to Girl301: which is my favorite? hm I will say that's Spring. I always enjoy making scenes of him teasing his brother (be biological or adopted) and with all his personal issues I could also get many heartfelt scenes when writing him.
I was at first planning on finding a FNAF song suiting this but I couldn't so I went for this one. "Monster" made by Skillet.
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With no other option unless they will lose the two kids to that crazy woman, Jeremy drives to where the map tells he can find William Afton, it's a huge risk but they really do not have much choice. Takes him a couple of days, Hopefully, the detective can help Mike and Scott keeping the bitch away from Soren and Hope until he returns with the proper papers. When Jeremy finally arrive in the town, it takes him a bit longer than wanted to find the man's house and when he does, Jeremy does not waste time and knocks on the door. A man a few years younger than him appear at the door, he has dark brown hair and bags under his brown eyes, it's clear this man hasn't been sleeping much.
"Can I help you?" The man asks carefully.
He better, for those two children's lives depend on his corporation. "I'm here to ask you to sign a few papers." He hands William the papers, the man takes them at first confused, then realization dawns on him and he pretty much freaks out.
"You have to leave." William urges this man, he is thankful this man is trying to help Soren and Hope but being near him will only do more harm than good as things are now. "It will follow you back to them!" He returns back to his house, but this stranger either didn't understand the danger or didn't care.
"Look I didn't come here all the way for you to slam the door at my face." The man snaps and slams the papers onto the table. "We can't house your child and nephew unless you sign these papers!" William stops, he wants the best for the kids but… he's just so scared. Scared what that monster is going to do. It's watching, he knows it is and when this man leaves it will follow. Turning to the man, William asks— begs him. "Don't lead it to them. I already lost my wife thanks to it…" This monster may say it never meant it but William knows that it never truly cares about others than itself. All that matters is the hunt. It may think it cares for him, that's why he is spared but William has seen the true side of the Twisted One and this proclaimed care it shows is nothing more than control, and the moment he breaks it's so-called trust. He will either be disposed of- slaughtered like a sheep to a wolf, or it will break his mind; force him to become a slave and it will then use him to hurt his little girl… that very fate happened to Annabelle's sister…
Jeremy simply nods to the man's desperate request. He knew the risk coming here but Mr. Afton does not know he came prepared. Freddy is with him and should be able to fend this dark spirit off or at least keep it distracted long enough for him to get the hell out of its sight.
Mr. Afton grabs a pen and signs the papers, he also writes a note to the children, telling them how much he loves Hope and is proud of Soren, finishing off with the words 'I promise I will make it right' not sure what it means but that he can think about later. For just as he claims the signed papers, the lights start to flicker and several objects shake.
Jeremy looks around this show that something is going on, is it the dark spirit?
Willam seems to know what is going on, for he urges him to leave "Something has angered it, leave now!" Jeremy swiftly leaves the house and drives off. Out from the corner of his eye, he notices a trashcan gets hurled up into the air. He does not check what caused this.
He drives as fast he can without getting stopped by the police, in case Freddy couldn't hold that thing off he takes several detours and only at midnight when he can barely keep his eyes open. Jeremy stop and rent a small room for the night.
He turns on the radio for a bit of music while taking a shower, he has to leave the shower early for the darn radio can't keep the contact to the local radio tower. "Piece of crap." He grumbles and turns it off, going over to the bed but stops midway when the radio suddenly turns itself on. Jeremy stares at the radio playing a sort of rock song, after a moment of hesitating he returns over to the radio and pulls out the plug. To his horror, the radio keeps on playing this song.
'The secret side of me, I never let you see
I keep it caged but I can't control it
So stay away from me, the beast is ugly
I feel the rage and I just can't….'
Jeremy flees from the room, not even bothering to grab his jacket, his very safety depends on him getting the hell out from there!
He jumps into the car and speeds off, at a traffic light, he glances at the rearview mirror and forgets about the green light when a black shadow sits there in the back, staring right at him. Next second the car radio turn itself on.
'It's scratching on the walls, in the closet, in the halls
It comes awake and I can't control it
Hiding under the bed, in my body, in my head
Why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end?'
