Hello, everyone. I've decided to return to this old story. I realized that this account was where I started this part of my life. As such, it would be wise for me to finish not only Setting Them Free, but Elemental Angel as well.

If you couldn't tell already, I changed my username from 'pleaseignoreme9' to what it is now. In a way, I decided to a give this account a sense of rebirth.

Now then, let's get back to our old tale.


(Ellie Daten-shi)

This is a sad deja-vu.

Bad enough to be interrogated once. But, twice? Is it that necessary?

Melody's mother handled the missing children's case eleven years ago. That's why I figured that she would interrogate me.

"Okay, Ellie. Now what happened?"

As I explained today's events, I had one thought: 'Who the hell is Chris?

"Ellie, it appears that history is repeating itself. A few hours ago, a 6 year old girl had been kidnapped. People have stated that the man wore a purple outfit, almost like a nightguard. A few hours later, you receive a video that came from an unknown number. A number that you connected to a man known to you as 'Vincent.' Is that true?"

I shook my leg nervously. "Yes."

"Ellie, we scoured every bit of the old place, yet there was no evidence-"

"OF COURSE there wasn't! I was there myself! You found their location when they died!" I snapped.

"While that is true, we have no idea how there's no evidence or murder weapon. You've told us that it was a knife, and the stab wounds indicate it, but we've got nothing else."

I growled in frustration. I was getting annoyed at this. Until I remembered my brother's message.

"By any chance, have you had a case with a kid named Chris?"


(Benny)

"Chris? As in the victim of that springlock malfuntion?" I asked.

He nodded.

"Wait, weren't you in the hospital undergoing surgery at that time?"

"... I was. The thing was, my spirit was going back and forth between the hospital and this animatronic here." The boy responded, his transparent hand resting on the head of the golden suit.

"When my parents officially decided to kill me in the hospital, I was here. I wasn't in my body to actually leave this place."

"So, you're like us?" Calla asked.

"In one way, yes. In another, no. You four were killed and stuffed into your corresponding suits. And yet, she was the one who brought us here."


(Time stamp: 11:55 pm) (Ellie Daten-shi)

'So this Chris boy was once my younger brother and my mother got a divorce. That might actually explain that.

'Oh well. Time to return to hell.'

Once again, the urge to get the literal hell out of there was acting like a conflagration, but I managed to quell it.

Hearing the recording for only a small bit, my heart stopped when I noticed that it mentioned the girl. And the toys know of it.

Shit.

My only allies in this whole place, are now against me. Damn their programming.

I took one deep breath, placed the mask above my head, and heard the clock ring midnight.

I check the show stage. All three of them were already gone.

I looked at up at the hallway to see Foxy's eyes. Flashing the light at him to make him leave.

Noises were coming from the right vent. I immediately pull down the mask.

I could see Toy Bonnie through the eye sockets, but the change was obvious. He didn't look like a human anymore. He was like his animal, a bunny. His irises were smaller than they should be.

That means that the other toys are like that as well. '

I check the supply closet feed. They're all gone.

Fate is at her cruelest tonight.

...

...

...

(Time - 4:35 am)

It's a frantic race to keep the Puppet out of this group. If the music box runs out, I'm so screwed.

Mangle was above me, her static doing an amazing job distracting me.

At this point, I disregarded the tablet; the only thing it'll give me was a way to distracted enough to the point where the animatronics can easily kill me.

With my button in my sweaty hand, I continued to press it every ten seconds, renewing the music box.

That's when everything went even farther down south.

Mangle tried to get at my brain just as Foxy lunged for me. Launching myself the right, I narrowly avoided both her bite and his hook.

The price was that Mangle had the mask in her mouth, exposing me to everyone else.

So I did what I did last night: I bolted out of the office.

I could see the two Freddies ahead.

As the older one was about to grab me, I ducked underneath his left arm and swerved to my left to narrowly avoid his counterpart.

I was at the main area when I saw both Chicas and the Withered Bonnie. I was about to run off when something snagged my ankles.

Chica had used her wires to stop me while Bonnie picked me up by the back of the shirt with his remaining arm. I couldn't break away.

Toy Chica walked up to me, eyes and beak missing.

"Teehee. You lose, night guard."

The other animatronics began to enter the room as the plastic chicken went for a kitchen knife on one of the tables.

"You don't need that anymore." She said as she knocked the remote out of my hand.

I bent my knees and swung my legs, hitting the animatronic in the side of her head. As she dropped her knife, I felt Bonnie let go of me, letting me fall on my back. I think he was shocked that I did that.

Once again, I let my instincts take over.

I grabbed the knife and cut the wires, freeing my feet. What I didn't expect was Withered Chica's scream.

It was... terrifying. And I've heard that they scream when they catch you. But, I could've sworn that that it was more human than a machine.

I scrambled to my feet and ran to the stage, where once again I trapped myself.

The toys were on either side of the stage while the older ones were in front.

I took a brief glance at the clock. 5:49 am

Eleven minutes left.

And then I realized that I didn't get the remote back. I looked at the floor to see its smashed remains.

That's when I heard a sped up version of 'Pop Goes the Weasel.'

'Damn it.'

I could see the Puppet's human form. It -no, she- was slightly taller than average. She wore a long sleeved black shirt and leggings, with white stripes ending at her knees and elbows. Her skin was pale, her hair was as dark as her clothes, as well as her eyes. The mask on the side of her head had black eyes with purple tears, a wide open mouth, small red lips, and red cheeks.

"You forgot... the music box..."

"DIE!"

She placed her mask over her face, and quickly lunged for me. I felt myself crash to the stage floor, with the Puppet pinning me. I noticed that she was in her animatronic form. Her feet were small stumps and her fingers grew longer. White dots appeared in her mask.

That's when, for some unknown reason, I started to sing.

Her grip on my neck loosened greatly, and she fell to the side. The other animatronics backed away quickly.

As I continued to sing, I felt like a puppet on a string, no pun intended. I started to dance. I was vaguely aware of the fact that Toy Freddy was carrying the now paralyzed puppet back to her box, with BB trailing behind.

All of the older animatronics walked back to their "spawn point," i.e. the supply closet.

I hopped off the stage as my voice began to trail off. Just in time for the bell to ring.

Grabbing the smashed remote from the floor and tossing it in the trash, I grabbed my stuff and returned home.


(Puppet)

'How...? How can that human know that song?'

I was lying on my side, curled up in a ball.

Wait a minute. That night guard is Fabian's sister.

Fabian...


Uh oh. Looks like Fabian did something that angered the Puppet. But what exactly? Find out next time.