Greeting: Carrie, previously known as just the pink bunny, faces a crossroads.
Can she forgive herself? Enjoy the chapter, everyone!

( Rachel, Carrie, Ray, Milla and Okami. In the pit)

Ray and Milla were looking at Carrie over Rachel's shoulder. Both bunnies had similar expressions, Rachel looked pleading while Carrie looked worried.
Okami was staring at Carrie's face, he had a smile on his own face.
" She can't come with you. She'd only end up hurting someone and she knows it", Okami said through his smile.
" It's not true, Carrie. I can see that you aren't a bad animatronic. Okami is just trying to scare you", Rachel assured her.
The caged Carrie wasn't so sure about that. She had killed Frank without any way to control herself. The Apocalypse witch was too strong to be held.
He was omnipresent, like a god.
Carrie was helpless, being held on his palm. She couldn't go anywhere near people.
She was a time bomb even if Rachel wasn't aware of that.
" I would love to come with you but it's too dangerous. Okami is right", Carrie took Rachel's hand.
Rachel glanced at Okami briefly who had hard time breathing since Milla's blade was so close.
It was unclear whether he was grinning in nervousness or smiling in joy of seeing Carrie so upset.
Maybe it was both.
" He has done so many bad things. Why do you believe him? Have faith", Rachel sounded comforting.

The two bunnies had a conversation with their expressions and body language.
Rachel was sweet and delicate. She had a trusting expression on her face and then a calming one.
Carrie showed her that she didn't want to go, no matter how afraid she was of being killed.
She and Okami were slaves, working day and night. The beast witches would never let them live.
The only thing, that had saved them, had been Okami.
Black the cat and Elleroth the beast witch had never cared about him but he was useful.
Okami had showed no signs of wanting revenge and his dark heart had appealed to the beasts.
There was revenge in Okami's heart but he had given up. He had no Elder lord nor purpose.
Carrie knew how he felt as she felt the same way. Her boyfriend and other friends were dead.
The poor bunny had no reason to live.

" I have no purpose, Rachel. My friends are dead", she said to her.
Rachel's heart was touched by it.
" We have a purpose for you. Freddy needs you and so do we. We can be your friends. You're like the sister I never had", Rachel replied to her.
Carrie started thinking about that. She could have a purpose at Freddy's.
Freddy and his crew had been very kind and sweet. They were understanding and forgiving.
She could let go of fear.
Then she suddenly remembered what Frank had said. The ghosts fed on fear.
She could make sure they never returned. When the ghosts had left her, she had left the door open for them.
She could close it with courage.
" Okay, Rachel. I want to come with you. I trust you like you trust me", she said without thinking it more.
" Was that a good move? Did I just doom myself and the children, on her bus?", she thought afterwards.
Rachel became really happy when she heard that.
Okami got shocked.
Rachel held Carrie's hand tightly.
" Good. Mutual trust is the start of every friendship", she said sweetly.
She began to remove the chain, keeping the cage door closed. It was hard and the chain didn't know when to give up.
Rachel tried but it didn't work.
" An amateur", Milla shook her head and sighed.
She removed her blade from Okami's throat, which made him hold his neck and breathe heavily.

Milla shoved her blade through the ring, which the chain formed, and yanked it. The chain didn't resist Milla's attempt at all.
It broke like an expensive glass when a rascal throws it at the floor. The chain just shattered.
Carrie opened the door and nodded to Milla gratefully.
The two bunnies hugged each other before glancing at the pit. No one had heard the chain break but monsters could come soon.
" Thank you, friends. I'm free, at least I think so", Carrie smiled at Ray and Milla.
Okami was grinning.
" You can never be free. You were made to be a slave. You'll die out there", he told Carrie.
Rachel drew her own sword a bit.
" She is our friend now and nobody talks to them like that. No one is made to be a slave. Not even you even if you deserve it", she told Okami angrily.
" Plus, you are the slave now", she added.
" Thanks. I haven't even noticed", Okami smiled sarcastically.
Rachel snorted.
" You are just impossible to figure out", Ray shook his head.
Okami glanced at him and raised one of his own eyebrows.

