Chapter 4: Night Guard
Vixen was running around the Pizzeria laughing, she had been allowed to walk around the building without her father hovering over her. Vixen ran by the hallway that leads to the security room. "I think I could make it!" She said and then she took off at a full on sprint towards the door. Vixen had the speed of her father whenever she was running.
She saw the door was still open. "Just a little closer and I'll have him!" She said as she ran, but then right as she was about to reach the door, it shut. Vixen ran into the door at full speed. The fox girl fell back and then rubbed her sore nose with her paws and tried not to cry. "Stupid door... that hurt..." Vixen said as she started to stand up.
Tika had seen Vixen run by and then she had heard the collision with the door. "That sounded like it hurt." She said as the golden yellow dog with a pink bow in her ear came around the corner. Tika offered her friend a hand up, which Vixen gladly accepted.
"Ow... Why does the guard have to do that? It really hurts." Vixen said as she rubbed her nose. Then she felt the small crack along her muzzle. "Oh no! Tika! I cracked my nose! If Foxy finds out he won't let me go after the guard ever again." The girl said as she started to panic at the thought of never being allowed to leave the storage room.
The yellow dog leaned in close to look at her friend's nose. "That? You can hardly see it. I can easily fix that with a bit of paint. Come on; let's go get you fixed up before your dad sees you." Tika said with a small laugh as she led her panicking friend down a hallway towards the kitchen. Tika had a small crate of assorted parts kept in a back cabinet in the kitchen.
"Hi Mom!" Tika said as she entered the kitchen and saw Chica baking the pizzas for tomorrow. Chica smiled and waved at the children before Tika led Vixen to a back corner. Vixen climbed up on a counter top while Tika pulled out her paint pallet for Vixen. "I'm going to have to push aside your bangs so I can paint your nose." Tika said to the fox girl.
"Fine... but you better not make fun of my mixed matched eyes..." Vixen said as she moved her bangs aside to reveal her hidden teal eye that didn't match her pink one.
"When have I ever made fun of your eyes?" Tika said as she started to paint over the small hairline crack. "And… done. That should do it." The yellow dog said as she took a step back. "Yep, it is invisible. There is no way your dad will know that you hit the door." Tika added as she started putting away the paints.
"Thanks Tika! You're the best!" Vixen said jumping down; her pigtails bobbed a bit as she jumped. She went over and hugged her friend. "I'm glad that you are so good at fixing us up. You even repaired Base's guitar when he smashed it." She said and giggled as she remembered how upset Base had been when he had smashed his new guitar.
"I get a lot of practice." Tika said with a laugh. "Hey, let's head back, it is getting kinda late." The animatronic dog said as she noticed the time.
Vixen nodded and they started walking back to the storage room. Happy that her nose had been fixed, Vixen didn't notice the camera in the hallway was on. Tika had ducked out of view, but Vixen was stuck in place. "Tika… help me…" She said as she tried to move but couldn't.
Tika focused and was able to glitch out the camera so that it went to a different hallway. She then rushed out to Vixen and pulled her friend into a hallway where the cameras couldn't see. "It's alright Vixen. You were just caught by the camera." Tika said trying to keep her friend calm.
Vixen struggled to start moving again, but she started crying. "Fist I run into the door, now I get stuck because of the camera... I'm never going to get the Security Guard!" She said as she finally was able to move.
"Hey, it's ok… you're the youngest of us all, and we all made mistakes at some point. Sometimes no one gets the guard. You will reach him one day. I'm sure of it." Tika said as she hugged her friend. "Look on the bright side; you are the fastest fox I know. You are also the cutest fox around, even with your mixed eyes." Tika said as she tried to cheer Vixen up.
The young fox giggled a little at being called cute. "You're right... as always... Sorry I started crying on you... lets get back. It's already 10:30." Vixen said as she noticed the time. Tika nodded and together they dodged all the cameras and made it back to their secret room before 11:00 PM.
Author's Note: Look! I can write more than six paragraphs! Hehehe! I hope you all have been enjoying my story so far, it has been fun wiring this as well. Don't worry, this isn't the end. You still have more to see!