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Again. They were all back here.
Again.
Bonnie- or well… Jeremy, sat down against the white wall of Fazbear entertainment's shipment van, staring down at the doors of the vehicle. Everyone around him was quiet and whispering to one another as they all bounced from the bumps on the road.
After the fire, he was supposed to be free, ascended to the afterlife, but after just a while of enjoying freedom chains grabbed him again, dragging him into a whole new animatronic body.
And it wasn't only him.
Susie, Gabriel, Fritz, Charlie, Evan, and even Cassidy was dragged back. Although he isn't fully sure, he can sense her soul but her animatronic is slumped over, deactivated like it was back then.
Speaking of, he quite liked the new body he was in. Still a Bonnie, but much high tech, like those sci-fi movies he sneaked to watch in theaters. If he didn't see himself and the others, he'd assume he revived or something. Soon after they all found out they were far into the future, waaaaay further in time than how it felt like when they were in the afterlife.
Bonnie looked at his body again, his hands furry like his old body, but more flexible, with a strong human like grip. It was like that one comic Gabriel went on and on about when they were alive.
Cool.
Apparently he and all his friends were now a line of new animatronics line called 'Cosmic Plushtronics'. He was Mars Bonnie, if he remembered right. Ironic, because he's still blue. Fazbear Entertainment wanted them to keep their original colors for nostalgia and gave them clothes matching their planets, but in his opinion they were just too lazy to recolor him.
Jeremy looked back at everyone else, his head tilted as his now plushed and floppy ears moved to the side. Gabriel inhabited Jupiter Freddy, stars in his eyes as he looked at himself, mumbling all sorts of things about movies, comics and mechanics. Tch, nerd.
Fritz inhabited Mercury Foxy, and he was particularly moping because his hook was made of soft rounded plastic instead of the sharp metal he had back in the 90s. For the best, Bonnie supposed. He was very clumsy with swinging that thing around. Susie inhabited Venus Chica, patting Fritz's back in comfort as she tried to cheer him up, although Bonnie was pretty sure she was also sad because she didn't get her cupcake with this body.
Charlie took the form of Saturn Puppet, or Marionette, pick whatever you like, sitting while playing with her powers and figuring out new ways to use them. When they got into their bodies, she was the least panicked out of them all, which was ironic because she was the youngest. Beside her was Cassidy, taking the body of Uranus Fredbear. Everyone sensed her soul in that body, but she still hasn't woken up. The workers decided to leave her be, hoping that she'll activate at the 'PizzaPlex' or whatever they said, Jeremy couldn't focus during that time.
And… Jeremy thinks Evan has it the worst. Looking beside Cassidy, he watched a golden rabbit their size, eyes dulled as he hugged the golden plushie of a new and improved Freddy. His body was laying next to the bear, his head on her shoulder as his thoughts were in disarray. Evan happened to inhabit the body of Neptune SpringBonnie, based off the model his father wore to lure them with.
When they all got into the bodies at the start, everyone was immediately afraid of him, even Jeremy, as much as he regretted it. They calmed down once they knew it was Evan, but Evan still panicked, crying and mumbling unnecessary apologies. Since then, he hasn't spoken. It was a cruel, twisted irony of Evan taking the mascot of his father that he hated so much.
Jeremy pursed his lips, wanting to go over and talk to him, but he didn't want to make him panic more, so he decided to give him some space. He exhaled, leaning back and looking at the ceiling.
…why was life so cruel to all of them? They get a lick of freedom, and they get dragged back to this world, this time a new era they have no idea about. Jeremy felt like he wanted to throw up, pulling up his knees to his chest, trying to block off the noise.
…He misses his mom and dad. They're probably dead now, just like him, and he won't ever get to see them even in the afterlife, unless another fire frees them all, he assumed. He held back tears, before he felt a pat on his back. He peeked over his arms to see Charlie with her three fingered hands patting him, her face in its normal smiley state a bit comforting to him. Jeremy smiled softly, nodding and rubbing his eyes. These new animatronics could cry, cool and weird at the same time.
