AUTHOR'S NOTE: FYI, "Will" starts to refer to himself as "Gregory" beyond this point. Also pls leave more reviews on your thoughts about this story if possible, it gives me more motivation to go on.

Location: PizzaPlex Corridors

Time: 7:45pm

"Stop here." William ordered.

Vanny halted in her tracks. They were in front of a door that led to the basement levels.

"Before you upload me into the central servers, I need you to go to back the old Pizzaplex quickly and open that black box in the drawer."

Vanny obeys and heads down into the lower floors again.

Location: Old Pizzeria

Time: 8:06pm

Opening the box that she placed in a drawer within the old compound, Vanny sees that it's empty, the two syringes of remnant that were used to create his clone already long used up.

"Check the insides...I'm sure I left them there."

Vanny feels insides of the box with her hands until she notices some bumps in the box. She takes them out, revealing two rectangular chips in her hands.

"What are these?"

"It's something I made back when I was alive. They're called Illusion Disks. It can make you look different and even better, it can cloak you from any machine, even security cameras. I'll show you how to use it as we walk to the central servers".

"Sure."

"Take one, attach it to your mask and leave the other here."

Vanny nods and does as instructed again, taping the illusion disk to the bottom of her mask. As she is about to leave, she looks into the centre corridor where a lit charging pod lay dormant in front of them.

"Mr Afton?"

"Hm?"

"Do you want to use the body in that pod? It's at full battery."

"Hmmm." William mulls over this for a while, "No. I'll only use it as a last resort if all else fails tonight...But I doubt it will come to that. And you won't fail me, right Vanny?"

Vanny nods.

"Alright. Get me into the central server. We much to do and a Vessel to catch".

Location: Freddy's VIP Room

Time: 8:17pm

Will re-awakens inside the metal chamber when he feels and hears the sounds and rumbles of an engine whirring to life. The animatronic he was trapped in, Freddy Fazbear, was finally awake. Gregory looks around his metal cage which slowly dims with light, revealing that it was squeaky clean. No blood anywhere. He then looks at his hands and legs: He had none of those odd wounds too.

'Springlock scars...' Will remembers the words now.

Vanny was wrong. His dreams weren't dreams at all. They were memories of who he used to be, memories of a being serial killer known as William Afton.

While Will lay unconscious after experiencing the sensation of being Springlocked, he kept on suffering by experiencing all the horrible things that Mr Afton did in his dreams: He remembered the Pizzeria, the darkness, the sounds of children crying as he killed them in gruesome ways, stuffing them into colourful metallic tombs while also muffling their cries, suffocating and sacrificing them to fulfil his own cruel and selfish desires.

Will finally understood now, with great clarity, what it meant to be a Clone of that man and...he was disgusted. He didn't want to be him anymore.

'And if he gets ahold of me,' Will continues his train of thought, 'he'd just use my body continue from where he left off. I have to get out of here".

"Showtime already?" he heard a deep but warm voice vibrate throughout the metal casing. "I am experiencing a malfunction. The recharge cycle is not complete".

"Shhh! Can you shut up?" Will complained rubbing his temple. He still had a splitting headache from the illusory sensation of his brain being crushed to a pulp by machinery.

"Who's there? Who said that?" the voice of Freddy Fazbear asked in return.

"I did." Will said, "I'm down here."

"Down where?" Freddy asked another question again, this time with concern and fright currently tinging his voice, "I still do not see you..."

"Ok listen," Will carried on rubbing his forehead, "you were sleeping and your stomach...was open and I climbed inside."

"My Stomach Hatch?!" Freddy exclaimed with bewilderment, "That place is reserved for oversized birthday cakes and Piñatas. It is not a safe play area!

Freddy opens the stomach hatch immediately, signalling that Will had to leave him right now. Cautiously, Will slides out but before he can take in his surroundings, he's grabbed and turned around by the animatronic.

"Urf!" Will grunts as he's lifted upwards.

"There you are..." The Giant Bear says sweetly to him before a bright blue light shone from his mechanical pupils, moving downwards before temporarily stunning him at the moment they met his own.

"Ow." Will cried rubbing his eyes from the sudden burst of light.

Camera lights blind William Afton as he walks down a street. Voices ask questions about his negligence and whether he is or isn't the the reason behind the vanishings...

"Scanning complete." Freddy's voice thankfully snaps him out of experiencing another memory and he places him down on the ground.

