Last hint for this chapter (There won't be anymore since the story is close to being over): Time for the game
Warnings: Song Lyrics here. It just adds a certain Fnaf vibe I think. :)
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Phantom groans as he sits up, opening his eyes and still finding darkness. He panicks for a moment before realizing he is back in the storage room of the attraction. He quickly phases out with a hand on his head, feeling woozy from getting up so fast.
"Phantom are you okay?!" Sam exclaims running up to him, "we were looking for you everywhere! Danny passed out, then we heard you scream-"
"Sam! He's awake!" Mikey yells from the office. Phantom rushes past Sam before she can even answer, running into the security room where Danny is laid out on the floor, the others surrounding him with worry etched on their faces as the raven groans and sits up. Phantom goes over, practically doing an electric slide on his knees before grabbing Danny up and hugging him, just needing to know that he was alright after the experience he'd had.
"Phantom?" Danny asks, instinctively returning the hug and running his hand over the ghost's back, "I'm okay. A little shook up, but okay."
"I saw you die," Danny's hand still for a moment before continuing it's movement, "I saw you, a six year old boy with a horrible life who saw a horrible thing, get killed for something he couldn't help. I saw you kill," Danny's hand gathers a handful of the back of Phantom's vest at this, his grip tight, "and I felt what you felt, that he deserved it. I feltproud."
Phantom pulls back, gazing into sky blue eyes that are wide in surprise.
"I'm not supposed to be proud of that, a ghost killing a living being...much less a child ghost, but..." He sighs and rests his forehead against the raven's, "I'm just glad that you're okay."
Danny smiles softly, "think I can't handle myself now?" He asks, his expression turning impishly, he honestly can't help but take a jab at that. Phantom matches that smile, adding a chuckle to it,
"It appears you can handle yourself, Golden Wraith."
The sweet moment continues for a minute more, before it was cut off by the phone ringing.
*clack*
"Uh, hello? Hello, hello! Uh, this is just to inform all employees, that due to budget restrictions, the previously mentioned safe rooms, are being sealed at most locations; including this one. Work crews will be here most of the day today, constructing a false wall over the old door bay. Nothing is being taken out before hand, so if you left anything inside, then it's your own fault. Management also requests, that this room not be mentioned to family, friends or insurance representative. Thanks again, and remember to smile. You are the face of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza."
*clack*
"Guess it's time." Sam says, face set in determination. The others nod as Phantom helps Danny to his feet.
"It's time to remind Springtrap who's afraid of who..." Lucy adds, appearing in the room with a slightly unhinged smile. Instead of being worried or desturbed about that, the teenagers match it, eyes glowing softly in different colors: Sam's purple, Tucker's magenta, Mikey gold, Wes a light blue, Lucy's a bright white and finally Danny, his eyes turning black as pitch as he grinned, Phantom coming up beside him with his own eyes glowing their trademark toxic green.
"Let the 'game' begin..."
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Springtrap slides through the shadows of the horror attraction, his movements more fluid than an animatronic should be. He knows the others hadn't left the building, he seen them moving around and he heard the scream of pain. However because of this blasted curse he isn't able to move from his spot in the dark corner until midnight, even when the child that used to inhabit his favorite animatronic is so close. That would change tonight though, he has more than enough energy from the guilt and terror of the props. That little bitch couldn't control him anymore and that loathsome child's voice couldn't fuck with his programming anymore. He would destroy them tonight and make sure they stayed dead.
He hides in a corner behind the Bonnie prop, staring up into the camera for a few minutes before making his way down the hall into the office. He looks into the window before his eyes widen slightly in surprise when he sees no one is at the desk. He had seen a shadow flicker on the wall though, so he knows someone had to be there. That said, he is off-put when he realizes he hasn't heard the child's voice once tonight and was able to get here with no trouble.
He clomps to the doorway and leaned in. Finding that the room remains empty, he goes inside. He looks at the security cameras and again is taken aback when on the mock stage in the dining room, there stands three people. They are standing perfectly still as statues would, with the girl holding an old guitar, the dark skinned boy holding a cupcake plushie and the tallest boy holding an old microphone.
A sense of deja vu comes over him and Springtrap suddenly has the urge to check pirates cove, which is ridiculous because the attraction doesn't have a pirates cove.
A deep laugh rings through the building and the Toreadors March begins playing on the speakers, guitar music following along with a strange upbeat rythme.
We're waiting every night to finally roam and invite,New comers to play with us,For many years we've been all alone.
Springtrap watches as the three teens began twitching, their eyes flicking open revealing very familiar iris'. Danny takes that moment to cast his illusion, watching invisably and barely holding back a snicker as Springtrap looks down at himself in shock and dawning horror.
We're forced to be still and play the same songs we've known since that day,An imposter took our life away,Now we're stuck here to decay!
Springtrap is no longer Springtrap. He is now William Afton, who took the night guard job until they found a replacement. He is no longer in a hazardess horror attraction, but is once again the the old restaurant. He looks up and sees the animatronics on stage: Freddy, Bonnie and Chica as they stare into the camera with black reflective eyes and white pupils; off to the side is the familiar purple curtain of pirates cove. He also sees the old box from the prize counter, but how could that be? She was locked away at that time!
Please let us get in!Don't lock us away!We're not like what you're thinking!We're poor little souls,Who have lost all control,And have been forced here to take that role!
Springtrap looks to his left and there's Bonnie at the doorway. He pushes the button and the door slams down. He looks to the right and Chica is there as well so he shut that door too. He looks at the camera and Freddy is staring back at him through it. He flicks the camera and there's Foxy peeking out of the curtain with a look of pure hatred in his gold eyes and immediately Afton changes the camera.
We've been all alone,Stuck in our little zone,Since 1987!Join us be our friend,Or just be stuck and defend,After all you've only got Five Nights At Freddy's!
