Author's Note:
This is a very long chapter. Also some things are different from Canon because remember. AU.
Enjoy.
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The silent hum of the transfer process permeates the main stage where Vanny sits next to her Master, checking the security cameras from her monitor and smartphone. She sighs impatiently.
"How much longer until you completely sync with Little Will, Mr Afton?"
The Gold Rabbit calculates the percentage left.
"Getting there Vanny. We are at 65%."
Within Bonnie, Fake William flexes his Vessel's right hand, experimentally moving his fingers…
"Not much longer now." He talks with both his and Gregory's voice in unison.
Gregory falls into some kind of fancy cafe with elegant decor. Everyone's faces are blurred out save for William's and his soon-to-be Wife's.
—
"William. I have great news: I'm pregnant." Violet says excitedly.
The man's face falls into distress for a split second before transforming into false delight.
"That is good news Bunny." He maintains his fake smile, "Who else knows about this?"
"My parents and some close friends. I've already told them you got me pregnant".
"Are…are you sure I'm the father?" William questions her dubiously.
"Of course it's you. You're the only person I've slept with".
William is sweating bullets on the inside, 'Oh dear God. I have to save my reputation and fast'.
"Come to think of it, you haven't proposed to me yet." Violet teased him.
"Yes… That's because I wasn't anticipating this pregnancy so soon. I'm very happy to hear this." William grabs her by the hand and kisses it, "Let's go buy your ring right away! In fact, let's buy both our wedding rings and make plans for the wedding since you've told EVERYONE about this!"
"Sounds like a great idea." Violet beamed, ignorant to the malice hidden under William's words.
—
The memory fast forwards to the exchange of vows on their wedding day, the environment warping to reflect the memory being played.
—
"Do you, William Afton, take Violet to be your beloved Wife?"
"I do." William's joyful expression conceals numerous false promises and feelings.
"And do you, Violet, take William to be your beloved Husband".
"I do". Violet's vow solely contains the love she has for the liar.
"You may now kiss the bride".
William and Violet kiss. The crowd of people cheered, especially Henry and Jen who were seated closest to the front. He thought this would be a wonderful day but inside, he doesn't feel anything. He should feel like he's on Cloud Nine but…he can't.
—
The bride and the groom stroll past Gregory and stroll side by side down the aisle, past the open church entrance doors which leads to a black void as the crowds continue to clap for them.
The moment the two leave however, the crowd suddenly freezes, as if a remote control pressed the pause button on a DVD player. Gregory waits for a few seconds but when the environment doesn't shift, he decides to walk into the darkness of the church entrance.
Entering, he then finds himself in Elizabeth's room. It has pink walls with unicorns, a flower painting hanging over a single bed and, to the left near a window, a dressing room mirror where a slightly older version of Violet Afton is combing the wavy auburn hair of her daughter that's indistinguishable from hers.
—
"Mummy?"
"Yes Lizzie?"
"When I grow up, do you think I'll fall in love with a handsome prince?"
"I'm sure you will sweetheart but be warned, not all handsome princes are good natured and some can have hearts as wicked as an evil witch underneath." Elizabeth glared, spotting William in the mirror's reflection who was standing right behind them.
—
The memory shatters and Gregory falls down into the next one which is from William's childhood in his Mansion. Gregory
—
William in his bedroom shedding tears from the bruises and lashings he had received as of late from his own Father.
'I have to stop crying. I don't want my Father to find me like this…' William sniffles.
Gregory is well aware this isn't the first time William cried and that at some point, he lost his ability to feel sadness almost entirely as he grew older.
—
The memory fast forwards to a later point in William's childhood.
—
William Afton, then 8 years old, stole one of his father's keys and entered a door in the Mansion he wasn't supposed to when his Father wasn't home. Using the key, he opened it and stumbled upon a secret Study Room where his father kept vials of silvery liquid and several journals on something called 'Remnant'.
"I don't get what any of this means. How boring." William complains. He's still too young to fully grasp the value of the human soul at the time and so, he goes back upstairs, feeling gloomy and dismayed he didn't find anything more interesting and carefully planted the keys along the corridor that his Father often walked past. This ensured that his Father would later believe he dropped them by accident…
—
The mansion hallway warps into a more homely and child-like bedroom full of stationery on a study table. William and Henry as children are reading a book of sorts together.
—
"Henry, what's this?" William flips through the pages of Henry's oak-patterned notebook.
"It's a bunch of stories I'm writing about a friendly bear and crafty rabbit who go on different adventures together."
"That's cool. You want to write stories one day?"
"Yeah. I think I would make a good author." Henry smiles enthusiastically.
"And which animal would you be?"
"The Bear I guess".
"Good, I already had dibs on the Rabbit"
"Is it because of your teeth?"
"How dare you!" William playfully jabs him in the ribs, "I just like Rabbits. They're small, cute and squishable".
"What?!"
"Uhh I mean they're c-cuddly." William stammers, "That's what I meant to say".
"Ah yeah, I get what you mean… one of my neighbours has a rabbit called Marshmallow. His fur is very soft and he loves hugs".
Years later, Henry sadly never did make it big as an author because no publisher was willing to publish his stories but eventually, its two main characters would become the Main Attractions of the Fazbear business….
At the Gold Statue, Chica and Roxy await Freddy who shows up with a worried expression. Neither of the two had seen him so fearful like this before.
"You alright? It took you a long while to get here." Roxy comments on Freddy's tardiness. However, she didn't sound upset and was more concerned than anything.
"The boy did you —"
"Receive his signal?" Chica finishes for Freddy, "Yep. We know he's in the main stage area but we thought to wait for you first".
"Thank you Chica, Roxy…" Freddy expressed his gratitude, "I appreciate that you thought of me."
"Why wouldn't we?"
From the corner, they hear the movement of squeaking wheels. A group of odd humanoid figures were heading towards them. The Glamrocks prepare to attack whoever is arriving but upon exiting the shadows and into the dim light, the shapes reveal themselves to be the seven security bots with tear-streaked faces that were under the control of Charlie who has wrapped herself around the one in the middle like a Feather Boa.
"Charlie?" Henry breathes a sigh of relief, "Where have you been?"
"Sorry I'm late everyone. Just had to get my Security Bots so that we could rescue Will - I mean Gregory together as well".
"You want to rescue the boy?" Mike questioned, "Why the change of heart?"
"I saw…something that made me change my mind about him but before I could jump in to save him, that Gator robot took him away. Also, I was scared to try attacking him again as he'd damaged me badly once before. He's the reason the Puppet's mask is gone you know ".
