The Protectors; Book 3

Downhill

Dex's POV:

Everything is great.

    That's what I tell our sponsors. I show them the stats of our attacks and how well we're doing. Winning a war. What they don't see is how my crew, the mothership, will kill eachother within the week. Icey stayed on Keekos, Foxete is being tortured. Bonnie AND Foxy need to sever some sort of connection that they have to Freddy's ship. Ru, Damien, and GlubGlub are convinced they can bring Foxete back single handedly. Keeva and Kip are planning their wedding. Arie and Ophelia are as helpful as lumps on logs. Josie is perfect. Keori is stressed trying to fix the animatronics. Kat and Davis are looking to find out where Foxete is. Puppet is laughing at us. Illoha and Malra are arguing. And Jake and Lexi are off in their own little world trying to figure out healthy coping mechanisms for Lexi. Yay.

I just want Foxete back so I don't have to deal with this anymore.

"Okay, so what do we do?" Illoha sighs, "Fox is alive, so what? We have no idea where she is."
"We could use Foxy and Bonnie to track Freddy?" Mal suggests.
"We tried that and it backfired already." Davis chimes in.
"Okay, so what?" Foxy asks.
"We can't just leave Foxete with him." Keori groans.
"Well, we can't just barge into ship after ship looking for her. I doubt after last time we'll just be able to teleport in." I shake my head.
"So what's the plan?" Ru asks, "We gather information and look for her?"
"Yes. That will be our next plan of action." I nod.
"Great. Let's get going." Jake crosses his arms, "The sooner we get Fox back, the more relaxed all of us will be."
"Yeah. Everyone get some shut eye while you can. Tomorrow we start training." Foxy pipes up.
"Training?" Illoha asks.
"Yeah. I posted a schedule. You all have jobs now." Keeva stands next to Foxy. She hands me a sheet to read out.
"Ophelia, Jake, Josie, Keori. You're with Davis and Kat managing the technology." I begin.
They nod and walk out.
"Arie, Keeva, Kip, Lexi. You're with Foxy learning more fighting skills." I call out their names.
They do the same as the first group.
"Finally, Illoha and Malra, are on Med-duty." I section the last adults out of the room.
"What about us?" Ru asks. Bonnie, Damien, and GlubGlub all nod.
I look at the kids and Bonnie. What to do with them?
"Ru, you'll go learn to fight with Foxy. Damien, MedBay." I think about Illoha and Malra, "Nevermind, Damien you'll learn technology with Jake. GlubGlub and Bonnie, you'll stay with me. I'll go over... things with you."
They nod.
"Yay! It'll be like old times when people wanted me around!" GlubGlub cheers as he leaves.

How can someone so happy be so sad at the same time?

Oh well.

At least now we are a functioning crew.

(500 words)