"Hello? What? Yes yes, the Cosmic Plushtronics line is on the way."
Everyone paused, looking over to hear their driver on the phone for the first time, curious. Jeremy's ears lifted up, hoping to listen to the person in the other side on the phone as well.
"You know why it took so long, their AIs weren't loading in. We scrapped so many good chips to try and see which fit, and suddenly they just activated! They probably finally accepted their chips, although their personalities seem way different than what was programmed"
No actually, you have dead children from the 80s possessing your dumb robots again; Jeremy wanted to snark at the lady, but with the way Charlie looked at him he shut his mouth, grumbling and still feeling bitter.
"Whatever, as long as they loaded in I don't care, hopefully they'll be a good addition to the new room- what? You guys don't need them?? What do you mean the plex is destroyed?! AND YOU TELL ME THIS MONTHS AFTER?????"
Everyone was now curious, moving closer to listen to the call. The lady was too busy being frustrated to see the curious, children sized animatronics trying to eavesdrop.
"We just got these guys up and running what kind of sick joke is this?! Do you know how much they took to make? Their body isn't shiny metal, they're plush-like! Actual fur like from the 90s! And we are like fifteen minutes away from the plex!"
The lady hissed at the person in the phone, before she rubbed her eyes, grunting.
"Fine. Whatever. I guess I'll turn around. What do you mean what I'm gonna do with them? I'm gonna scrap them! They're too small to be used for anything else"
All the kids gasped behind her, quickly going back to their sitting arrangements when the lady looked back, before rolling her eyes and going back to yelling on the phone.
Gabriel quickly looked at everyone, eyes widened.
"Scrap us? If they scrap us are we gonna end up like lost souls again???"
Gabriel said, Susie butting in just after, looking over Jeremy's shoulder.
"Maybe we will be set free? The fire set us free because we broke down right??"
She tried to say, making the other kids light up slightly with a nod. The kids didn't know much, or how this soul stuff works- only Charlie and Cassidy did, so the kids just chattered to one another excitedly, wanting to be free again.
"No… we won't be…"
Charlie finally interjected, making the cheerful crowd go quiet. Her voice was as soft and meek as usual, but it had a tone of quiet seriousness, her white eyes bright in the dark van. She knew something they didn't, and they didn't pry.
"…we can't leave…"
No one questioned her. Charlie barely talked, but when she did, they all knew to trust her word. Jeremy fiddled with his hands, Fritz grumbling and grabbing his fox ear.
"Yargh! Why be the world so mean to us?"
The pirate accent was back, and Fritz scratched at his throat in annoyance. He was free from the horrible accent for a while and now he's back to square one…
"First we get murdered by some furry, stuck in stinky suits 'n singin' teh same shanties all day, 'n once we moved on we be dragged back?!"
He complained, trying to slam his hook into something- only to swing by Gabriel who quickly ducked and fixed his hat, a bit nervous around the hook. He never liked that thing…
"…It must be his way of cursing us."
Evan spoke for the first time in a while, his eyes looking up from his arms and to the rest of the missing kids. Subconsciously, everyone flinched slightly at him- Evan's eyes widening and quickly hiding his face with the plush. Right… possessing a variant of the murder suit his dad used… Yippe..
"Maybe he found a way to keep us here. As revenge. He was always petty, and bitter. Always jealous…"
The words from Evan's mouth spat like venom when he talked, his claws digging into the plush he held as his body shook. He wanted to cry, yet he didn't- fearing that his title of crybaby will come back to him.
"He's probably laughing at us now. That mean jerk… finding fun in bullying kids. It's unfair, unfair to all of you. Why does he haunt us still…"
Charlie quickly walked over to Evan, patting him and trying to calm him down, feeling a bit of Cassidy's rage influencing him again. Watching them, Jeremy pursed his lips, a look of determination in his face as he got up.
"No, we aren't stuck here. We are going to find a way to go back. We did it once right? We all stuck together, sent that guy to super hell and we were free! We can do it again, totally! Afton isn't even here, so we already finished a step! Cmon, we can't loose hope now guys!"
