It was the day before Thanksgiving. As such, assuming Lizzy would make it through the night as she always did, she wouldn't have any work tomorrow thank god. Going home to her parents where an undoubtedly amazingly tasty turkey with some perfect gravy, and other delectable foods made by her great cook (in Lizzy's opinion) of a mother. She may have had to return to work on the Friday, but it was better than nothing. Plus the date she and Phil had planned for Sunday was another thing that helped her try and get through the week.

She just had to last until six.

A bit of her muse had returned to her at least, so she decided to have some fun again and bought a dog collar and leash that day to put on Fox, and tied the handle of the leash around the curtain bar around Pirate's Cove. She doubted it would actually keep him from leaving and coming for her, but she figured it would demean him to some level.

Once again, Lizzy had stolen Freddy's hat and replaced it with one of the birthday party hats they had stored away in the kitchen for birthdays. Then she put one over his nose. That one had been a bit trickier since the string could only stretch so far. At least when putting one on his head, Lizzy didn't have to use the string. The hat sat perfectly on his head, even if it would possibly fall off once he started moving. She had made an attempt to put one around his crotch area, but the string broke. Since she couldn't glue it on without risking leaving evidence and being fired, and it would be too easy for Freddy to remove himself with no help. So, Lizzy would sadly have to forget about giving Freddy and cone shaped dick.

For Chica, Lizzy had found a lime green blindfold normally used while whacking a piñata and put it around Chica's eyes. It still left the eye holes where her eyes didn't cover visible, and it wasn't quite as clever Lizzy's usually types of ideas. But she was a little hopeful that the blindfold would cause her to bump into many things. Putting one of the big pots from the kitchen over her head, covering Chica's eyes, made Lizzy chuckled a bit. As did the white apron she put on the oversized chicken where she wrote, 'Shave this chicken's lip!'

Lizzy didn't make much of an attempt on Bonnie in all honesty. She felt she may have used up some of her better ideas already. So she just simple slapped on a piece of paper on his chest that said 'I want it bad!' and another on his back that said, 'Hop on into my 'Wonderland'~', with an arrow pointing downwards.

Lizzy honestly had some mixed feelings about her choices for how to mess with them tonight. It wasn't her best work, but it wasn't her worst.

Lizzy flicked through the cameras on the tablet non-stop. No one was on the stage. Foxy was peeking through the Pirate Cove curtains. Balloon Boy couldn't be seen in the game room and was probably in or close to the vents. Then there was the Marionette, but Lizzy just made sure to keep that music box wound up.

"You're not gonna catch me, you bunch of shit bags," Lizzy mumbled to herself as she continued scanning through the cameras. "You may have gotten close a couple times, but Lizzy fucking Parker isn't going to go down easily!" Lizzy gave a shaky chuckle to herself, and rubbed one of her tired eyes. "I'm not going to get stuffed. Oh no, no, no, no, no. Not at all, shitters and fuckers. I'm cool. I'm cool, and I'm the best here! I'm the best!" Lizzy nodded softly to herself.

Noticing the music box was close to its end, she quickly wound it up again and flicked through the cameras once more.

"Where are you dumbasses?" Lizzy mumbled questioningly. "It's Wednesday. I should be quickly switching doors on and off by now. But… Apart from the fox and puppet, you're all hiding. Trying to make me scared by hiding?" Lizzy wondered aloud, then gave a soft snort. "Make me wonder what you're up to? Not entirely scary when you already know that you schweinhund. There's nothing else you can do to catch me off guard anymore. Hehehe… I'm the fucking night guard. I'm supposed to be guarding here. Not fearing for my life. Though, I guess that is what I'm guarding." Lizzy gave another uneasy laugh. She was starting to realise how dry her throat was. She really needed something to drink. She would have brought something with her to drink, but then she would risk having the need to go to the bathroom.

She wasn't risking her neck to piss, and she wasn't pissing in a bottle. Not just because she wanted some dignity intact, but she didn't want to be caught with her pants down doing that. Death would be the only thing to save her from that embarrassment. Something she was extremely keen to avoid here.

There was still a part of her that was anxious though. They were reasonably clever, she couldn't deny that to herself. Some of her words she spoke aloud were spoken for her to boost her confidence. She was still worried, but she couldn't let it show. She wouldn't break down or cave in. That would be giving those things a taste of what they wanted. Her to be broken and defeated.

That was not permitted to be related to Lizzy Parker.

'IT'S ME! IT'S ME! IT'S ME!

