{ sorry this took so long to come out, this chapter turned out longer than I anticipated! But I hope it was worth the wait. _}
"The phantoms are trusting Him to free them? That imbecile couldn't even follow a simple instruction"
The shadow bear leaned against the wall, standing next to two other purple figures.
"Awww don't be like that~ where's your sense of adventure?"
"It died along with him" the bear huffed while gesturing to the seemingly sleeping figure hunched over on the ground.
"Ruuuude, you can't speak ill of the dead!"
"I doubt he can even hear us"
"You never know!" The purple bunny stuck its tongue out.
"I prefer to think I'm knowledgeable, and i say that he cannot hear us. Just like all the other times we've tried to communicate."
"Yaaaah but he was living then. Things are different now" the other giggled.
The bear rolled its eye and looked away.
"You'll see, I've got a good feeling. Things are about to change wildly." The bunny shadow giggles.
Then as quickly as they appeared both purple shadows faded away.
Leaving the rotten bunny alone
~~~~~~~~~~~
Ethan awoke at the sound of his alarm.
He continued to lay in bed though, he knew he had to get up, he wanted to look up some things before heading back to Fazbears fright.
But his bed was warm and comfortable.
"Hhhhnnn five more minutes?" He mumbles into his pillow.
But his stomach growled loudly in protest.
"...okay okay, I'll get up" he grumbled while sitting up.
Ethan sat in front of his computer while eating a Biscuit, typing with one hand was hard but not impossible,
"Let's see let's see- aha! Freddy Fazbears pizza! Wonder what dirt you've got." He grinned while reading though articles of...
A whole lot of unorganized mess
Ethan found himself reading up on conspiracy theory boards that were so over the top that Ethan couldn't buy it.
"Why's everything always connecting back to aliens or government secrets anyway? Aliens are cool and all but I don't think they're responsible for everything." Ethan quipped at his screen while taking another bite of his puny breakfast.
Or would it be closer to dinner?
Eh, he didn't pay attention, he then got another idea
"Okay maybe looking for general knowledge isn't smart but if I'm more specific..."
he typed in 'missing children's incident: freddy Fazbears'
Some articles loaded onto the screen.
"Jackpot"
Ethan spent most of the afternoon reading various articles, writing down names he thought were important; Family names, investigators, and suspect names. He wanted to be thorough but soon he had to stop, the subject matter was getting too grim for him at this point.
He had to go back to work anyways.
Before he left he wrote down the hints he got from his dream last night, just in case he forgot. Then headed to his car.
——————
Fazbears fright stood as is usually did, an unassuming horror attraction.
Almost as if the building was hiding the secret murder rabbit inside from unknowing outsiders.
"Hah," Ethan muses, "just like the past Freddy's then." He walked inside while mumbling "congrats Justin, you've got yourself an authentic Freddy's experience here"
He was early and had a feeling that he'd be safe to wander before night mode officially kicked in.
Of coarse this 'safety' didn't last long when he was immediately greeted with a spectral bear sitting in his usual seat.
"...can I help you?" Ethan asked casually while putting his stuff on the desk.
"Uh yah, I-I mean Yes! You can." The phantom straightened his posture. "I've come to inform you that, er, If you try any funny business with my friends I will personally, uh, make you regret it!" Phantom freddy crosses his arms and glared at the man, who simply blinked in response. "So... was that a threat or?"
"P-Perhaps it was a threat!" The bear huffed, though he reminded Ethan more of a child with how he was reacting.
A child wanting to be seen as mature
Ethan couldn't help but start snickering. Though apparently this was not the response the bear wanted as he frowned and stood up."Hey! I'm being serious!" The bear looked over the man as he covered his mouth. "Sorry Heh Sorry! It's just- pfshh if you were so worried you could have done something else." The Man calmed himself down as the freddy tilted his head. "What- what do you mean by-"
"physically you really can't do much to me because..." Ethan demonstrated by walking right though the phantom bear, it sent a cold chill up his spine, but he had apparently made his point clear to the bear as he froze a moment before turning around. "T-that wasn't very funny sir!" He huffed as Ethan plopped himself onto the chair while chuckling. "Look I get it, you're worried about your friends. I give you my word, I won't try to hurt them or anything." This caused the bear to pause. "Promise?" He asked quietly, and Ethan nodded. "Swear on my life" phantom freddy now visibly relaxed. "That's.. good, good" he nodded before turning to look at the slip of paper Ethan had placed on the desk. "What's this?" He asked while pointing at it.
