Red Room

It was raining heavily, Water droplets were sliding on my window. My coffee had gone cold. I was sitting near the window and my friend Maya was browsing on the net. We had run out of topics to discuss, so I don't blame her for taking refuge in the internet.

We had just finished eating dinner which was, by the way nachos and burritos from the nearest Taco Bell. Soon enough, she got tired of browsing and said that she would be off. I thanked her for coming over, as I had not really been with a friend for a really long time, being preoccupied with work and all.

The next day, I went over to her house, as she had borrowed my sweatshirt a while back and had not returned it, and I wanted to get it back. But as I approached her house, which was only a couple blocks away, I realized that policemen were present. I went over to them, asking them what happened. I feared the worst as I saw a body covered in a white cloth being put into an ambulance.

My fears were right. It turned out that she had apparently committed suicide, painting her walls with blood. I found this very disturbing (obviously) and knew that she had been a very happy girl; she would have never committed suicide! I told the police that I was a good friend of hers, and asked if I could investigate her house. The police said that I wouldn't really want to investigate a room, even though now cleaned, with walls that had been covered with blood. I insisted. So they let me go in, with a constable.

I went into her room. They were right. I felt very queasy. But holding my breath as much as possible, I went over to her browsing history. It had turned out that she had been searching for something odd called the "red room".

Since I couldn't stay in her room for longer as I felt like vomiting, I thanked the police for cooperating with me, and went to my office.

That night, after coming back from another tiring day, I went on the internet. The curiosity was killing me; I just had to know what the "red room" was. I went to Google and typed in the phrase. There were a few irrelevant sites and a few relevant ones which stated that it was an urban legend. But all the websites I searched were incredibly vague, and I could learn almost nothing!

Suddenly, a pop-up appeared. Already frustrated with my unyielding research, I closed the pop-up. It appeared again! I kept trying to close it, it wouldn't work. Finally I just let the pop-up play. It was just a white screen with a smiling face.

Then, a child's voice came in the speaker; It begun to say "Do you-" but i closed the pop up, suddenly very frightened for no reason at all. I kept closing it, and the child's voice got gruesomely mangled... I just let it play, not thinking clearly. It said :

"Do you like the red room?"

I was creeped out. A list of names suddenly appeared with The name Maya at the bottom... oh god.

Tears fell from my eyes as I realized what was going to happen to me...

Suddenly I heard something rustle behind me...

I slowly turned...

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