12:00 A.M. 5th Night
Soma looked through the cameras frantically in search of Freddy, and heard Chica in the kitchen making a ruckus like always.
"Geez," Soma said, hearing all the noise. "Must be freakin expensive to replace all that pizza."
Soma received a phone call earlier from Mina as he was on his way to work, remembering her words carefully.
"There's a rumor that someone lured five children in the back room and killed them! Just...be careful, okay? I don't want you to get hurt."
Soma sighed. He hoped that this was all some random nightmare that his mind came up with as a scare tactic to keep him awake.
Forgotten me…?
"You're still here, Arikado," Soma said as he looked at the stage. "Good. I don't think the engineers have to fix you."
At that moment, soma began to think. What did happen for Arikado and Maria to end up like this? Were they looking for the bodies of the children who died here?
"It doesn't matter," Soma told himself. "Chica, Bonnie, and Foxy won't attack me...hopefully."
At that moment, Freddy was already outside his door.
"It wasn't always like this, you know," said Freddy, who caught Soma by surprise.
"Um, how?" Soma asked, letting Freddy sit next to him.
"Soma," Freddy began. "Do you remember anything from your history class when you were in school?"
"Well, uh," Soma said, scratching his head. "I don't really remember much."
"So," Freddy said. "You don't know who Arikado really was…"
"Not much," Soma said. "A stone hit my head when I was escaping the castle, and caused some minor amnesia. When I woke up, I saw Arikado and the others."
"Soma…" Freddy said. "I knew Arikado. I'm one of his friends."
It was all clear now.
"Maria's brother-in-law, Richter, right?" Soma guessed, and Freddy nodded.
"Yeah," said a female voice. Soma remembered it well.
Chica.
"Hey, Chica," Soma said, but Chica shook her head.
"You don't really need to call me that," Chica said.
"I know, but I'm just used to calling you that," Soma said. "Where's Bonnie?"
"He's still on stage," said Freddy. "He thought it'd be best to not bother you tonight."
"Riiight…" Soma recalled the events of last night, and agreed. "I guess it's best."
"Soma," said Chica. "He wanted to protect you."
"I know…" Soma said, sniffling a bit. "I know…"
Chica looked to the clock on the wall and saw it was 5:30 A.M.
"Well," Chica said. "How about we have some fun for a while?"
"Well?" Freddy asked, and Soma shrugged.
"Why not?" Soma said with a smile. I feel like a kid again. I'm 21, for crying out loud.
Soma looked at Bonnie on the stage and sighed.
"Bonnie?" Soma called, and Bonnie looked.
"Why are you here?" Bonnie asked. "Shouldn't you have left?"
"I can't just leave you guys hangin', can I?" Soma said, holding out his hand. "Come on, Arikado. I don't wanna leave you out. I'd just feel bad, and you'll have nothing to do otherwise."
"Soma…" Bonnie began, looking to at Foxy, who happened to be right behind the boy. "Soma, look out!"
Well, this was certainly a LOT of writing, eh? Next chapter coming soon!