Xd.exe

“You brought me back. Now, I’ll make sure nobody ever forgets me again.”

Leo tried to close the window. The 'X' in the corner vanished as his cursor approached. He tried Task Manager, but the process list was empty. He tried to pull the plug, but his laptop stayed powered on, the fan whirring with a high-pitched, rhythmic wheeze that sounded suspiciously like a wheezing laugh. xd.exe

The file icon was a crude, pixelated yellow smiley face tilted on its side—the classic "XD" emoticon. It was tiny, only a few kilobytes. He double-clicked it, expecting a dead link or a simple prank program. “You brought me back

His "Work" folder was the first to go. It hit the edge of the window and shattered into a shower of binary code, which the jester greedily scooped up and stuffed into its wide, 'D' shaped mouth. He tried Task Manager, but the process list was empty