Chapter Fourteen: "Silence Broken"
"Where is she?" Leo asked, staring at Mangle and Foxy. "Where's my daughter?!"
"I don't know." Mangle said. "We got separated. She might still be down there..."
"But..." Leo blinked. "We flooded R'lyeh... She..." At once, Leo started to furiously snap his fingers. Nothing happened.
"Please tell me she isn't... Dead?!" Snow asked out of fear for her friend's life.
"She... She can't be..." Leo mumbled to himself. "I... I can't host today... I'm sorry..." With that, Leo set the monitor down and walked away, holding back tears. Amanda followed him, also severely distraught.
"Well, who's going to host?" Paul asked, rolling his eyes. "Seriously, why is screen time being cut as soon as I'm introduced? I'm starting to think you guys don't like me!"
"Shut up, Paul." Fredbear growled. "The next in line for host is Roxy, so she will give us what we need."
"Or we could just stop now that the host left." Ras said. "Nobody's left to keep us here."
"I'm here." Roxy said. "And I will take over while they're busy. First, we have quite a few new contestants. Introducing, the Halloween Nightmares!"
From the door emerged five new contestants. One looked like Natane, but was orange and had no eyes. Another looked like Nika, also had no eyes, and held a pumpkin instead of a cupcake. Another looked like BB, yet had sharp teeth, and a much steeper face. One looked like Mangle, yet was somehow in the same repaired condition even though she should have been... Well, mangled. The final Halloween Nightmare looked like Puppet, yet was more like a skeletal mime than anything. A rib cage jutted from the creature's midsection, and those eyes...
"Allow me to introduce my friends and I." The creature said. "I am Narayan. The rabbit is Jack, the chicken Jill, the fox Nalani, and the child Narius."
"Hi!" The vixen of the group said. "My name's Nalani! Don't you like my name? I like it! What are your names? I bet they're all great names like mine! Do you like cake? I love cake! Especially the-"
"Shut up, Nalani!" Jack shouted. "Nobody cares!"
"Just like nobody cares about your sense of fashion, pumpkin face." Narius said in his surprisingly deep voice. "Same for you, Jill."
"Hey! You better watch it, or I'll set Pum on you!" Jill threatened.
"Oh like I should be worried about that pumpkin." Narius said, rolling his eyes.
"That's enough, you four!" Narayan growled, immediately causing the others to shut up. Narayan then gave a bow, and lead the Halloween Nightmares to the corner of the room.
"We've also had to hire a psychiatrist to deal with all of the pressure this show gives us." Roxy announced. "Please welcome Savion with open arms!"
Savion the panda entered the room, getting a roar of applause from all of the contestants.
"Now get to work." Roxy said. "Our host really needs you right now..." Savion nodded, and ran off to find Leo. "Next, we have another guest. Everyone say hello to Hitlerspimp!"
"Yes." Justin said as a skeleton dressed in a fancy suit and bowler hat entered the Pizzeria.
"Who's Hitler?" BB asked, confused.
"Nobody you need to worry about, BB." Chi said, patting the boy. "Just don't talk about him, okay?"
"Okay..." BB said, still confused.
"Oh, you know Hitler?" Nalani asked, crawling up to The Pimp. "I heard he cooked people! I wish I knew him, I love to eat people! People is my third favorite food after mint cakes and tacos! Oh, I wonder how Pedro is doing. Probably being his Spanish self. Anyway, do you think you could arrange a meeting between me and Hitler? I'd really like to see how he prepares people! I usually eat them raw, but I'm no professional chef! In fact, I-"
"Need to shut up." Roxy said to cut the vixen off. "Next, the Death Wheel." Roxy spins the wheel, which lands on Nalani, much to her pleasure. "I think everyone will agree with this."
Roxy turned towards Nalani, who was still smiling. Then, she took Freddy's old microphone, and shoved it down the vixen's throat. As the fox began to choke, everyone watched on in satisfaction as the vixen was finally silenced... That was, until Roxy was unfortunately forced to revive her.
"Next, the Shipping Wheel." Roxy said with slight distaste because of the wheel's previous result. Ultimately, the wheel landed on Fred x Bon, or Toy Fronnie.
