Greeting: In the last chapter, we visited the Legends. Time to head back to the pizzeria.

( Eclipse, Scarlett and Faith)

They lay on the floor and waited for Freddy and the others to come. Animatronics were upstairs and they just heard Eclipse shout.
It came from the basement, so they knew it had something to do with Leslie. Freddy apologized from the audience.
" Hey, children! I will be back soon. Eclipse has something wrong. This will only take a while", he said to the children.
Bonnie decided to stay on stage and play her guitar. Chica on the other hand was too worried to stay and wait.
" Foxy!", Freddy shouted to him. Foxy looked at him and saw Freddy beckon for him to follow.
" Maties. Freddy needs Ol' Foxy's help. Pirates need to help friends. Yarr!", Foxy said to the kids and followed Freddy.
Marionette left Mike alone with 4 and 5-year-olds. The kids watched the animatronics go. Julisa was in the pizzeria with her grandmother.
" You think something weird has happened, granny", Julisa asked from her.
" When it happens in here, you never know. These guys get involved in dangerous stuff", her grandmother answered.
Bonnie started to tell jokes and Mike entertained the kids by jumping up and down. Freddy was the first one to reach Eclipse.

His mouth opened as he saw the horrible holes in the walls.
" What the heck happened in here? Did that thing attack? Where's Leslie? Please don't tell me it got him", Freddy ran to Scarlett.
" He..The thing. I was right. Ma..Marione..was..righ.. Les.. was the thing. Les..lie has changed", Scarlett stuttered. Freddy was in shock.
Marionette came to Scarlett, who told him something in his mind.
" Where did he go? Has he escaped?", he asked. Scarlett nodded and pointed outside.
" Oh no! No,no,no! We lost him again! It's as I feared. Leslie has changed into something uncontrollable.
Oh, Leslie! What have you done?", Marionette buried his face into his hands.
" Are you alright, Eclipse?", Luna came to them.
" Yeah, mom. Me and Faith are alright, but Scarlett is wounded", Eclipse answered. Faith leaned against Luna, who rubbed her behind the ear.
" Thank goodness nothing worse happened. Is she like Storm Jr.?", Luna sighed in relief. Eclipse checked Scarlett out.
Scarlett was healing and she had puddles of black blood beneath her. Scarlett was fine and she could stand up.
" I'm fine..almost", Scarlett fell over.
" Rest, wolfy. We'll get Leslie back", Chica supported her. With Chica's help, Scarlett got up and walked to table where Leslie had been.
" Are you sure that I won't die?", Scarlett asked from Marionette, who followed her to the table.
" Leslie's attack was strong, but not as strong as with Storm Jr. You are much stronger than her and you were an Elder already", Marionette explained.
He warmed his hands up and placed them on Scarlett's temples. His hands were glowing yellow and Scarlett felt the warmth inside her head.
She relaxed and let him finish.
" You are a strong wolf. He has just thrown you at a wall. It broke your endoskeleton's jaw, which explains your earlier stuttering.
He did beat the juices out of you. The scariest thing is that this was a warning. An example of what will happen, if you stand in his way", Marionette told her.
Scarlett was helped up and she limped to the basement's main room.

Marionette concentrated on finding Leslie. He saw everywhere.
Leslie wasn't anywhere near. He hadn't gone to the city. Marionette went further.
" What is that?", Marionette got closer to the Summers' residence. He saw that the Legends were standing in the front yard.
Salazar was staring at the house. Marionette felt fear among the normal animatronics. Leslie had to be there. Marionette did not see inside.
The house was like the sun. All the energy that came from there blinded his mind. He didn't focus on the house. It was bringing too much pain. Salazar felt something.
" I know you are in there, Marionette. Are you here to laugh at us? Why don't you come here and say it in person?", Salazar said to him.
" Leslie is in there. Why would you be outside otherwise? I am here, because of him", Marionette told him.
" That's not Leslie! I don't know what the hell that thing is, but I don't even want to know", Salazar said to him angrily.
" We will come there. May I ask not to immediately attack us when we arrive?", Marionette asked.
" Are you trying to make a deal with me, traitor? I'm the Elder lord. No one tells me what to do", Salazar told Marionette.
" You aren't the Elder lord. I can feel it. The Masters weren't too happy to hear about how you left Leslie and Jenner to die, were they? You can't get in.
You want to get him, because you need to finish the ritual. I need to get him back, so we can fulfill our prophecy.
You or I don't have any other choices", Marionette told him.
" You are right. Okay! We won't attack you. But as soon as the witch is out, the fight will start", Salazar sighed.

