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Vanessa was lost in her thoughts alone in a staff washroom. After so long, she no longer had to follow HIS orders or hurt anymore people to satisfy his sadistic needs, she felt like a bird freed from a cage.

She remembered Gregory, who freed her from his control. He had ran away shortly after, likely afraid that Vanny was still there.

She cleaned up and got dressed. The first thing she did was decide to take the week off, to recover and also try to find Gregory. The manager was uncomfortable with the request but decided to allow her anyway as she was the only night guard and Fazbear Entertainment was not in a mood to try and hire a new one.

She went back home, her first intention was to sleep. It was immediately left on the backseat of her head, however, as she instead began to destroy anything associated with him or Vanny. Even the cute rabbit photos in her fridge were not spared, all taken down and thrown in the trash. She didn’t want to see anything which brought back bad memories.

After a few hours she was finally able to relax a bit, enjoying her new found freedom. Then she remembered Gregory.

She rushed to open up her old laptop and began to search for Gregory on the internet, as she thought that his parents must have filed a missing person's report. To her surprise she found nothing despite multiple searches in the county police data. She did end up in an article where all the missing children in the city were listed.

She started to get a panic attack as she saw the photos of her victims, she forcefully shut her laptop and tried to forget about it. Despite her attempts, she finally broke down, crying quietly, regretting those she harmed, those who lost their loved ones. After sobbing for a bit she decided to sleep the afternoon away to gather herself together.

. . .

She woke up in the evening, thankfully suffering no nightmares.

"Where should I start?" she thought as she prepared to leave her apartment. She had no idea where she could find him, or if he was even in the city anymore. Did he even have parents? She tried to not think about these questions and decided to start searching near the Pizzaplex.

She drove down to the Pizzaplex Entrance and started walking on foot, thinking that maybe he might be present somewhere around the place.

For hours she searched the area, questioned passersby, and checked all the nearby stores but no luck.

'10:00pm' her watch read as she began to lose hope that he was present in the area. She started walking back to her car in defeat.

Just as she was approaching her vehicle, she saw a small figure cross the sidewalk across the road from the Pizzaplex and then into an alleyway. She decided to check it out.

She carefully entered the alleyway, which was dimly lit by a sign. She looked at the person, they were small, all curled up in a corner.

As she approached, she could see the person's face. "Gregory!" she said aloud. Upon hearing and seeing Vanessa, Gregory tried to move back further.

"Stay away!" He exclaimed, his face looked filled with fear and tiredness.

"Hey calm down, I am back to normal, I-" she just stopped as he replied before she could finish her sentence.

"You’re not Vanny anymore right?" He said, his voice barely above a whisper.

"Vanny is gone for good" she replied.

The boy finally calmed down and leaned on the wall with relief, knowing that the person in front of him was not under some digital serial killer.

"Hey, I would like to thank you for saving me, if it was not for you, I-, no, he would continue to use me for hurting people." her voice was lower than her usual self.

She again approached Gregory to see his face properly, she saw a cut on his cheek and several scratches. She put her hand on his forehead to check for any injuries but instead found his forehead warm, too warm.

"I think you have a fever, we need to get you back to your home."

"No, please don't" he quickly said, but she was not deterred.

"Why don't you want to go back to your ho-"

"I said I don't want to!" He snapped back at her. "Just leave me alone!" he said in a low voice.

Vanessa understood that the kid did not trust her, which was justified, but she knew in his current state, he wouldn't be able to last long alone.

"Why? Where are your parents? Do you need help contacting them?" She asked

"No, just please leave"

Vanessa started to feel guilty, she couldn't just leave him on the streets. He saved her and she needed to pay him back in some way.

"Ok how about you come with me?" She knew it was technically kidnapping in legal terms but she did not want to leave him all alone in the cold night, especially after what he had done for her.

Gregory didn't reply for a while. In his mind, several thoughts were going on. What if she turns him over to the police? What if she was lying and she was still Vanny? Would he be able to survive in the streets for much longer?

"Fine" he finally replied, dragging himself closer to Vanessa. She picked him up as he simply had no strength to walk. She could already tell he was underweight. Concern was clearly visible on her face.

"When did you last eat?" She asked him, but he did not respond. He just leaned on her as she walked towards the car.

She decided to not question him further for now.

. . .

The way back to her apartment was quiet, Gregory practically just slept off the journey in peace. They entered the apartment which looked rather clean with some visible lines of photo missing from the wall.

She set Gregory on the sofa and started looking for medicine to help him with his fever. Thankfully she found some.

"Here, this will make you feel better" she gave him a syrup medicine. With no hesitation he took it without a complaint.

She proceeded to give him some biscuits to eat, realizing she needed to go grocery shopping.

"Ok so, you can sleep in my room" she said as pointed at her room.

"What about you?" He asked.

"I will sleep on the sofa"

"No, I will sleep here, it's your bed anyways"

"Kid, you need better rest, you are sick, I can easily sleep here, you take the bed"

"No, you take the bed"

"No you take it"

This back and forth kept going on for a few minutes until Gregory finally gave up.

She cleaned up her room and made her bed, then she allowed Gregory to take it. Gregory himself took the blanket to tuck himself in.

"If you need anything, don't be afraid to ask" she said as she went to turn the lights off.

"Wait, no, leave it"

"Hey, what's wrong? Is something bothering you?" She went to his side, now concerned.

"Its stupid"

"You know children have a special privilege to ask for weird requests."

"Ugrh, can you stay here? Only for tonight! I am not comfortable sleeping alone today." He finally replied.

Vanessa was surprised that he wanted her to be around him, after what happened between them at the Pizzaplex. At first, she wanted to say no but upon looking down at him and seeing his forlorn expression, she decided against it.

"Sure, make some room" she moved to turn the light off and then proceeded to tuck herself in the bed.

They both laid in silence for a while in the dark until she realized that Gregory had drifted off. She did not take long to follow him.

. . .

Vanessa saw herself standing on the catwalk to the hideout over the Fazer-Blast used by Vanny. Confused, she started to look around herself. Then she noticed that she was wearing the suit used by Vanny. Suddenly she started walking to the hideout against her will.

As she entered the hideout, Vanessa was horrified to find Gregory there, crying and standing in a corner. She then saw a knife in her hand, she could hear Afton laughing. She tried to gain back control of her body but nothing happened. Vanny grabbed Gregory by his collar and lifted him up, she could hear Vanny taunting Gregory as the knife was dangerously close to his chest. Despite his and her own cries to stop, no attention was paid by Vanny.

Vanny proceeded to plunge the knife into Gregory's chest, his screams filled Vanessa's head as she saw blood pouring out. Vanessa could do nothing but watch, "No, No!'' She screamed as Vanny's and Afton’s laughter filled the air.

Vanessa's eyes quickly opened, she found herself in her apartment safe and sound, breathing heavily.

"Thank god it was just a nightmare" she thought, but then remembered Gregory and almost went into a panic attack with fear. Then she saw Gregory, tucked against her and sleeping peacefully, and she calmed down.

She facepalmed herself and wrapped her arms around him, trying to not hug him too tightly. She did not want anyone to be hurt by her anymore, especially Gregory who freed her from that monster.

She tried to forget about the nightmare and go back to sleep again. After a while she did so, hoping that no more nightmares would come again.

. . .

Gregory woke up, he saw the clock on the wall, "Morning already?" He whispered. He no longer felt the fever and seemed to be in good health again.

He tried to get up but realized that he was being held back by Vanessa, who had her arms wrapped around him. While he was very touch starved, he was also quite uncomfortable with the fact that the person holding him tried to harm him just the day before yesterday.

He started poking her face in an attempt to wake her up.

"Wake up" he said loudly.

"Mmmmhhh… what time is it?" she said in a sleepy mood.

"8:23am" he read from the clock.

"What about your fever?"

"It's gone"

She put her hand on his forearm to check. Indeed the fever had gone, finally leaving her satisfied.

She finally let go of him and got out of the bed to brush his teeth but then remembered something.

"Do you have a toothbrush?" She asked Gregory

"Uhhh, no."

"Ok hold on, let me get a new one, It's just kept around here somewhere"

"You don't have to do it, I can manage"

"Ok mister, I am not letting you go without a brush, do you want to end up having cavities in your mouth?"

"Why do you care about my health? It's none of your business."

"Well it is as you are in my house. Now tell me, did you have a bath recently?"

"Ummmm, yes?" Gregory replied unconvincingly.

"You are lying aren't you?" 

"Fine! I did not have one for a while"

"*sigh* It's fine, use my shower to get yourself clean." Vanessa said

"Wait really?"

"Yeah, where else could get one right now anyway?"

"...thanks." Gregory said gratefully.

As Gregory went into the bathroom, Vanessa started looking for some clean clothes he could wear since the ones he was wearing are dirty.

"God why did I allow him to sleep with those clothes on?" she finally remembered and cursed herself.

She grabbed a few old clothes she had, which didn't look girly and would just barely fit Gregory. As he finished his shower, she gave him a clean towel and the clothes to change. Thankfully the clothes fit him enough to work out for now. She sent him to the living room to watch some TV while she took a shower herself.

After getting all freshened up, she came to the living room to see Gregory watching some cartoons on the TV. She proceeded to make some omelets for the both of them, which was the only thing available in her apartment. She had to go shopping soon. Vanessa placed the food on the living room table, Gregory paid no attention to it at the start, lost in the world of television.

"Hey, breakfast is here" she reminded Gregory.

"Oh, uh, yeah sure" he replied as he turned off the TV.

Both started to have breakfast quietly on the sofa, but a question still bugged Vanessa, "Why does he not want to go home?"

Gregory ate like there was no tomorrow, only taking him a few minutes to finish two omelets. It clearly looked like he had not eaten for a while. As both of them finish breakfast, she decided to ask the question.

"Gregory, so I wanted to know since yesterday, why don't you wanna go back home?" Vanessa asked.

Gregory's attention was grabbed by this question. He tried to ignore her question by asking her some other random questions.

"Hey, ignoring my question will not help you walk out of this"

"Just leave me alone please" he said in an annoyed manner.

"Can't do, besides, your parents must be worr-"

"Please stop"

"Why? Aren't you concerned about the-"

"I have no one to care for me! Just leave me alone!" He snapped angrily. Vanessa started to notice tears forming in his eyes.

"For almost my entire life I have been alone! Everyone bullied me and no one e-ever helped or cared for me! I tried to be a good ch…ch…child! But I couldn't fit in with any family! I am not worth anything to anyone!" he said, now tears streaming down his face.

Vanessa was clearly sorry for pushing the kid too much, she only wanted to know the reason for his behavior. She asked him another question. "How did you end up in the streets?"

His voice by now was reduced to a whisper "I ran away 2 months ago, I lived off in the streets, I…I managed to survive until I saw the Mega Pizzaplex poster, It looked so bright, so full of life and wonders, I could not resist. I sneaked inside, it was so wonderful, un…until…" he stopped. Vanessa knew what had happened after.

Vanessa placed her hands on his shoulders and looked him in the eyes. "I am sorry, I should not have pushed you to this point, I know how it feels when you have no one to care for you in your childhood. I also had no one for most of my childhood, I understand how you are feeling."

Gregory tried to avoid making contact with her eyes to try to hide his tears, but eventually broke down, whimpering audibly.

Vanessa pulled Gregory closer to her and hugged him in an attempt to make him comfortable in some way, he responded by hugging her back. Both of them had gone through a lot, just in different ways.

"It’s ok to cry kiddo, you’ve gone through a lot."

"It's the same for you" he finally replies, slumping against her.

Vanessa was heartbroken on hearing his reality; she already knew how it would feel if she was in his position. She couldn't stop thinking about what would have happened  if Gregory hadn't saved her and she actually had managed to get him? No one would have even cared, just another kid that had gone missing.

In Gregory's mind, he was already broken, but he was surprised that his former would-be murderer was now trying to help him out. He did not expect anyone but her to help him, and actually somewhat care for him. The only fear he now had was being sent back to the orphanage system again or worse, Vanny coming back.

While both of them shared and tried to overcome their tragedies, in the Pizzaplex, another tragedy was in the making.

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Pizzaplex: The night Vanessa found Gregory - 2:00am.

Somewhere in the server room, in some weird world, lay Glichtrap. He also had brought along some company.

"Wake up Vanny" Glichtrap said.

"Ugh, wha-, where am I!?" Vanny screamed.

"You are in the digital world, we are currently in the Pizzaplex Digital System. Due to that stupid little brat, we are stuck here!" He said angrily.

"So, we are stuck here forever?" She asked.

"No, we can control practically anything connected to this system, even the animatronics. But I need a human host again to get me the kids needed to get me a body." he replied

"So how will we do it?" She asked.

"Here is the plan, I know this man named Luis Cabrera, he seems to be a friend of our old host. I need you to somehow get into his electronic device and then to our host. Then you will have to figure out how you will get close to her head so you can transfer to her body" He answered.

"It looks good bu-"

"Are you disobeying me?" He stopped her before she could finish.

"N- no master, I will do it, it will be fun" she said, accepting the mission given to her.

. . .

Luis Cabrera; a tanned man with brown hair, brown eyes, and glasses, entered the Pizzaplex at 8:00am to fix some glitch in the Pizzaplex's Guest Data system. He plugged in his Laptop and his phone to the CPU to transfer some data from both and also fix the issue. This turned out to be a big mistake.

Vanny's digital form managed to enter his phone. "Perfect, now I must get into that bitch's phone and I can continue my goal." she thought.

After an hour of work, Luis managed to fix the issue and he headed out. He took his phone and his laptop, unaware of the fact that he was carrying a serial killer in his phone.

"I need to pick up some vegetables for dinner," he reminded himself.

. . .

Vanessa and Gregory did not let go of each other for a while. Vanessa allowed Gregory to cry on her shoulder despite her shirt getting wet due to his tears, but she didn't pay it any attention. He finally stopped and pulled away, now feeling a bit better as he felt as if he had let something heavy off his chest.

"Hey, so I wanted to tell you that uh, that in legal terms, I am technically kidnapping you so we need to go to the authorities soon." Vanessa informed Gregory.

"Can we talk about this later?" He replied.

"Sure, we will figure it out soon hopefully" she assured him.

"Ah snap" she remembered, "I gotta grab some groceries, can you stay here?" She asked Gregory.

"Yeah sure, I will just watch some TV" he answered.

"Don't worry much, you can use the telephone on the side of the TV to call me, there is a piece of paper by its side with my mobile number." She told him as she grabbed her wallet, a bag and her jacket. "And keep the door locked"

"Yeah yeah I get it, let no one in." he replied in a mimicking manner.

"Good, I will be back soon" Vanessa said as she ruffled his hair and dashed out to avoid retaliation from him.

"God I need to stop people from touching my hair," he told himself.

. . .

Vanessa drove up to her local grocery store to buy the stuff needed for lunch and dinner. She expected it to be a quick grab.

She walked into the store and looked at the tired employee working. "Relatable" she said to herself.

She went through the store to pick the stuff up which took her several minutes. She got stuck when she had to get to the cabbage section since it required her to walk through a section with carrots. She hated them so much now.

Vanessa paid at the register manned by the tired employee at the counter and left for her car. She was thinking about what Gregory might be doing at her house, then she slipped into more negative thoughts..

She was lost in her thoughts when she bumped into someone and fell.

"Oh, uh, sorry" she said.

"No pro-, wait it's you!" The person said.

"Luis?" She replied immediately upon hearing the voice. She got up.

"Hey, I did not expect to see you here, I guess it has been a very busy time at the Pizzaplex?" He said in a quiet, yet excited manner.

"Haha…uh yeah! Life got busy with being the Head of Security of a huge mall, especially those night shifts." she said, trying to not sound nervous.

"Uh yeah, so uh, I heard you took a leave for a week, well so I was wondering well uh ...you planning to go out somewhere?" He said. Vanessa could clearly see him blushing as well.

"Uh yeah, I have plans for the week," she replied.

"Well uh…ok! Also ummm…I don't have your number…can you give it to me?" he asked politely.

"Uh… sure! Here, text me once to make sure it's really mine" she said blushing. She then gave her number to Luis.

Luis typed in her number and sent her a text with a simple 'Testing'.

"Well ok, I got the message" she replied.

"Great, well I won't bother you anymore. I got my own shopping to do, see you soon!" He said as he walked away quickly to the store.

"Gosh that was a disaster." he thought as he facepalmed himself.

"Wait, didn't he already have my number?" Vanessa questioned herself.

Unknown to both of them, that 'Testing' Message was about to create a life and death situation for Gregory and a total nightmare for Vanessa.

. . .

"You took a long time," Gregory said as he opened the door for Vanessa.

"Yeah, but hey I got the stuff to make lunch" she replied. "And I wanna talk about the whole legal th-"

"Can we talk about it later please?" Gregory interrupted Vanessa.

"Fine, we can talk about it later, anyways I got some lunch to make" she replied with rolling eyes. She would have to talk about him staying at her place at some point before someone caught them and they landed in big trouble.

Vanessa managed to make an edible lunch after an hour of banging her head over the food recipe on Youtube. Just as she was about to call Gregory for lunch, her phone rang.

"Who is calling me?" Vanessa said as she simply picked up the call and began to listen to the recording advertisement being played on the phone. Unknown to her though, the distance between her head and her phone was enough for Vanny to make a move.

After a few seconds of listening, Vanessa decided to cut the call. But just as she set her phone down, she began to have a headache.

"Are you having fun yet?" A voice said in her head.

"What? Wait, no wa-" Vanessa said in a panicked tone

"Did you miss me Ness?" Vanny replied.

"How did you come back!? Leave me alone!" Vanessa began to panic, she was lost on how Vanny could have possibly come back. Vanessa began to lose control of her body. Her normally green eyes turned a sickly purple.

"Time to finish the job" Vanny said, now in firm control of her body.

"No! You better not touch him! Leave him alone!" Vanessa screamed in her head, unable to use her mouth to even shout a warning.

Vanny promptly ignored her cries and proceeded to the main apartment door and locked it, leaving no escape for Gregory who was busy sleeping on the sofa.

She proceeds to the kitchen to take the sharpest knife available in the house while Vanessa begs her to stop with no avail.

Vanny proceeds to talk up to the sleeping Gregory, she towers over him, looking at him with a sadistic smile. Vanessa is getting desperate, trying to somehow fight the body control.

Vanny shook Gregory to wake him up. He rubbed his eyes and saw her standing and looking right at him.

"Are you having fun yet brat?" Vanny said. Gregory was confused at first but immediately noticed that her green eyes were now purple. It was this observation that terrified Gregory.

"Yo- y- you are not Vanessa" Gregory said in a fearful voice, he realized that the person in front of him was not Vanessa. He immediately tried to run away but he was grabbed by Vanny from his collar. She proceeded to cover his mouth with her hand to prevent him from screaming. Gregory thrashed around, trying desperately to escape, but he was a 3.5 ft tall boy trying to fight a 6 ft tall adult woman. It was not a fair fight.

"You brat! Because of you my entire plan failed! Now you must pay for it with your suffering!" Vanny said in an angry tone using Vanessa's voice.

Vanny held the knife close to Gregory's face, too close for comfort. "Hmmm….which finger should I start with?" Vanny said, as she could clearly see tears streaming down his face.

"Oh you are afraid already? This is the least scary part, you are still to see what I will do to you" Vanny says as she laughed at his suffering.

Gregory, thinking fast on how he could get out of the situation, bit her hand which made her lose her grip. "Vanessa snap out of it!" He said in a desperate voice, but Vanny recovered and charged at him.

"Get back here you brat!" She screamed at him.

Gregory first tried to get out of the house but found that the door was locked. He then tried to hide in one of the rooms but Vanny was fast. She managed to force him into a corner of the living room.

"Vanessa, please fight her!" Gregory pleaded.

"Oh you little child, Vanessa won't save you from this one. You are just going to become another kill on the board." Vanny said in a mocking manner.

Gregory decided that he had no option but to fight her. He charged at her but Vanny dodged his charge and punched him in the stomach, making him fall.

Vanessa couldn't bear it anymore, she was not going to let another person die. So with whatever she had left in her, she tried desperately to gain back control of her body.

"It was not nice knowing you Gregory. You were just a bug in my steps to success, and you know what you do to bugs? You crush them!" Vanny said angrily as she charged her knife into Gregory, but her hand stopped midway.

"Wha- urgh what the heck!?" Vanny said, now losing control of Vanessa's Body.

"No! You wouldn't stop me! You wo-" Vanny tried to scream but she was cut off. Her eyes turned from purple to green again.

Vanessa managed to gain back the control of her body from Vanny. She fell to her knees, dropped her knife and began to cry over what she did. She retreated into the corner of the living room.

"Vanessa…are you ok?" Gregory replied in a low voice as he approached her.

"Stay away from me! I’m not safe!" Vanessa said in a loud panicked tone.

Gregory knew that he could no longer trust Vanessa after this incident but he couldn't just leave her. She had saved his life by stopping Vanny at the right time.

He decided to approach her further despite her earlier protests and proceeded to sit just next to her.

"Please just stay away from me" Vanessa said as she tried to hide her face in her legs.

Gregory did not reply but got closer to her. Vanessa could not understand why he was risking his life for her when she almost killed him.

"I said stay away!" Vanessa said again as she stood up, Gregory flitched and stopped just a few meters away from her. She again fell to the floor and backed up into the corner. Gregory decided to keep his distance for now.

"How could this even happen? The game was supposed to end her once for all!" she said

"Maybe she came from outside? Or maybe there is another Princess Quest game?" Gregory replied.

"She is weaker than before… That allowed me to take back control, something must have happened from those games…" Vanessa said, unsure on how Vanny was weaker. Vanessa had never been able to take back control before. She suspected that maybe Glitchtrap was still alive somehow, and that had allowed Vanny to come back. But she didn't focus on it as she had more important matters at hand.

"I am sorry that I hurt you." she said to Gregory.

"It's fine, that wasn’t even you. Besides I bit your hand, sorry for that" he replied.

"Hey, the lunch is on the table, take it and lock yourself inside my room. I will stay here" she instructed Gregory.

Gregory said nothing and did what she said, he wanted to argue but knew the dangers if Vanny came back.

After a while, Gregory grabbed his food and locked himself in her room. Vanessa then got up, trying to process what had just happened.

She decided to sleep on the sofa for a while to calm herself down.

. . .

Gregory locked himself inside Vanessa's bedroom, since there were not many rooms in her apartment. It was just a living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and a study room.

Gregory sat down for a while, trying to process what really happened. How did Vanny come back? Why now and not before and how did she just disappear? There were many questions in his head.

A fear had made itself known in his mind, what if Vanny came back and he was not so lucky like this time? What if Vanessa handed him over to CPS? There was no assurance that Vanessa would even keep him, she might just send him away like how every family or orphanage house had.

He knew he couldn't keep dodging the questions with Vanessa. If they got caught, both of them would be in massive trouble, especially Vanessa who would also have to face charges for Child Murders. He knew Vanessa didn’t do it, Vanny did, but no one would believe him or her.

This thought started to bring bad memories back, when Gregory along with 2 more children followed Freddy to an isolated room, only to be locked there with Vanny. Only Gregory was able to make it out of there alive. He also started to remember his childhood when he had his parents who loved and cared for him, only for that to be torn away from him.

Gregory laid in Vanessa's bed, only to fall asleep after a few minutes.

. . .

"Please stop…"

Gregory started to hear sounds of someone talking, oh wait he was sleeping no?

Gregory woke up on hearing someone speak, though from the voice he could tell it was Vanessa.

He quietly opened the bedroom door to sneak into the living room, he saw Vanessa. She was lying on the sofa, saying something in her sleep.

"Please let him go…" she said in her sleep.

Gregory thought that she was having a nightmare and he should wake her up. Just as he was about to do that, he stopped. What if it was Vanny and she was just acting? He was honestly not ready to face her off again, especially knowing that he literally stood no chance in outrunning or fighting her off.

He decided to take the risk. He knew nightmares sucked and no one should deserve to see them, except some special cases like Vanny.

"Hey, it's just a nightmare, wake up" Gregory said in her ear, it did the job.

Vanessa opened her eyes and saw Gregory's face looking at her.

"Are you alright? You were talking in your sleep" Gregory said.

"It's nothing, just a dream" Vanessa replied as she sat straight. Gregory decided to sit just by her side to keep her company.

"Hey kid, you want some pizza for dinner?" She asked.

"Sure, I can use one, but not the one from the Pizzaplex please." Gregory replied.

"You don't worry I will not order from that place, I would also like to keep some distance from the Pizzaplex" she assured him.

After a quick call to a local pizza place, Vanessa sent Gregory to watch some TV while she opened her laptop to look for a new job.

She found several jobs related to the game development industry. The only issue was that all of them, which were all very good paying, were not in Washington County. She decided to check out the jobs later, having lost the will to look for more.

The pizza arrived, thankfully it was better than expected, both of them enjoyed it a lot. Vanessa decided to call it an early night. Her sleep schedule was screwed up anyway so she did not care much.

"Ok, you sleep in the bed, I will sleep on the sofa" she said to Gregory.

"But-"

"No arguments" she replied even before he could start.

Gregory decided to just do what she said. After all, Vanny coming back was a very realistic danger right now. Vanessa escorted him to the bedroom and tucked him in.

"Good night kid" she said as she went to turn the lights off.

"Wait" he said.

"Now what?" she said,

"Can you sleep here? Just for this night please?" He replied.

"Kid, I can't, what if-"

"Please" he said again, now making puppy eyes.

Vanessa couldn't resist his tactic and gave in.

"Fine, but only for this night" she replied, as she turned the lights off and got to the bed. Gregory has positioned himself closest to the door so if things went wrong, he could run and lock her inside the room.

"Good night" he said to Vanessa.

"Good night kid" she replied.

Chapter Text

It was supposed to be a peaceful night at the Pizzaplex, since Glitchtrap and Vanny were supposedly defeated. This was not the case however as tonight was not peaceful anymore, the halls of Rockstar Row were filled with screams, shouts and a sadistic giggle.

"There you are!" Roxy snarled.

And there, a 6 year old boy, was running across the hall. One hand was trying to stop the bleeding from his stomach and the other covering his mouth to reduce the noise made by his sobbing.

He turned around to see Roxy charging towards him. With almost no options and too tired to outrun her, he was desperate for an escape. Then he saw one, the door to Chica's Green room was open. He decided to run inside the room and hope that Roxy lost him.

He made a dash to Chica's Green Room, thankfully the door was open and he managed to make it in. However, Roxy also managed to enter since the door was not locked, but the boy ran to the backroom. He found that there was an elevator and tried to click the button to open the elevator but it did not work.

Roxy entered the backroom and the boy froze, now shaking with tears streaming down his face. The door which allowed him to enter the backroom shut with a loud scratching noise. He collapsed on the floor and dragged himself to the corner of the room, trying to hide his face in his legs.

"You are mine!" Roxy shouted as she set her eyes on the boy, now just reduced to a small figure on the corner.

"Finish him off, slowly" Glitchtrap instructed Roxy.

The room was filled with screams as Roxy did what Glitchtrap instructed her to. Glitchtrap only watched as he mentally gave a sadistic smile.

This sadistic happiness was short lived however, now replaced by frustration.

"Damn it! Only one child! At this rate it will take me months to achieve my ultimate goal! I have to switch my strategy." Glichtrap said to himself. Without a human host, he was finding it difficult to lure children into the Pizzaplex at night time. He only got one today because he was lucky, and this luck would not be enough for him.

"He's done, and my makeup is ruined!" Roxy said, interrupting Glitchtrap who was lost thinking. Glitchtrap again could only give a mental sadistic smile as he saw Roxy's mouth and hands covered in blood, her once green nails now coloured red, her mouth with white sharp teeth now dripping blood and her eyes glowing a bright purple color.

"Take him to the Den, and tell all animatronics to also go there." Glitchtrap instructed Roxy who was busy picking up the remains of the child.

"Yes Master" Roxy replied in a confident monotone voice as she moved out of the room, leaving a trail of red footprints.

"Time to get the bots here to clean up his mess" he reminded himself as he simply snapped his fingers. Cleaning bots arrived to start cleaning up the 'Incident Scene'. He watched as the mops got stained in red as blood on the floor started to disappear.

"Vanny better do her job of getting our host back or else I will have to adopt more… aggressive tactics." Glitchtrap reminded himself. And oh boy, she is up to no good like him.

. . .

"Greggy!" A female voice shouted.

"Where am I? What is this place?" Gregory wondered as he was in some kind of dark void.

"Son!" A male voice shouted.

Gregory looked around, trying to find where the people who were calling him out were, and how they knew his nickname and calling him ‘son’. But as he turned around, he found out the answer for his question.

They were his parents.

"Mom! Dad!" He screamed as he started to run towards him with all his strength. He couldn't believe it, after so many years, he was seeing his parents. Internally he was exploding with happiness.

"There you are!" A robotic voice spoke behind him, stopping him in his tracks.

He turned around, and to his horror, it was Vanny. His body felt numb as he started to shake, he wanted to run, but he couldn’t move his legs.

Vanny grabbed Gregory by his shirt. He tried to struggle in some way, but for some reason his body did not respond other than shaking with fear.

"Mom! Dad! Help!" Gregory screamed trying to get their attention, but they just stared at him with a smile. His eyes stop seeing clearly as his tears cover his view.

"No one will save you kid, no one ever will." Vanny giggled as she removed her mask to reveal Vanessa's face with a wide sadistic smile and her purple eyes. The void was soon filled with her giggles and laughs as he was dragged away and watched his parents fade away in the dark.

"Gregory……."

"Mom, Dad, please come back"

"Gregory"

"Please….."

"GREGORY!"

Gregory shot awake, his eyes opened up, finally seeing that he was in Vanessa's Bedroom. He was sitting upright, shaking, sweaty and wrapped in Vanessa's arms.

"Are you ok? You were moving and saying something." Vanessa asked Gregory with concern painted all over face.

"Yes, just a bad dream" he replied to her in a lower tone than usual.

"Hey, if it's bothering you, you can tell me." Vanessa assured Gregory as she patted his back.

"I- urgh…it was Vanny" He replied in a harsh tone.

He wanted to look strong, not wanting to show that he was weak, but he was not able to control his emotions. He started shaking even more, his eyes started to get watery, even if he did not want to, he could not stop it.

Vanessa noticed this and quickly enveloped him into a hug, trying to give him some comfort to calm down.

"Everything is fine, you are alright, I am alright" Vanessa told Gregory.

Gregory cried a bit for a while until he finally calmed down. While he totally appreciates Vanessa's gesture, he did not want to let her know what he saw. He knew Vanny could use it to her advantage.

"I just wanna sleep." Gregory told Vanessa as his yawn made it clear he was sleepy again.

"Alright, if you need anything, don't be afraid to wake me up, if you feel insecure, I can sleep in on the sof-"

"No no, it's fine, you can stay here" Gregory told her as he cut her off, he did not want her to sleep on the sofa. It was her apartment after all.

Vanessa decided to not disturb him with words anymore and go to sleep. Just as both of them laid down and Vanessa was just about to close her eyes, Gregory spoke.

"Can you uh, stay close to me if I get another bad dream?" Gregory asked, his voice sounding more innocent than usual.

"You mean you wanna cuddle" Vanessa replied to him.

"That's not exa- uh…" Gregory was lost as he tried to think of a way to explain to Vanessa what he was trying to say.

While he was lost for words to explain what he meant, Vanessa knew that he wanted to cuddle which she couldn't really blame him. He was only a kid and asking for such a request from a stranger could be embarrassing for him. She pulled him into a hug even before he answered. Gregory responded by hugging her back.

"So do you like it?" she asked him.

"Kinda." he replied.

"C'mon, don't be shy," she told him.

"Ok fine, it feels good, you are warm." He responded.

"Oh so I’m your teddy bear now?" She asked him.

"Well, kinda." He replied as he yawned.

"Well we should sleep now, don't wanna wake up late, good night kid" Vanessa replied as she watched Gregory close his eyes and in a few minutes, he had gone to sleep. Vanessa followed shortly after him.

. . .

The night went silently for both of them, thankfully no nightmares came and Vanny did not try to make a comeback.

"8:17am, not bad" Vanessa made a mental note as she rubbed her eyes. She checked her phone and saw a message which woke her right up.

"Wake up Gregory, it's morning" Vanessa shook him to wake him up.

"Mhh…more sleep" he replied in a sleepy manner.

"We got a guest coming today, get ready" she informed him as she took off to get herself fresh.

. . .

Both of them sat in silence as they waited for the doorbell to ring. Vanessa was lost in thought while Gregory tried to think of who could be visiting. He would find the answer as the doorbell rang.

"Hi Luis" Vanessa greeted him as she opened the door.

"Doin just fine, also who is that little fella? Is he your cousin?" Luis asked as he entered the house.

"That's uh… actually we need to talk about that." Vanessa told him. She knew it was going to be a challenge to tell him.

"Ok, so, this is Gregory and uhh… how do I explain? He is a homeless child with no parents and I found him near the Pizzaplex. So I wanted your advice on what we should do to help him." Vanessa confessed, making sure to not tell him about the whole Vanny thing and Gregory avoiding death at the Pizzaplex.

"What? Ness, we should hand him over to the CPS, they can help him" Luis replied to her as his eyes widened with surprise.

"No please! I don't wanna go back!" Gregory responded to Luis, trembling.

"Kid, you realize that she can get in trouble? I mean technically she basically kidnapped you" Luis countered Gregory.

"Luis! For god's sake, I am not kidnapping him. And also the entire orphanage system sucks, I know how terrible it is, I don't wanna send the kid there to ruin his childhood." Vanessa replied to Luis.

"But you realize you will be in big trouble with the authorities? Please think about it." Luis told Vanessa, now showing his concern to her. She did not speak back.

