Closer
[HOLY FUCKING SHIT! 900 VIEWS!? I knew eventually things would get crowded, but on chapter 3!? Thank you guys! :D Writing this Fanfiction was just for me to blow off some steam, and now it's getting me through my own great depression! Thank you guys for this!]
[Did anyone like that chapter? I hope you guys did. Right now I'm wondering if any of you picked up the '5 AM at Freddy's: The Sequel' reference. And seriously you should watch all the '5 AM at Freddy's' because they are all awesome, of course all the praise goes to Piemations (YEAAAH!). While we're talking about references, the whole time during the fight scene between "" and Tai x Crystal/Tai + Crystal, I was replaying 'The Living Tombstone 'Die in a Fire' over and over in my head lol. I thought it just really fit the situation.
[Anyway, I promised you romance in this story, and here it is in this chapter. Though it is light romance, remember this is the beginning of their friendship and so much more.]
[As I stated in the last chapter, reviews will come in handy, so please write them up and whether or not it are rude or mean, it will be good to have helpful criticism to help me improve as a writer. So for every review that says: 'RabidPanzer, your story is crap, go to hell.' I'll just take it as a sign that people actually read my Author's Notes and take me seriously whilst I'll take you, the audience seriously and attempt to improve (But the insults won't even phase me because of thick skin and a feel for giving up).]
[Q&A Session will take place in chapter 7, so feel free to leave questions or EVEN OC REQUESTS (With details and characteristics obviously) in reviews and I'll consider and answer all your questions.]
[That poll is still open guys.]
[YO BOI! THE DISCLAIMER IS IN THE FIRST CHAP, DIGGIDY DAWG YEA YOU HOMEBOYS START READING THIS FANNYFIC, DITTO?]
[Tai's POV]
I wake up, feeling nice and refreshed, ready for the day ahead of me. "Something I haven't been in 3 days." I mumble, still in 'Just Woke Up' mode. I check my time, seeing 11:31 PM on the clock display, acknowledging it woke me up on time for my big night of zero hostile animatronics! I get dressed quickly, walking out the door of the staff lounge, to see several of my co-workers finishing up their jobs, ready to leave for the day. "Hey guys." I walk towards the kitchen, earning a reply behind me.
"What the hell? When did you get here Tai!?" I turn around to see a concerned Maggie Lotus looking my way while I walk to the kitchen, a bit of pain still making my ankle throb when before I tell her-
"Never left. I don't live anywhere, remember? This is my home until I can get enough money for rent again. Well, at least that's what Mr. Fazbear says" I nonchalantly enter the kitchen finally taking another piece of shit pizza from the fridge, and heat it up in a nearby microwave, while I wait Maggie walks up to me looking hopeful.
"You know, if you want you could stay at my house." She smiles, and I blink, remembering the whore and her acts of sin.
"No thanks, I've had enough of Sydney's awkwardness for a year if you know what I mean." She nods as I get up to walk away, then she speaks up.
"About that.." I stop in my tracks and turn around to face her. "Do you have anything to do with her or the splatter of blood by the security office?" I cringe. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT! I look at her face and see tears forming in her eyes, Sydney was her best friend, no matter how compulsive she is. "I didn't see her leave tonight."
"Maggie.." I begin, unsure of the possible reactions I could get from other possible responses.
DING DING DING DONG - DONG DING DING DONG
"I have to go." She states tears now slightly dried as she picks herself up and walks away. Saved by the bell. I feel bad she lost a friend, but relieved that Sydney was gone. I throw the rest of my pizza away, now that my appetite was ruined, and head for the security room.
Checking my cameras with the power and CPU connection intact again, I look around the pizzeria with no sight of Freddy, Chica or Bonnie making my heart leap with joy again.
"A FUCKING BREAK FROM THESE JACKASSES!" I scream through the halls, running along with my screams before tripping and crashing down some stairs. I pick myself back up and check to see nothing is broken or hurting, to find only a couple bruises and bumps. "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I run up the stairs, closing the door behind me to continue my parade through the halls and basically explore the place further before reaching my office a second time. I sit down and check the camera in pirates cove to see two green dots and luckily no red ones. Hopefully it's dead. The green dots look up to the camera and rise up a bit before moving out of my camera's sight, worrying me in the slightest. I still wasn't sure whether or not she was safe, but I was sure she had good intentions.
"Hi Tai." She pulls around the corner, scaring the shit out of me as I fall out of my chair. How the fuck is she so fast? She giggles before asking "Did you have a good sleep?" I blush, remembering that my dreams were filled with her.. But then my face drops, and I recognize the single nightmare I had, that included massed pools of blood, a large amount of screaming wires and shredded pieces of metal and.. Whatever the hell THAT was.
