"ROXY!!" Austin yelled out to Roxanne.
As the kart smashed into Roxanne's face, she and the kart flew off the racing track, falling between a gap of two fake rocks.
Austin ran as fast as he could down the ramp and to the racing track. As Austin ran, he saw Gregory going down the gap of the rocks, making Austin uneasy. Austin ran down the racing track and to the gap where Roxanne fell.
"Roxy? Roxanne? Are you okay?" Austin called out… there was no response.
Austin tried to look down the gap, but he couldn't see Roxanne down there. Without thinking twice, he climbed on the guard rail and jumped down the gap. Austin slid down the downhill slope, but halfway down, he tripped on a small rock and tumbled down. He hit the floor hard, knocking the wind out of him. Austin gasped for air for a few minutes, but soon, he regained his breathing. He slowly started to stand up and slowly looked around the place, not seeing Roxanne anywhere. Austin looked at the kart that hit Roxanne, looking damaged.
Oh Roxy… where are you? Austin thought to himself.
Just then, Austin started to hear… crying. Austin heard the crying coming from the door nearby and he began to follow the sound of the crying. As Austin looked around the area, he noticed a hole with little bits of wood hanging from it. Austin went through the hole and saw some wooden boards have been broken off.
Hmm… looks like these boards have been broken off of that wall… something must've broken it down. Austin thought to himself.
Just then, he heard the crying once again and continued to follow the crying. After entering a few rooms, he kept hearing the crying getting closer. He then saw a room with fire inside, however, he didnt go inside, but he heard the crying coming from inside that room. Austin slowly peeked into the room, seeing Roxanne kneeling on the floor, her hands on her face, crying softly.
"Roxanne?" Austin said quietly.
Austin entered the doorframe and yelled out to Roxanne.
"Roxy! Are you alright?" Austin asked Roxanne loudly.
Just then, she lifted her face up, standing back up.
"Auzzy? Is that you?" Roxanne asked out loud.
"Yes, it's me, Austin! What happened? Did you catch Gregory?"
"No… I didn't." Roxanne said, looking towards Austin's direction. "But he did this to me!"
Austin gasped, he saw that Roxanne's eyes were gone, her hair looking ruined, her left arm casing is completely gone, showing only her endoskeleton, and her chest being slightly ripped open.
"No… how did this happen!?" Austin asked loudly.
"He… did this to me. When I find him… I'll kill him!" Roxanne said angrily.
"We should worry about that later. But first, you need to get out of there! This room looks like it's going to collapse!"
"Okay, but I cannot see. You will have to guide me."
"Okay, just follow my voice, I'll let you know if you hit anything!"
Roxanne nodded and began to walk slowly. Austin began to guide her out of the room, telling her to dodge some obstacles here and there. As Roxanne was about to leave the room, a wooden beam broke off from the roof and fell onto Roxanne, trapping her.
"ROXY!" Austin yelled, running to her inside the room.
Austin got to Roxanne and tried to move the beam off her, but it was too heavy and too hot to move.
"Roxy, I can't move it! What do I do?!" Austin said with a panicked tone.
"… Go… save yourself. I'll be fine." Roxanne said in a defeated voice.
"NO! WE COME SO FAR, YOU CANT GIVE UP NOW!!" Austin yelled, tears streaming down his face.
"I'm sorry kid… I'm all out of energy. I'm… I'm a terrible friend… after everything you've been through… I was only focused on trying to catch Gregory… but even after that… I still failed… and now… I'm hideous! I am... a loser…" Roxanne looked down, crying once again.
"No, no... you aren't a loser... your the best person I've met!" Austin said, smiling at her.
Roxanne sniffed. "Really? I'm… the best?"
"Of course you are!" Austin suddenly had an idea. "But if you give up now, who will know that you saved me from that killer rabbit! Think of the newspaper 'Animatronic wolf saves a kid from killer rabbit in the Pizzaplex!' You'll be famous! They wouldn't care what shape your in, they will remember you for your bravery!"
Roxanne, looking from afar, gasped in awe, sparkles glowing off her face.
"Your right!" Roxanne said, starting to push up on the floor slowly. "I must… protect you! For my reputation… no… for… my… FRIENDS!" Roxanne said confidently, pushing off the floor, as the board fell off of her.
