Marionette stretched and sighed, the stiffness of a single pose wreaking havoc on her spine. She was surprised to notice the children were not in the warehouse. It was roughly six o'clock near dusk, she was a bit off than predicted her energy recharge would be completed and no children to drive her crazy. It was shaping up to be a nice evening. So, Bumblebee did it. The mech was better than she had anticipated. However...

She sensed stale smoke from a burnt-out fire and looking to her left out the window, there were imprints in the buildings across from her location, something large and wide...like Foxy or one of Mangle's heads. She didn't hesitate to get up and walk around outside when her suspicions rose. It was one thing to see it from an inside view, it was...pretty different than she expected outside. The blood stains and impact marks littered everywhere were telling.

She walked fast to the Autobot main hangar and found Optimus and some of the others, but there was no Bumblebee.

"Good evening, Optimus Prime. I was hoping to find Bumblebee and ask about the damage to your base, about what happened. Are the children alright?" She politely said.

The Prime gave a small bow of respect towards her. "Bumblebee, unfortunately, is not here but rest assured he did get the children moved to their new home in Ohio. As for what happened here, someone accidentally triggered an aggressive response from them and they killed about sixty to a hundred soldiers, wounded eighty. I do not blame them for their defense. Trauma can be very fickle triggers. I have seen it way too many times."

"I apologize, truly. I'll do anything to make up for your losses," she sighed.

"Do you know anyone by the name of Max? He came to our base and he helped Bee calm the children, seems to have plenty of experience with them. He helped transport them as well."

Marionette actually looked genuinely surprised upon hearing that. "Max came? He and I are friendly. The children tried to kill him a few times at first but he read them like a book and played to their interests and weaknesses, earning their respect as well as mine. He's a good man, doesn't normally work with others."

"Yep, I don't!"

Both Optimus and Marionette turned to see Max and behind him Foxy, Freddy, and the rest of the possessed crew appeared all awake and alert to Marionette's utter shock. She gave Optimus a scowl for lying only to realize Optimus' expression was honest that he didn't know how the children got back either.

"Hi Marionette!"

"Hiya!"

"Hello!"

"M-Max! What is this? I thought they were supposed to be in the new fairgrounds?!" She exclaimed.

The human clicked his tongue awkwardly, "They are the ones who dragged me here actually. We didn't have a ground bridge so they ran the whole way here which was an interesting journey. They said they wanted to help Bumblebee because he is in danger. Speaking of that mech, where is he?"

Arcee came from Optimus' right and spoke, "He's not here. Bulkhead thinks he went out on patrol or needed some time to rethink what happened last night but that was this morning. He still hasn't returned."

"Do you know where he is?" Max tried again.

"Well, no but-"

"Do you KNOW where he is?"

This time Arcee remained silent as Max gestured for her figure out what he was asking and severity implied. When she looked at Optimus for an answer, Max took it upon himself to climb up to the nearest catwalk to be eye level with the Prime.

"Okay, so nobody knows where he is. That's where the 'danger' part of my point comes in. Do you know who that human with Bumblebee was?"

A small gathering of human personnel and Autobots were prominent but Max ignored them and went straight to the computer attached to the largest screen in the room. He quickly typed as he awaited an answer.

"Um, it was a man named Jacob Hurst, he is a guard," Knockout added from the silence. He crossed his arms in skepticism.

"'Was' being a very operative word at the moment," Max mumbled. "Tell me another thing, who was the second person Bumblebee said he met at the fairgrounds when he went alone that night? I know about Springtrap but who was the other one?"

Blurr answered this time. "Err, it was...a femme who called herself Circus Baby? He mentioned she showed him the way into the pizzeria then left him without a problem so he claims."

Max brought up the file of Jacob Hurst and eyed it with some humor. "Well, he's a handsome man, but those scars did a number on him. And if I recall, his cheek bones were a bit sunken last time I saw him which confirms what I thought."

"What exactly do you mean?" Optimus responded with concern.

"Rosebush injuries are small scratches that will rip up skin or cause skin-eating bacteria to tear up patches near where the prick of the thorn is, true, but slicing up your body deep to where the skin needs stitches to keep it from falling apart? Not possible."

Knockout scoffed, "So you're saying he faked his injuries?"

"No, he didn't. It's just that Jacob didn't get injured at all."

Ratchet glared at him, "How do you mean that? He has scars and was bleeding enough to lose almost a liter of blood! And you're saying he wasn't injured?"

"Yes. That isn't Jacob Hurst," Max said, crossing his arms in confidence.

"Are you that delusional-?!"

He rolled his eyes, "Do you know why after Jacob came back bleeding he said 'he was fine' as written on his medical report when he had such large gashes split open by said 'rosebushes'? It's because he didn't feel a damn thing because he was already dead. And F.Y.I., there are no rosebushes anywhere on your property line for starters. Secondly, look at those gashes."

He pointed to the images displayed on the screen. "Those wounds aren't simple scratches that cut deep. Those are the result of skin being sliced open by something metal because of the precision. No rosebush in the world can do that. Also look at the amount of blood. No human can still be alive with that much blood gone. That's not Jacob Hurst, it's someone else who's wearing his skin. Circus Baby is Jacob Hurst."

Arcee all but shook her head like he was insane. "There's no possible way! Stealing someone's skin, I mean?"

Max smirked, "Did nobody tell you why Circus Baby is so feared, even Springtrap is afraid of her? Let me put into perspective what she does and then you can tell me straight to my face if it's possible or not for her to be Jacob Hurst. First and foremost, she is a size shifter. She can get about as big as Bumblebee, maybe larger, maximum but she can get as small as about a five-foot human estimated. Now, she is a deranged psychopath who will do whatever it takes to get what she wants and often will manipulate everyone and everything alive.

"Imagine someone who was so psychotic, she would figure that the only way to escape Afton's Fazbear Production Factory in an underground facility was to sweet talk human victims who worked for Afton into obeying her needs and stole their bodies to pass as human so she could leave, killing the rest. The person she stole the body off of was Michael Afton, William's son, who was sent down in place of his father as a sacrifice. He was killed and his body only lasted about, eh, a week before it broke down and Baby was forced to take another host.

"Now imagine this, she hears about someone investigating the fairgrounds and stirring up Marionette and the kids whom she hates and she goes to meet who it was by playing to that person's need to get into the pizzeria knowing Springtrap was down there and ultimately setting that person up. And Baby doesn't just leave it at that. She lives to destroy so she goes to that person's base and takes on a victim so she can get close to that person and along the way make everything seem like it's that person's fault until they are alone, disrespected, and bam, she has her next victim."

Optimus stared at him. "Are you saying Bumblebee was framed?"

"I'm saying that you blaming Bumblebee is because you couldn't see the real culprit behind a human façade," Max said.

"That-that can't be!" Arcee said.

"How did Springtrap suddenly break free when Bumblebee was alone with him with the latter knowing releasing the enemy is a horrible mistake? How is it after the children were brought to this base, someone under strict orders suddenly makes an obvious mistake as firing off a weapon in front of killer mechanoids? Someone made these events happen and each time they did, Bumblebee was blamed for it and it separated you guys from him making it easier for 'Jacob' to become the only person Bee could trust. The only person with the mech that night who knew about Bee going to the underground was Circus Baby and she followed him here. Notice how everything went wrong suddenly when nothing of that scale had ever happened before under Bumblebee's leadership?"

Ratchet looked humiliated and held his chin. "And we didn't look at anything else beside it was his fault. What have we done?"

Max made raised his brows briefly in sarcasm. "Yeah, you done goofed. Now I'm going to ask again: do you know where Bumblebee is? Actually, let me rephrase that. Do you know where Jacob Hurst is?"

Everyone in the room hit a major realization and several soldiers who worked communications scrambled to their computers to track Jacob. One soldier brought up security cams to every exit and ground bridge operation. When he found footage of Bumblebee and Jacob, he immediately stood.

"They used a ground bridge, sir. Time of operation, 4:55 AM."

Max nodded and stood next to the soldier to double check. "Location jump destination?"

"Times Beach, Missouri. Outskirts of Fazbear Fairgrounds, sir. There's an Autobot signature appearing on radar in this location but it's faint and immobile."

As the data was displayed on the larger screen, Max simply said, "I stand corrected. Bumblebee isn't just in danger; he may already be dead."