"It was okay, but could have been better." After that the office was filled with an awkward silence as I sat on the floor with Crystal beside me, while I tried to find something to say. "Thanks." I say, finally breaking the ice and letting out a breath of relief. She cocks her head and gives me a confused look before I continue. "For, y'know, saving my life."
"Oh. Well uh, no problem." she continues to look at me, curiousity in her eyes "I just didn't want blood on my floor." She smirks at me and I scoff, pushing her a little before we just lay against the wall some more. Her fuzzy tail starts to wag, and I start to wonder if it was like a dog's tail, and meant she was happy.
"I didn't realise how boring it was here at night without the others, am I right?" I question, trying to bring up small talk, to soon get to know her better and also simply as a state of mind. She nods, and looks at the desk before getting up to examine my equipment.
"Wow." she gawks at my equipment, examining it with care. "This stuff is super old, it's complete shit." I open my mouth to protest but then gasp at her use of profanity.
"Animatronics don't have profanity filters?" I ask, being genuinely confuzzled. "This is a children's installation isn't it?"
"It is." She states, like it's the most obvious thing in the world. "It's because the first location I was at was a bar. They just forgot to tweak all my 'N-S-F-W' features." She shrugs and continues to examine my stuff the way I did with her before the second night. I see her right hand, being a hooked weapon, it intrigued me.
"Hey. Can I see your hand?" I blurt out, not able to stop myself before it was followed by silence.
"Uh.. Sure.." She puts her left hand on her wrist, and pressed a button, hearing a click then a hiss of air. She grabs her right hand with her left.. AND PULLS IT OUT OF HER ARM SOCKET.
"HOLY FUCK!" I press myself back against the wall, then ease myself, worrying I might have offended her. She sees this and reassures me-
"Don't worry, I get that a lot." She puts her hand on my lap, and it twitches a bit before finally running out of energy connection. She sits down beside me, and starts playing around with the tablet, checking camera feeds and when she finally stops, starts playing with the doors, the slamming and whooshing starting to get on my nerves, then hear something that would usually make me start to write my will. The building powers down, and the tablet turns off, making Crystals face disappear. She giggles as I feel the air around me shifting quickly, and I look around, trying to see something, anything, in the darkness. "So do you want to play a game Tai? You said you were bored?" I smile, and turn on my phone to check the time- 1:38.
"Sure." I reply, the smile still on my face as she used invisibility to her advantage.
"We're going to play a game called 'Finders Keepers.'" I nod, knowing she can see me in the dark with her eyes on night mode. "To play, one person has to hide, and the other one must look for them. But.. if the seeker finds the other person before 'Curfew,' they get to keep something of the other persons." I nod and let her continue. "In this case, you, the guard, would hide, and me, the killer animatronic, would have to find you. If I win, I get a prize, something that you would have owned before." Even through the darkness, I can tell she's smirking, satisfied with herself.
"So if I win.." I ask assuming she already knows what I'm asking.
"Yes. You get something of mine." Right. I clap my hands once, before saying-
"Alright. Let's begin."
"Ten. Nine." she starts counting, and I run off down the left hall, towards the storage room with things still in it, hoping there was something there I could hide behind. I open the door and immediately crash into something, making it topple over other things in the room. "NIGHT GUAAAAAAARD!" I hear loud clanking getting closer by the second, while I fit myself into a crack, as it threatens to crush me. Boy do I care about my shit. I listen to her crawl into the room, and see a shadow loom past with the increasing dusk light. I slip out of the crack and bolt out of the room without making a single noise, and I make my way off to the Pirates Cove, risking my chances in HER territory and fit myself inside a cardboard box.
[Crystal's POV]
"Slippery little bastard." I hissed under my breath, smirking at the thought of catching him and taking anything I wanted from him, whether it was literal or.. Metaphorical- DAMN IT! Did I seriously like Tai? I know that I emptied his power and brought this game up for a souvenir but, did I seriously like him? I see his shadow exit the room, I could have pounced on him then and there but.. That would be too easy, I like to toy with my prey after all. I slowly follow him out of the room slowly walking forwards, scraping my hooked hand along the wall, still trying to get used to it after getting it reattached from the floor. "Night Guaaard." I say softly, entering Pirates Cove, knowing he was in there thanks to the sensors Fazbear Entertainment added to me, and hooked up to Pirates Cove so I activate whenever an audience arrives. "Taai, I know you're in heeeere." I pull myself forward, checking boxes every once and awhile as I sweep the Cove. I feel my head buzz and I spin around to see Tai's foot move behind the door. FUCK!
[Tai's POV]
Holy shit! I just escaped a fucking Two Point Oh Animatronic! I see a door leading to backstage, and open it as quickly but quietly I possibly could, shutting it with the same haste.