"And what was that something you saw?" Mike questioned her.
Charlie plays a recording she took of Gregory saying a prayer.
"I'm sorry God...I'm aware that did a lot of bad things in my past life as a murderer, that I was a horrible person to those who trusted me and that maybe I can't be saved at this point but, since you are an all-loving entity who will forgive anyone that asks for it, please open your heart to me: Forgive me for all I've done, give me chance to change for the better and, if possible, hear my two requests…."
"Gregory was crying but…it wasn't just that. William cried too but that was more because he was in pain from dying all those years ago. But this boy, he cried because was sorry for all the things he and William did. William would never have felt sorry or apologised for what he'd done to us…"
"You got that right." Mike conceded, "And all we did to Gregory was push him away and call him a monster…"
"We were really wrong about him," Charlie also admitted guiltily, "We have to get him back."
"And we will Charlie," Henry promises her, "First though, we have to think of a plan".
"I don't think we have time for a well detailed plan Henry. I think we should just charge into the main stage area Gung Ho, rip Gregory out of that Soul Transfer device and then, we destroy Fake William with a single punch. Bam. Problem solved." Mike smiles at his satisfying plan.
"That'… not a very solid or realistic plan." Henry scratches his head, "How about this: So there are a lot of unknown variables but, from what we do know, Gregory may be at the main stage with that Fake William and Vanny. Furthermore, If he's already in the Soul Transfer device, we have to very carefully get him out as he's in a Springlock suit. However, what's uncertain right now is whether William can or already has run away with the boy while doing the soul transfer and also the number of bots which will be blocking our route ahead".
"Nonetheless, we have to move forward." Freddy pipes, "We can't just stay here and do nothing".
"Of course." Henry recognises Freddy's urgency to save the child, "So after this quick briefing of my plan that I'm only now quickly thinking up, we will move forward to the Main Stage area. Chica, your screams will be useful in disabling bots at the front so you go ahead of us. However, we only have a short window before they activate again so we have to move fast. Meanwhile, Freddy, Roxy and Charlie plus her bots will handle enemies coming in from the other directions".
"And say we do make it past all the bots, what happens when we get there?" Mike asks.
"When we reach, each of you," he gestures to the animatronics, "will have to handle a different robot or keep William distracted so that Charlie can sneak up on William and Vanny and hence dismantle the device to free Gregory".
"I don't know how to undo Springlocks though." Charlotte brings up anxiously, "What if I kill him?"
"Don't worry Charlotte. I'll guide you. That is…if you don't mind making some room for me in Puppet".
"I don't. You can hop in anytime you're ready to help me Dad".
"Great that settles it." Mike claps, "Okay let's head out and rescue Gregory".
All of them move forward with only one thought on their mind.
'I hope we aren't too late to save him.'
Gregory soon finds himself in yet another memory but his time, William was older and standing over a white cloth. He pulls it off to reveal the corpse of a boy with a partially fractured skull.
—
"Don't worry. I will put you back together."
William gazes at the day old, decaying body of Evan Afton in the morgue and pulls out a syringe full of Remnant. He injects it into him, hoping that it would bring the child back to life but…nothing happened. Evan's soul was already gone from his body and so, the remnant did nothing.
"Well…It was worth a shot." He sighed in disappointment, "Note to self: Remnant can't resurrect living things that no longer have a soul attached to them. Unless perhaps, the living thing has only been dead within a few hours?"
—
The memory pauses here, prompting Gregory to exit by the grey door that was two dead bodies away from William.
This routed him into one of the employee staff rooms in Fredbear's Diner.
—
William is in his Spring Bonnie suit and conversing with another employee.
"So how flexible and safe is this Springlock suit Mr Afton?
"Very flexible and very safe. To prove it, I'll do a flip in it right now." William proclaimed recklessly.
—
Knowing what would happen after, Gregory rapidly darted out of the room and into yet another memory, not wanting to witness the springlocking for a third time in his life.
"So far nothing has come after us." Mike says as they pass by another neon-lit pathway, "I think we'll be alright".
"Don't jinx it Mike."
"Uhh too late Henry…"
They all saw it: Up ahead were a barricade of Security Bots with Red Eyes blocking their path. The bots charge at the Glamrock Trio.
"I'll handle this. Step back and get out of my range." Chica steps forwards and screams loudly. The Security Bots shut down.
"Excellent work." Freddy gives her a thumbs up.
"Hang on, Don't celebrate too soon…Listen." Henry's eyes gaze upwards.
Metal clanking resounds upon the ceiling and walls around them. The rest of them look above. Then, out of the blue, one of them drops down onto Roxy who lashes out with her claws, decapitating one of its heads. Three other two follow suit, falling from their crawling positions from above.
They aim to land on Freddy and Chica but they see them coming and dodge. Chica does a roundhouse kick while Freddy hits one of them intensely, going for the head like Roxy which caused them to shut down instantly.
"Uhhh Freddy, why did those Endos defy gravity?" Mike inquires.
"Hmmm If I recall correctly, those are new endoskeletons prototypes that were commissioned last week. Their limbs were made with anti-gravity technology so that they can walk on walls like the DJ".
"What kind of animatronics were they going to be used for? A Spiderman themed one?!"
"Unfortunately the company doesn't have the rights to that franchise yet." Freddy notified him, not realising Mike's question was rhetorical.
More chittering and clacking can be heard from the dark behind them. More Endos head their way, their glowing white eyes lighting up the dark.
"Keep running, everyone. Let's try not to slow down".
They continue to run ahead…into another Barricade of Security Bots.
"All of you, keep the Endos and any other bots that might bother us busy." Chica orders, "I'll continue screaming at the bots waiting for us on the front lines."
William grins at Charlie and gives her a doll with yellow hair and a pink dress.
"Hello Charlie, Uncle William has brought you another present".
"What is it?"
"It's a doll that cries when you pull apart its arms and legs. I hope you like it".
"Umm thank you but," Charlie looks a little disturbed, "I like my Ella Doll more…"
—
"Elizabeth. Come here." William puts down his newspaper.
"Yes Daddy?" The little girl skips towards her Father resting on the sofa.
"I want to play a game with you."
"Ooh what kind of game is it?"
"It's called 'Obedience'. A game my own father used to play with me." He unfastens his belt, "I'm going to hit you several times and say that 'I love you'. You must always say 'Yes' whenever I say those words. If you scream, cry or ask me to stop, you lose the game".
William sits up and walks towards the girl. Elizabeth senses she's in danger but can't step away.
