Chapter 5: Finding the Hideout

While we were driving, Mike called the motel to say that he was leaving. Once he ended the call, Eli noticed something.

"Hey guys. Over there!" Eli said while pointing at something in the distance. He was pointing at a large 3-story building. Eli then said "That's my house! We should rest in there. I'm sure that my dad isn't there right now. He's probably too busy looking for us." Then Mike said "OK. It seems like a good place to keep cover."

Then Mike parked the car on the driveway and we all went inside. The inside of the house had orange walls and a wooden floor with a red and yellow carpet in the middle of the living room. The living room had a large black table with wooden chairs and a yellow tablecloth. It also had a kitchen in the corner and a large flat screen TV in the right side of the room. There were also stairs in the left side of the room.

"Welcome to my house, or…my NEW house." Eli said as he sat on one of the chairs. Mike then asked me "What does he mean by NEW house?" Then I told him what happened to his mother and that he has to live with his father for now on. Then Mike said "Oh. Well…his life kind of…sucks…doesn't it?" Then I said to him "Don't talk like that in front of him!" But then Eli said "It's OK. My life did suck. Until I met you guys."

I was really touched by the compliment. It's nice to hear that I made a person happy.

Then the others explored the house, being careful not to break anything. When Chica came down the stairs, she said to Eli "Man, your dad's house is SWEET!" Then Eli said "Yeah. He works at a science facility, so he gets ALOT of money."

"I'll say."

Then, when Chica stepped on a loose plank of wood, Foxy noticed something. He went closer to the plank and pushed it aside from the hole. After he looked down the hole, he called us "Hey mateys! Over here! I think I found somethin'!" Then we all approached Foxy, who was taking out some of the other loose planks of wood.

"FOXY! What are you doing?!" I yelled as I ran to him. "I think I know where tha' secret hideout is." Then we all looked down the hole and noticed stairs going downward. Then Eli said "OK. I am officially stupid." Then Mike said "We have to go down there." Then I said to Mike "Are you crazy?! I might get captured!"

"You do have a point."

Mike thought for a moment and then said "I got it. Me and Eli will go down there, while you guys stay here. Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, you guys need to protect Freddy. It's HIM that they want. Got it?" Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy nodded their heads in reply. Then Bonnie said "That shouldn't be a problem. I saved Freddy two times. I won't mind going for a three." Then I said to Mike "Mike, please be careful. I don't want you getting hurt." Then he said "Don't worry. I'll be fine. You got to worry about yourself. You're the one they're after."

"I know."

"just keep yourself safe." Mike said as he went down the stairs with Eli. Then I went upstairs while the others followed.

Meanwhile, Mike and Eli made it all the way down the stairs and they both found the Team Phoenix hideout. It had shiny red and orange walls and a silver floor. Not only that, it had technology EVERYWHERE. When they were both done observing the room, Eli said "Holy crap. No wonder dad gets so much money in that facility."

Then one of the henchmen came and Mike and Eli hid behind some barrels filled with tools and equipment. They then spotted Daemon and Barrett chatting and decided to eavesdrop on them to figure out what they're planning.

Daemon said to Barrett "I'm serious Barrett! Every one of you guys just…fell to the ground. Just like that!" Then Barrett replied "Oh you're just saying that. It was probably nothing."

"You DARE to question the KING?! I saw something strange! And I'm going to find out what it was!"

Then Daemon bangs his staff on the ground, making a loud noise, and Barrett flinched and said with a nervous tone in his voice "Sorry, Master! I believe you! I'll always believe you! We'll go figure out what it was right away!" Then Daemon calmed himself down and said "Good. And while you do that you should be looking for Freddy. I have told you what happened to my sister…right?"

"Yes sir. We'll find Freddy as soon as possible."

Then Daemon patted him on the back and said "Good boy." Then Barrett left.

Then Eli whispered to Mike "So it wasn't just Freddy. Daemon also saw something weird." Then Mike replied "Then what Freddy said must be true. We gotta go back and tell him." Then they both started to sneak their way back to the stairway.

