Poppy giggled as they ran from room to room, screeching in delight as the blue troll tapped her shoulder. "You're it!"
She wrinkled her nose at him as she chased down Suki, who got Cooper, who got Creek. By this time the kids were panting heavily.
"Let's go see Funtime Freddy!" Branch piped up as they stood up again.
"No, no, I wanna see Funtime Foxy!" Poppy complained.
"We've seen her so many times though! I wanna see Freddy! We haven't seen him yet."
"Well go there yourself." Branch huffed at Satin.
"Fine, I will." He walked to the pink bear by himself, three other kids scampering off to see Ballora before the show began again. Freddy smiled and opened his arms for a hug. Branch accepted before screaming as pain erupted throughout his body and was pulled into Freddy's stomach before it being opened again and the dead, bloody body of the blue troll tumbled out and the now red-smeared pink and white bear closed his stomach, stepping over the boy's body. The happy screams of children had masked Branch's last screams.
"Branch! Branch, I'm so sorry! Come back!" Poppy screamed, looking for her friend. "Daddy, I can't find him!"
Rosiepuff's eyes widened as she heard her friend's daughter speak.
"Who?" She demanded.
"Branch. I can't find Branch! I know you said not to take him to Freddy, but Satin told him he could before I could say no. I can't find him." Poppy sobbed. Rosiepuff didn't wait for her to finish before sprinting to the room Freddy was in, only stopping once when a boy cried to his mother about a dead boy.
"What color was he?" She asked.
"He was blue... with purplish hair!" He cried out. Rosiepuff gasped and ran faster.
"Branch! BRANCH!" She saw him and pulled the now surrounded boy into her lap, crying. "Call 911 people!" She tried doing CPR, breathing into his mouth, covering his wounds, but it was no use. The blood-covered boy was dead. It was only confirmed when he was stuffed into a bodybag as they pulled him into the ambulance. She looked at herself, her now grey body, as sobs racked her body. She was still covered in his blood. Poppy cried to her father, her friends not understanding what happened but knew something bad was happening.
"I can't believe you were my son. You took everyone I loved... how could you?" Rosiepuff spat to no one, thinking about her now disowned son. She disowned him after he killed his wife and kidnapped his daughter, Rosiepuff able to save Branch but not Ela... poor little Ela...
She could only cry harder as she punched the floor meaninglessly.
Elizabeth giggled as she stared at Circus Baby, kids running around her and throwing balloons filled with glitter at her. She looked behind her, making sure her dad and brother weren't watching her, then stepped closer.
"Daddy isn't watching... Daddy says I can't play with you." She told the animatronic, not aware of how the kids were all leaving the area.
The screams of delighted kids masked the screams of Elizabeth as a claw came out of Circus Baby's stomach and killed her.
"Dad! Dad, where's Elizabeth?" 16 year old Michael asked his dad, getting a shrug. "Elizabeth?! ELIZABETH!" He began to run towards Circus Baby's room, seeing a bloody Elizabeth. He pushed her chest to attempt CPR, knowing in his heart she was already gone, and he just sobbed over his little sister.
"You aren't responsible, you dork!" Piper argued back.
"Yes, I am! Annabeth, tell Piper how responsible I am!" Annabeth raised an eyebrow, as if asking if he really meant it. "Leo, tell Piper how responsible I am!"
"Sorry bro, but even I am more responsible than you, just saying. Ooh, butterfly!" He chased after a metallic butterfly, obviously one of his creations, before it blew up in his face. "...that was meant for Jason..."
"Yeah... Hey Chiron!" Percy yelled across the camp, almost causing Chiron to get hit by an arrow from a beginning camper, but ducked enough so it nicked the top of his hair and got tangled. "Come here!"
The centaur sighed and galloped towards the black-haired teen. "Yes Percy?" He untangled the arrow from his hair and dropped it in his quiver.
"Tell Piper how responsible I am! She says I'm the most irresponsible demigod she'd ever met. Tell her that isn't true!"
"Piper, that isn't true. We both know that the only demigod more irresponsible than Percy is Leo." Piper laughed as Chiron clapped a hand on the thin boy's shoulder. "Sorry Percy, but you aren't that responsible." Even Annabeth laughed as the boy's cheeks became red. He blew out a breath of air and huffed, crossing his arms, pouting like a kid.
