Gateway Novels & Stories

A timeline. I could work with timelines.

"Level B2. Three men. They’re standing near a grey van." "I am on the stairwell," Kir says. The audio is echoey. "There is no cover. If I walk out there, they will clock me before I can close the gap." "Give me ten seconds," I say. I crack my neck before I dive into the garage's municipal management system. It’s a joke. The firewall is practically made of Swiss cheese. I bypass the administrative controls, locate the lighting grid for Level B2, and hover my finger over the enter key.

That's the place a person running will likely be. Greg walked miles before sighting the house protected by wooden gates after which there was another. There was a fingerprint sensor in the other that would permit entry. Greg opened the wooden gate easily and proceeded to the next,he placed his hand on it and the gates unlocked. "Ahah... This sensor is no small deal, it still works fine and my print is still stored in it" Greg said as she smiled. He walked a little distance before he could reach the door. "It should be... If I remember clearly, 279956" Greg muttered to himself as she inputed the passcode, the door unlocked immediately.

"...primitive." Ren sat in the metal chair. Leo stood behind him, his arms crossed. "Watch your back in there, brother." Ren put on the goggles. He felt the cold electrodes touch his temples. "Initialize," Ren commanded. Kara hit the Enter key. The generator hummed louder. The lights in the bunker flickered. Power surge. LOGIN SEQUENCE INITIATED. BYPASSING AUTHENTICATION. CONNECTION TYPE: HARDLINE (UNREGISTERED). WELCOME, USER [ERROR].

she said into the intercom, her voice perfectly cold, detached, and authoritative. ​The yellow lasers stopped. For three agonizing seconds, the gatehouse's automated systems processed the encrypted code against the Inner Council’s central ledger. ​Suddenly, the flashing yellow lights turned a solid, welcoming green. ​“CREDENTIALS VERIFIED. WELCOME BACK, KANE GROUP PROXY. PROCEED TO SECURITY BAY 4 FOR MANUAL VERIFICATION AND RECLAMATION STAMPING.” ​The massive, three-ton titanium pressure gate groaned upward, releasing a cloud of warm, clean air that smelled of ozone and expensive synthetic perfume—a stark contrast to the wet rust and salt of the lowlands.

She turned the small brass latch with an agonizingly slow pressure, ensuring the internal mechanisms didn't let out a single metallic click. The door swung inward, exposing the dark, narrow interior of the utility closet. Mounted flat against the rear concrete partitioning, right beside the automated climate control valves, was a mass-produced, commercial long-range USB network injection dongle. Its small green circuit board was working under a severe thermal load, its low-tier plastic casing slightly warped from the continuous power output. It was plugged directly into the active service gateway, its microscopic green indicator light flashing with a rapid, fr

I bolt out of the van alongside her as we both run towards a little gate, I look around the gate as others walks in but the only thing I could see is a vast land wide and empty just grasses with no sign of life, A lady scans me and points a red light at my head before looking suspiciously back at me, she contacts someobe as I see her tap on her earpod, "She has no serial number, check her database quick" She looks back at me with a smile the red light turning green, "Welcome soldier" she says In a nice tone at me giving me acces to pass through the tiny gate big enough for nothing more than two people, Encouraging and motivating myself I walk through the gates to find myself in a room I look

Unless they were standing in front of the apartment building. “Whose apartment is this?” Marwick asked them, looking at the colorful building. Instead of answering him, Keanu kept himself busy with his tab. He was typing something with supersonic speed. Just then electric gates opened with a buzzing sound. “D… Did you,” Marwick’s index finger raised up, “did you just unlock the gate by hacking the system?” Instead of answering him, Keanu got inside. Marwick looked at River who shrugged with a confused smile and quickly went ahead to follow her husband.

They just… let her through. No override required. No passcode needed. Only presence. And presence, now? Was finally enough.

The door was locked with a standard digital keypad, but the venue was old and the staff was distracted by a room full of high profile, free drinking corporate clients. I pulled out my phone, loaded up a local network scanner, and intercepted the router's open IP handshake. It took me less than forty-five seconds to bypass the administrative gateway. Click. The lock retracted. I slipped into the dark, air-conditioned sanctuary of the tech booth. The main console hummed with blue LED lights, a massive digital routing board controlling the high-lumen laser projectors that were currently casting the glossy, animated Eastern High alumni logos onto the massive 30-fo