Error — Es2launcher.exe Application

Nothing happened. Then, a small, polite window appeared in the dead center of her screen.

She never pressed a thing. But the error clicked itself anyway. Es2launcher.exe Application Error

The thumping stopped. The fans stopped. The lights in her apartment went out. Nothing happened

Then the sound started. A low, wet thump from her subwoofer. Thump. Thump. Thump. It wasn't a system beep. It was rhythmic. Organic. Nothing happened. Then

Lena blinked. "What?"

Lena ran for the door. She didn't make it. The last error window bloomed across all three of her monitors at once, huge and red: