The temperature was rising.
That was the first thing Chica sensors picked up when she regained control over herself.
Dust start to hit her shoulders, that could only mean one thing: the roof was about to collapse.
"Tzzzzzttss!" the sound she emits makes her bring her hands to the face.
There's no beak, right, it had been ripped away along with her voice box mercilessly by that child.
The child she and her colleagues stalked, with that voice guiding to catch him.
Speaking of her colleagues…
Montgomery was crawling closer to her, trying to get away from that place they were, and Roxanne was facing a wall, trying to find an exit without seeing, while emitting a crying sound.
The only one with conditions to get out of there was Chica, and the only one that can help them.
Without hesitation, she picks up Montgomery and hold Roxanne's hand. The wolf turns her head at her direction.
"Tzzzzzzts!" for a moment she hates herself for not being able to communicate with her friend, who just nods.
The three sprint, the place is collapsing rapidly, they need to be quick.
Chica spots a large beam falling towards Roxy, she quickly pulls her to the side so it doesn't catch the wolf.
However, moving so quickly makes her lose balance and she ends up letting go of Montgomery, who tries to cling to her, in vain.
He falls a few meters down from her, and she regains her balance and starts to move in his direction, holding Roxanne's hand.
He holds out his hand, his eyes showing the desperation he has to get out of there.
A large chunk of the ceiling falls on top of him, crushing him and leaving only his outstretched arm sticking out.
Chica, seeing that, tries to scream, but all she does are those horrible sounds. How could she be so careless like that? Her friend just got crushed because of her.
A pressure in her hand makes her look to the wolf.
Yes, she failed with Montgomery, but there was still someone to save.
She starts pulling Roxanne, dodging the falling beams and chunks of concrete.
Until she sees they were getting close to the exit, making her try to go faster.
Big mistake.
A piece of concrete falls in front of her, which she dodges without any problems, but Roxanne trips and goes to the ground.
Letting go of her hand.
Chica turns around, mentally berating herself for forgetting the state her friend was in.
She kneels in front of Roxanne while holding out her hands.
Something sounds above their heads, she looks up, a large beam was rapidly falling.
It was the end.
Her body is thrown away, and before she can fully register what happened, she sees Roxanne being hit and destroyed by the beam.
No, not again, why was this happening?
She stands up, reaching toward Roxanne's body, making sounds that vaguely resemble crying.
Her two colleagues were gone, she was alone.
Roxanne sacrificed herself so she wouldn't be destroyed, she should get out of there, for her friend.
Reluctantly, she turns, heading toward the exit, closer and closer.
Yes, she would get out of there and find help, dig up her friend's remains from the rubble and hope that at least the memory chip was intact. Right, that's what she would do, it would turn out alright in the end, it had to.
A large chunk of concrete falls in front of her, completely blocking her path.
No! This couldn't be the end!
She tries to turn around, but another piece of debris falls in front of her, and when she turns the other way, another one falls.
She was trapped.
No, no, no…
She looks up, a big beam was coming towards her.
It was the end.
All she does is put her arms in front of her, hoping it doesn't hit her memory chip.
And the beam pierces her body.
The first thing DJ Music Man notices is smoke when he activated.
What was happening? This couldn't be a fire, right? The Pizzaplex has emergency systems to put out fires, everything should be fine.
Right?
One of the Mini Music Man enters the dance floor, running towards him, terrified. He reaches out to the little one, who starts trying to grab him with his plates, in a vain attempt to move the giant animatronic.
Why was he acting like this?
Then he opens the communication channel with the little one, who tearfully tells him about the disaster.
The entire Roxy Raceway has collapsed, some areas of the Pizzaplex are about to collapse and everything is on fire, and it's spreading fast, it would get there any minute now.
How did this happen? What about the emergency systems?
None of them were working, it looked like they had been turned off.
This causes the animatronic to freeze.
The little one tried in vain to pull the giant animatronic, begging him to get out of there, to save himself.
DJ Music Man stares at the little one.
He had no way to get out of there, his tunnels didn't lead to any exit, they were just interconnected in that place. Opening a passage would take too long.
All he could do was wait for the fire to get to where he was and be destroyed.
It makes the little one try to pull him more desperately, no, he couldn't be destroyed in that horrible way.
He no longer had a chance to escape, but the little one did.
He motions for the little one to go with the hand he wasn't holding, explaining through the communication for him to get out of there.
But the little one refuses.
If DJ Music Man was going to stay there, so would he, he wouldn't leave him alone.
This causes the animatronic to make a sad sound, letting the little one climb onto his hand and bringing it close to his face, where the little one lays its head, in a form of affection.
The two stay like that while the flames entered the place, slowly consuming everything they touched.
For the first time, Sun thought it was all too bright.
And no wonder, everything was on fire around him.
"H-heavens! F-fire! It's all on fire!" he yells, putting his hands to his face in panic.
Don't say Sherlock.
"Don't scold me Moon!" he complains with his counterpart, until he freezes "Wait. Moon?! Y-you're communicating with me!"
Worry about that after we get out of here.
"O-Of course!"
Quickly the animatronic tries to dodge the flames and reach the door, opening it with a little effort.
"Sun! Where are you?!" a voice calls, catching his attention, it came from the upper floor. He quickly goes upstairs and confirms who was calling him "Finally! Let's get out of here! This whole place is falling down and on fire!"
"Guard! Did you really come all this way to get me?" he asks, bending down a little to look at the guard who was sweating and at any moment is about to faint.
"Of course I came, you're my friend, don't you remember?"
That brought great happiness to the animatronic, who almost jumped from so much emotion he felt.
"Let's get out of here quickly, then we'll talk." the guard reaches to grab the animatronic's hand, but quickly pulls back after touching him, emitting a grunt of pain "Shit! You are red-hot!"
"Am I?" He looks at his hands. Indeed, his chassis was at a high temperature and he could have sworn that if he touched it with a little force, his metal would deform "Yeah, I think you're right…"
"Just follow me, let's go!" the guard takes the lead, and he obediently follows.
Despite the catastrophic situation, he was happy to have someone on his side, someone to care about helping an animatronic like him.
Yes, that was wonderful! Having friends was wonderful! Even more so now that he was able to hear Moon after so long! Oh, things would get better and better from now on! He could…
"Sun, watch out!"
And his body is thrown to the side, just in time to avoid being hit by one of the beams that came loose from the ceiling thanks to the fire.
He quickly gets up.
"F-friend! I'm sorry! I didn't see it, but you saved me, thank you, I'm very happy and…" He stops the moment he see the guard.
In an attempt to prevent the animatronic from being crushed, the guard pushed him and took his place, being hit by the beam, which fully crushed his legs and chest.
"N-no, no, no!" Sun kneels, hands shaking, not knowing what to do. If he touched the guard, he was just going to burn him with his hands, he hated being made of metal in this moment!
"S-Sun…" the guard coughs up blood.
"Do not speak! It's going to be okay, I'll get help! That's right! I'll find someone and you'll be fine! Just wait a bit!"
"Run Sun." the guard says, breathing painfully.
"No! I can't leave you! Not when you were so nice! When you cared! I'm going…" the words die.
The guard's vitals stopped.
He's gone.
Just like everyone else.
Sun stops.
Yes, everyone is gone.
Just like the Daycare that caught fire.
There was no longer a place for him.
What was the point of getting out of there if he lost everything?
As he listens to Moon's screams, he just stood there, letting the flames cover his body.
Waiting for it to end the pain he felt.