"And kid, how did you end up there?" He asked Gregory.

Gregory took a breath before beginning, knowing that he was just about to repeat his tragic backstory.

"I had a loving family like many kids, I used to live in St. George, my dad was in the military and my mom was a therapist. My dad died while deployed outside the country when I was 4, despite that, my mom made sure I had a great childhood like others even when my dad was absent from my life. But when I was around 6, she went to work and never returned. The CPS eventually came to take me and informed me that my mom…she was gone, her life taken away by something mechanical, that's what the authorities told me." Gregory described his story as his voice kept getting fainter.

Luis was feeling sorry for asking the kid such questions, but he also cared about Vanessa, he would never want her to get in trouble. They had been friends since childhood, and she was one of his only friends now. They both loved the gaming industry, but in the last two years, everything had changed.

"Luis, I think I should let him stay in my place until we can figure something out." Vanessa spoke out finally.

"But what if the authorities found out? I know you want to help him but we can't just let him stay here without professional support. I think we should inform the authorities." Luis told Vanessa.

"No!" Vanessa shouted as she stood up. For the first time in years, Luis saw anger in Vanessa's face.

"Please Luis, just don't tell the authorities yet, also just …leave for now. We will talk about it later, I would like some alone time." Vanessa told Luis as she opened the door for him to leave.

"Ness, you know it's no-"

"I know what I am doing, can you leave please?" Vanessa calmly told Luis.

Luis decided to leave before Vanessa got mad at him, he was filled with mixed feelings as he tried to think about what could be wrong with her.

"Gregory, I need to talk with you" Vanessa informed Gregory as she walked to him and knelt down to his level.

"Gregory I-" she sniffed, as she trembled and her eyes started to fill up with tears. "Vanny killed your mother, I’m sorry." Vanessa told Gregory as she tried to wipe her tears out.

Gregory was left in shock, trembling..

"Gregory I-"

"Stay back!" Gregory shouted as she immediately stepped back.

Vanessa tried to apologize but she found she was unable to speak. She lost control of her body as Vanny took control again.

"Oh look, I never expected to find my former victim's family member!" Vanny taunted Gregory as she giggled.

"You monster! You will pay!" Gregory shouted at her as he charged his fist at her with anger, but Vanny was quicker. She dodged him, grabbed him, and then put him into a choke lock.

"Oh, she was my first victim, it was supposed to be a fun night, but stupid Vanessa kept sabotaging me. Gosh she was annoying." Vanny taunted him again as her arms got tighter around his neck, making him desperately gasp for air.

Gregory thrashed around and managed to kick her, loosening her grip around his neck and allowing him a window to escape. But again, Vanny striked back and punched him in his left eye, sending him falling to the floor.

"It is such a good thing that Vanessa is so tall and healthy, allowing me to easily deal with those brats I got rid of at the Pizzaplex. Now how should I end you? I want it to be slow and with lots of suffering." Vanny said as she used her foot to step on Gregory's right arm and put her weight on it, leading him to scream in pain.

"Scream all you want! Did you know this floor is empty, nobody will hear your cries, just a perfect space to torture you!" Vanny informed him as she finally took her foot off his arm, only to stomp on it.

Gregory again screamed in pain as a crack sound was heard, the sound of something breaking in his arm.

"Oops, broke your arm" Vanny laughed as she raised her foot, aiming at his chest with a sadistic smile on her face, but for Gregory who is left in great pain, his luck changes at last.

"You will never get away with this! bitch!" Gregory yelled at her.

"Oh I am about to sweetheart, and you can do nothing to stop it, do say hello to your mother for me" Vanny giggled.

Just as Vanny was about to lower her foot, she stopped. She backed away, holding her head.

"Urgh! You! Stop it! I am so close! Stop!" Vanny screamed as she held her head. A tug of war started as both Vanny and Vanessa fought for control. Vanessa won, meaning Vanny was gone, for now.

Vanessa looked up and saw what had happened to Gregory and gasped, her eyes beginning to tear up.

"I-I… I’m so sorry!" Vanessa shouted as she grabbed Gregory to hug him, she finally broke down fully as she cried loudly, not able to forgive herself for what she did. First his mother and now doing such harm to a child, she could only think of herself as a monster.

"M- My arm!" Gregory said in pain as he tried to pull away from the hug, indicating his injuries.

"Oh god, we need to get you to a hospital right now!" Vanessa hurried as she rushed to grab her car keys.

. . .

"His injuries are recoverable, his eye will be good in no time, but his right arm will take probably 8 weeks to recover." A doctor told Vanessa who was sweating as she sat near a chair close to the bed where Gregory was laying.

"We have also called the police as our specialists suspect that the kid was physically attacked, I will need you to stay here until the police have taken a statement from you." The doctor told her, only to rush away as another emergency demanded his attention.

Vanessa could only be disappointed in herself after this, and now with police coming. She had decided to not take any more risks and turn herself in.

Gregory only laid down in silence, watching the room's ceiling, probably lost in thoughts of how Vanny took away his mother.

After minutes of sitting in anxiety in probably some of the most uncomfortable silence, two police officers with sunglasses enter the room.

"Officer James Cooper, Hurricane Police Department" the officer spoke as he pointed to his Police Badge.

The officer checked his surroundings for a while, taking some notes and whispering to his partner.

"I will first talk to the kid, then we will talk to the woman." He whispered to his partner who nodded in agreement.

He knelt down beside the bed, removing his sunglasses. He tried to start a friendly conversation.

"What's your name, kid?" The officer asked Gregory.

"I- I am Gregory" he replied to the officer.

"Gregory I see, what's your age?" The officer asked.

"I am 8 years old." He replied.

"Ok, so this woman here is your mother?" The officer asked him.

"N- no, she is a stranger, she saw me and took me here" he replied.

Vanessa was left in shock, why was he lying? Why didn't he just dump her after what happened today?

"Ok, where are your parents Gregory?" The officer asked him.

"I- I- I am alone, I- I esc- escaped the Orphanage Home 2 months ago. I was living in the streets." He replied to the officer in a stuttering voice.

"Don't worry, we will get CPS to get you back." The officer replied but inside he felt really bad.

"So who attacked you?" The officer asked him.

"I don't know, some dark figure punched me and then broke my arm with their feet. I did not see them because I was very dizzy from the punch." He told the officer, which was a lie.

"Ok, I need you to remember that we might have to question you again, so don't worry if we will return." The officer told Gregory as he stood up to face Vanessa.

"Ok ma'am, I need your statement." The officer said to Vanessa.

Vanessa wanted to turn herself in, but seeing Gregory giving her a stare, she decided not to.

"I was just driving back to my home when I saw him lying on the street near the Pizzaplex, I checked him and found he was injured, so I brought him here." Vanessa informed the Officer.

"Alright ma'am, I will need your Address and phone number, we will contact you if we need you as a witness again." The officer said to her as she gave him her identity card, from which he made some notes. Then he gave her back the card.

"Thank you for your time, CPS will be here soon, ma'am you can leave." the officer told Vanessa as the police officers left.

"Why didn't you just tell them I hurt you?" Vanessa asked Gregory.

"It was not you, it was Vanny" he told her.

"But I let her do it! I can't ever forgive myself…I am a monster" she said to him.

"You are not a monster! Vanny did all the killing!" He replied to her.

"And I let her keep getting away with it! I tried to stop her from killing your mom! I tried to stop her from killing anyone! But I am weak! I just remained silent! It's all my fault!" Vanessa told him in a frustrated manner.

Before the argument could start, CPS officials arrived. She decided to leave before they both got questioned, but she made sure to slip him a small note which had her number.

"Call me if you need to" she whispered to him as she left.

. . .

"So he turned himself in without saying anything about you!" Luis asked Vanessa as they both were seated on the sofa of his house.

"Yeah, it was a bad idea to let him out, someone roughed him up." Vanessa replied to him, intentionally keeping the whole Vanny thing secret. She knew she couldn't tell him that yet.

"Well so now what?" He asked her.

"Look, I can't just let that kid suffer in the system, I just- I just want him to have a happy childhood" she told him.

"Ness I understand you care about his childhood, especially after what happened to you in your childhood, but what can we really do about it?" He asked her.

Vanessa thought about his response, he was right. She couldn't just walk up to the orphanage and tell them to improve or anything, but something radical struck her mind.

"Luis, how does adoption work?" She asked.

"What" Luis replied as he was left in shock.

"Ness, do you know what you are talking about?" He asked her.

"I know what I just said. Besides, I have worked with children and I loved it, I think I can handle the task, I just need your expertise." she replied.

"Ness, I know you want to help him and I will give you all my support, but you must remember that you would be a single parent. That is not an easy task." Luis told her.

"I know Luis, not everything is easy in life, someone's gotta do it" she responded.

"Ok, so it could take from a few weeks to months, or maybe a year. There's lots of paperwork involved." Luis told her as he opened his computer to start researching.

"Also I just wanted to say, I’m sorry about me being an asshole in your house to that child, I just, I just lost it ok? I don't want you in trouble, especially after you started to isolate yourself after you moved to the Pizzaplex. You are my only friend, I just wanna make sure you are out of trouble." Luis apologized to her.

"It's fine Luis, I know you care about me. I would have tried to do the same, but that kid just feels special to me. And to be honest, I don't like the job in the Pizzaplex anymore." She told him.

"I mean yes, Fazbear Entertainment was known to cut corners, I wouldn't be surprised if someone got hurt." He responded to her.

“Can we continue with the adoption stuff?" She reminded Luis, pointing at the monitor which showed legal information for adoption.

"Oh right, so…"

. . .

"This is gonna take a while" Vanessa thought to herself as she made herself dinner after hours of reading legal documents and filling some forms.

"Oh so you are getting close to that brat…" Vanny suddenly said.

"What the fuck!?" Vanessa cursed at Vanny’s sudden appearance.

"Oh Vanessa, you really think your troubles are over sweetheart? Getting that kid back is a death sentence, not to mention after what happened today, he will never forgive you." Vanny told her.

"I will not abandon him after what you did to him. I will stop you once for all no matter what" she replied to Vanny.

"Stop me? That's funny bitch, Master has already started his new plan to build his body." Vanny tells her.

"New bo- who did you possess?" Vanessa frantically asked Vanny, but she did not answer, she was gone…for now.

"Answer me!" Vannesa screamed, but she knew it would not make her come back.

"I need to stop him from hurting anyone else!" Vanessa made a mental note to herself as she immediately took her phone and dialed a number.

"Yeah boss, I would like to end my leave, can I come for work tomorrow morning?"

Chapter Text

"No way, you have to do the night shift."

"Sir, but I can't, I… I have family visiting me this week, please." Vanessa pleaded with the Pizzaplex's manager.

"Vanessa, you are the head of security here. It is your responsibility to take care of the facility at night." the manager replied.

Vanessa could say nothing and stood in silence. After a few seconds the manager spoke again.

"Alright fine, let's do this, you can leave the night shift for a week…"

"Thank you so much si-"

"BUT you will have to take responsibility for any damages that occur at night." the manager finishes.

"Oh, uh… yeah sure, that works for me." Vanessa replied.

"Good, you are dismissed." the manager pointed at the door in the office.

Vanessa exited the office, relieved. She wasn’t looking forward to the night shift. What if Vanny takes over her at night? The news made her happy.

. . .

Vanessa entered the backstage office to check out the security operations. The office was full of life as cameras showed crowds making their way into the building and fellow security staff members chatting about activities.

"Welcome back boss." a familiar voice spoke out.

"Oh hey Hector, long time no see ya, how's the work going here?" Vanessa replied as she turned around to see the Vice Head Staff of Security Staff, Hector Jones.

"Well it's just normal, dealing with loud parents and children, how was your leave?" Hector asked.

"Well it was great! I managed to get a much needed break. Anyways continue your work" Vanessa replied.

"Oh wait, I almost forgot, we have a new intern, hey Jack! Come here!" Hector shouted.

Out of the shadows a young man, probably just 18 years old, approached the two. He was shivering a bit but overall looked confident based on his walk.

"Morning Ma'am…I mean Sir!...wait no that sounds weird" Jack said as he took a moment to think.

"Oh boy, this is gonna take a while." Vanessa thought to herself.

"Ahem….Morning Sir Ma'am!" Jack finally replied.

"For fuck sake" Vanessa cringed internally at the interns attempt to greet her.

"Just call me Vanessa ok?" Vanessa replied to Jack at last.

"Yes! Uhhh, Officer Vanessa" Jack answered.

"You showed him the place?" Vanessa asked Hector.

"Yeah, I also told him the rules and all, he is ready to be thrown into action" Hector answered.

"Good, anything else I should take note of" Vanessa asked.

"Uhh… Yeah, can you come outside to talk?" Hector asked.

Vanessa knew that something was up, simply by looking at his facial expressions.

Both of them exited the office and into the backstage which was relatively quiet from working staff today due to no shows being planned for the day.

"So…our cameras found a boy roaming around the lobby of the Pizzaplex at around midnight yesterday" Hector spoke.

"Wait what?! How did he end up here so late?" Vanessa immediately went into an internal panic mode.

Hector sighed "We don't know, everyone left the facility at 11, you were on leave so there was no one to check the situation out"

Vanessa felt guilty on hearing this, she should have been there to escort the kid out. "So what happened to him?"

"Well the cameras went offline the moment 12am struck, I guess maybe the system storage removal system glitched again as always, old piece of shit tech. But we did not find the child. Management says that he likely left before the door closed because we did not find anything else to confirm that he was stuck here. The animatronics also did not report seeing anything. But hey! The footage is no longer there so everything is alright. For us at least." Hector told her.

Vanessa's concern only exploded on hearing this, did Glitchtrap take that child? Had he gotten another person to kill more children to build his body?

"You there?" Hector asked her.

She snapped out of her thoughts as he spoke up.

"Uh yeah, I- I guess he probably left, thank goodness" She finally replied.

"Oooook…that's all I had to say. Let's hope that doesn't happen again." Hector said as he spoke with suspicion.

"Good, continue the work." she replied as she went out of the backstage to Rockstar Row in a hurry, filled with patrons and children.

"Fuck! He is still trying to complete his stupid body!" She internally screamed as rage took her over. Only to quietly walk to the utility tunnels to find some privacy. As she went down the stairs, a cleaner bot blocked her way. Despite her orders for it to move out of her way, it kept ignoring her. She tried to go past it, but instead the bot hit her on her head with its broom.

In a fit of rage she punched the bot and it fell, she then continued to punch it in its face. The bot begged her to stop, with its arms trying to push her away and trying to speak out pre-made commands. Vanessa kept hitting it again and again and again.

She finally stopped as she got tired, the bot's head was made into a smashed potato and her right hand was bruised due to the brutal beating.

"Huh? I thought you would never harm anyone after that brat, guess I was wrong." Vanny immediately spoke out in her mind.

"Shut up." Vanessa replied as she got up and checked her bruises.

Vanny could only mentally smile at her response "Can you? It's natural Vanessa, you and I are common, we both love violence. I say you stop this rebellion and help me kill that br-"

"I will never hurt Gregory! I am not a monster like you!" Vanessa snapped at her.

"Oh really? So who are you? A loser? A victim? No wait, I know who you are, a serial killer, like me!" Vanny replied.

Vanessa went silent for a moment but spoke back "No! I am not like yo-"

"Oh let's be honest here, you killed his mother. You took away the only thing he had in his life, you assisted me in that, you are responsible for making that kid's life hell" Vanny said, cutting Vanessa off before she could finish.

Her giggles began to fill her mind as she started to get flashbacks of the fateful day in question. When she, no, when Vanny had committed the murder. Vanessa was barely able to keep tears from falling down.

"Trying to forget it huh? Well anyways, I wanna tell you one thing. Just because that brat is in some stupid orphanage does not mean he is safe from me. I will find him and torture him for every second of running around he made me to do. And you are going to be forced to watch as I do.." Vanny spoke in a deep tone as she finally disappeared.

She knew Vanny was right. He was not safe there, but what other options did she even have?

. . .

Vanessa spent the afternoon just sinking into her chair in her incredibly small office with a little 'Head of Security' plate put on the door and her table. She lazily scrolled through the cameras on her laptop.

"Nothing of interest." she noted as no suspicious activity was seen. She already knew that the night shift was boring but this was just as boring too.

She suddenly jumped and fell from her chair as she heard a sound come out of nowhere. Only to realize that it was her cell phone ringing. The number was unknown and not saved in her contacts, maybe it's the wrong number?

"Fucking hell" she mentally cursed herself.

"Hello? Who is this?" she spoke in an annoyed tone as she stood up from the floor.

"Hey uh, it's me, Gregory" a whisper just audible enough to be heard.

"Oh hey kid, you doing good there?" She asked him in a calmer, more peaceful tone.

She only heard a sigh from the other side of the line before he spoke, "No, I wanna get out of here, can you, ummm, come here please?"

"What happened?" She asked him.

"I think it's better to talk about it in person," he replied.

"Uh I am at work, does 6 PM sound good?" She asked him while looking at her schedule.

"That can work, just make sure you come in time. The Housemaster is a very impatient man." he replied, but paused for a moment as steps could be heard, "I gotta go, bye!" he quickly said as he hung up.

"That did not sound good" she told herself, did he try to do something which got in trouble?

. . .

The day went uneventfully, just an average day dealing with Karens which Vanessa despised and preventing Children from entering restricted areas which was quite simple to do but an important task. She could not let Glitchtrap trap another child in the Pizzaplex.

After her chores were done, she changed her clothes and left for the orphanage. That was, after she made sure all areas were double checked. She was quite overwhelmed with thoughts on how Gregory would think of her after the recent Vanny shenanigans that had happened, but she put them aside and focused on driving.

As she parked her car and was about to get out, her head started to ache. Was it due to exhaustion?

"Hello!" Vanny spoke in her head. Oh no, she was taking control again.

"No! Get out of my head" Vanessa screamed as she grabbed her head, trying to think of something to gain control but it was too late.

"Good, now where is that brat? Aha! I know!" Vanny thought in a happy tone, with Vanessa again stuck with no control.

"I will never let you hurt him! Never again!" Vanessa shouted in her head.

"Oh don't worry, the brat will not die today, I am not stupid enough to attack him in a public area, unlike you." Vanny mocked her.

She calmly walked into the orphanage and asked for Gregory at the reception. The receptionist was surprised by the request but got them a meeting room regardless, Vanny maintained a calm smile, while in her head it was pure chaos with Vanessa cursing Vanny and herself. Vanny found this annoying but kept herself in control.

She went to the meeting room which was basically just a table, a sofa, a few plushies and a few books. Nothing of interest. The room also lacked windows and the door could be locked from inside with a latch on the top of the door, "Perfect," Vanny thought.

She patiently waited for Gregory to enter the room. In her head, Vanessa had basically gone quiet, giving up on arguing in order to preserve her energy to retake control before she could harm Gregory.

After 5 minutes of waiting, the door opened. Vanny turned her head away from the door, hiding her glowing purple eyes.

"Here is your visitor, make sure to behave. You don't want Mr. Brown to get angry again." the receptionist spoke as she pushed Gregory inside the room and shut the door.

"Hey soooo…" Gregory spoke, but stopped midway, visibly being awkward to start a conversation.

Vanny did not say a word but avoided eye contact with Gregory as she moved to the door and locked it from the top latch, out of the reach of Gregory.

"No need to lock the door, I wouldn't be surprised if the stupid receptionist hasn't already done it from the outside," he said as he approached her, unaware of the danger.

"I wanted to ask, are you having fun here?" she said.

"Fun? How can you even think this is all fun?" he asked.

"Let me be clear, are you having fun yet?" She replied.

"Fu-, no, nonono…Vanny!" Gregory was horrified as he saw her slowly turn around and to reveal her purple eyes.

Before he could react, Vanny charged at him and used one of her hands to cover his mouth and her right arm to put him in chokehold but not choke him. He used his only uninjured arm to push her or free himself from her grip but to no effect.

"Try to call for help and I will make sure you suffer slowly." Vanny spoke as she sat on the sofa with him on her lap, making sure he was clearly seeing her face, especially her eyes.

"And what if the authorities caught you? You will end up in jail for good!" Gregory replied to her threat, "Looks like the brat is getting brave." Vanny thought to herself.

"Well then I guess I will kill myself in custody, along with Vanessa. Then the person to blame for that will be you because you put me and her in jail." Vanny told him in a mocking way.

"Shit, I did not think of that," Gregory replied.

Vanny only gave a small chuckle and continued "So stay quiet and listen to every wo-"

"And what will you do? Kill me? Go ahead!" he spoke back at her, clearly trying to hide his fear and trying to confront her, despite his broken arm.

"Oh you poor boy, if I wanted to kill you now, I would have done it already, I just wanted to talk with you." Vanny spoke.

"I wanted to talk about how your mother died, in our own hands" she continued as Gregory quietly listened.

. . .

Some 2 years before the present…….

"Vanessa should have been here on time, I have to return home to tuck Gregory in bed." Sandra said to herself while waiting alone in the desert near a remote convenience store. Vanessa had said it was the place she liked to spend her time in, quite weird.

Just a few meters away, Vanny layed low, only wearing a plastic mask for disguise and struggling to keep control.

"Shut up, I am trying to earn the trust of my master here!" Vanny screamed in her head.

"You will not do anything to her!" Vanessa screamed back in her head.

Vanny was getting really bothered by her pleas but still went on, she had to prove Glitchtrap that she is the chosen one, even if her host was a reluctant follower.

Without much planning and only thinking of getting an easy kill, Vanny charged at Sandra with a crowbar, taking her by complete surprise, Vanny struck her left arm with the crowbar.

"Ahhhh! Who are you!?" Sandra screamed as Vanny kicked her in the legs making her fall. Then Vanny walked over to her and raised her crowbar, but before she could deal the fatal blow she was hoping for she began to feel weak. Vanessa was interfering with the control of the body.

"Urgh! Stop it!" Vanny screamed in her head, Sandra watched the drama of Vanny just holding the crowbar over her while lost in her thoughts, she took advantage of the situation, Sandra kicked her backwards to make distance. Then she stood up and attacked Vanny, dealing two punches to her face, surprisingly the mask stayed on.

"I don't know who you are, but you will pay!" Sandra roared in anger as she continued to assault Vanny.

Vanny was completely caught off guard as Vanessa contested control of the body, she lost the grip of the crowbar and fell down.

Vanny finally lost control, allowing Vanessa to take back her body, but her troubles were not over. Sandra kicked her several times, before grabbing her crowbar.

"I will go back home to my baby!" Sandra spoke as she raised the crowbar over Vanessa, oh no, she is going to kill her.

Vanessa had very little time to react and saw a few rocks by her side, she ignored it as Sandra swung the crowbar at her, Vanessa moved to dodge it, just saving herself by a few inches.

Sandra swung again, hitting her on her back and making her fall. "I don't know who you are, let's find out shall we?" Sandra spoke as she moved closer to her to take her mask off which by some miracle had stayed in place.

Vanny finally took control as Vanessa was too weak to resist her and, thinking quickly, started to cry, Sandra took notice but went on to remove her mask, revealing the truth to her.

"Vanessa?!" Sandra was shocked, her own patient attacked her, it was only made worse by her crying, buying her sympathy.

She dropped her crowbar bar and tried to calm her down with words and a hug but unknown to her, this was her biggest mistake and the last one she ever made.

Vanny took some sand in her hand and threw it at her. "Argh!" Sandra screamed as she desperately rubbed her eyes to gain back her vision. Unfortunately it was too late for her as Vanny took a large rock, which Vanessa took notice of before, and struck Sandra on her head.

Sandra fell, grabbing her head and mourned in pain, Vanny kept hitting her head without any stopping at sight, Sandra begged her to spare her.

"Pl…please…le…le…let me…go….back my…chi…child" Sandra pleaded with Vanny, with blood rapidly leaving her body, "Too bad," Vanny replied as she smashed her head with the bloodied rock for the final time, making Sandra go silent, forever.

Vanny was overwhelmed tiredness and took a little break, letting Vanessa take control again.

"Mrs… Mrs. Sandrea!" Vanessa screamed as she began to shake her body, desperately trying to wake her up, but after sometime she knew it was too late for her.

Sandra or unknown to her, Gregory's mother, was gone.

Vanessa just stared by Sandra's body with tears streaming down her face as Vanny again took back control now without any resistance.

"Our journey begins from here." Vanny playfully told her.

. . .

"No! You are just trying to make me not tr-" Gregory immediately spoke as Vanny finished her backstory, only for him to be silenced by her hard grip on his mouth.

"Gregory" she spoke in a serious tone, "What did I tell you? Be quiet or you will suffer a slow painful death like the others."

Gregory used his single arm in an attempt to punch Vanny, he desperately wiggled to get out of her grip, Vanny only gave him a giggle in his attempt, which was short-lived as he scored a hit on her nose.

"You little shit" Vanny spoke in a quiet volume and she violently grabbed his broken arm and began to squeeze it hard.

Gregory could only give out a muffled scream as her hand blocked out his cries, his eyes became red from the tears but he tried his best to not cry.

Vanny was taking in all the fun she could from his suffering. If she really wanted, she could finish him right here and call it a day, but after how he reacted, she is not satisfied enough to kill him yet. She wanted to really make him suffer even more and make Vanessa accept her new life. She thought of several ways while Gregory cried and tried to remove her hand from his broken arm with whatever strength he had.

She finally came up with an idea.

"I have a deal for you, brat" Vanny said in a playful mood, it immediately grabbed his attention.

"You come to the Pizzaplex today at midnight, and maybe I will give you a fair chance to fight since you are that desperate." Vanny spoke while looking straight in his eyes, clearly seeing fury as he gave her a death stare.

"Anyways I have to go." Vanny spoke as she stood up and threw him onto the sofa.

"You will never get away with this and I will make sure Vanessa is free from you once for all." Gregory quickly replied.

"Oh really? Then good luck, because you will need it." Vanny giggled as she unlocked the door and left, not even looking back at Gregory as he gave her a disgusted look.

. . .

Vanny continued calmly, walking past bypassers, going to the car and driving away immediately. She stopped midway in route to her apartment where she voluntarily gave Vanessa control of her body.

"Son of a bitch" Vanessa cursed her.

"That's all you can say, that kid will come and I will make sure you watch every moment as I cut him apart piece by piece, it will be sooo much fun!" Vanny giggled as her voice started to fade away, now Vanessa had the chance.

She quickly dialed Luis’s number and gave him a call.

"Yo Ness what's up?" Luis asked.

"Luis! This is an emergency, I need you to stay outside the orphanage, Gregory is planning to make an escape today!" Vanessa frantically told him.

"What?! Uhhhh, I have work late at night, I can't just leave and go there!" Luis replied.

"So we let that kid just escape and end up on the streets again?" Vanessa asked him.

"No, I don't mean tha-" Luis sighs as he stops for a moment, and then comes up with a idea, "I can send a friend to make sure he does not escape."

Vanessa thought of the proposal, knowing that getting another person involved would complicate things but she had no choice. If she went instead, Gregory would surely end up dead even before midnight. So she reluctantly agreed.

"Ok, I will let him know, he will make sure he does not make it out to the streets, but why is he planning to escape?" Luis told Vanessa.

Vanessa stuttered a bit, as she basically had no idea how to tell Luis that she was trying to deal with a British Furry taking control of her mind who killed the kid's mother who was now trying to seek revenge.

"He- he wants to come to me, that's why" she told him.

"Wait, he wants to escape to come to you?" Luis asked.

"Yes, that's why I am trying to adopt him, to get him out of that hellhole. Looking at what he did by running away, I highly suspect that CPS will transfer him to a different location." she told him.

"Well the kid has got attached to you, I can't even imagine what he has gone through. I will try to do something to help you out with that." he replied

"What do you mean help you out with that?" She asked.

"Don't worry about it, you just keep in touch with him and try and make him change his mind about escaping." he told her.

"I will try," she replied.

. . .

With the call with Luis over, she drove back home and quickly worked on sealing her front door. She locked it securely and put a bunch of tables and chairs on it to slow Vanny down if she took control away, then she locked herself in her bedroom.

After her sealing was done, she quickly dialed the number Gregory called for and hoped that he would answer.

"Hello?" Gregory asked as his voice came to the other side clearly.

"Listen very carefully kid, do not escape the building. It's probably the safest place you can be in" she told him.

"Safe? That’s funny, stupid Vanny came here and she will come here again, I will not back down!" he replied.

"You don't understand, she will kill you! She is just trying to play with your emotions!" She told him.

"So I just let her get away with killing my mom?! That's what you are saying?!" He asked her.

"I don't want to hurt you! Vanny is only trying to lure you out to kill you! Please understand what I am trying to say!" She begged him to understand, Vanny was becoming more powerful as she could take control of her body for longer periods again.

"I can't and I wouldn't let her get away with this! I have made my decision, I will defeat her and I will free you from her or die trying!" He roared as he hung up on her.

"No no no no… I have to stop him" she panicked and she dialed the number again and again, but no response was given by his side. She knew he had made his decision and there was no stopping him.

Chapter Text

There was a disturbing silence in the bedroom as Vanessa sat on the floor, trying to stay awake to prevent Vanny from taking control and succeeding in her plans.

"Please don't come, please don't come." She kept mumbling to herself, hoping that Vanny wouldn't try to take control and that Gregory wouldn't come to the Pizzaplex.

As she was lost in her mumbling, she started to hear voices. "Awwww, look who is talking to herself." Vanny spoke out as she immediately started to take control.

Desperate, Vanessa got up and threw herself on her on her work table nearby, catching Vanny off guard. With some last hand movements; she prevented a catastrophic fall on the table, instead rolling over it and knocking everything over.

"You are insane!? You will hurt us both" Vanny screamed at her.

"That's the plan" Vanessa replied as she charged against the wall in front of her, smashing right into it. It sent both of them into dizziness as they fell to the floor.

Vanny again tried to get to her feet, but Vanessa wouldn't let her. She again charged into the wall, but Vanny managed to stop.

"Stop resisting!" Vanny hissed at her.

"In your dreams!" Vanessa replied to her as she threw herself on the side of her bed, hitting the side of it. Both of them fell and lay in pain as they grabbed their chest, which had taken the hit.

"You know you can't stop me with your pathetic tactics." Vanny told her as she started to get up again.

"I know, you have intruded deep inside of me again. I have only one option left" Vanessa replied as she made them fall again to a nearby drawer, from where she opened it and took out a knife from it.

"Unfortunately, this option will also bring an end to me." Vanessa told her as tears immediately began to form in her eyes. She pointed the knife to her chest and took the fall forwards.

Vanny immediately changed her position and both of them fell sideways, preventing the knife from going inside from the fall.

Vanessa got desperate as she tried to stab herself, but Vanny contested control of her arms. Both of them struggled to gain control, but eventually Vanny forced Vanessa to get up.

Vanessa again made them fall, but now backwards. Her head hit the wall and they fell. Vanny again felt dizzy. She quickly secured the knife and gained full control of Vanessa's body.

"Fuck you" Vanny cursed at her as she got up and began to remove the furniture she had placed on the door.

Vanessa did not respond. Vanny could only conclude that she knocked herself out by her own antics.

"Pathetic." she mumbled to herself as she grabbed the car and door keys and exited through the main door. The game was on.

...

A shadow moved through the corridor as a closed window opened up in the middle of the night. Of course, this was Gregory's doing, stealthy moving to get out of the Orphanage.

"Time to show her what I can really do" he mumbled to himself as he exited through the window and ran to the wall, which he easily went over thanks to a ladder placed alongside it. Easy escape.

"Now, was the Pizzaplex left or right?" he mumbled, trying to remember the way, "Pretty sure it was left" he finally concluded.

Just as he ran left, he bumped into something and fell. He hit his head on the sidewalk, making his vision blurry.

When he gained back his senses, he looked up and saw a figure towering over him, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, and wearing a black mask over his mouth.

"Gregory, I assume?" the figure asked.

"Who are you?" Gregory demanded, trying his best to not shout.

"I am Johnny, you can call me John if you like. I am Vanessa's boyfriend's friend, I can already tell by that brown hair and amber eyes, that it is you." he replied as he looked at him with no emotion.

"Why are you here?" Gregory asked him.

"Well, I was informed that you were planning to make an escape and go to Vanessa's place. While I don't know anything about your relationship with her, by what you are doing, you are placing her and yourself in massive legal trouble." John replied.

"I…" He sighed, "I just wanna get out of here." Gregory said to him as he pointed at the orphanage.

John gave no emotion towards his response but gave his hand to help him stand up.

"C'mon, let's have a seat" John told him as they went to the nearest bench on the sidewalk and took a seat, in the middle of the night.

"Alright, so how did you end up there?" John asked him.

"It's a long story" Gregory replied, trying to not make eye contact with him.

"Do you like Hurricane?" John asked him.

"After what all has happened to me here? No, I would rather leave." Gregory replied to him, no way he would stay in Hurricane after finding out how his mother died, and one of the only adults who cares even a little bit about him is possessed by a Furry who liked to murder children.

"Me too, I hate it here, one of my dad's cousins disappeared in that stupid Freddy's Fazbear Pizzeria." John told him as he looked up in the night sky, littered with stars.

"Wait, there was a Fazbear location here before too?" Gregory asked.

"Yeah, there was one, heck there were several, but all of them closed. This town is literally cursed. Gosh I hate it" John replied, "Interesting detail" Gregory mentally noted.

"So why are you here?" Gregory asked.

"Well cause my parents called me here to stay with them for a few days, I was deployed overseas for months." John replied.

"Are you a soldier?" Gregory asked, now looking at him.

"US Marine Lieutenant kid, I wouldn't be coming around here if I had a better job." John replied.