But then, right when they were about to walk up the stairs, Mike suddenly got hit by a shovel in the head and got knocked out. Then Eli turned around and saw 3 henchmen behind him. Then he quietly said "Shit." Right before he got knocked out.

Back at the house, Bonnie and Chica were watching something on the T.V upstairs, while Foxy was exploring the house a bit more. Freddy was busy reading a book. When Foxy was done exploring the house, he got bored. Then Foxy remembered the staircase to the base and thought to himself *Maybe I can explore tha base as well. I can use me super speed ta escape when I really needed ta.*

Then he looked at me and thought to himself *Don't worry Freddy. Bonnie and Chica will take care of ye.* Then he started slowly going down the stairs, being cautious so that me and the others will not notice him. But Bonnie and Chica were too mesmerized at the T.V screen to notice that Foxy was going to the base.

When Foxy went halfway down the stairs, he started to run, and I was the only one able to hear his rapid footsteps from downstairs. Then I started to follow him, while Bonnie and Chica were watching T.V. After I walked down the stairs Bonnie said "Did ya hear something?" Then Chica replied "I don't think so." Then the show ended and Bonnie and Chica got to their senses.

Then they noticed that me and Foxy were gone. Then Chica said "Well we are terrible guards." Then Bonnie replied "No I'm not. YOU are a terrible guard." Then Chica gave him an angry glare and they both started running down the stairs and into the living room.

Meanwhile I was following Foxy down the stairs until I reached the end. Then I noticed Foxy looking at something while hiding behind a large box. Then I caught up to him and whispered "Foxy! What are you doing here? You know we're not supposed to be down here!" Then I saw what Foxy was looking at. It was Mike and Eli's unconscious bodies tied up in the corner of the room. Then I said "Except when that happens."

Then Bonnie and Chica caught up with us and noticed Mike and Eli as well. Then Bonnie said "Whelp, so much for NOT getting captured." Then I said "What are we gonna do? I want to help them, but I don't want to get captured either." Then one of the henchmen snuck up behind Chica and tried to knock her out with a shovel, just like they did before back at the restaurant. But this time the shovel actually rebounded to his face and knocked him out.

Then Chica turned around and said "Look, you gotta stop using that shovel, man. Now look what happened to you."

Then a bunch of henchmen came and surrounded us. But we pretty much had gotten used to that by now. We really suck at hiding don't we?

Then Chica said "OK, if you guys are gonna do the same crap over and over again then you guys are doing something wrong." Then Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy started to fight them. But…I was just sitting down looking at the pretty images. Hey, if someone needs to be protected, that person NEEDS to be protected.

But then I heard a noise and turned my head to see what it was. That noise was that…thing from before. The one that saved us back at the motel. But this time I was able to see his face…or…his mask.

I didn't actually see a head on him, but I did see a white mask with bright purple eyes. But I didn't really see him do anything. He was just watching the fight scene. But then he noticed that I was watching him, and he started at me. Then Bonnie came to me after fighting all the guards and said "Freddy, you go untie Mike and Eli. If someone catches you just RUN." Then I replied "OK."

Then Bonnie started fighting more guards as I went to do what he said. But, when I tried to untie Mike and Eli, I couldn't break the rope that was holding them. But then the masked creature came and helped actually helped me untie them. He was able to loosen the rope a little bit right before some henchmen noticed us. He, for some reason, got overwhelmed. He just stopped what he was doing.

Then Barrett came and put…some sort of collar on him. Then he laughed and said "Gotcha. Now you're ours now." Then he looked to his right and noticed me. Then he said "Oh…crap. Wrong person."

Apparently before Barrett put the collar on the masked person, he got blinded by Bonnie kicking him in the back. He closed his eyes in pain and accidentally put the collar on the masked person except me.

After the masked person got the collar put on him he started acting…strange. He tried to take the collar off but to no avail. Then he stared at me and silently said "I'm here to protect you."

