Going Viral by Matt Lincoln

Author:Matt Lincoln [Lincoln, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-06-16T00:00:00+00:00

18

Iwasn’t sure how long I had been out when the sound of my phone ringing jolted me awake. I sat up, my heart pounding in my chest as I fumbled for the device on the nightstand.

The number on the screen was unfamiliar, which immediately set off alarm bells in my head. In my line of work, unknown callers rarely brought good news. It could be a wrong number, a telemarketer, or something far more sinister.

I hesitated for a moment, my finger hovering over the answer button. Before I could make up my mind, the ringing stopped, and the call went to voicemail. I waited to see if the caller would try again, but the phone remained silent, the screen dark and lifeless.

Just as I was about to set it back down, a notification popped up, indicating that I had a new voicemail message. My curiosity got the better of me, and I dialed into my voicemail, putting the phone to my ear as I waited for the message to play.

At first, there was nothing but the faint crackle of static. But then, a voice began to speak, and my blood ran cold in my veins.

“Ethan... Ethan, you need to listen to me,” Diane began, but there was something wrong, something off about it. Her words were slurred and disjointed, her tone rambling and incoherent. “You’re in danger, grave danger. They’re coming for you, and they won’t stop until you’re dead.”

I listened, my heart hammering in my chest as she continued, her words becoming more frantic and disjointed with each passing second.

“They’ll make you suffer, Ethan. They’ll break your bones, one by one, until you’re begging for mercy. They’ll peel the skin from your flesh, slowly, painfully, savoring every scream. They’ll gouge out your eyes so you can’t even see the horrors they’ll inflict upon you.”

A wave of nausea washed over me as my stomach churned from the graphic nature of her words.

“And then, when you think you can’t take any more, when you’re on the brink of death... they’ll bring you back, only to start the whole process over again. An endless cycle of agony and despair until there’s nothing left of you but a broken, empty shell.”

But even as the shock and revulsion washed over me, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right. The cadence of her speech and the way her words seemed to jumble together didn’t sound like Diane at all.

“You can’t... you can’t let them win, Ethan. You have to give up, to walk away before it’s too late. Before they take everything from you, everyone you love. It’s the only way... the only way to survive.”

Her voice trailed off, replaced by a harsh, grating static. And then, as abruptly as it had begun, the message ended, leaving me sitting there in the darkness, my heart racing and my mind reeling.

But even through my fear and my shock, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.

Diane never spoke that way.

If it hadn’t been

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