Part 7

Saturn, Mars and Jupiter all stared, wide-eyed at Bonnie who appeared to now be Cyrus. Many questions raced through their minds. Was it really Cyrus or had Bonnie learned to talk like him? Where was original Bonnie? If it was Cyrus, what was he doing in a Bonnie suit?

"Yes, it is me," Cyrus Bonnie said, as if he could read his Commanders thoughts. "Original Bonnie was going to put me inside a Freddy suit, so I reasoned with him, explaining that Bonnie had always been my favourite animatronics and if I had to be killed, the least Bonnie could do was to put me inside the suit of my favourite character".

"Wait, what?" Saturn cried. "You…you mean you're…" He was too horrified to finish the sentence.

"Yes," Cyrus agreed. He moved a little closer, until Saturn and the girls could see he had his own blue eyes and not the red ones of Bonnie. "Don't be upset over it. If I had emotions, I would very much enjoy being a robot".

Jupiter covered her eyes and Mars shook her head in disbelief. "This isn't happening," she muttered. "It can't be happening".

"Mars, Jupiter, don't display unhappy emotions," Cyrus said. "It is a good thing that has happened".

"Boss, you're a giant purple bunny," Saturn cried., "How it that good?"

"A giant purple robot bunny," Cyrus corrected. "It is splendid. Now, surely you, Mars and Jupiter would like to become your favourite animatronics too?"

A Cyrus said this, Freddy, original Bonnie, Chica and Foxy stepped out of the shadows. Mars whimpered, Jupiter uncovered her eyes and covered them right back up again. Saturn looked ready to faint!

"Uh…Boss? We'd…we'd rather keep our own bodies, you know," Mars stammered.

"But Commander Mars, you'd make such a splendid Foxy".

"Yes but I'd rather be a not-so-splendid Mars," Mars insisted. Jupiter glanced over her shoulder. They were about ten feet from the exit. She nudged Mars.

"The exit. One quick sprint and we can be out of here".

"But…what about Master Cyrus? We can't just leave him here!"

"Why not? He's perfectly happy with the robots".

Mars pouted and folded her arms. Cyrus and the other animatronics were approaching from all sides. Jupiter knew that it was then or never.

Jupiter turned and raced towards the exit. "Come on!" she yelled to her friends. "You too, Boss! Let's get out of here while we can". She tore the door open and came face to face with a creature that looked like Freddy, except it was golden yellow in colour, with black eyes and tiny white pupils.

"It's Golden Freddy!" Saturn exclaimed. "He was active at the old restaurant, back in the 80s".

Jupiter screamed and backed away from the door. Golden Freddy stepped into the dining area, laughing hollowly. Cyrus sensed that his Commander were upset and tried to comfort them.

"Don't be frightened. Soon you will all be robots, like me. It doesn't hurt…well not much".

Saturn and the girls tried to run but they were too scared and exhausted to get far. Bonnie and Chica grabbed Jupiter, Foxy and Freddy caught Mars as she tried to run past them and when Saturn raced over to help, Golden Freddy reached out and wrapped his paw around Saturn's neck, lifting him clean off the ground.

"Lemme go, you…" Saturn called Golden Freddy a very rude word. Golden Freddy shook him, choking the air out of him. He could hear Jupiter and Mars's cries in the distance; either they were being dragged off by the animatronics or he was going to lose consciousness.

"Saturn!" Mars shouted. "Saturn!"

Saturn made one last valiant effort to struggle free but it was no use. He couldn't breath and everything around him was going black.

"Saturn, Saturn! Wake up!" Saturns' eyes flew open and oxygen flooded into his lungs. Mars was leaning over him, holding his shoulders, her eyes full of concern. Jupiter and Cyrus stood behind her, both alive and well. Cyrus was in his usual skinny body, with not a trace of Bonnie. And they were back in the dimly lit office.

"Boss, you're alive!" Saturn cried. Scrambling to his feet, he flung his arms around Cyrus and hugged him tightly. Cyrus blinked and Mars and Jupiter giggled.

"Commander Saturn, relax. Of course I am alive".

"You were having a nightmare," Mars explained. "You started screaming about being attacked by the robots, so I woke you up".

"It was just a dream then!" Saturn almost cried from relief. "It was horrible! Freddy and the others came alive and they wanted to kill us. We tried to escape but Bonnie got Cyrus and…"

"And that's why you shouldn't sleep after eating cheesey pizza," Jupiter said, patting Saturn on the back gently.

Saturn nodded and gave her a weak smile. "Sorry if I freaked you guys out".

"I do not feel emotion, therefore I didn't get freaked out," said Cyrus. "But…I am glad that you are now awake and not having a nightmare any more".

"Us too," said Mars and Jupiter nodded.

Saturn rubbed his head, still a little confused. "So, the animatronics haven't tried to kill us?"

"Of course not," said Cyrus. He showed Saturn the monitor, where Freddie Bonnie and Chica stood on the show stage, blank eyed and unmoving. "Think logically, Saturn. Mike is our friend, he wouldn't ask us to cover his night shift if he thought we were going to be murdered by robots".

"No way! Nor would he take on such a job himself," said Jupiter.

Saturn laughed, shaky but relieved. "Well, that's great then. Wow, what a crazy dream".

"Silly boy," Mars said, ruffling his hair fondly.

Suddenly, a beeping sound issued from the monitor. Looking at the screen, Cyrus saw that it had gone black and red L. , showing the time had appeared in the centre.

"It's 6:00 am," he said. "Our shift is over".

"Good," said Mars. "Actually, that wasn't so bad at all". She yawned and Jupiter chuckled.

"When we get home, Saturn can make us all some hot coca before we go to bed," she said. "Cos he's had his sleep and we haven't".

"Sure thing," Saturn agreed. He was so relieved to see his best friends alive, he would have cooked them all a ten course meal, had they asked.

So Team Galactic left the office, heading back outside to Cyrus's car. The sun was just rising, promising a beautiful day ahead. Saturn told his friends about his dream as they got into the car and Cyrus shook his head.

"I was turned into Bonnie? Really Saturn, we are going to have to limit your cheese intake from now on. I suggest a diet of oatmeal".

As Cyrus drove away in his car, four figures peered through a window, watching him leave. They continued to stare until the car had vanished into the distance.

"So, we don't go after those four, huh?" Foxy asked.

"Of course not," Chica said. "They like pizza too much to be killed".

"Except the tall, skinny one with the blank expression," said Freddy. "He prefers oatmeal".

"Yes but he likes me," Bonnie added proudly. "I remember him, back in '88, at his sixth birthday party. He had a plushie of me and he told me I was his favourite".

"Did he smile then?" asked Freddy.

"Well, no," Bonnie admitted. "But I am his favourite".

Freddy nodded. Foxy rubbed his chin with his hook and Chica petted her cupcake.

"Freddy Fazbear's Oatmeal Parlour," said Freddy. "It doesn't *quite* have the same ring to it, somehow".

The End