Greeting: Still remember what happened last time?
Storm Jr. and her friends found Leslie even though they don't know it. I'm already almost at 51 chapters.
Act 1 was that long. This is far from over. Enjoy!
( Storm Jr. with Crystal and Shadow. Swinging into Leslie's room)
The rope stretched like it was made out of rubber. Crystal was sure that it would snap.
She expected to see her and her friends fall to their deaths. The concrete floor was not going to be merciful to the animatronics.
They would hit the ground and their oil would spill everywhere with their insides.
Crystal felt something in her stomach as the free fall stopped suddenly.
Storm Jr. was on top, Shadow was in the middle and Crystal was holding onto the tip.
Her grip was as strong as a lion. She would not die due to her weak hands.
Crystal would have never forgiven herself if she had let go of the rope. She had fingers made of steel.
There could have been a tornado around but she wouldn't have let go.
Shadow and Storm Jr. were not holding on for their lives like Crystal. Storm Jr. had a mean expression on her face.
She looked like she wanted to shout at the monsters.
The animatronics were quite a sight as they swung in.
The monsters could barely even realize what was happening. One of them had torn the wolf open and a part of his skin was in its mouth.
The wolf had a hole in him but it wasn't so bad for an animatronic.
The monsters had wanted to have a feast as Electra was not around.
Right then, Electra was the least of their concerns.
Storm Jr. swung in and let go when her body started going towards the ceiling.
She used her momentum to thrust herself upward. It was like when she had played on the backyard swings with kids.
She had jumped off the swing and it had thrust her forward. That moment was far from playing.
Storm Jr. froze her both hands and aimed the icy spikes at the monsters' faces.
" Come get some wolf. Pick on someone who's conscious", said Storm Jr.
The monsters glanced at her as she came down at them. Storm Jr. killed two monsters immediately and headed for a third one.
It was on the wolf and had almost bitten his snout off.
Storm Jr. was full of hatred as she impaled the monster.
" Get away from him", she growled at it.
The monster was shocked by Storm Jr.'s power. She was fast and ruthless.
Storm Jr. had no idea why she was so eager to save that wolf. Even when she had first seen him, the wolf had looked worth saving.
Storm Jr. didn't know the wolf nor why he was in the factory.
He was not a Legend nor an Elder. He could have been a slave but that was unlikely.
She hadn't seen any real animatronics around. Storm Jr. hadn't really been looking for those while flying around the factory in astral form.
Still, she had only seen Phantoms and monsters.
All the slaves had probably been eaten or Black had unleashed his frustration on them after the Grayson hill.
Black was known for killing things in frustration. At least, Marionette had claimed so.
Storm Jr. knew no mercy as she protected the wolf. Shadow and Crystal were fighting as well.
Crystal was making sure that the monsters wouldn't escape through the hole, on the fourth side.
Shadow blocked the door and his katanas cut like razors.
He dodged to the right and then to the left.
The monsters had long claws and they could extend their claws if necessary. Shadow tried to block and dodge but his chest was cut.
The monsters were stronger, far stronger, than the ones before.
" Help!", begged Shadow as he fell to the floor.
The monsters were trying hard to get through the door. If any got through, they would alert the others.
The monsters were ready for an attack. Goldie and Marionette had distracted them but the monsters may have already figured it out.
Storm Jr. noticed Shadow's distress and made an icicle. She threw it at one of the monsters.
" Get away from my friend", growled Storm Jr.
She was powered by rage and her hands were completely frozen.
Two monsters glanced at her and charged.
" We'll blow your house down, poor little wolf", said one of them.
They were grinning and death was lurking in their eyes. Storm Jr. could see her reflection in their black holes that were eyes.
Storm Jr. extended her arms forward and shot ice at the monsters. She hadn't done it since she had helped Willa at the Grayson hill.
It was dangerous and hard to control. The beam of ice could have gotten out of control and hurt Crystal or Shadow.
Storm Jr. did not care right then and watched as the monsters froze in place.
They were still alive and couldn't move.
Storm Jr. charged and crushed them beneath her feet.
" Blow on this, poor little wolf", Storm Jr. mimicked them mockingly.
Storm Jr. had enjoyed freezing the monsters. Some were still on Shadow and Storm Jr. went for them.
" Hey. Get out of our world. You are dead and don't belong here", Storm Jr. told them.
The monsters turned around and saw her.
Shadow was going to be frozen as well.
" Storm Jr. No!", Crystal ran between her and the monsters.
She could see that Shadow could have defeated them by himself.
Storm Jr. shot ice at them but Crystal got in the middle.
The poor fox got a beam in the face and she fell to the floor. Storm Jr. settled down and stopped before Crystal could sustain damage, worse than that.
The monsters were weirded out by the situation and Shadow grabbed his katanas from the floor.
