Greeting: The shadow animatronics have appeared suddenly. Shadow freddy, Shadow bonnie, Ballora and Baby were their names.
They must feel their queen approaching. Enjoy!
(Rachel's crew. By the pizzeria)
Shadow freddy blocked an attack with his sword. His movements were carefully designed, it was like he was dancing.
A Phantom grinned with absolute hatred in their gaze.
Carrie helped Rachel up and checked that she was okay.
" Don't worry, I'll protect you", Carrie told Rachel and glanced at Shadow freddy.
" Don't be afraid of them. They're friends. These animatronics gave us the Shadow blade", Rachel calmed her down.
A monster tried to attack her from behind but Ballora spun in and cut them with the edges of her skirt.
" Gave you, thief rabbit? You stole the blade from us, in case you can't recall it.
Without Shadow bonnie, we would have made minced meat out of you", Ballora told Rachel.
" Whatever, Ballora, or whatever you were. And my name isn't the thief rabbit. I'm Rachel", Rachel told her.
" Anyway, they are friends", she looked at Carrie again.
" Thank goodness for that", Carrie's eyes were wide.
The shadow animatronics were kicking monsters left and right, they worked in perfect sync with one another. Fate had spared them for now.
" Go back to the world beyond, ignorant souls!", Shadow bonnie told the creatures she killed.
It was crazy but made the Fazbears happy. Baby impaled a beast that was about to eat Bonnie's face.
" Thank you", Bonnie thanked.
" No problem, bunny. We shadow animatronics are valiant souls", Baby replied.
" I figured", Bonnie nodded to her.
Baby was helpful. Storm and Bonnie couldn't fight and hold Nadia at the same time. Nadia was badly beaten and needed to be dragged around.
Especially since she was still filled with panic and dread.
" Fang! Come here!", Storm shouted to her husband.
Willa wanted Fang to stay but he had to go. Foxy promised Fang to take care of her.
Fang went to help Storm and Bonnie.
" Nadia. Stop resisting. Let's get...um..inside", Storm looked at what used to be the pizzeria.
The roof was mostly gone and so was the front wall. It couldn't be said that they were indoors in there.
It was safer in there though.
" My sister! Scarlett! Scarlett!", Nadia reached out to the sounds of fighting.
Jester attacked Jenny who got punched in the chest. He was winning, no one wanted to hurt Scarlett.
Nadia's pleads not to hurt her sister didn't make it any easier.
" We can't take her in, Fang! Lend a hand. Otherwise, we'll have to knock her out", Storm told Fang.
" We need the Shadow blade. That is Scarlett's only chance. Nadia won't calm down until Scarlett is safe", Fang sighed.
Bonnie and Storm tried to pull Nadia in but she was causing them pain telepathically.
" Stop that, Nadia. Don't panic. It's okay", Bonnie groaned.
" Let me go. I can talk to him. Scarlett needs to wake up", Nadia begged of her.
" Jester is too strong. If he doesn't kill you, his red-eyed buddies will", Fang explained.
Nadia was in shock or her mind was being manipulated or something. She wouldn't listen!
They couldn't let her go but they couldn't take her in either. Storm and Fang were worried that Nadia might kill herself.
Bringing someone pain mentally is hard work. Nadia may fry her mind.
Baby was a shadow animatronic so Fang spoke to her. He, just like most, had already guessed who she and her friends were.
" Hey, you. Do you have any idea how we could get the Shadow blade?", Fang asked Baby.
The dark animatronic glanced at him while fighting and shrugged. It was like she didn't even have to focus on the fighting.
" That thief rabbit took him. We don't know where you have put him. Who had him the last time you saw him?", Baby asked Fang.
" Eclipse. He's in the sky trying to take down a beast witch. A really angry one", Bonnie answered.
Then Baby clenched her fist. She may have been worried.
" Then we can't have the Blade. Once the target is gone, he may come for us", Baby replied.
That didn't seem too good a situation.
Storm glanced at the sky and saw something among the clouds. They were moving fast and it made her grin.
Fang remembered that one night when Leslie had gone crazy. He had brought a tornado inside the pizzeria in the middle of the night.