He was going to mistreat his daughter like he did with his Wife but he explained to her once that he only harmed her because he loved her and that "hurting the ones you loved was inevitable in all relationships". Was he applying the same logic here? Elizabeth had felt so at the time.
"Both Micheal and Evan have already failed the game but I'm hoping you will be more promising and last longer." William grins sadistically.
—
Gregory turns away before he can see William harm Elizabeth in the same way as Michael and exits by the door that was right next to the one he entered by.
—
"Daddy, why didn't Circus Baby show up at my birthday party like you promised? Why didn't you give her to me as my present? Why won't you let me play with her?!" Elizabeth whined.
"Plans have changed. She's strictly for my new Business and other children." William informed her without a hint of remorse.
"But you've always been working on her for hours and, and I just thought you did that because you were making her pretty and shiny just for me?"
"Awww I love you Elizabeth but I'm sorry, she's not yours. Not anymore".
"Please, just once, let me play with her." His daughter implored. "Only one time. After that, I won't ask or play with her again anymore."
"No."
"But you PROMISED I could. You PROMISED she'd be there at my party and she—"
"Yeah and people can let you down with their promises." He snapped at her, Welcome to the real world, Elizabeth. However, if you want, I'll get you another doll to make up for –"
"NO! I want to see Circus Baby!" She cried.
"You are not to see her under any circumstance. Now get out of my sight." He shoos her away from his workbench, "Go play with your mother or something".
Little did he know, his daughter had secretly stolen his keys to the Pizza World entrance that day and this was the final time William would ever speak to his beloved daughter but did he regret his last words? Not really…It was her fault for being a disobedient child anyway.
—
William suddenly struggles to breathe while in their workshop within Fazbears.
"Henry, please help me. My corset. I think I fastened it too tight this afternoon."
"Corset? Why the hell are you wearing a corset under—" Henry immediately recalls the incident that occurred a few days ago where William nearly punched a little girl for insulting him and refusing his candy offerings that he would often give to other children.
"Wait…Don't tell me you started wearing a corset because that Cassidy girl called you 'Fatty'?"
"So what if she did? It made me realise I needed to do something about my body alright!"
—
William and Violet ballroom dance together under the light of artificial neon stars and wave-like patterns. The crowd looks at the lovely couple in awe. Violet is lost in his eyes, unaware that his thoughts are elsewhere and not on her but for a split second, his thoughts did drift to how gorgeous she was while she swayed with him…
—
"Dammit. There has to be an exit somewhere. I know it". Gregory thinks and keeps persevering, running into the next entrance ahead.
It takes them some time but at last, they arrive at the corridor leading to the Main Stage area despite all the obstacles thrown at them (or bots in this case).
"Okay, before we move forward, I want to do a fast roll call. Roxy?"
"Here."
"Chica?"
"Here."
"Charlie?"
"Still here with Henry".
Freddy is relieved, "Are we okay? Is anyone hurt? Tired?"
"We're robots Freddy," Chica reminds him, "We don't really get exhausted unless our batteries run out and so far, our batteries are still full and we aren't too badly scratched".
"Also, I think we caused a lot of property damage." Roxy adds, "I don't know how we are going to explain this to the higher ups but I think we can figure out how to cover this up later. Right now the kid is more important." Roxy states their priorities, "Are you ready, Freddy?"
"We have to be." Freddy steels himself to save the boy, "Let's save Gregory together".
"Okay." Mike claps, "So can I add something to the plan?"
"What is it Mike?" Henry asks.
"Charlie and Henry have the advantage of the darkness. As we go in, they should both get a headstart. Henry will conceal Charlie and himself, sneak up to William and then, slowly dismantle the device. Erm, you can conceal two souls right Henry?"
"I should be able to." Henry says, "I've never tried it but it should work the same way".
"Good. Then you can do that to Charlie and both sneak up on William easily".
"Wait, what if William becomes suspicious?" Henry doubts the plan Micheal was putting forth, "If me and Charlie are missing, he'll immediately figure out something is wrong. Remember, he has eyes everywhere and we partially know how he thinks."
"Hmmm…Good point. Let's just stick to the plan then: We go in together and wing it from there…"
"Do you believe we can rescue Gregory?" Chica doubts the ghost, "Can he still be saved?"
"I don't know but we have no choice now." Mike shrugs, "We're already here. Let's just go in and do our best".
Gregory keeps wandering the labyrinth, trying to recognise a pattern or a clue that would enable him to leave this place. However, he finds…absolutely nothing and it frustrates him.
—
After a night of hard drinking (and partying), William wakes up in bed next to a figure he can barely see. However, the figure smells of lavender and so, he presumed it was his wife.
"Good morning Bunny." He kisses her deeply, sticking his tongue down her throat and cups her boob…only to feel that her breasts aren't as soft as usual or as round.
Opening his eyes, he then realises that he's not staring into the green eyes of his wife but rather, that of best friend Henry who is gazing at him with a furious red blush on his cheeks.
The two of them yell in surprise at one another.
"What are you doing in my bed?!" William yells.
"I don't know!" Henry's blush gets redder, "Why did you kiss me?"
"I thought you were Violet!"
"Isn't she on a vacation?"
"Yes. Yes she was."
"Oh good grief, Please don't say a word to my wife about this William."
"Same goes you Henry. The last thing I want is for her to know that we both kissed twice while drunk…"
—
Gregory is embarrassed by this memory and quickly moves on to the next one.
—
At Henry's wedding, William wears a light blue two piece suit with hydrangea flowers clipped to his left Breast pocket.
"That suit is a bit bright." Jen snarks at him.
William did not appreciate her words.
"Of course it's bright. It's for a happy occasion"
"It would be a happier occasion if you weren't here".
"I don't like what you're insinuating. Henry loves me being here".
"Does he really?" She glares at him before moving away.
"I swear that woman hates me for no reason…" William murmurs.
The animatronics carefully walk past the party area into the main stage area where everything seems…calm. There were no bots waiting to pounce on them and just ahead, upon the stage itself, was the rabbit lady and a familiar boy in a blue shirt and light brown pants. However, his head was lowered and his posture slouched eerily.
"Gregory?" Freddy calls him, "We're here to rescue you."
"You're too late I'm afraid." Gregory speaks with a voice that sounds far from childlike. "I've already swallowed up his soul and consciousness and now, he's where he belongs."
Raising his head, he reveals his eyes which are now tinted purple, "… as part of me, forever".
The animatronics gasp in horror while Mike, Henry and Charlie only look silently at the possessed boy with feelings of shame and guilt.
"Oh no." Henry mutters.