"Oh, my dad was also a soldier, he perished overseas." Gregory mumbled to him.

"I am sorry." John told him.

"It's fine, I just have to live with it" Gregory replied; both of them sat in silence as they looked at the night sky.

"So, you are a friend of Vanessa's boyfriend?" Gregory interrupted him from his star gazing.

"Luis? Yeah" John replied.

"I never saw them talk about it" Gregory said.

"Eh, Luis says he has no connection with her, but I can tell he has a crush on her," John replied.

"You sure?" Gregory asked.

"Hell yeah I am sure." John replied.

"So why are you here?" Gregory asked.

"Well Luis is busy with some work and Vanessa asked him to make sure you don't escape, so he tasked me with this job. That reminds me, you have to go back." John told him as he got up.

"I don't want to," Gregory insisted.

"You and I don't have a choice, I will give you a visit tomorrow if you like." John replied.

"Well then I will just wait for you to leave and escape." Gregory hissed at him.

"Well then I will stay here all night to make sure you stay. C'mon kid, don't make this a messy situation." John replied.

He was right, there was no way Gregory was going to convince him to leave and he would probably stop him from getting to the Pizzaplex.

"Fine…help me get across the wall." Gregory asked him as he walked towards the area where he jumped the wall.

"Sure, let me give you a lift," John replied.

...

Vanny entered the Pizzaplex which had not closed its doors yet due to the 12am shut down protocol, she was there at 11:00pm, just in time.

Vanny faced no trouble going to her secret locker in Roxy Raceway, changing into a half T-shirt and shorts and putting on the suit, eyes glowing red and the knife she got thanks to Vanessa. She was all ready to make Gregory regret his decision.

Vanny moved to the lobby to face Gregory; she only waited for around 20 minutes before the doors closed. This surprised her as she was expecting him to come.

"Damn it!" Vanny raged as the doors made a loud thud sound. Gregory did not come to the Pizzaplex.

"Sorry to interfere, Vanny" Freddy spoke behind her.

"Speak Fazbear" Vanny ordered.

"Master instructed us to capture children for him while you were gone, with you present again, I think I should give you this," Freddy told her as he opened his stomach hatch, revealing a small girl that had been forced inside.

"I think you can take it from here," Freddy said.

"Great, let's get to work" Vanny replied as she giggled.

"Take her to Roxy Raceway" Vanny ordered Freddy, who complied, closing his hatch and walking towards Roxy Raceway.

As they reached the Raceway, Vanny ordered Freddy to drop the girl, which he did with no issue.

"Alright, return to your room" Vanny ordered Freddy, who again complied and went away.

"Oh god no!" Vanessa screamed in Vanny's head, finally waking up.

"Nice, so you are here to witness yourself committing murder" Vanny giggled as she struck the child in front of Vanessa on her stomach with a knife.

. . .

4 hours later…

"Get changed to your clothes and head back home, I will think of a plan B later" Vanny told Vanessa as she switched the tap off of the shower in the changing room.

"N…n…no" Vanessa replied with weakness in her voice.

"Do what I say, or else I will go to Gregory right now and murder him today! Do you want that?" Vanny asked her.

"N…no" she replied.

"Then listen to what I say." Vanny said to her.

…

Another day, another tragedy, that's what the norm was for Vanessa. She had lost again, and another life was lost.

She couldn't believe how she was able to keep herself from turning herself in; did she think the police would not believe her? Maybe Vanny was preventing her from confessing? She had no idea.

She stared at the coffee machine filling her cup. She was not prepared to live on 2 hours of sleep on her recently fixed sleep schedule, but she had to cope in some way.

"Hey Ness" Luis spoke behind her.

She turned to face him; he was smiling and all, but that suddenly dropped as he saw her sleep-deprived face.

"You good?" He asked.

"Terrible night, what's up?" She replied.

"So my friend managed to keep him from running away," Luis told her, which gave her some relief.

"Great, so who is this friend?" She asked.

"It's uhhh, how do I explain it, uhh…it's Johnny" he hesitantly told her.

"Johnny! That bully!?" Vanessa shouted at him.

"Hey, he was the only person willing to help! Look, highschool and adulthood are different, he has changed, I swear!" Luis tried to defend his actions.

"Argh, all the worst things on earth are falling onto me" Vanessa mumbled to herself as she pushed Luis aside and walked away.

"Hey! I had no choice!" Luis tried to reason with her.

"So you had to bring my bully into this? Just so he can make fun of me again and remind me of all the bullying he did against me?!" Vanessa snapped.

Luis tried to convince her, "I couldn't find anyone else, he also willingly helped. I think he is just trying to fix his past er-"

"Shut it" Vanessa replied while giving him a glare, which made him go silent, then she walked out.

Vanessa hated Johnny, he was her bully in highschool, which made her already hard life hell. Harassing her, stealing her lunch money, shoving her into her locker, you name it.

She made her way to the lost and found office to find some alone time. She felt bad for shouting at Luis, but given her history, she was just too stressed.

"Hey boss, you ok?" Hector asked.

"Yeah, just a terrible day" she replied as she threw her hat on the table.

"I know the job is stressful, if you need something from me to help you cope, I can help" Hector told her as he tried to talk about her issue. Despite them barely knowing each other, he always tried to keep her company to make sure that at least the security part of the Pizzaplex actually functioned as intended.

"You mean to smoke? Oh please, I don't wanna have cancer." she replied.

"No! I did no- how do you know?" he asked in a panicked manner.

"The cameras, you also drink." she told him.

"Fine you got me, but it really helps to take pressure off. Try it if you don't believe me!" He confessed.

She knew the side-effects already, but she also knew that the stress she was going through was endless; a few vices wouldn't hurt right?

"Fine…give me a pack and a bottle" she told him.
...
"You have a visitor, they are in Visiting Room Five" a voice called from the door. Gregory immediately got up from his study table and sprinted to the visitor's room, hoping that it was Vanessa.

He ran inside the room as the door closed, but he did not see Vanessa or Vanny.

It was Johnny.

"Hey kid, sorry if I disturbed ya, I don't know your time schedule" John apologized.

"It's fine, it's not like we are even given any free time." Gregory told him as he took a seat.

"That's not right," John told him.

"Like they care, this is more like a prison than an orphanage." Gregory hissed.

"That's unfortunate for an orphanage. How have you been treated, really?" John asked.

"Most children here are older than me, they…argh, they bully me and the headmaster, Mr. Brown…forget it" Gregory spoke, but stopped midway as he tried to hide his forehead, which had been covered by his hair.

"Wait, did he hit you?" John asked.

"...No," Gregory replied.

"I doubt it, show me your forehead" John ordered.

Gregory compiled without any complaint, he had been caught. He showed his forehead, which clearly showed a bruise created by a punch.

"Son of a…I will deal with him don't worry" John said with a noticeable frown.

"Thanks, but I don't think it will deter him. He is already planning to get rid of me, he wants to transfer me." Gregory replied.

"Damn it, we have to act fast before he does that," John said.

"So you gonna break me out of here?" Gregory asked with excitement.

"Uhh…we will see, but don't try to escape today, please" John replied with a sigh.

"Aw man, I really want to get out of here" Gregory replied with disappointment.

"Why do you wanna go to Vanessa though?" John asked.

"Uhhh…sh…she is like a…screw it, all my life adults have been jerks to me. She’s the only person who has shown some care towards me. I don't really think anyone will ever care for me any more than her." Gregory asked him.

"What do you mean by 'care' here?" John asked.

"Like giving me a place to stay in, giving me food, actually treating me like a human being." Gregory answered.

"Times up, Gregory, Mr. Brown wants to see you." a worker at the place opened the door.

"Well wish me luck" Gregory spoke as he immediately got up and left.

...

Johnny waited at a traffic stop as he sat in his car, waiting for the light to turn green. As he listened to the boring songs on the radio, he could only wonder how much Vanessa had changed all these years since he last saw her at high school. His train of thought was broken though as his cell phone rang, it was Luis.

"Johnny speaking." he said as he parked his car on the side of the road.

"Ok listen up, I kinda screwed up!" Luis spoke frantically.

"Calm down what happened?" John asked.

"You wanna hear the good news or the bad news?" Luis asked.

"Good news," John replied.

"Ok, I lied, there is no good news. The bad news is that Vanessa is pissed that I called you to help her and second, I might have done some terrible hacking." Luis told him.

"Wait what? I don't get it" John asked, totally confused.

"Ok, so Vanessa does not like you and so she is angry at me because I got you to help her out" Luis told him.

"Ok and?" John asked.

"I was trying to help her and the kid out by messing with the County CPS Data, and I accidentally removed the kid from the database, so there is no record of him…" Luis replied.

"You what?!" John shouted in shock.

"Yes I know that I am risking 15 years in prison here but trust me, I can fix it!" Luis frantically answered.

"You are hacking government data for fuck’s sake!" John replied.

"Look look I know it looks bad, but I will fix it I promise, let's talk to Vanessa about this tomorrow ok?" Luis asked.

"Fine! But if you don't fix it, then I will personally fix you instead when we all are in a prison cell!" John answered as he hung up.

Unknown to all, this would have disturbing consequences.

...

Vanessa came crashing down on her sofa when she got home from work, mentally drained and emotionally damaged to do anything. She just lay and looked at her sealing.

Of course she could not lay in peace; the flashbacks of her, no, of Vanny murdering her victims kept coming to her. She tilted and pressed her face against the sofa but it did absolutely nothing to take away her attention. So, she finally decided to use the "stuff".

She opened her bag and pulled out the alcohol Hector had given her, the bottle was almost completely full. Two shots would probably be enough to make her drunk and try to make her temporarily forget that her life is basically a dumpster fire.

But just as she was about to open the bottle, old memories struck her. Her father also used to drink and it made him go out of control all the time. He used to hit her mother all the time. It was one of the things that caused the divorce and the custody battle, causing her life to come apart. She also thought drinking could also make her lose more control of herself, which could allow Vanny to do more awful stuff while she could do nothing about it.

She gave up, gently placing the bottle on her kitchen counter instead. She decided that it was way too risky.

She decided to try smoking instead. She first had to find a lighter which took her some time before she managed to find one in her bedroom. She placed the cigarette in her mouth and lit it. She inhaled the smoke and immediately started coughing, but worse, the smoke only served to remind her of several bad memories. The old location was buried under the pizzaplex, William Afton's recreated body, and the extraction of remnant.

She threw the pack of cigarettes into the trash bin, only to go and collapse on the sofa again. The flashbacks just wouldn't stop! She began to sob, crying into the sofa, begging her mind to stop and let her get some needed silence.

"Why is this happening to me!? What did I do to deserve all this?!" Vanessa cried out.

"Answer me Vanny! What did I do to deserve all this suffering!?" Vanessa sob harder, unable to control her crying.

She got no response from Vanny despite her calling her.

"Answer me!" Vanessa screamed with anger, only to shatter into crying again.

"I want to live in peace! I just want to live a normal life! I can't do this anymore!" Vanessa cried out, trying to get Vanny to answer her, but to no success.

"I just want to prevent any more deaths…" Vanessa mumbled.

"That's very cute Vanessa," Vanny said.

"You" Vanessa replied in anger.

"Sup sister, guess your crying was maybe worthwhile." Vanny spoke with a giggle.

"Shut the fucck up! I am not your sister, I never will be! Especially with monsters like you!" Vanessa screamed with anger painted on her face.

"Oh yeah? We are one for a reason, here let me demonstrate" Vanny spoke as she immediately took control even before Vanessa could respond.

"What the…" Vanessa was taken completely off guard by her action; the transfer almost went like someone just flipped a switch.

"I have taken back the original amount of control I had, and today I am gonna get that brat no matter what. He has wasted enough time already!" Vanny spoke as she grabbed Vanessa's phone and dialed in the number of the phone Gregory called from.

"Hello?" Gregory spoke from the other side, taking several breaths rapidly.

"Listen here brat, I will give you till…11pm to come face me at the lobby of the Pizzaplex or you can say a permanent goodbye to Vanessa." Vanny told him.

Gregory was shocked "What!? Don't you dare hurt her or…"

"Or what? You will cry? That's cute, 11pm at the lobby, be there!" Vanny spoke with a heavy tone as she hung up.

"Now, let's get to work" Vanny spoke as she began to grab things for the 'meet'.

Vanessa knew this was a massive issue, "You will not succeed! I-"

"You will what? Cry? Oh please, you couldn't do anything yesterday, you couldn't stop me even before. How do you think this will be different? It's simple, you will always lose, there is no hope for you. So sit the hell down, shut up and watch the show." Vanny interrupted her.

Vanessa went silent, knowing that she was right. She had failed to stop her before; she might not be able to stop her now either.

...

Gregory jumped the wall and entered the premises of the Pizzaplex with almost no issues, mainly because the wall had nothing on top of it to stop intruders.

"Cheap clowns" Gregory thought to himself, making fun of the company's cheapness.

He carefully approached the building, keeping a constant lookout for Vanny. The parking lot he was going through was luckily empty, making it easy to see those glowing eyes from afar.

He made his way to the entrance, but just before stepping in, his mind stopped him and he gave his actions a second thought. What if he died tonight? He would never be able to stop the killing then and poor Vanessa would have to stay a slave to Vanny forever. This was not just about avenging his mother, this was about stopping the killing plaguing the Pizzaplex once and for all.

He took a deep breath, he had made his decision and he stepped inside.

The lobby was well lit up and there was no security bot or animatronics in sight. The place lay lifeless except for the fountains.

"Where would I hide if I was Vanny?" Gregory thought as he planned his next move.

Unbeknownst to him, he had fallen into her trap.

The entrance barrier came down with a loud thud. He immediately looked back, seeing his only escape blocked.

Suddenly Monty appeared from the reception on his right and Freddy smashed open the door on his left, they both began to run after him.

"Hey! Little guy!" Monty shouted as he jumped on him.

Gregory panicked, wasting no time he quickly began to run towards the elevators. He barely missed being turned into mashed potatoes from Monty's jump.

His little legs tried his best to outrun the animatronics behind him, but luck was not on his side today. Roxy jumped out from the daycare to the elevators and Chica entered the lobby via the elevators, trapping him on the escalator.

"I am the best" Roxy shouted as she leaped on Gregory, but he crouched just in time to make her miss and she instead crashed against Freddy. It gave him a window of opportunity to get to the elevator.

He quickly ran and reached the first elevator, but to his horror, it was not functioning. He turned around and saw Monty behind him.

"Say goodbye!" Monty mocked him as he raised his arms to crush him, but Gregory took quick action and managed to run away from between his legs.

He cheered in victory for outsmarting the animatronic but his troubles were not over, Chica tried to reach for him and her hand hit his knee and he fell down.

"No more games" Chica said as she tried to grab him. Gregory kicked her in the face as she bent down, distracting her enough to make a run.

He reached the elevator and pressed the button, the doors closing just in time as both Chica and Monty smashed into the elevator doors. By some miracle they did not break from the hit.

Gregory took some relief but knew that his troubles were still far from over.

The elevator opened into the atrium and just as he exited, Map Bot blocked his way.

"Take a map." the bot spoke as he stretched his arm to Gregory, showing him a map.

"Argh, I will take it, now get out of here!" Gregory annoyingly spoke as she snatched the map.

Gregory realized that the elevator would likely go down and get the Animatronics in the Atrium. He quickly stood at the doorway to prevent it from closing and, thinking quickly, he used the map and placed it on the door. This made the door sensors feel that there was something between the doors and prevented them from closing.

"Take that!" Gregory shouted in victory, now finally being able to survive at least one skirmish.

Gregory walked to the Atrium Balcony, looking below at the massive stage. He remembered how on his first day he saw the glamrocks as cool and awesome, not as murderous robots.

"Once I get my hands on Vanny, I will shred that bitch to pieces for what she has done." Gregory cursed her, clearly speaking it out like no one was gonna hear him.

Gregory began to speak loudly to himself "Oh boy, I will make her pay, how I would absolutely destroy her in the arcade games? I know! I will defeat her 100 times in Princess Quest just to make her suffer for what stuff she has done to others. Oh this is gonna b-" he was abruptly interrupted as an arm went around his neck and began to choke him.

He tried to hit whoever was behind him with his single arm but it did nothing, it only took a second to realize that it was Vanny.

She hunched over him, giving him even less area to breathe. He began to cry, trying desperately to wiggle out of her arms but her grip was just too strong. The lack of air eventually caused him to lose consciousness.

…

When Gregory finally regained consciousness, he was not in the atrium. He was in the daycare attendent's room.

He tried to move his legs and arms but he could not. Except for his broken arm, his arm and legs were tied up to the chair he was sitting on.

And to his horror, Vanny was sitting in front of him, with her gloves, paws and Mask off, as she painted her last toenails with a purple nail polish.

"Ew, purple, that's gross," Gregory commented.

"Oh! You are finally awake!" Vanny spoke with excitement as she finished applying the polish and put back her missing suit parts.

"This is gonna be so much fun to watch you suffer." Vanny giggled as she hopped over to him, with a thumbscrew.

"Now, let me put this on your fingers" she said as she gently placed his thumb on the thumbscrew.

"No! Get that away from me!" Gregory screamed as he tried to move his hand, but Vanny kept it in place.

Vanny put the machine on work, it began to crush his thumb which caused a great amount of pain.

Gregory screamed as he desperately tried to free his hand.

"Oh, who was saying 'I am gonna defeat Vanny 100 times?" Vanny mocked him as he suffered.

"C'mon, say it again?" Vanny ordered him but he did not listen due to the sheer pain he had been put through.

"I said say it!" Vanny shouted as she almost smashed her head into his face, looking his eyes flowing down tears.

"Fuck you!" Gregory shouted back at her.

"That's it?" Vanny asked mockingly.

Gregory realized that she was just using him as a toy. Getting angry, he spat on her.

"Take that bitch!" Gregory shouted in victory.

Vanny stumbled a bit back as she cleared her vision, then she punched him hard on his stomach.

Gregory groaned in pain as he tried to grab his stomach with his broken arm, Vanny took notice of it and grabbed it, squeezing it.

"Let me go!" Gregory screamed as he finally began to sob, unable to take the pain.

"After what you did? No, also let me just take proper revenge for that" she said as she pulled out her knife.

Gregory's eyes widened as she swiped the knife at him, making a cut on his cheek.

"There! That's a good lesson for you, now…" Vanny said as she finally took the thumbscrew off his thumb, giving him some relief.

Gregory retaliated by giving her a kick on her leg, making her fall.

"Take that!" Gregory shouted.

Vanny was pissed off at this point that this kid was too determined to resist her and ruin her mood. In a fit of rage, she grabbed his unbroken arm and made several small cuts on it.

"Argh! my arm!" Gregory shouted.

"What should I really do with you? Your body will make a good addition to my master's project, I want to make you suffer more. So much more than you or Vanessa could ever imagine.'' Vanny said as she ran the knife gently down his chest, but hard enough to cause a few cuts on his shirt.

"Hmmm…wait, I have something in this room to use." Vanny said as she walked to a bucket and brought it close to Gregory.

Without warning she turned his chair and forced his face into the bucket, he tried to get some air but Vanny kept his head down. He tried to wiggle his way out of the cold water drowning him, his head stayed inside the water for 30 seconds before Vanny let his head go.

"You fucking bitch!" Gregory screamed at her as he gasped for air.

Vanny gave no reply and immediately put his head back into the water, keeping him there for 30 seconds and letting him breath again and repeat. She kept doing this to exhaust the boy, Gregory tried to stay strong to not give her the satisfaction of torturing him, after the 10th cycle, he could no longer resist.

He loudly began to sob and cry as Vanny giggled.

"Please stop!" Gregory cried out.

"Oh I am not done yet" Vanny teased him as she splashed the entire bucket's cold water on him.

"Now, what else do I have here?" Vanny spoke as she began to scan the room for more objects.

"Just kill me already or face me like a real monster like you are!" Gregory shouted in anger, clearly been crippled mentally.

Vanny stopped for a moment to look at him, then she removed her mask and approached him, facing him eye to eye.

"Here, I am facing you, no wait, Vanessa and I are facing you" Vanny mocked him as he tried to avoid eye contact with her glowing purple eyes.

"Vanessa is not in there, you’ve imprisoned her in her own body!" Gregory argued on her statement.

"Oh is that so? Did you know that if you do any physical harm to me, she also feels the pain" Vanny replied.

Gregory fell silent due to guilt. Yes he had hurt her, which he felt terrible for, but he had no choice.

"See? You are not any better here, I am just doing her a favor. Obviously she can hear us, but she has been staying quiet this entire time, doing NOTHING to stop me. She has given up, you should also just give up and accept your fate." Vanny told him as she moved her knife closer, holding it at his neck.

"Now, I have just something special for you" Vanny spoke as she punched him in the face, knocking him out.

...

Gregory again woke up, this time not tied up, but being held in Vanny’s arms. He immediately began to struggle but he was simply too weak to do it and stopped.

He observed his surroundings and saw that they were in parts and service, and the repair chamber was in front of him.

"You know…" Vanny spoke as she tightened her grip on him "This machine has never operated on humans, until today that is…" Gregory knew where this was about to go.

"Putting you there and shredding you piece by piece is what I really want to do" Vanny spoke as she began to walk towards the chamber.

Gregory knew the end was near, but he wasn’t going down without a fight and used whatever energy he had left and desperately began to thrash around.

Vanny only gave a giggle to his struggle, "Oh look! A prey trying to escape his hun-"

This time it worked, he broke free from her grip.

"Get back here!" Vanny shouted as she pulled her knife out.

Gregory backed into the chamber's console and watched Vanny charge at him, he moved aside just in time, Vanny knocked over the PC and broke some wires but got back on her feet.

"Ok you brat, I am finishing you off right now!" Vanny screamed as she grabbed him by his collar and held the knife on his neck.Gregory again thrashed around but she refused to let him go.

"It was fun killing your mother despite Vanessa screwing it up. She has again screwed up my plans, but now I have her under my control." Vanny laughed.

Gregory knew that there was no way he could defeat Vanny on his own, he needed Vanessa to help him.

"Vanessa, please resist her!" He shouted as he pushed himself back hard enough to rip his collar.

"Forget it brat, she is too pathetic to do it" Vanny giggled.

"Vanessa, resist!" Gregory pleaded.

"Nobody will save you! Like nobody saved her!" Vanny spoke.

Vanessa, who had been silently watching the show, could not take it anymore. The 'Nobody saved her' line hit her hard. Yes nobody could save her, but now this poor kid was in the same situation. She would not just sit silently and let it happen to someone else. If she couldn't save his mother, she had to save him at all costs.

"Goodbye Gregory" Vanny spoke in a sweet voice as she raised her knife to deal the final blow.

The knife went straight for his face but just stopped inches from striking him, Vanny was confused, "Argh, what the hell?".

"You are not gonna use me as a puppet anymore" Vanessa said.

"Damn it! Stop resisting! Kill that kid!" Vanny shouted at her as she tried to attack but could not, she began to take back steps against her wishes and dropped Gregory.

"Stop resisting!" Vanny screamed as she grabbed the resisting arm to grab the knife, Gregory watched the commotion unfold.

"I will not become a puppet again!" Vanessa shouted with determination to stop Vanny as both struggled for body control and stability.

"Kill him!" Vanny screamed.

"Gregory, run!" Vanessa shouted as she finally gained some control of her mouth.

Gregory stood at this place with shock, he did not move an inch.

"Stay there! I will get you brat!" Vanny shouted as she finally took the knife into the arm she controlled, then she gave all her energy to charge at him.

Vanessa intentionally tripped, making Vanny fall hard on the floor. "Gregory, run!" Vanessa again pleaded with him to run away and save himself. But again, he did not move an inch.

Just as Vanny got up and began to sprint, she tripped on the wires of the chamber console and fell on the broken wires.

The wires electrocuted her and Vanny began to feel like she was being sucked away. She realized that it was not an electric wire.

It was the network wire,

So she was sucked back into the Pizzaplex’s server system.

"No! I am not done yet! I will kill him! I will not disappoint my master, I will succe-" Vanny shouted but it became garbled as she was finally sucked out of Vanessa's body.

Vanessa laid on the floor lifeless as Vanny disappeared and, hopefully, was killed.

"Did I kill her!?" Gregory thought to himself as he approached Vanessa.

He approached her, she was still breathing but it was rapid, she looked hurt.

It had been a long night for him, and seeing her in this condition after what all they had been through was heartbreaking. Gregory could not resist shedding tears and watched Vanessa just lay on the floor with guilt.

Out of nowhere, Vanessa woke up, holding her head and looking around.

She immediately took off her mask, gasping for air for a few seconds. Then she quickly began to remove her suit, eyes widened with fear as she stripped herself to her shorts and T-shirt from the suit.

She took a moment to realize that Vanny was gone, again. She was free from her control once more.

While it was something to celebrate, she broke down into crying as she curled herself to the wall of the protective chamber, shoving her head into her knees.

Gregory, knowing she was no longer being controlled by Vanny, slowly approached her. He was careful to make sure he did not make her jump.

"It's over, you are safe" Gregory told her.

Vanessa gave him a glance for a few seconds before she hid her face in her knees again.

Gregory came closer and stood in front of her, "Don't worry, I am fine, it is just a few cu-"

Before he could finish, Vanessa pulled him closer. At first he thought that Vanny was still in her, but was proven wrong as Vanessa tightly hugged him. Unfortunately crushing his arm in the process.

"Ow my arm!" Gregory shouted.

Vanessa immediately took note and tightly hugged him from the armpits, leaving his hands free.

"I’m sorry…" Vanessa cried into his shoulder with her tears wetting his shirt or what was left of it.

"It was not your fault, it was Vanny." Gregory replied and patted her back, trying to comfort her in some way.

"No! I let her take over me again! I failed to stop her! I am a monster!" Vanessa cried out.

"You are not a monster, she only used you as a puppet to carry out her sadistic acts. None of this is your fault, you tried to resist her with whatever you had." Gregory replied.

Vanessa continued to cry into his shoulder for 5 minutes straight. Gregory knew that she needed to snap out of blaming herself again and again.

"Hey, calm down, I am alive, you're alive, Vanny is dead, everything’s fine now" Gregory told her while patting her back and trying to pull away from the hug reluctantly.

Despite trying to pull away, he simply couldn't do it himself. Either it was his exhaustion or Vanessa's refusal to let him go prevented him from pulling away.

He decided to tickle her to make her snap out, he began to tickle her in her stomach.

She gave a small giggle, "Hey, stop it!"

"Not until you stop crying." Gregory replied as he escalated his tickle attack with a single arm.

Vanessa gave out more chuckles and giggles before finally pulling away, finally calming down from her crying.

But she was not done, she again pulled him, this time into a tight body hug.

"I am just glad that you are alive, I was afraid that Vanny would get you." Vanessa replied as she tucked his head under her chin.

"And I am glad for the fact that Vanny has gone away, stupid bitch." Gregory responded as he leaned on her body due to exhaustion.

"Hey! Language" Vanessa replied to his swear.

"Sorry," Gregory replied.

"C'mon, Let's get you patched up before those wounds get infected." Vanessa replied as she finally stood up and gave her hand to Gregory to help him stand up.

Gregory takes her hand and gets up, "Not a big deal, I just wanna sleep"

"No excuses will work here, I am not letting you go back until you are patched up." Vanessa replied to him, as she guided him.

Lucky for them, a medical station was located just behind parts and service. Thank god for pizzaplex mechanics getting injured continuously.

Vanessa opened the station and took out a bag full of medical supplies, then she pulled the sole stool kept by the side of the station and took a seat.

"Come sit" Vanessa told Gregory as she patted on her lap.

"I am not a baby" Gregory replied as he crossed his arm or at least tried to with his one arm.

"You don't have to feel shy, I don't want you to sit on the cold floor, you can catch a cold you know." Vanessa told him, trying to warm up to him.

"Says the person walking around barefoot" Gregory replied. He was right, Vanessa had no footwear since the stupid Vanny suit was too warm to wear with socks.

"Ok you have a point, but still, I suspect your immune system is not in a good shape. You can get sick more easily." Vanessa answered him.

"Fine you win" Gregory replied in defeat as he finally compiled and sat on her lap.

"Ok, let me first clean those cuts." Vanessa told him as she got a cotton ball and put disinfectant on it.

"It's gonna hurt a bit" Vanessa warned him, she applied the cotton gently on the cuts this arm had. Gregory began to feel a burning sensation in the injured areas and made all kinds of faces, trying to hide his pain.

"Did it hurt you too much?" Vanessa asked him with concern.

"No it's fine, I felt nothing! All good!" Gregory immediately replied.

Vanessa felt that he was hiding it. She understood that he did not want to appear weak, but wondered how much of his life he had had to do this.

She finished applying the disinfectant and began to gently put badges on the wounds one by one.

All was going well until she realized that he likely was still feeling pain, she thought that he likely needed painkillers.

"And done…" She said as she put the final bandage on his face.

"It still hurts right?" She asked him.

"N- no! I am fine" Gregory replied.

"Hey" Vanessa put her hand on his shoulder, "You don't have to be scared of me or be worried that I will make fun of you or anything, I’m concerned about you."

"You are not my mom, it's not your concern if anything happens to me." he replied.

"You saved me from those monsters. If anything happens to you, I would never forgive myself" Vanessa answered back with worry painted all over her face.

Gregory did not reply, he only gave a face which looked like that he was about to cry, but managed to keep himself under control. In his mind, he was touched by the fact that she did actually care for him and not only take care of him to just keep him from running to the police.

At this point he was tired both mentally and physically and could no longer continue, he laid his head on her shoulder to rest.

"Sleepy?" Vanessa asked him.

"Yeah "Gregory replied and asked her, "Can I stay at your place please? The orphanage kinda kicked me out, permanently"

"Kicked you out? Wouldn't CPS be looking for you?" Vanessa asked.

"No one would be looking for me," Gregory replied.

"Alright, let's go then." Vanessa said as she got him and properly held him and started walking.

"Wait let me get down!" Gregory shouted.

"No need, you sleep," Vanessa replied.

"I am not a baby!" Gregory shouted again.

"You are tired, you should sleep, end of argument" Vanessa replied as she tightened her grip around him, holding him securely.

...

After putting the Vanny suit in the place it was kept in, deleting camera footage manually and giving Gregory some pain killers, they both avoided the animatronics and safely made it out of the Pizzaplex via the loading docks.

Vanessa drove home as Gregory kept looking outside the window, probably trying to forget about what had happened tonight. They finally reached the apartment building. Vanessa gave a quick look for anyone present outside since people would suspect a woman carrying a child with a ruined shirt and injuries as a kidnapper. After seeing that the coast was clear, they both silently made their way to the apartment.

"Let me grab some fresh clothes for you." Vanessa told him as she went to her room and started to find suitable size clothes for him.

Gregory nodded to her and immediately went to the kitchen, grabbing a banana to eat.

Vanessa returned, with some clothes which were Fazbear branded ironically.

"Uh… so these were given to me when I started working there, but they are too small. I guess you can use them?" Vanessa told him with guilt in her voice.

"It will work, thank you." Gregory replied as he took the clothes and went to change inside her room.

Vanessa sat on the couch and tried to recollect what just happened to Vanny. Surely she was still around somewhere, but where? She just randomly appeared out of nowhere, and then she disappeared. Glitch Trap was also a pressing issue, since he was now somehow capable of conducting his body building process himself.

Just as she was about to get lost in her thoughts, Gregory called her, "You gonna sleep?"

"Yeah, you sleep, I will come later, I have some house chores to take care of.” Vanessa replied as he went to bed.

It was a lie, she did not feel that he was comfortable being around her after what all just happened, especially after seeing him hide emotions from her. She thinks he clearly did not trust her now, especially after Vanny messed him up. So she decided to sleep on the Sofa instead.

. . .

Vanessa imagined herself to be at parts and service again. She was confused until she saw her hand, she was wearing the suit.

And to her horror, she was holding Gregory's collar with her hand, trying desperately to break free but to no effect.

"Goodbye Gregory" Vanny spoke in a sweet tone as she stabbed him in the neck, a garbled scream came out of him as he dropped dead to the floor.

"No!" Vanessa screamed as she felt able to control her body again.

She immediately grabbed Gregory and tried to wake him up, but it was too late.

Vanessa cried in grief and she screamed to get Vanny back, but she had simply disappeared like a mosquito, leaving her alone with Gregory's body...

...

"Vanessa!" Gregory shouted as he shook her with all his might.

Vanessa immediately woke up and sat up, looking around frantically.

"Are you ok? I heard you cryi-" Gregory was cut off as she pulled him into a hug.

"Did you have a Nightmare?" Gregory asked, hugging her back.

"Yes, i- it was Vanny, sh- she k- ki-... forget it." Vanessa replied but stopped after she was just unable to say it.

Gregory immediately understood what had happened with her expressions alone.

"Don't worry everything is fine, it's over.” Gregory told her.

They cuddled for a few more seconds until Gregory spoke again, “Uhhh…another thing, I am feeling kinda sick."

Vanessa immediately took attention and placed her hand on his forehead, revealing that he had a fever.

"Wait, let me give you some medicine." Vanessa replied as she grabbed a tablet and a glass of water for him.

Without hesitation he took the medication like it was candy. She was surprised that he even told her that he felt sick after he was hiding his emotions over his pain in his arm.

"Lets go to sleep, you don't have to sleep on the sofa." he told her as he pulled away and grabbed her arm to follow him.

Vanessa was again not sure about his plan, "I think I will be o-"

"Please? I feel alone." he pleaded, making puppy eyes to convince her.

"Alright fine, let's go," Vanessa replied in defeat as they went to her bedroom and laid down after turning the lights off.

"Goodnight" Vanessa told him as she stared at the ceiling.

