. . : :Epilogue: : . .
When the news reached out that four children had disappeared from the pizzeria, it came as a terrible shock to the public. Such a thing had never happened before (except for those who could barely remember the child murder at Fredbear's Family Diner, the predecessor to this pizzeria). The parents of the missing children were absolutely devastated, especially Mr. and Mrs. Rossi, whose child had disappeared on her seventh birthday. She was their only daughter, and was everything in the world to them.
They posted Missing fliers everywhere, and searched all over town, certain that someone may had kidnapped them, but alas, nothing turned up. It seemed hopeless after a while. Some parents accepted it and moved on, while some were still locked in grief. They couldn't find peace.
About two weeks later, parents and children began to notice a terrible odor coming from a backroom. This greatly displeased them, as they did not want to have their parties in such bad conditions. Upon investigation, the police were shocked to find six bodies decomposing there - the four children who had disappeared recently, and a fifth child. The last body was of a grown female. All had slashes on their bodies, whether it was the neck, side, or chest.
With DNA screening, it was found that the woman's body was the fifth child's mother. Some thought she was the one who murdered the kids and then committed suicide, while other thought that the woman was a victim. But no one was sure, for this was such a convoluted case.
The police tried searching the room for evidence of who this potential murderer could be, but the evidence found was too decayed to work, and everything else was blurry and unclear. The killer was never found as a result of this.
The bodies were then buried. The parents finally found closure, but they were equally shocked that their children had been murdered. Some parents were never the same after hearing this. The only bodies who weren't buried were that of Lynne and Joey Wilson. Because no one came to claim their bodies or pay for a funeral, they were cremated. No one gave it a second thought.
Even after all this, a bad vibe still rang at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. The animatronics also seemed to change. While once quirky and bright, now they seemed to malfunction. Bonnie and Chica often stopped playing and simply stared off into space, while Freddy and Foxy seemed to glitch out. Their voice boxes sounded strange, and their movements were jerky and slow. All of them began to act different. They would play with the kids, and the kids weren't bothered, but with the adults...you could almost say they were hostile. Soon, not even the kids were safe. Freddy would glitch and lash out at anyone who touched him, and thus, a new rule was added for all: Don't touch Freddy.
There began to be rumors that a fifth animatronic was up and about at the pizzeria, and it looked like a golden version of Freddy. Some swore that they could sometimes see the golden bear at the end of the hallway for a second, then it would fade away.
In order to put down these bad rumors, the staff cleaned up and opened up the Prize Corner, starring a little clown-faced puppet as the main attraction. It would smile and give all the children presents when they wound the little music box. It seemed to help the business a bit, and more people were coming in to see this little marionette, but it also had its kinks. It would...stare with cold soulless eyes at any adult who wore a large amount of purple, and some could barely hear rushed whispers coming from the puppet when it was supposed to be quiet. Some thought it was sentient and could think for itself, while others, being logical, merely thought it was a voice box malfunction.
Finally, it was the Bite of '87 that occurred a year later that shut down the pizzeria. Hanging out at a place where children had been killed and an animatronic had gone rogue and bitten off someone's frontal lobe wasn't such a cool thing anymore. It was a miracle that the poor victim had survived.
But, as some spectators said, all four animatronics had been acting weird that day. They were all following that man, hissing and trying to reach out for him. Freddy was the most violent, trying to grab hold of his purple shirt. But the man simply thought they were just malfunctioning and waved it off. Later on, he went with his son to see Foxy perform at the Pirate's Cove. But...Foxy wasn't acting right. He kept looking at the man, his one eye seeming to glow.
The man's son didn't notice, obviously, and had run up to the front of the stage to try to touch the red fox. The man had gone after him, knowing that you weren't supposed to be near these animals, since they could break. As he was pulling his overeager son away, Foxy suddenly let out a hollow screech and bit down on the man's head.
The pizzeria was shut down after that.
All the animatronics were scrapped and taken to a new location, since the owners were desperate to keep the business afloat. At that new location, the company spent a small fortune to make new animatronics: Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, Toy Chica, Toy Foxy, and the humanoid robot Balloon Boy. These spiffy new robots were high-tech and had advanced AI. They could detect a predator from a mile away. Everyone thought that these robots couldn't possibly malfunction.
(The only old animatronic who wasn't scrapped was the Marionette, since it seemed to work just fine. However, the staff did find that the little puppet seemed to glitch out every time its music box wound down, so they made it a priority to keep it playing all the time. They didn't want to build a new one. Also, the rumors about the golden version of Freddy soon followed to the new location, though no one actually saw it.)
However, as they say, no new system is without its kinks. Because the Toys had advanced AI and face-recognition software, they would often stare with blank eyes at the adults, memorizing their faces. But they never did this to the kids. Oh no, they played cheerfully with the children as if nothing was wrong.
Then, one night, someone broke into the pizzeria. Nothing was taken, thankfully, but the staff soon discovered that the burglar had tampered with the new animatronics. Soon after that, the Toys started to act aggressive towards the staff, almost harassing them. Realizing the problem, the company had numerous mechanics come in to fix the Toys as best as they could. After some time, the staff decided that the animatronics were mostly fixed, but they were still skeptical about the safety of the pizzeria. They didn't want to risk another break-in.
Thus, they opened up a job as a nighttime security guard. For some time, no one came to apply for the job. The staff were greatly worried about this.
But luckily for them, one day, a miracle came in the form of a young man whose name was Jeremy Fitzgerald...