He cut the monsters and they died instantly. It was the last of them for the time being.
Crystal had been fighting one last monster before she had stopped Storm Jr.
That monster had escaped through the big hole and was far away already.
Shadow and Storm Jr. went to Crystal who was lying on the floor. Her snout was frozen and her eyelids were frozen shut.
Crystal had stopped Storm Jr. but risked her own life at the same time.
" Crystal. Say something. I didn't mean to", Storm Jr.'s growling had turned into whimpering.
Crystal didn't answer.
Shadow pulled her onto his lap and let her head rest on his chest.
" Oh no. Crystal, why did you do that?", Shadow was whimpering too.
A sudden knock on the door got their attention.
" Storm Jr. Are you there?", asked Storm's voice, coming from behind the door.
The door had frozen shut as well, she tried to open it.
" Mom. We are here. Is Foxy there?", asked Storm Jr.
" Yea. Foxy is right here. We were wondering what the noise was.
We heard growling and thought it might have been a dangerous monster. Now that you sound like yourself again, we recognized you.
Oh god. You are alright", Storm sounded pleased.
" Crystal is hurt. Come in", said Shadow.
Foxy broke the lock with his hook and kicked the door in. He gasped as he saw Crystal in such condition.
" Crystal", Foxy's eyes widened and he covered his mouth.
" Oh no. Poor Crystal", Storm didn't react as strongly.
Crystal couldn't talk even though Foxy came to her.
He bent down next to his daughter. Crystal recognized Foxy's tender touch as he petted her.
" What happened to her, Shadow? Who did this?", Foxy looked at Shadow with fear in his gaze.
" I did", Storm Jr. confessed and her ears drooped.
Foxy glanced at her and his ears drooped too.
" What did you guys do? We could only hear loud noises", Foxy wanted to know.
Storm Jr. walked towards Foxy and bent down.
" I got out of control. I saw how these monsters were eating this wolf on the table. I got angry at them for hurting someone like him", explained Storm Jr.
" She tried to shoot ice at ones that had attacked me. It would have hurt me as well so Crystal got in the middle", Shadow added.
Storm walked to the table and glanced at the brown wolf.
" No wonder, you got angry, sweetie. Come check this out, Foxy. He is in a worse condition than your daughter", Storm was shocked by the damage.
Foxy left his daughter reluctantly in Shadow's gentle hands. He went to Storm and took a look.
" These rapscallions, lass. No sense of mercy at all. Lad seems to be alive though", sighed Foxy.
Storm Jr. sighed in great relief.
" Who is he?", asked Storm, glancing at the two younglings.
Shadow shrugged and Storm Jr. went silent.
" We shouldn't", muttered Crystal.
Her snout had warmed up and she could move it. Foxy came running even though Crystal was not far away.
Foxy literally launched at her like a rocket.
" Crystal. Can you move? What did you say?", asked Foxy, happy to see that his daughter was alright.
" We shouldn't have come here. Didn't I tell that wretched Storm Jr. to just find Leslie? She can't follow orders, can she?", Crystal sounded angry.
Foxy gently opened her eyelids and broke the ice. Crystal's chest was still frozen but it hadn't gone all the way to her core.
" Storm Jr. can't follow orders. She is brave and trusts her own decisions. Just like one cute fox, I know", Foxy smiled at Crystal.
" Oh dad. Stop embarrassing me", Crystal tried to smile.
Foxy hugged her and petted her back.
" I feared that you had died", Foxy's voice broke in happiness.
He kissed her on the nose.
" I'm fine, dad. Don't worry", Crystal muttered to him.
Her face had looked bad but the damage had not been as bad as it had seemed at first. Crystal was able to walk with very little help.
Storm Jr. had spread ice along Crystal's body.
The face had taken the worst beating but her legs had really disliked the frosty treatment.
It took a while for Crystal to walk on her own.
Storm and Storm Jr. checked out the wolf.
" Innocent poor thing. Why would anyone do this to him?", wondered Storm.
" I thought the exact same thing. We had to come here to save him. I hope you understand", Storm Jr. looked at her.
" Of course I do, sweetheart. You always know when to go against orders", Storm patted her on the back.
Storm and her daughter picked up the wolf. Shadow did his part as well. He and Storm went into the wolf's mind.
" I can't sense activity in him. He has no traces of Leslie on him. He has not been near Leslie", Shadow told Storm.
" His scent is new but rotten. Electra has laid her hands on him. Traces of her wickedness are all over him", Storm sniffed the wolf.
" Electra has been in his mind. I can sense something evil. A beast witch for sure. Electra has done something to his mind", Shadow found out.
" You tell me. Electra's scent is all over his fur and his mind has gone dark", Storm grinned at the scent.
She felt a beast witch and darkness. It had to be all due to Electra.
