Hia! I am back again, sorry for the long wait, writing has been kinda hard. so suggestions or just your thoughts on what you like in this story will be a huge help. it sure helped me get through writerblock in the past.
it is time for a song! this time it is "I got no Time" made by The Living Tombstone.
and to Crashlix: I am sorry to say it, but there won't be more Facing the Past audiobook, voice actors kept leaving and I am too busy writing fanfiction to worry about that too.
enjoy the story
"It's not perfect, I can't keep track of all systems. Still, it is better than appearing as a mere ghost." Goldie explains the three current owners, Freddy's biological sister and Spring's son. All of them more than happy to see him again, the cleaning crew, on the other hand, are staring wary at him and they better get used to this for he is not planning on leaving this body for quite a while. "I might try and teach this to the others." He points out but has to warn them. "But they might not have enough awareness for it. I can because I can for some reason form memories even without the chunk inside my now long gone skull."
Jeremy and Scott both facepalm at his rather bad joke, much to his amusement.
Recovering from that quite dark joke, Scott asks. "Are you planning on paying Mrs. Caito a visit like this?" To his surprise, Calem replies in an unsure manner. "I am honestly not sure. I can possess my human body but what will she say seeing her father appear on her footstep?" So he knows, when did that happen? "How long have you known?" Scott asks. The others are more surprised to hear that Kate is the daughter of the golden bear.
Eyeing his former fellow co-worker of Fredbear family diner, that job- that life seemed so distant now. "Kate told me not long after the EMP attack." He notices that Thomas has become fidget for some reason, he decides to ignore that for now and instead explain the group of that quite long ago conversation. "She deeply regretted what she did to us, I wish to straighten it out with her but I am unsure I should do it as Fredbear or Calem."
"What do you think will be best?" Jeremy asks back.
Goldie is not sure but must admit. "I admit I prefer doing this as Fredbear, with the things going on with Soren, I do not think it's time for talking with Kate as her father but instead as one of the animatronics of Freddy's."
Can see his point, still, Scott does think Kate would prefer talking with her father, but this is Calem's choice. "When are you planning on paying her a visit?" Blinking when the golden bear asks with a somewhat awkward smile. "Could you ask her when she got the time? I hate to drop in during an important meeting." Oh, yes that would be pretty bad. Scott nods that he will and leaves the group to make the call.
Turning to the blond, Goldie promises he will speak with Freddy about tomorrow's mission. "Without his ability to form memories, I highly doubt Freddy remembers to aid you."
"How will I be sure any of them will keep us safe then?" Jeremy asks for if they can't form memories then how the hell are their ghost friends suppose to know what they are doing?
"They know something is up when in the moment." Goldie explains, nodding to Mike. "That's why Freddy remembered that something was bothering Mike and got at my throat about it." Said man shift on his feet, which does remind Goldie. So turning to Mike. "What did you tell him anyway? Last time I saw him like that was when robbers dared to threaten our customers."
They got attacked by robbers? Must've been before his time at this place for Mike does not recall that. Anyway that he can think about later, right now the reason to why he spoke to Freddy. "Detective Williams came on a visit, he wanted some help about a case of a mall thief." From the look in Goldie's eyes, it is clear the golden bear knows what he is talking about. "One of his co-workers got jumpscared and that ghost description suited your human form a tad too well." Mike crosses his arms, frowning. "Care to explain why you did it?"
Guess he can't avoid it… Goldie had hoped none of the others would know about this low point of his. "I can't say I am proud of have scared that man, he was after all only doing his job. I scared the man because Soren warned me that if the police catch them; they would die. I did not understand it back then, only knew the fear from the two was real."
"So you attacked." Jeremy says, the golden bear nods. Well, what Goldie did was pretty bad but there is a big silver lining. That policeman did only get jumpscared— not attacked as he, Mike and Scott would've if it had been in another situation. Plus, knowing about the crazy bitch now, it is clear that she is the reason to why Soren feared for his life. If not for them keeping the kids away from their mother/aunt, would that woman have snapped? Probably not and the police might've taken the kids fear been paranoia from have been on the street for too long. "I can't say I consent in how you protected the kids but I can say you did the right choice keeping them away from the police. That woman is bad news and no way in hell I want her near the kids."
