Greeting: Rachel, Doug, Ray, Nick and Lena are moving on with their precious children. Freddy Fazbear's pizza is so close yet so far away.
Getting there is not as easy as it appears. There is still something which no one has thought about. Surprises are on their way as well. Enjoy!

( The Rachel and Doug's bus. Heading towards the border of the state)

About a day had passed since their unfortunate trip to the Popgoes pizzeria.
It was impossible to know how much time had gone by. Not only because of the lack of light but also for another reason.
Kids had been the first ones to notice it.
Doug was giving out food packages to the children who were extremely hungry. It had been dangerous but also been worth it.
It had involved Ray, a shop and one heck of a run. The kids thanked Doug for the food and patted him on the head.
Doug felt bad for it as they should have thanked Lena. She had mentioned a shop, nearby, that had food packages in the front window.
She had often been wondering who would buy them and then the answer had hit her.
She was eating that food too right then.
Except that they hadn't exactly bought any of it. Ray had broken the window and been running back and forth between the shop and the bus.
Both Nick and Ray were certain that the monsters had come sooner that time.
That was the key component of everything. It was time. Something was wrong with it.
Doug hadn't given food to some kids as they had not been hungry.
But why? A long time had passed since their last meal.
The darkness was eating away even time. Nick had thought about it after they had rescued Lena.

She and the little boy should have starved during the days in the pizzeria.
According to her, the parents had attacked soon after the Beginning. She was certain that it had happened only a day before.
That did not correlate with their experiences.
The Beginning had happened many days before the current moment. The thought of time being messed up comforted Nick but also raised questions.
It was no surprise since everything raised questions in that world.
" If you don't understand it, shrug it off", Nick's parents had used to say.
He had chosen to heed their wise words and concentrate on driving.

Doug reached the back of the bus and chatted with the kids there. The journey was going to take long.
Their detour through Hell had made it even longer. They were almost at the state border which was still not halfway to the Fazbear's pizza.
The pizzeria was closer to the center of the state, which was far away.
The animatronics already had their hands full of work.
Nick couldn't wait to see what would happen closer to the pizzeria. The constant questions of frustration would drive the animatronics mad.
He had been with children before even though sadly God hadn't blessed him with any of his own.
Nick had never found a woman that would suit his needs and complete him.
Many had tried but Nick had always been too wild for them. If only there was a woman in that world. Someone who'd be close to crazy.
The world was ending but before that Nick wanted to touch someone's breasts. He imagined it in his mind.
So much nudity and so much passion.

He could almost feel the skin of the woman.
" I love you, my sweet lady", Nick thought out loud.
" Who are you talking to?", a voice woke him up.
The little boy was standing there next to him. The child looked weirded out as well as confused.
Nick had been reaching out to touch the windshield. He coughed and relaxed.
" Nobody. I was just..admiring the road", Nick explained to him.
The boy nodded like most kids would have. A typical thing for them to do when they didn't understand adults.
Nick was embarrassed of himself. He was lucky that the child was not older.
Anyone else would have told him he was a creep.
Sometimes Nick just couldn't hold himself back. When a crazy idea hit him, it remained in his brain for a long time.
That's what he meant when he said that no one had been wild enough for him.
He would have needed a psychopath.

" No! Get it out of your head", he commanded himself and hit the side of his head.
There were obstacles on the road, he needed to concentrate. They were broken cars and bodies.
A congestion had taken place there when the Beginning had struck.
Nick was confused about that.
" A congestion on a highway? There are no crossroads or exits nearby. I guess panic causes congestions even on highways", he thought by himself.
" Hold on, people and animals. There are some tight turns here", he warned the others.
There were dozens of cars on the road, it was absolutely insane.
Some poor bastard had crashed into the front of a truck. That fender bender must have obliterated the driver instantly.
" These people were running away from something. They were driving the wrong way", Nick assumed.
There was a high traffic island between the roadways so crossing it was hard. Many a car was facing the wrong way.
Nick could almost hear the panic in his ears.
People were trying to get to the other state but then something scared them and made them turn around.
Perhaps something had blocked the road.

