Chapter 15
I found myself splayed out on a cold and hard surface in a dimly lit room. A bit confused, I slowly stood up and observed my surroundings. I appeared to be in the backstage Freddy Fazebear's Pizzeria, though it didn't seem to be in the same condition as I had seen before. There were less robotic parts scattered about and not to mention everything seemed to be more tidy and clean.
I became somewhat on edge when I learned my location and I was about to exit the room, but I heard the door open behind me.
Startled, I quickly turned around to see a young boy cautiously stepping into the room. The boy looked to be about 7 or 8, he had dirty blonde colored hair with hazel eyes and a very young looking face.
The boy didn't seem to notice me at all when he walked in, and began to slowly shut the door behind him. I had a feeling the boy didn't want to be seen creeping into the room, and decided to ask him what he was doing back here.
"Hey kid, what you doing back here?" I asked.
The boy didn't even flinch at my words; he simply turned around and began to look around the room, not even noticing my presence.
I felt a little uncomfortable at that moment; the fact that this boy didn't seem to notice me at all was very concerning to me.
The boy began to explore the room, simply walking by me and looking at all of the parts scattered around the room in awe.
"So this is what they're made of…" The boy mumbled to himself as he continued to look around the room.
Suddenly, I heard something moving behind me. I quickly turned to see a thin figure dash towards the door to the basement.
"Hey wait!" The boy shouted.
The figure stopped at the door and remained still. I heard the boy walking behind me and saw that he was heading towards the thin figure.
"I've seen you sneaking around this place before." The boy stated. "Who are you?"
The figure remained still and silent. I was beginning to be able to see the figure more clearly at that point and I became somewhat unnerved. The figure was far too skinny to be an actual human; it had a black, very thin body with purple stripes on its limbs along with long fingers and a somewhat oversized head.
The boy continued to get closer to it, until he was only a couple feet away. The boy then outstretched his arm towards it in an attempt to touch it. The figure quickly turned around before the boy could do so, making the child jump and me back in surprise. I then saw its white, clown like face smiling over at us. The face seemed very familiar to me and I tried to recall where I had seen it.
"Woah…" The boy spoke up, interrupting my thoughts.
I looked over to see that the boy was staring at the puppet with wide eyes.
'Puppet…' I thought as I remembered the broken puppet in the basement of the pizzeria. 'That's it!' I then looked back to the puppet. 'That's the Marionette?'
The puppet looked down at the boy and covered its face, turning away.
"Hey, hey…" I the boy spoke up. "Don't do that…"
The boy then walked closer to the puppet again, giving it a sympathetic look. The boy slowly brought his hands up and gently took hold of the puppet's arms. He then slowly brought the Marionette's hands away from its face. The puppet and the boy now stood there, just looking at one another.
"You look cool…" The boy said as he continued to study the thin puppet's face.
The puppet brought its head back a bit, seemingly surprised by the boy's words.
"What's your name?" He asked.
There was silence in the room for a bit, before I heard a young girl's voice in my head.
'People call m-me the M-Marionette…' The girl stammered.
"The Marionette huh?" The boy replied. "Well its nice to meet you Marry!"
I was a bit surprised that the boy seemed to hear the exact same voice I had heard, even though it seemed like it had come from my own head.
The puppet tilted its head. 'Marry?' She questioned.
"Yeah Marry!" The boy replied in a chipper voice. "Short for Marionette!"
'A-all right…' The girl replied, seeming a bit nervous.
"So, what are you doing back here Marry?" The boy asked.
'O-oh um… just… wondering around…' The puppet replied.
"Oh cool!" The boy shouted. "I love wondering around this place as well! You can find so many cool things!" The boy then looked around the room "But I've never been in here before, its so awesome!"
The young boy then began to walk around the room again. "I mean look at all of this stuff!" The boy announced as he admired all of the parts scattered around the room. "There are so many cool parts and gizmos! Its amazing!"
'I-I guess…' The girl replied and I saw the puppet look down.
The boy turned towards the puppet with a puzzled expression.
"You don't sound too happy." The boy stated. "And you don't look too happy either."
The boy then walked towards the puppet once again, lowering his head a bit to try and look at its face. The Marionette looked away as the boy's face came in its vision. The boy stopped a few feet away from the puppet.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
There was a long silence in the room for a while, the puppet seemingly didn't wish to speak, but it finally managed to.
