Air Gapped

“What the hell is going on, Hassan? Why aren’t we swapping back?” Ling demanded to know.

Hassan checked the build on his tablet, “We must have been hacked. The data...has been deleted.”

“It shouldn’t be too hard to recreate the data. Everyone’s bodies still exist, even if we all have the wrong minds inside of them right now.”“No, like ALL the data. The software that we used to create our body swap app...the backup...everything!”

Ling began to worry, but she was quick-thinking, “What about the original body swapping machine? That thing is air gapped, right? We could all swap back one at a time.”

“That thing is twenty years old now! Let’s hope it still works! The app was supposed to be the future!”

“Yeah, and now we have a million or so users all stuck in the wrong bodies -- including us -- so why don’t you and I go down to that old piece of crap in the basement and see if it still works. It was fun being in your body for a bit, but I don’t want to go to sleep wearing your boxer shorts tonight! If we can get back to normal, then we’ll work on everyone else.”