She and her family had a strong scent and the darkness, they left in their victims' minds, was not forgotten.
Storm Jr. was creeped out by the way they spoke of him. Storm Jr. could smell nothing dangerous.
The wolf looked fine to her.
They put him down by the door. They would rest a little and then leave.
" Has Electra corrupted his mind? Is that why he is not waking up?", asked Storm Jr.
Shadow tilted his head from side to side.
" He is knocked out. Whatever hit him, it came out of the blue and must have been shocking", answered Shadow.
" Marionette knows what to do. We can get him on his feet again. I wonder where the rest of his crew is.
Animatronics are never alone in their pizzerias", replied Storm.
Shadow had a bad feeling.
" His crew's dead by all accounts. The rest were slaughtered in front of his face. If he was emotionally weak, it could have knocked him out.
That would explain it", sighed Shadow.
" Nice of them to take him in", Storm Jr. joked.
" Yea. Take him in for a family feast", nodded Shadow.
" Okay. Are you guys ready? Can we leave now? I can walk better now. Eclipse, Faith, Goldie and Marionette must be worried to death", asked Crystal.
That had been a bad choice of words. They had no idea of what was going on outside.
Hopefully, Marionette and Goldie had hidden and not died.
" Can we leave, please?", Crystal insisted.
" We still don't know where Leslie is", said Storm Jr.
" Maybe we can ask someone for directions?", Crystal suggested sarcastically.
" We don't need to. I should have felt him by now. If he was here, I would have felt it already", Storm shook her head.
" He is here. We have to look harder", Storm Jr. was not giving up.
Storm came to her.
" I know you love him, baby. But he isn't here. We have to leave", said Storm.
" We saved this wolf. Leslie wasn't here but at least we saved this wolf. We must leave", Shadow was with Storm.
Foxy wanted to go as well. Storm Jr. saw that she was the only one, not wanting to leave.
" Okay. I believe you, mom. You would have felt him already if he was here", Storm Jr. nodded with her ears drooping.
" Okay. I'm sorry, my baby Storm Jr. Let's go", Storm hugged her.
Right at that very second, the door was knocked on. It was a loud thump and based on that, the door was hit with a strong hand.
All the animatronics got alerted. Shadow pulled the wolf away from the door.
He put his katana in front of the wolf protectively.
" Have the monsters found us?", he asked.
" Let's hope it's Marionette who has come to save us", said Storm.
Foxy went closer one step at a time.
" Who is there?", he asked the stranger.
For a second, it was as silent as in Springtrap's nap room. Foxy was not sure if the stranger had heard him.
" Who are you?", asked Storm.
Then they heard a laughter.
It was high-pitched and manic. It was the sound of death and indescribable wickedness.
" Little piggies. Let me in or I'll blow your house down!", the manic voice laughed behind the door.
Storm and Foxy went into their fighting stances.
Shadow frowned at them.
" Who the hell's that? Sounds like someone who's not fun", Shadow was astounded by everyone else's reaction.
Storm Jr. froze her hands and Crystal went beside her father.
The voice was neither Black's, Elleroth's, Jenner's nor Electra's.
It definitely was not Goldie or Marionette and it certainly was not Leslie.
Shadow had never heard that voice before.
" How is he here? I thought we would never have to come across him again", grinned Foxy.
" I knew there was something wicked in here. I could feel it the whole time", growled Storm.
" Open the door, my lovelies. I'm gonna have to destroy it. You better come out, almighty Storm", Dust laughed on the other side.
" He sounds even more crazy than he was", said Storm.
Shadow looked at his friends.
" Who the hell is that?", he asked the others.
" You better get ready. You are about to meet the one and only Dust. 2.0 Crazier than ever", sighed Storm.
Then the door was kicked in and it almost hit Storm as it flew through the room.
It flew off the edge and vanished from sight.
Dust was stronger, they saw that. A wolf walked into the room.
He was golden and his fur was glowing weirdly. Dust had changed both physically and mentally.
He had a big smile on his face.
" So nice of you to drop by. I was afraid I would have to wait longer. I missed you", smiled Dust.
Storm raised her blade.
" That's funny. My sword has missed you too. Wanna say hello?", grinned Storm.
Dust reached into his own ghostly flesh and pulled out a misty sword.
" My sword would like that. I haven't tried it yet. Let's see if it works as well as it would seem", smiled Dust.
Storm was ready for anything. Dust's eyes were red and his body looked tough as stone.
Electra had done something to him. There was a black thing inside Dust's chest.
" Can that be his heart?", thought Storm.
" Surrender, animatronics", commanded Dust.
It made Storm chuckle.
" Like you would ever take prisoners", she told Dust.
" Well, you are right, Storm. Kill them all", Dust turned his head to his left.
