Chapter 8

The Last Night

Issei runs straight into the office, jumps into his chair, and mentally prepares himself for the last night, thinking to himself, "Okay Issei, you can do this! Just this last night, and you get both the box of boobies, and all the time in the world to figure out the mystery of what's been happening."

But then, the answering machine starts beeping again. Issei immediately becomes confused; his mentor has died recently... who could have left a message for him this time? Issei clicks 'play' as the last four times, but this time, the person who left the message had a deep, robotic voice, speaking incomprehensible words that could only be death threats! After the phone call, things are already getting crazy: Bonnie and Chica are already coming down the hallways, Foxy is just starting to exit Pirate's Cove, and Freddy's walking through the dining area, trying to catch up with the others. But then, one by one, the cameras showing the animatronics start to fill with static, and they disappear when they come back on - not like, they move so quickly like before, but rather, they actually disappear from the building - leaving Issei confused and scared as to what's happening. All of the sudden, a new animatronic appears in the dining hall; it looked like some sort of zombie rabbit, with half an ear missing, more holes in its costume than Foxy, and seemingly dead eyes, but the worse part about this animatronic had what looked like flesh part of its semi-obscure endoskeleton.

The monstrous robot was looking straight into the camera. He then proceeds to point at Issei through the camera, and then motion his finger to say, "Come here."

If I was a betting man, I'd say it was Issei's obsession with solving all the mysteries, but it was a pleasure to finally see him physically. As soon as I saw him, I could tell that he was nervous to meet me, but was trying not to show it; it was probably because of my honestly unpleasant appearance.

With my voice ever so slightly muffled by the mask, I say, "Well, well, well, if it isn't Issei Hyoudou. Let me just say that I'm glad to finally meet you in person."

"W-Who, or what, are you?!" Issei asks.

But before anything else could happen, Ddraig steps in, and says, "Partner! That's him! That's Afton! I can sense it!"

"Ah! And you must be Ddraig, the Red Dragon Emperor." Says Afton, "I've heard a lot about the both of you!"

"You're William Afton?!" Asks Issei.

"Correct."

"What in the heck happened to you?!"

Without hesitation, I go on to tell them my story:

I remember it like it was yesterday; the year was 1983, and Henry and I had two family-friendly restaurant chains that were becoming popular faster than we ever dreamed: Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and Fredbear's Family Diner. We couldn't believe that two people who just shared a dream of entertaining people could become so rich and famous off of it, but all that slowly started being taken away from me that year.

It was my son Chris' birthday, and he was spending it with his friends and family at Fredbear's. Unlike most of the kids who celebrated their own birthday there, he never interacted with the animatronics, even going as far as trying to act as if they weren't there; I never knew why he did this, but he did seem very hesitant when he his friends would try to get him to come closer to the stage, even crying if he got too close. I still wish I discovered his reasons.

Next thing I knew, Chris' older brother, Terrence, and his friends started to make fun of him for whatever reason; one thing I'll never forget was hearing Terrence cussing to Chris, and I was just about to walk up to him and teach that young man such a lesson, when one of the three friends he had there said, "Wow, your brother's kind of a baby, isn't he?"

"Yeah, it's hilarious." Terrance said, still looking at Chris with a big smile on his face, "Why don't we help him get a closer look? He'll love it!"

Terrence picked up Chris, and as he begged them not to do what they were about to, said, "Come on guys, let's give the little man a lift. He wants to get up close and personal!"

I never knew why Terrance treated Chris like this, but I've seen him do so long enough to have a good guess what he was going to do, but I followed the group just to be sure, as well as there to stop them.

Terrance dashed to the main stage with the animatronics known as 'Fredbear' and 'Springbonnie' on stage, as Chris continued to cry, and beg Terrance to put him down.

"No! I don't want to go!" Chris said in an intense panic.

"You heard the little man! He wants to get even closer!" Terrance said while laughing maliciously.

I then saw them about to put Chris too close to Fredbear than people were allowed to get, and I started shouting, "Hey! Terrance! Move back, young man!"

Terrance didn't listen to me, he just scoffed and said, "Don't listen to that party pooper! He doesn't know how to have fun!"

"Terrance! You get yourself and your brother away from the stage, or I'm taking away your TV for a month!"

That was when Henry came to me and said, "Will! What's going on?!"

"Henry!" I said, "I need your help here, my idiotic son's about to do something drastic!"

"Hey guys!" Terrance said, "I think the little man said that he wants to give Fredbear a big kiss!"

Terrance and his friends grabbed one of his arms and legs, and positioned him to look like they were going to toss him into Fredbear. Henry and I both knew what was going to happen when they let him go, starting to run as they started counting. But when we got close enough to stop them, it was too late; Chris was thrown head-first into Fredbear's mouth, and his tears moistened the locks for the jaw, making them come down, and destroyed his head. In the blink of an eye, his shattered skull spattered tons of brain chunks, blood, and other stuff.

Henry was rightfully upset; it seemed like everything was lost, and our dreams were shattered... but it's not, and they weren't.

I will never forget being in the hospital, I looming over Chris' corpse, and saying, "You are broken, I will put you back together."

You see, this happening to Chris was a mistake, but not the deed itself; for the longest time, I've been secretly trapping children, and using them to create new kinds of animatronics, new kinds of personalities, and much more! But this time, if I was going to bring Chris back as I promised, I was going to need to perform new kinds of experiments.

Later that year, I made a fake identity as 'Dave Miller', got a job as a security guard at Freddy's, then ripped the wires out of a Freddy suit. Luckily for me, back then, the animatronics were able to move around and interact with people during the day, so nobody raised an eyebrow at the site of Freddy interacting with children. I then lured 5 kids into the backroom, killing them, and stuffing them in the suits, creating what I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner: the very first human animatronics! I, to this day, have no idea how Henry found out, but he then took me to court.

I remember telling him my motivations, but all he said was, "There's never any justification for murder William, much less that of children! I'm sorry buddy, but we've been doing this to too many unsuspecting children for too long, and justice needs to be served."

I never took Henry for the traitorous type, but it didn't matter. I always have been able to cover my tracks, and was acquitted because none of the bodies were ever found. However, I knew that unless I somehow managed to disappear, Henry was going to continue blocking me in my quest to resurrect Chris, so I made a facility under my house, only coming out incognito. Henry eventually adopted Terrence after my disappearance; that scoundrel I used to think of as my son doesn't even deserve that kind of affection, but once again, it doesn't matter. The only thing on my mind was getting Chris back. Chris was nice, Chris was helpful, cheerful, innocent, he was everything Terrence wasn't. He didn't deserve to die, and that's why I vowed to bring him back at all cost.

A couple years later, I heard about the way Freddy's was evolving as a restaurant chain, and decided to sneak into one of the newer locations. When I went there and collected information, I learned that another animatronic known as 'the Puppet' - possessed by one of my earlier victims, as wells as blessed with supernatural powers – gave the children from 1983 the ability to control the animatronics at night. I also discovered that the children has held a grudge against me ever since that day, when I took their lives so Chris could have his back; I once attempted to confront the Puppet so I can try to explain myself, but it didn't even hear me out, rather it just alerted the others, and needless to say, they all hate me for what I did for the sake of either accomplishing my dream of being successful, or bringing back Chris, so they tried to stuff me in one of those suits, as I did them, but I managed to escape their bloodthirsty clutches.

After this, I couldn't help but harbor the same kind of hate they have for me. The Puppet and the children are just like Henry, they're never willing to see my side, and think that maybe I'm in the right. All I ever wanted to do was entertain the masses, make a living while doing it, and more recently, bring back the only child I can truly call my own, and in my mind, those ends certainly justify my means. Being chased away by the spirits, as well being betrayed by Henry twice taught me a valuable lesson: No matter how other people behave, you can only truly count on is yourself.

Later, more incidents happened at Freddy's, including the animatronic known as 'Foxy' biting a child in the frontal lobe. All these instances started piling on each other, to the point where several locations started closing each month, with only 1 remaining: the one where I murdered those kids. I went to this last location in the middle of the night, hoping to get a look into these robots, I lead them away from each other, destroying all of their robotic bodies, one, by, one. But then, just as I thought I'd be able to look through the robots and find clues as to how the Puppet gave them life in these technological shells, I accidently freed them, giving them the ability to take me head-on.

I ran into the back room, finding a springlock suit from Fredbear's. In case you don't know, a springlock suit is what we called a specific type of suit that doubled as both an animatronic and a suit. I noticed that this specific one was in suit mode, I quickly figured that if I climbed inside, I'd be protected. It was a wild guess, but I needed to act fast, so I put it on, with the spirits entering into the room as I finished putting the suit on. I then looked at them, and all they did was stand still, helpless in trying to hurt me now. I laughed, as I relished in the fact that I finally found a way to protect myself from them, and even mocked those kids. But in my premature celebration, I quickly remembered why these things are called 'springlock suits': the mechanic parts holding the parts together were springlocks, and staff were required not to touch, or even breath on the locks, because there were said to be serious consequences. How did I remember this? Because as I laughed and mocked, I breathed on the springlocks, and all the mechanical parts snapped into my body, merging themselves with the flesh and bones I was made of.

I was knocked out for a while, but when I awoke, I felt strange, like I was suddenly made into a different creature. It didn't take long before I realized that I now somehow became half-human, half-animatronic. It also didn't take me long to learn that the specific suit I was wearing had been given spiritual powers, with the biggest being manipulation, and I used this power to change the legal system, and prolong Freddy's lifespan so I can continue my work. But the thing I couldn't do, was bring Chris back, so I decided to use my new powers to do more research on how the Puppet can give life.

During my time in this new form, I discovered a spiritual world, filled with angles, devils, and fallen angles, and could easily crossover with our world. There was very little activity in the American part of this spiritual world, so I went to the place on Earth with the most spiritual activity: Japan. The only way I could go there, however, was if a new location of Freddy's opened there, so I disguised myself as the voice in Henry's head, and talked him into opening the first international location there.

When I got there, I learned of a devil who could - and definitely would – try to stop me if he learned of my whereabouts: Issei Hyoudou. I learned about Issei, his history, his abilities, and so-on, and as I said, I knew he would try and stop me if he knew who I was, so I needed a way to get rid of him. Luckily, Henry did all the work for me because apparently, the children were able to control the animatronics in more than one location, and they were killing nightguards, thinking they were me, and after learning that the robots were able to move around at night in the Japanese location as well, he chose to hire Issei to watch them during the night. I can only imagine the look of his face if he knew what he was doing without knowing it.

After surviving 4 nights in a row, I decided to take him out myself, which leads us to where we were at that moment. I told him my story, and I will never forget the rage in his eyes.

"What the hell, Afton?!" He shouted, "You can't do this to innocent people, even if it's for someone close to you!"

"Is that so?!" I responded, "Well, in that case, tell me, what would you have done if you lost someone that matters to you as much as Chris did to me?!"

Issei paused for a short moment to think, and it seemed like I touched a nerve, until he responded with, "I would go after the person who did it, but hurting more innocents would make me just as bad as the person I would have sworn revenge on! So, if you take other people's kids so you could have yours again, how does that make you any better than Terrance?!"

I never been as angry as I was since Henry's betrayal; Issei, nor anybody should ever have the gull to compare me to Terrence!

"How dare you compare us! We're nothing alike!"

"If that's what you really think, then I'm going to have to stop you!"

Issei then summoned his power, and Ddraig shouted, "Welsh Dragon, Balance Breaker!"

As soon as Issei's armor appeared, I snapped my fingers, and there instantly appeared nightmare-ish versions of Bonnie, Freddy, and Chica, rising out of the ground around me in a triangle formation.

"What?! Where the hell did those things come from?!" Issei asked.

"Oh, while I distracted you with my backstory, I was also analyzing your mind, and discovering ways I could bring your fears to life."

I then pointed to Issei, and shouted, "Kill him!"

Nightmare Bonnie then ran up to Issei, and lunged at him. However, Issei managed to grab him by the neck, and rip his head off. Nightmare Chica then threw a metal cupcake with a demonic face, that opened its mouth wider than it should be able to, trying to swallow Issei whole, but he managed to grab the cupcake by the teeth, and throw it back at Nightmare Chica, having it swallow her instead. Then, Nightmare Freddy grabbed his chest, then ripped it open to release an endless swarm of miniature Freddies, that latched onto Issei, gnawing their teeth through his armor so much, they start to painfully dig into his skin, and Nightmare Freddy is still launching them, so each time Issei shakes one off, another gets on, and joins the other.

However, just when I thought I already won, without even needing to use Plan B, I hear Issei shout, "Dragon Shot!" And a giant red laser bolts straight out of the pile, disintegrating Nightmare Freddy, as well as the mini-Freddies.

"Is that the best you can do, Afton?!" Issei said.

"Not in the slightest." I respond, while watching Nightmare Foxy sneak up behind Issei, and then biting down into his neck, not only penetrating his armor, but stunning him enough to slice into his leg with his hook, making Issei fall on his side to the ground.

While he was on the ground, Issei said, "No way! How was not able to sense that coming?!"

I walked over, and while using my foot to move him onto his back, said, "Because you're pathetic! Look at you Issei, on your back, unable to stand, and sacrificing yourself not only for a box of porn of all things, but also the lost spirits of children who were sacrificed do mine could live once more!"

I slammed my foot onto Issei's torso, and as he screamed in agony, I said, "They say that good always triumphs, and that will remain true today."

Just then, as soon as I thought I've won, I saw something from out of the corner of my eye. I looked up, and had to back away, because there was a version of Freddy with a golden color where it should be brown, that took both the top and bottom of Nightmare Foxy's mouth, and ripped them apart, while also removing the bottom part from his body.

The Golden Freddy looked at me, and said, "William Afton! You have ruined our lives, and proceeded to torment us for far too long!"

It then looked down at Issei, helped him stand up, then said, "This is Issei Hyoudou, the one who is freeing us by helping us get revenge on the killer."

"Wha-What's going on here?!" I said from shock and confusion.

Golden Freddy then explained, "We are the combined souls of the children spirits that you have imprisoned all those years ago! We heard you explain everything, and now know the truth that Issei is not only a separate person from you, he's also a better one."

Golden Freddy then raised a hand with their palm up, and blue, glowing chains immediately arose from the ground, pulling me to my knees.

Golden Freddy then walked up to me, staring at me with the same terrifying stare that they used to give Issei, and soon as they were standing over me, they said, "We've been waiting a long time for this!"

But then, Issei said, "Wait, kids! I have a better place for him, but just please knock him out for me, will ya?"

"Gladly, Mr. Hyoudou." They said before knocking me out.