Scans Novels & Stories

She has minutes. On the desk is a biometric scanner that has a retina and thumbprint access. She’s watched him use it a dozen times. Tonight, he’s made it easy. Carlos has left his contacts on the tray in the bathroom, unaware that Lina took a high-resolution photo of his iris days ago, masked as a playful selfie. She unfolds a slim tablet, clips a specialized lens over the scanner, and places the image of his eye over it. The scan chirps in acceptance. Next, she reaches into her pocket and pulls out the glass from earlier. They just shared wine—he’d laughed, kissed her neck, left fingerprints on the stem.

Dr Lawson immediately grabs my attention. "What?.. what did the scans pick up?" I barely manage to say, fear and horror slowly taking over my body. "It appears that she has received a numerous amount of surgeries. The most concerning being a laparoscopy." "Sorry, a what?" Confused at the medical terms Dr Lawson is explaining to me.

screen, in confusion I turn to see what he's looking at and there she is on the screen clinging to another girl, I looked closely at her long brown hair and big wide brown eyes, she was radiating fear "But she needn't worry" Abyss was tipping, the shock caused my heart rate to speed up and I had started sweating and that one word slipped out at the same time Acre said exactly the same thing "MATE".

It started to scan people as they walk up to it. "What's that for?" I asked confused about what was happening. "That's the scanner. It scans your DNA as a Caster and. . ." She raised up her hand and pointed at a purple device around her wrist that had a flat black circular glass on it. "They also scan your projector watches for your identity to tell whether you're wanted or not, and to tell what kind of Caster you are." "Next!" The guy called, and she walked over to it as it scanned her from top to bottom. Everything she said to me was a pile of confusion except the part about scanning me to be a Caster.

I made to touch her hair but she flinched startling me. "Sorry, I just wanted to brush your hair" I smiled lightly, she stared at me before turning her back to me, I took that as a yes and began brushing her hair. After brushing her hair I braided it into two french tails. I smiled at my work before bringing out a mirror for her to see herself. She stared at herself turning her head from side to side before smiling brightly. A nurse came into the room with a tray containing a tablet and glass of water. "I'm sorry miss but the patient needs to take her medication and rest, she shouldn't be stressed" the nurse said

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Rhys slowly extended his left arm, placing his wrapped forearm directly into the glowing blue cradle. The scanner flared to life, a grid of green lasers painting the carbon-fiber wraps, digging deep into the micro-filaments. On the massive holographic screen above the pedestal, lines of raw code began to scroll rapidly. > **HARDWARE SCAN: RUNNING...** > COMPOSITION: CARBON-ALUMINA SKELETAL WEAVE > RESISTANCE INDEX: ACTIVE > MOLECULAR DENSITY: MAXIMUM >

Another part waited for the first answer of my entire life. The nurse returned with a diagnostic bed that looked more like a polished research slab than anything meant for a clinic room. Thin blue nodes lined the surface, each one waking with a soft glow the moment I touched them. Dr. Marrick adjusted the headrest while explaining the scan sequence, and his tone stayed steady in a way that kept me focused on each instruction.

Not knowing what he was looking at spared me from inventing horrors inside my own imagination. The scanner continued moving in slow, deliberate circles. Every now and then, he paused to study the screen before adjusting the angle slightly. At one point, I vaguely felt him lower the waistband of my trousers just enough to expose the lower part of my back. A different attachment replaced the first scanner. This one glided slowly down my spine before sweeping across my waist in measured passes. The cool gel and rhythmic movement gradually pulled at my heavy eyelids. For a fleeting moment, I almost drifted to sleep. Then he spoke.

"If you do not open your eyes and look at the lens, I will simply cut them out of your skull and scan them manually. It makes absolutely no difference to the software." The cold steel pressed harder against her skin, drawing a fresh drop of warm blood. Chloe's heart hammered frantically against her ribs. She was entirely out of options. She slowly opened her pale eyes, staring directly into the harsh blue scanning laser of the tablet. [Fingerprint mapping: 100 Percent Complete.] [Initiating Retinal Scan...] [Retinal mapping: 10 Percent... 30 Percent...] "Excellent," Marcus murmured, completely captivated by the glowing progress bar on his screen.