A static shot of an empty hallway. The wallpaper is peeling in long, rhythmic curls.
The camera tilts up rapidly. For a split second, a face fills the screen. It isn't a human face, but a composite of dozens of low-resolution still photos stitched together, flickering like a dying fluorescent bulb. The Aftermath b6216.mp4
Elias looked at the file properties one last time. The "Date Created" hadn't been 2014. It was . A static shot of an empty hallway
Then, the sound started. It wasn't coming from his speakers. It was the rhythmic click-clack of leather soles on the hardwood floor in the hallway behind his office door. b6216.mp4
The footage was grainy, shot in the sickly greenish hue of a night-vision baby monitor.