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Chapter 7: Night 5
The pattering of pawsteps echoed all about as Light, Warrior Kitty, Mighty, Lilac, and Lauren stepped in from the Party room and entered the Prize Corner. After they explained all that they could remember from their murder, Sonic had suggested that they could ask Frost herself of what she remembers before she was killed. So now, the five Pokemon animatronics and the four Assist Trophies and Smasher had all headed to the very room where she resided. Of course, the lights were off inside, leaving it dreadfully dark. However, both Sonic and Shadow held a flashlight with them and the shining of the animatronics' eyes were enough to make their surroundings visible.
Light, Warrior Kitty, Mighty, Lilac, and Lauren immediately spotted the large box on the other side of the mini room where the Gabite animatronic stayed within. On the counter next to it, the lone little music box played it's simple, yet somewhat sweet tune. The five walked toward the large box, but they stopped when they realized that they had entered alone. They all and looked back to see that Shadow, Midna, Dillon, Hammer Bro, and Sonic were standing in the doorway of the room, their eyes wide and shined with fear. Apparently, after their unpleasant encounter with Frost on the first night, they weren't exactly all that fond of entering the very room she was in. Seeing them all standing there, Light rolled her eyes and sighed.
"C'mon, guys." She said to them. "She won't hurt any of you if we're here."
"Yeah." Lauren agreed and gave them a comforting smile. "If we tell her that you all are trying to help us, she'll understand."
"You better be right..." Midna muttered with a scowl as she, Shadow, and Sonic entered inside. Dillon then followed behind them, dragging a terrified Hammer Bro with him. The group then faced the large box and the animatronic Pokemon approached it.
"Frost?" Warrior Kitty asked hopefully. They all went silent as they waited for a reply, but none came. "Frost, the security guards that are working here, they're trying to help us find out about the murderer that did this to us." Warrior Kitty continued. "I know that it hurts you to do this, but can you please all that you remember about the time when...when you were killed? It'll help us find who it is." They were met with silence as a response still didn't come.
Sad and disappointed glows came to all of their eyes when the Gabite didn't answer their questions. Mighty then slowly came up to the box and placed her front paws against it. "Talk to us Frost. Please." She said quietly. No reply. Now straight disappointment ate them all as they looked to each other helplessly. Mighty removed her paws from the box and she and the others began to back away from it.
"I'm sorry."
Everyone jumped at the sound of the sudden voice and they all turned their attention toward the box. Slowly, the lid on it shifted and then rose. As it did, the head the Gabite animatronic revealed herself as she stood up straight on her legs. Unlike they saw her before, her eyes were not empty and dark with the white, glowing dots, but they were now shining a brilliant golden color. Her eyes also held a depressed tint to it. Frost.
"I'm sorry, but I can't." Frost continued in a hushed tone, looking away.
"You can't what?" Lilac asked.
"...I can't tell you what happened...that night..." Frost replied. After hearing this, Shadow dared to take a few steps forward and faced her.
"You have to, Frost." He told her. "We want to help all of you find out who your killer is, but we don't know who did it. We're asking you to please remember as much as you can so we can know."
"No." Frost relied, looking away. "I literally can't tell you. Whenever I remember it, it brings back pain. Stabbing pain and agony that haunts my mind every since that day, and it won't leave me alone. When ever that pain comes, it makes the memory feel like it was happening again, and I can't stand it! I can't bare it! I want to forget it, but I can't! It just keeps haunting me and makes me suffer more and more with every passing day, it-" She cut herself off and stopped speaking. It turns out that her built up sorrow had caused fuzes to go off in her endoskeleton, make many sparks fly from her body. When this happened, the other five quickly rushed to her.
"Frost! Frost calm down!" Lilac said desperately as they tried to comfort their friend. Frost was breathing in deep gasps of breath as all of her pain started rushing back. Finally, the sparks died down and she calmed a bit, looking at the ground with and empty gaze.
"I'm so sorry..." She whispered. "I can't tell you about what happened, because I feel the pain of reliving it when I do. So I just...can't..." Everyone fell quiet as the animatronics stood together to calm the Gabite down, silently reassuring her about the problem while the four Assist Trophies and Smasher stood off to the side.
"So what now?" Dillon asked, breaking the silence.