"Go away," Lizzy mumbled, blinking her eyes several times rapidly to make the words go away. "Just make it through the night. I don't care how friendly during the day, I'll be glad to make it through the damn night."

A faint rotten smell came to her nose. Lizzy tensed. She looked at the Parts and Services room camera but saw nothing. There was nothing to her left, nor to her right. Lizzy took a deep breath. Through her mouth she wanted to try and forget about the smell.

Lizzy turned around in the swivel chair, and stopped when she faced the vent. Or rather, the thing in slumped in front of the wall and covering the vent.

It looked like Freddy. Although, due to its posture, it was probably meant to be something more like Golden Freddy. But it was far from golden. It was just a shadow. A physical shadow, with white teeth and dots in place of eyes. It was staring right at her. Just… staring.

Lizzy brought a hand to her head as she started to feel a pain in her head creak in. Scowling, Lizzy held the tablet screen in front of her face, but kept her eyes shut as a precaution.

"… You're the Shadow Man, yeah?" Lizzy guessed. There was nothing to indicate a response. Not even a little one. Lizzy waited another moment before she decided to continue on.

"I figured you like to be in that Golden Freddy suit. Or Fredbear as he used to be called. At least from what I've heard. I heard a previous guard spotted a 'Shadow Bonnie' in the last pizzeria. Different shape, but the basic description was similar. I'm guessing you like to change shapes sometimes when you're not looking human-ish or in Goldie?" There was still silence. Lizzy scoffed and turned around so she was facing away from the Shadow Freddy. The music box was starting to wind down again and needed to be wound up once more.

"Not much a talker, are you?" Lizzy mumbled, Lizzy mumbled. Putting the tablet down as her eyes glanced to her bat. Music box first. Then bat. "Don't like talking unless it's some cryptic nonsense then?"

Lizzy reached out to move the crank, only for her arm to be grabbed, and held away from the crank. Her eyes widened and she reached for the crank with her other hand, only for that arm to be grabbed and held back as well.

"What the hell?!"

Lizzy looked at the arms holding her back from the music box crank. The arms of the Shadow Man. Lizzy's eyes widened and she tried to stand up, but the arms tugged her back down and forced her to sit down while keeping her arms away from the crank as the music slowly began to dwindle. The Shadow Man chuckled and held one of her arms out so her fingers were inches away from the crank.

Lizzy gritted her teeth and tried to reach out further, but she either couldn't reach or had her arm pulled back.

'IT'S ME! IT'S ME! IT'S ME!'

"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you!" Lizzy was kicking her feet off the ground, trying to get closer to the desk. But Shadow Man wouldn't allow it. Instead, Lizzy was forced to listen as 'My Grandfather's Clock' slowly reached its end, and reached a moment of silence.

Lizzy stared at the crank, her heart and lungs were close to having panic attacks as she strongly remembered what would happen if the music box wasn't winded up right away. It needed to be, or she would...

'Pop Goes the Weasel' began playing. The Shadow Man hummed halfway through it before Lizzy felt his hands let her go. She turned around sharply, but he was gone.

Why did Lizzy turn her back on him to begin with?! Lizzy snatched up the bat, nearly dropping it in the process. She then grabbed the tablet, to quickly see who was where. But all the cameras were on static. Crap!

"Stupid technology! Advanced my ass." Lizzy dropped the tablet on the table and looked back to the vent. Right now, that was her main priority. If that Marionette tried to come in, she would be sure to strike first.

"Can't stop me. Can't stop me. Can't stop me," Lizzy mumbled to herself repeatedly. Waiting.

And waiting.

Lizzy bent her knees down and hit her bat around inside the vent. But apart from the vent walls, she didn't hit anything else. Unless…

Lizzy's head shot up towards the ceiling as 'Pop Goes the Weasel' was ending, and just ducked and sidestepped out of the way when the Marionette swung down to grab her, as they emitted a loud screech that Lizzy was slowly becoming used to at Freddy's.

She turned around, ready to swing her bat at it. But was startled when she found the Marionette's face right in front of her own. Upside down (but no less terrifying) as he stood on the ceiling like it was the ground floor.

"You shouldn't have stopped winding my music box, darling~. I get quite cranky without music playing," he said in a faux sweet tone. "But don't worry, we'll discuss this later once I-."

"Piss off!" Lizzy snapped, swinging the bat at his head. Unlike other times, she managed to catch him off guard this time and he stumbled back a bit while Lizzy moved back towards the west door.

