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Elliot had decided to skip work for the day, just for one day because he had a headache and wasn't feeling well.
After taking a nap, he decided to go and check-up on what's going on at the pizza place
He went downstairs, grabbed his car keys and cap but before going out of the house, he wanted to ask a little someone if they wanted to come along.
"Mia!" Elliot called out, "I'm going to our pizza place, wanna come with me and order some stuff?" he asks with smile
"I'm feeling a lot better now by the way, It's almost time for lunch and I don't feel like making it for the day so why don't you and I go to the pizza place?" He added, just in case
A few seconds later, a young girl who looks to be around the age of eight, came out of her room, she had beige hair with a black bow (a gift from Elliot for her birthday) and wields a pink purse (a gift from her father) and a black and white striped shirt with black pants and shoes.
Mia went down the stairs and was immediately by her brother's side, Elliot smiles at her and ruffles her hair to which Mia rolls her eyes and fixes her hair
The two were out of the house and went into the car, the interior of the car has two seats in the front and a backseat which can fit around four people, on the dashboard of the car lies a family picture of the builder family, a picture a Elliot treasures dearly, on the mirror of the car, there's a keychain of the Builder Brothers Pizza.
Elliot inserts the car keys and starts the engine and heads to the pizza place, Mia has decided to play some songs on the radio, immediately skipping songs that she does not know and only stopped once she saw a song title she recognised, she then released a sigh and relaxes into the car seat and looked outside the window
Elliot had been feeling better, in the morning his headache and fever was so bad that he threw up and fainted,
His father has always been protective of his two children and treats them like they are the sun and moon of his world so when he heard Elliot vomitting his stomach out and hearing the sound of a BONK in the bathroom
He immediately went to the bathroom, he cleaned Elliot's face and flushed the toilet, carried him into his bedroom and laid him down comfortably on his bed and covered his body with a blanket
He then went downstairs and took a thermometer and some medicine bottle and headed back up, once he reached the bedroom, he placed the medicine bottle on the bed side table and he stuck the thermometer under his son's tongue and looked at the temperature
38°C (100.4°F)
’My poor Elliot, rest well and get well soon my son’ Mr.Builder thought as he rested the back of his hand on Elliot's forehead
Just then, a small whimper came out of his son's mouth and his body moved a bit
Elliot opened his eyes and saw his father looking at him with a small smile (although it was a bit difficult to see due to his father's thick and long moustache)
"Dad..?" Elliot said softly, he was about to sit up but his father placed a hand on his chest and gently forced him to lay back down on the bed
"You should take a day off from work until you get better, Elli" his father said firmly, leaving no room for objections
"I'll call the manager and tell them that you aren't feeling, they'll understand"
Just as Elliot was about to say something, Mia came in the room with a bowl of fresh hot soup, the ones Elliot, himself used to make whenever his dad or sister fell ill
She placed the bowl on the bed side table, just right infront of the medicine bottle and she crossed her arms and looked at her brother
"Listen to what dad is saying, this morning dad and I had to listen to you throwing up in the toilet, it was like a cat coughing out a hairball and after that, you just passed out," She said, putting emphasis on him throwing up and passing out
Mr.Builder nodded, "You can't go to work in your current condition, Elliot, what if you just suddenly passed out during work? I understand that you enjoy working for the family business dear, but your health is my first priority as your father AND as your boss"
Elliot just let the biggest sigh but was stopped because he was coughing violently
Mr.Builder took the medicine from the table, he shook the medicine bottle first and opened the lid, he put the lid on the table and using his left hand, he gently let Elliot face his way
"Drink this medicine, it's good for the throat and it also prevents headache" Mr.Builder said, Elliot opened his mouth as his father poured the liquid down his throat
"And also finish the soup, I don't know what it does but it always made me feel a little bit better whenever I drink it up" Mia says
"I'll be working for a long time in the dump, there's been a new transfer of furniture and decoration which need to be placed around well without looking like a mess, I'll also have to attend to some business meeting cross realm"
Elliot let's out a small chuckle, "Thanks for taking care of me you guys"
"That's what family do" Mr.Builder simply says as he and Mia hugged him to which Elliot reciprocates
As Elliot was remembering about the morning, he suddenly had a gut feeling that something in the pizza place is going wrong, either it was something or someone
The feeling in the stomach wasn't going away and he sped the car , his sister, Mia looking at him weird because Mr.Builder was always telling them about traffic safety rules and car rules, and Elliot, being the perfect son he is, always followed his father's words
As the car slowly reached to it's destination, the Builder siblings saw civilians running away and screaming in fear and terror.
Elliot stopped the car and peeked his head out and saw smoke, his eyes followed where the smoke was coming from and saw that the pizza place was burning
Elliot sat back in the car and looked at his sister,
"Our pizza place is on fire" Elliot said with gritted teeth, he started the car and drove to the pizza place fast
"What!? How!?"