Then his eyes suddenly turned red. He then got up and ran to somewhere. He was apparently running to Daemon, who was in the middle of the room with some sort of remote in his hand. Then he said to Barrett "You know. I was actually hoping to have Freddy by my side, but…this can work to." Then Barrett said "Umm yea. Thanks your majesty."

Then Barrett ran to his other side as Daemon said "Hello Freddy. Nice to see you again. I was just dealing with your two friends there as I noticed…this creature." He then pointed to the masked stranger. Then Daemon continued "I just finished this mind control collar and figured that I should put it on you. But then, when I saw your little…friend, I figured I would put it on him instead."

Then he turned to his new minion and said "Let's see. I think I should call you…Zeren." Then Barrett said "Why do you want to call him that, Master?" Then Daemon replied "I just think it sounds cool."

Then Daemon said to Zeren "Now Zeren. GET FREDDY FAZBEAR!"

Then Zeren suddenly took off his mask to show his nonexistent face and growled at me. I then started to run to the other side of the room, while Zeren suddenly grew large claws and started chasing me. Then Daemon said "Well. I didn't know that he could…grow claws but…OK."

As I was running away from Zeren, the others were finishing fighting all the guards. After they were finished fighting, Chica said "God damn. How many friggin' henchmen are there?"

Then Foxy noticed Zeren and said "Look! Tha' lubber is chasin' Freddy!" Then Bonnie noticed his collar and Daemon with the remote in his hand. They both had a green light and both were lit up. Then he said "I think I know why"

Then he started running towards Daemon, but Barrett blocked him. Then Bonne said "Look, I beat your ass several times. Do you really think that you could beat me?" Then Barrett suddenly got a tazer out and shocked him. Then Bonnie said "God dammit Barrett." Then he lost consciousness.

I yelled his name while I was still running from Zeren, who kept on climbing walls with his large claws. Then Zeren went off the walls, grabbed a box and threw it at me. Then the box crashed into me and I fell to the ground, unable to get up. Then Zeren ran up to me and held me to the ground.

Then Foxy ran to Zeren and yelled "LET GO O' HIM!" Then, after Foxy attempted to punch him, Foxy had…probably the most embarrassing moment of his life.

Zeren just gave him like a solid second look of shame and then swapped him like a mosquito. Chica then ran to Foxy and comforted him, clearly knowing that that moment would scar him for life.

Then Zeren continued to hold me to the ground. I panicked and held his collar. Then…something weird happened.

My hand began to glow a bright blue color, the same color as my eyes, and it quickly spread around the collar. Then Zeren's eyes turned back to purple and he got off me. I went back to Mike and Eli while Daemon ran to Zeren. Daemon said "My minion that lasted for 5 minutes. NOOOOO!"

When I untied Mike and Eli I carried Mike. Then I called Chica and Foxy over to carry Eli and Bonnie. Then we all went back up stairs, knowing that Daemon won't hurt us. Then Zeren looked at me for a little while and I finally said to him "You know…you can come with us if you want."

Then Chica said to me "Freddy. What are you doing? Remember he attacked you." Then Foxy said "And he makes me look like a coward." Then I said to them "Well, he wasn't originally like that. And he saved us before. So I think he deserves to come." Then Chica said "But we don't even know where he came from."

"I don't care. He still saved me. I don't even know how I got him back to his senses. But he's coming with us. Deal with it." Then we all went back upstairs while Zeren followed. Then Daemon came and said to him "Get back here right now! I'm in CONTROL of you!" Then Zeren said to him "But I'm free now. And you can't do anything about it."

Then, when we all went back upstairs except for Zeren, he went back to pick up his mask. Then he stared at Daemon and said "Oh by the way…" Then he put on his mask and said "…my name is Paradox."

Things got a little intense this episode...and long.

Well...this is probably the most action pact chapter this far...but not as intense as the things I have planned in the future.

Also Paradox/Zeren is an OC made by Lust-Dragoon, who recommended that I use it for this story. He also suggested the shovel-rebound-to-the-henchman's-face joke.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion LD (Lust-Dragoon), and you'll see more of Paradox in the future.

Heaven OUT- You're welcome Kurdt