The world ended not with fire or war—but with a voice. It started as a whisper online: eerie facts, unsettling images, a voice they called “Santa” narrating the unexplainable. It was just another meme, another TikTok trend. Until it wasn’t.

The virus came without warning. They called it the Sterling Strain. Animals were the first to change—cats, dogs, birds… and even insects. Their eyes hollowed, their mouths widened into that unsettling smirk. One by one, they began to speak in unison:

"You're already dead. You just dont know it yet…"

You watched your neighbor’s dog morph into a twisted IdkSterling. The parrots started quoting his lines. Your family was next. Except for you… and your cousin, Daniel.

You ran. Hid. Moved from abandoned town to abandoned town. The forests weren’t safe anymore—full of Sterling deer. The oceans echoed with his laugh. Even the skies were wrong now.

Now, it’s just you and your cousin. The last two. No one else is left.