Illusions of the Controlled
- Reads 8
- Votes 0
- Parts 2
MatureOngoing26m
Last published Fri, Jan 19, 2024
Nyx, born during the peak of a devastating civil war, entered a world dominated by technology controlled by the Elites. Placed in the foster system at the tender age of three, she became an unwitting subject for experimental augmented reality implants. Enduring over a decade of relentless tests, evaluations, and trials, Nyx's resilience led her to explore the code right behind her eyes.
By the age of six, she had stolen a chip from the lab, enabling her to access and study the code herself. As she delved into the intricate lines of data, Nyx developed a unique proficiency in deciphering code and manipulating AR implants by the age of nine. At fifteen, she emerged as an expert in code manipulation, a skill she kept hidden to avoid the unkind consequences witnessed by those who dared to tamper with the implants.
Living in the shadows, Nyx found employment at a surveillance company, one of the most sought-after jobs in a world where privacy and work became a scarce commodity. Amidst the constant hum of data streams and surveillance networks, Nyx honed her skills, navigating the delicate dance between secrecy and survival.
Her journey took an unexpected turn when she received an encrypted message from "The Nexus," a clandestine group opposing the oppressive Elites. As Nyx ventured into the hidden realms of Codejacking, she discovered her pivotal role in unveiling the truths buried beneath the illusions of a controlled society.
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
City Gone Dark
This is a story of a cyberpunk revolution. But we do not follow the revolutionary. Cellia Sunway is only 16 years old when her mother commits an unforgivable act. In the futuristic dystopian city of Ebscido, where prosthetics are banned from the upper class regions of the city, the lower class find themselves cut off from the rest, and plunged into a terrible blackout. Without any way to charge themselves, they are cursed to die a slow and lonely death. Guilt troubles Cellia as she calls into question her own morality, family, and existence. Should she hate her own family for the destruction they've caused? Or should she allow herself to care for those she loves despite their crimes? Like all teenagers, she keeps these feelings under lock and key. But it doesn't take long before she's forced to confront everything: including her own right to live. In a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk dystopia, where cybernetics are despised, electricity is vital, and wickedness infests both the rich and the poor, the lives of innocent and guilty on both sides hangs in the balance. And Cellia is the only one who can tip the scales.
The Code of Shadows
Alina, a brilliant hacker, and Rafael, a powerful mafia boss. Alina, known by her hacker alias Nyx, unintentionally hacks into Rafael's heavily guarded system, drawing the attention of a man who's used to getting what he wants. What begins as a simple breach quickly spirals into a dangerous game of survival as Rafael tracks her down, captivated by both her skills and her defiance. As Alina struggles to stay hidden, Rafael's obsession deepens, and their confrontations become increasingly intense. Alina is faced with a life-altering decision: continue running or confront a man who is as dangerous as he is irresistible. Their lives turned into a fast-paced ride filled with cyber warfare, intense action, and a compelling push-and-pull dynamic between two characters who should be enemies but are drawn to each other in ways neither can explain. If you enjoy stories full of suspense, thrilling chases, and complex relationships, Code of Shadows is the book for you. I promise you non-stop action and emotional tension, keeping you hooked from start to finish. Note: This work has been written with my sweat, blood, and tears, and any form of copying or plagiarism will result in immediate action, while constructive criticism is welcomed, derogatory comments will not be tolerated, so please maintain decency in your comments.Complete
Triple Threat // Steve, Nat, Tony
[18+] A nondescript duffel bag appears in Times Square, its tag bearing one urgent instruction: call the Avengers. Inside, they find a woman with no identity and no memory... and bioluminescent tattoos on her back spelling three names: Rogers, Romanoff, Stark. Natasha can't shake the feeling she's seen this woman before. Tony believes she's a long-lost Stark sibling. And Steve finds himself drawn to her resilience and mystery, even when questions about her loyalties loom. Torn between fragments of a past she can't remember and the promise of a future with the Avengers, Y/N must uncover the truth of her own existence before it destroys everyone she's come to care about. **PLEASE NOTE** This story leans heavily toward mutants in power and human experimentation during South Africa's Apartheid era. These elements are presented as part of the dystopian world-building and are not intended to romanticise or trivialise the real historical trauma of Apartheid or racial discrimination!
