Exchange Code Novels & Stories

There was only one person that would ever send me a coded message like this. XVIII0IV0XXIV0XX0XVIII0I0III0XX0IX0XV0XIV0XIV0V0V0IV0V00XV-III0XVII0LXXI0XIV0XC0XXX0XXI0XXV0XXIII0VI0 I pulled the writing pad closer and started writing down the coded message as I translated it. REXTRACTIONNEEDEDAE0C1771N90302125WF

Bale said. “That’s a deal.” James agreed. Bale took in a ragged breath and called out the codes one after the other while signaling to his team behind to cut James off from below. “The code is ninety, zero, six, five, eight, one, nine, three, ten!” Bale said. James typed in the codes as they were called and it worked. “Such long codes for one elevator… humph- your boss is weirder than I thought.” James chuckled. “Now the patient!.” Christian said impatiently.

Mhorein opened the notebook and scanned every page. "It's... Emp-" She stopped at one page and examined it. "It's a code." I stood beside her and looked at the page. I... Understood nothing. "Qgi qukk ubgweur rgw rgeibw biq rgpr rgw vkiis ua fibr?" -Acros"

He leaned back, the blue light of the monitor casting sharp, hollow shadows across his face. "This isn't standard Council encryption, Fenn," Jax muttered, rubbing his eyes. "This is military-grade, multi-layered 'ghost' coding. It’s designed to self-destruct if I try to force the door. One wrong keystroke and the whole drive turns into a paperweight."

Me: Pass. James: Come on, I’ll even let you choose the meal. I promise not to burn it. I scoff. Me: Remind me again why I opted to NOT strangle you when I had the chance? James: Because deep down, you enjoy my company. I snort. Me: Deep, deep, DEEP down. He sends a laughing emoji. I bite my lip, hesitating. Then I type: Me: G’night, James. His reply comes a second later.

Alex said as he shone water on the surface of the painting. Victoria noted it carefully. "Next code." Alex said and then illuminated another part of the painting. Where the second code appears with a shining silver colour. "The next code is 9-3-21-18-20," he said then. "The third code." He continued not long after mentioning the second code. The third code appeared, "2-21-9-12-4" "Liam what is the code you can see from above?" Alex asked Liam. "3-15-13-16-12-5-20-1-9-15-14" Liam replied confidently.