Morning was upon them and Joyce was sleeping soundly clutching Gerald in her arms. All was quiet,until she heard the loud sound of heavy machinery. "What in the world...?" She asked sitting up from her makeshift bed.
It was still dark out so she couldn't see much. All of a sudden a large flash of light was seen through one of the holes in the wall. Joyce jumped and hid behind the chair crawling over to the room of Salad. He was sleeping too. She shook him lightly "Mn.... wh-what is all this r-rumpus about? J-Joyce?" He asked getting up, his eyes checking to see that it was her.
"There... t-there is something outside, something s-scary!" She said shaking him again.
Salad fingers stared at her for a bit before getting up and walking to the "window". Joyce walked behind him as she held onto Gerald tightly. Salad fingers remained silent, as if his eyes couldn't make out anything. Joyce soon got curious and peeked around to see what was happening.
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There were humans outside. They weren't regular humans thought...... They had on some sort of uniform, almost similar to what a police officer would wear. But it was more military designed. They had flashlights and seemed to be scanning the outside of the house.
"Go knock on the door." She heard one say.
A few moments later she heard a knock, Salad Fingers beat her to the door, he opened it slowly. The man was not looking him at first, but when he glanced upon Salad Fingers his face contorted. "U-uh sir, are you okay? We are here to save you!" The man stated motioning for others to come check out the scene.
Salad Fingers looked shocked when he heard the man speak. "Y-your real to!" He said taking a small step towards the man.
"Uh, yeah..?" The man said.
Salad smiled with Glee. "Joyce! This fellow I-is real j-just like you!"
Joyce, who was clear out of eye shot came into view. The man who had been looking at Salad turned his head to her and got a almost surprised look. He bent down to her level and said. "Hello, my name is cadet Tony, I presumed you are..Joyce?"
"Yes sir that's right."
"Is this man your caretaker?"
"In a way, I met him just about 9 weeks ago..."
"Well, we are here to help you and bring you both to a safe spot, we'll get you new clothes and food." He said in a gentle calm voice.
"Oh! Food! Yes, we'll come with you right away, but can we grab some of our stuff first?"
"Yes take as long as you need miss."
Joyce smiled and dragged Salad along to grab their belongings, they had found a garbage can to put their stuff in. Salad put in his puppets, and Joyce put her knife, and photos in. (She kept holding on to Gerald)
After that the man took them to a truck were other men were sitting.