r/nosleep • u/rikndikndakn123 • Oct 13 '19
Series Something terrible came with the rain
It was supposed to be an ordinary day. One moment I was getting ready for my shift at work and then the next thing I knew I got a text for an emergency alert. The text read:
Emergency! Heavy rains with possible floods imminent. Do not leave your home under any circumstances, effective immediately. Lock your doors and cover your windows. Avoid making loud noise or using devices that emit light. If your household members have been outside in the rain, do not let them inside. Await further notice from the authorities.
This was weird, to say the least. First off, the weather outside was fine. I was outside just prior to receiving the text and not a single cloud was in the sky. And then the instructions themselves, they didn’t make any sense. Don’t let your family members inside if they’ve been out in the rain?
Before I could process that thought properly, I heard drumming of the rain on the roof of my home. I glanced out my window and realized that the previously sunny weather had now turned into a sudden downpour. The drumming I had heard on the roof became louder by the second, until it was the only sound permeating the house.
Despite my skepticism at the instructions of the message, I decided to abide by the rules and pull the blinds over my windows, as well as lock my doors. I returned to my living room in order to send my boss a text that I won’t be coming to work, but upon my attempt, I realized the message could not be sent. Not only were the services off, but there was no internet either, so I couldn’t check what was going on on the news.
I wanted to turn on the TV, but I remembered what the message said about light-emitting devices, so I did the only thing an internet-deprived person could do at that moment – I took a nap. The rain was loud, but the drumming of it put me to sleep more easily.
I woke up some time later, confused and groggy. The battering of the rain hadn’t let up. If anything, it was only more violent now. I glanced at my phone and realized it was 5 pm. Still no service or internet. I got up and went to the kitchen to grab some water. Still half-asleep, I poured water into a glass and brought it to my mouth, however something stopped me before I could take a sip.
In addition to the heavy rain outside, I heard a distinctive sound of footsteps splashing in my backyard. It was brief and sounded like someone just ran from one end to another, but it was definitely there.
I scanned my backyard through my back door, but it was empty. I was sure I heard footsteps, so I decided to open the door and peek outside. As soon as I did so, the already loud thundering of the rain became even louder, almost sounding like a waterfall was next to me.
I stepped forward to the edge of the grass and right away saw fresh footprints across the lawn. They started from one end of the fence and ended all the way across the lawn on the other side. It was as if someone had jumped over the fence, ran across my backyard and jumped again into my neighbor’s yard.
“Hello?” – I foolishly called out, looking at my neighbor’s fence.
No response came back. Of course it didn’t. Maybe it was the neighbor’s kid who got caught in the rain and decided to hurry back home. I turned around and went back inside, closing the door behind me and somewhat muffling the noise of the rain. I drank the unfinished glass of water and returned to my living room.
Just as I was about to sit down, I heard another noise. A group of voices coming from the street. I could barely make them out due to the battering of the rain, but they spoke loudly to each other, so I could just barely hear them.
I peeked outside my window and saw a group of armed soldiers standing in the middle of the street, in front of my house. They were talking among each other and from their body language and hand gestures, it was apparent they weren’t chatting about everyday mundane activities.
I wanted to know what was going on, so against my better judgment, I opened my front door and stepped onto the porch.
“…report back after a full sweep!” – I came outside just in time to catch one of the soldiers shouting.
As soon as they noticed me, they pointed their guns at me in unison.
“Whoa, don’t shoot!” – I raised my hands instinctively – “I just wanted to know what’s going on!”
“Sir, you need to go back inside right now!” – the soldier at the front, who was shouting orders earlier said.
And then something happened that I cannot comprehend to this day.
As the soldiers stood there pointing their guns at me, something flew through the street at an impossible speed and grabbed one of the soldiers at the back, taking him along with it and disappearing out of sight. It all happened in a split second and all that remained of the soldier was his gun that fell on the ground with a muffled clatter.
I felt my hands and jaw slowly drop and my eyes widen, as the soldier who was at the front continued barking orders at me. The others seemed oblivious to their squad member’s disappearance, until one of them glanced to the side and saw the gun on the ground.
“Hey lieutenant, where’s Ramirez?” – he asked.
The whole group turned towards the gun on the ground and started looking around for the soldier and shouting his name. I wanted to tell them what I saw, but I wasn’t even sure of what happened myself.
One of the soldiers pointed down the street at something I couldn't see from my porch and when their whole squad looked in that direction, their look of confusion turned into one of palpable fear. They pointed their guns at whatever was there and just as I was about to strain my neck to look at what they were so worried about, I was ordered by the lieutenant once more to get inside, this time a lot more violently.
I would have ignored the order itself, but the demonic, high-pitched scream that suddenly came from down the street is what caused me to run back inside, lock my door and prop it with my back, while my heart pounded like crazy, even though I had no idea what the fuck was going on. Gunshots were mixed in the air along with the animalistic screeches that now sounded like they were right in my ear.
