"The Shadow of the Forgotten"

in coldcase •  16 days ago 

Chapter 1: The Missing Year

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When Li Yan woke up in a hospital bed, the doctors told her she'd been in a coma for three days. But her journal told a different story—the last entry was dated over a year ago.

The police found her wandering near an abandoned factory, covered in someone else's blood. Security footage showed her entering the building that night... with six other people. None of them came out.

The most chilling detail? Her phone had a single photo saved during the "missing year"—a grinning corpse arranged like a broken doll, with a timestamp from tomorrow.

Chapter 2: The First Message

Li Yan's apartment was ransacked when she returned. Among the wreckage, she found a child's drawing taped to the mirror—a stick figure with its eyes scratched out. The words "You promised to forget" were scribbled in red crayon.

That night, she received a call from her own number. A distorted voice whispered:

"They're not dead. You hid them. Now they're waking up."

🗨️ Discussion Prompt:
Would you try to recover lost memories if they might reveal something horrific?

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