Santa Clara Remote Appearances Novels & Stories

"Oh, you can't see him. He's a poltergeist. Actually, he's part of the security team too . . . in a way. He's somehow attached to the land this house is built on, but don't worry. If you have permission to be here, he'll leave you alone." Shamira gulped. "Great. Poltergeist." "Yeah. So if you see the television on in the break room, don't turn it off. He loves soap operas." Then, as if that wasn't a weird conversation stopper, Clara continued.

When we arrived at the isolated town, Shawn appeared from behind a tree as we got out of the car, and Flynn nearly screamed. “By the goddess!” Shawn blinked. “What?” “You appeared,” he rasped. “You’ve seen me teleport before,” he stated. “Still terrifying,” Flynn rubbed the back of his neck. “I guess I’ll leave you guys to it,” Clara poked her head out of the car window. Shawn waved at her, and she nodded. “Sure,” I said. “You do have things to attend to.” “I’ll be back,” she said, “And no dangerous decisions.”

Silas tried to attack him when he suddenly appeared in the kitchen next to the king's guard, and Azrael threw the remote control at him when he appeared in the living room. Those two encounters were nothing compared to when he visited Xander. The elder wanted to bleach his eyes when he appeared in the Beta's dining room and Xander was naked, plowing into Abigail who was sprawled out on the kitchen table. The elder swore from that moment on he would only appear outside people’s homes and knock before entering.

“Are you ignoring me?” I walk in in front of her. What the hell? It’s like she’s frozen. I wave my hand in front of her face, snap. Nothing. I look in my hand and see the silver remote. I bring it up and look at the screen. ‘Paused’. I look at Gloria again. “You have to be trying to prank me...” I walk around her. “Ok so, if you’re really frozen, you won’t notice if I do this!”

“You’re not always the one who gets to play first.” “What-” he started, confusion flickering in his tone. “Ram…” I warned softly, suspicion lacing my voice. He only grinned, that wicked, knowing smile spreading across his face. As soon as Claire and Andrew were out of sight, I quickly rummaged through my bag, my fingers finding the small white remote I’d tucked away since morning, the one that belonged to Ram’s ‘gift’ from last night. The moment my skin brushed against it, my pulse fluttered wildly, heat rushing to my cheeks as memories of me wanting to ‘play’ with his gift last night came flooding back.

The progress bar reached 85%. ​Suddenly, the monitor’s backlighting shifted from cool blue to a deep, ominous crimson. The mechanical keyboard beneath her fingers went entirely dead, the keys locking into place with a sharp, synchronized clack. ​The terminal screen cleared, wiping her code away, replacing it with a single, massive notification text that made her blood turn to absolute ice: ​SECURITY OVERRIDE TERMINATED BY US-EAST-CENTRAL HUB. REMOTE CAMERA FEED ACTIVATED. ​Clara gasped, throwing herself backward out of the leather chair. She looked up at the tiny, recessed pinhole camera in the corner of the ceiling molding. The tiny LED light next to the lens was glowing a solid, malevolent

Sarah asked, walking towards the door. "Ma, dinner is ready," Clara's voice was heard. Sarah opened the door. It was indeed her. She was wearing a white apron and an equally white chef hat that covered her hair completely. She appeared a bit nervous so Sarah didn't bother to ask her why she didn't use the intercom to call her instead of coming all the way up. Sarah simply replied, "Ok. I'll be downstairs in a jiffy," Clara didn't wait for even a second after Sarah said this. She broke into a sprint and headed downstairs. Sarah watched her in surprise as she ran away. She pushed the door close thoughtfully.

He has watched it forty two times. Clara looks pale in the video. Her hair is messy and there is a shadow under her eyes, but her voice is steady. She doesn't look like a victim. She looks like a partner giving him a status report. He focuses on her words again. She mentions a cabin in West Park. She mentions wind chimes.

I held her tighter than I should have, as if squeezing hard enough could keep her soul tethered to this world. Clara flew. Fast. Reckless. And for once, I didn’t yell. Because the stars were wrong. They blinked like eyes now. Twelve of them. Clara didn’t speak until we broke Earth’s gravity field and connected to our cloaked ground base buried beneath the Icelandic ashline. She turned in her seat, face pale, voice sharp. “Ivy.” I nodded. “I saw them.” “Twelve. Same broadcast frequency. Same neural wave signature. All activated simultaneously.”

“How solid is the intel?” “Elara’s voice went quieter. “Foggy. Witnesses saw a figure moving through the courtyard in impossible ways. Blood residue. A sigil they didn’t recognize. I’m asking every favor I can think of. You in Santa Cruz?” “Not yet,” Celeste said. “We’ll be there.” She ended the call with a single clipped promise and set the phone face down as if the wood could hold the message in place. Remy was already beside her by the time she breathed out. He read the change on her face like an open page.