'It just… gets lonely in here after a while.' The girl replied.
"Well then why don't you go out there and meet everyone!" The boy replied cheerily as he pointed to the exit of the stage room.
'I tried to once… but everyone was just afraid of me.' The girl explained as the puppet continued to look away.
"Why?" The boy asked. "I mean look at you! You're awesome!"
The puppet looked over at boy in surprise.
'R-really?' The girl stammered.
"Yeah of course!" The boy replied in the same cheery tone. "You're one of the coolest things I've seen here! You're even better than Foxy!"
The puppet looked away once again and hid is face in its hands.
'I-I wish everyone thought of me like that…' The girl spoke up.
The boy once again reached up and brought the puppet's hands away from its face.
"Well they should!" He stated.
The Marionette and the boy stared at each other for a long while. The boy was giving the puppet a large smile while the puppet's face remained fixed in place.
"Max! Where are you!?" A man's voice called out from the dinning area. "It's time to go!"
The boy looked over at the exit with a saddened expression, and slowly turned its head back towards the puppet.
"I've gotta go now…" The boy said in a somewhat dreary tone.
'O-oh…' The girl replied. 'Will you b-be back sometime?'
The boy smiled and nodded.
"Yep!" He replied. "I'll be back next weekend! And I can't wait to talk to you again!"
The puppet looked away. 'O-oh, o-okay, good!' The girl replied in a somewhat chipper tone.
The boy smiled and quickly walked towards the exit of the backstage area.
"See you soon Marry!" He stated as he slowly opened the door.
The Marionette waved a bit.
'B-bye!' She replied.
The boy waved as well and he walked out of the room.
I was a bit stunned at that moment, trying to process what I was seeing.
'What the hell was-' I began to think, but my thoughts were interrupted when the room began to shift.
The walls started to churn and twist out of proportion as everything in the room disappeared. The walls soon changed to a different color as all of the things reappeared in the room except in different places.
I was a bit stunned by this, but I had little time to dwell on the thought. There was the sound of a door opening behind me and I looked back to see the same boy enter the room yet again. He seemed to change a bit, he had on different clothing and his face didn't seemed to be as young as before. Max then slowly shut the door behind him and looked around the room, searching for something.
"Marry?" Max called out. "Are you here?"
Silence fell upon the room for a little bit, until I heard movement to my left. I turned to see the Marionette slowly walking out from behind the shelves. The puppet then cautiously walked into the open, keeping its eyes on the boy as it did so.
'H-hi Max…' The girl spoke up in my head again.
Max smiled and waved to the Marionette. "Hi!" He shouted as he quickly walked over to the puppet. "What were you doing behind the shelf?"
'Oh, well I didn't know if it was you walking into the room or someone else… so I hid just in case.' Marry replied.
"Come on Marry, I've been visiting you every week around this time." Max stated. "Who else would it be?"
The puppet looked away. 'I don't know…' The girl sighed. 'But you can never be too careful.'
Max then nudged the puppet a bit. "You worry too much Marry." He said. "You've gotta loosen up a bit."
'Its not that simple…' Marry replied.
Max then placed a hand on the Marionette's shoulder. "I know…" He stated. "But at least try to? Please?"
The puppet stared at the boy for a long moment before the girl sighed.
'All right…' She replied.
Max smiled. "Good." He stated. "Now why don't you show me that box you were talking about the other day."
The Marionette shook its head a bit while looking down.
'I don't think you'd like it…' Marry said. 'Its just a boring old box.'
"I'm sure I'd love it from the way that you were talking about it!" Max replied.
The puppet looked up at the boy. 'Are you sure you want to see it?' Marry asked.
Max nodded. "I'd love to!"
The puppet nodded and took the boy's hand. 'Its down in the basement.' She stated as she lead him over to the door leading to the basement.
"Ok!" The boy said cheerily.
The Marionette then opened the door and they both walked inside, the door closing behind them.
I was about to follow them, when the room shifted again. The walls began to shift and waver a bit, until it all came to a complete stop, revealing the same room with things being placed in different locations. I was about to try and figure out what exactly was happening here but something caught my eye.
I spotted the Marionette idly sitting on the table in the middle of the room as its gaze drifted around. I then heard the door open behind me and saw that same boy enter, yet again he had on different clothing and seemed to be even older.
Max smiled as he spotted the puppet on the table.
"Hi Marry!" He said cheerily.
