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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnd suddenly, they remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The screams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the door\u2026 the one they really did close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Someone had been left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cWe\u2026 we couldn\u2019t\u2026 we were just kids\u2026\u201d his voice broke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cYou could\u2026\u201d it replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in an instant, it was right in front of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Too close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unnaturally close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A freezing cold seeped into their bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cI knocked\u2026\u201d
\u2014 \u201cI screamed\u2026\u201d
\u2014 \u201cAnd you\u2026 you walked away\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cI\u2019M SORRY!\u201d one of them shouted, collapsing to his knees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The thing reached out its hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in that moment\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the clock on the wall began ticking backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The room started to shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As if time itself was tearing apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were back in that corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fire behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The screams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cNo\u2026 no, not again\u2026\u201d \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cThis time\u2026 you won\u2019t leave\u2026\u201d the voice whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The door handle in their hands began to melt from the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other side, someone was pounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Desperately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then suddenly\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
someone started pounding on the door of the room they were in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One knock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another \u2014 louder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly turned their heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The door the thing had come through\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was closed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cYou\u2026 you hear that too?\u201d \ud83d\ude28
\u2014 \u201cYeah\u2026 but\u2026 it\u2019s already inside\u2026 so who\u2019s\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The knocking grew louder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a shadow began to seep under the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the voice, right next to them, whispered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cNow\u2026 there are three of you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The light went out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in the absolute darkness\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
someone took a slow step right behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n