Darlene's POV:

"…lene! Darlene! Wake up!"

H-huh…? What happened…? "Chr-Christopher…?"

"Are you okay? I found you, um, in the Parts and Service room unconscious. What happened?"

I tried to think, but I couldn't really remember anything. "All I remember is that somebody snuck up behind me and made me pass out. I can't remember anything after that."

Then my eyes widened. "Oh no! My mom must be worried!"

"You could have asked to use my phone, you know?" Chris said, "Once I found you, I had an operator help me contact your mother so I could, uh, tell her you had to work the day shift today."

I got up and told him, "Thank you very much, Christopher."

"No problem."

As I walked out, I suddenly felt sore everywhere, like I had a huge workout a bit ago. I probably just need to move around a bit.

I followed Chris to the Main room, and I saw several little children along with a few adults. Chica T. was walking over to the birthday girl, singing a Happy Birthday song. I smile at the girl's happy face. Chris wrapped an arm around me, and I let him bring me closer to him as I remembered my birthday parties I had at the old pizzeria…of course, excluding my 6th…

"Aww, honey, I never thought you'd be the type to cheat on someone…"

We both turn around to see Derek making a sad puppy face. I was sure my face turned red as I stammered. "I-we-you- I was never dating you to begin with!"

Derek then laughed. "I'm kidding! I'm kidding!" Chris glared at the purple-haired man. "Sheesh, Chris. Take a joke, will ya?"

Well…I'm glad he has a sense of humor. "By the way, Darlene, you didn't come out earlier."

"I was going to in order tell my mother I had to work the day shift today, but someone kidnapped me. I hope nothing bad happened to me…" I crossed my arms shyly and looked down at the ground.

Chris then looked at me and said, "I'm sure you a-okay. Just make sure no one gets hurt, alright?"

I nod, and I watch him leave. I then glance at Derek and see him smirking. He walked closer to me and was about to embrace me when one of the adults came over to us.

"Excuse me. I would like to order a large pizza for the kids."

"Of course!" I say, smiling. She handed me the money, and I walked quickly over to the kitchen. I grabbed a large pizza and walked over to the tables. The kids jumped for joy when they saw me with the pizza. The only male adult, who looked about the same age as me, walked over to me and took the pizza.

"I'll take that for you, miss," he told me. I said thank you, and the kids dug in. The black-haired man looked at me and waved. I waved back, smiling shyly. He walked over to me once again and said, "Name's Samuel. Who're you?"

"I'm Darlene. Nice to meet you."

"Darlene… My twin brother used to tell me about a girl named Darlene. Unfortunately, he went missing 12 years ago."

Twin brother? Went missing 12 years ago? "Can you describe his physical appearance for me please?"

"He had red hair, but in bright light, it looked orange. He had bright green eyes. He would always wear an eyepatch and a hook when he came to the old pizzeria."

"Evan!" I blurted out. "I knew him. He was my friend. He helped me befriend Foxy."

"Yes. He was my twin," he said, "…Do you know what happened to him?"

My smile faded as I replied, "He…he was killed by a man in the Fredbear suit…along with my other friends…I'm sorry…"

I expected the truth to hit him hard, but he just hugged me and said, "Thank you…for being his best friend…" I returned the embrace, feeling my heart beat faster than normal. I heard an "Aww" come from Chica T, and I looked over at them to see them smiling at me.

We let go of each other, and Samuel quickly wrote something down on a sheet of paper. He was writing his phone number, and he gave it to me. I did the same with mine. He thanked me and left for the others. I suddenly felt my face heat up.

I…I think I've fallen in love…

-later-

A bit later, I was strolling down the hallway, planning to quickly check on my friends to make sure they were alright, when I almost bumped into Derek once again. "Oh…hi…" I said, surprised.

"Hey there, Darlene," he said, smirking again, "I had a lot of fun earlier."

Huh? What is he talking about? I asked myself.

"Maybe we could…do it again sometime…" he added, placing his hand under my chin.

I raised an eyebrow, as I had no idea where he was going at.

"You…do remember the things we did…don't you…?" He leaned forward and kissed me, making my heart beat faster, but not like it did with Samuel…

Instead of beating faster from excitement…it was beating faster from fear…

"You don't remember me kissing you…?" he asked, looking disappointed. Then he chuckled. "I guess you had more stuff from that cloth than I thought. You really don't remember anything you saw?"

