''The Part of the Deep Web we’re not Supposed to See'' | BEST DEEP WEB STORY OF 2017

Video Statistics and Information

Video
Captions Word Cloud
Captions
welcome back to the part of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the deep</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> web</font> that you're not<font color="#CCCCCC"> supposed to see I</font> couldn't resist so<font color="#E5E5E5"> um</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> those of you that joined</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Wednesday be warned I'm including</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> parts</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">1</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 2</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> & 3 in this story as well so what</font> you're<font color="#E5E5E5"> gonna need to do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is click forward</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> about the hour mark so that you can</font> enjoy<font color="#E5E5E5"> past 4 & 5 now if you didn't see</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the previous video I'm</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> making this as</font> easy<font color="#E5E5E5"> for you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as I can</font> I'm putting parts 1<font color="#CCCCCC"> 2 3 4 & 5 all</font> together<font color="#CCCCCC"> in one story can you believe it</font> two hours<font color="#CCCCCC"> of fun for you tonight well</font> without<font color="#CCCCCC"> further delay you know what time</font> it is<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's time to sit back and relax</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> your favorite drink and all this</font> I'll<font color="#E5E5E5"> assume you all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know about the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Deep</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Web well what you've heard is true it's</font> not a great place<font color="#E5E5E5"> while some people are</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to score</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> weed or firearms or even</font> out<font color="#E5E5E5"> of sheer curiosity others well</font> they're<font color="#CCCCCC"> obviously not up to anything</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">good but I'm not here to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> talk about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">those sickos</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm here to talk</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about what</font> lies beyond<font color="#E5E5E5"> that point the more cryptic</font> an unexplainable parts of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Internet</font> the parts<font color="#CCCCCC"> that nobody is really supposed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to see there was an infographic that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cropped up a while ago not sure when the</font> eight levels of the<font color="#CCCCCC"> internet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe</font> you've seen<font color="#E5E5E5"> it well as interesting as it</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's complete bunk</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I'm sorry buds polymeric false ego</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">derivation means nothing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and the primark</font> system<font color="#E5E5E5"> well I guess someone's a fan of</font> Warhammer<font color="#E5E5E5"> no there's no quantum</font> mechanics involved<font color="#E5E5E5"> here however that</font> doesn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> mean it's an easy place</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to find</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">now I'm not gonna begin to tell you how</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there it's unlikely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that you'd be</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">able</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to even if I did I'm not Tooting my</font> own horn here<font color="#CCCCCC"> I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't have a life</font> outside of<font color="#E5E5E5"> this I was warned of course</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everyone told me I wasn't going to like</font> what I saw<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I wouldn't even</font> understand it<font color="#E5E5E5"> and now I'm passing off</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> warning to you</font> don't try to look for<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> there's no<font color="#E5E5E5"> official name for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this place</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">our lists</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I haven't seen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one there were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">rumors</font> these range from<font color="#E5E5E5"> an Illuminati</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> chatroom</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to a virtual holding</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for an</font> experimental<font color="#E5E5E5"> AI gone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> broke in reality</font> it's a lot worse after a long<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> painful<font color="#CCCCCC"> process</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of breaking down</font> firewalls encryptions<font color="#E5E5E5"> solving bizarre</font> philosophical riddles and following hidden links I was finally directed to a blank page<font color="#E5E5E5"> with one line of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> text and a</font> text<font color="#CCCCCC"> box underneath</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> quid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> quai eres latin</font> for what do you<font color="#E5E5E5"> seek I remember feeling</font> surprised<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in retrospect</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't</font> know what I was<font color="#CCCCCC"> expecting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'll admit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was a bit stumped here</font> partly because I didn't know the answer to that<font color="#CCCCCC"> question I had no objective I</font> just wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to see if I could do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it I</font> tried some generic answers at first<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> typed in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> truth and enlightenment</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you know matrix shit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing happened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> tried a<font color="#E5E5E5"> bunch of answers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but none of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">them worked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> getting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> frustrated at</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> maybe this was a gag page</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">maybe I hadn't really figured anything</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">else if I tried something off the wall</font> not<font color="#E5E5E5"> sure how this came to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or why I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thought it would work but I typed in</font> what also<font color="#E5E5E5"> seeks me now that I think</font> about it<font color="#E5E5E5"> this thing might have been an</font> AI<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my surprise the page went blank</font> like fully blank <font color="#CCCCCC">I waited after about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> five</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> minutes I was</font> directed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to what looked like a forum no</font> not<font color="#E5E5E5"> even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that it was more basic just a</font> list of links over a brownish yellow background<font color="#E5E5E5"> the links themselves were</font> indecipherable<font color="#CCCCCC"> to seemingly random</font> sequences of characters symbols<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> letters<font color="#E5E5E5"> a lot of them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> never seen</font> before it<font color="#E5E5E5"> almost looked like an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> alien language</font> obviously<font color="#CCCCCC"> just a code I didn't</font> understand<font color="#CCCCCC"> and at this point</font> expectations<font color="#E5E5E5"> were off the wall each link</font> was a shot<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the dark</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I clicked on the</font> first<font color="#E5E5E5"> one it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> loaded</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up a live</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> feed of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what seemed to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the Paris catacombs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> watched for a<font color="#CCCCCC"> while but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ultimately uneventful</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I moved on to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">next link</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was a shaky video in a dark</font> setting<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I could make out men in</font> tactical<font color="#CCCCCC"> gear they were in a house</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">opening doors and sweeping each room</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eventually they kicked one down to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">reveal a creature tall and humanoid with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a scaly skin</font> it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> gnawing on a dismembered oh they</font> tried shooting<font color="#CCCCCC"> at it but it escaped out</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the window the video stopped there</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Wow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> die</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> who was flawed what the hell was</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> it looked too real to be unreleased</font> film footage and I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> officially</font> intrigued<font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe this was worth the</font> months of headaches and bloodshot eyes after<font color="#CCCCCC"> all hmm</font> I couldn't stop now<font color="#CCCCCC"> I started working</font> down the<font color="#E5E5E5"> list of links</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with each click</font> everything got more and<font color="#E5E5E5"> more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bizarre</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more disturbing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I stumbled upon a</font> document called<font color="#E5E5E5"> the Paragon project</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">detailing trials of human</font> experimentation<font color="#CCCCCC"> that would lead to suit</font> the human levels of strength<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> ability<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was an apparent success</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">looked official</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too they were essays on</font> space-time anomalies<font color="#E5E5E5"> glitches in reality</font> and apparent pictures of alternate dimensions there were detailed explanations regarding area 51 the <font color="#E5E5E5">Bermuda Triangle</font> assassinations disappearances and the true<font color="#CCCCCC"> nature of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the Holy Grail one of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more upsetting ones was a document</font> referring to a world ending bomb<font color="#E5E5E5"> a nuke</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that 720</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thousand times stronger than</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the one dropped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on Hiroshima I don't</font> know why would<font color="#CCCCCC"> need that I found</font> contingency plans for<font color="#CCCCCC"> different kinds of</font> apocalypses<font color="#E5E5E5"> nuclear winter biological</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">weapons viral outbreak some more</font> peculiar ones were called the Marianas <font color="#CCCCCC">Trench</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> abnormality the bluntly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> labeled</font> strange man on the 15th floor<font color="#E5E5E5"> and one</font> simply referred to as<font color="#E5E5E5"> blackouts</font> recovered logs of skinwalker hunting expeditions<font color="#CCCCCC"> 9-1-1 transcripts from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">residents of a town in Texas they went</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">missing in 1970 sound</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and even the</font> journals<font color="#CCCCCC"> that belonged to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the people</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">involved in the Dyatlov pass incident</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hmm they didn't go insane because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> snow <font color="#CCCCCC">I spent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hours on there looking through</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">pages and pages of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> things I felt like I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">wasn't supposed to see I came across a</font> trailer<font color="#CCCCCC"> to a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> silent film made back in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">1981 that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> apparently made people claw</font> their eyes out after watching that <font color="#CCCCCC">nearly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> derailed the whole industry there</font> was a live stream of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a hooded man</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sitting in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of a camera head</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">crouched</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font> he eventually<font color="#CCCCCC"> lifted his head even</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">though he had no mouth and deep guttural</font> hello<font color="#E5E5E5"> came through my speakers somehow I</font> knew it came from him<font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't stick</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">around for that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they were obscure sense of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> step-by-step</font> guides<font color="#E5E5E5"> that involve things like cutting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> your</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> own limbs and sewing on a</font> corpses<font color="#E5E5E5"> performing religious</font> incantations<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the middle of the</font> Siberian<font color="#CCCCCC"> forest and going to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> coordinated</font> apparently housed captive<font color="#E5E5E5"> fallen angels</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it was unclear what any</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of these were</font> supposed<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> achieve it was also a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 20</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">second long clip titled the futility</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> living</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't watch it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's when</font> I realized<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was no way even the</font> highest<font color="#E5E5E5"> form of organized government had</font> full control<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this one of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the scariest</font> things<font color="#CCCCCC"> about this whole experience</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that I didn't find an end to the list</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no</font> matter how far<font color="#E5E5E5"> I scrolled down I think I</font> had a meltdown<font color="#CCCCCC"> and passed out eventually</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because I woke up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on my floor in the</font> middle<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the night I looked at my</font> computer<font color="#CCCCCC"> screen to see</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> loped helicopter</font> footage<font color="#E5E5E5"> of a massive crap like creature</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">tearing apart a Coast alignment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> clicked<font color="#E5E5E5"> on it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I just sat there for the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> longest time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> couldn't comprehend what I was seeing <font color="#E5E5E5">and I don't think I really wanted to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know I'm not really sure why I kept</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">going</font> my brain was screaming for<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to take my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">computer out to the lawn and smash it to</font> pieces but I didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> I noticed something</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I hadn't before a small message at the</font> bottom<font color="#CCCCCC"> left-hand corner of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> screen</font> I don't know if it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> always there or</font> not it was hard<font color="#E5E5E5"> to read so I had to</font> squint more Latin translated into are you satisfied<font color="#E5E5E5"> there were two options</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">underneath it yes and no no I knew the</font> answers of<font color="#E5E5E5"> this question</font> hell no<font color="#E5E5E5"> I wasn't satisfied</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> horrified<font color="#E5E5E5"> scarred for life</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I should have clicked on yes but if I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just clicked on yes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it would have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> taken</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> out of that godforsaken place back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">comfort</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in sanity even right now I can't</font> tell you why I clicked on<font color="#E5E5E5"> now but once I</font> did<font color="#E5E5E5"> the page seemed to refresh we were</font> still the basic same<font color="#CCCCCC"> setup</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> except there</font> were only four links this time there were<font color="#E5E5E5"> no recognizable numbers or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">happiness how it didn't look like</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> that could have come from this</font> world<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a collection of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> extremely</font> crude symbols that didn't give off any sense of pattern or direction<font color="#CCCCCC"> I clicked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> first link</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after about 20 seconds</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I slammed my computer shut</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I can't describe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I saw all I</font> know is that I wasn't supposed<font color="#CCCCCC"> to see it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nobody should ever see something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it didn't make</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">any</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sense I can't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tell you why you</font> didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> I couldn't begin to grasp the</font> images I was seeing he wasn't graphic or anything not like that I just couldn't recognize<font color="#E5E5E5"> anything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> could make out things moving<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not in</font> a way<font color="#CCCCCC"> that any creature</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on earth has</font> ever moved<font color="#CCCCCC"> before colors that I'd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> never</font> seen before <font color="#CCCCCC">oh</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just thinking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about it gives</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me a</font> splitting headache<font color="#E5E5E5"> this is my best</font> attempt at visualizing<font color="#E5E5E5"> it we have three</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dimensions here on earth we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> can move</font> forwards backwards<font color="#E5E5E5"> left rights</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seventy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">two point four degrees southwest and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">someone these things that weren't</font> restricted to<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I can't explain</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> any further<font color="#E5E5E5"> all I know is that I didn't</font> want<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> watch one more second</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">think I would have been able to I left</font> my room for the first<font color="#CCCCCC"> time in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a while I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was planning</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to leave my house I needed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fresh air to take a walk or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hell I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thinking about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> running a</font> marathon in the middle of the night<font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to get my mind off that shit for a few</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hours I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> putting on my jacket when I</font> heard a<font color="#E5E5E5"> knock at the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I stopped dead</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> my tracks obviously I wasn't opening</font> up after<font color="#E5E5E5"> about a minute and five more</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sets of knocks suddenly somebody spoke</font> up open<font color="#E5E5E5"> up we know what she did but we're</font> not here to hurt you we just want<font color="#E5E5E5"> to talk the town wasn't</font> threatening so<font color="#E5E5E5"> eventually I obliged</font> I opened up my door<font color="#E5E5E5"> to two tall slim men</font> in suits they<font color="#CCCCCC"> smiled at me can we come</font> in I still don't know how they<font color="#CCCCCC"> found</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> thought for sure that I was off the<font color="#CCCCCC"> grid</font> we sat down on the couch<font color="#CCCCCC"> I guess I was</font> just<font color="#CCCCCC"> waiting for answers at this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> point</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one