I never said I wouldn't have this up...I just said don't get your hopes up. Luckily, I had a bunch of this chapter typed up for you all, all I needed was the bits in between. So in this chapter comes the plot to kill poor Jeremy...but the Toys and spirits have other ideas, and the Marionette is not going to like it!
I own absolutely nothing except for the few OCs in here (the parents).
"Bold" is the Animatronics speech
"Normal" is human speech
"Italic" is memory/thought/phone call
Animatronic Names
Chichi-Toy Chica
Bon-Bon/Bon-Toy Bonnie
Vixen-Mangle (She'll get called that later on...)
Fred-Toy Freddy
*The others are as they should be i.e Bonnie=Old Bonnie*
Chapter 10
Another uneventful day passed by, Freddy still could not remember his name, despite knowing Amanda's, Sara's and his parents'. The three other spirits were getting ready for another night of exploring.
"This ought to be fun," Amanda smiled, "I get to meet that guard that you and Sam kept talking about…well, more you, Robby,"
"It's almost midnight in the first place…so you can pester Sam all you want," Robby grinned, before throwing a sadder look at Freddy, who was settling down for sleep, "I just wish that all of us could go out,"
"Don't worry about me," Freddy dismissed, "You three have fun. Who knows, maybe I'll join you tonight?"
"Just like I did last night," Amanda nodded, "I hope you remember big brother,"
"Same here,"
Suddenly, Sam got up, his joints creaking as he started towards the other three. The three other spirits turned towards their currently blind and mute friend.
"What's wrong?" Amanda asked.
Sam tapped his wrist like he had a watch on and then shook his head. Robby frowned as he started outside of the room, poking his head out of the Parts and Services room and looked at the clock right outside it.
Midnight.
Robby looked down at himself in confusion.
"This can't be right," he whispered, walking back into the room.
"Everything ok?" Amanda asked.
"It's midnight," Robby sighed, "And we're still like this,"
"What does that mean?" came a new voice.
The four spirits looked back towards the door, just to see Mangle clinging from the ceiling. The fox climbed down from her perch and came towards them.
"Don't worry about it," Robby dismissed, "What is goin' on?"
Mangle looked at him, slightly scared.
"I came t' warn ye, tha Marionette…'e's gone mad…'e wants us t'…" she bowed her head, whining slightly, "'e wants us t' kill Jeremy,"
"What? Why?" Freddy asked, "And why do you have to do what it tells you?"
"We…we can't help it lad," she whispered, "'e takes our wills…makes us do horrible things. But ye four…ye four migh' be able t' stop 'im,"
"We can try t' stop it," Robby reasoned, "But we need all o' ye t' help us,"
"We'll do wha' we can," Mangle nodded, "The Marionette has t' be stopped,"
"Hello? Hello?"
Jeremy rolled his eyes once again. Just a few more nights and then he would be outta there.
"Uh, hey there, night four! I told you you'd get the hang of it!"
"Haven't died yet, have I?" Jeremy muttered.
"Ok, so uh, just to update you, uh, there's been somewhat of an, uh, investigation going on. Uh, we may end up having to close for a few days... I don't know,"
"Gee, wonder why? Couldn't possibly be because this place is haunted!?"
He'd gotten a big scare earlier that afternoon. He'd managed to track down his old teacher, Mr. Wyatt and asked if Sam had gotten home safely…seeing as both he and that Robby kid had disappeared from the room. To his shock…the old teacher shook his head, telling Jeremy that Sam had died a month ago. They never found his body. So, all in all, Jeremy had been talking to a ghost.
"I want to emphasize though that it's really just a precaution. Uh, Fazbear Entertainment denies any wrongdoing. These things happen sometimes,"
"SOMETIMES!?" Jeremy sputtered.
