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As Roxanne and Austin started to make their way back upstairs, Austin check his fazwatch, seeing it's 2:30 am.
Austin sighed. "Only 3 and a half more hours until this is all over…"
"Yeah… though, we need to figure out who that rabbit is, as well as finding that kid too." Roxanne said to Austin.
"Yeah and figure out the other main questions, like… why do I have to stop this? What makes me so special? Why am I not being chased around the pizzaplex by you guys? So many questions… so little time…"
"Well let's do everything one step at a time."
"Yeah… and i still don't know what I want to do when it's 6:00 am…"
"Well… you could stay here with us."
"really? You sure? What if the people who work here see that I'm staying here?"
"We can keep you hidden or when their not looking, you can roam the pizzaplex until closing time, then… well… we can figure that out later."
"Hmm… well, I might take up that offer, but once we stop whatever's happening here."
"Right, we should focus on that first."
"Right."
As the two were still walking, a sudden blaring of a alarm rang out across the pizzaplex.
"Roxy, what's happening?!" Austin yelled out, holding his ears to quiet the sound of the alarm, then the alarm stopped and Austin uncovered his ears.
"That's… that's the stage control alarm! The brat found a way into their." Roxanne said.
Just then, Monty ran over to Roxanne and Austin.
"Roxanne, the stage control alarm has been sounded!" Monty said to Roxanne.
"Yes Monty, we know." Roxanne deadpanned.
Just then, Chica came running to the group as well.
"Guys, what happening?! Why was the alarm on?" Chica asked, sounding confused.
"The kid found a way into the stage control room. This may be our chance to grab him."
"Oh yeah, count me in!" Monty said excitedly.
"yeah, I'm in too!" Chica said excitedly as well.
"Sorry Chica, but we need someone to watch Auzzy." Roxanne said to Chica.
"Oh… but…"
"Me and Monty can handle this, besides, we won't take long."
"Well… o-okay." Chica said, sounding disappointed.
"Thanks Chica, your the best, we won't take long." Roxanne said as she began to run, Monty slowly following behind her.
"Be safe you guys!" Austin shouted to the two.
Austin and Chica stood their, awkward silence filled the area, until Chica sighed and leaned on the rails.
"Chica? What's wrong?" Austin asked, sounding a bit worried.
"Oh, it's nothing…" Chica replied back.
"Well, it sounds like something's troubling you. You can tell me, if your comfortable enough to."
Chica looked back at Austin and sighed. "I never get to do anything exciting. I'm the only one that gets to patrol the whole pizzaplex, but once something happens, it's always Roxy and Monty going over to the problem, while I'm left alone, feeling left behind." Chica said, looking sad.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. It's almost like that with me as well," Austin said, as Chica looked at him, still looking sad. "Sure I got to do a few exciting things… but after what happened to me… Roxy has been… protective over me."
"But that's the thing, I don't get to do any exciting stuff, it's alway Roxy and Monty going there first, it's so unfair!"
"Oh, well… what if you tell them that you want to go with them."
"I tried many times, but they say they got it. I can be useful too, you know."
"And I believe you, maybe be more assertive of yourself, make them take you."
"Huh… I never thought of that, I'll take up on that advice. Thanks Austin." Chica smiled at Austin.
"no problem, happy to help." Austin smiled back.
As the two stayed in silence once again, Chica heard what Austin said in that conversation they just had.
"Wait, you said something happened to you… what had happened?" Chica said to Austin.
"Oh… right… well…" Austin tried to find the words. "Me and Roxy… had a fight."
"A fight? Really?" Chica asked.
"Yeah, you see… I made a alliance with Gregory, the kid your trying to get."
"You've made an alliance with him?"
"I know, I was suppose to help you guys, but he said he may know what's happening here."
"And what that might be?"
"Well, earlier tonight, we meet a white rabbit, she was chasing us, trying to kill us, but Roxanne didn't believe me, and you might not believe me too."
"A white rabbit? We haven't seen any rabbits… not after Bonnie went missing…" Chica said sadly.
"Yeah… but after the fight, I ran away from Roxy, and then, the white rabbit appeared again and tried to take me away, but Roxy saved me. She now knows the presence of the white rabbit. Now, we are trying to find Gregory and form a truce with him and help him find out what's going on."
"Wow… if Roxanne believes you, then that's serious, since she's the serious type."
"Yeah… and also Moondrop was their to help her too."
"Moondrop?! But… he should be in the daycare."
"well, he got out and now he's helping her, he also has a chip that allows him to stay as Moondrop, even when the lights are on."
"Woah, this… this is a lot to handle."
"Yeah… he also said something about the others being controlled… I think he means you guys."
"Us? But we don't feel like we're being controlled."
"You may not think that, but I think he's right. I was with Gregory in the kitchen area you were in, he told me to look at your face. When I first encountered you, you looked like you were full of life… but when we were in that kitchen area… you looked lifeless… like you were possessed or something."
"I really looked like that in the kitchen area… weird. Well, we did have to go into parts and services room this morning for our regular check up, seeing if we have any viruses or anything. Nothing seemed weird… until officer Vanessa said we need these chips installed into our head, she said it would improve our performance."
"Maybe that's what is causing this mess… maybe the chips that were installed in you are causing you to look lifeless."
"Maybe… but why would she do something like that?
"I… don't know… but if I can get inside your head, maybe I can see what's wrong."
"Hmm…" Chica scanned around the area and she found a screwdriver on a table nearby.
"theres a screwdriver on that table over there. Try to use it and see if your theory is correct."
"But… what if I hurt you?"
"I'll be fine, don't you worry."
"Okay, I'll be careful," Austin said as he ran over to the nearby table and grabbed to screwdriver and went back to Chica. "Okay… here I go…"
Austin was about to unscrew the back panel of Chica's head, but stopped when he heard footsteps coming towards them.
"Alright kid, we're back... the kid escaped, once again…" Roxanne said as she saw what Austin was doing. "Umm… what are you doing?"
"Oh, I have a theory that the chips that was installed inside your head is the problem to why you guys look lifeless when I'm not around."
Roxanne looked at Austin, looking very confused.
"Oookayyy… well that can wait, I heard Gregory and Freddy talking in the vent, they said their going to the main stage next and we can catch up with them. That way, we can have a talk with the kid and figure out what's happening and how we can help."
"wait, have a talk with him? I thought we are going to grab him and take him to Officer Vanessa?" Monty asked confusedly.
"Change of plan, we will have a talk with the kid and see what we need to do to help him." Roxanne said, as she proceeded down the stairs.
Monty looked at Chica and shrugged. Chica gestured her head to follow, to which Monty nodded and went down the stairs. Chica looked at Austin and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't you worry, we will get to the bottom of this, if it's the last thing we do." Chica smiled.
"I hope we can, thank you… for believing in me." Austin smiled back.
"If Roxy thinks something is wrong, then there is something wrong, and no problem." Chica made Austin's hair messy, causing Austin to giggle a bit.
Austin and Chica started to go back down the stairs and back to the atrium, not realizing that they were being watched the whole time by the white rabbit.
To be continued…