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“Well, that’s the last one loaded.” Vanessa said, the Fazbear Entertainment van now loaded with the ruined bodies of the Glamrock Animatronics, The Daycare Attendant, Strings, Black Rabbit, The M.X.E.S. mainframe and Maskbot.
“But what are we going to do Vanessa?!” Gregory asked worried. “That Afton virus thing escaped in that-weird purple robot skeleton thing!”
“And it took what was left of that Mimic thing and the burnt yellow rabbit with him!” Cassie added. Vanessa gave an exasperated sigh.
“Look, I know you guys want to run after Simon right now-" She began.
“Simon?!” Gregory interrupted.
“That thing has a name?!” Cassie interjected.
“Yes it has a name, but that’s not the point!” Vanessa replied annoyed. “I know you guys want to run after him, but right now we need to regroup and come up with a plan.” She told them “We also need to fix the Glamrocks and the other 3.”
“Do we HAVE to fix Monty or the Daycare guy?” Gregory complained.
“Gregory!” Cassie shouted, her hands on her hips. “Rude!”
“Cassie, Monty is a jerk on top of trying to KILL me!” Gregory complained. “Not to mention The Daycare guy narced on me to the others! It wasn’t even my fault the lights went out!”
“To be fair, they weren’t themselves back there.” Freddy’s voice told Gregory, coming from his Faz watch. “Vanessa…. can you fix them?” he asked. The concern in his voice audible.
“I-I hope so.” Vanessa said wearily. “They’re all badly damaged, and their systems are corrupted. We need all the help we can get.” She continued. “Come on, let’s go.” The trio of humans along with Freddy’s disembodied head got into the truck and Vanessa drove away from the Pizzaplex. It was a quiet few minutes, everyone was uncomfortable in the moving van. Gregory rubbed his arm, Cassie fidgeted in her seat, Vanessa only stared wearily at the long road ahead of them. It was about 15 minutes before anyone said anything.
“Sooooo, where are we going?” Gregory finally asked, breaking the silence.
“We're going to a Fazbear Entertainment warehouse and repair facility.” Vanessa explained. “If we’re going to fix the guys, we need to do it right.” She told them. “ I also need to install some custom software into them so that Glitchtrap can't control them again.”
“Glitchtrap?” Gregory asked. “That’s a lame name.”
“Your suggestion of “Malhare” was worse.” Cassie teased.
“Hey, I at least TRIED to come up with a unique name for him.” Gregory retorted. “Anyway, what’s it's deal anyway?” he asked. “Why does it keep saying “I always come back.”?” Vanessa grumbled before sighing.
“Well considering we don’t have anything but time right now, I’ll give you what I know.” Vanessa told them. “Have either of you heard of a guy called “William Afton”?”
“Uh, never heard of him.” Gregory responded honestly.
“I have!” Cassie said. “My dad said he and a guy called Henry Emily founded Fazbear Entertainment in the 70’s!”
“Freddy’s is that old?” Gregory asked.
“Dad said they were geniuses, who revolutionized robotic technology.” Cassie continued. “But what does that have to do with Glitchtrap?” she asked.
“Long story, but let’s start from the beginning:” Vanessa said. “In 1983, Afton’s youngest son, Evan died in an accident at Fredbear’s Family Diner, it was a restaurant that came before Freddy’s. The death of his son drove him crazy, he started experimenting on ways to bring him back.”
“Bring him back?.... From the dead?!” Gregory interrupted.
“That’s-" Cassie began.
“Crazy? I know.” Vanessa answered. “He started killing kids to experiment on them. He discovered that not only does the soul exist, but its energy can be used to create, prolonged or potentially restore life. There was remnant and dark remnant which he called “agony". Agony was mostly generated by the pain and suffering of souls in life and in death.” She told the duo. “Well, a bunch of dead kids later, Afton was killed inside a suit he used to kill people. He died, but he didn’t leave.” She explained.
“Eventually, his former business partner Henry and his oldest son Michael put an end to him…. Unfortunately Afton had a brother named “Jeremy”. Jeremy tried to create a robotic double of his brother “Simon” and used a special expansion module called “Evolution”. The animatronics became too smart and killed him. Fazbear Entertainment then captured Simon and an engineer called Edwin Murray used it to create The Mimic. But after his son, David died in a car accident, he saw Mimic mimicking his son and beat them with a metal pipe out of grief. The Mimic was infected with his agony and became violent, killing Edward.
The company then used a variation The Mimic’s program years later to create a VR program to replicate the Animatronics digitally, using the circuit boards of the various animatronics. However the Agony from the Mimic was also transferred to the program. To make things even worse, the residual Remnant and Agony of the spirits that haunted the animatronics would also be transferred into the game. One spirit was so malevolent, so evil, so powerful, that it’s memories and remaining essence merged together with The Mimic’s agony and the memories of them from the other animatronics. Manifesting as a virus.”
