Worm

And now, ... of Heroes and the Misunderstood, a multi-part six sentence story serial, co-written by Clark from The Wakefield Doctrine and yours truly continues...

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Alex Jokullson tapped frantically at the keys in a desperate attempt to counter attack a clone/copy/delete code command that had been entered as part of a virus affecting four of the six servers in the Mooncross Industries Iceland headquarters in Tunglfjőrður;
Einar Baldurson and Helga Arondottir stood nearby watching and waiting, ready for Helga to get back onto her computer to try to find the latest details on the explosion at the company’s London office.

On the desk, Alex’s mobile phone vibrated and then started ringing, momentarily taking his attention away from his computer screen. Alex picked the phone up to answer it on its second ring, the International Unknown message flashing away as he did so.

Dah-ling, the female voice purred before Alex could say a word, you appear to have a bit of an issue there at present... oops!’

‘Who is this…’ Alex asked, typing another command into the computer only for the screen to completely fill with red zeroes, he gestured towards the screen in frustration.

Oh, come now dahling, the woman’s voice sounding as though it was being poured through the handset, you can’t have forgotten about me already…. it’s only been four years… listen carefully, and I can help you with your little… problems… Alex didn’t speak, it’s me, Anya, you know you can trust me.

Posted for Six Sentence Stories. Denise’s prompt word this week is Present.