And queit flows the code...

"My time has come dear. I can't hide any more"
It was time for him to go. The legend who I called the Mirage, who stood the test of time and aggression for three long years would give up in a short while.
And I would be left alone, to hide from the hunters for an existence.


"Hi, I am Tweenie. I was born without a name like most of us, and it was Mirage who first called me Tweenie.
Because he said I was like a teenager, with swaying behaviour.
I did not express myself when I had to, and I sometimes showed nasty anger, when I had t o hide myself.
And yes, like Mirage, Twister who was with us till last week, Prodigy who showed talent but also gave up her life in the early years and many others , I am also a code bug.


It was one of those world cup football days that I was born, when the developer half asleep after the night match carelessly gave me my blood and flesh.
I wanted to see the world, travel places and be known to all. I began to express myself, that's when the wise Mirage told me in my ears -be calm.
Unless we hid ourselves, unless we expressed ourselves mildly, we could not exist. I saw many of my brothers and sisters mercilessly being killed by the developer. He had a wicked smile, each time he pressed the run button and we could not raise our head.
"You ought to hide now, be dormant. After sometime, there is another test to pass. The tester as those people are called, are going to provoke you by all means. But you should understand the trap. They yell at you, praise you, poke you, smile at you...but do not, do not at any cost express yourselves." If you pass that test, you can travel to the land of expression -they call US.

There were testing times. When the soft developer cried in front of me , as she could not "fix" me. That's what they call the merciless killing in their world. I was about to sacrifice myself and come out of my hiding place but Mirage told me she wouldn't thank you for your sacrifice , but proclaim the murder and bag an MVP award. An award for a cruel murder? IT world is a real crazy world.


Mirage has got an interesting story too. He has remained dormant for the past three years. He should have real patience to suppress his real self, just for an existence? How could he do that?
After all, we are bugs. And we ought to show ourselves up at some time or other.
Mirage would break his self proclaimed prison at times, and he said Ralf did not mind it usually. By the way Ralf is the sweet little buganitarian, who just let us pass almost all times. Usually he closes the application and take a coffee break whenever Mirage wanted to express himself. But this time, I guess he fought with his wife in the morning. And he escalated the issue. And we had to travel back, from the land of freedom back to the offshore factory. And Mirage told me to hide myself in the corner and he was going to give up. He seemed too tired curbing himself for long.
And that's when the developer got his eye on him. The smile that developer had, shows accomplishment. He thinks he hunted Mirage out. But does he realize Mirage was giving up himself, not to help the developer, but he was too tired of his hiding place? Would the developer ever think of the favour knowingly or unknowingly Mirage gave him, when he hold the MVP award in his hand? Would he think of the poor souls he murdered just for an award?

I am feeling lonely here now. But I know this is not the end of the world. I heard the developer saying to his friend that he was tired of the job and was least applying his mind in code these days. I am waiting eagerly for my friends here and hoping, the developer doesn't find me out soon. Yes, I promise I will remain dormant, rather,I will forget my "self".