“Afton?” Gregory asked worried. Vanessa nodded.
“Afton came back as Glitchtrap and after infecting me, used me to gather Remnant and Agony to fully resurrect himself and his family. He briefly succeeded in the former.”
“So those weird staff bots I found?” Gregory asked.
“A representation of his family.” Vanessa told him.
“How do you know all this?” Cassie asked Vanessa.
“Simple: he TOLD me.” Vanessa replied. “He told me EVERYTHING, how he intends to bring his family back, how he blames Henry for everything that went wrong in his life and afterlife, how he died and went to Hell, how he came back from Hell, and something about “the one he should NOT have killed”.”
“The one he shouldn’t have killed?” Gregory asked. “That’s not very helpful, that could be anyone from back then!”
Meanwhile, in the truck, Strings cradled The Black Rabbit, his head hanging sadly.
“Bonnie…. My little girl….” Jeremy Fitzgerald’s voice said through Strings. “I’m so sorry. This is all my fault.” He told the black Toy Bonnie shell. “I couldn’t let go of you, or your uncle. I just wanted things to go back to the way they were…. I was such a fool.”
“Seems to be a running theme with this family.” Bonnie Glade quipped. “But I’m the one who pranked you with the mask.”
“You couldn’t have known.” Jeremy told her. “Don’t blame yourself for what I did.”
“Alright, as long as you stop blaming yourself dad.” She told him. “You know, being dead isn’t so bad.”
“Isn’t so bad?! Bonnie I robbed you of any chance for a successful life in any way possible.” Jeremy said slightly upset.
“Hey, we’ll get to see mom again soon. Besides, think about how much we’ll save on food bills in the meantime.” She joked, Jeremy chuckled a bit.
“Always the optimist.” He said somewhat sadly.
“So what do you think will happen to us?” Bonnie asked.
“I don’t know. but what’s happens, I’ll be right here with you Bonnie.” Jeremy reassured her. In the back of the moving van, two white, pin prick sized lights appeared, growing larger and brighter. They soon revealed the silhouette of a golden shout, flat teeth, and something on its head.
“You escaped me once, Afton. I won’t let it happen again. The pain and suffering I will cause you will be worse than anything you’ve ever felt. I will NEVER let you leave again, I will NEVER let you rest.”
(Edited by Thunderstudent Reborn)
I Have Seen alot of people treat gregory as if he was the spawn of satan because he "dEsTrOyEd tHe GlAmRoCks FoR nO rEaSoN" Well he didn't roxy was the one who jumped infront of A MOVING CAR not to mention the fact that she was trying kill him all of the glamrocks were trying to kill him sure they were under the control of glitchtrap but really what other options did he have like really think about it if he let them live they well Continue to kill children and as far as he knew they were killing for no reason this is why i think gregory is Innocent and lets be honest The only reason People feel bad for them is becuase They are Simps Simps that can't handle seeing there favorite Character (roxy) get hurt and i will not discuss Gregory "killing cassie" when it was clearly the mimic
https://www.reddit.com/r/fnaftheories/comments/1hbbtz3/the_tiger_rock_plush_is_given_to_you_by/
The fact that Glitchtrap gives you a Tiger Rock plush after typing in 1979 is extremely interesting.
Glitchtrap is William Afton
Glitchtrap is The Mimic pretending to be Afton
Glitchtrap is a combination of Afton and Mimic
Glitchtrap just thinks he's Afton
Glitchtrap is his own entity separate from both
I no longer care and just want Steelwool to end it
55 Votes in Poll
(Edited by TheRealMiscreation)
I would say you may think I may be crazy as when you all read the title but hear me out. Gregory had far more therapy than Vanessa and his first therapist went missing 5 months before GGY and if you see that Gregory has 72 sessions and that is 1 year and 5 months if you know he takes therapy on Sundays as again in GGY he never tells his friends what he does on Sundays. And he is 12 in GGY and 12-1.5 is apparently 11 years and 7 months hinting his therapy begun after his parents deaths as his childhood is brought up but his first therapist began in 3 years so implying he started 3 years before GGY and that he had 72 sessions then it could imply he lost his parents at age 8 and months and he may have not started therapy at once but may have lost them at the age and started therapy after he was under Glitchtrap's control and may not have been trauma as it's mentioned more than seriously addressed to the client. He would also straight away not get therapy but he was terrified at his parents death but when he was asked about their deaths he read it like a book so implying that he may have been possessed either before or not long after their deaths. But also that Gregory is mentioned in the CDs to develop software programming that repeats and talk phrases and also that it's something that the Mimic does and also he may need someone high and powerful position on the Pizzaplex or Fazbear Entertainment to merge with and that's why he ordered Gregory to make those tapes with the software programming he taught him and those tapes were Tape Girl's and also if you listen to Tape Girl's voice it sounds like Gregory but more feminine and adult-like so he could have changed his voice and also that Mimic may need Gregory as his favoured apprentice may be because he is a kid and no-one would suspect children being used as an ally and also that he posses hacking skills which adults won't suspect kids for such enhanced abilities and he may also want him to get to Vanessa or a beta tester that has a high position like Vanessa and to get close to his goals. And also Scott is creative with his plots and making Gregory is Tape Girl would be a smart thing that he did as no one even suspected for over 5 years which can be a big deal! Also it's no wonder Gregory does all these things he lost his parents at such a young age and Glitchtrap took advantage of his trauma as his chance.
