Countdown Crisis

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**"Countdown Crisis"** Is The 5th Episode Of The Inaugural MMC X HTF Horrorfest Spooktacular.

## Plot

### Part 1: Death? There’s An App For That!

The Episode Begins With A Countdown From 10 To Zero, Once It Hits Zero, A Buffer Symbol Replaces The Zero Which Then Forms The Title “Countdown Crisis, As The Title Fades To Black. At A Party, Teenager Flaky Is Convinced By Her Friends To Download Countdown, An App That Seemingly Predicts How Long A User Has Left To Live. Flaky Is Startled That It Says She Only Has 3 Hours Left To Live. After Avoiding Getting Into A Car With Her Drunk Boyfriend Toothy, Flaky Receives A Notification Stating She Has Broken The "User Agreement". Returning Home, She Is Attacked By An Unseen Entity And Killed As Her Timer Reaches Zero. At The Same Time, Toothy Crashes And A Tree Branch Goes Right Through Where Flaky Would Have Sat. Cheyenne Miller, A Nurse Who Works At The Hospital Where An Injured Toothy Is Admitted, Suffers Frequent Sexual Harassment By Her Boss, Donovan Dygert, But Fears Speaking Out As She Is New. Toothy Tells Her About Flaky And His Suspicions About The App. He Also Reveals It States That He Will Die At The Time He Is Due To Go Into Surgery. Cheyenne Is Dismissive Of His Claims But Eventually Downloads It. She Is Horrified To Learn It Says She Has Only Three Days Left. Toothy Skips His Surgery And Is Informed He Has Violated The User Agreement. He Is Killed By A Demonic Version Of Flaky. Cheyenne Cancels A Plan To Go Out With Her Daughter Alisia And Their Father Before Being Informed She Has Broken The User Agreement. She Researches The App, Learning About Flaky And How Similar Things Have Happened To Other App Users, But They Are Regarded As Fake. Panicked, She Buys A New Phone But Discovers The Countdown App Has Installed Itself On It. After Being Attacked By A Demonic Figure, She Encounters Cuddles, Whose Countdown States He Will Die A Few Hours Before Cheyenne.

### Part 2: The Countdown To Death

Cheyenne Learns Donovan Has Tricked The Staff Into Thinking She Sexually Harassed Him: As A Result, She Is Suspended. Cuddles Is Attacked By The Entity Taking The Form Of His Deceased Brother. They Look At The User Agreement, Which States The Agreement Is Broken If The User Tries To Change Their Fate: Cheyenne's Trip With Her Family And Cuddles Taking A Train Ride, Which They Both Canceled, Would've Resulted In Their Original Deaths. They Hack Into The App And Learn Alisia Is Due To Die Right Before Cheyenne. Handy, The Phone Salesman Who Helped Them Hack Into The App, Adds More Years To All Three Of Their Life Spans. However, Cheyenne Is Attacked By The Demon And The Countdowns Revert To Their Original Times. A Priest They Consulted, Austin, Identifies The Demon As Ozhin. He Theorizes The Curse Can Be Broken If Someone Dies Before Their Countdown Ends Or Lives After. They Prepare A Warding Circle To Protect Them From The Ozhin's Attacks, But Cuddles Is Lured Out By The Ozhin, Who Took The Form Of His Younger Brother, And Is Killed. Cheyenne Takes Injured Alisia To The Hospital, Where She Learns Donovan Also Harasses Other Staff Members. Realizing She Could Kill Him And Take The 57 Years His Countdown Predicted For Him, She Attacks Him, But He Is Saved By Ozhin, Who Realizes What She Is Doing. Ozhin Prepares To Kill Alisia But Cheyenne Overdoses On Drugs, Sacrificing Herself. Alisia Notices Cheyenne Has Written Something On Her Arm: "Narcan". She Revives Her With Naloxone ("Narcan") And The Duo Succeeds As The Countdown Timers Stop. Later, Cheyenne Hears News About Donovan's Arrest After More Nurses Came Forward. She Discovers An Update Of The App, Countdown 2.0, Has Downloaded Itself Onto Her Phone. Meanwhile, Handy Is On A Tinder Date When His Countdown App Informs Him He Has Broken The User Agreement. The Lights In The Restaurant Go Out Before He Is Attacked By Ozhin.

### Moral

Don’t Break Any Apps Terms And Conditions, You Might Die Doing So!

## Deaths

1. Flaky Is Killed By Ozhin When She Is Dropped From Ceiling, Hitting Her Head On A Tub
2. Toothy Is Killed By Ozhin When He Dropped Down A Stairwell And His Head Hits A Step
3. Petunia Is Implied
4. Cuddles Is Killed By Ozhin When A Truck Hits Him Into A Tree
5. Cheyenne Miller Overdoses On Morphine (Later Revived)
6. Cheyenne Miller, Alisia Germain, And Brandon Germain Were Possibly Killed By Ozhin (Debatable)
7. Handy Is Killed By Ozhin

## Injuries

1. Toothy Is Injured In A Car Crash
2. Cheyenne Miller Is Attacked By Ozhin Before Cuddles Saves Her
3. Cheyenne Miller Is Attacked By Ozhin Again…
4. Alisia Is Injured From A Still
5. Donovan Dygert Is Attacked By Cheyenne Miller But Was Saved By Ozhin

## Survival rate

* Amount of total main characters: **23**
* Amount of surviving main characters: **11**
* Amount of dead main characters: **7** (**3 Debatable**)
* Total rate: **48%**

## Trivia

* This Story Is Based Off Of The 2019 Movie Countdown With The List Of Characters As The Following:
	+ Cheyenne Miller As Quinn Harris
	+ Cuddles As Matt Monroe
	+ Alisia Germain As Jordan Harris
	+ Emily McDonald As Nurse Amy
	+ Austin Carlson As Father John
	+ Donovan Dygert As Dr. Sullivan
	+ Flaky As Courtney
	+ Brandon Germain As Charlie Harris
	+ Toothy As Evan
	+ Handy As Derek
	+ Snowers As Scott
	+ Giggles As Krissy
	+ Petunia As Allie
	+ Jordan Cole As Nurse Rachel
	+ Fliqpy As Ozhin
* All Deaths Mirror The Movie In Some Way
* This Is By Far, The Longest Horrorfest Spooktacular Episode, But Had To Be Downsized From The Original Film's 91 Minutes To Only 45 Minutes.