Monitor Keeps Going Black For A Few Seconds Novels & Stories

It was 9:04 AM. And then, at exactly 9:05 AM, the illusion completely shattered. It started with a single, sharp beep from the main control desk. Davies stopped clapping. He leaned closer to his computer monitor. He typed something quickly, his brow furrowing in confusion. Beep. Beep. Beep. The sound grew louder and faster. Suddenly, the giant server stability screen on the left wall flickered. The bright green numbers froze. A second later, the top corner of the screen turned a bright, angry red.

It made him accustomed to the idea of having those lifeless bodies as his companion on every lonely night. When he finished checking all the areas, he returned to a small room where three monitors were installed. However, only two screens functioned normally. They were the camera at the front door and at the end of the hall. The one installed near the backdoor was broken, leaving the monitor showing nothing but a black screen. It had been a month since he sent a report regarding this broken system. Yet, no one bothered to come and fix it. Picking up the mug next to his right, the man sipped his third cup of coffee and continued to guard the small mortuary, looking at the two working screens

“Yeah. Why?” He leans closer, pointing at one of the monitors. “This one... see the slight flicker? That’s usually voltage fluctuation. Could fry your DVR if you’re not careful.” The Latino straightens. “You serious?” “Hmm.” The doctor taps the metal casing of the monitor thoughtfully. “I’d check the breaker panel. Just in case. Five minutes of downtime is better than losing the whole system.” Five minutes. That’s all they need. The guy curses under his breath. “Damn it. I told maintenance to fix that.”

The wires snap free. For one terrifying second—nothing happens. Then the timer flickers. 00:31 00:30 Marcus exhales. “It’s slowing.” Adrian holds the battery core away from the device. The numbers crawl downward. 00:21 00:20 My knees feel weak. “It’s working.” Marcus nods. “Yeah…” The timer continues. 00:12 00:11 Adrian lowers the battery carefully. The screen flickers again. 00:05 Then— The display goes black.

This code was something similar to what I needed to make my own in-hackable server system. I quickly made some notes and just as I was about to shut my laptop down that normal alerting ping went off letting me know that there was something new available on the S.D.E server. I think about it for a moment as usually; it takes them around an hour to track where I am, but that is because when I usually do the d******d I am using public internet access.

I close the page, return back there again and retry, end up on nothing again. I spin it fifteen more times with no luck. It is either rigged or I just have no luck. Sighing, I drop the phone, hoping both of them are safe.

The second key. The screen flickers one last time - ARGUS: 78% ACTIVE. SHUTDOWN IMMINENT.

The monitor flickers once and goes black. But the ledger is locked inside a dead server farm buried in a collapsing cave.

Like a fool for love, I concluded in my mind to dial Roderigo, seeking any opportunity that would bring us back together. The first two dails were hung up, the 3rd and 4th one were left to ring until the call ended, I tried making one last attempt but his phone was switched off. This only got me more desperate and hurt. I felt to be put out of this mean world. ************* Bip!!! bip!!! bip!!! bip!!! bip!!! bip!!! The alarm bipped nonstop that I had to hit it till it made no more noise. It was now I was beginning to regain my consciousness.

In the security room, one of the monitors suddenly went dark. "Camera four just died," the younger guard said, tapping the screen. "Probably just a technical problem," his partner replied. "These old systems act up sometimes." But then another camera went black. And another. "Something's wrong," the guard said, reaching for his radio. "This is Control calling all units." Silence. He tried again. "Control to perimeter, do you copy?" No response came through the radio. The guard felt his heart start beating faster. "We need to check on the others," he told his partner.