Jeremy said as he looked at everyone, the children looking at one another. He was trying to boost morale, he didn't know if they could get out either, afraid like the rest of them. Everyone had a look of hesitance, Jeremy's own mood plummeting slightly. He looked at Cassidy's deactivated animatronic, gripping his fists. Dammit Cassidy, your intimidating but motivating presence would be really helpful right now…
Gabriel then got up, standing next to him and putting a hand on his shoulder, smiling softly. He had a look that was comforting, a look fitting the leader of the band. The bunny looked up again, all the animatronics now nodding and determined to be free as well. Jeremy lit up slightly, his ears perking up, before smiling back, nodding.
"Okay, first, we need to find a way to get out. We can't be scrapped, these bodies are one of the best we have and we need as much mobility as possible."
Gabriel said, standing beside the bunny as he rubbed his chin, trying to think of anything. Everyone copied the movement, talking to one another and overlapping. Just then, Fritz raised his hooked hand, a cheeky little grin on his face that oozed with mischief, his eyes darted to the driver still on the phone. Jeremy immediately caught on, a similar mischievous smile on his face. The bear looked at them both, already knowing he's going to regret his decision as he sighed.
"…what's your idea Fritz?"
"The best idea ah ever had."
The driver yelped as she was kicked out the driver's seat, rolling in the ground with a groan as she held her arm that was likely injured. Her eyes widen as she watched the van swivel and speed ahead, reaching out to the phone that was dropped in front of her
"Oh my god- VINCENT! The animatronics hijacked the fucking van! No I don't know how they did that now how am I gonna explain this to the CEO?!"
Meanwhile in the van, Fritz cackled manically as he steered the wheel, Susie under the seat and pressing the pedals as she giggled as well. No buttons were safe from Fritz's gremlin hands as he pressed and pulled on everything around him. Jeremy looked out the door and blew a raspberry at the lady, before shutting the door and laughing.
"THIS IS THE WORST IDEA YOU'VE EVER HAD!"
Gabriel yelled, holding onto the seat as he tried to get to the front. Everyone in the back moved around from the bumps, except Charlie who was floating in the middle with her powers. Cassidy's animatronic slid around the van as Evan shrieked, holding onto the driver's seat with the plushie under his arm, the sheer fear of Fritz driving overriding his previous dilemma.
"Calm yer hieny down I’m the cap'n o' racin' games! I know wha' I be doin'"
Fritz said as he completely ignored the lane rules, thank god the streets are empty. Jeremy rolled his eyes, hopping over him, taking over the seat poor Gabriel was reaching out to. He leaned back onto the door as Gabriel above him gave a defeated look.
"The captain? Mind you I'm the cool gamer of this group, I beat you at every racing game there was"
The bunny said, proudly as he grabbed Gabriel's wrist and pulled him to the front, the poor bear tumbling onto the ground before climbing back up to sit beside him. Fritz rolled his eyes, snorting as he looked over at him.
"Oh please ya only won cuz I gave pity to ya!"
"Nahhh you're just a sore loser that doesn't accept that he sucks!"
"Oh you little-"
"FRITZ THE ROAD!"
Both Gabriel and Evan yelled out, pointing to the road where Fritz almost swerve off before focusing. Jeremy laughed at him pointedly, Gabriel clutching on to him like a lifeline before smacking him over the head.
"Stop distracting him dummy! We can die a second time any minute!"
Gabriel squeaked at Jeremy, scolding him as Jeremy rubbing the back of his head, pouting. Charlie teleported behind the driver's seat, scaring Evan for a minute, looking down at Susie on the pedals. She tilted her head, giving her a thumbs up as if asking if she was okay. Susie smiled brightly, peeking out a feathered yellow hand as she gave a thumbs up back to her.
