Hello you beautiful people!
Here's where things get interesting. I should probably warn you all that this takes place in the same universe as Miscellaneous Mayhem, which is basically an excuse to slap a bunch of video game characters into one universe. So expect an unexpected cameo or two.
Also, there's context to the chapter name, I swear. Enjoy!
REBOOTING...
That wasn't a phrase Baby was expecting. She had thought that she would've perished in the fire by now, and even if she had survived, she doubted that she would be able to reactivate thanks to all the damage she had sustained.
More importantly, however, was the fact that she didn't feel like her body was being highjacked by a murderous little girl. If anything, she actually felt better than she usually felt. Baby, having not moved on her own will for a while now, silently scuffled around, almost bumping into the hellish bolder with what looks to be a screaming face on it. She was genuinely glad to be in control of herself fo-
Wait.
She looked again to her left, and sure enough, she really did see a hellish bolder with what looks to be a screaming face on it next to her. Naturally startled, she scooted away from the damned thing, swearing that it was watching her closely. She was still a decent way into rebooting, so she couldn't stand up yet. All she could do was scoot herself away from the hellish bolder with what looks to be a screaming face on it. She then decided that she should probably figure out where the actual hell she was. Obviously, she wasn't at Fazbears, figuring that even the management wouldn't want their restaurant looking like this.
Looking around, she saw that the whole damn area she was in was like this. Huge, dark-red boulders surrounded the horizon, a few more hellish boulders that had what looked to be a screaming face on them, she even saw a few pillars of lava.
Just when the animatronic was piecing together where she was and what was happening, she suddenly heard a voice seemingly screaming at another person.
"How the actual crap did you screw this up, ya palooka!?"
She knew she had to hide, so she quickly tried to get up. At this point, she was fully rebooted, so she was able to stand up at this point. Quickly (Well, as quick as a 6-foot lumbering robot could manage), she hid behind the hellish boulder with what lo-Okay, you get the point. After a brief period of waiting, the source of the noise entered the room, his presence also confirming her suspicions.
To keep it brief, the guy was a massive, lanky creature covered in dark fur, with large horns, clawed fingers, and a tail with a pointy end to it. The most notable thing about him, however, was the fact that he looked like he was ripped straight out of a cartoon, with all the aforementioned features softened by a "Rubber Hose" style. Didn't make him any less intimidating, surprisingly, what with him being absolutely huge. Either way, he was still talking, with Baby now seeing that he was talking on an old telephone.
"How do you even manage to mistake a 6 foot murder machine with the soul of a little girl!?" The figure asked, completely befuddled by what was admittedly a genuinely stupid mistake, "One's a pale, small, marshmallow looking soul who looks like they're constantly crying even when they ain't, and the other is self-explanatory! For Davoth's sake, you better not screw up like this again, or else there's gonna be HELL to pay!" In the distance, Baby swore she heard a rimshot.
At this point, Baby had figured that she miiight be in Hell. Just call it a hunch.
To be fair, she honestly wasn't that surprised that Hell was a thing, all things considered. Considering that she harbored a spirit inside her and the aforementioned spirit constantly talking about Heaven, she figured that the Other Place had to exist. What she was wondering, on the other hand, is why the heck was SHE there?
"He's coming over to investigate this now, so you'd better be happy I'm not coming over there to whoop your ass myself!" The demon said, turning off the telephone, proceeding to grumble to himself about how his "Coworkers" were incompetent dumbasses. Baby though about sneaking out of there for a second before realizing that stealth probably wasn't her strong su-
"And by the way, i know that you were hiding behind that stupid rock."
Crap.
Baby lumbered out into the open, figuring that hiding wasn't gonna help her anymore. Also figuring that she could get some answers, she started speaking up. "Can i at least ask where I am?", she asked, slightly nervous for obvious reasons.
"Well, you can probably figure where you are just from analyzing alone, but just in case you somehow couldn't tell," he stated in an odd British accent, with an even stranger filter seemingly coming from the voice, "You're in Hell".
Double Crap.
"Let me keep it quick. Your in Hell, i'm the Devil, you're not supposed to be here, yadda yadda yadda. Basically, some ignoramusthat was supposed to deliver that soul of yours to some purgatory ended up doing it wasted and somehow mistook you for her." The apparent Devil explained, clearly exasperated by what was currently happening, "the soul should be properly found by now, but we can't really afford to bring you back, seeing how you were seemingly destroyed by that fire, so i guess you're stuck here until our resident animatronic expert arrives. Any questions?"
Yes, plenty, she thought. Before she could ask the questions nagging at her head, however, another figure had arrived at the entrance. Looking at it, Baby saw that it was entirely red, almost featureless save for an alligator mask it was wearing, and even that was entirely red. It was also holding a fishing rod in its hand.
"Oh, thank Darvoth, Consequences is here. What took you so long?"
"Sorry, i was dealing with those damn rocks. Seriously, you should really take care of those. So, lets see what the cat literally dragged in."
Yeah, i should probably mention that this story isn't gonna take itself entirely seriously. Considering that the source material didn't really save for the odd moment or two, i figured that i could follow suit.
Also, three guesses who The Devil is in this story.
Anyways, next up: Exposition! Everyone's favorite!
