March 25: The Glitch Returns

 March 25: The Glitch Returns


The cabin was gone, swallowed by the earth. Ivy Mae, Roman, and Jas had barely made it out before the ground split apart beneath them. Now, they were on the move, scavenging supplies, looking for shelter.


Jas checked their old tablet out of habit. Dead. Just like everything else.


Then— a spark, a flicker.


A screen blinked to life, static crackling. A distorted voice cut through:

"This is the United Nations emergency broadcast—"

Then nothing.


Jas’s stomach tightened. The glitches had started again. The last time they’d seen one, the world as they knew it ended.


"We need to go," Ivy Mae said, gripping her pack.


The distant rumbling in the south was growing louder.