zay falling onto madness

chapter 2 zay

I was performing one day with all of the kids around me. I felt like a superstar. I felt like I could walk on clouds. I would normally walk around the pizza plex into the different rooms; the party room. But when I walked into party room 3,
I saw adults in uniform chatting quietly amongst themselves. I couldn't quite understand what they were saying, but I could catch this: “at this place…” So I thought that I wouldn’t deactivate myself tonight so I could stay up, since this odd situation worried me.
Later that night, I heard something that sounded like glass shattering, but it wasn't from outside, it was an arcade machine. “That's odd,” I said, before I was attacked by two tall male figures that came out of the darkness. “Ahhhhh!” I screamed with my robotic voice. I looked up and saw them covering their ears. I managed to get away but I was caught by one of them and couldn’t see who it was. “Wait! Don’t deactivate me yet, there is someone in here that doesn't belong-“ I couldn't get another word out before I felt him feeling around the back of my metal neck for the switch that would deactivate me. “Wait, no! Please don't deactivate me……!” And then I was in complete and total darkness. My body tried to wake up and perform but I couldn't. I could feel the gears in my body grinding that would normally not be there. I couldn't move; something was wrong. I managed to open my eyes. I was in some sort of clear box on display in a foreign place. “Alright this isn't good..but where am I?” I saw someone in front of me. I couldn't see who it was but once they got closer I saw it was Alessia, another robot that was with me at the plex. “Come on, let’s get you out of here,” She said in a distorted voice. It didn’t sound like her; she was broken. She wasn't herself; her eyes were red and she was angry. Fear rushed through me as I saw her punch the glass case I was in.