"Wait" he replied, as he moved closer to her and hugged her.

"Now, goodnight" Gregory told her as he closed his eyes.

Vanessa was again surprised that even after what all had happened, he was still willing enough to hug and cuddle with her. She gently hugged him and brushed his hair a bit.

"Goodnight Gregory" Vanessa replied as they both went to sleep with at least some of the Pizzaplex trouble dealt with. But as they say, the battle might’ve been won, but the war was far from over.

Chapter Text

Somewhere in the dark corners of the Pizzaplex's Network…..

"Wake up" Glitchtrap spoke.

"Argh, wait, where am I?" Vanny asked.

"You fool! You are back here with me! You failed" Glitchtrap spoke with clear anger in his voice.

Vanny panicked and tried to explain the whole thing to him, "Master! I…I was almost close to killing that kid! But our ho-"

"This does not excuse the fact that she got you out of her body!" Glitchtrap roared as Vanny felt some glitching particles surround her which inflicted a lot of pain on her, despite them being stuck in a digital world.

"You were nothing when I first created you! You could have been much more, but you have shown me that you are just as pathetic as the other two candidates that came before you! There is no purpose keeping you around now ...." Glitchtrap said as Vanny felt unbearable pain as she began to realize that he was destroying her, permanently.

"Master! Please give me another chance! I swear I will rebuild your body! I promise I won't fail this time! Please!" Vanny spoke, trying to convince him to give her another chance despite her already on the verge of being deleted.

"...Fine" Glitchtrap spoke as he stopped deleting her.

Vanny felt relieved as the pain finally stopped and she was fine once again, "Thank you master! I swear I will come up with a new pla-"

"I will make the plans from now on" Glitchtrap intercepted her with a shout, clearly frustrated.

"Now here is the plan, Vanny…." Glitchtrap spoke as he told her his grand plan.

. . .

Vanessa woke up to a ringing sound, only to realize that it was her alarm. It was 5 am in the morning. Without delay she turned it off, trying her best to not wake up Gregory curled against her and using her arm as a head pillow.

Of course she was in no condition to go to work after the recent events. If she wanted, she could just stay in her bed forever, but duty called and it, annoyingly, paid her well.

"You got work?" Gregory asked in a faint voice, looking at her with his eyes barely open from sleep.

"Hey kiddo, how are you feeling?" Vanessa questioned him, trying to make sure he was ok.

"Still not feeling great, but you can go to work." Gregory responded.

Vanessa placed her hand on his forehead to check if his fever was doing ok. To her disappointment, it was still there, but less than before.

"Give me a minute" Vanessa replied as she opened her phone and texted something.

"Alright, go back to sleep, I am not going anywhere." Vanessa told him as she put her phone on her side table and rested back on the bed.

"What about your work today?" Gregory asked.

"Took a day off, manager can screw off even if he wants me there." Vanessa replied.

"You don't have to stay because of me, I probably don’t matter that much to you anyways. Nobody does…" Gregory spoke with now more weakness in his voice.

Vanessa felt heartbroken at his response. This kid, despite what all she did to him as Vanny, didn't want to trouble her in any way despite him actually needing more help than she did.

"Hey" Vanessa spoke as she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him closer to her. "You don't have to worry, you need more help than me right now. You have been fighting your demons and my demons for several days. I can never thank you enough for what you did for me, but I can at least try my best. You are my own little knight you know?"

Gregory did not reply and Vanessa couldn't make out any emotion from him, he simply closed his eyes and tucked his head against her collar neck.

"Sleep well, it will help you get rid of your fever quicker." Vanessa advised him.

"Wouldn't you catch a fever from me?" Gregory asked her.

"It doesn't matter, I will be alright as long as you are." Vanessa replied, trying to not squeeze him too tight in her cuddle and especially trying to make sure to not hurt his arms.

"Thank you" Gregory spoke back in a sleepy faint voice as he went to sleep, Vanessa soon followed him.

. . .

The rest of the sleep, thankfully went well for both of them since they had no nightmares.

Vanessa woke up, now feeling more energetic and she looked at the clock. It read 10:17am.

She carefully unwrapped her arms around Gregory, trying her best to not wake him. After some careful maneuvering, she managed to get out of bed. She stood by the bed for a good minute observing Gregory's tiny body. Vanessa knew she had to feed him well so that his growth was not stunted like how it currently was. She then went to the bathroom to brush and take a shower.

While bathing with hot water showering over her, memories began to come back. They were of the horrors she witnessed that night. Of the poor kid being bashed, thrown around and tortured by Vanny. Vanessa didn't even want to imagine what would have happened if Vanny had put him in the Parts and Service chamber.

She tried to brush away her thoughts and turned the shower off. She changed into a fresh set of clothes after wiping herself, jeans and a shirt with a cartoon cat on it. She stood in front of the mirror with some confidence with a pose that said, “Yes, I can get through this!”. However this all shattered the moment she saw her nails, which were purple.

Vanessa immediately began to panic as previous memories came back. These were the hands that were once responsible for taking away the innocent lives of children.

She immediately stormed out of the bathroom, which woke up Gregory. He saw her in tears but she did not notice him as she grabbed her nail polish remover from the dressing table.

Vanessa took an ungodly amount of it and began to aggressively rub it against her nails, trying to remove the purple nail polish from the face of the earth. Her vision grew blurry due to the tears but she was so concentrated on the nails that she did not even bother to wipe them out.

She only stopped after Gregory intervened. "Vanessa! Are you ok?" Gregory asked, shaking her to gain her attention.

Vanessa tried to speak but just couldn't, she was just unable to say anything. She just wanted to say sorry again and again which she knew would do absolutely nothing to fix the situation they were in.

Gregory came closer, observing her face and then seeing her hands and feet, covered with nail polish remover. He then realized what had happened.

"Vanessa, she is gone, you don't have to be afraid that she will come back just because you see the color purple" Gregory told her, wiping her tears off her eyes and patting her shoulder.

Vanessa tried to speak, "I- I- I can't- I", she clearly was struggling to speak.

"Hey don't worry, let's just make some breakfast and talk about it later." Gregory replied as he got up, showing her his hand to help her get up, she took the hand and resisted the urge to squeeze it but she got up on her own, knowing that he would end up falling on her then helping her get up.

After regaining her composure Vanessa asked, "So… omelet or cereal?", whilst wiping her eyes.

. . .

"Hey James, have you made any progress regarding the assault on that kid?" Officer Peter, his partner, asks him as he enters his office.

"No Peter, no luck at all, I tried to ask whoever was present in the area for an answer, nobody saw anything!" Officer James replied in frustration.

"Well I checked Security Cameras from a nearby store, I also found no clues, what if the kid is lying?" Peter asks him.

"Hmmm, no witnesses except for that woman and no footage to find any suspects. Your theory is plausible, but why would that kid lie? I think you should try to find more footage" James told him as he grabbed a document from his desk.

"We already are stuck at a deadend with the missing people cases. I swear, this town is just cursed, I mean it's 2035! How are some cases like the ones from the 80s still able to take place now and remain unsolved!?" James shouted in frustration.

"Take it easy mate, budget cuts across several agencies and departments have indeed made it hard to do anything. Just remain positive, I will try to look for more footage if possible, let's get this case dealt with." Peter said as he headed off from the office.

. . .

Gregory was in no mood to go outside. He would prefer to stay at Vanessa's place and just lay in bed instead of coming with her to a mall. At least it wasn’t a Fazbear branded location, he supposed.

Thankfully Vanessa gave him some more of her hand-me-down clothes, which fitted him enough to look decent for outside wear.

"So why are we here? I cannot even go on a jumping castle anyways" Gregory asked in an annoyed tone.

"We’re going shopping" Vanessa replied with excitement. Shopping was something that would help take away her focus from the past, thank god.

They went to a clothing shop nearby with windows filled with various types of shirts, jeans, trousers. The interior was filled to the brim with clothes with all options available.

"I always come here, they always have the style I want." Vanessa said as she looked around the store.

"Good for you." Gregory replied, rolling his eyes. He was certainly not the type of person who enjoyed shopping

"Let's go there" Vanessa said as she started to walk and Gregory followed her. They walked past the adult section and into the kids section for boys.

"The Adult section is behind us" Gregory told her, pointing at the direction of the adult section where he thought she wanted to go.

"You dork, I am not buying clothes for myself, I am buying clothes for you." Vanessa replied.

Something struck Gregory's mind, he could not even process what it was, but it made him feel ashamed and made him look away from her with guilt in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Vanessa asked.

"You don't have to do this" He replied, now looking down.

"What do you mean?" Vanessa asked, coming closer to him.

"You don't have to spend money on me, I will probably be back on the streets soon" Gregory replied, with his eyes getting watery.

"Hey, you don't have to worry about money, I can get you whatever you need." Vanessa said, trying to comfort him with words.

"No….I- I don't de- deserve this, you will just abandon me, like the rest of them did" Gregory replied, trying to hide his tears.

"Hey…" Vanessa crouched to his level, "I will NEVER abandon you, hell, I will not let those CPS guys take you away if they catch you or anything. Again, after all you have done for me, I can never pay you back, but at least I can take care of you. If you would like me to, of course."

Gregory immediately looked at her, now showing tears flowing down his cheeks.

"You promise, that y- you will take care of me, not be- because you want to prevent me from going to the police?" Gregory asked, stuttering.

"I promise, because I care for you and you deserve the love that every child should get." Vanessa replied, giving a soft smile.

Gregory couldn't resist and immediately hugged her, now crying.

"Th- thank y- you" Gregory tried to speak in-between his crying to her.

Vanessa gladly took him in her embrace, ignoring passing people looking at them.

"Hey, it's fine, you don't have to get emotional. C'mon, let's buy you some stuff" Vanessa replied as she wiped his tears and patted his back, trying to comfort him.

Gregory slowly calmed down, he finally stopped after 5 minutes and wiped his eyes and cleared his throat. Vanessa, happy that he is now more comfortable around her, kissed his cheek as a sign of affection.

"Ew, you licked me" Gregory responded with a disgusted look.

"What? It's just a smooch" Vanessa replied in a playful manner.

"I don't know what you have eaten or licked" Gregory responded.

"Eh, don't worry, let's get shoppin" Vanessa replied as she got up and showed him some brand new shirts from a nearby shelf.

"Nah, too blank" Gregory replied.

"How about this one with a monkey?" Vanessa asked.

"That will work with me" Gregory replied in approval.

"Good, how about this one with a bun-" Vanessa stopped just before saying the word, she stared at the shirt with a white bunny made on it, she immediately threw it back into the shelf.

"Hehe…..uh, lets see some other section" Vanessa spoke with nervousness.

"How about that section with T-shirts, they look good" Gregory asked her, trying to divert her attention.

"Yeah, let's go there" Vanessa replied as she ruffled his hair.

. . .

The shopping trip went well for them. They grabbed a good amount of clothes for Gregory and while he was not looking, Vanessa also bought some games and books to keep him entertained.

They reached her home at 4pm in the noon, exhausted by the shopping and from standing at the cashier counter.

Vanessa put down the 4 bags they bought in her bedroom and came to the living room, only to find Gregory sitting on the couch with his head looking down.

"Hey, what's wrong now?" She asked as she sat beside him.

"So, uh the promise, you really mean it?" He asked, now looking at her eye to eye.

"I really mean it by heart, I totally understand your situation, kid. I was in your position too, scared, confused, no one to look upon, I don't want you to go through it too" Vanessa replied, she knew that this wouldn't be easy to convince him that she is indeed saying the truth because a large part of his life he had been alone, because of her.

"Pinky promise?" Gregory asked, moving his pinky finger towards her.

"Pinky? Full promise" she replied, moving her hand and gently holding his hand and rubbing it.

"You really mean it? You will not abandon me right?" Gregory asked her.

"The only way I can abandon you will happen over my dead body, I mean it" Vanessa replied with determination.

Gregory finally sighed with relief that she really meant it, not getting mad at his constant questioning and insecurities, he gently pulled back his hand.

Vanessa decided to have some fun to stop making him think too much on the topic and make him more comfortable around him. "You know I can't promise you one thing…" she said.

"Which is?" Gregory asked, now an eyebrow raised.

"This!" Vanessa said as she pulled him closer to her and began to launch a full scale tickle assault on him.

Gregory giggled, trying to push her away with his single arm, "hehe, stop! It tickles!"

She ignored his request and kept tickling. He responded by tickling her back, both of them dissolved into tickling each other. He tried to use his socked foot to push her back in a playful manner but eventually he finally gave up since she could use both of her hands, as compared to one of his.

She finally stopped her tickle assault after he gave up, letting him lay his head on her upper sternum and rest.

"You know I just totally forgot that you still have a broken arm, I have to be more careful" Vanessa told him as she laid her hand on his head.

"Nah it's fine, at least it's still healing, doctor told me that it will be healed in two weeks" Gregory replied.

"That's great! So uh, the other thing I want to kinda talk about is your uh, Orphanage Home issue" Vanessa asked in a weird manner, knowing that there would likely be a complicated answer.

"Well, uhh, so uh, the authorities there told me that I am no longer in their database, so Mr. Brow-, the Orphanage Home had no reason to keep me so I escaped." Gregory replied as he laid by her side on the sofa.

"No longer in the database? How is that even possible?" She asked with surprise.

"I mean they never issued a missing person's report, not to mention the entire system is severely underfunded. Regardless, why would they even care?" Gregory responded, trying to come up with a possible explanation.

"Ok that's super weird of them, but I wanna make sure that I am keeping you with me legally so we both stay out of trouble" Vanessa told him. As she got up her phone rang. She checked the number, it was Luis.

"Hello?" Vanessa asked as she picked up the phone

"I am just coming to your house at any moment, we need to talk, ASAP" Luis frantically told her as she could hear him traveling in a car.

"What's the matter?" She asked.

"It's something important, ok! Just be ready for us, we will be there any minute!" Luis told her as he hung up.

"Something important? I don't have a good feeling about this" Vanessa mentally thought as she immediately went into cleaning up the house of any mess.

"What happened?" Gregory asked her as he also got up from the sofa.

"We have guests coming at any moment, just cleaning up. Can you kindly check the door when they come?" Vanessa told him as she dropped some rubbish papers into the dustbin.

She cleaned up like a minute before Luis arrived with his guest in tow.

"Hi Ness!" Luis greeted her as he entered inside.

"Hi! Uh, Vanessa" John also greeted her, but in a more awkward manner as he also entered.

"Hi Luis! Hi….Johnny." Vanessa greeted them both but gave Johnny a death stare as she approached him. She overlooked him as Johnny was just 5'7" compared to her 6 feet height.

"Soooo, what's this important issue?" She asked as they took a seat and saw Gregory, sitting on the sofa.

"Ok Luis, tell her your stupid shenanigans" John told him as he gave him a angry stare.

"Ok I get it that it was stupid but jezz, stop looking at me like that!" Luis tried to defend himself.

"Screw you! Get to the point, damn it!" John told him in a frustrated manner.

"Ok guys! So uh, I knew that time was super short and he was at risk of being transferred, so I, uh, hacked the county's CPS database and removed Gregory's name! Problem solved!" Luis replied, trying to explain his plan.

"Yeah except for the risk that we could go to prison for 15 years!" John shouted.

"Wait wait wait, you did what?" Vanessa asked, totally confused.

"Ok in short, I hacked the CPS local database and removed Gregory from it. Now that I see he is here with you, there should be no issue!" Luis replied, trying to explain to her in a simpler manner.

"You hacked a government site!?" Vanessa asked in shock

"That's so cool!" Gregory shouted with excitement, only to see all three adults giving him a awkward stare, "Sorry"

"I mean yeah, it is cool" Luis replied, trying to play it cool.

"Oh shut the hell up, you only did it to impress your 'girlfriend' " John replied, rolling his eyes in disapproval.

Vanessa was too lost to use any words at this point, Luis had basically got Gregory in danger by getting him removed from the database but also indirectly helped her get free from Vanny. She didn't even know if it was a good call or not.

"Well thanks Mr. Luis! I really hated it there" Gregory told Luis.

"Well kid, we unfortunately have to send you back, or else all 3 of us end up in prison" John replied, telling him the issue.

"No!" Vanessa shouted.

The room fell in silence as John gave her a stare of concern. She realized that he was unfortunately right, that what they were indeed doing was wrong.

"But if I go back, they will send me away to some other location" Gregory said with concern.

"What about Foster care?" Luis told them all.

"Foster care?" Vanessa asked.

"Well it's certainly the most legal way to keep Gregory with her without us going to prison or wasting time in paperwork and training for adoption, it's our best shot" Luis explained.

"Why didn't you think of that before!?" John shouted at Luis.

"I did not know it was a thing man!" Luis replied, trying to defend himself.

"Quiet both of you, first, we need to ask Gregory if he is ok with the plan. We don't want to send him there without his consent, second, Luis, you have to go fix that mistake. I understand that you did it for the kid but let's be honest, it will create more trouble than good" Vanessa told them, looking at Gregory for his answer.

"I- I think it will work, but you better get me out of there as soon as possible!" Gregory replied.

"Don't worry kid, you will be out of there in no time." Vanessa told him as she ruffled his hair.

"Ok so the main issue is solved, I need to talk to you two, '' Vanessa told Luis and John as she pointed to the door leading them outside the house.

"Uh, ok" John replied with nervousness.

All three of them went outside as Gregory retreated to Vanessa's bedroom as she pointed towards it as she exited the apartment.

"What the f**k were you thinking of coming here?" Vanessa asked John, now approaching him with an angry expression.

John tried to defend his actions, "Hey hey hey, I wanted to help cause Luis asked, I am trying to repay for my past mista-"

"I don't wanna see you after what all you did to me in high school, you can never repay me, never." Vanessa replied with anger as her fist curled.

"It does not have to be like this, I promise I have changed." John replied, trying to convince her.

"Oh you wanna change huh? Then you can do this, get the hell out of here and never come back!" Vanessa told him as she pointed towards the stairs, asking him to leave.

John gave out a loud sigh as he walked away, now her attention went to Luis.

"Hey uh, ok fine I am sorry! I shouldn't have been so stupid to do an illegal thing and bring him into this. I am truly sorry, I just wanted to help! Especially since this is the first time that I have seen you happy since you took that job at the pizzaplex." Luis replied, trying to explain himself.

"That's enough, I understand your motive and I appreciate it. But after this, please don't do it again, ok?" Vanessa calmly told him as she leaned against a wall.

“Understood,” Luis replied, graciously. He then decided to ask, "I hope you don’t mind if I ask this, but why take in this kid?"

Vanessa immediately went into panic mode as she tried to think of an excuse, "Let's talk about it later, for now just know that he is special to me".

"Ooook….cool. Nice to know that you have someone else in your life now, especially after all that has happened to you." Luis replied, now less tense.

"So I guess that's it for today, I would like to have some alone time now" Vanessa told Luis.

"Uh yeah sure! I was actually about to head out, so uh, later!" Luis replied as he dashed off.

"Are they gone?" Gregory asked as he peeked through the door.

"Yeah, you don't need to worry." Vanessa reassured him as she entered the house and collapsed on the sofa.

"You really gonna go through with the plan?" Gregory asked as he sat beside her.

"Yeah, and I promise I will get you out. Tomorrow we will go to the cops and make up some story so they take you there. Then I apply for Foster care and take you in" Vanessa explained to him the plan.

"And what if I am transferred?" Gregory asked.

"Then I will fight my way to get you under my Foster care" Vanessa replied.

"Promise?" Gregory asked her, looking her eye to eye.

"Promise" Vanessa replied with confidence.

. . .

Afternoon turned into night as they both went to bed at 9pm.

"Ok, You sleep here, I will sleep on the sofa" Vanessa told Gregory as she took her pillow from the bed.

"Hey uh, can you stay here again? For this night please?" Gregory asked.

Vanessa again gave it a thought, while she certainly wanted to make sure that the kid had privacy, she also wanted to make sure that he was comfortable in her house. As such, she decided to say yes.

"Sure, make way shrimp" she said as she laid down with him.

"I am not small" Gregory replied, giving her a stare.

"Oh sorry, you are not small, you are tiny" Vanessa replied, playing with him.

"Hey! I am not tiny! I am almost 4 feet tall!" Gregory defended his height.

"4 feet? That’s small for you ag- wait, how old are you?" Vanessa asked, realizing that they still did not know that many details about each other yet due to their trust issues beforehand.

"Oh, I am 8 years old," Gregory replied.

"I'm 26" Vanessa told him as she became heart broken. She had lost her mother when he was just 6, so she could relate to having much of his childhood got ruined.

"Heh, old grandma" Gregory joked.

"What did you say?" Vanessa asked him with mock irritation.

"Old grandma" he replied playfully.

"Ok mister, come here" Vanessa said she grabbed him and pulled him closer to her and launched her tickle assault on him.

"Hehehe, stop, I am not a baby!" Gregory said he tried to defend himself.

"Well if you say 26 is old, then 8 is a baby for me" Vanessa replied as she stopped her tickling and wrapped him in her arms.

"So tomorrow we will go to the cops? What if the CPS transfers me?" Gregory asked her as he laid his head on her arm.

"Don't worry, I will get you back, no matter what they do to seperate us" Vanessa reassured him.

"Goodnight Vanessa" Gregory told her as he latched into her arm.

"Goodnight Gregory" Vanessa replied as she gently brushed his hair with her hand.

. . .

Gregory was sleeping when he was awoken by a faint and yet familiar voice.

"Gregory….." the voice spoke. It sounded quite a lot like…Vanny's.

"Wha-" Gregory immediately looked around, he was in Vanessa's bedroom, with her hugging him securely, she was sleeping peacefully.

"Guess it was just an illusion" he brushed it off.

"Gregory!" Vanny shouted as Vanessa opened her eyes, which were glowing a sickly purple.

"Get away from me!" Gregory screamed as he tried to push himself away, but Vanny already had a huge advantage of having him in her arms already, she tightly hugged which was inescapable for him, he felt like he was being crushed.

"Oh look at you, trying to escape me again? Pathetic!" Vanny spoke as she only tightened her grip on him.

"Let….me….go" Gregory shouted.

"Oh? Not so brave now are you? You are not going to try and save your princess again? I expected you to be a coward and you have proved yourself to be one. You never deserved any love from Vanessa" Vanny belittled him.

"No! That's not true!" Gregory replied, shouting right into her face.

"Oh sweetie, it's very true! You failed your family already, now you have failed her, the only remaining person in your life. Now you have failed yourself, you harmed her, both physically and mentally, goodnight" Vanny said as she quickly maneuvered her arms and put them around his neck and without any warning, snapped it.

…

Gregory's eyes opened, he looked around. He was fine, his neck was also fine, it was just a dream.

He looked at Vanessa, still sleeping peacefully. However, this did not give him any comfort as guilt took him over and the urge to cry just increased, he kept getting flashbacks of Vanny.

Vanessa's phone then began to vibrate. Gregory immediately left the bed to see who was calling, careful enough to make sure he did not accidentally wake up Vanessa.

As he saw the phone, it showed an unknown number calling. He took the phone and went outside the bedroom into the living room and answered the call.

"Hey Vanessa, it's John, sorry to call you this early, but I am an early morning walker so" John said as Gregory quietly listened.

"Hi Mr. John, it's me," Gregory greeted him.

"Oh hey kid, is she sleeping? Also why are you up this early, it’s 5 am?" John asked.

"Yeah, she is just…" Gregory sobbed a bit, "...sleeping".

"Hey, what's wrong?" John asked, now with a concerned tone.

"Its….nothing" Gregory replied but his tone sounded like he was about to cry.

"Kid, seriously I know you are crying, what happened?" John asked.

Gregory could not stomach keeping the secret anymore for this much time, he finally broke down, "John, Vanessa, sh- she is….."

Chapter Text

Vanessa found herself in a dark void, again. All she could see around her was black with nothing present. She started to hear cries, cries of her victims. They were begging her to let them go, followed by Vanny's giggle. It only got louder and louder as Vanessa felt her own cries for forgiveness get overwhelmed, all these then got overtaken by a loud ringing.

She opened her eyes, she found herself safe and sound on her bed. She looked around, Gregory was nowhere to be seen and also started to hear that her doorbell had been ringing, frantically.

Vanessa rushed off her bed and out her bedroom and saw the bathroom door closed with light coming from underneath it. She was relieved that Gregory was probably inside, so she went on to check who was still ringing the damn doorbell.

She opened the door, expecting the idiotic salesperson trying to sell their stupid product to her, instead she got something else.

Vanessa took a punch right between her eyes. She immediately fell down from impact, dizziness taking over her vision. She gave out a moan as she tried to get up, but she felt her collar being grabbed and she was thrown against the wall.

She leaned against the wall, as she finally got her balance and vision back, only to see Johnny hold her by the collar.

"All along, it was you!" John shouted at her with full anger.

"What?" Vanessa asked, trying to process what was happening.

"You son of a b*tch, we all know what you did" John replied as she gave her a death stare, with Luis behind him looking at her with disappointment.

"Where is the kid!?" John demanded.

"He- he is in the bathroom, what happened?" Vanessa told him as she again asked why he was acting so hostile.

"YOU are the one responsible for making all those people go 'missing' in and around the Pizzaplex, YOU killed those staff working for your bullshit company, YOU killed those children to satisfy your sadistic ego, that kid did not get beaten up in the street by a random thug, YOU beat him, YOU killed his mother, and now YOU are trying to make the kid think that you are the victim here and trying to kill him again!" John ranted as his grip on her got relaxed.

Vanessa eyes streamed down tears as she knew he was right in the most parts, she tried to explain, "I- It was not m- me, h- he mad- made me d- do it"

"Bullshit!" John roared.

He never thought he would come in a situation where he had to confront a bloody child serial killer, thankfully he just had the perfect tool for such confrontations, a Glock 17.

"Stay where you are!" John shouted as he aimed his pistol at her, turned off its safety and cocked it.

Vanessa froze with fear, was he going to shoot her? Did she even deserve such a quick way to death for what all she did?

"Luis call the cops and check on the kid, I got this b*tch cornered" John instructed Luis, who complied, he pulled out his phone and dialed in 911.

"What! Please listen, I did not mean to do any of this! He forced me to do this! Vanny forced me! I had no choice! Please!" Vanessa cried out.

"You think we will believe in such a fantasy story? Luis, call the cops, NOW!" John ignored her pleas.

Gregory, who had been listening to all the commotion outside, rushed into the scene, sprinting towards Vanessa. Before John or Luis could process what just happened, he wrapped himself on Vanessa.

"She is telling the truth! Please give her a chance to explain!" Gregory pleaded.

John panicked as he tried to convince Gregory to get away from her, "Kid! get away from her! She- she can.."

"I have been living with her for a few days now! She was possessed and forced to commit all this before I got it out of her! Please listen to me!" Gregory shouted.

"Fine….." John accepted the pleas as he lowered his pistol.

"You better start talking about what the hell this is all about" John told them as finally calmed down and told Luis to stop calling the cops, for now.

. . .

"Wait, so in brief, this 'Glitchtrap' thing possessed you from that VR game you were testing and that thing made a entity inside of you to commit all those murders and build some body, and it was defeated after that kid played some games?" Luis asked as he scratched his head in confusion.

"Yes, and I swear it's the truth! You have to trust me!" Vanessa replied.

"Ok ok, even if we assume that all this is true, how are we even sure that this 'Vanny' thing is not still inside her" John pointed out.

"I saw her get out of her body myself! She fell over some wires and she was like, sucked away!" Gregory tried to explain his theory.

"So, I guess she’s safe now?" Luis questioned.

"I don't buy this. How about we first hand over the kid to the cops and our 'friend' here shows us the body of that 'Glitchtrap' to show us that she is not lying and that she has not brainwashed this kid." John replied.

"I don't wanna go back to that prison!" Gregory shouted.

"Don't worry, she will take you under foster care, after she proves herself to be true" John replied.

"Aren’t we being a little too aggressive here?" Luis questioned him.

"We are dealing with something super serious here! Of course we can’t trust her!" John exclaimed.

"Guys! I get it! We will hand over Gregory to the authorities but I can't take you to the place where his body is! It's too dangerous!" Vanessa tried to explain the situation.

"Whatever it is, you have to show us that, at all cost" John replied, he was not letting this go.

Vanessa sighed, "Fine, we gather at the parking lot at 11pm and work our way from there" Vanessa told them.

"Well sounds like an ok idea. No one will be around, and the kid will be safe with the authorities." Luis replied.

"Alright so that's the current plan. You two go to work, keep a close eye on her, Luis, and I will drop the kid off at the station" John replied.

Vanessa knew this was going to be hard, and by already seeing disappointment in Gregory's face, she had to prove her innocence, at any and all costs.

. . .

Vanny knew the plan was pathetic to say the least. She is stuck in the stupid map bot to search for a new host while Glitchtrap tried to kidnap children and get the Animatronics to do his dirty work.

All day, Vanny had been forced to hand out maps. Glitchtrap wanted her to find a female who was an employee of the Pizzaplex and who was physically fit enough to conduct the work. Up till now she had had no luck. To make matters worse, she even saw Vanessa along with Luis. This made her even angrier and more blood thirsty and wanted to make Vanessa watch herself killing Luis and then put an end to her miserable life. In her current form though, this was next to impossible.

As she was looking around, bored to death, she saw a Security guard approaching a girl who was drawing on the walls of the Atrium. Vanny approached them to get a clear view.

Her nametag read 'Rachael J'

"What are you doing?" She hissed at the child.

The child immediately dropped her crayons and looked at Rachael. The guard was clearly angry as she approached the child and towered over her. She pushed the girl to a corner and came closer to her.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Rachael said with an angry tone.

The girl was clearly frightened and used her arms to cover herself.

Vanny watched the conversation take place as Rachael's hands turned into fist as she taunted the girl and even said some 'mean' words to her which, while were barely audible, she was able to make out what they meant.

"We are going to the office." Rachael said as she grabbed the girl's arm and dragged her to the elevator, only to be stopped by a rookie employee.

"Hey um, Rachael, I don't think we are supposed to drag a child like that." the rookie told her.

"Bite me, she was drawing on the walls, she has to be taught a lesson." Rachael hissed.

"Ma'am, the policy sheet which I was told to follow said that we are supposed to be gentle with children. I know you have some troubled history but don't let it affect you" the rookie nervously replied.

Vanny saw Rachael's hand leave the child, who ran away, and then grabbed the rookie by the shirt collar.

"You listen here, you don't have to go digging through my files, you understand!? If I find you interrupting my duties or seeing my employee files, then I will rip you apart with my bare hands" Rachael told him as she threw him to the floor and walked away.

It would seem that Vanny had finally found the person that Glitchtrap wanted.

. . .

Vanessa waited nervously in the Pizzaplex's parking lot, still wearing her security uniform and tried to think of a plan to not go inside. She knew, however, that they were too determined to see the truth. It was already 11:30pm, she hoped that they would not come in time.

She saw Luis's car approach her, and any hope remaining left her body. It stopped just in a parking spot nearest to her and its two occupants came out.

"So what's the plan Ness?" Luis asked her.

"I- I think we will go to Roxy Raceway and then go to the basement where his body is" Vanessa replied.

"What is Roxy Raceway?" John asked, confused.

"You are about to find out." Luis told him as they all walked to the building.

Thankfully, as it was 11:30 pm and all daytime staff left at 9pm, the Security Bots were already up and the entrance door was open for nighttime staff. They entered and were greeted by a silent lobby with no animatronics out, a miracle.

"Damn, how do you guys have the money to pay for the electricity bill?" John said, commenting on the brightly lit interior.

"It's a multi million dollar company, they can somehow afford to pay for this, but not for some other more important stuff" Luis replied, letting him know about the company.

They made their way from the lobby to the Atrium with no issues, and then started to approach the entrance to Roxy Raceway, but there was one problem coming at them.

"Is that b*tch trying to come to master with those two idiots?" Vanny spoke as she spotted them as Map bot.

"Vanny, get back into the network, I have a plan" Glitchtrap responded.

The trio made their way to the Roxy Raceway, dodging a few staff bots and made their way to the door that led to the basement.

"So guys, he is down there" Vanessa said as she began to think of the memories when she, along with Monty and Freddy, first dug down.

"It doesn’t look like much, so we’ll do a quick scout and leave" John replied as he and Luis surveyed the area.

As they discussed how they would go down, the lights went out, followed by Vanessa screaming.

"What the!? Vanessa!" Luis screamed as both him and John struggled to see what just happened.

They both were lost for a moment before they saw a pair of purple glowing eyes against the backdrop of the darkness.

The light came back on, the figure with glowing eyes was none other than Vanessa herself, with some wire sticking out from the door.

"What the f*ck, wait, why are her eyes glowing?" John asked in confusion.

"I have a bad feeling about this" Luis replied as they looked at her, with confusion.

"I see that Vanessa bought some friends" Vanny said as she gave out a giggle.

"F*cking creepy" John replied.

"You are not Vanessa" Luis replied, now with a disgusted look.

"Oh her? Let's just say she is on a break while I do the 'job'" Vanny said playfully.

The truth was out.

Luis was enraged, "Alright! I demand that you leave her a-", before he could finish, Vanny jumped on him and gave his face a clean punch, knocking him to the floor. Vanny then started to punch him again and again.

"Hey! Pick on someone your own size!" John shouted as he pushed her off Luis.

"Oh? So you also want to fight? Too bad you can't win!" Vanny replied as she attacked him. Narrowly dodging her punch, John retaliated with a kick which she also dodged. Both of them then proceeded to trade several punches, kicks and dodges as they tried to gain an upper hand but to no effect.

"Damn, she knows hand to hand combat" John commented.

"You really think I wouldn't practice some to pull off my beautiful work" Vanny taunted him as she gave a kick on his leg and he fell.

