Springs
By:Ethan Hickman
Prologue
"Come on!" said Samuel, "The place is abandoned, no one will be there. It will be fun!" he said. "I'm not sure…" said Jack, "It could be dangerous, the place almost caught on fire a few days ago. I also hear they still got a security guard watching the place." says Jack. "Listen Jack. You are going to get nowhere in life if you act like this. Sometimes you just have to live a little." says Sam. "But…." Jack tries to say before he is interrupted, "No buts! We are going and that's final! Are you coming or are you not?" asks Sam. "Well….Fine, but if anything happens don't say I didn't warn you." Admits Jack. "Great! I'll tell everyone." Says Sam excitedly. Jack and Sam have been friends since the third grade. Jack has always been known to be kind of a wimp. But that never really bothered Sam, he would always drag him into his crazy ordeals whether they be for better or for worse.
Sam runs back to his house and swings the door open. He runs and grabs his phone off the kitchen counter. He begins to text all of his friends to see if they will come to the abandoned attraction with him and Jack. Fazbear Fright. An old abandoned haunted house at the county fair this October. It was supposed to be opened for business but it never came to be. Something happened with acquiring the license to the Fazbear name. Rumor has it an old animatronic still walks around inside the place. Watching and waiting for someone to stumble through its doors to be it's next prey. The place is not very big, from the outside at least. The inside is a labyrinth with empty halls and 1980's memorabilia from the old Freddy's restaurants. The group of kids who are about to enter the attraction will make news history….but not the kind of history you want to make.
Sam,Jack and their friends Aidan, Brendan, and Ethan arrive at the attraction at around 11:00 PM. The building is barely standing as large chunks of wood jut out from the side of the frame. "Are you sure about this?" asks Aidan, "I mean, the building looks like it could collapse any minute." says Aidan. "Aidan, don't be a wimp." says Brendan. Jack stands there silently playing on his new 3DS he got for his birthday the year prior. "Jack! Wake up!" yells Sam. Jack gets startled and immediately puts away the console. "We need to find a way inside" says Ethan. "Alright Jack and Aidan, take the west side. The rest of us will take the east side. We'll find each other when we get inside." The two groups split off to their assigned area.
On the West Side, Jack and Aidan scan the building side, looking for any way inside. They turn over every nook and cranny but find nothing. Just when all hope seemed lost, Aidan finds a small break in the wood near the foundation of the building. "Hey Jack, I think I found something." shouts Aidan. "Look, a hole." follows up Jack. Aidan, due to his small size, is able to squeeze through the hole and into the building. When he enters the smell of rotting wood and natural gas is almost overwhelming. Posters from old Freddy's restaurants line the walls and an old foxy head with a light in one of its eyes hangs from the wall. "Is there a way for me to get in?" asks Jack through the hole. Aidan picks up a piece of piping of the floor and smashes out some of the wood blanks blocking Jack from entering. It's tough, but Jack manages to squeeze through the hole with Aidan's help. When both come to their feet they begin to explore the attraction. It's almost impossible to tell where they are going because all the halls look so strikingly similar. "Happiest Day!" reads one of the posters on the wall with a child's drawing of what looks to be posters scatter the walls. "Jeez, this place gives me the creeps." says Jack. Before Aidan can respond to Jack's cowardliness the lights in the building shut off. "Gah! Jack I can't see!" shouts Aidan trying to catch his bearings. "Shhhh! Do you hear that?" Jack quietly says to Aidan. *Thump* *Thump* *Thump* *Thump* "Yea, it sounds like….footsteps?" whispers Aidan. "Quick! Over here!" Jack says as he slides under a table. Aidan quickly follows as he too gets under the table. The thumping gets closer *Thump* *Thump* *Thump* *Thump* Just as the thumping seems to be getting quieter Jack accidently knocks over a paint can. "Look what you-" Aidan is cut off by the thumping shifting and begins to move back towards the table. The thumping stops right before the table. A light quickly flashes under the table and Brendan can be seen holding it. "Guys! I found them!" The other group members come over and see Jack and Aidan crawl out from under the table. "Looks your true nature of being a chicken caught up with you Jack!" jokes Sam, "Maybe I should not have convinced you to come here. You'll probably just ruin the fun." Says Sam. "Come on Sam really? That's not very…" "Ahhhhhhh!" Aidan is cut off by the sound of Sam screaming and being dragged down the hall. Ethan immediately jumps for Sam's hand and manages to grab it just barely. "Something has my leg!" shouts Sam. "Brendan, point the light! The rest of you help me!" shouts Ethan desperately. Brendan points the light down the hall and it illuminates the creature pulling on Sam. A large yellow-green animatronic with beady red eyes and large twisted bunny ears. Blood and bodily fluid stains all over it and human remains wrapped around the animatronic endoskeleton. In terror Brendan drops the flashlight shrouding the room in loses grip of Sam and he is dragged down the hallway screaming.
"Did they go right? No, was it left?" Aidan says running down the hall with the flashlight and his friends close behind. "I think it was right. Maybe it was left? I-I dunno" says Brendan nervously. With anger Aidan snaps at Brendan. "You don't get too talk Brendan! You had one job and that was too flash the light at the thing that had Sam and you managed to screw that up! So just do us all a favor and shut up!" shouts Aidan. "I wanted to help!" Brendan shouts back, "If you would have seen what I seen you would have done the same thing!" shouts Brendan. "Oh really?" snaps Aidan, "Or are you just a pussy?" he shouts. "Stop! Both of you!" says Jack. "Do you really wanna stand here and argue or do you wanna actually try and find Sam?" lectures Jack. Aidan and Brendan nod in agreement. Ethan takes the flashlight from Aidan and begins to lead the group down the labyrinth of hallways. After a few minutes of walking the group hears banging in the walls. The banging continues for a few minutes. Then a loud shriek is heard. The banging stops. "What was that?" says Ethan. "I dunno, but the shriek sounded like Sam." says Brendan. "I….came….back." says a deep raspy voice in the distance. "I always come back." says the voice again. "Who's there?!" shouts Aidan, "Can you help us?" Aidan shouts. Ethan holds the light in the direction the voice is coming from. The large animatronic from earlier. The clicking and clacking of the spring powered endoskeleton echo in the halls. The beady eyes stare at the group with a lust for blood and it's head twitches as it could snap at any moment. The group's stomachs drop"Run!" shouts Ethan.
Author Notes: Whoa Hey! First chapter. I'm really new to writing as this is my first story so criticism is appreciated! If the characters seem a bit shallow I'll be sure to develop them more in future chapters! See Ya Later!