Nick felt sad for those poor people. Then he noticed something that didn't exactly lift his spirit.
There was a car on the road. It had not crashed but blown up. The engine was showing, it was rather fine.
The engine had not blown up.
Nick knew it was silly and ludicrous but it looked like the car had had explosives in it. The biggest hole was in the roof.
Everything, including the people, inside, had been torn to bits. The explosives had been on the roof by all accounts.
Nick's heart began to bump harder.
This time it was not him turning himself on but rather his fear showing its face.
Nick knew it was stupid and ridiculous to imagine but he knew there was only one good explanation.
" Something shot the car. That was a missile", Nick whispered to himself in fear.
Those people had been escaping a war zone.
Why would the military shoot their own citizens though? That car had Mexican license plates but that was not the main point.
Maybe everyone had started killing everyone when it was hard to see if someone was a monster.
That was one evil trick of the monsters. They were able to blend in easily and cause chaos that way.

The road seemed calm at the moment but that was the aftermath. The whole world had been pure death and panic then.
Nick moved on to find more cars which had suffered the same fate. The military had been merciless and cruel.
One car had seven skeletons in in.
Two parents and their five children had blown to bits and their heads were missing. One skeleton was on a baby seat.
That child must have been no more than two years old.
Nick's attention was caught by Rachel who was looking out the window too. She noticed the car and gasped.
Those were bones of real children.
It was pointless to wish that Rachel wouldn't see the infant. Her eyes had been fixed on it immediately.
The rabbit's eyes widened and she couldn't take her eyes off it.
Other people had shot that infant. The monsters had made people kill each other.
Was there anything that the monsters wouldn't kill? Was there anything innocent enough to make them feel bad?
It had been a baby, the most innocent of all creatures.

Rachel watched the car vanish from her view. Her eyes noticed the kids, alive in the bus.
The same thought came into her head as before.
" We must keep these children safe. They've got nothing left and neither do we. We only have each other's support", thought Rachel.
That infant couldn't be saved anymore but the kids were still alive. Failing was not an option for Rachel.

She moved on as there was so much to do.
Nick sighed, Rachel was fine. It was good to see.
The question was how long it would last. Nick had a slight idea of what might be coming up.
They were at the state border and something was blocking the highway by all accounts.
Nick felt pain in his back, he had not thought of what was coming.
It had been lying dormant somewhere in his mind. He was aware of what they were facing but he had forgotten about it.
" Get ready for a stop", Nick mouthed as they drove by a sign.
More signs were up ahead. They told the drivers to have their driver's licenses ready for inspection.
A few Marshall service cars were lying on the side of the road.

They were entering a state, in which a terrorist animatronic was loose.
The news had made it very clear that the state was closed.
" Hey, guys. We might have a problem. The road is blocked", Nick shouted to the others.
The animatronics came to him and peered ahead. There was a long fence and a huge checkpoint.
" Damn it. The border is closed. There's a fence around the state, I forgot. We have to get through", Ray realized the situation.
That explained the military vehicles that had been shooting those cars.
Okami and his escaped friends had forced the military to take action. Sadly, they had not been ready for the Beginning.
No matter how much you shot, a fallen monster was always replaced by three others.
The checkpoint had been torn to shreds, at least when it came to people. The fence was still standing and the gate, on the road, was closed.
" Damn it. Eff my ass, destiny", Nick almost hit his head into the steering wheel.

The lights were still on, which was never a good sign as they had learned the hard way. The checkpoint had cars in front of it.
Some cars had been used to make a wall in front of the gate. The monsters were very clear that they wanted nobody crossing the border.
Nick had to stop the bus. The fence continued on and on.
There was a town on their right and a forest on their left. That road had been a beautiful sight until the military had closed off the border.
The fence and the contraption, the military called a checkpoint apparently, were ugly.
The checkpoint was like a road toll, except taller. They had ruined the sight and the jolly drive.
Nick was repeating the same curse words over and over again.
" Checkpoint up my ass", he had covered his face.

