File Name 2 Novels & Stories

I frowned slightly, clicking again, slower this time, my brows knitting just a fraction as nothing happened. “…What?” I whispered, my fingers pausing for just a second before trying again, this time right-clicking, selecting open, my movements becoming more deliberate. My stomach tightened slightly. “No…” I shook my head once, quickly, as I refreshed the page, my fingers moving faster now, opening the folder again, scanning through it more carefully this time. The file was there, but it wasn’t. The name remained. The size showed zero. Zero. My breath stilled for a second.

And… CLICK! The scanner turned up and I pressed my palm. BEEP. The safe opened. Inside— Inside it was a black box, a flash drive, leather file. And— A key. It looked anything but normal…those marking around it said enough. Even the presence of it all alone.. it made my skin prickle a little bit. I grabbed the flash drive first and inserted it into a laptop on the desk… There was only one file?! Named: For Ellia. Thah one hit hard…