Is there any reason I keep telling this story? Maybe it's just because I'm bored, or that I feel that someone needs to know about it.

I don't know, too much has happened for me to just forget about it, and let it fade into the dust.

So I guess I'll just continue, but we are nearing the end now, just be prepared.

You might not like what you find.

Chapter 17

I stared at the empty space where the girl once stood, feeling both somewhat happy, and somewhat depressed. I knew I had just saved another one of these kids from this hell, but did I have to go through so much pain to do it? Did they have to go through so much pain as well?

'I don't know...' I thought as I looked down. 'Maybe it's some sort of trial or some bullshit...' I then sighed. 'I just hope it's over soon enough.'

Suddenly, the sound of animatronic joints echoed in the room. My eyes widened as I looked up to see Chica standing above me, an expressionless look on her face. I quickly began to crawl away from the animatronic, thinking that she was going to attack. But to my surprise she simply walked out of the room and back into the hallway on my right, disappearing into the darkness.

"He took Chica back too..." Sarah spoke up and I looked over to see that she had fearful look on her face.

I gritted my teeth as I stood up. "Why does he have to do that?" I questioned as I walked over to my chair. "Can't the bastard give me a break for once?"

"He's giving you one right now." Sarah stated and I looked over at her in surprise. "None of the animatronics are on the move right now, I don't know how long it will last though."

I raised an eyebrow. "What about Freddy?" I asked.

"Usually I can't track him if he's on the move, but right now he's just standing in one spot." Sarah replied.

My eyes widened a bit, somewhat shocked that I was in fact getting a bit of a breather. But I knew it wouldn't last for long so I quickly tried to regain my composure and prepared for the next attack.

I opened the door on my left to save what little power I had left and began to watch the camera's, waiting for the animatronics to become active once again.

I didn't have to wait too long since I clicked on camera to the janitor's closet and saw that Bonnie had made her way in there. My eyes widened a bit and I switched back to my original strategy. I began to flip through "CAM 1C" Pirate cove and "CAM 4B" which was the one that viewed the spot right behind the wall on my right, with the occasional check of "CAM 2B" which was the spot directly behind the wall on my left.

I then saw that it was about three in the morning and that I had about 37% power left. I felt an overwhelming sense of dread overcome me in that moment. I was only halfway through the night and I only had a third of the power left.

'Son of a bitch...' I though as my shoulders sagged. 'How the hell am I going to survive this?'

"Mike..." Sarah spoke up and I looked to see that she was giving me a sympathetic gaze. "You can make it through this night, you just have to make sure that you only shut the doors if you absolutely need to."

I sighed a bit. "I have been shutting them when I need to." I replied. "But I just can't keep them open when an animatronic is right out the door."

"I know... but I think there's something different about Freddy." Sarah stated.

I raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" I asked.

"The thing about him is that I don't think he can enter the room as long as you keep your eyes on the right door." Sarah explained.

"Why didn't you tell me this before?" I asked, somewhat frustrated that she was keeping this knowledge from me.

Sarah looked down. "Because I don't know if it's true or not..." She replied. "I just remember one guard that just kept his eyes on the right door whenever Freddy was there, and Freddy never went in."

I sighed and placed a hand on my head. "Well that's just great..." I said as I slumped down in my chair. "The only tactic that might save me may not even be true."

"That's why I only told you now." Sarah responded and I looked up at her. "Just only try this if you think you absolutely need to."

I sighed once again. "Well right now I don't think I have much of a choice..." I pointed out as I sat up straight. "I hardly have enough power to last the night as it is."

Sarah looked down. "I know but still, we need to be as careful as possible." She pointed out.

"Don't worry… that's what I'm planning to do, but I'm going to need to take a little risk in order to save power." I replied as I began to flip through the couple of camera's again.

There wasn't that much movement, but Foxy was poking his head out from behind the curtain again, making me feel a little on edge.

"Do you know if the others are moving?" I asked Sarah as I kept my eyes on the monitor.

Sarah looked up for a moment, before looking back to me. "Yes, Bonnie is moving all over the place, but Chica is in the kitchen right now, and it doesn't seem like she'll move much." She stated.