John looked at Vanny, she was again smiling like a mad woman but then his attention went to the wire that was present, he got an idea.

"Luis! That wire! Attach that to her! NOW!" John instructed him.

"Ok! Hold her off" Luis replied as he ran and grabbed the wire. However the wire was a lot more difficult to move than Luis anticipated and it took a lot of strength from him to pull it closer to Vanny.

"Oh you don't!" Vanny shouted as she began to sprint towards Luis, only for her foot to be caught by John which caused her to fall down.

"Let's dance, '' John replied as he scored several punches on her stomach, only for her to kick him in his crotch. This made him fall and mourn in pain and worse, made his gun fall off his person.

"Shit!" John shouted as he rushed to get it back, only for Vanny to score several punches on his torso and head, making him lay down in pain.

He fell just by the side of the gun, he weakly moved his hand to grab it but Vanny stepped on his hand and took the gun.

She then proceeded to place her foot on his upper chest and press against it, making it hard for him to breath.

"The cat becomes the mouse" Vanny giggled.

"F*ck you" John replied as he desperately tried to get air into his lungs.

"You know, I love to play with my prey with my knife, but since I don't have it, this will have to do" Vanny commented as she cocked John's own gun and pointed it at his head.

"Go ahead, this is the only thing that cowards like you can do" John hissed at her.

"Words are not gonna save you sweetie, good night" Vanny replied as she was about to pull the trigger, John kept his eyes open to see his death head on.

Just as she was about to end John with a bullet to his head, Luis came to his rescue as he finally got close enough. With all his might he pulled the wire for the final time and struck it on Vanny's neck, leading to purple sparks coming down and Vanny screaming, only for those to disappear.

Vanessa's body went limp as she fell, only for Luis to hold her by her hand before she hit the floor.

"What the hell was that?" John asked.

"I have no idea, but I am not sticking around here to find out, let's get out of here!" Luis exclaimed as he picked up Vanessa by one side and John by the other as she was clearly unconscious. John clearly made sure to take his gun and removed the ammo magazine to make sure nobody could fire it.

"Disassemble the humans" Glitchtrap announced on the Pizzaplex's announcement system as nearby staff bots rushed towards the trio.

"That did not sound good," John commented.

"We need to go! NOW!" Luis screamed as they ran the best they could while also carrying Vanessa.

A staff bot grabbed John's leg and began to pull it.

John panicked as he trashed around, "Get your hands off me! I am a United States Mari-"

He was cut short as a staff bot grabbed his arm, he gave them both a kick, getting them off them.

"Shit! They are trying to tear us apart!" John said frantically as they exited the Roxy Raceway. The bots in the atrium did not attack them, but they were taking no chances and quickly made their way to the lobby.

"Thank god, I think we are ok" Luis commented as they both tried to catch their breaths.

"Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex is now closed. Initiating nighttime protocols." The Pizzaplex's automatic announcement system announced as the entrance door began to shut down.

"F*ck! To the door!" Luis screamed as they ran to the door, they slid down with Vanessa still unconscious, pulling her out just in time before the door closed.

"Holy shit that was close!" Luis exclaimed.

"Bloody hell, this is beyond science" John commented.

"Wait! Vanessa! Is she ok!?" Luis questioned as he looked at her with worry.

John put his finger on her neck to check, "She’s got a pulse and she is breathing. She is probably unconscious,so let's get her in the car" John told him as they both picked her up and laid her in Luis's car.

After some time, Vanessa finally woke up, and saw both Luis and John looking at her.

"Wh- what happened?" Vanessa asked them as she stood up.

"Well you got possessed." Luis replied.

"What!? Did I hurt anyone!?" Vanessa panicked.

"Hey hey, that thing is gone, John managed to hold that thing off and I managed to suck it out, it's all fine now, you were indeed telling the truth." Luis replied to reassure her that she was totally fine.

"Thank you" Vanessa told him as she hugged Luis, Luis immediately started to blush and John gave him a thumbs up.

"Ok so that… thing can travel between people via wires, so I guess we stay away from them?" John asked.

"I think that's how she was able to take control. So we need to make sure we do not attach anything to the electric system or the network of the Pizzaplex." Vanessa replied as she pulled away from the hug.

"Hey, so um, I am sorry for the mess in the morning, I did not think such things could happen, I am so sorry for that" John apologized.

"It's fine, I know the story is weird. Again, I failed to stop her so it's still my fault" Vanessa admitted.

"Hey, it's not your fault! She did it! Let's not get into that" Luis replied.

"Well it's 12am in the Morning, I say we head back home and get some sleep, and then try to get that kid out of trouble" John replied with a yawn.

"Let’s go to her place, just to make sure she does have some company" Luis said as John gave a thumbs up to that.

"Thanks guys, I really mean it" Vanessa replied.

. . .

The night was thankfully peaceful as the tired trio fell asleep on the sofa and couches, only to wake up at 5am from Vanessa's alarm.

"Morning" Luis greeted them as he got up.

"Damn, my body kinda still aches, took quite a beating I guess" John commented.

"Ok, so I won’t be coming to work today. I will go and try to apply for foster care, Luis will go and attempt to deal with Glitchtrap and stuff, and Johnny can go and do his own thing." Vanessa said, replying to both of them.

"I’m going back home and taking another nap" John replied, still sleepy.

"Ok, I will take care, hopefully we can come up with a plan to get to that thing's body" Luis said.

. . .

As Vanessa entered the orphanage home, she again began having flashbacks of Vanny abusing Gregory the last time she came. But she repressed those memories as she went to the reception desk with a form.

"Hello there, I…would like to apply for the foster care program." Vanessa told the receptionist nervously.

"You can get an interview in a week, might be longer" The receptionist replied, clearly looking bored.

As they talked about the form, the head of the orphanage home passed by the reception, with Gregory, who saw her.

"Vanessa! You came back!" Gregory shouted with excitement as he sprinted to her and tightly hugged her, weeping due to sheer happiness.

"Hey kid, calm down, no need to cry" Vanessa replied as she crouched to properly hug him.

"I am Brian Brown, I assume you know each other?" Brown asked her.

"Yeah, I’ve known him for a while now, I’ve actually come to apply for foster care" Vanessa replied, noticing that Gregory was trying to not look at Brown for some reason.

"Oh! Well, uh… you can have an interview right now actually, just come to my office!" Brown frantically replied as he showed her the way to his office with an obviously fake smile.

"Hey Gregory, I will be away for a bit, but don't worry I will come back." Vanessa informed him as she pulled away from the hug and stood up, "I promise".

. . .

“Thank god the meeting went well,” Vanessa thought to herself. She knew she had screwed up a lot of the questions, but; either due to lack of foster care applicants or just wanting to kick out Gregory, the application had been accepted. She also had had more luck as due to recent budget cuts, the foster fare application process had been simplified to only interviews being needed. For once, she appreciated the global economic recession.

The only thing she found the most disturbing was the fact that Brian had asked her to not believe anything that Gregory said about the area. He had said it was because Gregory was just stressed but she knew something was super wrong with the place.

With the paperwork done, Gregory was let go. He quietly approached her with his small backpack.

"Well you are ready to go, I just need to talk to him for a minute" Brown said as he took Gregory out of sight for a minute before returning, with Gregory looking like he was about to cry.

Brian gave her an awkward smile as he let them leave, but Gregory remained quiet. Vanessa decided to get away from view and into a nearby alleyway to speak to him.

"What's wrong?" Vanessa asked him as she crouched to his level.

Gregory broke into tears as he tightly hugged her, "He- he, hi- hit me, he told me that he will never let me leave." Gregory cried out.

Vanessa's heart broke on hearing this, she knew something was wrong but that bastard hitting him? This was outrageous.

"He wa- wanted to transfer me, he on- only stopped because you came today and he thought you knew about his abuse, so he got you the application done today itself, he wants to cover up the truth" Gregory sobbed.

"Don't worry you are safe now." Vanessa reassured him.

"Thank you." Gregory replied.

"You don't have to thank me, it's the opposite, I should be thanking you" Vanessa told him.

"You are t- the only person I- I have, you are the only one who cares for me" Gregory replied as he pushed himself more against her, "After my mom left this world, all adults and even older children neglected me and never cared for me. It was only you who took me in and gave me shelter, food and love. You are truly the only person I have in this world" Gregory honestly told her as he finally stopped sobbing.

Vanessa's heart dropped on hearing this, the kid was seriously touched and love starved, it only reminded her of the past when she was also in the same position as him, though without a serial killer. She simply didn’t have the words to express it.

"Let's just go home and rest, ok? Do you want ice cream before we get there?" Vanessa asked him.

Gregory only nodded to answer her.

"Ok let's go" Vanessa replied as she picked him up.

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"Vanessa?! Where are you?!" Gregory shouted as he found himself stuck in the Atrium's stage.

"There you are!" Vanny purred as she approached him.

Gregory panicked, he kept calling Vanessa's name. He hoped that she would come and rescue him from Vanny, who was approaching him with not a knife but an axe.

"There you are you brat…" a familiar voice hissed from behind him, it was Brian Brown.

"S- stay away!" Gregory shouted as he took a step back, which only found for him more trouble.

"Hey! Little guy!" Monty shouted as he came out of nowhere.

"Nobody will miss you!" Roxy shouted as she also joined the party, only to be joined further by Freddy, Chica and the Daycare attendant, before he could even know what was happening, he found himself surrounded by all the people and animatronics he feared the most.

Vanny giggled as she pulled out some remote and pressed it and said, "Disassemble Gregory".

The animatronics jumped on him as he tried to make a dash, but clearly failed, his arm was immediately ripped off by Monty's bite as Chica cutted off his fingers and Roxy bit off his right leg.

Gregory screamed in terror as he saw blood pour out but felt no pain at all. Finally the animatronics lifted him and put his head inside Freddy's jaw, only for him to close it and crush his head.

Gregory's vision went black as he could only hear the laughter of all the people present as it got louder and louder.

"Gregory…." A familiar voice spoke but it was barely audible.

"Gregory" it spoke again, louder this time.

"Gregory!" The voice shouted.

Gregory opened his eyes, only to see Vanessa in front of him with bedside lamps on. He was sitting straight as Vanessa shoke him, it was all just a dream.

Vanessa spoke with concern, "You were crying and calling out my name, are you alr-"

Before she could even finish, Gregory broke into tears as he tightly hugged her, refusing to let go as she felt his grip on her shirt.

"I th- thought y- you left m- me!" Gregory cried out.

"Hey I will never leave you, I made a promise to you" Vanessa replied as she patted his back.

"V- Vanny go- got me, s- sh- she told the ani- animatronics to t- tear me a- apart" Gregory told her as his weeps got slower.

"Oh god" Vanessa thought to herself as it only reminded her of the previous night where both Luis and John told her that staff bots tried to tear them apart too.

Vanessa calmed him down as she hummed softly and rubbed his back. She knew that both of them now would have a lot of problems with nightmares. As such, they would have to support each other.

"Hey, wanna play some video games?" Vanessa asked him to try and cheer him up and try to forget the nightmare. It wasn't the best coping mechanism but hey, it worked.

"No…I just wanna sleep" Gregory replied.

"Ok…wanna at least cuddle then?" Vanessa asked, hoping he would agree to this.

"Yes" Gregory responded.

Both of them laid down as Vanessa pulled him closer to her and hugged him as she provided her arm as a pillow for his head, and their body heat to keep them warm in the cold night of Hurricane since it was in a desert.

Gregory snuggled against her as he tucked his head on her neck and took one of her hands and squeezed it.

"Is my neck your favourite spot or something?" Vanessa commented.

"Oh, sorry" Gregory replied in an apologetic tone.

"No no, it's fine" Vanessa replied, reassuring him so that he didn't have to worry.

Vanessa gently rubbed Gregory's hand which was squeezing her hand to calm him down, his grip finally starting to relax.

"So, what do you want to do tomorrow?" Vanessa asked, trying to decide what she should do about him.

"You have work, I will just stay here." Gregory replied.

"How about I send you to John, he can probably keep you engaged." Vanessa asked him.

"Whatever keeps you happy" Gregory replied, now in a sleepy tone.

"It's not only about me, it's about you, you also deserve to be happy." Vanessa told him as she tightened her hug a bit more.

"I am cool with it, as long as he keeps me away from the Pizzaplex." Gregory replied.

"That can be arranged." Vanessa told him.

Vanessa found some relief that the kid could finally see a bit more of the outside world without having to worry about surviving in it, but she knew that the main trouble was still Glitchtrap who is still able to build his stupid body.

She again changed her attention to Gregory; who, unsurprisingly, had fallen back asleep. It did not take long for her to follow him.

. . .

The alarm rang as the clock hit 7am. Vanessa opened her eyes, having slept well. She immediately knew that she had to go to work today, her manager was already getting annoyed by her leave of absence.

"Morning kid, I gotta go to work today. So, uh, I will be sending you to John until the end of the day" Vanessa told Gregory as she tried to get up, only to realise that Gregory was holding her hand.

"Mmh..more cuddles" Gregory sheepishly replied.

"No time for that now, I got work" Vanessa told him.

"Cuddles…" Gregory replied, now putting his head on her lap.

"Kid I… sigh ok, come here" Vanessa said as she pulled him up into her arms.

"Ok ok, put me down, I am not a baby!" Gregory replied, now with more energy.

"Why should I? You were acting like one just a moment ago." Vanessa responded as she carried him to the bathroom.

Both of them arrived at the bathroom as Vanessa gently put him down.

"Ok we brush our teeth, then I’ll take a shower and make us breakfast. Then I will leave you with John for the day." Vanessa told him as she started to put toothpaste on her brush.

"Why not Luis?" Gregory asked her.

"Because Luis also works at the Pizzaplex" Vanessa replied as she started brushing.

Gregory acknowledged the fact and started brushing, only to struggle getting to the sink due to his height.

"Here shorty." Vanessa said as she picked him up to get him high enough to use the sink.

"Hey! I am not short!" Gregory said as he washed his mouth.

"Yes, you are tiny." Vanessa playfully replied as she also cleaned up.

"I am almost 4 feet tall! I can probably reach your neck!" Gregory exclaimed.

"Oh really?" Vanessa replied as she casually stood by him, clearly towering over him as he barely reached her hip.

"Fine you win!" Gregory admitted defeat.

"Don't worry, your don't have to be that tall to be good at things." Vanessa replied as she crouched to his level.

"So, do you want some omelettes?" Vanessa asked.

"Sure thing" Gregory replied.

"Good, let me get a shower first," Vanessa told him as she went to grab her clothes.

. . .

"This is so boring" Gregory told John as they sat on a park bench, watching birds quench their thirst by drinking water from a fountain.

"Sorry, I don't know how to entertain kids," John replied.

"I mean you were a kid once, surely you must know something we can do?" Gregory asked him.

"Kid, I can just take you out for a drive around down, which will probably be boring knowing this area" John replied as he looked at a group of old people throwing bread crumbs to birds.

"How about I drive?" Gregory asked him.

"Drive? Hah, nice joke" John replied, brushing it off.

"I can drive, I swear!" Gregory shouted.

"Ok, how about we go out in the desert? Then we will see" John replied as he ruffled his hair into a mess.

. . .

"Get over here!" Rachael shouted as she ran after a 7 year old girl. The girl had accidentally entered the racetrack at Roxy Raceway, and was now running away, terrified.

Both of them ran along the perimeter as passing patrons watched them with confusion. Despite being older, Rachael was not able to keep up with the girl.

After a few minutes the girl finally stopped as she bent down to grab some air, only to see Rachael approach her. She stood still in place, scared.

"Ok you little sh- I mean girl" Racheal said, correcting herself just before saying the 'rude' word.

Just as she was about to lay her hand on the girl, the lights went out. It was followed by someone latching into her arm. Rachael felt no pain as the thing sent some shock into her and then detached. She kept herself from screaming, remembering that there were customers who could hear her.

The lights finally went back on as Rachael turned around to see nothing which could have latched on her, but then her eyes laid on the girl.

"Ok you brat, you are in massive trouble!" Rachael said as she picked up the girl from her armpits and proceeded to take her to the Security Office in the Lobby. Just as she was about to exit Roxy Raceway, she met Vanessa who was just entering the area.

"What are you doing with that kid?" Vanessa asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"Troublemaker, she entered the racetrack and then tried to run away" Rachael replied, clearly pissed off.

"No! I didn't mean to! I was just trying to find my parents!" The girl shouted as she tried to wiggle her way out.

"Ok you liar, we will see about that in the Lost and Found Office!" Rachael replied as she proceeded to walk forward, only to be stopped by Vanessa. "How about I take her, you can then complete your time at the Raceway." Vanessa suggested.

"Fine, take her" Rachael replied as she gave the kid to Vanessa. She carefully held the kid to make sure that they were comfortable with it. They then made their way out.

"Don't mind her, she is just… uh… tired." Vanessa whispered to the kid as she walked away.

"God, kids nowadays, hell, this company is probably not even keeping a good safety record in their wires. I guess a spark got me." Rachael thought to herself.

. . .

Gregory found himself an opportunity to show off his skills as John stopped his Toyota Hilux in the desert near Hurricane.

"So, let's see how you can 'Drive'" John mocked him as he changed seats with him. He expected that Gregory would simply try to start the car and get stuck, but he was very wrong.

Gregory pressed the clutch and the accelerator as the car immediately went into speeding. John quickly fastened his seat belt as the car got very fast. Gregory easily steering the car with his one hand.

"Watch this!" Gregory said with a giggle as he drifted the car on its left as John grabbed the door handle and held on it like his life depended on it. Gregory made another sharp turn which made John scream as he thought that his pickup would just roll over. Thankfully the car kept its wheels on the ground and Gregory performed a full 360° turn, bringing the vehicle to a halt.

John took a deep breath, "What, the f-" he stopped just before saying the f word, reminding himself of Gregory's presence.

"How are you able to do all this!?" John questioned.

"I watched several videos on the topic, so I kinda learned the mechanics of how to do it. I also stole golf carts at night from a nearby residence security service and practiced for about a year to do it for real though." Gregory confessed.

John was left totally shocked, this kid could drive and also steal cars? "We will not talk of this to anyone, understand?"

. . .

Vanessa returned home, but not in her usual tired mood. She was filled with anger, frustration and sadness as the day took a toll on her. From Rachael abusing children to her getting flashbacks of her victims' last moments. She literally had to skip her lunch time just to go into the utility tunnels and cry silently. She just wanted some peace.

"Hi Vanessa!" Gregory greeted her with joy as he sat on the sofa after opening the door for her.

She, however, did not reply and simply dumped her bag by the sofa and sat down, looking at the ceiling as she tried to relax.

"I had a fun time today! I can't just tell you how much you missed!" Gregory exclaimed.

"That sounds great, but can I get some silence for a bit?" Vanessa asked him.

"Did you know that the central park has this cool slide which…" Gregory kept on going

"Kid, I need some silence please.." Vanessa quietly asked him, now getting a bit irritated.

Unfortunately for her, he completely ignored her,"And oh! I drove a car-" Gregory paused as he immediately realized what he just said.

"You what!?" Vanessa exclaimed as she got up.

"I um, nothing" Gregory immediately replied.

"Don't lie, I know what you said! Tell the truth!" Vanessa told him, now looking clearly frustrated.

Gregory knew she was in no good mood and decided to spit out the truth, "Yes, John and I drove a car, now I know it was a bit stupid of me to do it"

"Stupid? It was dangerous!" Vanessa exclaimed as Gregory pressed himself more against the side of the sofa, "Were you out of your mind!? Do you have any idea how dangerous it is for you to do such a thing!?" Vanessa was loud, just down enough to not be screaming. Her hands turned into fist as she kept on going, "God! I shouldn't have let you go with him! I knew he would never learn!" Vanessa raised her arm in frustration.

Gregory flinched at her gesture as tears came out of his eyes, Vanessa immediately stopped as she saw what was happening. She looked at her hand, which was still closed, and realized that Gregory thought that she was going to hit him.

"I- I didn't mean to" Vanessa quickly spoke up as she unfolded her hands, but the damage was done.

Gregory did not respond and instead curled himself on the corner of the sofa, trying to make himself smaller.

Vanessa felt horrible that she couldn't keep her cool just because of that stupid Pizzaplex she had to work in. She went on and took Gregory into her arms and hugged him. "I am sorry, I- it's just been a bad day for me" Vanessa tried to explain her behavior to him.

Gregory did not respond for a while. Vanessa thought that he was very upset with her, but he finally hugged her back. "I understand you hate that place, so I get why you were upset. And yeah, what I did was dangerous."

"I hope you understand, I just don't want you to get hurt." Vanessa replied as the tension turned into calmness.

. . .

Rachael was making herself some nice dinner as she easily cut down the vegetables.

"Tomorrow I am gonna get that brand new dress at the store, damn it looks so good. I also can’t wait to get that chocolate cake from the bakery that’s finally reopening!" Rachael thought to herself as she hummed.

"Ew, I hate Chocolate" Vanny said inside Rachael's head.

"What the f**k!? Who's there!?" Rachael quickly took her knife and pointed it in front of her and looked around, but found no one.

"Ah I see, you already know how to use a knife, perfect" Vanny replied as she let out a short giggle.

"Wh- what!? Where are you!?" Rachael shouted with fear.

"Inside you" Vanny replied.

"What?" Rachael asked in confusion.

"Here, let me demonstrate" Vanny replied as she took control of the arm which held the knife. She used it to gently lower the knife and place it on the table.

"Wha- how?" Rachael asked, amused.

"You see, I am a glorious creation of Willian Afton, Vanny. I have a goal and that is to bring him back to life, and for that, I need your help" Vanny replied, trying to make sure Rachael knew who she was dealing with.

"You mean that hot serial child killer with a British accent?" Rachael asked.

"Um, yes" Vanny replied, now feeling a bit awkward by her question style.

"What a lucky guy, he could put those brats in a place that they belonged to. Meanwhile I’m forced to take care of the stupid kids. You know, I kinda admire him for how he managed to pull it off." Rachael hissed.

"Well, I'll give you an opportunity. Work with me to help bring him to life again, and you would be his chosen one, it will be so much fun" Vanny playfully replied.

"Hold your horses, how can you bring him back to life?" Rachael asked.

"Easy, getting Remnant. Though it does require us to 'hurt' others" Vanny replied.

"How can hurting people help you get that thing?" Racheal asked.

"If you let me get inside you, then anything is possible." Vanny replied, trying to stay on topic. "Will you help me or not? I see a lot of potential in you, especially after seeing your behavior with kids." Vanny told her.

"Potential?" Rachael asked.

"I have seen it all in you, the hatred, the will, you were bullied when you were young right? Your family only cared about your younger sister. You were fired from your previous work for some undisclosed reason because of a child. Your entire life has been ruined by children, how are you still managing to bear it?" Vanny told her.

Rachael did not say a word but only had a slight nod in agreement, she was right.

"Tomorrow we will do something to take out all your hatred. You can have your revenge, just follow my lead, are you willing to join?" Vanny asked her, knowing that her words had clearly effected her in some way.

"I…am n-" Rachael stopped in between, stuttering, "I will".

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Chapter 9

Gregory found himself at his home, sitting at the dining table as his mother prepared some food for him. He had no idea what was going on. How had he ended up here? Wait a second, why was his mother alive!?

"C'mon sweetie, lunch is here" his mother said as she set his plate in front of him and started to eat her lunch.

Gregory did not respond as he stared at her with dismay and confusion, how was she here? Were the past 2 years just a sort of wild dream?

Gregory wanted to cry out in happiness. After so long his mother was there with him, his life was good and his worries about needing to stay in the system or surviving in the streets were just a part of his imagination.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard his name being called from in the distance. The troubling part was that it sounded like Vanessa's voice.

He looked around, not seeing her anywhere despite hearing her continue to call out his name. It got worse as he started to hear Vanessa crying, though he still couldn’t see her.

"What's wrong Gregory?" His mother asked. As he turned his head around to see her, his vision went black.

Gregory's eyes opened and he saw the ceiling of Vanessa's bedroom. Sadly the events were all just a dream, but the voice and crying was still audible.

He turned around to see Vanessa's back as she slept, but he noticed that she was shaking and was actually the source of the noises the whole time.

Gregory carefully approached her as he kicked out his blanket, trying to make space for himself. He observed her for a good ten seconds, she was repeating his name again and again whilst sobbing, "Is she having a nightmare?" He asked himself before he gently shook her to wake her up.

After shaking her for one minute Vanessa finally woke up. He observed her as she looked tense, she gave him a glance and then immediately tears started rolling down from her eyes as she wiped them off.

"What's wrong?" Gregory asked as they both sat down on the edge of the bed.

"I- it's.." Vanessa tried to reply but stopped, was she too afraid to say anything?

"Hey, if it's something regarding me then don't worry about telling me, I wouldn't get offended or scared" Gregory told her as he grabbed her hand in an attempt to comfort her.

Vanessa took a deep breath and began to dive into her nightmare, "I- I was with you shopping, you lo- looked so happy and full of life. You a- asked me to see a shelf of clothes you liked. I went to it and when I turned around, y- you were gone. I looked everywhere for you, but it was like you had disappeared. Then I heard HER, Vanny. Sh- she said that I- I failed, that she knew this would happen. I- I started to cry and then started to call out your name in hopes that you would come ba- back"

Gregory couldn't believe that she was this upset about a dream of him getting lost in a store. It all spoke to just how much Vanessa cared for him ever since she was freed. He couldn't resist feeling guilty that she couldn't even sleep due to her concern about him.

He laid down, placing his head on her lap and started to speak, "It was just a bad dream, I am sure you would NEVER leave me."

Vanessa by now had calmed down, she gently started to run her hand through his hair, "I- I just, I am just worried, you’re really the only thing I have in the world right now. I can't just get myself together after what all have happened"

Gregory was touched by her words, was he really the only thing she had left in her life? "Why would you say that?"

"My parents couldn't care for me, nobody cared for me in the orphanage. I survived on my own in college, then I was forced to work for HIM. I thought that there was no one in my life who would ever really care about me.”
Vanessa took a deep breath before continuing. “Then you came along. You not only freed me, but you also gave me love and affection which I don’t feel I deserve" Vanessa replied as she grabbed her blanket and covered Gregory with it to keep him warm.

"That's not true, it's the complete opposite" he said as he curled a bit closer to her.

"What's wrong if we both emotionally support each other" she asked him.

"Good to know we can rely on each other for one thing." he replied as he gave out a yawn, he looked at the clock, it was already 2am at night.

"Let's sleep, I got work tomorrow" Vanessa said as Gregory got up to allow her to lay down, but as she adjusted to a comfortable position, he came by her side and hugged her.

"This should prevent any further nightmares" he said as he cuddled with her.

"Thanks kid, though I think getting therapy will improve my odds" Vanessa jokingly replied as she hugged him tightly like a teddy bear.

"So will you go to therapy?" he asked her out of curiosity.

"I- I am not so sure after what all has happened, I will say maybe for now" she replied as he immediately started to feel guilty that he might have reminded her of the past.

"Ok, let's forget it all" Gregory quickly said he shutted his eyes and leaned on Vanessa.

"Good night kid" she replied as she gave him a smooch on his forehead and also closed her eyes.

It did not take both of them too long to go into their sleep again.

. . .

Vanessa wandered the West Arcade as she continuously kept looking at her watch. She kept hoping that the end of the day would come quickly. Unfortunately, her watch showed that it was still early in the day.

To distract herself, Vanessa let her thoughts wander. The only thing she could think of was how some of her victims played the arcade games here, only for Vanny to grab them and finish them off in the janitorial closet. She began to have flashbacks of h- no, of VANNY murdering her victims by using Vanessa's body. She kept seeing those innocent faces, at first all full of happiness before being replaced with fear and tears.

As Vanessa went into a spiral of bad memories, something bumped into her. She moved a bit back as she regained her concentration. She saw that a little boy had been the perpetrator, but instead of some happy hyperactive kid, he looked scared and frightened.

Vanessa quickly bent down to his level so as to not seem threatening, "Hey kid, you ok?" she asked him.

"There you are, brat!" A woman angrily shouted as she approached the duo like she was ready for a duel.

The boy quickly took cover behind Vanessa. She felt him holding her trouser with a strong grip so she knew he was afraid.

"Morning ma'am, is this your kid?" Vanessa asked the woman as she silently put one of her hands behind so the kid could use it to find some comfort. The kid quickly grabbed it and Vanessa gently began to rub his hand with her fingers.

"No and I demand that he show himself! Because of him, my perfect coffee spilled!" The woman complained, holding up an empty cup that had the name “Karen” written on it. “How ironic” Vanessa thought to herself as she prepared a response.

"So you are chasing this kid down because of a coffee?" Vanessa asked Karen as she gave a quick glance to the boy behind her. He was now shaking, likely frightened by how Karen approached and chased him.

"Yes! I need to have a word with him and make him pay for my coffee!" Karen replied as she again showed Vanessa the cup.

"Ma'am, first of all, the way you have tried to approach the child is very intimidating, he’s scared enough to be taking cover behind me! Second is that you are literally doing this over a coffee" Vanessa replied as she felt that the kid was now using her shirt to wipe his tears off.

"You think I care? He is just afraid to tell the truth and pay me!" Karen shouted as Vanessa saw her hands close into a pair of fists.

Vanessa again turned around to check on the boy, he was crying, though it seemed like he was trying best to not make any noise. The face reminded Vanessa of her victims, as she carried them to the old Pizzeria under the Plex, never to see the sunlight again.

"Hello?" Karen interrupted as her voice got more loud and harsh.

"Sigh, how much did the coffee cost?" Vanessa asked as she pulled her wallet from her trouser.

"Ten dollars" Karen replied as she gave her a suspicious stare.

Vanessa gave a sigh as he pulled out a ten dollar bill, “Why does the coffee in the Pizzaplex have to be so expensive?” she thought to herself.

Vanessa handed the ten dollar bill to Karen, "Take this and never talk about this to anyone".

"Deal" Karen replied as she walked away without making more of a mess of the situation.

Vanessa gave out a breath of relief, but then she got reminded of the kid. She turned around to see him staring at her with confusion.

"Why did you do that lady?" The boy asked her as Vanessa again crouched down to his level.

"It's for the greater good. Don't worry, she won't bother you again" Vanessa reassured him as she gave a weak smile to him, unable to still forget how similar he looked to one of her victims who was unfortunate enough to have their head turned into a smashed potato by Freddy. The only thing keeping her together from going into a panic attack was determination to not look weak since Glitchtrap was still watching.

. . .

"You sure you wanna go, kid? Some memories are best left forgotten." John asked Gregory as they approached a house, though only Gregory knew who it belonged to.

It was his home.

The car stopped as John turned the engine off and unbuckled his seatbelt, "Guess you are a determined brat huh? Let's go".

Both of them exited the vehicle as they gave a quick look around their surroundings, the neighborhood was quiet with no activity. With the coast clear they jumped the fence and landed themselves in the front yard, which was covered in tall grass, clearly not maintained.

"When did you last come here?" John asked Gregory as he looked around the unmaintained property.

"Two years ago, it looks like no one came here after the authorities locked the gate." Gregory replied with a weak voice as they moved forward towards the house.

"So you never came here when you were on the streets?" John asked him as they entered the house's porch and looked at the locked door.

"I- I didn't want to, this house just gave me….memories I would like to not remember after what all happened" Gregory replied as he observed the lock.

"Mind if we break in?" John asked him as he tightened his shoe laces.

"Just… do it" Gregory reluctantly agreed

John gave a single hard kick and the door opened with no issues, the door handle was completely obliterated.

"Always make sure to target where the lock is, it will always lead to door opening up" John told him as they entered the house, which unsurprisingly was all dusty, the wooden floor had become weaker due to termites and lights no longer functioned.

"So, where do you wanna go?" John asked him as he looked around the living room. Gregory knew where he wanted to look first. He looked around the sofa and found what he wanted, his family photo.

He wiped away the dust from the photo frame. It showed him and his parents when he was just a baby.

"Those are your parents?" John asked him as he looked at the image.

"Yeah, that was when I was a newborn. C'mon, the photo album must be up in my room!" Gregory exclaimed as he quickly ran upstairs and John followed him.

The first floor was also the same, dusty and breaking down due to no one being around to take care of it. The furniture looked like that of some zombie apocalypse movies where almost all houses are abandoned.

Gregory opened a drawer from one of the side tables, he quickly pulled three books out and handed it over to John. He then pulled out some small box and also handed it over to John.

"That's all I needed, but let's see what remains in my bedroom after all this time." Gregory said as he gently closed the drawer and moved to his bedroom.

"Quite a cozy house" John commented as he tried to imagine how the house would look like in its former glory.

Gregory opened the door to his bedroom, memories immediately started to rush in. All the six years he spent here, those times when he had a loving family. He snapped out of it as John gave a pat on his shoulder, pointing towards the sun which was about to set. Wasting no time, he began to search for something which mattered to him the most. John's eyes carefully observed the boy as he searched every drawer and shelf he had in the room. After five minutes he found it.

An old glamrock Freddy Fazbear plushie

"My mom gave me this. I loved it the moment she gave it to me, it was just a week before she…" Gregory stopped as he stared at the plushie and his eyes started to get watery.

"I understand, after losing someone, objects can remind us of them." John replied, trying to reassure him that the response he was giving out was normal.

Gregory quietly rubbed his eyes and left the room with the plushie kept in his hands with a strong grip, like it was going to be the last time he was going to hold it.

"Can we come tomorrow?" Gregory asked John as they came downstairs.

"Yeah sure, it’s probably good for your mental state'' John replied as they went through the front door.

"So you wanna go to Vanessa? I mean, she would probably like to know what we did today" John asked him as he started to load the stuff Gregory gave him on the vehicle.

