She started to think that maybe, this is what life is . Living for a while and then dying . From the beginning, she never thought life was great in the first place . And the saddest thing was that, she was just a child and yet thinking about life .
Looking at the round white moon, the girl stood and leaned on the window's frame .
"Hey moon, do you think there's still hope for us?" She asked but no one answered her, and yet she continued asking, talking to the moon .
"Shall we give up? There's no use fighting if you know you'll lose in the end, right?" she continued asking, her pale face was losing its light . Her young self was drowning in the dark and deep within, she wanted to cry for help .
She knelt on the floor and tugged her hair when suddenly, a sound reached her ears . She immediately stood and her gaze fell towards the window . A beautiful sound coming from across the building where she was, gave her some gooseb.u.mps . She froze in place looking at the only lit room in that building across her .
The song was so beautiful and it reached her heart and her deepest soul . It was as if the moon has answered her through a song . It was a song that was sorrowful yet filled with hope . As if it was telling her the words, 'there's still hope, don't give up' .
She listened to the song as she clenched her fist tight . Her heart was beating loud as though the song was awakening her dying heart . Giving her a brand new hope that everything isn't over yet .
After the song ended, a new light enveloped her eyes . She wanted to rush at the other side of the building to see whoever was playing but she knew she can't .
"That song was beautiful, whoever you are, thank you . " She could only whisper to the wind when suddenly she heard her father's voice .
"Mm . That song was so beautiful . I never heard a song for a long time . " He said and the girl immediately walked closer to him . She just held his hand without saying a thing .
"My little girl . I'm so sorry for letting you live this kind of life . I'm so sorry you never experienced a normal life . I'm so sorry . " He continued . His voice was hoa.r.s.e and filled with pain .
"Daddy, please don't say sorry . You never wanted this to happen . And don't worry, this little girl of yours will fight and we will leave this place . I promise . " The young girl said with gaze filled with determination, but her dad was already asleep and he didn't hear her words .
Time pa.s.sed and the day before the deadline came .
Due to her mother's anxiousness because of her husband's health, the invention was a failure . The couple lost all hope and they also found out that her father only has few months left to live . They started lamenting their powerlessness and saying sorry for their child when suddenly, their daughter, told them a shocking news .
Unable to believe her, the child showed them her experiment . She has developed a dangerous bioweapon using genome editing technology and her parent's faces paled to the extent of being lifeless .
"Last year, I was just playing and accidentally crossed with this idea . I---"
"Oh my G.o.d, oh my G.o.d Rin . Please stop . No, this is bad . Extremely bad . Dear, what should we do? Oh my G.o.d . " Her mother cut through her words . She was brooding in extreme fear as she looked helplessly at her husband .
That moment, the girl was stunned . She expected them to be happy but the complete opposite happened .
Her father kneeled in front of her and weakly held her shoulders .
"Listen, my little girl . You can't create these kind of things . We are so sorry for not telling you these but these weapon will be used by them to kill people . Your experiment was a huge breakthrough but this will be used as a weapon for ma.s.s destruction . " He explained and the girl just stood there frozen . She just wanted them to survive . She just wanted to do something to save themselves . She was just a child and she doesn't have the luxury to think about others . She couldn't believe that what she did was something unacceptable .
"Darling, we have to do something and destroy this before anyone will find out about this . " Her father said to his wife and she nodded .
"But how? How could we destroy this? How are we going to do that?" She replied when the girl suddenly talked .
"Then, are we just going to die here just like this? The three of us will die tomorrow if we won't show this to them . " She said and the couple's eyes turned wide as they both looked at her .
