I climb through the hatch outside of one of the stalls in the men's restroom located on the first floor and I then look around to see if anyone was nearby. I motion to Noelle that it was safe to climb up, she quickly climbs up the ladder and closes the hatch.
"Ok, you get the upstairs and I get the downstairs," I whisper.
"Alright and be careful, there two night watches tonight. One seems to be an actual cop and the other maybe a rookie." Noelle whispers back, sensing the presences of the Night Watches moving about the building.
"Good to know," I say before we go our separate ways.
30 minutes later, I was on my 5th store, which was luckily an electronic store, when I heard footsteps heading my way. I quickly switch to my Endoskeleton Form without my holographic corpse, since Noelle got rid of my real corpse when she repaired me, and I hid in the corner in the back of the store. As the footsteps get closer I see the light from the night watch's flashlight, I pretend to be a deactivated endoskeleton. The night watch was wearing a police uniform and was looking around the store, I was in.
'Damn. Just my luck, I get the floor with the cop on it.' I think to myself as the Night watch's flashlight is pointed at me. The Night watch seemed to be a female by the way they gasped and jumped back.
"Shit. What the hell is this thing and what's it doing here?" the female Night watch says as she looks at me. She moves closer to observe me and starts to touch my endoskeleton.
{This chick better back off before I lose it} Purple Guy thinks in our shared mind as the female Night watch starts to mess around with our joints.
{My thoughts exactly and the best part is if we kill her we can blame it on the other Night Watch} I think in our mind as I start to get annoyed by the female Night watch.
{Y-yeah, I have to agree with you two on this. I am r-really uncomfortable right now} Springbonnie says as the female night watch touches the back of our endoskeleton head.
{Can you make her stop please.} Springbonnie asks.
{Please. I'm about to forcibly take over and kill her} Purple Guy says with a lot of aggravation in his voice.
{Yeah, I'll stop her} I say as I pretend to activate, making the Night watch jump back in surprise and hold her flashlight in a defensive position
"H-how-dy, y-yall," I say in a glitched out goofy western accent as I wave at the Night Watch.
"Hello?" the Night watch says in a questioning tone.
"W-what's a y-your n-name l-l-lit-tle m-miss? I-I'ma y-your g-good o-old p-p-pal, S-Spring B-bunny." I say with the goofy, glitched western accent.
"Um…. I'm Vanessa." She says giving me a wary look.
"I-it's a n-nice t-to m-meetcha V-Van-e-essa," I say with that ridiculous accent.
"What are you exactly?" Vanessa asks as she touches me again.
'I am legit going to kill her if she keeps this up' I think to myself as I give a friendly laugh.
"I-I'ma an an-ima-tronic m-made f-fer e-entertaining the k-kiddies," I say with my accent again.
"Oh," Vanessa says as she keeps touching my endoskeleton.
{Ok, THAT'S IT SHE'S DEAD!} Purple Guy yells in our shared mind.
{Yup} I think in our shared mind as I reach my tolerance limit with the Nightwatch. I quickly grab her walkie-talkie and gun.
"HEY! Give those back!" Vanessa yells.
"Yeah, uh no," I say in my normal voice.
"What happened to your voice?!" Vanessa asks as she tries to get her walkie-talkie and gun back.
"You're an idiot especially since you're not supposed to touch anything in the stores." I snarl.
"Hey! Wait a minute…. how do you know about the store policy for employees?!" Vanessa asks in a semi-angry tone.
"You're a terrible night watch as well as a cop, especially since you're an elite," I say as I notice her elite badge.
"How do you know about that?" Vanessa says as she backs up and reaches for what I assumed to be a taser. I put Vanessa's gun and her walkie-talkie on a shelf where Vanessa couldn't reach them. I use my enhanced speed and run behind her. I grab her taser and use it on her. Vanessa falls to the ground temporarily unconscious, I quickly grab everything that Noelle and I would need to use for equipment.
I then drag Vanessa to the back room of the store and lock the door, so she couldn't escape. I switch to my regular Human Form, before I was killed by Springbonnie's spring locks.
'This will be fun' I think to myself before I start to shake Vanessa awake.