The puppet's head snapped over to the door out of surprise. It then seemed to calm down a bit as it spotted the boy.
'Oh, hi Max.' The girl spoke in my head once again.
Max tilted his head to one side. "That wasn't a very enthusiastic hello…" He replied. "Is everything all right?"
The puppet looked away and began to stare around the room again.
'Yeah…' Marry replied. 'I'm just kind of down…'
"Why?" Max asked as he jumped up on the table and sat next to the Marionette.
'Its just…' Marry began. 'I feel like something bad is going to happen…'
"Why do you think something bad is going to happen?" Max asked. "I mean this place is so awesome! I don't think anything bad could happen here."
'I know but…' The girl replied. 'I saw the new night guard here… and I don't know why, but I think I know him, and not in a good way.'
Max tilted his head. "What do you mean?" He asked.
'I feel like he's a bad man.' She explained. 'I don't know why, but I think he's done some very bad things.'
The boy then patted the puppet on the back.
"Don't worry Marry, I'm sure its nothing." Max assured. "You're probably just a bit paranoid."
'Maybe…' Marry replied and the puppet looked down.
They were both left in an awkward silence for a bit, before the boy patted the puppet on the shoulder.
"Come on, let's head down to your favorite wind up box." He suggested as he leapt off the table.
He then walked over to the door to the basement and looked back at the Marionette. The puppet sat there staring at the boy for a little bit, until it obliged and slowly got down from the table, slowly walking over to the boy after it did so. Max then opened the door and the two stepped into the basement, shutting the door behind him leaving the room in silence.
But not for too long, because the room began to shift yet again. The walls swirled a bit and the room changed up, putting things in different places and seemingly changing the wall decorations.. But as the room settled, I was met with a grimmer sight than before.
I saw the golden bear standing in the middle of the room, looking over at Max. But the bear's eyes weren't hollow this time; two human eyes could be seen within the bear, staring over at the boy menacingly.
I looked over at Max to see that he had an uncomfortable expression on his face.
"Um… what are you doing back here?" The boy asked.
"I should ask you the same thing." The man within the bear asked.
Max rubbed the back of his neck. "Oh, I'm just back here to say hello to a friend…" He claimed.
The bear walked forward a bit, with one of his hands behind his back.
"And what friend would that be?" The man asked.
"Just a friend…" Max replied, backing away a bit.
The bear continued his advance. "What does this friend of yours look like?" He asked. "Maybe I could help you find them…"
Max continued to walk backwards towards the door. "That's fine… I don't think she's back here anyways." Max stated. "I'll looks somewhere else…"
The man within the suit quickened his advance. I then noticed that he was holding something in the hand behind his back. Upon further inspection I found that the thing he was holding, to my horror, was a knife.
"That's not necessary…" The man stated ominously.
The bear then leaped forward towards the boy and lifted up the knife that he hid behind his back. Max's eyes widened and he quickly bolted for the door, but it was too late. The man was faster and quickly scooped up Max in his arms, making the boy yelp out of fear. He then wrapped his arm around the boy to restrain him and lifted his knife, preparing to plunge it into the boy's chest.
"Help!" Max shouted out of terror as he flailed wildly, trying to escape the man's grasp.
Suddenly, something leapt upon the bear's back. The figure grabbed the bear's head with its slender fingers and tugged it back, making the man lose his balance. The man lost his grip on Max, allowing the boy to fall to the ground and catch his breath. The golden bear began swinging at the figure on his head, desperately trying to get it off.
"Get off me!" The man bellowed as he flailed his arms.
I then recognized the figure atop his head to be the Marionette. The puppet began to beat on the man with fury, mercilessly attacking his head and face.
'Don't you dare touch him!' I heard Marry's voice shout in my mind.
"Marry!" I heard Max shout and looked over to him to see that he was standing over near the door.
The puppet looked up at Max. 'Run Max! Get out of here!' Marry shouted.
"But what about you!?" Max replied with distress on his face.
'I'll be fine just go-' Marry was cut off when the bear managed to grab the puppet and threw it to the ground.
"Marry!" Max cried.
"Damn thing!" The man shouted as it kicked the Marionette. "I thought I got rid of you!"
The man began to relentlessly stomp and kick the puppet with fury, shattering one of its joints to bits. I heard Marry scream in pain as the puppet's left became unattached from its body.