"She’s at work" Gregory replied as he sat inside the vehicle and buckled his seatbelt.

"Then let's visit her at her workplace" John replied as he started the car and buckled up for the return leg to Hurricane.

. . .

Gregory immediately started to get unpleasant memories as he entered the pizzaplex, that hellish night where killer animatronics hunted him down for the serial killer that resided inside of Vanessa.

He took a deep breath as he held John's hand tightly and walked through the lobby. "Any idea where she could be?" Gregory asked as he looked around the lobby.

"Let's split up, maybe that will help us find her quicker" John suggested as he stared at the golden Freddy statue.

"Alright, you check the atrium, I will check the daycare" Gregory replied as he let go of his hand and headed towards the daycare.

"You know this place right?" John asked him as he entered the elevator.

"Unfortunately yes" Gregory sighed.

With John gone in the elevator, Gregory opened the daycare door to see if Vanessa was there. He was still unsure if she would be happy that he was visiting the Pizzaplex. They both think it's safe unless they go to the basement. Everywhere else was safe, right?

Gregory gave it some thought but decided to go on. He only walked for a little longer until he saw a familiar face, but it was not Vanessa's.

On the other side Rachael stared at Gregory, just having chased a bunch of teenagers away, she was not in the best mood.

"The f**k is he doing here?" Rachael asked herself as she saw him take a few steps back, he had recognised her.

Without much thinking, she charged Gregory after seeing that no one was around to witness it. Gregory gulped in surprise and tried to run but she quickly caught up and grabbed him by his collar and pulled him closer to her before he could reach the exit. She placed her hand on his mouth to prevent him from screaming out for help and quickly dragged him to the nearest washroom, making sure to check no one was inside.

"Look what we have here." Rachael said as she slammed Gregory to the wall, the boy only gave out a groan in pain which was cut short as Rachael placed her hand on his mouth to silence him.

"Tell me, did you ever tell anyone what happened between us?" Rachael asked Gregory as she saw his eyes widen in fear as his hand tried to push her away. Gregory shook his head to say no.

"Good, remember, tell anyone and it wouldn't end well for you" Rachael told him as she finally noticed his broken arm and bandages.

"Poor baby, what happened to you?" Rachael said lips distorted to give out a sadistic smile.

Unfortunately for her, the knocks on the door started, likely some woman wanted to use the washroom.

"Hide inside one of those stalls and get out once the coast is clear" Rachael instructed him as she opened the door and left quickly, Gregory quickly hid inside a stall before anyone had a chance to see him.

. . .

Vanessa was having a shitty day to say the least. She had dealt with the literal Karen and then also dealt with some teenagers who were damaging the Daycare Attendant with glue. She was in no mood to deal with anymore stuff for today and she was so ready to clock out and go home.

As she finished her rounds and started to head to the main security office, she saw a familiar face. It took her no time to realize that it was Gregory.

"What are you doing here?" Vanessa asked him as he approached her.

"Your shift was almost over so I decided to give you a visit so we could go back home together" Gregory replied before he practically collapsed against her.

"Tired?" She asked him as she quickly grabbed him before he fell to the floor.

"Yeah, I want to sleep," Gregory replied as he tightened his grip on his old plushie.

"Where did you get that?" Vanessa asked him as she bent down.

"Long story, can we go now?" Gregory replied.

"Kid, I have to clock out, just wait for a few minutes" Vanessa told him as she got ready to walk, but Gregory was in no mood.

"Can you…can you carry me?" Gregory asked her, as he intentionally grabbed her shirt.

"Kid, I have to clock out" Vanessa replied as she began to get worried about his well being.

"Please…." Gregory pleaded as he started to make puppy eyes.

She couldn't resist.

"Argh fine, here, get on my back" Vanessa gave up as she crouched down so he could hop on. His arm went around her neck as his legs went around her waist. Fortunately for her, he was still very light and small in size, so it was quite easy for her to carry Gregory.

"Alright, now we will leave after I clock out, you can stay…there I guess" Vanessa said as she began walking. She immediately felt his head resting on her shoulders and assumed that he had fallen asleep.

She went on to the Security Office to clock out, only to freeze just outside the door.

How would she explain the sleeping child on her back to her coworkers?

She took a deep breath as she moved forward to open the door. She hesitated for a few seconds as her hand laid on the handle, but decided to proceed anyway.

The door opened, only for her to see Luis.

"Hey, uh, so I guess you’re clocking out?" Luis asked her as he looked around.

"Yeah, can you do it for me please?" Vanessa replied as she pointed her eyes towards her card.

"Ah! No problem, John did want to meet you in the lobby, I will meet you both there." Luis informed her as he carefully took her card.

"Thanks Luis, you are the best" Vanessa replied as she turned around to head towards the lobby.

"I am gonna f*cking kill Johnny when I find him" Vanessa mumbled as she gave a quick look at Gregory, who was still peacefully sleeping on her shoulder.

Vanessa found his current state cute, his tiny body being carried by her as he slept like a baby. Of course she was more worried about her co-workers seeing this and questioning her.

"Um…Ma'am, the first aid station is towards the right" a voice spoke out behind her.

Vanessa gasped in shock and quickly turned around, making Gregory grumble discontentedly. "Sorry" she said softly as she looked at the person who spoke, only to realize that it was the new security guard.

"Hey…uh, what was your name again?" Vanessa asked him as she tried to remember.

"It was Zack ma'am," he replied.

"Ok Zack, I am not going to the first aid station, I am going home" Vanessa told him as she tried to leave in a hurry.

"Ok but who's child is that?" He inquired.

Vanessa went into a crisis inside her head as she tried to think of any excuse to get away with it, but what if he calls the cops on her or tells this to someone else?

"He is…..my kid! Yeah! He is my kid, so I am taking him home so he can sleep!" Vanessa blunted out as she proceeded to rush off.

Zack was left in shock as he tried to process what she just said. He started mumbling to himself, "Did she and Luis…?" before deciding to just forget what had just happened for his own sanity.

. . .

"Damn, what's taking them so long?" John thought as he watched his phone, showing no notifications from Luis or Vanessa. "Looks like splitting up was not a great idea after all."

John started to regret that he might have done something wrong, but thankfully he finally saw Vanessa coming towards him, and she did not look happy. He also saw Gregory sleeping on her back as Luis trailed her from behind.

"Give me a moment Gregory" Vanessa said she gently put him down, Gregory looked a bit annoyed but did not complain. "Stay with Luis for a while, I need to have a chat with John."

Just as she was freed from Gregory, John knew that he had definitely f**ked up. He was pushed out of view of the two by Vanessa and ended up behind a plant which covered them.

Vanessa pushed him against the wall as she used her height advantage to tower over him, for the first time he felt powerless as Vanessa looked him dead in the eyes.

"What, the f**k were you thinking of just leaving him alone around the Pizzaplex?" Vanessa hissed.

John tried to defend himself but knew that she was gonna have none of it, "I am sorry, I thought it was safe! That weird thing is gone anyways!"

"THAT THING is not gone! it's still there! What if that kid had gone near it! God, why did I even trust you!" Vanessa snapped at him.

John was a bit heartbroken by what she said, "Vanessa, I-"

"There is no 'I' here! You ruined my life in highschool and now you are ruining that kid's life too! You will never change….you will always just remain a devil" Vanessa told him in the face as he could even utter a word.

"Argh, just get out of my life, please, I have already committed and seen horrible acts, I don't wanna see another disaster like you." she told him and continued, "If I see you near that kid EVER again, I will make sure you regret it for the rest of your life".

With that Vanessa walked off, leaving him speechless.

Chapter Text

"Why are we here?" Gregory complained as he pulled his oversized jacket closer, trying to keep himself warm from the cold night.

Vanessa only gave a sigh in response to his struggle, "Luis wanted to have a talk, I mean…I haven’t really talked to him much in like uh, two years because of that stupid virus."

"Well you rang the doorbell two minutes ago and he hasn’t opened it yet! Maybe he’s ignoring us?" He speculated.

Vanessa stared at him for a second before she responded, "What? No way he would never do th-"

Just as Vanessa was about to finish, the door finally opened. It revealed Luis, who was panting heavily. Both Gregory and Vanessa looked at him with confusion.

"Why do you look so overworked?" Gregory asked as he entered Luis's house.

"Uh, I um, nothing! I’m just working on some IT stuff for the company!" Luis quickly answered.

Vanessa was not convinced but decided to ignore it for now, there were some more important matters at hand.

All of them walked into the living room. Vanessa had to admit, it was far better decorated then her's. Glitchtrap seemed to really have lacked interior design creativity.

Vanessa took off her jacket and placed it on a nearby jacket holder which was based on an oak tree. "So what's this whole meeting about?" Vanessa asked.

Luis opened his mouth to speak but immediately stopped. Then after a second of thinking he spoke,
"So um, I think we used to be pretty good friends ya know? But then you sort of…stopped talking to me, nearly 2 years ago now. I kinda thought that you were trying to tell me something, that I had made a mistake and you didn't want to be friends with me anymore. So I tried to respect your implied wishes and let you be.”

Luis took a breath and continued, “Now I know that it was something else and wasn’t something I did, but still we kinda lost our friendship we had with each other… so I thought that maybe we should try and hang out some more. To rebuild that connection, uh I guess heh."

Vanessa immediately started to blush with embarrassment and shame. This is what Luis had felt, that her ignoring him for 2 years was his fault? Her best friend and only friend she had when she was possessed?
Vanessa began replying, "I am sorry you feel that way, I always wanted to talk with you! B- but he always stopped me a- an-"

"Easy now" Luis stopped her, "You don't have to be sorry, I can't even imagine what you went through or what he made you do against your will."

Vanessa sighed as she collapsed on his sofa. She did not want to remember the horrors of being possessed but it was like those memories had become a part of her very brain.

"A little help here?" Gregory complained as he struggled to take off his jacket with his single arm.

Vanessa got up and into the action, "Here, let me help", she immediately took off his jacket, making sure his injured arm is not stuck to the jacket like last time.

"How's the arm kid?" Luis asked as he gave him a smile.

"It hurts less than before, I should be able to recover in like two weeks if I’m lucky" Gregory replied.

Luis only gave a smile in reply, which Gregory ignored as he checked his bandages.

"Ok so" Vanessa sat down on the sofa, "What are we gonna do about the animatronics?"

"Maybe we can run an antivirus on them through a flashdrive?" Luis said as he tried to sit next to her, only for Gregory to take the spot. He instead bought a chair from his dining table and sat next to Vanessa. "I suspect doing that network-wide will attract attention from the company, and we know that if they find out, we will be fired."

While both Vanessa and Luis talked about the whole antivirus thing, Gregory started getting uncomfortable with how they were interacting. He was getting flashbacks to times that other adults had betrayed him during his time on the streets. He felt that Luis was trying to take Vanessa away from him, like how all other adults had taken his happiness away little by little.

"So is that it?" Vanessa asked Luis as she looked at her watch which showed 11:50 PM.

"We only talked about work! Uh, let's have some normal chit chat to move away from the depressing stuff." Luis replied.

"Hmmm…you mean like a friendly date?" Vanessa asked him with confusion.

Luis immediately blushed and panicked "What? Uh no! I didn't mean that! I mean yeah, I like you bu-" He stopped himself before he could finish.

The room immediately fell silent as both Vanessa and Luis were blushing, probably due to embarrassment.

Luis quickly gathered himself to say something, "Sorry! I didn't mean to emba-"

"Hey Luis," Vanessa stopped him, "It's nothing to be embarrassed about. I… also uh, like you."

. . .

John watched the now unlit Pizzaplex from the parking lot as he opened up his Pickup's trunk. He took out a backpack, a sip of some alcohol and a Glock 17.

"So, this is where the monster that's been the cause of all our problems so far lives? Alright, let's end this place once and for all…for you Uncle Josh '' he told himself as he walked to the entrance, which unsurprisingly was not locked, “Lazy workers.” John thought to himself

He easily entered the lobby, not a big deal, he had done this before with Luis and Vanessa, now only he needs to get to that raceway and then to that basement…

. . .

Meanwhile back at Luis’s, the silence had returned with a vengeance after Vanessa’s confession
“You do?” Luis said, after a long silence

“Yeah, I’ve kinda had a crush on you for a long time, since college I think…” Vanessa replied

“I really didn’t think you did, especially after you started testing that game. I actually thought that you hated me,” Luis admitted.

“Why would you think that?” Vanessa questioned.

"It's just….I thought that you were having some personal issues when you started to act off. I didn’t want to accidentally offend you or something so I just…stopped talking to you. Now I feel really bad about doing that, if I had known what was really going on I would’ve done something different." Luis commented.

"I don't blame you, even I would have done the same if I was at your place" Vanessa reassured Luis.

"I think I should have done something! We’ve been best friends since middle school and I just shrugged off your behavior change. It was just plain ignorance…" Luis replied, guilt riding his entire face.

"Luis, it's not your fault! How could you even know that a digital virus would take over me and…." Vanessa sighed, "Forget it, let’s just move on from that for now.” she sighed before continuing, “So how’s your life been going?"

"It’s been lonely, the department is just, so unimaginative and boring and… they don't like me. I was actually thinking of quitting and trying to get a different job." Luis told her.

"Luis, I am so sorry you’re in a crap department." Vanessa replied as she placed her hand on his shoulder, "I was also thinking of quitting, you think maybe we should do it together?"

Luis immediately sprang up, "Screw over the company together? Heck yeah!"

While they were planning to screw over Fazbear Entertainment, Gregory watched them. Vanessa placing her hand on Luis's shoulder made him cringe. He couldn’t help but think, was Luis trapping her and planning to take her away from him?

. . .

"Alright, why are we just waiting here? It's 12:30 already" Rachael complained as she impatiently scrolled through her phone and looked around the party room in the daycare that they were in.

She was even more annoyed since Vanny had basically gotten her to wear a sport's shirt, a short and nothing else, talk about fashion choices.

"Be patient, our trial 'thing' is coming" Vanny reassured her as she typed something in the tablet Rachael took from a secret locker in the utility tunnels, "Aha! We need to wait only a little longer now".

Rachael huffed at Vanny's word as she scrolled through her Instagram, Vanny quickly began to realize that the host is perfect, judging by her post of course.

"So….how did Afton come back really?" Rachael asked, "Did he get kicked out of hell or something?"

"More like cheating death in a digital form" Vanny replied, "Basically he first died in a springlock suit, then in a fire, which led to one of his victims trapping him in a 'different' hell from which he escaped from in a digital form and later created me to bring him into the real world"

"Ah, I did not really understand much," Rachael told her.

Vanny sighed, "It's a very complicated history but don't worry, soon we all will be together to tell you all his great history~"

As they finished chit-chatting, Moon entered the room and caught Racheal totally off-guard.

He had a crying boy, around 7 years in his arms, trying to escape his grip.

"What the fuck?" Rachael questioned as Moon threw the kid on the ground and closed the door behind him.

"Aha finally! So here you will prove yourself my darling!" Vanny spoke with excitement, "Ok so you have to do his simple thing, open that bag and pull out that knife I kept in there, and then the most fun part, killing him."

"Uh kill him?" Rachael asked in confusion as she pulled out the knife as instructed but then stopped dead.

"Yes! That's how you will show your loyalty to Afton! He will make something better and bigger out of your pathetic self" Vanny explained.

"But….isn't it wrong to kill children?" Rachael hesitantly questioned.

"Oh, so you are just forgetting your past?" Vanny challenged her, "THOSE small kids ruined your childhood for taking all your parent's love and care for themselves, THOSE small children took your previous job away, and now you are saying this!?"

Rachael immediately started to see flashbacks of her life, where she started to see those exact moments flash before her eyes.

"Now look at you! You are more powerful then they ever will be with my and William Afton's help! Now it's your chance to take revenge! Now you can take back everything they took from you! The care..the fun… the love" Vanny continued, "It's time to start a new life, where you are the one in charge, and to show that, you just have to get rid of these annoying brats!".

Rachael tightened her grip on her knife, she saw the kid in front of her banging the door and crying out for help. Vanny began to show her the flashbacks when she was a kid and how one of her friend's little sisters got her in trouble, where she too cried out for help and no one came.

A smile formed on her face, a sadistic one with the intention of only one thing.

Killing.

She grabbed the kid as he struggled, "Let me go! Please!" He begged but she only gave out a chuckle in response.

She raised her knife to earn her first kill, her morals had basically vanished into the thin air at this point, she knew this kid couldn't do anything to her, she was more powerful, intelligent and deadly.

The boy in a desperation bite her hand, she immediately let go and covered her hand, thankfully his teeth failed to penetrate her skin.

She was pissed. Very pissed actually.

The kid tried to run away from her but she pushed him to the floor, then came the rage.

"You think you can just escape!?" She shouted as she kicked the kid in the stomach, "You are trapped here! There is no escape from this!"

She kept on kicking and kicking him, for some reason, she felt nothing, other than an urge to keep hurting the child, somehow it was satisfying her.

"There you go! Take out all your anger and agony on him!" Vanny cheered her on.

Rachael finally stopped as she finally got tired, the boy was in a worse shape however, there was blood coming out of his mouth.

"Bravo!" Vanny cheered, "Now, finish him off"

"With pleasure" Rachael stated.

She raised her knife, but did not strike him, she picked up the kid who was pouring out blood and tears, then unexpectedly for Vanny, she hugged him.

"I said kill him" Vanny told her, annoyed by her move.

The kid started sobbing, the loud one, Vanny started to think that Rachael had changed her mind and maybe she had decided to……

The kid gave out a cry, he immediately tried to pull away from the hug but Rachael only pushed him more towards her, Vanny then noticed the knife plunged into him.

The kid gave out a few more sobs before his eyes stopped and the heartbeat ceased.

"Oh my, darling, you are already growing on me, did you try to give him a sense of comfort?" Vanny playfully asked.

"Yes, I did," Rachael answered as she began to laugh.

"I see you have proven yourself, no-"

Before Vanny could finish, Freddy came in.

"Vanny, an unknown adult has entered the Pizzaplex" Freddy informed her.

"Is that so? Well guess we will have to take care of it!" Vanny exclaimed, "Freddy, kindly get rid of this mess here and kill that other backup kid. Just extract the remnant for this one please, we will take care of the threat".

"Noted Vanny." Freddy acknowledged.

"Ok, so first head to the Employee's Locker, there is a suit here." Vanny commanded.

"What suit?"

"You will find out soon…"

. . .

"There it is! Those stupid bots were taking forever!"

After an attempted ambush by the staff bots, he had finally made it to the door that would lead him down to the basement.

"Right, time to wrap this up and hit the bar for a victory drink." he thought to himself

John walked up to the door with high hopes and confidence, he now only had to go down and shoot the spring bonnie's ripoff for good. He pulled down the door handle and lifted his pistol to cover the entrance. However, the door did not open.

"What the fuck, it's locked!?"

"Hey! Little guy!" A Southern robotic voice called out.

John quickly turned around to see that someone had come to “greet” him, namely Monty.

"I did not expect any company." John replied as he aimed his pistol at Monty.

"Ohhhh~ we are just getting started…" A female voice called out from the announcement speaker, "It’s been a while since I killed a adult"

"Vanny.." he growled.

"Oh, actually it's…" she started to speak but immediately cutted off.

"Not now, we will introduce you later dear, once we get rid of this 'little issue' here" Vanny spoke.

"Ah, I see. So you’ve gotten a new victim to control now?" John mocked her.

"Victim? Ha! She is doing this willingly, I’d even call her an official member of the family!!" Vanny cheerfully delivered the announcement.

"Ayo hold up…what?" John said in alarm. He was shocked that there existed a person who was willing to do this madness of their own volition.

"You heard me! She even killed a child to prove her worth, she was even going to do it again before YOU showed up!" Vanny told him.

"Now" Vanny's tone got serious, "Give yourself up and I will give you a quick death"

"And if I don't?" He challenged her.

"The gator here will rip you apart limb by limb and throw whatever remains of you into the trashland of the Pizzaplex, never to be recovered."

"Well, how about option C, I wreck your shitty plan and destroy you once for all" John replied as he re-practiced his aim on Monty.

"Very well, have fun getting ripped apart!" Vanny spoke as she turned off the announcement speakers.

Without any warning Monty took a step forward. John immediately fired six rounds from the gun.

"Take that bitch" John hissed in annoyance.

4 of the bullets hit Monty, leaving holes in his chest area. He froze in place and checked the damage.

The bullets had failed to hit the endoskeleton.

Monty let out a furious scream as he jumped towards John. He just barely managed to shift in time to prevent himself from getting crushed by Monty's fists hammering down on him.

"OH FUCK! SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT!" John immediately thought to himself as he recovered.

. . .

Meanwhile back at Luis’s house, Gregory's plan to stop Luis and Vanessa from getting closer was not going as planned.

His attempts to derail the conversations the two were having amongst themselves hadn’t worked. His hungry stomach was silenced with a pizza, at least it wasn’t from the Pizzaplex. Heck, his declaration that he was tired as an attempt to indicate to Vanessa that he wanted to go home also failed.

Now he was pretending to sleep on her shoulder, Luis having already won a place on the sofa.

"Luis, I just… I want to thank you for at least trying to help me during those two years, I really appreciate the effort."

"Again Ness, it was nothing, that's what friends are for!"

"Shhh! Keep your voice down, Gregory’s sleeping" she shushed him.

"Oh, sorry" Luis apologized.

"No biggie.” Vanessa replied before looking at a nearby clock. “Oh damn, it's 1 o’ clock, I should head home, I have the shift in the morning."

"Yeah you should go home…it was really nice to see you again after such a long time." Luis said in agreement.

"Thanks, how about a hug for old time sake?"

"Oh sure!"

With that, Gregory was sandwiched between the two as he knew his mission had failed.

He looked by his side, seeing Vanessa pull a little back from Luis but then staring at him.

"Luis, I... I'm so glad we talked about this... About, well, you know..." Vanessa said nervously, blushing profusely.

"Uh…yeah heh" Luis replied, blushing as well.

Both of them stared at each other with small awkward smiles.

Gregory was caught off guard as they started to lean towards each other. He tightened his grip around Vanessa so he didn’t fall off of her.

"Fuck they are going for a kiss!" Gregory thought to himself, with utter disgust.

Luis' phone started to ring just before their lips touched, causing them to pull away from each other.

"Give me a moment please" Luis excused himself.

"Hello, this is Luis Cabrera, if this is one of those advertisements then I am not interested."

"I am not a fucking salesman damn it! I am about to die here if you don't help me!"

"John?" Luis said with confusion.

"Yes I am John! I just pissed off that alligator of yours!"

"Wait, where are you?"

"I am in the fucking Plex!"

"How did you end up there!?" Luis panicked.

"Hey what's happening?" Vanessa asked Luis.

"Uh…it's complicated…" Luis deflected.

"Turn on the speaker"

"Um…no need, I got it" Luis said.

"I said turn the speaker on," Vanessa demanded in a serious tone.

"Fine, but you have to deal with him later" Luis signed in defeat.

With that, the phone was put on speaker with full volume, with running sounds already audible.

"Can you tell me why you called Luis?" Vanessa asked.

"Because I am about to become dinner for that alligator of yours!" A frantic reply came from the other side as the sound of glass shattering came.

"What?"

"Ok, listen here you two dumba- I mean listen here you two! I am in the Plex running for my life cause that weird thing which took over Vanessa is back!" John said.

"Vanny!?...no! It can't be!"

"Well it is the case here at the moment! Maybe she never left you.." John said

"Are you accusing me of being her again?" Vanessa asked.

"Maybe, cowards like to hide in the shadows, maybe you are here, watching me…" John said accusingly.

"Guys cut it!" Gregory intervened, "I know it's a lot to process but we have to get him out! He won’t last a minute there!"

"Ok ok.." Luis stops everyone from going into a chaotic talk, "So first order of business, where are you?"

"Currently outside some restaurant, looks Mexican…"

"It's the El Chip one" Vanessa groaned as she crashed into the couch, "She is trying to corner you…Wait, there is a vent that can lead to the security office in the Prize Counter!"

"Ok, where is it? That alligator may have lost sight of me but he still seems to be searching for me."

"That's Monty, and I fear he is not alone."

"I guess we should be talking about that vent…"

"Oh right! So, there is a shutter door at the end of the arcade in the restaurant, near that you will find the vent, hopefully it is still open and you can fit in" Vanessa explained.

"I am not fat!"

"Just saying…" Vanessa smirked.

"Alright, let's do this, let me get past that bot…ok, I am inside. So I go right and I will enter that Arcade area thing?" John asked.

"Yeah, you will, then go to the end of the arcade and find those shutter doors."

"Alright, grab your jackets, we are going to the Pizzaplex!" Luis announced.

"Luis, we can't go inside, that place is going to be totally locked down…unless we use the docks!"

"Ah…so the management never fixed that door"

"Uh, we can do the company bashing later, we got to help him!" Gregory commented as he got up so Vanessa could help him put on his jacket.

"Oh right!" Luis replied. "You take your car, I will follow you guys” Luis paused as he thought of something before asking “Wait, who's gonna keep in contact with him?"

"I can." Gregory responded as he finally got his jacket on.

. . .

"Ok, just like Serg taught me" John tried to make himself confident. "Just an easy walk to the vent and then I stay put till I get some reinforcements."

He started by sneaking past the security bot at the entrance of the El Chip. It did not even take much effort as the bot just turned around and he slipped in.

"Psst…you there?" Gregory's voice called out from his phone.

"Yo kid, I would like some silence, the last thing I want is them hearing us." John whispered.

"Sorry, maybe just put the phone in your chest pocket so we can still see your movement." Gregory advised.

"Ok, just give me a minute, maybe I can find something in the kitchen." John responded.

Gregory waited as he heard sounds of drawers opening and some squeaking, what was he doing?

"Ok I am done." John finally responded.

Gregory immediately got a clean view of what was in front of John, he had used rubber bands to fix his phone on his chest. Something like a bodycam.

"Great! I will mute myself, I will keep watching, good luck." Gregory told him as John gave a thumbs up to the phone's camera.

John started to make his way to the vent, clearly he knew that it wouldn't be easy.

He was right.

Just as the door to the arcade opened, he immediately saw a swarm of security bots patrolling the area.

"Oh for fuck’s sake," he cursed under his breath.

He immediately started to sneak around the arcade machines to avoid the bots. It was already annoying that a single accidental push of a button on the arcade would announce his presence. Now he had to make sure that the bots didn't flash their lights on him.

As he turned around the ball trampoline, he immediately saw the main danger, Roxy.

"Umm…guys, this place has a dog robot too?"

"No you idiot, that’s Roxanne the wolf, better known as Roxy" Vanessa sighed.

"Guys…"

"What?"

"She is facing my direction…"

"Wait! She got those eye upgrades! She can see you!"

"Wait what?"

Without a second passing, Roxy started her mad dash. It did not take much time for John to realize that he was in big trouble.

"Fuck! She is after me!" He yelled as he started to run.

"You can't outrun me!" Roxy shouted from behind as she started to close the distance.

John kept running straight, Roxy was gaining on him on a dangerous level.

"Use the arcade machines!" Gregory cried out from the phone, "Put obstacles on her path! It will slow her down!"

Without wasting any time, he immediately hit the corners, going behind the arcade machines and exiting where there was a wide enough gap.

It helped make some distance between him and Roxy, but it did not seem to be enough.

"I can't keep running, I am faltering!" John finally fell down just behind the arcade machines

"You are mine! loser!" Roxy taunted him as she got ready to jump to close the distance.

"The vent is on the right side! Go in now!" Vanessa yelled from the phone.

With just seconds to bear, John noticed that he had reached the vents. As Roxy lunged at him, with whatever strength he had left, he got up and jumped inside the vent, barely missing Roxy.

"Get back here!" Roxy grabbed his leg as he just got inside.

"Get your hands off me you stupid robot!" He screamed as he kicked her right on her face, damaging her paint and forcing her to back off. John quickly crawled deeper into the vent so the wolf couldn't get him.

"Thank fucking god!" John sighed in relief.

"Congratulations you are alive, now quickly get to the security office."

"Also watch out for that spider thingy" Gregory warned.

"Spider?"

"Oh… I get it" Vanessa hissed under her breath.

"What?" A confused John asked.

"It's a mini-music man who I….I mean Vanny released to hunt down her victims…." Vanessa sighed in guilt.

"Ok, you really have to tell us about all the stuff you have done here from child murder to creating monsters."

"I had no choice. It wasn’t even ME who did those things." Vanessa said.

"You still kinda failed to resist, so that's a mistake on your part." John said accusingly

"I could do nothing to stop him! It was like I was locked out of my own mind!"

"What? You couldn't take some suffering to save lives?" John said curtly

"Like you know how painful it is to live with the guilt of failing and being forced to suffer horrific consequences if you resist!" Vanessa exclaimed, "He made me kill kids to build his body! He would punish me by making them suffer! You will never understand you heartless freak!"

"You wanna argue about suffering? I can tell you countless stories which will make you que-"

Both sides were interrupted by a child song which started to play out of nowhere and was getting louder.

"Run," Vanessa told him in a serious tone.

John immediately began to crawl as quickly as possible, he could hear the music getting louder, oh god, it was getting louder, it's gonna get him….

He fell straight down into a bunch of boxes. He got up, dusting off the dust from his shirt, he looked around and realized that he was in the prize counter office.

"Ok I am in, now what?" John asked.

"Go inside the office and shut both the doors and stay there." Vanessa responded.

"What if I have to escape again?" he asked again.

"Well then your real option is only the fire exit, which wouldn't open because you need a VIP pass, which lowlifes like you wouldn't have"

"Ok you don't have to be rude"

"Argh, so just get inside the office and close both the doors, you will be safe there"

"Do you sit in this office all night?" John asked as he closed the doors and took a seat in the only chair.

"....Mostly"

"So what's the game plan now? Is there another exit?" John asked

"There are a few but all of them are far away from you, so just sit tight and wait it out."

"Guess this is gonna be boring, I am gonna end the call, I don't want the phone's battery to be dead." John said

"Ok, just give us a call if you need us, we should be at the Plex soon." Gregory told him, trying to be cheerful.

. . .

"What was a little rude you know?" Gregory told Vanessa.

"He got what he deserved," Vanessa replied.

They both were in the Pizzaplex's parking lot, waiting for Luis who had to go back home to grab his 'equipment'.

"I still think it was a bit too much," Gregory said.

"You have no idea what he used to do to me in highschool." Vanessa responded.

"What's the worst thing he has done to you?" he asked.

"You don't wanna know." Vanessa said, wanting to end the conversation.

"What? He locked you up in your own locker like any other bully?"

"Even worse."

"Like what?" Gregory questioned again.

"Kid, why are we discussing life problems? I already had many before the whole takeover thing, I…" Vanessa sighed, "I just wish I was still a game developer."

"How was that job?" Gregory asked out of curiosity.

"Well, for starters you could play video games all day without anyone complaining. Our studio created the Viking Raids. Heh, it was fun to make"

"What's the best game out there?" Gregory asked as he started to get more interested.

"Obviously it's Super Smash Bros" Vanessa responded.

"You think that 2000s junk is good?"

"What? It's the best game I ever played! It had so many crossovers!"

"I think Need for Speed is the best"

"Formula 24 is better…."

"Roblox!"

"Stardew Valley…"

"Grand Theft Auto!"

"Wait, you’ve played that?"

"Uhh, I’ve only watched the game play." Gregory admitted.

"Well, Legends of Zelda is better so…"

"Minecraft 2" Gregory refuted, with finality.

"Ok fine you win" Vanessa gave up as he pulled the card of games.

"So, do you have to study a lot in school to become a game developer?" Gregory asked.

"No…" Vanessa replied, "I mean, I sucked at some of my subjects in school, probably even more than you."

"Hey! Don't say that, you were probably better than me when you went to school!" Gregory defended her.

"Oh yeah? I scored 50 percent in geography." Vanessa challenged him.

"I scored 40 percent in English because my teacher could not understand my handwriting."

"I just passed history in high school by one mark."

"Ok, that sounds concerning…"

"And I failed a Spanish paper."

"Vanessa…how could you do so poorly? I mean ok, Spanish is hard but History and Geography?"

"Hey, history isn’t easy ok?" Vanessa replied, "I am not that bad at geography."

"Where is China located?"

"Duh, its Central Asia"

Gregory facepalmed, "Vanessa, you need to get better at geography."

"Ok let's make a deal" Vanessa came closer to him, "I’ll help you improve your handwriting and you can help me improve my geography, deal?"

"Deal"

They heard Luis come into the parking lot, exiting his car with a laptop and a cable.

"Ok, I need some help," Luis announced.

"What are you planning?" Vanessa asked.

"You know that electronic box by the side of the docking garage doors right?" Luis asked her.

Vanessa sighed, "Unfortunately yes."

"It has a cable running through it which connects the Pizzaplex's network, I plan to use it to find the virus and delete it" Luis explained his plan.

"You are a genius! Let's do that!" Vanessa complimented him.

It didn't take long to find the box and connect into the network. Luis's IT skills proved especially useful as he immediately installed the antivirus into the network in an attempt to kill the virus.

"Let's wait and hope that the virus is wiped out quickly."

"Luis…."

"What Ness?"

"Thank you." Vanessa told him as she laid her hand on his.

"You don't need to thank me! I am just doing my work here, Ness!"

Gregory felt more insecure as Vanessa and Luis sat closer, glued to the laptop.

The moment between the two however did not last.

The laptop showed an error as the Pizzaplex's main power immediately went off, causing the emergency power to come online.

"What the?!" Luis exclaimed.

"Did the main power go offline?" Vanessa asked.

"Oh dear" Luis replied, "The main power is gone so the emergency generators are in action, the virus in the main network has lost control over the security systems but…"

"But what?" Vanessa asked.