"Where am I what happened? Where did that thing go and who are you." Vanessa asks as she looks at me.
"I'm Vincent Rennings and I just found you here unconscious," I say with fake concern in my voice as I change my voice to sound like my old one before I was killed.
"O-ok Vincent, please listen to me. I need you to stay here, while I go catch that thing that attacked me and knocked me unconscious." Vanessa says as she gets up and walks towards the door. I laugh at her actions, she turns around to face me.
"What's so funny?" Vanessa asks.
"You're really dumb you know that," I laugh.
"EXCUSE me!" Vanessa says with some sass in her voice.
"It's good to see that I haven't lost my skills after being dead for over 20 years," I say.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Vanessa asks.
"Don't you find my timing of finding you odd? If not you are truly a terrible night watch as well as a cop, especially since you're an elite." I say as I switch back to my current voice as Springtrap.
"Y-you! You were controlling that thing weren't you!" Vanessa says as she backs away from me.
"Partially correct, Miss Vanessa but, I AM that thing you keep referring to and I believe it's time for you to make a disappearance," I say in my Vincent Rennings voice as I pull out my knife.
"Back off. If you kill me, y-you'll be killing an officer of the law and they'll find and arrest you! They'll sentence you to prison or death!" Vanessa says with fear in her voice as I laugh at her.
"A bit too late to sentence me to prison and death row my dear. That already happened over 20 years ago and they still haven't caught me for my crimes." I tell her.
"W-what crimes? W-what are you t-talking about?" Vanessa asks in a terrified tone while, looking for a way out.
"Well, I might as well tell you since, you won't be able to tell anyone else. Ever heard of Freddy Fazbear's?" I ask as I play around with the blade of my knife.
"I-I've heard the legends and rumors," Vanessa says as she continues to look for a way out.
"Then I take it you know about the 'Bite of 83', the 'Bites of 87', as well as the 'Missing Children Incidents' back in 1987," I ask.
"Y-yeah, it was horrible with those bite incidents as well as those kid's going missing and never being found. And all those rumors about the place as well as those other incidents." Vanessa says.
"Miss Vanessa, what if I told you that I was there for all those incidents and that it was my family's fault all those incidents occurred, well not my family in particular but, my parents," I say.
"That's impossible you'd have to be in your late 50s but, you only look to be in your late 20s or early 30s," Vanessa says.
"My, you know a lot about that. Have you read the case files for those incidents?" I ask.
"Y-yeah, I always wanted to find the killer and the reason those incidents were never solved," Vanessa says.
"Well, then. I never knew that I made that place become so popular." I say as I look at Vanessa's reflection on the blade of my knife.
"Popular? What do you mean?" Vanessa asks in confusion as I sigh in annoyance.
"Have you read the names of the missing children or the suspects at all?" I ask annoyed.
"Yeah. Wait a minute didn't you say your last name was Rennings as in Brandy Rennings, one of the missing children." Vanessa asks realizing something.
"That is correct, my dear. Brandy Rennings is my daughter if that's what you mean." I say as I watch her put some of the pieces together.
"That means you're the Vincent Rennings from back when the Freddy Fazbear Franchise first started?" Vanessa asks.
"Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner," I say jokingly.
"But if you're that Vincent Rennings you're supposed to be in your late 50s but, you don't look older than 25 and that Vincent Rennings went missing about 22 years ago," Vanessa says.
"Then let me explain my dear, it may help you with your dream of catching the kidnapper. Back in 1987 long before the second 'Bite of 87', 5 children went missing including my daughter, Brandy Rennings, and the kidnapper was never found but, they knew the kidnapper had to have worked there for a very long time." I say.
"Y-yeah but, the records showed that the Vincent Rennings and Samuel Bishop were the oldest employees there but, their records are clean and there was no evidence found, that the kids were ever killed," Vanessa says.
"What if I said that the kids were indeed murdered. What was the one place they didn't look at, that was not on the file." I ask.
"They looked everywhere about several times," Vanessa says.
"No, they didn't check everywhere. Have they ever thought of checking the animatronics?" I ask as a shocked expression appears on Vanessa's face.
