Mr. Shields made the announcement, at his office, directing towards all the abled employees, except for Yumiko.
"Gentlemen… I know this is sudden, but we're going to be closed, for a couple of days… weeks, maybe… or maybe, forever… So, with that, I'm afraid that I'm going to let everyone go, until the boss at Moon Enterprises sort this out. But he refuses to comment on it. With that in mind, you shall be paid for the week, immediately. And if and when we reopen again, I will call you. Is everyone okay with this?"
They all nodded, as Seb asked, "Uh, sir… What about Yumiko?"
Mr. Shields said, "Well, I'm going to send her a message that says she has to stay home, for this time. As for the plushies she owns, she can keep them, for FREE, as an apology for not talking to her, sooner. Everyone else, pick up your paychecks and leave. This building will officially be under lockdown, effective immediately. And as for the animatronics, forget them. We'll scrap them, when we get the chance. You may go."
Everyone left, as Seb whispered, "Yumiko…"
Mr. Shields went to the phone and delivered a message to Yumiko, via a voicemail. He said, "Hello, Miss Yumiko… I regret to inform you that your job here is finished. After yesterday's accident and near-fatality in our diner by a rogue and unauthorized Sailor Jupiter robot, the diner will be closed down, for a while. So, I wanted to let you know that. OH! And those plushies you have, they're yours. In any case, I have moved you to the day shift, and will find a suitable replacement for your job, until further notice. For now, my apologies for the bad news. You may pick up your paycheck, tomorrow at my home, at this address… … … Okay, then. Hang tight, and I hope you feel better, before we reopen, soon. Goodbye."
He hung up, as a mysterious girl in purple was hiding in the alley. She whispered, "No… … … One more night… and she's ours…"
She disappeared into the alley, hiding in the shadows. Mr. Shields left, as he went to his car, leaving the building. The woman reappeared from inside, and removed the KEEP OUT sign. She let out an evil grin and vanished.
Moments later, the woman appeared in Yukimo's room, in the medical center, as she was still sleeping in her small bed. She held up Yumiko's cellphone and deleted the message from Seb. She whispered, into her ear, "One more night… One more night… One more night…"
She disappeared into thin air, as Yumiko moaned the woman's words, "I have… one more night…. One more night… One… more…"
She stopped, and fell fast asleep.
The following evening, after she was discharged from the medical area, Yumiko arrived at the diner, as she approached the door, sans the KEEP OUT sign. She opened the door and called, "Hello? Mr. Shields? Seb? Anyone?"
She walked inside, as she shut the doors. She walked down the lightly lit hallways, as she saw that all the animatronics are gone. She thought, "Huh? What happened to the robots? Did Mr. Shields scrap them, already?"
She went into the dressing room and changed into her uniform. As she was changing, the mysterious woman in purple whispered, as she hid in the shadows, "Yes… … …Welcome… to your death…"
She cackled, as she approached the broken Sailor Pluto, still hidden in the Prize Counter area. She was still stiff, and she was broken. She held her face and whispered, "Now, Sailor Pluto… Awaken… Make sure she finds you. When she does… Kill her."
Sailor Pluto beeped, as she moved robotically, holding her scepter, "Yes, Master. Pu. Small Lady."
She walked off, heading to the stage. Uranus and Neptune were still in the main hall, broken down and immoveable. The evil lady appeared, as she raised the two Guardian Robots up, in a hypnotic tone. She whispered, "No one must know… Kill her… immediately…"
The robots buzzed in a baritone, as the evil lady disappeared, shrouded in a deep dark shade of purple, hopefully to be seen again, after her next victim. She was the one who reprogrammed the robots. She was the one that knew of their deaths, including Sailors Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. She was simply dubbed… Purple Lady.
June 13th, 1997 – Fifth Night
12:00am
The night began, as Yumiko looked at the cameras. She rewound the music box, as the animatronics were a no-show. She sighed and said, "Okay… Now to find out where the villain is. Sailor Moon, don't let me down."
She prayed, as she regained her courage. She placed the animatronic head onto the table, as she prepared. So far, no arrivals. And no phone call from Phone Girl, since she was at another diner. As she waited, she passed out, bored and sleeping. As she slept, she was back in the 8-bit world. This time, she was in a different scenario.
