The Silent Express

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  Episode 18: The One Who Remembers When she opened her eyes, the city was quiet. No sirens. No shadows. No versions. Just Keira . The real one. Whole. She stepped into the alley again, where it all began. The neon lights still buzzed, indifferent. In her hand, a new device pulsed with warm, steady light. Not a weapon. A key. To everything that had been kept from her. And everyone else. She smiled for the first time in years. “Let’s make the city remember what it tried to forget.” Go to Episode 17

  Episode 17: The Last Version Keira and her double stood in silence, the Archive pulsing with raw power. “I remember now,” Version 28 said. “Everything. Including how they tricked you into thinking you were the last.” Keira narrowed her eyes. “And you’re not here to help me, are you?” 28 smiled—sad, tired. “I’m here to end the cycle. But not by deletion.” She extended her hand. “Merge with me. No more fragments. No more versions. Just… us.” The system buzzed violently. It wasn’t designed for this. Keira looked at the stranger—he nodded, barely conscious. She reached forward. The final merge began. Pain. Light. Silence. Read Episode 18 here Go to Episode 16

  Episode 16: The Reversal Clause Within the stream of data, a buried command blinked: Reversal Clause – Emergency Rebirth Inversion It would destroy the activation sequence of all future versions. And, maybe, destroy her in the process. “You can’t,” the stranger wheezed. “You’ll wipe yourself.” She placed her hand on the final slot. “I’d rather end this on my terms… than become a ghost again.” Just as she pressed down— — another hand grabbed hers. A mirror. No—a person . Identical. Version 28. “You’ve come far,” her double said. “But this ends with me.” Read Episode 17 here Go to Episode 15

  Episode 15: The Awakening Loop Keira stared at the drone. “No… I’m still alive.” “You are,” the voice said. “But not for long. The system doesn’t tolerate overlaps.” The stranger lunged—but the drone fired a burst of electric blue light, sending him crashing into the wall. “Why didn’t you tell me?” Keira shouted. “Because I was Version 25,” he coughed, blood in his teeth. “I thought if you could survive… we all could.” Suddenly, the terminal beeped. “Override complete,” it announced. Data flooded into her. All 27 versions. All endings. All failures. She screamed—not from pain, but understanding . She was never supposed to survive. But now, she had every reason to. Read Episode 16 here Go to Episode 14

  Episode 14: The Keysplit At the heart of the Archive, a chamber glowed with cold blue light. In its center: a terminal with two slots—dual-key access. “You have half the code,” he said. “I have the other.” “What happens if I don’t input mine?” “You stay a puppet. And someone else takes your place.” She inserted the drive. A low hum began. But something was wrong. A third slot opened. A third key? Before she could react, a small panel slid open behind her—revealing a sleek drone, hovering silently. A voice crackled from it. “Version 28 has been activated.” Read Episode 15 here Go to Episode 13

Episode 13: The Archive Below The stranger moved fast. “We have to go. Now.” Keira hesitated. “Every second you wait, they overwrite more of you,” he snapped. They entered the elevator again. But this time, it descended below the city's datanet—a place forgotten by most, scrubbed from AI records. The Archive Below. As they walked through rusting corridors lined with obsolete tech, old voices echoed—recordings of every Keira that came before her. Pleading. Screaming. One, chillingly calm: “Version 13. I know how this ends. Tell the next me: don’t trust him.” She turned to the stranger. He didn’t meet her eyes. Read Episode 14 here Go to Episode 12

Episode 12: The Recall Trigger The stranger’s expression flickered, for a split second, from calm to something else—fear? “No,” he said, too quickly. “I’m here to help you finish what they started.” Keira stepped back, instincts flaring. Her memories kept crashing into her—some foreign, some too real. Versions of her strapped to machines. Versions fighting back. Versions dying. “What am I?” she whispered. “You’re Version 27 . And you’re the first one to survive this long.” The city lights outside dimmed. A siren wailed—low, pulsing, like a heartbeat. The Recall Trigger had been activated. Read Episode 13 here Go to Episode 11

Episode 11: The Code That Was Never Meant to Run Keira’s heartbeat thundered. The encrypted file contained her name. The Mirror Agent Protocol had erased her identity, rewritten her past, and yet—she was standing here. Alive. A glitch in the system. The stranger watched her reaction closely. "You haven’t figured it out yet, have you?" Before she could respond, the file force-executed itself , running a hidden command that had been buried deep inside its code. Suddenly—Keira’s memories fractured . Keira was Never the First A series of images flashed across her vision —faces she didn’t recognize, places she had never been, codes she had never written. But one thing was unmistakable. Every person in the images looked exactly like her . Not similar. Identical. Her DNA had been replicated , her consciousness rewritten , and she was merely the latest version in a cycle of failed experiments. But failed in what way? She looked at the stranger, realization...

  Episode 10: The Mirror Agent Records showed Keira died two years ago . Her file was labeled under Mirror Agent Protocol —a covert operation where real identities were erased and replaced with AI-generated replicas . Her life was not her own . She scanned further. One more name appeared. The stranger’s. Read Episode 11 here Go to Episode 9

  Episode 9: The File That Shouldn’t Exist The stranger was not part of the plan . The city’s underground didn’t work like this—no sudden alliances, no ghost transmissions from the dead . He handed her an encrypted drive , its edges pulsing with artificial intelligence signatures. "Open it, and you’ll understand why they want you gone." Keira hesitated, then connected it to her wrist interface. A name appeared on screen. Her own. Read Episode 10 here Go to Episode 9

Episode 8: The Extraction Keira had minutes. The Runners were closing in—silent figures moving in sync, their neural implants flashing red. She sprinted through the dark alleys, hiding in neon reflections , until she reached a rusted elevator door. The coordinates led here? A mechanical whir . The door slid open on its own. Inside, a figure waited , face hidden beneath a flickering hologram. "You don’t have a choice, Keira." Read Episode 9 here Go to Episode 7

  Episode 7: The Echo Protocol Keira’s breath hitched. The voice in her implant wasn’t supposed to exist. Echo Protocol —a system designed to override dead signals—had been shut down years ago . "Stay off the grid," the voice repeated, but this time, something was different. A second transmission followed—glitching, fragmented. A set of coordinates. The place where everything started. Read Episode 8 here Go to Episode 6

  Episode 6: The Dead Man’s Code Keira wasn’t supposed to survive the knife. And yet, she did. Because someone had been watching . A voice crackled through her neural implant —a voice she hadn’t heard in years. “Stay off the grid.” Her heart stopped. That voice belonged to a man who had been dead for five years. Read Episode 7 here Go to Episode 5

  Episode 5: The Chase The stranger cursed. The device was still in their hands , but Keira was nowhere . A static buzz filled the air. Runners were coming. The city’s underground enforcement squad—no faces, no names. Just shadows programmed to kill. The stranger glanced down at the device. A single line flashed across its screen: She knows. Run. Read Episode 6 here Go to Episode 4 

  Episode 4: The Glitch Pain blurred Keira’s vision, but she had one chance . The AI surveillance system was designed to be flawless , but like everything in the city, it had weaknesses. She pressed her palm against the ground, whispering the override code only she knew . The neon around her flickered —for just a second, the entire system glitched . And in that second, she vanished. Read Episode 5 here Go to Episode 3

  Episode 3: The Betrayal Keira lunged. Fast. Precise. Brutal. But she never saw the knife. Pain exploded through her side. She stumbled. The stranger leaned closer, their voice barely a whisper. “Wrong play, Keira.” The world spun, neon lights smearing into a dark abyss . Read Episode 4 here Go back to Episode 2

  Episode 2: The Deal The stranger held the device between gloved fingers , the neon light reflecting off its surface. Keira had seen people killed for less. “I don’t have time for games,” she said. “That’s unfortunate,” the stranger smirked. “Because this is a game. And you’ve already lost." A siren screamed in the distance. She had seconds before the city's AI surveillance locked onto them. The stranger tossed the device in the air , catching it lazily. “Your move.” Read Episode 3 here Go to Episode 1

  Episode 1: The Message The alley glowed with neon blues and violent pinks , the kind of light that made shadows feel alive. Keira adjusted her gloves—heatproof, static-resistant —perfect for an undercover operative who was about to steal something she wasn’t meant to see . Her target: a message hidden inside a glowing device smuggled through the city’s underground network. The encrypted data was rumored to be worth millions , enough to topple governments. Enough to make her disappear. Except someone got there first. A shadow moved in front of her, slow but deliberate. “Looking for this?” A voice—smooth, confident, dangerous. Keira’s fingers tightened into fists. That wasn't part of the plan. Read episode-2