'Well, least I have something going for me…' I thought as I continued to watch the cameras.

I then landed upon "CAM 4B" and flinched a bit. Freddy was once again directly in front of the camera, staring into it with his bone chilling gaze. I shuddered a bit and kept my eyes on the right door, not wanting to waste any more power by closing the door.

'God I hope Sarah's theory is right…' I thought as I kept my eyes glued to the right door.

"Sarah, tell me if anyone is approaching my left." I spoke up, my gaze still on the right door.

"Freddy's out there isn't he?" Sarah asked in an uneasy tone.

I nodded, not looking over to her, not daring to take my eyes off the right door.

"Okay… I'll try to tell you if Freddy's about to enter the room too." She stated.

I nodded once again, becoming very uneasy. I felt so vulnerable in that moment in time, I knew I had to keep my eyes on the door, but that meant I couldn't look back at the camera's, so I couldn't tell where the other animatronics were, including the fact that I didn't know when Foxy was about to make a break for it.

"Bonnie's here!" Sarah shouted, making me flinch.

I quickly got up and closed the door on my right to make sure Freddy wouldn't get through and slammed the button to the door on my left to keep Bonnie out as well. I then sat back down and checked the camera's again. I saw that Foxy was peeking out from behind the curtain, which made me even more uneasy, but I was surprised to see that Freddy was gone.

Feeling somewhat relieved I hit the light button on my right to make sure that Chica wasn't there, and was greeted with the sight of an empty hallway. I then opened the door, saving what little power I had left, granted I wasn't sure if it would last me, but it was the only thing I had to go off of.

"Bonnie's gone, and Chica's in the bathrooms." Sarah stated.

I checked the monitor to make sure that Freddy was still gone, and once I saw that it was clear I got up and opened the door on my left. But, right after I did so I heard the somewhat faint sound of metal feet sprinting across the tiles. My eyes widened and I quickly slammed the door shut once again. The sound of Foxy colliding with the door came right after I did so, making me flinch as I backed away from the door.

Foxy then began assaulting the door with his fist and his hook, trying with all of his might to break the door down. But thankfully, his assault ceased, signaling that I was safe from him, for now at least.

I then clicked the light button to see that no one was in the hallway and raised the door up once again. Sighing, I sat back down in my chair, my body shaking a bit. The anxiety and fear was starting to get to me, I felt like at any given moment something would jump out at me, and being in the position I was, that very well could have been true.

I pushed my anxiety and fear down, trying to get a grip of myself as I looked at the camera's again. I saw that I was safe for the moment, which calmed me slightly. I then noticed that it was quarter passed three, and there was 34% power left in the system.

'God damn it…' I thought as I glared at my monitor. 'It's still not good enough.' I then looked down. 'I've gotta do better, and save more power than I am at this moment.'

'Otherwise I'm going to be shit out of luck before the night ends.'

5:00 am

Somehow, I was managing to get through the night. Through some miraculous reason, I had one hour left, and I had managed to save 9% power for that hour. And though it wasn't much, it was a lot more than I was expecting to save with all the bullshit that was happening on that night.

I now, of course, sat in the office chair rapidly clicking through the camera's and keeping a close eye on all of the animatronics, or at least a close of an eye as I could with the bastards moving all over the place. Granted Sarah was helping out a hell of a lot by telling me if Bonnie or Chica were at the doors, hell a couple times she even managed to catch Foxy before he made a break for the door.

The situation at this point was this… Freddy was nowhere to be seen, Chica was in the kitchen and Bonnie was popping up at the doors every now and then with Foxy peeking his head out from behind the curtain. I was most concerned about Foxy and Freddy at the point, since those two always seemed to get the jump on me half the time.

'Almost there almost there almost there.' I thought, those words repeating in my head as some form of comfort. Granted it wasn't much comfort, but I needed something.

"Bonnie's back." Sarah spoke up.

I scowled and slammed the door shut on my left, grumbling to myself.

'Why does Bonnie have to be so damn quick!?' I thought as I checked CAM 1C. 'Every time I think she's gone she pops up again!'

I was getting very frustrated at that moment, five torturous hours of horror and fear of death taking its tool. I wanted it to be over, I wanted it to be six o'clock, and I wanted to be safe, more importantly I wanted my sister to finally be safe as well, and leave this place once and for all.