That was Jenner and, based on the movement of the rocks, he was angry.
The field, where everyone was fighting in, shook as a shockwave shot through it. Some debris fell off the pizzeria.
Fritz pulled Milla and Nick out of the way. Mangle was forced to dodge to her right and Toy bonnie saved Toy chica.
That shockwave had been strong. The creatures, on the ground, couldn't see the two wolves fall down through the clouds.
Faith saved them of course.
At the same time, Jester shouted in delight. The beast witches howled to that display of power.
" Good God. What kind of beast witch is that?", Shadow freddy thought out loud.
" That's your queen, I guess. She may have changed over the years but those powers came from her", Rachel answered.
Shadow freddy had never seen anything like it.
The beast witches started fighting harder. That howl had given them strength or at least it seemed like that was the case.
Further away from the pizzeria, Michelle was only worried about one enemy.
" Jester! Stop this!", she demanded while blocking his attacks.
She was closed in and couldn't run away easily.
The monsters and Phantoms had left a blank area for them. They were just heading towards the pizzeria like Jester and Michelle didn't exist.
It was rather scary, they were like zombies.
Of course, she wouldn't have done that even if it had been easy.
" Shut up! I don't understand why Scarlett likes you. You are sickening", Jester was burning with blood lust.
Michelle lost her footing.
" I will get her back. That is what I do. I support her", she said as she fell.
She did a roll backwards and got on her feet. She aimed for Jester's arms to make him stop slashing.
" Wrong! You can't support her if you are dead", Jester smiled.
Michelle dared to disagree.
" I think you are wrong here. I have lost so many friends, not just in this world but in my original one as well.
They are gone but they still support me", Michelle told Jester.
She stabbed him in the shoulder and made a long cut that went all the way to his palm.
Jester retaliated by launching his arm at her face. Black blood flew out of it and that went into Michelle's eyes.
She stumbled and got punched in the stomach; the air was blown out of her lungs. It was like a train had just hit her.
" You are weaker now. I heal but you don't", Jester kicked her in the face.
Michelle found that her robotic arm wasn't working as well anymore. Michelle did a swift punch to the neck and that broke something.
The sound of two metallic objects, rubbing against each other, was horrible.
Jester was healing but before that, Michelle cut his chest and arms. Scarlett's body couldn't be allowed to die.
Michelle had seen Eclipse fall, her eyesight was good. Someone would bring her the Shadow blade very soon, she knew it.
Jester would only get more and more pissed at the moment but hopefully it wouldn't last.
Michelle dodged backwards as a monster tried to cut her neck. She was sure that her head would have been chopped off if she hadn't dodged.
Jester charged at her and his sword was swinging from side to side. Out of dread, Michelle did a backflip.
Jester stopped and tried to look up. Michelle landed right on top of him and was sitting on his snout.
Jester's snout twisted downwards due to the weight of Michelle and she fell.
As Jester was holding his snout, oil bursting out of it, Michelle tripped him. Jester was defenceless as he held his snout.
Michelle would have killed him right then but she couldn't do that unfortunately.
She tried to stab him in the back since he was lying on his side, which should paralyse him for a while.
Eclipse would have been impressed.
When paralysing Shadow, he hadn't thought about that. Jester would be down for a while but he was also a fast healer.
A Phantom joined in and blocked Michelle's attack. Jester looked like he had been about to lose so his friend had joined.
Despite that Jester had wanted to fight alone, one Phantom had come.
It was an older Phantom that didn't behave like a zombie. It had lost its cool.
Jester picked his sword and cut Michelle's leg with a swipe that was rather out of control. She moaned and fell straight to the ground.
She blocked the Phantom's attack but her strength was running out.
" You'll die with your friends. Nothing can save you now, little bitch", Jester was healing.
His snout was fixed already and he could get up.
" Just a little longer, Scarlett. You'll be free soon", Michelle thought by herself.
Jester was mocking Scarlett in their head. He was sure that Scarlett would be trapped within him forever.
Scarlett would share the fate of Snugs and Leslie. Being trapped inside a beast witch, able to see their body kill their friends.
