“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.”