Duplicity Novels & Stories

[DIRECTORY: /SYS/SECURE/LOGS/OUTBOUND/] [PROCESS: BACKGROUND_SYNC_DAEMON] [STATUS: ACTIVE - TRICKLE_STREAM_ENABLED] [DESTINATION: INDETERMINATE_NODE_04] "She didn't just lock our copies, Michael," Ava said, her voice dropping into a flat whisper that felt colder than the morning air. Her fingers tapped out a diagnostic query, tracing the packet destination. "She left an active, hidden mirror process running under a standard system utility name. Every time we took a photograph, uploaded a file, or updated our personal calendars over the last twenty days, a duplicate packet was split and sent to a remote hardware node."

The girl looks back and she saw her duplicate Ariana Ferrer. Anika tightly closes her eyes and prays that what's she saw was a dream. A dream she wanted to forget. From afar, Ergo set a wide smirk on his face. "Welcome to the future, Anika!" He murmured after disappearing in thin air. ~~~~~~~~~~~The End~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I know. I grab the remote of the medium-sized TV hanging on the wall, switching it on. Perhaps a little distraction will help, but my jaw drops at the first image on display. The video coverage of my wedding is on display with the huge caption: BUSINESS TYCOON PATRICK BAXTER'S DAUGHTER DITCHED AT THE ALTAR. No... no, this isn't right.