But something else was coming. The shadow animatronics felt it first.
Freddy, Chica and Felix noticed it first since Ballora was fighting beside them and she felt it. Ballora seemed more mentally powerful than the others.
" What's wrong, Ballora? Is it something bad?", Felix asked her.
Ballora had stopped in place and Chica tried to protect her.
" Everything's fine. I can hear goodness, purity. It is like medicine for wounds", Ballora told him.
Felix didn't need to know anything else.
Shadow bonnie was smiling with the toy animatronics. Toy bonnie was asking the same thing as Felix.
" Behold, brothers and sisters. He has arrived", Shadow bonnie said, smiling.
Toy bonnie hoped it was the Shadow blade. That sword had felt Michelle's distress and was angry at Jester.
It came to help the friends of its owner. The Shadow blade was connected to Leslie and he was close by.
The connection was stronger than it had ever been since it woke up.
It flew from the direction of Eclipse and the beast witches noticed it. They were gasping and looking up in terror.
The shadow animatronics cheered.
" He is beautiful. He knows that our queen is near. She comes on an engine chariot with the other half of her heart", Ballora said like in a dream.
" You heard that, love", Freddy asked Bonnie.
" Yes, Freddy. Something is about to change", Bonnie nodded.
Storm was shocked.
" With the other half of her heart?", Storm started sobbing.
Bonnie knew what it meant. The queen was Ornica who was Leslie nowdays. He would come on a chariot that has an engine in it.
Storm's motorcycle!
The other half of his heart is the love of his life. Storm knew who it was and who hadn't died after all.
Bonnie smiled. Then she hugged Nadia who didn't react much since she hadn't focused on what was happening.
" Leslie and Storm Jr. are alive, Nadia. They are almost here", Bonnie told her.
" But Scarlett. We still need to save her", Nadia reminded.
" We will, deary. The Shadow blade is now here. Now all we need to do is..", Bonnie looked around.
The Shadow blade had dropped to the middle of the fight. She couldn't see it. Someone had picked it up.
It couldn't have been anyone but one of the Fazbears. None of the shadow animatronics had it. Ballora found the Blade before Bonnie.
" Don't take that, thief rabbit! You aren't strong enough!", Ballora shouted to the bunny with a shiny sword.
" Of course Rachel had to go and do something reckless again. I'm starting to agree with these animatronics", Bonnie shook her own head.
Rachel charged through the beast witches. She was whacking them like in a game. The scared bunny was gone, Rachel felt strong again.
" Jester! Let go of our two friends!", Rachel shouted at Jester.
The wolf turned around and raised his other eyebrow.
" No, Rachel", Scarlett was so helpless inside Jester.
" You gotta be kidding me. Such a shame that a fine blade is handled by a moron", Jester sighed.
Rachel's confidence was misguided. Jester was taller than her and way stronger.
" Sir!", the Phantom, pushing Michelle to the ground, said.
" Just keep her down since you started, you bastard. I'll take care of this little insect", Jester said angrily.
Rachel met Jester or more precisely, Rachel met Jester's fist.
Jester welcomed Rachel with a good hit to the face. Oil burst out of her nose and mouth. Jester kicked her in the chest as she fell down.
" You arrogant critter. That sword isn't made for you. How is it possible that you thought you could kill me?", Jester laughed.
Rachel tried to reach out to the Shadow blade but Jester picked her up by the neck. Rachel was gacking and her legs were moving back and forth.
She tried to kick him or do anything else but she could do nothing.
" I expected that sword to be picked up by Freddy, that blind bitch Nadia or Mike Schmidt. I was worried for no reason.
You are pitiful, just like your friends", Jester chuckled.
" Let go of my sister!", Carrie rushed in like a lunatic.
" Oh jeez. They are just lining up to be beaten, aren't they?", Jester shook his head.
Jester got wounded a little bit but that meant nothing to him. He grabbed Carrie by the neck and smacked her and Rachel together.
Both rabbits could see stars in their visions. Jester had caught them both easily. The monsters weren't attacking so Jester would kill the bunnies himself.