(Edited by ArxiaTower,619)
26 Votes in Poll
William Afton
The Mimic
33 Votes in Poll
Chapter 19 available here:
As Freddy ripped the planks off the sinkhole, he discovered many wooden platforms he could use to jump down to reach Gregory. As he leaped down, his stomps echoed throughout the chasm he was attempting to navigate.
"Oh! This was poorly designed..." Freddy said to himself as he leaped on one platform that was particularly unstable. He felt the shaking beneath his metallic feet, accompanied by the creaking of old wood. Then, it snapped.
Freddy went on a drop down the rest of the dark chasm, his screams echoing the abyss. Suddenly, he was stopped in midair by a large, metallic tentacle wrapping him within its embrace.
"Oh! What... who's holding me?" Freddy asked, fear laced into his voice.
A large body made itself known to him, a giant heap of metal with animatronic parts in the mixture, just as Gregory described. The head of the amalgamation reared itself. The head was that of a white bear animatronic mask, with purple stripes. The eye sockets were glowing red with an angry passion, and it seemed to be staring right into Freddy's soul.
"What... ARE you?" Freddy gasped.
All of a sudden, the beast lowered the arm Freddy was held in. The bear animatronic felt his feet being planted on the ground. Then, the Blob released its grip.
"Huh? You are letting me go? But, I thought you were going to kill me?!" Freddy demanded.
The Blob shook its head. Then, it pointed down to a hole to Freddy's left. A yellow light illuminated the space around it. Below, there was a concrete floor. Gregory was lying on the ground, back up. Broken planks of wood were covering his body. A pool of blood was forming beneath him, as a result of his injuries. Towering over him? The Daycare Attendant animatronic.
"It seems I have caught a child out of bed! At LAST... I am going to put you in time-out. Goodnight!" Moondrop crooned, as he raised a knife in his tiny, spindly hands.
Freddy couldn't stop himself. Fury clouding his mind, he leaped into the air, intent on crushing the Daycare Attendant. However, as he was landing, the Attendant yanked Gregory up by the hair and leaped back with the boy in hand. Meanwhile, the bear animatronic crashed feet-first into the ground.
"Oh! It looks like Fazbear has come as well, JUST as Glitchtrap said. It is time to PERISH," the Moon animatronic growled hungrily.
Freddy stared at the red glow emitting from the machine standing before him. It was evident that bloodlust completely overtook the animatronic, overriding every function it had. Gregory was caught up in the sick embrace of the Moon, barely awake. Freddy's heart dropped looking at the helpless child, dying with little hope. All he wanted was a warm place to stay, somewhere to call home. Freddy promised Gregory the world, and he let him down.
"Something wrong, Freddy?" Moondrop taunted, shaking the bleeding form stuck in his grip.
He knew that Freddy was feeling grief in the midst of the circumstances, and the Daycare animatronic derived a sick sense of pleasure seeing this.
"Take ME instead," Freddy blurted suddenly.
The Daycare Attendant's brow raised in surprise. A mixture of smugness and surprise took over his expression.
"I'm sorry?! WHAT did you say?" the animatronic said, despite knowing full well what Freddy wanted.
"The boy doesn't deserve this. I do. So whatever you're going to do to him, spare him, and deliver that fate upon ME instead," Freddy said with conviction.
Time seemed to freeze as the Moon animatronic stared at the boy in contemplation of the deal he was being offered. The fate of two souls were in his hands. A venomous glint began to cloud the Daycare Attendant's smile as he neared a decision.
"Come to me, Fazbear," Moondrop said with an ill tone of triumph.
Freddy spared no time walking over to the spindly animatronic, taking Gregory from its grip. Then, he laid the boy down on a nearby cot.
"He's free. Now, you are MINE!" the Daycare Attendant exclaimed.
The knife he was holding in his hand that was meant for Gregory, he turned on Freddy instead. Swiftly, the blade impaled itself into the bear animatronic's eyes.
"AH! I cannot see!" Freddy exclaimed.
Darkness completely overtook Freddy's vision, as he stumbled with no guidance. He felt spindly hands reach into his eye sockets, reaching around for something unknown to Freddy. Moondrop's fingers wrapped around the Endoskeleton head.
"Now... the Essence needed for the restoration, is right here. I have you now, Freddy Fazbear!" Moondrop exclaimed with glee.
Then, with a swift flick of his hand, he snapped Freddy's head off. The bear animatronic collapsed to the ground.
