A/N: Things are going to get mushy in this chapter

A/N: Things are going to get mushy in this chapter. So if you have a weak stomach when dealing with cute stuff don't read any further. I almost got sick while writing this...

Supertoys While Mummy Drinks

By: S|K

Chapter 2: Fade to Black

It was a cold and lonely night. And Monica couldn't sleep. She tossed an turned in bed, her sweaty body rolled from one uncomfortable position to another. She could only think of David. The haunting images of him reaching out for her so helplessly before he fell into what seemed now more like a deep dark pit than a stairwell played over and over in her mind until she couldn't take it any longer.

She immediately sat up and took several deep breaths before climbing out of bed. It was so quiet. She slowly made her way over to the window and pulled the curtains slightly back, just enough for her to look at the night sky. David was out there, most likely alone and scared in that factory just as she was in the house.

"Lights on. Setting 2."

The room lighted up as she went over to the closet. Within a few minutes she was dressed and in the car, heading for Synthank.

Even though she was speeding it seemed like forever for her to get there. She was still a bit intoxicated and by the time she reached the factory's gates she had already taken out a stop sign and several road cones.

She rolled down the window and leaned out of it to type in the security code. Once she hit the enter button the large iron gates swung open for her. As soon as she was in she was in she parked the car and raced up to the factory doors.

In the lobby the secretary looked up from her computer in surprise. "Mrs. Swinton? Wha-"

"Where's David?!"

The question took the prissy looking secretary off guard., but she caught on after a few seconds. "Oh. Your husband is working on it in room 132."

It. She had the nerve to refer to my son as 'it'. Monica's eyes flared. But she didn't have time to argue. She had to find David.

After running back and forth through the near empty halls, she reached room 132. The door was open and she could see Henry pacing nervously around the room.

"Henry?"

Henry looked up from the floor and his blood shot eyes met Monica's. "Darling? What are you doing here?"

"Where's David?"

"I have no idea. He disappeared after we reactivated him."

"Disappeared?" Her eyes widened.

"We just had finished the operation and I was cleaning up when I was told David was gone. I got a couple of people looking for him at this moment."

Monica stood there in shock. Henry gestured for her to set down. She didn't accept the gesture. She decided she would go look for her little one herself.

Monica called out to David as she slowly walked down the large maze of hallways that covered the factory. No answer. Where would the little toy child got to? She tried to think of all the places he would hide from her in the house.

She had checked under every desk and chair, behind every counter, every thing she could think of. Then as she was about to give up. She heard some faint scratching noises coming from a small storage room.

She gently twisted the handle and opened the door. "Hello? David are you in here?"

She heard some more scratching. She looked down at a pile of garbage in the corner. It was moving.

She knelt down and started picking away the pieces of scrap metal. "David?"

He was there shivering, all curled up against the wall looking up at her with those sickening blue eyes.

"Don't hurt me." He whispered as he pushed himself closer against the wall.

"I won't hurt you." Monica said softly as she reached out and gently rubbed his back. Her touch made his body jolt.

"I'm terribly sorry. I was just so.. Oh David. " She started to cry. "Please forgive me."

David watched her curiously for a minute then reached out to her, wanting to be held. "Keep me safe."

Monica took him into her arms. She held him so close. She didn't want to ever let him go.

"Keep me safe." He whispered as he hid face against her dark hair and gripped his tiny fingers onto her.