In an 8-bit night sky, Sailors Uranus and Neptune were flying off in one of their helicopters. But the helicopter was attacked by demonic red beings, attacking the helicopter. It exploded, with Neptune and Uranus caught in it. But it stopped, as Pluto appeared from in the explosion cloud. She held her staff up and made Uranus and Neptune vanish.
"This is a taboo, as the Guardian of Time… I have stopped time… and now…"
It changed to Neptune, in a huge red hallway, being pierced by a barrage of arrows. She kept walking, in pain, as she was being continuously fired at, in a barrage of endless arrows from the walls. She was shot, point blank in the chest by a woman in red, named Eudial. Her back shot out her Deep Aqua Mirror, as she collapses, dead.
After Eudial escaped, Uranus held the huge silver gun towards her heart and shot herself in the chest, revealing her Pure Heart talisman, which was a small sword. It was her talisman, her Space Sword, a white sword with a red, blue, and yellow gem on the blade, and a gold handle. As Uranus dies with Neptune…
Sailor Moon's head moved forward, heading to the 4th wall, roaring in a demonic robotic roar. It went into white noise, as Yumiko suddenly woke up.
She woke up, as it was now 1am, and the phone rang. She answered it and asked, "Hello?"
It was Phone Girl, "Hello? Is this Yumiko? What are you doing here?"
Yumiko replied, "Oh, hi. I got the message from Seb that I have to stay here, and find the perp that messed with th-."
"YOU WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?" Phone Girl screamed, "YOU IDIOT! You're trapped!"
"Huh?"
"Didn't you hear? The entire building is on lockdown."
"Lockdown?!"
"Yeah… Listen… This is because the-. Well, here is the thing… Someone in the back… they used the suits and performed as Sailor Jupiter."
"Yeah, I heard. It was a horrible moment."
"OH, YEAH? The boy would've died, and now this place is closed, maybe forever! And you got the memo from Mr. Shields?"
"Yeah, but it says that I have to go to the diner, immediately. I… I don't know… It almost feels like I wanted to go there…"
"Oh, Jesus… Fine. Look, just finish your shift; it'll be better than leaving, during the middle of the night. You've been through worse shit than before. Just… GRR! Look, lemme explain… You have a birthday party to work, in the day shift, once it reopens. Stay close to the animatronics, make sure they don't get hurt anyone, and… Well, if it reopens, I'll meet with you, and take the night shift. For now, just survive your shift. I'm sorry. This whole place, it's getting jumpy for me. For now, just… just stay alive for me. And if you die, or if anything happens, or if anyone asks, I don't know you. Anyway, I'm going to try and contact the original owner of the old diner, from long ago. I think he's still alive, and knows of the situation, before. The place is called "Sailor Galaxia's Family Diner". That place is closed down, due to problems… or something. But that was like… I don't know, since 1992? Anyway, I'll keep an eye out, hang it out, and please, try not to die. I am worried about this. Goodnight."
She hung up, as Yumiko cried, "WAIT! HELLO? HELLO, HELLO? Come on… Come on, come on!"
She slammed the phone down, as she sobbed, "Darn it! What the heck am I supposed to do now?!"
XXXXX
At 3am, the animatronics finally showed up, all under the influence of the Purple Lady. The faceless Sailor Mercury appeared, moaning with a deep groan, walking by a Sailor Venus, with her teeth within teeth look. Sailor Jupiter appeared from the Animatronics Room, beeping incoherently, still with a stain of blood from her mouth. Sailor Mars returned from the 3rd Party Room, laughing evilly. Sailors Uranus and Neptune were guarding the door to the exit, as Sailor Pluto freed Sailor Chibi-Moon from the box. Yumiko witnessed it, as she sobbed, "Oh, no… It's happening… Help me, Sailor Moon… Tuxedo Mask…"
They were all headed to the office, at the same time. Uranus and Neptune remained in the exit, as Sailors Venus and Mercury crawled in. Sailor Saturn, however, was in the Game Room, while Sailor Mangle was crawling to the hallways, from Sailor Kids' Cove. Yumiko put the head back on, as she flashed the lights at Mercury and Venus. They crawled away, as Mars appeared. She asked, "Hello, fellow ani-ani-nima-tronnnic."
Yumiko waved, "Uh, hello, Mar-ar-ar-ars."
She mimicked, "Let's eat… L-L-L-L-L-L-Let's eat."
