A/N Hey everyone. Hope you're doing good and you're ready for the next chapter. I have to thank everyone again for the support in the past week as well. It seems like I got more viewership in the last week than I did through this whole process. It's incredible to see and I'm extremely grateful. We'll be moving on from the heavy exposition in this one and get to the good stuff, so look forward to it. I hope for the next couple of chapters you'll find something that'll shock you, make you laugh, or something in between. But enough from me, let's get started.

Gregory and company were all running for their lives. Not just because they were in danger, but also because countless others were in danger as well. Now that they knew Afton had eyes inside Fazbear Entertainment now, they could see how many people were going to be victims to his lofty goals. It was unforgivable, and more than ever, they wanted to stop it. No matter what they were facing now because of this madman, they had to overcome it, or else more children were going to be nothing more that vials filed with liquid, fueling his dream.

S.T.A.F.F. bots and tentacled animatronics waited around every corner, but all were easily dispatched with everyone's respective abilities. If Fifi couldn't get them with the camera, Gregory had the Fazerblast ready. If Vanessa missed with her taser, Roxy got them with her fist. If too many came out to handle, Freddy used his voice upgrade. Already they were becoming a team one could only dream of, and though no one said it, they hoped it would last.

Gregory took a look at his watch as Roxy ripped a S.T.A.F.F. bot's head off.

"We're almost there!" he yelled, and they took off once again.

"Perhaps this is not a good time," said Freddy as they ran, "but it my past life, as well as this one, I have not had a great experience with security offices."

"Well, at least this time we were warned it could be a trap," snarked Vanessa.

"Can we trust that puppet, though?" asked Roxy promptly.

"I don't know, but she helped us find you," the blonde replied. "I think that's something."

Roxy widened her eyes. That was definitely something…but for now she had to run. She could dwell on it later.

They rounded a corner and ran about five hundred feet more until Gregory stopped in his tracks, yelling for the others to do the same. Fifi caught on a little late, however, and almost knocked the boy to the ground. She grabbed him by his good arm before he could do so.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" she exclaimed.

"It's fine," he reassured while recovering, "but I think we need to go in…here!"

He pointed to an automated door on the hallway to his left. Quickly yet cautiously, they all approached the opening. Gregory and Vanessa shone their flashlights in the room looking for any immediate threats.

The security office almost looked like a carbon copy of one of the offices at the Pizzaplex. There were several control panels and buttons situated along several metal desks as well as the walls, along one other automated door. In the center of the room, there was a huge console that reached to the ceiling and was covered in several more controls, keyboards and screens. And on the side walls, there were huge plexiglass windows overseeing the hallways surrounding the room. For most of the group, this was bringing back memories, not all of them good.

"I guess the coast is clear," said Vanessa, lowering her flashlight. "Well? You think we've been led to the right place Roxy?"

As the canine in question focused her eyes, she could see a whole different picture than what anyone else was. Among the darkness of the room, the center console stood out like a beacon of light. She could see 0s and 1s flowing along its surface like a river. She remembered seeing something similar in the major computing systems at the Pizzaplex, and this was almost just as full as them.

"I think we are," she finally breathed, stepping forward. "There's so much stored in here. This has to be it! We might actually be getting somewhere here!"

"There's no time to lose then," Vanessa said, also stepping forward. "Freddy, Roxy, you two watch the doors. Gregory, Fifi, you come with me."

Freddy stayed by the door they entered in while Roxy rushed to the other side. The other three made their way to the console and stood in front of what appeared to be the main computer. The system looked complex, but thanks to Vanessa's knowledge and Fifi's scanning abilities, they were able to find the power button.

"Cross your fingers," the blonde advised.

She hit the button, and thankfully the screen in front of her sprang to life. They all breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately, Vanessa went to work. She knew this system very well, so in a matter of minutes she was able to locate all the files she was looking for. Gregory noted that she looked more excited now than he had ever seen her.

"Is that everything?" Fifi asked when Vanessa lifted her hands from the keyboard.

"I think so," came the former guard's reply. "I can't believe this is actually happening…Okay, Gregory. Give me your watch."

The boy suddenly became apprehensive. "Wha…why?"

"There's more saved on here than I even thought. I don't know if I can fit it all on mine."

He looked down at his first gift with a sense of dread. "But what if Afton—"

"Gregory," the blonde said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "We can get rid of the virus if it gets on there somehow. Nothing's going to happen. Not while I'm around…I know how important it is to you, Gregory. Just trust me."

Ever so reluctantly, he handed over the watch. "You promise it'll be fine?"

"Yes…I do."

Though Freddy was keeping his guard, he smiled when he saw this scene. He was proud of how this child had grown in the past month, and thankful that his adoptive sister was loosening up a bit.

Fifi looked at the screen intently as Vanessa typed on. "Is there anything I can do?"

