Hello everyone! Happy Valentine's day to all the couples and singles!
I shall buy myself some chocolate this year!
But regardless of my single life over here…here's the chapter…but suffice to say…it's not a fun Valentine's chapter…
I didn't realize it would end up this close to the holiday…heh…
Well…lets just say you might need some of that chocolate today!
Or not, we shall see.
Anyways! Onto reviews.
TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3: Yup, RIP Henry, according to Acidrew, he surved his purpose. And yup! He's a bit crazy, and as for Leo and William? Well, what happened to Michael will certainly affect, that's for sure. Yeah…this isn't what Ashford thought would happen when he was asked to babysit. And Acidrew? Yeah, he has really lost it hasn't he? As for Funtimes? Well that will be in next chapter. I hope you enjoy this one!
Davie Wilson: Thank you!
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Credit to Selkiesong22 for all her help!
Chapter 69
Night One: Bird Hunting
When Chica powered on, she fully expected to find the familiar setting of her home.
That is not what she found.
This was not her home, this was not the pizzeria that she lived in day by day, this was a strange building and her usual stage partners were not with her.
Chia lay next to her, still powered off.
Sitting up, the older bird looked around trying to see if she recognized anything.
It seemed to be some kind of…party room. How strange. Their pizzeria didn't have party rooms, and this looked nothing like the one at that cursed location.
So where were they?
Where were the others?
Slowly the animatronic rose to her feet and peered around the room, hoping she could find something, or someone who could explain what was happening.
"Hello?" She called quietly, her voice bounced off the metal walls. Causing a soft echo to reverberate throughout whatever location she was in.
What had happened? Last thing she remembered she had been speaking with Ashford, the poor man was still so flinchy around them, and she made an effort every time to try and put him at ease.
But then…something happened.
An error…a glitch, something forced her systems to shut down. And…then she woke up here.
"Oh…look whosssssse awake…" hissed a mechanical voice from behind her.
Chica whipped around and searched the room, before she looked up at found some sort of amalgamation of cords and wires. A clown mask for a face, and the mess of wires resembling something of a human figure.
"Who are you?" Her voice was sharp, and instinctively she placed herself between the creature and Chia.
A raspy chuckle came from the bot that hung from the ceiling. With rotating pieces, he slowly crept forward, using the rafters to move himself forward.
"My name isssss Ennard." Rasped the bot, and Chica mocked the sound of swallowing as she stared up at the creature before her.
"Okay Ennard…what is going on? Where are we? Where are the others?" She demanded, putting as much authority in her voice as possible.
But a raspy chuckle just came from the bot as he turned himself so his back was facing the ground. He gazed down at her from his upside down position.
"Ah! The early bird gets the worm doesn't she? Good morning Chica!" The familiar and slightly nasally voice coming from a speaker in the room made the avian tense up.
"Acid."
"Aw! You remember me! That's so sweet!" But his words only made her tense more and growl, stomping her foot like a petulant child.
"Of course I remember you! All you've done is hurt everyone!" She spun around as if she could find him. "And now you hide away like a coward! Come out here! I'll show you how much I remember you!" She ordered, only to be met with a maniacal cackle.
"Aw Chica, I may be a bit daft, but I'm not an idiot. I'm far from where you are, and have no intentions of meeting face to face. No…I have someone else for you to play with! It will be a familiar face to yoooooou!" He exaggerated toward the end and Chica growled again before looking around…that thing…that mess of a bot. It was gone.
The last thing she heard was Acid's maniacal laughter before the speaker was cut.
The avian mocked a breath. Where were the others? Where was Leo? Enix?
Why was it just her and Chia?
As if her thought of the toy animatronic awakened her. It was at that moment that Chia groaned, sitting up and holding her head.
Chica went over to her immediately and crouched down drawing the attention of her counterpart to her.
"We need to find a way out of here." She informed, only to get a confused look in return.
"Here? Where IS here? What's happening?"
However, before the original could answer, there was suddenly a high pitched cackle that echoed throughout the building. A laugh that made Chica's eyes go wide.
"Come out come out wherever you aaaaarrrrreeee!" A screechy and static filled voice called, with a maniacal giggle following it.