Mars giggled, "Oh, wow. You're so an animatronic. I want to have – you liar – fun with you-you."
She approached her and said, "May I?"
Yumiko held the three plushies, as Sailor Pluto appeared, speaking in a loop, "Pu. Small Lady. Pu. Pu. Pu. Small Lady."
She walked in a robotic state, as Mars turned to her. She smiled, "This animatronic is nice. Pl-pl-pl-pl-please leave her – to her doom – alone."
Yumiko then heard the voices. She whispered, "What did you say?"
She knew what was going on. The voices were actually those of the spirits that the Sailor Guardians that were killed, from long ago. Pluto beeped, "Pu. Pu. Pu. If you find, the Messiah… you will die…"
She went closer, as Mars held her back. She beeped, "Error. Error. Errrorrrrorrrorrrorr… Pluto Animatronic malfunctioning."
Pluto beeped, "Pu. Pu. Pu. Sma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-! BZZT! Kill her…"
Yumiko ran for it, as Mars called out, "RUN! She's gonna kill you!"
Mars held her back, as Pluto suddenly started to short out. "Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu. Pu-Pu-Pu-Pu-Pu-Pu-Pu-Pu-Pu-Pu-! BZZZT! Puuuuuuuuuuuu…"
She bent down, as Mars clasped her tightly. She started to smoke, as Mars held her by the waist, while Pluto was dying down. Mars whispered, "Sailor Moon… … … …Please… save us… before…"
Her eyes started to go black, as Mars beeped, in her final words, "Mars… Power… maaaaaaaaaaa-…"
She powered down and stopped moving. She and Pluto no longer moved, after what the Sailor Mars Robot did. Meanwhile, Sailor Venus appeared, shrieking at Yumiko. She gasped, as Venus tilted her head to the side. She asked, "What is wrong?"
Yumiko sobbed, "Oh, thank goodness… Sailor Venus…"
Venus spoke, "Die… now…"
Yumiko said, "You've got to help me… Sailor Guardians tried to kill me, but Sailor Mars protected me, from a death…"
Venus asked, "Where is she?"
Uranus appeared, as she was buzzing in a baritone, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…"
Venus turned around, as Uranus spoke, "Venus… … … Kill her…"
Venus turned to Yumiko and said, "I am sorry… my friend… This is… goooooodbye."
She held her hand out and turned to Uranus. She beeped, "Please step back. Pyrotechnics activated…"
Yumiko ran out of the way, as Venus flashed from her arm. Both Venus and Uranus were in place, as Venus beeped, "Venu-nu-nu-nu-nus! Crescennnnnnnt B-B-B-B-B-B-BEAM!"
BLAST!
She blasted a huge Crescent beam from her hands and arms, as the explosion caused both animatronics to be destroyed. Both Uranus and Venus fell to pieces, as Venus's head rolled to Yumiko. She giggled, as she beeped, "Hello… friendly endoskeleton…"
Yumiko sobbed, "No, I am no-."
Venus spoke in her final words, "You know… I am so beautiful… I could be arrested… ha, ha, ha, ha, hahahahahaha-. BZZZT! OH, GOLLY!"
She died down, spewing smoke from her mouth, as Uranus's head and body were completely demolished. Yumiko sobbed, as she was in the corner, "I am so fired…"
Sailor Mangle crawled up, as she made noises. She spotted the girl, until Sailor Jupiter appeared, confronting her evil twin. She said, "ARR, YE BILGE RAT! No one hurts that friendly animatronic, but me… but if it's a fight to the death, me hearty… have at ye!"
Sailor Mangle dove at Jupiter, as she roared in a demonic cry. Mangle clamped all over her, as Jupiter ran around the hallways. Yumiko made a dash for it, as she removed the Sailor Moon Head. She threw it on the floor and cried, "I DON'T LIKE THIS! I have to end this… But every animatronic is fighting with themselves…"
She returned to the office, as Jupiter and Mangle began to claw at each other, through the party rooms.
XXXXX
At the office, Sailor Neptune was there, as Yumiko gasped in horror. Neptune giggled, as she held her mirror. She spoke, "Nice to meet you… Human… Wel-wel-welcome to Sailor Moon's Pizzeria. I'm Sailor Neptune… Are you having a fun time?"