That Mike fully can agree on, although he hasn't met this crazy woman, he knows Jeremy wouldn't say it unless he meant it. Like Jeremy, he does not agree on how Goldie scared that poor man but he can look past it as Goldie did do it to protect two children in which one of them is currently fighting for his life. Speaking of which. "If Soren survives, I think we should make Detective Williams aware he is the thief he is looking for." Adding mostly to himself. "He can't arrest the kid, but I think to let both know that stealing has consequence will be best."
"Both were very aware that stealing is bad." Goldie points out and he might have let them when they were on the run but now that they are relatable safe. "But I agree, the detective should know about this. Soren knew it was bad but I get the sense he does not care much about moral."
The two men nod but like Goldie, this subject can wait until Soren has recovered and both not in danger of being dragged away from their unhinged aunt/mother.
"I'll be heading home now." Jeremy says and leaves the small group, he does grab Thomas on the way as he has the duty to drive the young man to his home. "Got a long drive tomorrow."
"I will make sure Freddy travels with you." Goldie calls and Jeremy simply gives a thumbs up, not really worried the oldest of the robots will forget.
About there, Scott returns to the group and tells Goldie. "Kate has agreed on meeting you at her home tomorrow at evening. She uh, she wishes you stick the bear form." Not entirely sure why but Scott has a feeling she too is uncomfortable talking business to her deceased father. Maybe the face of Fredbear will make both Kate and her father think they can ignore the relation between them? He has no idea, Calem has weird ways in doing things and it seems his daughter has them as well.
Goldie nods. "Alright, I will do my departure at that time."
"Um Goldie?" Said gold colored animatronic turns to Rena, she knows it is silly but she really wants to know. "How is my brother doing?" Goldie's eyes soften and he replies in a somber tone. "He is confused about why you do not hear him anymore. Like the others, Fre- I mean Sean is only half-aware he is no longer inside the robot." Hearing this breaks Rena's heart, but what did she really expect? That he knew he is gone and misses her? He would if he could form memories but Goldie made it pretty clear Sean and the others can't and thus stuck in a weird form of Limbo. She nods slowly. "I see… if you… if you speak with him again, could you say I miss him?"
Goldie turns his gaze to one of the nearby tables, for even though he is in the world of the living, he can still see the other side and thus he can see Freddy stand nearby with the same heartbroken look on his face. "He knows Rena, he misses you too." Very certain that in this very moment of awareness of the situation, the ghost of Sean feels the loss of not being able to be with his biological family. Goldie is not sure if it's a curse or a blessing that the moment Rena leaves, her brother will forget this moment and tomorrow again will be confused why she does not hear him.
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The next day, right before opening, Scott pulls Mike aside to ask the man if he feels comfortable enough to take the guard duty all on his own now Jeremy is out to speak with William Afton.
"It's alright if you do not feel ready for it, all things consider what you have been through." Scott says and is still relived Mike is not dealing with major post stress disorder from all the horrors Vincent put him through. Yes, Mike does have his panic episodes but so far none of them have been major.
"I will be fine, but I won't pick a fight without a sentient robot to back me up." Mike lightly jokes and Scott, a bit reluctantly lets him do his job as security. Mike do appreciate the worry Scott shows but he is certain he can handle their costumes but if there arrive any robbers then he will have to say they should let the robbers get the money, for he is NOT ready for such confrontations.
Fortunately, such things did not happen nor any reason for a security guard. Mike likes to think that their customers decided to be at their best behavior in him simply being there. Maybe made the job a bit boring but Mike is not complaining and while standing and being mildly bored, he ponders if he should pay Soren a visit and see if that kid really is the one Nathan showed him at that security photograph.
He decides he will and after have gotten a few words from Hope he should bring to her cousin, Mike heads to the hospital after closing.
