Luke's father was a manager at the huge factory. One night in October 2021 he came home late, dropped his heavy factory keys on the kitchen table and went to sleep. Luke saw the keys, called Ethan at 2 a.m., and used the key on the heavy metal back door.

Ethan told Luke it was dangerous and said no, but Luke laughed, called him a baby and said he was going with or without him. Ethan did not want his best friend to go alone, so he put on his shoes, sneaked out and rode his bike to the factory.

When a security guard with a big barking dog passed outside, Luke told Ethan to hide. They ran down a dark hallway and shut themselves inside the first door, which was a giant storage freezer at zero degrees. The door was locked from outside until Luke broke it open with his shoulder.

Luke climbed the grinder's ladder to film the spinning blades, but his hands were still cold and shaking from the freezer, so his phone slipped into the machine. He leaned over to look for it, his wet shoes slipped on the ladder, and the metal teeth caught the thick sleeve of his winter jacket.

Ethan grabbed Luke's legs and pulled with all his power, but the machine was stronger and dragged Luke down inch by inch. Luke could not unzip the jacket because the fabric was pulled too tight and the zipper stuck. Ethan's freezing, slippery hands lost their grip and Luke was pulled inside.

At the station a detective asked whether Ethan pushed Luke or they had fought. He noticed deep red marks on Ethan's hands, then showed him black-and-white security footage of Luke pressing the button, climbing, falling, and Ethan fighting the machine. The detective told him he did everything he could and could go home.

Ethan's mother took him home, but he felt empty. Months passed and Ethan never went outside at night again; he stayed in his room. One night he opened Roblox, went to the game MM2 and looked at his friends list, where Luke's name showed 'Last Online, 74 days ago'.