"I'm good Charlie! It not that bad down here, maybe I'm used to our smelly corpses that the smells don't phase me anymore"
Susie shrugged, Charlie nodding as she teleported to float next to Evan's other side. Her right hand had a soft white glow as she put it on his back, trying to soothed his nausea with the bumpy ride. Fritz then honked the horn loudly, giddy like a child playing an arcade game.
"Too slow fer me taste! Susie, speed it up!"
"Aye Aye Captain!"
Susie said, ignoring everyone's protest of nos, slamming her whole body onto the accelerator as they blasted through the streets, the van filled with screams of both fear and pure joy as they blitzed and broke at least a thousand traffic laws. They passed the sign that read 'FREDDY FAZBEAR'S MEGA PIZZAPLEX', driving straight through the parking lot and crashing the van into the wall. Fritz put the car in park mode (or well- randomly pulled until he figured out what it did) and crossed his arms; he was smiling brightly at everyone, Susie peeking out from under the seat.
"We be here mateys!"
The van door opened, everyone one stumbling out soon after. Evan held his hand on the van door, his free hand to his mouth as Charlie floated over with his plush, tilting her head. Gabriel looked at her, his eyes narrowed as he grumbled "You're so lucky you can float" which Charlie gave a confused look to.
Jeremy looked around the building they were in, his eyes big and full of wonder. It's all destroyed and ruined, but Jeremy could tell it used to be an awesome place to hang out in. He looked at the fallen Freddy statue in front of him, grinning and nudging Gabriel playfully.
"Never knew your ego was this big"
Gabriel simply rolled his eyes playfully at his corny joke, walking up to the statue to inspect it. He poked the golden bear face, rubbing his chin and then looking around. Jeremy could practically hear the gears clicking in his head, walking over with an eyebrow raised.
"Wanna tell us your findings, inspector gadget?"
Jeremy said, Gabriel giving an unimpressed look. Gabriel stood back up, fixing his glasses and dusting his little outfit off. One thing Jeremy liked about their new models is that they have outfits, like who doesn't love a little themed clothing? All of them had rollerskating inspired outfits from the 80s, with the planets' they were named after colors on them put thematically; hell, Susie and Charlie even had a little tutu! It reminded him of his mom, she loved to skate, and the outfits reminds him of the pictures back at home…
"Well, all I have assessed is that the characters we know upgraded, and this place is a better Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria essentially. Although destroyed, I'm sure we can all find some good stuff to get before we get on with our adventure"
Jeremy snapped out of his thinking, looking at Gabriel, and then at the gigantic lobby around. Susie rushed past him, running up to a rusty mural as she pointed excitedly at the characters, mainly at Chica. Her robotic eyes were wide, sparkling like no other as she hopping on her feet. She squished her face with her winged hands in excitement.
"Guys guys look! It's Chica! Oh my gosh she's soooo pretty!!"
She said with enthusiasm, her energy as bright as the sun- it almost blinded everyone. Fritz walked over, tilting as he looked at the characters. An alligator, chicken, bear and wolf. He squinted his eyes, before widening his eyes and whipping his head at them.
"AYE! They switched out Foxy fer a she-wolf! 'tis so unfair!"
Fritz complained, Susie looking over again as her eyes still sparkled at the characters. She smiled wider at the wolf, her mouth in an 'o' shape as she looked back at the grumpy Fritz.
"I think she's pretty! I love her hair! And it was about time they add another girl to the gang anyways"
Susie said with a huff, crossing her arm as her fur-feathers fluffed up in response to her emotions. Fritz rolled his eyes, hand on his hip as he looked back to the mural, pointing at the gang before waving his hook around.
"Bah! Baloney, they still could 'ave put Foxy somewhere! It ain’t full without me fav"
Fritz said, before Jeremy pushed in between them, looking up at the mural himself. His eyes squinted, looking around the mural carefully. He then stood back, arm crossed as he let out a loud groan of annoyance.
"At least the wolf is similar to a fox! Bonnie got replaced by an crocodile! That's not even a furry creature!"
Bonnie pointed to the mural, and to the green lizard with the purple glasses, mildly infuriated. They may be kids, but they still love to see their favs being around at least. Gabriel then looked over, quietly interjecting.
