S1: The Unique IMC Pilot

by IMC Librarian

Michael W Johnson, found and raised by Spyglass unit #826591740-A, grows up to become an IMC Pilot, but soon discovers that he is more than that. More than a Pilot, more than a soldier, more than anyone knows, even himself. He is endowed with a destiny that will change his life and the lives of those around him for good.

5. CH4

S1-4
Contact

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11:49 PM
09/26/2270

Planet Earth - Freddy Fazbear's Pizza
Show Stage

Music
Titanfall - OST 10

Toy Freddy came to the door just in time to see an IMC Drop Ship land, with Spyglass and Michael getting out of it afterwards. "What is that?"

Seeing that Toy Freddy was looking at the Drop Ship, Spyglass explained. "An IMC Drop Ship. Drop Ships are used for transportation of Pilots, Grunts, and Spectres."

Now his curiosity grew. "Care to explain what each of those are?"

"Inside. I will not repeat myself."

11:58 PM
09/26/2270

Planet Earth - Freddy Fazbear's Pizza
The office

Once everyone was in the office, Spyglass began his explanation. "The IMC, short for the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation, is a massive industrial conglomeration. There are multiple military forces in the IMC that comprises its fleets. Pilots: advanced supersoldiers with ablative armor, Jump Kits, and inhuman skills above all others. Grunts are infantry units assigned for supporting Pilots and put in teams of four. Grunts are generally less advanced than Pilots and have less skills, they must earn their way to becoming a Pilot. Spectres are automated infantry units used for Pilot and Grunt support. Being mass produced, BRD-01 'Spectre' Combat Drones are considered expendable, but they are prone to being hacked by a Pilot's Data-Knife and reprogrammed onto the other side. Fortunately, they can be re-reprogrammed back to the IMC. We have more indirect methods of reprogramming Spectres, such as Wi-Fi Virus transmitters. Titans are twenty foot tall mechanical behemoths used by Pilots to lay waste to enemy forces. Titans can be controlled by a Pilot inside the cockpit, or by an AI in the chassis when the Pilot is on foot. Titans follow three protocols. Protocol 1: Link to Pilot. Protocol 2: Uphold the Mission. Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot."

The Toy animatronics were impressed, but Toy Bonnie was the only one who wasn't speechless. "Wow. Now that's impressive. What's the plan?"

"I will analyze the threat level of the old animatronics on a global scale." Spyglass stood ready.

Without warning, the next recorded message played itself. "Uh... Hello- hello! Uh... See? I told you your first night wouldn't be a problem. You're a natural! Uh... By now, I'm sure you've noticed the older models sitting in the back room. Uh... Those are from the previous location. We just use them for parts now. The idea at first was to repair them. Uh... They even started retrofitting them with some of the newer technology, but they were just so ugly, y'know? And the smell... Uh... So the company decided to go in a whole new direction and make them super kid-friendly. Uh... Those older ones shouldn't be able to walk around, but if they do, the whole Freddy head trick should work on them too, so whatever. Uh... Heh... I loved those old characters. Did you ever see Foxy the pirate? Oh wait. Foxy... Oh yeah! Foxy! Uh... Hey, listen. That one was always a bit twitchy. Uh... I'm not sure the Freddy head trick will work on Foxy. Uh... If, for some reason, he activates during the night and you see him standing at the far end of the hall, just flash your light at him from time to time. Those older models would always get disoriented with bright lights. It would cause a system restart or something. Uh... Come to think of it, you might want to try that on any room where something undesirable might be. It might hold them in place for a few seconds. That glitch might be carried over to the newer models too. One more thing: don't forget the music box. I'll be honest, I never liked that puppet thing. It was always... thinking, and it can go anywhere... I don't think the Freddy mask will fool it, so just don't forget the music box. Uh... Anyway, I'm sure it won't be a problem. Uh... Have a good night, and I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Music
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix - Night of Tragedy

Once the message ended, there was a loud banging sound at the end of the hall.
"That didn't sound good. I think they're coming."

"That is a reasonable assumption, Michael." Spyglass replied.

Toy Freddy was beginning to panic. "This is nowhere near good."

At the end of the hall came a limping animatronic with a small white glowing pinprick as a single eye, then it started on its way down the hall. Toy Bonnie grabbed the flashlight and shined it down the hallway at the robotic figure, revealing it to be a severely damaged and withered Foxy.

The light stopped Foxy in his tracks as the glow of his eye started flickering erratically.

Spyglass then began pushing Foxy back down the hall while holding the flashlight to the animatronic's optic. "I have a plan." As he came back, Spyglass generated three identical brightness filter software programs and prepared them for installation into the animatronics. "I will need you three to open your system access ports."

Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, and Toy Chica were uncertain, but nonetheless opened their ports, each of which were located at the base of the neck servo.

"Well, I'm not sure about this, but OK."

"For once, I don't have a good or bad feeling about what's going on."

"I'll trust you on this."

Music
none

Taking out three blank data cards from a storage compartment in his right leg, Spyglass moved the programs into each of them before slotting the cards into the access ports located at the back of the base of the animatronics' necks. The insertion of the new software caused the animatronics' seemingly sentient operating systems to go into a sort of 'standby mode' as they started speaking in a robotic voice, and in unison. "New system software detected in system access port. Scanning. Optical brightness filter software program: confirmed. Beginning installation."

"Are they gonna be OK?" Michael asked, concerned.

Spyglass reassured him. "Affirmative. I have already contacted Mr. Fazbear about the optical filtering software, and he has expressed a small amount of gratitude."

"Installation complete. New software activated and synchronized. System errors: 0. Reactivating operating systems." They finished the custom update, and their sentient AIs were brought back online.

