~Years later~
"Anthea, where are you?"
Seven year old Anthea Belpois grinned as she crawled out from under the kitchen table, "I'm right here daddy!"
Jeremy smiled as he opened his arms for a hug, "There's my princess, get over here." He got a big hug from his daughter.
Aelita walked into the room, holding one year old Franz in her arms. She smiled when she saw Jeremy and their daughter.
Jeremy grinned and picked up his daughter and walked over to Aelita and Franz, "Well, hello there."
Aelita blushed and kissed him.
"Eww! Mommy! Daddy! Stop!" Anthea shrieked.
Jeremy laughed and kissed her forehead.
"Jeremy, this mail came for you," Aelita handed him a letter with one hand.
Jeremy put down Anthea and read the letter, "Oh god.."
"What happened?" Aelita tried to peek at it.
"Umm, I've gotten offered a job to work in the government..."
"Congrats hun, how come you don't look happy?"
"I don't want it..."
"What? Why?" Aelita asked, but her loud talking woke Franz up, making him cry.
"Ohh," she muttered, "You wait here, I'm not done with you."
Jeremy chuckled as she left the room.
"Daddy," Anthea tugged his sleeve.
"Yes princess?"
"Why don't you want to work for the people?"
Jeremy smiled and kiss her on the top of her head, "Listen hun, this is people stuff, so I don't want you to worry about it. Okay?"
She put her hands on her hips and glared at him, "Daddy, I'm not a baby. Why don't you want the job thing?"
Jeremy looked at his daughter, she looked just like her mom, with glasses though.
"You're stubborn like your mother, you know that right?" he chuckled, "Stubborn as a fool."
"Daddy..." she pouted.
He sighed, what's the wrong a seven year old could say?
"Okay honey, you know how I work with computers, right?"
She nodded.
"Well, something like what's happening to me now, happened to your mom's daddy. And I don't want to take the job, because...I don't want what happened to her parents to happen to us."
"What happened to your parents mommy?"
Aelita was standing in the door, she had heard it all.
"Anthea? Could you go and let me and daddy talk?"
Anthea nodded and looked at Jeremy, "Someone's in trouble." And left.
"Well?" She crossed her arms.
Jeremy sighed, "I don't want us to end up like your parents."
"And working for the government is gonna make that happen?"
"It could!" He sighed and scratched his head, "Look it's just not that important. I'm not working for them and that's that."
"But, I think you should..."
"But... Aelita. It won't be a good idea and you know it..."
She walked next to him and hugged him, "It's a good job and you should should take it. It's not going to ruin this family because you aren't stupid enough to create a virtual world."
Jeremy chuckled as he hugged her back, "Okay, I'll give them a call..."
Aelita pulled away and looked in his eyes, "Good, but really, no virtual worlds."
He laughed and kissed her, "Promise."
~A few weeks later~
Older Anthea (AELITA'S MOM) was walking in the streets. It's been years since she escaped the government AKA men in black. She's always been on the move. Never makes the mistake of staying in one place too long, in fear that they find her.
I'm not going back, not now, not ever, she shook her head as some people gave her a weird look.
I need to act normal..
So she walked over to a stand that was giving out newspaper. She picked up one and started to read random pages.
"Blah blah, boring news," she muttered as she skimmed the pages.
"Did you hear about that guy who almost turned down a place in the government?" Anthea overheard two men talking at the table next to her.
"Yeah, that idiot. But I heard he was going to work for a computer company at first."
"Why would you rather work for a computer company, than the governmet.."
"What was the guys name again? Jeremy?"
"Excuse me," Anthea spoke to the men, "But what are you talking about exactly?"
One of the guys shrugged, "Just something that was in the paper."
"Um, where in the paper?" she asked.
"Page 6," the other one nodded.
She quickly turned the pages back to page 6 and gasped.
Jeremy Belpois's picture was on it. Also on the bottom of the page was a picture of Aelita.
"Oh my..."