Storm looked around and heard monsters growling. They were entering the room through the missing wall.
Dust charged at Storm and tackled her.
Storm was quick and tried to stab Dust through the neck. It seemed to make him dizzy.
Dust was a Phantom so killing would not be easy. Storm didn't have a witch sword.
Her weapon was a normal sword, made of steel.
Dust would have run off the edge if Foxy hadn't grabbed Storm's left leg. It was hanging underneath Dust's armpit.
Foxy pulled Storm's leg and remained in place like a statue. Momentum carried Dust forward and Storm's trajectory curved to the right.
Storm was ripped free from Dust's grasp and he fell over.
He rolled to the edge and almost fell off. Foxy charged after letting go of Storm.
He attempted to kick Dust off but Dust got up like a ninja.
Storm checked her chest and noticed oil. Dust's sword had impaled the left side of her stomach.
Foxy tried to kick Dust. Even a step backwards and Dust would have fallen off.
Suddenly, a monster came from the room above and swung at Foxy. It kicked Foxy in the face and he fell over.
Dust had help which was bad.
Storm Jr. was reserved by the monsters. She tried to defend Shadow and the unconscious wolf.
Some monsters went for Shadow but seemed to go for him specifically. The wolf was in coma, his legs were outside Shadow's embrace.
The monsters could have pulled them but they didn't.
They attacked Shadow but not because he was defending that wolf.
No one really paid attention to that.
Storm and Foxy were reserved. Crystal didn't know which to pick.
She could have fought with her father but Dust looked dangerous. Crystal saw that a monster tried to help Dust.
She made her choice that second. Foxy saw it coming closer.
" Take this", Crystal attacked the monster.
It died instantly after one good hit. Dust had been on the edge, staying out of the way but then he grinned.
Foxy was on the floor. Crystal went in front of him.
" If you want to hurt him, you go through me", she threatened.
" Yea, right", smiled Dust as he walked forward.
He smacked Crystal and she flew at a wall.
" Dad!", she shouted to Foxy.
" Stay there. He is too dangerous for you. Protect your friends", ordered Foxy.
Dust was strong and dangerous. Foxy would have never forgiven himself if Crystal had died.
Foxy's gaze was fixed on Dust.
The big wolf attacked him.
Foxy backed off and the blade hit where he had been. Dust walked forward and tried to hit Foxy but missed as he was moving.
Dust wasn't really trying, he was having fun.
Storm had recovered and came to Foxy's aid.
" Fight me, Dust! I am the one you want", shouted Storm.
Dust turned to face her.
" Your almighty power must have worn off. Now I'm the strong one", teased Dust as he attacked.
Storm was being forced to move back. Dust was less careful than before.
He was mad with power.
" I can defeat him. He may not die but I think his movement can be restricted. Here goes nothing", Storm thought to herself.
She attacked from the front and drew Dust's attention.
" Foxy. Stab him to the back of the neck. I know how he can be taken down", Storm told Foxy in his mind.
Foxy nodded and snuck behind Dust. Storm kept Dust's eyes on her.
Foxy let his hook sink into Dust's neck. Storm didn't need much, just a moment of paralysis.
She attacked from the side and hit Dust's face. Her sword went through both of his eyes.
Storm left it there so Dust went blind.
" Arrrg! You annoying bitch!", cursed Dust.
Storm punched Dust many times and Foxy sank his hook into Dust's head.
Foxy pulled Dust back and to the ground. Storm got on top of Dust and punched him many times.
Foxy kept the monsters off her. Storm recalled Storm Jr.'s sad face when they hadn't found Leslie.
" Where is Leslie the witch? The end of the world is his fault so you must have him somewhere", asked Storm.
Dust spat out misty blood.
" What witch? There are no witches in here other than my love and her father", answered Dust.
" Electra? She will pay for bringing you back. You seem to know her so where is she then?
What is your plan?", Storm wanted to ask some questions now that she had a chance.
" Electra has no plans, you foolish mutt, and neither do I. Right now, she is interested in the son of her last husband.
That's where she will go. If it gets boring, she'll do what comes to her mind next", smiled Dust.
" You mean Eclipse. Too bad, he isn't here right now. He can't be found", Storm let out a chuckle.
Dust spat out blood again. He smiled wickedly.
" He can't be found indeed. That disguise, you put around his dragon, is deceiving. There he is, smiling in the forest.
Eclipse is thinking when you'll come back. Soon, you making it out will be the least of his problems", said Dust.
That shocked Storm, Eclipse was in danger. They had to get out of there.
As that idea popped into her head, a whole flock of monsters came through the door.
Farewell: That is a small taste of what Eclipse will face on this journey. This battle( I guess you could call it that) has not gone like I thought it would go.
My ideas change all the time. Keep on reading, fellows!
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