"Oh that? List of names, decided to do some research on Freddy's, I mean I'm surprised I haven't looked before but eh better late than never" he shrugs while picking up the tablet. "If anything rings any bells for ya let me know, Kay Fred?" Ethan casually stated while flipping through the cameras to find Springtrap.
It was now midnight and the game had begun.
Freddy and Ethan were sitting together in a comfortable silence while Ethan kept Springtrap away, maybe he was already getting desensitized to this paranormal situation?
Perhaps not.
Perhaps it's simply the fact that Ethan wasn't afraid to die that kept him so calm.
But perhaps not
"MISTER NIGHT GUARD THE VENTS!"
Phantom Mangle jumped out behind the window, startling Freddy enough that he fell. Ethan looked up. "Huh? The vents?"
"VENTS VENTS HES IN THE VENTS!" They continued to screech. Ethan quickly clicked though the vent cameras and spotted Springtrap crawling towards the office. Ethan hastily sealed the vents cutting off the rabbits progress, he heard a loud THUNK ring though the vents and various angry hissing.
"...I think he's mad" Ethan jokes.
None of the phantoms laughed. Ethan sighs and mumbles to himself "I keep forgetting about the vents."
"Thank you Mangle" phantom freddy nods towards the fox who grins happily before disappearing. Soon it was just Ethan and the bear alone in the room.
"...Ethan, Sir?" Phantom freddy asked. The man hummed and looked over.
"Can... can I take this list with me?" He pointed towards the slip of paper. "Oh that? Yah sure knock yourself out." He nods and the bear grins and tries to grab the paper.
But his hand phased right though the table.
Phantom freddy continues to try in vain to grab the slip of paper, progressively getting more and more frustrated until Ethan is seeing black, inky tears in his eyes.
"Uh... okay how about this." Ethan checks the tablet one more time before standing up. "I'll take the list to wherever you want me to, sound good?" Freddy stayed quiet but nodded.
Deciding to leave the office probably wasn't the smartest move. He was unguarded and doubted one phantom bear would be enough to keep a very real rotten rabbit away from him.
But then again Ethan Smith isn't known for making smart decisions.
Currently he was following phantom Freddy to who knows where while holding his note sheet filled with names. He still wondered what those hints in his dreams meant when he spotted something hanging innocently on the wall.
It was a picture of balloon boy holding a bright red balloon. It was crudely drawn, clearly a child's art, but it had an air to it that felt almost inviting.
"Sir Ethan?" Phantom freddy turned back and noticed the man wasn't following. Ethan jumped and smiles. "Sorry about that. Just uh, hm. Well it's not that important." He quickly caught up to the phantom and soon they reached their destination.
It was a corner, it had a wall covered in children's drawing with one picture of the puppet holding a present at its center. "This is it, can you hang the list here please?" The bear asked. Ethan couldn't find any pins or tape so he had to improvise, he folded the top of the list and carefully balanced it on one of the currently hanging images. He nodded and stepped back when he was done. "Looks good! So uh, quick question," Ethan asked as the bear looked back over to him. "Where's the arcade machine?"
"Oh! It's not too far. Just down the hall and past- Springtrap!"
The phantom jumped back into a wall and Ethan didn't even have to look,
He could feel the rotten rabbit looming behind him.
"Well shit"
Ethan ducked just under the rabbits arm as he grabbed for the man. He dashed down the hallway with the rabbit's loud footsteps not far behind him. As Ethan dashed down the hallway he spotted that innocent Balloon Boy poster again, taking a risk he made a grab for it. As soon as his fingers touched the page his vision buzzed and he went limp. Before he could even hit the ground Ethan's world went black.
—————
Ethan awoke in a strange area, the walls and floor were colored blue and floating platforms hovered above him. The man sat up and held his head. "What the... what happened?"
"Hey Hey! A Little Help Here?" A boys voice called out. Ethan looked up and saw Balloon boy on a platform waving down at him. Ethan looked up. "Huh? What? Are you talking to me?"
"Well Yah! There Aren't Any Other Fancy Rabbits Here!" Rabbits? Ethan only now looked down and noticed he was wearing a different outfit. It looked to be a white vest over a blue dress shirt and pants. He stood up and dusted himself off, and only then did he notice the two half glowing set of bunny ears floating above his head. "What!?" He looked up and tried to grab one, and sure enough it was real. Ethan blinked in surprise, than he started to laugh.
