Five Nights: Stay Alive
Five Nights at Freddy's belong to Scott Cawthon
Song lyrics belong to The Living Tombstone
Day 3, December 1999
Drake heads to the coffee shop he worked every Tuesday, and heads to the counter. His job there is to serve coffee and tea beverages to the tables. The day jobs used to be a major contributor of his income, now it is also the only source of comfort from the terrors at his night job. Today, he's expecting Michael to come to see him.
By 3 pm, Drake is getting impatient, worried that Michael refused to discuss about the situation about the pizzeria, but he paid attention to his day job. Half an hour later, Michael came to the coffee store, and approached Drake.
"You're late, Michael" complained Drake. "Sorry, Drake. I've been asking myself whether I should come and talk to you. It's just give me bad memories talking about it" replied Michael. "Come, let's have a seat. I have something to show you" said Drake, and led Michael to a corner seat.
"You said you touched my stuff in the office, right?" asked Michael. "Yes, look at this" replied Drake, and handed him the photograph. Michael looked at the photograph, and he let out a sad feeling, and even wept.
"This picture…. I remember that moment" muttered Michael sadly. "This is the day when the murders happened". "Where did you get this?" asked Drake, demanding more information. "After the first week working as a guard, in the same place as you worked, something kept popping into my dreams. It was all that loud screams from the other kids, and the bloodshed that happened there. I saw that purple shadow, taking out that Golden Freddy suit, and killed off the children, that girl died first, followed by that child with the guitar, then the kid in the pirate costume, and finally the boy in the top hat. Just as he's about to claim my life, I ran out, and then saw a man, who dragged me away from there, and then I woke up, almost crying. I tracked down the photographs, trying to find out more about that incident, and found it"
"How come you know a lot about that incident in full detail?" asked Drake again. Michael replied, sadly: "Because I'm actually one of them" Drake was shocked, knowing that Michael was the 5th child who gone missing. "Where were you? Why the police didn't find you?" asked Drake, trying to solve the puzzle.
"I was an orphan; the four children are my friends, that day where the murders happened is my birthday party. The children dressed like the animatronics as part of my party. That time, we're lured by that Golden Freddy, when the old animatronics are at the back room due to repairs. That murderer lured us by offering a close up with the animatronics, and we all followed. As soon as we got inside, how we wished we didn't, that murder took of that suit, and armed a pistol at us. The girl dressed as Chica screamed as soon as she saw the gun aiming at her. She got shot at the head. The boy dressed as Bonnie struggles against the grip of the murderer but he was stabbed on the neck with the murder's knife. That's when I told the remaining children to run. The boy dressed as Foxy tried to run, but he was shot at the back. The boy dressed as Freddy ran off along with me, to the bath room. We tried to hide in the lavatory, but he found us. That child told me to run, and he was shot in the heart. I managed to escape by opening the air vent there and crawled the way out there, I escaped to a redwood forest, where someone found me, and changed my name to protect me. I never remembered that moment ever since until I worked as a security guard there, just like you. The first week has made me remember back the memories there. Since then, I worked for 6 years just to figure out the truth, until the management sacked me in favor of you" explained Michael. "I'm actually Mike Smith"
"What's about this book, then?" asked Drake, handing him the "Autobiography of a Yogi" and the notebook. "Oh, this one. You see, on my fifth night, the phone played out a loud gibberish, I recorded it, and I tried to understand the content. After I polished it, and played it backwards, I finally understood the meaning. Here, listen to this" said Michael, handing him a CD player. Drake turns them on, and he heard this:
"(static) it is lamentable that mass agricultural development is (static) speeded by fuller use of your marvelous mechanisms. Would it not be easily possible to employ some of them in quick laboratory experiments to indicate the influence of various types of fertilizers on plant growth?
You are right. Countless uses (omitted: of Bose instruments) will be made by future gener- (static) seldom knows contemporaneous (static) the joy of creative (static)"
"I searched for the origin of the excerpt, and I found the book where the words came from. I read that book just to look for the part where the message came from, and this is where I found it" said Michael, and opens the book at where the bookmark is located. Drake saw the highlighted words:
"A universal reaction seemed to bring metal, plant and animal under a common law.
