Out of all the things they could've found, it had to be old decommissioned counterparts of two of the glamrocks. After being found in an old location in a blocked-off room, Fazbear Entertainment quickly held the old animatronics and brought them to the PizzaPlex to store them until proper services could arrive to take them away dispose of them safely. On this particular night, a dayshift guard named Chloe Rose was filling in for the usual nightguard. The company made sure to alert Chloe and the glamrocks about the situation and even had someone from the company's past help out.
"A tape recorder? Why would I need this?" Chloe picked up the device.
"I am not sure. But perhaps you should play the tape?" Freddy suggested.
"Well, okay then." Chloe set the tape recorder down and pressed the play button. They heard a man's voice in the recording.
"Hello? Hello, hello? I hope this is working...uh..hi. You don't know me, but I've been asked to record information about these old animatronics you've been told about. I used to work for the company years ago, back when the old models were still in service. So, I'm going to tell you what I know about them. I understand that they're being trashed, but they were pretty advanced. Okay, let's see….so if they have power running through them, they'll probably start walking around between midnight and 6 a.m. Back then, they weren't allowed to roam during the day, and they had to walk around at night so their servos wouldn't lock up."
"Now, understand that these guys are old. They aren't gonna run very well. But, even when they were properly serviced, their sensors were….broken. It was against the rules for animatronics to be out of their suits. So if an endoskeleton was missing its suit, it would get shoved back in. The issue is that, very specifically after hours, the sensor couldn't recognize a person, and um... let's just say we found some poor guy dead in a suit. All of the parts inside of it strangled him. Since the old guys used face sensors, there is an old hollowed-out Freddy Fazbear head from one of the old suits. If you're seen, just put it on, and they'll walk away. But, if their sensors aren't broken, then you might actually like them. I remember them being very delightful to be around. During the day, at least."
"I think that covers it. Oh! One more thing, while these guys do have advanced A. I's or whatever, they were created in the 20th century. In fact, they didn't see the 21st century. So, yeah, try to phrase what you say to them carefully so they'll understand. Well, that's it. I hope this helps, and have a good night!"
The recording ended as Chloe stood there with her mouth hanging open.
"Oh my god! These things are dangerous! Why would they bring them here!?" Chloe began to hyperventilate. Roxy was quick to hug her and calm her down.
"Easy, Champ! I don't like this, either! But they gave you what you need to survive! We'll be in our green rooms tonight, so we don't confuse the old guys. But if you feel you're in danger, come and get us. We'll help you. Right, Freddy?" Roxy turned to Freddy, who nodded.
"Of course! But it is almost midnight, so we should go to our rooms."
"Yeah. See ya, guys." Chloe walked away as the glamrocks bid goodnight to their friend. But what Chloe never thought about was the empty Freddy head. She patrolled for a while and didn't see anything strange or suspicious, so she headed to the superstar daycare. But as she turned a corner, she saw something, no, someone standing in front of the doors to the daycare pickup.
"Excuse me! You're not supposed to be here! We're closed!" Chloe called out to the figure, who turned around and revealed himself as the old Freddy Fazbear! He was dark brown and still had his black top hat and bow tie. But his suit had worn away in some places, and you could hear his servos and hydraulics. He began walking to Chloe, never taking his eyes off of her. Chloe tried to back up but accidentally backed up into a wall. The old Freddy stopped as soon as she did and continued to stare until his old withered face contorted into a smile.
"Well! You must be our new night guard!" His voice was very posh and refined. "My name is Freddy Fazbear! A pleasure to meet you, madame!" He tipped his hat to her.
"It's nice to meet you too….my name is Chloe Rose." Chloe was slowly starting to feel less and less nervous.
"Well then, miss Rose. Can you tell me where I am? Unfortunately, I do not recognize this place." Freddy placed his hat back on his head.
"Well, um, you see…. you're in a different location? This is Freddy Fazbears Mega-Pizza-Plex. Your pizzeria is... it's been gone for years. So you and your friends were brought here before you will be taken somewhere else."
