*Trigger Warning for this Chapter. It's a Dark One*
Saphira had no idea how long she had been out for. As far as she knew, she just had a nightmare. However, as her eyes slowly open to a dark surrounding that was not her bedroom, Saphira took a moment to gaze around to see where she was. She didn't recognize where she was at all. It was extremely cold and dark, and that was all she knew. She groaned and tried stretching her arms only to hear the sound of chains, she glanced up and gasped loudly. Her wrists were held up by chains and she looked down, whimpering as she saw her feet were off the ground and she glanced around in a panic. Where was she? The last thing she remember was something clamping a cloth over her mouth, and she blacked out.
How would they get chloroform? If it even was chloroform…
A sense of dread filled her very core, she had no idea where she was, what time it was and she felt she had no strength at the moment. Even if she wanted to, she probably could not get away. She continued to look around in a panic, however, she winced as a light was turned on suddenly. She blinked so her eyes would adjust and she looked to see a small table in front of her. There was a tray with mince and potato on it, it was still steaming.
"You have finally awoken…" A cold, dark voice echoed through the walls. Saphira looked around frantically for that voice. "It has taken such a long time, but you are finally here with me." She gasped as the chains lower her to the ground suddenly and release her wrists. "Please, eat. You haven't eaten in many hours."
Saphira rubbed her wrists, glancing around. It was a small room she was in she realized. It was dark, and she could not see any kind of door, at least, that is what she felt. "Who are you?" She managed to croak out nervously. She glanced at the food, but she didn't know what was in it. "What do you want from me?"
"Sit, you already know who I am. We have spoken many times. Sit, eat. Don't make me force feed you." Saphira was startled by the threat, she carefully takes a seat at the table, but she hesitated to eat. "I am one of many names, you simply have to pick one."
That made no sense. She still did not know why she was here. "What do you want from me?"
There was a growl and she jumped as purple eyes open at the end of the room. Stepping forward into the light, she realized it was the same Freddy endo that had attacked her earlier. "I am losing my patience! You will eat, or I will have Freddy here force feed you!"
"That is not Freddy," Saphira muttered, picking up the fork, trembling and poking at the potato. She took a mouthful and carefully moved her tongue around to taste anything funny about it. Except, there was none. She swallowed and looked up at the endo, its gaze watched her carefully as she picks up another mouthful of potato. "I don't understand…"
"From the very start, I knew you were something!" The voice spoke loudly into the room. "Your knowledge of robotics intrigued me. I authorized Darren to hire you for that." Wait, what?! "I had to have you in my grasp. Unlike that idiot Dave, he was good…but not like you. You repaired an entire animatronic on your own. That is what I need from you!"
"Oh, my skills…that's what you want…" Saphira took another mouthful, while she felt hungry, she felt sick too. Each mouthful felt like a huge effort just to swallow. "I was told otherwise…"
"Ooh, no, that is not just what I want!" She shuddered at his response and she saw the endo's eyes narrowing slightly at her. "You see…I died many years ago. I died because of stupid brats! I thought using a springlock suit was smart, but it became my tomb…my salvation!"
How is that even possible? Did this person die and their soul got trapped in the suit?
Saphira rubbed her lips a little, resisting the urge to gag on the potato before scooping up some meat. She jumped as a cup was slammed down in front of her, she saw it was water, but she had not expected it. "You make no sense…"
"Heh! Of course it makes no sense! Have you ever heard of anyone dying just to live on as a rotting corpse suit? No, that never happens! But it did for me!" The voice laughed out loud, Saphira grimaced while chewing on the meat that was tough and gritty between her teeth. "My consciousness…it is in the system too. I learned how to upload part of my soul into the very system of computers…and to create followers for my cause."
"What cause is that? Blood, guts, death?" Saphira really did not want to eat much more, but she was not even halfway through and she was forcing herself to eat more at this point, she was able to keep the person talking. And yet, he sounded so familiar to her.
