Thechaosmaster: Okay, look, it is currently 11:31 P.M. on Halloween night, and I just wanted to get this chapter up before midnight. If I have the time tomorrow, which I most likely will, I will give this chapter Thechaosmaster specialty. But, because of how late it is, it won't be tonight. Well, I hope you all enjoy this Halloween chapter, brought to you in October 31 2020 on the night of a full moon.

Thechaosmaster: Howdy, everyone, and happy November 1st. I know you guys haven't heard from me in a long time, but I have been working four days of week, 9 1/2 hours a day, and while I should be using my three days off to work on my stories, but, I have just been tired.

Blossom: You know, if you keep delaying these stories, you're going to lose a lot of your readers, Chaos.

Chaos sighs: I know, Blossom trust me, I know.

Blossom: So, how about we just make this short and you get back to work, and then continue this another time?

Chaos: Yeah, you're right. Well, everyone, it has been nice being here again after so long.

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Tomorrow, if anyone even sees this chapter, I shall finish up a current chapter of DigiHearts, and see if I upload that chapter, and see if it actually shows up. Keep your fingers crossed, and ahurtrojo1, thank you for bringing this up to me.

This has been Jeremy speaking, not as my alias, Chaos, but the real me. *Sigh* Man, this really sucks. I worked so hard on this chapter, and now, I don't even know if it will even be uploaded. I deleted the chapter, and re uploaded it, I hope that this works. Otherwise, might become a loss cause.

Ugh! Why must something always go wrong with me!? I swear! Being ADHD and a writer is not a great combo! I drive myself nuts trying to juggle all these stories, but I can't put them up for adoption, because I don't want to give them up, and because only I know how they should be written.

*Sigh* Okay, know what? I don't have the mental energy to even begin to yell at this website right now. If anyone sees this, please, either just leave a review telling me that it has been uploaded, or PM me telling me the same thing. Because right now, if this chapter does not appear tomorrow, then, I fear what might happen to my stories if I do start updating again. *Shiver* I can feel a disturbance in the fanfic force. And it is not a good sign. Not at all.

Halloween Special: Our Little Horror Story

Quote of the chapter: "I'm the shadow on the moonlit night, filling your dreams to the brim with fright." Oogie Boogie Nightmare Before Christmas.

I looked around at my friends and my siblings, Tai-Nii and Kari-Chan were sitting next to me, both of whom were on on my left, and my lovely girlfriend, Olette-Hime. Who I would quite literally claw through my own coffin in order to stand next to, was on my right, holding onto my hand with a gorgeous, heart melting smile on her face that just makes me want to forget about everything around me, and instead, spend this single moment, with her, and her alone.

But, unfortunately, I couldn't allow myself to become lovey dovey, no matter how much I wanted to. There will be plenty of time for me to be a boyfriend after all of this, anyways.

I then looked around and took notice of the others, Sora-San and Matt-San were sitting a bit away from each other, but the lasting look on Sora-San's eyes told me that she was sending subtle glances at my Nii-San.

And if the quick glances of his eyes followed by the light blush on his face, I would have to say that, he was sending the same glances right back at her. It was about time, if you ask me.

Meanwhile, Matt-San, was laying down in his spot, with his hands behind his head, lying down on his back, and legs slightly folded and crossed, and at first glance, he looked like he was about to fall asleep, but if you were to look at him, and I mean really look at him, you could see that he had a thoughtful, far-off expression on his face.

And if he had a strand of wheat or a toothpick in his mouth, I wouldn't be able to distinguish him from Shikamaru-San.

Takeru-Kun, meanwhile, was looking at me with sparkling eyes, it was almost as if he thought I was gonna suddenly transform into an angle or something.

Izzy-San, however, looked like he was multitasking. He was on his computer typing rapidly, almost like a man possessed, but I saw that he too, was paying attention to me.

Mimi-San seemed to be the only playing around with her powers, which was surprising. She was juggling three seeds in her hands, then she threw one in the air, caught it in her left hand, and I watched as her hand began glowing bright green, and when she opened her hand, a bright red apple had suddenly appeared from nothing.

How she had somehow gained such mastery over her element in such a short time, I'll never know. Then, she took a bite out of said apple. I suddenly had a prophetic vision of Mimi-San becoming a literal force of nature in the future, and I shivered, praying that she doesn't use those powers against us.

And finally, after shaking off my fear of Mimi-San's potentially dangerous potential, I took notice of Joe-San, who was currently sitting down looking up towards the sky, an almost, thoughtful expression was clearly written on his face.

But, why are we here? And where are our Digimon? You might be asking as well. Well, now is not the time for THAT story. But, as to why we are here? Well, hehe, that I will answer.

I looked over to my friends, family, and girlfriend and made sure that my bandana was covering my left eye fully, being careful not to aggravate it too much. It itches like all hell, and I had to take an ibuprofen not that long ago. I swear, Kāsan, stop being so over protective, it's not like I planned on… whoops, can't get distracted right now.

But, you might be wondering, why am I making sure of this? Another question that I'm not in the mood to answer. Am I being a troll? Well, yes and no. But I won't clarify.

As I looked at my friends and team, knowing that they wanted to hear a story, and, besides the one I was telling them at the start of our adventure, which I have finished and they already heard the ending.

I decided to tell them a much, darker story, which they seemed fine with, but I still had to ask, "So, I'll ask you kids this one final time, are you sure you want me to tell you all a scary story? I'll be honest with you, once I start, I won't hold back its dark nature." I said in a joking tone.

Well, as jokingly as I can. When you're getting yourself psyched up to hear a horror story, there is no real way to prepare yourself for it. Because you have no way of knowing just how bad the story could get.

My lovable Nii-San lightly smiled at me and he said, "I think that, after everything we went through, nothing could scare us, Otouto-Kun. Besides, aren't you a kid as well?"

I shook my head as I said, "Physically? Yes. Mentally? No. I have told you this numerous times already. Didn't I?" I had to ask that question, because it seemed that everyone always forgets about my mentality being over thirty years in age.

And, being in this room, acting like I was, made me feel like a veteran reminiscing about my days in a war. 'Man, HOW OLD AM I?!' It was a question I asked myself on a daily basis.

And I just couldn't give a straight answer. For one, if we were going by birth years, and not counting past life, I would only be ten, close to eleven years old.

But, if we were to include reincarnation, I would be closer to thirty years old. I try to act like a kid, but there will be times when I do act like an actual adult, which, in certain situations, that could be a good thing. Anyways, getting back on track.

I watched as everyone nodded in agreement, and I couldn't resist lightly chuckling, then I decided that there's no changing their minds. I smiled lightly and said, "Okay, well, if you guys say so, who am I to deny you guys what you have asked for?"

I closed my eyes, even though one of them is covered by a bandana, tightening it to prevent my friends from seeing something more terrifying than the story I was about to tell, and instead was focusing on everything that I needed to remember I can for this particular story.

Then I opened them and looked at my friends with my right eye being the only one visible, watching each and every one of them as I said in a kind of deep and mysterious voice, "The story you are about to hear is not for the faint of heart, so, this is the last time I'll ask this. Are you sure you want me to tell you this horror story?"

Once again, one said anything, but everyone, Kari-Chan and TK-Kun as well, all had determined expressions, and if it wasn't for the fact that they were only eight years old, I would have thought that, well, never mind that right now.

Seeing that no one was telling me otherwise, I nodded and said, "Very well then. This is a story, told from a game franchise from my old life, one that I loved, even though it terrified me, I had a sick fascination for loving crud that scared the living daylights out of me."

I watched as they lightly chuckled at that, one of my many weird quirks. Then I continued with, "The game was a horror survival game called 'Five Nights At Freddy's'. But, you should know, the story is not what is seems, 'Always look underneath the underneath' as some would say. And that is true, so, allow me to tell this story."

***Entering a sort of, third person/ Voice over type point of view***

Allow me to give you information about this story, or, the characters of notice, to be exact. I wasn't kidding when I said that this story was dark. The story is about two pals with a dream, whose friendship and lives crumbled.

A battle between two men. One was a kind hearted man who had built a dinner for people of all ages to enjoy. And the other, was a deranged lunatic, with a heart blacker than the abyss.

The legacy that these two had built, started as a small dinner, before becoming a chain of restaurants. This dinner was a peaceful place, and was soon on it's way of becoming legendary.

But, it was soon to have the name that was legendary become so for a completely different way, and one he never wanted it to become. The pathway of infamy.

And all this was because of the second man. He was vicious and cruel, and was an evil, evil man. He had used the legacy that he and the other man had built together, to conduct murders in secrecy, these murders were children, but, eventually, he got just what he deserved.

Now, let's start with the characters themselves, besides the creator of the dinner, and the vile man, who could have possibly killed countless children, but, out of the literal list of dead kids in this insane story, there are six who are very integral to this story.

First things first, I am warning you, this is not a happy go lucky story. You want one of those, take my notebook, and read either our full journey, or read my Brave New Journey.

Anyways, getting back to the kids, I think I'll start with Gabriel Lockheart. He was one of five children that went missing in a Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria location in a year that would become legendary with this series. The year itself was 1987.

Gabriel was killed by the co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment, the most evil Teme to have ever lived, his name was William Afton, who wanted to fulfill his own sick and twisted ambitions. An ambition that soon turned in search for immortality

After he was murdered, Gabriel's body was later stuffed into the lead animatronic, the head bear of the franchise himself, Freddy Fazbear, and Gabriel's spirit then began haunting the suit.

