Greeting: Rachel, Doug, Ray and Nick have escaped with most of the children. The price was high. They had to sacrifice Bane and all the adults except Nick. Let's see how they move on.
( Rachel and friends. On the bus, driven by Nick)
"No!", Rachel's shout filled the bus when Bane pulled his own core out.
The monsters attacked his corpse and left nothing of it. Pieces of Bane's endoskeleton were flying everywhere along with oil.
Rachel buried her face into her palms instantly.
" Oh god. Bane, my bull darling. My sweet darling", she sobbed in anger.
Ray was holding onto her and patting her head.
" We can't do anything right now. He's gone already. I know you loved him, we all did. But Bane just saved our lives by letting go.
He's in a better place now", Ray told Rachel.
Doug was thankful to Ray, Rachel's sobbing stopped after a while or two. Doug wouldn't have been able to say anything.
His eyes were wide after the scary escape. The blood of the pig monster was covering his face.
Nick was the only one with no reaction. He was sad as well but he had to focus on driving.
Only a fool would have expected that the monsters weren't after them.
Trees and bushes were surrounding the gravel road which stayed straight like the trees around it.
There were no bumps on it, it was smooth driving. But the monsters were there, hiding in the trees.
Nick wouldn't mourn until they reached a proper concrete road, surrounded by fields. Ray took care of Rachel, the kids were staring at them.
Ray knew that Rachel should have stayed strong for the kids but he didn't force her to be.
Only a true monster wouldn't have allowed Rachel to mourn her dead friend. She rested her head on Ray's chest and let out sounds of gried and anger.
Ray, in turn, was petting Rachel's ears. Doug looked away from them when Rachel had seemed to calm down more or less.
A young girl was beside Doug and looked at his bloody face.
" Your face is dirty. It's all red", the girl told him.
Doug looked at her and covered his face.
" I look scary, don't I? I'm sorry, I just don't have the strength to clean it up", Doug apologized to her.
The girl had a pocket on the front of her skirt. She put her hand in there and pulled out a tissue.
She moved Doug's hands out of the way and wiped the blood off his face.
" There you go. Now you're cute again", the girl had finished.
Doug glanced at the window on his right side and saw his reflection. The girl had done good job.
" Aww. Thank you, sweetheart", Doug petted her hair.
Rachel had calmed down by then.
" Are you okay?", Doug asked her when she raised her head. Rachel cleaned up her fur, there was some mud in there.
" I'm alright. Are the kids fine?", Rachel's attention moved on quickly.
The younger ones hadn't seen what Rachel had seen. The older ones had been wise enough to cover the eyes of the young ones.
Nonetheless, they too knew that they wouldn't see Bane again.
Rachel saw some tears on the kids' faces but nothing too serious. She just wished the kids wouldn't have gotten used to death so quickly.
She walked to the back of the bus and petted the kids on the way.
" You have all done so well. I'm proud of you, sweeties", she told them.
Rachel gave out kisses and pats on the head to show the kids how proud of them she was.
The animatronics were extremely happy to see that so many had made it.
Even though it was too horrible to admit, that one boy and Bane's deaths had been necessary.
They had just enough space in the bus.
Rachel reached the back of the bus and gave a hug to a boy on the back seat.
" I loved Bane too. He loved me", he told Rachel with tears in his eyes.
" It's okay. Bane will always be with us, just like Pete and your parents. I'll love you for Bane as well", Rachel promised him.
The boy nodded joylessly. Rachel petted his cheeks and looked into his eyes.
" Hey, come on. Smile a bit. Bane wouldn't want you to be sad. We're safe now", Rachel said comfortingly.
To be honest, she was tempting fate with the last sentence.
Suddenly, a big hand came through the back window. It had been partially open and the hand came through the open gap.
Rachel pulled the boy away from the window and the other kids, on the back seats, stood up.
They tried to get as far away as possible.
The hand opened the window. A red-eyed face peeked into the bus.
It made Rachel go in front of the kids to protect them.
" What's happening in there?", Nick asked Ray.
The raccoon pulled his gun out for no reason.
" I'll take care of this. Just drive, Nick", he told the man.
Ray ran to the back of the bus. The children were watching the back to see what was happening.
Nick presumed it was the monsters since he noticed some of them on the road. Some had jumped onto the back to climb in.