"That wasn't very nice, dear!" he hissed, gentle swinging himself back and forth as he looked at her, no doubt glaring behind that mask. "You'll find yourself punished for that, love, I promise!"

"Come at me then!" Lizzy spat, an idea in mind. Even if it was a bit of a gamble. The Marionette dropped down onto its feet, before looking back to Lizzy and leaping towards her. Giving another ear piercing shriek. But Lizzy moved back a few steps until she was in the west hall and ducked. As the Marionette flew over her, she rushed back into her office and slammed the door shut. The brief second Lizzy allowed herself to ease was cut short when she heard a loud bang against the door.

"Why did you lock me out? Don't you love me?" she heard from the other side. There was a tinge of sadness in it, but Lizzy ignored it. "Why do you keep hiding from me? I just want us to be together forever. Don't you want that? Or… There's someone else, isn't there!"

BANG!

BANG!

He banged harder on the door as his tone changed from the one tinged with something sad, to and utterly furious one.

"I'LL FIND OUT WHO IT IS, YOU WHORE! YOU'RE MINE! NO ONE ELSES!"

Lizzy couldn't exactly deny to herself that she was a bit freaked out. Not just for her sake, but what if the Marionette tried anything on Phil?

"Oh, I didn't mean to call you that, really," he said, sounding calmer now. "Just open the door so we can be together at last, with nothing stopping us."

Lizzy just turned around to shut the other door. Best to be safe than sorry. Especially with the Marionette officially out now.

"Why won't you answer me? Answer me, Lizbeth. Answer me!"

"Go away!" Lizzy snapped, turning around to look at the window into the dark hall. Bits of white from the Marionette's mask could just about be made out. "I'm not going to be your damn doll, so fuck off Marilyn."

"Oh, but I'll never be far away from you, Lizbeth~. Eheheheh… Just like I know you'll never be far away from me~."

"Damn, creep."

For some of her shift following that small exchange, Lizzy did her best to ignore the Marionette. He would quickly switch from acting violent to acting… 'loving', since that was probably what he thought of it as. Lizzy didn't dare open either of her doors. She knew it was wasting power but since some fucking genius decided to give the Marionette the ability to crawl on ceilings, which meant he would be the hardest to spot out of everyone. Not a thought to make one rest in ease. The cameras were pretty useless now anyway since they all had static only.

She had pressed the back of the swivel chair against the vent and pressed her feet against it as she sat on the floor in front of it, to act like a barrier against BB, and possibly the Marionette.

While there wasn't too much she could do, Lizzy had gone through the drawers of of the desk and after weaving through some junk she found something that may have had some use. A map of the pizzeria. It seemed to focus on potential fire exits. Apparently they had an emergency exist in the men's bathroom. A bit weird but whatever.

At least with the map she could plan possible route to go if it was necessary to. Which she most likely would have to do before the end of the night shift. Lizzy wasn't certain the Parts and Services room would be the best place to go after what happened on Halloween. Whether she would or wouldn't find the Shadow Man there was not guaranteed since he seemed to move around now and then. But Lizzy wanted to leave that place as a last resort to hide.

The bathroom might be a good place. She could hide in one of the stalls and they should be narrow enough to keep those animatronics away from her. The only problem was that Foxy would possibly still be able to reach her, and the Marionette definitely would.

The kitchen could have been a good option as well. Maybe hide in one of the cupboards, if she could find one to fit in. She probably could.

Lizzy picked the tablet off her lap and looked at the power. She was nearly out. Soon the lights would go, the doors would open and Freddy would be singing that opera song that strangely sort of fits her in regards to working in this place.

Lizzy looked back at the map. Freddy was usually at the left door when the power went out, but they've been changing their routines up a bit lately, so that couldn't be guaranteed. Hell, someone else could be at the other door as well. The vent seemed the best place to go through in comparison, but with the Marionette up and about, the vent could lead to her demise as well.

Lizzy checked the power again and saw it was at 1%. No point sitting on the floor anymore. She grabbed her bat and flashlight, and looked to either doorway. Almost as though anticipating for them to just burst the doors down.

Wrrr…

Her breath hitched a moment as the power ran out and darkness cloaked everything. It was amazing she could make out what she could.

It was faint, but the sounds of footsteps were slowly approaching. No doubt Freddy's. It sounded like it was coming from the left, so she just needed to check the east hallway.

Lizzy moved to the right and peered out the doorway.

At the end of the hallway, and moving towards her, was Bonnie.

"Hope you're Freddy for us Lizzy~."