Yumiko sobbed, as she dropped to her knees, in fear. Neptune stood up, as she stared her down. She spoke, "…a lone endoskeleton… missing its costume. All Sailor Moon Pizzeria employees are authorized to wear a costume, in hopes to not scare the children. Poor you, little endoskeleton… so pretty and mild…"
Yumiko sobbed, "Oh, I'm not a-."
Neptune held her face and whispered, "I'm sorry… It's our policy… You're mine."
She kissed her on the lips and said, "Well, let's get you fitted into a costume… Time to die…"
She held her arms and started to glow her eyes in a blackish aura. Yumiko was hypnotized, as Mercury arrived, about to meet with Neptune. Mercury, faceless and all, beeped, "YOU! DO NOT HURT THAT DEAR CHI-HI-HI-HI-HI-HI-HILD! Hurry!"
Neptune spoke, "We have her. Ki-ki-ki-ki-kill her… now…"
The faceless Mercury saw Mars and Pluto, together, broken and dead, as she jumped to the conclusion… Neptune killed them. She beeped, "YOU!"
She pushed Yumiko off, as Mercury beeped, "Error! You are flawed, Sailor Neptune. You must be repaired, at on-at on-at once."
She crossed her arms and spoke, "Mercury Bubbles!"
She threw her arms out and cried, "SPRAY!"
A white mist and smoke appeared, as Neptune was caught in a smokescreen. She beeped, "Error… Must engage sight… Intruder detected… Haruka… Help me… Haruk-Haru-Haru-Haru-. NZZZZT! N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-."
The mist was shorting her servos out, as most of her skin was a bit exposed. She beeped, as she tilted backwards. She beeped, "Daisy… Daisy… give me your anssssssssrrrrrrrr, toooooooooooo…"
Neptune stopped working, as Mercury beeped, "Girl… Wake up… You are hurt…"
She approached Yumiko, as she saw her injured shoulder. She whispered, "She is human… Analysis: she is human; not an endoskeleton… She requires first aid…"
She was about to wake her up, but Sailor Saturn appeared.
STAB!
Mercury shorted out, as Uranus's Space Sword was impaled into her spine. Mercury buzzed, as she was beeping, "No. Oh. Nonononononononononono-. BZZT! System mal… function… Unresponding… Sailor Merrrrrcurrrry… Powering… dooooooooooooooo-."
She collapsed, as her eyes went black. Saturn beeped, as she remained in place, holding a red balloon.
"Wakey-wakey. Red balloon. Your balloon of death… Red? Want a good balloon? Here's a nice one… Red balloooooooooon… Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh… heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh…"
She stopped laughing, as she powered down, remaining in place, holding the red balloon.
POP!
It popped, as Yumiko woke up. It was now 5am. She looked around, and saw the office, in shambles, with all the Guardians in the office, broken down. She saw Mars and Pluto, still holding each other. Neptune was standing, bent backwards, motionless, with her arms flailing. Mercury was facedown, with the Space Sword planted in her animatronic spine. Sailor Saturn remained in place, with the popped red balloon in her hands. She stood up, as Yumiko whispered, moaned in pain. She walked to the chair, as she placed her hands down. She held the Sailor Chibi-Moon plushie, and then said, "Well… Chibi-Moon… Let's go home…"
She held it tight, as Pop Goes the Weasel played. Yumiko gasped, "Huh? But… aren't all the animatronics broken? Mr. Shields isn't going to like this…"
She clutched the plushie and said, "Whoever you are… come and get me!"
The music ended, and Sailor Chibi-Moon leaped out from the huge door, and lunged at her. She landed in front of her, as she clasped onto her torso. She held it tightly, as she beeped, "Play with me… Play with me…"
She spoke in a loop, as Yumiko tried to break free. She was clasped on, tight, with her eyes closing. She whispered to herself, knowing that this could be the end. The sun was rising, as it was almost 6am. Chibi-Moon was locked on tight, as Yumiko started to pass out, during Chibi-Moon's entranced loops of "Play with me". Yumiko moaned, repeatedly, as she was losing consciousness, with her eyes going blurry.
"I have to make it… Let me go… No… I don't want to die… Not like this… Help me… Chibi-Moon… Sailor Moon… Tuxedo Mask… Save me… Help me… I'm… No… I'm… help… no… save me… save me… no… I can't breathe… no… save… me… save… me… I… I… … … I… … … … …"
She closed her eyes and passed out. But…
"Pu… Oh… no…"
Chibi-Moon let go of her, as it was now 6am. Yumiko collapsed on the floor, out of breath and out of energy. She remained motionless, for hours on end.