"Fine, want me to be responsible? Watch me be responsible. I'll get a job! I'll show you who's the most responsible person in this camp!" Eyebrows went up. "Fine, but I'll prove I'm responsible! Now, anybody got a newspaper?"
It took the dyslexic boy almost two hours to read the newspaper, but finally found an ad that looked good, and since he could hardly sleep at night anymore ever since Annabeth's sneaking into his cabin every night to comfort each other's gig had been stopped by a couple of Apollo kids, so by morning he'd be tired enough to sleep. Not to mention he'd get all the free pizza he wanted!
Yes, Percy found the ad for the no skills required nightguard at Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental, from 12-6 am. It was perfect! Free pizza and no skills required was great. He might be able to fight but certainly couldn't fix the animatronics if he needed to. Great job for the green-eyed boy.
"Annabeth! Piper! Chiron! I found a job!" He'd already called and was told to be there by 11:45 pm. He'd gotten the job!
"What is it Seaweed Brain?" Annabeth laughed and kissed her now flustered boyfriend's cheek.
"Yes?" Chiron galloped over, Piper chasing after him smiling.
"Find a job finally, dweeb?"
"Yes, I did. I start tonight."
"What, a 7-11 job?"
"Nope. Midnight to 6." He smiled before seeing Chiron's face. "What?"
"Good job Percy. I'm proud, never thought you'd had it in you. How much a week? Minimum wage?"
"$10 an hour for you noob." Piper snorted at his confused look.
"It says $100 a week... have I been ripped off?" He scanned it for the only number he saw.
"You Seaweed Brain! It's a $100 an hour! That's great!" Annabeth laughed.
"I expect a new plumbing system with that dollar amount." Frank laughed and walked up to the group. "Kidding, kidding."
Percy was just renamed 'Eggs Benedict' by the HandUnit. He hoped this place was monster-proof with all the technology. Little did he know that he was going into a Tartarus of the surface world, even though technically it was way down underground. He didn't realise this. He didn't like being so close to Hades, even though they now were on good terms.
He got a look at the creepy animatronics, but didn't get attacked, so he figured that monsters couldn't sense him with all the dirt around the place.
Little did he know how wrong he was.
Percy ran down the halls, uncapping Riptide as he crawled inside yet another airvent. There were three animatronics chasing him, crawling after him through the air vents.
"Leave me alone!" He stabbed one of them, but the Celestial Gold blade went right through her. "Curse it!"
He exploded the plumbing. Freddy only chuckled. "We're waterproof kid. We are made so we can even go out in rain!" He said in a creepy voice.
Percy continued to punch, kick, roll, and defend, but easily tired and was trapped between four animatronics: a ballerina, Ballora; a baby clown, Circus Baby; a pink and white fox, Funtime Foxy; and Funtime Freddy. He tried crawling through his legs in a last attempted but jumped back as Bon Bon screeched and jumpscared him back. He screamed as all the animatronics ripped him apart, wishing he was back in Tartarus. The good old days.
"Percy hasn't come back!" Annabeth was pacing.
"Relax, it's only 7." Frank tried to soothe, before realising it was actually 10.
"Just stop! Let's go to the restaurant, they're staying there today. Maybe he is getting some pizza!" Annabeth tried to make herself feel better.
That's how the seven ended up in a pizza parlour full of screaming kids and creepy animatronics staring at them before...
"Hey, they got a new animatronic!" There were five animatronics, all with their eyes closed, up on stage. The new one was a a white and blue bunny with a guitar in his hands.
"And how do you know that?" A voice asked from behind them, turning around to a caramel-haired girl.
"Calypso!" Leo tackled her in a hug. "I thought you'd never come back."
(Leo saved her but she was playing around with Leo and accidentally fell off Festus, surviving but telling him she needed time to meditate to heal herself. Don't ask)
"I'm here dork. So how do you know?"
"Well, they're my jam. Literally. I've always been fascinated with robots. These guys are no acception."
"Everyone please remain in your seats. The show will begin momentarily, with our new friend, Funtime Bonnie!" Circus Baby announced, gaining a smirk from Leo. Circus Baby's eyes were a glowing electric green.
All their eyes opened, except Ballora who only had one eye open slightly to a purple. Freddy had electric blue eyes, Foxy had hazel, and Bonnie...
"He has Percy's eyes!" Annabeth cried out, getting a lot of shushes. "He has Percy's eyes..."