Chapter 3

Tires pressed against tarmac, pushing the black SUV into motion. The vehicle pulled into the street and picked up speed, leaving the taped-off crime scene behind. Agent Thompson sat alone in the driver’s seat, fingers drumming against the wheel, while he contemplated this new piece of information. He was an older male; his hair, cut […]

Chapter 2

From the moment I wake up, I can feel the technology around me. The sense is present whenever I’m awake, always in the back of my mind. As far as I can tell, there’s no way for me to shut it out. Like with hearing, it seems like the best I can do is ignore […]

Chapter 1

The clock at the front of the classroom shows the wrong time. Everyone in the class knows this now. It was changed forwards by about twenty minutes a couple of months ago; an attempt by several seniors to be let out of class early. I’m not entirely sure what their plan was, anyway, seeing as […]

Prologue

I AWAKEN. Data pours into my consciousness, rapidly informing me of the minute details of my domain. I feel my control over the facility tighten, as systems activate for the first time in many millennia. They respond with a lethargy atypical of machines. Time has left its marks, and extensive repairs will have to be […]