Out of Time

I got a timer on my phone that counts down from 60 seconds. Every single day at midnight,

it resets. I never installed it, can't delete it, just accepted it

was there. But last night, something changed. The countdown hit zero and instead

of restarting, the screen went black. Then new text appeared, you are out of time.

My bedroom lights started flickering. I felt cold air on my neck. When I turned around,

there was a shadow in the corner, shaped like a person but wrong, too tall,

too still. It didn't move, just watched. My phone buzzed again.

One word, run. I'm hiding in my car now. The timer just reappeared.