Can't Leave

by Chironex27

Prequel to Don't Leave the Office. In the games, the player sees through the perspective of the night guards, but this focuses on the perspectives of the spirits in the animatronics throughout the years. Big thanks to Reading a Pulse for help in characterization (especially with the Mangle) and advice on story. Rated T for implied violence against children.

22. SAVETHEM

Will?

…

Will? Greg? Anyone?

What? Leave me alone.

You need to stop him…the Purple Man is here…I don't know what he did…but I can't move…You need to stop him…he has children with him.

The Purple Man?

Please, you're the only one that can stop him.

…Alright…I'll stop him. I'll make him sorry.

…

The withered Freddy animatronic left the Parts and Service room. The few kids that were still in the store this late tried to run up to it excitedly to hug it and play with it, but when they saw wiring and gears sticking out of the animatronic, they froze and backed away. Freddy ignored them and continued through the store. An engineer would be confused by the animatronics actions; it was ignoring any noises in its vicinity, so it wasn't following any discernible programming. The withered Freddy animatronic looked from one end of the store, down where the Main Office was, looked down the other way towards the Dining Area and Show Stage, and headed towards the latter. It stopped short of entering the Dining Area though. It stopped in the middle of the hall, analyzing the doors on the left. It slowed its pace, taking its time as it searched through them for something.

Freddy registered someone approaching from the other side of the hall. It registered a Purple shirt, but its facial scanners glitched out. Suddenly, it froze in place, its software glitching out almost entirely.