Pressing Reset Novels & Stories

No way to clean this up in time. "Fuck, fuck, FUCK."

“Three, two lit up red beside each other the one on the right not at all.” “Yeah it’s the one I thought. Hold down the zero and pound key at the same time.” “And what does that do?” Brody held his hand over the pad. Grayson snorted at the other end. “Plays the national anthem—it opens the damn door.” “That easy?” Brody wasn’t an expert, but that seemed a little too simple. “Yeah. It’s a design safety in case there’s a power glitch—those units are known to reset and that’s the only way you can bypass them until the codes are re-entered from the main system panel.”

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.

I tapped the screen once. EXECUTE.

I sighed when Kao shook his head at me. "Brace yourself!" he shouted and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, the boat ascended. I didn't scream this time; the bad news had already shattered my heart and removed all fears from my heart. When we finally arrived at the sea bank, carrying Rain out, I asked Kao one final question. "If I want to reset everything, how do I do it?" "Just shout it out, and everything will reset. If you can't deal with the pain that comes with it, then don't do it, and—"

Unstable. “You cannot leave,” the figure says. “We’re not staying,” I fire back. “Your connection will be extracted.” My grip on Leon tightens. “No.” “It is necessary.” “It’s not happening.” The figure’s gaze sharpens. Colder now. More focused. “Then you will be reset.” The word hits harder than anything else. Reset. Erase. Start over. “No,” I whisper. Leon steps slightly forward. Not pulling away from me. Still connected. Still aligned.

“Try me.” Harrison’s smile widened. He pressed a button. And the entire floor shook violently as the countdown to the final data purge began.

, the places where the two frequencies collided in a violent, chaotic mess of orange and black. "The Reset is simple," Maya explained, stepping onto the map. Her feet didn't touch the floor; they glided over the light. "We are going to harmonize the frequencies. Every living thing with a heart will be tuned to the Mother’s beat. No more secrets. No more fear. Just the silence of the stone."

Getting closer with every second. Fuck!