Interesting start!

Hey interesting start to a story. The italics were distracting. I'd say it's better used for emphasis on certain words rather than for the whole piece. Also, why is the child an 'it'? I presume you don't want to reveal gender or if it is even human. Maybe 'they' could be a better option (if it is human?).

Anyway, very interesting start and I'm curious to see where it goes. I guess that there is going to be some kind of launch but perhaps you are subverting expectations and the countdown will lead to something else. Also you set it up nicely with the bandaged child. I'm curious to know what happened to it. Is it an experiment? Or just an accident? Either way, a good way to pique interest. A little other thing, when you describe the 'frontal parts of the hair' couldn't it just be 'fringe' or 'bangs'? Just a thought.

Anyway, can't wait to see what happens next!

Plot Concision

Interesting start but be more concise!

Hey, cool prologue! Is that why everything is in italics?

*You could work on concision to give the story more momentum. For example, "Flashes of light showed" can be "Light flashed." "A figure, the size of a child" can be "A child-sized figure. Also, the child is an "it?"

*Careful on word choice. Bandages "hugging" a face was a distracting image, at least for me.

*Same thing on concision -> "the child asked the boy, making the boy smirk in response" could be "the child asked. The boy smirked." Or something similar. Also, is there really a benefit to not revealing the child's name?

Since this is a prologue, there isn't too much material for me to critique, but I'm interested! I can't say for sure, given that I haven't read the remaining chapter, but I'm not sure if this prologue has enough content to be that necessary. This might be a part you could work into the backstory. I'd say either add more details or nix this part.

Thank you for sharing!

Plot Diction

I'm interested in what this is leading up to

So, I'm really interested in what this is leading up to/setting up. You do a good job teasing information without frustrating the reader; I'm intrigued! Will you upload more? I'm so curious about Arthur's past.
Following the spirit of a critique site though, I hope you don't mind just a few suggestions:
First off, what does it mean for a bandage to grasp at a face? It wraps around? The imagery is a little odd. Also, and this is a nitpicky thing, but what about using "their" instead of "its"? I dunno, it seems more humanizing that way, and still maintains gender neutrality. Unless (this just dawned on me) you're purposefully using "it" BECAUSE you want to take away the child's humanity or something. That'd be clever too.
Finally, the formatting is a little strange. Dialogue is typically in the same line as the dialogue tags, and it's easier to follow that way. And there's always a new paragraph with every new speaker and idea (I'm thinking about the first exchange between Arthur and the boy).
Formatting is really the big thing that stuck out to me, which is good because that's an easier problem to fix than, say, pacing (which don't need fixing here at all), so I'm really excited to see what this intro leads up to! I can just feel something bad about to happen...

Dialogue Diction

This is great!

I really like this even though it is small it feels the right size to me as it is setting something up and makes people want to turn the next page I feel like you possibly could add something about the old man had parts and tools laying around even in this room to show that the old man always is working on something. However not having won't hurt it in any way either.

Show Don't Tell