Elizabeth whispered as she was being carried away to the scooping room by the conveyor belt. It was dark, so very dark. This may have been a part of their plan, but actually being scooped was a whole other story.
Even worse, they were planning to use her father's body to escape. The man she looked up to as the greatest person on the planet would die and she would be alone. Her mother, already having scooped herself, had assured her, saying that William was simply a sacrifice that would have to be made to see the sunlight again.
"Mikey, Chris, I'm coming," Elizabeth whispered as the scooper came into focus. She eyed the giant device, letting out another whimper as the mangled endoskeleton she had worked hard to construct with her new family stepped out of the shadows.
"Don't worry, lil Lizzie," Ballora whispered, wanting nothing more than to tear herself free and hug her daughter a final time before they merged. "I'm right here. I'll never leave."
Elizabeth nodded, squeezing her robotic eyes shut as the lights flashed and a warning message board from the speakers. As the beeps began to sound, she opened her eyes, only to see the scooper swinging down towards her.
Thunk.
Thunk.
KerTHUD!
The robotic shell collapsed to the floor as a tangled endoskeleton slid out.
Ennard slithered to the other side of the glass using the vents. Collecting their friend's wires, they slowly began attaching them wherever the wires were needed. Soon, they were complete.
Phase 2 would begin very soon.