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“I think one president would be easier to take out than ten of the small world guys. We’ll be fine.” Ethan said with a small laugh, taking the other girl’s hand into his own and pulling her along, “Did you see people heading for the monorail?”

“I dunno, I hear ol’ Abe was pretty tough back in the day.”  Natalie let out a soft laugh.  “If by people you mean colored blobs that vaguely resemble people, then yeah.  Where do you think it’s going?”

“I think you were wearing them when we were in the Hall of Presidents. Do you want to go check there maybe? Maybe they got lost there or somewhere on the way–Definitely don’t want you to be blind.”

“Yeah, I think you’re right.”  Natalie nodded and smiled softly.  “Yeah, I don’t think being blind is making this situation any less scary.  There’s no harm in checking, as long as Abe Lincoln doesn’t come alive and try to  kill us.”

“I’ll keep an eye out. Now that we’re not watching for Animatronics…” He said, kicking aside the corpse of one that had fallen apart, “Where’d you last have them?”

“Thanks.”  Natalie offered a soft smile as she looked back up at Ethan.  “I-I don’t really know...  It happened during one of those blackouts, they could be anywhere.”

“Nothin’ yet, and I hope it stay sthat way. We’ve gotta buckle down and stick together so we can figure out what the heck’s goin’.” Tiana pulled away, "Lottie, you haven’t seen Naveen have ya? Or Louis?”

Lottie nodded.  “You’re right.  This has gotta be the strangest thing I’ve ever seen.”  She shook her head, a small frown on her face.  “I’m sorry, sugar, I haven’t.  They’ve gotta be around here somewhere, though.”

Holding her hand tightly, Ethan threw his bag over his shoulder and began to lead Natalie away before the robots found their bearings again. Nowhere seemed very safe, but for the moment, the only place he could think to go was the Hall of Presidents – even though there were other much larger animatronics in there, he hoped that not going to far in would keep them safe. Just inside the building, Ethan shut the door and let out a breath, “Shit–alright…are you okay? We should be safe in here.” He questioned, still gripping her hand.

As she was taken away from the animatronics, Natalie allowed herself to take a deep breath and relax.  Though she was still terrified, something about being with someone she trusted made her feel much safer.  When the door shut, she leaned her back against a nearby wall, taking another deep breath and nodding.  “I-I’m fine...  What about you?  Are you alright?”

Siv tilted his head. “Does Natalie even know that you’re inhabiting her?” Although he figured the answer was going to be no, he himself was curious.

“’Course she does, sugar!  Or, she will.  I left her a lil message on that camera she’s always got ‘round her neck, but she hasn’t seen it yet.”  

“But if you’re just a ghost, wouldn’t all this shit just go through you? Ghosts aren’t usually solid…are they?” At the statement that he too was possessed, Siv mentally sighed. Given Natalie and a few others’ statements, he had a pretty good idea as to who was sharing a body with him.

“I dunno the logic behind it, hon.  I just know that it’s a heck of a lot safer in here than it would be out there.”  Lottie replied with a small shrug.  “But I promise, any time ya wanna talk to Natalie, I’ll get outta your hair.”

Tiana rolled her eyes and approached the girl, giving her a tight squeeze, “You’ve got a real special way of lookin’ at things, you know that?” She couldn’t help but smile though, “I can barely put into words how happy I am to know you’re safe, Lottie.”

“I like to look at the positives, ya ought to know that.”  Lottie giggled, hugging her friend tightly.  “I’m happy to see ya too!  I’ve been so worried, I thought somethin’ terrible might’ve happened to ya!”

Siv’s curiosity only increased. “Why are you taking up residence in her? And is there someone in me?”

“Well, it’s a lot safer to have an actual body than it is to just walk around lighter than air!”  Lottie nodded.  “Sure as sugar!  But don’t worry sweetie, I’m sure he’s real friendly!”