"Bonnie's gone, but Chica's on the way." Sarah spoke up.

I quickly brought the door on my left up and looked back to the camera's to see that I was still safe from both Freddy and Foxy, though Foxy was now preparing to make a break for it, making me even more paranoid.

'God damn it! Can this end all ready!?' I thought, getting more and more frustrated as the animatronics moved in a sporadic motion, making it almost impossible to keep up.

"Chica's here!" Sarah shouted.

I quickly shut the door on my right and sat back down, keeping my eyes glued to pirate cove.

"Bonnie's here!" Sarah exclaimed.

I growled and shut the door on my left. 'They're going to drain all my damn power!' I thought as I looked back to the computer monitor.

"Bonnies gone!" Sarah shouted.

I quickly opened the door once again, but, as I did so I heard the faint sound of metal feet clanging against the ground. My eyes widened and I shut the door, a large "BANG" sounding from it not even a minute later. Foxy then began to assault the door and I shivered slightly, the thought of him managing to break down the door creeping into my head.

"Chica's gone!" Sarah exclaimed.

I nodded and bolted over to the right door, opening it up to save power. But, as I did so, I heard a low and deep chuckle echo throughout the office, making me freeze up a bit. I knew what it meant.

'Freddy's here…' I thought as I kept my eyes plastered on the right door way.

I couldn't afford to close it, it was ten passed five and I only had 6% power left, I needed to keep the doors open at any point that I could. The good thing was, it appeared that Freddy would actually stay out if I kept my gaze on the right door, since it had been working the whole night.

But, as I kept my gaze on the door, there was one last "BANG" on the left door from Foxy's assault. My head snapped over to the noise out of reflex, and that, was a huge mistake.

The chuckle echoed throughout the room once more and my blood turned cold. I could practically feel his presence in the room, but my body wouldn't allow me to turn and face him.

"Mike!" Sarah shouted out of distress, making me jump slightly.

I slowly turned my head and my eyes landed upon the large animatronic bear in front of my desk. Freddy stared down at me with cold eyes, and an expressionless face, his haunting gaze making me shiver once again.

There was only silence for lord knows how long, the two of us just staring at one another as I instinctually began to shrink down out of fear. My heart was beating faster than it ever had in my life, I knew this was it, nothing could save me from this demon, he had no remorse, and no emotion.

"C-Colin…" Sarah spoke up, breaking the silence in the room.

Freddy's head turned ever so slightly towards Sarah, but he kept his gaze upon me.

"Don't do this Colin…." Sarah pleaded.

Freddy chuckled and I heard the distorted voice of a young boy in my head. "Of course you don't want me to kill your brother." He stated. "Of course you want to be the lucky one, you were the one who was freed first, you were the one who suffered the least." He then gained a slight glare. "Your brother was the only one who could see passed your metal body."

Freddy then looked over at Sarah. "You got to be the lucky one, you got to have everything, you got your freedom and your brother's love." The boy stated within my head.

"You can still be free too…" Sarah stated as she gave him a sympathetic look.

Freddy chuckled. "You think I want freedom after all that's happened? What would freedom give me?" He asked.

"A chance to see your mother again…" Sarah replied.

"Why would I want to see her again when I murdered her?" The boy questioned. 'Why would I want to see her when she left me here? And let me die.'

"It wasn't her fault." Sarah stated gaining a bit of a stern look.

'Wasn't it?' The boy asked. 'Isn't it a parent's job to take care of their children?' Freddy turned towards Sarah. 'Isn't it a parent's job to keep their children safe?' Freddy glared. 'Isn't it a parent's job to love their child no matter what they look like!?'

Sarah glared at him. "Killing my brother won't fix any of that!" She shouted.

Freddy narrowed his eyes. 'No… but it will show you how much I suffered, while you still had hope of being freed, and while you still had the company of a loved one to keep you safe.' The boy stated within my head. 'But, even with this, you'll never know what it's like to kill a loved one yourself… but this will give you taste of the pain.'