"Well, you know the system as well as I do, so if I have any trouble, just step in. But it'll be harder to get the virus out of you if Afton put it on here somewhere, so don't go in too far if I let you."

The mouse grew concerned, but nodded in understanding. It did not take long, though, for Vanessa to gather all the files she needed and reach a download screen after syncing up the watches.

"Now we just wait," she told the others. "Unless something happens, this shouldn't take long."

As soon as she said that however, the lights in the room turned on, seemingly on their own, followed by the control panels on each desk. Then a loud 'beep' came from each of the doors and they both instantly closed. Luckily, though, Freddy and Roxy both managed to dive out of the way before they were crushed. As things continued to power on, everyone looked around disoriented while Vanessa just wore a look of regret.

"Me and my big mouth," she thought.

"What's going on?!" yelled Roxy in a panic.

That's when every screen in the room, save for Vanessa's, all came on to reveal Baby's unsettling plastered smile.

"Surpriiiiiiiiise!" the mechanical clown hissed.

The suddenness of it caused the three in front of the console to fall over backwards screaming, and as they did, they instinctively backed away. Roxy, too backed into the wall when she heard that all-too-familiar voice. The last thing she wanted was to see the face that voice came out of, but there it was. She just couldn't win anymore.

Then for the first time since they saw her, she began laughing. It was a low, quiet laugh, but it was somehow the laugh of someone completely unhinged at the same time. It was the most disturbing thing the group had ever heard.

"What a lovely present," she breathed gleefully. "Everyone I presently hate. All together in one room. Waiting to die."

"Elizabeth!" Freddy called out. "What are you doing?!"

"Perhaps you forgot, my unfortunate brother," the clown seethed, "but it's my birthday today. I thought it would be fun to throw a little…surprise party."

Fifi struggled her way to a sitting position. "Um, yeah. Pretty sure that's not how that works—"

"No one asked you, reject!" came the abrupt interruption. "You've not seen enough of the world for me to care what you think of it."

It was clear that the mouse did not take too kindly to this. "Sheesh! That's your sister?" she asked Freddy.

He looked away. "…Yes."

"I am so sorry for you," she responded shaking her head.

"Oh, he's not worth that," Baby mused. "None of you are…but you won't take up wasted space for much longer. Our party guests are on their way, and when they reach you…it will truly be a night to remember."

Now panic was starting to set in, and for Vanessa, it started to set in even more when she saw the download was going in reverse.

"Crap!" she cursed as she ran over to the console. She quickly opened a window on the desktop and furiously began typing.

"What happened?" yelled Gregory as he rushed to her side.

"She's trying to reverse my download!" she explained. "I have to stop her hacking if we're getting out of here with that information! I knew this had to be a trap one way or another!"

"Well, what do we do now?!" asked Roxy frantically.

As she worked, Vanessa thought back to how everything powered on all at once, and how the doors shut.

"Okay, so obviously she has control of the doors," she deduced. "We're going to have to override it somehow. She'll probably open them when who or whatever she just called comes our way. There has to be manual controls in here somewhere. Look around for a button, a switch, anything!"

The others all ran frantically around the room pressing every button they could find on each desk searching for anything that would work. There was no wire protruding from the doors and they had no way to find out what controls lead to what in this room. They kept searching, struggling to keep track of what they had and hadn't tried, but it didn't seem to matter because they were still coming up with nothing. And time was running short, as through the windows, Roxy could see lights coming up the hallway.

"They're coming!" she yelled.

Gregory slammed his hand on a desk. "We're getting nowhere, here!"

Freddy was even shaking his head at the hopelessness of the situation…that is, until he noticed something familiar about the doors. The designs of them, the power gauges above them. It reminded him of…the security guard job Michael took at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza in 1993.

"Wait," he breathed, "I know these doors. There should be a control button for them right…"

He couldn't see anything directly on the wall, but with his eye upgrade…

"There!"

He tore out a piece of the wall by grabbing it with his hand, and lo and behold, a translucent square button greeted him, shining a bright green. To the bottom of the button, there were wires that seemed to be added on after the fact poorly connected.

"And if we remove these wires…" Freddy mused while doing so, "we can control them!"

Instantly, the door opened and the green from the button faded, leaving the bear quite proud of himself for once.

"Woah!" said an amazed Gregory. "Who would've thought we'd actually get use out of the refurbished old tech! Nice one, Freddy!"

"Yeah, but we don't have time to get away!" said Fifi pointing to the windows.

Looking, they could see a ton of S.T.A.F.F. bots charging towards them, and worse still, it seemed they were being led by the remaining 'Nightmare' animatronics. Reacting quickly, Freddy closed the door again.

"Roxy!" Freddy called, "There should be another button on your side! Disconnect it and shut the door back before Elizabeth lets them in!"