"Um... It'll all get sorted out in a few days. Just keep an eye on things and I'll keep you posted. Uh, just as a side note though, try to avoid eye contact with any of the animatronics tonight if you can. Someone may have tampered with their facial recognition systems - we're not sure. But the characters have been acting very unusual, almost aggressive towards the staff. They interact with the kids just fine, but when they encounter an adult, they just...stare,"
"Well…as if attacking me isn't scary enough…"
"Uh...Anyways, hang tight. It'll all pass. Good night!"
"Good night!?" Jeremy screeched, "Good God, man! How are you so calm about this!?"
He sighed, grabbing his flashlight…and to his terror, saw both Foxy and that Mangle character in the hallway.
"GO AWAY!" he yelled, "I DON'T WANT YOU HERE!"
He was so occupied with the two foxes…that he didn't noticed the music box had quit…and a tall, thin figure began to climb out of its box.
"GO AWAY!" Jeremy yelled, "I DON'T WANT YOU HERE!"
One of Mangle's eyes flicked towards Robby, unimpressed. Robby didn't pay any attention to her. He was more focused on what he was hearing.
Robby's ears flicked forwards, looking at the dark hallway behind him. Jeremy was in front of him, shining his flashlight at him. It hurt Robby's eyes, but the sound that he could hear worried him more. He remembered the children's song…what was it…oh…oh!
"All around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel, the monkey thought t'was all in good fun…Pop! Goes the weasel!"
Robby saw something moving towards the hall, something with a white face…
"Oh God, it's the Marionette," he panicked, "The others won't hurt Jeremy…but the Marionette can change that real quick. I…I can't let him hurt Jeremy!"
"Mangle…" Robby started, casting a quick look at his counterpart.
The white fox looked at him and nodded. She was done with that puppet! The spirit and the Toy waited until the Marionette got close to the entrance before racing forwards, launching themselves at the Marionette and Jeremy.
Jeremy saw the white face coming at him, screaming as it lunged at him. He put up his hands, hoping to fend it off…right as Foxy and Mangle shot out of the hallway and tackled the Marionette.
The three animatronics screeched and howled, giving Jeremy ample time to lock himself in the back room, watching through the tiny window in shock as the Marionette ripped into Mangle, making her howl, watched as Foxy's jaws clamped down on the top of the Marionette's head, dragging it backwards down the hall as Mangle limped to the vent and disappeared.
Jeremy padded out of the back room right as Foxy and the Marionette disappeared around the corner. He scooped up the monitor and looked at the cameras, trying to find…aha! There they were!
He watched as Foxy continued to drag the Marionette through the building, but this time, he was joined by the old Bonnie, Chica and Freddy. All four took hold of the struggling animatronic and continued to drag it through the building to the prize corner.
Robby dragged his prize back to the end of the hall where Sam, Amanda and Freddy were waiting. The Marionette screeched and struggled, but Robby wasn't letting go. Amanda guided Sam's paw to one of the Marionette's arms and the spirit grabbed on, crushing the arm in his grip. Amanda grabbed the other arm while Freddy grabbed its feet and Robby still clamped down on the head.
"LET ME GO!" the Marionette howled, trying to break free, but the four spirits held on tightly as they dragged it to its corner.
"You did this to us!" Amanda snapped, unusually hostile compared to her normally sweet and shy nature, "Robby'd be giving you a chewing out but he's got his mouth full,"
Robby shot her an unamused look as they finally met up with the Toys, all of whom were standing in wait, watching for the moment where they'd trap the Marionette once the spirits threw it in the box. But the Marionette had other plans…
"You all! GET THEM!" the Marionette screeched, glaring at the Toys, whose eyes had all gone dark.
"Thth ithnt goo," Robby mumbled, his teeth still clamped down on the Marionette's head.
"This isn't good," Amanda whispered as the Toys started towards them.
"Ah juth thay tha'!" Robby growled, jerking to the side as Chichi lunged at him…
Only for a large purple paw appear out of nowhere and snag Chichi by the waist, hoisting her up high before throwing her across the room. Sam gave a rumbling, strangled snarl before turning his blind gaze towards the others, tilting his head in question.