"Pfft, sure, the game of the hunt is fun. You already knew that from Dave, the idiot couldn't stop you with your self defence skills." So it was considered a game? She wasn't buying it, but sure. "No, it is not just that. Learning how souls move out of the body intrigues me. I have mastered my own, I like to see how others move. I don't care how young or old they are. Hmmph! And now, it is time for my soul to find a new home."
Saphira nearly gagged suddenly at that, she didn't know if that meant he would seduce her into his cause or something. "So…you want me to wear a costume too?"
"Oh, no, darling that is not why you're here. Oh no, no, no…you're here for a very special need of mine." She tensed as he spoke more, she had no idea what he wanted from her. "If I had known, a human girl would become attracted to an animatronic. Hmm, I would have fooled her long ago with a new endo."
"What does that mean?" Saphira held her fork halfway to her mouth, glancing up at the Freddy endo.
"I have no more intentions of replacing those stupid bots." She frowns slightly as he spoke about the animatronics. "But, I needed to make a new animatronic for the job. Freddy here will do that for me…and well, I know you will enjoy it."
She lowered her fork, feeling nausea swelling deep inside her suddenly. She could no longer eat. "You…uhh…have an interesting imagination…"
"He, he, I guess I do. But my old body is crippled, it is burned and the suit is just falling apart! It is time for a new body. Mixed in with flesh and metal, like my own wretched self!" He keeps going on about a new body, Saphira failed to understand what he was trying to say. "Oh, I see by your eyes you still do not know. Hmm, a fine, young, woman like yourself…a virgin right?" Her eyes widened as he spoke about her. "Yes…yes, you're starting to understand now. A new body can only be conceived right? Mixed with flesh and metal…"
"Wha…what…that's crazy! That's impossible!" Saphira began to tremble with fear, dropping the fork in shock as she knew what this lunatic wanted. "You can't possibly do that!"
"I've unlocked the code! It took a long, long time! But I have unlocked it! I intend to go through with it!" The Freddy endo stepped closer suddenly, Saphira whimpered nervously, pushing the chair back in fear. "The new endos now contain the fertile seed required for my new body. It just needs an incubator…you."
Saphira lost her balance on the chair as it moved backwards, she screamed as she fell back, hitting the floor hard and groaned loudly. She looked up at the Freddy endo reaching down and pulling her up. She shrieked loudly and struggled against the harsh grip on her wrists, glaring at the eyes in a panic, the endo whirred and pushed her back towards the chains.
"He, he, he, you think you can get out of here? You're such a beautiful, little, thing…but you are going to do what I want!" The voice continued, the endo lifts Saphira up suddenly and placed the chains back on her wrist. "But…your defiance annoys me! I will make sure you are too weak to resist the touches! It is such a shame Freddy never the chance to give you your first time."
The endo stepped back from Saphira, she tugged at the chains nervously. There was a dark laughter echoing through the room and Saphira screamed suddenly, a pulse of electricity suddenly shocked her body. Not enough to kill her, but enough to hurt her. It came through the chains! She pulled on the chains as her body shuddered from the shock, tears filled her eyes as the pain hurt her to the very nerves.
She gasped with a grimace, feeling the thin, cold, sharp claw of the endo grabbing her chin gently, looking at her with its purple eyes. "It is only the beginning my sweet, little, thing. Your walls will come down soon enough, enough for you to enjoy it. Hang there for a while, it is already midday."
Midday?! How long have I been asleep?! Where's Freddy? Does Darren know?!
There was a laugh again echoing through the room, she shuddered as those claws run down her neck to her shirt. She was still wearing the Freddy shirt and she wiggled in disgust when the hands lift her shirt and rub her stomach, the thumb circling her naval gently as if to expect it full of life. Saphira wanted to kick at it, but she also feared what would happen if she retaliated.
"It will be interesting to see how the fetus develops once it is conceived within you…and if it takes the same time as regular humans, or longer or less time. Whatever, I thank you for volunteering yourself by staying. You should have left when you warned my sweet thing." Saphira gasped as the endo pulled away and another electric shock hits her body, making her grimace and cry from the pain. "It is too bad when the animatronics find you, it will be too late."
