A FNAF Reality
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Chapter 6: Survive
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The hours gradually passed till it became really late in the evening. Eddie yawned before resting his head on his folded arms on the bright tablecloth. Shy had run off to the bathroom. Thankfully the line to the bathroom was short. Before, the line to the girls room snaked down almost to the back of the pizzeria.
I had finally finished my ice cream and had settled down. Eddie looked up at me through his thick, dark bangs. "You ok, hon?" he asked. I nodded my head. "Yeah," I answered. Eddie was quiet for a second before rubbing the back of his head. "I'm sorry about that...I didn't know they would do that."
I stared back at him. His dark eyes were filled with worry. He looked like he was afraid I was going to be angry with him. Yes, I didn't like that he just decided to tell the lady that it was my birthday, but he just wanted to get some free ice cream. I couldn't be angry at that. I bet I would have done the same thing.
I touched his hand and gave him a smile. "It's ok, dear, you don't need to be sorry," I told him. He stared back at me before giving me a small smile back. "Thank you," he said. I nodded. "Besides, you didn't know, I didn't know. It happens," I told him, smiling, then tapped his nose with my index finger. He smirked before resting his hand on top of mine.
I pulled out my phone to look at the time. It was almost eleven. I had almost forgot that I didn't call my parents to tell them that we were staying a little longer at the pizzeria. I began dialing the house phone. When I did, there was no dial tone. I frowned and tried again. Nothing. "That's weird I muttered to myself as I tried again. Eddie turned his head over to me. "What's wrong?" he asked me. I showed him my phone.
"I am trying to call my parents to tell them that we are staying longer here...but I think my phone is broken," I told him. Eddie gave me a look before pulling his arm out to me. "Let me see," he said. I gave him my phone. He looked down at it for a second before handing it back to me. "There's no service in here..." he pointed out. I accepted my phone back and looked down at it. Sure enough, there was a little X on the top.
"I'll try going outside and calling them," I said. Eddie gave me a worried look. "You want me to come with you?" he asked. I shook my head. "I'll be fine, I'll just be outside the door." Eddie hesitated before nodding. "Allright, just be careful. I don't want you to get attacked by a hobo or something," he joked, but I could hear in his voice that he was concerned. I smiled and gave him a kiss on his cheek. "Ill be ok, Eds, I promise." Eddie nodded and squeezed my hand. After that, he let go and I walked towards the exit with my phone.
Right when I pushed the door open, the cold air hit me in the face and went right through my sweater. I shivered and wrapped my arms around myself. A light flickered above me. Multiple white moths fluttered around the bright new light, drinking in its beauty. There was no trash or dead bugs anywhere. The pizzeria was so brand new in the strange, old place it sat.
Since there was no moon out, everything past the light was pitch black. The black silhouetted trees gently swayed in front of the dark night sky, dotted with silver stars. To my right was the parking lot. The metal from some of the cars gleamed ever so faintly from the light I stood under.
The door closed behind me as I rubbed my gloved hands together and blew into them. Then I fished out my phone from my pocket. The screen illuminated my face as I began to dial my home phone. After I was done dialing, I pressed the green button. I waited for almost ten full seconds when the phone finally decided to ring. I waited for thirty seconds till the phone went to voicemail. I cut the voice recorder off and redialed. Finally my mom picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hi, mom, it's me, Ren," I answered.
My mom gave me an earful about needing to call sooner. I told her I was sorry and told her that there wasn't any service in the pizzeria and that I was standing outside. Then I began telling her what had happened. She was quiet for a moment before answering. "So...what time are you three coming back?" She asked. I shrugged. "I have no idea, they haven't given us the details of the rules for the game. It's basically going to be real life, possibly till the real time, six am. but most likely we wont last long and we will die around two or three in the morning," I told her.