He's the one who kidnapped me earlier?! Why did he do that? What did he do to me?!

"But still, even as an adult, you still act so…innocent..."

The red flags from a few nights ago came back. Everything was starting to put itself together, and I will admit I didn't really like the conclusion.

"D-Derek… Are you…?" I couldn't say it. Despite it being obviously true, my mind just refused to believe it.

He chuckled darkly. "You've finally figured it out. You were so innocent when you were little. Someone so innocent shouldn't have to be tainted by the horrors of the outside world. I knew you loved to be at the old place, so I thought killing you there would make you happy since you would stay there forever. But I didn't want you to be lonely, so I decided to take you friends as well. That turned out to be my undoing."

I backed up against the wall, and he placed his arms on both sides of me. "You got away. You were afraid of me. You had to go to the hospital to undo the damage."

"So you're saying you wanted me to keep my innocence, but by killing my friends, you took away my innocence?" I asked indifferently. On the inside, though, I was freaking out. Turns out Derek really is the killer! Why didn't I see it before?! Why didn't I believe my friends…? "By the way, why didn't you kill me earlier instead of kidnapping me?"

His right hand cupped my left cheek, the touch unconsciously making me blush a little. "I guess you could say I had sort of…fallen for you…and I needed to let off some steam…"

I raised an eyebrow, but when he wrapped his left arm around my back, I remembered how sore I felt when I walked out of the Parts and Service room, and I started to get the hint. I pushed him away out of instinct and ran away from him, shouting, "Get away from me, you sick pedo!"

I slowed down once I got to the main room. I collapsed onto my knees and tried to stop the tears from flowing. It feels like my heart has broken in two.

Did…did I actually have a crush on Derek? I asked myself. At first, I refused to believe it, but… the way my heart aches… I must have… at least liked him a little bit…

"Miss Darlene? Are you alright?"

I looked up to see the birthday girl. "Hey…" I said, wiping the stray tears, "I'm fine. What is it, birthday girl?"

"Um…" the blonde girl looked behind her before turning back to me and saying, "I'm Nikki. Um…the others are in Kid's Cove, but, um, isn't it out of order?"

My eyes widened in panic. Maxine! "Yes it is. Where are your parents?"

"They all went to the bathroom except my uncle, Samuel. He's trying to get them out of there, but they won't listen. I don't want them hurting Foxy anymore. She was my favorite before the kids starting tearing her apart!" Tears formed in her eyes, and I wiped them away.

"Don't worry, Nikki. I'll save Foxy T," I told her, and we walked over to see, sure enough, the kids were messing with Mangle.

"I wish my big sister, Maxine, was here. She would tell them to stop, and they would. At least…until she left. But she went missing on her birthday," Nikki explained.

Maxine is still here, Nikki, I think to myself, You just can't tell 'cause she's in Foxy T. I took a deep breath and stormed inside.

"Hey!" I said sternly, getting all but one's attention, "You're not supposed to be here. Get back to the Main Room before I tell your parents."

The kids whom I got attention from did as I said, but the boy in a green shirt and blue jeans continued his actions. I tapped his shoulder.

"Excuse me," I said, "I said you're not supposed to be here. Please go back to the Main Room."

"You're not the boss of me!" the boy shouted at me.

"Well, excuse me, mister!" I said, irritated, "I'm one of the workers here, so you should listen to me before I tell your parents!" I took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued. "We're planning on making Foxy an animatronic again, and we're redesigning Kid's Cove as well."

"You're not my mama!"

We both began to argue, and then we heard a growling sound. The boy turned to his right and said, "Hey! Mangle's moving!"

"F-Foxy's not supposed to move…!" I said, a sense of dread creeping inside me. I glanced to my right and saw something creeping out of the shadows.

What I saw coming close…It was not Mangle…

"Get. Out. Now!"

The boy did so. I tried to leave as well, but my legs stood still. I heard metal clunks behind me, signifying the animatronics were there, probably checking to see what the commotion was. They shouted my name, and I heard two more sounds before blacking out.

CHOMP!

Thud!