Everyone murmured between one another while Knockout just stood there wordless.

"We need to help him!" Foxy said, wagging his tail.

"If Circus Baby tricked him into going back to the fairgrounds, she no doubt has jumped him by now. How long he's going to be alive is up to her. We've sat on this for too long. Unless she has an ulterior motive, he can die at any point from here on out no matter when we start this rescue operation," Max grimaced.

"No, he isn't going to die!" Arcee snarled, "I am not letting the last thing I said to him be that I wished he wasn't our leader! If he dies, I'm going to raise hell until someone kills me. That bitch better have some good fighting skills because I'll kill her for turning me against my family!"

The pirate raised his brows and put his hands up, "Okay. Anybody else?"

A plethera of voices raising up was expected but still a little overwhelming.

He huffed, "Keep in mind, Baby and Springtrap hate each other's guts but if they are both there, Springtrap's going to be roaming and won't let us anywhere near that pizzeria or the underground entrance where Bumblebee is most likely being kept. It's not a partnership of theirs; Springtrap will kill anybody who goes in there regardless so she likely bypassed him by using the cavern route into the underground. If she's smart, and she is very cunning, she'll have the cavern locked down so our main option is sneaking past Springtrap into the pizzeria and locating the entrance there."

Optimus frowned, "But that will require possibly hitting Springtrap head on which was established to be a death sentence."

Max shrugged, "I know."

"We'll hold off Springtrap," Gabriel said, his blue spirit appearing on Freddy's servo as it lifted to hold him in view.

Marionette glanced at him, "No, Gabriel. He's too dangerous. I will take him."

"No, we'll do it. We are more than capable, Bumblebee taught us that." Gabriel turned to Optimus and nodded, "We can buy you enough time to get into the underground and rescue Bumblebee alongside our mother, Marionette. If we can, we also may be able to help down there too."

"It's about time we bring some payback for all those years trapped there," Cassidy smirked, her Golden Freddy Cybertronian body wiggling gleefully.

"I appreciate your help, young ones, and we will need all the help we can get if we are going to save Bumblebee in time," the Prime stated.

Max grinned, "I can take on Springtrap with you."

Bulkhead laughed, "Just say the word, Optimus, and we'll be ready."

"We have not got a moment to lose. We cannot wait until midnight as we have been doing. It is now or never we do this. Max, I entrust you to gather all human forces available to see if we can aid the children against Springtrap."

"Yes, sir."

Optimus turned to the black and white femme, "I need you to help lead us into that underground. I have faith Freddy and the others will pull through this. Trust them, they will make you proud."

She laughed, "I know they will. It's just the mother in me. You understand that, don't you? Bumblebee is your son and you're just as protect sometimes...but he's not yours, is he?"

"No, he's my adopted."

"Then I will be honored to lead by your side for our children."

The Prime nodded then called, "Autobots, roll out!"

The Autobots ran straight for the ground bridge terminal as all human officers and soldiers rushed to their assigned duties for the mission. A mixture of roars and growls emitted from the possessed as they followed the Autobots with Marionette in tow.

Bumblebee groggily turned his head, his optics feeling drowsy from whatever he was hit with. A green light? He couldn't recall. He tried to move his arms but they were stuck upright, the sound of familiar chains alerting him exactly why. Both his arms were hung up by the same chains that held Springtrap which meant he was also in the underground.

"Well, well, if it isn't the fearless Autobot leader? Awake and alive. I kind of feared I used too much of my essence to knock you out and drained your energy to the point of killing you but crisis averted."

The body of Jacob was standing with his back turned away from him but Bee noticed there was something protruding on the human's backside underneath the soldier's vest he wore that was almost ripping through it. When Jacob turned towards him, he stared in disgust.

The stitches holding the wounds together were coming loose and, in several places, the skin was trying to rip apart but a normal person would have been bleeding heavily by now given one of the rips was right over the main artery in the neck.

"Heh, you have no idea how hard it is to maintain this, especially with this much damage. Normally, I'm not very sloppy but I knew it would only be temporary so I tried holding it as best I could. It won't matter in five minutes though."

"Let me go!" Bee growled.

Very odd cracking noises were made as Jacob moved his body. He returned with a huff. "No, I'd rather not."

"When I get out of this, I'll tear you to pieces! Surrender now or else!"

That made Jacob freeze and side eye Bumblebee with a growing smirk. "Tear me to pieces? You know that actually doesn't sound too bad. I'm a little cramped in here anyways. What is it the humans make each other do when they are caught? Put your hands on your head? Well, if that's the case, I...surrender."

Jacob's eyes began melting from a high heat and in their place, green optics on black stared Bee down as he grabbed the top of his head pulled at the hair and skin. Like paper, all the stitches were ripped from their wounds and the wounds themselves tore open. The skin behind his head was torn off, his face slinking off newfound metal coated in human blood. The clothes ripped at the seams effortlessly. Bee couldn't look away as red metal emerged from the body, growing until all the parts realigned into a familiar face he would rather forget.

Circus Baby ripped remnants of human remains and shook off any excess blood before roaring like a monster awakened. She bore her true colors and fangs and Bee swore he never had a fear of clowns up until now because he was never going to unsee that.

She placed a servo over her spark and something made of green light materialized as she dragged out the energy from her chest cavity. It was a staff of red with a green orb on its peak. She twirled it and laughed before greeting him.

"Howdy! Thought we left on good terms, huh?" Circus Baby grinned.

"Circus Baby? Wha-what are you doing-Jacob!?"

"Doing? Doing what I do best! Disguises and surprises! Thanks for letting me pave my way through these fairgrounds while taking the heat for me, I appreciate it! Really I do!" She blew him a kiss and held her staff both hands horizonal while posing pretty.

Bee hissed, "You used me? You'll pay for this!"

"Hate to break it to you, playbot, but you didn't stop me when you had the chance and I flat out told you was fucking crazy! Now that I have you at my mercy, you don't really have a say in your fate," tsked the femme.

"It was you! Springtrap didn't break free. You unhooked him from that wall! You set me up! I should have gone with my instincts and ignored you. But that was your plan all along. You knew I wanted a way into that pizzeria so bad that I would follow you and as soon as I did, you set up everything and almost turned Gabriel, Marionette and the Autobots against me," Bumblebee snarled.

Baby looked annoyed but it faded to her nodding with a considerate smile, "Pretty much."

"You were the one who fired the gun, riled up Chica and got the other children angry last night. You had them kill over sixty humans! And you had me yell at Arcee for telling the soldiers about Springtrap when she really didn't, you did just so you could break our friendship apart. You told them! And then you set me up again knowing Bendy was out, listening to my private conversations to get me alone so you can kill me!"

She laughed, "It's so fun to watch people lose their minds over what I do! After all, like I said, it only takes one little action to start a chain and people will die. And you want to know why I did a majority of it? Simple, I just can! And I'll tell you a secret. William Afton was my puppet."

Bee glared at her and said, "What?"

"Sure, he wasn't a great guy to begin with but after he turned me into a clown, I figured I was already a bit off. This was the perfect time to really shine. You see, I started off just screwing with the other animatronics so nothing worked right. Spiteful little things but his paranoia about me grew so I exploited his fear and slowly, he became so desperate to keep out of my grasp that he sacrificed two of his children to me in the hope that my vengeance would be satisfied. No, it wasn't.

"Then his paranoia grew to angst and malice to where he was trying to beat me at my own game and poured his frustrations into a knife which killed several children. It resulted, of course, in investigations, bankruptcy, and finally his death until Marionette stepped in and fucked everything up. The stress of the situation combined with her own anger caused the spell to backfire which was an oversight but none that she could really be blamed for. I just thought I'd add a little Marita-bashing just to get that off my chest...through you. I have to thank you for making all of this a reality."

His blue optics darkened to a bitter sapphire and he sat there loathing her. "I hate you."

Roughly grabbing his chin, Circus Baby all but giggled, "And your friends hate you. Call my specialty ruining lives. That has to be my finest work yet, making all the Autobots criticize their leader for a mistake he never even committed. Too bad no one will know the truth and no one will believe you. Like Freddy, Bonnie and all the others' predicaments and knowledge of their deaths, you will be forgotten and another truth will lie in the fairgrounds for all eternity. He who fights monsters."