Next was Jeremy Fitzgerald, another of the five missing kids. After he was killed by Willy A, as one would call him, Jeremy, like Gabriel, was eventually was stuffed inside the Rockstar, guitar playing, Bonnie The Bunny animatronic, where his soul continued to possess said robot.

Susie Campbell was a young girl with blond hair with curls. She was actually the very first to be killed by the insane William Afton. With the promise of her dog, who, she was told had died, Afton had promised her that he could return her dog to her.

So, believing the deranged man, she followed William, who was dressed up inside one of the original animatronics from Fredbear's Family Dinner, and was killed, just like the others. After she was killed, and her body stuffed, and her spirit ended up possessing Chica the Chicken.

Fritz Smith was the fourth child to have been savagely murdered. Fritz was attending a Fredbear's themed Birthday party of his best friend. He was soon approached by, who he believed to be Spring Bonnie, and he and the four other kids were murdered by William Afton

After Fritz was stuffed inside an animatronic, the child's spirit ended up possessing Foxy the Pirate Fox animatronic. Foxy was my favorite of the original five.

Last, but certainly not least, was Cassidy Turner. Cassidy was a young boy with straight black hair, and piercing black eyes, he was the final of the five missing kids to have lost his life to the murdered by William Afton. His body was later stuffed into the Animatronic known as Fredbear.

But, as the years went by, the name was lost to time, and soon, only the name Golden Freddy remained. But, Cassidy, or, Cass, to his friends, before his untimely death, couldn't let his death be ignored like all the others.

So, through some kind of sheer willpower, dumb luck, chance, or, a sick sense of a miracle, Cass was somehow able to effect the soul of his killer, to, as he would put it, 'Make sure that he gets just what he deserves.' And endless lifetime of pain, suffering, and torment is what Cass believed to be proper justice.

The final child of importance, outside of the original five was Charlotte Emily, or Charlie, to her friends and family. She was the beloved daughter of Freddy Fazbear founder, Henry Emily, she too, just like the original five, was murdered by the deranged William Afton.

On the night of her death, the very security measure that Henry created to protect his daughter, a Security Puppet, activated. When Charlie was locked outside of the Pizzeria by a group of bullies, the puppet was alerted to Charlie's absence, but, it was trapped.

For you see, the puppet rested inside of a giant gift box, and when Charlie was locked outside, the puppet couldn't help her, because it had multiple boxes lying on top of it's own box.

But, after several short minutes of struggling, the puppet had managed to push the boxes off and once it was freed, following it's protocol, it rushed out of the Pizzeria that it was in, and rushed to save Charlie.

But it was too late, she was already lost. And, because of the harsh rain of that very night, the puppet slowly ended up having it's circuits fried beyond repair, but, in it's final moments, defying all logic, and by all accounts, something impossible for a simple animatronic, it dragged it's failing body to the already late girl.

It then rested its dying body against Charlotte's, and, on that fated dark and stormy night, Charlie's soul ended up possessing the very animatronic designed to protect her. And, as such, Charlie possessed the Marionette.

After she had found herself like that, she then began 'saving' others from their same fates, by giving them gifts, and giving them life. She bound the other children's souls to the animatronics that they were stuffed in, in hopes of allowing them to achieve their vengeance against William.

And she succeeded, all but one animatronic was now completely under the children's control. The one who couldn't control the robot that they possessed, was Cass. And I shall explain why soon. But first, the other main players must be revealed.

Now for the grownups and other key characters, Henry Emily was the founder of Fazbear's Entertainment and creator of the Freddy Fazbear animatronics, and loving father of Charlie.

After he had lost his daughter, Henry spent much of his grief stricken days trying to find ways to put William, who he had discovered had been the one who had killed, not only the missing kids, but his very own daughter as well, using the very business that they had built together, to do so, and try to put William right were he belonged.

He started by trying to put him behind bars. But, because the bodies of the missing kids were never found, there wasn't any way to arrest the man, but the cops DID hold him for a few days for questioning and try to find evidence, but, all their searching and investigating the restaurants all just left to dead ends, and because there was no evidence to prove that he was guilty, he was allowed to go free.

Henry then realized that, the only way to make William pay, was to do it himself. And, while it will take months, maybe a year or two, to do so, he would make certain that his daughters killer would be properly punished if not by the law, then by, other, means.

It was when William, driven into an even deeper pit of insanity, returned to the restaurant, the very same restaurant where he murdered the five original kids, and ended up taking the animatronics apart, without realizing that the spirits were still possessing them.

Once their mechanical bodies were destroyed, the souls of those kids were set free, and chased William into a safe room, the very same safe room where, years before, he killed the very same kids.

William then put on his old murder suit, but, because of the years of neglect, and the even worse for wear location, which, after being abandoned for so long, eventually became nothing more than ruins, and with holes in the ceiling, it allowed rain to get onto the Spring loaded suit.

See, the thing about these old suits, the Springlocks, is that allow for an animatronic to double as a suit. Which was what the original Fredbear animatronic was.

A robot and a suit, but, because Fredbear was left in suit mode, when the soul of Cass possessed the suit, he couldn't control it, because all of it's parts were being held back by the springlocks. So, all he could do, was haunt his target by being a simple phantom, forever following the one who had hurt him.

Meaning that, with but a single crank, the springs that hold the animatronic parts in place, can be tightened and allow someone to wear the robot as a suit. But, another thing to note is that they are very, very, VERY sensitive.

If they become moist in anyway, they could fail and release all the held back animatronic parts simultaneously at an instant. And launching them into whatever is between the metal parts, and the suits themselves.

And that was William's mistake, when he hid in the suit to try to protect himself from the spirits of the dead kids, his heavy breathing, both from his adrenaline, as well as his cocky nature at thinking he had won, caused the now faulty Spring Suit, to become a spring trap.

And in an instant, this caused all the spring locks to SNAP outwards, and forcing all the animatronic bits to be forcefully pushed down onto William, causing him the worst kind of pain imaginable.

And so, Henry who had been keeping tabs on Henry throughout the years, seeing this as poetic justice, William being done in by the very suit that had killed many kids, Henry sealed the back room, and telling management to seal all other safe rooms at all other locations, including that one.

Just so no one would get suspicious as to why just a single back room was being sealed. He also advised that all Springlock animatronics be decommissioned at once.

He was hoping that, with any luck, and no one discovers him, that William will be left to die a slow, painful and agonizing death in the back room, never to be discovered until William was nothing but dust and bones.

Lastly, we have Michael Afton, the son of Willy A. He is a man of mystery, because, he should have died no more than twice. The first time when he began his own mission, to release the soul of his little sister Elizabeth Afton, who died in a freak accident relating to one of William's animatronics designed to capture kids, from a Sister Location called 'Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rentals.'

But, when he arrived there, Baby, the new lead animatronic that was being possessed by Elizabeth, made her brother jump through hoops, before leading him to a place called the 'Scooping Room' where the machine forcefully removed the endoskeleton, basically the bones of the robots.

When Michael was led there, he discovered that the animatronics had already been scooped, and now, it was his turn, in one quick motion, Mike was removed of his bones, and the animatronics, Baby, Funtime Freddy, Funtime Foxy, and Ballora, now combined as an entity known as Ennard, entered Michael Afton, and used their new skin suit to leave their prison.

But, not long after they escaped, the body that they had taken, started to fail, and the combined robots ejected from the human body, but, not before Elizabeth Afton gave her older brother a promise. Three simple words, 'You won't die.' And it wasn't just a promise, but it seemed like she knew.

Because, not long afterwards, Mike began to stand up again, bones or not, he lived, but he should be dead. It was then that he had himself a mission, find his father, and put an end to this nightmare. And for thirty years, that was what he did, go from location to location, Pizzeria to Pizzeria, searching for clues about his father.

That was when he had an idea, if he worked at the restaurants that his father had visited on numerous occasions, he could find out where his father is. He took the night shifts at each location, that way, he could investigate the places without people looking over his shoulder and tried to find clues.

Now, let's talk about the killer himself, shall we? William Afton was the co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment with his partner Henry Emily. He is also the killer of countless numbers of innocent children, as well as the daughter of his partner Henry.

But, one day, after learning of the possibility of achieving immortality after discovering something known as Remnant, the very thing that bound the souls to the robots, returned to where the animatronics were left, and had taken all of them apart.

But, what he didn't account for, was what I had stated earlier, the spirits were set free, and drove him to hide in the hidden Safe room, and when the robots tried to find him, they couldn't, because, the safe room was invisible to both the security cameras as well as to the animatronics.

And as such, when the robots chased him, he hid inside this very room, and waited. One by one, he led the robots to this safe room, he hid inside it, and when the animatronics tried to find him and couldn't. That was when William rushed at the unaware robots, and took them apart.

Then, once all the robots were destroyed, and the spirits were set free, they chased him back into the safe room, where he got Springtrapped. And he remained there, for thirty years, until, he very own son, began the nightshift at a repurposed Fazbear location, turning it into a horror attraction.

But, it wasn't until the second night at the location, when Michael began having to spend six hours a day, fighting off his father, as well as more ghosts of his past, haunting him like phantoms.

But, each night, despite all his efforts, Michael knew that there was only one option left for him to do. After learning what he had learned, out of all options that he had, he knew there was one, and only one option. He had to set the horror attraction on fire.