"They never did check the animatronics, that means the kidnapper no, the killer killed those kids and stuffed their bodies into the animatronic suits," Vanessa says realizing the missing children's case was a homicide case instead of a kidnapping case.
"I never said that I stuffed them into the animatronics," I say as I wait for Vanessa to realize what I just said.
"What do you mean 'you didn't stuff them into the suits' don't you mean the-," Vanessa says but, cuts off as she realizes what she just said.
"You. You're the one who killed them, that means you really are-." Vanessa starts saying but, I cut her off.
"That I am really the Vincent Rennings from back in the 1980s and the one, who worked at every one of the Freddy Fazbear's Pizzerias. Yeah, that's me." I say as I look at Vanessa with my knife still in my hand.
"W-why. Why did you do it? They were just innocent kids and you killed them, you even killed your own daughter. Why did you kill those 5 innocent children!" Vanessa screams with a few tears coming from her eyes. I kneel down to her eye level.
"I have my reasons Miss Vanessa like you have your reasons to become a cop and try to figure out the mysteries as well as the dark past behind Freddy Fazbear's," I tell her.
"Then why did you do it! Don't you feel any remorse for what you did? Don't you have any regret?!" Vanessa yells.
{Damn she sure knows how to yell.} Purple Guy thinks in our shared mind.
{Agreed.} Springbonnie says, I ignore them and laugh at Vanessa's words.
"What's so funny?!" Vanessa snaps.
"What's funny? It's what you just said of course," I say while, laughing.
"And how is that funny!" Vanessa yells at me.
"OF COURSE I FEEL REMORSE AND REGRET FOR WHAT I'VE DONE! I've killed more people than that, hell some of them are still declared missing. I DO have remorse for what I've done in the past when I was FORCED to kill some of those people. Yeah, sure there were some people that I didn't care for and I killed, heh, I was glad that I killed them." I yell with a few tears of insanity in my eyes.
"Then why didn't you turn yourself in or tell anyone, if you feel remorse and regret for all the things you've done?" Vanessa asks.
"You think that it's so easy, typical. I have my reasons Miss Vanessa and I stand by them. If I turned myself in it would've brought a threat far greater than me and this threat has plagued and terrorized my family for quite some time." I say.
"What do you mean by that?" Vanessa asks.
"This threat was the reason my younger brother, Sam Bishop's eldest son killed his younger brother, Alex Bishop, by mistake and is also the reason why Bryan Bishop and his friends went missing several weeks after Alex died in the hospital," I tell her as I wipe the tears from my eyes and stand up.
"W-what?" Vanessa asks.
"Yeah, this threat is greater than me. Hell, they are also the reason those kids' bodies were 'stuffed' inside the animatronics." I say.
"But, that's impossible no one could've gone inside the Pizzeria after the kids went 'missing' they blocked the place off," Vanessa says.
"Miss Vanessa have you ever heard the rumor of the animatronics coming to life and stuffing the night guards into the spare suits?" I ask.
"Y-yeah. I-it's another reason why the place is famous." Vanessa says.
"What if I told you that rumor is indeed true but, that it was a bit more complicated than that?" I ask.
"You mean that the rumors are true?" Vanessa asks.
"Yes. I knew everyone that worked there on the night shift or as we called it back then the 'graveyard shift', hell I even worked the night shift, myself." I say.
"But what does that have to do with the Night guards and the children's bodies being stuffed inside the animatronic suits?" Vanessa asks.
"Just listen. What if I told you the animatronics were possessed?" I ask as I lean against the wall.
"I would say That's impossible," Vanessa says.
"No, it's not impossible. I know this for a fact, all the animatronics ever created have all been possessed by a spirit." I say.
"What! That means the missing kids were the ones killing those employees on the night shift at Freddy's." Vanessa exclaims realizing that if the ghosts wanted revenge they would after the night shift employees because they remind the spirits of their killer.
"But, wait a minute if you didn't stuff them into the suits then who did?" Vanessa asks.
"The one who cursed them was Alex Bishop, he never stuffed them inside the suits technically, he simply put the animatronics' cursed masks on each of the missing children," I explain.
"Wait a minute but, Alex Bishop died in 1983 because part of his frontal lobe was bitten was off by the one of the animatronics," Vanessa says.