"Well, he isn't here so..." Fred said, his ears oddly not turning red. "Guess we'll just have to move on without that."
"What a shame." The Pimp said.
"Guess so." Roxy said. "Now, we move on to our first-"
"What's the first dare?" Nalani asked curiously. "Oh! I hope it's for me! I'd love to be able to do something! I'd especially like it if you let me eat cake! Did I mention I like cake?"
"Nalani, you just got here." Roxy said. "You don't have anything. Anyways, we start our episode off with Fritz. You must... Beat Big Boss at an infiltration mission at the Soviet Mother Base..."
"Fine." Fritz said smugly, already forming a malicious plan in his mind. "Take me there."
With a snap from Roxy's thin fingers, Fritz was transported to the Soviet Mother Base.
The plan did not work. As soon as Big Boss and Fritz were placed on the battlefield, Fritz pretended to slip and fall, hanging above the ocean with only a loose grip on the edge. The plan was to have Big Boss help him up, so that Fritz could push him off, but the man just smiled. Fritz climbed back up as Big Boss ran deeper into the stronghold.
Time for a change of plans.
Fritz followed Big Boss, taking only a second to unsheathe the knife he had hidden on his leg. Big Boss noticed Fritz approach, but did not worry about what the man was doing. After all, he had nearly fallen off the edge already. What did Big Boss have to worry about?
Fritz knelt by Big Boss, and peered around the corner. Soldiers infested the walkways of the base, all holding high-tech machine guns. Big Boss himself was holding a knife and a pistol. Fritz looked down at his knife, and realized he was severely outmatched. So instead of firepower, the former guard needed to bring wit to the table. Maybe find a way to get one of the soldier's weapons.
Fritz didn't even realize Big Boss had moved until he heard the first soldier fall to the ground. Big Boss was quickly and efficiently taking care of all of the enemies in the immediate area. Fritz took this as his chance to set his plan of sabotage in action.
He quickly ran to one of the fresh corpses and picked up a machine gun. He also quickly searched the body for any other useful supplies, namely grenades. Once he had stocked up, Fritz armed a grenade and threw it at Big Boss. The mercenary quickly figured out what was happening, and rolled out of the grenade's blast radius.
Fritz hid behind a crate as Big Boss began firing his pistol in his general direction. Their cover was already blown, so why keep quiet? Fritz decided to take a risk, and got out of his cover. He aimed, and shot. A silence fell over the battlefield. Miraculously, Fritz had shot Big Boss in his arm. His pistol lay a few inches away, but soon it was a few feet away as Fritz kicked it away.
Big Boss tried to stab Fritz with his knife, but the guard caught the blade with his own knife. Fritz disarmed the weakened mercenary, and backed up a little bit, aiming his borrowed machine gun at Big Boss's head.
"The best way to make sure you win," Fritz said, "is to get rid of the competition." With one final shot, Big Boss was no more. A long legacy finally drew to a close. As the soldiers finally arrived at the scene, Fritz Smith was nowhere in sight.
"Nice." The Pimp said.
"Next, Mike must go to sleep." Roxy said, crossing her fingers behind her back.
"For once, something I actually agree with." Mike said, leaving to sleep in the office chair. Once he was gone, Roxy turned to face Bonnie.
"Okay, the real dare is for you to shave Mike's eyebrows." She said, handing Bonnie some shaving cream and a razor.
"Alright." Bonnie said, smirking. He was used to being the comedian, though this was the first time he had ever pulled a prank like this.
Bonnie approached the office carefully, not wanting to alert Mike in case he had yet to fall asleep. The rabbit peered in through the doors, and saw that the guard was indeed asleep. Chuckling softly, Bonnie took some of the shaving cream, and rubbed it on Mike's eyebrows carefully. Once he was finished with that, he took the razor, and carefully shaved off the guard's eyebrows. Once the job was complete, Bonnie couldn't help but to shake the guard awake, and give him a mirror.
"Now you know my pain." The rabbit said. As compensation, Bonnie emptied the bottle of shaving cream onto his paw... And shoved it in Mike's face before running away, laughing hysterically.
"Fuck you." Mike muttered, wiping the shaving cream off of his face. He then readjusted his hair so that his bangs covered where his eyebrows used to be, and went back to sleep.
