The Message From The Dead Number

Chapter 44: Door 18 - Mike

Day 17.

00:00:00

Jessica was running out of time.

17 days gone.

3 to go.

On her desk: FILE 18 - MIKE

Age: 35

Last seen: 3:33 AM, 2 days ago

Cause: Car Crash

Her phone buzzed.

3:33 AM.

Unknown: Day 17.

Unknown: Get him out before the car explodes.

White hallway.

3 doors left.

DOOR 18: MIKE

Jessica opened it.

Rain.

Screeching tires.

A car flipped.

Smoke everywhere.

Mike was inside.

Unconscious.

Seatbelt stuck.

Jessica: MIKE!

Man: 24 hours.

Man: Get him out... or he burns.

Jessica ran to the car.

The door was jammed.

She tried to pull it.

Jessica: Mike! Wake up!

Mike: Huh... what...

Jessica: We're getting you out.

Jessica: Hold on.

She found a rock.

Smashed the window.

Glass everywhere.

Smoke was getting thicker.

She could smell gas.

Jessica: Come on Mike.

Jessica: Move!

She reached in.

Unbuckled him.

Pulled him out.

Just as they rolled away.

BOOM.

The car exploded.

Fire behind them.

Mike: You... saved me...

Jessica: Don't move.

Jessica: Help is coming.

Sirens in the distance.

Ambulance arriving.

Man: Day 17... complete.

Man: 2 doors left.

Jessica and Mike sat on the wet road.

Watching the car burn.

2 more.

The final stretch.