" Too bad. You would have been a good sister to Rachel", Jester spoke to Carrie.
" You didn't get to be her sister for long. Hope you liked it since it will get you killed", Jester laughed.
Carrie looked at Rachel who smiled.
" It's okay, Carrie. You tried. I want you to know that I don't regret choosing to be your sister", Rachel told her.
Rachel was sure that her reckless attack would kill them both. This was all her fault.
" Goodbye, little bunnies. It was nice to get to see you", Jester got ready to break their necks.
Jester let them go and both fell to the ground. Rachel heard a scream and shook her head.
Jester had screamed but the reason wasn't obvious. Carrie hugged Rachel and kissed her on the forehead.
They were fine and Carrie was so happy. Their saviour had picked up the Shadow blade from Jester's feet.
Rachel saw him as Jester turned around to shake him off.
" Doug! What are you doing?", Rachel exclaimed.
Rachel had wished that everyone else would realize to stay away.
" Saving my family", Doug said, having stabbed Jester in the back.
Jester wasn't dead but mist was coming out of him. This distracted that one Phantom and Michelle got the upper hand.
She grabbed their sword and threw it aside. Then she quickly stabbed the Phantom in the neck.
Carrie held Rachel in place as she tried to help Doug. Jester was spinning and Doug was holding on.
" You horrible little thing! How dare you?", Jester raged and tried to grab Doug.
The Shadow blade was stuck in Jester's back but it wasn't killing him. Doug was holding onto the handle and his legs were flailing all over the place.
Doug had just missed the right spot. Rachel wanted to help Doug but Carrie wasn't confident.
" Jester will punch you again, Rachel. Let Michelle help Doug", Carrie held her sister's hand.
" I can help them", Rachel assured her.
Carrie saw Jester's arms trying to grab Doug. That spinning wolf was dangerous, he even hit some Phantoms, nearby.
Doug tried to take the sword out or push it more in, anything would have been good.
Then Jester managed to get a hold of Doug's ears. He pulled them upwards and Doug moaned in pain.
" Get off me, you filthy critter!", Jester shouted and pulled harder.
Doug refused to obey, he had to take Jester out. He was kicking Jester in the back and bit his arm.
That caused Jester to curse and move even more. He bowed forward and then got upright instantly.
He continued that at a high speed. Doug was dizzy, he was riding a bull at that point.
Michelle waited for a perfect moment and then she attacked. Michelle kicked the pointy end of the sword and it came out of Jester.
She had to make Jester stop panicking, they were getting nowhere by Jester flailing his body around.
Doug let go and the rabbits came to help him.
" Are you alright, honey?", Carrie asked him.
Doug was confused but okay.
" I am alright but we need to stop Jester before we can celebrate", he told his two rabbit friends.
Rachel wanted to stop him but just nodded instead.
" Be careful, Doug", she begged of him.
Doug smiled and gave her a kiss. Then he rushed at Jester and kicked him in the back.
Doug had lost his own sword somewhere along the line. Michelle had the Shadow blade and she was fighting Jester.
It was up to Doug to create as many distractions as possible.
" Quiet, critter", the angry wolf kicked Doug to the ground.
Doug's head began to bleed as it hit a rock, sticking out of the ground. Michelle cut Jester's back and wished he'd die already.
" Why couldn't you just die?", Michelle asked him.
" The tiny dog missed the right spot. His aim was bad", Jester chuckled.
" Oh! That spot which is right at the centre of your spine when stabbed from behind", Michelle said loudly.
Jester raised his eyebrows. That had sounded weird like in a commercial. Michelle peeked past him and then he got it.
Michelle had just told Doug how to kill Jester. Michelle cut his chest and dark mist covered it. Jester was getting dizzy but there was still fight in him.
" Doug! Take it", Michelle threw the Shadow blade to Doug.
Jester turned around easily and blocked Doug's attack. They fought but Jester was always one step ahead of him.
Doug was wounded and he would pass out soon.
" I..can't..let you..win", Doug panted.
" It's not your choice. You are already dead, I can see it", Jester chuckled.
