The two sat in silence for a few moments, the guard being unable to muster any courage to speak. The tattered animatronic standing over him was silent as well, awaiting a response.
"Y-you... You spoke to me!" The man said, suddenly breaking the silence. "How can you talk to me?" he demanded, though his lip was quivering in fear.
Foxy thought for a moment, then replied. "I don't know. I can think, and I can speak. Something bad happened to the people outside, and now we can think." He sat down, his joints creaking as he took a seat on the floor, where the guard was still shaking with fear.
"You all tried to kill me." He said, pulling his hat off. His red hair fell down past his ears. "Every night, you all tried to stuff me into an empty suit!" His fear was less apparent, likely replaced with anger. "Now, think about that!" He shouted, throwing the hat at Foxy.
The robot sat still, contemplating what he'd been told. This was true, that he and his companions chased this poor man down every night, trying their hardest to reach him.
"I'm sorry."
Both were silent again.
Freddy and Chica were rummaging through piles of debris, picking up anything they would find useful. "I've got a long rope, and some nails!" Chica exclaimed, obviously proud of her discovery. Freddy patted her shoulder. "Good work. Rope will be useful, but i'm not so sure about those nails."
Bonnie stood on the opposite end of the building, halfheartedly kicking debris around. This was something the others seemed to find easy to accept. They were free! Free to think, wander as they pleased. Bonnie was bothered more by the fact that they had no clue why. Whatever had happened was something incredibly powerful, obviously.
He turned and left the room, stepping into the long hallway outside. Bonnie could hear hushed voices, one of which he was certain belonged to Foxy. The other was unfamiliar, so he hurried towards the security office to investigate.
Foxy turned and looked over his shoulder at Bonnie, waving softly at his fellow animatronic. Bonnie's focus, however, was on the red-haired man cowering under his desk. "Shit. You're all here, aren't you?" He asked.
Bonnie cocked his head. "We live here. Why wouldn't we all be here?" He asked, motioning to his other two friends, who heard the voices and decided to join them.
The guard was visibly shaking, scared shitless of being so close to the very beings who haunted his nightmares, who came so close to killing him almost every night. Freddy spoke up.
"You're still here? Everybody else ran away. What's your name?"
The cowering man slowly pulled himself out from under his desk. "My name is Evan. I hid in here when I heard the commotion." He said, untucking his shirt. Evan stretched out, his legs were cramped from sitting under his desk for so long. "I'm not entirely sure what happened, but it's not good."
Evan led the animatronics outside, and looked around for himself. "I wonder what the hell happened here. It looks like a god damned bomb went off!" He exclaimed, more to himself than the others.
"Evan." Foxy said, stepping further into the road. "I don't believe there are many humans left in the area. We are going to explore, if you'd like to join us."
Evan gulped. "I know you all can think for yourselves, but that doesn't quite make what you did before right." He said, pushing his hair from his eyes. "I don't know why you can think, but what if it's only temporary?"
This scared Foxy. The thought of it made him very uneasy. He glanced over his shoulder at the others, who were equally worried by Evan's words. They all fell silent for a moment, considering the possibility that this really was a temporary thing. Bonnie was the first to speak.
"Either way, we'll leave before that happens! If it does, we'll still have seen a whole world outside of our home." Of all the others, Evan noted that Bonnie's voice was very calm. Much more than Foxy's voice, anyways.
Evan was quiet as the others discussed their exploration of the city. While there was massive damage all around them, most of the buildings were still standing. If his apartment was still there, Evan could camp there and wait to see if help arrived.
He began to walk in the general direction of his home, despite being nearly nine miles away. Before he made it far at all, Foxy called after him.
"Are you leaving without us?" He asked, and Evan could hear the disappointment in Foxy's voice. He sighed and turned around. "I've got to get back to my apartment, so I can wait for help to come look for people! I guess you all could use a guide, but i'm only going as far as my place."
Foxy looked positively delighted to hear that Evan would show them around the city! He bounded over to the others and told them the good news. Evan thought of Foxy's behavior and mannerisms as almost childlike. He was fidgety, and very excitable.
Freddy's voice interrupted Evan's train of thought.
"You'll show us around?" He asked. "Until you get home, that is?"
Evan saw that they were eager to leave, to go see everything they'd missed over years and years in their pizzeria. Evan nodded, though somewhat hesitant. Somehow, he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he denied them that.
Foxy nearly jumped with happiness as Evan agreed to walk with them. "Thank you!" He nearly shouted, jogging towards the other end of the road. "Let's go, I want to see!"
Evan followed Foxy, and the others followed him. Though the roads were cramped with empty cars, they made their way at a steady pace.
The sun was setting. After almost two hours, they'd only walked a mile at most. Foxy insisted on stopping and looking at anything and everything, though the others were just as keen to observe whatever caught their eye.
Evan motioned for the others to follow him. "I doubt you all need to sleep, but i'm getting tired." He pointed towards the building he was leading them into. "Let's hurry up, there's gotta be a few beds in here!"