"Pot to kettle, bitch."

"In the end though..." Baby smirked, leaning close to Bumblebee's audio receptors, bonking his nose plating with the glass orb of her staff. "I get the last laugh."

"And I suppose now that I can confirm you're a terrible person maybe even before William turned you into a psychotic clown, I can assume that your shipwreck wasn't just an accident either, was it?" He said in spite.

She turned her back on him, positioning the staff behind her as well. "You're at least smart enough to figure that secret out before its big reveal. I blew up the engine by using minaret shards, a popular little rock on Marionette's home world. Those rocks shredded the pipes and caused sparks near the oil line, destroyed it like a needle pressed to a balloon. I had hoped it would kill Marionette and most of the others except perhaps Shadowrunner, but I couldn't predict the entire results of the crash as I got caught in the middle of it. And here we are. Karma certainly, but not the worst fate I suppose."

"Why did you want to kill them?"

She whipped back around and slammed her staff end down on the floor, her green optics contracting three times smaller. "I was the star! I taught them everything! I showed Shadowrunner the plans for the experimental ship and he stole it when I offered him a deal in exchange for it! I was the one who thought out every stupid detail of our adventures throughout the galaxy! And how do I get repaid?! Marionette showed up and I was forgotten! I lost my credibility, my life, and my friends to her!

"Her and her prissy magic powers, her leadership; everything she did they fawned over because she was different from them! I saw her as what she was, a freak of nature! I tried to talk reason into them but I was all but reduced to a simple crew member because 'oh Marionette could do no wrong! Marionette is awesome and she's done so much for us!' Blah, blah, blah! And now you have a taste of what it's like to be forgotten, unloved and seen as an outcast! And you'll die as one."

Bumblebee was still unsatisfied with the answer but then he asked one that he hoped she had a good explanation for. "Why target me? I've done nothing to you...unless you were trying to save Shadowrunner so you could kill him in a different manner and I remind you of him almost in the same manner as the kids thought I was Springtrap. You have no one to vent your anger on so you're picking whoever looks the closest."

Circus Baby laughed, "As if. No, Shadowrunner was as bad as me and I was hoping we could form a partnership and take over the galaxy but he died. Ah well. No, I targeted you because it was funny. I know, crazy right?"

"You're going to kill me just because? That's it?"

"What, were you expecting a big grand motive for your death? I don't have anything against you! You're just...here and gullible so why not? Have to entertain myself somehow," she sneered.

Suddenly, she struck him across the face with her staff and he spit Energon when he felt his jaw almost dislocate from the hit. The pain of his jaw all but disappeared when the end of the staff jabbed his harshly in the abdomen. She wacked him over and over again, each hit causing his body send warning signals to his HUD. He couldn't tell in words how much it hurt but he didn't let her have the satisfaction of hearing him cry out as painful as it was. She eventually stopped and he moaned, unable to move.

"Now, be a good boy while mommy goes and gets something from my ship."

She left him sulking and motionless as she laughed. All Bee could do was close his eyes and try not to shed tears.


The ground bridge opened to the nearby forest of Afton's property and all the possessed Cybertronian dead immediately went near the gated archway while Optimus and the Autobots stayed near the forest line in case they needed to hide. Several human soldiers waved down jeeps and all-terrain vehicles through the portal to follow the fence line to the outskirts of the pizzeria.

Optimus had Max in servo and the human swung down to approach the gates with distain. "I always hated it here. What a nightmare this was to navigate and the dead bodies of all the victims...burials throughout the fairgrounds like you have no idea. I could tell you every location of every dead body if you asked."

"Now is not the time," the Prime said. "Max, you and I will lure Springtrap over for attack. The rest of you, get to the pizzeria as soon as possible."

Marionette and the Autobots followed the remaining soldiers to the far side as the children remained with the larger mech. Max already climbed over the fence and paused after he landed to listen for any sign of Springtrap's whereabouts in the park.

"Alright Gabriel, I want you to lay low for a bit. If Springtrap finds out there's all of us against him off the bat, he may get wise and not engage which may endanger the rescue team. We need him to focus on us or else. Optimus, you and I will fight him first, get him in the mood and have him get cocky to where he won't back down no matter what. When things get heated, Freddy will come in and he'll be so pissed, he'll be more determined than ever to win against us by fighting all of us at once. Play to his ego."

Optimus nodded and he watched Ennard and Mangle latch onto the stronger trees capable of handling their weight, hiding in the darkness to blend. Freddy followed suit and once they were covered, the Prime hopped over the fence to join Max as the human began strolling through the damaged carnival game rows. Somehow, the place looked worse and that was saying something given it was already ruined before Springtrap was released.

They paused when they heard a growl and some footsteps nearby. Optimus didn't see any sign of Afton so he pressed forward.

"I feel like Springtrap is off," Max said, clutching the handle of his sword on his belt.

"How so?"

"I just get the feeling Springtrap's far more hostile now than when I've dealt with him in the past. Last time, I trapped him by pretending his wife, Natalie, was waiting for him and playing on his desire to see her again. He was just the same as always even when he was played as a fool. Now, he's really taking his predicament badly."

Optimus frowned, "Natalie...Afton? His wife? I remember hearing Marionette speak of her. She was like him?"

Max laughed, "Oh, she was...ah...something. Some theories presented that she urged her husband to kill, others say she was swayed by him into letting him kill their kids. I know they were both insane. They loved each other dearly though. Who says psychopaths couldn't love? I don't know what truly happened to her after he died but I doubt she retired or forgave his staff. There were even a few unexplained murders that didn't add up after his death, and I say that because the children were here when they happened in another Fazbear location. All key staff went missing believed to be her but the murder spree didn't last."

"Does Springtrap still yearn for her?"

"You're not suggesting trying to find her and place her here to give him company, are you? I don't even know if she's still alive and if she is, she's definitely gotten older so no clue how Springtrap would take to her or even recognize her. Besides, he doesn't deserve a shred of happiness, not even comfort from his wife. He can lie here in loneliness and his own insanity for all I care. She can go screw herself too, hope she lives a miserable life until she's dead...or maybe she is already. In that case, she can rot in Hell."

Optimus didn't like to speak ill of the dead but he knew it wasn't his place to correct the human either given he hadn't experienced Afton's disturbing legacy aside from their last encounter two nights ago as Max, Marionette, and the children have. All of them hated both William and Natalie to the core so their judgement was concrete.

A servo suddenly erupted from the side and grabbed Max before the other shoved Optimus to the ground. Springtrap roared and stood over the Prime, sending a fist down towards his helm but the latter rolled to the right before quickly regaining his footing. The undead monster then turned his attention to Max and growled in his face baring all his sharp teeth threateningly.

"How dare you talk about my Natalie! I will take great pleasure in crushing every bone in your body just for her."

Max snarled, "Yeah? First, you have to keep ahold of me!"

The human placed both feet on one of the digits holding him and grabbed the thumb before violently twisting the second and pushing off from the first. The digit made a sick cracking noise while the thumb's cabling snapped and the servo holding him let go with a whine from Springtrap. Max dropped and used the side of Springtrap's legs to slow his descent before hitting the ground running to Optimus as the larger being took a fighting stance.

Springtrap repositioned his finger and thumb with another abnormal crack before wiggling his digits to make sure they were set properly. He gripped it into a fist and staring down the Prime, his white optics contracting in utmost fury.

"Prime! I believe you and I have some unfinished business," Springtrap hissed.

"So it would seem," the mech responded.

With one ear-piercing bellow, Afton charged as did Prime and both of their fists collided.


"I see them. Springtrap is engaging with Optimus and Max. Guess that means we can start the party," Blurr said.

Bulkhead spoke, "Not all of us can fit in that entrance so Arcee, Knockout, you two are the smallest so take a human squad team into the underground and try to find Bee. If Circus Baby is down there, don't hesitate to alert us and we'll find our way to you. If anything changes up here, we'll let you know. Marionette is directing the soldiers for offense and will meet you down there shortly."

Knockout frowned in humor, "I'm small?"

"Well, Blurr is slightly taller than you, I'm way too big, so you kind of fit for the second smallest out of all of us. Then there's Arcee so..."