"Taai.. You can't hide foreeeeveeeer.." Please no. I look around for another place to hide.. And see a suit. Hanging on the wall, completely idle, I run towards it for examination and notice it's a different kind of suit. The ones they called 'Springlock Suits' I believe. I check that there is no endoskeleton inside before opening it up and jumping in, being careful to keep the mechanism from collapsing in on me. "Hello?" I see Crystal walk by, even in the darkness, completely oblivious to the pair of gleaming eyes inside the springlock suit. I hear a door open and then close, giving the good to go signal, I carefully open up the suit, and jump out and hit the floor producing a loud THUMP before I get up and dash frantically away, running off the show stage and charging away after hearing a slam of a door and- "I'm coming for you Taaaai!" I run into the office from the right door, then leaving through the right. YES! I crash into something soft and fall over onto it before hearing "I win." NO. I open my eyes and see I'm on top of Crystal, her arms around me as I welcome the warm embrace, all thoughts of Crystal possibly being dangerous disappeared, replaced by relaxation and happiness. I take in a certain aroma, and sniff the air, identifying it as..
"Rum?" I say, as Crystal lets go of me and gets up, helping me as well.
"Huh? What do you mean rum?" She asks confused.
"I smell rum."
"Oh. That's me Tai." She states and I stare at her, remembering she's supposed to be a pirate. "Sooo.."
"Yeah?" I make eye contact with her, and she blushes a bit before saying-
"I want your sweater."
"What?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows, then the realisation coming to me. "Oh yeah." I murmur, taking off my clothing, handing it to her. "Here you go, do what you want with it I guess." She squeals softly grabbing it and running off into the darkness, reappearing quickly.
"So where were you in backstage?" She asked, cocking her head a bit.
"In the springlock su-" She gasped looking in the general direction of the stage.
"You what!? Don't ever do that again!" She hugs me, taking me by surprise, she realises what she doing and lets go. "Ahem. Sorry." Her voice turns soft again as she continues. "Don't do that again. I watched a man die getting in one of those suits." Her face turns more serious, and she hugs me again this time not pulling back. I enjoy this, and return the hug.
"Okay then."
[Crystal's POV]
It was set in stone. I totally liked Tai. I couldn't deny it anymore, not after what just happened. Tai is warm, but his skin covered in goosebumps from the Pizzeria's midnight chill. I hug him tighter, trying to keep him warm, we sit there for a while, just embracing each other as the time flies by, on the outside, I was calm, enjoying the moment and sitting on Tai's lap, but on the inside my body was screaming, I WAS IN CONTACT WITH TAI. My feelings were on overload, and I fought the urge to kiss him and show him my inner lust, my desire. The peace and quiet was pierced by a small cough from beside me. "Tai?" I watch his face, his eyes closed and his chest moving slowly up, then down. I check the time on his watch, a glowing 2:58 on the display. I get up and walk towards my cove, climbing onto the pirate ship, seeing the sweater, which was now the flag for this ship until I got a better piece of fabric from Tai, like a blanket or something, and smiled at the thought of kissing Tai. I went back and sat beside Tai again, giving him a kiss on the cheek before falling asleep with my arms around him.
[Part 2 of: Closer]
IT'S US
[?'s POV]
"FZZT- HrInGUR FZZT- Y-Y-Y-FZZT-Y-YOU WilL DIe TTTT-TO FZZZT-ME." I attempt to say, watching the Fox walk towards the guard, it filled me with anger knowing she wouldn't kill him, and even further enraged me that I could only manifest when tension is in the air, stopping me from starting my killing spree.
"Just remain vigilant my sweet." A golden figure walks out of the darkness, accompanying her an entourage made up of a chicken and a bear. Both of whom were faded and practically made of static. The figure had a green tinge to her skin, and holes everywhere, as her suit was rotting and a putrid stench invaded my shredded nostrils, calming me. "We are both angry that we cannot manifest without the presence of negative emotions." That puts a frown on her face, her rabbit ears drooping. "But soon that will change, and we will be able to lay waste to this city, and move onto the next, killing everything we encounter. Just trust me, this guard is the one. He is the one who will free us. Even if he doesn't know it." She smiled her crooked smile, a horrible sight to see. To a normal anyway.. She scratches the top of my head with her hand, giving me a great feeling as my bladed arm scrapes and clangs against the floor.
"S-S-Sp-Springtrap?" I stutter, trying the best I could to get clear words.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Springtrap yells, a glare on her face.
"Y-FZZT-Yes m-mistress." I bow, lowering my face to the ground.