"Get off of her!" Max shouted with rage as he charged forward at the bear.
Max's shoulder collided with the side of the bear and the man fell over, ceasing his assault on the Marionette. Max managed to lose his footing after the charge and fell to the ground as well. The man quickly sat up and glared at Max, who happened to land a couple feet away from him.
"Damn kid!" The man shouted as he rose from the ground
He then stomped over to Max with eyes full of rage. Max tried to scoot away from the man but it was no use and the man swung his foot forward, landing a massive kick to Max's torso.
Max grunted in pain as he was flung into the shelf behind him and landed harshly upon the tile floor. The man then walked towards Max with the knife in his hand, preparing to strike the boy down.
But, something caught his leg, almost managing to trip him. I looked to see that the puppet was now kneeling on the ground holding the man's leg with its only arm, attempting to keep him still.
'You won't hurt him…' Marry said weekly as the puppet stared at the man.
The man grunted and lifted his leg up. He then jolted it backwards, crashing his foot into the midsection of the puppet. The puppet was flung back from the blow and landed on the floor a foot or two away from the man. The bear then looked back to Max to see that the young boy was shakily rising to his feet. The man then trudged over to the boy and prepared his knife yet again. Max looked at the man with wide eyes and began to scramble away.
'No…' I heard Marry's voice rasp and I looked to see the puppet shakily try and crawl over to the scene.
I heard Max scream and my head snapped back over to see that the bear was now holding the boy with one hand, pinning him up against the shelf.
"Scream all you want boy!" The man shouted. "No one will hear you at this hour…" The bear then lowered its face to the boy's level. "You shouldn't have wondered away from your parents…" He growled. He then slammed his arm into the boy again, making Max scream in pain.
The bear glared at Max. "It looks like your parents didn't give a shit about you anyways…" He spat.
The man raised his knife.
'No.' Marry said more sternly and I looked to see that the puppet was still crawling it way towards the two, desperately trying to reach Max.
The man plunged his knife downwards and stabbed Max in his chest, making the boy cry out in agony.
'No!' Marry shouted, quickening her advance.
The man then pulled out the knife, raised it, and plunged it into Max's chest again, making the poor boy scream yet again.
'NO!' Marry screeched still trying to reach Max.
The man then pulled his knife out of Max's body and let the boy fall limp to the ground. Max shuddered as his breathing became frantic, desperately trying to cling to life.
'MAX!' Marry shouted.
Max looked over to the puppet and outstretched his arm towards it, fresh blood spilling from his wounds.
"M… Marry…" He rasped as his arm shook.
The Marionette managed to crawl to Max, outstretching its arm in an attempt to grab his own.
'Max…' Marry said in a sorrowful tone.
The puppet was about to grab Max's hand, but it quickly fell limp to the ground as the boy drew his final breaths. His body then shuddered yet again and Max's eyes drifted off into a lifeless stare as his life faded away.
'M-max…' Marry choked out as she crawled further and held Max's lifeless body in her only arm.
"You!" The man in the bear suit shouted as he looked down at the puppet. "You're the one who's been making the animatronics bonkers aren't you?"
The puppet merely sat there and put its head up against Max's.
'I-I let another one d-die…' Marry choked out. 'I-I tired to save them… b-but…'
"You little shit!" The man shouted as he struck the puppet in the face.
The Marionette's head jerked to the side, but it seemed hardly fazed by the blow.
I heard Marry sobbing in my head. 'I-I'm sorry I couldn't save you Max…' She said while crying. 'L-Like I couldn't save them…'
The man stomped on the puppet's leg, shattering part of its joint.
'B-But…' Marry went on. 'I won't let you go…'
The man stomped again.
'You'll be reborn…'
The man then ripped off the puppet's leg and tossed it aside.
'A-and you'll have r-revenge…'
The man then stomped on the puppet's other joint, shattering it as well.
'Max…'
The puppet's other leg was torn off.
'You will live…' The puppet then placed her hand on Max's heart. 'Again…'
The bear then leaned down and lifted up the puppet, hurling it across the room. The Marionette slammed into a wall and shattered into three separate pieces. Its head, torso, and arm were the only things that remained.
The man then stood in the middle of the room, panting a bit.
"Well, that solves that problem." The man said, catching his breath. He then looked down at Max's lifeless body. "But now I've got another body to hide… and no suit to put it in."
The man then stood there for a little while, looking over the body. He then looked at his arms and inspected them a bit.