I stared at Freddy, at Colin, and I realized just how hard all of this had hit him. He not only had to kill a loved one, but he had to kill his own mother, the one he thought of all people, would have been able to save him. It must have destroyed him to see his mother cower in fear below him, it must have absolutely devastated him when he had to kill her, and she didn't have the will to stop him.

All of my fear of the animatronic before me had gone, and all that I felt now, was sympathy.

"You weren't the one that killed her." I spoke up as I stood up from my chair.

Freddy turned towards me with an intense glare. 'I did kill her!' The boy shouted. 'You might think it was the golden bear but it was me! I felt hatred towards her when she was here! She could hardly even look at me! She didn't even hug me once!' Freddy gritted his teeth. 'You of course could see pass it all! You hugged your sister constantly! But my mother just felt fear for me!'

I shook my head. "It wasn't fear." I stated. "She felt guilty."

Freddy seemed a bit taken aback by this statement. 'What?' The boy spoke.

"She felt guilty." I repeated. "She knew that it was her job to keep you safe, she knew she should have kept you by her side the day of your death, but when she failed to, once she saw what happened to you, she felt like she had failed you."

Freddy glared once again. 'Then why didn't she save me when I was like this!?' The boy shouted.

I looked down. "Because she felt like she didn't deserve to… she felt like she couldn't do it, she didn't deserve to have you back, she didn't deserve to have your love again…" I replied, my shoulders slumping a bit.

'How could you possibly know that!?' The boy questioned.

"Because that's what I felt like when I was here…" I replied as I looked up at him. "I felt like I failed my sister, I felt like I didn't deserve to have her back, hell, I still don't think I do."

'Then how come you hugged her!? Why did you comfort her when my mother didn't comfort me!?' The boy asked.

"Because Sarah forgave me." I stated. "Because Sarah asked for the comfort, and she was the one who hugged me when she felt like she needed two." I smiled over at Sarah for a second. "I knew that I had her forgiveness, so I forgave myself."

The boy became silent as Freddy looked down.

I raised an eyebrow at him. "Did you forgive your mother?" I asked. "Did you tell her that you forgave her? Did you openly try to hug her?"

They boy was silent for a bit longer, before he replied with. 'No… I couldn't bring myself to forgive her… how could I after she didn't keep me safe? I wanted to… but I was so angry… I…' The boy trailed off as Freddy's shoulders slumped as he hung his head.

I walked out from behind my desk, and placed a hand on his shoulder, making Freddy flinch a bit.

"I know…" I replied in a soft tone. "You had a lot less time than Sarah to forgive, and you had a lot more to be angry about." I then rubbed his shoulder. "But you know that the real person to blame here was the one that murdered you, the one that murdered all of you, he put you in this situation." I gritted my teeth a bit. "Along with the golden bear…"

The boy sniffled lightly. 'What am I supposed to do…?' He whispered.

"Forgive…" I stated. "Forgive your mother, she never wanted any of this to happen to you… I know there is a lot to forgive but… you have to understand that she would have saved you from the one who murdered you if she could have." I rubbed his shoulder again. "Hell, she would have rather been killed if it could have saved your own life."

I then slowly turned the animatronic towards me and held both his shoulders. "So let go of everything… forgive your mother…" I then smiled lightly. "And be free…"

Freddy slowly looked up at me with a solemn look and the room became silent for a long while.

But, eventually Freddy's body fell limp and collided with the ground, revealing a young boy with tears streaming down his cheeks. The boy sniffled and quickly wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into a tight hug.

I was a bit surprised by this gesture, but I smiled a bit and hugged him back.

"Thank you…" Colin whispered.

Colin then slowly faded from my grip, and disappeared from the room.

He too, was freed from this hell.

There was nothing but silence in the room as I stared at where he once was, until I realization hit me. I had just freed all of the children from the suits, they were now all safe, and they no longer had to suffer in this world.

I fell to my knees as tears fell from my eyes. "I-is it over?" I choked out.

"Yes Mikey…" I heard Sarah say and I looked up at her to see that she too was tearing up. "It's over…"

She then walked over to me and hugged me tightly, tears streaming down her face. I grabbed her and held her close, relieved that we both got through this hellish night.

