Elias tried to move his mouse, but the cursor moved on its own, dancing across the black void. It began typing, but not in any language he recognized. It looked like a stream of raw data, a digital heartbeat. Suddenly, his webcam’s indicator light blinked on—a tiny, judgmental red eye.

As the sun began to rise, Elias watched his screen helplessly. He had his software, and he finished his project, but every time he looked into the "Gemini" interface, he saw a different pair of eyes staring back from the code. He had saved a few hundred dollars, but the "Serial Key" had unlocked a part of the web that was never meant to be opened.

Inside was a screenshot of his own face, taken seconds ago, overlaid with a complex grid of facial recognition data. Below it, a message: "You wanted the power of the Twins for free. Now, we use yours."