Chia tensed up and gazed up at her older counterpart.
"….Chica…is that…"
Chica mocked a swallow before helping the toy to her feet.
"Yes…that's the nightmare body…"
Chia grasped a hold of Chica's arm and looked around wide eyed.
"Why is it here? Why are we here?" She whispered, clinging to Chica. The original gently held her in return, her eyes flickering between the several doorways. But it was impossible to pinpoint the giggles and heavy footsteps.
There was a loud click as the speaker came back online.
"I thought it was pretty obvious, but you both do have bird brains after all huh?" Acid questioned, an amused tone to his voice. But before either bot could respond, he sighed causing there to be aggressive feedback in the mic. "Alright, I'll tell you. You are being hunted birdies…and I'd start running, unless you want to end up as your counterpart's dinner."
Of course, as if cinematic timing, it was then that the goulish and terror invoking Chica made herself known at the door. Jaws far too big, claws far to sharp, and doubling both their size and weight easily.
As Chica stared at her counterpart…
She understood why Leo still tensed in their presence.
So without sparing a word, she grabbed Chia's hand and bolted down the door to her right. And the nightmare behind her let out a screech that grinded at Chica's audio receptors.
"That's it! Fly birdies! Fly away! HAHAHAHA!" The voice of the eldest Afton broke into maniacal laughter that trailed behind the two avian bots as they bolted through the building.
"What do you mean they just left? Like…they just…walked out of here?" Leo asked his brow furrowed low, William was looking around behind him.
Giving him the silent treatment.
Normally that would elate Leo. Finally, the man shut up and left him alone.
But he was more so annoyed by it.
Not long after Leo had filled in William best he could about what happened to Michael. Enix had called, saying he needed to get to the pizzeria and fast.
Which…meant that he had to awkwardly call Piper and ask for a ride.
Leo…did not have a driver's license. At least, not that he could remember. But as far as he knew, he had never driven a vehicle.
So after that conversation that hadn't ended up as awkward as he expected it, he was taken to the pizzeria. However, immediately after exiting the car, William practically ordered him to ask the others what happened to Michael.
Leo had refused, he wanted to know what was going on first, plus he didn't like William thinking he could just order Leo to do something.
Whatever sort of dynamic they had with each other did not work like that.
So, now the grown man was practically pouting.
It was both pathetic and amusing.
"We mean what we said. They just…left. Ashford claims that they said they wanted to go somewhere…needed to go somewhere." Enix explained, pulling Leo's attention away from the dead murderer.
"Do…we have any idea where they might've gone?" Leo asked, glancing between Enix and Jamie…but then he paused and frowned. "Where is Ashford anyways?"
At that Jamie sighed, "he took off after my conversation with Alder…I don't think he wants to have that interaction just yet." Leo paused before nodding in understanding.
"Why wouldn't he want to interact with Alder? Did they have an argument?" Piper asked, glancing between all the men.
"…no…but they will have one." Jamie muttered with a breath. But Leo caught Piper's confused frown and took a breath.
"It's…complicated, but…Ashford is the reason that Remington's daughter was taken." At that the woman blinked.
"I…feel like there is a story behind that…but we don't really have time for that now." She paused and looked a bit sternly at the men, "but I want a full explanation later."
"Of course."
"Yeah, definitely."
"Good, now lets figure out how to find the bots." She then clasped her hands before her and stole a breath, "okay…so they are big, and lumbering, and if they were in a hurry, they wouldn't be concerned about covering their tracks. So maybe we just follow rampant destruction?"
"We…can try, but the temperature keeps dropping. And we don't have the clothing on to pursue them in the freezing cold." Jamie warned, and Piper nodded with a breath.
"We could also ask around? Ask if anyone has seen anything?" Enix proposed before giving a shrug and crossing his arms, "it's not like they left in the dead of night."
"Yeah, according to what Ashford said it was around five thirty…six when they rushed out of here like their lives depended on it." Jamie muttered, and Leo paused with a frown.