Shadow remained wordless as he thought about it. What now? They were stuck at a dead end again. How can they find out just what the hell happened on that one night that started this entire madness in the first place?! Frost was the only source of information that they had, but she couldn't tell them because it literally hurts her when she remembers it...or is she? Is she really their last source of information that they had? Is there still some other sources out there...?
"We go the first one." Shadow suddenly said as the idea dawned on him, making everyone turn to him.
"Pardon?" Dillon asked, looking confused.
"We go to the first restaurant." Shadow replied. "The first Light Absol's Pizza. If it brings Frost too much pain to remember, then that makes it our last attempt for evidence...at this restaurant. We've checked everything here, but we haven't looked back at the original one, where the murders with the five children took place. There has to be at least something there that'll help us." Everyone was silent as they thought about his words.
"Will it work?" Hammer Bro then asked, looking worried.
"It's our last resort." Shadow said in a serious tone. "We have to take our chances and see what we can find. If we find any clues or evidence, then we could just as well find the murderer. If we don't..." He trailed away for a bit, then continued. "Then there'll be no way to find the killer. We'd have lost this case." Everyone was quiet as they heard, glancing at each with uncertainty. Then, Sonic put on a confident smile to lighten the mood.
"Remember, we still have one last shot at this and come out successful!" He told them. "We can still figure this out, so let's not get to down!"
Light brightened a bit and smiled as well. "Yeah! We can still do this!" She agreed, earning a grin from the blue hedgehog. As this went on, the others all started to lighten up and mumble to one another, reassured that they can figure out this case.
"So when are we heading to the Mushroom Kingdom for the restaurant?" Midna asked Shadow.
"Not now." He replied. "The night's almost up. If we leave with the six girls, the daytime employees will take notice and suspect something."
"That, and I work in the morning." Sonic put in.
"Also, the citizens will surely notice us leaving and going somewhere with six animatronics out in the open." Shadow continued. "We'll leave tomorrow night, when we'll be least noticed."
"Sounds like a plan." Dillon agreed.
Shadow turned to face all of them. "Then we'll leave first thing tomorrow night."
(Page Break)
Crickets chirped along through the empty night as a course wind blew across the land. It was now the following night, and the fifth night of the Assist Trophies' night guard job. Residents of the Mushroom Kingdom have dispersed for the night, leaving almost everything dark, vacant, and silent. However, a certain group was speeding through the paths and roads of the quiet ares, making sure to stay out of sight. After a while, they reached a darkened area, littered with tangling vegetation. Sonic sped through this area and came to a skidding stop with Light perched on his back for the ride. Immediately after, Shadow came into view and stopped as well with Lauren lounging on his head. Finally, Midna, slowly floated into view, holding onto Dillon, who held onto Hammer Bro. She also carried Lilac, Warrior Kitty, Mighty, and Frost in her hand-hair.
When they approached the two hedgehogs and the animatronic Pikachu and Absol, the imp ungratefully dropped the armadillo, koopa, and the remaining Pokemon to the ground, and annoyed look on her face. "Next time, actually have regards for others and go slow for once!" She snapped at both Shadow and Sonic then looked down and threw a scowl at Dillon and Hammer Bro. "And maybe you guys should think about losing a few pounds!"
"Yeah, I don't mean to butte in on your rant," Sonic said, scratching at his ear. "But can we kinda focus on the reason why we're here." Everyone turned to see that Shadow and Lauren were already looking at the the large object in front of them. It was a lone, old, rotting building. Weeds were wrapped and tangling the outer walls and the broken windows. The very first Light Absol's Pizza.
Light, Warrior Kitty, Mighty, Lilac, and Lauren had frightened expressions on their faces as they looked at it, horrible memories coming back to them. Shadow scanned over the outside of the building and narrowed his eyes, clenching his hands into fists.
"Let's go." He said sternly and started to approach the abandoned place. The others all looked to each other, but wordlessly followed him. Well...all but Hammer Bro. The koopa stared at the building with wide, terrified eyes, shaking in fright.