"Finally, I can bring back the Maker. Here I come, Master!" Moondrop exclaimed. With blue material laced in his knife, Moondrop ran to a vent on the wall opposite where Gregory and Freddy were. He had everything he needed, after he succeeded where the others failed.
~~~
Gregory was drifting slowly in and out of consciousness, as he felt blood seeping out of his body, with any remaining strength departing with it. There was no hope left for him. Whatever ritual Glitchtrap and the Daycare Attendant were doing was going to succeed. Freddy was destroyed and Officer Vanessa had no clue what was happening, or what he would even do about it. There was also that strange creature outside the room that would kill him if he tried to escape. All Gregory could do was hope his own death was painless.
"Freddy..." Gregory whispered.
The bear animatronic's broken piece of his head was laying on the floor. The rest of the body was sitting against the wall, motionless.
"Wake up, please..." Gregory begged. Still, Freddy wouldn't move.
As Gregory was fruitlessly hoping his companion would heed him, in the distance, he heard a sound not unlike a recharge station opening. Then, he heard loud, metallic footsteps.
"Huh? Is there an animatronic down here?" Gregory wondered aloud.
All of a sudden, a metallic blast door on the other side of the room was opened, and the metallic footsteps heard in the distance were much closer.
"Well, well, well... the only child to EVER escape me, lying before me. Gregory, isn't it?" a cold, raspy voice declared. His volume was abrasive and loud, similar to Freddy with Chica's voice box.
"Who, who are you?" Gregory asked.
"I am called, Glitchtrap, or Springtrap, but since this is personal, YOU may call me, William!" the voice responded with glee.
The owner of the voice made himself visible. Gregory tried to turn himself over so he could see this new individual, but two cold, metallic hands scooped up the boy and pinned his back to the wall, giving Gregory a look into the eyes of his new foe.
Glitchtrap, or William, had glowing purple irises in his sockets, took the form of a rabbit animatronic, and looked as if he had been rotting for decades. All Gregory could smell was a rotting corpse, old burns, blood, and all kinds of indescribable scents. The rabbit persona that William took on was that of a yellow rabbit, but rot had turned him dark green, and in some places, it was just endoskeleton. Flesh and bone were also visible on the inside of his costume. The mouth of the animatronic was made of old, human teeth and gums.
"I've rotted for years, then they tried to destroy me once and for all. I was trapped in the digital realm. Then, I met Vanny. I molded her mind into something that looked like ME. I took over every animatronic here, including Freddy. But he ESCAPED me. Do you know why?" William asked, with a venomous tone.
"No, I don't..." Gregory gasped. He was being truthful in the regard that he didn't know his friend as well as he thought.
"Through Vanny, I sensed something was, off, with Freddy. He was helping you. Then, I discovered something SHOCKING- Freddy Fazbear is a GHOST.” Of who? My son, Michael!" William explained. Shock was laced through every word. As he said this, Gregory's eyes widened.
"WHAT?! Wait, you mean from the Tale of Five?!" Gregory exclaimed.
"YES. Very good!" William laughed.
Gregory scowled at the entity, furious at the lack of remorse for anything that he has done. Noting this, William smiled, as if he was trying to be sweet, but Gregory could detect every ounce of poison that was about to leak out.
"You know, Michael tried to use you to stop me from coming back, like a tool! Many times, he endangered your life with no regard for you. He had you kill all his friends in order to reach ME. He doesn't care about you, and look where that got him. Dead, on the floor! But I can HELP you, Gregory. You can be mine, and I can reward you beyond imagination! What do you say?" William offered. Gregory's jaw dropped in shock, although barely, since his muscles were already weakening.
"No!" Gregory gasped, vigorously breathing as he said so.
"No?" William replied, as if he had misheard the boy.
"There's a reason Freddy did all he could to stop you. You're a MURDERER! You killed children back in the '80s, and you are killing more of them to come back! I know you tried to kill Cassie and I, and you did everything you could to take my life tonight. You wiped my mind and left Cassie orphaned, and for us to die on the streets!" Gregory yelled. Although his voice was weak, his heart was strong with anger.
"Oh. I see. You'd chose that PATHETIC friend of yours, that STUPID animatronic, and that traitorous night guard, over I, who has ENORMOUS power. Well, I am going to have to KILL you, boy. But before I do... I'm going to give your full memory back, and I'm going to make sure you die in pain from the memories of the past, and in pain from what I am about to enact upon YOU," William yelled angrily.
He grabbed Gregory by the head, and smashed him into the wall. Suddenly, it felt like death was reaching for the child's very soul, trying to bleed him out to reach it. Gregory let out a yell of pain.
"We're just getting started! You CHOSE this," William screamed with a venomous joy. An unseen force knocked Gregory's face up, blacking him out.
A blur of visions overtook Gregory's mind, rushing at him like a storm. These were memories that William had erased, but were now coming back.