***Changing to Michael Afton's POV***

I looked down at the monitors, 'It's finally time, six nights here and I have finally decided to end this nightmare, father, you, me, this horror attraction, everything, will end right here, and now.' I thought to myself bitterly.

I could still remember the nightmares that I had to experience, all because of you, father. Now that I have discovered that it really is you inside that Bonnie suit, it is time to end this. I looked towards my right and stared at the two cans of gasoline that sat behind my chair.

I decided that, seeing that time was of the essence. So, I stood up, and grabbed the two gallons of gas and started pouring the first one inside of the office, before leaving the office and pouring the gas into the halls.

As I proceeded through the corridors, continuing to douse the halls with the flammable liquid, I thought back to my younger days, back when I was still a jerkwad of an older brother, before me and my friends made the biggest mistake of my life. Alex Afton, my innocent younger brother, I shouldn't have tormented him for so long.

As I tightened my grip on the gas can, I thought, 'Why didn't I stop when I still had the chance?' I asked myself, starting to hate myself for what I had done. 'Was losing Elizabeth not enough? Did I have to put my own brother in the hospital because he was terrified of the robots our father created? And the worst part was, that I had found it funny? But, then we were forced to pull the plug on him. And I had lost everything.'

As I walked past the screeching Mangle phantom, ignoring it's annoying high pitched radio chattering. The first two days, she caught me off guard, but now, he doesn't even effect me any more.

Then I reached out to grab a cigarette, only to realize that I left them all back home, then thought, 'Now, it's just me and dad who are still alive. But, after tonight, that won't be true.' I groaned as I thought, 'And here I was, hoping to have one final smoke before this place went up in flames. Well, guess I won't be smoked when I get smoked.' I laughed dryly at my dark humor.

I looked towards the ghostly manifestation of Foxy, which I just ignored, six days here and these ghosts barely make me even blink anymore. Not to mention all the other restaurants filled with killer animatronics that I have been to made me numb to the horrors of the robots.

I looked up at the Foxy head and thought about why I'm even here in the first place. 'This all started with Elizabeth. My dear, little sister. Once she disappeared, no, not disappeared, she was killed by dad, by those blasted 'Funtime' animatronics.' I thought to myself about my seemingly cursed family.

As I walked through the Freddy Phantom, dousing more and more gasoline, I kept an eye out for my father, then deciding to keep him from finding me, I pulled out the tablet and used that annoying Balloon Boy voice box thing, to send him to the arcade room, that way I could douse the hallway where that puppet shows up in. Sure that was my only use, but, it was all I needed.

No more rebooting cameras, audio, or sounds, because, at this point, it I would just be wasting my time. After I played the voice recording, I tossed the tablet to the side, no longer needing it. And continued walking down the puppets hall.

Speaking of that puppet, there she was. Standing right in front of me, that white porcelain mask, with that painted face, those pitch black, seemingly soulless eyes, red lipstick colored mouth, rosy red cheeks, and purple streaks of tears, black body, with five white rings on her arms and nine on her legs.

One of the only animatronics that wasn't a hallucination, but the real deal. The first time I came face to face against her, was thirty years ago, making sure that music box was wound up tightly.

But, even before that, it seemed like she was always there, a ghostly voice in the back of my mind that is always there.

Her three fingers seemed to be gripped tightly, as if they were fists, then I looked into the pitch black, nothingness of those empty eyes. "Hello, there, Charlotte." I said in a soft, clam and gentle tone at the puppet in front of me, breaking the silence that felt like it lasted for an eternity.

Hearing that name caused the puppet to float away several inches, then I heard a young girl's voice angrily ask, "So, you do remember me, you monster?" Her voice sounded like it was filled with venom. "What are you planning to do? Once again gonna burn my fathers legacy to the ground?" She asked as she seemed to stared blankly at me.

I could tell that Charlie was angry, it wasn't hard to notice, and I wasn't surprised that she had mistaken me for my father, people often did tell me that we looked a lot alike. But, I shook my head and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Charlie, but, William Afton, I am not. The names Michael. His son."

Then the puppet floated closer towards me and I could feel those pitch black holes gazing deep into my eyes, I could feel her, searching for something, then she backed away and she said, "It really is you, Michael. I'm sorry, I thought you were…"

I nodded, knowing her mistake and said, "Yeah, I understand, Charlotte. Trust me, I know."

Charlotte looked down at the gas can and asked, "What do you plan on doing, Mike?"

I took out my box of match sticks and said, "Simple, I'm ending this here. I want this nightmare to end, just as much as you do."

But the puppet turned towards the flickering hallway lights and she said, "But, I promised, I promised the other kids that we would get revenge on your father for what he did to us. I don't want to let him get away with this so easily."

I placed my hand on the poor puppet girl's shoulder and said, "Charlie, you must understand, if you continue to seek revenge, that, you could become the very monster that my father has become."

Charlie quickly turned towards me, and I could feel her angry glare at me, as she bellowed, "I AM NOTHING LIKE THAT HEARTLESS MONSTER!"

I didn't even flinch at the rage coming from this poor girl, at this point, after having my bones removed, and a hybrid of robots using my skin as a Halloween costume, there wasn't anything that could make me even bat an eyelash at.

I calmly stared at this poor lost soul and said, "I know that, Charlie. But, do you think that your father would really want you to get revenge by torturing my father? Do you really think that Henry would want his beloved daughter to become a monster in order to get revenge?"

The slim puppet didn't speak for a long time, then I heard her sigh sadly and she said, "You're right, Mike. Dad wouldn't want this from me. But, why burn the building down?"

I looked down at my hands, which were starting to turn purple as I said, "Because, I have found out that I am not entirely human."

Charlie looked towards me, and I could see a ghostly apparition of a young girl with brown hair and eyes and she asked, "What do you mean by that, Mike?"

I decided that I couldn't keep still, so I motioned her to follow me as I continued to drench the walls in gas. Then I said, "On my quest to find out what happened to my father, I found a memo dated more than thirty years ago, mentioning a place called 'Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rentals.' Obviously, it was a place that my old man had built to conduct more of his insane experiments. And, that was where I found her."

Charlie looked towards me and curiously asked me, "Found who, Mike?"

I looked down sadly and said, "My sister, or, what was left of her, that is. It seemed that my old man had created robots to capture children. But, before 'Circus Baby's Pizza World' could officially open, my sister, Elizabeth went towards Baby, a robot built specifically for her, and ended up getting trapped inside the giant robot, and getting killed by it. Her soul merging with the robot. I'm sure you can relate, in a way."

The sentient puppet looked down and she said, "Yeah, I can. So, what happened?"

I threw the now empty first gas can into a corner and started with the second as I said, "I was made to jump through several hoops, like repairing several robots, and whatnot. After five maybe six days of doing manual labor, I was led to a place called the scooper room, and, well, one moment I had a skeleton, and the next, I was a robots skin suit."

Charlie gasped in shock and she said, "How are you even alive!?"

I shook my head and said, "That is why I wanted to find my father, so that he could explain, but, now, seeing what he has become, and what he's done. I don't care about anymore. I just want everything to end."

"And burning the place down is your best idea to do so?" The young ghost girl asked me.

I nodded and said, "Yes, while in that rental, I had found my dads notes. Some was just insane rambling, but there was one thing that had always appeared in every note of his. It stuck out to me. A single word, 'Remnant.'"

"'Remnant?' What's that?" Charlie asked me, I have to say, that, talking to this young girl, made my decision to burn this place down to the ground more solid. This poor young girl, no older than five, maybe six, lost from this world by my sick old man.

I looked towards the decaying building and I said, "Remnant is, in simple terms, the souls of humans that possess the animatronics metal endoskeleton. And the only way to release the souls bound to the metal, is to have them exposed to intense heat. Or, in other words…"

"You have to burn them." She said in shocked realization.

I nodded sadly and said, "Yes, and I hope that, by setting this place on fire that, and burning this place to the ground, all those whose souls have been trapped in here will finally be laid to rest. My fathers, yours, and mine. Freed of our pain and torment."

The possessed puppet looked towards me and nodded, agreeing with the plan and said, "Then, lets end this, right here and now."

I nodded and with one last throw, both gas cans were completely empty, and this place was ready to burn. I pulled the match box out and grabbed a single match stick dragged it across the box, igniting it and looked towards the young girl and said, "I really hope this works, Charlie. If so, than, I'll see you on the other side."

Then I saw the ghostly form of the original Charlie nod her head and she said, "Same here, Mike. Let us hope this works."

We both than heard heavy footsteps coming towards us, and we saw my father walking towards us, I looked at the puppet and we both nodded, then I glared at my father and softly said, "This ends here, father. Tonight, everything shall burn. Your legacy of killing kids shall burn away to dust."

Then, my father started running towards us, but, I dropped the lit matchstick, and one minute, I saw them, the kids that my father had killed, even my own sister, and then, the next, everything erupted in fire, I grabbed Charlie's three clawed hand, and allowed the fire to consume me, with a small smile on my face as I felt the darkness consume me.

And then, nothing. The darkness had consumed me. I was expecting death to be a lot less painful, and a lot more quiet. But, instead, everything hurts, and my ears were ringing, then I heard a gruff voice say, "I have to say, Michel, you had the right idea, but, unfortunately, it didn't work."

It was then that I had realized that, to my disappointment, that I wasn't dead, but instead still alive. I opened my eyes and I saw an old man with a long beard and eyes that looked dead to the world, but also shows tiredness in them.

