Greeting: Right now, we'll jump into somewhere else. It is a forest.
Time to see what is happening outside the building. Enjoy this chapter, dear readers!

( Eclipse and Faith. Out in the forest)

The wolf and dragon had remained still for quite a while. Eclipse had no idea of how long they had been waiting.
The darkness was an empty void that was lurking around them. Eclipse could feel a gaze upon him.
Poor Faith was in agony. Eclipse was worried about both Faith herself and everyone else.
" How are we going to get back home? She won't make it. Faith, poor baby", Eclipse leaned into her.
Faith was weak but cozy. She even had a green blanket around her.
If she had been wrapped in a blanket, she could have been mistaken for a sick animatronic.
Faith was not comfortable, lying in the forest.
Eclipse wanted to comfort her but he didn't know how on earth he could have done that.
Everything, they had heard, had been just growling and shouting. Eclipse wasn't sure of what had happened.
He had recognized Goldie's voice but that had been it.
He had told Faith to calm down and slow down her breathing. Eclipse hadn't seen anyone, no monsters had come their way.

Eclipse was hidden right underneath Faith's neck.
He was petting Faith's fur and making sure she was not dead.
Faith had opened her eyes a few times and muttered something.
Eclipse had been talking to her without any certainty that she could hear him. Faith's belly was still open even though Marionette had closed the wound.
Eclipse prayed that the strings would hold.
If they snapped, Faith's oil would burst out and she would be dead soon after that.
The wound was very large and the claws had gone deep.
Faith's fur and plastic skin were really thick and hard to impale. That monster had been a special one.
Even Oni ryu's attacks had not gone that deep. Hopefully, the long claws had been that monster's only speciality.
Eclipse didn't want to find out that Faith was poisoned or anything like that.

" Stay with me, dear Faith baby", Eclipse tried to sound like his mother.
Whenever Eclipse was helpless, he imagined Luna, standing next to him. Eclipse was strong but still young.
He was nowhere close to being as strong as Luna. That thought floated through his daydreams.
Eclipse knew exactly what Luna would have said in that situation.
" You already are as strong as I. You just have to believe a tiny bit. Believe in yourself.
At least I believe in you with all of my heart", Eclipse heard Luna's voice in his thoughts.
Eclipse went into Faith's mind and negated some of her agony.
She shared it with him.
Eclipse felt how her stomach was on fire. The needles that had gone inside her were horrible. Mike would be able to clean it up at home.

Eclipse beared it with Faith. The pain would soon be in the past. He even said it to Faith.
" It hurts so much. It bu..burns", responded Faith.
" You can take it. You are a strong dragon, your species can take pain", Eclipse assured her.
" On the inside, I'm still a kitsune. A frail kitsune", cried Faith.
Eclipse patted her head and rubbed her chin.
" Don't think that. You are not frail. You flew all the way from the pizzeria. You were already wounded and exhausted but you pressed on.
You might be a lot of things, Faith, but frail you are not", corrected Eclipse.
That made Faith feel better mentally but the physical pain remained. She hadn't spoken much because of all the pain.
Eclipse thought of other ways of making her feel better. Eclipse could sing a song but he wasn't very good at remembering them.
Freddy, Bonnie and Chica were the good singers.
Fang's family was good at singing.
Eclipse was not like them. Not a single song came into his mind that could have eased Faith's agony.

Eclipse was rather helpless on his own. He was capable of fighting and playing with kids but he couldn't sing well on his own.
" Hmm. I don't know. I could hum a melody. She would like that. Something calming and comforting", thought Eclipse.
Freddy and his pals had sung a lot of songs over the years. Eclipse had forgotten most of them and the rest were blurry.
He recalled a song which Springtrap had sung a month before. Springtrap had put kids to sleep and calmed them down with that song.
Eclipse couldn't remember the lyrics or even what the song had been about.
Those kids had been wild a while before. Springtrap's song had put them to sleep in minutes.
Eclipse thought it would have been good for Faith.
" Here goes nothing, I guess", he shrugged.

" Would you like me to hum you a song?", Eclipse asked Faith.
The dragon's eyes opened and she spoke weakly.
" Yes..please. Th..that would be nice", she stuttered to Eclipse.
Faith even showed Eclipse her teeth.
After Faith had smiled, Eclipse began to hum the song.