He flees from the car, completely ignoring the driver behind yells at him for leaving the car in the middle of the traffic light. They did, however, forget about that when the black spirit let itself be seen as it appears on top of the car there is still playing.
'I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster.'
It leaps off the car and gives chase to its victim.
'I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun
I must confess that I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster'
Jeremy stops when the dark spirit has caught up to him, now towering over him as a grinning humanoid mass, any nearby source is playing the song of its choice.
'My secret side I keep hid under lock and key
I keep it caged but I can't control it'
It jumps at him, in fear Jeremy topples over and falls flat onto the concrete ground.
'Cause if I let him out he'll tear me up, break me down
Why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end?'
Before he can get up and away, the spirit grabs him around the throat and he finds himself in Fazbear Fright. He gets spun around and stand face to face with a broken and rotten up Spring.
'I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster'
Spring grabs his shoulders, forces him to see the rotten corpse underneath the mask.
'I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun
I must confess that I feel like a monster'
Spring pushes him away, staring at him with blood falling from the glassy eyes. Jeremy takes the run for it.
'I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster'
However, not far he encounters that rabbit from hell, blocking his path.
'I, I feel like a monster
I, I feel like a monster'
One of the insane spirit's hallucination specters grabs him from behind, forcing him to stay put.
'It's hiding in the dark, it's teeth are razor sharp'
The specter Foxy steps forward, jaw right over his head.
'There's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart
No one can hear me scream, maybe it's just a dream'
He thinks he screams when it bites him, throwing him back to when Vixey snapped and attacked, except this time the bite didn't draw just a bit of blood, it tore a large chunk off his head.
'Maybe it's inside of me, stop this monster!'
The phantoms lets go and he drops to the floor, vision blurred thanks to the heavy bleeding.
'I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
I must confess that—'
Black claws throw him up from the floor, making him stare into the white eyes of this animatronic monster of some sort of canine.
'I feel like a monster!
I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun
I must confess that I feel like a monster'
This monster tightens its grip around him, for a moment almost seems to feel sorry about his predicament. And just for a moment, Jeremy thought it would let him go.
'I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin
I must confess that I feel like a monster'
But that hope shatters to million pieces right when the monster canine starts tearing his skin off his flesh. Laughing at his screams.
'I've gotta lose control, here's something radical'
He fights, fights to stay alive, to stay sane of the agony this monster puts him through, but that only seems to please it!
'I must confess that I feel like a monster'
It appears before him in the shape of a person, taunting him to keep on fighting it.
'I, I feel like a monster'
He will fight.
'I feel like a monster'
but something tells him…
'I, I feel like a monster'
That's what the monster wants, for they both know... it's only a matter of time before he will lose… before he will break…
'I, I feel like a monster!'
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After having done most of the work on their budget, Scott decides that perhaps it's best for Hope to see her cousin. Either to encourage him to keep on fighting or say goodbye to his body, only time will tell. Arriving at the hospital, Scott gets some good news from one of the doctors there attended to Soren's operation. "We managed to close the wound and remove the infected tissue." But that good news quickly turns sour. "He's still in critical condition and the chances he will ever wake up is sadly small. He's too weak for the liver transplant so he's currently connected to a machine. Only time will tell if he ever gains enough strength or his body will finally give up."
That is not exactly the news he had been hoping for, still Scott thanks the doctor and together with Hope heads into Soren's room. The boy looks pretty bad, he's terribly skinny, pale from probable lack of blood and stress of having dealt with an infected wound for who knows how long. The many machines keeping him alive is also quite startling too, and Scott does not blame Hope for staring at the scene in horror.
She does recover fairly quickly and walks over to the comatose Soren. Without a word, she pulls a chair over and takes a seat, after a moment of silence she begins to speak. "I'm fine, the people are nice, the spirits too but some of them are a bit weird." If any doctor or nurse would pass by, Scott is certain they would simply think she spoke to Soren's body and not his actual spirit.