"Uh, I think that's an alligator Jer-"
"WHATS THE DIFFERENCE!"
Jeremy yelled out, echoing through the lobby and making Fritz laugh- Susie copied right after, giggling as she covered her beak. Jeremy's eyes twitched more at their 'mockery', running over to headlock them playfully and ruffling their heads, the two laughing.
"Gotcha now, you jerks"
He grinned as the fox and chicken tried to get out his grip. He then looked over to Gabriel who standing and watching, the bear blinking before he realized what the bunny was planning.
"Oh no no no- no headlocks- Remy I said nO HEADLOCKS-"
Meanwhile Evan and Charlie instead walked over to a fallen down cork board that had a map of the ruined pizzaplex. Evan knelt down, trying to decipher any words on it but it was to no avail- the words were smudged off. He looked at Charlie, and then back at the map- Charlie barely could read, why would he expect her to understand? He sighed, standing up as he crossed his arms, the plushie in his arm making a small squeaky noise. Charlie tapped his shoulder, tilting her head as if asking what's wrong.
"It's just- the map is unreadable. So we basically have no idea about this place"
Evan said, hopping through some rubble as he looked up at the stairs that lead up to the second floor. Fortunately it didn't have many obstructions, so that's a good thing to note down. Charlie joined next to him, tilting her head as she stared at the double stairs. Evan smiled slightly, looking down at her, now on her feet instead floating.
"Big stairs right? Back in the 80s, double stairs wouldn't even been possible for Fazbears. Funny how things change"
Evan said, clutching his plush as his smile dropped slowly. He couldn't hear his thoughts, only static as unwanted memories tried to invade his head. Charlie stared at him, walking closer to him to go hold his wrist and lean her head against him. He paused, before smiling again, the static in his head calming down as he patted her head; silence being the only words they need.
"Take a map."
Evan yelped as Charlie jumped up like a frightened cat, teleporting behind Evan as a voice spoke out. Evan's fur was spiked up as he unsheathed his claws, looking at a rusted down robot who held out a map, lagging slightly. He relaxed a bit once it didn't movie to attack, the bot repeating the same words as Evan tried to find a way to reply. The robot then shot up straight, glitching as the two children robots flinched and moved away from the sparks. The robot hunched over, and then turned back on, scanning them.
"Animatronic detected. Map not in system."
The bot grabbed Evan's arm, yelping- Charlie unable to process everything as it went by a blur. The bot faced his wrist upwards where a plug in point was, the bot unsheathing a pin from its finger and plugging it in as a shock went through all the kids, their fur standing up and their robotic eyes flashing binary codes
"Loading… detecting… adding map to Plushtronics connected database… Adding animatronics to V.A.N.N.I system…"
The bot said, its own eyes flashing the code as well, before everything returned to normal, the bot pulling back. Evan quickly retreated his hand once he got his consciousness back, rubbing his wrist as Charlie came back as well- now standing in front of him protectively.
"Welcome, Plushtronic number 07- Neptune SpringBonnie. We hope you do a fantastic job at the pizzaple…"
The bot started to slow down, its eyes flickering before finally shutting off. Charlie, who still had fur standing up like a cat, stared at it intently before finally calming down and staring at it. Evan grunted, feeling the code still flash by.
"Yo! What happened over there?!"
Fritz called out, Evan looking over at them on the far side. Evan looked behind him, Charlie still clinging to him before he waved over to Fritz. He didn't know what that thing did, but he hoped he didn't mess it up for anyone. He swallowed a lump in his throat, trying to get his voice back.
"N-nothing much! Just some… weird map bot!"
He yelled over, before all their system interrupted- Not a virus, at least it didn't look like it- a digital hallucination of a fresher Helpy model in front of their visions. The Helpy's digital form smiled and waved at them, a text box on top of it as it spoke to all the animatronics. The plex around them turned a purple color, the structure around them different- it was new, digital and weird.