"Heh haha HAH OH my God! Bunny ears?!" He laughs while the other observer huffs with impatience. "You Done Yet?"
Ethan catches his breath and calms down. "Y- pshh yah I'm good. You, you said you needed help right?"
"Like Yah I Do! See All These Balloons?" He gestures around himself. "I Need Six Of Them. Get Them For Me Will Ya?" He demanded. Ethan decided why the hell not and gave a thumbs up. He spotted the first ballon next to him and grabbed it, jumping up to the higher ledges he grabbed balloon number two, three, four, and five. But as he jumped back down to balloon boy he couldn't find any more balloons. "Hey uh, I think that's all of them." Ethan shrugged and tried to offer the kid his bunch of red balloons. "Nope! There's One left. Look Harder"
"Listen kiddo, I've checked all over and there isn't another balloon here." Ethan sighed, he spotted an exit door and almost started to head towards it before the boy put a hand on his chest, halting his progress.
"I Said. Look. Harder"
Ethan was shoved back, and fell though the wall.
Ethan let out a scream as he felt himself fall down and down into a dark void, thankfully the balloons in his hand were slowing his fall just before he hit the ground. Ethan lands onto the blackened floor shaking, his limbs feeling like noodles.
"H-holy shit man" he breathed to himself as he struggled to regain his composure.
"What the f- Hell was that for!?" He yelled back up into the void, he heard the echoed laughs of the boy in response.
He shakily looked up and spotted what looked like a tree in the distance. Regaining his strength, Ethan pushed himself onto his feet and made his way forward. The closer he got to the tree he more unnerved he became. The tree was dark as night and surrounded by dark sobbing figures, they didn't seem to notice Ethan as he passed though, which unsettled the man. Quickly making his way past the sobbing people, soon Ethan spotted another blue cube room. Walking up to the wall he decided to stick his freehand up to the wall and sure enough the wall wasn't real, and his hand passed right though no problem. "Heh, weird." He chuckled to himself as he enters the new room. The only thing he saw was a multicolored balloon waiting on a platform like the prize at the end of a level. Ethan jumped up to it and reached out.
Once it was in his hands the world began to fade.
And Ethan's world went black
———————
Ethan awoke back in his office, sitting at his desk, alive and seemingly unharmed. He looked around in confusion and checked the time.
3 AM
"Huh? When did I..." he mumbles to himself, leaning back and rubbing his head. "I was... okay so was that balloon thing real? And what about- oh SHIT Springtrap!" Ethan swore and scrambled to pick up the tablet and find the robot. Soon he found him standing in front of the balloon boy poster, just starring at it in confusion. Was he there the whole time?
"...you're confused too huh bud?" He gave a hollow chuckle.
"Oh! You're back!" Ethan heard a female voice behind him and looked back. Standing a little too close for comfort was phantom Chica, she was looking at him eagerly. "Uh... yah what just-"
"You know I didn't think Mari was right about the whole window thing but then you went into one and I was like Wow! He actually did it! Though you did just disappear and that was scary." She interrupted and continued to ramble. Ethan just slowly nodded and let her talk, he glanced down at the tablet and noticed phantom puppet in the corner, was she going to talk to Springtrap?
"Hey! Are you listening?" Phantom Chica was suddenly behind the tablet and poked her head though, causing Ethan to jump.
"Oh! Uh yah sorry. Just uh, saw the puppet." He explained while tilting the tablet towards the chicken. She looked over and made a soft gasp. "Uh oh! I hope they don't start fighting. Mari is really scary when she's mad." Chica worried, she had moved onto the desk now, just sitting on the edge.
"Huh... I didn't get that impression off them..." Ethan mumbles. Then he gets an idea. "Wait, if they fight that'd be a distraction," Ethan starts to stand up causing Chica to tilt her head. "What do you mean mister Ethan?"
"I'm going to the arcade machine" the man declares before checking the tablet one last time, it does look like phantom puppet and Springtrap are in a stand off.
It's the perfect distraction for him to slip past.
"I'll go with you! I know the quickest way there" Chica offers and Ethan smiles at her. "Thanks a bunch, lead the way."