"There is something that doesn't add up tho, why wasn't Charlotte affected? If it has something to do with their programming…she has the same programming. The only exception was the exclusion of the Puppet's chip." He asked, glancing between the people before him.
"Maybe that's it then? The bot's chip? Maybe they are all on a connected line or something." Enix suggested, but there was a sigh from William that made Leo look over at him with a frown.
"You've got something to add?"
William looked over at him from over his shoulder and then huffed a breath, "listening to you all is like listening to kindergartners trying to figure out how to spell sophisticated." Leo blinked at the odd analogy but William wasn't done. "I'll tell you what I believe to have happened if you do as I asked." He informed, and the guard couldn't help but frown.
"Blackmail?"
"All I want to know is what happened to my son Leo. It's not like I'm asking you to murder stupid hair." He motioned to Enix with a irritated look. Leo sighed deeply and turned to the others who were staring at him curiously.
"William I presume?" Enix prompted, and the shortest guard couldn't help but nod.
"Yes. He said he might know what happened…but wants me to ask you something before he says any more." He informed with a sigh, the two other men frowned uneasily, but Piper straight up scowled in the direction that William was in.
"And what might that be?" She prompted, and Leo sighed sparing a look back at William who waited impatiently, both eyebrows raised.
"…he wants to know what happened to Michael."
At that the others blinked, obviously not having expected that, but then Enix frowned.
"Why would he care about Michael…?"
"Apparently he is William's youngest son." And favorite, but Leo didn't voice that aloud.
"He's his son…?" Enix started, only to take a breath, "right, of course he would be. Fine. Okay." He sighed and rubbed his eyes a moment. "Okay. Well, I only know so much, Colt knows more…but from what I understand…this…bot that Acid has…well, he…" he bit his lip, "he…used Michael as a…skin suit. I don't know how…I don't know why. But…the bot worked him like…like a puppet or something." He sighed, "and…I know I work at a haunted pizzeria and…whatever. But…that was probably the most disturbing thing I have ever seen." He gave a bit of a shudder, "and I'm sure it will find a nice and cozy place in my nightmares for a long time to come."
Leo paused, not sure if he wanted to see the look on William's face. He could never predict the man, would he be mad? Apathetic? Sad?
Was he even capable of feeling sad?
Leo…thought he might, if the display earlier this morning was anything to go by…and not some lie to get Leo to lower his guard…
But all the same, he dared to look at his shoulder devil.
And honestly? The expression on his face surprised him.
William…looked…sad.
Of course, there was the tenseness to his jawline, the furrow of his brow, and the stiffness of his shoulders, he was angry…yes.
But…he looked…sad.
"William?" Leo…dared to venture, the man snapped his head up to gaze at him and whatever emotion that had been on his face flitted away in a second.
"I believe it was Andrew. If you recall, the bots went missing a few weeks back. I also think that was him. He is…planning something. And if you do not hurry, I believe that it will be too late to save those bots." That made Leo tense up and swallow.
"You think he would…"
"Destroy them?" William gazed down at Leo evenly, "without question."
"Chica! Where are we going?!" Chia demanded, stumbling behind her as the older bot dragged her counterpart along. "We've passed this room four times already!" She called before jerking her arm free of the original.
Chica stumbled to a stop before whipping around and looking around, as if she could spot the nightmare counterpart.
"Why don't we just stand up to her!? It's two against one! We can take her!" The younger bot declared, only to be met with a shake of Chica's head.
"No, no, you don't understand…that body Chia…we're not built like her. She's…stronger, bigger then us. She is made to be a monster." A ominous giggle and stomping made Chica tense up again glancing around wildly.
"Chica! Listen to me! I don't care how strong she is, she was made by Acid! She can't be that durable. And sometimes bigger isn't always better! We. Can. Take. Her." She informed, grabbing her counterpart's hands.
Chica stared down at the young plastic bot and mimicked a swallow.
"I don't know…"
"C'mon, we've been around the block, especially you! This imitation has got nothing on us!" She gripped Chica's hands, and the older bird stole a mocked breath before slowly nodding.