I recognised the man almost instantly from pictures of him around my fathers house, as well as seeing him around Fredbear's and asked, "Henry? Is that really you?"

The gruff man nodded and said, "Indeed it is, Mike. I wish I could say that it was good to see you, but I can tell that this wasn't what you were hoping for, isn't it?"

I shook my head and said, "I should be dead. I burnt in the fire, we were right in the middle of it, so, why am I still alive?"

Henry took out a cigarette and lit it, then he said, "The short answer, Michael, your plan, brilliant as it was, wasn't enough. The long answer, the Remnant that keeps a soul alive inside the animatronic endoskeleton needs to have the entire soul burn."

I blinked painfully, then I slowly sat up and asked, "What do you mean by that?" I blinked three times before realizing that I didn't understand how I even got here, so I asked, "Wait. What am I even doing here? What are YOU doing here, Henry?"

Henry took a drag from his cancer stick and said, "I, like you, Michael, have been following the breadcrumbs that your father has left for you. And I knew it would only be a matter of time before you would end up in that restaurant. But, what I didn't expect is what I had learned on this night."

I looked up at the aged man and he looked like he aged another thirty years and I asked, "Let me take a guess, Charlotte?"

The creator of the Freddy Fazbear robots nodded and said, "Yes, it was thanks to you that I had learned that my daughter's soul had possessed the puppet that I had built to protect her. So, I thank you, for helping me find what happened to my daughter."

I looked into the eyes of Henry and asked, "Okay, but, what did you mean earlier? When you said that the entire soul must burn?"

Henry extinguished his cigarette and said, "Just what I said. If you want to release the souls of the children whose souls have been trapped, as well as Charlie's and your own, then the entire soul must burn."

He pulled out blueprints with robots that I recognised as the Funtime animatronics and he said, "Unfortunately, for you, these 'Funtime' robots have been made from the melted down endoskeletons of my original animatronics. My original versions of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy. Binding their souls to these new robots."

I looked down in anger at my fathers disregard for life and said, "That bastard."

Henry smiled darkly as he nodded and bitterly said, "Couldn't have said it better myself."

I looked up at the man and asked, "So, if all of these souls must burn in order for this to end, how can we do so?"

Henry pulled out a strange looking briefcase and said, "With this." He opened it up and, by god, it looked like something you would see in the Star Wars universe.

I looked down at the strange tech, at all the glowing lights, and knobs, and switches, not knowing what a single part did, and I looked up at the broken father and asked, "What is it?"

Henry placed the case on the seat next to me and he said, "This, is a modified transmitter that your father had created. It was originally designed to send out a signal that will call all of your fathers animatronics to the location where the signal originated from."

Henry laughed without any sort of humor in his voice as he said, "Sort of like a murder signal. But, I had modified it so that even the old Spring Bonnie's old, original programming would be brought to the signal as well. And, I also created a special robot that would also bring my daughter as well. By playing the very same music box lullaby that she had loved so much."

My mind went to work decoding Henry's plan and said, "You plan to bring, not only dad and his monstrosities, but also have Elizabeth in one place, and burn them all, am I correct?"

Henry looked towards me and he nodded, as he said, "Yes, and that is where you shall come in, Mike." I looked up at him in wonder, then he said, "For you see, I will need you to be there as well, for if you remain, then, I fear that your father may have somehow bound his soul to yours, just to keep him alive."

I nodded, figuring he could be right. "That sounds like something my old man would do." I looked down at my decaying hands and asked, "So, what's the plan?"

Henry handed me a business card and said, "Your father, as twisted as he has become, will fall for the same trap that his machines will fall for. While you have been hunting down the restaurants that your father has been to, I have been building a final restaurant."

He started flicking his lighter open and closed as he said, "This is where it will end for all of us. No doubt, it will take a few days for the robots to come to the final restaurant, but, in those days, you can design it as you please."

He looked down at me and asked, "So, are you up for this, Mike? I know it may seem like a lot I am asking for you to do, but, we both need peace. We both want closure, Mike. And this could be our only way of doing so." He extended his hand towards me and asked, "Do you accept this request from a broken father?"

I looked at the extended hand, and looked into the eyes of Henry. I could see that this was his last hope, to free the souls of those kids, as well as his daughter. And I knew that this would also bring the soul of my sister as well, allowing us to end this misery. So, I stood up and shook Henry's hand and said, "Henry, let's end this, once and for all."

That was all that Henry needed to hear as we shook hands, ready to end this nightmare that my father has started. Henry smiled as he said, "Michael, thank you." He than had a serious expression appear on his face as he said, "Let's get to work."

It was a week after that meeting that I had arrived at my final job. As I was approaching the building, I could still hear Henry's voice explaining his plan. "Listen, Mike, for this to work, we both need to play our parts without fail."

As I was putting on my final work uniform, Henry said, "The signal has been activated for a week now, long enough to attract every robot that shares the same broadcast signal."

I looked at him with a curious glace and asked, "Just why did you have to leave the signal running for so long, Henry? Surely it shouldn't have to be left on THAT long. Right?"

Henry lit up another cigarette and said, "You'll be surprised, Mike. Now, from here on out, you'll be on your own." He then handed me a card and said, "Take this, it's my debit card. All the money that I have ever saved, is on this card. My sister, Jenny, said that she already put out an insurance plan for when this is all over."

My eyes widened and asked, "I didn't know you had a sister, Henry."

Henry lightly laughed and said, "Yes, she's the reason why I'm still here in the first place. If not for her support, as well as my wife, Monika, then I would probably would have killed myself from alcohol poisoning years ago." I saw a small glimmer of light shine in Henry's eyes, showing that his soul still had a shred of light inside him.

I looked down at the card, not really wanting to take it and said, "Henry, I can't, it's your money. I wouldn't feel right using your money."

Hearing this caused Henry laughed and said, "Kid, by the end of the week, I'm not going to be needing any kind of money, so take it. Just make it through the week, and everything will be over, understand?"

I decided to accept the mans wish and nodded, fully understanding just what it is that I needed to do, and there was no way I was turning back now. "As long as everything ends by the weeks end, I'll have to be prepared. I have no choice."

Henry nodded, then he handed me my security badge and said, "Then, with that being said, the balls in your court now, Mike. From here, what happens is your in your hands. Good luck, kid. May God be with you."

I jokingly rolled my eyes and sarcastically said, "God will have nothing to do with this, Henry. I'll have a better chance with the devil having my back in that building than God."

Henry laughed in a humorless tone, then he said, "True, but, no matter, good luck, kid. It's in your hands now, Michael."

I nodded, then I left Henry's house, but before I left the door, Henry said, "Mike, wait."

I towards Henry, a curious expression, clear on my face and asked, "What is it?"

Henry chuckled as he walked up to me and said, "Figured that you would want to keep that at the office, try not to use them all before the week is up."

I looked at the elder man in confusion, that was until he placed something into my hands.

I looked down and saw two boxes of cigarettes, and a lighter. I looked up at the man and said, "Henry, you didn't have to do this."

Henry shook his head and said, "I know, but, I figured that, when the time came, you would like to have one final smoke."

I smiled at the man, happy that, unlike at Fazbear's Fright, once this week ended, and if everything goes according to plan, then I could have that final smoke. "Thank you Henry, maybe I'll see you when the week's over."

Henry lit up another cigarette and said, "Who knows, kid. Now, go on. You have a business to run."

And so, I took out a pack, opened it up, and lit up my own cancer stick with the lighter that Henry had given me, and with a single inhale, I felt my nerves calming, then, I gave Henry a silent nod, then I left his house, and began driving to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But, before I left Henry alone, something accord to me, I turned to the man and asked, "Henry, surely you don't think I could manage a pizzeria all by myself, do you?"

Henry lightly chuckled and said, "Not at all, Mike, I have made sure to put up some job posters, asking for some extra hands around. So, you should have a few extra hands working for you, however, I don't think you'll get more than a few teenagers working for you, though."

I sighed in relief as I said, "As long as I get some extra hands on deck, I don't care if they were ex-cons, arsonists, murderers, or psychopaths. Anything's better than being alone in a pizzeria filled with killer animatronics."

Henry laughed loudly and he said, "Hah! I hear that!" He then wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, then he said in an all to serious voice, "Good luck, Mike. May you finish what I have started."

I slowly nodded and said, "I shall try my best, Henry. Goodbye."

Henry gave me a simple salute, then I walked out of his house, and took another drag from my cigarette and said, "Well, time for the grand finale. Charlotte, I'll be expecting you." Then, I started walking to my parked car, and began driving home, for one final time.

So, here I was, driving up to a place that was bound to be my final job. Working at yet another pizza restaurant that was destined to be filled with more killer animatronics, again.

I looked up at the flashing neon signs that read: Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Palace.

"What a strange name for the final restaurant. But, whatever, he's the boss, so, I might as well just ignore it." I said to myself in light humor. I took another inhale from my cigarette before putting it out, then, stepping out of my car, I walked up to the doors, taking the keys out from my pocket, and unlocked the doors.

The place, while not having any lights on as of the moment, the early morning sun, while rising, and was a bit dark, it still illuminated enough of the room for me to see the Freddy Fazbear usual design, black and white checkerboard floor pattern. About twelve, maybe thirteen tables with six chairs at each table.

A main stage with enough spaces for three full sized animatronics to stand on. As well as a second smaller stage a little to the left, a sort of Pirates Cove styled stage.

On the main stage were three new animatronics that I have never seen before. One looked like a Freddy Fazbear reject, except, slimmer, and a sort of, bizarre looking face, it looked to be cross eyed.

