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Chapter 28:

Terror

Something had brushed up against her shoulder.

She had been sitting alone in the darkness of the main room for who knew how long, waiting for the return of her brother and her newfound friends. Before the incident, surprisingly enough, she had almost decided to gather her courage and deal with her fear of the animatronics.

"W-Who's there?" she questioned. When there was no response, she hesitated before creeping over to the animatronics. She had to check if all of them were there. She quickly glanced at the group assembled on the stage – Bonnie, Freddie, and Chica were where they were supposed to be. She took a deep breath and made her way over to Pirate's Cove, where the last of the animatronics should be hiding. Rita flung open the curtains and uttered a sigh of relief. Foxy was still there.

She spotted movement out of the corner of her eye. Heart racing, she turned to face the stage once more.

Freddy's head had moved so it was facing her.

Something darted out from behind Freddy's head and flew straight into her. She gave a startled cry when she realized it was Lucy's bat, but somehow caught it despite her fear. Her gaze drifted back to the bear animatronic. She put two and two together. Lorcan Fuery II had been trying to hide behind the head, for some strange reason, and in the process accidentally moved it.

"Why were you hiding?" she questioned, though she knew it was stupid. It wasn't like she could understand it-

It pointed at her with its wing tip, then at itself before it adopted an expression of horror on its tiny face. "You're scared of me?" she asked.

It shook its head.

"Because you know I'm scared of you?"

It nodded.

She couldn't believe she was having a conversation with a bat, out of all things. Almost instinctively, she pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. She had already done that several times when she first woke up in Cupa the Creeper's body. And then a couple more times when she realized who the boy whimpering in the corner of the cave she was in was none other than her older brother. Still, those were all before she had started talking to the aforementioned bat.

Before she could ask it anything else, something bumped up into her leg. She went pale as she glanced down. Staring up at her with two brown eyes was the cupcake mask used in the games to hide from the animatronics. "That's not supposed to move!" she frantically whispered to Lorcan.

And then it spoke.

"Pew!" it cried out.

She exchanged a confused look with the bat. "Pew?"

"Pew! Pew!"

Following a hunch, she leaned down and picked the mask up. A moment later, Second fell out and hit the floor with a rather loud squelch. The little slime looked absolutely terrified. Remembering what Diane did, she scooped it up into her arms and held it close. Lorcan, realizing Rita needed both her arms, made due with sitting on her shoulder instead.

"I feel absolutely ridiculous," she said to no one in particular. Then Rita's gaze traveled down to the trembling slime. "I wonder why it's all alone. It usually hangs out with Diane, right?" Lorcan gave a nod in agreement. "Maybe something scared it."

But what?

She realized there was only one option available to her: go and investigate. Which meant walking past the animatronics once again. And entering the spare parts room, where there was bound to be more of them.

She gulped.

"Come on, you two," she muttered, holding Second close. Rita liked to think she was doing so to calm it down. However, she knew what the real reason was: she wanted some desperately needed comfort.

She rushed past the animatronics on the stage. Skidding to a halt in front of the door to the room the others were in, she took a deep breath. She could face her fears. She had already done so several times. This time was no different. She turned the doorknob and opened the door.

And almost immediately, Freddy, Bonnie, and Foxy turned to stare at her. Her eyes widened in horror. Bonnie started to run over to her. "Rita?"

She fainted.

A/N Hey there, my wonderful Souls~ I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. If you did, please leave a review. They really make my day, and I always have fun reading them.

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