All Systems Red Novels & Stories

An hour earlier, I had been on my way to work when my assistant called. The panic in his voice had immediately told me something was wrong. “Sir, we’ve got a situation.” “What happened?” “Our entire system has been overridden.” I frowned. “What?” “Every monitor. Every department. Every branch connected to the network.” I had ordered my driver to increase speed immediately. When I arrived at headquarters, I finally understood why he sounded terrified. The symbol had been everywhere in the reception, the offices, the conference rooms, the research labs and even the elevators.

Not just by the team. But by everyone. Sebastian hadn’t seen it. Michael hadn’t called it. August hadn’t flagged it. Even Nicholas, brilliant as he was, hadn’t gone this far. “This is where it actually breaks.” Althea said. Her voice dropped slightly. “And if you hit it—.” “The system won’t recover.” Dominic finished quietly. Althea nodded. “No fallback.” She said patiently. “No redistribution.” The words settled into the room like something final. Dominic didn’t speak. He just stared at the screen. Then slowly looked at her.

] [From now on, everything that does not belong to you will be taken back. [Every truth you covered up will be exposed.] [I wish you all peace for the rest of your lives.] Vivian stared at the words on the screen. System? What system? Before she could react, Landon suddenly let out a scream from the corner. He clutched his head and rolled wildly across the marble floor. "It hurts! It hurts so much! My head is going to explode! "System! System, save me! Don't take back my intelligence! Don't!"

Wall monitors flickered with the faint pulse of red in the corner of each screen an unspoken reminder that the siege hadn't ended. Elias stood with his back to the room, one hand holding a tablet, the other buried in his pocket. He watched the lights of the city without seeing them. In the last hour, three more systems had dropped: communications relays, warehouse power grids, and now a substation server flagged for an emergency shutdown that wasn't real. It wasn't chaos. It was a pattern. A method. He turned back to his desk, settling into the chair without losing that coiled posture of readiness. The code streaming across the main display blurred for a moment until one detail snagged his a

"I put everything aside to be with her. That's why the Marshal Group's business fell into chaos. One of our major international projects ran into trouble. The investors from Kenses were furious and demanded a video conference immediately." Nathan took a breath and continued, "The hospital's signal is terrible. I couldn't get a clear connection, so I had to go downstairs to handle it. I finished the call as quickly as I could and rushed back, but... I was still too late. The surgery was already over."

Adrian pointed, one of the dots on the map turned red. Marcus stepped forward. “Which location?” Adrian read the name. “A small emergency clinic.” Yvonne whispered, “No…” Adrian checked the system. “It’s already starting.” Marcus looked at the team. “Stop it.” Everyone moved faster, commands were entered, barriers were raised but the red dot stayed active. Adrian’s voice dropped. “We’re too late for this one.” Yvonne felt her hands shake. “What will happen there?” Adrian answered quietly. “System failure.”

My entire focus was now on Nina, who was fighting for her life on the operating table. "You'd better pray that Nina is okay, otherwise I won't spare you either!" As soon as the words fell, a silence settled over the operating room, broken only by the beeping of the medical equipment and the doctors' low, urgent conversations.

Blaine kept refreshing my results page, muttering to himself, “Impossible. This has to be a system bug!” The principal and several reporters standing nearby stepped forward and clearly saw my SAT results page. The score field was blank. Below it, a line of black text appeared clearly on the screen. [Total Score: Your ranking has entered the top 50 in the state. Detailed results will be available on the 27th.] Not only were the people present stunned, but even the comments floating in front of me froze for several seconds before suddenly exploding.

He asked. “To the pack office, I need to see Jeremy. it's important.” I replied, hoping he wouldn’t ask any further questions about it. “Why is the last day of the month marked in red? What significant thing is happening then?” I didn’t know what to say, my heart was beating so fast. What was I going to tell him? An idea not too far away from the truth dropped into my head. “I’ll be going back home on that day, something important is happening at my pack. I can’t miss it.” I lied, it was a good one.

she teased. I rolled my eyes playfully. "Very funny. Just get your ass over here, Anna," I urged. But before I could get any closer to her, my phone rang, and I knew it was Matteo on the other end. "Boss, we have something," he said urgently. I sat up, already sensing that this was important. "What do you have?" I asked. "Someone was trying to hack into our server, but Tom was able to block them and trace it back," he explained.