Marionette came back to his own body.
He trusted Salazar and his common sense. No one would attack the others. Getting Leslie out and stopping the thing inside him was everyone's primary goal.
If they got him out of there... Marionette knew how fast the fight could start.
He hoped that his own friends wouldn't do anything extremely stupid, such as attacking the Legends. So many things could go wrong.
Things would get out of hand super fast. He went to the main room where the others were talking to each other.
" Listen!", Marionette got their attention.
" I contacted Salazar and the Legends. Leslie seems to have gone into his old home where the Legends have their new hideout.
Now, we will go there to get him back. I've made a deal with Salazar, so they won't attack us. Here's the important part.
I request that no one lets their anger take over. We need to stay calm and keep the weapons in their holsters. Only attack, if you are attacked.
Fight back, but don't start a fight", Marionette explained to the others. Freddy understood, but he was shocked.
" We will just go there and grab Leslie? You trust them? We can't trust that the Legends will keep their promise.
You can't reason with these animatronics", Freddy said to him.
" We have no other choice. Neither have the Legends. Leslie is way too powerful for us.
We need to help each other to get him out of the house", Marionette told Freddy. He nodded to Marionette.

Everyone started to gather their swords and other weapons. Freddy had to go upstairs and tell Bonnie the bad news.
" What are we going to do? I can't just send all of these people home", Bonnie whispered to Freddy. The audience seemed to be worried.
They tried to hear what they told each other.
" We must figure out something. This can't be done later. Will we let them play with the other animatronics?
Perhaps they could entertain the audience", Freddy suggested. Bonnie looked at her audience.
" That seems like a good idea. Hey kids! We are really tired right now. We couldn't sleep last night. Should we unleash the animals you haven't seen yet?
Bring them all here at once", she said to them. The kids jumped up and down. Bonnie went to the basement and explained the situation to the animatronics.
They agreed and felt that it would be nice to have some fun. Bonnie knew that some kids were going to suspect that something was wrong.
Not to even mention the adults. Most of the animatronics had to leave. Marionette hadn't wanted to leave anyone behind.
He needed the strongest animatronics. They requested that all of the basement and the new animatronics would not come.
Only one, who insisted for them to take him to the battle, was the grey coyote. Mr. Fluffy Rainbow felt sad for his brother.
" I need to go. I can't explain it, but I just do", the grey coyote said while hugging his brother. They said farewells. They would see each other again.
Rainbow's brother might die. It wasn't giving him a good feeling. Lucky for him, he wasn't the only one.
Eclipse and Luna were scared, because they knew that Electra would be there waiting for them. Last time had been the scariest fight they had been in.
Luna got the creeps from her. Eclipse was no different. He went close to his mother and petted her fur.
They were in the room where all the equipment was kept.
" Can I run, if I see her? I don't want to fight. She's scary", Eclipse said to Luna. It was an unusual situation.
Eclipse was soft from the inside, but he had never said no to a fight. Luna wrapped her arms around him comfortingly. There was nothing weird about that.
" We must face our fear and fight. She is just another Legend.
Electra has power and intelligence, but we have a chance to win", Luna tried to sound more confident than she actually was.