"Jeremy must now try to drive a car from the back seat." Roxy said. Jeremy nodded, and ran outside to quickly gather some sticks.
Five minutes later, Jeremy had created a contraption out of sticks and duct tape that allowed him to steer, hit the gas, punch the brakes, and turn on some soothing music from the back seat. Jeremy inserted the key into the car, and sat in the back seat. He then began to apply pressure to a series of sticks, that made the car start to move forward. He shook one stick, which turned the car to the right until it had turned around completely. With a few more shakes and pushes, Jeremy successfully did a couple of laps around the Pizzeria, and had parallel parked to boot. All from the back seat.
"Show off..." Fritz muttered as Jeremy was given a standing ovation.
"Next!" Roxy shouted, still clapping and slightly giggling. "Fred must ride a unicycle over a pool of electric eels and piranhas while juggling chainsaws. And to add in a running joke, these eels will constantly tell bad puns."
"Why did the Hipster fall in the lake?" One of the eels asked. "He went ice skating before it was cool."
"So there's this one girl that swears she knows me from the vegan club," Another eel said to one of the piranhas, "but I've never seen herbivore."
"These puns... I can't..." Roxy said, barely containing her laughter. "Anyways, begin."
Fred picked up two chainsaws, and sat on the unicycle, which wobbled around a bit from his weight. He began to pedal, turning the chainsaws on and precariously throwing them in the air and catching them.
"Harry Potter puns..." One of the eels said bitterly. "They can Slytherin to any conversation..."
"Dry erase boards are remarkable." Yet another eel said.
"If Arnold Schwarzenegger were to be a classical composer, he'd be Bach." A last eel said.
"These puns are making it hard to concentrate!" Fred shouted, almost falling off of the unicycle. The bear breathed deeply, and tried to drown out the puns. It was only him, the wire, and the chainsaws. A minute later, Fred successfully made it to the other end of the wire. While most of the room clapped politely, there was one sound that rose above the others, seemingly coming from the entrance. This louder clap was slower than the others, as if it were a mocking clap.
Fred lifted his gaze, and couldn't believe his eyes. Bon stood at the entrance, but he was different. His fur was untidy, all of his makeup was washed off, and he wore an ugly expression that didn't suit him at all. Bon stopped clapping when he met Fred's eyes.
"Good job." The blue rabbit said sarcastically, his ears burning a light pink.
"You're back...?" Fred asked slowly. Bon nodded.
"Yeah, but it's too late, Fred." Bon said. Fred blinked.
"Too late for what?" He asked, confused.
"To get back with me." Bon said. "We're done. For good."
"Who says I even wanted to get back together with you?" Fred growled, feeling heartbroken.
"Oh please, Fred." Bon scoffed. "I saw you playing with one of my spare suits. You've lost your last chance with the real deal." Fred blushed as everyone stared at him, only a few knowing what Bon meant.
"I... I didn't want to break up with you." Fred admitted. "I... I missed you... I wanted to just let what happened slide, but I was scared that if I did, you'd do it again..."
"Whatever." Bon said. "We're over. And I don't want to hear your stupid reasoning. It doesn't make any sense." With that, Bon walked past Fred, pushing the bear out of his way.
"Want to hear a pizza joke?" An eel asked. "It's cheesy."
"Anyways..." Roxy said slowly. "Goldie must now sing "Just Gold" by Mandopony."
"Is singing a requirement in this new season or something?" Goldie asked, irritated. "I hate signing."
"You hate everything." Bonnie said.
"Just get on stage." Roxy said, pushing Goldie onto the stage. She was extremely excited for more songs. Goldie sighed, and began to sing.
"Time for the main attraction.
The story must be told.
Time for a chain reaction.
It never gets old.
Some bots get satisfaction breaking the mold.
Some bots are just distractions.
Some bots are just gold.
I'm not the bad guy, I'm just a bit surprising.
It's not worth losing sleep, it's not worth analyzing.
There was a time, not so long ago at all...
I was just like you...
Can you hear my call?
Now I'm pooping in, over here, over there.
I'll be checking in, but you'll never be aware.
In the beginning I kept a keen eye on the state of affairs with the new guy.