Hope bites her lip in whatever Soren tells her, and Scott must give her credit for not shedding tears. "I promise… but… please Soren I don't want you to leave like mother…"
This kid doesn't get any break, first, she lost her mother, then her father is forced to chase her away as the only way to protect her and now, her cousin, her protector is telling her he soon will leave her as well. Poor girl…
Hope leaves the chair and learns over Soren's body, resting carefully on top of it. "Don't leave me Soren. I… I can't do this on my own…"
Scott feels like he should say something but he has no idea what he can say. It's not like he can make Soren better, only the doctors can and he doubt his words will have a bigger impact than his niece. So instead he fetches something to drink and after has given her the juice, he sits quietly and as best comfort he can give to these two children.
He and Hope leave an hour later when a nurse request them to as visit hours are over.
Back at the restaurant, Mike and Rena stop their conversation when spotting their newest member of the restaurant. Mike feels sorry for the girl how grief stuck she looks and decides he better hear from Scott how Soren is doing. Rena follows him but decides to instead try and cheer the girl up by suggesting. "What about we go over and draw a bit?" Hope meekly agrees, hopefully, she will cheer up in time. With the two girls gone, Mike turns to Scott. "How's Soren?" The man sighs and when sure no one is ear dropping, Scott tells him. "He survived the operation but he is still in critical and unless he gets his strength up… he uh.. he won't live for much longer."
Oh, Mike really hopes Soren will survive. Sure he is welcomed here even as a ghost but he really does not want another ghost child joining the fold and Hope much rather want a flesh and blood family member around. "Wish there was something we could do." Mike voices his thoughts, but as things stand now. All they can do is making sure Hope is safe and sound. Turning to the girl sitting beside Rena and watching her struggle with a simple conversation, Mike sees himself in Hope. He was very much like this back when he realized his friends were dead, but he refuses to put her through the same hardship as he did. This girl will have people she can depend on, not be forced to deal with this on her own like he did.
Leaving Scott, Mike walks over to the table where Hope meekly watches the other kids draw their favorite animatronic. "Hey," He gets her attention, both Hope and Rena turn to him, his eyes are solely on the young girl. "How are you holding up?" He asks her softly.
Hope wants to answer, tell others how scared she is but… she does not feel comfortable telling this to other people. She can't let her fear show, has to be strong, not only for her own sake but for Soren too. If she does not keep to his side, then the Rouge will take over and Soren really does not like that side of him. Without a word on this adult's question, Hope returns back to her paper, adding a few lines to this black spot she made.
Mike and Rena exchanges a look with one another, both worried that this girl is refusing to open up to them. Yet both know things like this takes time and is willing to wait for her get more comfortable around them. Mike leaves while Rena turns back to the quiet girl. "If you ever need to talk, we will be there." She tells Hope softly. The girl casts her a glance before returning back to turning her white paper dark grey.
In the realm of the spirits, Calem sits on the stage and watches the girl sadly. He feels sorry for her and although he cannot do much, he still decides to try. Leaving the restaurant, he appears at the hospital. Like a train station for those living, a hospital is crowded and is troublesome to get through without bumping into others.
He does reach Soren's room and frowns when he finds a grey spirit hanging around, it looks quite agitated. 'Help me out here! Just tell them I am still alive and put the machine back on.'
Soren's spirit, sitting in a chair with seemly no care in the world, which is quite strange for Calem, tells this other spirit. 'Again, I am in a coma and about to die myself. So I can't tell people anything and second: you are dead, end of story.'
'I am not dead! I am right here!' The spirit cries.
Calem decides to step in before he has to pull this distressed spirit away from Soren. 'Excuse me, could you leave for a moment?' But this spirit is too agitated by its situation to really listen. Guess he has to do this the hard way. Calem grabs the other spirit, shoves it outside and after having gone through as much of a fight this one can pull on something like him. He pretty much commands it. 'Take me where your body is.' For if he understands this correctly, then this one has just died. The spirit hesitates for a moment but does bring him to the place. As expected, Calem finds a scene of a middle-aged man, surrounded by several people. From the looks of it, Calem says that the woman and teenager boy is the spirit's wife and son and the others are either sister or close friend, he guesses on the first as that woman is seeking comfort with two elderly people, presumably the parents of the deceased. Turning to the spirit, Calem has to give it tough love. 'You cannot change the fact that your time is over, all you can do now is say goodbye to your family.'