"Oh yes. Hello Henry, Charlie and…the rest of you. It's nice to meet you all together again. Especially you Micheal." William laughs, "I must thank you really. Your harsh words drove my Vessel straight into my arms and, once again, you sent another child to their death just because you couldn't let go of your hatred for me!"
"Shut up!" Mike yells at him, his angry words trembling with sadness.
"Awww but look on the bright side dear Micheal: at least now you have an excuse to kill both me and him. Isn't that what you wanted from the very beginning?" He laughed, "However, you'll have to get past my 'bodyguards' first though if you want to finish me once and for all".
The Two faced Jester and the Bulky Gator emerge from the shadows to the left and right, ready to prevent them from advancing further towards the Main Stage.
"You're a monster." Freddy insults him for Mike and himself with a growl, "You've taken control of my friends, you've made them kidnap innocent children and now, you're possessing that child to finish what you began even though he wanted nothing to do with you".
"Aww but Freddy, it's still me." William says mockingly, "'Gregory' and I are one and the same. Don't you like me anymore? I thought I was your Superstar? Then again, I guess not since that's what you call every child anyway. I'm not special to you at all".
"Don't tell me…" Freddy looks at Fake William despairingly, "Is this why Gregory was upset with me back there?"
"Yep." Fake William confirmed, "I showed him footage of you calling other children the same thing. You and Mike made him feel so upset that he ran to me, asking me to take away the pain he felt in his heart and …that's what I did. He can't feel pain anymore if he's dead after all".
The false William's laughter increases in intensity while Freddy clenches his fists, now wholly enraged at the Gold Rabbit and himself.
"He's lying. Don't listen to him." Henry advises the Bear, "He loves to get under people's skin".
Chica then steps forward, asking Freddy a question, "Hey, is there any way we can pull William out of Gregory's body?"
"I'm not sure." Freddy shrugs.
"Actually…I was asking the ghosts".
"Nope." Mike responds to Chica, "If William's taken over his body then what he says is true: There's nothing left to rescue. Gregory is gone and it's all my fault for pushing him away…"
"Right you are Micheal. And maybe as a consolation prize, I'll let all of you hear little Will's last words to Freddy."
Audio plays from the speakers near the stage: Freddy, I'm at the Main Stage area. Please help me! I'm sorry I —
The apology cuts off from that point.
"Poor little Will." The Fake William says sarcastically, "He should have just stayed in dear Vanny's room: Ignorant but happy. At least, he wouldn't have perished in agony begging to be saved".
"Weren't you begging to be saved as well as you died?" Charlie pointed out.
"That was a weaker me and anyhow, it's done. Little Will has served his purpose and become the perfect Vessel for me." Fake William stared at his new hands and grinned, "Hmm…I'm in a good mood presently so guess what, I'm willing to give all of you a chance: If anyone doesn't want to get pulverised, leave. Otherwise, I'll sick Monty, the Attendant and the last batch of bots we have here on you."
"You think we'd just back off. After everything you've done to us? And what you are doing tonight?" Henry snaps at the digital clone.
"Yes." Fake William says victoriously, "Because if you do kill me, you'd all be child murderers? Can you live with that?".
Everyone is silent. Everyone except for Mike.
"We don't care." Mike declares, "Or I don't at least. Even if we can't save Gregory, we'll at least stop you from killing more children. When I kill you, my suffering and the suffering of so many others will finally end".
Mike raises his fist at his father, eyes once again developing a purple tint just like his.
"I hope it never does." William affrontingly to his son, "I hope all your sins haunt you forever…Monty, Attendant, Vanny. Attack them!"
Using her laptop, Vanny directs all nearby remaining Security Bots and Endos in the Main Stage area to attack their opponents as Monty and the Daycare attendant charge towards them first.
"Hey. You didn't even let us finish deciding if we were going to leave or stay!" Roxy complained.
"Doesn't matter. You all know too much anyway and have to be discarded." William says without a hint of remorse, "I mean, you are just machines after all. Very replaceable machines".
Roxy growls at Fake William before she, Freddy and Chica rush forward to challenge the bots coming at a matter of seconds, they engage in intense combat: Kicking and punching one another in a frenzied mess of metal against metal.
Chica and the Attendant trade blows and when she tries to shriek at him, he clutches her by the beak and flings it to a far corner. Chica attempts to reach for it but the Attendant blocks her path and keeps going full force at her.
Meanwhile, Roxy is using her special Vision to figure out how to weaken and paralyse Monty while Freddy keeps him distracted.
"Monty this isn't you snap out of it!" Freddy tries to reason with the Gator again.
"Oh but this was always me, Freddy. I hated how you always got the spotlight as Fazbear's favourite and I got to be known as the Gator Golf guy. Don't get me wrong, I understand why considering you're the face of the business but hopefully, once I kill you, they'll make me the Star of the Pizzaplex." He brags.
"Think Monty, think!" Roxy shouts, "you aren't going to be the Star of the Pizzaplex because as much as I hate to admit it, I can't be either. They'll scrap you and rebuild Freddy once they find out what you did to him and us!"
"Shut up! I. will. be and William here promised he'd help me convince the higher ups to make me the new face of the business. Isn't that right William?"
"Erm…yeah. Of course." Fake William lies, observing everything in the background while the transfer completes. He was now 79% synced with his Vessel.
The remaining bots and endos come in last from the darkness but luckily, Charlie had programmed her security bots with the automatic order to fight back and allow no external harm to come towards the three Glamrocks as they fought with their various opponents.
Despite the Chaos, William manages to witness Henry's spirit jump from Freddy into the Puppet's Body beside Charlie and they vanish into the darkness, concealing their presences.
"Vanny, stay with me on high alert." He cautions her, "The Emilys' are planning an ambush on us and I need you to protect me."
Under a Crescent moon, William chucks the dead body he was holding in a river that goes to the ocean and gazes at the corpse with a grin as it floats away.
He was bored today. He couldn't help it. He needed to do something exciting, release some tension and this one unlucky soul had to cross paths with him by accidentally denting his car. It made William furious and so, it was the perfect excuse for him to commit murder.
William's phone suddenly rings and, with bloodied hands, he answers the call.
"Hello Mr Afton, I heard you were going to America on vacation?"
"Yeah. I'm leaving Mr Allen in charge of the company until I return in a few weeks time…or not depending on how my meeting goes with him."
"And where are you going exactly Mr Afton?"
William walks away from the scene of the crime, "To Hurricane, Utah. I have a date with an old friend".
—
Classical music fills Henry's living room while William tries to convince Henry of his idea to use animatronics mascots instead of people in mascot costumes to attract people to their business.