"Well…" He spoke as he looked over the suit he was in.
"I guess that isn't entirely true…"
Suddenly, the entire room disappeared leaving me in complete darkness. I was a bit taken aback by this and looked around the room in a panic, trying to figure out where I was. I then heard a noise behind me and spun around and came face to face with the Marionette's own clown mask just a couple feet away from me. I quickly backpedaled out of fear, thinking that the puppet was going to harm me. But the puppet merely stood there, idly staring at me.
"Save him…" Marry's voice spoke up in my head.
I was taken aback by her sudden words.
"What?" I asked.
But Marry didn't respond, and the Marionette simply faded away. Leaving me alone, in the pitch black room.
Real world…
I slowly raised my head up as I awoke from my slumber and lazily opened my eyes to the harsh sunlight leaking in from the window. I yawned and groggily rubbed my eyes as I continued to rise from my bed.
'Ugh… what time is it?' I thought.
I then looked over to my clock and saw that it was about three in the afternoon.
'Its that late?' I thought as I yawned. 'I haven't slept that long in weeks…' I then slowly swung my legs over the bed and placed my feet on the ground, stretching a bit. 'Hell, that was the first time in weeks I've woken up without nearly having a heart attack.'
I then shook my head a bit and slowly stood up from my bed, rubbing my face as I did so.
'Its kind of nice…' I thought as I slowly trudged over to the door of my bedroom. 'I just hope this means it'll happen more often now…'
I then opened my bedroom door and walked out, shutting the door afterwards. I walked over to my sofa and sat down in it, yawning again.
'I think I'm just gonna relax for today…' I thought as I laid my head back on the couch.
I sat there for a bit, just thinking about random things, trying to keep the fact that I would have another night of hell tonight out of my mind, even though I would have to come to terms with it soon.
But, then, I recalled the dream I had the other night. I felt a little on edge going back to it, its not exactly normal to have a dream about a young boy being stabbed, but then again none of my dreams were really that normal those past couple days.
'Just… what the hell was that?' I thought as I sat up on the couch. 'I mean… usually my dreams are unrealistic, or one of my own memories.' I chucked a bit. 'Well, a walking puppet without any strings isn't that realistic but still.' I looked down, still thinking about the dream. 'The Marionette… and Max… along with Marry…' I folded my hands together. 'Who were they? And what did all of that even mean?'
I then began to go through the whole dream, trying to remember every part of it.
'So…' I thought. 'It seems like Max and Marry were really good friends, and Marry seemed to be the puppet… or maybe something trapped in the puppet.' I then remembered the man in the suit. 'And that damn bastard killed Max, as well as braking Marry apart in the process.'
I then realized something. 'Wait, he killed a fifth kid too? I thought he only killed four… I know the newspaper said five but the fifth kid was never found... and if he killed Max… where did he put-" I then remembered the man looking at the suit's arms near the end of the dream. "He put Max in that suit didn't he…" Another thought popped into my head. "Is Max in control of that suit?" I then shook my head. "No… he wouldn't do this… I mean sure he might kill the murderer out of revenge but he wouldn't start killing off the other's family members…' I looked up. 'Right?'
I continued to think on the topic until I shook my head and placed a hand on my forehead. 'I can't think about this shit right now…' I thought as I sighed. 'I've got enough to worry about for today…'
I the sat there for a bit, trying to think of what I should do, until I spotted the remote to the TV on my right just sitting on the couch.
'You know what…' I thought as I picked up the remote and clicked on the TV. 'I think I am just gonna relax today.' The TV then came on and I changed it the news. 'I mean for god's sake… I haven't relaxed in like a week. And I'm gonna be going through even more hell tonight.' I then put my feet up on the couch. 'This will be the best way to prepare for it.'
I then leaned back and enjoyed the show.
Hoping to god, that I would be alive to see that same show tomorrow.
A/N: And here we are again… least this time it didn't take as long… but sadly it's a shorter chapter. But don't worry, the next chapter will be a doozy. But with that said, I must say that there's only a few chapters left in this fic, like 4 or 5 maybe. But with my record those chapters will be out in a year…
Also I'll be trying to put out one chapter of each of my fics within a span of 2 months, just so I can speed up the process a bit. But no guarantees.
Thank you all for reading this, to everyone who's reviewed, and to everyone who has faved and or followed it.
I hope to update soon.