Another was a pig holding a banjo with blue and green eyes. Another was a purple hippo with blue eyes, wearing a top hat.

The third was a green frog with an orange ball poking out from its head, and was holding a microphone. And the last one was a bright orange elephant holding a wand, and had a flower on his chest.

"Guess Henry was running out of ideas for how to make Freddy and the gang look different. Still, why must they look like they're a bunch of animatronic rejects?" I asked myself out loud. But not getting an answer from anyone.

I reached for a cigarette, but stopped myself, 'Let's just get this place started up right now, smoke later.' I thought, focusing on the task at hand.

I started looking around at the building, searching for the main office, as well as the master power switch. After a few minutes, I had found both. After turning on the power, the lights roared to life, illuminating the pizzeria.

I had to admit, the place is the cleanest Freddy's Pizzeria I've been to yet. But, still, it's Freddy Fazbear's. Anyways, one of the questions that I had asked Henry about this place was if it was actually being used at a birthday party dinner like the others.

He said that there will be people coming in and out of the restaurant through out the week, yes. But, once the week ends, it will be closed for 'maintenance work' as he had put it, before burning this place to the ground.

I looked down at my check list of things to do before people started coming in. "Let's see here, one 'Candy Cadet' story telling robot." I turned towards the strange looking robot, and turned it on.

It then began requesting tokens, deciding to make sure the thing worked, I put in three Fazbear Tokens, then the robot came to life and began telling a story about a women, five kids, and keys.

I looked down at my notes and said, "I might have to reprogram the Candy Cadet to tell more child friendly stories. But, that can wait to later."

I then set up the a ball pit, some old school arcade games, outdated they may be, it should keep the kids entertained. At least, the younger kids should be entertained.

As I entered the office, where I saw the usual office chair, fan, a computer monitor, as well as two 'vents' built inside the walls. On the desk was what seemed to be a miniature 'Funtime' Freddy figure with a sticky note attached to it.

I took the note and opened it up as I read, 'Hello, my name is Helpy, I am your personal assistance. I can help file your taxes as well as your take care of any kind of lawsuits that may be filed against you.'

I gave the small doll a strange exchange then I asked, "Just how can a toy help me with lawsuits?"

Just then, the eyes of Helpy began glowing as a higher pitch of Funtime Freddy's voice said, "I am programmed to be connected with Fazbear Entertainment's database. Any and all lawsuits filed onto Fazbear's Entertainments name is instantly dealt with by myself."

I blinked a few times as I listened to the robots explanation. Then I took a deep breath as I sighed and thought, 'He must be voice activated.'

I then looked down at Helpy and said, "Helpy, what is your main programming?"

Helpy's head turned to me and he said, "My main programming is to make sure the restaurant stays up and running until the end of the week. That means help keeping you alive, as well as making sure we don't get shut down before the weeks end."

Hearing this, I had to resist the urge to chuckle, 'Heh, not surprised that this guy's main purpose is to prevent lawsuits. How this company hasn't gotten sued as of yet is the biggest mystery of all time.'

I mean, sure a lot of what I have seen has mysteries. But not that big. Souls of children possessing robots? It's just dad's insane tech that is to blame for that. Dad being locked behind a wall for thirty years and still being alive? He's just fused with his own creation, allowing him to live for years without food, water, and possibly even sleep.

But, the fact that Fazbear Entertainment has been able to keep allowing these pizzeria's to keep being built, is the biggest mystery I have ever come across.

Deciding to just forget the strange crap that Fazbear Entertainment is tied to, and finish up checking the rest of the pizza place.

I went all around the the place, checking up on the animatronics, making sure that they were well bolted on their stands, but, knowing that, come midnight, that could change. 'Maybe I should reread Henry's instructions. Paragraph eight, to be precise.' I thought to myself.

I looked down at my watch, seeing that I was scheduled to open up the place in an half hour. 'Now, where are the rest of the workers? Henry mentioned that, while I will be in charge of the place, I won't be the only one working here.'

That was when I heard some knocking coming from behind me. I turned and saw a group of people. Five teens, three boys and two girls.

'Must be them now. Wonder how much they know of the plan?' I asked myself.

I walked rapidly towards the doors, and unlocked them. Then, as I opened the doors and allowed the group of teens inside, a girl with long blond hair, whined dramatically as she said, "Finally! We've been waiting FOREVER!"

One of the boys, who had short, spiky, black hair, brown eyes, who was wearing a white shirt, a brown long sleeve jacket, and blue jeans, rolled his eyes and calmly said, "Jessica, we were only waiting for a few minutes." The teen looked at me and said, "Name's John." He stretched his hand out. "Nice to meet you."

I lightly smiled and said, "Michael Afton, but you can call me Mike." I then grabbed his hand and we shook, then I said, "Same to you."

John then pointed to the other teens and said, "The impatient blond is Jessica. The red head in black is Carlton."

I looked at the kid who was almost completely wearing black clothes. But those rapidly glancing eyes and that mischievous smirk instantly told me he was a prankster.

Then John pointed towards a kid with dark skin, and short, dark brown hair, and was wearing an orange shirt and said, "He's Lamar. And the girl is Marla." John said as he pointed to the last girl.

I nodded to each of the kids and said, "Well, as I said, my name's Michael, but you can just call me Mike. So, what do you kids know of the jobs you've been hired to do?" I was curious as to what these teens know about the plan.

Then Jessica looked around and she said, "Well, the application simply said that it was a seven day work week, and that they just needed help for a week. We were even told that we'd get paid by weeks end."

I nodded and thought, 'Figures. Henry wouldn't give anything of importance like what will happen at weeks end.'

Then John looked at me with a strange glance, almost like he's trying to read my mind, then I looked at him and asked, "Is there anything you would like to ask, John?"

John shook his head and he said, "Not really, no."

I nodded then I looked at the time and said, "Look, the place opens in an hour, and there are still a few things left to take care of. If any of you are good in the kitchen, then have at it. Everyone else, help me put set up the tables."

That was when Jessica happily cheered and said, "I'll take kitchen duty!" Then she ran towards the kitchen at a speed that would have left a dust cloud in her shape if it were possible.

I blinked several times before John said, "You'll get used to her antics after a while."

I nodded slowly and said, "I hope so."

Several hours later, and one hell of a first day opening, the group of kids were standing in front of me, waiting for some final words before leaving for the night.

I smiled softly at the kids and said, "Well, for a first day opening, I have to say, you kids did pretty good. Though, Carlton, please don't try to start another food fight tomorrow. I want a professional attitude from each and every one of you."

Carlton was going to argue, but Jessica elbowed him in the gut and she said, "I'm sorry for this dimwits attitude today, boss."

I lightly shook my head and said, "Just call me Mike. I'm not really the 'boss' more or less just run the restaurant. I have to answer to someone else myself."

John looked up at me in surprise and asked, "Really? Whose your boss, Mike?"

I shook my head and said, "That's not your concern right now, John. Why don't you kids go home, I'll take care of closing up shop tonight."

Lamar looked at me and asked, "Are you sure, Mike? I mean, we have no problem helping you out tonight."

I shook my head and said, "Nah, I've got everything handled. After all, I have to order new supplies, like party hats and make more advertisements. And I'm sure you kids have other things to do. So, go on, I'll finish up on my own."

Carlton smiled and said, "Well? You heard the boss, let's get going." And without any further arguments, the group of kids left.

I smiled at the leaving kids, but, once they all left, and I locked up the pizzeria, I sighed in exhaustion before taking out a cigarette and lighting it up and taking a deep puff.

Then I walked out towards the back, and checked in the alleyways, there I found what I was told to keep an eye out for. Baby, or, what was left of her. She seemed to have been made up of torn apart garbage and scrap metal. The biggest change was that she now had roller skates for feet, and a large, lobster like claw for an arm.

I looked around, making certain that no one was looking, then I lifted her up onto the mover that was nearby, and brought her inside, and brought her to the back room where I began going over the check list, after making sure that she was in good condition, I looked up at the robot that possessed my sister's soul and asked, "Hello, Elizabeth. It's been a while, hasn't it?"

The robot barely moved, not even a twitch, and I sighed sadly and said, "Yeah, I should have known. If you were still in there, you probably wouldn't even recognise me."

Again the robot remained silent, then I played the prerecorded audio responder, after finishing up the tests, I placed the clipboard down on my lap and said, "Liz, if you are still in there, deep down, trapped in the darkness of father's machine, I just want you to know that, I love you, sister. And maybe, this nightmare will be over soon."

I then stood up and walked towards the door, when I heard a young girl's voice say, "Michael? Is that really you, brother?"

I stopped dead in my tracks, my heart stopped. I slowly turned to the animatronic and instead of Baby, I saw the ghostly apparition of Elizabeth Afton sitting in the chair on the other side of the table.

I was shocked, yes, but, I didn't let my guard down. Baby was great at 'pretending' after all. And she could be tricking me.

I straightened my uniform and returned to my seat and said, "I won't let my guard down that easily, if you are my sister, and not Baby, then tell me, tell me the one thing that only Elizabeth Afton could ever possibly know."

I then folded my hands in front of me on the table. Almost as if I was a police officer, interrogating a suspect after finding them at the scene of a crime.

The spirit looked sad, but a look of understanding appeared on her face, 'Liz' then said, "We had a younger brother, Alex Afton, he had a plush version of Fredbear himself that he had always carried around with him."