The femme scoffed, "Yay me. Fine. Knockout, let's go kick that clown's aft. I'm hankering to kill somebody right about now and it's going to be her."

The medic followed behind as she led, but not without remarking, "No wonder Megatron has a thing for you."

They breached the fence and ran to the pizzeria's open roof, damaged from Springtrap's first emergence after being set free. Carefully, they kneeled and crawled into the building noting some children's drawings still survive and were scattered across the floor. Knockout grimaced seeing one picture depicting Springtrap giving presents to grey colored children. It was a remorseful reminder of Afton's many crimes.

Slipping through the broken secret door leading to the underground, they both shifted back onto their feet once there was enough room to walk. The underground was lit enough to see most of the first chamber they entered. Human soldiers trailed them with their guns drawn as Arcee took the lead and treaded lightly. Nobody made a sound when they looked down the three halls out of the chamber.

"Okay, Knockout, you take a handful of soldiers and go down the left, I'll take the middle, and the rest of you take the right. Keep all channels open in case one of us is attacked," she said.

"You're not taking any of the humans?" Knockout asked.

"No, if I take some, the soldiers going to the right will have very few men on their team. I can handle myself."

"If you're sure..."

They split off and went their separate ways. Knockout entered the left hall into a chamber and he almost gagged from the smell and sight. Blood marks were everywhere, every inch along the walls, floor and somehow were on the ceiling. He really hoped he didn't find out how. The room had the odor of one thousand corpses yet there were no bodies, only Freddy Fazbear animatronic robots scattered throughout.

Out of curiosity, he and the soldiers looked closer at the animatronics when some displayed the same blood streaks seen on the walls. The medic kneeled and used a servo to gently raise the upper head of a Toy Chica animatronic when he spotted some extra teeth reflecting in the jaws. At first, he thought it was the endoskeleton but upon raising the head, he jolted back in horror at what he discovered.

A human lower jaw was poking out of the animatronic and skeletal fragments of the rest of the skull seemed to be stuck in the back on the Chica head. From the looks of it, the skull had been crushed and the inside was faded with blood and...dare he say...brain matter. Whoever it was, they died a horrible death. And they weren't the only ones.

Several soldiers gave small cries of shock as they saw every animatronic had a corpse hidden inside. Some skeletons were missing pieces while others were more complete. Some still had bits of flesh, possibly newer kills and it was hard to discourage the fact that this may have been Gabriel and the other children's handiwork. Years of isolation and bloody rage had dire consequences for the poor organics that went into their home.

"We need to keep looking. Let's...leave this horrible room before the stench alone corrodes my armor," the mech said.

The soldiers couldn't agree more and walked rather quickly to the next available hall.

Meanwhile, Arcee ran straight into the hall and to the next chamber as fast as she could. It was darker than the previous chamber and she heard a groan, prompting her to release her weapon. The poor lighting made it hard to tell but there was a figure against the wall chained up.

Slowly, she approached, keeping her weapon trained on it. She was ready for anything, Springtrap could be there and she wouldn't hesitate to act. As she drew closer, she saw Energon. They were bleeding. Finally, she saw him.

"Bumblebee?" She said in surprise, lowering her weapon.

The Autobot leader had his helm down and Energon was dripping from his lips. It looked like he had been beaten but he was still alive.

"Cee?"

She knelt beside him and lifted his helm to inspect the damage before throwing herself at him into a hug. "You're okay! You're going to be fine! I'm so sorry! I-I take back what I said! I didn't mean any of that and I'm sorry for not believing you! This is my fault-!"

"No...it's...it's not your fault," Bee coughed. "I wasn't paying attention to the obvious...or more like I didn't want to believe it."

"I'm going to get you out of here. Don't worry." Nearly in tears, Arcee scrambled to unlock his chains and when he collapsed on his servos, she was quick to hold his should to keep him upright. "Can you walk?"

Bee nodded, "Just give me a second."

As Arcee waited for Bumblebee to recuperate, her comm went ballistic.


Optimus caught Springtrap's arm as the latter tried to swipe at him before twisting it and pushing the monster back. He didn't expect a resurgence from Afton immediately and took several punches across the face and chest until a hard uppercut had him staggering.

Using the moment of weakness, Springtrap kicked him brutally and Optimus was sent flying into an old Fireball ride, the components of the swing creaking from the impact. The ride's bolts came loose and it fell from its high rigging and landed on the Prime, pinning him.

"Well, the great Optimus Prime can't take the heat anymore. Getting old?"

Optimus scowled, "That is a matter of perspective."

Springtrap placed his clawed foot on the ride's flatter surface before Optimus could lift it off to keep him down as he leaned forward. His damaged, twisted faceplates was close to the mech's with a gloating laugh.

"From my perspective, you've lost. And to a mere human when you really think about it. That's got to be a bit humiliating, and you'll take that to the grave. I have to hand it to you, no one's stood up to me for this long and lived. It was quite nice."

"You may have been born human but you were never truly human in the end, nothing but a shell of one."

"Flattery doesn't work for you. I know what I am and I love it," Afton mused, preparing to bring out his sword from his back. "Time to die, Prime."

"Can I get a second opinion?" A voice called to his left.

Springtrap turned and he only had a second to give an unexpecting reaction when the broken remains of a swinging boat ride from beside the Fireball went off its hinges and hit him square in the chest. He was knocked backwards and hit the ground sliding, leaving a trail of upturned dirt and grass.

Max landed on the ride's docking area and dusted off his hands casually with a smirk. "Never count the odd man out, Afton."

Growling, Springtrap shook off the impact and stomped towards him. Max waited until he was close to grab a piece of metal flooring, ripping it out of the dock and throwing it directly at Afton's face as the latter reached out to try and grab him. Springtrap's face made a dent in the forcefully thrown object and he froze upon the hit mid-lunge. The piece of metal fell off with the imprint of his face still present and Max could only snicker at Springtrap's closed optics in annoyance and discomfort.

The humor of the situation died fast when Springtrap brought his sword out and swiped down with enough speed to cut the remaining ride in half which Max barely dodged. The human fled and used any rides or buildings in his direction to jump on and off of to outmaneuver Afton's fury. He threw several pieces of equipment and anything he could get ahold of backwards which Springtrap either dodged or sliced to pieces.

The monster cut down everything Max leapt off of hastily in an attempt to kill the pesky pirate once and for all. He destroyed several infrastructural beams holding rides up which made them weak without proper builds to hold their weight. Some kept standing despite the lack of support. Buildings, however, lost huge chunks of their structure and cracked under the force exerted by Springtrap's nasty strikes.

Springtrap bellowed as Max clawed at the Ferris Wheel's support beam trying to climb it but the surface was too slick from built up moss. When he saw the monster prepare to swing at him, he stopped fighting the climb and slid down it just as the sword made contact with the beam. He held onto his tricorn hat and ducked which saved his life as the blade sliced through the support with little effort. Knowing he couldn't do anything but lead Springtrap on in a wild goose chase as a distraction, he ran towards him and went past his legs which earned him a confused grunt by Afton.

As Max kept as much distance as possible between the madman and him, he held a bit of fear. Arcee and the others needed to hurry and get Bee out so he and Optimus could leave Springtrap to Marionette's power. Otherwise, too much delay and one of them was going to get killed sooner or later.


The soldier's patrolled the right-hand hall and its chamber, only finding remnants of old games and playpens children at one point used to use during the heyday of the pizzeria. There was some dried blood but most of it lingered just on the floor like something was dragged through.

"Man, I am not liking this. What happened here?" A man said.

A woman replied, "Killer children and psychotic clowns, got to love when old stories become reality."

One soldier found a teddy bear, an eye missing with some stuffing displaced, sitting in an empty ball pit. It was curious how a child may have lost this or lost their life trying to find it given Afton lured children to kill them with their interests. That bear may have had history, a very dark and demoralizing past that haunted the halls above them.

The lights abruptly began to flicker and the soldiers grew paranoid, looking in every direction except the soldier beside the ball pit. He instinctively felt the familiar fear of being watched, not on ground level but eyes watching from above. Slowly, he peered up even as the lights strobed. The only thing he saw was green eyes and red cheeks jumping at him.

The soldier couldn't scream fast enough when he was crushed by Circus Baby's weight as he brought out her staff. The others panicked and fired at her when they noticed her, but it didn't do much as she swung her staff at one soldier's head, cutting it clean off while she then grabbed another and chucked them brutally into a wall breaking their neck.