Ray continued.
" You keep telling us how you're not a slave. I see you being very upset about it. For some reason, you don't want to be free though.
You're not in chains", he examined Okami.
" I'm not, you're right. These things are the Joy of creation. I have devoted my life to them. Their blood is in my veins.
I lost my honor but at least not my nature and my life", responded Okami.
" They betrayed you. All the others gave up because they were betrayed. You heard the conversation between Elleroth and Jenner.
You serve the ones who betrayed you. You are truly devoid of honor. And dad used to say that the Legends valued honor", Milla interrupted.
" I value my life more, pitiful human. These are no animatronics, these are no humans. They are beasts of the highest strength.
At least I still serve something worth serving. You guys serve little children.
They are weak even for humans. It is disgusting. They have made you weak. I'm a slave, which is not for me but it's the best I've got.
It's better than getting killed while protecting weaklings", Okami told Milla.
Rachel didn't like that last sentence.
" Children. Weaklings? Defending them has more honor than being the slave of things, more powerful than you.
You know what your true oppressor is? Fear. You're a coward", she told Okami.
" Says the frail rabbit. You're so tiny and weak. Filled with emotions and worthless feelings towards the little brats.
I rather help the beasts kill them than get killed myself", Okami was filled with mock.
He was speaking truth. Rachel drew her sword completely and pushed it against Okami's chest.
He went against the cage, behind him, and the tip of the blade touched him.
Okami was sitting down, leaning into the cage.
" You worthless coward. I can't even imagine anyone else so heartless. Call children brats one more time and I'll shove this inside you", Rachel said angrily.
" Tough words, little bunny rabbit. You know, I can just scream and you'll be dead in ten seconds", Okami was still mocking.
" You're talking about my friend. Our friend", Carrie went beside Rachel to support her.

Rachel was upset and could do something horrible soon. Okami started laughing.
The monsters yelled at the same time.
For a second, Ray thought they had been noticed. It was just another animatronic, dying.
" Are you saying she isn't just a little bunny? Look at her", Okami pointed at Rachel's face.
Rachel had started crying and her hands were shaking in anger.
" She is crying and all I said was that kids didn't mean anything to me. She cries all the time, doesn't she? The mark of a true weakling.
Her hands are shaking, she would never push that inside me. She is just threatening me, nothing more.
She couldn't kill me, she doesn't have the guts.
Look at her. She is just a child", Okami smiled widely.

To prove it, he grabbed the blade and shoved it aside. Rachel could do nothing.
Rachel knew that his claim was true. She would never kill Okami on her own.
Without the sword, giving her courage, she wouldn't have even gotten that far.
Her tears spilled over, Okami's words hurt her.
" Keep on crying. You are just a child. Crawl back to those brats you love so much", Okami told her.
Rachel couldn't help it one bit. The sword wanted her to do it. She kicked Okami on the snout and oil burst out of it.
Carrie put her arm in front of Rachel to calm her down.
" You ugly bitch", Okami was in pain.
He had lost much of his power. To him, it felt ridiculous that something so weak hurt so much.
" That is what you get. Now keep quiet. Rachel is already upset enough. Put down that sword, Rachel", Ray told Okami who stumbled up.
Rachel put the sword back into its sheath. Carrie was relieved that it was over.
She knew they would have to hurry soon. No monsters were looking at them but it wouldn't last.

Okami and Carrie had been taking turns in cleaning up the cages.
Carrie had been in chains when she had been out but Okami hadn't been for obvious reasons.
Before Rachel's crew had come, they had just switched the cleaner. If they stayed for too long, the beast would come back to let Carrie out.
Their time was finite.

" That's it, Rachel. We can't let Okami stall us more since deep within that is just what he is doing", Carrie told the rest.
The animatronics and Milla turned to go back. Okami was standing up, staring at their backs.
He wondered if he should just stab them in the back. The beasts would like it very much.
He had lost his strength and honor but he was still as evil. He was locked inside his own cage of mind.
Okami didn't know any other life than serving the Joy of creation.
Carrie glanced back at him and felt bad. In a way, Okami had saved her life earlier.
She would have been killed without Okami.
If the monsters hadn't found them, Okami could have become Carrie's good friend.

