My Night At Freddy's
Chapter Eight: 5:00 AM
There was still no sign of Freddy as I made my way down the hallway toward the janitor's closet, but that didn't mean that I was safe. The large animatronic bear had already managed to sneak up on me and then vanish not once, but twice, so I was trying to be extra careful. Freddy was much smarter than the other characters had been, so I fully expected him to be waiting for me inside the closet, and having to lure him away to get to the breaker box. However, the closet was empty when I opened the door, so I ran inside and opened the box.
In the light of my flashlight, I could see that I had been right about Freddy hitting the main breaker to make the power go out. The strange part was that he had come after me from the right, meaning that he would've had to go all the way around to the other shutter instead of coming right at me down the left hall. That way I hadn't even considered the circuit breakers until I was cornered on the stage, and now I was starting to get really scared of my latest enemy. The others had been nothing compared to this character, but at least now I would be able to see him coming.
I was reaching for the main breaker, when I froze and nearly had a heart attack as the same musical chime from before reached my ears as some flickering lights started going off behind me. The lights stopped as I turned around, and my flashlight beam found Freddy just as he was coming for me. This time I couldn't get away as he grabbed me by the arm, and then he pulled me forward so hard that I fell to the ground. He started to drag me out of the closet, and I realized that I couldn't pull away, but maybe I could still go forward. So I crawled toward the large bear, making it stop and look at me as I crawled in between its legs.
I got all the way through, and Freddy was bent over since he still had a hold of my arm, but I was able to use his own legs as a brace to keep him from pulling me back. It took every ounce of my strength, combined with the fact that the large bear was already off balance from bending over, but I slowly managed to stand up, making Freddy release me as he fell on his face. He was already getting up by the time I picked up my fallen flashlight from the floor, so I grabbed a large bucket from inside the closet and slammed it down over the bear's large head. This bought me the time I needed to hit the main breaker, causing the security lights to come back on as I ran past Freddy again.
The large bear managed to get the bucket off of its head a few seconds later, and thankfully he didn't go back into the closet to turn off the power once again. Instead, Freddy came after me, but at least this time I could see him as he chased me down the hall and into the dining area. The first thing I did after getting out of the hallway was to grab the first chair I came to and whip it toward the character, but all this did was make him slow down for a second as he smacked the chair away. Again and again I picked up more chairs and threw them, but Freddy knocked each one away with one arm, not that they would've done much damage to his body even if they had connected.
I didn't want to get cornered on the stage like what had happened last time, so I turned and ran for the other hallway to the security office, but Freddy was one step ahead of me. He changed course and took a shortcut around some other tables to cut me off, but then he must've slipped on some of the floor-stripper I had used on Bonnie, because the large bear's feet suddenly flew out from under him as he crashed to the floor. Most of the stripper had already dried, so it was fairly easy for Freddy to get back up, and then he came running after me full speed.
Still not as fast as Foxy, but a bit faster than me, I was just barely able to stay ahead of him as I ran down the hallway and took a sharp turn into the security office. I also smacked the door switch as I ran through, and Freddy didn't have time to stop as the shutter slammed down onto him with a satisfying crunch. It hadn't hit him quite as directly as it had done to Foxy, leaving Freddy pinned on his stomach, and I had hoped that his body would've been severely damaged, but it seemed intact. Either way, I was victorious and Freddy was trapped, so I sunk into the chair by the desk in order to wait out the rest of my shift.
It was almost 6:00 by this time, and I was starting to think up the many colorful things that I was going to say to the owner once he unlocked the doors, when my entire brain stopped as I heard the familiar metallic screech of a shutter being forced upward. Now, I knew that Freddy was a bit stronger than the other characters had been, but I still couldn't believe what was happening as the large bear was able to overpower the shutters while slowly getting to his feet. Black smoke started pouring out of the small engine as the shutter was pushed all the way back up into the ceiling, and I found myself unable to move as the character came for me.
He grabbed me by the front of my uniform's jacket, and as he was lifting me into the air, my body was suddenly able to move enough to start bashing the large bear in the head with the heavy flashlight. This did absolutely nothing to Freddy as he carried me out of the office, and I had to drop the flashlight a second later to grab onto the doorframe. The large bear was so strong that my grip on the doorframe only lasted for about a second, so I resumed futilely kicking and punching at the character until I realized something. The only thing he actually had a solid grip on was my jacket, so we were just entering the dining area when I unzipped it and slipped out.
Freddy immediately dropped the jacket and tried to grab me again, but I was already running away. I tried to put some distance between us by zig-zaging around the upright tables as I headed for the stage. This tactic did nothing as the animatronic character threw tables out of his way, and I was just starting up the stairs to the stage, when I felt the large bear's paw wrap around my ankle. I fell on my face as I suddenly couldn't go any farther, and then my head hit each step as Freddy dragged me down the stairs.
I kicked at his arm and hit him with each chair that I could get my hands on, but it now seemed that nothing could stop the large bear as he slowly dragged me toward the back stage area. Again I grabbed the door frame in a sad attempt to stop myself, but was quickly ripped away as Freddy lifted me off the floor upside down. He then used his free arm to open the nearest empty suit, and just as my predecessor had described, it was fill of wires, metal, and other devices that were sure to kill me. Freddy then started to lower me toward the opening, and I was sure that I was a goner, but then it happened.
Through the door and down the hall I could just barely hear the faint sounds of my office clock striking 6:00, and then I suddenly crashed to the floor as Freddy's grip released. The animatronic bear then turned away as it slowly walked out of the room, and I just laid there trying to catch my breath. I had done it. I had survived against all odds, and now there was only one thing left that I could think of to do before leaving this nightmare behind forever: The owner would soon be there to unlock the doors, and then he and I were going to have a conversation.