Freddy…Mr Hippo…Monty…where are you?
Saphira said nothing, there was nothing more to say. She whimpered and looked down, watching the tears drop from her nose as she cried softly. "Tsk, tsk, tsk…you should be happy. You are helping me…though of course, when you are of no more use to me, you may as well join Cliffton and all the others. Your womb is all I care about! But don't worry, a new night guard will take your place!"
She frowned, wondering what he was talking about. No one could take her place. However, she wondered if this being already had an idea of who could take her place. There was no way she could let that happen! But she didn't know what to do! She felt weak, her body ached and she wanted nothing more than to get out of here and let Freddy hold her in her arms.
"You're probably wondering who right? Oh, don't worry, it does not matter to you now anyway." Saphira screamed as a slightly stronger jolt of electricity nearly causes her to pass out from the pain. "Uh oh, you need to sleep I see. I better let you rest. You need your strength, little thing."
Saphira grimaced, but she had no fight in her right now. She felt exhausted, this was a nightmare and she wanted to wake up from it. She did not want to used in such a vile way. She could only hope that maybe Mr Hippo could figure it out. He was the most calm, collected of the animatronics…so he should be able to think on where she was. Although, she didn't even know what part of the pizzaplex she was in. Her eyes, heavy with weariness due to the strain on her body, they slowly close at the purple eyes of the Freddy endo bore into her as she fell unconscious.
Meanwhile…
It has been over seven hours since Saphira disappeared, and the animatronics were extremely on edge. When Freddy screamed Saphira's name, Monty had run to the stairs to see why he screamed. He had been waiting by the elevators for Freddy and saw him run back down. Seeing the ripped plush and Saphira's bag on the floor made him realize someone had taken Saphira. And there was no trace of her in the lobby aside from those two objects. When it was relayed back to the other animatronics, they were furious at both Mr Hippo and Sun, it was them who practically made up the decision for Saphira to leave the pizzaplex. Of course, neither of them anticipated that this would happen to her, so they could only try to find her. Darren was informed once he arrived at the pizzaplex, and he was shocked. He had thought with Dave gone, no other disappearances would occur. And it happened to Saphira, making him scared of the building now.
And unfortunately, as much as it pained him, Darren pressured the animatronics to go about the day as if nothing happened. Freddy refused, he did not want anything to do with the guests today. He was too upset to even want to entertain guests, to the point he had nearly deactivated from lack of recharge from looking for Saphira. Darren did grant Freddy to be confined to his room, even though he had been requested for a few birthday parties. Freddy just couldn't face them though, all his thoughts were on Saphira. He didn't want to imagine what was happening to her, it hurt him to his very core that she was gone. He failed to protect her again, and he hoped she would be okay.
He spent most of the day in the back of his room, the darkness of the backroom sheltered him from the guests calling for him outside. He could hear them, but he ignored them. "Freddy, I'd ask how you are doing, but I know that is not needed," Mr Hippo said through their communication link. "I have an idea of where Saphira might be. Sun is helping me tap into the tracing system the Fazwatches have."
"What good would that do Mr Hippo? She might not even have her Fazwatch with her!"
"According to Sun, yes she does. Sun has not been able to find where she is, but she is still in the pizzaplex somewhere. We will find her Freddy. I hate I have to tell stories to kids today, but I am trying to find her too." Mr Hippo had a guilty tone to his voice, he was upset about it just as much as everyone else. "We were all played Freddy."
"I know…" Freddy covered his eyes with his hands, he just didn't know what he would do if they could never find Saphira. "Is this really what the virus is doing?"
"Yes. The virus has actually left most of the system now. It has what it wants, in a way, that works to our advantage. It isn't watching us anymore. Moon is cleared again too for now. He says he knows what the virus wants to do, but he doesn't know how to tell us." Freddy was curious on what Moon knew, it would give an insight of what this virus wanted with Saphira. "I haven't been able to get him to talk."