"Okay….okay, yeah, we can do this." Chia lit up, and the older bot glanced around, "I saw some vents that could easily fit you. I want you to go in there. Hide until I give you the signal okay?" Chia brightly nodded and gave Chica's hands one last squeeze before running off and climbing into one of the vents.
Chica waited till she could no longer see her orange feet before turning her attention to the doorway before her.
She didn't have to wait long to see the nightmarish bot approach. Ducking down to enter the room, she giggled at the sight of Chica.
"You're so tiny! I love it!" She screeched, and the original tensed at the sound. But composed herself.
"Why are you doing this? You don't have to hunt us down! Acid is just using you!" She implored, but really, she knew it was futile.
This…bot wasn't like them. Chica remembered the lingering consciousness residing besides hers. The murderous intentions that creeped into her mind. The whispers that prompted various murderous actions.
Especially when around Leo.
Strangulation, blunt force trauma, punctures…
The list went on…and on.
They were both machines.
But the bot before her was a murder machine.
"Because I want tooo! He said I can destroy you! Rip you limb from limb! Chew on your bolts!" She giggled madly and stepped forward, prompting Chica backwards as she gazed up at the creature before her.
Chia had been wrong.
Size and strength did matter, and Chica felt that when the massive bot before her swung out an arm and tried to strike her.
She just barely caught the clawed paw, and strained under the weight of the bot as she screeched in rage and struck the original with her other paw.
This blow landed, as both Chica's hands were occupied with keeping one of the massive paws restrained.
Something cracked, and Chica didn't have time to check if it was her casing or metal framing.
However, this blow also woke up the snoozing Susie.
Chica? What's going on?
The little girl prompted, her ghostly figure appearing next to her.
However Chica had little time to respond to her, as whatever had cracked did compromise her strength, as she buckled under the weight of the nightmare.
The monster shrieked in glee, earning a shriek of terror from Susie, especially as the massive bot swung her arm back and landed a massive blow to Chica's head.
The original bot stumbled to the side colliding with the wall and letting out a startled cry.
However she was given no time to recover, as her helmet was suddenly ripped off her head and thrown across the room.
She let out a noise of surprise, only for her endoskeleton head to be grasped, fully encompassed by the hand of this monster.
And then…she started to squeeze.
Chica cried out, and grasped the hand that held her head, she kicked and struggled against the beast, but it was of little to no use.
She heard cracking, and then static as one of her ear receptors was destroyed, with it came intense pain.
Chica! Chica tell me what to do! How can I help!?
Susie cried from besides her, but Chica could barely move, let alone speak.
She tried kicking her, but again, nothing.
However, it was then that her remaining audio receptors picked up the sound of footsteps, and she knew before she saw her that it was Chia.
Moments later there was a cry from the younger avian and Chica's head was released. She stumbled as what was holding her was gone.
There was a loud buzzing from one of her ears and she stumbled about, looking up and catching sight of the smallest bird of the three stumbling back as the largest approached her. Still giggling like a deranged psychopath.
"Chica! Are you okay!?" The young bird called, and Chica tried to speak, but her voicebox glitched and she wasn't able to respond.
Run! Get out of here while you can!
Susie ordered, but there was no way that Chica was going to leave Chia with this monster.
She bolted over and tackled the monster causing her to stumble. "Run Chia!" Chica ordered, but the smaller avian shook her head.
"I'm not leaving you!"
"I'll be right behind you! Run!" Her voice warbled, and glitched, but she managed to get the words out.
Chia hesitated a moment before bolting out of the room. Just as she did, a massive clawed paw grabbed Chica at her waist and lifted her into the air and prying her off with ease.
Susie cried out as Chica was thrown against the wall, another sickening crack resounded.
With a grunt and groan of her joints she tried to get up, but faltered as her hip joint whirred uselessly at her side.
It must be dislocated.
Though if it wasn't at the collision with the wall, it did certainly dislocate when the nightmare bird grasped Chica by it and ripped her leg right off. A massive spike of pain caused the original to cry out in a shriek.
Chica stared at her dismembered leg…and then up at the monster that caused it and mocked a swallow. The avian with too big of a jaw that was filled with far too many teeth gazed down at her with glowing red eyes.
"You aren't going anywhere little chick."
