ROBERT had recently been kicked out of his home. He didn’t have any money, so the streets are where he lives now. He decided that he needed to make fast money. His way of making fast money: selling electronics he stole. He found a poster for a place called Manny’s Buffet. This was nothing special for Robert. That is, until he read the very bottom of the page.

It said, ‘Have fun watching the animatronics perform!’. There was only one word that stood out to Robert; animatronics. He could make thousands if he sold a large robot animatronic! He couldn’t just keep the animatronics to himself and gain profit, though. He needed a person to sell to. So he called his friend Stuart with his stolen Nookiuh phone. They set up a deal. If Robert could sell Stuart 5 animatronics by Friday, Robert would get paid. Any later than Friday, and he gets nothing for them. This was a tough job to pull off, even for someone who has stolen electronics for about 4 weeks. 

“Listen, I can’t give you every animatronic there in a day, Stewey. I need to spread it out. There’s 5 days ‘till Friday. I’ll give you one each day,” said Robert.

“I’m gonna need those animatronics, Rob. If I can salvage those parts, I can fix my car,” responded Stuart.

“I know about your rustbucket of a van, I’ll get ya some animatronics!” said Robert. Then he hung up and sat down at the nearest city bench. He waited until night time, then got to work walking to Manny’s Buffet. He reached Manny’s at about 11 p.m. at night. All Robert had to do was walk in, and he saw them. The glorious five. Manny Mammoth, Angry Toad, Red Bear, Hoghoove, and Sir Rhino. They were still performing, though. Robert thought it was some glitch, and just decided to unplug them. So he went to the backroom, only to find that they had already been unplugged. Robert rushed out to see if the 5 animatronics were still performing. To his surprise, they were. Robert sat down at a party table and watched the entire show. He was baffled at how the animatronics were still moving, talking, and now walking. Walking right towards him. Robert knew this wasn’t normal. He backed away slowly out of the building, and made a mad dash towards shelter in the junkyard. That counts as a day gone. That means he has to get at least two animatronics to Stuart in a single day. Robert woke up the next day in an alley. He had not moved anywhere before he went to bed, though. He soon realized that he had a small hole in his lower-left torso. It was like something sharp had stabbed him, and then moved him to a dark alley where no one could see him. Robert then remembered the buffet, and the one animatronic with a sharp thing. Sir Rhino and his horn. That night, Robert returned. This time, he was determined to get an animatronic this time. To his surprise, nobody moved that night, and he was able to deliver Sir Rhino to Stuart successfully. The next morning he fell asleep in the same place, and suffered no damage to himself that morning, and he was in the same spot. It was definitely Sir Rhino who attacked Robert. The night fell faster than Robert expected that day, and Robert was a bit late to get there. That little bit could cost him. He was inspecting the animatronics when a loud bang on the door happened. Robert opened the window and leaped out of it. He watched as Sir Rhino busted open the door and stood on stage as if nothing happened. Robert rushed over to Stuart’s home, and opened the door. There, on the floor, was a dead Stuart.

“St-Stewey,” said Robert. Robert took one of Stuart’s old crowbars, and ran over to Manny’s. Robert threw Sir Rhino on the floor and started beating Sir Rhino until he stopped moving for good. Sir Rhino stopped moving long before Robert stopped smashing Sir Rhino’s circuits. After Robert had enough, he stood up and looked at the other animatronics who still had that smug look on their faces. He took a couple steps while raising his crowbar above his head. Before he could do anything, Angry Toad grabbed Robert and threw him onto the stage, disarming him in the process. The other animatronics leaned in towards him, all staring into worried, helpless eyes. The very last thing Robert would ever see was 4 hands all covering his face, and the last thing he would feel was sharp tusks digging into his ribs.