Chapter 14: The hunt for the music box
Somewhere, in an unknown location, Shadow Freddy was looking at the sky as he heard an energy teleport behind him.
-"Ah. I see that you have returned." Shadow Freddy exclaimed as he noticed Shadow Bonnie behind him.
-"Hello, brother. Tell me, anything important happened during my absence?" Shadow Bonnie asked and the shadow bear smirked.
-"Toy Freddy broke free of your sorcery. And the other three nightmares we created were destroyed by him." Shadow Freddy informed and Shadow Bonnie frowned at this.
-"So…the little toy bear was strong enough after all. Very well, are the rumors true?" Shadow Bonnie asked and his brother nodded.
-"Apparently, Fredbear has found seven of ten pieces of the Puppet's music box. If the thunder bear and his forces find the remaining three…then the Puppet will return with no doubt." Shadow Freddy said and the dark rabbit growled.
-"We must not allow the forces of light to summon the Puppet back into the mortal realm! We will send our armies to stop them." Shadow Freddy assured but Shadow Bonnie merely chuckled.
-"If our forces fail, I have a plan to destroy them and the remains of the music box." Shadow Bonnie said and then he laughed manically.
Meanwhile, on the safehouse. Nightmare Freddy was still grieving over Arch-Light's demise. He wanted to save her, to convince her to leave vengeance aside…but after all his efforts, he was forced to kill the only friend he had when he was turned into a Nightmare. Then, the door of the back room was opened and Fred noticed Toy Chica standing there.
-"Fred…" Toy Chica whispered but she couldn't continue. Nightmare Freddy smirked weakly and patted to the empty space next to him on the box he was sitting in. She nodded and sat next to him, then they stayed quiet for a few minutes before Toy Chica broke the silence.
-"Toy Freddy…I know you're not in your best moment, but I have to know. What happened between you and Arch-Light?" Toy Chica asked and Nightmare Freddy looked at her, as much as he did not wanted to remember the past. He owned this to her so he complied.
-"When I was introduce to my Nightmare team. Arch-Light seemed to have taken a special interest in me…at the time, I was distant with everyone. The anger, the pain, the suffering…those are not the virtues to start a friendship. Either way, while Lockjaw and razor treated me like garbage, not that I would care anyway, Arch-Light was the only one of them who showed kindness and compassion towards me. But over the passing days, I discovered that she developed a crush on me…and, as much as I wouldn't have to let her down on it, I did. I could not betray my loyalty towards you." Nightmare Freddy said and Toy Chica smiled, but her smile faded in a matter of seconds as her face showed a sad expression and she looked at the ground.
-"She was right, though." Toy Chica said and Nightmare Freddy looked at her questionable.
-"About what?" Nightmare Freddy asked and the female chicken beside him sighed.
-"We took you for granted for a long time, Fred. I…we never cared for you in the past…I hope you can forgive us, we don't deserve a friend like you." Toy Chica said but the bear held her hand with his own.
-"Sweetheart, there's nothing to worry about. I have forgiven all of you a long time ago. But my pain and misery back then didn't let me express it." Nightmare Freddy said and Toy Chica simply smiled and hugged him. Then Bonnie told them to go to the main room, for Fredbear was about to start a meeting.
When everyone gathered in the main room. Fredbear addressed to them. Probably it would be a mission so everyone got ready with a fighting variation. Freddy had an ice mask that covered his mouth, he called this his Unbreakable variation. Bonnie had his hands and bowtie covered with green energy, he called this his Mystic variation. Chica had her sharp fans glow in blue light, she called this her Royal Storm Variation. Foxy had formed a watery fist where his hook usually is, he called this his Tsunami Fist variation. Toy Bonnie had his hands wrapped in white bandages and he had brass knuckles with "BON" engraved on them, he called this his Fistcuffs variation. Toy Chica's eyes changed to her endoskeleton eyes, her arms had strange red marks and her cupcake was attached to her right shoulder. Also she had her arms and legs surrounded with pink energy, she called this her Ethereal variation. Mangle had many robotic insects flying around her body and the stingers of her back became black with red tips, she called this her Swarm Queen variation. Finally, Nightmare Freddy was not using his ninja swords, his arms had took a fiery aura color and many ashes were coming out of them, he called this his Hellfire variation.
-"Everyone listen. I have discovered the items we need to assemble the Puppet's music box and summon him…"Fredbear informed and everyone was joyed of hearing those news.
-"Nevertheless, I only found seven of ten pieces. And one of them is badly damaged...so we need to find the missing three pieces we need and the replacement for the fourth one as well." Fredbear explained and everyone nodded.
-"How are we going to find them?" Bonnie asked and Fredbear ignited his lightning in the room, it created a lighting screen and it showed a map of the world.
-"I have been looking for possible places where to look and I found four sites where we could find what we need. I will stay here and assemble the best I can of the box…and I'll send all of you to retrieve the missing pieces. You'll be divided in groups of two: Freddy and Mangle, you will head to Tokyo to find the first piece. Toy Bonnie and Chica, you will go to Tangaroa Island to retrieve the second piece. Bonnie and Toy Chica, you'll find the third piece in Cairo. And finally…Nightmare Freddy and Foxy, you go to Transylvania and find the replacement of the final piece." Fredbear ordered and everyone nodded in agreement. Then, the thunder bear used his powers to create four electric portals to which the four teams passed through. Once they were gone, he started to assemble the box and the parts he could.
