THE LAST SIGNAL

The world didn't end with chaos.
It ended with silence.
No warnings. No bodies. No explanation. One moment, everything was normal - the next, people were simply gone. Cities left standing, but empty. Quiet. Watching.
Nia Dalton is one of the few still alive, struggling to survive in a world that no longer makes sense.
Then she finds the phone.
Cracked. Almost dead. But still working.
At midnight, it lights up.
"Don't go outside tomorrow."
She ignores it.
Then it happens exactly as warned.
More messages follow. Each one accurate. Each one impossible.
Desperate, she replies.
The answer changes everything.
"I'm you. Three days ahead."
At first, it feels like a miracle - a way to survive. But the messages begin to change.
Warnings become instructions.
Instructions become commands.
"Don't help him."
"Leave her behind."
When Nia meets another survivor, Jace, he warns her: the phone isn't helping - it's controlling her.
And as reality begins to break, Nia must decide:
Trust the future...
Or fight it.
Because the most dangerous message she will ever receive-
Is her own.
(For The Wattys)