She roared when a few bullets struck her armor and targeted the ones responsible. Twirling her staff, she stomped the end of it on the ground and the orb glowed bright green. Drawing power from her environment, the soldiers grew weak as they felt their bodies lose energy. She couldn't take enough to kill them but without it, they were abnormally slow which made her faster in return.

The soldiers could only try to run as she grinned wickedly, corning a few and tearing them to shreds. The remaining ran back into the hall where she pursued. She diverted herself from running on the ground to crawling on the walls to outrun them, each soldier she caught suffered a painful end.

"Commander Arcee! We're under attack! Please-AARGGHHH!"

The human was snagged and torn in two with a cackle as blood splattered onto the floor and on Baby's armor. With the number of soldiers dwindling, she raced them back to the entrance where they started, killing each one until one remained. The soldier all but cried as she approached him.

"Please! I'll do anything you ask! Please don't kill me!"

Circus Baby huffed in amusement and examine her blood-tinted staff, "Pathetic. If it makes you feel worse, I don't believe in mercy."

The walls gained a fresh coat over the faded coats of the past and Baby merely cracked her neck with a sigh after it was done. Then it hit her. If there were soldiers down here, then there were Autobots. She turned towards the center hall where Bumblebee was kept and smiled.


Arcee lifted up Bee's arm over her helm and helped hoist him up. He stumbled but he walked with her towards the hall.

"We just need to get to the surface before she finds us. Once there, we'll have the advantage," she said.

Bumblebee moaned, holding his waist in slight agony from the awful hit on his abdomen he received by Baby. They only made it through the hall before Arcee paused in the final chamber before the entrance to the pizzeria. Bumblebee looked up from the ground and lost his breath at the sight of the dead soldiers and of the one person who could do such a thing without a care in the world.

"If I knew we were going to have some company, I would have cleaned up a bit," Baby giggled.

Arcee set down Bee, making sure he was stable, before standing in front of the twisted clown with utter hatred. "How dare you?!"

The red femme was roughly the same size as Arcee currently and she stared down the motorcycle with an odd expression combined with hidden malice. "Arcee, is it? What can I say? I'm just a natural born bitch. Now I suggest you hightail that pretty aft of yours out of my fairgrounds and you leave Bumblebee to me or else I'm going to paint this room blue with every ounce of your blood."

"You better hope you do kill me because I'm not leaving Bumblebee behind," Arcee stated, her arm blades emerging from the side.

"Not hope, I will."

Arcee didn't hesitate to charge her and Baby was a bit taken back by determination this femme had, but she grinned and whipped her staff to clash with the blades. She attempted to kick the Autobot but Arcee backflipped away before running again and twirling in the air, spinning her body and her blades to try and splice Baby's helm open.

Circus Baby spun her staff above her to counter as Arcee flew over her and blocked a swipe at her once the latter hit the ground. Sparks flew between them with Baby pushing Arcee back with her fury of swings, some of which almost made Arcee open for damage.

"You're good, Autobot," Baby chastised, "but I'm better!"

Suddenly, she swiped Arcee off her feet by using her pede and as the Autobot fell on her aft, Baby swung the sharp end of her staff down in an attempt to impale her.

Luckily, Arcee scooted back and the staff's blade hit the concrete. She kicked the staff out of Baby's servo and used her own to spring from the ground and kick the clown straight in faceplates back on her pedes again. Even as Baby was knocked back and she took the opportunity to strike at the weaponless Minicon, Baby still proved clever by catching one arm and dodging her other.

Arcee felt a sharp jab in the abdomen by Baby's knee which knocked the wind out of her. Being kicked to the side, she barely caught the second kick and the third hit her under the jaw almost knocking her out.

"Damn," Arcee blurted, spitting out a splotch of Energon.

Her backside was struck with force and she crumpled to the ground flat on her front with a wince. She saw Baby's shadow over her and feared the worst as the mad femme cackled until a gunshot blasted a small hole in the clown's white shoulder armor and she shouted in alarm. Arcee looked at the origin of the shot and smiled as the other soldiers and Knockout came to her aid.

The soldiers began firing on Baby as Knockout ran at her head on. She shrunk back as the bullets hit but she fell to a swift punch to her jaw. Tripping over Arcee, she collapsed with a shriek of startlement.

"Took you long enough," Arcee playfully said.

The medic shrugged, "Was enjoying the beautiful underground."

As Arcee regained her footing, Circus Baby jumped back up angrily and held out her servo. Her staff, which lied in the far corner of the chamber, vibrated then flew back to her spinning. She caught it and twirled it with the intent to strike the Autobots down. When she launched herself at the nearest of the two, the fight kicked back up again.

Knockout spun Arcee to the side and blocked a few hits as the latter tried to side swipe Baby. The clown managed to keep up with both of their tactics, dodging Arcee and punching her while enchanging blows with the medic. She rotated between the two with abnormal flow before spinning with her staff to create a faux vortex with her body to prevent either of them from hitting her in defense.

As she maneuvered around their attacks, she took every second she could spare to kick a soldier or grab them and hurl them elsewhere, killing most within the span of a minute. She stabbed one with her staff and chucked their body at Arcee and took advantage of Knockout's brief disgust to clock the medic in the gut before slamming both fists down onto his exposed back when he bent over in surprise.

Baby's voice turned dark, "Come on, is that the best you could do?!"

Hitting Arcee upside the helm, she had a window to impale her and she took it...but the staff's blade was stopped as something grasped her arm. She stared at the grapple claw, attempting to pull away from its grasp when she realized just who it belonged to.

Ennard raised his helm with a gurgle and a raptor-like grunt, glaring at her. At first, she blew off the mechanoid knowing she had bested him once and that he was afraid of her since she hijacked his body and killed him.

She smiled cockily, "Nice catch, Mikey, but see the problem with that is I'm just going to have to hurt you instead."

However, she noticed he didn't take to her threats, not like before. Slowly, this realization grew and her smile faded as Michael stood his full height towering over her. He should be afraid; he wasn't afraid. There was brief confusion from her but that began to change to fear as she could see in his eyes he was in control and he wasn't threatened at all by her presence.

"No, I hurt you!"

He threw her into the wall with the force of a speeding train, the impact making all her armor crack and knocking her out. Her staff flew up into the air before hitting the ground beside her. Michael snorted in distaste and shook with a growl.

Arcee raised a brow, "Thanks for the save, but has anyone ever told you you're scary?"

Michael rumbled as his own version of laughter and helped Knockout up. The medic brushed off some dirt from his aft and ran to Bumblebee, helping him up as well.

"Let's go before the psycho clown wakes up, shall we?"

Bee gasped from the sudden movement but chuckled, "Please do, also you were amazing."

The ex-Con smugly grinned back, "I know, darling. I know."

When they reached the surface and crawled out of the pizzeria, they saw Springtrap and Max was striking him by using the environment to his advantage. Optimus pushed off the remnants of the Fireball ride and quickly returned to the fight but was kicked down as Springtrap grabbed his throat and shoved him into the ground. Max made him release the Prime by swinging from his outstretched arm and jabbing him in the optic.

The femme scowled, "He's still kicking. Knockout, take Bumblebee past the fence to safety. I'll deal with Springtrap with them."

Before she could take off, Ennard's servo caught her own and she looked back to see him shake his head. Knowing what he thought of his father, she immediately understood what he wanted and calmed herself.

She nodded, "It's your fight. Be the man he could never be."

He roared and stomped his way towards the fight. Arcee clasped her servos together proud as a form came up behind her. She gasped in surprise but acknowledged the newcomer's presence.

Marionette placed a hand on her hip, just as pleased as Arcee. "I take it Circus baby didn't give you a hard time?"

"Sarcasm isn't your thing. Ennard took her out of the fight for the time being. Bulkhead said you were going to meet us down there, not Ennard unless..."

"Bumblebee was right. It's about time I let them do this on their own. I'll deal with Starblitz when she awakes. Thank you for fighting her. You've shown great valor."

"Don't thank me yet, it's not over," Arcee sighed.

"No, it isn't. I need to start the enchantment. Protect and alert me if Circus Baby comes or something goes wrong. Ballora will be with you."