Music
Metroid: Other M - The Bioweapon Research Center

The Toy animatronics looked as if they were dizzy, which doesn't really make sense.

"OK, that felt weird!"

"Oh, my head..."

"That was very disorienting, but I think we've got that software now."

"That should shield you guys from any flashlight-induced system restart, right?"

"I hope so." Toy Bonnie said, still holding his head.

The light at the end of the hallway flickered out before coming back on, with a new animatronic standing under the light. "That's not good." Michael stated, and he still wasn't scared of these things.

"Beginning threat analysis." Spyglass scanned the dysfunctional robotic entity. "Warning: significant threat to civilian lives. Termination recommended."

Music
Metroid: Other M - Outside The Breeding Room / Tracking The Rogue

The withered animatronic was an older version of Toy Bonnie, with purple fur instead of a light blue costume. It was missing various portions of its costume, its entire left arm, and its face, with wires and loose cables dangling out.

Somehow, Michael felt no fear. "Ugh... That thing could give normal kids nightmares for months. Me? I'm starting to feel a bit angry, and I don't know why."

"Michael, I recommend you sit this out tomorrow. I will relay the scan results to Mr. Fazbear and deal with them myself." Spyglass stated.

"Sounds good." Toy Freddy breathed a sigh of relief.

"When I return tomorrow night, I will bring weapons. However, I do not wish to be charged with property damage."

Music
Titanfall - OST 74

"Just contact Mr. Fazbear again and ask him about it." Michael stated.

"Good thinking." Spyglass noted, opening a communication channel connected to the manager's phone.

"What is it this time? I'm already aware of the old animatronics being extremely dangerous, but what do you expect ME to do about it? It's late too... Can't I just go to bed?" Mr. Fazbear yawned.

"I request permission to use IMC Pilot weapons against the corrupted animatronics. I do not wish to be filed under damage done to Fazbear Entertainment property."

"You know what? Consider them ex-Fazbear Entertainment property. You can deal with them."

"Thank you. A small token of appreciation will be left on your doorstep by the end of the week."

"Oh. You're welcome, and thank you."

"You are welcome, Mr. Fazbear." It was then that the channel was closed.

"Well? What did he say?" Michael wondered.

"He has officially disowned the old animatronics. They are no longer property of Fazbear Entertainment." Spyglass reported.

"No property damage reports filed on you guys then?" Toy Freddy asked.

"Correct." Replied Michael's caretaker.

"That's good. We can take these guys out." Toy Bonnie was excited to soon be rid of the corrupted animatronics.

"I guess we'll have to be careful of the building itself, since it's still Fazbear Entertainment property."

"Heh... Logic. You're right." Toy Bonnie chuckled.

"Wait a minute... THE MUSIC BOX!"

"No need to worry about that. I've got it, Michael." Toy Chica was sitting at the desk, keeping the music box wound up.

Music
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 - Marionette music box

"That's good, but why is that older version of me still coming closer?" Toy Bonnie was right.
The faceless purple rabbit animatronic was slowly approaching them.

"Of course! It sees Spyglass as an endoskeleton without a costume!" Michael stated, hiding behind the desk.

Spyglass grabbed the Freddy head and placed it upon his head. The withered Bonnie stopped in its tracks before looking into the office from where it stood and walking away. "The current threat has passed, but there will be another threat soon."

Music
Metroid Fusion - VS Mother Plant

Sure enough, a yellow animatronic showed up. The head was split between the bottom and top jaws, with only wires connected to the top of the head. The arms were out to the sides, and the hands were gone, with loose cables jutting from the wrists. The old Chica was just at the end of the hallway, standing there with unblinking eyes that stared at them with a dead gaze.

"That is so disturbingly creepy on so many levels." Michael said with a blank expression.

"It's like being stared at by a zombie version of myself." Toy Chica shivered.

"OK, now THAT'S freaky." Exclaimed Toy Bonnie.

Music
Super Mario Galaxy - Tension

Before long, an old Freddy Fazbear animatronic appeared next to the withered Chica.
"They're all coming."

Spyglass always kept track of the time through a programmed internal digital clock in his main systems. 6:00 AM was close. "Stand your ground."

The withered animatronics were approaching, getting close, closer, yet closer.

"3..." Spyglass started counting down, the end of the shift was near. "2..." The old animatronics were revealed in greater detail by the light of the office. "1..." The withered Bonnie reached its exposed endoskeleton hand toward Toy Freddy, the closest Toy animatronic, ready to rip him apart. "Mark." The 6:00 AM bell rang, causing the withered animatronics' corrupted systems to completely shut down.

Music
Metroid: Zero Mission - Ancient Chozo Secrets

"What just happened?" Michael wondered.

"Total system corruption has turned the 6:00 AM programming restart into an OFF switch. However, at 12:00 AM, they will come back online." Spyglass reported.

"We better make sure it's the LAST time they come online!"

"Well, we better get back to our stage, customers will be arriving soon." Toy Freddy stated.

Music
Pikmin - Forest Navel

"Good luck, guys. We'll be back tomorrow." Michael said.

"You willingly assist us in the termination of threats, so I thank you. This will be put on record." Spyglass put plainly.

"Glad we could help." Toy Bonnie stated, performing a soldier salute.

"If you ever need anything else, let us know." Toy Chica said.

"Very well." Spyglass acknowledged.

"I hope everything goes well with you three."

"Thanks a million."

"I appreciate it."

"Sweet kid, aren'tcha?"

"Seeya." Michael followed Spyglass back to the Drop Ship, where they then jumped back to the Frontier.

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That one was an interesting chapter to write, but it doesn't end there.

It may be time to end this conflict, but there's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT more chapters to come. Not even I know how many more I'll make.

See you next time, Pilots.