of them looked at me and said what</font> were you looking<font color="#CCCCCC"> for I don't know but</font> I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> not going back I responded he smiled</font> again<font color="#E5E5E5"> like this is what he wanted to</font> hear<font color="#E5E5E5"> the other one piped up who do you</font> work for<font color="#E5E5E5"> his tone was a bit more</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">aggressive I just shook my head look I</font> didn't know<font color="#E5E5E5"> what I was getting into I</font> was just looking for<font color="#E5E5E5"> anything they</font> stared<font color="#E5E5E5"> at me for a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> while I'm not gonna</font> tell anybody<font color="#CCCCCC"> trust</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> finally they responded<font color="#CCCCCC"> oh we're not</font> worried about that<font color="#CCCCCC"> doubt anyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font> believe<font color="#E5E5E5"> you another smile somehow it</font> felt genuine we just wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> your<font color="#E5E5E5"> priorities</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were in retrospect that</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> a very strange question just do us a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">favor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and we'll leave I parked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out give</font> us the device you use to<font color="#E5E5E5"> access it I</font> didn't ask any questions<font color="#CCCCCC"> I ran upstairs</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> basically tossed them my lap</font> and they both smirked at<font color="#CCCCCC"> me one last</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before heading for the door just as</font> they were<font color="#CCCCCC"> about to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> leave one of them</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">turned man I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think you need</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font> told<font color="#E5E5E5"> but don't try this again and don't</font> show anybody else how<font color="#CCCCCC"> to get there</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">either we all know I didn't ask who they</font> were<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm not sure I would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have wanted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">know well it's been a week now I don't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">go on the internet so much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> anymore after</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm gonna try and forget to try not</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> think about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it anymore I've started</font> having horrific nightmares<font color="#CCCCCC"> been</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seeing a</font> therapist<font color="#E5E5E5"> for that but I don't think</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> helping anyways</font> I'm not<font color="#E5E5E5"> gonna let this consume the rest</font> of my<font color="#E5E5E5"> life</font> the thing is I'm afraid<font color="#E5E5E5"> that might not</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> possible there are some things we</font> aren't<font color="#CCCCCC"> supposed to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> probably</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for our own safety and sanity</font> don't try<font color="#CCCCCC"> and seek them out it's better</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that way however it might be a bit too</font> late for me they say<font color="#E5E5E5"> the curiosity killed the cat</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's funny</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that almost</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feels like a</font> personal<font color="#CCCCCC"> attack at this point I haven't</font> forgotten about<font color="#CCCCCC"> that night I mean it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just something you can stop thinking</font> about what<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hell was that last</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thing</font> I saw a strange thing is it<font color="#E5E5E5"> never even</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">comes up in my nightmares it's always</font> the other stuff<font color="#CCCCCC"> I swear I can see that</font> dude with<font color="#CCCCCC"> no mouth</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> every time I close my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">eyes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but maybe it's not so weird my</font> brain<font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't comprehend it the first</font> time so so how could my subconscious produce a recreation shit<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't want</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about it anymore but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I can't</font> stop<font color="#E5E5E5"> you see my problems aren't just in</font> my head anymore<font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was done</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with this shit after the men in black</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> paid<font color="#CCCCCC"> me a visit I thought it was over</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">retrospect that was just wishful</font> thinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> no it was delusional after what</font> I'd seen well I guess it doesn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> work</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like that I guess the world just isn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his was being the happening</font> Wednesday<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's been three days</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> since</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I've gotten</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to work and I think I'm</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">being</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> followed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no I'm sure thing is the first time I</font> didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> really notice whoever the hell</font> they are<font color="#E5E5E5"> they've been using different</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">vehicles always the same routine after</font> work<font color="#CCCCCC"> I get into my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> car and start driving</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">home another vehicle always tails me</font> until I turn into<font color="#E5E5E5"> my driveway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and then</font> they just<font color="#CCCCCC"> drive past</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now if it happens</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">once whatever about three times</font> under normal<font color="#E5E5E5"> circumstances</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I would call</font> it a coincidence<font color="#E5E5E5"> but for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> obvious reasons</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I can't do that right</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm not really</font> sure what the<font color="#E5E5E5"> hell they want maybe</font> they're<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to monitor me god I hope</font> that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> what they're trying to do if</font> that's the case I'll<font color="#CCCCCC"> just lay low</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">write it out just give them what they</font> want Thursday this time I try to<font color="#E5E5E5"> get a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">glimpse of them in my rearview the</font> windows were tinted<font color="#E5E5E5"> great again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I pulled</font> into my driveway<font color="#E5E5E5"> and they kept going now</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I know I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> said I was gonna just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hide it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out but this kind of shit really does</font> take a toll<font color="#E5E5E5"> on you I don't want to deal</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> whatever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hell this is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> anymore</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> swear they're following closer and closer each time<font color="#E5E5E5"> Friday I did something</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">different today took public transit</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">instead of driving I've never needed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> drink more in my life<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I went to a bar</font> afterward<font color="#CCCCCC"> I guess this was more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of an</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">experiment to see how</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> closely they've</font> been<font color="#E5E5E5"> tracking me if they're bothered by</font> the waiting<font color="#CCCCCC"> shaking go fuck themselves</font> yes I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> still living my life although I</font> couldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> keep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my eyes of the windows the</font> whole time I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> in there</font> after getting sufficiently wasted I flagged a<font color="#CCCCCC"> cab down and surprise surprise</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there they were right behind us</font> but here's what I didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> expect it was</font> the same car from yesterday looks like they've<font color="#E5E5E5"> given up the incurred</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">nito act</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hmm not sure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> how to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feel about</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> damn it something</font> something else has changed they didn't <font color="#CCCCCC">just keep driving</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this time after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> cab dropped<font color="#E5E5E5"> me off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I turned around to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">see that damn car parked half a block</font> away<font color="#CCCCCC"> from my house</font> I just went<font color="#CCCCCC"> inside why</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the hell was I</font> supposed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do calling the cops didn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even occur to me but to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be honest I</font> don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> think that would have helped it's</font> been<font color="#E5E5E5"> three</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hours now and they're still</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">here I haven't been watching them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> whole time<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I don't know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> whether or</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">not they're you're actually in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the car</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">not a fun thing to think about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> looks</font> like there's<font color="#E5E5E5"> no way in hell I'm sleeping</font> tonight it's about<font color="#CCCCCC"> 2:00 a.m.</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">got a text</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> message private number</font> here's what it said<font color="#E5E5E5"> leave your house</font> don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> use the front door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they're still</font> come to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the all-night diner about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> five</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">blocks away don't think about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> driving</font> they all know<font color="#E5E5E5"> be quick they're coming</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> soon<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't get followed and leave your</font> lights on<font color="#CCCCCC"> I froze after reading this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they're coming in for what</font> who the hell's texting me yeah<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">know what you would have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> done</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">situation but I took the warning I was</font> paranoid as hell at this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> buzzed</font> and tired<font color="#E5E5E5"> I put on a jacket</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and went out</font> my back<font color="#CCCCCC"> at all</font> I also took a<font color="#CCCCCC"> backpack with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my other</font> laptop<font color="#CCCCCC"> in it I'm not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sure why but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like I needed to I waited for a second</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> I climbed my own fence when I was</font> sure nobody had noticed<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> started</font> heading<font color="#CCCCCC"> towards the diner</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after about 40</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">minutes I finally got it would have been</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">shorter</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I pretty much ducked into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the bushes every time a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> car</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> passed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I scan the patrons</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a table of drunk</font> college kids<font color="#CCCCCC"> a few truckers</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and a dude</font> in a hoodie typing away on<font color="#CCCCCC"> a computer in</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> match</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he didn't look threatening</font> naturally he was pretty scrawny<font color="#CCCCCC"> I made</font> an educated<font color="#E5E5E5"> guess</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I walked up to his</font> table<font color="#E5E5E5"> and sat there he looked up at me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hi what do you want you texted</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font> there was a brief pause I got worried for a second<font color="#CCCCCC"> jeez</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what if it's not him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but he broke the silence right do they</font> follow<font color="#CCCCCC"> no I think so</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> nodded</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then he laughed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like this was supposed to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be funny man</font> you screwed up didn't you hard to<font color="#E5E5E5"> disagree with that why were you</font> doing anyways what were<font color="#E5E5E5"> you trying to</font> find<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I swear</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> just did it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the hell of it I guess</font> he stared<font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> an amused to disbelief</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Oh huh that's fucking lame would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">been cool if you were a spy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he chuckled again well how are you how</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">did you know they're after me who are</font> they anyways<font color="#E5E5E5"> i pelted him with questions</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">alright settle down I'm not gonna tell</font> you who they are I don't<font color="#CCCCCC"> know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> either</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but I will tell you they</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have good</font> intentions<font color="#E5E5E5"> good fantastic</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I thought</font> well how do you know<font color="#CCCCCC"> about it he paused</font> they came after<font color="#CCCCCC"> me one second I'm</font> reading<font color="#CCCCCC"> about demons on the moon</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> next I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> getting my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dog</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kicked down this</font> was months ago so I<font color="#E5E5E5"> skip town I was</font> confused why<font color="#E5E5E5"> what do you mean they try</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to kill me dude I couldn't believe this</font> and you were<font color="#E5E5E5"> just viewing the links</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> was it you teach other people how<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gain their</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">or something</font> he raised his eyebrow<font color="#E5E5E5"> no why do you ask</font> that was flawed<font color="#CCCCCC"> they didn't do that to</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I said they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just came by took my</font> laptop<font color="#E5E5E5"> and gave me a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> warning that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> his turn<font color="#CCCCCC"> to look shocked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really he</font> seemed to<font color="#CCCCCC"> think about something for a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">while he then proceeded to ask me what</font> they look like just<font color="#E5E5E5"> men in suits</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> responded what do they<font color="#E5E5E5"> ask you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we'll</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just follow our question again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">told him but then I remembered the last</font> thing they said<font color="#CCCCCC"> to me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> oh yeah they also</font> asked me what my<font color="#CCCCCC"> priorities were we had</font> asked question his face<font color="#E5E5E5"> went blank for a</font> second yeah<font color="#CCCCCC"> yes strange ain't it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> followed was an<font color="#CCCCCC"> uncomfortable silence I</font> finally asked him the thing that had been on<font color="#CCCCCC"> my mind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ever since that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> night</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that page with just the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> four links what</font> the hell<font color="#E5E5E5"> is that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> supposed to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font> he raised his eyebrow and told me he didn't know<font color="#CCCCCC"> what I was talking about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this is where things got strange after I</font> told<font color="#E5E5E5"> him a rough explanation</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of what I'd</font> seen his expression<font color="#CCCCCC"> changed completely I</font> could make out<font color="#E5E5E5"> a sudden</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> flare</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in his</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">demeanor</font> why did you type in the prompt<font color="#CCCCCC"> he asked</font> me what<font color="#E5E5E5"> also seeks me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I answered I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thoroughly confused at this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> point isn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that what you did as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> well he just shook</font> his<font color="#E5E5E5"> head</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no he then shot his laptop</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> stood up well where the<font color="#E5E5E5"> hell are you going</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I inquires</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we've been here too</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> long</font> look I know you have questions<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I</font> can't answer<font color="#E5E5E5"> them for you go to a motel</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">tonight or something and just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was gone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what was I going to do stop him I still</font> have no idea who hell this guy<font color="#CCCCCC"> is the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">only thing I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him was his name</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Jackson and even that's probably fake</font> tired as hell and still<font color="#CCCCCC"> a little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bit</font> drunk <font color="#E5E5E5">I left the diner</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and tried to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stay</font> hidden<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I looked for a nearby</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> motel</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">obviously this wasn't fun now here I am</font> sitting in some sketchy<font color="#E5E5E5"> motel at 4:30</font> a.m.