Left for Suffering

I am a gamer. I live in Egypt, A 3rd world country, Currency is weak, Technology is very expensive and my family is not very rich. My dad works as a Head of a sector in a Real Estate company. My mother is a house-wife, So she doesn't really work. They both think gaming is a really stupid thing, And we shouldn't really spend much on Games, and Gaming hardware, So, I pirate almost most of my games.

It was 5 PM, I was checking steam, Playing A lot of Garry's mod, Because it's the only Legit paid game I have because my generous friend gave it to me as a gift. I thought of doing something else, So I exited Garry's mod and before I closed the Steam tab, It came to my eye that Left for Dead 2 is free for a specific time. I thought it was free for only that time and then it would be taken away from you, Just like most games that steam offers for a small time then disappears from your library. I don't download those games because my internet is very slow and I have a limited Internet which I really try to save it for great lasting games.

So I opened chrome, Browsed the internet for a bit, Then decided to open Facebook. My friend, Who is also a gamer, Sent me a message saying in a very excited way "Hey dude!" I wondered why was he very excited, Then I sent him saying "What's up?" Right after I sent that, He immediatly said that Left for dead 2 is free on steam. I sent him a message saying "Don't worry, It's just one of those games that last in your library for a small time then disappears" He started typing, Then he sent "No dude! It actually lasts in your library even after the time ends!" I was shocked, And very excited to hear that! "Really?! I will go download it right away! Maybe we can play later" I said, He replied with "Alright, I will go to bed now, talk to you later!".

I then immediately opened steam, I looked for the game and Downloaded it, Took me exactly 9 hours to download, But it's totally worth it, Having an actual paid game with multi-player working and everything, No errors, No viruses and completely legal! I started it up, And I started playing. I then played it for a long time, It was 12 PM then, I kept playing for like 6 AM so it's 6 hours none stop of killing zombies. It was very fun, I finished the campaign and got most of the achievements, Downloaded some addons, Some funny addons which change the sound of healing, Some others who change the character models to my other favouraite games characters. I had a lot of fun playing it. Then, I decided to start playing with people online. I joined in with some people, Picked Nick and started playing.

When the game started, The game immediatly crashed. I tried to open it again, But it says that the game is already running. I opened the task manager, Checked if there is a Left for dead 2 process, But I found nothing. I got really mad about this, But I calmed down and gone to the game's support page. I started a new thread and wrote what happened to me and kept waiting for it, In the mean time, I decided to check other threads. Most threads said that there are very bad players who joined the left for dead 2 community after the free game announcement. I clicked on one, The author of the thread and people who commented were talking about those players. Some stated that the most of them don't know how to play, Some stated that they are foreigners and don't communicate with the players in the game. Others stated that there were freaks and weird people who kept acting weird in-game and said really weird things in chat.

They were really mad about those people. I got a bit offended cause that's how I got the game but didn't mind. I got bored out of it and then checked my thread again. Someone actually gave me a full comment on instructions on how to fix that problem step by step. I thanked him a lot then launched the game again.I started playing online, The first game was totally okay and the game went great, But suddenly everyone left and there was no one but me playing as Ellis this time. Then, Suddenly, The guy from before who helped me with the game joined. I wrote in the chat "Hey! What a convenient coincidence!". He didn't answer or say anything. We started playing for almost 10 mins, Then he suddenly opened his microphone. What came out of the microphone is all white noise (static). It stayed like this for a bit. Then I heard a very weird sound coming out of his microphone...Sounded like someone squealing...I wrote "What the hell?" then he turned off his microphone.

Me, As someone who gets jump-scared from anything, Got really weirded out by that, So I muted my speaker. After 2 mins he wrote in the chat "turn on ur speaker"...How did he know that I muted it? I was really tired and didn't give it a thought so I turned it on. He then turned on his microphone and all I heard is a TV. playing a movie in the background. I said "Hi" in the chat. He replied with "Greetings", He sounded like a 18-22 year old guy, His voice was deep. I then asked "So...Where are you from?" He said "England". I was convinced, From his english accent. I then jokingly said "Are you drinking tea right now? Haha!" He replied "Are you mocking me?" I immediatly said "No no! I am just joking, I respect English people!" His microphone then went to static again.