"We're ok, Sam, thanks," Amanda nodded, "She had it coming, right?"
Sam gave a firm nod before his ears twitched and he rammed his elbow into Bon-Bon's face right as the Toy came close.
"Good job," Freddy said with a slight smile, "You might be blind, but that's not stopping you, huh Bo…er…Sam,"
The Marionette's soulless gaze locked onto Freddy.
"You don't remember…" it cackled, "So that means, you're…mine!"
Freddy's knees buckled as his electric blue gaze darkened, flooding with black as he hit the floor, groaning in pain.
"What's…what's happening?" he moaned, crying out as another wave of pain wracked his frame, "S-Someone he-help m-me p-please!"
Amanda's violet eyes widened and she rushed forwards, trying to reach her brother as he cried out. Robby shook the Marionette in his jaws again.
"Mae i' 'op!" he growled.
"Oh, I'm sorry," the Marionette sneered, "Didn't your mother ever tell you not to talk with your mouth full Robert?"
Robby snarled angrily, biting down harder and bashing the Marionette against its box repeatedly. Sam tackled Bon-Bon as the rabbit made a charge for Robby, the spirit shuddered convulsively as shadows whipped around him, staining the purple fur pitch black. He held tight to the rabbit right as the world faded out and they reappeared a distance away. Sam's form melted into darkness and reappeared behind Mangle, the spirit grabbed the lithe fox and ripped her off the ceiling, tossing her in the general direction of Bon-Bon, hoping the two would get tangled up.
Amanda put a broken wing on Freddy's shoulder, trying to soothe his pain…but the final spirit kept shuddering, crying out as he fought the Marionette's influence. Amanda didn't see the paws grabbing her shoulder and tearing her away from her brother.
"MATT!" Amanda shrieked as Fred lifted her high into the air by her neck, his black eyes blazing angrily, "MATT! HELP ME!"
The fourth spirit weakly lifted his head, seeing Robby's rage-induced Frenzy on the Marionette, Sam's blind fight against Chichi…and Amanda struggling to free herself from his counterpart's grasp.
"Matt…" Amanda begged, looking at him, "Please…save me…"
"Mandy, we have to run! Get up! Please!" I pleaded, helping her to her feet as Robby picked up Mike and put her on his back, "RUN!"
She ran and I followed, the both of us trailing Robby and Mike. I tripped on something and sprawled onto the floor. Pain seared the top of my head as I felt myself rising off the ground. I saw his face…those eyes…my throat burned and something spattered out, his front turning red…was that my blood?!
He dropped me to the floor and I tried to breathe but all I could hear was this gurgling sound and everything was going dark.
"MATT!"
The fourth spirit's eyes flashed deep blue, purged of black…that is, until Matt spotted Amanda being held off the floor.
"No," Matt snarled, trying to get to his feet, "NO!"
Shadows flickered on the walls, and everything went dark.
Jeremy nearly jumped out of his skin as the lights went out. He'd been watching the battle between the animatronics, trying to figure out why they were glitching out and attacking each other instead of him. But now it was pitch black, he couldn't see his hand in front of his face…and then it changed…
Everyone froze, staring into the pitch blackness…until a soft melody began to play. They were still frozen, but their terror grew as two pinpoints of white flared into being.
"Get. Away. From. My. Sister," Matt snarled, his black eyes burning angrily as the shadows retreated slightly, revealing not the normal brown furred bear that Matt inhabited, but one that was as black as the shadows that still writhed in front of him, "NOW!"
Fred growled back, a totally animalistic sound that normally didn't fit the bear's personality. Matt stepped closer, the shadows whirling around him before slamming into the other bear, making him drop Amanda.
Matt came close to her, the shadows around him fading, turning his fur back to its original brown.
"You ok?" he asked gently.
"Matt?" she whispered as Matt embraced her.
"It's me," he told her, "I'm back,"
"I'm glad," Amanda told him, "But maybe we should help Robby out a bit…"
Matt nodded and came over to where Robby was currently shaking the Marionette. He put a paw on Robby's shoulder, earning him a black-eyed glare…that almost instantly faded back to gold.