He then gave a nervous chuckle. "Heh, heh, yeah, uh...Is it okay if I just stay out here and, y'know, keep a look out in case if anyone comes?" The only response he got was Midna's hand-hair grabbing him and dragged him with them. As she did, a stream of tears started to fall down Hammer Bro's face, anime style. The group came to the front doors of the restaurant, but when Shadow grabbed onto the knob to open them, the doors creaked and slowly broke from it's hinges, falling to the ground in a cloud of dust. They all looked down at if for a moment.
"Well hey, at least we get an easy entrance." Sonic spoke up with a smile.
Everyone stepped inside and both the hedgehogs clicked on their flashlights, then started to make their way through the building. All was empty and still in there, for all of the tables, chairs, arcade games, and other equipment had been removed ever since the incidents happened there. The group looked at the broke, rotting walls were slight discomfort, seeing the many cracks, stains, and the weeds spreading across it. It definitely wasn't a very welcoming sight...
Unknown to them, though, they weren't alone in this building. Toward the back of the restaurant, something was stirring in the backroom. Within the shadows, a lone, limp animatronic was slumped against the wall, but upon hearing voices and footsteps of people entering the building, it's ears slowly twitched. Sparks started to ignite in it's body and it twitched about as it slowly came to life. When it did, it's eyes opened and glowed, revealing their sticking purple color. The group continued to move through the main hall, muttering to themselves about their plan. However, Mighty's ears perked as she spotted something on the ground a few feet away. The object she saw looked like a...sign. Head tilting with curiosity, she trotted toward it and inspected it, the others not noticing her move away.
The animatronic Pokemon looked down at the little sign and read the words on it.
Welcome to Light Absol's Fright. Experience the very place where the mysterious murder case took place.
Mighty narrowed her eyes a bit in confusion. "Someone turned this place into a...horror attraction?" She said aloud. "...I'm not sure if I should be offended by this, or..." Right then, she noticed some newspapers sticking out from underneath the sign. Mighty pushed it away and began to read the papers, her curiosity peaking.
Horror Attraction Grand Opening!
The once famous restaurant, Light Absol's Pizza, has been closed down for years. But now, thanks to a group of Mushroom Kingdom residents, it has now been turned into a hunted house-like attraction, no named "Light Absol's Fright." Come and explore the very place where the case of the missing children took place years ago, but was never solved. But watch out! It is said that the facility is haunted...
"Haunted?" Mighty said quietly, putting on a strange look. "How can that be? All of us have been at the other one in Smashville." She went silent as one thought came to her mind, making her eyes widen slightly. Her, Frost, Light, Lilac, Warrior Kitty, and Lauren had been at the newer Light Absol's Pizza for all of these years. But the newspaper said that this one is haunted. If they haven't been here, then could the spirit here possibly be...? Desperate to know more, Mighty turned to the other newspaper there and started to read frantically.
Attraction Now Abandoned.
The Light Absol's Fright has now been abandoned and left to rot once more after complaints and experiences of some of the visitors. Many have claimed that the spirit that haunts the facility has attacked on many occasions, seeming to want them to leave. On the cases that this has happened, the visitors have managed to escape unscathed, but one was unfortunate to have gotten harmed by this spirit, which they also claim that it had possessed an animatronic that was left behind in this closed down restaurant.
Mighty's suspicions started to rise as her eyes now widened in alarm. But, in the shadows behind her, an animatronic watched her with glowing, purple eyes. Due to the darkness, though, it didn't see that she was another animatronic.
"You know, they always say that curiosity killed the cat." The animatronic suddenly said. Mighty's head shot straight up, dread eating her as her suspicions were now proven correct.
That voice... She whispered to herself. Oh no...
"Guys!" Mighty shouted, quickly turning tail and running through the rest of the restaurant to find the rest of the group. The animatronic watched her go and then followed after her.
(Page Break)
Tapping of footsteps echoed all around as the group moved slowly through the hall of the restaurant, their eyes scanning all around. "Sooo, what exactly are we looking for?" Light decided to ask.
"Clues that'll help us identify the killer." Shadow replied curtly. Warrior Kitty looked around, but then noticed something. It looked to be like some kind of doorway. She quietly walked toward it and peered inside.
"Hey guys, check this out!" She called out to the rest. The others heard her calls and they headed to where she was, looking inside. It was an office room. a lone desk stood against a wall with a rather large window above it. Papers littered on top of the desk and a few chairs were in it as well. On the desk, though, was little laptop, like the one back at the restaurant in Smashville, and a little device.