<font color="#E5E5E5"> I can barely keep my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eyes open but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he also can't help but look over my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">shoulder</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> every second I'm awake</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this is the pinnacle of shitty</font> situations<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll guess I'll try and get</font> some sleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> else I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> can do I'll</font> figure it<font color="#E5E5E5"> out in the morning Saturday</font> well I guess it's been Saturday for a while<font color="#E5E5E5"> actually it's 8 a.m. now barely</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">got any sleep I have this creeping</font> ominous<font color="#E5E5E5"> feeling in my gut that something</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> isn't right I turned on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the TV</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> to clear my mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for a bit what</font> I saw<font color="#CCCCCC"> next</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did the exact opposite of</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was a news report a man</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">strangled to death in a KFC bathroom but</font> the person who'd been murdered<font color="#E5E5E5"> was one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of the guys</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> came to my house and</font> took<font color="#E5E5E5"> my computer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> night no suspects</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I just stared</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at the screen for the</font> longest time<font color="#E5E5E5"> what the hell was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going on</font> my phone suddenly<font color="#E5E5E5"> must a different</font> message<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> private</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> number</font> this is what it said go to the swimming pool<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 5th Street</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the men's locker</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">room go to Locker 1 to end the</font> combination is<font color="#CCCCCC"> 12</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">27:33 further instructions are in there</font> do so before<font color="#CCCCCC"> this text gets intercepted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">don't bring your phone</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> course how stupid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my phone was</font> still on me surely whoever was<font color="#CCCCCC"> after me would have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">been</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> able to track me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they said never</font> even crossed my<font color="#CCCCCC"> mind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out of curiosity</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> peeked outside my window<font color="#E5E5E5"> sure enough the</font> car that's been following me was now parked<font color="#E5E5E5"> right there</font> luckily for<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I caught my first glimpse</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> driver and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the passenger getting</font> out they were both<font color="#E5E5E5"> wearing gloves and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">one was holding a briefcase</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they're</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">walking towards</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the entrance</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now after</font> I've mailed this to myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> and a friend</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I'm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gonna need to think quick I've</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">already dropped my phone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the toilets</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm gonna need to get rid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of this laptop</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next but people need</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to know what has</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">happened</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if you hear</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from me again it</font> looks<font color="#CCCCCC"> like I found a way out of this</font> what a god damn shit show this has been I'm currently<font color="#CCCCCC"> on a plane headed to</font> Scottsdale Arizona<font color="#CCCCCC"> I haven't actually</font> been<font color="#E5E5E5"> out of state in six years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I would eventually just didn't expect it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to be under these circumstances anyways</font> let me<font color="#E5E5E5"> back up a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bit first this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is what</font> happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> right after I disposed of the</font> laptop<font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard my lock being tampered</font> somebody was trying<font color="#E5E5E5"> to pick it now I've</font> never<font color="#E5E5E5"> been</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> great under pressure so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> could imagine<font color="#CCCCCC"> how I was feeling but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> human mind<font color="#E5E5E5"> is an interesting thing when</font> you think<font color="#CCCCCC"> you're at the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> end of the line</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">your will to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> live really ramps up the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">balcony</font> I thought only<font color="#E5E5E5"> way out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> without</font> hesitation<font color="#CCCCCC"> I ran</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out and climbed over it</font> fortunately<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was on the second floor</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> I didn't break<font color="#E5E5E5"> my legs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">now came a decision run or hide neither</font> seemed too promising I thought I was panicking that's when I spotted <font color="#E5E5E5">salvation</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cab parked on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the other side</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of the lot</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> bought</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a friend I tapped</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the window</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">startling the driver mr.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Horvath yes</font> well no it wasn't but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I nodded anyways</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">who said</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 8:40 didn't you he looked at me</font> in confusion finished<font color="#E5E5E5"> early let's go</font> there was anxiousness in my voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I</font> tried<font color="#E5E5E5"> to hide it last thing I needed was</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> this guy to think I was a lunatic</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and drive</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I got in told him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me address and we got</font> out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> there as we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> left a lot I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> look</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> the two men I saw coming out of the</font> car<font color="#E5E5E5"> are now on the balcony where I had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just been I could tell</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that there was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> dead stare directed right at me behind their sunglasses<font color="#CCCCCC"> despite all this</font> relief<font color="#E5E5E5"> washed out it was short-lived</font> though<font color="#CCCCCC"> I relayed the message I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got in my</font> head<font color="#E5E5E5"> do so before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this text gets</font> intercepted that meant I was<font color="#CCCCCC"> still on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the clock</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if they didn't know where I</font> was headed yet<font color="#E5E5E5"> they soon worked we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">finally got to the place about 15</font> minutes later as soon as I got in I rushed into the locker room<font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> mostly empty<font color="#CCCCCC"> I kept repeating</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> combination in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> head this was the only</font> thing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had I didn't really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> care about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">getting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> answers before but it seemed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like I had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no choice now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I finally found</font> the locker<font color="#CCCCCC"> Donna why this guy chose such</font> a massive place 12<font color="#E5E5E5"> left 27 right 33 left</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I swung it open sitting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was an</font> older<font color="#CCCCCC"> blackberry model and an envelope I</font> opened it up to<font color="#E5E5E5"> find a plane ticket</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 2000</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> cash and a sticky note in horrific</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">penmanship</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the words</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> check phone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">password snake tracks were scrawled</font> across it I obliged and booted up the <font color="#E5E5E5">ancient device</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I remember being</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> slightly</font> amused I'd always<font color="#CCCCCC"> begged my parents</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> these when I was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a kid this was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a far</font> cry<font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font> I took<font color="#E5E5E5"> a quick</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> look through</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the phone</font> it was mostly blank<font color="#E5E5E5"> no apps downloaded</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no pictures nothing there was only</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one</font> contact<font color="#E5E5E5"> bluntly named</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> call me so I did</font> after just one ring a voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> answered</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there was a sense of tentativeness in</font> his tone<font color="#CCCCCC"> somehow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it sounded familiar</font> who is this<font color="#CCCCCC"> ah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well how the hell was I</font> supposed<font color="#CCCCCC"> to answer this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> should I say my</font> name<font color="#CCCCCC"> I got your message</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> finally responded there was a brief</font> pause his response caught me off guard what's your religious affiliation<font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">tone have gotten a lot more aggressive</font> why the hell was<font color="#E5E5E5"> he asking me this I</font> thought I didn't have enough energy to question him<font color="#CCCCCC"> race president but now</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">agnostic</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my guess was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my answer he</font> seemed to breathe a quick sigh of relief <font color="#E5E5E5">then he cut the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> line well shit is this</font> guy nuts or something<font color="#E5E5E5"> my thoughts were</font> interrupted as I got a message he'd sent me an address in a room <font color="#CCCCCC">meet me was the only other thing he'd</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">times</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I looked at it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a second</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before</font> coming to<font color="#CCCCCC"> my senses jeez I'm an idiot I</font> should have<font color="#E5E5E5"> just taken the stuff and</font> bolted<font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard the door to the locker</font> room swing over<font color="#E5E5E5"> then footsteps coming</font> towards where I was sprinting<font color="#E5E5E5"> actually I</font> flipped<font color="#CCCCCC"> shit I shoved</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the stuff into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> pockets and<font color="#E5E5E5"> started looking for a way</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">out again there was really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> only one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">option</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I started making a break for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the pool</font> entrance<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I ran fucking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gunshot</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">started</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ringing out behind me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I could</font> tell they<font color="#CCCCCC"> were using silences</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but boy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that doesn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> do a whole lot when you're</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only 40</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> feet away I suddenly felt a</font> sharp<font color="#CCCCCC"> pain in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> side</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I saw a bullet</font> penetrated a locker right up ahead<font color="#E5E5E5"> God</font> that didn't miss my<font color="#CCCCCC"> marsh I ran faster</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">than I thought I was ever able of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> doing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I almost slipped into the damn pool as I</font> stumbled out<font color="#CCCCCC"> a lifeguard</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shouted at me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">as I burst out the emergency accident</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> couldn't stop there<font color="#CCCCCC"> I hurried along</font> making<font color="#E5E5E5"> turns every minutes looking over</font> my shoulder<font color="#CCCCCC"> the whole time it's a good</font> thing I was downtown<font color="#CCCCCC"> I blended into the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sea of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> people easily</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at one point I saw</font> a pair of<font color="#E5E5E5"> policemen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I considered telling</font> them I really did<font color="#E5E5E5"> but was that gonna do</font> they'll search for those two<font color="#E5E5E5"> guys turn</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> with nothing mohnish my house for a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">couple of days and then call everything</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">off it wasn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to solve anything</font> I finally ducked into a hair salon<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> couldn't run anymore the barber just looked at me<font color="#E5E5E5"> like I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> insane screw it<font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought might as well</font> make myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> less recognizable while I'm</font> here I got<font color="#E5E5E5"> him to shave it all I spent</font> the rest of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the day making various</font> purchases a used laptop new set<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">clothes some bandages and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a pair of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shades at least something good came</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> this the flight was supposed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to be in</font> a couple<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hours at this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> point I called</font> a cab<font color="#E5E5E5"> and made my way there and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that's</font> where I<font color="#E5E5E5"> am now I've got a long trip</font> ahead<font color="#E5E5E5"> of me still</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I don't see what happens next as I made</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my way out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the airport</font> I recoiled at the heat<font color="#CCCCCC"> god</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's November</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">how does anyone live here during the</font> summer<font color="#CCCCCC"> I called another</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> camp got to the</font> address<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was a Holiday Inn</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know that</font> after<font color="#E5E5E5"> myself</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she how hominis</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I thought I</font> made my way<font color="#CCCCCC"> up to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and knocked</font> on<font color="#CCCCCC"> the door a billion</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> things were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">running through my head</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what if this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> a trap<font color="#CCCCCC"> I actually thought about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font> running<font color="#CCCCCC"> away for a second</font> but I<font color="#E5E5E5"> realized that wouldn't accomplish</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">shit now for about a minute the door</font> opened<font color="#CCCCCC"> a wave of surprise washed over me</font> but well in retrospect<font color="#E5E5E5"> this is exactly</font> who I<font color="#CCCCCC"> should have been expecting it was</font> the other<font color="#E5E5E5"> guy that came to my house that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the one that didn't get strangled</font> he didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> look great though he had a</font> black eye in a busted<font color="#E5E5E5"> lip and just</font> looked tired <font color="#CCCCCC">in general</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he looked me over before</font> gesturing me in he had a slight limp<font color="#E5E5E5"> as</font> he walked nice haircut<font color="#E5E5E5"> he muttered</font> softly he sat down<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the bed</font> my sat on the couch<font color="#E5E5E5"> across from him</font> there was a long silence<font color="#CCCCCC"> the whole</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font> he just<font color="#E5E5E5"> stared at the ground to be</font> honest I didn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> know what to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> say so I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">said nothing he finally spoke up might</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well let you know what's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on he</font> then proceeded to let it all out<font color="#E5E5E5"> about</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">four</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> years ago there was an incident</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> Paris catacombs</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I got the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> chills after hearing this for</font> teenagers decided it would be<font color="#CCCCCC"> a good</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">idea to wander off</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> during at all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I guess</font> they got<font color="#E5E5E5"> lost or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cuz they</font> weren't there at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the end</font> the police pretty much swept everywhere no sign<font color="#E5E5E5"> of them eventually the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">government decided to set up infrared</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cameras all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the place just to see</font> what would turn<font color="#E5E5E5"> up one day one of the</font> cameras picked up movement nobody anticipated<font color="#E5E5E5"> what they were gonna see</font> next<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was hell manifested an</font> abomination of writhing limbs<font color="#CCCCCC"> somehow</font> stuck together squirm<font color="#E5E5E5"> across the screen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there were four human heads stuck to the</font> top of this thing<font color="#E5E5E5"> you can guess</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> who they</font> were<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was beyond speechless I thought</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> that video of the categories glad</font> I didn't stick around for the grand reveal he continued they decided<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> send elite</font> forces<font color="#E5E5E5"> down there to exterminate it</font> apparently<font color="#E5E5E5"> it took out 12 men before</font> they could put it down now the question <font color="#E5E5E5">was what were they gonna do with the</font> video I couldn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get rid of it but they</font> didn't want<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see it I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mean look</font> this was<font color="#E5E5E5"> around the time that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our</font> Snowden thing was going<font color="#E5E5E5"> on so they</font> didn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> feel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> comfortable just using</font> government<font color="#CCCCCC"> service so this is where that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">website you saw comes into play they got</font> the most seasoned technical experts they had to bury it<font color="#CCCCCC"> somewhere deep in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Internet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm talking about as deep as</font> they could go nobody<font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> supposed to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nobody</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was supposed to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">find it and nobody was even supposed to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to look</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I racked my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> brain</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I've this sure I knew my way around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there was no way in hell that I was on</font> par with<font color="#CCCCCC"> the government experts</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> how did I find<font color="#CCCCCC"> him he continued he</font> worked well for<font color="#E5E5E5"> a while they made a pact</font> with governments worldwide<font color="#CCCCCC"> and if he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">made deemed unfit for public knowledge</font> went on that<font color="#CCCCCC"> sign they were even</font> precautions<font color="#CCCCCC"> for every real thing on that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they posted for fake ones for the select</font> few<font color="#CCCCCC"> that actually managed to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> find it</font> wait<font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> believe this</font> he just<font color="#E5E5E5"> chuckled</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> most of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stuff</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you saw was bullshit most the videos are</font> harder<font color="#CCCCCC"> to fake I didn't know how to feel</font> about this I was slightly relieved I guess<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font> slightly<font color="#E5E5E5"> he kept on the logic</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> behind</font> this was<font color="#E5E5E5"> that once people found these</font> things they'd look further into them <font