"Just imagine it Henry. I mean… having advanced AI parading about in our restaurant will give us more of an edge above our competitors. The crowd will be fascinated with what my machines are capable of. And you've seen it for yourself too during that tech demo I had a few months back".
"I'll…keep thinking about it." Henry says, "By the way have we finalized the official name for the restaurant yet?"
"Kind of. How does 'Teddy TedBears' sound?"
"Sounds too much like a Toy Store. Hmm…how about Freddy Fredbear's or Fredbear's Diner?"
"I like the second one. Maybe for the first, we save that for a possible future spinoff outlet or character?"
"Mmm that could work as well." Henry jots down notes.
—
"Hey Bunny Boy, whatcha eating? carrots?"
William balls his hands into a fist and socks the bully in the face. He had enough of that kid who had called him names and punched him until he was unconscious. He wouldn't stop his assault until he was taken away by the Dean who he'd also assaulted.
However, due to some bribing and convincing from his parents, he got away with his actions scott free and continued to remain in school.
—
"Argh!" The boy cries, unable to make sense of how to escape. His own mind was being flooded by every single one of William's memories and now, they are starting to blur together.
Gregory thought not existing was horrible but being trapped in William's memories forever and forced to relive every memory constantly was an equally terrifying fate.
—
"Do you know what I like best about being taller than everyone else?" William asks Henry as they eat together.
"What?"
"Looking down on people".
"Oh that's a good one William." Henry laughs at William's joke.
William wasn't laughing. Nor was it a joke.
"Do you see them yet?" William pretends to look around as 'Gregory'.
"Nope. It's too dark. Shall I set up the 'lights'?"
"Absolutely. That will keep them busy".
Vanny nods and types a command onto the laptop. Amethyst and lilac coloured Star patterns dance on the ceiling as she holds the knife in her hands to strike. Henry and Charlie hide together behind a pillar.
"Don't look at the stars!" Freddy warns everyone, "Don't be distracted by the lights!"
Everyone acknowledges Freddy.
"I should never have said those words to him…" Charlie laments trying to find a good place to strike while trying to avoid staring at the lights, "I wish I could tell that boy I was sorry but now, it's too late. I have to kill him".
"I don't think you have to." Henry shakes his head, carefully examining a particular spot on the stage.
"What do you mean Dad?"
"Now that we are closer to him, I've noticed something off about that area." Henry gestures to 'Gregory', "Can you see the flickers?"
"Oh yeah".
"This Gregory is an illusion created by one of William's inventions. Vanny used one as well but hers didn't work on ghosts. This one does…and we almost bought into the illusion that Gregory couldn't be saved".
"If so, where is the real one?"
"The only way to know is to break the illusion. It has to be somewhere on the Bonnie suit…There! That circular disc".
Behind the Bonnis body, Charlie spots the disc hier father points at.
"Okay the count of three. One, Two, Three!"
Charlie lunges swiftly while Vanny turns her back to her and strikes the disc first with her tendril, shattering the false Gregory.
"What-What's happen–" William's eyes shift about as his 'Gregory' illusion disappears.
A split second later, he then feels a slim and familiar shape cling onto Bonnie's back and simultaneously, Charlie hears breathing from within as she lands on the animatronic.
'Gregory...He's in there. He's ok!' the ghost girl thinks to herself thankfully.
"Hey get off of me you brat!" William howls in annoyance,"I'm already 85% synced with my Vessel and Spring Locks are very difficult to undo you little brat! If you don't do it right, you'll kill Little Will here from blood loss!"
"She's not alone." Henry interrupts him, "And she'll know how to dismantle you carefully with my help. Start with the top right screw on Bonnie's shoulder Charlie".
"Grrr. Vanny. Get them off now!"
Vanny drops the flashlight and springs towards the Puppet with a knife in her hands.
In the middle of enjoying a milkshake with Henry, his best friend's phone rang.
"Ah Sorry Will, I have to go now." Henry stands up, "I have to pick up my daughter from the Daycare".
"I understand, friend. Goodbye. I'll just finish your fries. All alone. By Myself".
William clenched his fist. He hated how that daughter of his was slowly taking Henry away from him. He wasn't like this with his own family so why can't Henry do the same?
'Oh yeah, because he loves his daughter and I don't truly love anyone…Not even my own wife and children who are as beautiful as I am. Why does that make me feel…unpleasant for once? How come he gets to be happy with his life and I don't? Why am I never satisfied?' William's thoughts are filled with jealousy and contempt.
Exiting yet another memory into another memory, Gregory looks at his hands and then the rest of his body. They're flickering in and out like static on an old TV and, as time passed, this occurrence was increasing in frequency.
He didn't know what it meant but seeing as how he was slowly fading away physically and literally, it likely was a bad thing.
And now, Gregory was also worried that he can't get out at this point as he's already too far into William's deepest memories, for he was already seeing the events had made him into the man he was.
In the dark of the night, William Afton runs into the woods, carrying a dead Golden Retriever named Charles in his arms.
Minutes earlier, he'd fed his neighbour's dog a treat laced with 'sleep medicine' so that it wouldn't cry for help or bite him and then, with a kitchen knife, he'd murdered it coldly.
The yapping creature was old and senile and kept him up in the evenings, distracting him from his studies. He hated distractions and now…it was gone. However, he knew he would be in big trouble if anyone found out about this and quickly, he ran into the woods to find a place to hide its body.
CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH
William hears rustling in the trees behind him and turns around. There's an uncanny looking woman with green eyes and bright red hair tied into two pigtails just some feet away from him.
Or so he believes it is a woman.
It had human proportions but was unnaturally tall and slender, having a very tiny waist, long neck and stick-like arms and legs. The scarlet colours of her dress and hair further emphasised just how pale her greyish-white her skin was. She grins at him like a Cheshire cat, showcasing her rows of jagged, shark-like teeth that rested beneath her pinkish cheeks and lips.
He blinks once, she gets closer.
Twice and…she suddenly vanishes. Along with the dead dog in his hands.
The usually stoic boy screams, becoming genuinely scared for once, and sped back from the way he came, washing the blood off of his hands in a nearby creek.
William couldn't explain what he saw that night, whether it was real or a hallucination, human or monster. Whatever it was, it had taken Charles and either hid it away or eaten as Nobody found the dog ever again and, for some reason or another, William forgot that horrifying sight of the woman had witnessed that day…
'Huh? What was that woman? And why did she resemble Circus Baby before she was built?' Gregory ponders.
Before he can question it, he's teleported into a garage where an 18 year old William is tinkering with a car engine and stops the moment he feels his parents footsteps coming towards the Car.