Shadow walked up to it and flipped open the laptop, seeing that it still worked and that it revealed many views from cameras around the building as well. He raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"What is this?" He finally asked, closing the laptop and placing it down.
"I don't know." Sonic replied, looking at the other device curiously. "But whatever it is, it looks like some people had been in here recently."
"Hold on." Dillon suddenly said, looking around. "Where's Mighty?" As if on cue, the sound of rushing paws met their ears. Within seconds, Mighty came skidding into view from the hall, quickly spotting the rest of the group and running right into the office. The others saw the panicked look in her eyes and quickly rushed to her.
"Mighty, what's wrong?" Light demanded. "Where were you."
Mighty didn't answer right away, for she was gasping very quickly. She finally took in a breath of air and faced all of them, her panic still present. "She's here." She told them. "She's in this restaurant, she's coming!"
"Who's coming?" Sonic asked as he and the others gave the robotic Vulpix confused looks. To answer his question, the lights in the office started to flicker wildly, causing all of them to look around in alarm. Suddenly, a radio on the desk switched on and a loud screeching sound erupted from it, making them all flinch and cover their ears. As all of this happened, a red light started blinking and an alarm began to go off. Dillon glanced over and saw that the device that they turned on had the phrases, ventilation error, video error, and audio error, on the screen.
"W-What's going on?!" Lauren shouted over all of the commotion. Finally, everything stopped. All the sounds stopped and the lights turned off completely, leaving everyone in complete darkness. The entire atmosphere was engulfed into a heavy silence. The group all stood up straight and looked around, processing what just happened. That was until Hammer Bro let out a terrified shriek and ran around in a little circle before smashing blindly into the wall.
"Dude." Sonic finally said. "What just happened?"
"I'm not sure." Shadow replied, looking around, but all he could see was darkness.
Then, a slow, eerie, yet calm rhythm of tapping met all of their ears and they stiffened up. A single light flickered on right outside of the doorway to the office and they all snapped their attention toward in. The shining light revealed an Espurr animatronic standing there. She was pretty torn up; tears and patches of her were missing, and revealed her endoskeleton inside. Half of her right ear was missing and wires poked out of her from every which way. Her purple eyes were narrowed into a hostile glare as she faced the group of Assist Trophies, Smasher, and animatronics.
"All of you." She said in a hushed, yet threatening tone. "Get out, now." Once they hear her voice, Light's, Lilac's, Warrior Kitty's, Lauren's, and Frost's eyes all widened in disbelief, for they recognized it.
"Holy shit..." The Sylveon animatronic whispered.
"S...Sara...?" Lauren said quietly, taking a hesitant step forward. "Is that you?"
The Espurr animatronic's eyes widened as she turned to the Pikachu, her hostile vibe quickly evaporating into shock. She recognized her voice as well. "Lauren?" She said faintly, then sadly shook her head. "You...You're one of the animatronics?" The quietness of the area was interrupted by a loud, buzzing sound. Everyone turned to see that Frost's eyes had went back to looking empty with the glowing, white dots as blinding rage built up in her.
"YOU!" She roared accusingly to the robotic Espurr. Frost advanced forward to lunge at her, but Dillon, Sonic, and Shadow quickly grabbed a hold of her to hold her back. "You were there!" Frost continued to holler. "You helped her! You helped her gang up on me, beating me until I bled, then she killed me! Stabbing me in the gut until I could no longer breath! You took part in this! You did this to me! You two took everything away from me! You took my life! You made me lose Snake, and drove him away! You took away my happiness!"
Frost stopped and took in a deep breath, then stopped stuggling, allowing Sonic, Shadow, and Dillon to slowly pull her away a bit. Sadness then took over her, washing away her anger and made tears start to spill down her face. "You took my birthday. You helped her take away everything I had, leaving me in this cold, animatronic body to forever suffer...Suffer for something that wasn't even my fault, but his own..." Frost then closed her eyes tight and just let all of her strength go, having the two hedgehogs and armadillo let go of her. Her tears were coming out fast as she broke down into a sorrowful cry.
