Sparkle Like a Superstar

Chapter 13

Third shift and Saphira felt nervous as she arrived at the pizzaplex car park. She did not receive any calls from Darren or Cliff today, which meant they might be waiting for her to arrive to speak with her regarding Roxy. And Saphira was very nervous about that. But she could not hide forever, so Saphira got out of her care and approached the pizzaplex nervously. It was fifteen minutes until nine so she had time to go to her office anyway. Stepping inside, the warmth of the building engulfed her and she glanced up at the gold statue in the lobby, smiling for a moment as she approached the entry barriers. She glanced around to see if Darren was near, he was not thankfully. Although, she did wonder what suit he would be wearing today, that was the most fascinating quality he had was his fashion sense. She walked up the stairs to the elevators and pressed the button to head to the atrium. She hummed the tune of the elevator music and stepped out of the doors when they open.

As she walked towards the stairs to head to the bottom floor, Saphira did not see the map bot approaching her until it appeared in front of her suddenly. "AHHH!" Saphira jumped back, staring at the map bot holding out a map. "Oh...fuck my life...you're an asshole!" She pinched the map from its hand. "You know I am a night guard!"

"Have a nice day," The robot responded, turning away and rolling towards the elevators to wait for it's next target.

"Sheesh! I thought they would ignore me completely!" Saphira breathed in and out deeply, shaking her head and approaching the stairs to walk down them.

She did wonder if she would have to deal with the map bot almost all the time if it keeps jump scaring her randomly. Even though she already has a map in her Fazwatch that was on her wrist right now. She was not going to get over that, she could forgive the animatronics more than the bots. She hoped someday she could access the programming to do something about it. She approached the blue door of the security office on the bottom floor of the atrium and stepped inside, only to jump when she saw Darren sitting in her chair wearing a dark, pink suit and gold tie.

"Darren! You scared me!" Saphira exclaimed, placing a hand on her chest like her heart was going to jump out. "I did not expect to see you here." She frowned a little as Darren's face held a stern expression. "Is...is everything okay?"

"If you put your stuff down and clock in early, you need to follow me down to Parts and Service," Darren responded in a calm, yet stern tone. "We need to discuss something with you." He stood up and walked towards the door, Saphira stepped aside as she knew what this was about. "I hope you are aware of why we need to talk to you."

Saphira did not respond and walked into the office quickly, her heart was racing as she was scared of what was going to be said. She placed her stuff down and logged into the computer to clock in, but she hesitated to go down to Parts and Service. She thought about making a coffee, but she instead fixed up her hair to tie it back into a neat bun and walked out of the office to find Darren waiting for her with his arms folded. She wanted to say something, but as he turned to walk towards the stage, Saphira decided it was best to keep her mouth shut. She hoped the animatronics don't feel guilty, she knew they would not want her to be fired...well, except for Monty of course. Stepping onto the lift, Darren pressed the button and remained there silently as the lift takes them down.

Saphira was breathing very loudly as she was nervous and shook her head for a moment. "Darren...look...Monty told me what happened to him months ago. I am not going to do anything to endanger the animatronics or guests here."

Darren said nothing for a moment as he was thinking, but once they reached the bottom and stepped off the platform, he glanced at Saphira for a moment. "That might be true, but you are not a technician here Saphira. You are only here to help with general maintenance."