"Maybe I will…after all, Saphira is my…girlfriend…I feel like I've failed her too Mr Hippo." Freddy knew that Sun was busy with the kids though, but Moon could be reached without disturbing Sun. "I heard Monty destroying something in his room an hour ago too. I have almost come to that feeling myself."
"That is definitely unlike you Freddy, but I suppose anyone would be furious about this. Your calmness is legendary honestly. But…I hope Moon can give you answers. I am recharging right now while attempting to figure out connecting to the Fazwatch trace system."
Mr Hippo cuts communication and Freddy glanced up at the wall of the backroom thoughtfully. He hummed to himself before he reached out to Moon's line. "Moon, are you there?"
"He finally decides to speak!" Moondrop responds in a slight mocking tone. "Oh well, we haven't much time Freddy. I am very sorry…all I've done…it wasn't me! I assure you, looking through my own eyes and not being able to stop myself…it was horrible!"
"I know Moon, Saphira was going to figure out how to keep the virus from your system before all of this. Mr Hippo said you know what the virus wants with her. Can you please tell me? I have to know…"
"Hmm, I don't think you do once I tell you. But…" Moon pauses for a moment and huffs a slight cackle. "Alright, fine. The virus in the system appears to be alive. I don't know how, why or it's history, all I know it used to be a living person once and they've somehow uploaded their minds or soul, whatever, into the system."
"That sounds crazy…even for us, we're just AI."
"True, we are also rather sentient despite being connected to computers. Heh, I guess that makes us rather special in a way." Freddy frowned and huffs, letting Moon know he was not interested in other subjects. "Uhh, right, where was I…oh yeah! Apparently, this virus has been wanting a new body for sometime. Not an animatronic mind you, but something that is grown."
Freddy frowned, this was news he never heard from Mr Hippo. He might not have known, or perhaps it was the change that Mr Hippo had suspected. "How does he intend to grow a new body?"
"You have seen women here walking around with swollen stomachs, right?" He tilts his head, yes he has, but he was not following Moon. "Well, they are pregnant. I am sure you don't know what that means…I didn't until the virus literally told me…anyway, it is how new humans are born. Babies aren't made like we are."
"But…what does that have to do with this thing wanting a new body?" Freddy questioned, still not quite understanding what Moon was trying to convey to him.
Moon didn't answer straight away, he was hesitating. "Uhh, I hate to say this…but this virus has figured out how to merge metal and flesh together for a new body. But he can't do that on his own. He needs a baby, a fetus conceived within a woman's womb. He now has a womb to conceive a within."
Freddy widened his eyes as the realization hit him. Saphira explained it to him before that what that Freddy endo was going to do to her was the opposite of consential intimacy. "No…no…he can't do that!"
"He originally was going to brainwash Saphira like Dave…but…he saw you and Saphira develop a relationship, and he decided she was going to conceive his new body for him. He probably has not done it yet, he intends to strip Saphira's strength to the point she blindly accepts him. And I know it won't be pleasant…"
CRASH!
"Woah! What was…Freddy, did you break something?!" Moondrop was shocked and terrified at the same time.
Freddy looked down at the broken Freddy radio that had been on a shelf, he had indeed broken it with a punch. His body was vibrating with anger and disgust on what the plan was for Saphira. "We must find her…"
"Yes, yes! I am working on it while Sun plays with the kiddies! Mr Hippo too, we are trying to contect with the tracing system in order to find her. However…" Moon paused again before speaking. "She will be in the warehouse. That is where the endos are. There is no security system down there. None at all. It is a perfect place to hide her. The virus knows this. But getting to her, that won't be easy."
Freddy was aware of that. The warehouse was full of endos, and they were likely very dangerous. However, they share the same weakness as they do, so that meant they could do a lot of damage. But they still had to wait until the pizzaplex was closed to do anything. That was another twelve, painful hours away. He didn't know if he could be patient by then.
