just to send a dumb meme. But this time, something felt different.
The text was sent at 1:47 AM.
By morning, Mia was missing.
Olivia sat frozen at her desk, staring at the police report on her laptop. Missing for over 24 hours now. No sign of struggle in her house. Her phone was found on her bed, still open to the last text she had sent.
What the hell did you see, Mia?
Determined to find answers, Olivia did the only thing she could think of—she hacked into Mia’s cloud storage. They had shared passwords before, swapping secrets, so it wasn’t hard. If Mia had recorded something, it would be there.
Sure enough, a new video file sat at the top of Mia’s drive. It had no title, just a timestamp: 1:46 AM.
Hands trembling, Olivia clicked play.
The footage was grainy, filmed in the dark. Mia was in her bedroom, whispering excitedly to the camera.
“Okay, you guys, this is insane. I was just about to go to bed when I saw something move in my backyard. It’s like—like a person, but not? I don’t even know how to explain it. I swear it was watching me.”
Mia turned the camera toward her window. The backyard was dimly lit by the streetlamp. At first, nothing seemed unusual.
Then, Olivia saw it.
A figure. Standing just beyond the fence. Tall. Unmoving. Its features were distorted, like its face had been blurred out.
Mia zoomed in, whispering, “Do you see that? Tell me you see that.”
The figure twitched.
Then it snapped its head toward the camera.
Mia gasped, stumbling backward. The screen shook as she whispered, “No, no, no, what the—”
The figure moved.
Not walked. Not ran.
It glitched.
One second, it was by the fence.
The next, it was at her window.
The screen distorted, the audio crackling into an unholy screech. Mia screamed.
Then—static.
The video ended.
Olivia’s pulse hammered in her ears. Cold sweat dripped down her spine.
She barely had time to react before her laptop screen flickered.
Then, the reflection on her dark screen changed.
There was something behind her.
Watching.
Waiting.
Glitching closer.