Danny snickers as he watches Springtrap flounder around, slamming on imaginary buttons and flicking through the camera images haphazardly, not even realizing that the video feed had gone out a few minutes ago. Danny makes sure to keep the air flowing so he won't loose his concentration from lack of oxygen, but otherwise the others are preforming their act beautifully.
"We're really quite surprisedWe get to see you another night~You should have looked for another jobYou should have said to this place 'good bye!'~"
Micheal then finds himself in the first Freddy Fazbears restaurant, crazily checking the vents, flashing the light on Foxy, and pulling on the Freddy head when he has to all while checking the cameras.
As Danny steadily observes him, Springtrap accidentally flips his mask up and Danny gags at the skinless head that is forever frozen in terror, almost losing the illusion but shaking it off as he focuses again. Springtrap doesn't seem to notice the temporary shift and for that Danny is grateful.
"It's like there's so much more,Maybe you've been to this place before?~We remember a face like yours,You seem acquainted with those doors...~"
Springtrap finally find himself in his old home, where it all started and now it is Danny's time to shine. Springtrap seems disoriented from no longer being in front of a camera and instead finds himself in front of his old desk signing paperwork. As the other song ends, a new song begins, a music box lilt that sounds awfully familiar and sends a chill through the killer.
Ding dong,I know you can hear me,Open up the door...~I only wanna play a little...~Ding dong,You can't keep me waiting...It's already too late...~For you to try to run away...~"
William looks around his office warily before looking at the, thankfully, closed widow behind him. Two shining white eyes gazed back at him, making his hair stand on end and a wide, white grin appeard before both disappear all together.
I see you through the window...Our~ eyes are locked together...~I~ can sense your horror...~Though~ I'd like to see it closer..."
Springtrap jumps up and locks the door to his office, sighing in relief that Fredbear can't get in. He hears heavy footsteps scratching on the other side and slowly backs away. To Danny and anyone else who might be watching, it looks like Springtrap is backing away from the desk, only to bump into the filing cabinet behind him and make him jump an impressive two feet into the air, blood and mucus coming out of the thing's mouth as it tried to scream.
Ding dong,Here I come to find you...Hurry up and run...~Let's play a little game and have fun...Ding dong,Where is it you've gone to?Do you think you've won?~Our game of hide and seek has just begun!~"
Danny quickly sidsteps as Springtrap runs out of the office and down the hall, 'just like a classic horror movie victim,' Danny thinks, his grin becoming more sardonic in quality, 'though, from what I remember, the house didn't have a door there so I guess it makes sense.'
"I~ hear your footsteps...Thumping~ loudly through the hallways...~I~ can hear your sharp breaths...~You're~ not very good at hiding...~Just wait, you can't hide from me! (I'm coming~)"
The last line of the verse plays three more times as Danny steadily follows Springtrap from room to room. He lets the others be seen in there animatronic form, giving Springtrap even more of a scare and making everyone's morbid humor rise at seeing their murderer actually suffering for once. Phantom, invisible of course, begins knocking on the walls everytime Springtrap turns around, making the zombie twist and turn in terror.
They corner Springtrap at the hallway of camera ten. Now with no where to go Springtrap turns and backs up against the wall. Every one somewhat recoils when they finally get a look at what is under the animatronic's mask but don't back down; they are simply enjoying their game to much.
"Ding dong,We have found you...Ding dong,You were hiding here...Now you're it...~Ding dong,We finally found you here...Now you're it...~Looks like we have won...~Now you're it...~Ding dong,Pay the consequence...~~~~"
Danny drops the illusion and they all stand watching as the the animatronic huddles in the corner. Danny walks up to Springtrap and feeling his own sense of deja vu, says in an odd english sounding lilt:
"What wrong daddy? Aren't you happy to see us?"
Springtrap lets out a terrified hiss as he lashes out at the teen. The Springtrap's hand only goes through him however without Damage and Springtrap lets out another hiss as he shoves himself back as far as he can go against the wall.
Danny watches this pathetic excuse for a creature flounder about and he suddenly feels something other than anger, something that never connected to his killer before; he feels pity. This thing doesn't seem so terrifying anymore. The man that he and the others used to hate and be afraid of was, in a way, long gone.
He gets a new idea and leans in as close as he can stand, his nose wrinkling from the smell of decay...but that's what all of them, sans Phantom, use to smell like right? "Where. Is. My suit?"
Springtrap shakily points in the direction of the main room and Danny nods, standing into his full hight, "everyone, please stay here and make sure he doesn't go anywhere; Lucy, Phantom, come with me."
The two ghosts follow him to the main room. Once they get there, Danny turns to Phantom and asks, "you found it didn't you? It's why I got my memories back, right?" Phantom nod.
"Where is it?"
Phantom walks over to the secret wall and pushes the panel he'd discovered, stepping aside for the others to go in and keeping silent all the while. Danny walks in and lights the area a bit with his ecto energy.
There it is, slumped in the same position as it always was, and Danny feels a sense of coming home. He kneels down in front of it and rests his hand on the foot, smiling nostalgically at it.
"I never did tell you how it came to this, did I?" He says sounding forlorn. Lucy and Phantom shake their heads, though Danny doesn't bother to look behind him to see it.
"My father, Michael Afton, was the Co Owner of Fredbear's Family Diner," He began, "I was too young at the time to know what he exactly did for the place, but I knew we always lived pretty good. Nothing fancy, but it was pretty good at the time...
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Everthing revealed next chapter. This story is coming to a close soon. It was a long ride (well for me anyway) and I thank everyone for taking the time to read this. Even the ghost readers (you know who you are)! I hope everyone has a great Day/Night, and I'll see you all next week!
~Sorceress