"What are you doing here William?"
"I just wanted to find a tool box to use for a school project." William says to them.
"William, we're rich. You can just get one of our servants to help you search for it. That's what they're for." Cornelius Afton huffs, "Anyhow, me and your mother are leaving on vacation. Do be on your best behaviour alright?"
"Sure. Bye mom, bye Dad." He waves them goodbye with a dark grin.
His parents never make it to the airport and die in a car accident caused by a faulty wheel. It wasn't seen as a crime, only a tragic accident and so, nobody was investigated. Other relatives and friends give him condolences but he doesn't care, he has inherited his parent's fortune, his father's business and a bunch of other cool things. One of which was his father's research about 'Remnant' which was a key to immortality.
Much like when he was a child, William didn't have much interest in immortality until he had his first near death experience in a car accident himself and that prompted him to value life more for he never wanted to die ever again!
And thus, over the years during his free time, William began his own research into the subject.
Back then, William did not know much about Remnant the way he did now as at that time, all he could rely on were his father's recorded notes from different (and unethical) tests and research on the substance.
They explained that Remnant was basically the fragments of a person's soul. Their "life force" so to speak. Every living thing with a soul had Remnant but humans, being the 'superior' species, had the most Remnant out of every living thing. His Father's theory was that if one could manage to somehow extract Remnant from others safely, one could steal their life force to extend their own lifespan and become immortal. Furthermore, he even had a theory that if Remnant could be further studied and modified, it could even grant a person eternal youth".
"I'd like to be young and beautiful forever." His father had written down casually in his notes.
However, because Remnant was the literal portions of a person's soul, extracting it could be unpredictable and deadly as it was akin to sucking the life energy out of someone and shortening their life span.
William's father learned the hard way that if too much was removed, a person would end up dead or, shockingly enough, experience a severe change in personality as it seemed taking out a person's soul has a chance of removing large or small amounts of a person's 'self'.
Despite the fact that he hated his father, William chose to continue his research on the substance for the sake of attaining eternal life and by the time he made it to college, William had already created his first prototype of a Remnant extraction device.
It was lighter than his Father's and looked like a lazer gun from something out of a science fiction movie and its purpose was to extract the essence of a person's soul and convert it into a physical form (mainly liquid that would be placed into a small vial attached to the gun).
His first test subject was a rat. He aimed it at the creature and it started squealing but not long after, he saw it: Silvery liquid was filling up the vial in this device.
Then, halting it, the rat passed out but woke up a few minutes later.
After that was successful, William then used himself as the next test subject.
He winces a little as his Remnant is removed from him into a vial but he doesn't feel like he's going to pass out. He hadn't known what part of his soul he extracted from himself exactly but he didn't feel much different and so, he stored it away into a black box.
Charlie multitasks. Trying to carefully unscrew the bolts while not being distracted while Henry gives her instructions and Vanny slashes at her methodologically at the animatronic in an attempt to get her off of her Master.
"Why won't you die!" Vanny screams.
Charlie winces as the blades strike the puppet's wires. It hurt. It hurts a lot and she could feel the Puppet suffering and starting to shut down as she was bound to the animatronic (unlike her Father) but she had to save the boy. At any cost.
"90%." William taunts them, "Time's running out Charlie".
Meanwhile, below, Roxy and Freddy have just managed to shut down Monty.
Unfortunately, to do so, Roxy was forced to violently claw at his back to reach his shut down button and had endured damage to her torso area like freddy.
"HELP SOMEBODY!"
Freddy hears Charlie screaming in the distance.
"Freddy, thanks for your help but now, you need to get to Charlie and the boy. I'll help Chica".
Freddy and Roxy run in the opposite directions and Roxy looks around the area. Neither Chica nor The Attendant was anywhere to be found.
'Oh no. Chica, where did you go?'
Chica was getting badly damaged. Without her beak, she couldn't do much and all she could do was hide and strike when possible. Also, she was looking for the power breaker for the main stage area and thus, she'd run up one of the shut down escalators, the attendant not far behind.
At the topmost level, Chica finally arrives at the Main Stage control booth.
'C'mon, C'mon where's the main light switch?' She scans the small room, 'There has to be one in this office.'
Chica looks through the rows and lines of buttons until, at last, she sees a green switch.
As she grabs it, a cold grip grabs her.
"Goodnight Chica." The Attendant whispers into her ear before roughly pulling her away but as he does so, her hand pulls down on the lever and all the lights of the area suddenly turn on, bathing everything in the zone in a warm glow of yellow light. It reduces the effectiveness of Fake William's hypnosis technique and Vanny is stunned by the bright lights for a while too before going back to attacking Charlie.
"Argh not again…Ahhh!" The Moon-faced attendant gradually switches back to his Sunny self who gazes around puzzled.
"Huh? What happened? Chica, you're hurt…and-and your beak is gone. Did I do this?" The Attendant asks nervously.
"Yeah…"
Much like earlier, Chica could not speak in full sentences as a result of her losing her beak.
"Oh no…Can I make it up to you somehow?"
"Find my beak …. after ….help Gregory…"
Several empty syringes lie in a trash can. A middle aged William is lying in pain on the bed as he takes his latest dose.
It's painful but at least he feels alive. Sure, he still looked 50 but his body felt stronger and more energetic and best of all, he's stopped aging and his fatal diabetes has been cured.
And as an even better bonus, the remnant consumption has made him more "spiritually attuned". He can sense ghosts, see the souls of living things that took the form of various colours and even perform what he could only consider "dark magic".
It was ironic for a man of science to be using magic but then again, William had accepted belief in the afterlife after learning of the human soul.
'And if Hell exists, I shall indeed be punished horribly for all the things I've done…'
However, a detrimental side effect of remnant consumption had made itself visible and overtaken him as of late for the more remnant he injected into himself, the more he craved.
What he had now was no longer enough. He wanted more Remnant, more powers over life and death….
'What would happen if I consumed an excess amount of remnant though?' William wondered to himself, 'Would I become a God?'
He would never know until he tried and so he goes to the one place he knows where he can find a stable source of Remnant: The old Freddy Fazbear's where ghosts of the children likely still haunted the animatronics (if they hadn't passed on yet). With his newfound abilities, He could always extract more of their Remnant without any problems…
—
The memory fast forwards to a point in time after he died in the Springlock suit and was nearly killed by Micheal during the Fazbear Fright fire.
—
At an abandoned building, William was at his lowest, standing alone and gazing at his own rotten reflection in a shattered mirror.