The two quickly snuck over to the abandoned arcade machine, it had streamers hanging off of it and a mask light beside it. "Hm, does it work?" He asked and the chicken shrugged. "I've played the game in it before! But I don't know if it's physically available to play." She explains. Ethan jiggles the joystick hoping for some reaction.
Unfortunately the screen remained blank.
"So.. this has to be another one of those.. what did you call it? Windows?" Ethan asked and the chicken nods. "Yes sir! Mari called them windows I'm not sure how they work though, I just know we can't get in directly." Ethan nods as she talks, he glances over at the buttons. Thinking back to the code he found he reached a hand over to the buttons and entered them.
The arcade cabinets screen buzzed with static.
And Ethan's world went black
—————————
Once again Ethan awoke in a strange place, glancing up he found those blue bunny ears floating above his head.
"So the outfit change is staying? Great." He pushed himself off the floor and looked around, the walls were a purple color and there were platforms and blue windows lining the wall.
"Okay, So is this another balloon thing again or-"
"Mister Night guard?" A familiar voice called from above him. The man looked up. "Huh? Mangle?"
He soon found a pink and white fox head looking over at him from a platform, they gasped and smiled. "It is! ITS MISTER NIGHT GUARD!" She cheered. Ethan waved and jumped over to her, though he was immediately concerned to see the fox even more broken than before. "What happened?" He asked, their ears fell and Mangle explained. "The kid broke me. My parts are scattered everywhere! I can't get them on my own anymore." She looked dejected And Ethan, deciding that this sad fox needed help. Scooped her up into his arms, it was surprisingly easy as the robot wasn't very heavy. "Good thing the night guard is here to help! Where's the first piece?" He smiles and soon the fox gives her own wide grin in return, she points her head over towards another platform. "That way mister night guard!" Ethan nods and starts jumping his way over soon enough they reached a platform with an endo head laying there. Mangle picks it up with their mouth and attached onto their shoulder, it blinks owlishly at both of them, her tail wagged happily as Ethan looks around for the next piece. He soon spots a green shirt wearing kid and looks down at him.
"Is that the kid that broke you?" He asks and mangle nods. So he decides to call out to them.
"Hey! What's the big deal anyhow?" The kid looks up, it's expression blank. "Didn't your parents teach you not to break what isn't yours?" The kid stuck his tongue out and blew a raspberry before running off.
Ethan sighs. "Well lets just try to avoid him" he says with a shrug. Mangled nods and soon he's hopping to another platform. Together they put back mangled arm, and leg and soon they were back in one piece Ethan put her back down next to a wall at the end of the room, he noticed the exit, but looked around a little confused.
"What's wring mister night guard?" Mangle asked with a tilt of their head.
"Uh, it just I don't know, it feels like I'm missing something?" He scratched the back of his head. Mangle stayed quiet for a long moment. "Is something wrong?" He asked, Mangle looked up at him as spoke. "I'm really sorry for this mister night guard." And before Ethan could respond she kicked him though the wall.
And Ethan fell down and down into a black and red void
He didn't have any balloons to slow his fall so he landed on the ground hard. But somehow he was unhurt, he shakily pushed himself up to his knees, heart racing in his chest.
"Y-you know what? Next time I'll toss myself into an invisible wall." He sputters before looking up and freezing.
Looming over the blue man was a large puppet like figure, its tears came down in waterfalls from its eyes. Ethan shutters, and slowly stands up.
"Uh, excuse me... just passing though" he whispers while speed walking past the figure. He was soon met with a staircase of giant red balloons, he looked up to were they lead and saw a moon with something waiting on its edge.
"Hm... video game logic dictates I follow this path... hope these balloons are sturdy" Ethan quips before jumping up onto the balloon platform. despite being made of a stretchy elastic the balloons felt solid and secure. Ethan let out a relieved sigh before continuing to climb up the red staircase to the moon. Once he landed on the crescent he saw what the item was. It was a pink and yellow, layered cake with striped blue candles on each layer. Hesitantly Ethan approached the baked good, and carefully He picked it up.
"A Cake? What's this for?" He asked, but before the universe could give him any answer, the world around him buzzed.
And Ethan's world went black.
—————————
Once again Ethan awoke at his office, he looked around to get his bearings and checked his phone.
5 AM
Just an hour left.
