Chapter 19: Confrontation


Town Hall

It was sunset in town and Mayor Friedlander was doing his usual work, until he closed the tabs. "Nobody around?" he asked himself, not hearing anyone outside his office, "Oh good." Friedlander then typed in something into the computer, before saxophone music came in. Anyone with a brain would know what was being played, but before he could do anything else, Cheryl called him.

"Goddammit," he said to himself, before picking up the phone, "Yes Cheryl?" "Just leaving for the night, and I'm sure you will be too soon," said Cheryl, "Goodnight mr. mayor." "Goodnight Cheryl," replied Friedlander who then hung up the phone, "Without further of do, I'm gonna do something before I go home." The video began to play again, but that only lasted 5 seconds before another call came in. Friedlander was annoyed now.

He picked up the phone in a huff, "What?!" "Excuse me?!" Monty snapped on the other line. "Sorry about that Monty, didn't know it was you calling." "I called to say the police couldn't find Fazbear and his friends, but we did find his dad!" Friedlander sighed in annoyance, "And why are you calling me about this?" "Because number 1, you have to know," said Monty, "And number 2, I'm done resorting to you after the police's failure to successfully arrest the gang. From now on, me and Sparky will have to do the dirty work ourselves. But to give credit where credit is due, you did at least take care of Fredbear."

Friedlander was pissed off now, "Good! It's about time you got off your ass!" "Careful Bruce," Monty said boldly, "Remember who's in control here." "And remember who's mayor Montgomery! I could've turned you in if I was big enough of a dick!" "Ha ha ha! Not a chance! I know you wouldn't have the balls to do so!" "If you don't need me anymore, what do you want me to do?" "Relax, masturbate, I don't know, something that will make yourself useful! You will only be needed if theres a big enough of an emergency." "Like you're useful?! Bitch please, you brought those files knowing the risk of what would happen! Why don't you go have your fun with your gin and juice!"

The phone went to dial, indicating that Monty had hung up. Friedlander slammed the phone down. "Finally!" he said in relief as he resumed the video that was playing and was about to take off his belt, only to get another phone call from someone else, "FOR THE LOVE GOD!!!"

Meanwhile in Monty and Sparky's hotel room...

"Heh, still unknowingly making Snoop Dogg references," said Monty. Sparky rolled his eyes as he thought to himself, "Give it a rest Montgomery." He then said out loud, "I get not having Friedlander along for the ride anymore, unless it's something important, but how are you- I mean, WE gonna get Freddy now?" "I got connections," replied Monty, "We'll know where they are when one of my people come across them or their license plate."

Later...

Freddy and the gang were driving through some small city that wasn't on a highway. By now, the sun had completely set and the night sky almost completely covered the sky, with very little greyish yellow from the clouds and what was left of sun reflecting on the edges of the sky. The reason the 4 got off the highway was because the rush hour traffic was backed up to the point of where they were stuck in it for over an hour. On top of this, there was a security checkpoint incoming at the time. So Bonnie made sure they got off on the next exit, even if the police weren't looking for them. However, with Bonnie being Bonnie, they got a bit lost and off course.

Despite the gang being back on track thanks to Freddy using GPS from his phone, they still had problems due to loss of GPS signal at times. Being off the highway would save them more time, but it would also take a little longer than what the highway would have taken, if the traffic wasn't as backed up after some time. Regardless, they continued on to the best of their abilities. Little did the gang know that entering this town would be a big mistake.

While Bonnie drove, Freddy went through radio stations to find some tunes to play, and both Chica and Foxy were asleep in the back. "Go back," said Bonnie, "I liked that song." Freddy went back and an acoustic guitar song was playing. "Huh, it does sound nice," said Freddy, "Reminds me of when you first started off at the pizzeria, back when you had your acoustic before switching over to electric in 2014."

Ahead of them, there was a detour sign telling all vehicles to go right towards the train yard nearby them. And in front of the detour sign was some construction vehicles unoccupied, possibly since the workers would only work during the daytime. Freddy and Bonnie saw this. "Why in the vicinity of where freight trains go?" asked Freddy. "Shortcut?" Bonnie shrugged.

