Just a Robot 5 (A Fnaf Story)

Chapter 21: "Stance"

Funtime Freddy's P.O.V

Walking through the door and inside the house felt like what people experienced when they returned to work; nothing more but the feeling of wanting to relax and do nothing for the rest of the day. The only feeling I had at this moment was not remembering this day to begin with, along with the feeling of another loss.

I knew that feeling all too way, I was only reminded of it. 

There no sound of anyone approaching us or moving around, which meant Henry and the others were in the garage still. Springbonnie closed the door behind us as we all went our own way to deal with the aftermath of our mission, not speaking a word to each other. Even on the way back home there was little to no exchange with all of us, leaving the silence as a means to reflect on our loss if you could call it that. "I need something to drink," I said aloud as I walked into the kitchen. I didn't even know why I spoke aloud about something I could keep to myself, though maybe it was just something fill this void of nothingness I was feeling from among everyone else. They were hit hard from our failed objective, and after all this time I finally understood what losing over-and-over felt like. But that loss was prompting change inside me now. Just as I had reached the fridge and opened it up I turned to the sound of the door to the garage opening, all while Henry emerged from around the corner. None of us were willing to answer the following question.

"Was the mission a successful?" 

Even if I felt obligated to speak for everyone, after what we had experienced, it was still hard to admit or even speak of such the feeling they were enduring. 

"They knew we were at their base of operations, and they were ready for us."

"They always know. How?! How do you predict the enemy if they're doing the same to you?!" expressed Bonnie, seeming stressed. "Let us take this conversation into the garage," responded Henry as I walked on over to the cabinets and grabbed a glass cup. I could hear the others already following him inside the garage as I turned to find Foxy walking up to me. "You ok... from what happened out there?" she asked as I grabbed the jug of water from the fridge and set it on the counter-top. "Didn't think facing a loss would hit me this hard again, let alone have it dread over me like what I'm feeling right now," I said pouring the water into the cup. "Does it get to you? All the losses you've experienced with the others?" "Yeah... Sometimes it feels hopeless. It's why I wanted to assist the team in a beneficial way, so I could at least help us from not experiencing a loss or reducing the pain of it... Or to just escape from it... " she responded. "I know the feeling," I responded putting the jug of water away and closing the fridge door. "Makes gaining a victory that much more of a craving." I grabbed my cup and walked towards the garage as Foxy followed behind, who knew instinctively where we were going without having me to say out. Once we reached the door I opened as everyone side turned to me and Foxy's direction, while we both walked inside.

"So how does it feel getting your ass kicked again?! Must suck huh?!" exclaimed Bon Bon, who was on his table. "Bon Bon enough!" exclaimed Mangle also resting on her own table. "Was better when the peace still existed," said Helpy. "You might want him back, he did save us after all," said Michael holding up the flash drive for Duality as I walked up to him. "Tell me; how was the enemy prepared for us?" asked Mangle. "The enemy had disguised themselves as construction workers, endoskeletons to be exact, and had alerted my sister and Nightmare to the scene. RXQ and Golden Freddy joined the fight as well," answered Michael as I took the flash drive from him. "The versions of RXQ that killed Shadow Freddy previously, and Golden Freddy that was an agent for William?" asked Mangle. "Yeah, the true and only versions that exist now," he responded as I had just inserted the flash drive into my head. "Not to escalate things further, but will probably occur regardless, it seems those endoskeletons are the units that are apart of his army he has amassed," said Duality. "And those units were able to easily able to drive us off. Who knows how it'll be facing off against William's entire army," I responded. "Duality just made a discovery; apparently the endoskeletons we faced off against are apart of William's army." "If just a couple units was enough to ward off all of you, then we don't stand a chance against their whole army in our current predicament," responded Mangle. "Yeah! And they were waiting for us! We received no intel or nothing except a connection you made on your own! How do we expect to siege their base when we still don't know what we're up against!" exclaimed Bonnie. "Relax Bonnie. I understand the stress of our current situation, but we can't let it get to us. We reevaluate, rethink our strategies and plan our next step," said Mangle. "A leader can't lose sight of his position and what they can for the team. And I'm sure something like this won't get to you so easily, not anymore." "Right. I know... So what now... " responded Bonnie taking a deep breathe. "Now it is time we regather ourselves and plan out our next and returning objective; retrieving the remaining devices and preparing for our attack," answered Henry.