"Two or three in the morning? Are you sure you three will be ok driving home? I can have dad come and pick you up," she offered. I hesitated. "No, we will be fine. I think Eddie will possibly stop by at a Starbucks or something and order a cup of coffee," I said.
"All right. Call me when you are starting to head home ok?" She asked me. "Ok, but it might last till six am," I told her. My mom's voice changed a bit. "Just like from those games right? The Five Nights one?" she asked me. I smiled a small smile. "Yeah. Five Nights at Freddys," I told her.
"All right, well you three have fun, please text or call me..." My mom said some other things, but was interrupted when I heard a strange sound. At first I thought it was from the phone and asked my mom if she was allright. "Yeah, why?" she asked.
"I heard a noise," I said, then I heard it again. This time I knew it wasn't coming from the phone. "Ren?" my mom asked from the phone. I slowly lowered my phone as I turned my head towards the sound. It was coming from around the corner of the pizzeria. I was below the yellow light so it made it difficult for me to see. I squinted my eyes as I tried to see what was making that noise. It sounded like heavy breathing A slow shuffling of footsteps was heard soon after. I took a step back as they began to get louder.
The heavy breathing got louder and more raspy. It sounded very familiar. The footsteps sounded heavy, as if the persons shoes were made of lead. I quickly turned back to the door and tried opening it. It wouldn't budge. I felt my heart skip a beat as I turned back to the sounds. Soon I could make out a dark silhouette. Fear sliced through me as I turned back around and pounded on the door. "Someone! Open the door!" I cried out. The door hurt the sides of my fists. Thankfully the gloves were cushioning them, but I feared they were muffling my knocks. The light made it difficult to see whatever was coming towards me. The raspy moans got louder.
I turned back and pounded my fists against the door as loud as I could. I could feel the creature upon me now. My whole body shook in terror as my legs got ready to run. My head was down and my shoulders were up. The creature's shadow engulfed me. Calculating by the shadow, it was big, and taller than me.
Just as I was ready to bolt, the door opened. I quickly rushed in and slammed the door behind me and pressed my back against it. I inhaled and exhaled rapidly. Eddie appeared before me in shock. "Ren? what happened? I heard you pounding the d-" he started, but he stopped in midsentence when I threw my arms around him and hugged him tightly.
"Ren? Ren!" I heard a different voice say. I blinked and lifted my hand. My mom was still on the phone. Eddie moved away from me and looked down at my phone. I lifted it up to my ear. "I'll call you back, mom. I'm ok...I just...I don't know. I heard something coming towards me..." I looked over to Eddie who was giving me a strange look.
Then he turned and walked over to the door. "No!" I said quickly. I hung up and shoved my phone into my pocket as I grabbed Eddie's shoulder. Eddie opened the door. I half expected the mysterious creature to lunge at Eddie and eat his face off; instead, we were both greeted by the cold night air. I blinked and looked out. Nothing. The light outside was glowing as the white moths flew around the bulb. Nothing. Just the night sky and the silhouetted trees and the parking lot.
I brushed past Eddie to get a better look. Nothing. No creature. It was all dead silent. I didn't hear any moaning sounds.
"How is that possible?" I muttered in shock. It was just here a second ago. It couldn't have moved that fast. Eddie turned to me. "Huh? What are you talking about?" he asked me. I couldn't seem to find my words. I went back to when I went outside and I heard the noises. Did it all really happen? Have I misheard?
"Ren?" asked Eddie. I don't remember what happened next. I guess I started to cry, because once Eddie wrapped one arm around me, he wiped under one of my eyes with his thumb before resting it against my cheek. "Hey...it's ok. Come on...let's go sit down, ok?" he said in a low, soothing voice. I nodded and sniffed as I removed my glasses and wiped my eyes with the back of my purple sleeve.
Eddie kissed my forehead gently before leading me back over to the table we were sitting at before. I sat down and he sat down next to me. Eddie gripped my hand tightly as he rubbed my back; calming me. I gradually began to relax and my breathing slowed to a normal pace. The scene continued to repeat over and over in my mind. I was now beginning to wonder if my fear took over and made me see what wasn't really there. It didn't make any sense.