Midna, Hammer Bro, and the rest of the animatronics had been standing off to the side, watching the entire scene with wide eyes. Light, Warrior Kitty, Lilac, and Mighty then gathered around their Gabite friend to comfort her. Sonic, Shadow, and Dillon took a few steps away from them, the blue hedgehog and the armadillo were dead silent, but the dark hedgehog had thoughts running around his head as he recalled some of Frost's words.
You were there...You helped her...beating me until I bled and then stabbed me...leaving me to forever suffer for something that wasn't even my fault, but his own... Shadow repeated to himself. He turned to where Lauren stood with the Espurr animatronic, both looking shaken by Frost's explosion. But, his eyes rested on the Espurr. The girls know her. He continued to say to himself. And who ever she is, she's affiliated with Frost's murder and the killer.
Knowing this, Shadow narrowed his eyes and walked over to where the two Pokemon stood in the doorway. "Lauren, move." He commanded softly. Lauren sensed that he was in serious mode and didn't dare to stay in his way, quickly stepping aside. Shadow now stood over the Espurr and stared at her as she looked back at him, not knowing what to do.
"You took part in Frost's murder at the very first restaurant." He said, his voice now hardening. "Explain yourself. Tell us who you are and explain everything that happened or I'll turn you into scrap metal." The Espurr shrank under his gold glare and backed away a bit.
"M-My name is Sara." She said in a shaky voice. "I admit, I was there. I helped with Frost's murder, but I swear, I didn't want to do it! I didn't even know that I was helping her kill Frost!"
"Who's 'her?'" Midna demanded, floating up next to Shadow and crossed her arms. "If you're telling the truth and you were only helping to kill Frost, but you didn't want to, then that means you know the killer."
"So tell us who she is and what happened." Shadow growled. "Everything." Sara was silent as she glanced at all of them. Sonic and Dillon had now walked up to stand with the dark hedgehog and the imp while Hammer Bro and the animatronics held back, but were looking at her with accusing shines to their eyes. Then, she looked over to see Lauren standing a few feet away, her brown eyes looking at her in a questioning way, for she wanted to know as well. Sara then took a deep breath and let out, beginning to explain.
"I used to be best friends with Lauren." She said, earning surprised looks from the four Assist Trophies and Smasher. "We knew each other since we were really little. But then, Lauren met them." She then motioned toward Light, Warrior Kitty, Mighty, Lilac, and Frost. "She became friends with them and introduced us to each other, but we never got along. I admit, I was a bit of a rude, spoiled brat when I was younger."
"A bit is an understatement..." Light muttered, but was silenced by Warrior Kitty.
"That's why we didn't really get along." Sara continued. "But, I've moved on from that, I'm not like that anymore. That's because I now know that's foolish for me to act like that toward others, but mostly it's because...That day...It was many hours after Snake found that manager with the weapons and drugs and got him arrested. I was just sitting in my yard as I watched the evening turn to night. That was the manager's adopted daughter approached me. I think she liked to be called Ebony.
"She was upset that her dad was thrown in jail, and that was because she didn't even realize the evil things he did. She told me we were gonna get revenge on Frost for Snake arresting him. Of course, at this time, it was when I still didn't like the five girls, so I was quick to agree. But, I didn't know what kind of 'revenge' she meant..."
(FLASHBACK)
Cold wind blew through the air, making my leaves fly around and about. The sun was now nothing but a golden glow of light in the horizon as the darkness of night started to sweep over the land on Nintendo. In the midst of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario's Family Diner stood tall and empty, for it was closed early for the night. Police tap surrounding it, saying "Do Not Enter", but unfortunately, someone did.
A young girl, somewhere in her mid teens, stood right in front of the restaurant, looking up at it with saddened eyes. This girl was Frost. Like mentioned, her birthday was that very day that the manager, nicknamed Satan, was discovered and arrested, prompting the restaurant to be closed early and ruined her birthday that she was supposed to have there with her friends and Snake. Now, she looked at it in disappointment, knowing that the party that she'd been waiting for all day at her favorite childhood restaurant will never come. Frost then looked down and gave a sigh.
"Well, there's always next year, I guess..." She mumbled to no one in particular. Suddenly, the silence of the area was disrupted as leaves crunched under two pairs of footsteps coming up from behind.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the girl who's dad threw mine into jail." A threatening voice spoke. Frost's eyes snapped back open and she spun around to see two teenage girls standing there behind her. "Well, Sara, I guess it's time to teach her a lesson." The older one said with a sinister smirk crawling on her face.