I rolled my eyes and sarcastically said, "Oh, please, he got that AFTER you died, Liz. True, you could have learned that by being connected to dad's tech, but I asked for something that only YOU would know."

Liz looked down sadly and she said, "When we were younger, you used to sing me this old song to help me go to sleep."

I raised an eyebrow and asked, knowing that that was true, then I asked, "And, what song was that?"

Liz looked up at me and said, "Cat's in the cradle, by Harry Chaplin. You used to sing that to, not only me, but Alex as well, every night."

My eyes widened in shock, because that was true, before I started picking on Alex for his fear of the robots, I would always sing that to them every night. But, then I remembered one simple thing. A poem, that me and Liz loved hearing all the time.

Then I took a deep breath, then I looked into my sister's eyes and said, "Okay, time for the final test." Liz looked up at me, and I said, "All that is gold, does not glitter."

To any other person, this may seem like a random thing to say, but, to me, Alex, and Liz, if any one of us were to say these words, then we would instantly continue the poem.

Hearing those words cause Liz's eyes to widen as she said, "Not all those who wander, are lost."

"The old that is strong, does not wither." I continued, a small, hopeful smile, began spreading onto my face.

"Deep roots are not reached by the frost." Liz continued again, and my hopes were starting to rise.

Each time we spoke, I could feel more and more like this was my sister, and not a psychotic, killer robot that took my sister away from me. Then I said, "From the ashes a fire shall be woken."

Then Liz, a small, but pleasant smile, began to appear on her face as she said, "A light from the shadows shall spring."

"Renewed shall be blade that was broken." I continued.

Then together we both said, "The crownless again, shall be king."

I could feel the tears threatening to burst from my eyes, because that was the final nail in the coffin. I looked up at the ghost girl and said, "It really is true. It really is you, Liz. I'm happy to see you."

Liz began crying and she said, "I'm happy to see you, too, Mike. But, why the many questions?"

I took out a cigarette and lit it and said, "Because, I had to make sure that it was you, and not Baby. How are you talking to me right now?"

Liz looked back to the Scrap Baby and said, "I don't know. I think it has something to do with whatever that signal is."

I looked at her in confusion, then my eyes widened and I softly said, "Of course."

Liz then looked up at me and she asked, "But, what are you doing here, Mike?"

I sat down in my chair and, with a sigh of defeat, I said, "Liz, there's no easy way to say it, but, I'm working with dad's old work partner, Henry, to end this nightmare by the weeks end."

Liz's eyes widened, then she started to ask, "But, why-"

But I interrupted her and said, "Because, I just want this nightmare to end, Liz. I'm tired of it all. I want to finally rest. Ever since Ennard possessed me, I have been trying to find a way to just end my life, but nothing worked. So, with Henry's help, everything can end."

Liz looked down at her hands and she started crying, then she said, "But, I thought that daddy…"

I shook my head and said, "Dad only cares about himself." I put a lot of emphasis on the word dad. "He didn't even bother trying to help you, Liz. He knew that he could have freed your soul from Baby if he'd just put the robot in an incinerator, but he didn't. He simply stored the robot in parts and rentals, where I found you."

I could see that Liz was crying hard right now, but I said, "Look," Liz looked up at me, tears still in her eyes, and I said, "in the coming weeks, the rest of the robots possessed by children's spirits will be arriving. Then, we're all going to burn. Take the week to try and talk with the children's spirits, but ignore dad, no matter what he says."

I took another drag from my cancer stick and said, "If you want to be freed of this curse, then help us keep dad from stopping us. If not, well, one way or another, this place will burn. Take this time to reflect on what has happened. But, know this, if you start attacking kids, even if you are my sister, I will stop you."

Liz was silent, then I stood up and headed for the door, I turned to her and said, "I'll leave this door unlocked so you can wander the restaurant. But, keep an eye on the time. Go into the back room before six o' clock. I'll check in with you after hours when I start bringing in the other animatronics."

I then walked out of the room and said, "I'll see you around, Elizabeth." Then I headed home, once I entered my house, I laid down on my bed and started crying.

The next day day was just like yesterday, John and the kids arrived, helped with the place, and we closed for the night. And then, I went in the back and I found another robot, this one I didn't recognise. It looked like Freddy, but it held its microphone in it's left hand, and it's left eye was missing, it had a golden star on its chest, and a red bowtie around its neck.

I was confused as to why this robot was here and I thought, 'What the? I don't remember this robot.' But, deciding to follow my orders, I brought the robot inside and began my documentation.

Then, as I was going through my checklist, I heard a voice that I instantly recognised. "Michael? Is that you? You're still alive?"

I quickly looked up at the robot, and I saw, "Charlotte?" Indeed, instead of seeing a black, almost incomplete Freddy Fazbear clone, I instead saw the young girl who was present inside Fazbear's Fright.

The young girl nodded and, with a confused expression, she asked, "What are you doing here? And, why didn't your plan work, Mike?"

I held up a finger and took out a recording device, and pressed the record button, then I said, "You can blame my old man, Charlie."

Charlie looked down at her hands and she angrily said, "Figures. By the way, what is that?"

I looked down at the device and said, "It's a recorder."

"But, why do you have it?" She asked me, a curious expression clear on her face.

I softly smiled and said, "I'd figure that, eventually you would show up, so, I put this recorder here, that way, when you did arrive, I could make your father a gift. That way, he could hear his daughter's voice, one final time."

Charlie's eyes began to water up, and I asked, "Is there anything you want your father to hear, before the weeks over, Charlie?"

Charlie looked at me weirdly, and she asked, "What do you mean by that, Mike?"

I then explained to her what is to come by the end of the week, after explaining it, she looked down sadly at the recorder, the blinking red light, the clue that the device was recording, and she said, "Father, if you can hear my voice, then, I want to say, thank you for all you've done for me. I know it must have been tough for you to go through what had happened all these years, but, just know that it wasn't your fault."

I could see that she was trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to run down her face. "I know you have done a lot in these years, for me, Michael, and all the kids that I have helped in the years, but, I really hope that, after all of this, we all get to finally have the peace that we deserve."

I knew that this was something that Charlie needed to speak, she has been dead for many years, and this could be the only time Charlie could speak to her father. "Tell mom that I love her, and that I miss her very much. And Aunt Jen, don't stop believing in father, just keep watching over him. I love you all, and I promise, I will help Mike out as much as I can to make sure nothing goes wrong. I hope that everything goes well, father."

Those were the final words that were said before I pressed the stop button and looked up the the listener and said, "I figured you all would have wanted to hear this most of all."

All of the listeners looked at me with a grateful smile and the only male gave me the biggest smile, and had tears in his eyes as he said, "Michael, thank you for giving me this. To hear my daughter's voice one final time, it means so much to me." Henry said with barely restrained tears in his eyes.

Then Jenny, or Jen, to everyone who knew her, Henry's sister, who was a middle aged women, looked at me and said, "You have done more for us with this one action then you could ever imagine, Mike, thank you."

"To hear my little girls voice one final time, thank you, Mike. You eased the pain that I have felt since that night, many years ago." Monika, Henry's wife, who had vibrant blue eyes, blonde hair, wearing a modest blue dress shirt, silver rimmed glasses, and dark blue jeans, said with tears in her eyes, but a smile on her face.

I silently nodded. I knew that Henry would have wanted to hear this as soon as possible, then I said, "I figured that, after everything you have been through, Henry, you deserved something good in your life."

Henry smiled at me and said, "I made the right choice in picking you to do this for me, Mike."

I then looked at Henry, then, at Monika, and finally, at Jen, and I could feel that this family, which had been shaken after hearing the voice of their beloved daughter/niece, probably the first good news they have ever heard, probably ever since Henry sealed dad behind that wall in a Freddy building.

I gave a sudden thought, 'Henry has been through so much these past several decades, and he has probably have been having the same suicidal thoughts that I have been having. But, now…'

I looked towards Monika, who now had a gentle hand on her husbands shoulder, and this, this was when I made my final decision, then I looked towards my employer and said, "Henry, I think you should change your plan."

Henry looked at me in shock, then I said, "What I mean is, don't kill yourself by being at the restaurant at the end of the week. Let me be the only one there, that way, I can be the one to settle things with dad."

Henry looked at me with a thoughtful expression, then he asked me, "Why?"

I looked at him and said, "Look around yourself, Henry. You still have your wife, and your sister. You still have a family. My sister is already dead, her soul, fused with the Baby animatronic. And dad, well, he's self explanatory. And my own little brother is dead, and I haven't heard from my own mother for god knows how long. I have nothing left to lose, you still have your entire family to look after."

As I spoke, I could see that Henry was actually thinking about what I have said, then I spoke up, "I know that you want to be there to join your daughter, but, you have already done enough. I think it is time you let go of the past, and free your own soul, not from your body, but from all the pain and strife that you have carried all these years. This could be your chance to start a new life. Don't throw it away."

Henry didn't say anything, but Monika placed a hand on his shoulder, causing him to look up at her and she smiled and said, "Henry, I know how you feel, you are still angry at William for taking our daughter away from us, but, Mike's right. You have already done so much for those kids, let Mike take things over from here."

Henry sighed in defeat, then he said, "Before today, I probably wouldn't even think about giving up on my plans." He then looked down at the recorder, then he said, "But, now, hearing my daughters voice again, after all these years, I think that I can start over."