"Mtt?" Robby's muffled voice asked.
Matt nodded as Sam appeared next to him and Amanda walked up. All four of them looked down at the Marionette.
"Now, why don't we show this puppet what happens when you mess with people's lives?" Matt grinned.
Jeremy watched in surprise as all four of the older animatronics threw the Marionette into the box, slamming the lid shut before Foxy hopped on top of it, sitting down and, call him a monkey's uncle if he was wrong, but it looked like the fox was grinning smugly like a child who had successfully pulled off the best prank of all.
The Toys seemed to snap out of their glitch, shaking their heads before looking up at the older ones. One of the older models said something to them, pointing. The Toys nodded and sprinted off.
A few minutes later, the Toys joined the four older versions, hauling something heavy with them. Jeremy couldn't tell what it was because the static was so bad, but Foxy hopped off the box as Freddy and Bonnie held the lid shut. Their Toy counterparts hefted whatever that heavy object was on top of the box, keeping the Marionette trapped and rattling in its box.
"Well, that's one less thing I have to worry about," Jeremy sighed in relief as he collapsed into his chair.
The next day dawned and maintenance was baffled as to why the box in the prize counter had a box of heavy tools on top of it. Jeremy kept his mouth shut, not saying a word about what happened. And everything went as normal until the next night.
Jeremy came in at his normal time, but instead of heading for the security room, the Night Guard came up to the animatronics on the stage and waited for them to wake up…but not before replacing that heavy toolbox on the Marionette's box.
"Hey," he started, noting the surprise on the animatronics' faces and silently laughing, "Surprised to see me?"
"We weren't expecting it…no," Fred started slowly, "You hide from us,"
"I saw what you guys did last night," Jeremy said, looking up at Mangle as she came closer via ceiling, "Thanks. All of you,"
"We never wanted t' hurt ye laddie," Mangle told him, "But tha Marionette…it controls e'erything,"
"I could see," Jeremy nodded, "Where are the older models at? I need to thank them too…"
"They're sleeping," Bon-Bon said, "I went to check on them…all of them were shut down,"
"I wouldn't blame them," Chichi shrugged, "They went through a lot…"
Little did they know, the four spirits were actually watching them. Amanda leaned on Matt, the boy securing her to his chest as their two other friends stood beside them.
"They'll never know," Matt said, running a hand through his dark hair, being careful not to knock off his hat and reveal the fuzzy brown ears that poked through the wavy mess.
"And we've got to keep it that way," Robby nodded, "For their own safety and ours. Jeremy could get thrown into a madhouse and the Toys would get scrapped,"
"Not to mention what that Puppet would do to them," Amanda shuddered, smoothing the pale yellow skirt of her dress.
"But…that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun until they decide to move to the new location," Sam grinned.
"Sam!" the three other spirits groaned.
"What? I'm not going to jump up and say 'boo'…that'd be totally boring!"
All four spirits remember and are back to their original coloring (as well as their 'additions' as Sam calls them). I'm not sure how to explain Amanda's gift...as it how she figures it out, so I'm just going to tell you all. Amanda is basically a living EMP. She can knock out the cameras or anything electric if she focuses hard enough (she was the hardest to find an ability for because Chica really doesn't have any special abilities like the other three do).
Jeremy knows the place is haunted by the kids, he just doesn't know that said kids are the old animatronics. There might be one or two more chapters in this book before I start on book two (and bring Mike back in the picture). I might have the kids pull pranks on Jeremy, mess around with him a bit...might get Sam's face fixed...or I might just move them to the new location and end it next chapter. We'll just have to see.
I hope you guys liked it, if you did send in the reviews! (Along with ideas because I will need them eventually!) :)
Qui vállë tóquetë, ván tecë (If no review comes from y'all; no story comes from me)
Máriessë ar mára tecië
Farewell and fair writing
Elhini Prime signing off.