I jumped when the announcers voice came on over the speakers. "Allright everyone! it's five minutes till closing! All the guests, except for the winners of the contest must leave. Make sure your children are with you and walk towards the exit. Please do not run to the exit. Watch your children, and thank you for coming to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza!"
Since it was already late, there weren't a lot of little kids around. The youngest one at the pizzeria was I think Alfredo's younger brother. He looked like he was eight or nine. I looked over to Alfredo and his siblings. They were talking amongst themselves. Stephanie and her friend were over on the other side of the room, talking to each other as well, while eating some pizza.
Gradually everyone who didn't win began to slowly shuffle out the door, taking their last minute pictures with the animatronics that stood on the stage with their blank, lifeless expressions on their faces. Finally, it was just the eight of us, and the employees. I looked over to Macx who was talking to Heather. They were the only two employees at the moment. I did see other employees, but they weren't anywhere in the pizzeria. Macx was talking to Heather, then Heather went into another room, possibly to talk to the announcer or a manager.
Stephanie and her friend looked over to us. Eddie and I watched as the remaining teens all gradually walked over to our table and sat down, filling in each seat. Shy came back and stopped in her tracks when she saw that everyone had left. Eddie pulled out an empty seat for her next to him. Shy silently came over and sat down.
"Should we introduce ourselves or...?" offered Stephanie. Everyone at the table exchanged glances, then gradually nodded. "Yeah, I think we should; just to break the awkwardness," Alfredo's older sister said. Stephanie nodded. "Ok, I'll start...My name is Stephanie," Stephanie said, pointing to herself. Stephanie's friend went next. "My name is Shaina,"
"My name is Alfredo," Alfredo said, then he turned to look over to his older sister.
"My name is Janet, and this is Jose," Janet said, also introducing her and Alfredo's younger brother.
"My name is Shy," Shy said.
"Eddie," Eddie said.
"Erm...My name is Ren," I said in a quiet voice.
Stephanie smiled and pointed at my sweater. "Cute Bonnie sweater," Stephanie said. I smiled a small smile. "Thank you," I responded. Eddie smiled as well and lifted the hood over my head. "It's also got ears!" he explained. Alfredo and his siblings laughed. I blushed from under the hood before pushing it off. Shaina giggled. "That's so cool! I wish I got a FNAF sweater, or at least a Foxy sweater, Foxy is my favorite."
Stephanie nodded. "I like Foxy too, as well as Bonnie." Alfredo pointed to his Foxy shirt. "Foxy fan!" he said. Jose silently nodded. "I like Foxy too," he said. Eddie smirked and said something funny, making everyone laugh. After everyone settled down, we continued talking about the animatronics.
Janet shrugged. "I'm not much into the animal robots. I truthfully don't know anything about them," Shy nodded in agreement. "Yeah... I do like the lore though," she added. Everyone nodded. Pretty soon we were talking about our favorite FNAF theories or what we assumed went on in the game. Janet, Eddie and Shy went quiet since they didn't really play the game, and didn't really know a lot about the theories. Jose was quiet too, mostly because he was very shy. I could tell he wanted to say something about the game, but didn't know a lot about the theories. He looked like he just played the game.
I opened up a little more as I talked about everything I heard from all the game theorists I watched on Youtube. As I spoke, I felt really nerdy knowing all this random information that wasn't really that helpful, but it felt nice to know things others didn't really know. I felt more included. Gradually, my fears left me as well as the thought of the possible imaginary creature outside the pizzeria.