Chia collided hard with the wall as the momentum carried her further then the hallway she had run down. However she quickly pushed off the wall and took off again.
She should go back. She didn't hear Chica behind her, she should go back…she should go back…SHE SHOULD GO BACK!
Her plastic feet slid on the ground a bit as she came to a stop. Not having breath to recover she turned around and stared back from where she had come.
Chica…wasn't behind her.
She needed to go back and help her! Chia shouldn't have run in the first place!
Curling her paws into fists, she turned and hurried back down the hall.
Only to skid to a halt as slowly wires and cords lowered from the ceiling.
It didn't take her long before she realized that this was the bot that had stolen Acid from their hold.
Especially when she caught sight of the clown mask.
She squared her shoulders and stanced herself, sure she could probably bolt for it, this thing didn't look like it was fast. But if she did that, it would only lead the bot back to Chica as well…
So she had to take care of it here.
"So you are the lunatic's pet dog huh?" She taunted, watching as he landed on the ground with a thunk.
The bot stood up and stared at her with his one visible eye, "I actually preffffer catsssss."
His response made her blink in confusion, but before she could come up with a response. The bot sprung at her faster then she could react.
Chia was knocked against the wall and something in her plastic cracked before she dropped to the ground with a hard grunt.
Lifting her eyes, she found the bot creeping toward her. "You young botssss are sssssso annoying…" he hissed as Chia got to her feet gazing up at him with a growl.
"Well at least we look presentable!" She barked and lunged for him…only to go right through him as his entire midsection separated creating a hole right in the middle of him.
Chia collided with the wall in front of her before she could stop herself and let out an undignified squawk. Her beak fell to the ground with a thunk and broke into two pieces.
For a moment after she got up again she stood there waiting for her now glitchy vision to clear.
"Calling you a toy issss being generoussss." He grumbled from behind her, and after a moment Chia pushed herself from the wall and turned to face him as she backed away to create some distance.
"Oh? And what else might I be?"
"A ****h." The swear caught her off guard long enough for him to lurch forward again. This time however he wasn't satisfied with hitting her. Instead his hand separated into different cords and snaked under her casing grasping ahold of her interior framing.
She let out a squawk and grasped at his cords to try and pry them off, only to squeak at how they tightened around her frame when she did.
"I wouldn't do tttttthhhat." He rasped, causing her to look up at him wide eyed as she fruitlessly tugged at his cords. "Unlesssssss you want to prolong the pain of your decommisssssssion." That made Chia freeze as she stared at him.
"De…commission? But why!? Why would you do that!?" She cried and if she had lungs she would be heaving for breath as she tugged more at the cords.
The mess of cords and wires tilted his head a moment, "becausssse I want my massssster to be happy." He lifted his free hand and gave a little wave. "Night night little birdie."
Before Chia could react, there was a sickening crack as her main spinal column was snapped in half. Her eyes went wide as ability to control her legs was lost.
"W…wait! No! Don't do this! Please!" She begged, but the bot remained impassive as the cords in her legs tightened and jerked suddenly, ripping them from her body.
A shriek escaped her exposed mouth as firey hot pain shot through her system.
Chia!? Chia what's happening!?
Chia's attention was directed to Annie who had finally woken from her sleep.
She went to respond, but her helmet was ripped off and tossed across the room, then a cord snaked around her head and started tightening. She let out a squawk and clawed at it, trying to free her face but it was no use, her plastic fingers slid uselessly over the metal cords.
Then one of her arms was ripped off, another cry escaped her, but this time it was warbled and glitched.
Her vision started glitching, her ears started buzzing, pressure built up in her head to the point where she felt the pressure and pain.
No! No! Stop it! Leave her alone!
Annie cried and she flew into Chia making what remained of the bot lurch as she was shoved away from what was essentially the driver's seat.
However she was aware enough to know what was happening.
Annie struggled and with her last remaining appendage she gasped ahold of the head of one of the cords that was around their head. She began to pry it off with strength only a robot could have.
But that tactic proved to be useless as that very same arm was ripped off as well.
Both of them cried out in pain, an anguish filled harmony of childish cries and the distorted glitch of a broken bot.
