So this chapter is going to mainly consist of a flashback. Hope it's not too jarring.

Chapter 13: Caught on Camera

Five days earlier…

"Hey, Fredi!"

Fredi blinked and turned to his left. He was sitting on the couch with Bonn, while Redd was playing a game on the TV in the apartment they shared. Even though Redd's crimson hair was long, the headset he wore still fit as his video game character was sitting in an office while robot animals were coming towards him on both sides. He was trying to keep them from coming in, but every now and then he would get jump scared by one of the animals.

"Did you say something, Bonn?" Fredi asked.

Bonn pushed a strand of his short purple hair away from his face. "You seemed to be lost in thought about something."

"Oh, yeah, sorry," Fredi apologized. "I was just thinking about…the pizzaplex."

"What brought that up?" Bonn asked, looking concerned.

"This game Redd is playing, t reminds me of what happened at the pizzaplex with Gregory and —"

"Dammit!" Redd cursed. "This game is super-hard, even though I'm a goddamn animatronic!"

"Shh, not so loud!" Bonn insisted. "The neighbors might overhear us."

"Oh, who cares!" Redd groaned. "They think we're weird anyway."

"I know, but maybe one of them might call a repairman to kill us."

"You worry too much, Bonn," Redd insisted as his fingernails extended into red-tipped claws. "If a repairman does show up, I'll slice him in half!"

Suddenly, a series of sharp knocks came from the door.

"Now who could that be?" Redd took off his headset and walked over to the door.

As soon as he opened it, he was thrown back by a sudden force that knocked the door off its hinges and pinned him under. On the other side stood a woman with long silver hair, a man with a red mohawk, a tan-skinned woman with short white hair, and an older blond-haired man with a crooked face.

"Roxana, Monro, Chicana, Sunny," Bonn said, addressing the four individuals. "What brings you all here? And what's with the camera?"

"It's your lucky day!" said Sunny, the man with the crooked face.

The white-haired woman Chicana, who was holding a slick black camera in her hands, said, "You three have been chosen to participate in an experiment!"

"Experiment?" Fredi looked confused. "Of what kind?"

"Mister Bernstein wants to test how animatronics handle stressful situations," Monro said, who had the red mohawk. "So we're gonna beat you up and record the whole thing."

"Bullshit!" Redd snapped. "When did Bernstein send this order?"

"Earlier today," the silver-haired woman Roxana answered. "We got an email from him telling us to do this, or he would expose us to the Night Watch Repairmen."

"He would never threaten us," Bonn argued. "There must be some mistake!"

"Are you calling us liars, Bonnie?" asked Sunny, who turned his crooked face sideways in a menacing manner.

"No, I think what Bonn is saying it might be a fake email," Fredi guessed, while Bonn nodded to confirm Fredi's assumption.

"And where's the proof for that?" Roxana asked Fredi.

"When Fred Bernstein the Third took over Fazbear Entertainment, he promised to never allow any more animatronics to be recklessly destroyed ever again. That's why he went through great lengths to give us these new bodies and identities, when he could have easily thrown us out. So it doesn't make sense that he would order you attack us when we're more valuable alive than dead."

"No one said anything about killing you guys," Monro interjected. "We're just going to hurt you, and presumably Bernstein will send a technician to fix you right afterward."

Roxana then lunged forward and used her extended green claws to cut Fredi's lip. Fredi stumbled back while Bonn checked to make sure he was okay. Redd suddenly got up from under the door and blocked Roxana.

"Get out of here!" Redd urged. "I'll deal with these guys."

Fredi hesitated to move, though Bonn dragged him into the bedroom to the left of the TV. Bonn locked the door behind them and pressed his back against it. They heard terrible screaming sounds and furniture being destroyed.

"We should go out there and help Redd," Fredi urged.

"No!" Bonn argued. "Redd wants us to escape. If we go out there, his sacrifice will be all for nothing. So open the window onto the fire escape, and I'll make sure the others don't get in."

Though Fredi wasn't sure if Bonn was strong enough to keep the door closed, he did as his friend asked and proceeded to open the bedroom window that was right next to the fire escape on the side of their apartment building. Just as he was about to step out, the bedroom door was broken into by Monro's massive arm. With his black claws, Monro grabbed Bonn.

"Fredi!" Bonn cried.

Before Fredi could reach him, Bonn was dragged through the door. Then the door swung open, revealing Roxana grinning over Redd's body as she was tearing open his chest with wires and screws flying everywhere. Bonn, meanwhile, was getting punched in the face by Monro so hard that red liquid was pouring out of his nose and mouth. Near the front door, Chicana was recording and Sunny watched the whole scene with a disturbingly gleeful expression. A camera with straps was hung around his neck.

"Hey," Chicana said, stepping around Roxana and Monro towards Fredi. "Tell us how you feel about all of this?"

Instead of answering, Fredi punched Chicana in the face causing her to drop the camera she held. Then Fredi reached down and grabbed the camera, putting it in his vest pocket. But just as he got up, Monro gave him a sucker punch that threw Fredi off-balance. As his vision was becoming hazy, he stumbled back into the bedroom and got onto the fire escape through the window. He struggled to get down the stairs, but he reached the bottom in one piece. With his last remaining strength, he walked further down the alleyway before collapsing against a wall behind a dumpster.

To be continued…