Once the van went in the direction of the train yard, someone came out of the bushes and changed the detour sign to the left. They then got out a walkie-talkie and spoke into it. "They're coming in your direction," she said. "Rock n roll!" replied who was also on walkie-talkie, which ended up being Monty. Now how he was able to get this far infront of the gang would eventually be revealed.

The van continued along until it was right along the edge of the train yard. A brick wall was to the left of them. "I don't know how this is a detour," said Freddy, "Maybe you should turn around." Right as he said that and Bonnie was about to take the advice, there was a spike strip up ahead. Freddy and Bonnie didn't notice it since there was minimal lighting where it was. The van ran over the spike strips and was officially stuck where it was.

Chica and Foxy woke up. "We in Las Vegas already?" asked Foxy. "Bonnie must've drove real fast to get here," said Chica. "About that," Bonnie explained, "We aren't really in Las Vegas, we're in a train yard with popped tires." "Huh?!" exclaimed both Chica and Foxy, still trying to process everything. "I'm just as clueless as you guys are," added Freddy, "I'm gonna check what the state of the tires are and what might've caused it."

Freddy got out of the van to check the tires. All 4 were completely popped, so there was no way in hell they were going anywhere anytime soon. Then he noticed the spike strips. "Oh no," Freddy said, before running back to the van, opening the passenger door, "We need to get out of here!" "Why?" asked Bonnie. "This was a trap!" said Freddy. "What do we have that thieves want?" asked Chica. "Money, money, and more money," said Foxy.

Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy got out of the van, but before they and Freddy could make a run for it, a group of 6 came out of the darkness and aimed their guns at them. "Stay right where you are!" said one of them. "Any attempt to call for help and you will be silenced in one way or two," said another. "Look, if you want our money, just take it!" said Freddy. "You serious captain?!" asked Foxy quietly. "Shhh!" said Chica quietly. "Ha! They think we want money!" laughed one of the 6, as the other 5 laughed, "We ain't after money honey, we're after you! Moreso, our boss."

Just then, Monty came out of the darkness, just short of his crew. Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy death stared at him. "Freddy Fazbear and his friends," Monty smirked, "I've been dying to see you four for a long time!" "And if it isn't Montgomery Gator," Freddy growled, "You are a bastard for what you've done! And you are certainly a bastard for locking up my father, locking up Buster, and burning down OUR pizzeria! How in God's name did you get here?! And how did you even learn about our wearabouts?!"

"Oh Fazbear," Monty laughed, "If only you knew ahead of time I had private transport that could get me anywhere. Of course, I drive myself places too, but that's besides the point. The point is, someone working a toll booth who also works for me called to let me know the general vicinity of where you were going. You see, I got people and connections that are not only in your town, but across the southwest!" "It gives those articles a whole new side," said Freddy, "You not only put your condos and golf courses across various towns and cities, but you put your own people in powerful positions too, didn't you?" "Both small and powerful positions, so they can blend in, in order to catch my pray who become too threatening," replied Monty, "I presume you found out a lot about me anyway, just not everything."

"What is your deal with getting into the system to shut businesses like us down?" asked Bonnie. "What did we and ye prey do to piss ye off anyway?" asked Foxy. "You nor did previous victims didn't piss us off," said a voice coming out of the dark, "We just had eyes on you for a while." "Wha-Who's this joker?!" exclaimed Foxy, then his face fell, "Oh no, it really is you." Both Bonnie and Chica gasped at the sight. "You..." Freddy growled, with his eye twitching in anger, "Y-You traitor! How could you do this to us?!" It was revealed to be Sparky. "How could I do this?" said Sparky, "I've been wanting revenge on you since I was kicked out!"

There was an eerie silence in the air for a few seconds. Freddy and his friends just stared down at Sparky. "Still the same ego driven dog we remember," said Chica. "But it cannae be!" said Foxy, "Ye agreed on mutual terms that you'd leave completely, only coming for visits!" "Well I hate to break it to Fritz, but I was only pretending!" replied Sparky, "The moment I was booted off from you 4, I was finding any way to get my revenge on you! Even when I became an independent artist, I was still looking for ways I could pay you all back. I then played in one of Monty's golf courses as part of a concert going on at the time of when we met. Turns out, we had a lot more in common than we thought."

Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy were puzzled. "What is that supposed to mean?!" asked Freddy. "I was in a band before I became real estate mogul," explained Monty, "I helped my father out while also doing gigs once in a while at the restaurant the band owned, but then they kicked me out, claiming my head got too big! So I gave it right back to them when I was in charge of the company. They were the first ones to get hit by my schemes." "Michael Gator, Monty's father had done schemes like that for many years," also explained Sparky, "But he usually did said schemes on a lesser level. It was after Michael retired that Monty had the idea of doing it at a bigger rate, since Gator Estates was already loaded and connections already existed. Shortly after meeting him, I started to play my role in helping my new best friend out. We'd target more than one location at once sometimes, and we were able to bribe officials to cover as much as possible. Monty then had the idea of getting your pizzeria next, something I had suggested to him for some time. As excited as we were to do it, the pandemic then struck, so we had to hold off for a few years."

"Fast-forward 4 years from 2020, and we finally have the opportunity to strike," said Monty, "So Sparky gets his stink bomb ready, loosens the vent, and lets it stink up! He then closes up the vent to make it look like nobody went through it! From there, the rest is history! You 4 thought you could stop the unforgiving wrath of Montgomery Gator? Well, I'm afraid you are gladly mistaken! I've ruined many lives over the years and you all are next on the menu tonight! Game over Fazbear Entertainment!" Monty then laughed in pure delight.

Freddy had no words to say at the moment, he was in such anger he couldn't find words to say. Foxy was asleep while standing up, until he woke up under his own power. "Sorry laddie," he said, "Ye lost me half way through the wee story." "Not gonna lie," said Bonnie, "For a real estate mogul, you don't dress like one." "I don't know what's stupider, you revealing everything to us, or your lack of common sense," added Chica.

These weren't the responses Monty was expecting (only exception being Freddy). "ENOUGH!" he roared, "Say what you will, but in the end, it don't matter what y'all think! Police should be here any minute to take you away!" "And what if they see you and your group here?" asked Chica. The group then pulled out police badges. "I OWN the police!" Monty replied. "Oh," Chica said. "That explains a lot," added Bonnie.

"I can't believe you are doing this to us," said Freddy, looking directly at Sparky, "After all of what we've done for you." "Is this how ye cope with ye pain?" asked Foxy, "Being around that Floridian from Nevada?" "Assuming you don't mean that in a racist way towards his species when you say Floridian, you do what you gotta do," replied Sparky, "Sorry we stopped becoming close friends, I just found my group in the end." "You don't belong with Montgomery!" said Freddy, "You two might come from similar backgrounds, but unlike your friend, you're not a lunatic!"

"Don't even bother trying to get him on your side Freddy!" yelled Monty, putting his sunglasses over his head, making his eyes present, "Whether you like it or not, Fazbear Entertainment loses! It's time for you to face that reality, because nobody will ever believe what we told you! I've done this many times, it's all the same ol song and dance."

Suddenly, the lights in the train yard went out. "What the hell?" asked one in the group. "Did we experience a power outage?" asked another. "I don't know, turn your flashlights on!" demanded Monty. "We don't have flashlights," said one in the group. "He said bring flashlights goddammit!" Sparky snapped, "Now we're gonna temporarily be having the vision of Stevie Wond-"

Just then, the lights went back on, blinding Monty, Sparky, and the rest of the crew. At the same time, police sirens could be heard. "The rest are coming!" said one of the crew gleefully. "Perfect!" Monty said, "Fredster, I hope you and your friends like-" However, when Monty looked over to where Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy once stood, they were gone.

"NO!!!" screamed Monty, "UGH!!! NOTHING CAN GO MY WAY!!!" "Don't you worry Mr. Gator, we'll find them," said the leader of the group, as they split up across the train yard. Sparky went in to hesitantly join in the search. He was thinking about what Freddy had told him, and admittedly, as much as he tried to deny it, he wasn't wrong. Nevertheless, he went to search for he and the rest.

To be continued in the next chapter...

(Chapter 19 published 9/3/24)