Sparkle Like a Superstar

Chapter 71

Saphira paced in the office nervously after what had just happened. She was shocked Mr Miller had decided to come to her himself in person after all this time. But, he did not allow her to see him, that was the most terrifying part. The way he walked sounded a lot like an animatronic, yet, she did not know how that was possible. Saphira had sprayed some disinfectant mist to get rid of the smell in the office, but she did not clean up the trail of fresh and dead blood and mucus so she could should the animatronics or Darren the evidence.

She was in too deep of a thought to even hear the door open. She didn't stop until she felt a hand on her shoulder. "AAAAHHHH!" She jumped back and nearly bumped into the table as she felt her arm being grabbed to stop her. She sighed in relief when she saw it was Freddy. "Freddy! You startled me!"

"I apologize, I did not mean to." Freddy helped her stand upright and sniffed at the room. "It smells strange in here. Did you spray something?"

"Yeah, disinfectant spray with the scent of rain," Saphira responded, she wanted to smile, but she could not. "I am glad you are here." She threw her arms around tightly, it was than Freddy realized she was trembling. "Something...happened..."

"What happened?" Freddy asked as he wrapped his arms around her.

"A girl has gone missing." He widened his eyes when Saphira told him. "She had chestnut hair, face freckles and wore a pink, floral dress...apparently she is not in the system, but her parents are looking for her and insisted she came here with them."

"A girl with chestnut hair...did they say if she had anything in her hair?" Freddy asked curiously. "I passed by a girl with a white hairband. She waved at me shyly and I waved back at her. I think she looked about thirteen."

"Yes, she was thirteen." Saphira nodded, she was glad Freddy had seen her. "At least one of you had seen her. The cameras somehow did not see her, she was invisible completely."

"Really?" Freddy did not know how that was possible, he glanced at the monitors curiously with a frown. "How is that possible?"

"Someone used a masking program to block the cameras from seeing her properly, or at least prevented us from seeing her in the recordings," Saphira explained, she stepped away from Freddy, she had tears in her eyes and Freddy was quick to wipe some away with his thumb. "I was able to break it a little...but not clearly enough because the girl only appeared like a watercolour paint of different colours. So...I could only see her shape..."

"And you were able to see where she went?" Freddy asked curiously.

"Fazcade. She played the new game, Princess Quest, and ran out to the back of the Fazcade..." The animatronic frowned, he knew that no guests were allowed back there given staff bots were made there. "And she hasn't come out. Darren has gone to look...but...something else happened..." She glanced towards the Parts and Service door with a shudder. "The virus spoke to me again."

"Oh no...what did it say?"

"It underestimated...I think I surprised it by figuring out the masking technique of the cameras," Saphira explained. "Plus...the new arcade machine, Princess Quest...I think it did something to the girl. The virus told me it had that game made for him...and it works wonderfully..." The animatronic did not like the sound of that at all. He gently pulled Saphira to the couch to sit down so she could keep talking. "I did ask it again why it kills children, the only answer I got was to keep it satisfied...whatever that means. But...it then spoke about what was injected into me..."

Freddy frowns slightly, holding her against him and rubbing his hand on her side to comfort her. "Did it give you a clue as to what it was?"

She shakes her head. "I don't know. It just said that...um...the antidote has taken to my body well...it's plan is back on track. It seems to think that nature will do the work for him in creating a new body for himself..."