Just then, the announcer came back on and told us to head down to the back. Jose got excited and quickly got out of his seat. "Don't leave without us, Jose," Janet said as she got out of her seat and grabbed his hand before he could dash off. We all got up from our chairs and began to walk towards the security room. My heart began to pound loudly in my chest. Eddie held my hand and squeezed it gently. I squeezed back and smiled softly to him. He smiled back. He could tell that I was excited. Shy yawned next to me and rubbed her eyes. Its been a while since she was able to stay up late. Shy was still going to school. Thankfully it was a Saturday, so it didn't matter.
We all walked at our own pace towards the back of the pizzeria towards the security room. Macx stood in the middle of the room. He smiled at us as he pointed to three swivel chairs that now sat in front of the table of small tvs. "Hello everyone, would the three winners please sit down. Stephanie sat down in the middle, Alfredo sat down at the swivel chair to the left of the room, near the west hallway, and I sat on the right of the security room, near the east hallway. Alonzo's siblings stood behind his chair, Shaina stood behind Stephanie's chair, while Eddie and Shy stood behind my chair.
Macx clapped his hands together. "Allright. You guys ready to Survive the Night?" He asked us. I gave off half a cheer; while Stephanie and Alfredo cheered loudly, as well as Jose, Shaina and Eddie behind us. Macx smirked. "All right, I know the announcer guy has already briefly gone over the rules of the game, but I am going to repeat them anyway in case anyone forgot. The rules are simple. Basically it's the same as the games: You can't leave the room. The buttons to the right and the left open and close the doors, as well as turn on and off the lights. That little tablet right there tells you how much power you have left, as well as the time." He pointed to the small rectangle tablet on the table in front of Stephanie.
Macx took a deep breath before continuing. "You have to stay inside this room and "survive the night" or "die." If any of you get scared and want to leave, just yell "Pizza," and one of us will come and get you." Macx pointed to a small rack right next to Alfredo's head. "And if you want, you can wear your very own security night guard outfit...but it looks like one of us already got stuffed," Macx joked as he pointed to me. I smiled a small smile as my cheeks got really warm. Everyone in the room laughed.
After everyone settled down, Macx clapped his hands together. "Allright, are there any questions?" he asked. Alfredo raised his right hand halfway up into the air. Macx looked down at Alfredo and pointed to him. "Yes?"
"Does it start to get harder as the night progresses?" he asked. Macx smiled. and nodded. "Yes, it does. It will be easy during the first hour, but once the night goes on, the animatronics will start becoming more active." Eddie raised his hand up close to his chest. Macx pointed to him.
"Are the animatronics really going to move or is it just you guys dressed up in Freddy costumes?" he asked. Macx simply grinned. "Now I can't tell you that. It would ruin all the fun," he said. Stephanie, Alonzo, Janet, Shaina and Shy chuckled softly. Macx smiled and then asked if we had any other questions. No one raised their hands. With that, Macx clapped his hands again. "Allright! I wish you all the best of luck! And don't forget to watch the cameras." With that, he left through the opening and walked down the hallway. His footsteps grew fainter till we couldn't hear them anymore.
Jose walked towards the racks and pulled off a dark purple security night guard hat and placed it on his head. Janet smiled and took a picture of him with it on. I pulled out my phone and checked the time. It was already midnight.
Suddenly the lights in the hallway went dark, and the lights in the security room suddenly grew dim. Shaina giggled nervously. My heart pounded heavily inside me. I jumped a bit when I felt hands touch my shoulders. I looked up and saw Eddie smiling down at me. "Don't worry, its only me he said. I turned away when I heard a strange sound. Jose had pushed one of the buttons, causing the door to close, then pushed it again to go back up.
Alfredo hissed at his younger brother. "Don't do that, Jose! We are going to lose power if we do that!" Shaina snickered as she went over to the left and pushed the button that turned on the light. It lit up the hallway. "Oh my gosh! This is so cool! I feel like we are actually right here in the game!" she squealed in excitement. I smiled and silently nodded in agreement. Shaina was right, this was so thrilling and still mind blowing. It still was amazing how well they copied the look of the pizzeria just like the from the games, as well as the doors of the security room and even the fan-
Rrrrriiiiiinnnnnnnggggg!