It didn't touch the sky and make the animals listen but it was a good song. Eclipse got some bits wrong as he couldn't recall the song perfectly.
It seemed familiar to the trees. That song had been felt in that forest before.
Previously, it had echoed in the forest and every single animal and plant had listened. Eclipse didn't know that but it was true.
Eclipse's humming wasn't strong but it echoed a tiny bit.
Springtrap hadn't created that song himself.
He hadn't made it up. He had gotten it from somewhere else.

Springtrap had never forgotten the melody or the lyrics. Eclipse tried his best to remember it but it wasn't accurate.
Faith was calmed down by it nonetheless. She let out a sigh and brought her head closer to Eclipse.
He was relieved to see that. Eclipse hoped no one else would hear it.
He would just keep on humming until his friends came back.

Eclipse petted the dragon's snout and his body relaxed. Eclipse kept an eye on his surroundings while humming.
There was someone around, he could feel it.
Eclipse glanced at Faith and wondered if he should stop and go check it out.

He decided not to.

Eclipse would stop if anyone found them. Faith was trying to let the melody carry her away.
The pain was still pummelling her head like a jackhammer.
That was all Eclipse could do. He was happy to ease Faith's pain.
If he kept on doing that, Faith would be absolutely fine.
Eclipse listened to his own humming and he got a weird feeling. He was so calm.
Eclipse smiled as the darkness faded from his heart.
The forest was no longer dark and depressing.

Eclipse felt a presence around him. Someone had heard his beautiful song.
It was approaching him and his dragon. Eclipse found it comforting, someone was coming back to him.
He heard footsteps and humming.
It wasn't an echo, someone was humming the song as well.
Eclipse recognized the voice and the way the creature moved. He stopped and just petted Faith's head.

The humming was still in the air. The creature was behind him and coming closer.
Eclipse was afraid to turn around, he couldn't believe it. His head was eager to look behind him but Eclipse resisted the temptation.
" I finally found you again, sweetie", the female wolf said behind Eclipse.
He turned around slowly and glanced at her.
" I found you too, mom. My song lead you to me, didn't it?", Eclipse asked Luna.

She was standing between two pine trees and the branches looked like they were bowing.
Luna touched the branches with a magical touch.
" After all the time I spent looking for you, I finally found my way back", smiled Luna.
Faith heard her voice too and opened her eyes.
" No way", she muttered.
For a second, Faith thought she was seeing things. Eclipse was staring at Luna too so she couldn't be.
Unless of course, that was an illusion too.
" I thought you were dead", a tear fell down Eclipse's cheek.
Luna looked sad and sighed.
" I was. Electra caught my soul and imprisoned me. Your song helped me find my way out", explained Luna.

Eclipse stood up and came out of hiding. He walked closer to his mother.
Luna was there, right in front of him. Her face looked the same and she acted the same way.
Faith was staring at her with wide eyes.
" Luna came back. It can't be", she thought and cried as well.
Eclipse wanted to run to her. His mind desired it more than anything. He had thought that he would have never seen her again.
Eclipse slowed down but couldn't just walk. Eclipse started to run and hugged his mother tightly.
" Eclipse, dear. I wish I could have come to you earlier. I'm so sorry", apologized Luna, sobbing.
" It's okay, mom. I missed you so much", cried Eclipse.

Faith wished she could have moved closer to the two wolves. Luna seemed so happy to see her child again.
Eclipse had grown stronger but he was still as lovely as ever. Eclipse and Luna wished the hug would never end.
Luna peeked over Eclipse's shoulder and kissed the side of his head.
" Remember the truth", she whispered into his ear.
" What?", Eclipse took a step back.

He kept his arms around her but looked into her eyes, afraid.
" Nothing. Remember that I'm here now. There is nothing for you to be afraid of", corrected Luna.
Eclipse saw a glimpse of anger in her eyes. Luna looked like she was about to snort but then she didn't.
She smiled at her son.
" The truth. What truth?", thought Eclipse.

Why would Luna say that? Eclipse thought for a second. He shrugged his emotions off, he had to. The only truth, he could recall, was the sight at the Grayson hill.
Electra ripping Luna's upper jaw off. This Luna was fine, her jaw was still attached.
" Are you alright, mom?", asked Eclipse.
" Of course. Nothing would make me happier than being with you, my brave little soldier", smiled Luna.
Eclipse glanced at the ground. He saw a glimpse of Luna's footprints.
They were unusually large. Eclipse looked back at his mother. Luna was so happy to see him.
" Mom. I truly missed you all this time. After you and dad were gone, I thought I wouldn't be strong enough to live on my own", said Eclipse.

