Reaper Scan Novels & Stories

A reinforced glass case at the far end, empty but for a faint, greasy sheen of power that made her teeth ache. Relic residue. “Move,” Daire said. Kieran went to the consoles, slipping a data stick into a port. “Copying logs,” he said. “Tuning sequences. Energy profiles. Anything with “Lunaris” on it.” Rae’s voice crackled in his ear. “You’ve got… three minutes before the next patrol hits the outer hall.” Daire moved to the file cabinets along the side wall, prying them open with quick, brutal efficiency. Paper whispered. Forms. Delivery receipts.

"I need to find the nursery archives." Silas scoffs, the sound like grinding stones. "You won't make it past the first biometric gate. The scanners don't just look for your face; they look for your frequency. Currently, your frequency screams 'Illegal File.' You’d be incinerated before you reached the elevator."

Rayne stepped behind me, holding what looked like a sleek black device with ridges and a faint green pulse. "Hold still, sweetheart," she said. The scanner hummed as she swept it along my spine. I held my breath, the seconds dragging. Beep. "Got it. Bottom-left scapula. Deep subdermal."She tilted her head. "Definitely custom. Vincent must've paid top dollar." "Wonderful," I muttered. "I'm flattered that he wants to stalk me that badly." Rafael pulled on surgical gloves with flair, flashing a wink that could cut glass. "I promise to be gentle. I only scar people when they deserve it."

Claire smiled as she pressed the game's power button. The round scanner with the camera lens in the centre begins to move upright. Stand and face the camera. Claire followed what the scanner's said. The girl was standing facing the camera. Instantly the scanner emitted a kind of green light that moved from the tip of Claire's head to the tips of her feet. Scan completed.

Adrian tried to reach for her, but June grabbed his arm, pulling him toward the dark opening. "She’s holding them, Adrian! If we stay, we all die!" June yelled. The other two Reapers ignored the fallen one. They turned toward Lydia, their visors glowing with a malicious red light. They began to emit a high-frequency screech that made Lydia’s ears bleed. It was a dampening signal, designed to scramble the Voss mutation. Lydia fell to her knees. The white light flickered. She felt the child recoil, its steady beat faltering. The Reapers moved in, their claws clicking.

The night air smells like rain and metal. “There,” she says, pointing to a shimmer in the distance. A ripple of light across the surface — faint, almost imperceptible, but unmistakably artificial. “Is that—?” “The beacon,” she whispers. “It’s live again.” We move closer, our breaths syncing with the rhythm of the waves. The hum grows louder, layered with a pattern I’ve never heard before. It’s not random. It’s a message. Lena kneels, pulling out her scanner. The device flickers, casting pale blue light across her face. “It’s repeating something… three short pulses, one long. Over and over.”

Data streamed across the screen in structured lines—clean, organized, flawless. Too flawless. “There’s no breach,” the assistant said after a moment, scanning the results again. “No external access. No unauthorized entry points. Everything is secure.” Juniper didn’t respond. Her eyes remained fixed on the screen. “Run it again.” The assistant hesitated. “Director, the result won’t change—” “Run it again.” “…Yes.” The system reset. Another scan. Same result. “Still nothing,” the assistant confirmed quietly. Juniper stepped forward.

The violet Scythe in my hand elongated, the blade curving into a jagged crescent that hummed with a sound like a choir of the dead. ​"I can see them," I said, my voice overlapping with a thousand others. "I can see the strings, Julian." ​The first wave of Reapers dived. ​Julian’s shield flickered as their blue pulses hit the silver light. He groaned, the effort of holding the dome making the silver veins on his neck bulge. "I can’t... I can’t hold the frequency!" ​"Then don't," I commanded. ​I stepped through the silver shield.