"Oh my sweet, fucking… Christ," Lizzy mumbled as she stepped back. She froze as she heard Freddy's song, and slowly turned around to see Freddy in the other doorway. Staring at her rather peacefully. Lizzy clenched her jaw and slowly stepped to the side, closer to the vent and kicked the swivel chair away. Both doors were out so-

"Hi!"

Lizzy blanched.

"BB, you motherfucker," she said under her breath as BB began to giggle. "Stupid little-."

"AAAAAAA!" Lizzy quickly ducked and moved as Freddy lunged at her, making a movement to grab her. Lizzy ended up hitting into the desk and quickly turned around, just in time to see Bonnie try and grab her.

Lizzy struck her bat out, hitting his hands back and did the same with Freddy when he tried to grab her. As she kept swinging the bat around, Lizzy felt certain that she would have a heart attack from all this stress if she didn't get out of here soon.

Taking up all the courage she had left in her, Lizzy ducked under both animatronics arms and ran out into the east hall. She felt some sweat going down the back of her neck, and also ready to puke up her heart.

Reaching the end of the hall, shetook a sharp right and all but crashed into the kitchen. It had been a rash decision but Lizzy didn't want to be out in the dining room for too long. One advantage Lizzy had over the animatronics (At least, the majority bar Marionette and Foxy. Shadow Man being in an uncertain category at the moment) was that she could run fast while they could only move as fast as their robot limbs would allow them.

But she couldn't dawdle. She had to hide. But where? A few cupboards were probably free since there were a few pots laying on the floor.

Lizzy quickly searched through a couple before finding one she could hide in comfortable. At least, comfortable enough that it would fit her.

Just as Lizzy closed the door, she heard the kitchen door swing open. Lizzy shut her eyes and made sure not to make a sound, even as her hands shuck. She heard metal steps slowly moving around the room. Once or twice, this was joined by a cupboard being open.

And god, they were close to her. So close. If she made a sound now, they would hear her and she would be utterly fucked! Lizzy bit her tongue gently and waited. Waited for them to leave, and for the clock to strike six.

They didn't say anything. They must have known she was here though. Why else would they be here for so long. And so close to her cupboard.

Was… Was Lizzy going to be caught? Was her luck up?

'Ding-dong, ding-dong…'

It wasn't.

Lizzy held a hand over her mouth to keep herself from laughing. She made it. Just like she anticipated. She just had to wait a few more minutes, and then she would get out and grab her things and sleep in for a bit before heading for her parents and delicious Thanksgiving dinner.

It was a couple minutes before Lizzy was satisfied and she pressed against the cupboard door to go out.

But it didn't budge.

"What?" Lizzy frowned and pressed harder. "That can't be right. Do these things automatically lock? I don't think so…"

"Ah-hahaha."

"BB?!" Lizzy slammed her palm against the door. "What did you do, you laughing bastard?!"

"I just put something over the handles!" BB said, before laughing again. "You picked a lame hiding place."

"Well ha-ha, you got a fucking laugh. Now let me out!"

"Nope!" BB said quite cheerfully.

"Excuse me?!" Lizzy questioned, almost digging her nails into the door.

"I'm not letting you out. You're mean!" BB said rather childishly before laughing again. "Ah-hahaha! See you later!"

Lizzy faintly heard BB walk away and leave her trapped. If it had been any other work day, Lizzy wouldn't have been as worried since someone would come eventually and get her out. But since the pizzeria was closed today, she was stuck here. Unless…

Lizzy routed through her pockets, and thanked whatever deity was up above because she had her phone with her, and it had enough bars to make a call. Early as it was, Lizzy could only think of one person who could come here today and rescue her. She just had to hope Phil was still in town, or at least not too far away. She didn't want to bother him, but she didn't have Davidson's home or cell number and Phil was the only other person who would likely have keys to this place.

Lizzy quickly dialled Phil's number

"Come on, please," Lizzy mumbled, tapping her foot impatiently. She almost sighed in relief as she heard the phone call being accepted.

"H-hello…?" Phil's groggy voice asked. "Who is it?"

"Phil, it's Lizzy. I kinda need your help."

"Ar-are you okay?" He sounded a little more awake now, and Lizzy could hear him sitting up in bed.

"Yeah, I… Um, not really I… I'm kinda stuck in one of the kitchen cupboards," Lizzy explained sheepishly. "Think you could help me out? If you're not too busy?"

"… How the heck did that happen?"

"The story's your reward if you rescue me."

Sorry for this chapter being late. I had some internet troubles due to the weather in Ireland. Hopefully this won't happen again too soon.