'I have to get out of here!'

Sounds of laughter and screaming echoed all around her. Jessica ran up the long flight of stairs tirelessly, her adrenaline not giving up. Her legs were already stiff from the running, and she had not even reached the top of the staircase. Her heart was pounding so hard that the only things she heard were the sounds of her blood pumping, and the relentless laughter that echoed around her.

She finally reached the top. Jessica found herself standing before a closed door. 'I don't remember closing this.' She sighed, not having any time to question why it was open. She turned the knob of the door and pulled it toward her. Her blood turned to ice as she looked out the door—

There was an animatronic standing outside the door. The animatronic wore sharp claws and teeth, and it seemed to be a creature of terror. It looked like Freddy, but with purple paint scattered about and a sleek design. Just the sight of the thing made her head spin. She realized she would need to fight her way past the animatronic in order to escape. She backed away a few feet, and using all the energy she could muster, she kicked the animatronic hard in the stomach area. The animatronic was pushed back to the side, and Jessica used this short time to brush past the animatronic and exit into the main hallway.

The main hallway was dark. The only lights were the red flashing lights that were attached to the walls. The sound of a siren going off echoed throughout the halls, not too loud to drown out other sounds though. Jessica turned around and slammed the door shut behind her, and she made a sharp left. She ran down the hall, ignoring the red blaring lights. She moved past piles of boxes and equipment lying around, being careful to not trip on them. She reached the end of the hallway, finding herself standing before a door labeled "Baby's Rentals."

'Baby's Rentals?' she thought to herself, unsure of what it meant. She decided to ignore it, and she opened the door. Beyond the door there was a large cylinder-shaped object with black windows spread around. She moved past it, realizing it was the elevator. She stood in front of the elevator and she pressed the button to open the door. After ten seconds, the door opened, but she jumped back in shock as she realized there was something in the elevator.

There were two animatronics, both of which had a similar designs: one was a large metallic fox which was covered in white glossy paint. It bore teeth that were rather sharp but not too sharp, similar to Foxy from Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. It wore a large speaker in the center of its chest, and a large orange stripe spanned from the bottom of the body to the top, finishing up with a purple bowtie. The animatronic's snout was also painted in orange, having purple painted lips and cheeks. The animatronic had no eyes and instead had large black holes in place of them, with two glowing spheres in the centers of them. The other animatronic was very similar, but the orange and purple had been replaced with all-around pink. The animatronic had definite eyes which were colored in yellow, and it had a hook that was rather sharp.

Jessica raised an eyebrow, puzzled by the fact that the animatronics did not try to attack her yet. 'Maybe they don't see me?' she thought to herself. She took a step closer to the elevator, but she froze as the animatronics opened their jaws, poised to bite. 'It's too late,' she thought as she anticipated an attack. The orange-painted fox came first, swinging an arm at Jessica. She crouched down to avoid getting struck, and the orange-painted fox's arm slammed into the elevator control panel. Jessica's heart stopped as she realized what had happened, and she was completely filled with fear and dread. Of course, she didn't have time to plot an escape route, she had to run away from the animatronics as quickly as possible.

Jessica dashed out of the elevator carriage. As the orange-painted fox animatronic removed their fist from the elevator control panel, Jessica was now staring down at a large vent. The vent was certainly large enough for her to enter, and as she recalled the size of the two animatronics that she had just encountered, she realized they too could fit inside. It was as if the vent was meant to be crawled into, but Jessica didn't have time to ponder that. She bent down and crawled into the vent. She turned around, watching with fear as the two fox animatronics approached the vent. She looked forward again, seeing where the vent ended.

As she reached the halfway mark of the vent, a deep feminine voice echoed something: "Motion trigger: entryway vent." Jessica's blood froze as her anxiety reached tenfold, but she ignored it. She knew by now that William Afton knew where she was, but that didn't matter to her. Her goal was to run, not hide. The sound of something stomping on a metal surface echoed behind her. Jessica turned her head around and saw the silhouette of a fox-shaped animatronic crawling through the vent. She turned forward and crawled faster, wanting to reach the end of the vent as quickly as possible.

Eventually she reached the end of the vent. She crawled out of the vent and studied her surroundings. She was in a small room which was illuminated with dim yellow lights. There were screens on the ceiling and forward walls, and there was a large fan ahead of her. Below the fan, there was a vent large enough to crawl into, and there were glass panels on the left and right sides of the room. There were vents below the glass panels, and two drawers were lined up against the forward wall.

Jessica was unsure of where to go. She could go either left, right, or forward. She sighed and attempted to look out both windows, but everything beyond the glass was too dark to see. She looked down and noticed a panel attached to both walls, with a blue button on the top marked with a sun-shaped symbol, and a red button on the bottom marked with a lightning bolt symbol. She looked to the right and pressed the blue button, and a flash of light followed in that room. She pressed the button again and held it down. Now, she could see outside of this 'control room.' The floor was covered in black and white tiles and the walls had a similar checkered pattern, encased with red stripes on both sides. There was a large stage in the corner but it was unoccupied.

A feminine voice echoed from behind her. "Motion trigger: entryway vent." Jessica realized she was low on time, but for now she had to figure out a way to escape this facility. She ran over to one of the drawers and opened it. Inside there were various blueprints for certain things, such as animatronics and other devices. She took the blueprints for the animatronics, hoping to be able to exploit a weakness, and she also took what appeared to be a floor plan for the facility. 'Just what I was looking for,' she thought to herself as she had a little victory moment. She turned around and looked at the vent, and she watched in absolute fear as the orange-painted fox animatronic from before crawled out from the vent. The animatronic stood up and moved to the side, allowing the other pink-painted fox animatronic to crawl out too.

Jessica turned around and ran toward the vent to her right. She bent down and crawled inside, narrowly avoiding the attacks from the animatronic behind her. She crawled out just as quickly, looking around but realizing she couldn't see; the room she was standing in had no lights at all. 'Hopefully the animatronics can't see in the dark,' she thought to herself. She watched as an animatronic crawled out of the control room vent, but she was still. The animatronic looked around as if it couldn't see, and it seemed that Jessica's theory had been confirmed. Jessica sat down on the floor and waited for the animatronics to leave, but they never did.

"You cannot hide forever," William Afton's voice echoed around her, presumably from a sort of loudspeaker. Jessica bolted up in attempt to run, but it was too late. The room lit up in bright white, and to Jessica's horror, the pink-painted fox animatronic bolted toward her. She tried to run away from it and get out of the way, but it was too late. The animatronic struck her down with intense force, and to her it felt as if she was hit by a car. She fell down and rolled over. She looked up at her attacker, who was standing over her like a vulture waiting for its prey to die. The animatronic lifted up a leg as if it were about to stomp on her, and Jessica finally found the energy to stand up at that moment. She jolted up and broke into a sprint, making a sharp turn to the left as she ran into yet another room. She slammed the metal door shut behind her, and she locked the door. She was in some sort of office room, with monitors scattered atop of the desk. There was a plush of Fredbear as she remembered it, but where there was supposed to be eyes was replaced with black holes. There were two doors and a vent, with buttons that could control whether they remained open or closed. She closed the doors, and she sighed as she placed the blueprints down on the desk.

'I'm safe... for now.'

The rings of a phone echoed throughout Jessica's house. John stood up and ran toward the phone. He picked it up and checked the caller ID: it was Clay Burke. He pressed the talk button and answered it, expecting the worst.

"Hello?" John spoke into the phone nervously.

"John, you have to bring Charlie and Marla now. Circus Baby's Pizza," Clay frantically said. His voice seemed to carry a sense of urgency, but of course the message itself was urgent. Clay was in a hurry.

"Why though? What's wrong?" John said, taking a note of Clay's mental state.

"Carlton was captured," Clay finally said. That was all he said, and it took awhile for John to take it all in.

"Circus Baby caught him?" John asked.

"Yes," Clay said. "I heard it all on his walkie-talkie. She chased him down to some sort of underground facility, and then the walkie-talkie was destroyed. I heard some sort of fight go on before that though."

"Alright, I'm coming over as quickly as I can," John said as he hung up the phone. He then turned around to face the others who were sitting down. They seemed to be semi-aware of the situation, but the looks on their faces indicated they did not know much.

"Charlie, Marla, Carlton was captured," John said.

Their eyes widened in unison, but Charlie was the first one to respond. "What are we going to do?" she asked in a clear state of shock. She stood up from the couch, and so did Marla.

"We are going to Circus Baby's Pizza, which was where Carlton was at when he was captured. Clay has a few weapons in his car that we are going to use to bust inside," John said. "We don't have any time to waste, so we need to go now."

"Alright," Marla said. "What should we bring?"

John crossed his arms. "You aren't bringing anything. We don't have time for that." John turned around and walked out the door, gesturing the others to follow. Charlie and Marla walked out of the door, and John locked the door shut. The sun was now fully in the sky, lighting up the entire apartment complex.

"Just so you know, it's my car so I'm driving," Marla said. John sighed and nodded. She walked to her car and got in. John took the passenger seat, and Charlie sat in the back. They belted in and Marla backed out of the parking lot.

"Do you know where Circus Baby's is?" John asked as he looked out the window.

"I'm sorry but I don't," Marla said. She sighed and looked down at the wheel.

"Then maybe it's best if I drive," John said.