Ch 11

Fear to Regret

Kyle opened the door to his truck and climbed into the drivers seat. He had just gotten out of the auto shop. The mechanics reattached the wires that hooked up the car's ignition. Kyle would have to wait till next week for them to fix his radio.

He stopped by a restaurant to get a quick dinner. Afterwards he decided to go by the hospital to check on Dan.

"Hey buddy, how you feeling?" Kyle asked. Dan shrugged.

"Somewhere between hit by a baseball bat or a car," he laughed tiredly.

"Are you going to be okay here?"

"Well, the hospital treated me for internal bleeding, tetanus and a broken arm... I think in my case that I'm just peachy. At any rate, they want to release me tomorrow."

"At least they didn't injure your sense of humor," Kyle joked. Dan sighed.

"What did they want?"

"They... wanted the name of the first guard," Kyle answered.

"Wow, do all your employees have bad luck?"

"Ha! See you later, Schmitt."

"Where are we going?" Balloon Girl asked.

"Are we there yet?" Balloon Boy laughed.

"Can I die yet?" Chica muttered. The marionette groaned. They were almost there according to Toy Freddy.

"Listen my backseat complainers," the puppet said. "We are going to get our revenge, and this time on the correct person."

"Yippee!" The Balloon kids cheered." The Mangle peered through the window from the roof. She didn't like the idea and just wanted to go home.

"We're here," Toy Freddy spoke as his eyes went from jet black to his normal blue. They were parked in a small neighborhood, in front of an old house. There was a moving truck in the drive way.

"Why does he have such a big car?" Toy Bonnie asked. The others shrugged. One by one they crept from the van. The puppet pulled open a window and brought them all inside.

About 50 years ago

A child wept outside the Fazbear Family Dinner. He peered into the small one-roomed building. There were kids inside, with games and decorations. And with them was one lone animatronic, passing out cake. Its movements were stiff and slow but still a wonder to see. The only doors inside led to the bathrooms and the back room. The adults were out and the owners had left to run errands. It was a small place. Only one robot, but it was popular with the kids.

The child outside wished to get in and join his friends. His parents hadn't paid for his admission yet, so he was kept from joining the party. He kept crying as a car pulled up behind him. A man stepped out... at least the kid thought it was a man. It was a purple Freddy, almost like the one inside. It wore a small gold badge on its chest that read: "Laugh Ranger"

"Well, why are you so sad?" The bear asked. The crying child wiped his eyes.

"They won't let me in without my parents telling them it's okay."

"Well, that's no problem!" The bear cheered. "I can let you in, but in return I get to show you something." The boy nodded and followed the purple bear into the back room. Inside old decorations and presents were strewn carelessly about. The bear opened a gigantic box that had an old puppet in it. The boy lifted it out of the box. The puppet was big but not at all heavy. It had blue painted eyes and a nice smile. Its cheeks were painted a rosy red. But those were the only features on its face. The child laughed in delight. However, as he turned to leave, the bear grabbed his arm. As the child turned around, the bear removed its purple suit revealing a uniformed man. His badge read: Night watch.

The boy tried to scream but was still too choked up from his tears. The man wrapped his hands around the kid's throat and slowly squeezed the life from him. The guard took the boy's body, stuffed it into the present, and threw the puppet over him.

Deep in thought, Foxy sat on the stage of the pizzeria.

"What are you thinking about, Foxy?" Chica asked quietly.

"The day we died"

About 25 years ago

Five children ran through the rooms, laughing and playing. They were in a great little place called Fazbear Family Diner. The place had so many rooms and games, and the stage had four animatronics. Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy. The kids thought they looked a little scary but were having way too much fun to be afraid. They played hide and seek and ate pizza and cake. The five of them had never had so much fun.

"Are you having a blast?" One of the animatronics asked. The kids turned and saw a strange Freddy. It was colored with gold paint and had a few spots of purple peeking through. The paint job looked rushed and its movements were smoother than the others.

"Yeah, we're having fun!" The kids laughed. The bear clapped his hands.

"Do you want some cake?" it asked happily. The kids cheered as the bear led them to large and nearly empty room.

"Where's the cake, mister?" one of the kids asked. They were in a room where the spare suits were kept.

The discolored Freddy removed his suit to revel an old man with a uniform. He had a rusty badge that none of the kids could read. The man locked the doors and killed the five kids. With the blaring music of the restaurant, no one could hear their screams.

The man left long before nightfall. The children's bodies were left there. In the back of the room a box opened and a thin animatronic stepped out. Its face was pale and its eyes were black. Its cheeks were a pale and faded red. From its eyes streamed purple tear-like streaks. It gathered the bodies and began to stuff them one by one into the spare suits. The last kid it stuffed went into the gold painted suit.

"We'll get him one day... I promise."

The marionette and the others slunk through the darkened house. Toy Bonnie picked up a photo on the shelves.

"It's him," he hissed. The Endo's eyes flashed an angry gold as it hid behind a couch. The man was working in the kitchen, packing stuff into boxes. The puppet lunged forward and tackled him. The dim kitchen lights illuminated the man's face. It was a young twenty or thirty something man with brown hair. The marionette pulled away in surprise.

"You're not Alex... Where is Alex Stevens!" The robot yelled.

"I'm Alex Stevens!" the man cried out in surprise. The puppet looked long and hard at the man's face, a face he did not recognize. The toys raced into the kitchen. The second they saw the prone man, they rushed him. The endo and puppet stared as the toys raised the man off the ground and shook him violently.

"You killed us!" Toy Freddy screamed in anger. The Balloon Kids punched at the man's ankles. The marionette and endo exchanged glances. They didn't recognize him. They looked back as the man kicked Toy Freddy away and grabbed a knife.

"I knew I'd go crazy from this!" the man croaked. "But I still don't care!" The man lunged at Toy Bonnie and began to stab him repeatedly. The endo rushed forward and tried to pull him off Bonnie, but was smacked away. The metal skeleton dropped to the ground and the puppet watched as its eye turned a dark gold.

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" the man screamed as he began attacking the Balloon Kids. A gold hand pulled him away from them. The man turned and was met the empty eyes of a golden Freddy suit. The man dropped the knife and began to back away.

"No, no, no! Get away from me!" The man sobbed. His crying slowly faded to laughter. His eyes snapped open with a crazed look. Alex lunged at the golden bear and began to claw at it. The gold paint peeled off in places revealing the old purple paint job. The puppet backed away as the endos eyes began to crack and turn a sickly purple. The gold abruptly cascaded off the suit like fine dust and the dark moldy purple suit emerged. It had a gold painted badge in purple text that read: "Laugh Ranger." The puppet screamed and fled through the window and ran off into the night. The others were not far behind.