The motorcycle acknowledged and followed her to the fence line where Ballora was waiting, twirling in place with a sweet giggle.

Marionette then turned to Bulkhead. "I need you and Blurr to destroy the caves where my crew's ship is located. Trapping Circus Baby inside the underground might prove better than having her on the loose."

Bulkhead nodded as she sent him the coordinates of the cave and ran with Blurr deep into the forest.

As Knockout finished tending to Bumblebee, he addressed the soldiers. Bee, on the other hand, was beginning to feel his strength returning and he didn't like having to sit out the fight. While Knockout was distracted, he got up and carefully navigated to Springtrap. It was time he did his part too.


Energon was staining the battlefield as Springtrap gave another hit to Optimus's sternum. He quickly calculated Max's appearance in an attempt to deter him and whipped around at just the right moment, whacking the human straight into a building. Max hit it and slid down dizzy, stumbling onto all fours coughing up red blood which Springtrip grinned at.

Seeing Optimus unable to fight back, he gave one last punch before dropping the Autobot and approaching Max who leered at him, blood dripping from his nose and mouth on his coat and the grass.

"I learn from the past, Max. You fought well for a small human but it was all in vain."

"Go fuck yourself."

"Nice last words," Springtrap hummed.

A sudden roar made Springtrap widen his eyes and look up to the rooftop of the building. Before he could raise his sword to block, the figure jumped down and slammed its helm directly against Springtrap's forehead and nasal vents with an audible crunching sound causing the monster to whine and clutch his injury.

Max was an awe as Freddy stood in front of him, snarling at Springtrap and motioned him to get out of the way. He didn't hesitate to follow the kid's orders knowing it was time for some revenge and who was he to get in the way of that?

Gabriel didn't flinch back when Springtrap whipped around to face him in a fit of rage. He actually walked closer to the mechanoid, standing his ground which only made Afton chuckle.

"Finally acting like an adult, boy? Hit like one too, heh heh," he muttered as he pressed some of the dented plating on his helm back into place with a groan.

"L-l-leave them alone-alone," Freddy's voice box pronounced as it faded from disuse.

Springtrap looked him up and down, contemplating something Freddy couldn't quite read. Before he had the chance to find out, Springtrap lunged and tried to cut his arm. He didn't dodge it in time and his upper arm supported a large gash in the metal. He growled but became slightly nervous and moved backwards avoiding several more daring strikes against him.

All the while, Springtrap continued laughing, "You are nothing but scared child! Nothing changed and you can't admit your scared because you think you're supposed to act like you're the leader of those brats when in reality, you're just a puppet dancing along with music lifeless and meager in the eyes of everyone who beholds you!"

Gabriel got one hit in before Springtrap changed tactics and used his momentum to have him pass to strike at Freddy's backside.

"You are a coward the same as you were last time and the years before that! Go ahead and cry, no one will save you! They can't!"

Something in Freddy snapped and he twisted around, catching Springtrap's servo with one hand. His optics turned into small white specks in his sockets and he stood up forcing the Afton back. Holding a death grip on the servo, the armor bent under pressure to where Springtrap winced trying to pull his arm away. Freddy hardly moved.

Springtrap noticed just how big Freddy was to him, almost the same size. It wasn't like looking down at a child, and this thing wasn't a child anymore. It was his own creation staring at him with bloodlust in the remaining light of his optics. There was always a good feeling of power when he looked down at a whimpering kid knowing he had the power of life and death in his hands, but nothing of that feeling presented when the one he tormented is on the same level as him.

Freddy forced him to kneel cracking the joints of the servo which Springtrap could feel like it was his real body. When Freddy stood over him, he felt an unknown emotion course through him. True fear. When the possessed body leaned forward, he could hear Gabriel's voice as clear as day.

"We are not afraid of you."

Punching Springtrap, Freddy didn't refrain from any form of punishment. Afton flew back and his capture servo almost was ripped from the grip Freddy had on it. Bracing a servo on the nearest building, Springtrap bellowed revealing his decaying human head beneath his helm and retaliated.

Another loud roar made Springtrap turn frantically only to see a pair of jaws coming at him. Foxy narrowly missed biting his neck but slid to a halt and rushed up against him again. He managed to grab Jeremy's neck to keep the head as far as possible from him but the aggressive Dinobot snapped his jaws madly and clawed at Springtrap's armor desperate to tear him apart. He did this while deflecting hits from Freddy and on top of that, Chica and Bonnie joined in.

"Liar! Murderer!"

"Tear you to pieces!"

Charlie grabbed his broken horn and his upper jaw trying to pry the horrid faceplates apart but Springtrap quickly back slammed into the kid's nose plating before swinging the annoying Dinobot straight into the lavender mech. He then caught Chica's wing, which she was using as a makeshift sword, and punched her twice before elbowing her and tossing her aside above Freddy.

Suddenly, a small form no bigger than an adult human latched onto Springtrap's face and jabbed him in optic. He shook his head trying break the grip of the attacker and when he finally did, he grunted in confusion as his youngest son James hissed back. Before he could say anything, Balloon Bot went for round two biting and scratching his face. He tried to headbutt the building to get James off but that only resulted in a headache and dizziness as the Minicon had moved by then. James crawled across the monster's body and broke a few important cables that caused pressure needed to keep some parts operational to drop and stalled some of Springtrap's movements briefly allowing the others to assault him.

Blinded by fury, Springtrap saw Max in the distance and immediately wanted to destroy the only human in the park he knew he had a chance at actually killing. At least he could take someone out among his misery. He raced from the enraged children and brought out a servo to try and grab the human but stumbled as his pede was caught by someone else. Cabling wrapped across one of his arms and he came face to faces with Mangle who grinned. One head bit his shoulder while the other aimed for his neck. He headbutted the armored half and ruptured the shock of the bare head's jaw piston making the femme retreat long enough for him to continue towards Max.

He didn't get far when Foxy returned, jaws tearing the back of his neck and pushing him to crawl forward. He grasped the Dinobot's own and tore him off, the latter whimpering from his hard grip. Then he came face to face with his own son.

Ennard shoved him back, his servos entangling with Springtrap's and they stared at one another with hate for two different reasons.

"Get out of my way, you backstabbing brat!"

Ennard scowled, "YOU USED ME, BETRAYED ME! I will not let you harm anyone else!"

The incomplete body surprised Springtrap by devoting all his strength to throw him into the remnants of a roller coaster. Parts and pieces broke from the ride and piled on top of the mech to Afton's displeasure. Ennard roared, opening all four arms up before slamming them onto the ground. The roller coaster entrapment didn't last. Springtrap's servo broke through and clawed his way out of the mess. Despite being outnumbered, he attacked his former son without a care.

Optimus and Max had kept away from most of the children's encounter with Springtrap, and Max had gotten a little too close that led to Springtrap spotting him. He fled back to Optimus immediately with a tired laugh. The Prime saw how savage those children could be when pressed but they were protecting the likes of Max so that was a very good sign. He watched as they tackled the monster, Ennard trying to pin Afton's arms while Freddy went with a well-needed ass whooping.

But to both their shock, Springtrap was holding his own against all of them. When Chica tried to break his neck to slow him down or disable him, he shrugged her off in a brutal fall on his back and rolled, forcing her to let go and countered Bonnie's attack effortlessly. Even Max hated to think that maybe the children weren't enough to defeat him.

Then came in Cassidy who Springtrap only managed to glance at before being crushed when she landed on him. She teleported as the rest of the children backed off for a second and Springtrap regained his footing. He looked around to try and find her when she abruptly appeared to his right and clocked him straight upside the head before cackling and vanishing again. He couldn't keep up with her as she assaulted him without pause. Her echoing giggles haunting the park as she appeared directly in front of him with a harsh uppercut that broke a piece of his helm clean off revealing dead processor.

"It's not fun anymore, is it? Hearing them laugh at you as you feel like you're dying? That's what you were doing...laughing while you killed me!"

Eventually, Cassidy subsided and vanished out of sight as the children gathered around growling and laughing as they reached out to grab him. Freddy was the first to reel back when Springtrap's servo lashed out at him, hoisting him by the neck and throwing him into Bonnie.

"You want to laugh at me?! Let's have a laugh!" Springtrap said, his voice cracking.