~~~
Gregory remembered sneaking into the Pizzaplex a year prior, looking for shelter similar to what he was doing now. Only this time, it was during the day. The boy rewatched himself walking through the Daycare, but finding a girl sitting in a party room by herself, crying her eyes out. A tanned girl with brunette hair tied back in a bun was sitting in a corner. Makeup was leaking down her face around her eyes. Gregory say himself asking if the girl was okay.
"Hey, are you alright? What's going on?" Gregory asked.
The girl revealed her name to be Cassie, and she talked about how nobody showed up to her birthday party. Gregory saw himself giving her a pass to Rockstar Row, then asking her to keep it a secret.
Then, he saw himself getting trapped in after hours, being hunted by Monty in the lower levels. Cassie came to find Gregory with her father, only for the father to be killed by Monty. He remembered passing out due to Glitchtrap's influence, and him and Cassie both being sent to the orphanage when discovered by authorities.
~~~
When Gregory woke up, he had all his old memories back, and the fake ones were gone. He was confronted by William, still holding him up against the wall.
"Oh... I remember it all. You MURDERER. I was already homeless before I met you, but Cassie had a family. And you took it!" Gregory exclaimed angrily.
"I will deal with her in time. But now? You are going to die, boy!" William spat.
The old animatronic began to wrap his fingers around Gregory's neck, prepared to choke the life out of him. But before he could do that, from the ceiling, the lid to a manhole collapsed to the floor. The roar of a beast then erupted outside of the walls of the room.
"Huh... NO. They aren't supposed to be awake so soon!" William screamed.
Before he could say anything else, metallic arms burst into the room through all kinds of manholes, both in the floor and the ceiling. Somewhere, in the distance, the screams of Moondrop could be heard. Whatever beast was outside the Ruins, got to him.
"Hey! OVER HERE!" Gregory yelled at the top of his lungs. This took all the strength he had, because as soon as he said this, he began to breathe laboriously.
"Oh no you DON'T," William growled angrily. He tried to choke the boy to death, but a metallic arm from above ripped the rabbit animatronic away.
"NO! Help me!" William pleaded. He was holding on to the ceiling, trying to stay in the room. However, his efforts were fruitless. William slipped and was yanked up above, to a terrible fate.
As soon as William and the Blob were gone, Officer Vanessa jumped down into the room from another hole in the ceiling. She found Gregory bleeding to death on the ground.
"There you are! Listen, it's time to get you out of here," Vanessa said soothingly. Just as she said this, Gregory passed out from exhaustion and loss of blood.
~~~
"Is he okay?!"
"Gregory has lost tons of blood. It will take some time for him to recover fully from his injuries."
"When will he wake up? I need to talk to him!"
"I do not know. The authorities are investigating what happened at the Pizzaplex as we speak."
At that moment, Gregory's eyes opened as he slowly regained consciousness. He discovered himself to be in a hospital bed, bandages wrapped all over him and blood trickling into his body via an IV. Watching him, was a doctor, his assistant, and Officer Vanessa.
"What... happened?" Gregory said groggily.
"You, sir, have taken quite a hit. You've been sleeping for a full fifty-five hours. Officer Vanessa told the police everything that happened in the Pizzaplex from her perspective, and let's just say it's quite shocking! Thankfully, you are in good hands, and if we have our way, you won't have to enter the Pizzaplex ever again," the doctor said.
"She... told you?" Gregory asked.
"Yes, she did. After all that happened since Fazbear Entertainment's existence should have told us something was going to go wrong with THIS Establishment as well. I think we are going to let you two speak alone," the Doctor replied.
The atmosphere of the room grew cold as soon as the doctors departed. Vanessa had a very grim look on her face. Something was wrong.
"Something went wrong, didn't it?" Gregory asked.
"I'm afraid so. Roxy, as well as Bonnie, an older animatronic, has been discovered, and as expected, both were completely destroyed. But they managed to fix Monty," Vanessa said with a sigh.
As soon as Vanessa finished her sentence, all Gregory could see was red. Anger clouded everything inside his head. After ALL that happened, with the murders, Bonnie, and the brainwashing of animatronics, Monty got off scot-free?!
"They saved Monty?!" Gregory demanded.
"Yes. I tried to convince them out of it, but they say they need the revenue from his character, and they didn't want to waste any money on destroying his presence in the company! Unfortunately, he won't be going anywhere," Vanessa replied.
"Well, what about Freddy and Chica?" Gregory asked.
"They managed to repair Chica. She's waiting to see us back at the Pizzaplex. As for Freddy? It's complicated. They don't want to go down to the Ruins to get him, so we have to do it ourselves. The damages he incurred overnight aren't unfixable, thankfully! But it's gonna be tough," Vanessa said.