"Damn, I wasn't strong enough to fight back against my son or Charlie before I met this gruesome fate and now, my body has become even weaker. I can't be immortal like this…"
"If it's power and immortality you want, I can grant you that." a feminine voice spoke in the dark corner of the musty bathroom.
It's a person Gregory nor William can see but they do recognise the figure has a female voice and shape.
"Who are you?"
The feminine figure steps out of the shadows. It's the same 'woman' William saw in the woods. A sight that William had long ago forgotten.
Up close and under the light, he sees that she appears to be a mechanical, antique doll that looks very familiar to him.
"Circus Baby?" William is perplexed.
"Not quite but yes. It seems I may have provided some…accidental, subconscious inspiration for that robot of yours even though I wiped your memories of me several years back but now, I'll let you remember me and my name: You may call me Eleanor." She does a playful bow, "I've been watching you for a long, long time Mr Afton and so far, you tick all the checkboxes for demonhood: Heartlessly throwing away those you love for the sake of power, tricking people into making deals with you…I love it".
"Demonhood?" He laughs at the absurdity of this current situation and offer, "You want to make me a demon? Why?"
"Well, as a demon, you will be powerful, worshipped by many and more importantly, immortal…"
"But I wouldn't have a soul though would I?"
"Yes." The demon answers candidly.
"If I die as a demon, I can't come back. Not worth it".
"No worries. We can discuss this and make some adjustments to my offer…"
The memory is fast forwarded again. Eleanor converses with William in an attempt to get him to make a deal with her. He's stubborn at first to listen to her until she reveals to him that she knows more about Remnant than he does.
"I have a fun fact for you: Remember the Remnant you first extracted from yourself? That was a small portion of your own Humanity you removed. In doing so, you took away some of your ability to feel and empathise with others". The creepy 'woman' giggles as she explains information to the corpse in the rabbit suit.
"I did? If so, I didn't miss it. I was naturally born without the ability to feel much for others anyway so it doesn't matter".
"Hmm…If so, would you be willing to give up all your Humanity then? Become a Demon?
"What's the catch for becoming one besides giving away my soul?" William quizzes her, "I've read Faust. There's always a catch".
"Oh, no catch. You don't even have to give me your soul. All you have to do for me is to strip away whatever Humanity remains within you and offer me 10 human lives so that I can consume them. If you do that, I can make you into a demon and you can still keep your soul. And lastly, to sweeten this little deal of ours, I'll also tell you everything you want to know about Remnant. How does that sound?"
She then floats towards him, whispering in his ear, "Remember: Power, knowledge and immortality are all yours if you accept my offer right now".
William finally agrees to the offer for the sake of obtaining his desires and he easily extracts the last of his humanity that he (presumably) never needed out of his body, placing it in another vial in the same black box.
"That's all your Humanity? How peculiar…it's less than the average person but still, this indeed proves I've chosen the perfect candidate to become a Demon".
Gregory is hit with the realisation that those vials were the very vials that Fake William had used to create him. He was William's humanity. All of it. It was a small amount but still…
A shine signals that a mirror shard lies beside Gregory and instinctively, his eyes are drawn to look into it. He screams. He's become near translucent like those ghosts, dissolving while in this labyrinth of memories, already becoming one with the Fake William.
The boy collapses and falls to the floor as the memory fades away into a black void. It's hopeless now. He was going to die. He was going to be absorbed into that Fake William and die!
"Is this how it ends? This is unfair…I barely lived…" Gregory sobs.
"Awww….but you will still live Little Will!" The real William comforts Gregory while manifesting himself into existence beside him, "But only in my memories once you and that Faker become one. I'll never forget you."
"Ugh you again? Why is your voice so loud in my head?
"I'm a naturally loud person, that's why." The older gentleman answers smarmily, "Look, just think of your death like…falling into a deep slumber that you can't wake up from".
"Yeah and no knight in shining armour to kiss me awake either." Gregory laughs sadly.
"I'm afraid that's the way the world works, little Will. You were never destined to have a long life outside the Pizzaplex but think of it as a sort of blessing: Soon, I will deal with all those mundane concerns and troubles of life while you get to rest forever".
"Heh…You're talking like you're not going to give Fake William his own life either".
"I'm not. But like I said, you'll both be in my memories once we are reunited together".
"Great. I wonder what I'll be remembered as? Your Greatest Victim?
"Don't flatter yourself. However, as I'm a nice guy; I'll dedicate the next animatronic I build to your memory … even name it 'Gregory' or 'Gregbot' after you? How's that?"
Gregory becomes silent and depressed at William's statement.
"Maybe I'll even give it a human appearance too. Like Ballora. After all, little kids trust other little kids, don't they?" William cackles evilly as his voice and body fade away.
Once again, Gregory is all alone. He has no idea where to go anymore and with his form fading fast, he feels like he won't make it out of this place alive anymore.
'Oh god. I can't believe this is how my short life ends and that my only legacy in this world will possibly be a killer animatronic bearing my name and face…' a few tears fall out of Gregory's eyes again, "How could things get any worse?!"
Suddenly, the boy feels a presence arrive in front of him. It's smaller, gentler and radiates an aura of warmth towards him.
"It won't happen Dad…I mean Gregory. Don't give up. I know the way out".
Gregory's eyes open as he gazes at the source of the voice. It's a boy that looks more or less identical to him but shorter, had less messy hair and was dressed in a black shirt with white stripes and blue shorts that stopped above his knees. Additionally, in his left hand, was a Gold Fredbear plushie.
"You're —"
Stretching out his hand, the small boy summons an exit which takes the form of a vertical rectangle leading to a blindingly bright light. He steps into it and Gregory follows after him
Freddy rushes to the main stage with Mike and sees that Charlie's wires are all horribly exposed. The Puppet was barely moving now, its circuits already malfunctioning due to the damage it endured.
"92%, 93%, 94%, 95%..." William keeps taunting her with the countdown.
"One more Charlie. Just one more." Henry encourages, rushing his daughter to finish the process faster.
"Yeah." Vanny raises her knife, "One final strike and you'll be – urk!"
Suddenly, the Rabbit found herself restrained and pulled away by a pair of orange arms.
"Thanks Gabe–I mean Freddy." Charlie thanks him, not looking into Freddy's eyes as she was too focused on the task at hand.
"Who's Gabriel?" Freddy asks Henry.
"Just someone Charlie knew long ago."
Vanny writhes in Freddy's grasp, "Let me go!"
"Aww….I think someone's cranky." the ghost in the purple shirt teases her, "Perhaps she needs a little nap, don't you think?"