In a matter of seconds, Roxy found the button beneath the wall, and in one swift motion she punched through and tore out the wires. The door quickly opened, but it was when the hostile robots were just about to enter. In a panic, she pressed the button, just as many of them were crossing the threshold, and the door crashed down on top of them. The damage done by this was evident, but many of them were still moving. She backed away quickly and looked on in disgust.

"Not good! NOT GOOD!" she cried.

"NO!" Freddy called as he ran over. "We have to remove them quickly. These doors are on limited power like the ones at the Pizzaplex, and if they get obstructed, the power will drain faster!"

Vanessa took a break from her furious typing to facepalm when she heard this.

"What is with this company's stupid designs?!" she shouted.

That's when one of Baby's screens jutted out from the console at her, filling up her vision.

"You are truly ungrateful my adoptive sister!" the clown hissed. "I will ensure your death is long and painful."

Though she was shaken, Vanessa shoved the screen out of her way and returned to work. Meanwhile, Roxy was standing back up trying to sort herself out.

"We'll get crushed if we try to shove them out of there," she said referring to the bot caught under the door. "How are we gonna get rid of them?"

That's when Gregory finally noticed some PVC pipes laying in the corner of the room. Perfect. He rushed over and grabbed a couple of long ones.

"We can use these!" he called. "If they get crushed, we can just grab new ones."

The wolf took a pipe from him, impressed. She still so stuck in her own head all this time, she hadn't even noticed them, but this kid picked up on them and reacted in no time. Even when she was attacking him before, he kept his head on straight and figured a way out. It was something she had secretly longed to be able to do for a long time. Could he actually help her do that? She gave a crooked smile.

"Kid, if I could stay half as cool as you in situations like this, it'd be amazing," she mused.

The boy smiled back. "Hey, if I can do it, I know you can. Now, come on. Help me out with this."

"You got it."

They both rushed over and began shoving the bots out from under the door, and they could already tell it was not going to be easy. Freddy began to go get a pipe as well, but then a heavy amount of banging on the plexiglass drew his attention away. Tentacled animatronics had found their way there as well, and they were trying to break the windows down.

"It seems Cassidy has found her way out as well," Baby mused with distain. "When is she going to learn to not appear where she isn't invited?!"

The S.T.A.F.F. bots then began attacking the tentacled beasts as well, causing more pressure on the glass. Freddy and Fifi looked on in a panic, until Freddy finally noticed a button on the console in front of the mirror with a lightning bolt on it. That could only mean one thing. He rushed over and pressed the button, and a flash of electricity coursed through the machines at the window, dispelling them.

As Roxy heard this, however, she tensed up while trying to shove a bot out from the door. She came close to dropping her pipe when Gregory put a hand on her arm.

"Don't think about that," he comforted, "Just focus on what you're doing now."

When she heard this, she relaxed and nodded her head. Then she went right back to what she was doing.

Freddy observed how the shock effected their adversaries.

"That will hold them off for a while," he said, "but we need something that will actually drive them away."

Fifi was still a little jumpy. "Well what else could we find that…"

She trailed off when she thought of something. Drive them away? Maybe she could drive in something to get them away. Something big, something fast, something…like what she and Vanessa found on Tuesday. But how could she get to it. She quickly looked around some more for an answer and there, right above the center console…she saw it. A vent.

"I have an idea!" she called out excitedly.

The mouse immediately rushed over and began climbing up the screens on the center console.

"Fifi! What are you doing?!" shrieked Vanessa.

"I'm gonna get us out of here!" came the abrupt reply.

"Oh my-What have I been saying this whole time about sticking together!?"

"I won't be long! Trust me!" the mouse continued as she removed the vent cover. "Coms are still up, so I'll call you if I need anything. I'll be right back!"

"Fifi—"

But in a flash, she was already moving through the vents. Vanessa shook her head. 'I'll be right back?' Maybe Afton was wrong. Maybe this was a horror movie. That would explain a lot…but no matter. All the blonde could do now was stop Baby's hacking and hope Fifi comes back with her head on her shoulders, so that's what she did.

Meanwhile, Roxy was removing the last of the S.T.A.F.F. bots from underneath the door.

"Al…most," she gave one last mighty shove with her plastic pipe, "…got it!"

The door immediately shut after the bot was removed, and Roxy quickly pulled her pipe back before it was crushed.

"Nice one!" called Gregory.

"Heh, heh. Thanks," she replied. "Lost quite a bit of power on that one though."

"Hey, don't worry about it. We've still got ano—"

The boy stopped midsentence at the sound of metal creaking. The opposite door was raising open, as if someone were lifting it open. Sure enough, the hand of what appeared to be a 'Nightmare' animatronic grabbed the door from underneath.

"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Gregory shouted in frustration.

"Do not underestimate our strength, Gregory," Baby threatened in response.