They all exhibited essentially the same phenomena of fatigue and depression, with possibilities of recovery and of exaltation, as well as the permanent irresponsiveness associated with death."
"Bose instruments have demonstrated that metals, such as the steel used in scissors and machinery, are subject to fatigue, and regain efficiency by periodic rest. The life-pulse in metals is seriously harmed or even extinguished through the application of electric currents or heavy pressure."
"What do these words mean? Apparently the one behind the hauntings knows such workings, and the animatronics' behavior reflected just that. They acted the same way as they were before they died! I'm not sure about the rest though, but I'm sure it's up to you to figure it out." said Michael. "Call me if you have something that I missed". Michael left the table, and walked away, before he said: "Drake, I hope you can solve the mysteries, I couldn't crack it myself, for the manager fired me"
Drake nearly suffered a meltdown upon knowing this information. "So that's how it all happened. How does that happen? Jeremy's drawer might have a clue" thought himself.
When he returns to the tenement, he washes his face at his bathroom, and heads back to sleep. As he fell into sleep, he began to have the nightmarish revelation.
He dreamt himself at the office, inside the place he worked at. He first heard banging at the closed left door, presumably by Foxy. As he watched, the door is beginning to break down. Then, he saw Chica at the right door. Knowing that closing both doors will lead to a short circuit, he didn't close the door, Chica came inside the office, moaning. The left door finally broke as his hope for Foxy to stop banging and leave has shattered, as Foxy approached him. Bonnie followed Foxy, and entered the office. Finally Freddy, and played the music box version 'March of the Toredors'. As Freddy plays the music, Foxy hung his shirt with his hook and pulled him away, while Bonnie, Chica and Freddy followed. He was lead to the parts and services room, and Foxy released him. Bonnie and Chica held his arms, and tried to shove him into the back half of an animatronic wolf suit, while Foxy is carrying it. Drake felt blood dripping from his body. Just as Freddy's jingle ends, Bonnie and Chica shove the front half on him, with Foxy saying: "Now you'll know our suffering, young lad". Drake was nearly crushed by the suit, and just as he slowly passes out, Freddy approached him, and said: "You've met a terrible fate, do you? So do us."
Drake woke up from his nightmare, sweating all over. He checked his whole body, making sure it wasn't real. He was relieved that his limbs are still intact, and reminded himself to be more cautious, as he knew what'll happen if he get caught by them. However, he recalled the quotes by the animatronics. What do they mean by "know our suffering"? It's clear that the ghosts of the children are avenging their death, but from whose hands? He must now uncover the murderer's identity. Quickly, he prepares himself for the night.
Night 3
Drake gets back to his office, this time opening a bottle of iced tea to calm him down. He checked the time; it was 11:30pm. He checked the messages.
"You're doing great! Most people don't last this long. They usually move on to other matters by now. That's why you're the third guard who tried very hard. You have to keep up like this, because shit's getting real tonight. Bonnie and Chica can sabotage the door and the hall lights when they're inside, and Foxy could strike if you over or under monitor him. Freddy will mean business too.
The management would like to address that you are reminded to ease your mind about any urban legends you might have heard. The company can officially assure you that, these animatronics are just having glitches, nothing supernatural about them.
Forget about all those rumors about the incidents around the franchise, investigating or even thinking about it can only lead to headaches and hallucinations, as the last two security guards can attest that. Just do your job, stay at your office and you'll be fine. Good luck!"
"What? They're telling me to stop investigating this situation. Are they going to keep pretending that nothing's wrong about here while I shat and pissed my undies every night?" commented Drake furiously. "They may have stopped Jeremy and Michael, but you can't stop me"
On 12am, Drake was sitting on the chair, trying to unlock Jeremy's drawer, using a skeleton key he forged. With maximum ease, he unlocked Jeremy's drawer. He peered into the contents, and he saw a folder labeled "Medical report: Jeremy Fitzgerald", a notebook written: "Investigation of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria", a printout with the title: "The Mother's Sorrow", a copy of the book titled: "Occult Phenomenon and Supernatural Entities" with a bookmark, and four drawings supposedly drawn by Jeremy.
