Skipping Town

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A.N. Thank you all so so much for your patience the past two weeks! We're off again! Prompts will be closing soon, as I will be working to bring this book to a close before it drags on too long. I hope you've all enjoyed reading, and thank you again! Now, Enjoy~

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Blinking several times, the menu in his Heads-Up Display disappeared. "Freddy?" The animatronic looked down to see Gregory standing halfway between the backdoor of the house, and the van. The boy was giving him a puzzled look. "What're you doing?" He asked him. "O-Oh, nothing. Do not worry, superstar." Gregory hummed, brushing it off. "Well, don't just stand there, we're going!" With that, the boy went to hurry into the van—Bill already sitting in the driver's seat. Freddy joined him, making his way to the passenger side.

"You got all your things, kid?" Bill asked, looking into the rearview mirror to see Gregory sitting on his bed. "Yup!" He chirped, holding up his backpack for the older man to see. "Good. Looks like we're all set to get on the road." He said, turning the engine on. Putting the van into 'drive', Bill began to pull out of the driveway, and onto the road—not noticing the car parked in front of his house.

"No, of course not we..." Kurtis, having been speaking with the lady who'd just shown up on his uncle's door step, again, unintentionally trailed off a little. Over he shoulder, he saw the van driving off. The blonde followed his gaze, but Kurtis went on to try and distract her. "Look lady, it's been a few weeks, you really think we'd keep your robot for that long?"

"I do... actually." She said, sounding distracted as she watched the van leave. "That van looks familiar..." She looked back at Kurtis again. "What? That's impossible." He lied. "That's my eh... uncle's friend's van. My uncle did some repairs on it and now he's driving it back to him." Her eyes narrowed. Still trying to keep her attention off her initial reason for dropping by again, Kurtis asked her, "What'd you say your name was, again?"

"Vanessa."

"Vanessa, listen," He began again, hoping to level with her in a friendly way. "We took your robot to the police after you left. I can't say what they did with it, and I don't care. So leave us alone, please!" With a frustrated sigh, Vanessa turned around to go back to her car. (Of all the things she could be doing while not on the clock, this wasn't exactly one of them. But, she didn't want to get fire for using company hours to do her own 'projects'.)

Kurtis remained in the doorway for a moment longer, before closing the door. Though, he kept watching Vanessa through the window as she got into her car and left. Something told him she wasn't going to turn around and go back to where she came from, right away. With a shake of his head, Kurtis went to sit in the living room—pulling out his cellphone.

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Passing one final stop sign, Bill gave the van more gas to speed it up as they began to leave town. "How far is Benjamin's farm?" Gregory asked from his 'seat'. "About fifteen minutes out of town." Bill answered, as he took on a more lax posture. The road was straight for a little ways and there was minimal traffic. "I think you're gonna like it there, kid."

"Really?" Bill smiled and nodded. "No doubt." Freddy smiled too, thinking about how at a farm, there'd be more room for Gregory to run about and explore with minimal worry. "I don't think I've really been to a farm before." Gregory confessed, trying to sift through his short amount of memories. "Me neither, superstar." Freddy said. "Well then, you'll both be experiencing something new, in that case." Bill answered.

The conversation quieted for a few minutes, Bill focusing on the road, Gregory watching the scenery out the back window, and Freddy doing... whatever it was he was doing. The bear had taken on a blank stare again.

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Bill was going to quietly ask the animatronic if something was wrong, when his phone began to ring. The man took a brief glance to the device that was sitting in the cupholder between the two front seats. Kurtis was calling. Keeping his eyes on the road, Bill snatched his phone and pressed the answer button. He held the device to his ear and said, "Hey."

Being denied access for a second time, Freddy came back to the present moment. "What do you mean there's a problem?" He looked over to see that Bill was on the phone. Though he knew that humans weren't supposed to be on their phones while driving, the look on the man's face told Freddy the call was something serious—to not interrupt. "At the house...? What did you tell her?" The bear's eyes narrowed a little in worry. "Ah, geez... You think she's following us?" Bill looked into the rear view mirror on his door. "Nobody's there... Kurt, why'd you tell her that? She probably will go to the station...!" Bill's concern was clear on his face as he looked back to the road. With a sigh, he simply said, "I'll send a message to Johnson if she does turn up... Yeah, alright. Stick around, I'll be back later today. Bye."

"... Bill?" Freddy asked. Bill pulled up his contact list on his phone, before handing it over to Freddy. The bear's oversized hands awkwardly held the device, as he looked at it curiously. "I need you to send a text message..." Bill glanced to Freddy, realizing the predicament. "Wait... you can't, can you?" He asked. "If you give me a moment, I am able to connect wirelessly to your smartphone."

"Great. Once you've done that, can you send a text message to Greg Johnson?" Freddy nodded. "Tell him this: If a blonde woman comes in asking about a robot, call me ASAP." The bear hesitated. "Don't worry, we got you both covered. Just send the message." Though still a little worried, Freddy complied. "Very well."

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A.N. Next chapter will be either next week or the next after than. Stay tuned!

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