FireCacodemon: Welcome back to another chapter of Hunting a Contractor, Hunted by Animatronics.
Misaki: Darker Than Black belongs to Tensai Okamura.
Foxy: Five Nights at Freddy's belongs to Scott Cawthon.
FireCacodemon: I actually changed the rating from an M down to a T rating, because I had a plan...but then when I went over it again before writing this chapter...I didn't like it and none of you readers would probably like it either so I scrapped it. Might write it as an alternative ending but even that might not be done.
Chapter 9:
Night 4
Mike waited outside the restaurant for Misaki to turn up; she was the reason that they were still alive. The two of them made a good team against the animatronics and this BK-201 character wasn't doing much to them so he wasn't a threat either, she said she would be more worried about the animatronics now that BK-201 looked like they had gained their trust. They would be worse this night and there wasn't much they could do about it. Mike wasn't allowed to leave the room and with the way Foxy was, things could only go much, much worse. Mike looked down at his watch; he hadn't been sleeping well since he took up this job but during the nights, he felt more...active. Who wouldn't when you had constant nightmares about the night work, Freddy and his friends stuffing him into a Freddy Fazbear suit and feeling his body fusing with the animatronic suit...the sound of an evil laughter filling the air and the screams of children...the same nightmare when he slept. Looking back at the building, the murders...He froze as the masked man came into view through the glass. The white mask turned to him, the painted smile, the purple lightning bolt and the black eyes. Didn't he leave like himself and Misaki leave? Why stay in the building? He looked intimidating enough to scare everyone away during the day and leave the building then. Why stay?
Hei watched Mike, he looked pale and needed sleep, and the animatronics were going to play with him and Misaki again tonight. He wanted to tell Mike that he should just leave and not come for the night and take Misaki away, let him be the 'security guard' for the night but he wasn't going to do anything. Golden Freddy was already walking around, actively seeking for Hei to stuff back into his suit. Hei heard footsteps heading towards him, too early to be another animatronic so it was the other clean-up crew here. The kids had decided to throw the pizza everywhere so it was a fun night for the clean-up crew. Hei saw the blue car that Misaki drove and tore his attention from the oncoming sound and fled, the lights were still on for the clean-up crew but he was still easy to lose.
"Having a good night, Mike?" Misaki's voice came up behind Mike, making him jump slightly as he turned around to see her.
"Oh, just...met your friend in there...he left..." Mike said. Misaki only knew too well that BK-201 had been called her 'friend' when they were near each other.
"Let's just go in before midnight, wouldn't want to be caught outside the office when they wake up and leave the stage," Misaki said as she watched Mike push the door open and walked inside, since the clean-up crew were still inside the doors were unlocked, they both walked through the corridors of the building and headed towards the office. They saw the clean-up crew through the cameras but five minutes before midnight, they all packed up and left. They switched off the main generator for the building, letting the back-up generator kick in, the tablet screen darkened as the power level appears in the bottom left of the screen and the time flickered to life at the top right side of the tablet screen. The lights either went off or started to flicker with the back-up generator powering them.
"Phone...?" Mike spoke quietly before the phone started to ring; Mike smiled and went to check on the animatronic characters. All were still on the st- the visuals on the tablet cut out as a awkward glitch-type audio started to play for a second, the visuals came back showing that both Bonnie and Chica had moved off the stage. Freddy didn't move but the phone went to the answering machine.
"Hello, hello? Hey! Hey, wow, day 4. I knew you could do it." The call had started but both Mike and Misaki could tell that the phone guy was nervous. Nervous about what though? "Uh, hey, listen, I may not be around to send you a message tomorrow..." The sound of the door being knocked on made both Mike and Misaki to jump. He sounded like he was in trouble. The knocking reminded Mike to check Pirate Cove; Foxy was already peeking out from behind the curtain. They were in serious threat; Bonnie and Chica were already on their way to the two of them. "It's-It's been a bad night here for me."
"He's really not sounding confident...Mike?" She looked over to the panicking guard. "Mike, what's wrong?"
"Bonnie...Chica...and Foxy are already active, Freddy has yet to move." Mike struggled to put his fear under control; just the sight of the three animatronics already a threat was pushing Mike more to insanity than anything else.