Gregory sighed out of relief. Freddy and Chica were still alive and within reach! However, he wondered about what was going to happen to HIM. Gregory went into the Pizzaplex nearly three days ago looking for a place to stay, since he was on the streets. Then, he met Freddy. Vanessa tried to kill him while she was under the control of Glitchtrap. But she was freed, Freddy and Chica were there to help, and William Afton vanished with the Blob. That left Gregory on a hospital bed with nowhere to go back to.
"Well... what happens to me?" Gregory asked.
"I still have my job, and if I really have to... I'm going to adopt you."
~~~
Cold and dark. Those were the two most fitting words to describe the place where Freddy was stuck. Ever since the Blob took William Afton, the power for the Sinkhole and below was totally cut. William Afton was imprisoned in the underground room where he had been stored for the past several years. Only now, Freddy was there to accompany him.
Freddy was in no better shape. The Blob barely managed to rejoin his head with his body, but the bear animatronic was still blinded. With no physical ability for either animatronic to move, all they could do was sit in silence.
However, it wasn’t long before someone would break the awkward air of quietness.
"How did you come back?" Freddy asked as he looked at his father.
Moondrop blinded the bear animatronic, but there were many Endoskeletons that had been brought down and destroyed. Freddy used their eyes to see.
"I used Vanny to use the Endoskeletons to trap and kill the children, then we had the Endos destroyed for the Essence needed to bring me back. My old ways have proven to still be effective..." Afton answered dreamily.
"Well, it all lead to this. You lost all your power in the digital realm, and the both of us are trapped down here in this place. The Blob has total control over you now, and if you misbehave, I could easily have them take you away! So, are you happy?" Freddy demanded. Afton merely laughed at Freddy's words.
"Ha! You really think either of us will remain here? Michael, if you TRULY knew your old man, you would understand that I ALWAYS come back! There's nothing that could stop me, and Henry, bless his soul, is proof of that," Afton retorted.
"You got what you wanted, didn't you? You are in your suit now, back in the physical world. Just like over thirty years ago. But back then, they didn't know what you truly were, so you escaped! But now, everyone knows EVERYTHING about Fazbear Entertainment's past. If they ever find us, you are going to BURN. How does that make you feel, Father?" Freddy demanded.
Instead of a smug grin, a dark expression overtook Afton's expression. Under all the dirt and grime, as well as the most fear-inducing appearance, there was still fear for something, but for what, Freddy had no clue.
"Michael, you may have brought me down, but there are FAR greater powers at work here. Remember that."
Chapter 17 available here
Vanessa looked at the boy, who was looking back at her, the Security guard, with an odd mixture of shock, relief, and distrust. She could understand his feelings. Gregory had spent an entire night running from her, and she wanted him to suddenly believe her.
"Are... you going to kill me?" Gregory asked nervously. Vanessa looked into the eyes of the child standing before her. He looked hardened, deprived of any soul, and exhausted, all at the same time.
"No! No, I'm not going to hurt you," Vanessa replied softly. She reached into her suit's pocket where her knife was, grabbed the handle, held the blade in front of Gregory, and dropped the knife to the ground.
"You can trust me," Vanessa said in a soft, compassionate tone.
To signal her friendliness, Vanessa reached into her pocket again and pulled out the taser she took from Gregory back at Lost and Found. She reached out as if she was going to give the weapon to him. Gregory slowly extended his own shaky arm, sweat rolling down his head from anxiety. Despite this, he took the weapon from Vanessa gratefully.
"I think you deserve that. It's payment for what he made me try to do to you..." Vanessa explained, spitting out the word, 'he,' with utter hatred.
"Who's... he?" Gregory finally spoke up. He asked the question nervously, but finally felt confident to speak to the person who used to be his wannabe serial killer.
"HE is an entity named Glitchtrap, a virus who took over my body and every animatronic in this place, including Freddy. He used to be an animatronic possessed by the soul of a man named William Afton. He was behind all of those killings from the 1980s," Vanessa replied.
"Glitchtrap... he's responsible for these killings too, isn't he?" Gregory asked with a tone of surprise, despite already knowing the answer. Vanessa averted her gaze out of sadness.
"Yes... he is. You, and your friend Cassie, are the only ones who survived him. Everyone who came into contact with Glitchtrap ended up dead, except for the three of us..." Vanessa said grimly. Her eyes began to water slightly. Gregory knew the officer must've been under her control for months, which broke her mentally and emotionally.
"How long have you been under his control?" Gregory prodded.
"I've been forced to obey his commands for a year and a half..." Vanessa whispered.
Gregory's eyes widened in utter horror. He was standing before someone who likely had to endure Glitchtrap for the longest, yet escape with her sanity intact.
"Alright, we need to end this. Let's go find Freddy. Maybe then you can tell us how to defeat him?" Gregory asked.
"Freddy isn't going to trust me. Are you sure?" Vanessa asked uncertainly.
"Yeah! I'm sure he'll trust you!" Gregory exclaimed with certainty.
"Okay then... go find Freddy. I'll meet you two at Roxy Raceway," Vanessa agreed nervously.
