Hurricane, Utah

Vanessa's House

Friday, December 21th 2035

11:00 PM

Gregory and Cassidy arrive at Vanessa's house, in the driveway. Both stood in the car not ready for what was to come.

Foxy's 2035 Chevy Silverado truck was in the driveway along with Glamrock Chica's 2035 Honda Fit.

"Here we go." Cassidy said.

"Yeah, I'm not ready for it ether." Gregory said.

"Yeah…let's get this over with." Cassidy said getting out of her car, shutting the door car.

Gregory got out on his side, closing his car door as Cassidy locked up the car. They headed to the front door and Gregory got out his house keys, but before getting the key into the lock, his mother Vanessa had already opened the door.

"Hey….Hi Mom…hehe." Gregory said.

"Inside. Now." Vanessa said.

Living Room

The boy came in with Cassidy, Vanessa shutting the door behind them. Glamrock Chica was sitting on the couch, in her pink sweater, black jeans and black boots, a cup of tea in her hand Vanessa made. She had zero need to drink it since she's a robot, but it's presence and it's flavor helped her feel calmer.

Glamrock Foxy was on the couch across from her, his muscular looking arms folded, wearing his black leather jacket, t-shirt underneath, brown pants and black boots. He was clearly displeased. Glamrock Mangle was seated next to him, wearing a pink long sleeve shirt that bared her shoulders, blue jeans, brown boots, her legs crossed, arms folded. The fox woman was not in her best mood.

Vanessa and the group was relived both Gregory and Cassidy were okay and that most of all, hes not in jail for taking the bike and riding it, underage, without a license. They understood why he did it, but also, they are tired of these incidents happening while he is out somewhere at night.

"Honey, sit." Vanessa said gesturing him to sit next to Glamrock Chica who was seated in the middle of Vanessa's couch. Cassidy joined her on the other side.

"Look I'm sorry I had to…." Gregory started. Vanessa put her hand up to stop him.

"We know, but you could have been killed Gregory." Vanessa said.

"I had no choice, Cassidy was in danger, she tried to protect me from Faux Roxanne, but she was going to get killed by her if I didn't do something. And we are at the mall, innocent could have got hurt by Faux Roxanne if I didn't get her away from there. So I let her chase me, then I saw the bike. The FazArmor suggested it was the best way to get away and I know Roxy taught me some pointers about riding a motorcycle, so I figured it was the best option I had. I was just trying to do the right thing." Gregory said.

"It was my fault. I should have just grabbed him, and ran. Get in the car and leave, let the cops deal with it. I was the adult in the situation, I should be taking the heat for this, not Gregory." Cassidy said.

"She still would have chased you." Mangle said.

"Then why are you mad at us!? Faux Roxanne started all this, we would have had to deal with her anyway, so it doesn't even matter! Your basically saying you would still be mad at us anyway." Gregory spoke up.

"Don't give that tone to your grandmother boy." Foxy warned.

"Gregory Phillip Afton!" Vanessa said.

"What mom!?" Gregory shouted with an attitude getting up from the couch.

"Gregory. Do not talk to me like that, ever. Let me remind you, I am not, just Vanessa the security guard anymore, I am Vanessa, your mother. Please talk to me with respect. I don't appreciate that tone….coming from my son. Now, we're not upset at you. We're upset at the situation." Vanessa said.

Gregory sat back down with an annoyed look on his face.

"Gregory, you have to understand something. You mean the world to us, and we love having you around and always want you to be around. But your still a human boy. And your underage. You could have even been arrested for so much tonight. Your mom was almost getting ready to have a lawyer on retainer. Your lucky my cousin and her people were able to get you off the hook since they're in the OAOS. Tonight you easily could have been killed, had one thing gone wrong on that bike." Glamrock Chica spoke up.

"The same could be said if Faux Roxanne got a hold of me, I made my choice because I had to. Besides I get into danger all the time. Ever since the Pizzaplex incident, I'm used to it by now. And honestly It's been more fun now that I have this suit so I can be just as tough and strong as you guys. I can take care of myself when I'm out there." Gregory said defending his actions.

"Okay. What happens when something does go wrong Gregory? What happens when we get a phone call from the police, the OAOS, the FBI, whoever the fuck calls us, that we need to go drive out to identify your body or what's left of it? Do you understand where were coming from?" Mangle said getting serious, and almost ready to cry.

"You guys throw yourselves into danger all the time and it's not a big deal." Gregory started but Chica had enough. The chicken woman raised her voice.

"WE'RE MACHINES ON THE INSIDE GREGORY! YOUR NOT! If something happens to us, in most cases, the techs from parts and service can repair us or transfer our data to another endoskeleton, if our data is still recoverable. You're a human boy! If something happens to you, WE CAN'T PUT YOU BACK TOGETHER! There would be nothing we could do to fix you. Only a doctor can do that, and given how fragile your skeletal system is, I'd say even then they might not be able to fix you. So please….even if you have that suit that makes you strong us….don't hop into danger like this again….Please….It's bad enough your dad, Roxy and….my Monty are missing….my steel plated heart can't take anymore losses. We can't lose you too." Chica was now tearing up putting her arms around the boy.

"I…" Gregory was going start.

Vanessa went up to her son, and put her hand on his face, she didn't look at the boy like it was just Gregory, she looked at him like a mother looks at their child.