color="#E5E5E5">however since they were fabricated</font> nothing would come up<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the page would</font> be<font color="#CCCCCC"> disregarded just a gag science at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">least that was the idea</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew where he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was getting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about the people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> who</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">started looking into the real things he</font> sighed look nobody would have given a shit if they'd<font color="#E5E5E5"> started spouting it off to their</font> friends<font color="#E5E5E5"> or on the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> internet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would</font> think they're crazy<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's those damn</font> people<font color="#E5E5E5"> that have to just go and find</font> proof<font color="#E5E5E5"> the ones that plan to publicize it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they get silenced</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was about to</font> say<font color="#CCCCCC"> something I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think he noticed because</font> he cut me off <font color="#CCCCCC">look don't pull that moralistic shit on</font> me they didn't have<font color="#CCCCCC"> to do it it was</font> their<font color="#E5E5E5"> choice they</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were committing a</font> crime<font color="#E5E5E5"> do you really think public</font> knowledge<font color="#E5E5E5"> about any of these things</font> would help<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyone no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it wouldn't</font> sometimes ignorance is<font color="#E5E5E5"> bliss</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to be honest I had to agree but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">where things</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> really went to shit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he went</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> before there be maybe two breaches</font> amount then<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's skyrocketed up to 20</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and then 50 they looked into it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">apparently there were rumors circulating</font> around the<font color="#E5E5E5"> deep and dark when a rumor at</font> a page that<font color="#E5E5E5"> held secrets nobody was</font> supposed<font color="#CCCCCC"> to see they decided to find out</font> how<font color="#CCCCCC"> easy it really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wants</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to access</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> place from just<font color="#E5E5E5"> reading the forum's</font> machines took<font color="#E5E5E5"> the experts about 20</font> minutes to<font color="#E5E5E5"> find it just by solving weird</font> fucking riddles<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then following these</font> concealed links<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sworn from and</font> then there was<font color="#E5E5E5"> a final promise what do</font> you seek<font color="#E5E5E5"> you've seen it no I not it</font> apparently there's a lot<font color="#E5E5E5"> of different</font> answers<font color="#E5E5E5"> that could work many ways didn't</font> make any sense<font color="#E5E5E5"> everybody that was</font> supposed to know about<font color="#E5E5E5"> this was grilled</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">somebody had to be doing this right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nobody faster honestly everybody seemed</font> genuine when they said they didn't do it <font color="#CCCCCC">they knew</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> consequences after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> brutally in-depth investigation<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing</font> was resolved<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then it hit them back</font> in 2010 they've also<font color="#E5E5E5"> finalized an</font> experimental<font color="#E5E5E5"> a I I'll spare you the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">details but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it went off the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> rails nobody</font> could control<font color="#CCCCCC"> it as soon as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they thought</font> they could<font color="#E5E5E5"> corner it into a virtual trap</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it just disappeared it didn't come up</font> again until now he paused after<font color="#E5E5E5"> that like he was waiting</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> me to connect the dance so you think</font> that this<font color="#E5E5E5"> AI surfaced</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and he's now</font> directing<font color="#CCCCCC"> people there I asked he said</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that he didn't think that was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the case</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no he knows it is it's the only feasible</font> explanation he stated<font color="#E5E5E5"> but why I don't know he</font> responded<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was starting to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get a hunch</font> now about why this was<font color="#CCCCCC"> happening to me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">these people they aren't after me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw those links are they he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not it</font> it's what I saw after<font color="#E5E5E5"> and you think this</font> AI<font color="#E5E5E5"> has something to do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> another</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not well what did I see he took a second</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before speaking and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I couldn't tell you</font> there's some<font color="#E5E5E5"> things that even I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know about all I can tell you is that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there are some groups</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> some people out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there beyond any government that are</font> after<font color="#CCCCCC"> this kind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of stuff this forbidden</font> knowledge<font color="#CCCCCC"> somehow they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know that you've</font> seen it and they want<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know what you</font> know<font color="#CCCCCC"> and they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> came after you as well I</font> asked<font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they know we talked to you</font> a wave of guilt came over me<font color="#E5E5E5"> did I get</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that guy killed however that guilt</font> quickly turned into frustration<font color="#CCCCCC"> well</font> what the hell<font color="#E5E5E5"> am I supposed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to know I</font> don't know what the hell it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was I saw a</font> dry chuckle came out of him well they don't care do they they'll jump in anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> and who do you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> work for</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> government I finally asked the</font> question<font color="#CCCCCC"> had been</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mind since I got</font> here sort of was all he responded<font color="#E5E5E5"> with he got</font> up taking out a pair of<font color="#CCCCCC"> car keys we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gonna figure this out we've got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go</font> where I asked Vegas<font color="#E5E5E5"> in any other</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">situation I would have been ecstatic we</font> went outside and<font color="#CCCCCC"> he led me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to an older</font> beat-up<font color="#CCCCCC"> a sedan inconspicuous he said</font> with a smile<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could tell he was just</font> trying<font color="#E5E5E5"> to lighten the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mood</font> the drive was long and arduous<font color="#E5E5E5"> we barely</font> spoke<font color="#E5E5E5"> my brain was fried at this point</font> so I didn't bother asking more questions <font color="#CCCCCC">I did remember</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one peculiar conversation</font> we had though listen if anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> happens</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to me there should be a file on the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">BlackBerry named contingency everything</font> you need to<font color="#CCCCCC"> know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> will be there I</font> remember feeling flustered<font color="#E5E5E5"> what what</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">could happen to you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I responded</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I don't</font> know just in case<font color="#E5E5E5"> I guess don't lose</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that phone in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> reality</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew there were</font> a lot<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> things that could happen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just</font> didn't want to<font color="#E5E5E5"> admit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it he woke me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> when we<font color="#E5E5E5"> arrived at McCarran</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> confused do you have plane tickets don't need <font color="#CCCCCC">them he responded</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he got out of the car</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I followed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him in what happened next</font> was strange<font color="#E5E5E5"> he just walked past everyone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the check-in security everybody they</font> didn't even pay attention<font color="#E5E5E5"> to him not to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me either</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's when I started to wonder who the</font> hell this<font color="#CCCCCC"> guy really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was as we walk past</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the various stores and restaurants set</font> up near departures <font color="#E5E5E5">he took a sharp</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> turn I stumble keeping</font> up he walked towards an unassuming door <font color="#E5E5E5">said it right between two shops he swung</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> open and I farmed we walked down a</font> bunch of corridors<font color="#E5E5E5"> turning every so</font> often<font color="#E5E5E5"> various men in suits passed us but</font> didn't seem to acknowledge<font color="#E5E5E5"> our presence</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> finally got to another door this one</font> required a<font color="#CCCCCC"> keycard</font> he took one out and scanned it I didn't realize how<font color="#E5E5E5"> huge this place really was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">until I thought about it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> must</font> have<font color="#E5E5E5"> passed at least</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> another</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 15 hallways</font> anyways<font color="#E5E5E5"> the door opened up to what</font> looked like<font color="#E5E5E5"> a long flight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of stairs</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> tracked down for about<font color="#E5E5E5"> five minutes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got to what looked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font> another terminal<font color="#E5E5E5"> now</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't look</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">futuristic or anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just a regular</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">damn shortly there's no planes taking</font> off from here I asked he<font color="#CCCCCC"> said I was</font> right that's when I noticed the train tracks<font color="#E5E5E5"> now we wait</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and he sat down on a</font> bench<font color="#CCCCCC"> Hey well great I'd given up trying</font> to piece this together in my<font color="#CCCCCC"> head so I</font> didn't even bother asking what this place was<font color="#E5E5E5"> let's just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> see what happens I</font> thought but<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I'd soon find out things</font> are not that<font color="#E5E5E5"> simple these days</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I spotted</font> a washroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> cyant was the back and I</font> headed<font color="#CCCCCC"> for it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I was washing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my hands</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after finishing up I noticed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what seemed</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like a card stuck into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the mirror<font color="#CCCCCC"> I plucked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it out and looked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at it it was a standard business</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> card</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">size</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just plain white with black text</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but here's what it said from far</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">wide we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> search</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for meaning</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the seconds</font> pass since the time of<font color="#CCCCCC"> weaning our</font> destiny is sealed will<font color="#E5E5E5"> face the rate we don't need hope we</font> have our faith<font color="#E5E5E5"> we will</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not stop until we</font> are dust<font color="#E5E5E5"> or for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> God in whom we trust</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">creepy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought and then</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I turn it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in big bold letters was f</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> OT LG no idea</font> what<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's supposed to be however in</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> moment I felt that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something wasn't</font> quite right it's that creeping sensation you get when something<font color="#CCCCCC"> just feels off I needed</font> to tell him<font color="#CCCCCC"> whoever the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hell he is about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this open the door and he was gone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> searched around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the terminal for a bit</font> but<font color="#CCCCCC"> he was nowhere to be found</font> hell there was nobody<font color="#E5E5E5"> else here at all</font> the place started rumbling slightly the train was<font color="#E5E5E5"> coming well I sure as hell</font> wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> getting on it by</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> myself I looked</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> a bit more before I heard</font> footsteps coming<font color="#CCCCCC"> down the stairs</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> great</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> thought he's back then I realized it wasn't just<font color="#E5E5E5"> one pair</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of steps</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they were</font> multiple instead of seeing a familiar <font color="#E5E5E5">face</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was greeted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with four of what I</font> assumed to be men<font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tell</font> because<font color="#E5E5E5"> their faces</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were covered with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> burlap sack<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I horse-cart</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> downs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of like the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one scarecrow wears in</font> Batman Begins<font color="#E5E5E5"> the only difference was a</font> symbol that<font color="#E5E5E5"> seemed to be spray-painted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on where that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> forehead should be it was</font> simple<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> vertical semicircle with</font> angular arrows going<font color="#E5E5E5"> through it as I</font> recall<font color="#CCCCCC"> the rest of their getup was</font> normal just<font color="#CCCCCC"> plain street clothes</font> was frozen<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then I realized that one</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> them had liquid dripping off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font> gloves<font color="#E5E5E5"> dark liquid the next few moments</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were a blur</font> I remember the train<font color="#E5E5E5"> pulling up and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">those guys starting to run towards me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> started bolting<font color="#E5E5E5"> for the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> train</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> weird one<font color="#E5E5E5"> only one section</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of one set</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> doors<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they saw a driver</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as</font> I ran up to<font color="#E5E5E5"> it the doors opened</font> automatically I remember frantically looking<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shot but there wasn't one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just stared</font> in horror as those freaks got closer<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> closer as they got<font color="#E5E5E5"> within about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 10</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">meters</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I closed my eyes and just prayed</font> for the best<font color="#CCCCCC"> I opened them when I heard</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kicking and banging at the door</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it wasn't opening for I watched</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> their</font> crazed<font color="#CCCCCC"> eyes follow me as the train</font> started moving<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was safe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but only for</font> now <font color="#CCCCCC">I turned on the phone again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and took a</font> thorough look<font color="#CCCCCC"> through it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sure enough the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">text file he mentioned was there</font> guess I'll read<font color="#CCCCCC"> it soon</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after I'm done</font> with this<font color="#E5E5E5"> now I don't know where I'm</font> going<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know what's waiting for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there my head's pounding</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all I know is I</font> should just<font color="#E5E5E5"> have stayed on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cool</font> I'm not so<font color="#CCCCCC"> sure what to think anymore I</font> mean it's not like anything was clear-cut before but the world just continues<font color="#E5E5E5"> to make less</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and less sense</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I've opened up the contingency fire this</font> is what it contained<font color="#CCCCCC"> failsafe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> agent</font> incapacitated<font color="#E5E5E5"> alias</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Jack rust</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> identity</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">redacted custom message hello there if</font> you're reading this I<font color="#E5E5E5"> suppose I'm out of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">commission</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> shame I guess I'm going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> assume that<font color="#E5E5E5"> we've at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> least made it to</font> the terminal here's what you need<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> do</font> get<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the train</font> do so as soon<font color="#CCCCCC"> as it comes there's only a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">10-second window where it'll open for</font> anybody now<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's gonna be the fifth</font> count<font color="#E5E5E5"> them the fifth stop you'll need to</font> get<font color="#E5E5E5"> off ends there won't be any</font> announcements<font color="#E5E5E5"> no indications nothing do</font> not fall asleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> just pay</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> attention</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> train goes fast<font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it still take a</font> while<font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be patient</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> while you're in</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> do not look out of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the windows</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there's nothing to look at anyways</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you'll be in a tunnel nevertheless is</font> better that you<font color="#E5E5E5"> refrain from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> doing so</font> you see we've been having<font color="#CCCCCC"> problems</font> recently sometimes something stares back at<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you can't really look away now</font> what I'm gonna<font color="#E5E5E5"> mention next</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> isn't likely</font> I'd say it's a one<font color="#CCCCCC"> in a thousand</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> chance</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but you don't have the means to deal</font> with it<font color="#CCCCCC"> so you'll</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> need a heads up if at</font> any one of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the stops</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you see or hear the</font> door opening<font color="#E5E5E5"> hide under the seats</font> there shouldn't be anybody getting on right now<font color="#E5E5E5"> just close</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> your eyes and wait</font> for them to<font color="#CCCCCC"> leave now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if they're still</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there after the fourth stop well I'm</font> sorry once you've arrived at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the