Chapter 2: Looking Forward

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Eyes fixated on the road in front of him, Gregory tightened his grip on the wheel as he was finally able to get find the street out of the area; trying to not make contact with other drivers again as his heart races every time he went past another vehicle. It was now 7:08, from being lost and having to avoid suspicion from nearby officers starting to patrol the roads. The boy sighed in relief, his eyes starting to doze off before he shook his head harshly, desperately not wanting to fall asleep at this point. But at this point, after over six hours of being awake overnight with no breaks out of desperation, it was taking a toll on him now. 

Should have taken those... Sunny drops? Gregory thought to try and take his mind off slumber, recalling that he saw a small advertisement for 'MoonDrop Candies' with a similar sign for the other Daycare attended a nearby, so he could only assume the candies purposes were assigned with the animatronic's. It did make him wonder now how the switching worked for the daycare animatronic, was it similar to a glow-in-the-dark material? He didn't seem like so possibly the inner workings... 

"Gregory-" Gregory jumped, the break of silence scaring him; a side of him forgetting the animatronic next to him during his thoughts. " Yeah?" Gregory responded to the animatronic bear, still feeling his heart bump from the sudden scare he just witnessed. " My apologies, Gregory, did I scare you? " Glamrock Freddy asked, his ear twitched as some sort of sadness filled the animatronic's voice. Still kind of freaking Gregory out with how these robots are programmed to have different tones when speaking. " It's- I'm fine. " Gregory answered after a second, squinting his eye as a ray of sun hit his face.  As he heard Freddy move, Gregory was confused for a second before the bear animatronic put the sun visor down and flip to cover the window; a small attempt to block the lightning. " Er- thanks?" Gregory responded. Freddy seemingly smiled, " You are welcome, Gregory. " 

Freddy did the same to his side, bringing down the visor to cover the window; both as a way to block the sun from his vision to not damage it and to not be seen too easily. Looking back at the human, Freddy almost felt a sign of dread in his programming as he saw Gregory let his fall down briefly before jerking back up in the same second. " Gregory, we should stop," Freddy suggested, " you have had no rest for some time. " Gregory had flinched, almost paranoid at this point. " What?" He snapped a bit, noticeably agitated, " no- not until we're out of sight and I'm fine." He protested, a far too familiar situation for both of them. " And how long do you think that would be?" Gregory felt like he wanted to pass out at that point. " Not too long.." The boy huffed as he stared at the foreign roads ahead of him; not being out of the district in a while. " There... Might be a park or an- a clearing here, somewhere. " Freddy's eyes slanted; making him look concerned. The animatronic bear worried, " Putting aside your health isn't such a good idea. " He commented. Gregory only glanced at the side for a second before going back to the road ahead of him; starting to get a steady pace now. 

Freddy knew there wasn't going to be many things he could say to the boy to convince him, he was made his conclusion hours ago. He knew it was a bad idea to allow Gregory to take a hold of the wheel, forgetting to take into account the boy's health after countless running and avoiding his friends and the guard; his visor getting damaged early on and wasn't able to detect all of Gregory's new injuries which was dreadful in a way as he was able to before. Glam rock Freddy looked at his forearm, knowing before that his suit would be covered in dirt and some soot now, noticing the scratched mark of paint from getting through their escape route. The eyes he gained went towards the claws, how similar to his bandmate was worrisome; especially as he couldn't recall seeing Montgomery too much throughout the night. 

" I think Map Bot would have been a crucial addition to our trip. " Freddy commented, wanting to drag his attention around from his upgrade. " Eh. I guess?" Gregory responded, " yeah.." He murmured through; flinching as a grinding sound came through the vehicle, adding to the sound of something sliding against the walls and the van being lifted for a second. Speed bump or hole? Gregory thought briefly, gulping hardly as he realized how dry his throat was coming to be; cursing himself mentally. " But would they- " the boy stopped his sentence as he yawned bringing his forearm off the wheel for a moment as he had to get a tight grip with his other hand before resting it back down, " they even have a map out here? " Gregory finally asked. " There would likely be one outside, considering we do have guests that are out of town often. " Freddy answered. " And Map Not does follows his programming to make sure guests are not lost on the floors and if they are incapable of asking a S.T.A.F.F for assistance. " 

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