"Um, I-I'm kinda glad that I recorded my messages for you..." The sound of the phone guy clearing his throat put them on edge more. Mike frantically keeping an eye on the monitor, Misaki took the monitor away from him to stop the power drain and switched it off. "Un, when I did. Uh, hey, do me a favour," Bonnie appeared in the doorway which Misaki slammed the door button down. Mike checked the right light to see that Chica wasn't there. Misaki quickly checked on Foxy and Freddy. Foxy was ready to sprint down the corridor, Freddy had turned his attention towards the camera. The sound of Foxy banging on the door was played through the phone.
"He's not going to make it..." Mike acknowledged. Misaki nodded as she put the tablet down.
"Maybe sometimes, uh, you could check inside those suits in the back room?" More banging came from the recorded message. "I'm gonna to try to hold out until comes checks. Maybe it won't be so bad." Once more, banging was heard from the door, heavy footsteps moved away from the door, Misaki checked to see that Bonnie had left the clutter of pots and pans could be heard from the kitchen. A very low, slowed down laugh echoed through the corridors. Freddy was on the move. Mike grabbed the tablet and checked on Foxy. He was gone with the sign saying: 'IT'S ME'.
"Slam that door down!" Mike yelled at Misaki, seeing the fear in his eyes she had the idea that Foxy was running.
"Uh, I-I-I-I always wondered what was in all those empty heads back there." A new sound was introduced, a music box version of Toreador March started to play. "You know..." The sound of a quiet, raspy, groan-like noise could be heard. Mike and Misaki paled, they weren't sure what it had meant but they could tell that it wasn't going to be good. "Oh, no," it wasn't clear if the phone guy had said anything else before a very low pitched scream blasted out the answering machine. The scream had echoed around the building, alerting the other animatronics in the building. The phone was then hung up.
Hunting a Contractor, Hunted by Animatronics – Chapter 9: Night 4
Hei had heard the whole phone call as well as Mike's panic on the aggressive animatronics. They were already following the advice he gave Foxy the previous night. Of course that meant that he needed to do something about the power. Mike was wasting too much power already by frantically skipping through the different cameras; Bonnie appeared at the door to drain some power before leaving. Chica had left the kitchen and was dangerously close to the two of them. Hei looked beside him to see the music box he found and kept...it held some sort of importance and he knew it. He wasn't even sure why he picked it up and took it with him. Hei removed the mask off his face and placed it beside him, fingering the ceiling tiles, he found a loose one and lifted it up, the scent of fear shot up into the ceiling but Hei brushed it off and took his coat off, covering the whole with the bullet proof coat, he picked up the music box next to him and started to crank it. He made sure to turn it slowly in a hope of calming down Mike and Misaki enough for them to start thinking logically. If possible, he would prefer not to use his power. The soft melody of Pop goes the Weasel started to fill the ceiling along with the office down below.
"Come on Misaki, think like a contractor for a bit and think rationally. You've got four...five animatronics walking around the building to catch you and stuff you inside the Freddy Fazbear suits. Limited power and a night guard who's risking his own sanity for money. You're down to 75% power." Hei whispered while cranking the music box up, letting the music try and calm down his...companions below. It wasn't long before Hei heard the sound of the door shutting and not so long after, the sound of banging. Foxy decided to pay them a visit and sapped some power off them. From 75% power down to 70%, they weren't going to make it. 1am had only just rolled over.
"Mike...can you hear that?" Misaki's voice was heard from the room below. She could hear the music box Hei was playing.
"Sounds...like..." Mike started before he looked at the tablet once more, draining more power. "CHECK THE LIGHT!" He screamed, Misaki checked the light to see Bonnie there and slammed the door. Mike checked the other light and saw that Chica moved from the window to sneak into the office but slammed the door before she could. Mike sounded like he was going to have a panic attack. Getting attacked by animatronics wasn't good for anyone's mental health and the weak were only going to get killed. Hei knew that the weak were better off dead...his contractor mind had told him that but he couldn't let anyone die when he could do something to stop them.
"Sounds like pop goes the weasel..." Misaki said after both doors were closed. "It's still playing now...a soft melody."
"To calm us down...I think?" Mike questioned. Hei continued to crank the music box, waiting for Mike to calm down while listening to pop goes the weasel.