Henry then stood up, and he walked towards me and said, "Okay, Mike, I'll let you have your wish, but, I'll still be the one who lights the match. That way, I can speak my final words to my daughter."

I nodded, then I said, "Very well, then." I stood up and said, "Well, I better get ready for tomorrow. I hope you all enjoy your lives after this ends."

Monika then stood up and she said, "Michael, wait." I looked at her, then she said, "I want you to give my daughter something for me."

I looked at her in confusion and asked, "What is it?"

She then ran up stairs and I looked at Henry and asked, "What's she getting?"

But Henry just shrugged, not really understanding himself. But not three seconds later did Monika come running back down stairs with something in her arms.

She then walked up to me and handed me a light pink rabbit with a few rips, but not enough for the rabbit to be considered ruined. I looked up at Monika and asked, "What is it?"

Henry's eyes widened and he said, "That's, that's Charlies favorite rabbit toy, Theodore!"

Monika nodded and she said, "Yes, I've kept it all this time. I think Charlie would like to have this, even if it goes up in flames with her, at least she will have her favorite toy to comfort her for these last few days."

I looked down at the pink rabbit, then, I looked up at Monika and said, "I'll be sure that she gets it, Monika."

Monika gave me a tearful smile, then, without warning, she gave me a huge hug, and she started crying, and she said, "Mike, you didn't have to do this for us. You could have just done what Henry asked you to do, and not say anything. But, instead, you gave us our own kind of closure. So, thank you, for everything."

I returned the hug, and gently smiled at this, a mother, who probably has been haunted by nightmares after her daughters death for years, I didn't say anything, because, there was nothing left to say.

The next day, I was pulling in, and John, and the others were already waiting for me. I looked over to my bag, or, at the stuffed rabbit that rested inside the bag, and thought, 'I want to talk to both of them tonight. Right after I take care of whatever robot arrives tonight. Charlie would be a pleasant conversation, and Liz, well, hopefully she has decided on what it is she wants to do.'

I put the rabbit in my backpack, and stepped out of my car. I then walked up to the kids and said, "Hey! I hope you haven't been waiting long."

Marla shook her head and stated, "Nah, we just got here ourselves, Mike."

I nodded, then I said, "Okay, just making sure." I then unlocked the doors and said, "You guys set things up, I've got some things I need to take care of."

I saw that John gave me a very suspicious glare at me, 'Not very surprising, kid proved to be very observant during the past two days. So, if he has become suspicious of me, then there is a possibility that he could end up trying to discover just what I could be hiding.'

I looked at John and said, "John, why don't you walk with me for a while. I'm certain you would like to talk with me."

John nodded and we walked into the back office, where, after I closed the door I asked, "So, John, what's been on your mind?"

John gave me a hard glare and he said, "How about the fact that your skin is purple? I mean, I know the others just ignore it, but that is just because they're being polite. Or, how about the fact that you reek like a decomposing zombie."

I took the time to actually smell myself and said, "Yuck, okay, got me there. But why are you being very suspicious of me?"

That was when John said, "Because, I was here two nights ago. I heard you talking with someone about burning this place to the ground!"

My breath hitched for just a single moment, then I asked, "So, tell me, who was I talking to, if you WERE listening?"

John glared at me and he said, "Your 'sister' Elizabeth. And I heard her voice, but I only saw you come out of the building."

I sighed in aching defeat, knowing that the jig was up, then I said, "Tonight."

John raised an eyebrow and he asked, "What do you mean, 'tonight?'" He asked me.

I took out the cigarette and said, "Just that. You want answers?" He nodded and I said, "Well, after closing hours, I'll show you and your friends what exactly it is that will be happening at the weeks end."

John raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why give this up so easily?"

I chuckled and said, "Kid, I'm quite literally dead on the inside. Besides, you wouldn't believe me, even if I told you."

John then asked me, "You promise?"

I raised my right hand and placed my left over my heart and said, "Scout's honor."

John nodded, then he said, "You better, I hate not knowing what me job is."

And so, after a long day, with a few issues, but apparently someone had activated Mr. Hippo's story telling function, but made the stories long and drawn out. But after that, there were no problems.

Then, came closing time, and telling the kids that it was time to learn just what MY job was. I led them to the back, where I said, "I was hired to be the manager of this fine establishment by a man named Henry, a friend of my father, who, was a bastard of a man. The worst kind of scum to ever walk this Earth."

Jessica gasped at this and she asked, "What do you mean? Why would you…"

But I didn't allow her to finish, as I said, "Those who kill innocent, little kids, deserve to burn in the deepest pits of Hell, Jessica."

Everyone was silent, then I opened the back door, and there, in the alleyway, was a mess of wires and metal, with a destroyed Funtime Freddy head, then I said, "This is what needs to be brought in. John, hand me that dolly, please."

John handed me the dolly, and, with the kids help, I was able to get this mess of an animatronic inside, and into the back room, where Charlie and Elizabeth were resting inside.

Marla looked at the other two robots and she said, "Wow! I've never seen these robots before! Are they new?"

I chuckled without humor and said, "Actually, they're very old. Now, before I explain everything else, I need to take care of this check list. It won't take long."

And so, after the audio test was finished. I turned to Liz and Charlie and said, "It's okay, you two. They can be trusted."

Lamar looked at me and said, "Uh, Mike, not to be rude, but, they're just robots. They're not alive."

That was when a young girl's voice said, "Not everything is what it seems, kid."

Everyone turned to the source of the voice, which happened to have been, "Hello again, Liz. How are you, sis?"

Liz simply nodded happily, and she said, "I am doing good, you know, for a dead girl. How about you, Mike?"

I waved my hand and said, "Oh, about the same, you know, for a dead man."

Charlie lightly laughed and said, "Glade to see you have a sense of humor buried underneath all that drama, Mike."

Liz turned towards Charlie and she asked, "Who are you?"

But before anyone could say anymore, Carlton screamed out, "GHOSTS!"

I turned towards the living kids, and saw that they were shaking in fear, I lightly chuckled and said, "Yeah, welcome to the undead party. Hey, Freddy, anyone in there?"

We all turned towards the 'Molten' Freddy, as four ghost kids appeared, three boys and one girl. The first one, who was probably the leader of this group of ghosts, then said, "Don't you dare talk to us, you murderer!"

But, before anyone could even react to that, Elizabeth said, "No, Gabriel! It's not him! He's not William! It's his son, Michael!"

Then the girl looked at Charlie and she asked, "Charlotte? Is that you?"

Charlie nodded and said, "It is, Suzie, it's good to see you again."

Then I said, "So, Charlie, I'm guessing that you know these kids well, then, huh?"

Charlie nodded and she said, "Yes, this is Fritz, Gabriel, Suzie, and Jeremy. They were the souls who possessed Foxy, Freddy, Chica, and Bonnie respectively. Kids, this is Mike. But, I don't know who the others are."

Then I said, "Kids, this is John, Marla, Lamar, Jessica and the screamer is Carlton."

I then sat down and explained everything to everyone, as well as what the weeks grand finale would be. Then I turned to the living kids and said, "If you kids want to keep working here, you can. You don't even have to come here in the back if you don't want to."

No one said anything, then Jessica said, "Well," She was eyeing the ghost kids with a look of curiosity, then she said, "This is definitely the strangest thing I have ever seen, but, well, I mean, *sigh* why did you kids attack the adults at night?"

Suzie rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment and said, "Well, can you really blame us? You know, murdered children, not really knowing right from wrong, and possessing these huge metal robot bodies. It's not something you can just 'get used to.' You know?"

I smiled as the ghost kids started talking with these younger kids, then I turned to Charlie and Liz and said, "Charlie, here, I have a present for you."

Charlie looked at me with surprise, that is, until, I handed her a very recognisable toy of hers. "Theodore?" She looked up at me with tears in her eyes.

I nodded and said, "You mom, dad, and aunt Jen say 'hi' by the way."

Charlie runs towards me and hugs me tightly, and she said, "Thank you, Mike. This means a lot to me."

I placed my hand on her ghostly body, and said, "Yeah, your mom told me. Also," Charlie looked up at me and I said, "You dad has made a change of plans."

Charlie stifled a sniffle, and she asked, "What do you mean, Mike?"

I knelt down to make eye level, and I said, "I noticed how much your dad has changed after he had listened to my recording, and I saw light that has been missing from him, suddenly blossom to life. So, I decided that, he shouldn't throw away his life, to instead, start over. You will hear his voice on final time, once the time has come, but, after that, he, himself can finally move on."

Charlie smiled sadly as she said, "I'm glad. He, of all people deserve this the most."

I nodded, then I turned and saw the ghost kids riding on the backs of the helpers, which brought a smile to my face. Then I turned to my sister and asked, "So, Liz, have you made your decision yet?"

Liz looked towards where the other ghost kids were playing with the living ones, then she sighed and said, "It's not like I have a choice any more. Until now, I didn't realize just how bad dad had messed things up. But, now, now I want to help you, brother."

I smiled, then I stood up and loudly said, "Well, kids!" Everyone looked at me, and I said, "I know how much fun everyone is having, but, it is getting late, and I have to lock up the restaurant tonight."

This caused everyone, ghost and human to groan, which caused me to chuckle, then I said, "Look, we all know that this building won't be standing by the weeks end. That is two days away. And, we have to be wary for when my dad shows up."

Charlie nodded, then she said, "I agree with Mike. You kids deserve some rest. We'll be here tomorrow. You know that."

