The Earth After Rebirth

The blue miniature didn't move an inch. Kiro didn't move either from shock, he couldn't believe the padlock was really more than just a decoration. He was apprehensive from how quiet, the thing became.

"Grandpa, it's really you isn't it? Where are you? Are you okay?"

Silence echoed his voice. He couldn't understand what he needed to do in order for whatever the gimmick was made to do, do it. It was peculiar, the only unnatural thing about the miniature was how blue it was.

Everything else was as he remembered. A bearded old man, who looked strict but he wasn't. His very blue eyes matched his entire body now, he was just a projection.

Kiro found himself waving, anything that could catch his attention.

"Hello there laddie."

Kiro's eyes began to form tears. He didn't know what to make of this yet. His voice was deep but soft, it was as he remembered.

"You're probably wondering how am I doing this. Don't get your hopes up, this message is completely automated.

"I had to leave something behind, incase you were at all like me, in which case if you're listening to this. You're more me than your father.

"I want you to know that, this path isn't for the weak but of course you've probably gathered that much since you're looking for clues like this.

"You'll have to take over for me, I'm probably dead or worse..." The recording paused, he didn't want to overload his grandson with information, so he gave him time to take it all in.

Kiro was sniffing and nodding as if he could see and hear him. He couldn't find words, even if he did, the recording wouldn't answer him. Those last words made him nervous, he didn't know what was worse than death.

"This world is very dangerous, especially to people like me and you, people who want to see change. You will be burdened with the job of making it safe, I failed but I hope you can succeed in my place.

"This conversation is directly being echoed into your mind, so don't worry about anything getting leaked, I've thought of everything, that's who your papi was." He gave a hearty laugh.

Kiro blurted out laughter, which caused snort to come out. He quickly wiped it away.

"There are some people, good rich people who helped me along the way. I won't mention them here, if you're worthy, they'll show themselves to you and work together with you, I don't want you to trust them too much though. You can never know a man's heart.

"Look at me, I'm rumbling. Don't be sad when I'm gone, I live forever in the stories you tell about me. Tell your father I love him, will you?

"Now onto other important matters, this padlock is a document within it is information that is encrypted, it'll help you in finding Area 51..."

Eldric went on to explain to him what he needed to do and how he'd need to do it, he explained everything including the mistakes that got him caught. He specifically told him to write the instructions down.

He taught him how to decrypt the information and how to build a computer that would be untraceable by their technology, a computer that would be safe to read all about Area 51 and where it was located and what it was used for.

Kiro of course jotted this down. He planned to learn all this and then burn the paper after, he had to, he didn't want any hiccups with the plan. If change didn't come with their generation, he wasn't too hopeful there were more people who could take over.

His brain started to believe gods were real and that his grandfather was sent from the beyond to help them, he was immensely grateful.

He could feel the love his grandfather had for them, he was only sad that he wasn't here to witness them thriving, he wasn't here to get to know his other two grandchildren.

"I hope wherever you are, you are able to witness how well the Waynworth family has established itself in the world that took you away from us. We love you." He told the protection.

"Well Ki, that's all I have for you. I'm so sorry I left this up to you, I don't know how old you are now but I'm sure you're a fine young man. I love you laddie."

Just like that, the light dimmed from the padlock until it wasn't visible anymore and it returned to its original state. He looked at it for a long time and then locked it onto his necklace.

"Now then, let's begin shall we." His voice came out hoarse, clearly of someone who has been sobbing.

He took the piece of paper he had written the instructions on and started learning code-cracking and building computers that were invisible to their society's technology.

He realised just how dangerous this was if it were to get out, so he decided then that he wouldn't tell anyone about this. Not even Hiro, it wasn't a matter of trust, but if they can be kidnapped for information the less people knew the better.

"I wonder where grandpa learned all this." He muttered to himself.

Learning things had always came easy for him, so it didn't take him long before he understood the instruction in its entirety.

It took him the entire night, something he wasn't proud of because the instructions were only a single page long but he took the win nonetheless.

Immediately after understanding everything he burnt the paper to a crisp and wet it after it was nothing but charcoal. He wanted to make sure that, this never got out by any means.

"That just happened didn't it?" Kiro's head threatened to explode.

It was only now that he understood the gravity of what just happened. He couldn't quite believe his grandfather achieved something of this magnitude.

Sleep didn't come easy that night, he laid in bed, wondering how to go about buying everything he needed for the computer. He also didn't want to sleep, in case the padlock came alive again, he didn't want to miss it.