Summer, July 5th 2035, Thursday – HoneyHouse BBQ
3:30 PM
"So wait, what happened?" Roxanne asked while on the phone with Freddy. Chica and Gregory continued to eat while listening in.
"There is a whistleblower inside Silver Parasol that confirmed the release of that Twisted Wolf animatronic was no accident. They are actively monitoring it remotely, as if releasing it was part of their experiment. They confirmed that it was in fact built using old blueprints from our warehouse in St. George, the same warehouse that Elizabeth broke into. This also confirms our suspicions that Silver Parasol was involved in the theft that occurred at the warehouse that night. Marta is telling us this off the record, since the call was placed to her office directly, the chief of police does not know about this. Instead she called an old friend of hers in the FBI. Right now FBI is involved re-opening a previous investigation into the company. Including the police chief being investigated for taking bribes from Silver Parasol." Freddy said.
"I knew it…." Roxanne said under her breath, clenching her fist in anger. Gritting her teeth.
"It gets worse. Roxy, I may as well tell you what happened during our business meeting instead of waiting to discuss it when you return from your trip. A witness saw a Silver Parasol truck leaving during the fire that broke out near an abandoned home down the street from our warehouse. The witness said they saw our stolen truck set on fire after the endoskeletons were moved onto the Silver Parasol truck. 5 of them. They did this to us and somehow brought Elizabeth back from the dead using Vanessa's DNA." Freddy said.
"Those bastards….we can't let them get away with this…First Tina…now this?" Roxanne said with her voice shaking.
"Tina? Roxy, are you talking about our Tina? Tina Wolf. You saw her?" Freddy asked.
"Yes, I ran into her at the hotel when we were checking in. She told me she had quit our company and was now employed by them…as one of their escort models now…She said she was tired of just being a pretty wolf model working as the mascot for our bar in New York. It didn't sound like her." Roxanne said.
"Yes, she did quit Roxanne. Her request was submitted two weeks ago. I looked it over, Foxy looked it over and we both signed off on it as much as we didn't want to. We tried to convince her to stay, she did not want to hear it." Freddy said.
"Freddy...why didn't tell me?" Roxy said.
"Because I didn't want you to worry about her. You have enough on your plate right now with everything going on Roxy. I didn't want to add more of a burden on you. However, I did not know she was going to be taken in by Silver Parasol, this worries me." Freddy said.
"Freddy, she was one of my friends. I wish you said something sooner. Anyway, I think I have an idea why she left. I just don't know if I can talk any sense back into her." Roxanne said.
"If she is employed by Silver Parasol. There is no telling if she is a friend or foe. Stay away from her for now, until we have more information. If they are indeed bribing the police chief to look the other way, who knows what other connections they may have. And to think they started off as a video game development studio….We at one time partnered with. One that Vanessa was involved with in a previous life…we all know how that impacted her. Come to think of it, if they have stood the test of time like this, somebody else with a higher level of authority then the local police has been letting this happen…It's not just the police chief or someone at the state level. Marta had said when she tried looking up the files on some key employees at the company during her investigation, the system did not allow her to view them, tagging them as locked and classified by the Federal Government. This is why the FBI is now involved…" Freddy said.
"Someone is playing favorites, and I don't like it." Roxanne said.
"Roxy hold on…Vanessa, Heather and Marta are here with some new information. I will put this on speakerphone." Freddy said pressing the speakerphone icon on his iPhone and setting it down on his office desk.
"Roxy can you hear us?" Vanessa said.
"Yes, loud and clear V." Roxanne said.
"You and Chica need to take Gregory and keep him safe. That escaped animatronic is targeting him, the whistleblower was able to confirm this. I want you to stay at the hotel for the rest of the night and then end your trip effective early morning tomorrow and get my son back in my arms until this monster is caught and destroyed. I'm sure you've already seen the news reports….Please Roxy keep my Greggy safe, and get him home to us. And then we are going to find out who is behind this." Vanessa said with anger.
The wolf woman looked at Chica and then Gregory, the boy that months ago she wanted to tear him to shreds, and now she would lay her life on the line for him in a second, shielding him and keeping him safe.
"I promise I will."
"A wolf will always protect her pack." She thought.
"But we're still out right now at that barbeque place I told you about. As soon as we're done eating, will go straight back to the hotel and hunker down there for the night." Roxanne said.
"Wait..what?" Chica asked.
"Chica…I'll tell you after…just hold on." Roxanne said.
"Okay. I'll check in him and you later. Here's Freddy." Vanessa said.
"Roxanne, I'm sorry your trip had to end like this. I know you wanted to take Superstar out to a bunch of amazing places, but as I'm sure you'll agree, his safety is always a top priority. Will you fill them in on what's going on?" Freddy asked.
"Of course." Roxanne said.
"Okay, I will text Gregory later, I love you all. Please. Stay safe." Freddy said.
"We will sweet bear. Take care for now. Bye." Roxanne said hanging up.
"What was all that about?" Gregory asked.
"It looks like, we might be only staying here for one night…" Roxanne said.
"What!? But I thought we were going to go do a bunch of cool things in the city?" Gregory said.
"And I thought we were going to go visit a lot of high-end restaurants and shops?" Chica said.
"That wolf monster we saw the news report on…it's been programmed to hunt for Gregory. Could be following us here to Salt Like City as we speak. We have to keep him safe Chica. Fun time is over, I have to protect Pup-cup." Roxanne said.
"Um…what!?" Gregory said.
"What the hell…why is it after him? Why is Silver Parasol targeting him?" Chica asked.
"We don't know, but there is a lot I need to catch you both up on. Go and ask for a to go box for the food, where headed back to the hotel. I'll explain more there." Roxanne said.