But, the sound of slow clapping sounded behind me. "Such a touching sight…" A ghostly voice spoke.

I scowled as I instinctively held my sister tighter, I knew exactly who was behind me at that moment. A feeling of dread overcame me, fearing that he was going add something more to the deal we had, and possibly stop the other children from being free.

"What do you want?" I growled as I let go of my sister and stood up, not facing the golden bear behind me.

"No need to be hostile, I'm only here to congratulate you on freeing the children." The bear stated.

I turned to him and glared, crossing my arms. "Is that all you're here for?" I questioned.

The bear smiled. "No, I am also here to tell you that even though the night isn't officially over yet, I have decided to give you the win anyhow." He stated.

I raised an eyebrow, still a bit skeptical of the bear. "So it's over?" I asked.

The bear nodded. "Yes, you have freed those who suffered here from their metal tombs, and you do not need to fight for your life any longer." He replied.

I narrowed my eyes. "I have questions." I spoke.

"By all means, ask away." The bear responded. "You deserve every answer I can give you."

I was silent for a moment, not know exactly what to ask him first, but I soon decided to simply go with the most basic question first.

"Why?" I asked. "Why did you do all this?"

The golden devil chuckled. "Isn't obvious?" He asked. "People needed to pay for what happened here." He then leaned up against a wall. "Of course the one who was most responsible was taken care of swiftly, but others needed to pay, those who left us here needed to pay."

I raised an eyebrow when he said "us", since there was a thought lingering in my mind about the bear. But I let him carry on.

"So, I drew them all here, and had Fazebear hire them as security guards." The golden bear went on. "They all got what they deserved, though I did offer them redemption if they could free the one they left here, but none of them were strong enough to do so." He then looked up at me. "Then, I came across the conundrum known as your sister." The bear looked up at the ceiling. "You see, I realized that it wasn't her parents fault that she was left here." He gave out a throaty chuckle. "No, it was your fault in fact, since she was under your care, and you simply left her to die."

I flinched a bit as he said that, old wounds beginning to show up once again. I fully accepted that it was my fault Sarah died that day, and the thought of it still managed to bring me down.

"It was difficult to bring you back here." The bear continued. "Since you fully opposed the idea to the bone, but when you did return, you did something I didn't expect." He smiled a bit as he looked back to me. "You saw through your sister's metallic appearance from the beginning, your bond with her was far stronger than I originally thought." The golden devil then looked over to Sarah. "You didn't treat her like a monster, you treated her like your sister, and you managed to free her out of pure care and love for her." His smile grew as he looked back to me. "It was at that moment that I knew… you were the one who could free the ones trapped here."

I glared at him. "You could have done that from the start." I pointed out.

The golden bear shook his head. "I never had the ability to do that." He stated. "Though I had control over them, I could never free them from their prisons, they could only be free if they let go of everything that happened here."

I growled. "Then why didn't you help them!?" I shouted.

"Because I shouldn't have to be the one to do that." The bear shot back. "It should have been their own family; it should have been the ones who claimed to love them." The bear looked down. "But they all failed… except for you."

"That's because they were afraid!" I shouted as I gritted my teeth. "Anyone would be if you sent animatronics to kill them!"

The bear snorted. "They were weak, if they had truly cared for those they left behind then they would have done anything too free them, even if it meant risking their own lives to do so." He explained.

"Is that what happened to you?" I asked as I sized up to him. "Did you get left behind?"

The golden bear's eyes widened. "What?" He asked in a shocked tone.

I glared at him once again. "Cut the shit!" I shouted. "I know who you are... Max."

The golden devil's eyes bulged. "How do you know that name?" He questioned.

I gave him a bewildered look. "Oh you know, maybe from all the bullshit dreams I've been having since I got back to this place!" I growled, thinking it was him who kept giving me the dreams.

The bear took a step back. "Dreams?" He asked. "What were they about?"

I raised an eyebrow, skeptical of his actions. "They told me about all the other kids…" My glare returned. "And how you forced them to kill the ones you blamed for leaving them here."

The devil took another step back, a dumbfounded look on his face. "H-how? There's no way you could have had those dreams unless…" He looked down. "Marry…" A small smile grew on his face. "Marry did this…"

I gave him another skeptical look. "Yeah I know about Marry…" I replied. "And I also know how you died Max." I glared. "I know how that bastard killed you and destroyed her."