Drake puts them inside his sling bag, knowing that he'll have the time to look later on. He checks the time; it was 12:30 am. He checks the cameras, making sure that the animatronics didn't move as he opened Jeremy's drawer. He has memorized the standard procedure, watch the pirate cove for 30 seconds, then the show stage for 2 minutes, repeat. Turn on the hall light at left to right all the time. "If all goes well, I can crack the case as I work" thought himself.
1 am. Drake was on his routine watch, and saw the animatronics in their right places. Drake decided to examine the drawings. On the first drawing, he saw Freddy watching the entrance, holding a cake. 'Bang!' the caption near the entrance. The word 'save him' is on the bottom right On the second drawing, Foxy stood on his stage at Pirate Cove, watching the dead bodies of children with a shocked look, a purple shadow is on the left side, smiling wickedly. On the third drawing, Freddy was confronting the purple shadow, a caption above the purple shadow mentioned: "You can't". The word 'save them' is on the bottom right. On the fourth drawing, a puppet was preforming a ritual, surrounded by four dead children with the animatronics' head worn on them. 'Help them' is the word on the bottom of the drawing. Drake looked at the back of the drawings, all of them with "Jeremy's visions" written.
Drake wondered what does the drawings convey, but went quickly back to work. He checks the show stage, and saw a Freddy, Bonnie and Chica no longer on stage. He checks the dining area, and saw only Bonnie and Chica. He checked Pirate Cove, and the curtains remained closed. He rechecks the dining area, and saw Freddy, but no sight of Bonnie and Chica. He presumed that so long Bonnie and Chica is nearby, Freddy can't be seen. He turns the right hall light on, and saw Chica at the right window. He quickly closes the door and turns off the right hall light, then proceeds to check the left door. As Chica left the right door, Bonnie showed up at the left door. He quickly turns off the left hall lights and closes the left door.
Drake checks on Freddy, and found him at the restroom. He quickly checks if Chica and Bonnie are nearby, and saw none of them near his office. He checks the pirate cove again, and then checked the restroom. No sign of Freddy at all. He checked all the remaining rooms, and found Freddy at the kitchen. He figured that if he kept the viewing at the kitchen, Freddy won't have any bright ideas to move towards him.
Drake then decided to read Jeremy's medical report. He opened the folder, and saw the full report of Jeremy's injuries. It's his injury at his frontal lobe. "Could he be the victim of the bite of 1987?" thought Drake. Drake then read the report. It seems that Jeremy was bitten by an animatronic fox while he rushed to protect the children. As the result, Jeremy has suffered moderate brain damage, resulting in hallucinations and 'visions'. Fritz Smith replaced him as a night shift guard following the incident, but was fired for sheer recklessness, sending Jeremy back to work. In spite of his mental issues, he can work properly as he never shown signs of disability.
But one part of the report has paid his attention. Just before his injury, he reported to saw a purple shadow near the children. He was gone by the time the bite happened.
"That was weird. Foxy might be attacking the purple shadow who killed the children, and he might be after him ever since. He must have bitten Jeremy accidentally" concluded Drake. "But one thing could answer all other questions. How the heck can the animatronics have the souls of the children? Some occult ritual could have done this, but who would do this?"
He then turn to the clock, it showed 3:30 am. He quickly checked the doors by turning on the head light, left, then right, hoping Bonnie and Chica didn't screw him by ganging up on him. Much to his surprise, this time, Bonnie and Chica were near both doors. Drake knew that closing both doors will cause a short circuit, so he must turn off at least one thing. He quickly turns off the fridge, and then closes both the left and right door. The short circuit didn't happen, thanks to his clever move. Drake was relieved, but he knew that he must think outside the box to save his flesh.