The door was lifted more, and once it was wide enough, a 'Nightmare' version of Freddy began to lead more S.T.A.F.F. bots in…until they were all knocked down by the tentacled animatronics, causing the door to fall on top of them all.

Roxy let out a little growl, but motioned Gregory to follow her and repeat what they did before. As they took off towards the door, Freddy set off another shock at the other window, looked for a moment and turned around quickly.

"There's more coming!" he exclaimed.

Vanessa let out a noise that was between a growl and a groan. This was going to be a long night.

Meanwhile, Fifi was rushing through the vents as fast as she could on all fours. She had access to the map, but it wasn't much help, seeing as how she was basically inside the walls. But she knew where she needed to go and did her best to navigate where she was. It had been a while since she started, though, and she didn't seem to be having any luck finding it. That seemed to be happening quite a bit lately. Though she was annoyed and afraid, she pushed those thoughts to the side and kept looking.

She stopped dead in her tracks, however, when she heard a something like more steps coming from behind her, along with what sounded like a music box. She did not want to look back, but something told her she had to. And when she did, a look of terror plastered her face. Behind her was what seemed to be an animatronic toy with the face of the DJ Music Man character. It was attached to a body with multiple metallic limbs, two of which appeared to be playing the cymbals. It was heavily damaged, but moved without any noticeable issues, and unfortunately, it was coming right at her.

"EEEWWWW!" the mouse shrieked, and she immediately picked up the pace.

She moved forward, barely managing to outpace the little terror. Now she was really in trouble. She rounded a corner and from the vent next to her, she saw another start coming after her. She kept moving, but with every pathway she passed, another of these toys would appear to chase her. Soon, ten of them were chasing her at once. She kept crawling and crawling, but her limbs were beginning to wear down. Eventually, she had to stop, but when she did, the Fazcam finally beeped indicating it was charged again. Acting on instinct, she rolled onto her back, camera in hand, to see all of them rushing her at once.

"Go away!" she yelled, pressing the button on the camera.

Her pursuers halted with a start when they saw the flash, and immediately scattered off in different directions. After a few seconds to see that they were gone, Fifi laid down in the vent sucking in some deep breaths. She had thought that after she began work at the Pizzaplex, that things would get pretty hectic, but this? Why did she have to end up here, left as nothing but scrap after so much time and money was put into her? What was so wrong with her that the investors didn't like her? Was that story even true?

But she was cut off from those thoughts when she heard more heavy banging coming her way. She readied herself to crawl again, but before she could turn over, she was pinned to where she was laying. Staring down at her with a sadistic smile was the one animatronic that up until now, she had only seen once and not hoped to see again, Montgomery Gator. He laughed cruelly as she struggled under his grip.

"No one here to help ya now, runt!" he taunted. "This'll be a good little warm-up for what I'll do to Fazbear."

"Why me?!" she yelled back. "I didn't do anything!"

"THAT'S RIGHT!" the gator growled back. "And I'm gonna make sure it stays that way. You ain't taking away my shot at the big time."

"Who said I was going to do that?!"

"It's how it always goes. One product doesn't stay popular, they slowly phase it out an replace it with another. That's what was happening at the Pizzaplex with me. I finally got my spot in the band, but they didn't want me there!"

Fifi grew a little incensed at that. "Well, you decommissioned Bonnie! Freddy told me you did! How did you expect that to go?!"

"That don't matter! What matters is, I got his spot, and they were going to take it away! I thought they'd rebuild Bonnie, since everybody missed him. That would have been bad enough, but you! They would've brought you in to rub salt in the wound."

A scowl was forming on the mouse's face. "I was made for the little kids! Why would I want your spot?!"

"THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY! But who would you be if you turned down an offer from the higher-ups, huh? You ain't some little princess like you look to be. You'll do what you want to get to the top, too. I know it!"

Now Fifi was feeling less scared, only because she was getting so angry. She clenched her fists and her arms began to shake.

"You don't know me!" she barked back.

"You think I'm blind?!" Monty retorted. "You would've been a brat, no better than half the kids that went cryin' to their mamas when they didn't get what they want. Only you would've had a whole company to run to. I guess I'm glad them investors saw the same thing as me!"

"STOP TALKING!" she said through gritted teeth.

"What?! You gonna cry? Good. That'll make it more fun to exterminate you like the rat you are!"

Then something finally snapped in Fifi, and everything went black.

A/N And that's the chapter. Hopefully this one has been a bit more action-packed. It was a little tougher to write than previous chapters for me, and I didn't get all the story points I wanted packed in here. But I think I have room to include them in the next chapter, so keep an eye out for that. Also, sorry to leave you on a cliffhanger again, but I have a fun conclusion planned for this night as well, so I hope that makes up for it. Either way, I hope you enjoyed, and please leave a review if you can. See you soon!