Everyone nodded, then started heading for the doors, bidding their own versions of good byes and salutations, and whatnot. Then, once the final teen had left the building, I turned to the ones who remained in the building.

The ghosts and monsters, what once were ghost and monsters created by old man William, but now stand before me, as allies, ones who will help me end my damn dad, and everything he did in his life, and burn it to high heavens. Well, if what Henry said is true, more like burn in the gates of hell.

I looked at the robots and smiled softly, then I closed my eyes, and it felt like I fell into a sleep, but I was awake. Then, almost like a dream, the next two days passed with no incident.

No killer clown robot skating through the restaurant, no mess of wires threatening to entangle you into your own death. Yesterday was weird. For one, there was no robot outside in the back, not to mention, I had a bad feeling about tonight.

But, the good news. The kids all got along very well, so, that's a plus. It was the the next day, the night of the burning building, I had already told John and the others that they could go home early, but, before they left, Charlie gave John Theodore, to remember her by.

John looked down at the ghost girl in confusion, as he asked, "Why are you giving me this, Charlie?"

The ghost girl smiled sadly, then she said, "Theodore used to be my favorite toy growing up. But, I don't want him to be destroyed in the blaze, as much as I treasure him, I want you to have him. To remember me by."

John looked down at the toy rabbit, then back at Charlie and he said, "I'll take very good care of him."

Charlie smiled softly, then she gave him a hug and she said, "Thank you." John was surprised by this, but, he eventually returned the hug.

Then, at the night before the fire, all of the kids, human and ghosts, said goodbye to each other, and Jessica said, "I kinda wish that we had gotten to know one another while you were still alive, Charlie."

Charlie gave the energetic girl a kind smile as she said, "And I'm sure that we would have been greatest friends, Jessica." Then, as Marla, Lamar, John, Jessica, Charlie, Gabriel, Fritz, Jeremy, Suzie, and Elizabeth all said their farewells, I locked up the building and headed home, both anxious and relieved that tomorrow was my final day working here.

The next came faster than anyone was expecting, but, everything was in place. All of the ghosts had been collected, I just had to check the back ally one final time, and when I did, I found him, that bastard of an old man. "Hello, father."

Then, after I brought him inside, I begun my checklist, but, that was when dad spoke to me. "Michael, you have done your father proud, young man. You found them, and brought them all together. Now, my children, it is time to receive your gifts. Rise and unleash your terror."

That was when the speakers roared to life, as Henry's voice said, "Connection terminated. I'm sorry to interrupt you, William. If you still even remember who I am. But I'm afraid you've been misinformed. You are not here to receive a gift. Nor, have you been called here by the individual you assume."

As Henry continued taking, I could feel the room starting to warm up. "Although, you have indeed been called. You have all been called here. Into a labyrinth of sounds and smells, misdirection and misfortune."

Then, Charlie, Elizabeth, Gabriel, Suzie, Fritz, and Jeremy all started showing up, possessing the robots that they have been fused with, then, Henry said, "A labyrinth with no exit. A maze with no prize. You don't even realize that you are trapped. Your lust of blood has driven you in endless circles. Chasing the cries of children in some unseen chamber, always seeming so near."

As Charlie removed her puppet body from Lefty, she tackled my father as her father said, "It's somehow out of reach. But, you will never find them. None of you will. This is where your story ends."

Then, as I watched as my father try to fight off the robots that he had turned into monsters, I heard Henry say, "And to you, my brave volunteer, who had been giving this job. Although, there was a way out planned for you, I have a feeling that's not what you want. I have a feeling that you are right where you want to be."

I shook my head, even though I knew that Henry couldn't see me, but I knew that he was aware of my salute.

Then Henry continued. "I am remaining as well. I am nearby."

That was when I saw the walls started to burst into flames as Henry said, "This place will not be remembered and the memory of everything that started this, can finally begin to fade away. As the agony of every tragedy should."

That was when I heard Liz scream, "MICHAEL!"

I turned just in time for my ghostly sister to slam right into me, I looked down at her and asked, "Are you trying to kill me faster than I already am?"

Liz looked like she was about to respond, when Henry's voice echoed from every burning room around. "And to you monsters trapped in the corridors. Be still. And give up your spirits. They don't belong to you."

Then Charlie and the other lost souls found us, with Charlie dragging what remained of my father, still alive, I might add. Then we all heard Henry's voice say, "As for most of you, I believe there is peace and perhaps, warm, waiting for you after the smoke clears."

I looked around at the ghost kids, a small smile on my face, then Henry said, "Although, for one of you, the darkest pit of Hell has opened to swallow you whole. So, don't keep the Devil waiting, old friend."

It was then that the final message was said by Henry. "My daughter, if you can hear me, I knew you would return as well. It's in your nature to protect the innocent. I'm sorry that on that day, the day you were shut out and left to die, no one was there to lift you up in their arms, the way you lifted others into yours."

Charlie looked like she was crying hard now, then Henry said, "And then, what became of you, I should have known, you wouldn't be content to disappear. Not my daughter. I couldn't save you then. So, let me save you now. It's time to rest, for you, and for those you have carried in your arms...This ends. For all of us. End communication."

We all stood, watching this building burn to the ground, with us on the inside. I looked towards the kids, then at my fallen father and looked down at myself, and saw that I was now a spirit, it must have happened without me knowing it. Or I could have been seeing things because of the heat.

Then I turned to the kids and said, "C'mon, kids. Our time is up. We no longer belong to this world."

Suzie looked up at me and she asked, "Do you think we'll be going to Heaven, Mike?"

I smiled lightly as I said, "I don't see why not, Suzie. C'mon. Time for us to move on."

And so, here I am, walking through the burning ruins of another Freddy Fazbear's restaurant, but this time, it worked, like a charm. I then went into my back pocket, and took out my last cigarette, and lit in on the buildings flames, and enjoyed the release that I had felt.

I looked at all these kids. Kids who should have never lost their lives, will now be going to heaven, where we can rest peacefully, once and for all.

***Returning to Luke's POV***

"And so, after years of pain, and suffering, Michael and all of those who have lost their lives to the monster once known as William Afton, were released from their mechanical prisons, and allowed to pass on, into the afterlife, their souls, finally set at ease. While old William Afton, a monster in human flesh, trapped in his own mechanical prison, was now rotting in the deepest pits of the Underworld, where he remains for all of time. The end." I said, finishing up this horrors tale.

I looked up at all my friends, and could see that they were shaking ever so slightly, then I asked, "How's THAT for a scary story?" I asked them with a slight smirk on my face.

Then Tai-Nii whistled and said, "Kuso, Otouto, when you said you weren't gonna hold back, you really meant it."

I nodded, then I said, "Yeah, I did warn you after all." Then, I stood up, off my bed and looked out my window, I saw my reflection in the window. I raised my bandana upwards, so I look in both of my eyes.

My right eye, which shined like emeralds. Then, I glanced over to my left eye, and I brought my hand over it, then I felt a hand touch my shoulder, I looked over and saw that Olette-Hime was the one who had placed the comforting hand on my shoulder, then she spoke, "Are you sure that doesn't hurt, Luke-Kun?"

I smiled softly and said, "Only a little bit. But, it's nothing I can't handle."

She gently smiled, and we both looked out my window, and watched the setting sun, and I stared deeply at my own reflection. Focused solely on my left eye. Which had a large, deep scar running from my left eyebrow down to the bottom of my left eye, which was milky white.

Thechaosmaster: Okay, I'm a few days late with this one, I know that.

Blossom: The above A/N WAS made yesterday, Chaos was just tired.

Chaos: Indeed. Now then, there is something that I wanted to say, while many would say that they're Halloween Chapters are noncannon, this one is Cannon. But, when it happens is for you all to find out.

Blossom: By the way, what was with…

Chaos: The left eye stinger? Well…I won't tell.

Blossom: Ugh! You and your secrets, boss.

Chaos: I'm TheCHAOSmaster, Red, it's kinda what I do.

Blossom: So, this is it, then, huh? After this you're going to be returning to updating the chapters again?

Chaos: Yes. Now then, as you all have seen, I chose Five Nights At Freddy's to be the Halloween chapter's special. I really hope everyone enjoyed it. The reason why it looked so, messy, before was because, as I stated up top, I had been up at almost midnight finishing up this chapter, and wanted it up before All Hallows End, And, the fact that it was up before midnight, pretty cool timing.

Blossom: But, anyways, I think that is all for now, we should probably sign off here.

Chaos: Right, well, please, just, keep waiting for a little while longer. This just took a lot of my time to write, not to mention that I only have, like, three days to actually do long periods of writing, and my short attention span keeps me distracted. Honestly, how I've managed to come this far as an author, I'll never know.

Blossom: Good night, everyone!

CHAOS CONTROL!

Happy Halloween

Thechaosmaster: Okay, I am not going to bother being hopeful right now. All I will say is, here's hoping that this chapter shows up in the morning. If not, well, I'll give it a few days, say, a week, then I will try again. I'll finish up Demyx's boss battle chapter tomorrow, and see if that gets uploaded. Also, if this dose show, I only changed this story to rated M strictly because of the constant use of swears, that is all. No sex sceens, EVER! I really don't want to be a lemon writer, I just don't trust myself to write any kind of good lemons.

Cute romance seens, I can do, anything, sexual? Not so much. Well, good night, here's hoping that I didn't spend the past ten minutes writing all this for nothing. And, once again, thank you ahurtrojo1 for alerting me to this, strange situation.