Old Freddy stared at her for a good while, processing the information before finally saying something.
"As long as my friends are here, I am fine." Old Freddy was calm.
"Okay then. I need to make my rounds. The S.T.A.F.F. bots are a huge help, but the guard ones don't look up. If you excuse me."
"Of course! Nice to have met you!" Old Freddy waved goodbye as he walked away. Chloe made her way to the daycare.
"Sun? Moon? Are you here?" She called for them. Sun jumped out of the ball pit.
"Chloe! What brings you here? Do you want to finger paint?" Sun bounced around like he usually did. Chloe really liked that about him.
"No, Sun, I have to work. And where's Moon?
"He's cleaning our room!" Sun replied.
"Oh. Well, I need to tell you something."
"Ooh! What is it? What is it?" Sun became antsy.
"Some old Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy models were brought to the Pizza Plex. They're roaming around right now, and you might meet them. So if you do, please be careful with your words and don't talk too fast. They aren't as young as they used to be."
Sun made a shocked sort of noise before nodding and then saluting.
"You have my word! Now off you go! Back to work!" Sun ushered Chloe to the door.
"I'm going! I'm going! Later!" Chloe left and went on her way to a security office. Before that, however, she was outside the daycare when she saw a tall figure standing by the pirate ship in kids' cove. She started to approach the figure before stopping and recognizing the shape of the individual. Her mother had told her stories of her own encounters and friendship with this character. Knowing this, Chloe decided to call out to the figure.
"Ahoy, Captain Foxy!" She waved at him. He turned around and faced her, smiling.
"Ahoy there, Lass! I be Captain Foxy!" He stood with his hands on his hips in a tall, proud stance. "What be yer name?" He asked as he walked over.
"I'm Chloe Rose! I'm the temporary nightguard." She smiled.
"Temporary?" Foxy looked confused.
"The actual nightguard couldn't work tonight, so I filled in. I'm actually a dayshift guard." She explained.
"Well, it be a pleasure to meet a beautiful lass!" Foxy said with a bright smile.
Chloe blushed. "Oh, how sweet! Before I continue my rounds, I should probably get you up to speed. This building is Freddy Fazbears Mega Pizza-Plex. You and your friends have been offline for a few decades, and then you were found. You're all staying here till morning. I'm not sure where you're going, though."
Foxy took a minute to process the information he was given. Then he asked, "Are they scrapping us?"
Chloe's eyes went wide before she shrugged. "I don't know. No one was told what's going to happen to you and your friends. But…"
"It probably be what will happen to us."
"No! No! I'm sure that's not it!" Chloe tried to diffuse the situation, but Foxy shook his head.
"Lass, we be old. We were old be'fer our location closed. We like the idea of livin', but the world's moved on. 'Tis time we did, too." Foxy nodded his head and saw Chloe begin to sniffle and wipe her eyes. "Now now, lassie, don't go cryin' for this old fox. We're all tough as nails! Ya hear? Now go on. Ye probably have work to do."
"Alright then…" Chloe walked away and decided the best place to go was the kitchen. She heard loud banging and expected to find Chica in there. Well, she did. But…
"Don't eat that! We can't eat!" Chloe saw the older Chica, bright yellow with a bib and had some holes on her face and torso, trying to keep Glamrock Chica from eating pizza.
"But-but-OH! H-Hi Chloe!" awkwardly waved.
"Hi there, Chica. Do you remember what the engineers told you about pizza and garbage?" Chloe tapped her foot.
"To not to…" looked down.
"That's right. Now go back to your room, okay?"
"Okay…" walked past her but not before nuzzling her. "See you later, Popstar!" Then, she left for her room.
"Oh, Chica…..Oh! I'm sorry! I'm Chloe; I'm the nightguard for tonight." She looked at Old Chica, who just kept staring at her. "Are you okay?" Old Chica finally blinked once before smiling and winking.
"Everything's great! This place is huge! I can't wait to cook in here!" Chica clapped her hands as Chloe braced herself for another soul-crushing explanation.
"You can't cook here. The staff would go berserk. So we have bots that do the cooking. Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Mega-Pizza-Plex. You and your friends are being transported somewhere in the morning and are being kept here till then."
Old Chica processed the info more quickly and nodded. "Okay then! I'm gonna go look around. Bye, little chick!" She walked away as Chloe giggled. Chloe made more rounds until she got to Bonnie bowl, where she saw a somewhat familiar figure standing there.
"Oh, hello! You must be Bonnie!" She held out her hand. Old Bonnie turned around and shook her hand.
"A pleasure to meet you, Miss Rose!" He smiled.
"How did you know my name?" Chloe arched her eyebrow.
"I spoke with Foxy earlier. I can't believe I have a bowling alley themed after me! But where is your Bonnie?" Chloe looked away for a moment before she spoke.
"He's...gone."
"Gone?" Old Bonnie sounded confused.
"He disappeared, and no one knows what happened to him. One of our other characters, Montgomery Gator, replaced him after the disappearance. And now the company has basically yeeted Bonnie's existence from this place entirely!" Chloe sounded annoyed but saw Old Bonnie staring at her, eyes blinking.
"They basically did what?" He asked.
"They yee- oh wait, you guys don't know that phrase. Um, the company is acting like he never existed at all." She rephrased.
"I see…." Old Bonnie's ears drooped.
"Yeah, our Freddy was hit the hardest by it. He and Bonnie were real close. But Freddy's doing better now." She sighed. Old Bonnie nodded.
"That's good to hear. I think I'll do some more exploring before we're taken away. It was nice to meet you, Miss Rose."
"Likewise." Chloe walked away and made the last of her rounds. She saw the time, 4:30 a.m. So she decided to go hang out at the daycare, but…
"Sun? Moon? I'm back!" She walked in but got no answer. "Hello?" She looked around but found no one. She checked almost everywhere until reaching Rockstar Row. Finally, she heard noises coming from Freddy's room. The curtains had been drawn, so she used her security badge to open the door and walked in to find the most enormous mess of animatronics she'd ever seen.
"So the lad decided he would keep the doors closed all night, but the generators couldn't last for that long! He was so mad, I tell ye! You shoulda seen his face!" Foxy laughed before he looked at the door. "Ahoy, lass!" The others greeted her.
"Hi...uh...what are you guys doing?" Chloe looked around.
"Having a party! Join us! Join us!" Sun grabbed her hand.
"Yes, join us." Moon grabbed her other hand and pulled her to the cough, where Sun sat her down on his lap.
"Sunny, I can sit on the floor." Chloe tried to get off.
"Nonsense!" Sun held her in place.
"You two must be very close." Old Chica observed.
"She's close with all of us. We've known her for years." Roxy grinned. "That actually brings up a story. Hey Chloe, tell them about that weekend you were trapped here!"
Chloe chuckled. "Okay, okay. Well, it happened like this…." Chloe told them the whole story. There was so much laughter that it took forever to finish the story. By the end, it was near 6 a.m.
"Man, time sure flew by! Oh! I got an idea!" Chloe ran out the door and came back with a S.T.A.F.F. bot. She gave it her phone.
"Come on, guys!" Seeing what she wanted to do, everyone grouped together for the picture. "Smile, everybody!" After a quick snap, she retrieved her phone and sent the S.T.A.F.F. bot on its way. "Wow! It came out great! Oh, I need to go! Bye guys!"
She then turned to the old models. "It was so great to meet you guys. Bye!" She left as everyone bid farewell. But after she left, the glamrocks and daycare attendants hugged the older models, bidding them farewell. When the doors opened, everyone was where they needed to be, and some employees took the old models and put them in an old truck. The truck drove for miles, but it didn't end up at the dump. Instead, it ended up at a warehouse far from the city. Oh boy, what is that company up to now?