A World Without Danger Chapter 1 by BlueSky-Writer, literature
Literature
A World Without Danger Chapter 1
Chapter 1: A Discovery
His mind was in a haze as his hands flew across the keyboard.
No time for idle thoughts… no room for mistakes.
He had to get this all right.
“Daddy?”
Franz looked down, his fourteen year old daughter looking up at him, her green eyes trembling in fear. She held onto part of his lab coat, leaning against the chair he was in.
“Are… Are we going to be okay?”
“We will be, Aelita.” Franz took one of his hands away from the keyboard, stroking her hair. “I just need to input a few more codes then we will be safe.”
“Those men are really scary…” Aelita sniffled a little. “They reminded me of the ones that…”
Franz frowned, shushing his daughter.
“I know, Angel, I know… but they won’t get us. We’re going to a place where they will never find us. We’ll be free.”
“And… Mommy will be there?”
“In time, she will.”
Franz finished inputting his last command, a timer appearing on the screen. He got out of his chair and took Aelita’s hand.
“Let’s go, my dear.”
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