Luna chuckled.
" I know, you are not strong enough just yet. But no harm done. We can go back home now, sweetie", replied Luna.
" Not yet. We can't go home", Eclipse told her.
" Yea. We have to save our friends first", nodded Luna.
" It's not that", Eclipse told her and looked serious.
Luna was extremely confused.
" What is it then, Eclipse dear?", she asked him and got closer to his face.

Eclipse got closer as well and looked like he wanted to kiss his mother on the snout. Luna leaned forward and was about to kiss him.
Suddenly, Eclipse ducked and slid between her legs. Eclipse pulled out his sword and shoved it through Luna's back.
The oily blade came out from the other side.
Luna shrieked as Eclipse started pushing her forward. Faith thought Luna would hit her.
Eclipse aimed at a tree. He went all the way there and impaled the tree as well.
It was tough and the blade got stuck.
Luna was stuck as well. It was a sight to hold.
Eclipse fighting his mother in pure hatred.
" First, mom. First, I am a brave little trooper, not soldier. And second, mom always thought I was strong enough to survive on my own.
She would have never agreed with me if I claimed that I wasn't strong.
You should know those things! But you didn't know them, did you Electra?", Eclipse whispered to her ear.

Luna got angry and her head turned around. It was creepy. Eclipse thought about the Exorcist.
Luna's arms turned around as well and she grabbed Eclipse. Faith was freaked out like a young girl.
She let out a whimper.
" Keep your filthy paws off my divine body", grinned Luna with a changing voice.
She punched Eclipse who flew back. He hit a tree but got up fast.
Luna yanked the sword out of her chest. The darkness shot back into the forest and filled its every corner.
Luna threw the sword away. Eclipse ran to it quickly and picked it up.

After that, he got far away from Luna. She raged as clouds thundered above them.
She was weak and fell to the ground. Luna's fur and skin melted away like ice.
Faith had never seen anything so terrifying in her life. That image would haunt her for months.
She shrieked in terror.
Luna's whole body melted and another wolf stumbled up. She was covered in the liquid parts of Luna.
She was like a present, hidden inside a chocolate figure. If so, it was one ungly present.

It was Electra, angry as a bees' nest.
" I would have given you a rather easy way out. Now, you'll suffer", her voice thundered in the clouds and on the ground.
Eclipse was shocked, Electra had disguised herself as Luna and gotten into Eclipse's head.
Luckily, Eclipse had noticed those few flaws.
Luna's tail melted away as well when Electra stumbled up. She looked weak and found it hard to get up.
The attack had surprised her so she hadn't had time to warm up.
Faith could not move and Electra was dangerously close.
She hoped Electra was too concentrated on Eclipse to notice her.
Killing Faith would have been an easy way to make Eclipse suffer. Electra's eyes were on fire and her veins were showing through her skin.
The veins were black, full of beast blood.
She had extended her claws and covered them in lightning.
Eclipse wondered what to do. He hadn't wanted to fight Electra quite yet.

Electra was not an easy animatronic to take revenge on. Eclipse was aware that he was a fly taking revenge on a god for killing his mother.
Eclipse grinned and showed no fear.
He could defeat Electra if he set his mind on it.
She had power but Eclipse could do it. He had to be fast and agile, just like Shadow had taught him.
" You can't mess with me, Electra. I know my mom like the back of my hand. You make one mistake and your cover is blown", Eclipse told her with wide eyes.
He was angry but forced himself to remain calm and focused.
Electra liked to play with people's emotions. Anger and hatred were in the way when fighting Electra.
Eclipse would refuse to be angry.
" This is not my time to avenge my mother. I just need to survive for Faith and the others. The children need me and my friends need me.
I'll do this for them", thought Eclipse.

A sudden shot of lightning hit Electra and shocked her. It was her way of charging herself up.
Eclipse did not know what Electra would do next but he guessed that it was nothing good.
Electra gathered electricity between her palms.
She was staring at Eclipse with a horrible grin on her face.

Electra shot a constant beam at Eclipse's left side. She moved the beam towards Eclipse in order to cut him in half.
It reminded him of Wipeout. The attendees had to jump over a horizontal pillar or they would end up in water.
It was just like that but actually dangerous.
If Eclipse had even touched the beam, his legs would have been obliterated.
The beam spread out from Electra's hands. Where Eclipse was, the beam was wide and thick.
Eclipse wouldn't be able to jump over it easily. He ran at the tree, behind him, and ran up the trunk.
He grabbed the first branches and pulled himself higher. Eclipse grabbed his tail and pulled it against his body.
The beam was just low enough for Eclipse to get over. His tail hair got fried from the tips.
" That was close", he thought by himself.
He had felt the temperature of the beam as it had gone by.