Luis gave a frustrated sigh, "I can’t install the antivirus into the animatronics via software means, we will have to install the antivirus directly via the hardware"

"You mean pendrives?" Vanessa asked him.

"Yeah…."

"I think we should let John know…" Gregory told them.

"Oh god, call him! The doors will not stay closed forever!" Luis exclaimed.

. . .

John laid on the floor of the security office as he stared into the picture of him and his buddies while being deployed in another country. He tried to ignore that some of those people in the picture are no longer with him. The only memories left of them are only the caskets wrapped in the flag.

All the people he wronged in his childhood

All the people he abused when he joined the Marines.

All the memories of the times that he had caused harm to others came rushing into his brain.

He tried to brush it off but these memories just came back (like Afton).

As he started to drift back into guilt, the lights immediately went off for a second before turning back on.

John got to look around if something suspicious had happened, then he noticed something unusual.

A bar by the side of the door had lit up, it looked like a battery indicator.

"Ok, this is now concerning."

Just as he was trying to understand what was really happening, one of the doors started to make loud bangs. The battery bar also responded by the bar trickling down at a concerning rate.

John started to panic as he tried to figure what was going on, he desperately tried to find something to stop the banging.

Those bangs sounded so familiar….

"Lt! I will be fine, just get out!" A voice came in his head.

Not again.

John started to gasp for air, his vision started to get blurred. He tried to keep standing but fell, his vision blacked out as he began to hear screams, gun firing and explosions, a familiar voice kept telling him to leave him, until a loud explosion silenced him.

He started to recover his senses but felt something strange, like he was being held against a wall.

His vision came back, then he realized his fatal mistake.

He accidentally opened the door and now Roxy had pinned him to the wall.

Panicked, he started to thrash around but it was no use, he was firmly pinned.

"Uh…Good dog, just leave me…."

"What did you call me!?" Roxy asked in disbelief.

"Sorry! I meant wolf!"

"You called her a dog, seriously?" Vanny called out to him as she leaned against the open door.

John hissed as he saw Vanny, in a rather loose costume, "I see you’ve grown some courage to face me directly."

"Oh, you are just my play thing, I could just ask Roxy here to just kill you off but it wouldn't be too fun now would it?"

"Cut to the chase" he growled.

"I want to make you suffer, I want to set an example for those two that this is what will happen if you mess with me or our master."

"I will make sure you don't get the satisfaction"

"Oh really? I don't think you would be able to resist" Vanny giggled, "Roxy sweetheart, crush his fingers first, then bite his limbs into nothing, rest you know"

"Also" Vanny stopped before she got ready to leave, "Make sure his screams can be heard from outside the building"

"You will never get away with this!" John exclaimed in anger.

"I killed two children today, obviously I can get away with getting rid of you, anyways. I will make sure that the cops will be impressed by our work on you, goodbye" Vanny taunted him as she left.

Roxy turned to face John, he knew he might not make it out of this one…

"I don't know how you robots work or function! But please stop! She is using you and your friends to kill children!" John pleaded, trying to reason with her.

"Your words mean nothing…" Roxy growled, "I am gonna start with your left arm"

"Fuck!"

Roxy went for the bite, John grabbed her jaw to prevent her from getting any closer, soon it was a losing tug of war. Her sharp teeth were getting too close for comfort.

With not many options left, he tried to kick her away, but that also did nothing…

This was the end…

This is how he dies.

John's phone began to ring, even though it was on low volume, Roxy caught the noise and turned around to see the phone on the table.

With a precious opportunity, John gave Roxy a good kick in the face again.

She stumbled back from him, dropping him on the ground. He immediately grabbed the office chair and hit her towards the door.

This did not last, she punched the chair out of his hands. Just as she was about to charge though, he smashed the door button, closing right as she jumped.

A loud bang came from the other side of the door.

"Holy mother of god!" John took deep breaths as he got on his knees.

That was way too close…

Just like last time…ended up in a disaster.

He gathered himself and answered the call.

"Guys…." he took a deep breath, "she almost got me…."

"Thank god!" Luis breathed a sigh of relief, at least the janitor would not have to clean up blood in the morning.

"I need to get out, these doors won't hold."

"We know! The main power just went offline! The facility is on emergency power, the doors will open at 6am." Luis explained.

"Is there any other way?" John asked.

"There was the docks door but it seemed to be locked, maybe it's settings were changed"

"Ok, the main exit is blocked, the fire exit is there but the design is just shit and the FUCKING DOCKS ARE LOCKED! HOW THE HELL AM I GONNA SURVIVE!" John screamed in frustration.

"Calm down" Vanessa interrupted him, "It’s 3am already, you need to stay alive for, like, 2 more hours. That office has enough power to last that long and more."

. . .

"This is bad! This is really bad!" Rachael panicked.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen, even if he ge-"

"What if he called the cops!?"

"Rachael…."

"What if they find out…."

"Rachael"

"What if they find the bodies…."

"Rachael!"

Rachael shut up as Vanny increased her voice in her head.

Vanny took a deep breath through Rachael, "You really think that moron can derail our plans? You saw what happened tonight" Vanny kept going, "Even if he called the cops, will anyone believe him? Second, he is trespassing, it's more likely that the police will just arrest him and throw him in jail."

"What about the cameras?"

"Cameras? Oh please, the footage is deleted after each night, no one will ever find out"

"Alright but it does not seem like we control the network anymore, we can't hack anything except the robots!"

"That bastard's friends must have installed an anti virus…but still, we have everything we need to keep going" Vanny continued, "Rachael, you have proven yourself today, you are the perfect candidate to help me build back our master, we just have to go on."

"We will reach our goals no matter what…"

"There is just one more thing I need you to do, do you know how the animatronics are made?"

"I did some research and stuff on it, and I’ve seen the parts and service guys do it thousands of times. Why do you ask?"

"Good." Vanny said forebodingly.

. . .

Luis and Vanessa waited impatiently outside the pizzaplex, it's already 6:10am and Johnny is not out.

"Victor is gonna be here in ten minutes, we have to get out." Vanessa told Luis as she checked her watch.

Luis just looked around in frustration, "Maybe if the company invested in a proper map…there he is!"

John walked out of the entrance, looking mainly unhurt but utterly tired.

"Guys, I can't thank you eno-"

"Get in your car and get out, the employees will start to come in nine minutes" Vanessa interrupted him as she opened the door for a tired Gregory to get in.

"Hey Luis, can I crash in your place?"

"No…also we have leave now."

"What? No! We have to let everyone know!"

"Johnny, you have caused enough damage already" Vanessa commented.

"What was I supposed to do? Die? We have to tell everyone the truth before anyone gets hurt again!"

"Like you believed me?" Vanessa came face to face with him, "No one believed me in the early stages of the possession. And what do you think? Going there at night like Rambo will fix anything? You want us to keep coming here to experience the horror again to save your ass?"

John just kept quiet as Vanessa took out her anger, she was right.

She whispered into his ear, "Now, get in your fucking car"

Vanessa stomped off as Luis just looked at both of them with concern..

. . .

The apartment door unlocked, but unlike a happy entry into home, it was more like coming home after a long day.

Vanessa crashed into the sofa, Gregory just sat down by her side.

Vanessa just wanted to forget what new trouble had hit her life now. Another Vanny, great, just great.

Her phone rang, she knew who it was gonna be and why.

She picked up her phone and was relieved that it was Luis, not the manager.

"Yo Ness, uh so, I got a call from the manager…."

"Is he firing you?"

"No…but…he is pissed"

"No shi-" Vanessa stopped before taking a glancing at Gregory, "No surprise"

"Well from the damages, it's not too bad, Monty will need some of his shelling replaced, Roxy needs a new makeup, a few broken pieces of furniture…."

"Did they get the camera footage?"

"Just resetted, they will never know that he came and screwed up big time"

"At Least some good news"

"Speaking of him, he wanted to apologize…"

"His apology means nothing to me…"

"I mean, he have been traveling to fi-"

"Luis", Vanessa spoke with a serious tone, "I don't care what he says, he’s done too much damage to make up for it"

Luis just sighed at her response, Vanessa knew he was annoyed by her stubbornness but she had her reasons.

"Ok, I have to go, I will see if I can somehow remove the virus from the animatronics"

"Well then best of luck Luis"

"Thanks"

"See ya soon, love ya" Vanessa hung up in relief.

She just wanted to be left alone after all this, from more people being dragged in to a new follower…

"You love him right?" Gregory asked her out of nowhere.

"What?" Vanessa responded with confusion.

"You love Luis right?"

"Uh…well we are friends…"

"You tried to kiss him…"

"Wha- no! I mean…argh…"

"He’s trying to kick me out right?" Gregory questioned.

"What? Kid, what happened?"

"He is trying to take you away…." Gregory spoke, now his voice sounding low.

"Jeez this kid is soo insecure" Vanessa thought to herself.

"Listen…" Vanessa spoke up, "I love him…romantically"

"And what about me?" Gregory questioned her.

"I love you in a…platonic sense because you saved me."

She thought that he had messed up big time but fortunately for her, it seemed like Gregory had understood her.

"Hey listen" she spoke as she wrapped her arm around his shoulders, "No matter what happens, I will NEVER abandon you, even if it means I have to breaku- I mean end my friendship with Luis, you will always be my little knight"

"Thanks…" Gregory replied, now sounding much better.

Vanessa gave a warm smile and ruffled his hair, thank god it did not end up in an uncomfortable situation.

"I also wanted to talk about John…" Gregory asked.

Vanessa just wanted to stop thinking about him after all the mess that had happened, but seeing that Gregory wanted to talk about it, she decided to just listen.

"Go ahead." Vanessa sighed.

"So he and I were talking, and he told me for the last couple of months, he’s been trying to find all those he bullied to seek an apology…"

"Keep going." Vanessa kept on listening.

"He did not go further but from the look in his face, he felt sorry."

"So what are you trying to say?"

"He just came here to apologize to you and Luis before he got involved in this … mess. Luis accepted his apology but you…"

Gregory stopped for a moment to gather his thoughts, "I think you should give yourself and others a second chance, it's never too late to change if the person understands their mistakes and tries to correct it…"

Vanessa was touched by Gregory's words, and unfortunately as much as she hated to admit, he was right.

"...fine I will talk to him later."

"That's the spirit" Gregory cheered with a yawn.

"Ok, it's 7am, go to bed" Vanessa informed Gregory as she pointed towards the clock.

"What about you?" Gregory questioned.

"I…have to wait for the manager to call and go insane." Vanessa told him as she lowered her phone's volume in preparation.

"So you will not sleep?"

"I will join you after the call, and maybe after I sort stuff out with John…"

"Ok then, good night" Gregory wished her as he got up.

"It's good morning now…"

. . .

Gregory found himself in one of the Pizzaplex's storage rooms. There was no way out, he had been cornered by Vanny.

"Aha!" Vanny exclaimed, "There you are, little brat. It took me quite a lot of running to catch you."

Gregory knew he was screwed, he knew he was going to die. Despite this, he made one last attempt to escape.

It failed, Vanny grabbed him by the neck and threw him into the wall like he was a bag. Pain overtook all parts of his body as he tried to stand up.

Vanny approached him, kicked him down and pinned him.

"I don't think you need those, since you will never be able to run away from me again~"

Vanny stomped hard on his knees. Gregory screamed but it seemed like nothing was broken.

Sensing this, Vanny got a bat from her back and struck his knee with a lot of force.

Gregory, who was already in pain, failed to react as she wanted. However he could tell by the sounds that something had indeed broken.

"Awww….I think I broke something by accident, let's see what else needs to be fixed." Vanny sarcastically told him as she raised the bat and hit him in the back.

With that, Gregory was just not able to move, he couldn't feel his lower body anymore.

Vanny gave out a loud giggle as she also realized what she had done. Then to his horror, she took off her mask.

He already knew it was Vanessa despite his tear filled eyes obstructing his view.

"What's the matter?" She asked, even though it was very ironic, "Are you scared?"

"N-...no.." Gregory tried to speak with whatever was left in him.

"Good lie brat, but you can’t fool me. Look at you, a crying mess! And yet Vanessa still calls you her 'Little Knight'." Vanny continued, "She has fostered you not out of kindness but only to save herself from the law. Do you really think she'd keep such worthless trash like you? No, she's going to throw you back onto the street like you deserve."

Vanny pulled out her knife, which already had stains of his blood on it.

"So" Vanny looked him in the eyes, "I am going to do all of us a favor by getting rid of the 'trash' that you are."

With that, she stabbed him in the face.

. . .

Gregory woke up screaming, still feeling the pain of the knife.

In a state of panic, he looked around his surroundings and saw Vanessa in front of him, who was trying to wake him out of his nightmare.

Out of embarrassment, he began to try and downplay the nightmare. "Sorry! I didn't-".

"Shhh… Don't worry it's fine" Vanessa said as she took him into her embrace. "Would you like to tell me what happened?." She asked.

"It was Vanny '' he said, now in a more calm state. "She killed me during the first confrontation in that storage room".

Vanessa flinched slightly, but did not interrupt him. Gregory continued.

"Vanny…hurt me… She hit me with a bat, stabbed me in the face. But… she also spoke to me… she told me that I… wasn’t worthy of being called your little knight. She also said that….I…I am just worthless and you will just kick me out." He finished.

"So now that I have told you this…you’re not going to get rid of me anytime soon…are you?" Gregory questioned her.

Vanessa's heart shattered into a million pieces upon hearing this. To make matters worse, she would already tell by his posture and voice that he was scared that he already believed this to be the case.

"No Gregory I would never do that. Look, it's OK to be scared, you’re just a kid." Vanessa changed the topic and tried to calm him down.

Gregory finally calmed down a bit, Vanessa gave out a sigh as she carefully thought about what words she should use.

"Besides…" She started speaking again, "Being fearless isn't what makes you brave. It's the fact that despite being scared and knowing the dangers, you still decided to save me. That night you displayed incredible bravery to save me, and that's the whole reason you are my little knight. Besides, Vanny is gone, you got rid of her remember?"

"I guess you have a point there…" Gregory replied, now finally being able to look at her and speak.

"Alright, we only had 3 hours of sleep, lets catch some more before Fazfuck Entertainment wakes me with more of their stupid text messages." Vanessa told him as she laid the blanket on Gregory and laid down.

Gregory shifted a bit to hug her koala style, or at least tried with his single uninjured arm (That's the best he could do in his situation) and just snuggled against her, both trying to enjoy the warmth and sleep off and hopefully not get nightmares again.

Vanessa gave him a smooch on his forehead to take his mind off the nightmare as he dozed off.

Vanessa just hugged him and stared into nothing, not knowing how she was going to deal with Glitchtrap possibly bringing another follower-

"I can't sleep," Gregory said.

"What?"

Gregory sighed, "I think I'm just a little on edge from today"

"Well I have to admit, I can't get much sleep either, especially after today's discovery.."

"Let's do something" Gregory broke off the hug, but Vanessa did not.

"Well, we can play video games…"

"What can we play?"

"Hmmm…I do have Need for Speed in my PS7"

"Heck yeah! We can play that!"

"Are you sure you don't need any sleep?" Vanessa asked him one more time.

"No"

"Alright," Vanessa freed him and got up, "Ready to get the second position?"

"We will see about that…." Gregory challenged her.

Chapter Text

The gaming session was just starting, Gregory already lost to Vanessa in round one, because he did not know the controls.

"Kid, you didn't even complete 20% of the race."

"I don't know the controls ok? It’s been ages since I played video games. The stupid arm is also making it really hard to play" Gregory said.

"Here, let me help." Vanessa told him as she got up and sat behind him. After getting into a comfortable position, she held Gregory's control in front of him to teach him the controls.

"Let me show you a test race." Vanessa told him as she selected singleplayer.

To Gregory's surprise, Vanessa was beating the crap out of the AI, she was moving her fingers so fast that he started to think for a moment that maybe SHE was an AI. She completed the level in 50 seconds.

"Here, now you try," Vanessa said as she gave him the controller and wrapped her hands around his chest.

"Get ready to lose…" Gregory mocked her as he started the race, and it immediately started to go wrong.

He crashed seven times, failed to get clean corners and then made it to the finish, after 1 minute and 30 seconds.

"I uh, argh, I just suck at this ok?"

"It's fine kid, I mean I was a beta tester and developed games, obviously I will have more skills." Vanessa said.

"Let's try multiplayer!" Gregory exclaimed in excitement, "I am sure I can defeat YOU in that!"

"Time to show him who is the boss." Vanessa thought.

First race, Gregory got absolutely destroyed by Vanessa, he crashed less but Vanessa beated him by twenty seconds.

Second race, Gregory tried to ram Vanessa out of the race track but failed and crashed two times.

Third race, same try, failed again

Fourth race,Gregory tried to use a shortcut in the race track but got stuck in a dead end.

Fifth race, Gregory played by the rules and went slow, finishing one minute after Vanessa. That's probably the worst racer I have ever seen.

Sixth race, Gregory keeps using boosts to get ahead but keeps crashing. He needs to stop making quick and stupid plans to win.

Seventh race, Gregory tried to again ram Vanessa and proceeded to crash into a dead in. Ok now he should give up.

Vanessa finally noticed that by the eighth race, he was completely demoralized. She felt that she had probably done enough damage to his video game ego and maybe let him win…

Eighth race started, Vanessa intentionally crashed numerous times and drove slowly, thankfully this time Gregory won.

"Yay! You won!" Vanessa cheered, now feeling tired.

"Finally, I still need more practice".

"Then I suggest you go in singleplayer, I will watch."

Vanessa felt happy that he was enjoying himself with her as a company. Obviously he was still not great at video games but at least he was happy…

Vanessa let out a yawn as she watched him practice and practice, until her eyes finally closed…

…

"So Vanessa, when was the last time you spoke to your father?" the therapist said.

"Four years ago...before he pa-, died of cancer…" Vanessa replied.

"Do you miss him?"

"No…, I feel…liberated."

"Ok, so you feel more free then before."

"Ma'am…" Vanessa asked in a low tone.

"Yes Vanessa?"

"What is it like to have a…good family?" She asked.

"Oh dear…you don't have to feel bad…" Sandra tried to explain to her.

"Look, here is my family…" Sandra said as she took the photo frame in her table facing her and showed it to Vanessa.

The picture showed her with a 4 year old boy, being held closely to herself.

"That's my kid." She said, "His name is Gregory."

"That's such a sweet name." Vanessa replied as she examined the picture. Her husband was not in it.

"Where is your husband ma'am?" She asked.

"He…he is unfortunately no longer with us…" Sandra told her, trying to sound as neutral as possible but deep down Vanessa knew she missed him alot.

"I'm sorry…" 

"Well you see, my family is not perfect, but I still try to make it the best I could for myself and my child." Sandra explained to her.

"You just have to find the right people and take care of them, maybe you will find a family, not perfect but a loving one for sure."

"Thank you ma'am." Vanessa responded, now feeling less depressed.

"Can I ask you a question, Vanessa?" Sandraa asked.

"Yes ma'am"

"Why did you kill me?" She asked.

"What?"

"Why did you kill me, Vanessa?" Sandra repeated.

"I- I di-"

"I just wanted to put my child in bed." Sandra began to shed tears.

"I-I'm sorry…I couldn't resist him"

"It's your fault my child's life is ruined…"

"I didn't mean to…"

"This is all your fault…" Sandra said as blood began to drip from her head. Soon the injuries caused by Vanny started to pop up all over her.

Vanessa collapsed on the floor seeing her like this, it was her fault, she didn't meant to, but she d-

. . .

Vanessa's eyes snapped open, she was on the floor. Well, the floor of her living room.

She then noticed Gregory making an annoyed whine as he shifted his body and rested his head on her right shoulder and hugged her right arm. Her heart was beating very fast.

Oh right, they were playing video games for an hour before they fell asleep on each other.

Vanessa looked at the clock, it was 2pm in the afternoon.

She shook Gregory gently to wake him up.

"Good afternoon sleeping beauty, I think we’ve had enough sleep." Vanessa informed him.

"Well…I will wake up when I know what we are having for lunch." Gregory replied sleepily.

"We are going to a cafe, we need to meet up with Luis and John."

"Did you talk to him?"

"...yes"

"Did you forgive him?"

"Partially…"

"Guess that's some progress"

"Yeah, I hope so, now get ready." Vanessa told him as she got up. Gregory however, did not allow her.

"Can I have a few more Z’s please?"

"Kid-" Vanessa sighed, "You can sleep after lunch too…"

"My stomach is full…"

"Ok then, I will go then." Vanessa said.

"No, stay…."

"If you don't get up, I will pick you up and then go"

"Fine" Gregory stood up, "But next time you have to let me know in advance"

"The video game plan was not my idea…"

. . .

"And that's when I pushed her out of the room and locked the door!" John explained.

"You would have gotten killed if you didn't get that call." Luis replied

"Yeah, it was a close call." 

"Ok so…now there is another Vanny and the animatronics are under her control"

"Did you see who actually wore the suit?" Vanessa asked.

"No…but definitely a female from the voice and the body."

"Ok, so how can a stranger just enter the building?" Luis questioned.

"If I can get in with no trouble, anyone can."

"If she was able to kill kids, and could use the announcement system…" Vanessa paused, "It's likely a fazbear employee…"

"Ah shoot…" Luis replied.

"Well then we know that it's a female employee of fazbear, so we can easily find her," Gregory said as he took a sip of his smoothie.

"Kid, there are several female employees working at the Pizzaplex." Luis explained the issue with his idea.

"And we don't know anything else about her, so that means we can’t specifically identify her." John backed up Luis.

"Alright," Vanessa said, pinching her forehead, "Now what do we do?"

"We can try to take back control of the animatronics…" Luis proposed, "But from the morning repairs…the virus will resist the anti virus, unless it's active."

"You mean inserting those USB drives when they are hostile?"

"Yes." Luis hesitantly replied.

"Ok, listen, this is…not a good idea, someone will get killed."

"And if we don't stop it, more children will die," Vanessa replied, "I will insert the USB drives, it's my responsibility."

"Ness, I understand that you want to do this and I agree with the plan-"

"What?" John asked in disbelief.

"But I will do it" Luis said

"Luis, it's my responsibility," Vanessa replied.

"Ness, I can't see you get hurt again!"

"I say we take a safer approach." John said.

"I will do the dangerous task, end of story."

"Ness I will do it! I don't want to lose you!" Luis defended

"Guys!" Gregory intervened, "Listen, I understand this is a very stressful situation but let's make this very clear…"

Gregory took a deep breath, "Vanny has seen us all, doing nothing will not help. After she is done, who do you think she will go after next?" He continued, "We have to take back the control of the animatronics so she can't defend herself, and I think as much as you want to prevent it Luis, Vanessa will still somehow manage to find a way to shield you from danger".

"Fine I agree with the kid, we don't have much choices" John gave in.

"Cool with me," Vanessa agreed.

"Alright, but please don’t do anything too dangerous." Luis replied.

"I will try."

"So when do we start?"

"My shift starts at 9pm, boss sounds pissed by the way." Vanessa said.

"How much damage occurred?" John asked.

"60,000 dollars."

"...ok we don't talk about this."

"Well he said I have to come to the nightshift, no matter what, or I will get fired." Vanessa said.

"Well, at least we get access, so we can possibly catch Vanny too" Gregory commented 

"At least some good news I guess."

"Alright, we all meet up at 11pm, let's hope we make it to tomorrow in one piece." 

"Let's actually not hope but try…" Luis commented

"Let's try to take back…Freddy" Vanessa proposed.

"Why the bear?" John asked.

"Easiest to take down, he did not get any of the new upgrades yet so yeah. But he can still be a massive threat." she explained

"He got sharp nails like the others." Gregory commented, trying to indicate the bandages on his arms.

"And how do we exactly take him 'down'?" John asked.

"That's the tricky part, he is extremely dangerous but he can't maneuver as greatly as the others."

"Maybe lead him into an ambush." John suggested.

"Hmm…then we can distract him so one of us could insert the USB drive and survive long enough for it to take effect." Luis said.

"It's still a gamble, are you sure this will work?" John asked.

"There is no other way…"

. . .

Vanessa waited in the bathroom for Gregory. She knew it was a bad idea to involve him but still she somehow got convinced.

"I am back" Gregory proudly announced his entry.

"I am hoping you don't mess anything up." 

"I wouldn't. Now, open your hair," Gregory requested.

"Kid, I want the streaks on my ponytail." Vanessa replied

"What? You look better with open hair!"

"Thanks, but I will be wearing that hat…" Vanessa said.

"Argh fine, but this will not be permanent."

"I hope so, now please don't ruin my hair."

Gregory got started, Vanessa could only use the mirror in front of her to judge on how well Gregory was doing. She only asked him to put the streaks on the end of the ponytail, she hoped he only did that.

After a few minutes, Gregory announced that he was done, after washing her ponytail properly.

"What do you think? I will apply the rainbow later but I just need to know if I did it right" Gregory asked as Vanessa inspected the red coloured ends.

Vanessa was surprised that he managed to do it right, thank god. 

But something struck her. The red color. 

The blood…

Vanessa immediately began to fall into a panic as she dropped down to the floor as Gregory frantically tried to calm her down.

"Vanessa! What happened?!" Gregory frantically asked as he tried to get her out of the bathroom.

Vanessa was too disoriented to hear Gregory's words but managed to leave the bathroom with his guidance.

A child had grabbed her, no Vanny's ponytail while struggling, she had left blood on it.

Vanessa tried to breath but everything seemed so suffocating. She wanted to get out, despite not being trapped anywhere.

She began to hear the faint voice of Gregory, maybe telling her to breathe.

"Just breath, just breath…"

She began to calm down, her blurry vision started to clear up. She felt something warm touching her arm.

She looked around, she was in her home, she was safe. She looked at Gregory who wrapped himself around her in an attempt to get her to calm down.

"Are you alright?!" Gregory asked her as he looked at her.

"Yeah…let's not put any red or purple in there."

"I am sorry! I didn't mean too!" Gregory apologized.

"It's fine kid," she hugged him tightly, "Even I didn't know I would react like that…" Vanessa said.

They stayed like that for a little while, until Gregory decided to ask something.

"Why do you keep calling me kid?" he asked.

"Because you are one?"

"Can we…" Gregory seemed shy, "Can we give each other nicknames? If you are fine with it!"

Vanessa gave it a thought, they had grown close enough to give each other nicknames, and constantly calling Gregory a kid also seemed annoying to him.

"Alright…"

"Ye-"

"BUT I get to give you a nickname I like and you can't ask for a change." Vanessa said

"Fine"

"Hmmm.." Vanessa thought, "Greggy…"

"That's…an ok nickname"

"Hope you will like it, now what nickname should I-"

"I have to give you one now." Gregory interrupted.

"Alright, go ahead"

"Nessie"

"What?"

"Luis calls you Ness, so I don't want to call you Nessa cause that just sounds lazy," Gregory continued, "Nessie also matches with Greggy soo…"

"It's a cute nickname," Vanessa commented as she hugged Gregory tighter.

"Thanks mom…" Gregory spoke in a faint voice.

Both of them immediately realized what Gregory had said and immediately backed off.

"Uhhh…sorry!" Gregory apologized, with embarrassment printed on his face.

"It’s ok, it's uh…not a big deal…" Vanessa replied, also feeling embarrassed.

“Am I really that old?” She humorously thought to herself, before a more disturbing thought came to her.

“Wait, am I… replacing his mother?”

"Le…let's get back to the rainbow streaks." Vanessa said as she got up and gave Gregory her hand to stand up.

Thankfully, the next twenty minutes went with less embarrassment. Unfortunately, Vanessa could not stop thinking about Gregory's mom. She had killed her, and now she was replacing her. It was Vanny's doing but still, she had an unwilling hand in the act.

"Tada! I’m done!" Gregory cheered in excitement as he washed the ponytail.

Vanessa looked at her ponytail, the rainbow streaks were present in the ends, the work was neat, the purple and red colors were missing.

The whole thing reminded her of the situation two years back, when she was a free woman and had her open hair done with rainbow streaks.

"Did you like it?" Gregory asked her.

Vanessa was beyond words, she felt like her old self again, she was feeling normal again.

"Thank you…" Vanessa grabbed Gregory and locked him in a hug, "It's beautiful…"

"You’re welcome" Gregory responded as he too hugged her, but from her stomach.

"By the way, Nessie, the back of your shirt has some pink dye on it…" Gregory admitted 

"You spilled some dye?"

"Yeah…"

"Ok, this is unacceptable!" Vanessa announced, "This calls for a…tickle attack!"

Vanessa began to tickle him, Gregory laughed and ran to the bedroom with Vanessa in hot pursuit. She grabbed him just as he entered the room and threw him on the bed. Then started the merciless tickling.

"Hehe! Stop!" Gregory giggled.

"Stop? I am just getting started!" Vanessa humorously replied.

After three minutes of tickling, Vanessa finally stopped and layed down behind Gregory.

"I must say, you are a quick learner"

"Thanks, the instructions were easy"

"Spilling hair color on my shirt was not on the instructions."

"Heh, sorry"

Vanessa only smiled at his reply, it was good to see him happy for once.

Then she looked at the clock, it was 7pm, it was time.

"Get ready, I have a big job today." Vanessa said

"I think it's WE have a big job today"

"Just promise me one thing."

"Ok, but if it's about me not coming, I will break it." Gregory said

"Just, try not to get hurt…"

"You too…"

"It doesn't matter if I get hurt, I deserve it…"

"Nessie," Gregory got up and looked at her, "It's not your fault, please stop blaming yourself…"

He continued, "If Vanny tries to hurt you again, I will make sure she will end up in that trashland."

"Thanks…I guess"

"Also, uh, I also spilled green color on your T-shirt."

. . . 

Vanessa and Gregory arrived at the Pizzaplex at 9pm sharp, hoping the manager would not go full on apeshit on her.

While making her way through the parking lot, she encountered Luis and John. They were sitting in his pickup truck and chatting, or more likely planning. Evidenced by the map of the pizzaplex they were extensively marking arrows and circles on.

"Hey Ness." Luis greeted her as he spotted her.

"Hey Luis. So, what's all this?"

"We are planning potential areas for the action, we still can’t find a good spot though."

"Can you do me a favor?" Vanessa asked.

"Sure Ness."

"Can you keep Gregory with you until everyone has gone away?"

"Yeah sure"

"Nessie, I wanna come too, what if something happens to you?" Gregory questioned

"Nessie? Did he give you a nickname?" Luis asked.

"Yeah he did. Also Greggy, don't worry, I will be fine, I will call if something goes wrong, ok?" Vanessa reassured him as she ruffled his hair and went off.

Things inside were…okish…

The manager immediately went after her. He complained about her not doing her job and wasting her time with her family

"Idiot doesn't even know I am an orphan…" she thought.

After a minute of ranting, the manager gathered himself, "Now, get back to your post and do your job, or you will be FIRED."

"Yeah yeah, whatever" she thought as the manager rushed towards the technicians.

Vanessa only took seven steps before she saw two familiar faces approaching her.

Snap, it was the cops

"Good evening ma'am", Officer James greeted as his partner also entered, "I never knew you were the head of security here, what a coincidence."

"Wow, I did not think you guys would come here to enjoy our food." Vanessa said nervously.

"Maybe one day, but right now we need your help."

"Sure officer, what can I do for you?" Vanessa asked.

"Ma'am, since you are the head of security here," his partner Peter said, "Can you give us the camera footage from the past week?"

"Sir the footage…erases after 6am everyday"

"Ok, does this establishment have a night staff?" Officer James asked.

"Yes"

"How many people are in it?" Officer Peter asked.

"It's only me, I work alone here"

"Like? There is literally no one here at night except you?" Peter asked to clarify.

"Yes sir"

"Alright," Officer James took a deep breath, "Have you seen anything suspicious?"

"Like what?"

"Unfamiliar changes to furniture, maybe missing items, or you know, a human."

Oh dear, they were investigating.

"Uh, no sir, I- I have not seen anything like that…"

"Have you ever heard any unusual noises? Like that of a child or an adult during the night shift?" the officer asked.

"N- no sir." Vanessa said

"How many times have children gotten lost here?"

"Many times…"

"Does your staff check all the areas before closing?"

Vanessa was starting to get very nervous, her hands were shaking. Heck, she might start sweating soon too.

"Sir, I think you are taking our security team ve-"

"We had got a 911 call from here one time, maybe eight months ago, an officer did come but he was turned back, likely by…"

That day, a boy had managed to get ahold of a phone to call the police, but Vanny finished him off before he could cry out for help.

Vanessa just wanted to give up and surrender at this point, she was going to be caught any moment now…

"Nessie!" Gregory yelled as he sprinted towards her, catching everyone off guard.

"O-oh! Hey Gregory" Vanessa greeted him as he came and hugged her legs.

"Hey buddy," Officer James greeted him, "How's the arm doing?"

"It's doing great officer! Nessie said that she will even give me a full day of unlimited access to the pizzaplex when I recover!"

"What the heck is he doing here?" Vanessa thought.

"Are you living with her?" Officer Peter asked.

"Yes, she fostered me. She is super nice!"

"Ah, that's sweet." the officer said.

"Yeah, after I saw him like that, it reminded me about how it was for me when I was a orphan, so that's why I fostered him"

"That's really great ma'am, I wish there were more people like you." Officer James commented.

"Well," Officer Peter spoke, "I guess we are done here for now, but we will come around again soon."

"Thank you Officers, have a great night"

"You too ma'am, and kid." Officer James exchanged the goodbyes.

"I think they are convinced." Gregory said after the officers had left earshot.

"Why did you come here?" Vanessa hissed.

