|~Hello Puppets~| [The Final Show]

|~Chapter 9: The Game Ends~|

"I JINXED IT, I DEFINITELY JINXED IT!!!!"
Paige ran, she ran as fast as she could as Rosco was closing in.
"SHUT IT, SHUT IT!!!!"
Scout and Paige used the gears.
"Turn!"
She turned.
"Turn again- wait the gears are jammed! Hold on; I got it!"
. . .
"GAH!! I'M STUCK!!"
Paige began to pull her out, ripping her arm off and and Paige screamed.
Ripping open her mouth and blood poured from her mouth as the door finally closed and Piage fell to the ground in exhaustion. . .
"Host. . . Host. . ."
Paige looked at Scout,"I'm so sorry. . .", Paige shrugged, nearly choking on her own blood,"It's. . . Fine. . . It's my fault. . . I should waited for the police. . .", then a voice came over the intercom, it was that incantation that Mortimer said at he beginning.
But this time. . .
"Shit. . ."
"Host please. . ."
Paige's eyes rolled back, Scout found herself able to Paige perfectly and Scout cried as the door opened and heard Rosco growling.

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They made their way to the office, it was hidden away via some rubble, wood and old stuff.
Once pushing that out of the way, he was able to get inside the office-
"WAHHHHH!!!"
They jumped!
Was. . . Was someone in there?
Slowly gaining the courage, they took the knob of the door and opened the door slowly and peaked inside.

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Was. . . Was that Nick Nack?
There was a Host sitting on the ground while a wooden Puppet was weeping, if they can even cry.
Nick Nack seemed to need a paint job with how decayed he looked and chipped paint, that and it seemed he had black paint running from his eyes. . .?
"OH CREATOR!!! OH FATHER!!! FORGIVE ME AND RETURN TO ME!!!!"
Father?
Wait; Right Owen brought them to life which technically makes them his children if the guy already saw him as his kids.
Slowly they made their way into the-
*Bang*
That damn door-
"DO NOT ENTER, CAN'T YOU SEE I AM IN!!!-"
Silence rang out once Nick realised it wasn't Mortimer, Daisy or even Riley.
But a human with a face mask, white hoodie with a green hood, greens and a very odd looking hand.
"Ooh~ Who might you be, you have caught me in uh bad time, I haven't gotten my wake up or any show plan let along to sign an autograph."
Nick Nack approached, freaking them out as they tried to back up but Nick Nack lifted their new hand,"Looks like an accident! But what brings you here to my father's office????", they looked around for a way to communicate, then saw a chalkboard and had an idea.
Nick Nack watched the human pull it over and clean it off before writing something with the old chalk.
'Why were you crying?'
And the rant begins once he saw the Puppet begin to shake.
"OOH!!! BECAUSE MORTIMER BLAMED ME FOR A HOST ESCAPING, HE ALWAYS BLAMES ME BUT NEVER RILEY, NOT HIS GOLDEN CHILD THAT COULD DO NO WRONG BUT WHEN I DO ONE MISTAKE HE BEATS ME AND SHOUTS AT ME, PUTS ME AND DAISY ON KIDNAPPING DUTY EVER SINGLE DAY!!!!"
The rant continued, honestly they were surprised no one came in to check on this Puppet but guessed their were use to his out bursts, but it seemed like he hadn't ranted to someone in a while from his Host pacing back and fourth and the continued yelling.
. . .
They tapped on the board a few times to get Nick Nack's attention back, Nick stopped as he heard the loud tapping of the metal arm.
"Oh I apologise, I shouldn't waste my bottled up emotions if I'm not on stage."
They wiped a message and wrote another.
'Do you know where the book is, the book that brought you all to life and if so can you give it to me?'
Nick Nack hummed and titled his head,"Hmmmm. I do know what book you seek, but why should I give it to you, Mortimer said that people would brainwash me!"
Nick Nack turned away.
Nick Nack turned back to see a new message.
'How about this, I can do something for you and exchange you give me the book.'
Nick Nack hummed, then nods and seemed to be happy,"I do suppose that is fair game; You do something for me and I do something for you, that is fair play indeed right?", they nod, Nick Nack then began to shake and looked nervous,"What about. . . Mortimer or Riley. . .", they quickly wrote a new message on the board.
'I won't let them do anything to you, I promise.'
To further prove this to Nick Nack, they did the 'Cross-My-Heart and Hope To Die' motion.
Nick Nack got into their face, making them hold their breath and drop the chalk.
. . .
"Oh I will help you!"
Nick Nack backed off and seemed happy,"If you help me do something in my section, I will take you to father's book!", so Nick Nack lead the way and they followed close behind him and made sure to grab a nearby scalpel and followed Nick Nack.
"Come, come!

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"Shit. Not here either."
Scout was in Daisy's section, the book wasn't in Mortimer's section or even Riley's and there was no way she was going into Nick Nack's or she'd be stuck in there for hours or even days!
"Why Scout, it's been a while!"
"Shit-! Oh, it's uh. . . Just you."
There in her booth was Daisy.
Daisy's appearance was not as good as it used to be as her colour was faded, one of her eyes were missing and her paint was fading or chipped along side her forearm burnt off hand.
"Whatcha looking for dear? Some pie?"
Scout shuddered as she saw the open pie and the knife Daisy held with her only hand.
"Look-No offence, I don't want any pie- Listen, Daisy I know you and I don't get along often but-. . . But I need your help, do you have any idea where that spell book is that brought us all to life?"
. . .
"The green hardback cover with the golden symbols?"
Scout nods,"Yeah, that!", Daisy shrugged as she poked the pie with a knife,"I'm not too sure darling. . . That book was most likely destroyed in the fire or Mortimer hid it, you know how he is; A bit of a perfectionist and control freak.", Scout nods,"No shit. But Daisy, if the book had not been burned. . . Where would Mortimer or Owen hide it?", Daisy shrugged, Scout had to think of something to maybe get information out of Daisy or get her on their side.

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"There they are."
The police pointed to the screen and two dots appeared.
"They're at the bloody warehouse, quick before they burn the evidence!"