It was a chilly Saturday night when it all happened. I dont think I would ever forget that experience.

Me and my friend, Rachel, planned on going to her house to finish a project our teacher gave us. It was due Monday morning and we were already running out of time.

Rachel picked me up at 7 P.M., and then we went on our silent journey towards her house.

"Why didn't you bring your car?" I asked her, out of the blue.

She sighed. "My brother said he needed it more than I did since he was taking his gf on a 'romantic date'. Tsk, more like a trip to a motel. " she said, rolling her eyes.

I laughed at that. It was not long before I felt an eerie presence trailing us. I started to slow down.

"You feel that? .." I whispered to Rachel.

"Yeah.." she nodded and looked as creeped out just as I am.

I slowly looked back and saw nothing. I felt a sudden relief.

"Noone's there.." I said to her

I watched as Rachel's tense shoulders relaxed. "Oh thank God." she gasped out.

We continued to walk, it was calm for a while before I felt that damned presence again.

I look behind me another time. Big mistake. From about a few meters away from me and Rachel, I could make out a dark silhouette of what seemed to be a rather tall man.

My heartbeat fastened. Sweat startened to form on my temples.

"Rachel.." I breathed out.

"..Someone's out there.."

I could see as Rachel's eyes widened. We startened to quicken our pace.

When we started to hear heavy footsteps getting nearer, it was our cue to bolt. Rachel and I ran through the dark streets, not knowing where to go but hoping to escape whoever or whatever that was chasing us.

"Hey wait!" I hear the man's voice from behind us.

We didn't stop and continued to run.

"Miss! Miss, you dropped your usb!" the man shouted.

I suddenly stopped and looked back. "What?" I asked, confused. I saw a rather kind looking fellow, running and holding a red flashdrive in his hand.

When he finally stopped in front of me, he tried to catch his breath. "Man, you sure do run fast" he said with a few pants.

"You dropped this while you were walking. Thought this might contain really important stuff" he said while handing me my usb.

"Uh, thanks" I took the usb from his hands, embarassed that I made him chase us for about five or six blocks.

"No problem." he said while walking off, giving me a weird look before heading out. I could've sworn he muttered something like "sucess" and "new plaything"

"Hey, Rach I--" I stopped as I didn't see my friend ahead of me. She must've ran ahead to her house, too scared to listen. She has always been a scaredy cat.

"Just great." I ranted as I continued the journey to her house alone.

Upon arriving in her house, I knocked and was greated by her mom.

"Hello Mrs. Dawson. Is Rachel already here?" I asked politely.

Mrs. Dawson gave me a dumbfounded look. "But she said she was gonna pick you up. She left about half an hour ago."

"Yes, but we kind of seperated when we panicked when we thought we were gonna be kidnapped" I honestly said.

"What? Are you okay? Where's Rachel? What happened?!" Mrs. Dawson frantically asked.

"It's alright Mrs. Dawson. It was just a man who retrieved my usb when I dropped it. Although when I looked ahead, I haven't seen Rachel anywhere. So I thought she went ahead here." I explained.

"She hasn't come back yet." Mrs. Dawson stated. We both gave each other worried looks.

I stayed at Rachel's waiting for her. It was already past 10 and still no sign of her. Rachel's mom told me to head home and she'll inform me of what happens in the morning. My dad fetched me and I had one of the most uncomfortable sleep in my life.

When I woke up, I see my mom and dad sitting on the edge of my bed. My heart pounded.

"Melissa.. We talked to Rachel's parents.." mom said.

"She's gone, honey. I'm so sorry." she continued.

My heart dropped.

"What..? That cant be!" I argued.

"Its true honey. Rachel's mom told me that earlier morning, the police found Rachel's mutilated body in a ditch near her house. " dad explained solemnly.

I started to cry as my parents comforted me. They soon left my room, giving me space. I wallowed in sadness. I slowly stood up and rubbed my sweaty hands on my pants. I then felt something odd. I felt lumps. One for each pocket. I dug my hands to both of my pockets and was shocked from what I saw.

There in each of my hands was two flashdrives. They looked almost similar, but I recognized the other one as truly my own. Sweat ran down my temples as realization hit me.

"Oh my God." I gasped.

I quickly plugged the other usb that was not mine into my laptop to see its contents. There was only one file and it was a document and was named 'asdfghjkl' . I opened it and paled. There, a single sentenced was written and it said;

'We fooled you'

My tears fell once again as I finally thought of it all.

We? ..The man was not alone.. He had an ally. I thought of it all.

What the man did was just an act to distract me as his friend kidnapped Rachel.. He gave me a different usb but because of the darkness last night, I barely noticed the difference. The man took my panicked state as an advantage to confuse me and make me really think I dropped my flashdrive when it was in fact, in my pocket all along. My head pounded with all this information.

But what bothered me the most was on how the man knew I had a USB with me that looked almost exactly the same to what he gave me.

I cried and cried before everything faded black.

That event happened 3 years ago. Until now, I still cant get over everything. But that experience sure made me careful on who or what circumstance I meet. I still keep that damned USB. I now work as a salesclerk in a nearby mall. When I got home, I was baffled to see the USB on top of my dresser. It was kept in one of the drawers and I dont remember taking it out.

I felt the familiar feeling of fear in my body. With shaking hands, I picked it up, opened my laptop and plugged it in.

My fear increased as I saw two new files. One was an image and another document. I hesitantly opened the document. There was only a single sentence.

'Soon now.'

I was confused and petrified. I then opened the image and felt tears run down my cheeks.

It was a picture of me from last night, sleeping.

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