Chapter 11: Sneaky Solutions

That night, Phillip had gathered everyone who remained into his bedroom where they all looked at the maps. Monty hadn't arrived yet, though the others were sure he would catch up. Phillip could feel the heavy tension around him, but he couldn't tell who it was from. Deciding to ignore it for now, he and Horace explained the possible missed exits and places that had yet to be be discovered. Harper gulped a little when Horace pointed out the room very close to where she had been meeting with Xleti. Patch had noticed this and squinted his eyes at her again and she looked away.

"It's not much left to cover, but I think we can manage it tomorrow." Phillip said.

"You think Roxy is okay?" Carla asked.

"She's a tough wolf, she'll be fine. I feel Vanny would spit out some cruel joke if she had killed her." Phillip shook his head.

"So Roxy is being tortured then?" Harper asked.

"I...I hope not."

There was a brief moment of silence before Monty knocked on the door.

"Yo, it's me!"

"Let him in." Phillip ordered.

Once Monty was inside and panting, he tried to keep himself up.

"Monty you alright?" Carla asked.

"Just catching my breath, I did see someone, but..."

He trailed off as the others looked at him confused.

"He...wouldn't be any help. Nevermind." Monty finished.

Harper realized who he was talking about but chose not to speak at the moment.

"I feel like an end is coming." Patch spoke up.

"Yeah, and we need to finish it quickly." Harper responded.

The two locked eyes briefly, though Monty caught the looks. Phillip, no longer wanting to deal with the current tension, stood up tall and sighed.

"We can do this guys, we need to stop Vanny, save this ship, and save anyone else that could still be alive." Phillip said.

"Let's just keep it calm and careful." Horace said.

"Yeah, let's do this for everyone who died...especially..." She trailed off and Monty rubbed her shoulder.

Phillip nodded before the group decided to break for the night. But Harper didn't sleep. She waited for everyone to sleep, especially Patch. After a while, she headed out taking her usual route to the secret room. No Staff Bots, Vanny nor VR Sisters were to be seen. As she approached the final hallway, she suddenly heard a thump around the corner ahead. She paused and held her breath before hearing a click.

"You cheeky bitch."

Harper turned and saw Patch standing there...holding a gun aimed at her head. She gasped seeing the barrel aimed for a headshot.

"Patch! What the hell?" Harper gasped.

"Tch, I wasn't going to wait too long to reveal all this shit. But it seems even you know just as much as me, is that it?"

Harper scowled.

"Yeah...I do. I know all about Vanny's plan, Xelti, and even all the hidden rooms."

"Huh, you know MOST of it at least. There's still some you're missing."

"But I assume you're gonna kill me instead of tell me?"

"Maybe. I needed to do this Harper! I had to team up with Vanny!"

He began to angrily cry as his grip on the gun weekened and he shook. Harper noticed how deranged he now look, darkness around his eyes, his clothes wrinkled, torn and stained. And he smelled big enough to stink up the whole hallway.

"I NEED TO GO HOME! I WANT OFF THIS DAMN SHIP MORE THAN THE REST OF YOU!" He yelled.

"BY KILLING US JUST SO YOU CAN LEAVE? THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GROUP EFFORT!"

The two didn't care anymore that they were supposed to be quiet. All their built up rage, fear and insanity was let loose in that hallway.

"FUCK THAT! YOU ALL TAKE TOO DAMN LONG TO DO ONE SIMPLE THING! AND NOW MOST OF US ARE DEAD!"

"DAMN IT PATCH WE WERE FRIENDS!"

"YEAH...yeah...we were..."

"Just put down the gun and help us."

"NO! I need Vanny's help, only she can help me at this rate. The rest of you are hopeless. And I'm not going to let you get in my way anymore."

"Patch..."

"I'm sorry, this is how it must be. IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY! I. WILL. GET. HOME. WITH. OR. WITHOUT. YOU. AND. THAT'S. FUCKING. FINAL!"

Harper cringed as Patch pulled the trigger...but nothing happened.

"What?"

He tried several more times, but no bullets came out, yet it wasn't jammed. Harper realized it was empty, and this was her chance. She angrily rushed at Patch and sucker-punched him, knocking the gun out of his hands.

"YOU BITCH!"

Patch punched her back and the two broke into a fist-fight in the hallway, the gun getting kicked towards the corner of the hallway, where someone appeared to pick it up. Harper had managed to get on top of Patch and beat him in the face before Patch pulled a dirty move and punched her in a boob.

"AH!"

"HAH!"

Patch managed to roll them over and with a psychotic laughter, he tried to choke her. Harper tried to fight back but Patch managed to hold her down. Just then, Patch saw a fist come into view and crashed into his face. Harper instantly recognized who it was and smiled.

"Monty?"

Monty roared as Patch when flying down the hallway...right at someone's feet. Monty helped Harper up and she hugged him.

"MONTY! YOU SAVED ME!"

"You aright?"

"Yeah, but how did you-"

"I was still looking for Roxy again when I heard you guys yelling. I came just in time."

"Yeah...you did!"