I got really scared, Cause I thought I would hear the same squeal again, Like I said, I get scared from anything. I just went to mute my speaker and I heard a louder yet deeper squeal, It sounded like a squeal for help. I got really freaked out, His microphone then went to normal and he said "Sorry for that" I got mad and said "What the hell was that?!" He said "Nothing, It won't happen again." I demanded to know what that was. But he left the game. I then turned off left for dead, And gone to sleep. I was very shocked from what I heard. What the hell was that? Where did it come from? Why did he leave like that? Those questions were flying around my mind until I finally managed to sleep.

It was then 7 AM, I dreamed about the game...It was all pitch black, Then I heard one of the screams the witch does then I woke up. I was freaked out, I looked at the clock, It was 8 AM. I was very weirded out. My father, Before he went to work, Told me that my computer kept making a call ringtone a lot of times which woke him up. I apologized for that and He went to work. I ran to my computer and decided to check what that was. I found that the same guy added me...I was shocked, Cause I don't remember even accepting his add! I wrote "What the hell do you want for me?!" Right before I pressed enter, He sent "So you finally woke up?" I was shocked at first, But I was calmed because I remembered that Steam says "Typing" when you type a message, But how did he know I was sleeping?

I pressed enter and he replied with "Didn't you want to know what the sound was?" Before I replied, He sent a link...The link ended with .onion. .onion websites are websites that are in the depth of the internet, Those sites either have really illegal stuff or very gore things, I didn't know that at first. I then decreased the resolution of chrome so If it's a screamer I wouldn't really get that scared, But it took me to a site that is full with ads, I was weirded out cause I remember installing adblock, I checked for it and found that it was disabled, I enabled it and all I found is a really black image. Nothing but black. I look at the chat and wrote "There is nothing here" he then said "Look again".

At this point, I got really scared. My heart started beating very fast. I didn't know if I had the courage to open the tab again...But with curiosity, I opened the tab. It was a video, Of a guy with a television behind him. I knew that I heard those voices before, The ones in the movie playing. It suddenly came to me, Since there is no pause/play button...It's actually a stream. The guy said "Hi". I couldn't move a muscle. I didn't know what to do. He then said "Leave now, And it will be the end for you", It didn't threaten me, Cause I know those kinds of black-mails, And I live in  a house with Metal bars on every window/balcony and I live in an apartment in a building. So I moved my mouse quickly to the X mark I immediately clicked...But nothing happened. I kept clicking then it said "Chrome is not responding" I told myself "What a shitty browser.."

Despite the fact that it was not responding the guy then said "So you want to know what you heard? I really wanted to show you, My work of art" He then had a wide scary-looking grin on his face, And he looked as if he is carrying something, And slowly lifting it to the webcam. Right after that, I quickly turned off my computer. But I got to see...What I saw, Is unbearable. It was a body of what looks like a 15 year old girl...It had a Pig's head sewn on it's neck instead of her head...Before the computer was shut down I heard someone who sounded like a kid screaming and someone saying..."Scream, little pig...You are next".

I left my computer shut down for some hours. I went to open my brother's laptop, Opened steam and went to our chat. The chat was empty. There was no link there. I tried to look for his Steam ID but no luck. This loonatic is alive somewhere. I can't sleep at night. I eat very lightly and I lost a few pounds. I feel weak. What's that idiot thinking? He thinks I am gonna be weird like him? He could just find me and "end" me? He thinks he can make me suffer? Hah, He can't do that. After a thought...I kinda liked that scene, Kinda makes me...laugh, I love hearing that squeal in my mind...The blood looked really pleasuring. It's a really funny idea to put a pig's head on her body..Isn't it? It does look like a work of art. Hah, That idiot...It is not the end for me...

It's just the beginning.