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It’s been officially 2 hours since Freddy and Gregory had last left the Pizzaplex, not looking back and only facing forwards. They only faced one disruption which was Freddy’s battery needing to be recharged but luckily Gregory found an alternative way to charge him back up which was with the car battery. Another hour in, Freddy was also getting very concerned for Gregory’s knowledge in driving, it seemed a little on the lackluster side. So he decided to ask him to pull over. However the child seemed to already know what was going on
“But I don’t want to give up driving, I already have enough experience from Roxy’s Raceway” Chuckling nervously, Freddy tried to reassure him “W-well yes, but don’t you think it's a little too dark to be driving?” Sighing, the child knew that there was no way out of this, so he pulled over very violently (thank god that there were no other cars on the road at the time) and switched from the driver’s seat to the passenger seat. After getting readjusted, they continued the drive. “We need to find a Car parts store in order to get enough batteries for you to recharge” Gregory said while having a pouty tone in his voice. “I think there is a GPS System installed in the Faz-Watch? Try to use that in order to find one.” Said Freddy who was trying to get used to driving as well, it still seemed very hard but now wasn’t the time to complain.
Typing up ‘Nearest Car Parts Stores’ he got only 1 result and it was pretty close to where they were heading. “Hey Freddy, I found one stop. Do you think that you can get off the highway 0.7 miles from here?” The animatronic bear nodded and turned when 0.7 miles came. When arriving at the auto parts store, Gregory got out of the pizzaplex van. Thank god that there was 1000$ inside of the van, looks like some forgetful person who was hired for the job forgot to collect their money when they were done using the van. “Now, Freddy. I’m going to go inside the store, just try to not be seen by anyone.” Giving the child a thumbs up, Gregory left to go inside the store.
After about 10 minutes, which felt like forever, the child somehow was able to get out of the store with a premium battery. They still had 800$ left in the envelope, which meant that it would have to be spent wisely. Getting back into the van, Gregory settled the battery aside to the back of the van and hopped in while Freddy was just checking the van to make sure that there wasn’t anything that could harm the child.
“So uhm, Gregory. Where are we supposed to go now?” Oh fuck, he hadn’t thought about that ever since they both left the pizzaplex. The only thing that was on his mind was escaping and being far enough that Vanny wouldn’t be able to reach them. “Well, here's the thing, I didn’t think we wouldn’t have made it this far because….of obvious reasons such as a killer rabbit lady trying to hunt us down” Rubbing his forehead, he tried to think of an idea but nothing popped out.
“Hey, no need to put so much pressure on yourself, superstar” Freddy gave the child a reassuring pat on the shoulder. It felt really weird running away from a pizzaplex with a freaking 6’1 animatronic bear, but this isn’t the most abnormal thing that had happened today considering that he had to run from 3 animatronic animals while trying to avoid the bunny lady. The only thing that the child can focus on is trying to find a definite safe place.
Crossing his hands together, Gregory tried to think about the possible solutions of where to hide tonight. Maybe an alleyway or a random parking lot? That would totally not be suspicious. As he was thinking, a loud sound erupted from his stomach. “Frick..” The child mumbled to himself silently. “Gregory, you seem hungry. I need to take you to get some food” As soon as Freddy was done with the sentence, he searched up ‘nearest gas station’ on his Database and quickly drove to there which only took a 5 minute drive.
When they arrived, the child sighed in a distasteful tone. “Why are we here? I’m fine and I don’t need foo-” Another loud sound erupted from his stomach and an embarrassed blush appeared on his face. “Listen Superstar, you need food in you, otherwise you’ll faint. So at least try to get something that could fill you. Oh! And also ask for 20 on number #3” Freddy handed Gregory a 50 dollar bill and pointed over to the small convenience store that was still open. Groaning, he walked inside and quickly grabbed a bag of potato chips and beef jerky. ‘This’ll be fine’ Luckily in the store, there weren't any other people around besides the 17 year old who was managing the counter.