"That's correct, I was even at Alex's funeral but, the threat I told you about, they trapped his soul in the Marionette in the 1st ever Freddy Fazbear's," I say as I look at my reflection in the blade of my knife
"Then why don't you set them all free, why let them suffer?" Vanessa asks.
"The thing is YOU CAN'T," I say as I mentally laugh at myself for using a very common catchphrase that a majority of people in my line use.
"Why not?" Vanessa asks in confusion as I make one of the chains that connects me to Springbonnie appear.
"That's the reason why," I say as I point at the chain that was connected to my right wrist.
"Where did that chain come from?" Vanessa asks as she looks at the chain.
"It's one of the many invisible chains that binds a person but, this one in particular one binds the soul and Damned's them to the earth for eternity in a physical object that cannot be destroyed, no matter what the spirit or another person does, this chain cannot be broken," I explain as I set down my knife to pull on the chain. Vanessa takes this opportunity to take my knife and put me in a choke hold, she presses the knife onto my neck.
"Shouldn't have let your guard down. Now you are going to admit to everything you've done and be punished for your crimes." Vanessa says.
"Like I said earlier my dear it's a bit too late for that," I say.
"What do you mean?" Vanessa asks as I gesture to the chain on my right wrist. Vanessa looks at me puzzled. I sigh as I faze through Vanessa's arms, I stand in front of Vanessa and I look her in the eyes. I saw determination, anger, and a bit of sadness in her eyes.
'She's a strong kid but, I guess she has a more personal reason to want to bring me to justice.' I think to myself.
"How did you do that?" Vanessa asks in shock. She then quickly gets over her shock and holds my knife in a defensive position as if waiting for me to attack her.
"Don't you get it? I explained it to you." I say as I make the chain on my wrist disappear from view.
"Get what?" Vanessa asks as she continues to hold my knife in a defensive position as I face palm myself.
"Haven't you wondered why I disappeared for 20 years? No one knew I killed the kids, so what did I have to fear? Part of it is because I've been atoning for my crimes for about 2 years now." I tell her.
"Yeah, I'll admit I may or may not have been wondered about the reason why you disappeared for over 20 years," Vanessa says as she keeps her eyes on me.
"You're really dumb, you know that," I say as I shake my head in disbelief.
"Shut up," Vanessa snaps.
"You know what? I think my time of explaining has come to an end but, I'll show you what I was doing for about 22 years." I say as my knife rips itself from Vanessa's grip and into my hand. I then use my enhanced speed to pin Vanessa to the wall.
"So mind telling me the real reason why you wanted to solve the mysteries of Freddy Fazbear's because I know there is another, more personal, reason why you want to solve the mysteries and dark past of that accursed place," I say as I look Vanessa in the eye again.
"Why would you care?" Vanessa asks.
"Come now, I explained the part of the past of Freddy Fazbear's that I know, to you. It's only fair that you tell me your real reason for wanting to bring me to justice." I say.
"Fine. I did it for my mother, Charlotte Whitley, as well as some of my friends and hers, who may have known or been related to the victims." Vanessa says as she glares at me.
"Whitley? As in Frederick and Alfred Whitley." I ask.
"Yes, I'm one of the victims' family members," Vanessa says.
"Then you must have been born after I killed them am I not correct? Cause Alfred never mentioned he had a younger sister." I say but, mumble the last part out loud.
"Yeah. Wait, what do you mean 'Alfred never mentioned he had a younger sister'?" Vanessa asks in confusion.
"Heh, now I see the resemblance, you act just like Fredrick. I'll tell you this, your brothers are the ones, who are making sure I atone for my crimes." I say as I hold my knife close to her throat.
"What? But, they're dead, you killed them back in 1987." Vanessa says recalling what I just told her.
"Yeah, not entirely. They never did die and ascend to heaven." I say as I switch to my normal form.
"What the hell," Vanessa says as she looks at me.
"Oh and this is the reason why I disappeared for over 20 years," I say in my normal voice as I lift my mask revealing my holographic mummified, human corpse.
"What the hell!" Vanessa screams and starts to struggle to get away from me.