Hunting a Contractor, Hunted by Animatronics – Chapter 9: Night 4
Golden Freddy wandered around the pizzeria, a plan formulating in the bear's mind as he passed Bonnie down the corridor. The purple bunny was busy focusing on getting the two night guards. Golden Freddy didn't care much; he wanted that special endoskeleton which was running around the building. He caused the trigger of the animatronics to be more aggressive towards the guards. Something he enjoyed to see happen. Walking down the corridors, he didn't care if the camera caught him. He wasn't interested in killing the guards, his eyeless sockets were set on the electrical fuelling endoskeleton to find. The endoskeleton was somewhere in the building and he was going to find him.
"What are you doing here?" Golden Freddy turned his attention towards Freddy's glowing eyes at the door to the next hallway on his journey. A smile formed on Freddy's face. "Did you lose your new...friend?"
A growl came out from Golden Freddy's costume, Freddy had hit the mark and he knew it. "That endoskeleton won't get away for long, I'm hunting him down and when I get my paws on him again, I'll be making sure that he doesn't escape again!" Golden Freddy yelled. Freddy shook his head and walked into the next room, a haunting laugh came out from Freddy. Freddy smiled to himself, the laugh was perfect and the timing was great. Once in CAM 7, he hid in the female restroom doorway. It would intimidate the guard that he's closer instead of waiting in the male restroom doorway. It wasn't because of any other reason.
Hunting a Contractor, Hunted by Animatronics – Chapter 9: Night 4
It was 3am, Chica was happily camping at the door along with Bonnie, the power was dangerously low but the music box still played. Misaki and Mike couldn't help but feel calm while the gentle music played in the room. Chica and Bonnie seemed to enjoy it as Bonnie started to camp for longer. Mike had noted that Foxy couldn't run while Bonnie was at the door, some sort of defence from Foxy while Bonnie was there...but if Foxy did come, then Foxy will be draining 26% of the power if he knocked on the door.
"We're not going to survive the night..." Mike said, sounded defeated. Sure the music had helped the two of them keep calm but the animatronics were far too aggressive. Freddy gave out another laugh as he moved room. The jingle of his music box started to play as he was in the kitchen, Toreador March played in the kitchen. Mike checked the lights to see that Chica had now left the door, letting them gain a little power back. Misaki checked Bonnie and he had gone too...leaving Foxy an opening to come and run. Pop goes the weasel stopped playing, bringing the cold sense of reality to Mike and Misaki, they weren't going to get out of this alive. Both of them were going to be stuffed into suits and that was going to be the end. Misaki felt her body turn cold; the feeling of failure was very high. Not just a failure as a police member but the simple fact that BK-201 was going to escape and she wouldn't be able to chase him.
"No...And BK-201 will escape..." Misaki sighed. She really wanted to be the one to catch BK-201 but it looked like the desire was pointless.
"You said he does electricity...?"
"Yes?"
"Then maybe he could show mercy...just once and restore our power..."
"BK-201 wouldn't do that. It wouldn't be rational to give us more power...it'll be better for him if we were dead. Then he could escape and still remain free...instead of me hunting him down desperate to catch him." Misaki checked the light for Bonnie.
"Foxy's coming," Mike said blankly. Misaki nodded and pushed the door button. This would be the last amount of power drained away. The power would be drained away from them by the banging of Foxy, the pirate fox. "And the music has stopped playing..." Foxy was running.
Hunting a Contractor, Hunted by Animatronics – Chapter 9: Night 4
Hei scampered through the ceiling, he headed towards the generator. There was going to be no way that he was going to let the animatronics take away his opponent, Misaki. Mike...well he's just lucky Misaki's there or he would be in trouble too. He stopped above the kitchen and heard Freddy's music box before he continued. The generator wasn't too far away and he needed to get there now if he had any chance of saving them. Kicking down the tile nearby, he hopped down into the room and landed near the generator. Placing his hands on the generator, he activated his contractor power. Synchrotron radiation radiated off him as his cells switched on, sending the electrical current he created into the generator, giving it more power. Freddy and his friends could do their very best but as long as he was active and alive, they weren't going to get their paws on Misaki and Mike.
"Sorry Foxy, not tonight."
