Wan was baffled. 3 people had died at the exact same time, from what seemed to be a heart attack. The only thing these people had in common was they'd all watched a videotape 7 days earlier, and they had received a phone call informing them they'd die in 7 days...and they did.

Wan flipped open Li Ming's diary. "But it was so weird because when we watched the video, it was not what we rented." Wan sighed. "So did they find the video completely by accident?" Wan thought aloud. "Perhaps I should go to the video store and check it out."

When she arrived, Wan walked up to a man at his computer in the front. "Could you check for me to see if you have a customer named Ng Li Ming?" Wan asked.

The man said nothing, but began typing furiously at his computer. "Yes," he finally said.

"Could you tell me the title of the movie she rented last week?"

The man gave her a look and began typing again. "Some movie called Absolute Silence."

"Thank you," Wan said. She walked over to the section with "A" movies. "Ah, here it is." Wan opened up the video cover. But it said "Absolute Silence" on it.

"Then where's-," Wan stopped when she noticed one other copy of "Absolute Silence" in the back, somewhat hidden. It had a big red streak down the middle that looked like blood. Wan reached with a shaky hand to pick it up. Her tanned finger slowly gripped ahold of the video.

"Aiii!" Wan screamed when a shock when up her on.

"Ma'am what is going on?" The man at the computer asked, obviously angered.

"Sorry...just twisted my wrist." Wan proceeded to open the case. Li Ming was right, it looked like a recorder tape, there was no writing on the front. Wan carefully put the tape back in its case. A shiver went down her spine. She walked back to the man and slowly handed him the tape. He glared at her, bagged it, and handed it to her.

"It's due in a week." He said.

Wan slowly walked into the bright sunlight. She fumbled with her keyring until she found the one to her car. She sat the tape as far away from her as possible. Something about it didn't seem right. As she drove, heavy rain began pouring.

"Strange it was sunny seconds ago..." Wan quickly drove the rest of the way home.

Wan picked up the tape. She found herself breathing fast, and sprinting to her door. She quickly slid it open then ran inside. The smell of day old rice greeted her at the door and wrapped around her nose. She began walking towards the tv, as if in slow mo- one small step, pause, another. After what seemed like an eternity, Wan was sitting on her knees, face to face with the blank tv screen. Her eyes slowly moved down to the VCR, and her hands finished the job by ever so slowly sticking the tape through. The tv zapped on. Pause. An image of a ring of light appeared. It seemed to melt into the next image: a close up of a small, dead boy. pause. a little girl, her mother and father. The little girl's hair was covering her face and they appeared to be at a football game, except everyone lay dead on the floor. It quickly zapped away, then it showed the mother brushing her hair in front of a mirror. It showed another mirror next to it, with the little girl inside. Pause. Next image: A violent storm raging; rain, lightning, thunder; everything toppled over. Next image: the mother standing on a ledge, about to throw herself into the waters below. Last image: a stone well, surrounded by trees. When it went away, the tv turned off. Wan sat still for a minute. What she had just seen seemed to paralyze her. She slowly brought herself to her feet.

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

Wan screamed. She absent mindedly began reaching for the phone. Ever so slowly she reached, until finally it met with the phone. She rose it to her ear.

"Hello?"

Nothing.

"...Hello?"

Wan heard breathing

"Who's there...?"

"...seven days..."

"Who is this."

Too late, the person was gone.

Wan began screaming. She had no idea why.

Wan went to bed that night shaky. Something about that tape had left her uneasy. She had a dream-a very strange dream. The little girl from the tape was in it. Her head was peeking out of the well and her hair was covering her face. Wan seemed to be standing in front of her. The little girl began to giggle.

"Death," she said. "Death to those who interfere. Death to you all." The little girls head began to move in Wan's direction. Although Wan couldn't see her eyes, she knew the little girl was staring straight at her. "And death to you," she said. The little girl let go of the sides of the well, and her head disappeared. There was a short pause and Wan heard a splash. The word Death began ringing in Wan's ear, and there was loud laughter.

Wan bolted upright in bed and began screaming. While screaming she took notice of the face that the little girls was standing right at the foot of her bed. Wan screamed louder until everything went black.