"I told you the people, who die at Freddy's can never leave. Though I never meant for your brothers or the other children to be trapped in that accursed Pizzeria." I say as I put my mask back on.
"You mean my older brothers are stuck with the likes of you?" Vanessa asks.
"Well, technically I'm stuck with them. How about we make a deal Miss Whitley since I doubt your mother has yet to die since she had to raise you." I say as I look at how young Vanessa is.
"What's that supposed to mean and what kind of deal are we talking about?" Vanessa asks.
"It's a simple deal. How about I let you live so your parents don't have to suffer losing their 3rd child and as a bonus I'll let you meet your brothers, face to face if you swear on your life not to tell anyone about what happened here." I say as I put my knife back into my suit.
"What's in it for you?" Vanessa asks as she eyes where I'm putting my knife.
"Well, I at least get to do something nice for Alfred since he's the one, who reactivated me 10 years early as well as get Fredrick off my case for a while," I say.
"Fine. I don't want my parents to suffer anymore. My mother is already emotionally unstable as it is." Vanessa says but, mumbles the last part to herself, which I did hear.
"Good. I'll take you to where we are staying but, be warned you must follow whatever I say and never tell another soul where we are or anything about us, not even your parents." I tell her.
"Why?" Vanessa asks.
"There is a slight war going on and we cannot have you out there where you can get yourself killed and we cannot afford to get distracted or deactivated," I explain.
"Fine but, when and where should I meet you?" Vanessa asks.
"I'll find you but, you might as well tell your parents that you'll be gone for probably several years because your brothers will be quite busy with the war and all, to spend time with you to catch up on the past 22 years," I say.
"Fine," Vanessa says and rolls her eyes. I let Vanessa go and I walk to the door. I grab Vanessa's walkie-talkie and gun and hand it to her.
"Vincent. Why are you here anyway?" Vanessa asks.
"Supply run, since we have more people as well as animatronics where your brothers are currently residing. So we need supplies and no we can't buy anything because the franchise closed down and the kids don't want the management to find them. So we have to resort to this but, it does give us more people who are desperate for a job and stupidly apply for the false job advertisement, where your brothers and I reside. Also in this form, my name is Springtrap, not Vincent." I say, talking about the current situation we're in as I unlock the door.
"See you around kid," I say as I am about to disappear into the shadows.
"Wait, how do I know you'll keep your promise?" Vanessa asks.
"Miss Whitley, I may be your brothers' killer but, I am always true to my word unless it is necessary to lie. I also believe it will be funny to see the looks on your brothers' faces when they find out they have a little sister as well." I say as I walk into the shadows to continue clearing out the first floor.
Meanwhile, I was 'searching' the second floor of the mall as well as keeping out of the view of the mall night watchman, who was patrolling the second floor of the mall. I start to get a feeling that something wasn't right. All of a sudden I hear Mexo's voice say
"Someone please help us! Open up let us in we're going to die up here!" He sounded like he was running from something and was in trouble.
Then all of a sudden I hear a voice of a little girl say "... Shadow."
'What is going on?' I think to myself as I narrowly dodge the night watchman.
'Whose voice was that and why were they talking about Shadow?' I think to myself as all of a sudden
'Plantakina cromi hikonkia (The girl with the deadly red eye)' comes into my mind. I shake it off and continue to clear out the second floor and dodge the night watchman.
Several minutes later, Springtrap and I meet back outside of one of the stalls in the men's restroom located on the first floor.
"Got everything?" Springtrap asks as he opens the hatch, leading to the sewers.
"Yup, onto the next store?" I ask as I watch as Springtrap is about to jump down into the tunnels.
"Yeah, let's get moving," Springtrap says as he jumps down into the sewers. I grab the hatch handle and climb down the ladder a bit. I make sure the hatch was closed and I then jump down the rest of the way. I fall into Springtrap's arms since I wasn't that good at landing on my feet on semi-wet floors.
"Thanks," I say.
"Yeah, no problem but, sooner or later we have to work on landing on your feet on different surfaces," Springtrap comments as he sets me down.
"I know," I say as Springtrap enables the cameras. We then head to our next stop for our 'supply run'.