A nurse brings him to the room and it startles Mike to see all the machines surrounding this teenager boy. It does take him a moment because of that but Soren is indeed the boy he saw on the photo. "So you are Soren." Mike muses and is not really sure if he should be wary around this young thief with powers like Vincent and Marion or he should pity this one for being hunted by a monster like Nightmare. Maybe that's the reason why Vincent turned into what he was, being hunted by both the living and the dead. Mike has no clue of knowing and he is glad he cannot ask his friends killer this question, he's content enough that bastard is dead and gone.
Mike steps over to the bed but stops halfway when the heart monitor spikes and the table lamp starts to flash slightly. Mike stares a few seconds at the flashing lamp, then at the heart monitor and ends on the comatose boy. Something is making the kid angry, or scared, hard to tell really. Does Soren think he is in danger? The heart monitor raising numbers is starting to worry him, so Mike decides to call for a nurse before going over to the bed, taking the kids hand. "Easy there, I am not one of those people trying to—" he never gets to finish the sentence.
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Mike finds himself inside a disorientated room, the walls are moving like water and the light changes which would've made him very nausea if this has been reality but with his new keen sense of knowing when he is in a supernatural dream realm, Mike finds himself less affected by the weirdness.
Soren must've thrown him into one in his panic attack, now the question is if this was intentionally or accidentally. Mike begins to walk down this watery hallway, but do stop when the wall beside him starts to get weirder than usual. Turning to get a better look, he jumps when a face of monster Freddy appears, if this has been reality then Mike would've gone into a panic frenzy seeing that the mix of his friend's robot form twisted into a nightmarish monster. Nightmare Freddy gets himself free from the wall and step right in front of him, the smaller goblin Freddies crawl around the bigger one as monster fleas. Mikes stares back at the monster Nightmare created, a being he has dealt with in his own nightmares ever since he got away from Nightmare but in his own dreams, Nightmare Freddy is relatively harmless but in this place the monster can do a lot of harm.
In your mind, I am simply a nightmare but in his, I am the tormentor.
"What?" Mike eyes wide of what Nightmare Freddy just said, the monster's goblins all grin down to him as the nightmare replies the one who created it in this realm.
By his powers I am giving flesh, by the torch Nightmare forever residing in him, I will torment the one he should not have killed.
Wh… What is Nightmare Freddy talking about? Before he can ask the monster from his nightmares, the monster animatronic disappears. Mike decides to follow, he might not understand what it spoke about.
All he knows that Nightmare is really going to hurt Soren.
Suddenly something grabs his foot and Mike falls flat onto the floor, looking up he sees another manifestation of Nightmare's vision of his friends' animatronic form. This time of Chica, the monster vision of Chica walks past him, as if she cannot see him.
Don't get closer, you are playing a game you cannot win.
Nightmare Chica stops and turns the blood red eye- the same as Nightmare at him
I was the first, I have seen where this path will lead; misery will be my only friend.
And she disappears. When sure this nightmare monster is gone, Mike gets on his feet, searching this labyrinth for Soren but instead of a teen he instead finds Nightmare Foxy and Bonnie. The latter catches him and lifts him up into the air, trapped in the claws of this monster.
We are giving form by your mind, flesh by his powers. I know you are not the right one but he cannot see who was the one there ended his life.
"He is still alive…!" Mike retorts back to Nightmare Bonnie, he has no idea how but he struggles against the monster animatronics grip, if this has been in the waking world he would've been frozen stiff.
Nightmare Foxy stalks into his line of sight, walking in a bent forward manner as a wolf trying to stand on two legs.
Alive or dead makes little sense to him. All that matter is the prison we are all trapped inside, no matter how much he searches, the key he can never find.
Nightmare Foxy licks himself over the metallic and heavily broken mouth with his unnatural long tongue.
Thanks to you helping us gaining flesh, the Nightmare will rise again.
It's still unclear to him how much of his own imagination or of Nightmare's influence these monsters are, whatever the case, he has heard enough to know they are really bad news. Mike somehow succeeds to kick Nightmare Bonnie in the eye, making the monster to let go of him and Mike runs as fast he can down this wavery hallway, hoping he will be able to find Soren before the nightmares will get to him.