Austin gasped happily. "Roxy, you freed yourself!"
I can't believe that actually worked! Austin thought to himself.
"Thanks kid, you made me realize that… even after giving up on myself because of my appearance now, I can't give up for the ones I care about… people like you." Roxanne said… smiling at a shelf.
"I'm glad, but we should really get out of this room… like now!" Austin said, seeing the room falling apart.
Austin grabbed Roxanne's arm and pulled her out of the room, as the room fell apart behind them. Austin huffed and puffed, looking at the ruined room.
"Phew… that was a close one. Are you alright Rox-?" Austin asked Roxanne, before Roxanne quickly gave him a hug.
"Thank you, for being supportive, and motivating me to continue forward." Roxanne said to Austin.
"Hey, no problem. You would've done the same… right?"
"Of course I would… now."
The two stopped hugging and laughed a bit.
"So… should we go back to Chica? She must be worried sick."
"Right, lead the way, since… you know… I have no eyes."
"Oh, yes, right."
Austin grabbed Roxanne's hand and began to guide her to the exit. As they made it to the exit, Austin realized that it was actually a dead end.
"Oh no… there's no exit here… how are we going to get out of here?" Austin said to himself.
Roxanne thought for a moment, before she finally had an idea.
"I may have an idea. Climb on my hair and I'll use my claws to climb up a wall, you'll have to navigate me so that we don't hit anything." Roxanne said to Austin.
"Right." Austin nodded.
Austin began to climb on Roxanne's hair and grabbed onto her.
"Okay, now turn left." Austin commanded Roxanne, as she turned left. "Now, let's get climbing."
Roxanne dugged onto the wall and began to climb up. As they were climb up, Austin had to command Roxanne to maneuver around some obstacles. Finally, they got to the railings of the racing track and safely landed on the tracks. They got off the tracks and walked up the ramp to the big garage doors. When they arrived to the doors, it opened up, revealing Chica was sitting on the floor, waiting patiently for them to come back. Chica got up on her feet and ran over to the two, hugging the two tightly. Chica looked at Roxanne, her one functional eye widened at the sight of her. Chica looked down at Austin, trying to speak, but still couldn't, but Austin knew what she was trying to say.
"Gregory hit Roxanne with a kart. He must've took her eyes, leaving her like… this…" Austin said to Chica in a sad tone.
Chica, enraged, clutched her fist, making static noises angrily.
"Chica…? Is that you?" Roxanne said to Chica, looking at the wrong direction.
Chica, looking at Roxanne with a sad look, looking down to the floor. Just then, they heard footsteps coming closer to them. Austin and Chica looked over, seeing Monty running over to them.
"I heard some noise over here, what's going on-" Monty said, before his eyes widened, looking at Chica and Roxanne's condition, running towards them. "W-what… what happened to you guys?!"
"The kid did this to us." Roxanne replied to Monty.
Monty looked at Austin, looking angry.
"What did you do to them kid?!" Monty said angrily to Austin, causing Austin to step away a bit.
"Not Auzzy, you idiot. It's Gregory. He did this to us." Roxanne said to Monty.
"Oh… sorry kiddo," Monty said, scratching the back of his head, looking embarrassed. "This kid had done enough damage! I say, we teach him a lesson!"
Chica nodded with excitement, while looking at Roxanne and Austin.
"I say he deserves a lesson or two, what do you think Auzzy?" Roxanne said, looking at a wall.
Austin didn't answer, he thought and thought, before answering.
"I thought Gregory was a nice person, but… not only did he hurt Chica, but hurt Roxy too?! I say… he gets what he deserves!" Austin said with a angry tone, surprising Monty and Chica.
"Woah kid, I didn't know you had it in you!" Monty said, laughing a bit. "Let's do this!"
"But where would he be now?" Austin asked the group.
"Well… it is now 6:00am, they could be by the entrance, if he's a coward to leave." Monty said to Austin.
"Then it looks like we are going to the entrance, let's get going." Roxanne said to the group.
The group started to walk towards the entrance, as they prepare to face Gregory one last time.
End of chapter 12…