Monitor Keeps Going Black For A Few Seconds Novels & Stories

Mack sat in front of his PC and stared at the monitor before him. Its cold blue glow etched hard lines on his face. It was late at night, and his eyes were bloodshot. His pupils looked flat and dead, even more so after he took a swig of his now-warm beer. On the monitor was raw footage that Eva and Miko had sent him. Just the two streams instead of the normal five.

Elias says apologetically behind me, “It might really have been a technical glitch. The tower guards did not see anything either.” “I need the two angles on the screen before the blackout. 10 seconds is enough for an intruder to make a good move.” I watched the screen quietly, there wasn’t actually anything suspicious. The screen had just suddenly black out and then returned on its own. Everything was looking normal. I immediately had a bad feeling twitching in my stomach.

I wait. “Wait for what?” Anzi demanded, so overwhelmed by inexpressible excitement that she forgot to ask silently. Time. More time. Why? Time for what? You’ve spoken already when it suited you. Just not to me. Except twice, when you’re screaming to be fed. Netra lay back down on the floor in an elegant circle, snout resting on top of her curled tail. You. Thoughts. Shut, all the time. What? ‘You. Mind. Shut. Always. Netra was staring hard at her, spines twitching as they rose and fell along her back. Bad. Don’t like.

Walking up to the safe room I put the code in, walking in I switch the monitors on. Going back to the first day Jo started I hit play, skipping the morning with Alena to where Jo arrives. Watching as Alena walks out, everything is fine. Jo clearly looking towards the door, the screen goes blank it comes back on and shows Alena walking in. Skipping to the next day within two minutes of Alena leaving it stops recording again until she gets home.

A bright red warning flashed across the screen. ERROR 102: MAIN SERVER CONNECTION LOST My hands went cold. One of the representatives cleared his throat. “Is there a problem, Mr. Julius?” “No,” I forced a smile. “Just a small glitch. We’ll have it up and running in a minute.” I turned to Dellis, who had just entered the room and was standing by the door. “Check the system,” I mouthed. He nodded and hurried off. I turned back to the room. “While we sort that out, allow me to walk you through the theoretical framework—”

I did a lot of research online and explored YouTube a bunch but something about it clicked with me and after six hours of nearly nonstop exploration, my screen goes black for several seconds. At first I had no idea what was going on. I checked the plug to see if I disconnected it. Checked to see if the lights at the front of the computer indicated that it was on. Moved the mouse again in case it was asleep. Suddenly, after thirty seconds of thinking I destroyed my computer, a different screen pops up.

I say and watch as he puts on that facade that makes everyone believe he has his shit together. "My security system. You're the man, aren't you?" he asks, flicking on to his monitors. I remember looking directly over Sierra's shoulder to find her watching all of the house monitors and the grounds, too, but only some of them were on. "Yes", I say before adding, "What's wrong with your systems?" I know exactly what's wrong with them. I just like seeing him squirm. Priceless. "This keeps happening", he says, showing me his monitor. Once again, there are some cameras that aren't showing anything. Blank. Nada on screen.

The voice snaps clear for a single second, cold and sharp as a knife: “Warning: code corruption detected.”

The radio static in the tower cut to dead silence. Up in the tower, Kany stared at her monitor in absolute horror as the four green dots turned red, flickered twice, and vanished into the abyss.