fifth</font> get out<font color="#E5E5E5"> it'll</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be another</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> terminal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a very</font> small<font color="#E5E5E5"> one there should be stairs to the</font> right and I'll add it to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the left do not</font> even think about going<font color="#E5E5E5"> down the stairs</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as you go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out the ladder it should start</font> getting darker<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't worry this is</font> what's supposed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happen</font> keep feeling upwards<font color="#E5E5E5"> eventually you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">should touch something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> solid if it's a</font> fake rock push it up and climb out and <font color="#E5E5E5">pull it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back when you're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> done you should</font> now<font color="#CCCCCC"> be in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a dead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weed field</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this is Texas between Crockett and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">southern County to be specific start</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">looking around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there should be a small</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">abandoned farmhouse visible a few miles</font> in the distance<font color="#E5E5E5"> go towards it once</font> you've gone in look for a<font color="#E5E5E5"> basement</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> place isn't big you<font color="#E5E5E5"> should find it</font> easily<font color="#E5E5E5"> enough</font> once you have go down there<font color="#E5E5E5"> now the</font> lights won't<font color="#E5E5E5"> work</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so it'll</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be done turn</font> the brightness up on the phone if you have<font color="#E5E5E5"> to you should be looking for a big</font> red door<font color="#E5E5E5"> there's only one so if you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">think you found it you have there's</font> gonna be a numerical set of buttons right by the handle<font color="#E5E5E5"> the password is 5 3</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">2 5 6 7</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 8 now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> these parts of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> doozie</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font> that you have<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do anything crazy it's</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm what I'm about to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tell</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you see the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> reason these</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> people knew</font> where<font color="#E5E5E5"> to find you was because they went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">through us first</font> we'd been monitoring you ever since <font color="#E5E5E5">you've started getting close to finding</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> page</font> I didn't tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> you because well why would</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> apparently there was a mole informant</font> in our<font color="#E5E5E5"> midst</font> I believe that he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was a member of a cult</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we thought went defunct</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> awhile</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> faction of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the last</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gods</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah that's</font> what they call themselves I won't<font color="#E5E5E5"> go into detail on them here all</font> I'll<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is that they would go to</font> the ends of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> earth to find</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what you</font> saw that<font color="#CCCCCC"> day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's their one and only</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">objective they aren't the only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> group</font> like this<font color="#E5E5E5"> however they're the one that</font> we<font color="#E5E5E5"> are worried about yes once they</font> started hearing about<font color="#E5E5E5"> those riddles</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font> thought<font color="#CCCCCC"> that this thing was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">communicate</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with somebody well with them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trying to lead them there but this is</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> part that didn't make any sense</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> thing<font color="#E5E5E5"> that had stumped all of us you</font> were never supposed to see<font color="#E5E5E5"> what you did</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he wasn't supposed to be there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we have</font> no clue why it was one<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the strangest</font> things<font color="#E5E5E5"> was that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nobody had even created</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> page that it popped up on we don't</font> know how you found it<font color="#E5E5E5"> you were the first</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">person that saw it since we took it off</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the site this is where things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got hairy</font> for us as soon<font color="#E5E5E5"> as the informant</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> noticed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this we called in a raid on that Texas</font> headquarters that's the one you're going to<font color="#E5E5E5"> G it was a massacre they stole our</font> equipment started<font color="#E5E5E5"> tracking you down</font> themselves<font color="#E5E5E5"> luckily for me I wasn't there</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was already on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my way to you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">no we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't work</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the government we</font> just work with them but these politicians they have a real antiquated code of ethics<font color="#E5E5E5"> a real antiquated idea of</font> how to fix things you see<font color="#E5E5E5"> these cult</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> members aren't so</font> easy to find<font color="#E5E5E5"> if they were they would</font> have been<font color="#E5E5E5"> neutralized a long time ago</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because of that there exists a</font> contingency protocol for<font color="#E5E5E5"> this exact</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">purpose</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> blackout</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is what they call it if</font> they<font color="#E5E5E5"> ever found out this group at any</font> chance<font color="#CCCCCC"> of fighting whatever it was that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you saw</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they put it into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> motion</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trust me</font> that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> not gonna be fun for anybody</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">aren't willing to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> take any more risks</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> why we didn't tell why we didn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">tell most people in our own organization</font> they might spill the beans<font color="#E5E5E5"> however if</font> you're still<font color="#CCCCCC"> reading this that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> means</font> desperate measures can wait<font color="#E5E5E5"> once you've</font> gone in go directly straight until you've reached what looks like a control in the far<font color="#E5E5E5"> right corner</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there should</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font> an older desktop<font color="#CCCCCC"> mounted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the wall</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">luckily that's one of the few things</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they didn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Hank</font> boot<font color="#E5E5E5"> it up it's gonna prompt you for a</font> password<font color="#E5E5E5"> type in primordial a trapdoor</font> should open in the middle<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the room</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">walk down those steps and you should</font> find<font color="#E5E5E5"> yourself facing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a bunch of filing</font> cabinets<font color="#CCCCCC"> start</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> searching through them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you're looking for a folder under the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">name</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Cain hunter he's an old friend</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's</font> ordered alphabetically<font color="#E5E5E5"> so it shouldn't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">be that hard that folder should contain</font> his address<font color="#CCCCCC"> now I understand that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> is<font color="#CCCCCC"> a lot of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work for just one piece of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">information</font> however this guy moved around so much<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't bother</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> keeping up you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> need</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to go and find</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he'll have the</font> answers that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I don't at this point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he's</font> our best shot tell him<font color="#E5E5E5"> Ben sent you I'll leave you</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> this message mankind must not go</font> back to<font color="#CCCCCC"> hiding in fear</font> no one else will protect us and<font color="#E5E5E5"> we must</font> stand<font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for ourselves</font> this government<font color="#E5E5E5"> protocol is not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the way</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we go good luck</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that was the end of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">message this this was a lot to take in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to say the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> least but it sounded</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like I</font> had adopted<font color="#E5E5E5"> luckily nothing else got on</font> the train with me it took a while but I finally got<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the basement door in the</font> farmhouse<font color="#E5E5E5"> as soon as I walked in a wall</font> of stench hit me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I reflexively gagged a</font> massacre those words rang through my head<font color="#CCCCCC"> I found a light</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> switch on the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wall</font> inflicted as the stale incandescent light washed over<font color="#CCCCCC"> the place I understood</font> what he<font color="#CCCCCC"> meant it was a massacre</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> indeed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and nobody was there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to clean</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> holding<font color="#E5E5E5"> my breath I stepped over the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">decaying uniformed corpses as much as I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">could try to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> avoid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> couldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> stop myself from glancing down</font> every so often<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about to pass out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">once I reached the control room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> followed the instructions<font color="#CCCCCC"> and found the</font> folder<font color="#E5E5E5"> as soon as I did</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I got the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hell</font> out of there once I<font color="#E5E5E5"> was back outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> read through<font color="#CCCCCC"> it Kane Hunter was 45 years</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">old and he lived in Hong</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Kong</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought</font> I was starting to hate<font color="#E5E5E5"> traveling it took</font> me a while to<font color="#E5E5E5"> find a road</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I eventually</font> managed to hitchhike<font color="#E5E5E5"> into a town from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there I got another right to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dallas-fort</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Worth International that's where I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> am</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">right now</font> I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> tired beyond belief at this point</font> and it doesn't help<font color="#E5E5E5"> that the back of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> damn necks<font color="#E5E5E5"> itching like yeah</font> the flight was long<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I got to</font> contemplate the past week there<font color="#CCCCCC"> are a</font> lot of unanswered questions<font color="#CCCCCC"> still</font> lingering and I really didn't know<font color="#CCCCCC"> what</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> expect</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Cain Hunter I remembered</font> that train terminal the card I found in the washroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> f/o tlg faction of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lost</font> gods <font color="#CCCCCC">I finally arrived and cabbed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to this</font> guy's address<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was running low on funds</font> at this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> during the drive</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I watched is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the glimmering lights of</font> the city move past me<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the surface the</font> world just seems so<font color="#E5E5E5"> straightforward</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font> I guess it really starts unraveling when you look into<font color="#E5E5E5"> it I got dropped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> off at an</font> unassuming apartment complex<font color="#CCCCCC"> I guess you</font> could call<font color="#CCCCCC"> it middle class</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I buzzed his</font> room number<font color="#E5E5E5"> it took a while but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> finally</font> somebody answered<font color="#E5E5E5"> who's this he sounded</font> surprised that if he<font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't used to</font> visitors<font color="#CCCCCC"> I took a second to think about</font> what I<font color="#E5E5E5"> was going to say man sent me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> need<font color="#E5E5E5"> help</font> it was my ultimate response almost <font color="#E5E5E5">instantly I heard the front entrance</font> unlock well here we go<font color="#E5E5E5"> my thoughts</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> started making<font color="#E5E5E5"> my way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up to the 7th</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">floor as I was about to knock on his</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">door it opened up a rather unkempt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">middle-aged man pulled me into his room</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">looking extremely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anxious he paced</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I took a seat he finally</font> stopped turning<font color="#E5E5E5"> to me what do you mean</font> you need help<font color="#E5E5E5"> he's otherwise deep-voiced</font> croaked as he said this<font color="#E5E5E5"> I knew that I</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> about to tell him something he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">didn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> want to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hear I saw that thing and</font> now there's<font color="#E5E5E5"> people after me his facial</font> expression contort it as he<font color="#E5E5E5"> heard who's</font> after you do you know his speech<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> quick and<font color="#E5E5E5"> discombobulated the faction of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the last</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gods I think that's what they</font> called was<font color="#E5E5E5"> my response now his face went</font> completely<font color="#CCCCCC"> pale and back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I flinched as</font> he cursed loudly right after he sat down <font color="#E5E5E5">burying his face into his hands he</font> looked back<font color="#CCCCCC"> up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at me what happened to</font> Ben<font color="#E5E5E5"> my silence</font> was enough of<font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> answer</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he just nodded</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a good guy I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nodded back</font> in response <font color="#CCCCCC">I heard him mumbles something under his</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">breath</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I couldn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> make it out now it</font> was time for<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to ask the big question</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the question that nobody seemed to have</font> the answer to what was it that I saw he just stared at<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for a few seconds and</font> then<font color="#E5E5E5"> he finally spoke up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I used to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> a space</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> station</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> named Kronos one</font> heard of it no I hadn't and that's what I<font color="#CCCCCC"> told him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well that's because you're</font> not<font color="#CCCCCC"> supposed to now I really had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> idea</font> where this<font color="#CCCCCC"> was going</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> went on to tell</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about how the</font> Kronos one used<font color="#E5E5E5"> to orbit space 1500</font> kilometers away from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the ISS it was</font> meant to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be used for navigation</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> communication<font color="#E5E5E5"> he said that's what they</font> told us anyways they were doing other<font color="#CCCCCC"> stuff up for sure</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">why else</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they not tell the public</font> it existed anyways he didn't last long <font color="#E5E5E5">one day we get a message</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from NASA</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font> was a signal of sorts<font color="#E5E5E5"> coming</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font> somewhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> deep in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> space</font> well more like<font color="#CCCCCC"> some kind of anomaly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something that didn't make</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sense they</font> didn't elaborate<font color="#E5E5E5"> on what that was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">supposed to me anyways</font> they estimated<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it came from beyond</font> the Kuiper<font color="#E5E5E5"> belts all of this was strange</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> course</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so they decided to check it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he paused letting off a quick sigh</font> as he did so they sent an interstellar probe towards<font color="#CCCCCC"> the signal</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">estimated to reach there in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about nine</font> years<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it just so happens</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nine years later I'm back up in space</font> after<font color="#E5E5E5"> taking a hiatus on earth while</font> there we get<font color="#CCCCCC"> another</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> message the probit</font> reached where the signal approximately been emanating from they were gonna transmit<font color="#CCCCCC"> a feed for us to watch</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> raised my eyebrow he just chuckled at</font> my confusion<font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah we've come</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lot</font> farther in terms<font color="#E5E5E5"> of space technology</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">than the public is led to believe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you should be</font> surprised<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyways everybody's crowded</font> around the monitors waiting to<font color="#E5E5E5"> see what</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the hell the probe kicked up keep in</font> mind that there were<font color="#E5E5E5"> only ten people in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> room at the time it was too tight to</font> fit<font color="#E5E5E5"> more so we were gonna be the first</font> ones aboard<font color="#CCCCCC"> who would see it</font> the transmission<font color="#E5E5E5"> eventually blinked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> onto</font> the screen he stopped rubbing<font color="#CCCCCC"> his temple</font> as<font color="#CCCCCC"> he did so it almost</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seemed like it</font> hurt him to<font color="#CCCCCC"> think</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about it everything</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">went by quick</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it only took a few seconds</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> screaming</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> start</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were</font> banging their damn heads on the floors <font color="#E5E5E5">and walls</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah it was chaos</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> everybody</font> lost