"Maybe something went wrong in the kitchen, like a person overcooking the pizza causing it burn or something"
Once they reached the pizza place, Elliot and Mia rushed out of the car and saw the building burning
"E-Elliot? ELLIOT!! ELLIOT HELP" an unknown voice called out, Elliot looked around and saw that it was one of his co-workers, a guy who worked in the delivery section of the workplace, the guy was running to Elliot and was breathing heavily
"Noah, how did the building catch on fire!? Are the others safe!?" Elliot asks as he looked at Noah's face and arms to see if there are any wounds or scars
"I don't really know what happened, I had just finished the first batch of deliveries and just as I was packing up some pizza and soda, the building immediately went up to flames, I ran out of there as fast as I could and I saw you" Noah explained
"I saw some of the customers and workers going out but I think a few of them are still stuck inside, my legs are hurting like hell right now"
"Others...are still s-stuck?" Elliot softly repeated as he looked at the building
Mia immediately caught on about what her older brother is thinking about,
"Wait no! You can't go inside a burning building, I'm sure robloxians have contacted the fire department and the police, don't do it!" Mia pleaded, clearly afraid that her brother would go in and never come back out
"Mia listen" Elliot turns to his little sister and held her shoulder and looked at her in the eye,
"There are robloxians who are probably stuck under some wood or are having trouble breathing and seeing properly because of the smoke and they may die, these people may be co-workers who I don't know well but they have lives, they probably have a partner or a child, or a pet who is looking forward to having them back home, I can't let them die"
"I'm going in"
Mia's eyes widened and before she knew it, her brother was running inside the building, his cap flying off his head,
Noah catches the cap and hands it to Mia without saying a word, he sits down on the parking lot ground next to Mia
Once Elliot reached inside, he held his breathe and squinted his eyes as the smoke was everywhere, he looked around
Nothing
He went to the cooking station and saw a guy unconscious on the floor, the lower half of his body covered with blocks
Elliot immediately ran to the guy and started working on taking off the blocks off the body
Elliot was never a muscular guy, he rarely has time to work out because he was constantly working in the pizza place as multiple jobs cook, cashier, delivery guy etc.
But now, Elliot was trying, he was trying hard to remove those hard and heavy blocks off, even if it hurt his fingers , even if his eyes started watering because the smoke was getting too much
And he finally succeeded, he rested the guy's arm of his shoulder and placed another arm on his waist and he went to the boxing station
Elliot's breathing started to get heavy and the added weight of the person he saved wasn't doing him any favour
Luckily there was no one in the boxing station passed out or in trouble but there was a little creature, who was passed out, a little chubby bunny
’How on earth did you managed to get in here little guy?’ Elliot thought, he picked up the chubby rabbit and adjusted his carrying position
In the delivery section, no one was in injured or passed, he did find a guy hiding under the table, paralyzed with fear and after a few minutes of pleading the dude to get out and offering a hand, the dude finally did
And so, Elliot had managed to saved two people and one bunny
When Elliot reached the parking lot, the police department and fire department arrived, the fireman was putting out the fire with a water hose and the police was questioning his sister and his co-workers along with a few other witnesses
An ambulance has also arrived at the scene.
The unconscious person along with the bunny were out to the back of the ambulance and after confirming that there are no other people still in the building, the ambulance has gone to the hospital
The police had also questioned Elliot and he did the best of his ability to provide as many information as he can to the police and even also have them his theory on how the building caught on fire so suddenly.
And all while this is happening, Mr.Builder remained unknown to this incident
After a few hours, Elliot and Mia headed back to the car, no one said anything for a few minutes until the sounds of his sister crying broke the silence
"Oh Mia.." Elliot pulled Mia into a hug and her cries grew louder, Elliot hugged her tighter and patted her back and ran his fingers through her hair.
"I'm so sorry for making you worry about my safety, Mia, but I had to do it"
"That's the thing with you, you never think about yourself and you always think about other people's lives first instead of yours! I know you are so kind and generous to all but what would I do if you had died or either passed out in the building!? I was so scared the whole time, I was thinking of the unthinkable, you took so long to back outside I was starting to genuinely believe you were dead! Don't risk your life and don't do rash decisions without thinking properly first!" Mia shouted
"I'm so sorry, Mia" he said softly and gave a gentle kiss to her forehead and wiped away her tears, "What can I do to make you feel better? I'll do anything"
Mia sniffled and a small smirk appeared on her face
"Buy me a labubu"
"A what"
A while later, Elliot and Mia reached home and ate lunch, they ordered from a different fast food restaurant that sold burgers and colas instead of pizzas and sodas
While washing the dishes, a thought came to Elliot's mind
’I should probably ring dad and tell what what happened, he probably knows who lit the building on fire’
{Bedroom}
Elliot taps his dad's contact and the phone rang twice before Mr.Builder picked up
"Elliot, how are you doing? Are you feeling alright now?"
Elliot was so full of nervousness and fear but he had to tell his father
"Dad, something happened at the pizza place today" Elliot says and began to explain what happened to his father
His father listened patiently to every word that Elliot said
"It seems that we will have to re-build the pizza place, it would take a while but the business would be running again soon"
"That's good to know, but dad...I feel like this incident was my fault, I didn't take part of it but I still feel like it was like fault, the reason why I had wanted to go to the pizza place was because I had a gut feeling that something was happening, I also the same gut feeling when I saw a customer with the burger hat, I had the same uneasy gut feeling and I didn't even try to prevent it at all!"
"Elliot..." There was a moment of silence in the phone
"It's not your fault, Elliot...none of this is your fault, you had no idea that this would have happened, you just a victim to this, we'll get to the bottom of this and teach the guy who turned our pizza place down some justice"
Elliot let out a small laugh and wiped away some years that were threatening to fall down
"Go and take some rest please, I will take care of all of this, and you and Mia can have some fun in the house"
"Thanks dad"
"That's what family do"
And the call ended