"Hello new animatronics! Welcome to the PizzaPlex! I'm Helpi, the digital helper in the V.A.N.N.I system! I am programmed to help new animatronics get used to to the place and give knowledge about their own systems and the Plex!"
Everyone looked at one another in nervousness, not having good associations with the color purple. Helpi, being a digital programmed figure didn't say anything to their silence and nervousness, continuing on with his pre-meditated speech.
"Starting off, would you like to know about your own system? Or would you like continue on?"
Evan looked at the digital figure, two options in front of him like a video game. He looked around, before reaching out and hovering over the buttons. Silence ate him from the inside, everyone too nervous to speak or say anything with this new, freakish system. Eventually Evan pressed the first button, since they were just thrusted into this new fancy era with no idea of their own animatronic body.
"Option one chosen! Reading system.."
Dot
Dot
Dot
"Reading done! Welcome Plushtronics to the pizzaplex! Your systems are interlinked with one another, so you guys can see who's online and text to one another through the system!"
Helpi showed off the mechanics, a box opening beside the digital bear, which showed front profiles of all of them along with their names, and a status beside them. All of them said online, other than Cassidy's. Another box opened next to Helpi, this time a chat log, an empty one at that- since no one knew about it.
"YOU MEAN I COULD HAVE SPAMMED MESSAGED EVERYONE?!"
Jeremy's voice echoed through the pizzaplex, Susie giggling at his jaw dropped expression. This was a new thing for everyone, considering they never really utilized the messaging system back then as they died like a year later. Evan and Charlie instead didn't know what this was, not living long enough to see the existence of instant messaging. Charlie's eyes shimmered as she found the emoji section, scrolling through it as she pressed different ones, while Evan was overwhelmed, looking at all the weird buttons, confused on what to press. Messages filled the screens, from each of the animatronics going by a blur, before Helpi made it disappear and made everyone whine.
"Next is animatronic features! It's when the animatronics have a special feature to them! As the Plush Cosmics, you all are supposed to take care of the 'Solar-Rollar Rink' and play with the children, so you all have built in roller skates! Just tap the front of your feet!"
Everyone gasped, Fritz immediately trying it out. He tapped the front of his feet, wheels appearing in the bottom of his foot as he yelped, trying to hold his balance. He laughed once he did, moving smoothly in place.
"I wanna do that I wanna do that!"
Susie said excitedly as Fritz rolled around, bringing out her own wheels as she skated around with Fritz. Jeremy joined them next as Gabriel tried to inspect his wheels instead before being dragged off by Jeremy, squeaking in fear.
"Cmon! The body is built for this you loser, just let the body do what it knows!"
Jeremy laughed as Gabriel grabbed his arm in pure fear while he was tugged like a rag-doll. Charlie brought her wheels out next, giggling happily as she joined to skate with the others. Evan blinked, smiling and looking at his feet, going to get them out- but Helpi interrupted him before he could.
"You all also have another special feature, just like our Glamrock Freddy you have a stomach hatch! It has bandages, disinfectants, band aids for the kids and tools for injuries you get yourself, so you can get back on the rink as soon as possible!"
Well that sounds messed up, expecting to fix themselves? Fazbear Entertainment just wished for the best with this line. He raised an eyebrow, opening his stomach hatch, and he was right- a small med kit was against one side and another box on the other, with a small manual laying in the middle. There was a little bit of space left in the hatch, so Evan took his little plush and safely kept it in there, a small smile on his face as the hatch closed.
"Well that's all the info your systems have! Now the next is the V.A.N.N.I system, which is a whole separate system of networks! You can toggle back into the real world anytime, the system works as- as- as- as-"
Helpi lagged, Evan blinking as he waved his hand in front of his face, but it didn't help, the small bear then disappearing. He was confused, and a bit worried since he didn't know what this 'V.A.N.N.I' system was. He sighed, covering his face- he was not used to leading everyone, getting a bit stressed. He missed Cassidy, she'd know what to do, no matter how scary she was. Before he could start moping, he looked back at everyone skating, smiling softly. Even in their weird situation, they're all so happy… it was nice for once. One thing he didn't like was the environment though, still purple and glitchy. It was weird, so different now, the lobby barely having as much rubble as before. He decided to ignore it and was about to join them in the fun, but he felt a static, glitch noise hit his ears, which he folded back in pain.