"Well, I'll be going now!" Gregory said with a tone of finality.
Gregory sprinted out of the Security room-turned dorm and ducked into the vent that would lead down to the Observation Room. As he was crawling through the vent shaft, the sound of metal popping and echoing through the square chamber, he called Freddy on his FazWatch.
"Freddy?! Are you there? Listen, I've saved Vanny. It turns out she was Officer Vanessa! She's been under Glitchtrap's control for a year. Are you alright?!" Gregory asked loudly. His voice echoed throughout the long shaft.
"Gregory! Yes, I am okay. The news you gave me is VERY surprising indeed! Multiple STAFF Bots swarmed me and tried to attack, but I am alright. I am headed to the Lift as we speak," Freddy responded gracefully.
"Okay, good. We only have one more threat in the Pizzaplex, and that's the entity called Glitchtrap. There's a lot of stuff I don't know, but from what I do, he's the soul of some guy from the eighties," Gregory informed. Freddy made a 'humph' out of curiosity.
"Really?! Well... uh, who would this soul be?" Freddy asked uneasily. Gregory could tell, even through the FazWatch, that Freddy was alarmed. He decided to answer the animatronic's question, although off-put.
"A man named William Afton," Gregory answered.
Gregory was expecting Freddy to freak out, but surprisingly, he did not. Freddy acted as if he had EXPECTATIONS of someone named William Afton being alive.
"I expected this. Every time one of our Establishments had been constructed, it always had a connection with Afton. He was one of the company's founders. Why Fate always seems to reunite Afton with the Establishments, is beyond me. There's just so much HISTORY to this place. I am confident in the time ahead, we will discover it together," Freddy replied.
"Right. I'll see you soon!" Gregory replied. He ended the call with Freddy just after that.
~~~
Morning had come.
The Daycare Attendant was locked inside of the Daycare, which was still dark compared to the rest of the facility. The animatronics were gone, Vanny was who-knew-where, and the Attendant still lusted for blood.
The sound of ventilation air blew in the distance. The atmosphere was chilly, nerve-wracking for any human, but for the animatronic of Night, it was heavenly. He hated everything about the light, and those who dwelled in it.
However, the Animatronic's mood was anything but the paradise he knew the Pen to be. He was like a riled up predator, starving, angry, and alert. Visions and mirages of children, both sleeping and awake and afraid, taunted the artificial machinations of his mind.
But as the Attendant aimlessly wandered within the plastic walls of the play structures, around the wooden walls of the Pen, and across the foamy floors and ball pit, it was clear there was nothing for him to take. The Attendant searched madly, but with no sense of direction. He was persistent, but didn't know how to stop. Despite searching relentlessly for Gregory, the boy was nowhere to be found. Every second that passed was yet another ounce of sanity to be lost to the shadows.
"Gregory...! I am hungry. Are you too?! Why don't you come OVER, for a snack?" the Attendant called. Although he didn't eat, the machine was starving.
A second passed, then another, then another. Before he knew it, the Daycare Attendant had been locked in the Pen for thirty minutes since the end of the last hour. If he wasn't given any kind of freedom, he was going to lose it.
The Attendant's saving grace came to him when he heard the sounds of the computer booting up at the Security Desk by the wooden doors. Without a second's hesitation, the animatronic rushed to the table like a rabid animal.
"WHAT IS IT? IS IT FOOD?" the bloodthirsty animatronic yelled with an angry passion. He quickly ran to the thin, black monitor, the small creaking and tapping of his mechanical feet echoing throughout the Pen. The Attendant lunged at the monitor without much thought and pinned it to the ground, eyeing down the screen. A mechanical beep sounded from the metallic alloy pinned to the ground. Then, a sinister, deep, cold, raspy voice called to the Attendant.
"Well! You are a peculiar specimen, indeed! Maybe even better than Vanny! She will get retribution. But YOU... you will be perfect for the fulfillment of my plans..." the Voice cackled.
"WHO ARE YOU? Do you have food?! I demand blood," the Attendant demanded.
"Oh, yes... They will come for me! I have a JOB for you. And if you follow through you will be fed, rest assured! Find Freddy. Harvest the remnant, bring me back!" the Voice offered sinisterly.
Moondrop let out a chuckle, then a full-throated cackle. Every ounce of insanity he consumed through the night was then let out. The animatronic's mechanical laughs exploded instantly. He now had a chance to find the boy and draw blood. As he was laughing, the Voice let out an evenly hungry, eager growl.
"Where ARE they? I NEED TO EAT!" the Attendant demanded. His tone began to radiate the desperation that plagued the animatronic's mind not long ago.
"They are heading toward the Raceway as we speak. Meet them below," the Voice replied sinisterly.
As soon as this command was given, the lights on the screen faded away into nothingness, darkness overtaking the glass body showcasing the computer's functions. The monitor was dead, but the animatronic was anything but.
