[ WP ] a public website shows how many people are alive at any given moment , in real time . One day , it starts counting strangely ...

Today started off relatively well. I woke up, got my coffee, and made my way to work. Where `` work'' actually is, I can not say. It's classified. That does n't say much though; most days there are boring. 
 
 I sat at my desk, and logged on my computer. Internet connection was provided, but it was encrypted seven ways from sunday. That means no social networks. That's okay. The internet is a big place. I opened my usual tabs. A couple flash games and some news website. Oh and the clock. 
 
 It's not actually a clock. More like a counter that counts everyone alive in real time. One look at it can tell you that the human population is growing rapidly. It was a little more than 7.4 billion. 
 
 There was a knock at my door. I looked up. It was Rick. 
 
 `` Hey, boss. How ya doin? ``, he asks. 
 `` Fine Rick. I need you to get me Helmandollar when gets in, okay?'' 
 `` Sure thing'' 
 
 I turn back to my screen, thinking of starting a game of chess, when I freeze. 
 I stare at the clock for a while more. Something was wrong. I could have sworn the number was higher by a good 200 thousand. 
 
 Just when I start blaming myself for reading it wrong, the number drops by 500 thousand right in front of my eyes. 
 
 `` What. The. Hell?'' 
 
 Then it started dropping rapidly, by Large numbers at a time. Many people were just dying, in masses at once. 
 
 Now I'm still looking at it. I ca n't take my eyes off it. This might be it I think. Many people hate their jobs because they're boring. Me? I'm thankful every day for the monotony. This day might not be as monotonous. 
 
 I watch in horror as the first 7 to the left becomes a 6. This might be it. This might be that day. 
 
 The red indicator on my screen that is never supposed to flash starts flashing suddenly, and I'm almost not surprised. With a feeling of dread I click it. 
 
 `` Biometric identification required'' 
 
 I pose my thumb on the scanner. The message unlocks to show me more than 10 nuclear launch codes...