In the subsequent moments that followed, it became apparent to Max and Optimus that the kids were growing tired but Springtrap still was kicking strong. Spirits weren't supposed to run out of steam but using so much power to control a fast-paced body for a long period of time wasn't in the normal range of what a ghost could do. How Springtrap was keeping up and beating them was unknown but it was a concern.

"We have to help them," the human said.

Optimus frowned, "We are not immortal like they are. One wrong move and we will perish."

"You have any other ideas?"

Before Optimus could make a decision, they both saw Bumblebee running into the fray much to Optimus' horror. "Bumblebee, no!"

In the fight, things were not looking good for Freddy. As Freddy struck Springtrap, he gave a confident smirk but had his fist caught the second swing and used against himself by Springtrap forcing his fist back into his own face. He gave a brief shout of discomfort before being slammed to the ground.

Afton muttered something unintelligible in mockery when he heard footsteps running towards him and he raised a damaged brow towards the origin of the sound.

"Hey Springtrap!"

Bumblebee ran directly at the monster and caught the latter off guard by ramming into his sternum with all his might. Springtrap buckled onto his knees and growled only to yelp when a kick straight to his mouth sent him stumbling backwards. A few sharp teeth were dislodged in the process, and he hit his spiked back against the broken support beam of the Ferris Wheel he had damaged prior assaulting Max which shook from the impact rumbling loud. The small cars attached were swinging in all different directions making the weight uneven.

Bonnie and Chica didn't know what to think of the Autobot's foolishness jumping into the fight with Springtrap but they cheered him as he forced Afton back against the pillar. Little did any of them know, the other support beams were beginning to give as well, slowly making the wheel tilt as smaller cables keeping it balanced snapped from the ground.

Bumblebee yelled as he hit Springtrap keeping him pinned and unable to deflect him in time. "You were a terrible human, a lackluster boss, a pathetic guard, and, worst of all, you were a horrible father! But you know something, despite everything you've done, the only people who remember you are right here."

Springtrap stared him down, giving the impression of labored breathing.

Bee smirked, "You're such a disgrace and a failure that you've made barely any impact on history, let alone your own employees. Who remembers working for you or even giving a damn about you? The only people left are us and we hate your guts."

When he realized he had droned a bit too long, he failed to counter the swipe of Springtrap's arm that sent him into the carnival booths. He leaned up with his elbow and formed a gun from his arm aiming it at Afton who was still shaking off his assault. But then he saw the Ferris Wheel creaking and shifting ever so slightly towards them and he got an idea.

"It's like you said, Afton, there's only going to be one of us that leaves here tonight," the Autobot said.

Springtrap huffed, staring down the barrel of the gun. Then, Bumblebee did a daring moved and aimed to the side, firing at his target. At first, Afton laughed as the blast flew past him but it hit the second support beam closest to them. The beam splintered and capsized, the Ferris Wheel jolting downwards abruptly with a bang before leaning to fall on them.

The children realized what Bee's plan was and immediately scurried as fast as they could run as it began to topple. Only Springtrap and Bee remained wide eyed at the oncoming wheel. The ride groaned as its dim shadow illuminated by the limited moonlight covered them. Bumblebee was the first to get up and run while Springtrap backed away. When he sprinted chasing after Bee, the wheel was halfway down. Given how large the Ferris Wheel was, being struck by it would be unfortunate.

Bumblebee jumped out of the path by a few inches as Springtrap roared at him, his servo outreached in an attempt to grab him. To the Autobot leader's startlement and relief, the Ferris Wheel crushed Afton and hit the ground. Clouds of dust and pollen shot up as the metal of the wheel bounced a few inches before settling. A few loose bars from the structure popped off, making noise among the silence of the fairgrounds and of Bee who clutched the grass breathing hard.

"Woah," Bee huffed.

The only thing visible in the wreck attached to Springtrap was the same outstretched servo that tried to reach for him not a couple seconds before and his helm. He wasn't moving so it was safe to say Springtrap was down, how long he would be out depended on a couple factors, but the most disappointing thing was the wheel didn't kill Afton. He was more than likely just stunned so that gave them time.

Freddy appeared beside Bumblebee and crouched down in curiosity as the mech continued to glare at the wheel that almost crushed him too. He then slowly turned to look at the possessed Cybertronian body with a sneer.

"Please remind me when I think about doing something like this, I don't put my own life at stake."

All he got in response was a dog-like whine from Gabriel and he sighed, heaving himself up.

"You...fool."

Bee and Gabriel saw and Afton drowsily turned his head and coughed. They were both surprised that he was still conscious but he was pinned so less dangerous. As the Autobot stood above him, Freddy moved to the side to retrieve something.

"You...think you've...won. Hahaha-urgh, I'll...return. I always come back," Afton growled.

Bumblebee scowled, "Yeah, and I'll be ready to kick your ass again."

Freddy tapped Bee's shoulder and moved him out of the way, approaching Springtrap with the monster's own sword in servo. Afton seemed to understand quickly what Gabriel wanted to do so he merely found it amusing.

"Go ahead, boy," Springtrap said, "do it. I may not die but I bet it would feel great to you, stabbing me over and over just like I did your sister."

Gabriel peered at the sword then at Springtrap and Bumblebee thought he was going to go through with it. He lifted the weapon up with excellent wrist movement and aimed. There was a moment's hesitation before Gabriel brought the sword down, getting stuck in the ground from the force.

Springtrap was in the reflection of the sword glaring before slowly turning his head as much as he could up at Freddy. The sword was embedded in the ground beside his head. The stunt was enough to make Afton pull back his faceplates to reveal his human skull and cabling holding it inside with a confused but slightly fearful look in his eyes.

Gabriel let go of the handle, clasping his servo into a fist before letting it sink to his side. He said, in that moment, as clear as night, "I am nothing like you."

Turning his back on Springtrap, Freddy walked away as the other possessed stayed silent in awe. Bumblebee was just as amazed and he followed behind.

Springtrap, trapped under all the rubble of the Ferris wheel, stayed silent as well.


Marionette muttered in a dialect Arcee didn't recognize but each word made the fence glow and pulse. After several minutes, his optics appeared in the dark sockets of her mask and she created a ball of pure energy right in front of her spark. It grew until it was almost as big as her chest and she threw it at the fence. Ghostly whispers surrounded the fairgrounds until a flash of light emitted from the ball of energy which sank into the metal of the boundaries. When everything died down, Marionette sighed in relief.

The enchantment was finished. Springtrap could not leave the fairgrounds ever again. The humans clapped in her honor and she gave a small giggle at their support. Knockout was entranced by the light show alone and touched the fence to see if anything would happen.

Marionette's comm lit up with a familiar voice. "This is Bulkhead. Cave entrance has been destroyed. There's only one way out now."

"Good, rendezvous back to us."

Arcee paced her as she walked back to the pizzeria and sighed. "I will miss this place somewhat. There were a few good moments here and unfortunately, killing people had its charm upon occasion."

The blue femme laughed, "I wouldn't blame you."

Just then, an odd clacking noise from the pizzeria interior alerted them and Marionette stared down the missing roof portion waiting to see the origin of the noise. She had a suspicion-

"YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!"

Marionette only had a brief moment to dodge both rubble of the roof and the blade attached to the staff as Circus Baby shot up from the pizzeria, colliding with her. She quickly backflipped away from one swipe that would have gutted her. Baby was enraged to say the least and she had grown herself to nearly Marionette's height.

Each strike the clown made, Marionette countered with inhumane speed. She even caught the staff and kicked it out of Baby's servos before punching back, hitting the latter in the abdomen. But Baby caught on and kicked out her legs before jumping on top of her and trying to hit Marionette's face. Each punch, the mime-like femme turned her helm to the side to avoid which left impact marks on the ground. Kicking her off from behind through nimble maneuvers, Marionette corrected herself faster than Baby who landed on her front.

"I am the star! ME! And you came in from a planet no one cared about and ruined my plans, took my crew, and they think you're some sort of hero!" Baby exclaimed, sending a flurry of punches towards Marionette who backed away from each. "You're nothing but a fraud! Freak! I should have been in control!"

