Chapter Three: The Fourth Kill
William Afton surveyed his prey. One more child and everything would be complete. This time, he wanted a little girl to fill Chica. He already had three little boys killed by the new animatronics, which would soon be featured onstage in a different Freddy Fazzbear location.
He spied two blond girls eating pizza with a woman. He realized one was the little girl who had been at the same birthday party the third boy had been from, the one in Bonnie. No, wait. They had both been there. One had been a guest, the other had been the birthday girl.
William went to get the Spring Bonnie suit. Those girls were perfect. Their hair, almost the same shade as each other, was close to the same shade as Chica.
He would need to lure one in, however. He couldn't count on the luck that had brought him the first three boys. Luck wasn't usually on his side.
It was Thursday, and Ivy was with Elsa and her mother, enjoying some pizza. Sort of. Ivy's grandparents hadn't found Tweet last Saturday, so they had filed a missing person's report with the police. An officer was talking to a few employees over in the corner.
Elsa put her hand on her friend's wrist. "Let's go get some balloons from Balloon Boy!" She suggested.
Ivy nodded, smiling. Her smile wasn't big or exactly genuine. Elsa understood. She was worried about her cousin.
The friends went to get balloons and then went to play at the arcade for a while. Elsa was beating Ivy at a game when an animatronic came up to them. "Hello, girls."
Ivy and Elsa shared a look. This animatronic... it was different from the others. Why was it talking to them?
"Hi," Elsa replied. "What's your name?" She asked.
"Let's go play!" The animatronic replied, as though Elsa had never asked. Well, that was a lot like the animatronics. They never answered straight.
"Okay. Come on, Ivy." Elsa insisted.
Her friend looked nervous. "Actually, I don't think I want to."
"But this one is soft and furry!" Elsa replied. "Fine. I'll go play with the new bunny."
"O-okay..." Ivy scurried back to their table. Elsa shrugged. The golden bunny took her hand and led her to a room near the back. "There are more of my friends back here. Let's all play!"
Elsa smiled at the other animatronics. They were all big and furry. Something about three of them was a little menacing, and the golden bear slumped against the wall was kinda scary. After all, it had no eyes! But the bird, the yellow chick, it wasn't scary. It even had a funny cupcake on a plate. She walked up to the bird and hugged it, not noticing the door behind her close or the golden bunny remove its head, then the rest of the costume. She didn't realize there was a man standing behind her with full intent to kill her.
Not until it was too late.
"What?! No way! Are you serious? ... Oh my goodness, that's terrible. Alexander and Theodore Martins are missing, too. ... You don't think there's a link, do you?... Daniel Carlos is missing too?! ... There's something weird going on. ... I don't know, but until the police figure things out, I'm going to be keeping bright clothes and a close eye on my kids, I can assure you. ... Okay, well, send Roberta, Pierre and Ivy our condolences."
Damien listened to his father's phone call from his bedroom. From what he could gather, Elsa had disappeared, just like Tweet, Ted and Rex. He tried to think. There was a connection here, wasn't there?
Then, he realized. Freddy's!
"Dad! Dad!" Damien hopped down the stairs three at a time.
"What, Damien?" His father turned around. "Is there an emergency?"
"No, I know what happened!" He gasped. "I know why everybody's going missing!"
His father raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "Alright, what did you figure out?"
"All the kids went missing at Freddy Fazzbear's!" Damien replied, and explained how Tweet went missing at the birthday party and that Elsa was also at Freddy's when she disappeared. He hesitated a moment, and then reluctantly admitted that he had dared Rex and Ted to break into the pizza place.
His father was listening. Damien knew that because his eyes were closed. That meant he was listening and thinking.
Finally, he nodded. "Damien, while I'm not happy you convinced your friends to break the law, I'm glad you told me this." He ruffled his son's hair, and went back to the phone to tell the other parents what Damien had said.
Ming, who had been quietly eating ice cream at the table, whispered to Damien. "You really think Freddy's has something to do with this?" She asked.
Damien nodded firmly. "I mean, it only makes sense, doesn't it?" He replied. "Everybody was at Freddy's when they went missing."
By the look in her eyes, Damien knew his twin sister was thinking. "Let's investigate!"
Damien scoffed. "No way! Besides, Dad's going to keep close tabs on us from now on. I'll bet he won't even let us near that place until the cops have everything figured out."
Ming sighed, looking a little disappointed. She always did love a good adventure, but Damien was right, and she knew it.