The monsters were fast enough not to be left behind. Nick had to reach the concrete road so he could speed up.
Rachel watched the monsters as they opened the windows at the back and peeked in. Nick saw that there was a road block ahead.
It was a row of monsters.
" Prey for me", he thought in his head.
Nick did a dangerous thing and drove off the road. He saw nothing but bushes and leaves for a while.
Then he quickly got back to the road. That sudden turn had made some monsters fall. Rachel knocked off one monster as it stumbled.
She quickly retreated back to the kids.
" There you are!", the beast witch, by the window, smiled at the children.
Ray jumped over Rachel and held his gun tightly. It was a prop, nothing more, nothing less.
" Stay away from our children! How many times do I have to say it?", Ray asked the monster.
He sounded threatening and dangerous. The beast laughed at him as he raised the revolver.
" You are aiming a gun at me? I'm terrified", it grinned in mocking happiness.
" Ray! What are you doing? Your gun's a prop", Rachel told him.
Ray felt it in his endoskeleton.
He pulled the trigger which made a click sound and a bang. It wasn't a proper bang but it was enough.
Rachel and the kids were as shocked as Ray. The beast looked at its shoulder and the enourmous hole in it.
" What the hell?", it looked at the raccoon.
Ray pulled the trigger more times. They affected the beast like real bullets.
One went straight through its head and it fell backwards. The raccoon shot all the other shocked monsters as well.
They all fell down. Ray and Rachel went to the back window and looked out.
That's when Nick shouted from the front.
" Hold on!", he shout echoed in the bus.
The kids and the animatronics grabbed the seats as the bus drifted to the left. It was a dangerous turn as Nick reached the highway.
He changed gear and pushed the throttle down. The bus sped up and the monsters were left behind.
The beast with a hole in its head, got up and ran after them. Nothing could defeat it.
It stopped soon when it realized that it was too slow. The animatronics saw how their chasers gave up.
The beast's red eyes were on fire.
" It's on now, animatronics. Your death will be slow and agonizing. I swear to you", it said in anger as the bus vanished behind a hill.
The monsters stopped completely without making any noise. They turned around and took off.
They had to get back to the pizzeria before all the tasty flesh would be gone. It was eerie and terrifying.
The monsters just gave up completely.
In the bus, the animatronics closed the windows as soon as possible. They didn't know if all the monsters were gone but they had to presume so.
" Are you alright, kids? Nobody got hurt, right?", Doug asked the children.
He heard sounds of approval and saw them nodding.
" Phew. Good. Now we're safe. Remember that if you are lonely or scared, we are always here for you", Rachel reminded them.
The kids already knew that but Rachel had to make sure. The beast had jumpscared her.
After a while, Doug sat down to his own chair and the girl, beside him, buried her face into his fur.
She seemed sleepy like the other kids. They hadn't had time to sleep much.
Unfortunately, they hadn't taken any blankets with them. Most kids would have to sleep with their heads resting on the tables.
" Can I sleep?", the girl asked Doug.
He nodded to her calmingly.
" I'll be here to warm you up. I can stay here so you can sleep on top of me", Doug suggested.
The girl hugged him as he turned to face to aisle. Doug was too tall to lie down but he could stretch his legs.
He was sitting diagonally. The girl had a warm place to sleep between his legs.
" Sleep tight, sweetie. Sweet dreams", he bent down and kissed the girl.
The girl lay down with Doug's knees on both sides of her neck.
Doug's legs were protective walls around the girl as she closed her eyes. They were soft and snugly.
Doug started petting the girl. His tender hand moved down her side all the way to her waist.
Doug's hand turned around and moved all the way back to the girl's head.
It was a calming place for a shocked girl who had just lost her parents.
She had no blanket but her leather jacket was keeping her warm too.
Before she had lain down, she had put it under herself. Doug smiled at the young child, facing his left thigh, towards the back rest.
Right then, he felt happy. Bane was gone but the children were still there.
Doug was being as gentle as he could be. The dog of Rachel's had discovered one of Springtrap's best positions when calming a child.
Springtrap had been doing it his whole life.
Springlock had done it as well but she had told the children to get closer to her.
That was a good example of how Springlock had spoiled Springtrap's acts of kindness.
Doug's hand slowed down as he started thinking about other things. The kids were leaning into each other and Rachel was going around, talking to them.
Rachel told them where the toilet was and gave them good night's kisses.