Just then they heard clapping from down the hallway. They saw Patch smirking with Vanny standing behind him, the gun now tucked in a small pocket in Vanny's suit.

"Well done gator boy, that was a pretty nice punch, not as impressive as one of mine." She teased.

Patch rolled his eyes while Monty growled.

"Come over here and get a demo then. I still owe you a beating from the dining hall." Monty balled his claws into fists.

"Ooh, I'm so fucking scared of a little gator."

"HEY FUCK YOU!"

"SILENCE!"

Vanny brought out the gun again, this time the gun was loaded, and she took a shot, it ended up grazing Harper's cheek leaving a red scratch. She stood there in horror and Monty's jaw hung low.

"Poor Patch here forgot to load it." Vanny sneered at the pig.

"You gave it to me." Patch grumbled.

"Whatever, doesn't matter. What DOES matter is how to deal with this mess here." Vanny turned back to Monty.

"YOU DIE! THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS." Monty growled.

"Oh...one of us is gonna die. But it won't be you...yet. Not even Harper, or me!"

Harper and Monty were confused, but so was patch.

"Huh? But that only leaves-"

BANG!

Monty and Harper gasp as another shot rang out, at first Patch was realizing Vanny didn't say his name, the next...he was lying dead on the ground in a pool of blood, a headshot. Vanny shook her head and twirled the gun in her hand.

"Useless pig, didn't need him anyways, guess I'm having bacon tomorrow."

"PATCH!" Harper yelled.

Monty however, looked a little indifferent.

"It seems he was a traitor Harper, you would be dead right now if I hadn't come."

"I...yeah...you're right."

Monty nodded before looking back at Vanny who smashed a nearby window and threw the gun out into the sea.

"I won't be needing that."

"Are you sure?" Monty cracked his knuckles.

"No." Harper said holding up a hand to Monty leaving the gator confused.

"Harper?"

"I got this, I need to handle this all by myself."

"But she-"

"I know Monty...I know..."

Vanny chuckled.

"Oh? Got some kind of plan my dear froggy?"

"Don't call me that."

"What are you gonna do about it...froggy?"

"STOP IT!"

Vanny laughed harder.

"Come on Harper, we both you know can't take me. Even Monty has a better chance."

Harper lost her patience, everything leading up until now boiled over in her mind and she charged.

"HARPER NO!" Monty yelled.

"COME ON FROGGY!" Vanny put her fists up as well.

Harper threw a punch and Vanny blocked before she threw one of her own, but Harper jumped making her miss and Harper kicked her square in the face with both feet.

"AUGH!"

Harper bounced forward and decked her in the face and before Vanny quickly recovered and rammed a fist square in her gut.

"YEAH! FEELS GOOD DON'T IT? THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED RIGHT? A FIGHT WITH ME? RIGHT?"

Vanny then uppercuts Harper making her stumble back. Monty wanted to join in but it seemed Harper wanted Vanny all to herself. Harper cried and raged as she Vanny brawled in the hallway, Monty cheered Harper on as the girls rammed each other into the walls and smashed another window. Vanny managed to force Harper's head out the window.

"LOOK HARPER! LOOK AT ALL THE HOPE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS HAVE! THERE IS NONE! JUST AN ENDLESS ABYSS OF DESPAIR!"

She gave Harper a good spank to her butt before pulling her head back in and sucker-punching her to the ground.

"Had enough? Want some more? Huh? Get up and if you want some." Vanny snarled.

Harper groaned and was struggling to get back up and Vanny shook her head.

"You all disappoint me now."

She then turned to Monty.

"You ready gator boy?" She said bucking at him.

Monty knew helping Harper should come first, but as Vanny began to walk away, Harper finally got back up on her own.

"I...I won't give up."

Vanny turned back to her and tilted her head.

"Huh? Looks like there is more to ya froggy."

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" She yelled.

Vanny was about to resume beating up Harper when they heard a phone vibrate, it was Vanny's."

"Ugh, who could...oh..."

She suddenly sounded nervous as she answered the phone.

"Huh? Yes sir. I know, I'm sorry it's taking so long. No...no they don't know that. Ugh, they're a pain in the ass though. Okay...okay yes. But...BUT WAIT! No, trust me, I can do this. Please...please just give me this chance. I...yes...okay yes...I won't fail you. Yes sir..."

Harper and Monty looked at each other very surprised and confused before Vanny hung up. When she did, her hands shook before she angrily threw down her phone and smashed it under her foot. She then turned to the others, they couldn't tell, but she was extremely pissed.

"YOU ANNOYING FUCKS ARE GONNA GET ME OUT OF A JOB! I NEED YOU ALL TO DIE! YOU JUST WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW! I'M GONNA UNLEASH HELL!" Vanny yelled.

"We'll be waiting." Monty said.

"Throw everything at us, we'll take them all down." Harper said.

Vanny growled and clenched her fists.

"Then it will be done. Prepare for the end!"

Vanny turned on her heel and walked back around the corner grumbling to herself. Once she was gone, Monty checked her over.

"We should head back."

"No, there's still one thing I need to do."