"I don't want to lose you, ever. And I promise I and the rest of this family will do whatever we have to, to keep you safe until my grandfather is dealt with. That's why your going back to school tomorrow, via remote learning here. Foxy and I already talked about it. I already spoke with your school about it." Vanessa said.

"…What!?" Gregory said.

"Yes…Seastar. Vanessa and I think it's best we keep you distanced from everything that has been happening lately with your father's disappearance along with my daughter's. The best way to do that, is to have you live a somewhat normal life." Foxy said.

"Wait…your grounding me? But…I didn't do anything…." Gregory said.

"It's only temporary and it's not because you did anything wrong. You didn't. Just let us deal with everything going on until this situation is officially over. You are to login to your classes, do homework, maybe play some video games, go on the internet, watch tv then go to bed, everyday that is your routine until this blows over. I'll make you dinner when I come home from work." Vanessa said.

"And that goes for you too Cassidy." Foxy said.

"What!?" Cassidy said with Gregory in unison.

"You are to stay at the pizzaplex if you are not here watching over Gregory. While there, you will perform your normal duties as assistant to the company therapist, no visits are to be scheduled to orphanages while this is going on. Also you will come over here to relieve Vanessa of watching over Gregory, when needed. You are not to go anywhere else without asking me first. Is that understood?" Foxy asked.

"Your not my dad Foxy." Cassidy said.

"I'm the closest thing to a father that you have right now, I love you just as much as my own daughter. Weather your mentally an adult or not by this point, I made a promise that if something happened to Freddy, I would make sure you, Vanessa and Gregory would be taken care of, I'm not going to break that promise. Now please, heed my word, both of you. And for Cassidy, that's an order as her acting supervisor when on shift as well. Am I clear?" Foxy asked.

"Answer him you two." Mangle said.

"…Yes." Cassidy said.

"Okay…understood." Gregory responded.

"I think this is for the best. And don't worry about your dad, and the others. We will get them back soon. For now, I just need to keep you safe. Now get ready for bed Gregory. You've got classes to login to tomorrow morning." Vanessa said to Gregory.

Gregory didn't say anything, however Vanessa, Cassidy and Chica did hug him wishing him goodnight before he went to his room.

"Okay Cassidy, let's go. Follow me back to the pizzaplex in your car." Foxy said, getting up off the couch with Mangle.

"Yes sir….Goodnight Vanessa. Just call me if you need me to watch Gregory for you." Cassidy said following the fox couple out the door.

"Will do…thanks Cassidy. I know this is going to be rough for a little, but it's the best thing we could think to do for you both for now." Vanessa said.

"It's fine…I get it. Take care." Cassidy said going out the door.

"Chica are you coming?" Cassidy asked.

"You guys go on ahead, I'll catch up in a few." Chica said as Foxy nodded at her before closing the front door behind Cassidy. Foxy than got in his truck, with Mangle already in the passenger seat, as Cassidy got in her car. Both took off.

"I didn't want to have to do this to him. But we can't have him out at night with those lunatics working for Afton out there. He's safer at home." Vanessa said.

"He doesn't know ether that the Faux Roxanne mess has caused a PR disaster ether since it made the news. Foxy has some shareholders to address tomorrow. And honestly, Gregory's been through enough, he doesn't need to know that." Chica said.

"Agreed, I'm going to check on him in a few minutes, Chica you should get ready to head on home. It's getting late." Vanessa said.

"Yeah I'm definitely in need of a charge soon, I'll see you at the pizzaplex tomorrow Vanessa." Chica said after hugging Vanessa. The chicken woman was out the door in seconds, walking to her 2035 Honda Fit, keys in hand, when she heard rustling in the bushes and saw a white and pink fox tail sticking out.

"Hey Chica…." A voice said.

Meanwhile….

Gregory was in his bed trying to sleep when the FazArmor AI started speaking to him through his FazWatch charging on the nightstand. The voice based on Roxanne Wolf spoke.

"Gregory I'm positive things will improve in this situation. Your family is only doing this because they care about you." FazArmor said.

"I understand why their doing it, but at the same time I feel….so useless, on the sidelines." Gregory said.

"I should be out there trying to find a way to save Freddy, Roxy and Monty." Gregory said.

"Your not useless….Pup-cup…." She said. As if she were actually Roxanne.

"Now your actually sounding like Roxanne…" Gregory said.

"I know I'm not her, and I would never try to replace her Gregory. But…it's strange my voice module coding is based off hers, and so are my other system modules. But although officially none of her personality modules are a part of my code, it is as if, perhaps, some of her personality code and subroutines somehow made their way into my code when I was complied. I guess one could say Kellen added an undocumented module to my programming." She giggled like Roxanne.

Gregory wanted to cry even though it wasn't the real Roxanne, if felt as if he still had a piece of her with him, much like his text to speech feature on the FazWatch that can utilize Glamrock Freddy's voice. He still had pieces of his animatronic guardians with him, pushing him forward.

"Do you want me to sing you a song to help you sleep Gregory?" The FazArmor AI asked.

"Yeah, I think I would like that." Gregory said.

"Hush little superstar don't you cry…" The Roxanne based AI began to sing in her voice.

Vanessa walked in a minute later to check on him as the watch finished singing.

Her son sleeping peacefully. She smiled.

She missed the wolf and the bear too.

After shutting the door to Gregory's room, she heard a commotion outside her home.

"Oh great…" The blond said going for her gun safe.