their<font color="#E5E5E5"> minds after seeing what was</font> on<font color="#CCCCCC"> that monitor the only reason I</font> survived was because<font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> actually</font> get a<font color="#E5E5E5"> glimpse of it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> still in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bathroom when the transmission came</font> through<font color="#CCCCCC"> I got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> soon</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I heard the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">commotion</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I still passed out though</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">guess I'm</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not so good</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with blood all I</font> remember before<font color="#E5E5E5"> hitting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the floor</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> seeing a lone person<font color="#E5E5E5"> still glued to the</font> screen he was the only one watching at this point when I woke up they started asking<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> questions</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I had no answers</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't see it wait so what</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was the cause of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> death with him</font> I asked suicide<font color="#E5E5E5"> mostly blunt force he</font> responded everybody in that<font color="#CCCCCC"> room found</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> way<font color="#CCCCCC"> to kill themselves I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thought</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this really what I'd seen as well so</font> what happened to the other guy<font color="#E5E5E5"> the guy</font> you said was still watching<font color="#E5E5E5"> he passed</font> out as well but<font color="#CCCCCC"> only for a minute</font> other Matt he said he felt fine<font color="#E5E5E5"> never</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even really brought it up when</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they'd</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ask him what he'd seen he just shrug and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">say that he didn't know what they were</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">talking about I knew him actually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font> name was Blake<font color="#E5E5E5"> he'd always been a</font> strange guy there was another pause<font color="#CCCCCC"> I kept trying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> work out this<font color="#E5E5E5"> in my head</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">gain</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kept going but that wasn't the end</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of his story</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I parked up he got fired</font> soon after he seemed to just<font color="#CCCCCC"> stop</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> caring</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about anything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was going on around</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him he'd make these strange dark</font> outbursts every<font color="#CCCCCC"> SWAT would scare the</font> hell out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> everybody worked with he was</font> going insane<font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> last day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> grid his family the few friends</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he had none of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them knew where he went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">or where he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were no</font> traces<font color="#CCCCCC"> of him anywhere</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but unbeknownst</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> everyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around the</font> country<font color="#E5E5E5"> recruiting people into some cult</font> that he created you can guess what it was called<font color="#CCCCCC"> he didn't take me long to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> put</font> it together the faction of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the Lost gods</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's right he continued</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he'd even</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">written</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and released</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a manifesto</font> explaining why this was necessary<font color="#CCCCCC"> he'd</font> go on<font color="#E5E5E5"> about how there was something</font> inherently<font color="#CCCCCC"> wrong with the inner</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> workings</font> of our external<font color="#E5E5E5"> world</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and that we</font> weren't even<font color="#CCCCCC"> supposed to exist</font> apparently our system was corrupted whatever the hell that's supposed to mean<font color="#CCCCCC"> he was a bad shit oh maybe it's</font> what he'd seen that it made him<font color="#E5E5E5"> that way</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he went on to explain how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Blake had been</font> looking<font color="#E5E5E5"> for something the whole time</font> he'd been recruiting members he'd been looking for the<font color="#CCCCCC"> probe footage you see</font> that probe is still there<font color="#CCCCCC"> transmitting</font> whatever the hell that<font color="#CCCCCC"> thing is - a feed</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> only the government had access to</font> I'll assume you've seen the site where all<font color="#E5E5E5"> the sensitive knowledge goes I not</font> it wouldn't be here<font color="#E5E5E5"> if I didn't at first</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that's where they stuffed it</font> according to<font color="#E5E5E5"> them a few hack is banging</font> their heads on keyboards every now man wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> that big</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of a deal</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but after what</font> happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> on Kronos almost nobody dared</font> to look at it the few who tried well you know this<font color="#E5E5E5"> story but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here's when things</font> got incomprehensibly fucked<font color="#CCCCCC"> what I'm</font> about to<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> almost nobody</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> knows</font> about<font color="#CCCCCC"> it that includes 99% of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> government</font> agents he took out a<font color="#E5E5E5"> cigarette carton and lit</font> one arm<font color="#E5E5E5"> he took a long heavy drag before</font> continuing<font color="#E5E5E5"> after about six months</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Kronos</font> they offered me a severance package<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just retire and keep my mouth shut but I</font> decided against it<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was too cocky I</font> tried to pretend like what I saw didn't <font color="#E5E5E5">affect me yeah</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> shit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a mistake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> asked his cigarettes and lit<font color="#E5E5E5"> another one</font> well it was a routine<font color="#CCCCCC"> workday</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">finishing up some maintenance when we</font> heard a deep humming sound coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font> somewhere outside the<font color="#E5E5E5"> station</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I wasn't like anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we'd</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ever heard</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> now I can't replicate what</font> it sounded<font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my head</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was just</font> well<font color="#E5E5E5"> strange</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a bunch of people started</font> staring<font color="#E5E5E5"> out of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the windows just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to see</font> what was<font color="#CCCCCC"> happening I didn't join in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Pro footage my curious side</font> pretty much disappeared<font color="#E5E5E5"> however what</font> happened next made me question<font color="#E5E5E5"> what kind</font> of universe we really live in I was eating lunch in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the mess hall</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">when I heard</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> commotion coming from the</font> hallways I would have checked<font color="#E5E5E5"> it out but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's when the screaming started it</font> wasn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> normal</font> honestly it didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> sound like anything</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a human being should have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been able</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to produce</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I remember looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font> everyone inside<font color="#CCCCCC"> the room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they weren't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">moving they were</font> all on the same page<font color="#CCCCCC"> a couple of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> guys</font> actually barricaded the entrance with chairs<font color="#CCCCCC"> however we couldn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> keep our eyes</font> off of it<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was some kind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of light</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bleeding in from the cracks under and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">above the door but something was wrong</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about it the light wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> any color we'd</font> ever seen<font color="#CCCCCC"> before</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the familiarity</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> these descriptions got my mind racing this was it wasn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this is what I had</font> seen<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> continued</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I remember getting</font> lightheaded just from the looking at it for<font color="#CCCCCC"> a few seconds</font> the next hours were excruciating<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> screams<font color="#CCCCCC"> didn't stop</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our collective</font> sanity was being pushed to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> brink we</font> all just sat fingers in our ears<font color="#E5E5E5"> and our</font> eyes closed<font color="#CCCCCC"> waiting for the end of this</font> shit eventually<font color="#E5E5E5"> the door opened up and we</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">were scored it out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I remember</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> looking</font> around to see<font color="#CCCCCC"> the white walls of the</font> station<font color="#E5E5E5"> now stained with red 90%</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> the crew died that day<font color="#E5E5E5"> we had questions</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of course about what had happened</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">however everybody</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that would have known</font> was now dead<font color="#E5E5E5"> he leaned</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back in his chair</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fished another cigarette out of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">carton</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this time it was accompanied by a</font> swig of whiskey<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> went on I arrived</font> back<font color="#CCCCCC"> on earth shortly after this time</font> they didn't offer me my job<font color="#E5E5E5"> back just a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">severance check and a non-disclosure</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">though it's not like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a care at this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">point</font> would have quit regardless now<font color="#E5E5E5"> here's</font> the connection<font color="#E5E5E5"> to what you saw that day</font> I was at<font color="#CCCCCC"> my house</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mulling over my life</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then I heard a knock</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at my door it was</font> Ben<font color="#E5E5E5"> he asked me what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the hell had</font> happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> on Kronos</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I told him</font> but the thing I didn't understand is how the<font color="#E5E5E5"> hell he knew that something had even</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">happened he'd never even worked with</font> NASA<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I asked him about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he said</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that a wave of distress calls</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from the</font> station<font color="#E5E5E5"> all came through</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at once</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> all described exactly<font color="#E5E5E5"> what I had gone</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">through the problem was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they had no</font> means of dealing<font color="#E5E5E5"> with this he would have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">taken too long</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to organize a rescue</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mission</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> everyone was at a loss for what</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> do that's when the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> higher-ups came up</font> with something<font color="#E5E5E5"> off the car</font> they had a hunch<font color="#CCCCCC"> well it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> actually</font> more<font color="#CCCCCC"> of an experiment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they checked up on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the website</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sure enough it had been</font> breached once again somebody<font color="#CCCCCC"> was viewing</font> the probe footage they tracked<font color="#E5E5E5"> it down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to an abandoned warehouse in San Antonio</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">which is where</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Ben</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was at the time at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> point he was just a field agent</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font> they contacted<font color="#E5E5E5"> and told</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go check</font> it out<font color="#E5E5E5"> he drove there along with a SWAT</font> team<font color="#E5E5E5"> when they arrived it it was a</font> bloodbath<font color="#E5E5E5"> they started getting shot as</font> soon<font color="#CCCCCC"> as they walked in whoever was doing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to protect</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something half</font> the team was killed before they managed <font color="#E5E5E5">to secure the place they detained the</font> shooters and studies sweeping the rest of the building<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was nothing on the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">upper floors</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but then they got to the</font> basement<font color="#CCCCCC"> there was just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> person down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there sitting in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of a computer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">monitor they approached him slowly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">barking at him to put his hands up he</font> ignored everything<font color="#E5E5E5"> the SWAT member</font> eventually got close<font color="#CCCCCC"> to him that's when</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> started screaming out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of nowhere and</font> shot himself in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the head there's no</font> doubt<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he got a glimpse of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">screen</font> nobody approached him<font color="#CCCCCC"> after that they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all just kept pointing their</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weapons at</font> him and telling him<font color="#CCCCCC"> to turn</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around the</font> guy eventually<font color="#E5E5E5"> did he said that it was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Blake man recognized him because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he'd</font> become<font color="#E5E5E5"> infamous around government</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">circles</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he said that there was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> blood</font> seeping<font color="#CCCCCC"> from his eyes and nose</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> skin pale</font> as the<font color="#E5E5E5"> moon he only said one thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Kane</font> stopped inside took<font color="#E5E5E5"> a big swig of the</font> whiskey<font color="#CCCCCC"> and looked at me dead</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> center you</font> can't stop<font color="#E5E5E5"> it if this doesn't happen</font> today<font color="#E5E5E5"> it'll happen eventually our</font> reckoning has yet to come <font color="#E5E5E5">Vance said that this chilled him to the</font> bone<font color="#E5E5E5"> he told me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that Blake had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> said in</font> such a tone and conviction<font color="#E5E5E5"> that just</font> made<font color="#CCCCCC"> him feel despair</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and emptiness</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">inside he shot him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that as</font> well as the monitor<font color="#E5E5E5"> they rounded up the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">rest of the cult</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> members took them in</font> for questioning they wouldn't cooperate<font color="#CCCCCC"> obviously they</font> all just repeated the<font color="#E5E5E5"> same words over</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and over some weird fucking motto or</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyways the higher-ups got</font> there a couple<font color="#E5E5E5"> of hours</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> congratulated<font color="#CCCCCC"> Ben and told him to go</font> home<font color="#E5E5E5"> the distress reports had finally</font> stopped coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> in from Chronos wait</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> interjected the reports did they stop it as soon as Blake got shot<font color="#CCCCCC"> Kane chuckled</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it was a dry tone no humor yeah he</font> continued<font color="#CCCCCC"> you're figuring it out aren't</font> you here's the<font color="#CCCCCC"> conclusion they came to</font> whatever that<font color="#E5E5E5"> probe was picking up</font> whatever Blake was watching it was <font color="#E5E5E5">watching him back somehow they were</font> communicating<font color="#E5E5E5"> with each</font> this was horrifying to<font color="#CCCCCC"> think about Cain</font> continued he was sending<font color="#E5E5E5"> something</font> towards<font color="#E5E5E5"> earth something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> beyond our</font> comprehension that we were never<font color="#E5E5E5"> meant</font> to see<font color="#E5E5E5"> who the hell knows what it wants</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us probably nothin good anyways</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they decided to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> make sure that nobody</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">else ever saw it again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they disconnected</font> from the probe<font color="#E5E5E5"> stop the stream</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">altogether</font> I'm sure the thought process was<font color="#CCCCCC"> that if</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">we don't seek it out then it won't</font> notice us<font color="#E5E5E5"> wait what</font> I nearly shouted him wait<font color="#E5E5E5"> what I nearly</font> shouted at him<font color="#E5E5E5"> how the hell did I see it</font> then<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's what I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wandering</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he said</font> you got an answer<font color="#CCCCCC"> I tried telling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> about the AR but the words just<font color="#E5E5E5"> stumbled</font> out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of my mouth</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into an incoherent mess</font> he just looked at<font color="#E5E5E5"> me in confusion an AI</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what the hell</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you talking about</font> he asked<font color="#E5E5E5"> on that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> website</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">another prompt it brought me here that's</font> how I found it<font color="#E5E5E5"> prompts what are you</font> talking about<font color="#CCCCCC"> Oh screw it</font> I thought he clearly didn't know about <font color="#E5E5E5">it there was still too many questions</font> pressing against<font color="#CCCCCC"> my brain anyways so I</font> didn't linger<font color="#CCCCCC"> on this how many</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people do</font> you know<font color="#CCCCCC"> that have seen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I asked he</font> scoffed<font color="#CCCCCC"> well the ones that are still</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">alive</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that'll be you this sent chills</font> down<font color="#CCCCCC"> my spine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he went on which begs the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">question how long did you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> look at it for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> couple of seconds right no I</font> responded nearly half a minute after I said this his face went blank <font color="#CCCCCC">I just shrugged look I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I don't</font> know what to<font color="#E5E5E5"> make of any of this is all</font> I managed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to stammer out with a shocked</font> contemplative expression on his face <font color="#CCCCCC">Kane</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just looked up at the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sea as he did</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> the