They were now defenseless, just a torso and a head that was slowly getting crushed by the ever tightening cords.
"No! No stop it! STOP IT!"
Annie screamed thrashing what remained of their body, but it was more of a struggle for her. Even her chip was straining.
"Geez, can you sssstop sssscreaming sssso much?" The bot grumbled, "my audio reccccepterssss are sssssenssssitive."
"No! No you ******d! Let us go! LET US GO NOW!"
But obviously, the creature did not.
"Ugh. Thisssss isssss taking ssso long."
"ANniE…" Chia warbled out as more and more cords snaked inside her casing.
Chia! Chia you can stop this right!? Stop him! It hurts Chia! It hurts!
"I…i'M ssSSorRyieeEEE AnnnnnNNiEEEE…" Chia's vision continued to glitch and warble out.
"NO! NO DON'T STOP IT! STOP HIM! YOU AREN'T DYING YOU ARE A ROBOT CHIA!"
"Sssshe can sssstilllll die…" hissed the bot. "you both can." He paused a beat, "night night birdies."
What followed was a sickening crunch, and a explosion of pain…what followed…
Was nothing.
Ennard stared at the limp bot in his grasp and let out a mocked sigh as he retracted his cords, dropping her to the ground with a soft thunk.
He brought his cords back and gazed at them with a frown, "*****it. Her yellow paint marked me up."
"Focus Ennard, we have another bird left." Ennard lifted his eye to the speaker and camera in the corner of the hallway.
"Well. At leasssst sssssshe doesssssn't have paint." His eye fell to the decommissioned bot before him. "Sssshould I get the chipsssss?"
"No, just bring the whole head, it will take too long for you to take apart her skull." Andrew muttered and Ennard nodded, going over and planting a foot on her casing. He reached down, extending a cord and wrapping it around her neck.
In a jerk, he decapitated her and lifted the endoskeleton skull to eye level.
It was marred beyond repair, and he wasn't sure what the condition of the chips was. But all the same, he pulled the skull into his mess of wires and turned, making his way toward the nightmare beast and her original counterpart.
Chica gazed up at the beast before her and firmed her jaw, "whatever Acid has planned, it will fail!"
"Oh but I don't care!" The nightmare screeched, before reaching down and grasping Chica by her face.
The bird let out a indignant cry and reached up grasping the bots arm in return, her remaining leg doing it's best to kick as she was lifted into the air.
"All I want is to destroy!" She cried, and with her other hand, she reached up, grabbed Chica's arm and tried to rip it off.
But just as she did, Chica was shoved into the backseat as Susie took control.
With control, the little girl reached over and grabbed the hand of the nightmare that held her other arm.
With a hard grunt and a strain of the joints, she managed to pry the hand off and kick the nightmare hard in the torso.
This caused the bot to stumble and drop Susie/Chica.
The child then scrambled up to their one leg and likely with willpower alone, she started hopping forward on that one leg.
"We are not dying here Chica! Help me walk!" The child ordered, and the bot complied, doing her best to help out the child as Susie gave her partial control.
There was a giggle from behind them, and Chica feared this would be futile, the monster behind them wasn't even injured.
However her glitchy vision caught the sight of her dismembered leg, and she realized what Susie was thinking.
Especially when the child grasped their dismembered leg and spun around.
The nightmare approached, giggling madly, her lumbering body making the building shake with every step she took.
But neither Susie or Chica wanted her to approach.
Instead, they used their one leg to push themselves forward and swing out their dismembered limb like a bat.
It hit the nightmare bot square in the face, which actually caused her to stumble back, whether through force or surprise. The ghost and bot didn't care.
They dived for the bots legs, and now on the ground they grasped one leg with their paws, and used their remaining leg to push her legs apart.
The nightmare bot wobbled before giving out a confused and startled squawk.
Then she began to tip, leaning too far forward to recover in time, especially since the bot and child held captive her legs.
The massive bot fell forward with a massive crash.
Susie let out a cry of celebration, but Chica knew they didn't have much time.
She released the nightmare's legs and pushed herself up, she tried to get up on her one leg, but the old joints groaned and gave out under the strain.