Meanwhile, on Tokyo, Freddy and Mangle arrived at a warehouse that contained many supply boxes with different destinations.
-"How are we gonna find it?" Mangle asked and Freddy started to look around.
-"To make our search easier, let's check only the boxes that are destined to the US. We might be able to find it…" Freddy said as he and Mangle started to open up all the crates they could find.
Meanwhile, Toy Bonnie and Chica arrived at the Tangaroa Island. Apparently, a delivery crate from a flight to the US had somehow fell off the plane and landed in an unexplored part of the island. So they just needed to locate that crate.
-"Well, we only have to find a box full of stuff. Let's go." Toy Bonnie said and Chica followed him. During their walk, Chica was looking at the sky for several minutes.
-"Something on your mind?" Toy Bonnie commented, snapping the chicken out of her thoughts.
-"Oh, nothing. It's just that this place is quite lovely. I hope we all can come here sometime…you know, it's good to know that finally Freddy and Nightmare Freddy are getting along." Chica commented but Toy Bonnie narrowed his eyes.
-"They don't." Toy Bonnie said and Chica stopped her tracks to look at Toy Bonnie.
-"What do you mean?" Chica asked and Bon sighed.
-"I wanted to believe the same as you, but they don't get along. I mean, they're on the same side and all…but friends? They'll never be. Both are just too proud to become friends. Also we could look at it in this way: Freddy's powers is ice based and Nightmare Freddy's are hellfire based, it's no surprise they would not be friends…they're just allies who respect each other most of the time being." Toy Bonnie explained and Chica was surprised at what the toy rabbit just said.
-"Oh…I see." Chica said as she and Toy Bonnie kept walking.
Meanwhile on Cairo, Bonnie and Toy Chica had arrived at one of the ancient pyramids of the desert. Apparently, just like on Tangaroa Island, a delivery crate was abandoned near the pyramid.
-"It should be below these rubbles. I'll handle it." Bonnie said and he used his powers to remove the rubble that was blocking the crate they were looking for, while Bonnie was removing the rubbles, Toy Chica was keeping an eye out for any problems…somehow she could feel something was completely wrong.
Meanwhile, on Transylvania, Nightmare Freddy and Foxy had found an old and abandoned warehouse where they would be able to find the replacement they need, apparently it was a steel cog for the box.
-"We better get going." Nightmare Freddy said as he burned the locked door down, Foxy entered the warehouse first and then he started to look for the replacement they needed.
-"Oy, Fred. Listen, lad…I'm sorry for everything. It was because of what I did that ye got captured. I'm sorry…" Foxy said, pleading for forgiveness. If he wasn't so drunk on energy and had kissed Toy Chica that night, maybe Toy Freddy would've not been turned into Nightmare Freddy. Before the fox could say more, Nightmare Freddy placed a hand on his shoulder.
-"Hey. Don't worry, Foxy. That's in the past…and I forgive you." Nightmare Freddy said and Foxy nodded. Then they continued to keep searching for the special cog they needed. When they kept searching, the ground started to shake. Then, many undead skeletons started to emerge.
-"No wonder these place is known for creepy things." Nightmare Freddy said as he raised his hand up and a few of those skeletons got burned down to ashes. And then Foxy created a medium size tidal wave and smashed the skeletons against a wall. But more kept emerging from the ground.
Meanwhile, on Tangaroa Island, Bon found a crate that its destination was meant to go to the USA. He opened it, and he found lots of stuff but not what he was looking for.
-"I can't find it." Toy Bonnie said and Chica took a look at the crate. There were many things like pillows, blankets, cables but she managed to find a music box lever in a small tool box.
-"I got it. Now we just have to-" Chica said until Toy Bonnie pushed her away and slammed his fist against an undead skeleton that was trying to sneak behind her and attack her.
Chica got up and she saw a huge berserker skeleton trying to get to her but she tackled him and she took out her fans and stabbed them on the skeleton's forehead and jaw, successfully slicing the skull in two.
Then she noticed another group of undead creatures rushing at her but she waved the fans in her arms and made them fly away and fall into the ocean. Another berserker undead skeleton emerged from the ground and charged at Toy Bonnie, but before the undead creature could get its hands on the toy rabbit. Bon made split and with his brass knuckles he punched the skeleton where the nuts are for a male. The skeleton was paralyzed and Bon punched its skull away with an upper cut.
Meanwhile on Cairo, Bonnie and Toy Chica have already been ambushed by another group of undead skeletons. Bonnie was lifting three of these creatures up with his telekinetic powers and Toy Chica was using her energy filled Sais to make more damage to the berserker skeletons that were trying to attack her. But many more kept emerging from the ground.