Right then, Carrie wished that Fredbear's thoughts about a multiverse were true. Maybe in some other universe Okami's life had ended differently.
Rachel tapped Carrie on the should, it made her jump.
" Can you help me adjust the sheath? It's slipping", Rachel asked her.
Carrie agreed to help. She and Rachel did it while Milla was looking around nervously.
" This sword weights too much. That is your problem", Carrie told Rachel.
" Yea. It's kinda useless", Rachel agreed on that.
" Useless?", Okami chuckled at that.
It scared them both. He had felt his black blood boil in his chest when the blade had been against it.
" You call that useless. You little bunny.
That's why you are so frail and scared. You don't even know what that is", Okami was amused.
Rachel knew that Okami was stalling but it got her attention.
" It shoots lightning. I know that", she told him.
" Okay. You know something then. It's like saying cars make noise", Okami had that mocking tone again.
" What do you know? I doubt you know anything about this", Rachel looked frustrated.
" It was guarded by stone animatronics, wasn't it?", Okami responded.
That made Rachel physically jump.
" Oh yes. I know much about it", he read her thoughts.
" And I also know what the Fazbears will do to you if you bring it to them. I would like to see your face when that happens", Okami chuckled again.

Rachel was frightened. She was about to ask for more details. Carrie stopped her.
" If Okami wants you not to bring it to Freddy's, you definitely need to do that.
He might laugh but it's only there to hide his other emotions", Carrie whispered to Rachel.
" But he knows more about it than I do. I know this sword is evil. Freddy's crew fights evil.
It makes sense that they wouldn't want it in their pizzeria", Rachel whispered back.
Carrie couldn't have disagreed more.
" Even if it's evil, Freddy and his friends would never hurt you because you have it. They are really nice even in battle.
They are still sweet like always. Battle doesn't change them, war neither. Okami wants to mess with your head.
He is really good at it. Trust me. My previous leader did something similar to me and my friends.
I know a cunning liar when I see one", Carrie assured Rachel.
The bunnies glanced at Okami who smiled wickedly like a cold morning.
" I don't believe you. I'll take this to Freddy's and maybe they can tell me what it is", Rachel told Okami.
She tried to see if Okami was scared of the idea. His face didn't change at all.
" Go ahead, little rabbit. Have fun with it, I dare you", Okami's voice was grim.