Putting all the items that he was planning on buying on the counter, the teen grabbed them and placed them in the paper bag. “Also can you put 20 on number 3?” The teen nodded and typed into the computer a few numbers although that must’ve done something. “Your total is 27.32$, are you paying with cash or card?” The child gave the teen the 50 dollar bill and everything was settled after he got the money back. Holding the bag, Gregory walked out of the store and went back to the van. “Alright, the Van seems to be loaded with enough fuel” Gregory turned around to see Glamrock saying that. “Freddy! What about the people around us?” The animatronic gave a little chuckle “Do not worry, they seem too preoccupied with their small devices to care if I put fuel into the van” The child shrugged it off and got into the van again.
Continuing back to driving, the bratty child reached for a small piece of the jerky and placed some into his mouth, chewing it as he watched outside the window. ‘At least there is some peace in this moment’ There was a small pause of silence until Freddy tapped Gregory on the shoulder. “I think I have found an area where we can hide it out until we are certain that Vanny isn’t hunting us anymore.” The Animatronic Bear parked into a small and shabby alleyway that didn’t seem to be inhabited. “Eh, this’ll do for now…” Now that they can finally rest, Gregory grabs the two trickle chargers and connects them to the car battery, placing them onto Freddy’s ears while he’s still sitting in the driver's seat.
While Freddy is charging, the little child gives another sigh. How do you transform from a homeless child to a runaway kid? It’s all so confusing in his little mind. As well as the missing children that would always appear in the daily newspaper he would use for keeping warm. Those cases would only stop for a little while due to the animatronics needing to be repaired. Which would mean that the Pizzaplex won’t be open for a few months. At least no other kids would be going missing in that hellhole for the timespan. If only there was something that could happen to keep all those kids safe…Keep the kids safe, maybe that’s what he needs to do! Prevent them from coming in contact with Vanny. The only way he could do that is to go back.
Grabbing a piece of paper from the glove department, Gregory started to write down ideas on how he could save more kids from the place. Like trying to close off the mall by getting it shut down due to making the reviews public. But if he were to do that then all the Animatronics would be shut down and recommissioned…He wouldn’t want to do that to Freddy. Trying to think of another solution is hard but maybe he could try to make another fun amusement plex that would interest more kids. Eh…That would cost too much money and he can’t pay bills, he’s only a kid. Tapping on his chin, Gregory finally found a good solution which sounded very cheesy but could work. He began to draw a small Freddy blueprint and add a few things here and there to the design, Tech and Engineering is child’s play to him so what could be more different then facing Vanny head on with a completely different Freddy. One that would blow her away with just a look.
As the child continued to work on the blueprint at the end of the van (there is a big empty space in the van due to loading mechanical stuff for parts and services) the animatronic bear seemed to have woken up from the 45 minute break. “Gregory what is this?” Freddy questioned as he looked around at the van, seeing that the inside walls had tons of papers taped to them. “Oh, uhm this is just nothing. But we need lots of scrap parts for our next move to take down Vanny, such as blinding blasters that can appear on your wrists. Oh, and eyes that can’t just see through walls but can also calculate where to aim at them!” It seemed that the dull moment faded away quickly, but it was good to see that the child had finally been cheered up and happy by sharing some technological advancements to Freddy. Most of it seemed very confusing, but the bear just kept on nodding and pretending to understand what he was talking about while frantically searching it up on his Database.
After a little while and 30 more drawings later, Gregory seemed to have slowed down. Possibly he too also has low battery, slowly he placed the pencil down and started to softly close his eyes. Freddy gave a warm smile and he quickly picked up all of the papers from off the floor and taped them all up as well. Searching the Van, Freddy was shocked to find that there was a Pizza-Plex blanket with his face on it, so he slowly unfolded it and placed it onto Gregory. As the boy continued to tuck into the blanket, A familiar warmth felt present in the van. Although the animatronic was so far away from home, it felt like he was serving his purpose. To care for others when needed. He watched over the kid to make sure that no one or nothing came to harm him.