After that, Eclipse faced another situation. The beam had fried the tree and burnt its trunk. The tree wasn't very thick so it fell over.
Eclipse let go as quickly as he could and did a flip in the air. The tree hit the ground and made a loud noise.
Electra had been watching the show.
" Wonderful. Your skills are not rusty after all this time. I thought you would have locked yourself up and cried for the rest of eternity.
You know, like a wuss", teased Electra.
" I'll show you who is a wuss", Eclipse got ready.

Electra shot lightning at Eclipse who dodged it. Eclipse began to run at her and dodge her lightning.
Electra made an electric sword and her eyes turned crimson red.
They were like blood.
Eclipse jumped and got ready to strike. He aimed for Electra's arm so he might chop it off.
Eclipse had thought about various ways to slow her down.
Electra took a floaty step backwards and protected her arm.

Eclipse adapted to that quickly. He cut Electra's other arm and surprised her.
He kicked Electra in the chest and launched at her.
Electra stumbled back but kept her balance. She blocked the charge attack and headbutted Eclipse.
She went straight for the core but Eclipse warded off the attack. Their swords made awful noises as they were hitting one another.
Eclipse was pushed back so he pretended to run. Electra went after him naturally.
Eclipse did actually just run a few steps and then grab a tree on his left. He used the momentum to swing around the tree and kick Electra in the chin.
He had sustained damage in the fight so Eclipse focused on healing himself.
Electra was not healing just because she felt that Eclipse was fighting his inevitable death.
Electra had wounds and they were bleeding. Her blood was like really dark jelly or syrup.
He wouldn't have wanted to have that in his dessert.

Eclipse managed to heal his back and a wound that went up his left side.
Then Electra charged at him and bit him on the shoulder. Electra showed some of her savage side.
Right then, she looked more like the other beast witches. Eclipse grabbed her jaw and pulled it open.
He tried to rip Electra's upper jaw off. Eclipse ignored the horrible feeling that was flowing through his body.
" I'll make..you..pay for what..you did..to mom", stuttered Eclipse, in pain.
He yanked Electra's jaw up until he heard it break. Eclipse kicked Electra in the chest and she flew into a tree.

Eclipse glanced at Faith to make sure she was alright.
" Eclipse. Watch out!", Faith shouted to him.
Eclipse was pushed to the ground by Electra. She had been fast. Her saliva was dripping onto Eclipse's face.
" Will you? Not without the Shadow blade. I am immortal and so are your parents", said Electra.
Her jaw was broken but she was still speaking understandable English.
" What do you mean? You killed my parents", grinned Eclipse.
Electra giggled manically.
" No, you stupid boy. I gave them a gift. Now they are with me. In my head. They feel all my pain, little wolf", giggled Electra.
" You're lying", said Eclipse.
He didn't believe her, only natural.
" Remember the truth", Luna's voice echoed in his head.
Why had Electra said that? Eclipse thought about it all of the sudden.
" I'm not", replied Electra.
" They are watching your progress with great interest. Do you want to know how much they'll cry when I torture your soul for hours?", she added.
" You won't get my soul, witch. My friends will get Leslie and then we'll go. You'll never see your asset again", grinned Eclipse.
" He is not our asset. We are his purpose and destiny", corrected Electra.

Then she let out a huge giggle. The clouds giggled with her.
" But don't worry. You won't find Leslie. There are no boys in that building. There is only death, my dear", Electra added.
Eclipse growled at her angrily.
" I would like to see that", growled Eclipse.
" I'm sorry but you won't. You are mine", Electra leaned forward.

She was going to rip Eclipse's core out and corrupt it.
" Do it then already, you shit-eating, mud crawler bitch!", shouted Eclipse.
He got ready for it. Suddenly, Electra rose up.
Eclipse was free. Electra wished she would have healed herself earlier.
Eclipse stumbled up, not knowing what to think.
Faith was on her feet and Electra was being flung around between her teeth. Faith had come to help Eclipse.
Eclipse looked at her with happiness in his eyes.
" Faith. My brave kitsune. My strong hero", he admired.

Farewell: This chapter didn't have as much fighting as I would have liked to. It was good enough.
More fighting on the way. Storm Jr. and her friends are still fighting Dust.
Where are Goldie and Marionette when you need them? THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.