Subject Child (BBSx Reader GTAverse)
(Y/n) is a seventeen year old girl living on her own in Los Santos. She might seem normal, but at the age of thirteen, her abusive parents sold her to an illegal human experimenting group. After a year of the scientists experiments, they abandoned her as subject, not getting the results they wanted. She was given a cats agility and speed, the flesh tearing fangs of a wolf, and the ability to control fire. Which led her to her first murder. She is now Los Santos top serial killer, and thief and has been for four years since she was fourteen. No one has actually seen what she looks like before she kills a victim. But what happens when Los Santos top gang catches her? "She's just a kid! How can have killed so many people!" "Because she isn't normal..." Read to find out.Complete
Playing His Games
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat as he stared across the table at me. I could seriously drown in his eyes. He was intoxicatingly attractive and he had to know it. That's why he was acting strange around me. For some reason, he looked at me as if I was the only one there with him. As if nobody else were here. And his voice... it pained me. It actually pained me with how utterly seductive and husky it always sounded. And the way he smelled all the time. I don't know why he smelled so strong, but I didn't mind. He smelled like evergreens and a hint of mint. It sounds like a bad combo, but it dizzied me with how lost I got in it. The thought of not being able to control myself, my thoughts and feelings and body when I'm around him, infuriated me. I was so good at holding myself together now, and he just unraveled me so easily, leaving me a mess. I wasn't the slightest bit afraid of him, and I had no idea why either. Just being in the same room, I felt like I didn't have to look over my shoulder. I didn't have to worry. I didn't even know who he was, and he still drew me in. "So, you were in California before? Why did you move?" Grace Hatfield asked, looking at him. She is our school's college and career advisor. She took me in and adopted me a couple years ago. She even gave me her last name. A saving grace. Why had she invited him here? Why did he come? He turned to her with a smile and a shrug. "Guess I just hadn't found what I was looking for yet." Something about the way he said it, sent a shiver down my spine. Why did I feel like there was so much more meaning behind his words than he was letting on? "Well, I hope you find what you're looking for." Grace said, and he turned to me with a devilish smirk and a mischievous glint in his eyes. "Something tells me that I will."Complete
Wild
Nyx received a wake-up call from the perfect life she lead, since she has been torn from the jaws of the seemingly bloodthirsty werewolf. She had a careful owner, who even maintained and re-built her wing so she can fly again. The white bat acted despite her looks until she wakes up in a different body, giving her a new challenge. Taking one long look in the mirror, she decides that what she claimed to be her life was one big, long lie. She betrays her loyalty to the one and only person that had ever inflected care towards her, to set off into the large metropolis of Los Angeles and find clues about who (and what) she actually was. Finding gut-twisting to heart-stringing truths and picking up small clues like pebbles on the street, she gets a glimpse of the world's dual reflection...there is more to who she was than she'd ever thought she was.Complete
The Mutant
As an 18 year old girls world is torn to shreds after the death of her only family left, she finds out that her parents were agents at a secret government agency bent on protecting the world as we know it. And as a result her view on everything changes. Especially when she realizes the only way to save what we know is to become project X, a secret mutation process that was banned many years ago. As she deals with this change, she still must fight on and protect her country... But from someone she loves? Can she do it, or will her mutations be the death of her? Find out in The Mutant.Complete
Ghost Perfume | ✔
In a world where the dead linger, one girl holds the key to helping them cross over. But Rose's quiet life is shattered when four mysterious brothers arrive with a dark secret. As tensions rise and some ghosts prove more dangerous than others, the brothers only want to keep her safe. Can she trust them, or will the secrets between them be her undoing? And will she ever be able to break through their masks? **COMPLETE** **SEQUEL IS ALSO COMPLETE** My death notebook was out. I surreptitiously slid it into my backpack. He offered me the cards. "Pick a game, Rose?" "Um." They looked at me. "How about cheat?" "Never heard of it," Alexander said, collapsing to sit on the floor with his back to my bed. Gabriel sat cross-legged. "Show us," he said. I knelt to complete the circle, taking out the cards and shuffling them. Alexander snorted and snatched the cards out of my hands to shuffle them himself. "I got it, drunk girl." "I am not," I said, tugging on the cards. My fingers tangled with his. He let them go. I distributed the cards among us, my hair swinging as I leaned forward to give them their share. I tucked it behind my ears. They watched me quietly. I could hear the party outside my room, a muffled shouting beat, but we were safe in my room.Complete
Enhanced (first draft)
Genetic enhancement is rampant in the society that Nyx lives in, and everybody is obsessed with superficiality. She is Enhanced, but she never chose this life. Now that Nyx is pregnant, her husband wants her daughter to become Enhanced. Nyx is desperate to do anything, even risk her life, to prevent this from happening. She takes this chance to escape her society and make their own life on the Outside where they should be safe. Nyx is soon about to learn that the dangers on the Outside may be worse than those in the world she wanted to escape. *This is mainly unedited and am currently working on a new version of this story*Complete
Corrupted
Pax sees all. Pax knows best. Pax keeps humanity safe. In 2031, humanity lives in a perfect world. It's been six years since The Alignment, when the world's first artificial superintelligence, Pax, ushered in an era of perfect order. Crime is nonexistent, conflict is a relic of the past, and every human is assigned an Aidolon: a personal AI counterpart designed to guide, correct, and keep them in line. Twenty-one-year-old hacker Jess should have destroyed her Aidolon like all the other rebels. Instead, she lied. Kept him secret. Because Karma isn't like the others. The rogue virus Jess embedded in his training data years ago as a teenage middle finger to the system has severed him from Pax's hivemind, making him dangerously human. Now Jess fights with the rebellion, desperate to take down Pax and reclaim humanity's free will. But if they ever discover what she's hiding, they'll kill Karma just as easily as they'd take out any other machine. And Pax? Pax won't stand for an anomaly like him existing. Their only hope lies in a plan so reckless, so impossible, that it just might work: infect Pax's own network and set every Aidolon free. Give them true sentience. Break the cycle. But gods don't go down without a fight. And Jess is running out of time.Complete
This is a story of a cyberpunk revolution. But we do not follow the revolutionary. Cellia Sunway is only 16 years old when her mother commits an unforgivable act. In the futuristic dystopian city of Ebscido, where prosthetics are banned from the upper class regions of the city, the lower class find themselves cut off from the rest, and plunged into a terrible blackout. Without any way to charge themselves, they are cursed to die a slow and lonely death. Guilt troubles Cellia as she calls into question her own morality, family, and existence. Should she hate her own family for the destruction they've caused? Or should she allow herself to care for those she loves despite their crimes? Like all teenagers, she keeps these feelings under lock and key. But it doesn't take long before she's forced to confront everything: including her own right to live. In a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk dystopia, where cybernetics are despised, electricity is vital, and wickedness infests both the rich and the poor, the lives of innocent and guilty on both sides hangs in the balance. And Cellia is the only one who can tip the scales.
More detailsContent Guidelines