"...time works weird at those windows huh?" He chuckled to himself as he picked up the tablet to check the cameras. He checked the last place he saw Springtrap and discovered that the decorations and present boxes were scattered, it was a mess. Ethan winced, did Phantom Puppet really fight Springtrap? He looked up from his tablet and nearly fell out of his seat when he found the hulking rabbit standing at the window. Ethan clicked to use an audio lure but instead it buzzed and gave him an audio error. "Oh lovely timing on that" he hissed before looking up at the rabbit.
He didn't have long until 6 am locked the animatronic in place, so Ethan decided to do what he did best.
Blullshit his way to victory.
"Heyyyy Aw man haven't seen you in forever Springy! How've you been?" He tried to act casual, even leaning back in his seat and lazily grinning at the rabbit. It didn't respond.
"Man so uh, that poster thing? Didn't expect it to actually take me anywhere, weird huh? That's gotta be paranormal activity! Though uh, with all these phantoms it shouldn't be too surprising if this place is haunted, right man?" He paused as to give time for the rabbit to respond, but again Springtrap never answers, instead he glared daggers though the window, unmoving. "So uh..." Ethan was running out of things to say and he knew that the robot wouldn't entertain this little game much longer so he finally spit something out.
"Ya like jazz?"
The robot growled, a mechanical sound that sent a shiver up Ethan's spine, but then it did something Ethan didn't expect. It spoke.
"You're-re exceedingly a-annoying."
His voice was raspy, glitching, and filled with static. But Ethan could detect some sort of accent coming though. The man didn't expect a response, so he stupidly just gave a thumbs up and a smile. "Good to know" He squeaked out. But alas his distraction had reached its pique and Springtrap started marching over to the office, Ethan scrambled to reset the audio but there wasn't enough time. Soon Springtrap was at the door and Ethan just locked eyes with him, putting the two in an intense staring contest, one waiting for the other to falter and make a move.
Ethan didn't dare move,
He didn't dare blink.
His mind was screaming for 6 am to hit so he could run away.
His hand was on the desk, ready to push him off and away, maybe he'd get a little distance between them so he could run, but where would he run? The vents? He's pretty sure the rabbit can crawl faster than him. If not he could always wait at the other side and grab the man as he climbed out of the vents.
Springtrap then took a heavy step forward, casing Ethan to flinch, and just as he though the rabbit was going to charge a bell rang though the building. Springtrap soon Locked up with wide eyes, then let out an annoyed growl at once again being robbed of his victory.
Ethan doubled over and let out a long, staggered breath he was holding. "Oh my god! We can't keep cutting it this close Spring" he half laughs as he pushed himself up from the chair, his legs shook, but he continued to talk.
"You know, I-I didn't think you could talk. Pretty stupid of me right? I mean all the others can talk so why couldn't you? Silly me right? Hah!" He laughed as he shakily picked up his things, Springtrap continued to glare at the man. "Anyways, I should- should get going, uh, see you tomorrow, maybe we can talk again?" He smiles before squeezing past Springtrap and jogging out the door.
And soon Ethan was out of the building and driving home.
————————
Ethan tossed his things aside and flopped onto the bed. He decided to think over what he accomplished today. He found some parallel ghost world where he was dressed as some fancy bunny, got balloons and cake, fell into voids twice, got shoved twice, and had a few close calls with Springtrap. He also talked to the phantoms and put up a list of names for Phantom freddy. The man sighed into his bed sheets.
"Was that a net positive? Did I do something good today?" He Asked to nobody in particular. Rolling onto his back he looked up at the ceiling. Slowly, he started to chuckle but soon it evolved into a heavy laughing fit, the whole situation was so ridiculous! Who was going to believe him when he said he was hunted by a rotted rabbit robot and only escaped thanks to ghosts, and portals to game worlds where he was some rabbit guy. Without context it made him sound crazy. He continued to laugh and laugh until his sides hurt and he was gasping for air, he curled onto his side and held his stomach, tears clouding his vision from his laughing fit.
"God, there's gotta be something wrong with me. Who In their right mind would stick around this freakshow for more than one night?" He coughed, before removing his glasses to rub his eyes. "Everyone but me I guess... but that's pretty normal huh?" He put his glasses aside and kicked his shoes off, he was too tired to get changed, or maybe he was too tired to care? Whatever the reason Ethan wanted to curl up onto the covers and hide away from the world in a dead sleep.
So he closed his eyes and that's what he did.