Drake hoped that they didn't decide to camp near the door, and trap him in the cycle of fear. He quickly checked the cameras, and was briefly terrified. He saw Freddy at the east hallway, where Chica is located. Drake felt that everything is playing out as his dreams, except for Foxy's part. He then checked the west hallway, and saw Foxy charging towards the door. Now horrified to the point of shitting his pants, he hid himself under the table, wishing that Foxy didn't smash his way out of the left door like a Hulk. Just as he began to lose hope, he began to hear whispers, it said: "It's me", "We know who you are", "We know what you've done", "And you can't escape us".
Drake began to ponder about the whispers. Could it be the children's attempt to terrorize me? By telling me who they really are? Supposedly only the guilty need to fear, but a psychopathic criminal couldn't feel guilt, right? Still, why does that still affect the other guards?
Drake kept hiding under the table, hearing both the hard knocking on the door by Foxy, and the moaning of Bonnie and Chica. It was a situation so frightening, that he nearly pissed on the floor. After a 5 minute siege, there's no sound heard. Drake climbed under the table, and saw Bonnie, Chica, Foxy and Freddy walking away from the office. Drake saw the left door halfway to breaking down, and was relieved. Although the doors are fixed every day, just watching the door halfway to destruction scares him. He checked the time; it was 3:45 am.
After being careful like defusing a doomsday weapon, watching every room with all of his eyes peeled, he saw Bonnie, Chica and Freddy back at the dining area. Foxy's back to his pirate cove. He wondered whether the printout can explain things. He read the printout named: "The Mother's Sorrow"
"I don't know what I was thinking,
Leaving my child behind,
Now I suffer the curse and now I am blind
With all this anger, guilt and sadness,
Coming to haunt me forever,
I can't wait for the cliff at the end of the river,
Is this revenge I am seeking?
Or seeking someone to avenge me
Stuck in my own paradox I want to set myself free
Maybe I should chase and find
Before they'll try to stop it
It won't be long before I'll become a puppet
It's been so long,
Since I last have seen my son
Lost to this monster
To the man behind the slaughter
Since you've been gone
I've been singing this stupid song
So I could ponder
The sanity of your mother
I wish I lived in the present
With the gift of my past mistakes
But the future keeps luring in like a pack of snakes
Your sweet little eyes, your little smile,
Is all I remembered
Those fuzzy memories mess with my temper
Justification is killing me
But killing isn't justified
What happened to my son, I'm terrified,
It lingers in my mind and the thought keeps on getting bigger,
I'm sorry my sweet baby, I wish I've been there.
It's been so long,
Since I last have seen my son
Lost to this monster
To the man behind the slaughter
Since you've been gone
I've been singing this stupid song
So I could ponder
The sanity of your mother"
Such words were tragic, describing the loss of the mother's child, and her grief. Drake was touched by the story, but the sentence: "It won't be long before I'll become a puppet" made him suspect that the mother is responsible for the hauntings at the pizzeria, through some ritual to bind the souls of dead children into the animatronics, to seek vengeance for her son's death? Is her son related to the missing children, or something else?
Drake checked the time again. It was 4 am. He went back to work, checking the cameras again. Everything's going in favor of himself, for now. He decided to google Jeremy's home, so he can bring Michael there and discuss his findings. After a quick search, he found Jeremy at the suburbs just outside San Bernardino. He copied his address, and kept in his pocket.
He texted Michael with his I-Phone. "Michael, would you come to the library this evening? We'll be discussing about my findings. Look for Jeremy Fitzgerald and bring him to me, okay?"
After sending the message, he checked the cameras. Yup, all's going well, or is it? As the night goes on, he spent the remaining time keeping an eye on Freddy while fending off Chica and Bonnie. Foxy stayed at his Pirate Cove, however, allowing him to be extra focused on both Chica and Bonnie.
Alas, 6 am has come, and as he prepares for his day job, he wondered what does the book in Jeremy's drawer contained.