Night 3: The Pizza Party

Liam sat in a chair at one of the tables. He had just fixed the loose screw that was causing Toy Chica trouble because she wouldn't stop yelling until he did. Due to her yelling, crazy explanations for why she looked human, being hit in the head with an animatronic, and a terrifying dream, his head was pulsing with pain.

The dream had bothered him, but he pushed it to the back of his mind since he had more important things to worry about. He was stuck in a pizzeria with robots that wanted to kill people after 12 and could also turn human like. He would have braved the storm if he knew he could drive home, but to his dismay everything he looked at was blurry or appeared in threes.

"Are you alright?" Bonnie asked his friend carefully.

"Yeah," Liam replied heavily while running his hand through his hair. "Just stressed. I'll be fine though." As long as I live through the night.

Though worry was still in his voice, the bunny confidently stated, "We will keep you safe."

Liam shrugged, but his attention was grabbed when his ear picked the sound of several pair of feet thudding against the floor and heading their way. In walked Foxy, Freddy, and Toy Bonnie dragging Cordelia in by her hand. All the other animatronics were already in the room, minus the chickens who went to get the pizza.

Every robot was standing around but Mangle. When Liam had met her. he immediately felt bad for her because of the state she was in. He had known there was a take apart put back together attraction, but he had no clue children would be so destructive. He was already making plans to fix her. He decided he would hold nothing against the poor fox if he survived the night.

She had managed to wrap herself around the chair she sat in and had her head laying on the table while the extra endoskeleton head looked around the room curiously.

"Everyone," Freddy called out in his deep rumbly voice. "Take your seats, please." All of the animatronics did as they were told obediently although Liam though he saw the Marionette roll his eyes.

The seats of the table filled. Freddy sat at the end seeing as he held the most authority. Toy Freddy sat to his left. Mangle was in the seat beside him, and Toy Bonnie took the seat beside her and ushered Cordelia to sit beside him. Marionette slid in beside her. Foxy took the right hand seat from Freddy. Bonnie sat by him and motioned for Liam to sit down. Liam looked to see two empty seats to his right, where he assumed Chica and Toy Chica would sit. Then there was Balloon Boy giggling and sitting the farthest away.

"Pizza is ready!" the chicken's said in unison as they gave each person a plate with several slices of pizza.

Liam vaguely noticed Toy Chica was in her animatronic form before he took a bite of the pizza. In that moment, he decided he had died. He had died and left the hellhole called Earth. He was in heaven. The pizza in his mouth was just that good.

Pizza was already his favorite food, but this was even better than what he got at the pizzeria the day before. Then he remembered since he had fixed Chica's hands she had made it. His blue eyes stared at her blissfully like she was an angel who had just saved his life. He decided that after eating this, he could die a happy man.

Everyone else at the table was sitting in awkward silence, even Balloon Boy had stopped laughing. They all stared at the human boy before them, and he didn't even notice. The moment he took a bite out of the pizza he had let out a loud sigh of pleasure and closed his eyes in bliss. Then he turned and looked at Chica with such a loving look that no one stopped staring.

All of them just sat there dumfounded. Bonnie tried to break the silence. "Um… Liam, are you alright?"

Liam's bubble was bursted, and he noticed he was no longer in pizza heaven with angel Chica. It did not outwardly faze him and he simple replied, "Yea. I'm good. This pizza is the best!"

Several of the animatronics started laughing while others just cracked smiles. Chica was softly smiling if she had been in a humanoid form a blush would have been on her cheeks. Liam just watched them weirdly and ask with his mouth full, "What?"

No one answered him; they just continued to laugh.

He couldn't help but be curious. He knew they had human forms, which he didn't understand completely but accepted. One question was just ringing in his head before he voiced it. "So how or why do you guys eat?"

Before anyone else could say anything the child voice of the youngest animatronic answer, "Because we do what we want, bitch."

The blue rabbit in front of Liam snickered as Toy Chica slapped the child's head and yelled, "Language, BB." Toy Freddy rubbed his hand down his face at the other toys' actions.

Liam was going to make another comment but couldn't due to Foxy leaping up out of his seat and standing because he had just noticed someone was here that he did not want to be. "It be the nightguard. Why this lass be here?"

