Sparkle Like a Superstar

Chapter 123

Saphira did not know how long the chute was until it would reach the trash under the pizzaplex, but she was unable to tell how far she is being she was upside down in the chute. She could not slow herself no matter how hard she tried. She did not know if the animatronics would even know she had been pushed into this garbage chute, though she did doubt to be the case. Though her mind was thinking of she many thoughts right now, and she could only hope that she did not end up in Springtrap's hands.

She briefly saw the end of the chute, and she yelped as she hits a pile of garbage head first. She grimaced as she felt some pain shoot up her back from the impact, and slid down the mound of garbage and she managed to stop as the slope wasn't steep and she angled herself around. She took deep breaths as she sat up slowly, holding her stomach as she felt another dull pain, though it felt a little stronger this time. She looked around the darkness as she saw she was in a trash pile filled with kitchen scraps. She couldn't see anything.

Except she saw Gregory. He was at the bottom of the mound holding his flashlight. "Saphira!" He said in a loud whisper. She looked down and she moved herself to slide down the mound. "Are you okay? I can't believe that Vanessa threw you down too." He looked behind him, shining his light at the tunnel ahead nervously. "I never realized how dark it is down here. I can see why you are afraid of this place. But we..." Gregory jumped and turned his head as he felt Saphira hug him suddenly. She was so relieved that he was okay, and that there wasn't a welcoming party down here. "I am okay. My shoulder hurts, I've lost some hair and I am probably going to have nightmares, but I am okay."

"I am so, so sorry, Gregory." Saphira looked at him with teary eyes. "This was not meant to happen...it should not happen." She smiled at him slightly and released him from her hug. "You are very brave. But we need to move. Springtrap will already be sending his nightmare bots to find us. Maybe even the endos."

"Okay." Gregory grabbed Saphira's hand and they both walk to the end of the tunnel, leaning out and looking both ways. "I imagine you don't know where to go. But...which way?"

Saphira could only see garbage at the moment. She knew that there was a lot of areas here that wasn't covered in garbage, but this was not one of them. She quietly points to the left, and they both go in that direction. Saphira and Gregory walk through the tunnel carefully and quietly. Their shoes quietly crunched the dust and garbage underneath, but they made sure to not make so much noise.

The tunnel was in a serpentine shape Saphira realized as they walk through the tunnel. They reach a part where they see huge piles running down from the ceiling into the ground. Saphira guessed it was a pair of sewage drains, but she could not be sure. But Gregory stopped as he noticed a skeleton sitting on one of the pipes. Saphira saw it too, and she sighed. She often guessed Springtrap had victims just thrown anywhere into the garbage when he finishes eating their flesh.

"Is that...one of the missing people?" Gregory asked as he stared at the body. She nodded affirmatively, glancing back as she wanted to hear anything that might be happening right now. "Wow...my nightmares weren't lying." He shuddered a little and they keep walking. "It smells worse with dead bodies down here."

Saphira agreed. But it was the least concerning thing on her mind. She knew that stopping was not an option. She did know this was nowhere near the spot she had fallen into from the trash conductor. Though Saphira did consider it ironic that Vanessa has pushed her down here twice now. And the first time she acted like it was an accident. At least now the animatronics will not be fooled. At least she hoped that they would not.

They soon reach a concrete ledge with a drain running below it. Saphira grimaced at the smell of grey water while looking at the planks set across the ledge to the other side. Gregory walked across it with no issue, but Saphira took a little bit longer. She worried that she might become unbalanced and fall down. That would be embarrassing and bad at the same time. She was relieved when she reached the other side and as the keep walking, they walk down a short slope and Saphira noticed more bones around.