Codename Novels & Stories

They met halfway between the cars. "Password? Code?" The driver bit off both words. Yeah, Marco figured everyone here wanted to put a bullet between his eyes. It was great making friends. "Can you remember this? Or should you write it down?" Marco asked. "Tell me." "N, zero, V, four, B, L four, C, K." n0v4bl4ck. Marco didn't have proof. Just a hunch. He heard Fiona's shark intake of breath. "The code?"

Since we can only communicate in short phrases, we make sure each phrase will tell us everything we need to know. Code Green: All clear Code Yellow: Send Backup Code Red: We’re being attacked Code Orange: We’ve been compromised Code Grey: Find somewhere to hide Code Purple: Encountered problems Code White: It’s a Trap Code Black: Dead In the past few hours, they had gone from a code green to purple, and now black. So I wasted no time shifting into my wolf, grabbing the bag and run through the forest, Darius quick behind me. "Kenj.. what's going on?" Darius questions.

He is the boss of this warehouse doll, we need you to give the code to this beauty that is here beside me. It's not necessary, I can give you the key, Oscar let go of my hand and turned me around so that his eyes collided with mine, his stained hands leaving painted in my hand where he held me. Do you know the code? he asked. I nodded. My father was an idiot, he believed that I would never come here again, That was what he deserved, revenge. The Code is 925 GFG. Oscar smiled, as he typed the number and the box gave way, I memorized the code when I was a child, because my dad guarded everything my mother earned, although She would try to convince him to give her a little to feed me.

He doesn’t growl at her, like I would have expected, but Yana grunts and stands up. “What is it?” she asks again. “That is the code that is keeping Asshole Arden’s computer from shutting down on me while I hijack it,” he tells us. The code is running so quickly that I can’t keep up with it, but I catch bits and pieces. ‘Relay’, ‘Loop’, Reroute’, code for words like that. However, there are hundreds, maybe thousands of other words in the code that I can’t see or don’t recognize. “Will I learn how to do this next year?” I ask.

I built an empire on code. But this... this laughter in the twilight, this peace earned, not taken? This is my legacy. And it is only just beginning. THE END

"Feel the pain! Feel me! Don't look at the code!" Kaelor’s weight was a mountain, pinning Aradaa to the cold, shattered floor. The salt of Kaelor’s tears mixed with the blood on Aradaa’s face. He was the Beast, and he was the only thing keeping the God of Code from floating away into the void.

"I need a data-spike! Push the Origin-Code into the mainframe!" Through the glass, Leo placed his glowing hands against the internal terminal. The surge of raw energy hit my deck. I compiled the code into a localized digital virus and fired it down into the earth. < OVERRIDE: HELL-POD GYROSCOPICS. INVERTING Y-AXIS. >

But this time, there was a small message embedded in the code. Guess you’ve figured who I am by now. Did you like the rose?

Several papers were scattered across it. He picked one up. It contained several numbers and codes. At the top was a single word. COBRA. Alex's heart skipped. He looked at Damien. Damien had his back turned. Alex quickly looked back at the document. Under the word was a symbol. A black cobra wrapped around a dagger. Alex remembered the tattoo from the restaurant. The same symbol. His stomach tightened. "Damien." Damien didn't respond. Alex's voice became quieter. "What is Cobra?"

No more blood spilling beneath his fists. His software company had already skyrocketed into the top fifty in the world—he had more money than he could ever spend. He didn't need this life anymore. He took a deep breath and reached into his car, grabbing his signature cologne and spraying a few pumps onto his hoodie before pulling it up. Time to go inside. The hallway leading into the underground venue was dimly lit, the low hum of conversation and distant laughter filling the space. Kane walked with slow, deliberate steps, his sharp gaze scanning the area.