Will now sees where he is. It appears be the animatronic's own personal room of sorts. There was a Vanity Mirror in the corner, some Balloons and neon lights that were arranged to resemble his own face on the walls where a bunch of drawings were also pasted about. The room also had a bright orange and blue theme which gave it a homely and comfortable vibe.

"How odd. Your guest profile is unknown to me." The Giant bear tilts his head, "Who are you?"

"I...I...I'm.." Will stutters, unsure of what to say until he sees that he's still wearing the green wristband from earlier, the false identity remaining scrawled upon it. He figured that he probably shouldn't be calling himself "Will" or "William Afton" anymore if he truly wanted to distance himself from that man.

"Gregory Miller." Will tells the Giant Bear.

"Gregory Miller." Freddy repeated, confirming his ID. "I will notify the main office."

There's a slight beeping noise.

"Huh? Connection error. I can't connect to the main network".

Gregory felt a chill run down his spine. This couldn't be a coincidence could it?

"I think it's them." Gregory tells Freddy. "They cut you off. They're not going to let you call for help until they find me".

"Who's they? Who is looking for you? Your parents?" Freddy had become inquisitive.

Thud Thud Thud.

"Shhh! I hear footsteps".

Gregory turns his head towards the sound. It's coming from behind heavy curtains that partially cover a large glass window of sorts. Walking past them was a woman in a Fazbear Security Guard uniform with her blond hair tied in a ponytail. Gregory breathed a sign of relief when she mercifully kept on moving forward without bothering to look inside the room.

"Oh that's the Security Guard. She can help." Freddy helpfully chirped.

"No! no." Gregory says backing away, "I don't trust her either."

He didn't know whether she was "Vanny" or 'Vanessa" right now but she was definitely not to be trusted.

"Why not?" Freddy asks a bit louder than expected.

"I don't know who she is but she's also trying to get me." Gregory whispers, "Isn't there some other way for you to communicate with me besides talking so loudly?"

An idea lit up in Freddy's head, "Take this: It's a Novelty Freddy Fazwatch."

Freddy once again opened his stomach hatch. It was empty.

Gregory looked at him awkwardly, "Ummm...I already took it while I was in there".

"Oh...That's good then." Freddy closes his hatch.

"Yeah. It was just there and I grabbed it. Do you know how to turn it on?"

"Press the left button." Freddy tells him.

Gregory presses the left button on the Fazwatch and it activates instantly. An envelope icon appears.

"I've just sent you an encoded message."

Gregory taps the icon with his finger and a pre-recorded of Freddy plays out: "Hello Gregory. It is me Freddy. I will escort you to the main entrance. However, I am unable to leave this room. You should have no problem. There is a button on the wall that will open the door to the backroom. I will make it accessible to you now".

"Umm about that. The main entrance is already closed so...if you were planning to get me out by there, we kind of already missed the chance." Gregory informs him with sadness.

"How unfortunate Gregory." Freddy lowers his head, "But do not lose hope. You should be able to escape when the doors re-open at 6am. Until then, you can maybe stay in my room until that time arrives. I have video games, toys and even some paper and crayons for drawing".

"Will that Security Guard be able to find me here?"

"Well...there are cameras in my room. It's very likely she can."

"Shit." Gregory curses unexpectedly.

"Gregory!" Freddy gasps, "That's not a very nice word to use"

"S-Sorry." Gregory stammered a bit, "That just slipped out."

It seems that inheriting William's memories also gave him an increased range of vocabulary.

"Then it means I can't stay here." Gregory continues with more stress in his voice, "and I have to keep hiding around the Pizzaplex until 6am".

"Gregory," Freddy walks up to him and places a hand on his head, reassuringly stroking it in a slow manner, "You don't have to do this all alone. I'll accompany you throughout the night once I can leave this room and, if there is another way out, I promise I'll help you find it".

"Thank you." Gregory murmurs not expecting such affection from the bear, "Now, Let's get out of here."

Gregory steps away from Freddy and presses the button on the wall that was shown to him.

"Great job." the Giant Bear congratulates him for the small achievement, "In that maintenance room, there is an open air vent. You will have to climb through the ventilation system and release me from the outside. Keep in contact with me by speaking into the Fazwatch alright?"

"Alright." Gregory nods again.

With that Gregory steps past the doors into the next room and climbs into the vent above, hoping to survive the night with his new ally.

CHAPTER 6 END

NEXT CHAPTER TITLE: Are you ready for Freddy?