Chapter 4: SAVETHEM
Jeremy returned to his apartment, lazily walking to his room and falling on the comfy bed that he hadn't felt in a while. Usually, he slept on the couch, too tired to head to his room. But this time, he gathered what was left of his energy and went right on his bed and passed out. Boy, was he exhausted from his long night of dangerous 'work'.
As the male slept as peacefully as he could, he somehow ended up waking himself. He was sweating nervously and trying to recall what he has seen. It seems that he had a nightmare, but not just any nightmare he had seen before. He remembered that it took place at his job and he was following that puppet...Thing. He didn't want to follow it, but his body didn't care, regardless if he attempted to disobey. So, he just did and afterwards...Oh! Yeah! He dug further into his mind and remembered one more part of that dream. He entered another area of the restaurant, still following that puppet and then...He saw a purple blur going straight towards him. He tried to escape whatever what was coming to him, but it was all useless. It caught him and before he woke up, the figure had whispered two words..."You can't." Jeremy found the nightmare more like an awkward occurrence as it could've meant to represent his fear of the restaurant. What he didn't know was that it had a dark meaning to it and lead to something that was kept a secret.
Something about that dream now urged Jeremy to search for the Purple Man.
It probably had to do with the purple blur that went right towards him or even being in the restaurant to begin with. It didn't matter at the moment to Jeremy as he was more concerned to ask questions to the man. He assumed that the Purple Man knew more about the restaurant than anybody else.
Making his way to the restaurant, Jeremy pondered a bit until he arrived and went right in. The place was busy and full of life with children shouting and the toy animatronics singing onstage. The male pretty much wondered if he was asleep for a few hours; it sure didn't seem like it to him. Yet, the restaurant was already open and ready for it's daytime business. Jeremy, walking past the children who ran around and the parents who watched them carefully, began to look around for that Purple Man. But to an unlucky result, he didn't find him anywhere. This made Jeremy give up and decide to leave, thinking that the man wasn't around for his shift today. However, something else popped up in his mind and he raced to the Parts/Service room and noticing that it was surprisingly unlocked, opened the door and went right in. He took a look at the animatronics and approached them cautiously, still fearing them. Then that's when he heard a *click* sound as the door was locked. There was a muffled laugh, barely audible to hear as the male rushed to the door and attempted to open it. "W-what's going on?" He asked out loud. But, realizing what he had originally been here for, he said in a shocked voice, "P-Purple Man!?"
"Yes...You have fell for my plan.~" The man's voice was like a fading echo on the other side. "Now once those animatronics start their 'roaming' tonight, they'll hunt you down right there and then, putting an end to the worthless thing you call your life!"
"N-no! Why...Why are you d-doing this?" Jeremy twisted the knob of the door a little harder and with no patience, started to kick the door.
"You don't know? Oh, too bad.~ I thought you would've known sooner." The man replied, chuckling.
That's when Jeremy thought back to the dream that he had and the purple blur that chased him. Also, thinking back a bit more, he had heard whispers that seemed to say, "Save them." really slowly. It was weird, but it was starting to show something. "W-wait! You were-"
"Yup."
Jeremy's eyes widened and he felt the details of the dream connect to a meaning that could be a past event. He shook his head and kicked the door with more force. He didn't believe it and he wasn't going to now. "I-I don't get it! How did you k-know about my dream?"
No response.
Jeremy sighed and turned his back to face the door. He put his face in his open hands and trembled with fear and confusion.
The dream...What could it mean?