Hunting a Contractor, Hunted by Animatronics – Chapter 9: Night 4
Misaki had confiscated the tablet from Mike seeing as he had given up hope, something that Misaki was yet to do. Mike knew that Foxy was going to get them both to kill them. The fox animatronic was probably running down the corridor to greet them. Misaki had the door shut so that Foxy didn't get in so easily. She looked down at the power percentage, already down at 3%; she should have just left the door open for an easier death. It had only just turned four in the morning so they both knew that they weren't going to live if they did run out of power. If the tablet showed 5am, then they would have had some hope...but at four? That was pushing it.
"What's the power?" Mike asked Misaki. She looked down at the power to see the number change from 3% to 4%...5%...6%...7%.
"The...power percentage is increasing," Misaki said with hope in her voice. Mike sat up in his chair and looked confused. The power levels were increasing? "BK-201, why are you doing this?"
"I don't care why; he's bringing up our power. We're back in the game!" Mike couldn't hide his excitement. The power level started off slow but slowly it started recharging quicker. Misaki couldn't help but show the confused look on her face. Why would BK-201 do this? He wouldn't gain anything from saving her and Mike, the animatronics were better off having them in their paws. She watched as the power returned back to them, dropped by 26% by Foxy banging on the door but BK-201 charged the generator back up again without any problems.
"I don't think that we should take this lightly, who knows when BK-201 will stop providing us power?" Mike nodded; she knew that she had to actually thank BK-201 if she ever saw him again. She knew that they were going to meet again, it was something that she was going to hate but it was right to thank someone who had saved their lives from the animatronics. Of course he probably set them on to be more aggressive in the first place. No, she couldn't think like that, she was grateful that BK-201 was charging.
"I won't get cocky," Mike said as he looked through the cameras to see that Freddy was near enough just outside the door, standing in CAM 4A's darkness. A pair of glowing eyes was only visible on the other end of the corridor; Freddy lurked in the darkness where he was more active. Flicking to Pirate Cove, Foxy was behind the curtain, Chica was back in the Dining area and Bonnie was in CAM 2B, his head was twitching the longer Mike looked at the animatronic bunny, you could say that Bonnie was mad at him for living this long.
Once Freddy was in CAM 4B, before Mike pulled up the tablet to look at the cameras he closed the right door to prevent the bear from getting inside the office. Misaki mainly kept her ears open for Bonnie or Foxy's desperate sprint down the corridor to get to the office. With the new power level and BK-201 helping, the night no longer proved to be a threat.
Hunting a Contractor, Hunted by Animatronics – Chapter 9: Night 4
Freddy felt the clock reaching close to six, giving up his hunt for the night; he moved to return back to the show stage, Chica met up with him on the way back, both were disappointed from the fact that the night guards were still alive but at least the power is still on meaning that the pizzas were going to be okay for the day shift in the morning. Freddy thought back to Golden Freddy and his little temper tantrum. The endoskeleton which Golden Freddy was actively seeking for was a slippery one. Escaping from the suit that was Golden Freddy was something that no other endoskeleton has been able to do anything like that. Normally when an endoskeleton was stuffed into a suit, they always failed to keep their power levels and were tossed out the following morning. Chica walked next to Freddy holding her cupcake once more, the cupcake was still watching Mike and Misaki in the office, the soft melody of pop goes the weasel started playing again, echoing out the cupcake as Chica and Freddy's heavy footsteps.
"I heard that song in there before..." Chica spoke softly.
"Pop goes the weasel? It is what the Marionette played when he came for the night guard," Freddy reminded Chica, she nodded.
"We scared the night guards back then too...even though we weren't in the condition we are now."
"We were only used as spare parts, originally from Fredbear's Family Diner." Freddy thought back about the memory on working as a fresh animatronic, brand new from the Fazbear Company. "They couldn't keep us away." Chica gave out a mechanical laugh.
"That's true!" She laughed. Walking into the dining room, they both saw Bonnie walking in too.
"How did the night go for you two?" Bonnie asked happily.
"We've had better," Freddy admitted, remembering the amount of endoskeletons put back into their costume.
All three of the climbed on stage and returned back to their original positions. 6am struck causing their servos to lock up while recharging.
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