"Looks like it, Ebony." The younger one, Sara, replied.
Ebony gave a chuckle as she saw that Frost was starting to inch away, getting ready to escape. "Grab her." Frost then attempted to make a quick run, but Ebony was fast enough to intercept her path and rough shove her back, having her stumble back and Sara to grab a tight hold of her arms. Ebony watched in amusement as she struggled to get away. She then started to throw hard, powerful punches at her face and chest. She even jammed her knee into her abdomen a few times. Frost tried her best to get away and fight back, but Sara held her back good and her strength was starting to disappear as the pain overtook her and blood started to leak from her mouth and nose.
After a while beating her until her blood stained her face and cloths, Ebony stopped and backed away a bit. Now Frost was no longer struggling. She laid slumped in Sara's grasp, her eyes closed in pain. But, she slowly opened them to glare up at the older teenager, but she opened them wide when she saw her pull a large kitchen knife from her hoodie, which also made Sara gasp in shock at the sight of it.
"Now, it's time to finish you." Ebony said with a statistic smirk. Before Sara could do anything, she rammed the blade of the knife right into Frost's gut. Frost let out a loud, pain-filled scream when this happened, but she slowly quieted down as the blood gushed out of her. Finally, she went silent and limp as her eyes gazed out, sightless. She was dead. Sara was now breathing fast as Ebony pulled the blade out of her and she dropped the motionless body to the ground, staring down at it in horror. She then looked back up to see Ebony wiping the knife on her hoodie.
"What were you thinking?!" She shouted in disbelief.
Ebony looked at her and cocked an eyebrow. "What's your problem? You agreed to do this with me, so why so surprised?"
"I thought we were just gonna beat her up! You didn't tell me that you were actually planning to kill her!" Sara hollered.
"And what if I did...?"
"Then I wouldn't have helped you! That's murder!" Sara then narrowed her eyes at the older girl. "Well, now that makes me a witness. I'm gonna call the cops and tell them what you did."
Now Ebony's eyes are narrowed. "Oh, are you know? Well, that's pretty stupid of you to announce when I'm still standing here." She then gripped the knife tightly in her hand and held it up. "'Cause now you're going the same place she went." Sara's eyes widened in horror and she quickly turned tail and fled with Ebony giving chase. She breathed deeply and her heart raced as she tried desperately to escape from the crazed teen so she wouldn't suffer the same fate that Frost had. She then saw that a busy road was coming to view, many cars driving by on it. Not taking the chance to stop, Sara excelled her speed and closed her eyes, running right across it and making it to the other side.
She came to a stop to see if Ebony was still pursuing her, but to her dread, she was. Ebony didn't seem to notice the large road and ran right across, but unlike Sara, she wasn't so lucky. A loud horn honked, making her come to stop and turn toward it. A large, eighteen-wheeled truck was driving right toward her and a great speed and no time to stop. Ebony's eyes widened and she froze up in terror. A crash was heard and Sara looked away, averting her eyes from the scene. When the screeching of car brakes and more honking made her open them again and look back at the scene.
Many cars had stopped, including the truck, and people were gathered around something on the road. What they were surrounding, was the lifeless, messy body of Ebony, laying still as a pool of blood surrounded it. Sara stared at everything in shock, but quickly fled from the scene, hoping that what she just experience would be forgotten forever. But, she knew that, that was gonna be hard to do...
(END FLASHBACK)
The entire office was silent once more as Sara finished explaining the incident. Shadow, Midna, Dillon, Hammer Bro, and Sonic glanced at one another, not knowing what to think. Farther back, Light, Mighty, Warrior Kitty, Lilac, and Lauren were speechless as they gaped at the Espurr animatronic in shock from her story while Frost had her head lowered, the memories flooding back in her head. But when she heard that Sara never meant to kill her, her anger lessened.
"So that's really why Ebony's body was found dead on that road." Lauren whispered in realization. "It wasn't because she committed suicide, it was because...she was trying to keep you from revealing what she did, but met a bad fate herself..." Everything was still until Dillon spoke up.