"If we are able to connect with Saphira's Fazwatch, we might be able to talk to her," Freddy said, thinking about Saphira as she probably was terrified and wanted to hear their voices.
"Bad idea…if the virus knows we are coming, it will certainly stop us. Sorry Freddy, Saphira is strong and stubborn. I am sure she can endure it…I hope anyway." Moon wished he had not played a part of this, but it was not his fault. "I will say though…she still might leave the pizzaplex. Whatever she will go through between now and then…I certainly won't blame her."
That was also true. Freddy would hope Saphira could get past this, but he didn't know if she would stay because this place would be full of bad memories. Nonetheless, he intended to save her even if she does leave. She had to be rescued, he did not want her to suffer. At least he knew she was at least alive, now they just needed to rescue her.
5 Hours Later…
Saphira opened her eyes again, not knowing how long she had been asleep for again. Everything hurt. Her whole body hurt! She blinked as the room was dark again, the light was not on and she could not see the Freddy endo in front of her currently. She licked her dry lips, taking deep breaths as she kept herself as calm as possible. However, the light comes on a few minutes later. She grimaces and blinks to adjust her eyes. The chains lower her without a word is said and her wrists were let go. She fell to the ground as her legs felt weak and she glanced at her wrists, she gasped as she saw her wrists had burns on them and they were blistering. She whimpered a little and glanced up as the Freddy endo wakes up.
"You must be thirsty, you didn't drink the water earlier. Here, have some." That voice echoed again as the endo picked up the cup on the table and held it towards her.
Saphira was indeed thirsty, she figured she should at least keep up her strength somehow. She forced herself off the ground and walked closer cautiously, holding her wrists to her chest nervously and reached out to take the cup, only for the endo to pull it back.
"Where are your manners, huh?"
She frowned a little with a sigh. "Thank you…"
"Hmmm, much better…good, good…" There was another chuckle as the endo extends its arm towards her with the cup and she takes it.
She began to sip it desperately as she was extremely thirty, her head throbbed with a headache, and she desperately needed hydrating. She touched her hair and grimaced, it was completely dry and felt like it would break. That was probably the result of the electricity that she had been hit with. She hoped that does not happen again…but this virus took joy in killing and tormenting others, so she expected it. However, she was not going to give in.
"That must feel so much better. There is a bathroom for you to use if you need it, and a lovely shower for a hot bath." The endo gestures towards a corner, she saw a toilet and a shower there, there was no door or wall in between.
She swallowed the water, there was no way she would shower. She was upset that she would have to use the bathroom in front of the virus, but if she needed to go, she had to go. Nature calls no matter what situation she was in. She didn't need to go currently, thankfully. However, she gasped and dropped the cup in shock as she felt the endo's hands from behind rub across her hips, moving downward towards her thighs. She yelped and jumped away from it, turning to look at it with a frightened glare.
"Hmmph, oh I see how it is…" The endo's eyes narrowed at her as she stood there trembling. "Guess we need to do some more…" The endo lunged forward and grabbed Saphira, she screamed and wiggled in his grasp, lifting her up to the chains again to restrain her. "The pain will stop when you give in, little thing."
The endo steps back and Saphira screams as another shock of electricity strikes her body. She gasped for air as the pain was excruciating. She began to sob softly, wishing all her might that Freddy would burst through a door somewhere to Saphira her. She wiggled as those hands grasped her thighs and rub up between her legs and rub over her crotch. Saphira whimpered and wiggled, trying to get away from that touch. She bit her arm to focus on that pain rather than the feeling between her legs.
"Ah ha…progress!" The voice said enthusiastically. "Don't worry my dear! It will be a success before the next dawn!"
Saphira grimaced and kept biting her arm, ignoring the feeling between her legs as best as she could. She sighed in relief when the endo stepped away, only to be shocked again by the electricity. She cried out from the pain and took deep breaths, she didn't know how much more of this she could take. Little did she know, a faint ping on the Fazwatch still on her wrist began to sound gently, it was so soft that not even the endo heard it. Or the virus. She had been located, they just had to get to her.