They went tumbling forward as well with a startled cry.
Chica only allowed them a moment to gather themselves before she started using her arms to army crawl across the ground dragging herself over the tile in a desperate attempt to get away.
She didn't want to think about how they were probably in a never ending maze. One with no exit.
No, the priority was getting away as the hunk of metal behind them tried to get back up.
And maybe they would've done it, maybe their efforts would've been worth it.
But then a crushed endoskeleton skull was dropped before them.
And out of the skull popped a cracked blue eye, it rolled until it hit one of Chica's paws.
It didn't take a genius to figure out whose skull that was.
"C…Chia…" she whimpered out with her glitched and warbled voice.
"Yessss, sssshe certainly went out ssssscreaming." Hissed the amalgamation of cords and wires.
Chica lifted her eyes to the bot who gazed down at her with an unfeeling purple eye.
"You…you don't have to do this…" Chica whispered. But Ennard gave a small shrug.
"You have your programming…I have mine." His body began to disassemble some, as cords began to retreat from his form and creep toward Chica/Susie.
No…no! You won't get us!
Susie cried, before pushing them up and trying to crawl in the opposite direction.
Chica put in her best effort as well….
But she knew it was over.
"I…I'm s…sssorry Susie…" Chica whispered.
"What!? No! We are getting out of this Chica!" Susie cried, this time using Chica's broken voicebox.
"No. You aren't." Ennard claimed before suddenly their remaining leg was grabbed and from there, the cords and wires snaked under their casing and wrapped around their metal frame.
Chica cried out and tried to kick the monster away, pulling herself forward more but it was useless. Those cords were so fast.
And it wasn't long before she and Susie were clawing uselessly at the cords that had wrapped around their skull.
The nightmare was still struggling to rise, but Chica couldnt see her anymore even if she had managed it.
"NO! NO LET US GO! LET US GO NOW!"
Susie screamed through Chica's voice, but of course it did nothing.
The cords started tightening, winding around tighter and tighter then the coil before it.
Susie began to sob as she struggled and clawed against the beast that held them. But it was pointless. Their furry paws did nothing against the slick metal of this bot.
"I alwayssss thought you accccent was funny Chica." Ennard said suddenly, but before either she or Susie could react he spoke again, "I think I'll miss that."
There was a sickening crunch…
And then…there was nothing.
Ennard released the body of the now deceased Chica and slowly reassembled himself as he went over, easily and smoothly removing her crushed skull and sending one of his cords to retrieve Chia's.
He slowed to a stop as he stood before the still struggling nightmare.
"…do you think they are needed bosssss? I could just dessssstroy them by mysssself." Ennard asked, eye lifting to the camera.
The mic clicked on and Andrew let out a laugh.
"Yeah! I love the movie-esque chase scenes!" He claimed, and Ennard nodded.
"Of coursssse sssssir."
"….hoooooowevvvver…I don't have a purpose for them beyond that…hmmmm…" He trailed, and Ennard waited gazing up at the camera.
When his creator spoke, he could hear the malicious grin in his voice. "Actually Ennard…decommission and bring her to my office."
"You have a devioussss plan ssssir?" The amalgamation asked, and Andrew gave a little giggle.
"Oh, the most devious Ennard." With that, the mic cut and Ennard turned back to the struggling bot.
"Ssssseems you have another purpossssse to sssserve birdie." All he got in response was a distressed squawk as she once again failed to get up.
Ennard just gazed down at her a moment, before his cords suddenly entered her head throuh her gaping mouth.
There he easily removed the head and crushed it in his hand, the bot slumped, now empty headed.
He hummed before snaking in his cords and winding around the endoskeleton and proceeding to drag the bot behind him as he made his way to the office.
And in his wake, he left the destroyed and decommissioned Chica's like they were nothing more than garbage for the landfill.
Heh…yeah…
So um, you might have figured out the premise of this…game of Acidrew's. Suffice to say he has lost his mind. How will this proceed? Do you think the bots will be ticked off one by one? Will one of them be able to stop this madness? Will the others make it in time?
I'd love to hear what you think!