Cyber Security | A Short Story

𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓣𝔀𝓸

I chatted for God knows how long and asked some of the people there what reasons caused them to enter the deep web. Answers included - Socialization, Black Market and etc... From that I concluded that this place was seriously a different place and not some social media website I normally go to.

My phone suddenly vibrated, "What the heck are you doing in the deep web?" I didn't have any single idea who just messaged me other than the number appearing.

"Who is this?" I asked. But after a long time of waiting I didn't have a reply and when I got back to the computer I was now redirected to a video chat site without me knowing what just happened.

What appeared on the screen was a dark living room I normally hear on Creepy pasta stories on the internet. This time though, it was real and was in front of my eyes.

"What the... "I said.

Slowly, a face emerged from the dark screen. It looked like a man in a dark suit and was looking at me.

"Who is this?" I asked. "Are you the one who texted me?"

"I am the devil," said the man in the video. "Didn't your friends told you not to go to the deep web?"

I was frightened, HOW COULD HE HAVE KNOWN? But I remained calm, some random person could've have known about that simple fact. Suddenly, not long after, the man began sending information about me and I was scared now. SO THIS IS THE DARK WEB... I finally realized how deep in the abyss I fell unto, but it was too late for me to do something about it. The sending of information and pictures of me took very long and I just thought about turning the power off to which the PC did. I calmed myself; I thought the nightmare was finally over.

Not long after, my phone continued what my PC was doing just a while ago and this time, I didn't know what to do. I crumpled like a paper in fear and the sounds of a notification bell kept going and weren't going to stop anytime soon.

Then, it stopped. I heard a final ding of a notification bell and slowly, I looked at the screen. A smile emoji showed up on the screen, then followed by a message popping-up, "VIRUS CLEANSED..."