Doug knelt down in exhaustion. Jester went close to him and grabbed him by the head.
" You can't kill me, critter", Jester said as he picked Doug up.
Doug tried to attack but Jester blocked it with his other hand and grabbed Doug's wrist.
" That was a miss. A pathetic attack", Jester shook his head.
" It wasn't an attack", Doug told Jester and smiled.
Jester realized that Doug's hand wasn't holding the Shadow blade anymore. Michelle had grabbed it from behind.
Then Jester stumbled as his back was impaled. He let go of Doug who was still able to stand on his two feet.
Michelle pushed the Shadow blade further and Jester screamed. It came out of his chest.
Doug shook his own head.
" You are finished, critter. You are finished", he told Jester.
" In that case, so are you", Jester grabbed Doug during his last moments.
Doug, Rachel nor Carrie could react fast enough. Jester embraced Doug and the blade, sticking out of him, impaled Doug's core.
" No!", Rachel screamed as oil burst out of Doug's mouth. Jester died instantly and both fell to the ground.
Michelle removed the Shadow blade from Doug and Scarlett. The mist stopped coming out of Jester and the wound healed.
Scarlett was confused, getting up, and hugged Michelle.
" I'm sorry", she whispered to her ear.
Michelle looked at Doug, Carrie and the crying Rachel. She wanted to comfort her but there was no time.
" Take him inside", she ordered them with a serious tone.
The monsters and the Phantoms, walking by them, stopped and looked at them angrily.
It was like some psychic order to let Jester handle it had faded with him and the enemies had fully noticed them.
Michelle and Scarlett went into their fighting stances and quickly protected Rachel and the others from the coming attacks.
There was attacking, blocking, dodging and screaming enemies but eventually they got to the others.
After they were no longer behind the enemy lines, Carrie and Rachel dragged Doug inside the three standing walls of the pizzeria.
Bonnie and Storm helped them since Nadia had calmed down. Nadia went straight to Scarlett who hugged her sister right away.
The rabbit sisters, on the other hand, didn't have a happy moment of any sorts.
Doug was fading away from the world and they knew it. Doug couldn't be saved in time.
They went to the safety and, guarded by Fang, spend time together.
That was the last time they would be together and a chance to say goodbye.
Rachel petted Doug's face and kissed him many times.
" Oh Rachel. This time the pain won't go away with kisses", Doug smiled at her.
" I love you, Doug. Don't leave me", Rachel pleaded.
" I love you too, darling. You are the love of my life and I'm happy I didn't have to see you die", Doug replied to her.
Carrie petted Rachel's back as tears filled her eyes too. Doug was the only one, not crying.
He wiped Rachel's tears and petted her cheek.
" I'll be with you forever. Just like Pete and Bane. Do you think the afterlife is actually beautiful?", Doug asked suddenly.
" Yes, it is. It's filled with fields and pretty butterflies", Rachel cried but smiled.
" Popgoes and his crew will welcome you there and you can swim in rivers", she continued.
She knew that Doug had always wanted to swim in a real river.
" Do you think I can do that in there. I'm an animatronic", Doug asked her.
" Of course. In the afterlife, you can do anything", Carrie peeked over Rachel's shoulder.
" I bet. But it is sad. I had so much to do in here before that. I guess you'll have to say my farewell to the children.
Tell them that I love them, okay? They made my life so much better", Doug was closing his eyes.
Rachel pulled his head to her own chest.
Doug didn't say anything anymore. His core was shutting down so he felt exhausted and tired.
" Don't leave me, Doug. Don't leave me here. I don't want you to go. Please stay with me", Rachel begged in tears.
" Don't abandon me", she said and just cried after that.
Neither Rachel nor Carrie could say anything to that.
Doug let out a sigh as a white tear, coming out of his right eye, dragged him into the light.
Farewell: Doug has joined his dead friends. Hopefully Rachel and Carrie can get over this.
And don't worry, Rachel will mourn Doug's death later.
There aren't many Rachel and Doug's animatronics left anymore.
Time to make the beast witches pay for it all.
Goodbye, guys and gals. Just remember that: THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.