We all jumped from the sound of an old telephone ringing. Eddie cursed. Shaina had yelped and had placed her hands over her mouth. Janet exchanged glances with Jose. Blood rushed in my ears as my whole body tensed up. Alfredo grinned excitedly. "Holy shit it's the Phone Guy!" he said pointing to the red phone on the table.
Rrrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnggggg!
"Should I answer it?" Alfredo asked, making a goofy grin at all of us.
Rrrrrriiiiiinng-click click..."Uh Hello? Hello Hello?" started the voice. Alfredo, Shaina, Stephanie, Jose and I all began making nerdy, excited noises and waving our arms in the air. Eddie, Janet and Shy couldn't help but to laugh at us acting like a bunch of hyperactive fan-girls. I could tell that Eddie and Shy were never going to let me forget it.
"Uh I wanted to leave a message for you...to help you get settled in on your first night. Uh, I actually worked in that office before you...I'm finishing up my last week now as a matter of fact..." the Phone Guy's voice went on. I mouthed out exactly everything that he was saying. I noticed Stephanie doing the same thing. Soon, me and Stephanie were both saying the Phone Guy's lines out loud; knowing it all word for word by heart. Janet shushed us. Stephanie and I finally stopped, but we couldn't help but to laugh.
The Phone Guy continued his little speech about the pizzeria and the animatronics tending to "wander a bit," and how we are seen as endoskeletons to them and that we will be "forcefully stuffed inside a Freddy Fazbear suit." Janet made a disgusted face. "What the heck kind of a game is this? this is disgusting," she pointed out, talking over the Phone Guy. Alfredo turned to his sister. "It's part of the story. The animatronics are possessed by these kids who were killed by this Purple guy who worked at the pizzeria and lured kids to the back room wearing one of the costumes."
Janet wrinkled her nose. "And you all find this exciting?" she asked. Me, Stephanie, and Alfredo exchanged glances before turning to her and nodding our heads. "Yeah, we like the theories and the lore. Weren't you listening when we were sitting down?" Alfredo asked his sister. Janet shrugged. "Not really. I got bored when you started talking."
Alfredo frowned while his siblings laughed at him.
Finally, the Phone Guy stopped talking. The only sounds that filled the room were the strange buzzing sound and the whirring of the fan. Stephanie kept her eyes on the small tvs. "No movement so far. Hey, do you guys want to work as a team? I watch the cameras, and if I see the animatronics come close to the doors, you two can close the doors on them?" Stephanie asked. I smiled and nodded my head. "Yeah! I'm sure we'll survive longer that way." Alfredo grinned. "Sounds good to me."
Jose crossed his arms across his chest. "I want to help," he said. Alfredo gave his younger brother a look. "You are too young," he said. Jose's mouth dropped open. "I am not! I have played Five Nights at Freddy's before!" he complained. Alfredo snorted. "You can't even get past night four," he pointed out.
Jose was about to say something else, but Stephanie quickly intervened and gave the young boy the tablet . "Here, you can help us by telling us how much power we have left," she said, giving him a smile. Jose looked down at the tablet in his hands and silently moved closer to his older sister as he stared down at it.
Alfredo sighed and nodded a silent thanks to Stephanie.
The minutes passed by as we all stood or sat in the security room. Stephanie watched the cameras while me and Alfredo sat looking out the doorways into the dark hallways, keeping our ears sharp and alert for any sounds. Occasionally that strange carousel music would come on the speakers, and we discovered, thanks to Shaina's curiosity, that we could poke Freddy's nose on the poster to make it make that cute "Boop" noise. We helped pick Jose up so he could poke the nose too.
