"Come on!" Jason yelled at his laptop.
Molly poked her head into the living room from the kitchen curiously, "What's wrong now?"
"It just keeps shutting me out no matter what I do," Jason grumbled.
A few days had passed and Jason still hadn't been able to get past the blocks on the program. Molly was starting to lose hope that she would ever get to see Foxy again and was trying to force herself to completely give up the hope. She knew the longer she held onto the hope, the more upsetting it would become if it was unsuccessful.
"I'm going to keep trying," Jason promised.
Molly went back into the kitchen to continue making their breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast. Plus bacon for Jason. Molly didn't eat bacon, much to Jason's disapproval. He practically lived by meat and meat alone, while Molly stuck to more meatless food. She wasn't a vegetarian but she was a picky eater.
"Do you want juice, milk, or water?" Molly called.
"Got coffee?" Jason asked.
"You know I don't," Molly answered.
"Then I'll take a glass of milk," Jason sighed, staring at his laptop.
Molly poured two glasses of milk and grabbed the plates of food, carrying them to the living room. She didn't have a kitchen table but didn't mind eating on the couch.
"I think I can get through this last set of blocks soon," Jason said suddenly.
"Really?" Molly asked.
Jason nodded, "I finally figured it out. It took longer than I expected, but I did it. I would explain it but it would go right over your head…"
Molly couldn't help but laugh from joy, "Yes! Do it! Try!"
"It won't be instant. It may take an hour or two," Jason warned.
His fingers flew over the laptop keys, pausing once in a while to take a bite of his breakfast. Molly watched him intently, trying to keep patient while she did.
"I got it! All you have to do is insert the chip back into him. Then he'll turn back on when you tell him to," Jason instructed after almost two hours.
Molly nodded excitedly, hardly able to wait to go back and get Foxy. Jason handed over the chip and finished his breakfast which had gone cold.
"Tonight, all you need to do is slip it back inside of him, turn him on, explain what's happening, and get him out of there," Jason said, "I'll wait in the truck again and play the same type of video feed except a new order so it's different from last night. Just remember to be careful. I don't know how long it will take them to get a new security guard…"
"Hopefully they don't have one already. That would make things much harder."
"Well, I can try to get into their computer base and see if anyone was added to their staff list."
"You know, robots, I get. But hacking? Really?"
"You didn't argue with it last night."
"True… Go ahead. See if you can find out."
Jason began to type again, pausing his typing occasionally to click on something.
"Looks like they did add someone on. Some guy named Mike Schmidt," he announced.
"That name sounds familiar. Can you find out anything else about him?" Molly said.
"Not much through this. However, I'm sure I can find something out through some friends. They're better at this than I am. I'll need a few minutes though."
Molly nodded and once more waited, trying to figure out where she knew the name from.
"Wait a minute! I know!" she exclaimed, "He went to my college. We had some basic classes together but he dropped them all shortly before I did! Crap. If he sees me breaking in tonight, he'll be able to identify me for the police!"
"Well, maybe he'll be too scared to leave the office. Then, with the tape playing, he won't know you're inside. So long as you're quiet he might not notice you're there."
"I hope you're right."
"Look, I know what I'm doing. I know computers and robotics better than anything."
Molly sighed and looked down, "I just want to be with Foxy again. He makes me so happy. He reminds me of my childhood, yeah, but there's something else about him… I can't explain it. But it's there. And I want that feeling around forever."
"Love?" asked Jason.
Molly nodded slowly, embarrassed by her feelings. Jason knew she wasn't the type to share emotions often but their friendship was so strong that she trusted him enough with even her deepest and darkest secrets.
"Hey, who am I to judge?" Jason said, closing his laptop, "I've been judged plenty in my years. I'm not about to turn the tables and do the same on everyone else. I know what it's like to be judged and I don't want to support more judgment."
"Thanks for being such a great friend," Molly hugged Jason.
Jason smiled softly and hugged her back, holding in a yawn. He'd spent both his days and nights working to help Molly out and had been losing sleep in the process.
"Go nap," Molly said with a smile.
Jason thanked her and slumped to the bedroom, more than happy to sleep. Molly, meanwhile, picked up her own laptop and began to do some searching to see if she could find out what had been going on with Mike since she'd last seen him. There wasn't much information available, however, and she began to wonder what Jason would have been able to uncover. Her thoughts shifted from Mike quickly, however, when she heard banging at the front door.