Liam was surprised she remained unfazed by the outburst, and he watched as the purple bunny tried to calm him down. "She has been here the whole time."

"Why?" the fox demanded.

"Because," Toy Chica chirped from the end of the table, "Bonbon likes her!"

"No, I do not, Chik!"

Liam wanted to listen to more of the conversation but couldn't stop himself from laughing. Bonbon, best nickname ever. Fits him since he looks girly.

Liam looked up to meet angry green eyes. As if he knew what the young mechanic was thinking, he maliciously growled, "I will kill you."

All of the old animatronics tensed at the threat, and Liam flat out froze. Bonnie would not have been half as worried if the threat had come from anyone but him. All the older animatronics had the same thought.

They were about to try to negotiate with the blue bunny when Mangle spoke up for the first time during the meal, "P-p-p-please don't B-b-b-bon."

His green eyes softened as he looked at the white fox. "F-f-f-oxy says he is r-r-r-real nice. He j-j-j-just d-d-doesn't understand y-y-y-ou. Maybe he-e-e-e will b-b-be friends with u-u-us."

"Fine," the toy bunny said softly but sorely to Mangle. Marionette had started watching the events like they were a movie and the pizza was popcorn. The rest were going back and forth between nervous and relieved looks, excluding Balloon Boy who looked bored.

"Now about the night guard ye have there," Foxy said as he cleared his throat.

"Mine," the angry bunny huffed then grinned as he pulled the tense girl closer to him. "Don't touch or you'll regret it."

The fox cringed and sat.

The thought that Toy Bonnie was being so possessive over Cordelia bothered Liam just a little. He remembered the other animatronics talking about how violent he was. He felt bad that he knew no way to help her, but he also knew she could take care of herself. The only reaction she gave to the bunny's attitude was shrug and then she ate another bite of pizza. The black haired boy thought it was comical.

Liam was happy to have the attention off of him, and the rest of the dinner was going well. All the animatronics were talking amongst themselves. Bonnie would occasionally address Liam but other than that he was quiet.

That's when he looked to Cordelia, who was equally quiet, and thought of something. "Hey, Cordelia. You would not believe this weird ass dream I had. You were in it."

Her face looked up and met his blue gaze with interest. "Really, what happened?"

"We were both really young. I think we were in a bed room. The next thing I know these little.." He made sure not to mention any of the animatronics names. "Demon things attacked you. You ran off crying. I wound up getting caught by things that were chasing me."

He cringed at the memory, but it was just a dream so he wasn't bothered. She, too, cringed but tried to avoid the thought of the dream and simply murmured, "That's creepy."

The boy yawned lazily as he looked up at the clock. It read 10:37. He could have sworn that was what it said last time he looked at it. Wasn't about the time the power went out earlier in the day. His face drained of color.

"Hey," he said catching the attention of Bonnie and Cordelia, "what time is it?"

The purple bunny looked up at the same clock and replied, "10:37."

"That clock hasn't been reset, Bonnie," he said slowly. Cordelia whipped out her phone to check the time. Her lips twisted into a grim frowned and her eyes widened. "Crap, what time is it?"

"11:58," she said as she jumped up. "We have to get to the office now." She then remembered something. "I also need another mask. I'll think of something."

"What's wrong?" Freddy called from the end of the table.

Bonnie looked at him grimly and sadly. "We are going to kill them. It is 11:59."

Marionette stood to bring attention on him as he morphed into his human form. "Everyone go into your human forms; it will give them more time to get away since it increases our control." Different looks spread on the animatronics faces, but they all nodded. Some of them wanted to either kill Liam or Cordelia, but didn't really want to anger the ones that wanted one or the other alive.

Liam's hand was grabbed by a hard, almost painful grip as Cordelia started to drag him from the room. They were running down the hall to the parts room when the chimes rang symbolizing the beginning of the night.

Cordelia stopped abruptly at the door, yanked it open, and shoved Liam inside. "You need to stay in here. I'm going to lock you in. You won't be able to get out until someone comes with a key to get you out, but they won't be able to get you either."

She looked hesitant as she flicked her eyes down the hall and Liam asked nervously, "Aren't you staying?"