" Calm down, Nick. Take a deep breath", Doug hugged and patted him.
Nick pushed the animatronic away.
" I am calm. It's just..ass effing dammit", he was grinning hard.
Doug understood that patting wasn't the way to calm Nick down. He thought it would have worked, everyone loved Doug's hugs.

Ray peered ahead and saw no path across to the other side. A barn was right on the other side of the fence but it was no use.
The fence itself was at least fifteen meters tall. Spectacular and weird.
There were tire marks on the road as well. They began from the point, opposite to the barn.
Someone had been drifting there like a professional. The marks were doing circles and even triangles.
Whoever had done those, Ray admired them.
The marks ended at the right side of the road. The car had driven to the wilderness.
It was a field so maybe those people had made it. There were no cars on it.
They had probably gone to the town, across the field.
" I see no way across either. We might be stuck", Ray told the others.
" Well that's just wonderful. Exactly what we needed", Rachel was as happy as Nick.
She glanced at the children and gestured them to take it easy and calm down.
Doug and Rachel were frustrated but not as frustrated as Nick.
" We stopped here. We can't do this anymore. Wanna turn around?", he asked sarcastically.
" We will find a way around. We will, trust me", Ray promised him.
" No, we won't!", Nick shouted and smacked his fist into the steering wheel.
It could have activated the airbag but no, instead it made something worse.
Toot! Toot! The bus' horn went off and activated some car alarms, nearby.
" Oh no", Nick regretted it.

The monsters woke up. A few came out of the booth, on top of a giant staircase at the checkpoint.
They noticed the intruders. The bus was the same and the monsters were still angry about the Popgoes thing.
They didn't move though.
Rachel's ears perked up immediately.
" Drive, Nick! Hit the throttle!", she shouted in panic.
The animatronics heard the sound of a helicopter. It rose over the checkpoint and faced the bus.
The missiles, on its sides, were shiny and ready to meet their target. The guns were prepared as well.
" Oh shit!", Nick started the bus.
They had to go immediately. That sight was bad!
It was a hopeful thought to think that the helicopter had soldiers in it. Nick didn't want to stay to see if he was right.
Most likely, the monsters had found new toys along the line.
Based on the smiles on the monsters' faces, Nick's presumption was correct. The helicopter fired its guns and Nick yanked the steering wheel to the right.
The helicopter flew by and bullets missed the bus. The kids shrieked and the animatronics prayed.
They couldn't go into the forest, it would have been a suicide.
To be honest, not a single rational thought was flowing through Nick's brain right then.
He was filled with pure, primitive panic. The wild Nick knew that the helicopter was too strong a foe for him.
When fighting is impossible, you flee like a chicken, about to be slaughtered.

The field, on their right was open and hard to drive on. Nick's reflexes told him to turn around and drive like crazy.
He wasn't in a hurry to be like that one infant and its family. The bus slipped on the road as the bit, on their right side, was covered in oil.
The bus was going towards the field.
A sudden idea hit Nick. Maybe he was able to think rationally.
The road was too straight to be used as an escape route. The helicopter would get them.
Nick had no other choice. The field was the only way out.
Getting over the fence would have to wait. They had to get into that town and hide somewhere.
The tire marks were going to the field. Nick's primitive instinct told him to follow in the steps of his own species.
He pushed the throttle as the helicopter turned around. It fired a missile.
" Watch out!", Doug screamed as he saw the incoming missile through the back window.
Nick saw it in the left mirror and turned right. The missile hit the ditch between the road and the field.