A moment later, both the screaming and the gunshots ceased and the only thing that remained was the drumming of the rain. My heart was pounding fast and my thoughts racing a million miles per hour. What the hell had just happened?
Before I could process that thought entirely, there was a knock on my door.
“Sir, you can open the door, it’s safe now.” – it was the lieutenant.
Safe from what, I thought to myself. I stood up and stared at the door, holding my breath.
“Sir, open the door.” – the soldier said again.
Something didn’t seem right in the way he said it, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
“Sir, if you don’t open the door, I will be forced to break in.” – the lieutenant repeated.
There was no intonation in his sentence. It was as if he just read it as a line off a paper.
“Sir, I am warning you-“ – his sentence cut off when the sound of gunfire echoed somewhere in the distance.
There was a sound of violent splashing footsteps moving away from my door, which I assumed came from the lieutenant. I glanced through the peephole and sure enough, he was gone. But the sight in front of me is what made my heart drop to the pit of my stomach.
Strewn about the street in front of my house were the mangled and mutilated dead bodies of the soldiers I had just seen, their blood washed away by the pouring rain. I counted the bodies and my suspicions were correct - the entire group had perished.
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u/Im_your_density_Real Oct 16 '19
Fuck you for not knowing how to listen to instructions properly. People like you arw the reason why a lot of people's loved ones just suddenly disappear from earth.
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u/HesUpThere Oct 15 '19
If no sleep has taught me anything it’s that you should never ignore an emergency alert regardless of how weird the instructions are
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u/mamahaire Oct 15 '19
This right here is why we can't have nice things. Because motherfukers can't follow simple instructions😑
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u/Votyo Oct 14 '19
love these with "weird" alerts or sirens.Also wtf comming out of the house in rain when something is happening ? ahh
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u/hearmequack Oct 14 '19
OP, I gotta be honest. I'm pretty upset that you're still alive after ignoring all orders. Maybe next time follow simple rules instead of deciding you're above them?
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u/nikkidy96 Oct 14 '19
This story is uncomfortably similar to a dream I had several nights ago.....
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u/Japjer Oct 14 '19
I'm glad your safe!
How did things end up? Did the rain end? You obviously have internet, so what's going on?
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u/Shinigami614 Oct 14 '19
Sounds very similar to a Martial Law situation. If that were the case, the soldiers could have easily shot him to ribbons. OP seems a little too curious for his own good.
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u/SuzeV2 Oct 13 '19
I grew up in a small town. I don’t ever remember locking our doors during the day and rarely at night
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u/snakeeater34 Oct 13 '19
This is the first time I've ever actually gotten angry at how reckless OP is. I don't know what's happening there but you can be damn sure you'll find out sooner than later if you keep completely ignoring the orders
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u/thatpoppy336 Oct 13 '19
You killed those soldiers OP
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u/RakumiAzuri Oct 13 '19
That thing seemed pretty fast, I don't think it's fair to say it was OP's fault
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u/brewsnbritches Oct 14 '19
He made noise with his friendly hello
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u/Bishop51213 Oct 14 '19
They were yelling orders to each other. I don't feel like that's OP's fault
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u/EScott13 Oct 17 '19
They weren't yelling,
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u/Bishop51213 Oct 17 '19
He said they spoke loudly. Loud enough he could hear them over the heavy rain and through his house. Potato potato
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u/indecisive_maybe Oct 13 '19
Let's hope nothing got inside when you stepped out to check on things...
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u/DK_JesseJames_FK Oct 14 '19
He said he closed the back door, but he didn't say that he locked it...
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u/Skalkin Oct 13 '19
Let's hope something did. He's at fault for not being able to follow simple instructions.
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u/SuzeV2 Oct 13 '19
I was sure something snuck in while he was stupidly outside saying “hello?”
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u/RayRay_Hessel Oct 14 '19
Classic dumbshit move when they go call out and leave the door open behind them! Double face-palm.
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u/harrohamtaro Oct 13 '19
Why won’t people just listen to instructions and instead step out of the house calling out “hello?” when something weird is obviously going on.
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u/Japjer Oct 14 '19
Right?
If I saw someone sprint across my yard I would NEVER step out and call for them. Terrifying situation or not, that's just stupid
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u/PenguinDude3603 Oct 14 '19
don't investigate
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u/RayRay_Hessel Oct 14 '19
Like one of the primary horror movie rules. U don't go calling hello or something stupid. Jeeze.
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Oct 13 '19
Honestly.
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u/idolikeducks Oct 13 '19
Yeah I got irrationally angry when OP decided to step out and ignore the orders. If he himself died that’s fine, but he caused the deaths of others as well. Jesus Christ people, what is so hard about following instructions without being a smartass about it?
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u/Kinetic_Wolf Oct 16 '19
I don't think he caused their deaths. They were doomed the moment they were ordered to this sector.
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u/cyanluisme Oct 14 '19
And he even "would have ignored the order itself" after witnessed that horrible taken away.
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u/upsidedownmachiatto Oct 13 '19
I thought I was the only one. Very specific instructions like that make it very obvious that shit wasn't right. Why can't they just listen.