"Okay what is it? I think I deserve to know."

"You...you already know."

"Huh?"

"I could tell, you know about Xleti."

Monty went wide-eyed.

"Wait...how do you know?"

"She's been working with me." Came a new voice.

Both turned to see Xelti coming down the opposite way, no longer hiding himself, the massive Iguana walked over towering a little over Monty.

"Xleti." Monty said.

Monty." Xleti replied.

"You and Harper have been working together?" Monty said.

"Yeah...I...was gonna tell you...maybe. But it wasn't a good time, plus I didn't have any faith that you would survive this ordeal."

"Hey fuck you!"

"Fuck you!"

"NO FUCK YOU!"

"NO FUCK YOU!"

The two got in each other's face growling loudly before Harper tried to break them up.

"Okay...look I think enough fights have been happening around here today." Harper said.

"You haven't changed much." Monty said backing off.

"Much? I'm fucked forever! It's you who hasn't changed."

"WHAT? I'm a successful rockstar! And you..."

He trailed off not knowing how to explain Xlet's modifications.

"Don't bother, what matters now is killing Vanny, getting off this ship, and then planning my revenge."

"I'm sure those crazy powered up guys that the Fazbear Gang has fought have dealt with enough by now."

"Tch, I still need my hits in. But no, they're not the main target, it's some human man, he goes by William Afton."

"William Afton? The same one from Afton Robotics?" Monty asked.

Harper nodded.

"Yeah, he explained it all to me. Vanny is just one of his henchmen sent to try and dispose of everyone associated with the Fazbear Gang."

"But why?" Monty asked.

"That's what I'm gonna find out." Xleti said.

Xleti noticed Patch's dead body nearby.

"Ugh, your plan to save everyone is failing froggy."

"I SAID DON'T FUCKING CALL ME THAT ASSHOLE!" Harper screeched at him.

Xleti and Monty tensed up a little before the iguana sighed.

"I don't have time for this. I need to continue spying on Vanny, and Harper, I need to show you something." Xleti said.

"Fine..." Harper groaned.

"We need to catch up, I hope your girl is doing okay too." Monty said.

"She better be." Xleti growled.

Monty then perked up remembering something.

"Oh...one more thing...as for Roxy..."

Meanwhile with Roxy, she was busy talking to someone she was extremely happy to see. She had found Cassy alive and well! The chicken had only been knocked into a short yet deep coma before her body was transported into this strange room where Roxy was being tortured.

"Cassy, I'm really happy you're still alive!" Roxy said.

"Are you really?

Roxy was tearing up a little as Cassy smirked.

"Yes, I...I wanted to apologize for how I behaved both on the racetrack and on this ship. I hate the fact that I'm always holding grudges. It's honestly embarrassing looking back. I just, hope you can forgive me, if not now, then in the future."

Cassy sighed.

"Look I don't even care anymore, honestly seeing you get your ass beat a few times made for it."

She laughed as Roxy flipped her off but she laughed as well.

"Okay so I deserved a few ass-kickings, so what? I'm still the best, the most beautiful, toughest, and can still kick your ass."

"Bitch please."

The two stared each other down before with big smirks before hearing a bang and some whirring.

"Looks like more is coming." Roxy said.

"We need to get out of here. When I woke up, I wasn't in that room, something brought me here, and gave me this map. Once we get out of here, we should find that person."

"Good luck with that, this ship is huge."

"I'm sure we'll manage together."

The two nodded and fist-bumped.

"Time for an unlikely team-up!" Roxy smirked.

"Yeah. I just can't wait to see the others, especially Carla."

"Hehe, yeah, oh man this is gonna be one hell of a reunion."

"You're telling me."

Cassy looked back at the map before pointing up to a vent near the door Roxy was flung through.

"We should be able to fit through there."

"Will your big ass fit through?"

"Will yours?"

Roxy smacked her own ass.

"I got the perfect size."

"Keep telling yourself that."

"Wow you really wanna wrestle don't ya?"

"Maybe later, come on, we need to hurry."

Roxy jumped and ripped the grate out before clinging to the edge and hoisting herself inside followed by Cassy. As they crawled through, Roxy's tail smacked Cassy.

"Get your tail out of my face."

"At least I have a beautiful tail."

"That needs to be trimmed down."

"Don't make me kick you."

"Kick me and I yank."

"Kinky."

"STOP IT!"

Despite their newfound respect for each other, it was clear the two were secretly enjoying the rivakry between each other. They could still be rivals, just friendly rivals now.

Not long after starting their crawling through the vent, the creaking got louder.

"Hmm...something is wrong." Cassy said.

"Probably you needing to lose weight from all that pizza."

"I don't eat as much as my cousins."

"Still."

"Oh get moving!"

CRASH!

It happened in an instant, a vent part they were in broke and the two slid out towards the darkness.

"NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOO!" Roxy yelled.

"FUCK! ROXY WAIT!"

The force of the vent breaking made the two plummet out into the dark abyss below, unaware of the surprise below...

CREW REMAINING: RESTORED TO 7

TO BE CONTINUED...