When she passed Doug, she looked at him.
" She's a real cutie. Nice work, buddy", Rachel bent down to look at the girl.
Doug blushed and nodded to her.
" Sweet dreams, honey", Rachel kissed the girl on the nose.
The girl was fully asleep already. The fear had tuckered them all out.
The only one, not sleeping, was the brave girl that had opened the bus door for them. She was sitting at the front, right on the steps, going down to the bus door.
Nick was driving and Ray was taking care of his wounds at the same time.
Nick's leg was hanging on the side as Ray was checking it out. The engine was humming like a peaceful yogi.
The bus had been calm the whole time. Unlike people and animatronics, buses didn't need time to recover.
" Your leg is like a field after plowing. These grooves are everywhere", Ray shook his head.
Nick was used to pain, Ray was worried about a possible infection.
" Well, I know how to groove. I think that suits me", joked Nick.
Ray chuckled.
" Just drive. I don't want to make it out of the pizzeria and then get killed by you, crashing into a tree", he said.
Nick patted Ray on the hat.
" Don't worry. If we crash, it's the tree's fault", he informed Ray.
The raccoon kept on ripping pieces out of Nick's trousers. He used those to cover the wounds.
The road was silent up ahead. The front lights worked flawlessly and Nick saw the road clearly.
He was driving quite slowly, speed was needed only if they were being chased.
Whenever Nick would have to use a toilet, Ray could hold the steering wheel.
The bus was equipped with a cruise control so Nick didn't have to press the throttle at all. The road was straight if those few curves weren't counted in.
Their state was mostly just that, straight roads, surrounded by fields.
Nick kept his eyes on the road and saw quite a lot of broken cars and dead animals.
" Those things are slaughtering everything. They won't spare even the coyotes", Nick felt sad.
Most cars were outside the roadway so Nick didn't have to dodge them. Nick wasn't worried about the fuel either, at least not yet.
The tank was almost full surprisingly.
" I think that guy just simply stopped sometimes and fueled like normally. I can do that too", Nick thought about it.
Fuel wasn't a problem at all. He was good, there was nothing to worry about.
At least not when it came to the condition of the bus. The only thing to worry about was the passengers.
Nick glanced at the back and saw that most kids were sleeping. They were fine for the time being.
Doug was staring out the window, watching the dark fields go by.
Usually those fields would have been filled with people and whistling farmers. Doug imagined a tractor, driven by a happy farmer.
He watched his cows and horses eat the long grass and rest in the sun light.
That had once been true. Doug found it hard to imagine.
He hadn't spent time in the darkness that much but that little time had felt like eternity.
Doug felt as if he had spent years in darkness. He knew that everyone else felt that way too.
The animatronics had sometimes gone for field trips with the children. The Fazbears were not the only ones who left their pizzeria sometimes.
Doug had taught children how to properly feed horses. He recalled the field looking nice.
Those fields looked depressing in the lightless atmosphere. The grass had started to decay and all the animals had been killed.
The only animals were the animatronics.
Doug was aware that he wasn't an animal for real. He had no parents, he had been constructed with his friends.
That thought made him glance at Rachel. The bunny was sitting back to back with Ray.
She was looking down the aisle to make sure all the kids were okay. She had nothing else to do so watching the kids was what she had decided to do.
If a kid peeked around the chairs and Rachel saw it, she went for them to help them.
Sometimes it was nothing, in which case Rachel just talked to them for a bit. If the kid had something wrong, Rachel was happy to offer her help.
She was thinking about Pete and Bane, there was no doubt about it.
Usually the kids brought that up when Rachel talked to them.
" I know how you feel. Me, Doug and Ray loved them too. They wouldn't want you to be sad, would they?", Rachel said to them.
A few hours vent by and Doug started watching the girl, between his legs, again.
She was hugging Doug's tail, which was good sign.
" Everything okay in here?", Rachel's voice asked Doug.
He didn't even have to raise his head to know that she was there. Rachel was rubbing Doug's feet.
" We are alright. But I can see that the same can't be said about you, honey", Doug looked at her.
Rachel's ears drooped.
" I know. Pete and Bane's fates got me thinking. How many pizzerias have suffered the same fate? How many kids and animatronics have those things killed?
How many are still out there, living in fear? I wish we could help them", Rachel explained to him.