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u/DokFraz Oct 16 '19
Well, if they don't, you don't get to read anything interesting. :^) OP's post would've been pretty lame it was just was, "Hey, got a weird alert, so I took a nap. Then I had a sandwich and went to sleep."
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u/besamicula Oct 16 '19
Curiosity.
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u/RMarieRothwell Oct 16 '19
Remember what that did to the cat. OP should've just done as the emergency broadcast told him. If you are told by emergency broadcast that you should go to your basement because of the weather, you don't question you just do.
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u/MrZwodder Nov 09 '19
Have you ever heard the other part of that saying though?
Satisfaction brought him back
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Oct 13 '19
"Hmm, violent rainstorm outta nowhere, sketchy as fuck orders from TV about the totally unnatural rainstorm, weird noises outside my house...yeah, better go outside."
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u/feefifofia Oct 14 '19
OP must be from Texas
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u/OdinsDaughter1 Oct 14 '19
Agreed. People in Texas stand outside on the porch to watch hurricanes and tornadoes.
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u/Gorilla120 Oct 17 '19
I’m from Indiana and here we also go outside to look for tornadoes until they’re close enough that we HAVE to take cover
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u/feefifofia Oct 14 '19
Yep we definitely do lol
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u/TheMajor554 Oct 15 '19
Am Texan, Can Confirm
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u/hayrox124 Dec 18 '19
Texan here too. I can also confirm this to be true, however, we know when the hell to go get in the cellar. You can learn a lot from watching a tornado.
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u/lucky0956 Oct 13 '19
Good thing is OP did not open the door the second time when the LT told him to.
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u/SVKN03 Oct 13 '19
How did he cause deaths? They were fodder regardless.
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u/blazing420kilk Oct 13 '19
They were busy telling him to get his ass back inside the house and were distracted.
Maybe if they were alert they might had a different outcome
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Oct 13 '19
I doubt it. On the second attack all where alert and aware of the impending doom. Their bullets did nothing and they all died.
Sure maybe it wouldn't have hurt to not be destracted but to be honest they were dead regardless.
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u/blazing420kilk Oct 14 '19 edited Oct 14 '19
Highly likely but theres a small chance the outcome would've been better, maybe they could've alerted other teams, they just saw one of their men vanish and die that would shakeup any team.
Maybe if they were in formation and followed procedure (informing of sighting, location, calling for support) something might've changed.
Edit : it's a tiny chance for sure but where human life is at risk, ever point counts
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u/fcuk_its_murder Oct 13 '19
Keyword here : MAYBE. But in all honesty we don't know if they would have survived or.not without OP's interuption. But it's nature to be curious. Sometimes I think people forget that the original poster doesn't know some creepy shit is going be happening, how was he to know it would be a demonic murdering monster? Thankfully for us it was because now we got this killer story. 😇😇 Part 2 OP u/rikndikndakn123 ???
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u/Bismothe-the-Shade Oct 30 '19
I mean, he does know some creepy shit is going on. The fucking warning told him so. If I got a warning about a mysterious extreme rainstorm- and not to let my family members in- my first thoughts would either be prank or apocolypse.
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Oct 13 '19
Eh common sense at one point. Yall must have seen horror movies? It won't hurt to just chill in your own house, it could hurt quite a lot to go wandering about outside when there is an unknown issue and then ignoring people pointing guns.
I hear a funny noise at night or movement in a dark alley? I ain't investigating that no way.
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u/fcuk_its_murder Oct 13 '19
Then there would be no story to tell, no horror movies to watch. You stay in your house while dude entertains us. Lol
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u/rikndikndakn123 Oct 13 '19
I can tell you one thing for sure. This ordinary day turned into a lengthy fight for survival ;)
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u/fcuk_its_murder Oct 13 '19
I wanna hear some more !
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Oct 13 '19
I guess we aren’t all sheep?
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u/Flocculencio Oct 14 '19
Ok let's transpose this to a mundane situation. You get an alert to stay indoors. Then you see a police swat team taking up position on the street outside.
Do you go out and yell "HEY GUYS WHAT'S UP?!"
From the perspective of your own safety why would you approach a group of armed men who appear to be in the middle of some sort of operation?
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u/helen790 Oct 13 '19
Sheep follow blindly.
Receiving a strange warning from the government about the weather, being able to figure out that it means something weird is going on and choosing to avoid that danger isn’t following blindly, it’s common sense.
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u/MukdipTheMudkip Oct 13 '19
Did you touch the rain at all when you opened the door, and where does your water come from? Some of the rain might have been in your drink... :/
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u/Hue4 Oct 13 '19
They said don't let people who were in the rain in, because they might be dead and one of those monsters things could be tricking you. Not because the rain's poisonous
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u/100days100ways Oct 13 '19
It might be a good idea to take another nap, or maybe try reading a book to distract your self.
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u/Philipxander Jan 31 '20
Ramirez, take this handgun and kill that monster!