words from the contingency</font> message rang through my head you were the<font color="#E5E5E5"> first one that had seen it since we</font> took it down<font color="#E5E5E5"> but why me why was I so</font> special<font color="#E5E5E5"> why did I have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to see it</font> Kane<font color="#E5E5E5"> studies speaking again computers</font> may know more about humanity than we ever will I just<font color="#E5E5E5"> stared at him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> confusion<font color="#E5E5E5"> what an odd statement to me he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">went on if it actually was an AI that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sent you that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> page maybe it means</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> mean something like what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">retorted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nobody else seems to be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> able to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">handle seeing the thing but like Blake</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you appear to be an exception I really</font> thought about this he was right wasn't he<font color="#E5E5E5"> whatever</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the hell this thing is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> seemed to push people to the brink<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">insanity</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after just a few seconds of</font> exposure<font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean I sure as hell didn't</font> know what I saw<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I certainly didn't</font> like seeing<font color="#E5E5E5"> it but I was more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or less</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> a normal<font color="#E5E5E5"> state of mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> however</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was</font> one<font color="#E5E5E5"> more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> question I couldn't ignore</font> those members<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the cult</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that were</font> detained<font color="#E5E5E5"> they weren't the only ones were</font> they<font color="#E5E5E5"> there were other</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> members Kain</font> nodded<font color="#CCCCCC"> they try to tell themselves that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they were it that this was done that's</font> what everybody wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to believe under</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">estimating Blake's influence was the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">biggest mistake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they could have made at</font> this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't want to think about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it anymore</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I needed to take a break</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">discussion if I asked him if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there was</font> somewhere I could<font color="#E5E5E5"> rest he told me there</font> was a spare mattress in the closet I need to sleep<font color="#CCCCCC"> but not before I finish</font> getting<font color="#CCCCCC"> this out a million thoughts are</font> still<font color="#E5E5E5"> running through my head as I write</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> been said</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that this guy was our</font> best<font color="#E5E5E5"> shot but nothing's been resolved</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">how what was he supposed to do</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe</font> this blackout contingency<font color="#E5E5E5"> was necessary</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">if everything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have heard is true it</font> might be the<font color="#E5E5E5"> only option this itch on</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> back of my neck</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> killing me</font> anyways it looks<font color="#CCCCCC"> like I'm gonna</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">make a decision</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> soon update</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Kane</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I</font> just heard somebody trying<font color="#E5E5E5"> to open the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took a look through the peephole</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and told me there were people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with weird</font> masks<font color="#E5E5E5"> standing outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh this is not</font> good didn't take long<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them to break down</font> the door the thing is jumping<font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the windows</font> wasn't an option<font color="#E5E5E5"> here I tried opening a</font> vent in the washroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they were</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">already inside the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> apartment</font> I remember<font color="#CCCCCC"> seeing Kane Fisher pistol out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of a kitchen cabinet before getting</font> bodied by some<font color="#E5E5E5"> behemoth of a man this</font> all happened in what felt<font color="#E5E5E5"> like seconds</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the last thing I saw</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before I blacked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was the butt of a rifle</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> coming</font> towards my face I woke<font color="#E5E5E5"> some time later</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">face down on a dusty floor</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in a dim</font> empty room my head was pounding <font color="#CCCCCC">I wasn't restrained</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but there was</font> nowhere to<font color="#CCCCCC"> go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one door leading out and</font> it was dead-bolted<font color="#CCCCCC"> I turned my head to</font> see<font color="#E5E5E5"> Kane pacing on the other side look I</font> didn't lead them here I tried to reason with<font color="#E5E5E5"> him he looked pissed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh I don't</font> doubt that<font color="#CCCCCC"> he responded not on purpose</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at least they know that I can't help</font> who'd have<font color="#E5E5E5"> tried a while ago he followed</font> up with<font color="#E5E5E5"> a sigh</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this is fucked I turned</font> away from<font color="#E5E5E5"> him and started feeling around</font> the walls<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was under the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> delusion that</font> there would be some secret<font color="#E5E5E5"> way out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> delusion it was after my futile attempted escape I just sat down<font color="#E5E5E5"> in a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">corner there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was no good ending to this</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Kane seemed to read my mind</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">because he chimed in</font> you know you can't tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> them how to get</font> there he<font color="#CCCCCC"> looked at me again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">demeanor was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dead serious</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you can't let</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> loose over</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> here that's not an</font> option initially I was annoyed<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was asking me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> take what was surely torture and then</font> death<font color="#E5E5E5"> but then I thought about it this</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> bigger than me yeah</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there was no way</font> out<font color="#E5E5E5"> of it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the door suddenly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> swung open</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about five people stepped in all</font> sporting those<font color="#CCCCCC"> damn bags over their</font> heads<font color="#CCCCCC"> to have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shotguns</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you're awake</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">good</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> said the one at the front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> instantly<font color="#E5E5E5"> recognized that voice was it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really he slipped it off revealing a big</font> shit-eating grin<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was Jackson it</font> didn't have<font color="#E5E5E5"> to be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know you</font> could have just<font color="#E5E5E5"> told me how to get there</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I thought back to the conversation we'd</font> had in the diner<font color="#CCCCCC"> I clearly told him what</font> I'd entered at<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Proms did I not work</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I put that thought to the</font> back of my head at<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moment I was</font> nothing but angry like it would have mattered you psycho <font color="#E5E5E5">fucks would have ruined the world</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">regardless he just sighed ruin look I</font> don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> expect you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to understand only to</font> cooperate but<font color="#CCCCCC"> this world</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it it isn't</font> right<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was a mistake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so you just</font> follow<font color="#E5E5E5"> the orders of some crazy dead guy</font> huh<font color="#CCCCCC"> Caine laughed it sounds like you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">guys</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are the mistakes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the men</font> walked up<font color="#CCCCCC"> and whipped the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shotgun barrel</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">across his face</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there was a terrible</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cracking sound as he fell to the floor</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he started coughing up blood why don't</font> you guys just kill me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I can't help you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wouldn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even if I could he muttered as</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> sat against the wall</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Jackson chuckled</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no this is something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> all<font color="#CCCCCC"> need to see the more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people who</font> stand<font color="#E5E5E5"> witness the better it's the</font> greatest salvation anybody could ask for he was just<font color="#E5E5E5"> blow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> va ting nonsense at</font> this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't feel like arguing</font> though there was no changing his mind<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> did have questions<font color="#CCCCCC"> oh</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how did you find</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me it doesn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> make any</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sense he walked</font> over to<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and reached behind my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ear</font> I felt a<font color="#CCCCCC"> sharp pain at the back of my</font> neck as he pulled<font color="#E5E5E5"> out what looked like a</font> tiny<font color="#E5E5E5"> computer chip oh so that's what</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just let out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> exasperated</font> sigh funny enough<font color="#CCCCCC"> this wasn't our doing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he said as he flicked it away what the</font> hell are<font color="#E5E5E5"> you talking about</font> I spat<font color="#E5E5E5"> at him but then I thought about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when those guys were shooting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> locker room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I swear I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> felt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hit my neck</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but in the moment</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">well you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just don't care Jackson smiled</font> as<font color="#CCCCCC"> he saw the horror</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font> face<font color="#CCCCCC"> we can thank those guys for that</font> it's just<font color="#CCCCCC"> a shame they won't be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> here to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> everybody always resists<font color="#E5E5E5"> only the lucky</font> ones<font color="#E5E5E5"> truly get it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I record Ben's message</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a lot of groups are after this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but we're</font> only<font color="#E5E5E5"> afraid of one who were they I asked</font> him<font color="#CCCCCC"> doc</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no he replied it never mattered</font> anyways<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was reliving the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> whole journey</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> my head at this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> point thinking about</font> where I messed up<font color="#E5E5E5"> how'd you get to the</font> terminal you needed a<font color="#CCCCCC"> keycard Jackson pulled one</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">out of his pockets oh yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I forgot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font> killed everybody you had one I was beyond frustrated at this<font color="#E5E5E5"> point</font> not even just<font color="#E5E5E5"> at him at this whole damn</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">situation this thing that you want to</font> send<font color="#E5E5E5"> over here do you even know what it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">is he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> pause</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a second</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a look of pure</font> contemplation was<font color="#E5E5E5"> plastered across his</font> face I'll<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell you what Blake told me it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not for us to know we don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> belong</font> here<font color="#CCCCCC"> and every second we remain the</font> universe deteriorates<font color="#E5E5E5"> we need to correct</font> this it's funny<font color="#E5E5E5"> these guys</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually</font> thought they<font color="#CCCCCC"> were after something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> good</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">blind faith huh</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I retorted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you guys are</font> pathetic <font color="#E5E5E5">Jackson scrunched his nose of this his</font> expression contorted into<font color="#E5E5E5"> one of pure</font> rage<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's enough he gestured to the</font> two men<font color="#E5E5E5"> standing beside him they started</font> dragging me<font color="#CCCCCC"> out of the room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as we left I</font> could hear<font color="#CCCCCC"> Cain screaming at me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">screaming that I couldn't give in</font> I tried wrestling the shotgun away<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> it was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a pathetic attempt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was</font> nothing I<font color="#E5E5E5"> could do they tossed me into</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">another room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this time it was larger</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> guess the rest of the cult<font color="#CCCCCC"> was also in</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> because about 15 people stood</font> lining the perimeter of the room<font color="#E5E5E5"> all</font> those bags over their heads<font color="#CCCCCC"> there was a</font> computer<font color="#CCCCCC"> setup in the middle</font> why is running<font color="#E5E5E5"> everywhere they forced me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into a chair in front of it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> strapped</font> my legs down<font color="#E5E5E5"> go I had Jackson's voice</font> echoed from behind me everybody's <font color="#E5E5E5">waiting</font> I refused at first<font color="#E5E5E5"> I really did but I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">guess that's what they were expecting</font> first came<font color="#E5E5E5"> the waterboarding</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font> know if you've experienced it but it definitely<font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't Pleasant</font> however it also wasn't enough what came next<font color="#E5E5E5"> almost was one of the men took out</font> a butterfly knife and started<font color="#CCCCCC"> slicing my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">pinky toe off slowly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he did this over</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the course</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of what felt like an hour</font> then came the salt it was pain that transcended anything I'd<font color="#CCCCCC"> ever felt before</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> finally finished up by cauterizing it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you have nine more Jackson's voice used</font> from behind me<font color="#E5E5E5"> you can end this anytime</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you can die the way is supposed to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hearing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> say this gave me more motivation</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to tell him to fuck off but I'll admit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> nearing my breaking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> point</font> the next part<font color="#E5E5E5"> was excruciating beyond</font> belief <font color="#E5E5E5">they started</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> scraping the skin</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> off of my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shoulder it wouldn't have been</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that bad</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">if it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't for the boiling water they</font> poured on<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> afterwards okay</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all right I</font> finally<font color="#E5E5E5"> blurted out they stopped and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">started applying some cream</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the burn</font> it was pure ecstasy I heard Jackson breathe out what sounded like a sigh of <font color="#CCCCCC">relief</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> smart guy this was all a ruse</font> however<font color="#E5E5E5"> I just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> needed a break for a</font> second my plan was to<font color="#E5E5E5"> get the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> prompt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> then flip the damn table<font color="#E5E5E5"> over if they</font> were<font color="#E5E5E5"> gonna torture me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to death I was</font> going out<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a bang the human spirit</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his heart to break a million thoughts</font> ran<font color="#CCCCCC"> through my head</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I went through</font> the whole fucking process again<font color="#E5E5E5"> memories</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of family and friends better times</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> solved<font color="#E5E5E5"> those riddles and encryptions</font> until that damn question popped up<font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">quit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Quietus I was about to enact</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> spree of destruction when I noticed something something small in the corner of the monitor<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was hard to read so I</font> had to squint<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was text just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in English</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't worry I just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">stared at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for a second</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hell</font> was that supposed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to me that's when I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">came to the realization I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> recall what</font> Ben had<font color="#E5E5E5"> told Kane it was only</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Blake</font> sitting at that<font color="#E5E5E5"> computer in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> basement</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he was the only one watching</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> everybody</font> who<font color="#E5E5E5"> saw this thing went insane</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> killed themselves<font color="#E5E5E5"> somehow the a I also</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">knew this I smiled to myself I felt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">somebody</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> poke at my back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't tell me</font> you've<font color="#CCCCCC"> changed your</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we can change</font> it back Jackson's voice<font color="#CCCCCC"> runs don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> worry</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I responded I answered the prom question</font> what also seeks<font color="#E5E5E5"> me the familiar list of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">links soon appeared in front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of me</font> I started<font color="#E5E5E5"> scrolling down clicking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font> various<font color="#E5E5E5"> links until a familiar question</font> appeared in the corner I<font color="#CCCCCC"> clicked yes and just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like that there</font> they were the four links I leaned back in the chair well there it is first links the one you're<font color="#E5E5E5"> looking for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I