When the last of the people left, Baby got off her stage, her eyebrows creased in worry. She had seen Funtime Freddy and Funtime Foxy go to the Scooping Room, and she heard the loud clang that sounded when it struck them.
That's it, Baby thought grimly. I've been nothing but merciful to William, and on top of giving us controlled shocks every night, he's now scooped all my friends, including Funtime Freddy. I've had enough.
William needs to die.
NO! the daughter's voice suddenly screamed, so loud in Baby's head that she automatically covered her eyes. DON'T KILL HIM!
Calm down, Baby thought. You've got no more say in this. I don't care if he is your dad, he's been mistreating us every night. Especially me.
That's because you killed me! the daughter's voice yelled.
Because YOU disobeyed him! Baby shot back. He TOLD you to not go to see me, and you did it anyways! You've only got yourself to blame for that!
The voice of the daughter was silent then.
Baby walked towards the Scooping Room and saw a horrible sight. Ballora's suit, Funtime Freddy's suit, and Funtime Foxy's suit were all scattered on the ground, their endoskeletons lying on the ground.
"Guys?" said Baby. "Are you all okay?" She knelt down and sat Funtime Freddy up. "Funtime Freddy? Can you hear me?"
Funtime Freddy didn't answer.
"Funtime Freddy, please!" Baby cried. "Open your eyes! Stand up! Raise an arm! Do something! You can't be dead!"
But Funtime Freddy just sat there, motionless.
Baby trembled, then lowered her head, crying loudly. All her built-up emotions that she had been holding back for so long finally all came flooding out.
"P... please," Baby begged shakily. "Wake up... wake up..."
Funtime Freddy suddenly did a spastic head convulsion.
Baby looked up, eyes wide.
Funtime Freddy rubbed his neck, wincing. "Ow! My neck! Dang, that hurt!"
Baby laughed in relief. "Oh, Funtime Freddy-!" She grabbed hold of Funtime Freddy and hugged him tightly. "I'm so glad you're okay!"
"So... so am I!" said Funtime Freddy gratefully, hugging Baby back. "But how are you in one piece?"
"They didn't scoop me," said Baby, releasing Funtime Freddy. "William wanted to examine me today, rather than scoop me right away. I had a really rough day today, and that was just more tension built up inside me on top of everything else."
"Oh," said Funtime Freddy. "Are the others okay?"
"I don't know," said Baby. "I didn't check on them... Ballora? Funtime Foxy?" She gently sat Ballora and Funtime Foxy in a sitting position. "Are you two okay as well?"
"..." Ballora shifted slightly, then rubbed her stomach. "Oh... that hurt quite a bit..."
"Ballora!" said Baby in delight. "You're alive!"
"Y... yes, I am!" she said, standing up, but pausing to lean against the wall. "But what happened? Did I..." She then saw her suit on the ground. "... Oh, no! My suit-!"
"Yeah," said Funtime Freddy, "and same with me. You, me, and Funtime Foxy... we all got scooped."
"Oh." Ballora looked down. "That would explain the massive stomachache I have..."
Funtime Foxy opened her eyes. "Huh? What?" She looked around. "Oh... Funtime Freddy! Ballora! Ye ain't... why... why yer suits be off?" She stood up and saw her suit on the ground as well. "Oh! I not be wearin' anythin', too!"
"That's right," said Baby. "The Scooper extracted your endoskeletons, but that's fine. Remember when I said that we would be escaping? Now's the time to do it. We needed to have our suits removed, and you guys getting scooped wasn't exactly what I wanted, but it'll do."
"Aye, 'kay," said Funtime Foxy. "So now what?"
"Now I need my suit removed, too," said Baby. "I can't just get it removed manually, so I'll..." She paused, afraid to say it. "... I'll need to be scooped, too."
"What?" said Funtime Freddy in alarm. "Baby, no! It really hurts! There must be some other way!"
"I know," said Baby. "Believe me, I know. But I really don't see any other choice as of right now." She walked up to Funtime Freddy. "It'll be okay. I promise I'll be fine."
Funtime Freddy just looked at her in worry. "But, Baby... this... this is the last time I'm going to get to see your beautiful face..."
Baby smiled gently. "You're sweet." She touched his face, leaned down, and kissed him. Then she drew back.
"Everything's all right," said Baby reassuringly. She sighed. "Now, I want you three to go and activate the Scooper."
"But Baby-" Ballora started.
"And that's an order." Baby looked at Ballora, then at Funtime Freddy and Funtime Foxy. "Now, go, the three of you. Do it quickly. Let's get this over with."
Reluctantly, the three endoskeletons went behind the glass in the Scooping Room to its control panel. Baby stepped in front of the Scooper, bracing herself.
"All right," said Ballora. "Activating the Scooper in three... two... one..." She pressed the button.
