Repeating History

Chapter 1: First Steps

'History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history,' -Clarence Darrow

Sunset.

The time when all is peaceful. When the world starts to calm down. And it couldn't be any more true for the outskirts of the small town of Boulogne-Billancourt. Laying there forgotten for years was the old abandoned factory. And all was silent and still.

Until the laughter of two girls broke it.

Both girls were around the age of twelve with long red hair reaching the bottom of their backs. Both also had bright green eyes, freckles scattered across their faces and arms, and both wore simple grey colored short sleeved hooded shirts and jeans with white sneakers.

"Come on Ash! Hurry up!" One of the two identical girls laughed playfully as she ran across a bridge leading to the old factory.

"I'm coming Beth, wait up!" 'Ash' laughed following her twin sister in pursuit. Beth smiled as her sister caught up with her.

"Can't move any faster can you?" Beth teased, ruffling up her sister's hair, "You move like a turtle sometimes Ashley!"

"If I'm a turtle then you're one too!" Ashley teased back playfully pushing her sister. The two preteens laughed as the duo began to explore the old factory.

"How have they not torn this place down yet?" Ashley said in wonder.

"Why do you think they would tear it down?" Beth asked starting to mess with an old service elevator.

"Because it's not being used?" Ashley said with a shrug, "I don't know." Beth smiled as her sister continued to look around. She nearly jumped at the sound of the elevator's doors starting to close.

"Ash! Ash the elevator's working!" Beth called as she tried to stop the doors from closing. She had to quickly pull her hands back before the elevator could crush them. She sighed and sat on the ground as the elevator began to descend. When the elevator came to stop she had to brace herself from falling over. Her eyes widened as the doors opened to reveal a large computer.

"Whoa..."

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"Ash! Ash the elevator's working!"

"Beth?" Ashley asked, looking for her sister. All she saw was the old service elevator going down. "Beth?" Ashley called again, approaching the elevator. She heard the gears come to a stop. She looked down the shaft gripping the sides to prevent her from falling in. She looks at the cables and a smirk formed on her face.

"Well we only live once!" she laughed slowly backing up.

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Thud.

Beth turned to the elevator as she was messing around with... whatever it was. She wasn't all that surprised to see her sister dropped down from the roof.

"Took you long enough," Beth teased as her sister joined her, "How'd you get down here anyway?"

"I flew down. Duh!" Ashley joked, playfully pushing her sister, "How do you think I got down?"

"Well, you didn't jump or else I'd have to clean up Ashley bits right now..." Beth mused, playfully tapping her finger against her mouth, "So you must've climbed down."

Ashley giggled, smiling wide from the excitement, "You got it!" Ashley took a look around the room. "Soo what is this place?"

"No idea. It looks like something out of a science fiction movie though..." Beth said, looking at the computer-like object. Next to it was some sort of indent in the ground that almost took up most of the room. "And don't bother trying to turn it on, I can't seem to find a power source to get it to work."