Now I got a new gig, let me know if you dig.
Ain't going home, so I better go big.
Just gotta glance at Cam 2B, then you get a little surprise...
IT'S ME...
You may say that I'm breaking your mind...
In my opinion, you're much too kind...
Time for the main attraction.
The story must be told.
Time for a chain reaction.
It never gets old.
Some bots get satisfaction breaking the mold.
Some bots are just distractions.
Some bots are just gold.
You did a good job, watching those little screens.
It warms my servos and circuits to hear some fresh screams.
But don't get me wrong, you were very brave.
When faced with friendly singing animals, you never caved.
I'm finished training, done explaining.
No more facts are left remaining.
Now you know the gist of it.
You're a perfect fit!
I don't wanna hear no more complaining.
I'm passing down this golden opportunity.
Eternal scrapyard immunity.
Take it with pride, and enjoy the ride!
You'll forever be a part of this community...
You may say that it's all in your mind...
But in the end, I think that you will find...
You are the main attraction.
Your story must be told.
You are a chain reaction.
That never gets old.
Some bots get satisfaction breaking the mold.
Some bots are just distractions.
Some bots are just gold.
You are the main attraction.
Your story must be told.
You are a chain reaction.
That never gets old.
Some bots get satisfaction breaking the mold.
Some bots are just distractions.
Some bots are just gold."
With the song finished, Goldie let the microphone drop to the ground, cutting the applause for him short. He then had Puppet come and help him down from the stage.
"Next..." Roxy said, still recovering from the horrible sound the mic made. "Mike must to the ice bucket challenge."
Mike, who had been awoken once again by the mic, groaned. "What is that?"
Instead of answering with words, Roxy poured a bucket of ice water over Mike's head.
"Now you have to nominate someone else to do it." Roxy said. Mike, shivering badly, turned to one of the cameras.
"I nominate whichever asshole put me up to this!" He screeched, earning many disapproving glares from everyone in the room. "You can go fuck yourself! And your mother! And your father! And then you can go jump off a cliff and-"
Before Mike could continue his rage, Roxy decided to hit him over the head with a frying pan.
"We do not condone any words or actions perpetrated by Mr. Schmidt." She said. "Next, Goldie... Why do you always sit down when you're about to attack?"
"Maybe it's the fact that I can't walk." Goldie said sarcastically. "If you were actually paying attention, the only way I can move around is if I lean on someone's shoulder. Usually, it's Puppet's shoulder."
"Actually, I'm surprised how Puppet's noodle arms can even support you." Justin said. "Seriously, those things are so thin..."
"Chica, did you eat the darer's last slice of pizza?" Roxy asked. Everyone stared at Chica, who burped, not helping her case at all.
"I... Um... May have taken a bite... Or two... Or three..." She said, embarrassed.
"Freddy, what's it like to be an entertainer?" Roxy asked.
"Amazing." Freddy said. "I love seeing the smiles on their faces after singing a song. Unfortunately, because of this show, I haven't been able to do that much anymore..."
"Bonnie, what's it like being a rock star?" Roxy asked. "And can you give any tips?"
"Rock star?" Bonnie asked. "I wish. I'm only in the Pizzeria, kids. It'd be cool to be a rock star, though. My only tip is to practice when you're alone. There won't be anyone to hear your mistakes, so it'll relieve some of the stress."
"And finally, Chi..." Roxy said. "Where do you leave your beak when you go to scare Jeremy or Fritz?"
"Well, I usually leave it on the stage." Chi explained. "Easier to leave it there so I don't have to search the building for it."
"Well, that concludes today's episode." Roxy said. "We'll see you tomorrow! Don't forget to leave a few-"
Suddenly, Roxy was interrupted by the sound of the Pizzeria door opening. Everyone turns, and stares in disbelief. Standing in the doorway, wearing a flowing white gown was...
"Hello, everyone." Noel said, smiling fondly. "I'm sorry I'm late. I heard you've done six episodes without me."
"Wait..." Roxy said slowly. "Six episodes... That's when you first got here... But if that wasn't you, then who...?" Noel titled her head, confused.
"I'm sorry, but I wasn't here." She said. "I'm afraid you have me mistaken with someone else."
"Spook." Said The Pimp.