She shook her head and spoke but never took her eyes away from the hall, "No. The door only locks from the outside. They might break the door if they are all here at once. I don't know if they really would, but I'm not taking the risk. Some will follow me."

"How are you going to avoid them?"

"Just run. Listen. There programming is probably driving them crazy right now which means they will be here soon. I need to go. Keep quiet and you should be fine. They will come by the door but should leave."

"You don't have to do this," he said as he stared at her. "You'll die."

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed him making a move to get up and get out of the room. She slammed the door shut and spoke through it, "Well I am going to say, 'What the hell' and take my chances. If I'm not here to get you out at 6. The manager will notice the older models roaming and will find you. I need to run."

"Wait," Liam yelled in a panic as he hit the door. "You aren't gonna survive this! Come back! Don't leave me here!"

He was baffled. He didn't know how he had got himself here. Not even two weeks ago he was happy sitting in his dorm and doing pointless crap. Now he was here sitting in a locked closet, hoping murderous animatronics don't break down the door. If he had never met the older animatronics and felt sorry for them; he would not be here.

Although he was terrified, he did not regret coming back. He was happy to have new friends even if only one of them was human, and he might lose her to the animatronic he now knew and loved. He was scared for Cordelia.

He had leaned his back against the door and had finally calmed himself down only to be scared again by the rattling of the doorknob and a knock on the door. His heart again pounded as he listened.

"The door is locked," the chipper voice of Chica said obviously. Liam tried to stay silent. "Is anyone in there?"

"We should assume the night guard locked it to confuse us. Let's continue our search," the deep voice of Freddy rumbled.

Liam heard their feet hit the floor as they walked off. He was a bit surprised to hear the steps sound like normal feet hitting the ground. They weren't loud and clunky like normal. The thought that they might be in their human forms surfaced in his mind.

A jagged sigh escaped his lips as he watched the blackness of the closet. There was a very thin stream of light that was entering from the top of the door until the lights again shut themselves down when a large clash of thunder hit.

His ears could hear the storm rage on outside. The rain was pouring worse and the thunder was roaring. Through the night he would occasionally be distracted from the storm by an animatronic beating on the door or questioning if someone was in there. He had heard the animatronics scream a few times and could only hope Cordelia was okay.

He had stayed completely silent the whole time he'd been in the closet until he heard the familiar friendly voice of the purple bunny accompanied by a knock. "Liam, are you in there? Um, you know it's against company rules to not have a suit on right?"

After trying to force the programing down for too long, the wishes of Bonnie to not stuff his friend were overridden by programs. This had never happened before, but he had never fought against it so hard. He had fought the urge for short amounts of time and been okay as long as it wasn't for long. Normally, he, like the others, just followed the programming.

Now Liam sat on the other side and let out a weak reply, "Yes."

"Are you in a suit?"

Liam had no clue why he replied in the first place, but decided it might be best for him to lie in this situation. He forced his voice to stay steady as he replied, "Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?"

"You should come out then," the bunny urged robotically.

The boy swallowed hard as his heart raced. "I can't. I'm locked in. Cordelia locked me in here."

There was a short silence then the purple animatronic asked, "Really? Is she in there with you, Liam?"

"No," he replied without thinking. He didn't think about the fact this would probably make Bonnie go off and search for her until after it had slipped from his mouth. He could punch himself.

"Don't worry I'll get the keys from her," the bunny said. "I'll get you out then you can show me your suit and help me put the night guard in hers."

"Damn it," Liam muttered as he slammed his head back roughly against the door and let a pained hiss escaped him because of his stupid reaction. He gripped the back of his head and leaned forward. His blue eyes opened from their pained squinted position just in time to catch a glimpse of gold.

A golden version of the original Freddy sat limply in front of him. He squeezed his eyes shut then opened them to see it gone. He blamed it on the non-existent light that his eyes had adjusted to.

He didn't noticed the light giggle of a child as he was paying more attention to the door clicking. He stood and held the knob and turned it. The door slowly creaked opened as Liam cautiously looked out into the empty hall.

He gulped and stepped out. Since the door was unlocked, he now had to find a new place to hide.