"So what happened to you?" He asked. "If you weren't killed that day, and you aren't any of the five children, then why are you in that animatronic?" Sara looked at all of them, then directed her gaze away.
"Some years passed." She said. "Frost's and Ebony's bodies were found, the restaurant was closed, and then re-opened as Light Absol's Pizza with the animatronics. Then, the incident with the five murders happened and Mighty bit the head of a customer, making it close again...But, one night when I heard that the five children were Lauren's friends, I did the same as you guys. I was curious about who could've possibly killed them and...Lauren as well.
"I snuck into the restaurant at night and decided to look around, but then the animatronics surrounded me. I didn't know that they were possessed when this happened, but I was still scared. They chased me into the backroom, trying to attack me, but then I tripped over one of the two spare animatronics that were there. I crashed against a shelf and it fell on me, making boxes and animatronic parts crush me. It was all so heavy, so...it just ended me. When I woke up...the restaurant was empty, Light, Mighty, Lilac, and Warrior Kitty were moved to the newer Light Absol's Pizza, and I was left alone in this...broken spare animatronic suit...forever living with the crime that I helped commit haunt my memories..."
Sara muted herself and closed her eyes, letting a single tear fall down her face. But then, she felt two arms wrap around her and she opened them back up to see Lauren hugging her tightly.
"I'm so sorry." The Pikachu whispered. "You were tricked into committing a crime you would never do, and then you were killed her in this restaurant. I'm so sorry that you were dragged into all of this." Now, Light, Warrior Kitty, Mighty, Lilac, and Frost had approached her.
"And we're sorry that we were the ones that chased you and had you got crushed." The buneary said, lowering her ears. "Also, we apologize for all of those years for fighting with you."
"Yeah, we feel really bad, that we had you suffer what we're suffering today." Light added, then smiled sadly. "I guess blinding rage and longing for revenge numbs someones mind. But really, we're truly sorry." Sara looked at all of them, then toward Frost. The Gabite animatronic looked down at her as well, but her eyes were back to their normal, golden color. She dipped her head to the little Espurr and spoke.
"I understand, now." She said quietly. Sara looked at all of them, then gave a little grin.
"Hey, it's in the past." She told them. "Despite what happened to us, we forgive and forget."
Shadow, Midna, Dillon, Sonic, and Hammer Bro watched from the side as they animatronics made up to each other and forgot their rivalry that they had in the past. Sara's story, however, still lingered in their minds. "So, we figured it out." The twilight imp said quietly. "We found out the killer. It was Satan's brat, Ebony that killed Frost and started everything. We're done."
"No, we're not." Shadow replied solemnly.
"We're not?" Hammer Bro repeated, confused.
"Something's still missing." Shadow continued. "If Ebony was Frost's killer, and she was killed by a car, then that means that Frost's revenge should've already been done and over with, but her soul is still trapped in the animatronic. Also, if Ebony's dead, then who hacked one of the spare animatronics to lead Light, Warrior Kitty, Mighty, Lauren, and Lilac to the back and killed them?" The other four were speechless as they considered his words.
"Wow, you do have a point." Sonic said, rubbing his head. "Now this just takes us all back to square one."
"There's still more to this out there." Shadow told them in a serious tone. "There's still more to this that we don't know, and we will find it out."
While all of this was taking place in the abandoned restaurant's office room, something farther away was peeking out from the corner of the hall that led to the backroom. It's green eyes had been watching the entire group the entire time, and now it knew that they were on to something about the murders. Because of this, a smirk found it's way on it's face. Now it was time to make it's move.
Uh oh, shit will go down next chapter! Be prepared for that! So, yeah. I decided to squeeze a bit of Five Nights at Freddy's 3 in there, which also defines Sara's roll.
{WARNING: Beyond this point of the author's note contains spoilers for FNaF 3. Read with caution!}
Alright, before people start to shout at me, I'll say it. I know that Springtrap is actually the Purple Guy, aka the murderer of the kids! Let me just say that Lilac and I started thinking about this parody and story weeks before the game came out, so we didn't know Springtraps back story yet! Believe me, I wanted to change Sara's roll in this story from Springtrap, but I couldn't think of how to do that, so I just added this change instead. But hey, the story is still interesting to you guys, right?... ... ... ... ... Right...?
Thank you guys for reading! The next chapter will be up soon!
