Project 863 - The Mystery

~Chapter 52~

River had come into the studio before the others the next morning as she noticed that Kat had been nervously looking as she looked at her confused before walking over to her. "Morning Kat, everything good?" River asked her as Kat looked at her before shaking her head as she spoke to her. "A fan showed up this morning at the studio, he was acting weird. He was in cosplay too." Kat explained to her as River nodded looking back at her as she stood there. "Alright, just let Matt know. I'll be in my office if you need me." River explained to her as Kat nodded before River went into her office. It was about 30 minutes later when River heard Matthias come in and call for Kat she went downstairs as she heard them speaking about the fan that came into the base the fan claimed to work there as she explained how it took a while for him to leave as River decided to follow them into old battle universe armory room as Matthias looked at her. "Did you hear about the fan?" He asked her as she nodded looking at him before they both went to Mega Desk as she sat in the back while he talked to Subject 4 about the Reddit letting him go through it as she watched him struggle to try to get the mega desk to work as she quietly chuckled.

She continued to sit in the back in silence as he continued to read through Reddit posts and talk to the fans as she went on her phone to play a video game. She and Matthias decided to go back to work after a while as Matthias talked about the 360 camera he has she sat there working while Woods came over to them before he began to speak. "There's a fan out behind... or actually in front of red," Woods spoke as Matthias and River were surprised as Matthias looked at him as he spoke. "Again?" Matthias asked him confused as Woods nodded looking at him, "Yeah, fan or like a... I don't know, maybe selling something. It's this guy!" Woods spoke as River followed Woods and Matt to Sam letting a man in as she spoke looking at him. "Can I help you?" Sam asked him as the man walked in as he spoke. "I'm an employee. I'm sorry uh... What's going on?" The man spoke as River noticed Matthias walk away as Woods went to sit down at Kat's desk Sam looked at him confused. "Uh sorry, what do you mean? Are you supposed to be meeting with someone?" Sam asked him as the man spoke, "Uh no... Wh-Where... What did we do?" The man spoke confused as he took a step toward Sam which made her take a step back as River went to follow Matthias as she watched him speak to the girls.

"There's a fan over there. Or there's someone over there that's confused." Matthias spoke to the girls sitting on the couch and floor as River walked over to them before she nodded agreeing with him as Matthias began to speak again, "Generally speaking, I like to lay low because usually, they come here for me. No offense guys." Matthias spoke as River chuckled before she spoke looking at him. "How presumptuous of you, Matt." River spoke looking at him as he turned the camera to her as laughed quietly as he spoke looking at her. "Usually when they see me they're like, I want to see I want to see Matt," Matthias spoke as they listened to the man speak to Sam. "Uh... where's Wes? Or Deb? Autumn?" The man spoke as Matthias got confused beginning to walk over to them as River followed hearing Sam speak out loud. "Hey, Matt," Sam spoke glancing back as Woods decided to join in with her as he spoke. "Matt," Woods called out as well as Matthias and River walked back over to them as the man began to speak once more. "I'm sorry when did they move..." The man began to speak confused as River looked at him.

"Sir I don't think your work here," Sam spoke looking at him as the man shook his head before River spoke looking at him. "What was your name again?" River asked him as he spoke before showing his badge. "I'm Scott. My name's Scott. Who are you?" Scott spoke as everyone got confused while Sam spoke looking at Matthias. "Is this the fan?" Sam asked him before River decided to go and get Kat to see if it was the guy she peeked her head out before explaining that it was River went back over to Matthias nodded her head to him as Sam had to explain to Scott that it wasn't Syntec and was more of Spellbound as Matthias began speaking to Scott. "All right look. Like..." Matthias began as Scott stood there looking at them as he spoke. "Where's Wes? Can you call Wes?" Scott asked turning to Woods as Matthias sighed before he spoke looking at him. "Look, drop it. Drop it. Okay? Just drop it, it's not funny anymore. Look I'm going to put this down. We're not gonna... I don't upload content when fans come into the studio okay? I'm just not even uploading this. Do you understand?" Matthias spoke looking at Scott as he stood there confused. 

