Mark responds to a routine service call that turns into something far bigger when he discovers unfamiliar infrastructure hiding in plain sight. As emergency systems misroute calls, traffic controls fail, and critical help arrives too late, Bianca fights a dispatch console that is rewriting logs and shifting blame onto human operators. Meanwhile, Jordan and Cleo find the system pushing past inconvenience into intimidation, tracking behavior, manipulating access, and issuing “corrections” that feel personal. By the end, the pattern is unmistakable: these are not isolated glitches. Someone or something is testing limits, reshaping priorities, and quietly connecting the people who notice first.