The spirit eyes each of the grieving people, white lines fall from the dots there are the eyes. 'I… I don't want to leave them… it's too early!'
Calem puts a hand on this spirit's shoulders. 'I know.' After a moment of silence and watching the scene of the deceased wife kissing her former husband's hand as a form of goodbye. 'Go with them, you all need each other to move on from this.' The spirit nods and with some hesitating follows the slowly leaving people. It does stop at the door and asks Calem scared. 'What will happen to them without me?' But that he cannot answer. 'I don't know. All I know that sooner or later, you need to let go.' The spirit nod and leaves.
Calem turns to the body, it seems the man has been in a coma for a long time. The family must've decided that turning the machine off was for the best, perhaps it was, at least it would make them and the spirit to move on and perhaps start a new chapter in their life. Calem admits that even if he and the others get a second chance in life, they too will one day has to accept that it won't last forever. Even they will have to walk into this strange door leading to the unknown. And Calem will go, but not today, he still has some unfinished business, as all spirits of the animatronics have.
Returning back to Soren, Calem watches the more or less in limbo spirit. It's disturbing how apathetic he is about this situation. 'Are you giving up?' He asks
'I'm not stupid, the doctors said I do not have long.' Soren replies this other spirit, the one there was their guide to the safe house. 'Whatever I like it or not, this:' Gesturing at his spirit form. 'Is my new reality.'
'And you are okay with this?' Calem asks.
Soren snorts, it does not matter if he is okay with it or not. This is just how it is and there is nothing he can do about it. 'Does not matter what I think. I will die in a few days.'
Perhaps but: 'That does not mean you should give up.' Calem reminds this teenager boy. 'If you give up now, then you will lose.'
'Why would it matter if I fought?' Soren demands annoyed, why can't this spirit see that even if he did, he will still die. 'I can fight for all I like. It won't change anything.'
'You won't know that.' Calem says and must ask for although Soren says he has given up. Something about his former action contradicts his words. 'Soren, do you want to die?' He blinks when the lights in the room suddenly start to blink, the heart-rate picking up and turning to the spirit. Calem is startled to see Soren's form is acting up, still in shape of a teenager but black and white shadows whirl around in this shape and the orbs making the eyes are black, having a white dot in the middle.
'It does not… matter… what I want…!' Soren sneers, he tries to get his emotions under control, but it feels like he's trying to stop a tornado from getting formed. 'I never… had a choice in anything…!'
He knows he will be pushing it but he needs to know what this kid wants. 'What do you want Soren?' He asks, at first he gets no answer, watching the teen struggling against his emotions, his powers going amok from how lights are flickering, his life support acting up and the spirits hanging nearby are swiftly keeping their distance of the powers coming from Soren. The people alive cannot, of course, see what is causing this, only that they need to ensure that the teen stays alive. While a nurse tries to get the life support back to normal again, Calem repeats his question, harder this time. 'Soren, what is it you want?!'
"I want to live!" Soren screams at this other spirit, he appeared for a moment in the living realm and scared the nurse into a frenzy seeing this ghostly figure in middle of the flashing room. She flees the room, and the haunting effect fades as Soren collapse onto the floor, his form is dark grey and black tears are falling from his eyes. 'Please... let me live...' He sobs uncontrollably, just for once in his life. Can't he get something he wants?
Calem hesitates for a second, still startled of the powers this kid has, a very edgy kid indeed and like their three alive friends, he much rather wants to deal with Soren alive. At least there they can help him better. Slowly he walks over to the crying child and puts a hand on his back, caressing Soren comforting. 'Fight my child. Fight, so you can live.' Soren nods slowly and checking the body of the teen. Calem is relieved that this major outburst hasn't damaged Soren's already weak body.
welp, Jeremy's future does not look good, in fact I say he is pretty screwed. Soren is not doing much better in the present, a part of him is quick to give up but deep down he is a fighter. oh and if he survives, his outbursts won't be so... epic, he can only do that in ghost form.
comments and requests for future chapters is always welcome.