Alfredo found a pencil and attempted to poke the tip throught the fan to stop the blades, but thankfully his sister stopped him. Alfredo argued against his sister. "What? I'm just trying to help us conserve power. This stupid fan doesn't need to drain our power all the time," he pointed out. Janet still didn't care and took the pencil from him.
Soon it was one in the morning and still, nothing was happening.
Shy and Eddie sat down behind my chair. Jose started to nod off. Janet yawned as she looked over Stephanie's shoulders at the little tvs. Have the animatronics moved yet?" she asked. Stephanie slowly shook her head. "No. I even checked around the employees only room. I haven't seen anyone come in or out of it."
Alfredo sighed and cracked his back. "Ugh. When are they going to move?" Shaina shrugged. "Maybe the employees are having a hard time getting into their costumes?" she guessed. Shy looked up from where she sat. "I'm sure they would have told us that they were having some form of difficulty," she pointed out. Eddie shrugged. "Or they were trying to make it more suspenseful," he offered.
Shaina sighed, "Well, they had their chance a half hour ago. My excitement has left me," she said. Alfredo and Stephanie sighed and nodded their heads. She was right. The suspense was gone. What was taking the employees so long? Usually by now Bonnie would already be in the dining area amongst the tables with the party hats.
Suddenly we heard a scream. We al jumped. Jose jumped and woke up. "What was that?" he asked, getting to his feet. "I don't know. Check the cameras," Shaina said. Eddie and Shy got up off the ground as well as we all huddled around the small tvs and peered at the cameras. In the little black and white tvs, we saw a man staggering through the dining room, holding his stomach as he kept looking over his houlder, and kept running towards us. Alfredo got nervous and quickly pressed the buttononce he saw that the man was running down the west hallway.
"What are you doing?" Janet asked.
"The guy is running to where we are," he pointed out.
"So? He doesn't look like he's the threat," Janet said.
"Also, this isn't like in the games," Stephanie explained.
We all stopped talking when we heard the man's breathing and his running footsteps get louder. I felt Eddie move close to me. I reached over for his hand that was resting on my shoulder and held it. The man's face appeared in the small window. It was Macx. He was breathing heavily and looked really scared. His face was covered in blood. "Help me! Let me in!" he screamed, staring at us with his eyes opened wide in sheer terror.
Alfredo hesitated. Janet glared at her brother. "Let him in! He's in trouble!" she shouted. The rest of us stared at Alfredo as he looked over to us. He was as confused and concerned as we were. Was this all an act? or was it really happening? It wasn't part of the games.
Macx pounded on the window, his fists leaving red blood prints. "Please! Let me in! He's after me! This isn't a joke!" Macx pleaded. Suddenly, before anyone could react, Macx turned his head back down towards the hallway. He held his breath as he lifted up a flashlight. He screamed. "No! No! stay away from me!" Macx screamed. Suddenly something flashed by Macx's head, causing Macx to go quiet. His bloody hand smacked against the wall, then slid across it. We all heard his body fall to the ground with a loud thud. Janet and Shaina gasped in horror. I felt the blood drain from my face. Eddie's grip tightened on my shoulder. We all stayed quiet inside the room. Listening for any other sounds.
A strange noise was soon heard after. The sound of something sliding across the floor. Macx's body most likely, but who was pulling it? Something told me to go look and see, but at the same time another voice was telling me to get out of the pizzeria and get as far away as possible.
Soon, the sound was gone, and the only sounds were heard were the buzzing sound and the whirring of the fan.
Janet and Shaina were both breathing heavily. Stephanie and Alfredo were both looking at the cameras to see if they could spot Macx and the other person. Unfortunately, the cameras had blacked out around the security room. Jose hugged Janet tightly around the waist. "P-Pizza!" he cried out as tears came down his face.
Eddie and Shy stayed close to me. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw my sister trembling. Eddie held me close as he also checked the cameras, but nothing was showing up. None of us spoke, but even without exchanging glances, we all knew that what we just saw was no act.
