I stood up and walked to my dad. I turned around and looked at my second home, burnt, destroyed. I looked back at Austin and he winked at me the same way he first winked at me when I first became a part of his family. I smiled back at him and I somehow knew, he was coming back for me. I walked through the portal with my dad with the president close behind. The portal let to the entrance of a large warehouse. I looked at my dad. "Is this really where you live?" I said unimpressed. I folded my arms. "No, and where I live will be better than where you used to live. Trust me." he said signaling for the president to open the door. I looked at him open the door. "I've had a good share 'trust me's'" I muttered under my breath. My dad walked towards the door and stopped. He turned around and looked at me. "Are you coming?" he said as he held out his hand. I walked towards him and grabbed his hand. 

His hand had gloves but it was warm. Warm, and comforting. I ignored the thought and continued to look around the warehouse. I saw pallets and scrap metal on the floor. I looked behind me and watched the doors close behind us. I felt a pit in my stomach. "So, where's the house?" I said slowing down my pace. "Well, I live in a bunker but a nice bunker." he said looking around his own warehouse. "Yay I'm gonna live in a bunker for the rest of my life." I whispered under my breath. The president was on the other side of me. He looked at me and smiled. "What?" I said as I looked up at him. "I just wanted to say hi" the presidents said still looking at me. "Well I still don't want to talk to you. And stop looking at me. Your acting like a creep." I said as I looked away. "You little-" the president sad before he was cut off by my dads stern voice. "Clay, don't. She's my daughter." He said still looking forwards. The president or "Clay" pulled back reluctantly. 

[don't ask where I got the name]

We got to an elevator and stepped into it. It was all glass. I turned around nd my eyes were so wide. There was a factory. And at the end was cubicles. Like hundreds of cubicles. There was workers everywhere. There was a staff rooms like, every corner of the factory. "Woah! This is so cool!" I said putting my hands on the glass I smiled and waved at some of the staff. They all smiled and waved back at me. The elevator stopped and we walked out. The staff continued what they were doing but still stopped and said hi. I bounced around as they gave me a tour of the factory. We went through the cubicles and said hi to some of the staff. I wasn't supposed to get comfortable but I couldn't resist. Everything was just so cool. I looked up at my dad and smiled. "No, you can't" he said as he looked at me. "Please, I just want to run around for a little bit." I said as fake tears started welling up in my eyes. The staff were all looking now. My dad started to get tense. "Uh, sure. But this nice man will come with you because your literally 6 years old" he said as he gestured towards the president. 

I wiped away tears from my eyes. I looked at Clay grabbed his hand. "Woah!" he said as he stumbled forwards. My dad smiled and waved. "Good luck Clay!" I ran towards the staff room and opened the door. There were a few people in there but they were just sitting down. I opened the fridge door and looked inside there was something labeled May inside. I pulled it out and looked around. "Is this for me?" I asked as I held the box up. They all nodded and went back to work I opened the box and saw a slice of cake. I read the label and it said "Strawberry Shortcake" I closed back the box and walked out the door. I looked around for the president and saw him at the cafeteria. I walked over to him and rolled my eyes. "My dad told you to stay with me. Not go and buy something from the cafeteria." I said looking around. "What? You found cake so, I wanted cake too and I decided to go get some for myself." He said watching me look around. 

I grabbed him and walked away. I went toward a door that was locked. I jiggled the lock and the door remained locked. I used my powers to break the lock and I opened the door. I immediately stopped. I dropped my hands and my jaw dropped open. "Woah..." I said walking farther into the room. The president finally looked up from his half eaten donut. "Wait, your not supposed to be in this room." he said setting down the donut on a nearby desk. The president ran after me and pulled me back. "No! My dad said I could explore. This is exploring." I said yanking my arm away.

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