The Nightmare has just begun, the joy of life is nothing but a lie.
Mike scans the hallways and almost stop in his startle when he sees a white face with black tear linings under the eyes, but like the others, the Marionette has been twisted into a nightmarish vision of himself.
Give up, give in to death. We all know you are a monster deep inside, only a monster does not care about others.
That feels like the Nightmare Marion is not talking to him, could it be talking to… "Stay away from him!" Mike shouts at the monster, no way in hell he is letting Nightmare torment a kid.
'I got no time
I got no time to live
I got no time to live and I can't say goodbye'
He spots the teen but no matter how much he calls, Soren does not hear him, trapped in this nightmare created by both of them.
'And I'm regretting having memories
Of my friends who they used to be
Beside me before they left me to die'
Soren looks up and the nightmare animatronics have him surrounded, he's too scared to move.
'And I know this is
I know this is the truth
'Cause I've been staring at my death so many times'
Nightmare Bonnie strikes him and now there are two of the teen, one dead and one alive, lying paralyzed in bed.
'These scary monsters roaming in the halls
I wish I could just block the doors
And stay in bed until the clock will chime'
The dead Soren fades into the floor and the one on the bed turns on a flashlight, scaring away the Nightmares.
'So my flashlight's on, and stay up 'till dawn
I got this headache and my life's on the line'
Mikes tries to reach him but Nightmare Marion tackles him down.
'I felt like I won, but I wasn't done
The nightmare repeats itself every time'
He kicks the puppet off and tries again to reach Soren before the whole dead scene happens again.
'Got to keep my calm, and carry on
Stay awake until the sun will shine'
Just as he is about to reach the teen, a bright flash and the whole scene is gone.
'But I'm not so strong, and they're not gone
They're still out there to take what's left of mine'
Unaware of the other person, Soren shields himself when one of the Nightmares attacks, they begin to tear him apart and in a fit of rage he throws them away.
'I have this urge
I have this urge to kill'
He walks towards the recovering nightmares with a deadly cold demeanor
'I have this urge to kill and show that I'm alive'
He does not stop even when the nightmares take human forms
'I'm getting sick from these apologies
From people with priorities
That their life matters so much more than mine'
Soren only realizes what he has been doing when the corpses of four children at the same age as her lie before his feet.
'But I'm stuttering
I'm stuttering again'
Horrified he turns around and flees from the scene.
'No will listen and no one will understand
Because I'm crying as much as I speak'
The corpses return back into their nightmare forms, watching the fleeing teen.
'Cause no one likes me when I shriek
Want to go back to when it all began'
He grabs a flashlight and turns to the out to attack again nightmares.
'So my flashlight's on, and stay up 'till dawn
I got this headache and my life's on the line'
They disappear this time.
'I felt like I won, but I wasn't done
The nightmare repeats itself every time'
In their place a golden colored bear monster with blood red eyes appears, freezing Soren stiff in his place.
'Got to keep my calm, and carry on
Stay awake until the sun will shine'
Mikes runs as fast as he can towards the scene, determent to stop this madness.
'But I'm not so strong, and they're not gone
They're still out there to take what's left of mine'
And right before Nightmare Fredbear gets the chance to torment the poor kid further, Mike grabs Soren's hand and pulls him away from the nightmare's claws.
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Mike opens his eyes and takes a moment to realize that he is back to the waking world, turning around he notices that there can't have gone that much time for the nurse just arrives and asks him to step aside. He does and lets her give Soren something to calm his panic attack from that quite dangerous nightmare. When the heart rate has gone down and the nurse leaves, Mikes takes a seat before the bed. After a moment of hesitating he takes Soren's hand and is quite surprised that he feels a light squeeze. A surprise but a good sign so Mike returns the squeeze and quietly watches over Soren, letting the comatose boy recover from his way more harmful nightmare.
I must admit that I was thrilled to hear voice acting from the animatronics in the Custom Night game. but I am pretty sure what they said has nothing to do with what I am planning with this story.
I will see if I can get another chapter out next week too, but no promises, I still have a lot of trouble writing anything down lately...