Evan rubbed his forehead, getting a slight headache. What… what are they doing here again? Why were they here? Oh yeah- to scavenge right? He opened his eyes again, looking at his friends. He felt bad to ruin their fun, but they need to get a move on before anything dangerous finds them. He frowned, before sighing and cupping his hands around his mouth.
"GUUUUYS! WE NEED TO SCAVENGE! TOGGLE BACK TO REALITY!"
Evan yelled out, everyone pausing in their skating fun as they groaned slightly. Evan's tiny bit of confidence then shattered; feeling bad that he ruined their fun. He twiddled his fingers nervously as his ears folded back but this time in sheepishness.
"Sorry guys…"
He mumbled as Jeremy waved his hand in dismissal, shaking his head. He toggled his digital vision off, and then put away his wheels as he stood next to Fritz.
"Nah it's all good, you just want us to stay alive- well, as long as our dead life can let us"
He snorted,everyone soon following suit to hide away their skates and toggle back to reality. Jeremy walked down and patted his back, Evan smiling nervously as he also toggled his V.A.N.N.I vision off.
Soon they all gathered near the Van again, Gabriel walking in the middle of the circle as he fixed his hat up and took a deep breath.
"Okay guys, we are here at the PizzaPlex. We have no items or anything to go off with, so the best thing to do now is to scavenge for useful items and then set off and figure out a way to free our souls again"
Gabriel said, his hands behind his back as he paced around, talking with confidence. Behind him Charlie raised a hand, blinking before she pointed at Cassidy on the passenger seat. Gabriel sucked a sharp breath, his eyes squinting as he looked at the golden bear.
"…I'm sure she'll be fine for the small bit we are here, we won't be gone long."
Gabriel said, Evan butting in quickly
"What? We are just leaving her? What if something come and attacks her??"
He said, slightly aggravated. He was the most connected to Cassidy from all the missing kids- after all they shared a suit. Before his panic hit, Gabriel quickly interjected.
"Hey hey, calm down! We will lock the doors and make sure she's out of sight, and no one will touch her, I promise"
Gabriel reasoned softly, which calmed Evan down for the time being. He sighed, mumbling words before looking at the Golden bear, and then back at Gabriel, nodding.
Gabriel then walked up to one of the walls, picking up a spray can as he shook it, trying to draw up a plan for everyone to see.
"Okay; so me, Jeremy and Charlie will go explore the west side, while Fritz, Susie and Evan will go explore the east. Feel free to visit all the floors if you guys have time, and scavenge anything useful; We will see each other back here in one hour, and remember not to get distracte-"
"YOOOO THEY HAVE A BONNIE DEDICATED ROOM!!"
Jeremy said excitedly once he saw the map, running up to Gabriel and grabbing his shoulders, his eyes literal stars.
"We have to find it Gabriel. Do you understand me. I NEED to go there. Gabriel we HAVE to go there."
Jeremy shook the bear aggressively, who grabbed his wrists and laughed nervously. Gabriel fixed his glasses as he removed Jeremy's hands from his shoulders, watching him vibrate in excitement. Gabriel opened his mouth to reason with him, but Fritz suddenly yelled out just then.
"THEY ALSO HAVE A FOXY ZONE!! I WANNA GO THERE, WE ALL ARE GOING THERE!!!"
Fritz said with an excited grin, bouncing up and down and hugging both a cheery Susie and a nervous Evan. Gabriel then sighed after that, nodding slowly as he looked at the indigo bunny.
"…Yeah sure, why not."
Jeremy cheered loudly, grabbing Charlie and spinning her smaller form around happily as the puppet giggled with him. Gabriel watched the two, patting his cheeks as he took a deep breath. It will be fine. It will all be fine…
He hopes.