The bear chuckled. "Well I guess you're so sure about what's happening here now aren't you?" He asked as he looked up at me.

I kept my skeptical look, feeling a bit uneasy. "Yeah…" I responded.

"Well… did you ever think about what Marry is?" He asked. "Did you ever think about why Marry was here?"

I was a bit taken aback by his question, but I slowly shook my head in response.

The bear chuckled once again. "Marry was here because we weren't the only kids who were killed by that bastard…" He stated.

It was my turn to take a step back, both shocked and horrified of his words.

The bear went on. "This place used to be just a diner you know?" He said. "And when Marry was little, she always wanted to go here, and be away from all the hell that happened at her home." He then looked down. "So she would always stare out of her car window when her parents passed her by, and she would beg them to go there, until one day…" The bear gained a look of pure fury on his face. "Her parents took her there… and left. Her. There." He slammed his fist against the wall. "They left here there, and didn't plan on coming back, when Marry figured this out, she walked outside of the diner and called for them, but they never returned." The bear then gained a saddened look on his face. "She turned to face the diner, seeing all of the happy kids along with their parents enjoying time together." He gained a grim look. "Then a car rolled up… she thought it was her parents and that they had come back for her, but no…" The bear slammed the wall once again. "It was that son of a bitch… he took her by the arm, said that it was all going to be okay… and plunged a knife in her throat."

The bear became dead silent after that, rage and sorrow flowing through him. I simply stared at him in shock, feeling the same emotions that he was. I couldn't believe the bastard had killed someone else before, and to hear that he had killed such a poor and troubled girl like Marry, oh, that made my blood boil.

But, as we sat in silence, another thought came to mind. "Why are you here then?" I asked. "Are you here for vengeance for what that bastard did to Marry? Or were you left here by your parents as well?"

The bear chuckled once again, not looking up at me. "I didn't even have parents to begin with." The bear stated. "I was abandoned by them when I was young, and I didn't even know who they were." He looked up at me. "I was a foster child all my life, and I was brought here every weekend by the people who ran the home I was in." A look of sorrow fell upon him. "So when I died, there was no one to come back for me in the first place."

I stared at him for a long while, feeling even more sorrow from his story. A lot of bad shit went down in this place, and I mean a hell of a lot… and knowing that all of this happened, I knew I had to put an end to it, once and for all.

"Then why don't you just be free of all of this?" I asked. "It's all over now… the kids have been freed, why don't you just go?"

The bear chuckled. "Oh I've been able to be free for a long time now, but I can't go just yet." He stated.

I raised an eyebrow. "Why not?" I asked.

The golden bear looked down. "Because I've had to make sure that this place was protected, so that no other child would die here from some sick bastard." He stated. "But now that I have done my part…" He looked up at me. "I'll leave it to you to protect this place." The bear then stood to his full height. "You're the only one to ever be able to free even one child from this place, not only that, but you have managed to save all the children here." He smiled. "I cannot think of a better protector."

I took a step back, feeling a bit uneasy by his words combined with the way he looked at me.

"And how would I protect this place?" I asked.

His smile stretched across his face.

"By taking my place in this suit."

A/N: And alas! The ultimate cliffhanger! Ha ha!

I'm sure you guys aren't tired of these right? … Right?

Anyways, sorry for the long wait, its been like three months… I've had to adapt to a new school setting (college) and I've had other shit to deal with, so sorry about all that. Still, good (or bad) news is that this fic is coming to an end in the next chapter(s).

The reason I say chapter(s) is because there will be two endings to this fic, both differing from the other, and you're the one who chooses which one you want to have as a proper ending. (If you guys don't like the thought of this idea then just tell me in the comments and I'll just chose one to have as the official ending)

After this fic is done, I'll be putting out a different fic I've been writing. This one is more like the Spyro fic I'm writing but this one will be a whole lot less cringy (or at least I hope it will) and it will have more of a sorrowful tone to it.

Anyways, thank you all for reading this chap and I hope I can get the ending chap(s) out soon! See you all next time.