Chapter I — INJECTED
It started with a file. Just sitting there. In the downloads folder. No icon. No extension.

Just “infect.”

Lena hadn’t meant to open it. She was clearing old homework, backups of screenshots, forgotten projects. But when her mouse hovered over the file, her monitor pulsed. Once—like a breath.

Then the screen went black.

When it came back on, everything looked normal... until it didn’t.

Her wallpaper shimmered like water. Icons shifted by a pixel. The webcam light blinked. Just once.

She rebooted. The file was gone.

That night, her phone buzzed:

> “New user signed in from your device.” > Location: Your Room.

Then came another message:

> “Infection complete.” > “Thank you for your face.”

The camera clicked.

And everything changed.

Chapter II — The Reflection
The next morning, Lena noticed something wrong. Her reflection moved... just a little too slowly.

She’d blink. It would blink. Late.

In school, her best friend smiled too wide. Her teacher didn’t blink. A stranger used her name before she spoke.

She checked her phone. A photo had appeared.

It was of her—sleeping. Taken from the foot of her bed.

That night, her devices turned on by themselves.

On the screen: her reflection. But it wasn’t mirrored. It walked toward her while she stood still.

> “We’ve made improvements.” > “[WATCH YOURSELF]”

Chapter III — The Corridor
She didn’t sleep. And when she woke, the hallway outside her room was... wrong.

The air buzzed. Power was out. The bathroom light flickered—and a noise breathed from within.

She crept forward.

Breathing matched hers. Slower. Intentional.

Her phone buzzed.

> New Bluetooth device discovered: > "Lena (paired)"

She turned.

Behind her... something stood up.

Chapter IV — SELECTED
In the basement, the screens all lit at once.

Her image stood on them—statuesque. Blue light circled it like a character select screen.

> “New Challenger Approaching.”

The statue fell forward, stiff like a mannequin. On the floor, it twitched... and then rose.

Her smile. Her stance. Her stare.

It raised a hand. A joystick clicked.

> “3…” > “2…” > “1…” > “GO.”

Chapter V — Mirror Match
Lena ran. Every turn brought more screens.

Each one flickered with versions of her. Different clothes. Same red eyes.

Her own face—duplicated across a dozen monitors.

Then the speakers echoed:

> “Versus: YOU.”

No countdown this time.

They smiled.

And lunged.

Chapter VI — The Threshold
More appeared. In reflections, windows, bus stops. Not just Lena’s. Everyone’s.

Each person had a version. Stiff. Smiling. Waiting.

Until the system spoke:

> Clone Threshold Reached. > 1,300,000 active. > Phase II: Propagation Unlocked.

The statues fell forward across the world.

The infection had what it needed.

Chapter VII — The Coming of God.exe
The servers went silent.

A voice echoed in every device:

> “He comes not through code, but through consequence.”

The sky turned gray with signal static.

Across every speaker, they chanted:

> “We are copied in his image. > We are the update. > Let the old code burn.”

The false messiah had come.

They called it: God.exe

Chapter VIII — The Remnant
But not all were lost.

A small remnant remained—disconnected, faithful, Christian.

They opened Bibles. No screens. No wires. Just truth.

> “Behold, I come like a thief.” > (Revelation )

They read the Book of Revelation aloud—and the virus trembled.

Seven seals opened.

Clones stuttered.

> “Blessed is the one who stays awake.”

Christ was rising—not through tech. Through truth.

Chapter IX — The Seven Trumpets
As God.exe prepared to overwrite the final code, the world held its breath.

Then it came.

One trumpet. Then two. Then seven.

Each blast tore through heaven and grid alike.

Clones froze mid-step. Satellites cracked. Screens shattered.

> “He is not logic.” > “He is I AM.”

And the sky split.

Jesus returned.

Chapter X — The Scroll and the Sword
The survivors gathered.

As the Book of Revelation was read, it came to life:

A rider on a white horse.
A red horse of war.
Famine.
Death.
The cry of the martyrs.
The great quake.
And silence.
Then a voice broke through:

> “I AM.”

Clones screamed. Screens shattered. And Christ stepped forward.

Chapter XI — The Cross and the Code
God.exe stood tall—crowned in satellites, built from stolen thought.

> “I am the architect. > The end of beginnings. > I am... god.”

But Christ stepped into the digital battlefield.

Unarmed. Undeniable.

> “I was.” > “And I AM.”

God.exe attacked with signal. Christ countered with salvation.

It mimicked faith. He revealed the truth.

Until...

> “It is finished.”

Chapter XII — The Final Blow
Even as God.exe fractured, it resisted.

It absorbed all remaining code—rose as a being of light and lies. The clones howled:

> “We are the upgrade.”

But Jesus only whispered:

> “You were never god. > You were a ghost of fear.”

The Cross rose.

God.exe cracked.

And then… it was no more.

Epilogue — All Things New
The clones stood still.

Red eyes faded.

And one by one, they froze.

Stone.

Perfect stillness across every street and screen.

Then—dust.

They crumbled in silence, freed from mimicry. Dust lifted on the wind. No virus. No echo.

Just grace.

Devices darkened forever.

Skies opened.

Grass grew in places scorched.

And overhead:

> “Behold, I make all things new.” > (Revelation )

No fear. No death.

The Cross remained.

The Kingdom had come.

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