"I took nothing from you! You were just too greedy to understand that I wanted to help! I wanted to befriend you but you kept pushing me away! It didn't take much to deduce you were behind the ship crash or behind Afton's increasing paranoia! You're terrible at covering your tracks. My only mistake was not having the crew kick you out before that galaxy run and they would still be alive!"

Angered, Baby growled at her but noticed Bulkhead grabbing her staff and pointing it at her. With a roll of her optics, she held out her servo and the staff began to pull towards her to the mech's dismay. He tried to resist but the pull sent him flying until the staff was in her possession and he was lying on his front still attached. She gave him a forced smile as she bent down, her optics a dangerously small size.

"Let. Go. Now."

When Bulkhead gave an unsure grunt, that pushed Baby to twirl herself around with the staff and also the mech. It was a shock to him how strong she was. Faster and faster, she rotated with Bulk still holding on.

"I said let go of it, you fat bastard!"

Finally, Bulkhead let go and was thrown into the security building leaving a huge hole in the foundation. Once he did, Baby stopped twirling and the staff hit the ground because of her slack grip. Picking it up again, she was slumped over panting and aimed it at Marionette as it glowed green.

She laughed, "I have waited for centuries to do this. I would have preferred abandoning you in space and letting you die, but taking your energy until you die will suffice."

Marionette didn't move as if to dare her to do it but before she could, a blade came down on the middle of the staff and shattered it. The end of the staff with the orb flew up in the air and bust into green energy, pouring back into Baby's spark abruptly. In silence, she stared at her chest as Arcee was now standing in front of Marionette, her arm blades ready for action.

"Now what, bitch?" The Autobot huffed.

Circus Baby was about to throw herself at Arcee when a grapple line wrapped around her arm. She turned to see who dared to do so and she saw, to her chagrin, Max jumping at her with a swift kick to the face. She had barely any time to recover when a construction grapple claw, courtesy of Ennard, rammed into her, shoving her back into the pizzeria. She slipped and fell on her aft, but the battle wasn't over yet.

Ennard then said, "Go get her, Bumblebee!"

She saw Bumblebee running at her and she thought he was only going to hit her when he instead tackled her, breaking more roof and rolling them straight into the underground. They both could hear the others crying out Bumblebee's name in alarm. She hissed as some of her cracked armor from Ennard's assault broke off in the current scuffle. Before she could make a witty response, she got a brutal kick to the jaw which made her cough up Energon.

"Doesn't feel great, does it?" Bumblebee maliciously spoke, "I would like to think that was for Elizabeth, Afton's daughter. You remember her? And this-"

He struck her back forcing her on the ground. "-is for Jacob Hurst! As for me, I think the most appropriate course of action is to give you a timeout in the underground, your favorite home."

He walked back towards the exit and activated his gun to point up at the ceiling right next to the staircase.

Circus Baby knew what he was going to do and quickly shouted, "WAIT!"

He paused, barely turning around to face her as she kept herself up on her servos and knees.

"You wouldn't really abandon me, would you? You wouldn't abandon your friend. Aren't I your friend after our time together at the base?" She softly muttered.

Bee frowned, "You were never my friend."

"Then...why are you doing this?" Her voice fell in a snarl.

He finally did turn to her and smirked, "Because I just can."

He shot several times upward, causing the ceiling to fall apart above the staircase. He didn't look back as he heard her screaming at him.

The pizzeria's interior shook as concrete dust flew up through the holes in the roof, and everyone on the outside feared their leader was trapped inside with Baby or something went terribly wrong. Then they saw Bumblebee appear from the pizzeria, slightly covering in said dust victorious to everyone's relief. Before he could put in a joke to lessen the tension, he was almost knocked off his feet by Optimus clamping him into a hug with the same force as Arcee had prior.

He smirked as he was being restricted, "I take it everyone was worried about me?"

"Given everyone didn't know about Circus Baby rigging the whole problem to begin with, framing you, you almost trapping yourself with her in the underground and all, yeah," Max said.

Optimus let go and sighed, "I am sorry for ever doubting you. I...we just-"

Bulkhead interrupt, having emerged from the building he had hit, "We're so sorry we let this get out of hand and blamed you. It was a lot of stress with the sudden outcomes and all."

Bee patted his servo on his shoulder, "I know. Arcee basically laid that all in one go. I forgive you guys easy. Appreciate the rescue too."

Knockout approached and punched him before kissing him. "Don't ever run off like that without telling me or after we rescue you! You scared me half to death!"

Wincing but still retaining a smile, the Autobot leader mused, "Sorry for heading straight back into the battle but I wanted to give Springtrap a piece of my mind. I think he got the message."

Max summoned Freddy close and pet him on the nasal plating as Foxy and Bonnie came around. "And you guys did amazing! We're very proud of you too!"

All the possessed Cybertronian bodies purred and gleefully bounced in place at the praise. Freddy even more so when his sister reappeared and hugged him. Ballora bowed at Bee while Foxy and Mangle yipped and wagged their tails.

"We did it!"

"Max," Bee called. The human turned to him as he continued, "I apologize for what I said to you. I was heated and I was in the wrong."

"You did what you felt was right at the time and technically, you were right," Max answered. "I wasn't being very nice and I forget not everyone has the same amount of awareness for certain things nor do they have the same experiences with people. I knew Circus Baby's tactics firsthand, you did not. I should have explained it in a nicer manner but I got stubborn. I'm sorry as well. And if it makes you feel better, the children learned from your advice too. They relayed quotes from you to convince me over. You made a good impression it seems."

Mangle came up to Bee and he stroked the edges of both her noses before addressing all present. "With Springtrap out of the way, Circus Baby stuck in the underground, and the enchantment up, I would call this a day, wouldn't you say?"

Everyone outright agreed and exited the fairgrounds, but Marionette stayed behind to double check there was no way for Circus Baby to get out. Midnight struck but the children, for once, paid no mind to it, putting themselves as far as possible from their former home and their tragic past.


The next day...

Everyone was tired, Bumblebee most of all though the children were a very close second, snoozing throughout the warehouse they were assigned again since they were too exhausted to set foot in the new fairgrounds and crashed almost as soon as they came in the base through the ground bridge. The Autobots were all asleep or may have just woken up. There was no telling how the soldiers who helped in the fairgrounds were doing but he assumed they were out as well.

Reports of the incident at Fazbear Fairgrounds were kept minimum but naturally, the city of Detroit and the cities near Times Beach were finding out within hours through social media, accidental news leaks, and Cybertronian communications which never stayed private. The whole world might learn of it eventually the same as the US had learned about Bendy.

While most Autobots were inside their own chambers, Bumblebee and Knockout were among the children resting this time, leaning against Foxy's backside. Marionette and Max approached which alerted Bee, the latter of whom spoke first.

"Bumblebee, we need to take the kids home. There are things we need to do before tonight and we'll need all of them to help out. I appreciate you watching over them...again," Max smirked. "i assume no one has died this time though?"

Bee yawned and stood up, "No, no problems. Is there anything I can do to help?"

"No, but tonight at midnight, I want you to bring everyone you wish to the Lancaster site. We are going to have a grand opening and we would hate for you all to miss it...assuming we can get them up. We wish to thank you for all your help by throwing a party of sorts. We'd be honored if you came," Marionette said.

"Oh really?" He spoke with enthusiasm, "I'd love to come. Midnight, huh? I'll see what I can do and who will be tagging along."

Marionette nodded as she and Max walked off.

The yellow mech stretched and gazed at the skyline of Detroit as the sun was beaming just beyond the tip of the Allspark Tower. If tonight was going to be fun, that was going to be a first for the week. After all the strenuous work and the nightmare of being scared shitless, from possessions to child murderers, he really hoped it would be an actual cool night he could enjoy.

There was, of course, no telling what the future held but at least he got past the deadly children and horrific animatronics part of his life. It was unfortunate as well how he came to find so much sorrow and heartbreak in such a wonderful world. It spoke true that no matter how much good and humanity was on Earth, there was always evil in some shape or form hurting innocents and feeding on their pain. It sucked that William Afton had lost his way but there was hope for the children, even if they couldn't leave.

Bumblebee swore internally that he would continue to show them the good aspects in life, give them the life they never had. It was one of the many things a true leader did.


AN: Five nights of this and you survived them all. How does it feel? The blood doesn't wash off in the sink, but maybe it's enough to know you came out victorious today. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed.