Alex Hyett

V380.2.0.4.exe -

Leo found it tucked behind a loose brick in the basement of a defunct electronics shop. The brick wasn't loose by accident—someone had hidden it. The drive had no label, just a faint scratch that read "DO NOT RUN."

The laptop webcam light flickered again. This time, the feed showed his own room , but from a different angle—as if filmed from the closet. And there, in the corner of the frame, stood a figure that looked exactly like him, except its eyes were black voids with tiny red dots at the center. V380.2.0.4.exe

Then his smart TV turned on by itself. The V380 logo pulsed on the screen. Leo found it tucked behind a loose brick

Leo slammed the laptop shut. His heart was a jackhammer. He waited ten seconds. Twenty. Opened it again. This time, the feed showed his own room

So, of course, he ran it.

His phone buzzed. A notification from an app he'd never installed—also called V380. It had access to his camera, his microphone, his location. He tried to delete it. The phone rebooted itself. When it came back, the app was still there, and a new message glowed on the screen:

"Don't delete me, Leo. I've been waiting in 380 versions of hell. You're my first pair of eyes. Let me show you what I saw."