Michael points at the sedatives lying near the stage..
Freddy is apprehensive of the idea, "I'm not sure if we should drug her like that."
"She's clearly not going to calm down. Unless you want to knock her out with a punch".
"I would prefer the sedatives." Freddy nods and goes along with Mike's idea, heading to the box of medical supplies with a struggling Vanny in tow.
Then, with what energy the Puppet has left, Charlie and Henry work together to fully focus and undo the last 2 mechanisms carefully….
Gregory finds himself in a sunny meadow full of lush green grass and many flowers. On the horizon are several buildings far away and other hillsides.
This place…he knows it all too well. It's the place where he met Henry several times. The sun wasn't too warm, the breeze was cooling and the strong scent of the flowers was very pleasant. Gregory smiles, feeling like he's in paradise. If he could, he'd love to stay here forever…
"William!" a voice calls. Gregory turns his head and sees Henry, also around his age, running happily towards him.
"Let's go. Everyone's waiting."
Confusion sank in but before Gregory could process it further, Henry grabbed him by the hand and guided him in the direction of a lone tree just a few yards away. However, blocking their path is a small brook.
Nonetheless, Henry jumps over it easily and extends his hand to Gregory, beckoning him to cross as well.
"Join me." The Dark haired boy mutters.
Upon hearing those words, Gregory's fading body now starts to glow white and sparks float off of his skin. He didn't know what it was but this feeling made him euphoric and, if he crossed this brook, he felt as though he would have even greater euphoria. Gregory eagerly reaches for Henry's hand and the boy in front of him grins from ear to ear in an uncharacteristically sinister manner.
However Gregory pauses upon hearing two loud voices in his head:
"Go with him. it's okay…He's going to take you home." A fatherly voice encourages him.
Gregory nods and is about to continue reaching for Henry when –
"No. Don't listen to either of them. Don't go." The boy's voice warns, "If you do, your body will be an empty shell. Run now".
A flicker of hidden anger and panic crosses Henry's face as he hears the second voice and quickly, he forcefully grabs Gregory's right hand, trying to get him across. However, another hand grabbed Gregory's left hand in response. Henry's eyes shimmered purple and his form shifts back to that of the Fake William.
"You!"
The boy trying to pull his Vessel away was Evan, his youngest son.
"Let my Vessel go." He commands the smaller boy.
"No."
"As your Father, I demand it."
"No." The boy repeats, "I know what you did to Mike. I know what you did to my sister. I'm not listening to you anymore".
"Not you as well! Argh!"
Evan and the Fake William engage in a tug of war, pulling Gregory back and forth and unfortunately, Fake William was winning, so very close to pulling the boy to his side.
However, with no warning, the environment around Gregory ruptured apart, Evan and Fake William vanished and then the clone found himself free falling into a black void…
"98% —"
Charlie and Henry finally finish dismantling the Springlock Suit…or at least the part of it that was important to dismantle at least. The needles on his wrists retract themselves and fall off as the hatch opens and does the same, revealing the unconscious body of Gregory.
Then, the Purple eyes of Bonnie fade, signalling that WIlliam either went back into the digital world or worse, was already within the boy.
Mike was concerned about the countdown having reached close to 100%,
"Do…Do you think the transfer worked or failed?" He voiced his thoughts aloud.
"We can worry about that later." Freddy rushes to Gregory with the box of medical supplies in his hand, "For now, Gregory and all of us need medical attention".
Freddy gets close to the boy and analyses him. He doesn't need his scanners to see that the boy's wrists have been injured and are bleeding profusely from the sections where the needles punctured. Instinctively, the Bear treated the wound(s) right away: Wiping off the blood, applying antiseptic and quickly bandaging both of the boy's wrists before carrying him out of the suit and addressing everyone.
"I'm doing another roll call." Freddy announces, "Chica, are you okay?"
"I have my beak back but my plates have been broken again…" The Bird Lady says.
"Roxy?"
"Yeah. I'm mostly ok. Only some minor scratches here and there." The wolf reports as she looks at the motionless Gator beneath her feet, "And Monty is…down but still functional".
Freddy nods and looks towards the slim humanoid creeping away from all of them, "And what about you Sunny?"
The Attendant freezes at the sound of his nickname before turning around to look at Freddy, "I'm fine…I'm just returning to the Daycare."
"You think you could help us with Monty though first?" Roxy requests, trying to lift the Gator up by his legs, "He's heavy."
"I can't. I'm worried as I still feel William's command calling out to me. Telling me to bring him Gregory. I can resist it but I'm not sure for how long…"
"No worries. If you kidnap him, I'll scream and you'll fall unconscious." Chica attempts to reassure him.
The Attendant of course didn't find her statement reassuring in the slightest but he knew it was for the greater good.
"Oh ummm sure." The Attendant walks back to them, "I suppose I can help out as I can't really refuse a call for help but we have to stay in places with the lights ON".
"Don't worry, we'll walk ahead to make sure of it." Chica says cheerfully, "Also, when Gregory wakes up, he'll turn on your safe mode as promised earlier".
"Oh," Freddy recalls the last person, "I almost forgot: Charlie? Henry? Are you there?"
"B-Behind you." Charlie weakly climbs to rest on Freddy's shoulders and back, "All of my Security Bots are disassembled and The Puppet's badly damaged. He needs to be fixed."
Henry also jumps back into Freddy as she says that.
"Woah." Mike is surprised, "I didn't know the Puppet was a guy?"
"He's a guy. To me at least." Charlie says looking around at the parts of her now broken but still tear-streaked Security Bot comrades scattered on the floor, "Thank you, all of you…You served us well and fought your best…".
Freddy acknowledges Charlie's sadness at losing her bot companions, patting the Puppet on the head, before turning his head towards his own animatronic companions.
"Alright. Let's head to the repair room in Parts and Service. There, we can recover and think about what to do next".
"Hang on," Mike points to the unconscious body which everyone turns to look towards, "What about Rabbit lady over there? Are we going to just leave her?"
"I think we should take her with us so that she can't aid William anymore." Freddy decides, "Chica, carry her. When we get back to Parts and Service, bind her with rope or something".
"Alrighty".
"Right…Let's gather at the Main Stage everyone. We're taking the shortcut".
Roxy and the Attendant carry Monty while Chica carries William's servant. Everyone gets onto the main stage while Freddy presses the button on the nearby console and, in a few minutes, everyone descends into the Parts and Service area, especially the modified Springlock body of Bonnie….
Chapter 35 End
Chapter 36 Title: We're still your friends
Summary: Gregory reawakens from his slumber but something isn't right with him…