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The scene was desolate. Rain lashed against the pumps, turning the asphalt into a black mirror. At , a silver sedan drifted into the frame. It didn’t pull up to a pump; it stopped in the middle of the lot, headlights cutting through the downpour.

The hard drive hummed, a low, rhythmic sound that suddenly mimicked the clicking of windshield wipers. A notification popped up in the corner of his screen: File "23h41_051121.mp4" is currently being accessed by another user. 23h41_051121.mp4

For two minutes, nothing happened. The wipers flicked back and forth with hypnotic regularity. Inside the station, a lone clerk was visible through the window, head down, glowing in the blue light of a smartphone. The Anomaly The scene was desolate