——————
The walls were covered in colorful plaid patterns, Ethan was standing in the middle, to his right was Fritz. His back was turned, Ethan tried to run to his brother, reaching out, dashing, clawing, anything to get to fritz.
But no matter how hard he tries fritz just got further and further away.
Ethan tried to call to him, yelling, screaming, pleading, anything for fritz to hear him.
But no matter how hard he tries Fritz just got further and further away.
Ethan fell to his knees, sobbing, crying, wailing, he didn't want to loose him, he didn't want to loose the only family that cared for him!
But no matter how hard he tries fritz just got further and further away.
And then he was gone.
The walls turned a dull grey, and started to crumble, splinter, shatter into pieces cutting into Ethan's skin, his blood was a cool red, Ethan kneeled frozen, he didn't try to escape his aching, slicing, searing pain at all.
He accepted that he would die.
He curled up, pressing his head to the floor, accepting his fate, when suddenly two purple hands broke out of the floor, grabbing Ethan's arms.
And pulling him under.
~~~~~~~~
Ethan opened his eyes and found himself in a familiar setting. It was the old pizzeria, he looked down and saw his cuts were gone.
It was a dream.
And he was pulled into another one.
"You are quite a hassle" Ethan looked up and saw the purple bear was holding his arms. The man blinked "what?"
"I'm supposed to show you the past, not save you from your nightmares." The bear lets go and turns around.
"Now will you follow me or go off on your own again?" He asked impatiently.
"I... uh..." Ethan shook his head. "I've gotta check the wall first." He stated before running off in that direction. The bear was probably following him, Ethan could sense it, but he had to check. Soon enough he reached the wall with the message he found before and found something new. Four cupcakes were pictured on the wall. Ethan hums. "Wonder what that means" he muses out loud. The bear scoffs.
"It means what you think it does, now come on. Follow Me" he turned and started walking, again Ethan did as commanded.
Once they reached the stage Bonnie lifted his head and jumped off of it, leaving his guitar behind. "Man, knowing what's about to happen I feel bad for the guy" Ethan commented, to his surprise the shadow bear nods. "The past is set in stone, but we can learn from it and improve the future."
"Yah.. So uh.. why are you showing me this?" He asked, the bear remained silent for a moment.
"At her request, For you to understand" He answers.
"Understand what? I thought this was puppets way of communicating?" He asked but the bear didn't answer, they had reached the safe room and Bonnie couldn't enter. Soon enough the purple man came running out of the room swinging his axe and breaking Bonnie into pieces.
Ethan looks away, but noticed shadow freddy was standing tall next to him. The bear looked down with his glowing white eyes and asked Ethan a simple question.
"Do you wish to know more?"
"More what?" Ethan asked, but before the bear could answer the world fuzzed and the shadow bear disappeared.
And Ethan's world went black.
—————
The Idiotic guard had gotten away again.
And Springtrap wasn't happy, he had moved to his usual starting position, not by his own will but the suits.
He hated how the suit controlled him during the day. The daytime mode was helpful in the past, but now it was a hindrance he'd rather be rid of. As he sat against the wall settling in his own rage, but to his surprise a visitor walked in.
It was phantom Chica.
Springtrap looked up at the ghost and blinked.
"Wh-what do you-u wan-nt?" His voice box was glitched, it was harder to speak than he'd like. He would have to get used to it, but he didn't see much reason to speak. But phantom Chica spoke, folding her hands nervously.
"Are you going to kill him? The night guard?" She asked, innocently, Springtrap almost laughed. Was that even a question that needed to be asked?
"Yes, I w-will kill hi-im when I ca-atch him" he growled. Phantom Chica twiddles her thumbs before speaking again.
"Why? Do you have a reason?" She asked, Springtrap looked up at her and answered her silly question.
"Do I need a reason to?" He looked back to the floor, expecting this to be the end of it.
But no, she continued, and her next question surprised him.
"Did... did you have a reason for killing us?" Springtrap looked up, he opened his mouth to answer, of course he did, he clearly had a reason to commit those murders. But he froze. He had a reason, he was sure he did. But what was it? He closed his mouth and tried to think hard. He had a reason, he had to have one. Why would someone who liked kids want to kill them? He had a reason, he had a motive.
But he had forgotten it.
How long has he forgotten it though?
Phantom chica silently left when Springtrap didn't give her an answer. He just sat there in silence.
He sat there trying to remember something he had long since forgotten.