That afternoon, at Noon, Seb arrived at the building, as he heard that Yumiko was actually at the building, last night. He growled, as he cried, "OPEN THOSE DOORS! SOMEONE IS IN THERE!"
The doors opened, as he went inside. He looked around the building, and then found Sailor Mangle on the floor, in pieces, right by the Sailor Jupiter animatronic, with her face ripped apart and her body contorted. He rushed to the office and found a soiree of animatronic dolls, all around, in a mess. Neptune was shorted out, covered in mist, the faceless Mercury was faced down, with Uranus's space Sword impaled in her back, Mars and Pluto were by each other, shorted out and immovable, and Saturn holding her red balloon, which popped. He found Chibi-Moon in the floor, by an unconscious Yumiko. He held her and cried, "YUMIKO! Please… Wake up… Wake up! Damn it, please!"
Yumiko started to move, as she was coughing loudly. She opened her eyes and gasped. She sobbed, as she hugged him. He said to her, "Were you in here, this whole time?"
She sobbed, "Yes."
"Didn't you get the memo? The place is closed down."
"I kinda knew that…"
"Did you find out who did it?"
"NO… I couldn't tell. These animatronics suddenly ripped each other to pieces…"
"I can see that. Man… I do believe that they wanted to kill you."
He helped her up and said, "Mr. Shields will hear about this, when we meet with him. I'll take you home."
He picked up her plushies and said, "Here. Hold on to these…"
Yumiko held her plushies, as she wept, "Thank you. It's horrible… It's like they all wanted to do is kill me…"
Seb smiled, "Don't worry. I'm going to take you home. And I'll try to prevent this travesty from going to the public. This will be our little secret…"
He and the injured Yumiko left the closed diner, as he took her home. Meanwhile, the Purple Lady, cloaked in the shadows, growled in anger, "CURSES!"
She vanished from existence, if and when another guard takes the night shift again…
Following that horrific scene, after Yumiko survived the week, a newspaper article was made, the very next day:
"After a few weeks of opening, Sailor Moon's Pizzeria will be closed, until further notice. All the animatronics available will be scrapped, and replaced with newer versions. However, relics of the original animatronics will be saved for a possible reopening, if and when the diner opens again.
Darien Shields, owner and manager of the Sailor Moon Pizzeria, could not be reached for comments; likewise the CEO of Moon Enterprises, who states calmly that it was a minor glitch in the robots' OS drives.
As of this moment, an investigation is going on, concerning the mess in Tokyo's branch of the pizzeria, as they will remain closed, until further notice."
For all the employees, they knew that it was merely a malfunction in the robot guardians' systems. What they didn't know was the truth behind their movements at night.
As for Yumiko, she never got the call from Darien Shields, except recently. She was given her paycheck, and a warning to never enter the pizza place, again, unsupervised or without any warning. She didn't return to work, since she chose to stay at her job; or for that matter, the pizzeria never reopened, since then. For the time being, she held her plushies of Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi-Moon, and Tuxedo Mask on the shelf, next to plushies of Sailors Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Some of the money she used from her paycheck was to get her the plushies of ALL the Sailor Guardians. She was very happy. She was dressed in a white summer uniform, with her right shoulder bandaged up, after being bitten, days ago. She whispered to her, admiring her collection, "It was a horrifying experience… but it's worth it. Chibi-Moon… I love you. Thanks for being with me, those past five nights."
She left her room, and then turned out the lights. She let out a giggle, leaving her dolls in the shelf, happily and peaceful.
As she left, the room was dark. And from in the dolls, one doll was glowing in her eyes. It was the Chibi-Moon plushie. She then whispered, in a haunting tone…
"You think… it is over… It is not… You'll be back… ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha…"
The voice faded away, as it was the voice of Purple Lady.
Eventually, the pizzeria reopened, years later. Of course, that is another story, for another time. For now, this is where we'll end our story.
Thanks for reading!
Miz-K Note: While this serves as the real ending to "Five Nights at Usagi's 2", there are three alternate endings to this story that didn't make the cut. Please PM to me, if you'd like a sample. The alternate endings will be available, after release.