On Tokyo, Freddy and Mangle have already been ambushed by the undead army, they were being surrounded so they took the piece of the music box they needed and started to retreat. That was, until a massive demon like beast appeared before them. They could not fight the beast and the undead at the same time so Mangle's insect wings emerged from her back and she carried Freddy up to the sky to buy some time.
Back on the safehouse, Fredbear could sense the danger his colleagues were on, so he stopped his assembly of the box and opened four thunder screens to see the battle, he saw how his friends were being attacked by the shadows' army. This was a fight they could not win. So the golden bear closed his eyes and used all of his energy to bring the rest of the animatronics back to the safehouse. When they were inside, he collapsed on the ground, weakened. Fredbear may have gained god-like powers during his training on Dreamrealm, but transporting eight beings into one place took a lot of energy.
-"Hey, we made it!" Bonnie said and then everyone looked at Fredbear in the floor.
-"Fredbear!" Foxy and Mangle exclaimed as they rushed to help their friend back on his feet. Chica rushed to his side as well to check on him.
-"I'm alright, I just used too much energy." Fredbear said and Chica examined his arms and torso.
-"Yes, you did. You must rest for now, otherwise your servos will lock up. Don't worry, I'll help you finish the box later. After all, we all got the pieces." Chica said and then Fredbear looked at everyone, and notice the four pieces remaining for the music box. The golden bear nodded and sat on top of a supply box to rest. Then, Nightmare Freddy approached him.
-"Thanks for getting us out of there." Nightmare Freddy said and Fredbear nodded.
-"It was my pleasure, old friend. But it looked like the undead army has progressed on its durability." Fredbear commented and his nightmarish friend narrowed his eyes.
-"Yes, the undead skeletons were stronger this time. You think Shadow Freddy has gained more power?" Nightmare Freddy asked and Fredbear rubbed his chin.
-"The newly strength of the undead means that Shadow Freddy has not gained more power…but there's someone else helping him." Fredbear explained and Nightmare Freddy understood.
-"But who is the one helping Shadow Freddy?" Nightmare Freddy asked.
-"I AM THE ONE YOU SEEK!"
Everyone turned behind their backs and saw Shadow Bonnie standing there, smirking evilly.
-"Shadow Bonnie!" Toy Chica exclaimed as she took out her Sais.
-"That is correct, my dear" Shadow Bonnie said as Nightmare Freddy glared at him with so much anger.
-"What are you doing here?!" Nightmare Freddy demanded but the shadow chuckled.
-"Good to see you, old friend." Shadow Bonnie mocked and Nightmare Freddy's fist had burst in flames.
-"I AM NO FRIEND OF YOURS! NOW ANWSER!" Nightmare Freddy demanded and Shadow Bonnie laughed.
-"You see…my brother and I needed to make sure that the Puppet will never be brought back to the mortal realm, so that our plans may proceed. When I took noticed that you and your friends tried to collect the pieces to assemble his box and bring him back. I could not allow that to happen. But…in case my forces would fail, I knew I could find the place where all the pieces were guarded. And I did it through your own eyes, my friend." Shadow Bonnie explained shocking Fred. Since the dark rabbit had created Nightmare Freddy, he could see through his eyes. Therefore, he knew where the pieces where being kept. Shadow Bonnie used the situation to his own advantage.
-"You've done my bidding well, Nightmare Freddy. But now, I must return you to the Underworld." Shadow Bonnie said as his hand started to glow in purple energy. Then, Nightmare Freddy started to disappear. His entire body became transparent in a slowing rate, and everyone started to worry sick.
-"Fred!" Toy Chica exclaimed but she, alongside the others, were attacked by the dark rabbit's purple lightning.
-"Once you're gone, I will eliminate your friends and destroy the box…and I will start with the toy chicken." Shadow Bonnie mocked as Nightmare Freddy growled. He was about to disappear but he had a last minute idea.
-"NEVER!" Nightmare Freddy yelled as he dashed at Shadow Bonnie and grabbed him before he disappeared.
Then, both Nightmare Freddy and Shadow Bonnie were transported to the Underworld.
-"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Shadow Bonnie screamed as he and Nightmare Freddy had found themselves in the Underworld.
Meanwhile, back on the safehouse, everyone saw what just happened.
-"They're…gone." Freddy said.
-"Yes. Shadow Bonnie intended to send Fred into the 5th plane of the Underworld, a place very difficult to escape…and which such intent may be impossible." Fredbear explained and Toy Chica had a look of worriness on her face.
-"We have to help him." Toy Chica exclaimed and Fredbear nodded.
-"And we will with the Puppet's help. But he won't have much problem against Shadow Bonnie in there…The depths of the Underworld drain the powers of shadows like Shadow Bonnie and augment the strength of wraiths, like Fred." Fredbear explained.
Meanwhile, in the Underworld, Shadow Bonnie tried to attack Fred. But his powers have been drained. And as for Nightmare Freddy, he felt his strength rising so he glared at the shadow, who have been able to notice what was happening. Then Nightmare Freddy chuckled as his hands started to create hellfire.
-"Welcome to hell." Nightmare Freddy growled at his new prey, vengeance was within his reach.
To be continued…