"That's better, anyway, use telepathy to communicate. I can't stand your broken voice." I nod, and she smiles because of my obedience. Mistress, the Fox refused to listen to the bear, we must eliminate her when we get the next chance- "No." She states, not even bothering to use her own telepathy. "If she increases the chance of the guard surviving while he works here, we need her helping him. If she hurts him, I can do something about it." She states, and I knew what she meant, I've seen her gun collection, it's massive. Once you're done with the guard, I want to kill him. He put a fucking crowbar through my face, and I want him dead. I growl while thinking this, clenching my teeth, before hearing a -TINK-, seeing a tooth fly from my mouth. "Yes, you can. But first, I want to thank him before his execution." She smiles again, only this time her smirk being a little mischievous. She's going to pleasure my enemy!? Fucking WHORE! She punches me in the face, obviously pissed off. "My sense of mind reading is better than yours you FUCKER!" I nod, and pick myself back up, exposing a new dent in my face and wincing a bit, that bitch could hit hard. Yes mistress. I move away, and before I walk through the shield of darkness, Springtrap stops me. "We will get out of this soon, just trust me." She states in a soft voice, comforting me. She gives me a kiss on the forehead, struggling to reach my face, and ends the conversation with- "I love you. Good luck." I nod before telepathically hearing- Demon Foxy. I turn around and say, not using with my telepathy "I-i-i-I-FZZT-Love Y-You Too.
[Part 3 of: Closer]
WELL IT'S ME
[Golden Freddy POV]
I felt it. They were scheming. Ways to fulfill their need to return to this plane, and wreak havoc across the entire planet. "I won't let that happen." I say out loud, somehow managing to push it out. I had been straining to keep my spirit alive, and it was becoming more difficult as they were finding loopholes to manifest themselves in that way. Every day, it was becoming harder and harder to survive, all because of the amount of life force this wall between the two planes needed to stay up. I needed to warn him. Tell him what was coming and the threats to come. He needed to prepare, but I couldn't make it to the next plane, I didn't have the energy to. Besides, the barrier I put up kept me out too. "Sir. Please. Please hear me. Wake up sir. This is IMPORTANT. Wake up. Danger is coming. You need to stop them. You're the only one who can. Please. Save them. Fix us." I disappear, before any real damage to the psychic shield could occur, and just hope that he heard me beg for help against the demons.
[Tai's POV]
I wake up and feel a weight on my chest, a literal weight, as it shifts on top of me, and I see the red lump on top of me, slowly rumbling up and down whilst making a adorable purring sound. I give her a kiss on her cranium, and check my watch before realising it was almost 6:00 and Mr. Fazbear will arrive at the attraction to check on me and come back with the animatronics. I rub Crystal's head lightly, trying not to wake her up, and hear a voice that chills my bones. PLEASE. SAVE THEM. FIX US. I see the world start to flash and flicker before my eyes. Hearing a worried "Tai!" I fall to the floor with impact, and see a dark room, with a chair in the middle. Sitting on it, a yellow bear, the same design as Freddy, but with black holes for eyes. Then I hear something that creeps me out a little more.
"Hello, hello? Uh, I wanted to record a message for you to help you get settled in on your first night." What the fucking fuck? "Um, I actually worked in that office before you. I'm finishing up my last week now, as a matter of fact." The bear starts to glitch. As if the mind was a computer simulation. Then I hear those words again, this time it wasn't in my head. I could hear it loud and clear. "PLEASE. SAVE THEM. FIX US." The bear appears in front of my face. "PLEASE. SAVE THEM. FIX US." Unconsciously, I start to cry, tears pouring down my face with no trigger. Pain, that's what I felt, a constant suffering and loss. I black out again.
[Now the legitimate antagonist has been revealed. Hell will ensue.]
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[I'm closing the poll for gender crap because nobody has touched it. :( ]
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[I'm NOT dragging the chapter to 4000 words with author notes because I have run out of ideas for the chapter. This is totally and utterly legit.]
[This part actually is important. I need a cover picture. If I can't get one by chapter 10, I'll just make one. It WILL take longer to produce chapter 11 if this happens. Until then, you can email me some new Restaurant layouts! Just remember that if you make it, or you are looking for one, this place has two storage rooms.]
[Question about cover picture: Should I make it a layout of the Facility, or a special cover picture that will give you a visual of Crystal or Demon Foxy? THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I AM PUTTING A POLL UP FOR THIS AND IT WILL CLOSE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. IF YOU SEE THIS NOTE, PLEASE. I NEED EVERY VOTE I CAN GET! LOOK FOR THE POLL ON MY PROFILE PAGE.]
[Last thing for this chapter, like I have said before, reviews will fuel my continuous writing, therefore fueling your need to READ. So dem reviews will keep me awake. (Figuratively of course.) ]
[I have a lot of the story planned out for a lot of chapters, so keep reading! :D ]