Countdown

This story is called Countdown...

Let's all admit it. We always counted down when we saw numbers counting down to zero. But this story is a bit... weirder than randomly counting down to 0 from 10 (or maybe you could from 20?)

I was 10 at the time and I stumbled across a game called 'Run or Countdown", Thinking the name was spam and not about the game at all, I clicked on it. But boy was I wrong. When I joined it was a server of 5. I was the 5th to join this server. So this whole game was full.

I was talking to my friend at the time and we had this conversation:

Me: Hey, ever heard of a game called 'Run or Countdown'?

Them: ooh that, I saw it but scrolled past it

Me: It's pretty weird...

Them: oh really?

Me: Yeah...

I looked back at the game after typing that and people were screaming in the chat?

Someone: OMG RUN

and then someone else was like,

Someone2: Did you see that?!

I looked back to the chat with my friend

Them: how weird is it?

Them: you there?

Them: it doesn't take you this long to reply, are you ok?

Me: Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit scared about WHY THE HELL ARE PEOPLE SCREAMING IN THE CHAT

Them: Woah Woah Woah wait let me get on the game with you

Me: The game is full. So you can't join

I checked the number of people in the game and three people left?

Me: Oh wait, there are two open spots.

Them: ok let me join

He joined, and now we were both standing, in a black room, no one else was in the game, besides us.

Them: woah where did everyone go

Me: I don't know, and we need to find out.

Them: woah, we NEED to or is it optional?

Me: We NEED to.

Them: damn Nicole need is a strong word are you sure

Me: Yes, I am sure.

We walked to the end of the black room we were in and immediately heard screams.

Me: DID YOU JUST HAVE YOUR VOLUME UP TO HEAR THAT

Them: no what did you hear?!

Me: SCREAMS, DJ. SCREAMS.

Them: oh jeez ok I'm not putting my volume up

We fell in a hole and everything there was black too?

I started to hear whispers, but I couldn't make out what they were.

But I'm pretty sure I heard a 'RUN' in the whispers.

Me: WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS GAME NOW

My typing started to mess up because I was shaking. I honestly didn't care if I died or not I just want my only Roblox friend to be safe.

Them: whoa why?

Me: I HEARD WHISPERS AND I THINK I HEARD 'RUN' WE NEED TO GO NOW

Them: oh OK and tell me...

Them: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BENEATH US

Me: HOLY SHT

It was a giant spike there with a blood decal on the base plate of where the spike was standing.

I started to hear numbers being whispered.

"10...9...8..."

Me: DJ WE NEED TO GO NOW

Them: I DON'T CARE, YOU LEAVE. I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS

"5...4..."

Me: DJ NO LEAVE OR I DON'T LEAVE

Them: 2...

Me: DJ JUST LEAVE! OR WE ARE GONNA DIE!!

I left at that time. And it's been 1 year since I heard from them.

I saw the game again, so I joined.

It looked like a graveyard this time.

There were graves with a photo of who died.

I kept looking through, and the second to last one...

'Here Lies [NAME REDACTED]'

Even if the name was taken away, I knew this was my friend.

I sit there, on my computer.

With no motion except slowly starting to say,

"Why did you countdown?"