Doug raised his other eyebrow.
" Almost all of them are gone, I guess. We have to hope that the Fazbears are still alive", he guessed.
Rachel smiled a bit.
" At least they put up a fight. Like that pig monster said, they were a pain in the butt. If they're dead, they didn't go down without a fight", Rachel told Doug.
" What if we are the last ones?", blurted Doug.
Rachel didn't answer at first. She let out a sigh.
" We can't be. There must be others", she said then.
Doug got an idea.
" Maybe we could go check out some pizzerias. If they're alive, we could rescue them", he suggested.
" Good one", Rachel chuckled.
" I'm serious. We could save lives. More kids, more animatronics. They're our friends. Like Popgoes the weasel for instance", Doug told her.
Rachel was shocked.
" You are serious, aren't you? Popgoes? Ray knows him, I think. Do you?", Rachel asked him.
Doug nodded to her and his expression claimed that Rachel was stupid.
" We did tons of those field trips with them. Ray is an old friend of Stone the crow and Blake the badger. I spent more time with the two squirrel sisters", Doug recalled.
Rachel thought about those animatronics. Popgoes and Blake could have replaced Bane and Pete.
Those two were quite heroic and brave. The squirrels were more like Doug and Rachel.
No wonder Doug had liked them.
" But we don't have any room in here. I hope you remember that", Rachel pointed out.
That made Doug fall silent.
" Good point. I didn't think of that. Perhaps Ray has an idea", he shrugged.
Rachel went to the raccoon who had just finished fixing Nick. She tapped him on the shoulder.
" Ray. Could you come talk with us for a second?", Rachel asked him.
Ray didn't know what that was about but he nodded to her.
" Sure. I have nothing else to do", he told her.
Ray followed Rachel and squatted beside her when they came to the seat. Doug looked at them both while petting the girl.
" What's wrong, guys?", Ray asked them.
He expected it to be about the girl.
" You remember Popgoes and his animatronics?", Doug asked surprisingly.
Ray was confused.
" Yea. I sure do. Popgoes the weasel, Blake the badger, Stone the crow, Sara and Saffron the squirrels.
Blake's a real tough guy. What about them?", Ray asked him.
Doug glanced at Rachel who wrapped her other arm around Ray.
" Would you like to be the raccoon that rescued them?", she asked him with a smile on her face.
Ray's eyes widened as he understood what they were after.
" You want to go rescue them, don't you? Why? We just got out of a nightmare. Now you want to go back?", Ray was shocked.
Rachel shrugged.
" Perhaps we are insane. We have a bus now. We could save them and bring them to Freddy's too.
More animatronics and children saved the better", Rachel seemed happy.
She expected Ray to mention the same problem as she did before.
To her surprise, Ray's reaction was different just like Doug had expected.
" That is ridiculous. I mean we could go to a bus station and get another one. They would fit into it easily. That might work", Ray pondered the possibility.
Doug realized it. He would have wanted to shout but he didn't want to wake up the kids.
" That is it. We can go get another bus. I doubt there will be many monsters in the bus station", he smiled at Rachel.
" These things were around our pizzeria. After that, we haven't seen more. They must have surrounded the last places with survivors.
Hopefully the bus station isn't one of them", Rachel understood what Doug meant.
Ray was worried about something else.
" The only resistance, we will be met with, is when we try to release the Popgoes animatronics.
Not to even mention that they might not even be alive anymore", Ray pointed out.
Doug and Rachel were practically unstoppable at that point. They were ready.
" Let's ask Nick if he wants to stop by. He will be the final judge. He's our owner after all", Rachel got up.
Doug got up and didn't wake up the girl. She kept on sleeping.
Doug would be back in no time anyway. The three animatronics walked to Nick and he glanced at them.
Their owner was a delightful sight. He knew that Rachel wanted to discuss something that would get them killed.
" Nick. Can we talk to you for a moment?", Rachel asked him.
Nick knew that expression. Rachel had gotten an idea that was everything but sane.
Like that time when she wanted to throw pickled cucumbers into a blender with cookies.
" This better be good", Nick smiled a bit and listened to what they had to say.
Farewell: If anyone has ever played Popgoes, they know it then.
Others: It is yet another popular FNAF fan-game. All credits for the characters belong to the creator Kane Carter.
He is a great guy for making such a good fan-game.
Hope this was great. THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.