The whole bus shook like a leaf in wind. The bus almost flew over the ditch and drove to the field.
It was muddy and wet but Nick was a capable driver. The farmer wouldn't have liked what they were doing to his oats and wheat.
The helicopter was firing and the bus zigzagged like a snake.
The children were sure that they would blow up any second. The animatronics had hugged their nearest child in panic.
Some of the children would have needed the comfort more than the current ones.
The animatronics couldn't help it, they had worked on their instincts too.
" Ave Maria. Gratia plena, Dominus tecum", Lena's reaction was to pray.
" Quiet, Maria! I mean Lena! You're distracting me", Nick was too scared to focus on his own words.
Lena continued as the ground was blowing up around them. Nick dodged to the left and mud flew up in the air.
The monsters looked like kids with a new toy. A beast witch was piloting it obviously.
The monsters were laughing and jumping around.
Luckily, the beast wasn't an experienced pilot. Every time ground was hit, the bus jumped into the air.
Soon, the animatronics had come to their senses and gone to the kids who were actually crying.
Their presence was almost completely useless but they had to do it.
" Please don't cry. Nick will drive us to safety", Rachel had closed her eyes as she had embraced one child.
The view, on the window, was astonishing.
Mud and fire shot out of the ground, which was rather terrifying. The field was an erupting volcano by the looks of it.
The guns were firing and Nick dodged to the left.

" Hold still", the beast, in the cockpit, raged.
It was getting annoyed.
" Just bloody die already. Fate won't save you now", it grinned.

The helicopter was hard to pilot. Considering that, the beast witch was good for a dead guy.
The town loomed ahead of them. Those buildings weren't skyscrapers but they were tall enough not to be called a village.
Nick was driving on a field at full speed. The noise was emanating all the way to the town.
" Look! That's an amusing sight", a voice said inside one of the buildings.
A figure was staring out through a big hole.
" I guess we could save them", replied another voice.
The two figures had corpses of monsters beneath their feet.
" Why though? Let's see how long they survive. It'll be fun", the first voice giggled.
" No. We are nice. Even though it would be fun to watch, we won't let it go that far", the second voice replied.
" Alright, dad", the first figure sounded bored. The two figures started going down the stairs. A pair of bunny ears and purple hair swayed in the stairs as the figures descended.

On the field, the tension was high.
" To the right! To the left!", Ray was shouting orders.
" Shut up! You're not helping", Nick told the raccoon.
The beast had lost its mind by then. Nick was uncertain of how long they'd last.
Lena was praying and so far it was working.

They had reached the town which welcomed them with open arms. With open buildings and hiding places, to be precise.
Nick wasn't going to calm down before they'd be on solid, concrete ground again. The town seemed big and empty.
The fence was right beside it. Someone insane might have thought about driving off one of the buildings to get to the other side.
It was possible but too crazy for anyone, Nick at least, to think about.
They just had to hide. Nick was on gear five as he hit the ditch that separated the field from concrete.
He should have considered slowing down. The bottom of the bus hit a small bump, in front of the ditch.
Nick felt the throttle give up. Pushing it did nothing.
" No! No! Our gas", Nick shouted as the bus started slowing down.

They had reached concrete but now they were as good as dead. Nick pushed the clutch down to keep rolling but eventually the bus stopped.
Nick released the clutch and looked behind. The helicopter was coming for them and Rachel was at the back to see it.
She had the perfect place for witnessing their destruction. Rachel looked it straight in the eye.
" Got you!", the beast smiled in the cockpit.

Suddenly an arrow broke the window. It missed the beast but hit the back wall. The arrow exploded and the helicopter was set on fire.
It went down in the loud bang.
" No! Not again!", the beast screamed before it hit the ground.
The helicopter rolled forward a bit before stopping. The wreck was behind the bus and Rachel was looking at it with wide eyes.
" Get out! Move!", Rachel told the children.
A miracle had happened but they had no time to be happy. They had to get out.
The bus didn't move anymore and they knew what was about to follow.
As Rachel ran out with her friends, she could already hear the army of monsters coming for them.

Farewell: They were saved once again. Milla and Fritz are here too now.
You thought I was done with them, didn't you? Lena is a Smith so it was only a matter of time before she'd meet Fritz.
See you on the next chapter: THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.