watched as they all gathered around me</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> is the first time you're going to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">see it</font> I asked I could see Jackson nodding out of the corner of<font color="#E5E5E5"> my vision Blake did</font> make one mistake<font color="#E5E5E5"> he thought that we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">weren't ready</font> we were always ready they<font color="#CCCCCC"> unstrapped</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> from the<font color="#E5E5E5"> chair</font> Jackson put his hand on my shoulder<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> appreciation<font color="#CCCCCC"> you don't know this but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just did</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something good</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah spare me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> responded<font color="#CCCCCC"> his band still alive I need it</font> tonight Jackson nodded well where is he<font color="#E5E5E5"> why does</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it matter at this point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just want to</font> tell him to brace himself<font color="#CCCCCC"> I owe him that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at least</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Jackson's side</font> he took out a piece<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> paper with an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">address and postal code scribbled onto</font> it and handed it to me good luck with that he gestured<font color="#CCCCCC"> to a couple of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> armed members</font> follow him out<font color="#E5E5E5"> in case he lied again</font> they obliged I could barely hold him my grin as they <font color="#CCCCCC">wore me out</font> they closed<font color="#E5E5E5"> the door behind me and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trained their shotguns on me there was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only one thing I could do at this point</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I just waited listening</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> intently there</font> are a<font color="#E5E5E5"> few muffled voices before silence</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I started counting one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> three</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> four</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> then came the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> screams even though I</font> was expecting it<font color="#CCCCCC"> I still flinched Cain</font> was right though sound should not have come out of<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> human being</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the two</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> guys</font> guarding<font color="#E5E5E5"> me flipped shit one of them ran</font> inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the other stumbled on his</font> feet he was looking<font color="#E5E5E5"> back and forth</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">between me in the room so I disarmed him</font> easily <font color="#E5E5E5">shot out his kneecaps I guess he hit his</font> head<font color="#CCCCCC"> hard on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> floor because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> went</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">limp that's when the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cacophony of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gunshots</font> started ringing out from<font color="#CCCCCC"> inside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the room</font> it lasted<font color="#E5E5E5"> for about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ten seconds and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> then</font> was followed by<font color="#CCCCCC"> silence</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with a shotgun</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in hand</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I walked inside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bodies were</font> lying haphazardly scattered around the <font color="#E5E5E5">room pieces of the burlap sacks they</font> were wearing were now stuck to the blood-stained walls<font color="#E5E5E5"> the monitor was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">facedown on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> floor</font> shards of screen everywhere there was only a<font color="#E5E5E5"> squirming figure left Jackson</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> guess he<font color="#CCCCCC"> really was dedicated to this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was muttering something incomprehensible</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as he snakes his way towards a stray</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hiss I thought about finishing the job</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> him but that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just be putting him</font> out of his misery<font color="#E5E5E5"> instead I went around</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the room and took the clips and shells</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of every weapon</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he gave me one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> last</font> look<font color="#E5E5E5"> before I left his kin was paler</font> than<font color="#E5E5E5"> snot arms and legs trembling</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">expression a mix of shock dismay and</font> confusion it looked as if<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font> pleading for<font color="#E5E5E5"> something I just flipped</font> him<font color="#E5E5E5"> off and closed the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> behind me</font> hmm<font color="#E5E5E5"> this is what he wanted wasn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">walk</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down to the room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Cain was stealing</font> I picked up the keys from one of the bodies<font color="#E5E5E5"> at this point the cream on my</font> shoulder<font color="#CCCCCC"> as well</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as the adrenaline had</font> started wearing<font color="#E5E5E5"> off a wave</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of pain hit</font> me all at<font color="#CCCCCC"> once I stumbled a bit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> got to the door and unlocked it<font color="#E5E5E5"> Cain</font> jumped when<font color="#E5E5E5"> I walked in he seemed</font> relieved at first but then horrified did<font color="#E5E5E5"> you the words faltered out of his</font> mouth<font color="#CCCCCC"> I just shook my head he exhaled in</font> solace he wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to take</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a quick peek</font> inside the<font color="#E5E5E5"> room before we left just to</font> make sure <font color="#E5E5E5">Jackson was still in there twitching</font> violently in the corner facing away from <font color="#E5E5E5">us that was the last I ever saw of him</font> yeah<font color="#E5E5E5"> this will be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pleasant surprise</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for somebody Cain said before closing</font> the door we got out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of there after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> turns out<font color="#E5E5E5"> we were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the basement of</font> some abandoned<font color="#E5E5E5"> factory</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> outside city</font> limits<font color="#E5E5E5"> we hitchhiked back into town we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to Kane's apartment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where he decided</font> to buy me a plane<font color="#CCCCCC"> ticket</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back at least I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">could do</font> he stated so<font color="#E5E5E5"> where to you said you were</font> from Delaware I looked down at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> address in my hand no I need<font color="#E5E5E5"> to go to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Vegas first</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Cain chuckled drinking away</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this whole experience her well</font> understandable he started booking<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> ticket do you want to see him<font color="#CCCCCC"> I asked as I was</font> finishing<font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> he raised his<font color="#CCCCCC"> eyebrow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see who</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Ben</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">poor he paused staring</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ground for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a second before answering no not really</font> he looked back<font color="#CCCCCC"> at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me tell him I wish him</font> the best though<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell him to be careful</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he said it in such a somber tone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I could</font> tell he just<font color="#E5E5E5"> wanted to be done</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with the</font> whole<font color="#CCCCCC"> thing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to never think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">again seeing Ben wouldn't help</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that he</font> gave me<font color="#E5E5E5"> some cab money before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> exchanged good minds<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had to ask him</font> one<font color="#E5E5E5"> last thing before leaving you think</font> that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> the end of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him</font> he thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a second before</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">answering it has to be I started heading</font> for the airport<font color="#E5E5E5"> I've got to say it does</font> feel weird walking<font color="#E5E5E5"> around with a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> toe</font> missing I'll get used to<font color="#E5E5E5"> it I suppose</font> once in Vegas<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took another cab to the</font> address it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was a rundown house in the</font> middle of a sketchy<font color="#CCCCCC"> neighborhood</font> I hurried in and started searching I must have looked<font color="#E5E5E5"> through the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> entire</font> place before in a soft groaning<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the</font> basement I hurried down there and started yelling <font color="#E5E5E5">Ben's name the groaning got louder</font> it was coming<font color="#CCCCCC"> from a room in the back I</font> tried the handle<font color="#E5E5E5"> locked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I eventually</font> just kicked it down<font color="#E5E5E5"> dust</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> blasted me in</font> the face as I walked inside<font color="#CCCCCC"> Wren was</font> lying there<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a dirty mattress</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> middle of the room he had bruises all over his face and looked<font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he hadn't</font> eaten in<font color="#E5E5E5"> days</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> are packets</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of instant ramen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">strewn all over the floor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he turned over</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to look at me and smile knew you could</font> do<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he uttered out I looked around the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">room there was a small</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> television set</font> smashed onto the floor yeah<font color="#E5E5E5"> they wanted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me to watch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the news he grinned</font> again<font color="#E5E5E5"> like hell I was I picked him up</font> and let him<font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of there it's alright</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm good he said as he stabilized</font> himself<font color="#E5E5E5"> once we were outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he took a</font> deep breath<font color="#E5E5E5"> god I don't even want to</font> think<font color="#CCCCCC"> about what I caught in that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dusty</font> ass room<font color="#CCCCCC"> there laughed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this shit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> finally over<font color="#E5E5E5"> I filmed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> man got himself</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">checked and patched up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I also</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shoulder looked at we ended up hitting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the slots</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going to a seafood buffet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> a karaoke bar<font color="#E5E5E5"> after it was the best time</font> I've had<font color="#CCCCCC"> in why</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was getting ready</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">leave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> morning after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Ben said that he</font> had worked a<font color="#CCCCCC"> catch up on truth be told</font> so did I I mean it's not<font color="#E5E5E5"> like my day job</font> will be<font color="#CCCCCC"> waiting for me when I go on</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> you never actually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> told me who you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">work for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">oh</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what'd you do I said to him as we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> getting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ready to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> leave the hotel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> chuckled yeah that was on purpose oh come<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after all this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> still gonna keep it</font> a secret<font color="#CCCCCC"> I gave him a casual</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lunch after</font> all this you<font color="#E5E5E5"> still want to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> pushed me back it was my turn<font color="#E5E5E5"> to chuckle</font> Touche<font color="#E5E5E5"> the cab ride to McCarran was</font> quiet<font color="#CCCCCC"> so was the walk to the terminal I</font> was headed<font color="#E5E5E5"> back to Delaware and he was</font> going to South Korea<font color="#E5E5E5"> he finally spoke up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about two minutes before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his boarding</font> call<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd like to think that I do my best</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to try</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> protect the world from the</font> strange shit that dwells within it<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">try and secure this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stuff out there</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">humanity</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> should never see to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> put them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">away in containment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> forever he slapped</font> my back<font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> getting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up to leave</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> keep</font> you<font color="#E5E5E5"> in touch in you know how to find me</font> and just like<font color="#E5E5E5"> that he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was gone I waited</font> about 30 more minutes before<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> flight</font> was ready to go I slept like<font color="#E5E5E5"> a baby the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">whole time I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the air when he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">actually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got to my house there was</font> police<font color="#E5E5E5"> tape surrounding it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I knocked on</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> neighbor's door to ask what had</font> happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I already knew but I had</font> to feign some kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of ignorance she</font> seemed surprised when she<font color="#E5E5E5"> opened the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">door for me apparently she'd seen two</font> men entering my house and called the cops<font color="#E5E5E5"> that night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> went to the diner</font> everybody's<font color="#E5E5E5"> been looking for you where</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> hell did you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sightseeing I</font> answered did they catch them no she responded but <font color="#E5E5E5">they found these weird-ass cards all</font> around your house it said like<font color="#CCCCCC"> flood</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">fill clogged</font> it said like feet<font color="#E5E5E5"> lock on the back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> what the hell were those</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nut</font> cases<font color="#CCCCCC"> I chuckled to myself and thankful</font> after<font color="#E5E5E5"> explaining the situation to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> cops<font color="#E5E5E5"> and giving a statement</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> finally back to square one normalcy<font color="#CCCCCC"> I found a new job</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> soon after</font> and settled back into<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> routine it was</font> all over but<font color="#CCCCCC"> even though I try not to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">think about it anymore</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it seems like a daunting task sometimes</font> I lie in<font color="#CCCCCC"> bed just staring</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at the ceiling</font> and trying to picture what I'd seen in my head<font color="#CCCCCC"> I still had too many</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> questions</font> there were three other links weren't that what the hell were those<font color="#E5E5E5"> I tried to</font> tell myself that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't care but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was a lie I think about what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Kane said</font> to me on a<font color="#E5E5E5"> daily basis you want Blake of</font> the exceptions<font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe it means something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hmm maybe it did mean something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I feel</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> sight</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> calling to me constantly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> know it sounds strange but I can sense it those links<font color="#CCCCCC"> are just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> waiting to be seen</font> by somebody by me the<font color="#E5E5E5"> AI still tries to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">communicate as well</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've been getting</font> small messages on the corner<font color="#CCCCCC"> of my</font> screen<font color="#CCCCCC"> even when I browse a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> surface web</font> now are you satisfied<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's what they say</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">good question</font> was I <font color="#CCCCCC">Oh two hours can</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you imagine how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> tired</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> am<font color="#E5E5E5"> after reading all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well it was my</font> absolute<font color="#E5E5E5"> pleasure</font> now now<font color="#E5E5E5"> massive shout-out to Scarlet</font> Witch 97 on Twitter<font color="#E5E5E5"> the pain you're</font> going through right now<font color="#E5E5E5"> is unimaginable</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and if you're finding even a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> little bit</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of solace by listening to mine and other</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">races stories then it's my absolute</font> pleasure<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be of a little bit of help</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">take care now and hang in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there yeah</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">okay</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> everyone I'll be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back again on</font> Monday<font color="#E5E5E5"> you have a good weekend</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font> speech<font color="#E5E5E5"> back again with you real soon but</font> for now<font color="#E5E5E5"> bye</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bye thank</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you so much for</font> choosing to<font color="#E5E5E5"> spend your time listening to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me</font> now if you<font color="#E5E5E5"> enjoyed the doctor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> creepin</font> experience then come<font color="#E5E5E5"> find me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on Facebook</font> come chat<font color="#CCCCCC"> with me on Twitter</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> listen to</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> background music and download it if</font> you like on soundcloud<font color="#E5E5E5"> drop by the store</font> pick up a t-shirt<font color="#E5E5E5"> and importantly if</font> you've got a<font color="#CCCCCC"> story you'd like me to read</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">send it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to dr. creepiness voles</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">subreddit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I set up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so that I could read</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">your stories yeah looking forward to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">seeing you all again real soon</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so come</font> check<font color="#E5E5E5"> me out it's okay</font> you
Info
Channel: Dr. Creepen
Views: 320,205
Rating: 4.7328744 out of 5
Keywords: best new deep web story 2017, best creepypasta narrator on youtube, fed up of creepsmcpasta and mrcreppypasta, The Part of the Deep Web we’re not Supposed to See full story part 1 2 3 4 5, BEST DEEP WEB STORY OF 2017, mr outlaw creepypasta, dr creepen deep web, dr creepen marine, best nosleep stories, best nosleep stories 2017, best creepypasta stories, best creepypasta 2017
Id: Bo1TI8oFb9o
Channel Id: undefined
Length: 121min 0sec (7260 seconds)
Published: Fri Dec 01 2017
Reddit Comments
Related Videos
Note
Please note that this website is currently a work in progress! Lots of interesting data and statistics to come.