Rachel glanced at Carrie to see if she had noticed anything. The other bunny seemed uncertain but extremely mistrustful.
Okami was feeding them lies.
" Let's go, Rachel. Okami can't be trusted one bit. He is sneaky", Carrie pushed Rachel towards the others.
" Unless, he is telling the truth because he knows we won't trust him", Rachel got an idea.
" He could be lying because he knows you might think that way. That path is endless. We could go on for hours", Milla snorted at that.
Rachel wouldn't leave until she got answers.
" What is this sword? What do you know about it?", Rachel asked seriously.
Okami yawned and sat down. The dirt whirled in the air as it was dry. His gaze was grim, the look of a backstabber.
He didn't need to be afraid of anyone even if he was a coward. He trusted that if he stayed with the beasts, he'd come out fine.
" I have heard of it many times. My leader, Salazar, was always looking up to its wielder. He said it was the ultimate evil.
Sometimes we even thought it might bring the Apocalypse. Since the end is already here, we don't need it", Okami's smile terrified Rachel.
Okami hadn't said anything useful. Rachel's friends were getting really nervous but Rachel had to stay.
Okami had most likely sensed her weaknesses. Then suddenly Rachel got an idea.
" If I don't get answers, we'll take you with us. If we get caught, we say it was your idea to escape", it was her turn to smile.
She was playing a dangerous game with Okami. The wolf was entertained.
He buried his face into his left hand and chuckled.
" That is a hilarious tactic", he laughed.
Then he looked at Rachel again.
" Go ahead. I'll scream so hard that the monsters will come running", he replied to Rachel.
That was a lie, she wasn't stupid. Why hadn't Okami screamed right away? Why had he been just stalling?
Presuming of course, that was what he had indeed been doing.
" Okay. Scream then", Rachel shrugged.
Ray was about to say something but Rachel put her finger up. It told him to stay quiet.
Okami didn't react.
" Fine. I'll do it myself then", Rachel looked unconcerned.
She opened her mouth for a scream and even made a slight sound. She didn't see how the others reacted but she saw Okami.
The wolf jumped and looked to his left where the pit was. Okami had been scared.
Rachel didn't scream but smiled instead.
" You are afraid of them, aren't you? These monsters wouldn't see any difference between you and some other animatronic", she got it.
Okami looked at the ground, showing her that she was correct.
Without the beast near him to control the monsters, he would be torn apart like any animatronic.
Wild monsters were pure hunger, no rationality whatsoever.
" So, tell me what this is. I'll choose whether I'll trust you", Rachel gestured him to continue.
Okami gave up right then.
" Oh. What's the point?", he muttered.
" The sword is the ultimate evil together with the ultimate good. It can only be used by one certain individual.
If someone else uses it, it is because the sword is trying to find its true owner", Okami explained to Rachel.
He looked and sounded so given up that Rachel believed him.
" The queen of the shadow animatronics", Rachel nodded understandingly.
" So they told you about it, huh? It is powerful and I'll probably be killed for telling you this.
The Fazbears want it, it wants to get there", Okami looked at the ground.
What was he doing? He wasn't Luna or Eclipse. No matter what happened, he would always stay loyal to his cause.
Why was he failing it? Why was he giving information to a singing bunny?
He was an Elder. He had been the end for many people and animatronics.
He had fought his way through being a Legend to becoming an Elder.
It had all come down to this? He was lower than the lowest.

Rachel was listening to him and smiling. She wasn't happy for Okami's misery, she was happy for him.
To him, it made the moment way worse.
" If you give it to Marionette, he'll know how to use it properly", Okami finished and fell silent.
Rachel believed every single word. Carrie too.
Okami had forced the words out of his mouth, which was a sign that it was true.
" Let's go. This sword must reach the Fazbear's pizza", she turned around and told the others.
Milla and Ray didn't need to persuaded to leave. They were already half the way up within a second.
Carrie glanced at Okami one more time.
" Are you sure you don't want to leave? You are suffering and it hurts me even if you have been mean to me", she asked him.
" I don't need your pathetic pity", Okami responded angrily.
" Just leave me alone, you pink freak. It's already humiliating enough to fall before a singing rabbit.
Just go away and never come back", he told Carrie very angrily.

Carrie turned around and followed her new friends up to the vehicles. Okami kept on cleaning up the cages angrily cursing her and her friends.
Carrie was so happy to make it up.
Ray was climbing right beside her. She heard the raccoon chuckle at the pit.
" What is so funny about it? It's horrible", Carrie asked him.
Ray apologized to her.
" It's not that. Usually, when we come out of a place like this, we are being chased by something", he said.
Above them, Rachel looked back into the pit and the crying kids, in cages.
She still found it hard to watch the animatronics slaughter each other.
" Don't worry, kids. I'll come back for you. I'll destroy every last monster and come here to save you.
Have faith, my dear children", she blew a kiss towards them.

The animatronics and Milla climbed back to the top and greeted Nick who was waiting for them.
" I see you rescued someone", he laughed at them.
" Carrie, this is Nick. Nick, this is Carrie", Rachel introduced them.
" Nice to meet you", Nick nodded politely.
Carrie smiled at him. Ray went back to the bus whereas Rachel and Carrie went to the jeep with Milla.
Rachel kept the sword that time and looked at it. The bus and the jeep drove away while the beast came to let Carrie out.
A loud yell of hatred filled the air as the vehicles vanished into the horizon.
Okami was truly going to have a rough day ahead of him, a very rough one.

Farewell: This wasn't like the other times. There wasn't fighting in that one but we will come back to this place.
It is a part of something important. See you in the next chapter, guys! THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.