" Don't attack this time", Marionette said to them. They hadn't even noticed him.
" What?", Luna asked.
" She waited for you to do the first move. Electra countered all of your attacks. Don't let your confidence or panic take over.
Stay calm no matter what happens", Marionette clarified. Luna remembered how Electra hadn't moved.
She had teased them before doing anything. Electra had taunted them and given them the feeling that she was weak.
Luna realized why they had lost. Electra was indeed smart. She had used their anger, confidence and panic against them.
" You are right. That was her strategy all along? I feel so stupid right now", Luna said to him.
" You can win. Just don't allow her to take away your powers. You can fight against it.
Don't allow her to get into your mind", Marionette gave her one last piece of advice and left. Eclipse went closer to Luna, who smiled.
" We have a chance son. Electra will lose this time", Luna said to Eclipse and rubbed his head. Fang's family walked past them with swords.
" Are you coming too? Shouldn't you be with your daughter?", Luna asked, surprised.
" We will be no use to her in here. By coming with you and getting that witch back, we help Storm Jr. as well", Fang said confidently.
" After everything is over, I'll punch Leslie in the face. He will heal, but it's for tearing my family apart", Storm said angily.
She had tears in her eyes, but wasn't crying anymore. Freddy and Bonnie both had swords on their hips. Bonnie didn't want to use her guitar.
It hadn't been meant to be a weapon. Plus, the sword was way cooler looking than a guitar.
They were in a great hurry. Legend weren't going to wait forever.
If Leslie stopped before they came, the Legends would get him and leave before they arrive. Marionette wasn't worried about himself or his friends.
They were great fighters and had defeated the Legends before.
Only thing that made him cross his fingers was the fact that they would have to follow orders. Marionette glanced at Freddy.
He was sure that Freddy would do something foolish in there.

He had never liked the idea of not attacking the enemy.
When they had assaulted the Legends' old hideout in order to get their friends back... Marionette sighed.
It felt like it had been years ago. Leslie had been crushed and Storm Jr.'s world had gotten destroyed.
Freddy hadn't liked the idea of sneaking in the bushes and letting Foxy go inside alone. This was going to be much harder for him.
Marionette imagined the Legends staring at them, grinning. Hank would tease Storm and Springlock would tell horrible jokes to Toy chica.
Could even Golden freddy control himself? Springtrap was still in there. No greater temptation than rescuing an old friend.
This battle involved lots of strategies and plans. Pizzeria crew had never been good at those two.
Fredbear on the other hand..he was the master of planning. Fredbear and Salazar were going to have the advantage. At least as long as they stayed outside.
Leslie knew the inside of the house better than anyone. Whoever would enter the house with Marionette, would have to get ready for anything.
Leslie was mastering telekinesis and telepathy. Marionette was sure that he had gotten more powers. Inside the house, Leslie was the king.
He couldn't be fought against. Marionette would just have to talk to him. There was no other way. Leslie could tear him to bits at will.
Marionette calculated how many animatronics should be allowed to walk in at the same time.
Too many would seem threatening to Leslie and Marionette wanted to get as many as possible.
" Three might be too much. No! Leslie is brave. I can have more", Marionette thought out loud. He ended up with six animatronics.
It might be too much, but he had faith in his calculation skills. The Legends of course would want to bring their own animatronics. Both could send three.
All of them would make six in total. He could just hope that he was right.
Marionette checked out the others to stop himself from thinking about all the things that could go wrong.
Faith and Oni ryu the dragon could breathe fire at each other. Storm would not be an easy one to handle.
She had suffered so much in the hands of Hank and his wolves. Hank was one of those guys, who would definitely start to tease them.
Hopefully Salazar understood the importance of discipline. Fredbear had the power to keep everyone under control.
The thing that worried Marionette was that, would Fred be willing to control them. Marionette shrugged it off. Fredbear wasn't stupid.
He always thought of everything. The chances of different outcomes and what things could change. Marionette tried to think like Fredbear.
" What would he do in my place? Tell the fighters to ignore the enemy? Probably. Our crew isn't as organized as the Legends.
I should let it be, but I can't", Marionette thought.

Someone pumped into him and let out a tiny scream.
" Oh, sorry. I didn't feel you. Your are so thoughtful that it hides your presence from me", Nadia apologized.
" Don't worry. I should be the one apologizing. I'm just standing here where I'm in the way", Marionette said to her.
Nadia had come to get Faith's bridle. Luna was coming to the fight. Faith would be a good way of transportation.
Marionette had been standing at the doorway.
Marionette didn't say it, but he thought that Nadia had pumped into him, because she hadn't focused on seeing what was in front of her. Nadia was worried too.
" Has Luna finished with Faith yet? We should be going by now", Marionette asked. Nadia shook her head left and right.
" Not yet. It's getting there. Faith hasn't used her gear in ages. Some of it is a bit rusty, because Felix forgot to oil it. But, we'll be ready in no time", Nadia said finally.
" It should. Leslie can break at any moment and blow the house up. Or something worse", Marionette crossed his arms.
Nadia promised him: " We will be as fast as we can". She grabbed the bridle and left.
Marionette moved out of everyone's way and looked for stuff they needed.
He had come there to get more equipment, but the thoughts had taken him with them.
He found something that looked like a yo-yo with sharp blades sticking out of it. He could just think of what it might do in the right hands.
He had no idea how it worked or how to use it, but it looked awesome. He tried the blades. He was surprised.
The yo-yo was made out of plastic and so were the blades. It was just a toy. Marionette put it aside and began to look for real weapons.
Bonnie, Chica, Freddy, Toy bonnie and Mangle came to the room to get something. Marionette found it for them.
He wished that Luna would hurry with Faith.