There was, however, a hindrance. While the Attendant finally had a chance to kill Gregory and his friends, it became evident to him that light was flooding the rest of the building. He had no way of reaching Gregory without turning into his Sun form.
"Ugh! I cannot reach them. The Light is taunting me!" the Attendant bemoaned.
"I can guide you."
In that moment, a chilly force, like an invisible hand, seized the machine's round head. A strong, icy wind blew into the nostrils of the face, leading to the wiring and circuitry of the machination.
Purple lights began to fill the vision of the Attendant's robotic eyes, scrambling its line of vision. He felt a Beast on the inside, something which did not exist before. Invisible hands on the inside reached toward the arms on the inside. The Attendant's slim body began to act as a puppet.
Above the Attendant's functions, there was a higher authority in control.
~~~
After the two left Fazer Blast, Gregory led Freddy back to Roxy Raceway, in order to meet with Vanessa and make their next moves. Vanny had been defeated, so the only obstacle they had left was the entity named 'Glitchtrap.' He was behind all the death and destruction that came with the company's history.
The duo were currently standing by the area where they found the cart. They were awaiting Officer Vanessa to find them, but all that was around them was a cluster of construction items, the sound of ventilation, a hint of smoke, and an eerie feeling of loneliness in the house of a monster.
"Gregory, are you sure that she will meet us here? I know you saved Vanessa from her curse, but I do not believe she is quite READY to meet us here," Freddy asked inquisitively.
"Yeah! She TOLD me she would meet us here. She'll be here soon. I'm sure of it," Gregory replied persistently.
"Well... if you say so. It's currently hazardous for a human to be in this area. As I said earlier, a sinkhole appeared not too far from here. I don't think it's safe," Freddy reminded.
"The Sinkhole is where our answers lie," a dead, soft, feminine voice said.
Freddy and Gregory jolted their heads toward the origin of the voice. Its owner was standing at the base of the white, marble stairs leading to the Entrance Balcony of the Raceway. A tall woman with a white button-up shirt, a black vest, black jeans, a security cap, rosy skin, vibrant green eyes, and a blonde ponytail was looking at the pair.
"Officer Vanessa! Uh, I heard of your, uh... situation... are you okay?" Freddy asked timidly.
"For now, yes. But I'm trying to recover from everything that MONSTER did to me..." Vanessa replied with a tone of instability.
The room temperature seemed to fall ten degrees as Gregory shuddered at the thought of that strange entity that he had encountered. A strange chill ran through his entire nervous system as he recalled the tape's contents.
"Don't worry, Vanessa. He had control over us all. There wasn't anything you could do," Freddy said in a comforting tone.
"Right. Well, it's time to end this! There's a doorway at the far left corner of this room. It leads to the Sinkhole," Vanessa said, with a tone that sounded like she was trying to be passive. However, all three of them knew Vanessa was broken inside.
"Are you truly okay? PLEASE, don't lie!" Freddy begged.
Vanessa gave a soft smile, then immediately broke down in tears. Gregory frowned out of concern, and Freddy's expression fell. His ears slumped at the sides of his head, his eyelids began to narrow, and a visible frown formed through his jaw.
"Down below... such EVIL! He's coming back because of me. Those children that went missing... he killed them. And he used ME!" Vanessa sobbed.
Freddy's hands clenched into fists. A nasty scowl formed in the place of a pitiful frown. He began to remember the acts of evil committed by his father, and how Freddy was partly responsible himself.
"Don't worry. We're going to find that man and I'm going to terminate him for good. It's time we did," Freddy swore. Then, Vanessa's tears slowly ceased.
"We can't bring those children back... can we?" Vanessa retored in a dead tone.
"No, we cannot. I know how that feels. I've made sure that Gregory won't meet the same fate. And I'm going to do everything in my power to prevent another death," Freddy said.
"You're right... I don't think we should waste time. We need to go. Follow me," Vanessa instructed.
The security guard led the animatronic and boy through the floor of the Raceway, until they reached an empty corner with a green door on the wall. The wall around the door had cracks and holes forming from previous damage. Air blew from behind the cracks, which reeked of decay. There was something very OLD here.
"Behind this door..." Vanessa kneeled down to look at Gregory in the eyes. "You are going to see INCOMPREHENSIBLE horrors. It will have an impact on you. There's things down there even I can't explain," she warned. Gregory stared at the security guard, extremely frightened.
"Down there? This whole PLACE gives me the creeps. The Endoskeleton Warehouse was supposed to be dangerous!" Gregory exclaimed.
"There were much less Endoskeletons there than usual. You'll see why soon. Now... are you ready?" Vanessa asked.
The entire world seemed to focus its weight on Gregory in this very moment. There was a huge decision to be made. Freddy and Vanessa intensely gazed at him, awaiting a decision. Was Gregory going to stay behind like any normal child? Or was he going to continue, knowing full well he could be scarred for life? Gregory drew a breath of cold air.
"I'm ready."