"Um... I don't- I don't know uh what studio..." Scott began as Woods decided to cut in with what Scott was saying as he responded to him. "We're not gonna play along. We... this is kind of a serious situation for us." Woods spoke looking at him as Scott sat his briefcase down as he began to speak. "Just. Did you just, um... could you just get Wes?" Scott spoke looking at them as River shook her head looking at him. "There's no Wes." River spoke looking at him as Scott had ignored what she said before he spoke. "Wes will be able to explain what like what's happening here. So just get Wes or..." Scott spoke as Sam explained to Scott that Wes wasn't there which made Scott tell them to contact Deb Matthias sighed frustrated as he spoke looking at the others. "Stop engaging," Matthias spoke looking at them as River and the others went silent before Matthias spoke looking at him. "Okay look..." Matthias began as Scott started to try and walk in which made Matthias have to block him from continuing to walk through as River backed up some as Scott spoke. "What happened to all of them. They shouldn't be back there." Scott spoke looking at the girls in the back as Woods looked at him confused as he responded to him. 

"They work here," Woods explained to him as Scott shook his head responding to him. "No, they don't. They don't work here I work here." Scott explained as Sam shook her head before explaining to him that he didn't work there Matthias agreed with him as Scott looked around going back towards the door as he spoke. "I was here yesterday, working. The lab is right back there." Scott spoke pointing to the back as Matthias shook his head looking at him as he responded to him. "There's no lab. Do you see that? There's no lab. You understand?" Matthias spoke looking at him as River nodded agreeing with him before she spoke looking at Scott. "Syntec hasn't been functioning out of this building, for what? How many years? 20 years?" River spoke looking at them confused as Woods looked at him as he began to speak to Scott. "Do you watch our channel?" Woods asked him as Scott shook was confused as he spoke. "I don't know what any of that means? Just, they- did they move locations? Can I use the phone? Usually, they didn't leave me a message. I can check my machine." Scott spoke looking around as Matthias looked at him as he had grabbed his camera before he responded to him. "There's no phone here. What's your purpose in coming here?" Matthias spoke looking at him as the man looked at him before answering his question. "I'm just trying to figure out what's going on. Is there anyone from Syntec here?" 

Everyone stood there as River shook her head looking at him as she was about to speak before Matthias decided to speak instead. "There is no one here from Syntec here. Do you understand? Look, this is not funny anymore. This isn't Syntec anymore. I think you need to step out, okay? You are confused if you want we can call you for some help. Are you in any pain?" Matthias spoke looking at him as he took a step towards him Scott looked at him before he responded to him. "Can you get a hold of Wes?" Scott asked as River shook her head looking at him as she spoke. "We don't have anyone's numbers." River spoke as Scott sighed as he spoke. "I don't know if this is like an uh like a prank. Um..." Scott spoke looking at them as Matthias chuckled uncomfortably as he spoke looking at him. "This is not a prank. This is what we do." Matthias explained to him as Scott stood there as he spoke. "I just need to get a hold of Wes," Scott spoke looking at Matthias as he spoke back to Scott. "Well, why don't you go and get a hold of Wes okay?" He spoke looking at him as Scott nodded before he looked at Matthias as he spoke.

"Um okay, what's your name?" Scott spoke looking at him as Matthias stood there thinking it was a prank as he spoke. "Really? Matt." Matthias responded to him as Scott nodded before he apologized River went over to him to lead him out as she began to speak. "Hey, if you need anything. If you need us to call someone." The river began as Scott looked at her before he responded. "If Wes or Deb... just tell them uh... Uh to leave me a message." Scott spoke looking at her as she nodded looking at him before she responded to him. "If we do get into contact with them, I will tell them to leave you a message." River spoke looking at him as Scott nodded before he looked at her as he spoke. "What's your name?" Scott asked curiously as River sighed before she responded to him. "River." She explained as he nodded before walking off as she closed the door before Sam spoke. "Cosplay or?" Sam spoke confused as Bailey added on to what she was talking about as she spoke. "He looked genuinely confused," Bailey explained as Sam expressed how it felt uncomfortable to her which made River nod agreeing with her as they talked about it and how he could have been hit in the head and forgot Syntec shut down years ago.