Oh my goodness. Sorry for taking so long with the next chapter. I was finishing writing another story before coming back to this one. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
The night guard was running. Running for his life, but not away from someone.
He was running towards them.
He stood in the center of the round room with a fear-filled expression on his face to see the animatronic woman standing in front of an animatronic man with a jack-in-the-box in his hands. She turned towards the guard as she held one hand on the handle that stuck out from the box.
"Please. No. Don't do it. Have mercy," the night guard said, trembling with fright.
The woman animatronic only smiled maliciously as she pulled down the handle, unleashing the small bird animatronic from the box that squawked loudly with static in it's voice. The night guard's eyes widened from hearing the awkward sound, but then he frantically looked around when he heard howls and running feet approaching where they were.
His heart was beating his chest, as if trying to break out and run, when he heard a loud clank that he noticed the woman animatronic also react to. They heard shrieks, screams, pops, and the shattering of metal, as the night guard heard voices of people.
Then Ethan ran into the room with his shotgun ready, and aimed at the lady animatronic who hissed at him. She ran towards him as Ethan shot once, while the night guard ran further away while covering his ears. The lady animatronic dodged the first shot and lunged at Ethan while her jaw sprang open and her sharp teeth were shown. Ethan took a handgun he had on a waist strap he wore and shot the lady animatronic three times in quick succession, as she fell back from her eyes being shot through. She screeched and hissed as she rolled on the ground, and when she lifted herself up, a clicking sound made her freeze since she couldn't see. Ethan had reloaded his shotgun and fired at the woman animatronic, and she jerked back on the floor and remained still.
Breathing out, Ethan placed his shotgun in a holster on his back, and reloaded the handgun as he approached the animatronic bird. The night guard watched him in a frozen state, where only his eyes followed him, and he jolted out of that state when Ethan shot the bird since it hadn't retreat into it's box.
"You won't be calling anyone to kill anymore, huh," Ethan said, putting his handgun away and turning to see the night guard.
"Uh, hey. You must be the night guard right? Nice to meet you, alive. Are you hurt or anything?" Ethan asked, walking up to him.
"Uhh... I'm alright... just scared and shocked is all..." the night guard said, and Ethan nodded.
Another set of footsteps entered the room, as Freddy came in, which made the night guard's eyes widen.
"It's all clear here. All of them were taken down," Freddy said, and Ethan turned to him,
"Good. Is everyone else okay?"
"Yes, they're fine," Freddy replied, as Ethan walked over to him to talk.
The night guard was speechless that an animatronic was helping this man defeat the animatronics that tried to kill him, and he jumped when he felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Oh my! I'm sorry for scaring you sir. I came to tell you that you're safe now and won't have to worry about the animatronics here anymore," Andie said with a grin, as Mousie and Perry stood behind her.
"It's you. Oh thank goodness. Thank you. Thank you so much," the night guard said, his eyes watering with thankfulness.
"You're welcome. Now, you should probably skedaddle while you can," Andie said.
"But, the cameras," the night guard said.
"Taken care of. They're all off. You should go now," Andie said.
"Phew. Thank goodness. I'm never working in a place like this again! I'm going back to Australia," the night guard said, and he quickly ran out of the place.
The rest of the group entered the main room with the bird-in-the-box, and before anyone could speak, Andie screamed out and ran towards the still animatronic man that held the bird box. With her speed and the stick Sarah gave her, Andie was able to bash the head of the animatronic so hard that it's head popped off and rolled across the ground.
"Andie, What The Heck?!" Ethan said, more startled by her scream than action.
"Oh, sorry about that. It's just, this animatronic could move, but he acts like he can't to make night guards feel a false sense of security. He one time grabbed a guard and held him in place before the others came and swarmed around him," Andie said.
"My gosh, this place was atrocious," Sarah said.
"At least we took them down now, before anyone else got hurt," Mike said.
"One down. Let's pack up and go, quickly," Lily said, as everyone started heading to the exit.
Outside, the animatronics returned inside the back of the truck, as Ethan, Sarah, and Mike went to the front of the truck. Andie and Lily were about to close the back of the truck doors, when Lily turned to her and said,
"Thank you for helping us, Andie. We really appreciate your help, and effort. You did more than you needed to."
"Aww, you're very welcome. I like helping people, and now especially when battling evil animatronics! So... um... Lily, is it okay... if I join you guys?" Andie asked, as Lily looked at her in surprise.
"W-Well, I don't know, Andie. I mean, you've shown you'd make a good addition to the team, but you're taking a big risk in coming along. This work is dangerous, and you'd have to leave your life here behind since we'll be traveling for a while," Lily replied, as the door she had was partially open for the animatronics inside to hear.
"Oh it's alright. My older sister lives in America with her family, and I live here alone because I was visiting this part of France for musical inspiration. I can set that aside for now because your work is more important. You're risking your lives to save people, so why should I sit back and let you do all the rescuing. I can fight! I can help you guys with the language too! Let me help, please," Andie asked, and Lily thought about it.
"I think you have the heart and skills to come with us, but I need to ask the others first," Lily said, and she felt a pressure on the door, as she opened it.
"If you think so, I'm fine with her coming along," Freddy said, as he and the other animatronics stuck their heads out.
"She's fast, and strong. Knocked the head off that guy completely. Bwark!" Perry said, and Mousie, Foxy, and Chica agreed.
"The more, the merrier. It'll be least likely we'll be outnumbered, and she knows this place better than we do," Dog said, and he returned into the truck, as the others who agreed did.
Bonnie was the last one sticking his head out, thinking it over, as Andie looked at him anxiously, while Lily waited for his reply.
"Well, I guess she'll be alright. Okay," Bonnie said, and Andie smiled widely as she jumped up to him and hugged his head.
"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!" Andie said, and Bonnie pushed her off.
"Yeah yeah, great. But don't hug me, girl!" Bonnie said as he retreated into the truck, and Lily closed the door and locked it.
"Isn't he precious?" Andie said, with her hands clamped together, and Lily just smiled.
After asking the three in the front if bringing Andie along was okay, they agreed, and after driving to her house to pick up a few of her things, they were back on the trail. On the back of the map Angela left, there was the name of a place that was marked on a broader map, which they set a course to with Andie guiding them through a shorter and less noticeable way through France. Soon they approached a border, and after getting through without trouble since Angela's people were there, they continued on there way to Spain.
Hidden base:
"Are they complaining again?"
"Yes. They are. All of their animatronics were broken apart so..."
"I see... quite troublesome..."
"Oh who cares! It was one place! Whoever they were got lucky."
"Now now, let's not disregard this incident. They might return."
"What does it matter? If they were only after one place it can be rebuilt new. It's no big deal."
"Besides, if this possible group continues, we have more than enough resources to deal with them."
"Should we send one of the five?"
"No. Not yet. Let's see if something else happens first."
"Ugh! Such a fret for nothing."