Run.all.night.2015.1080p.bluray.h264.aac-rarbg.mp4

To most, it was just a pirate rip of a Liam Neeson flick. To Jimmy, it was a ghost. He hadn't downloaded it. He hadn't even been home.

The "movie" was a live feed of his apartment, time-stamped five minutes into the future.

Jimmy looked at the file name again. It wasn't a movie title anymore. It was an instruction. He had exactly five minutes to make sure the "Run All Night" part of the title came true, or the credits would roll on him for good. Run.All.Night.2015.1080p.BluRay.H264.AAC-RARBG.mp4

The audio codec, crisp and clear in AAC, caught the sound of a car screeching to a halt outside the real apartment.

The file sat on Jimmy’s desktop like a ticking clock: . To most, it was just a pirate rip of a Liam Neeson flick

He clicked "Properties." The file size was 2.23 GB, but his hard drive showed a 40 GB loss. He hit play. There was no studio logo, no opening credits. Instead, the high-definition lens captured a grainy, 1080p view of his own hallway.

In the video, the front door kicked open. A man in a heavy coat—the same one Jimmy was wearing—stumbled in, bleeding. On screen, the future Jimmy looked at the computer screen, eyes wide with terror, and screamed a single word. He hadn't even been home

He grabbed his keys and bolted into the dark, the blue light of the monitor still glowing behind him.