...he absolutely needed to get rid of this thing! His heart was as he ran down the stairs. he couldn't help but think back to all the changes he and Emily had performed. It's not as if he didn't enjoy some of it, but being an inanimate object was the last straw for him. What would have happened if Emily dropped the camera, or if she just decided not to turn him back? He would have remained nothing more than a brush forever.
He trusted Emily, but not with this. He didn't trust anyone with this magical device. If it was ever lost, or ended up in the wrong hands, the world as he knew it could be screwed. He ran past Emily's confused mother and walked out the door with no words spoken. He hopped into his car and carefully placed the camera in the passenger's seat.
He Drove off as fast as possible while also trying his best to not let the camera fall off the seat. While he drove, he thought about where he could get rid of it. He figured destroying it could be worse than keeping it, so his best bet was to hide it. He finally realized the best place to hide it, hopefully so that no one would ever discover it again.
Unfortunately for Rick, someone would eventually uncover the camera.... but where?