As minutes passed by, Marionette became more and more inpatient. He started to get angry.
The kids would leave before Faith was ready. He glanced at the clock. It was only a quarter past ten. He was surprised.
Last time he checked it had been ten. That fifteen minutes had felt like two hours. They weren't as late as Marionette had thought.
Suddenly he felt a voice inside his head.
" Everyone! Come to the backyard immediately. We are set and ready to go", Luna's voice filled his thoughts. Marionette was relieved.
He teleported all the way to Faith. She got scared as the big puppet just appeared in front of her.
" You came quickly", Luna said, impressed. She was just putting the saddle on Faith.
" Don't ever do that again", Faith said to him.
" I agree. Geez", Scarlett agreed. She had tried to climb on Faith's back, but after Faith had been startled Scarlett had fell off.
She was on the grass and tried to get up.
" I'm sorry. I needed to get here fast, because I was getting a little frustrated", Marionette explained. They waited for the others to come.
One by one they came. Freddy looked like he was going to a real war.
" What the heck is on you?", Bonnie asked.
" Armored chest plate. Useful and light", Freddy showed it proudly. Bonnie wasn't going to ask where he had found it from.
Chica was looking like her normal self. Faith checked that everyone was there.
" Hop on! We need to be fast like Marionette said", Faith told the animatronics.

Luna sat on the saddle and grabbed the reins.
Marionette went to the front as well. He had three animatronics next to him. The grey coyote sat down between Shadow and Eclipse.
They were right behind Luna and their seats were the softest. Freddy decided to go near the tail.
He would have gone to the end of Faith's tail, if it hadn't been extremely dangerous. Bonnie went there with him and held him close to her.
" I'm cold. Could you warm me up?", Bonnie asked. She knew that Freddy had gone as far away from Luna and Marionette as possible as a protest.
He didn't like the idea of not attacking the Legends right away. Freddy smiled at her and wrapped his big bear arms around her.
Bonnie knew it was a way of calming down the angry bear. In front of them Chica, Felix and Fang were the second row.
Storm, Willa, Nadia and Scarlett were the third row. They had to get close to each other. It was surprising how many animatronics Faith was able to carry.
Bulldozer had to have the cats on his lap. He still had a bone to pick with Frost.
At least the atmosphere wasn't as tight as during their last journey. Freddy had been lying down and they had had many rescued slaves with them.
Luna told Faith to fly and soon they were in the air. Soaring through the sky. It was going to be easy to notice, but people had seen it before.
As long as people trusted that the Legends and everything else had ended, everything was fine. Luna gave Faith a pat on the head.
" We need to hurry. I know you can fly faster", Luna said to her. Faith tried hard and fought against the wind.
It was coming from her left side and it was strong. Freddy almost lost his hat at one point. They saw the forest under them and Shadow gave them instructions.
" Go right. Fly over that lake", Shadow told Faith. They struggled to get there, but at last they saw the wonderful house glint in the distance.
" Now remember that we musn't attack first! We have to get hold of those emotions! If we attack this is all over!", Marionette shouted over the wind.
They got ready for anything. Storm was nervous. She saw the husky and his three wolves stand on the yard. They waved at her.
Oni ryu was on the ground and ready for take off. Faith landed beside him.
" Okay! Here we go! Do not attack", Marionette thought.

Farewell: The next chapter will have some fights in it. I might also add that I am making these chapters a lot faster than I'm publishing them. I am making the thirty-fifth chapter at the moment. When this Act is finished, I will start publishing a chapter in a day. Remember: THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE!