Summer, July 6th 2035, Friday – Fredbear Lux Hotel - 35F – Suite 3000-3099 Hallways
3:00 AM
The two female animatronics and the boy made their way down the utility stairwell for the building, they were reaching the 35th floor. The hallways were dark, and they hadn't seen anyone since the encounters with people on the 40th floor.
Gregory shined his old flashlight around, helping to light the way, this also took some strain off the girls ocular sensors in their eyes. The dark hallways brought Gregory back to his nights at the PizzaPlex in the dark corridors, but unlike that night, Roxanne and Chica were by his side to the end, protecting the boy rather then trying to harm him. Gregory was making progress in his therapy sessions overcoming that night he was lost in the PizzaPlex. It's been quite a turnaround since, everyone except Freddy was trying to capture or murder him that night, but he knew it was never their own fault as he learned more of the history leading to the incident, who knew his former enemies were now his new loving family and would never think about hurting him ever again.
Roxanne and Chica were also experiencing some flashbacks of their ordeal when they had no control of themselves. The therapist Freddy hired for the band has helped them cope with the trauma of that night and the thoughts of the behaviors and misdeeds they were compelled to do at the time against their will.
Damn it, I hate dark hallways like this, ever since that night…. Roxy thought.
This is bringing back some memories, I'd rather wipe from my drive…. Chica thought.
Roxanne stopped to take a breath. Even if she can't actually breathe, the simulated breathing calmed her mental nerves. She leaned against the wall in the stairwell. Gregory held the wolf lady's hand.
"Hey Roxy…is everything okay?" Gregory asked.
"Rox..are you okay? We can stop for a minute if this is too much. I…know the feeling." Chica said.
She was snapped back to reality after being deep in her memories of that awful night. She still has nightmares about it, mostly involving guilt.
She looked down at Gregory and forced a smile for him, patting him on the head and squeezing his hand, but not to tightly since she is a strong robot, to show she apricated the support from her adoptive little brother.
"I'm fine Pup-Cup, just the situation were in, doesn't give me the warmest feelings right now. But I promise will get through it, together." Roxanne said pressing onward.
"Okay Roxy, just know, I'm feeling the same thing, and it's okay." Gregory said.
"Me too Rox. It is okay." Chica said.
She wanted to bawl her eyes out at that comment and hug the boy and the chicken, but she would hold it in and save it for when they were out of here.
"Yes it is okay. And we're gonna get through it." Roxanne said.
The stairwell after the 35th was blocked off by furniture, desks and cabinets that were randomly placed there. Gregory shined light on it.
"What the fuck happened here?" Roxanne asked.
"Looks like someone was trying to block, something from coming upstairs…." Chica said.
"Great." Roxanne said drawing her Smith and Wesson M&P Shield from her waist, firmly holding the gun in her hands, her trigger finger at the ready. She also had a LaserMax laser sight and weapon light combo added to the weapons trigger guard. She used the Weapon light to help illuminate the area.
"Why haven't police stormed the building yet?" Chica asked.
"For all we know they might already be on the lower floors, were just too far up to hear it." Roxanne said.
"I'm calling them. We have to let them know were up here." Chica said getting out her iPhone from her shorts pocket.
"Normally I would say yes, but don't forget Twisted Wolf is around somewhere. Those regular street cops might not stand a chance against it unless they have some firepower. We would be practically giving that wolf a free dinner by sending them up here. We don't even know where it is exactly. Let's keep working on getting closer to the lower floors first. Tell anyone still around to get out of here while they can." Roxanne said.
While Roxanne may only be armed with a 9mm handgun, compared to tactical response teams with automatic weapons, she made up for it in strength and speed that is much greater than any human due to her being a machine on the inside. Her claws and teeth also put her in a better position to take on the beast at least long enough to stun it and get away.
Chica hesitantly put her iPhone away. Roxanne was right. Salt Lake City cops weren't trained for these kinds of threats like the police back at home were. If they wanted to stand a chance against the beast, they would need help from ether FBI SWAT and the animatronic arm of government's own SWAT team, the OAOS SWAT.
They opened the door for the 35th floor, making their way into the dark hallway. It was silent compared to the floors above when people first experience the power outage.
Gregory's iPhone rang, it was Vanessa. He answered on speaker.
"Finally you answered! Greggy honey is everything okay? I'm at the office with Heather and Kellen, we see that the systems went down at the hotel on our end, and we just heard about the generator fire. Roxy and Chica are with you right?" Vanessa asked.
"Were right here. Hes fine, we're working on getting out of here. No elevators so we're taking the stairs." The girls said jumping into conversation. Gregory handed Roxanne the phone, who turned off the speaker phone not wanting to make too much noise.
"Were worried it's Twisted Wolf planning to go after Gregory. I've told Freddy and he has Troop B, from the Fazbear Tactical Team on standby for an evac operation just for you three if it's really needed. It's our building and we can have them there on the rooftop in just under 20 minutes." Vanessa said.
"No, no police are here in the building, we just think they haven't made it up to our floor yet. But we can't just send them up here to get us, Twisted Wolf will tear through them like their nothing if it's here. We can't risk anymore bloodshed. I need to stop it myself." Roxanne said.
"Roxy! Don't be reckless! This isn't like one of your races at the raceway. This is serious. Gregory is in danger, your priority is for the three of you to get out of that building." Freddy's voice could now be heard on the phone.
"Freddy?" The girls said.
"Dad?" Gregory said.
"Do not try to take on that beast in a fight by yourself. You and Chica cannot fight it on your own. I almost lost you all on the night of the PizzaPlex incident, I will not allow something like that to happen again. You are to not engage with the creature and avoid it all costs. I want you three to make it home safely to us, this fight is not ours, let the OAOS and the police handle the creature if it is here. I've already contacted OAOS and their SWAT unit are in route. Head to the roof and I will have Troop B there in less then 20 minutes to get you three safely back home. We can deal with the fallout of the incident after." Freddy said.
"…Fine…Okay do it Freddy…." Roxanne stopped in shock when they saw a blood trail in the 35th floor hallway and could hear the sound of flesh being ripped off bone.
"That's great. Head to the roof, the team will be on the way. I will be on that helicopter with them….can you access the roof Roxy?" Freddy said.
He heard not response.
"Roxy?" Freddy asked.
The trio was frozen in place with fright. Roxanne saw the hulking wolf creature tearing the skin off two people who were already dead in a pool of blood in the hallway.
Oh my god….I was just talking with them…
She recognized the two bodies, it was Dan and Jenny, the couple she saw earlier.
"Roxy?" Freddy asked again. Roxanne tossed the phone back at Gregory who whispered to Freddy "gotta go!" and hung up. The wolf hadn't noticed them yet.
It continued to feast on the bodies, picking up Dan's leg and trying to twist it off, snapping bone in the process. It finally managed to and started eating it like a drumstick.
Chica from behind him, covered Gregory's eyes and mouth. Telling him to back away slowly, don't make any noise, and try to make their way back into the stairwell out of view. The three proceeded to do so until Chica's foot stepped on an empty bag of potato chips that crinkled loudly in the dark.
SHIT. She thought.
Twisted Wolf dropped its late night snack on the floor with a meaty squish sound, then turned to look at them.
It's system recognized Gregory in it's HUD.
Target: Gregory Afton.
Objective: Eliminate Target without consumption. Beginning mission now.
It roared loudly then called out his name.
"Gregggggoryyyyyyyy…"
It roared charging them on all fours.
"Chica get Gregory out of here! Get to the roof! I'll hold it off!" Roxanne yelled before aiming her weapon and firing off several rounds at the creature.
Chica took Gregory and had him piggyback her making haste up the stairs hoping they would see Roxanne again and that the creature wouldn't catch up to them before the tactical team arrived on the roof.
34F Below…
FBI SWAT Operative Sean: "You sure we can just go in without OAOS joining us?" he asked with his Scottish accent.
FBI SWAT Operative Mark: "Ahh those losers? Nah, we're FBI, we've trained for stuff like this." He said.
Their team commander, Ron Rockwell, mentioned they had intel the creature was in the building and that they couldn't wait any longer if they wanted to stop the creature.
Captain Rockwell: "Okay team, we've swept all the other floors, 35th one is next. It must be here, our source told us the generator fire was a distraction."
They heard the gunshots above.
"Okay. Shots fired. Move. Move." Rockwell said. The armed team planned to make their way to the 35th floor.