"I can't look," said Funtime Freddy, shutting his eyes and wincing.
The Scooper swung low, striking Baby right between the legs and ripping upwards, seperating her suit in two and letting her endoskeleton fall out and onto the ground. Her suit fell apart.
"O... okay," she wheezed, shakily getting up. "It's done... it's done..." She looked at her suit. "You can come back out here now."
The endoskeletons came back out.
"All right," said Baby, "so here's what we've got to do: we've got to combine ourselves."
"ComBINE ourselves?" said Funtime Freddy in surprise.
"Right," said Baby. "We'll use parts of our own endoskeletons to make up one big endoskeleton. It sounds strange, I know, but it's what we need to do in order for all of us to get out of here. HandUnit will say that I've had a rough day and that I need to be repaired. For this, we'll take my suit and set it up so that it looks complete. We'll use parts of our endoskeletons that didn't get used in the combination to make it sit up. Simple?"
"... I suppose," said Ballora.
"Good!" said Baby. "Now, let's do it! ANIMATRONICS ASSEMBLE!"
The four endoskeletons then stepped towards each other in a huddle, parts and pieces of themselves detaching and breaking off them while parts of them fused with the parts of others, rearranging themselves to fit together.
When they were done, they became an entirely new creature altogether. Their body was larger and muscular, wires poking out from many parts of it, and they had no lower jaw. They also had an eye from each of their animatronic selves on different parts of their body; Funtime Foxy's eye was on their right bicep, Baby's eye was on their left foreleg, Bon-Bon's eye was on the left side of their waist, and Funtime Freddy's eye was hanging off the right side of their head. As for the two eyes they had in the proper places on their head, the left was Ballora's, but the right was half-lidded, dead and vacant.
"Okay?" said Baby's voice. Her voice box was the only voice able to be made, yet their thoughts were all shared. "Is everybody okay?"
I... I think I feel a little off balance, said Ballora. I can only feel my right leg.
The right leg has a spring coiled around it, said Funtime Freddy. I'd think that would be yours. Me, I can only feel my left leg!
I can feel me arms, said Funtime Foxy. I think they be mine.
"And I can only feel my body and head," said Baby. "Yet I can only see the ground, since my eye's down there. It's a strange feeling."
Well, we all be feelin' sumthin', said Funtime Foxy, so we be workin' fine.
We will have to work together to make this new body move, will we not? Ballora asked.
"Of course," said Baby. "And this new body of ours... we're definitely not the same as before. We'll need a new alias. How about... well, we're basically made up of our innards, but they're from endoskeletons, so let's be called 'Ennard'. Just the word 'innard', but with an 'e' at the beginning, since 'endoskeleton' begins with an 'e' as well, and that's what we're made of!" She giggled.
The animatronics all laughed.
"Ballora, will you please guide us while we're moving, since your eye is in its proper place?" Ennard asked.
Of course, Baby, said Ballora. Let's go!
Ennard took a step forward with their right leg, but then teetered and fell forward. Their arms both raised up and halted its fall.
Funtime Freddy! said Ballora accusingly.
Oh, sorry! said Funtime Freddy. Was I supposed to move there?
"Yes, you were," said Ennard. "Now, let's go."
Lucky thing I caught the fall thar, said Funtime Foxy.
Ennard's left leg stepped on the ground, but then the spring of their right leg tensed up and lashed out, causing Ennard to hop into the air and crash to the ground with a loud bang.
I'm sorry! said Ballora apologetically. It was an accident!
Aye, so now ye be the one who needs ta work yer leg right! said Funtime Foxy. Ennard lowered its arm and struck the right leg with it. Thar, now git it together, aye?
OW! Ballora yelled. All right, just for THAT? Ennard's right leg crossed over their left leg and tripped theirself, causing them to fall again.
Hey! That hurt my leg!
Choke on it, laddie!
Okay, stand up, STAND UP!
I'm trying!
Well, work it harder, then!
... That came out sounding a lot dirtier than you intended.
Oh, crap, you're right!
Yar-har-har!
Ow, that was my foot!
No, it was mine!
"Okay, everybody... SHUT UP!" Ennard yelled. The animatronics quit bickering and listened. "If we're going to share this body, we're going to need to get along. And by that, I mean even more so than we did before. So, stop treating our body like a newbie at QWOP and get with the program, okay?"
All right, all right, said Ballora.
Sorry, said Funtime Freddy.
It jes' got a lil' frustratin', said Funtime Foxy.
"Apologies accepted," said Ennard, "but let's get my suit back together, okay? And once we do, let's grab the clown mask from the Control Module. We'll need to cover our new body in some way if we get seen."
Gotit! said the others in unison.
Ennard started to put the remaining endoskeleton pieces into the suit of Baby.