"I saw their cruiser in the parking lot, I thought that you would break down in front of the cops, and based on how you were looking, I was right."

"Thanks, but don't just run away like that again, ok?"

"I will try, anyways, I will go back, just keep calm ok?"

"I will, thank you."

Gregory headed out, Vanessa made sure to see that he left, because they all will need to be ready for the task today…

. . .

"Ok, here's the plan" John announced as all of them started at the overdrawn map kept in the table by the camera monitors.

"One of us will get the bear's attention and get him to chase us. Then, we will lead him to the ambush point and hail mary it." John announced.

"It's…very risky" Luis asked.

"We don't have a choice, neither we have much else to help us" Vanessa replied, "I will be the bait"

"Ne-"

"Luis, I will do it, if ANYONE else tries to become the bait, then-"

"Fine, but please….don't get injured." Luis said, worried for Vanessa.

"Alright," John handed out the radios from fazbear entertainment, "We will move to the ambush hall. Vanessa, are you sure you can outrun him?"

She had outrunned Freddy before, many times to catch Vanny's victims…

"Hello?" John asked

"Uh, yes, I can!" Vanessa answered

"Alright then, good luck I guess"

"Be safe Ness" Luis said

"Nessie…" Gregory started

"Don't worry Gregory, I will be fine, ok?"

Gregory wanted to argue but just gave up before any words came out of him. It was useless to argue with her.

The boys went in the opposite direction of Vanessa, the plan was in action.

"Remember Ness, just breath and run, you are not chasing children" Vanessa told herself.

"Vanny no longer controls me, I am safe…" she kept saying to herself as she entered the atrium.

"Bear spotted, at your 3 o' clock second floor." John's voice came out of her radio.

Vanessa turned her head to see Freddy, or at least his tophat.

"Ok..here goes nothing…"

"Hey fazbear! Where's Vanny?" Vanessa screamed.

"Vanny-" Freddy stopped and stared at Vanessa with his purple glowing eyes.

Vanessa stared him down, she already knew what happened to Freddy's victims when he gave the stare.

Freddy immediately began to sprint, heading straight for the stairs.

Vanessa wasted no time in running, she had to keep distance.

"He's on me! Be ready" Vanessa shouted on the radio as she entered the ground floor with Freddy starting to be visible in open sight.

"Vanessa, come back." Freddy asked her, in a weirdly calm voice.

Vanessa sprinted across the atrium, then took a sharp turn to the hallway which connected the atrium to the lobby.

"Vanessa, stop running, the master wants to see you." Freddy calmly called out to her.

"I will not be his puppet again Freddy!"

"Vanessa, he is likely a father figure to yo-"

"HE'S JUST LIKE MY FUCKING FATHER, A FUCKING MANIPULATIVE BITCH!" Vanessa yelled.

"Now!" Luis yelled.

John jumped on Freddy, catching him completely off guard. The panel lid was immediately opened by John and he started his attempts to put in the USB drive.

Freddy began to thrash around, John was barely keeping balance while trying to finish his task.

Freddy smashed his back against the wall, leading to John getting smashed in between and knocking him unconscious.

"Oh dear…" Gregory looked in shock.

Freddy didn't even bother to look back, he just started to keep approaching Vanessa.

"Vanessa, please, don't make it harder for all of us…"

"Stay away from her!" Luis jumped in between.

Vanessa watched in horror as Freddy caught Luis mid air by his throat.

"Leave him Freddy!" Vanessa shouted at him.

"Sorry Vanessa, but your old friend needs to go away," Freddy replied in a cold tone as he tightened his paw around Luis's throat.

Vanessa ran to save Luis, she kicked Freddy but it did nothing. She started trying to force open his paw but to no avail.

Just as when all hope seemed lost, Gregory jumped into action, he took the USB drive left unguarded on the ground.

He jumped as high as he could, landing on Freddy's back. Freddy immediately took notice and tried to shake him off, but Gregory was not going to give up even if it might cost him another arm.

"Get off!" Freddy yelled in an aggressive tone as Gregory was holding on with just one hand.

It was now or Luis would be dead.

Gregory inserted the USB drive with his injured arm. It hurt like hell to put so much pressure on it but it had to be done.

Freddy knocked Gregory down, Vanessa tried to intervene but Freddy harshly pinned her against the wall. Luis was almost out of breath.

"First I will kill your boyfriend" Freddy said, "Then I will kill that ki-"

Just before he was about to finish, his system shut down and he collapsed, losing the grip on both Vanessa and Luis.

Luis took desperate breaths as he finally could breath. Vanessa immediately came on top of him to check on him.

"Luis! Are you-"

"I…I am fine" Luis took deep breaths.

"My god, I- I thought I lost you…" Vanessa said as her eyes started to tear up.

"I am always with you Ness, always." Luis reassured her, now starting to blush a little.

Vanessa also blushed, both of them stared at each other with little smiles, then they started to get closer, and closer….

"Vanessa! What were you thinking!?" Gregory interrupted them as he came running towards her, ruining the moment.

Vanessa got up as she knew Gregory was probably gonna be mad at her.

Instead, he crashed into her… and hugged her.

"You didn't have to put yourself in front of Freddy when he knocked me down! You could have died!" Gregory exclaimed into her shirt, hiding his face.

"I…couldn't stand him hurting you…" she said

"I am fine! But look at you!"

"I am fine Greggy," Vanessa hugged him, trying to calm him down.

"Just don't do that again, please…"

"I will try"

Gregory only sighed because he already knew it was a no.

"Owww…"John whined as he got up.

"John! Are you ok?" Gregory asked with concern.

"I am fine kid, just a scratch" John replied, trying to be humorous, "What about the bear?".

"He should stay shut down for like five minutes, his system will reboot and hopefully he’ll be back to normal." Vanessa said as they all looked at Freddy.

"Are you sure?" Gregory asked.

"I hope so, or else we all will probably die."

They all watched with caution as Freddy got up, his eyes were not lit, indicating that the software was still booting up.

"C'mon…" Vanessa thought.

To everyone's relief, Freddy started in safe mode, his eyes were now yellow.

"Thank god…"

"Where am I? Officer Vanessa! What happened?" Freddy asked in confusion.

"Ok, so his memory does not record the activities that the virus commits."

"Luis! Aren't you supposed to be home at this hour? And what virus are you talking about?" Freddy asked.

"Well we are just glad you are back to normal Freddy."

"Back to normal? Also I seem to be in safe mode right now."

"Listen Freddy, I would love to explain everything to you right now but we have no time," Vanessa told him, "Ok, I will go search for any missing kids, you all go back to the security office."

"Ness, I am coming with you…" Luis protested.

"Luis, it's no-"

"It would be more dangerous for you to go out there alone….please, it will be more safe."

Vanessa wanted to say no but then realized that she possibly couldn't argue her way out of this one.

"Fine, BUT Gregory stays in the security office," she approached John and whispered into his ears, "If something happens to him, I will fucking tear you apart, understand."

"Yes….ma'am" John answered with a sigh.

"Why can't I come?" Gregory questioned.

"It's dangerous and I need someone to fill Freddy with whatever is happening here."

"Bu-"

"No buts Gregory! Just….stay, I don't want you to get hurt, again…."

"Alright, kid, we are going, that includes you too…..Freddy…." John announced.

Gregory was clearly pissed but did not pursue the matter, Vanessa and Luis started heading towards the gift shop while the other three went to the security office.

. . .

In the ceiling of the fazerblast, things were well…..not good.

"Damn it! I can't contact Freddy!" Rachael said.

"Those fools must have removed our access…" Vanny replied.

"This is not good, is it?"

"Calm down sweetheart, we still have plenty of more options"

"So what do we do about this problem?"

"I’ve got a plan, but first I want to introduce you to someone"

Vanny took control of Rachael's body and then proceeded to connect a wire to the computer in front of them. Immediately, the screen went a sick purple and a rabbit in the golden suit appeared.

"I see, our new recruit…" Glitchtrap spoke with happiness filled in his voice.

"It's…a pleasure to meet you…" Rachael spoke.

"You have finally realized your true destiny! Together, we will fulfill our goals for immortality!"

"Yes gli- master…" Rachel said

"Are you ready to do anything…" Glitchtrap started to say.

"Don't worry master…" Vanny spoke, "She already proved herself yesterday."

"Bravo! We are on the right track then!" Glitchtrap said excitedly

"You know what has to be done, Rachel"

"Yes master."

"Are you ready to be something bigger?"

"Yes, master"

"Are you ready to kill?" Glitchtrap asked the willing follower.

"Oh yes, in fact I want to do worse than just kill them…"

. . .

"I…I cannot even apologize for what I have done to you Gregory…" Freddy told Gregory with a sad tone.

"It's not your fault Freddy, none of you can be blamed except Vanny and Glitchtrap." Gregory said in response.

"Please tell me Gregory, tell me…how many more people did I…hurt…" Freddy asked.

"Uh…it was only me, John, Luis and Vanessa…no one else."

John shook his head, why was he lying?

"Gregory, can I ever repay you?"

"Freddy, you don't have to repay me, you and your friends are doing this against your will because of that virus!"

"My friends will be safe right?" Freddy asked.

"We will try to free all of them….hopefully"

"Thank you Gregory, again, I want to apologize for all the actions that I committed."

"Apology accepted" Gregory replied and he offered Freddy a shaky handshake.

He was afraid to reach out, he still couldn't forget that night. But he had to be strong and forgetful. He was not the only victim here, and the animatronics also needed equal amount of help.

Freddy used his finger to offer a handshake, Gregory's heartbeat jumped as his hand came in contact with Freddy's but soon returned to normal. 

Just as everything was going well for once, Gregory's stomach rumbled.

"Gregory, my sensors are detecting that you are hungry"

"It's fine, just a normal thing."

"Gregory, children like you need food to grow up in a healthy manner, please give me a few minutes…" Freddy informed him as he left the office, presumably in search of food.

"Man, listening to him just makes me feel sad for him," John commented.

"Can't blame him really, it is terrifying when you can't control your own body."

"Must say, Fazbear Entertainment spends a good amount of money to give them emotions, like humans."

"Isn't it awesome?" Gregory said

"I find it creepy," John said.

"C'mon John, this is the future…"

"You have a point, still, it's just unsettling"

"Yeah, I also find that same feeling sometimes." Gregory said.

"You know he will find out the truth soon."

"I don't think it's the right time to tell…"

"Then when will you tell them that they were forced to kill children? About Vanessa’s admittedly unwilling involvement?" John asked.

Gregory sighed, "When we free them all, I don't want them to lose hope from the get go."

"Do you think they will react kindly when they find out Vanessa was also involved?"

"That's the second reason why I am not telling them everything, I don't want to put Nessie at risk" Gregory sat down on a chair, "Somethings are just too personal or affecting to share"

"I understand, somethings you just want to keep with yourself" John understood.

"What makes you sad the most?" Gregory asked.

"It's.." John sighed, "failing to protect my friends…"

"What happened?" Gregory asked.

"Senseless war kid, just a few thousand dead so some people could fill their pockets and ego…" John looked at the ceiling, "What about you?"

"It's…I don't want to talk about it…" Gregory said

"You can tell me, I won't spill it."

"No, just leave it." Gregory said

"Your wish, I wouldn't force you…"

"I am back" Freddy announced as he re-entered the office, making sure to lock the door behind him. With him was a box of pizza. Gregory wasted no time to jump in to grab a bite while John politely refused, citing some physical requirements his job asked for.

Gregory finished the entire medium sized pizza in three minutes, not a single piece of topping left.

"Gregory, I would recommend you to chew your food properly, not doing so can result in bloating." Freddy cautioned.

"I am just hungry…"

"Can you allow me to scan you?" Freddy asked for permission.

"Allow what?"

"A scan, I need to make a profile for you, and check for any unusual body indicators…"

"Woah there, you aren't allowed to do that kind of shi-"

Freddy turned to face John and his eyes immediately lit up. John froze as a ray of light went bottom to top on his body, followed by a bing.

"Scan complete, you don't seem to be in the database."

"What the FUCK was that!?" John angrily asked.

"Sir, I would request you to not use explicit language, we have a child in our presence."

John looked with both shock and confusion at Freddy's reply, "...what did you do?"

"I scanned you so I could find you on our database. I can also scan for injuries and abnormal activities in the recipient's body", Freddy continued, "It seems like you were rendered unconscious around one hour ago"

John groaned in response, man this bear was hard to handle

"I am truly sorry if that occured because of my actions, I was not in control" Freddy again apologized.

"Alright, it's fine" John tried to keep himself under control from exploding into a raging mess, "You can scan him".

Freddy turned around to face Gregory as John collapsed into a chair, trying to calm himself down. It's funny how Luis could hack into a Government database but could not do the simple thing of hacking into the animatronics.

"If you allow, Gregory"

"Yeah yeah, go ahead" 

Freddy repeated the same step, a ray of light scanned him and followed by a bing.

"You are not in our database, I have also detected that you have multiple old injuries an-"

"I know, it's a long story, ok?" Gregory interrupted Freddy, "Thank you for the concern though…only a few people care to ask."

"Are you alone?" 

"No, I am living with Vanessa…"

"Hmmm, my database says she is currently 26 years old and not married."

"Wh- I am not her child! She...has fostered me."

"Oh, I didn't know that, I will add that to your profile"

"Hold up.." John intervened, "Are you adding us to the database of this dam- I mean this company?"

"Yes sir, it's a policy here"

"Ok first of all, call me John. Second, you can't add us to whatever database you have."

"Why John?"

"Because then Vanny can use it to ki- hurt us."

"If that's the case, I will keep the profile stored in my memory."

"Just keep this a secret ok? We can't risk anyone knowing about this or else we will all get in a massive trouble" Gregory told.

"Gregory, I am detecting that your body needs rest. For your age, being awaken at this hour is not healthy."

"My time schedule is already fucked Freddy"

"Gregory, please maintain your language, that word is very mean."

John started to giggled as Gregory swore again, as Freddy again told him to not swear. Gregory then proceeded to swear out a bunch to the annoyance of Freddy which made John fall out of this chair in laughter.

. . .

Luis and Vanessa walked through the prize counter. They both were keeping high alert with the only calming thing in this tense situation being the music being played.

"So…" Luis broke the silence, "you coloured your ponytail?"

Vanessa shook a little, being caught off guard by Luis's question.

"Hehe, well Gregory did it"

"Neat work"

"I know, I love it"

"Just reminds of times when you and I were still working at Silver Parasol"

"Yeah…"

Both of them continued to look around the prize counter, Vanessa wanted to keep a chat going because now this silence was becoming unbearable.

"How's living with Gregory?" Luis asked.

Vanessa paused for a moment to think for a good answer.

"Well, good actually, we both even give each other emotional support…"

"That's nice to hear."

"We both also get nightmares, but we get through them"

"Ness, you can call me whenever you want, even if it's the middle of the night. Not to mention that you probably are sleeping on a sofa every night" Luis said.

"Well…I don't sleep on the sofa," Vanessa paused to think if it was right to tell him, "We both share the bed."

"Oh…so you guys cuddle?"

"...yes" Vanessa admitted, with some embarrassment.

"It's good, you both are growing closer. Also it probably helps whenever either of you have a nightmare." Luis said

"It sure does help, it still reminds me of the times when I was alone at nights and just had to go through the nightmares on my own." Vanessa said

"Now you have people by your sides though"

"Yes, I can't thank you all enough for what you all have done for me"

"Not a big deal Ness"

Luis and Vanessa got closer as she peaked in the next hallway to check.

"Ness, you know, I’ve…had a crush on you since high school." Luis admitted.

"Really?" She asked in a somewhat serious tone.

"Yeah….but I was too embarrassed to tell you.."

"Oh Luis," Vanessa gently pushed him to the wall, "I’ve also had a crush on you since highschool."

"Oh wow, so we both couldn't confess eh?" Luis asked with a chuckle.

"We were just too shy, I guess," Vanessa said sheepishly.

The 2 slowly began to lean towards each other.

"Yo guys", the radio came to life, "What are you doing?"

"Admitting feelings John," Luis replied.

"I don't think it's the right time to do stuff, the kid could probably see this."

John got completed ignored as they both leaned closer, Vanessa decided to make the first move, moving even closer to give a ki-

"Contact at 9 o' clock! Chicken on your right." John screamed through the radio.

Both Luis and Vanessa broke off and started to run as she spotted Chica running towards them.

"Well your moment did not last long…like your scores in english" John commented.

"Shut the fuck up John! You little d-"

"Vanessa don't swear, if Freddy heard that, he will go full on manners mode again." John interrupted.

"Where do we go!?" Luis asked.

Vanessa started to think of a place where they can lose Chica, she had to think quickly, she can easily exhaust them out.

Something snapped into Vanessa's mind, the elevator!

"Luis! Follow me!" Vanessa yelled as she turned towards the elevator.

They both headed to the elevator, but instead of going inside, Vanessa had other ideas.

"Ok Luis, when I say 'now', you will move aside from the elevator, ok?"

"What is your plan here?"

"Trust me! Ok?"

Chica came sprinting towards them, Vanessa pulled Luis closer to her side to block the elevator door.

Chica was getting closer and closer, she was about to reach them when-

"Now!" Vanessa shouted

Both of them jumped aside as Chica barely missed them and stumbled into the elevator. Vanessa immediately got up and pressed the elevator button hard to make it go up.

Chica started to bang the elevator but it was no use, she disappeared from their view as the elevator went up.

"Holy shit that was close!" Luis caught his breath.

"Let's get out of here before she comes back!" Vanessa said

"Oh I am afraid you are going nowhere…" Vanny said as she made her entry.

Vanessa froze in her place. It was the same costume, with some more stitches to tighten the thing, and the knife she was forced to use.

"What? How? You where…" Vanessa started

"Well you see, I got a new partner to help me, isn't that right?"

"Of course Vanny," Rachael started to say, "I am finally a part of something bigger.."

"Who…are you!?" Vanessa asked.

"Well you can figure it out yourself, when you’re dead!"

"You will never get away with this, you know that!" Luis replied 

"I killed a kid yesterday, which was fun, and no one could even touch me! Who will believe you all?"

Luis and Vanessa kept silent, they knew she was right.

"See? No objections! I must say you guys are good, but I really need Vanessa to help me with the killing. Having more volunteers is very convenient, you know."

"I am not working with monsters like you ever again!" Vanessa said

"Vanessa, you are one of us." 

"I AM NOT!"

You are a monster 

"You helped Vanny kill those brats"

"IT WAS NOT ME!"

It was you 

"Just come back"

"NO!"

Go back

Luis knew that Vanny was trying to trap them, so without even thinking for a second, he grabbed Vanessa's hand and dashed off.

"C'mon Ness! She is trying to stall us so more of her goons can arrive!" Luis said

"No! I need to stop her now!"

"Ness we can't right now! We need a plan!"

They kept running, exiting the Prize counter just in time as John warned that animatronics and staff bots were arriving in the area.

"I…need t-"

"Ness, breathe, ok? Just breathe…" Luis said reassuringly.

"..o…ok…"

"Alright, let's go back to the security office and relax for a while ok…

John looked through the cameras to guide the two towards the security office while helping them avoid the minefield of staff bots who finally had seemed to be deployed.

It did not take long before Luis and Vanessa came to a clearing and finally came inside.

"What happened back there?" John asked with concern.

"Vanny….she’s taken over someone else." Luis explained

"We know that, did you see her face?" John asked.

"No…" Vanessa sounded like she was on the verge of a breakdown, "I don't even know how much remnant she’s gathered to bring him back."

"Ness breathe." Luis told her as he made her sit on a chair to calm down.

"Officer Vanessa, what's wrong?" Freddy asked.

"Just…I need some space ok?" Vanessa said in a quiet voice.

"I understand," Freddy acknowledged, "But feel free to tell me if you want to talk about it."

Gregory sat watching as Vanessa just kept quiet. She looked depressed and tired as Luis stood by her side.

He wanted to just go and hug her to make her feel somewhat better but for an hour now he was feeling nauseous.

This feeling of wanting to puke was increasing. He looked at the clock, it was still 4:42am. He wanted to sit down and try to just hold it but then something came up his throat.

And then he started to throw up…

Chapter Text

She should have never played that video game.

She shouldn't have gotten curious.

It was her fault.

SHE created the monster, SHE enhanced the virus, SHE destroyed Bonnie.

Worse of all, SHE was responsible for hurting innocent people, SHE was the one who hunted them down, SHE brought horrific suffering, SHE ended the lives of children even before they started.

SHE had left Gregory with unremovable scars, SHE killed his mother, and now, SH-

"Vanessa?" Luis snapped her out of her thoughts.

Vanessa came back to her reality, she was not being controlled by Vanny or anything like that now, she was safe.

She already hated coming to the hospital but Gregory throwing up had managed to push all that dislike away.

She despises the fact that she had to sit outside while the doctors checked on Gregory, she was starting to get sure he was poisoned or something like that.

She just wanted to break down into a crying mess right now, first Vanny and now this, her life was a living hell right now.

"Alright, we are done, '' the doctor announced.

Vanessa immediately got up and started to rush towards Gregory but the doctor stopped her on her tracks. She just wanted to go and take him into her embrace.

"Ma'am, I know you are worried, but it's nothing serious," the doctor tried to reassure her.

Vanessa was getting desperate to get to Gregory but Luis's looks managed to indicate to her that she needed to control her emotions right now.

Vanessa got the memo and went with the doctor to his office, making sure to take a glimpse of Gregory. And oh boy, he looked weak.

"He seemed to have gotten food poisoning, he should be fine now." the doctor explained.

Why was she getting so worried! Food poisoning was so common, especially with Freddy Fazbear's pizza.

"I know, mothers do get quite worried when something happens to their children." The doctor continued, "He does seem to have several injuries…"

"She is actually his foster guardian," Luis jumped in, "Kid was abused a lot on the streets"

Luis managed to get the doctor into another conversation, apparently on something about pay, but Vanessa was too lost in her thoughts.

Vanny was back and she was stronger than before, and she would hurt everyone she knew.

She was too weak to stop her, she couldn't stop her before, how would she stop her now?

Luis gave her a little tap on the shoulder to snap her out of her thoughts. Oh right, she had to talk to the doctor.

From a small window of the doctor's office, Gregory could see Vanessa all the way from the chair he was sitting in, sipping on an ORS bottle to prevent dehydration.

"I never knew they made such horrible pizza" John commented as he handed Gregory another bottle of ORS.

"I should have been more careful." Gregory said with a weak voice, he felt like he was just about to collapse and doze off.

"It's not your fault, I don't think anyone could have seen it coming, also, it's just a normal thing nowadays." John reassured him.

"But look at her! She is all tensed up and stuff, it seems like she just wants to cry." Gregory noted.

"She have been through a lot, just make sure to give her good company"

"Argh, I wish none of this ever happened"

"And yet here we are, we can't undo the past, just face it head on and hope to fix it"

"By the way," John asked, "Do you think Freddy could have…you know, intentionally…"

"I doubt it," Gregory interrupted, he knew what he was going to say, "Vanessa did say that they are super friendly and caring during the day. The virus is gone from him." He hoped, that night's Freddy would keep popping in his head again and again from time to time.

"Guess they aren't made to detect the quality of food."

The door of the doctor's office threw open as she rushed towards Gregory. John stood up in the way to force her to slow down so she did not end up crashing into Gregory like a train.

Vanessa hugged Gregory gently as Luis and the doctor watched.

. . .

Vanessa turned off the engine as she finally reached the parking lot of her apartment complex. It was 7 in the morning and everyone was starting to arrive in the parking lot to leave for work, just great.

She always wonders what other people think of her. She is sure Vanny must have fucked up her social life more than anything else.

Vanessa came back to reality as she heard the passenger door click open as Gregory got out.

She immediately got out as well and grabbed her bag. She needed to stop wandering off into thinking about Vanny.

Gregory was walking slowly and looked like he was a zombie wondering around.

Vanessa quickly covered up the distance and swooped him into her arms to carry him home.

Gregory hugged her neck and placed his head on her shoulder as his eyes began to close, then snapping open in between, trying to stay awake.

Vanessa could feel his tiredness, he was very limp. He was already super short to start with, his head was barely able to lay on her shoulder despite how high she was holding him. His weight was already very light but now she could tell that he was even lighter.

"I want to sleep…" Gregory told her as he shifted a bit.

"I know Greggy, just hold on for a while" Vanessa tried to comfort him as she rubbed his back.

She reached the door and pulled out the key, trying hard to not disturb Gregory as she opened the lock.

After gently placing Gregory down on the sofa, she headed to the kitchen to grab some water and a snack.

She started to search through the cabinets to find something edible. Then she opened the cabinet with the alcohol.

Memories started to rush back to the time when her father was hitting her mother after coming home drunk, those shouts, that scream, that thud sound…

She also started to consider drinking her troubles away, she observed the bottle but then her childhood memories made her close the cabinet for good.

"Nessie…" Gregory's weak voice called out.

Vanessa was stunned on hearing him, not expecting Gregory to be up. She turned around to see him in his night wear.

She was lost in her thoughts for that long?

"Greggy, I- I’m going to change now, you can go to bed" Vanessa told him.

"Y- you look…sad.."

"Just a rough day kiddo" Vanessa replied as she walked past him to get to the washroom.

Even in the washroom, she found no relief. Vanessa still remembered how she used to hide in washrooms to avoid her father and bullies.

She got changed and splashed her face with some water for good measure.

She took a deep breath and took a look at her in the mirror.

And Vanny was there.

She stumbled as she pushed herself against the door and started to look for ways to escape, only to look back on the mirror and see her normal reflection.

Vanessa sighed, she was getting flashbacks or something of that sort.

She went out and took out her uniform, she had to iron it for the next night. But she had no energy left so she left it as it is and went to the bedroom.

Gregory was already changed and fast asleep as she entered the bedroom. She silently laid in the bed, trying to make sure she didn't accidentally wake him up, but alas her attempt failed.

"My stomach hurts…"

"I know," Vanessa said softly as she pulled him closer for a cuddle.

"I am sorry if I have stressed you out" Gregory apologized with a weak tone as he shifted against Vanessa.

"Don't worry, I just…today has been just rough…"

"I know you are worried about the Vanny situation…"

Vanessa sighed, he knew.

"Forget it, sleep tight ok? Let me know if you feel unwell." Vanessa told him as she covered both of them with the blanket.

"You don't have to worry that much, I will be fine."

"Just looking out for you, good night Greggy" Vanessa told him as she placed a kiss on his cheek.

Gregory made a small whimper at her action, Vanessa's heartbeat got faster, did she do something wrong?

"What happened?" She asked, now more worried about him.

"Just…argh, leave it" Gregory told her in an annoyed tone.

"Kid, you don't have to-"

"Just leave it ok?!" He snapped at her, "Just don't do that again…please"

Vanessa stared at him as he pulled his sights away from her and stuffed his face into her shoulder.

"Ok, let's not do that again…" Vanessa thought as she wrapped an arm around Gregory.

Maybe cheek smooches remind him of his mother too much.

. . .

Vanessa again found herself in a black void. Why was she here? Where was Gregory?

She quickly found the answer, her therapist appeared in front of her out of thin air.

But they had injuries. Caused by her.

"Look" Vanny's voice came out of nowhere, "our first success"

"No!" Vanessa protested, "shut up! You are-"

She turned around and to her horror, saw her dead co-workers.

"Oh look, remember them? How did we wipe them out in just a few months?" Vanny again spoke out, "They were just the starting of our journey".

"Get out of my head!" Vanessa cried out.

"Oh, I haven't even reached the good part…" Vanny giggled.

"Remember them?" Children who became Vanessa's victims stood in front of her, all lined up.

"You-"

"What, me? We both did it together, just like sisters causing chaos together" Vanny happily said.

Then the worse came, Vanessa started to get all the flashbacks, when she fatally wounded all those children.

Stabbed, tortured, slowly made to die, cutted to pieces, all those scenes came rushing back.

"You and I killed together, Vanessa" Vanny spoke, now seriously, "We both are at the same level, you just went the other way over your boyfriend and that brat…"

"But let me fix that real quick.." Vanessa immediately knew what was going to happen.

Both Luis and Gregory appeared in front of her, disturbingly, tied up.

"Now we will never be disturbed after we get rid of these halfwits…"

. . .

Gregory's eyes shot open as he felt the ground shaking.

Wait no, it was Vanessa shivering.

Gregory could tell she was having a nightmare again, so he knew he had to go into action to help.

Gregory started to shake Vanessa with whatever energy he had, but to no avail.

He was already not feeling well, but he couldn't just stand and watch her like this.

He started to call out her name to get her to wake up, but to no avail.

She started to mumble something, Gregory stopped to listen more carefully.

She was repeating Luis's name, then she started to repeat Gregory's name.

"NO!" Vanessa woke up screaming, Gregory barely dodged her.

She immediately sat upright, trying to prevent tears from forming.

"Nessie! What happened!?" Gregory asked.

"I…I ki-" she started to tear up instantly, "I can’t b- be forgiven…"

Gregory sighed, she was gonna blame herself and all.

"Nessie, you couldn't do anything." Gregory tried to reassure

"I didn't resist him!" She started to argue

"He literally controlled your b-"

"No! I co-"

"You couldn't"

"I COULD HAVE RESISTED HIM!" She snapped, "AND I JUST FUCKING WATCHED HIM AND HER KILL THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE A FUCKING COWARD!" She got more angry with herself.

"Nes-"

"STOP TRYING TO GIVE ME HOPE GREGORY! I LET THOSE KIDS DIE! I LET MY CO WORKERS DIE!"

"Nessie bu-"

"WHAT!? I SHOULDN'T BLAME MYSELF FOR THE PAST!?" she curled her hands into fists, "I LET VANNY INTO MY BODY AGAIN! I KILLED ANOTHER KID! I ALMOST KILLED YOU!"

"Nessie…please" Gregory tried to calm her down as she stood up from the bed, now he was starting to get scared from her aggressive posture.

"AND NOW SHE HAS A FOLLOWER BECAUSE OF MY FUCKUP!" She leaned closer to Gregory, now looking like she was out for blood, "NOW SHE KILLED TWO MORE CHILDREN AND ALMOST GOT ALL OF US KILLED! IT'S ALL MY FU-"

"Vanessa!" Gregory yelled as he shielded himself with his arms.

Vanessa stopped at her position with realization. Her eyes were streaming her face with tears, she was standing with hands curled into fist, ready to attack. But the most disturbing part was Gregory shielding himself across the bed.

"Shit…" she began to sob.

It didn't even take five seconds before she broke down into loud crying, using the bed as a table to hide her face.

She’d fucked up again, like always she did.

"I- I…" Vanessa kept cutting herself off with her crying.

Gregory realized that she wasn't drunk like he thought, he still had his suspicions when he saw her staring at that bottle of alcohol…

He carefully approached her as she kept her face shoved on the bed.

"Look…" he chose his words carefully, "you did fight her when she was about to kill me, that too multiple times….you…were lost beforehand, you had no one to help you, now you have people who are willing to stand by you side Vanessa"

Vanessa peaked at him with his teary eyes as he got closer.

She immediately jumped on him, Gregory's heartbeat skyrocketed and his eyes got wide open as he thought she was going to attack him. But instead she shoved her face into his chest and kept on crying.

"I’m sorry" She kept saying.

"Calm down, nothing will happen to you…" Gregory told her as he tried to rub her back to comfort her in some way.

"I shouldn't have-"

"Don't worry…I do have a few…questions" Gregory cutted her off, trying to avoid that topic.

"Do you drink?" He asked.

"N- no…I tried bu- but couldn't, it re- reminds me o- of my father" Vanessa responded

That's a sign of relief.

"What was the nightmare about?" Gregory asked

"I- I"

"Nessie, breathe."

"I was…killing all my v- victims-" Vanessa started.

"Vanny was using you to kill her victims." Gregory softly corrected.

"V- Vanny was usin- using me to kill her v-victims, then…" Vanessa pushed to take a breath, "she killed L-Luis and th- then you…"

Gregory hugged her as she fell into crying again, her trauma just never left her behind.

"It's…a- all my fault.." she started mumbling again, "I- if I didn't pl- play that game…."

"That's it Nessie, just…stop thinking about it" Gregory told her.

She was not going to stop blaming herself for the murders and Gregory knew it very well, he could only hope that she would be able to understand it.

"Can we sleep now please? I am still not feeling well…" he tried to create a distraction.

"Oh…ri- right, sorry" Vanessa apologized as she pulled back.

Gregory and Vanessa laid down on the bed, but obviously Gregory knew Vanessa was not gonna be able to get any sleep.

He scooted closer to her and took her hand.

"I know it's hard but….please, don't be stuck in this blame cycle" Gregory told her as he hugged her.

Vanessa stayed quiet, she didn't know what to even say, she was too lost. She just hugged Gregory like a teddy bear and hoped to sleep off.

"Nessie…"

"What is it Greggy?" Vanessa tried to sound calm.

"You are not gonna…" Gregory swallowed his spit, "...do anything stupid because of this, guilt right?"

She immediately understood what he meant.

"I wouldn't," she tightened her hug, "I will never leave you"

"You sound too broken psychologically"

"I can't cope with it kid."

"I can't see you like this Nessie" Gregory now looked up to see her face.

"I know, it's…it's just hard" she pushed his head into her shoulder, trying to avoid his eye contact.

"You think you will be fine for the next night?" Vanessa changed the topic.

"I think so."

Vanessa already knew he was not well, specially she could tell as she could feel his body shivering.

"You don't look fine to me" she told him as she shifted her lying position, letting Gregory lean on her.

"I will be fine" he replied as he snuggled down against Vanessa.

Vanessa did not pursue it, she felt like they could discuss it after getting a good night's sleep. Right now they both just needed cuddles.

"I hope you are comfortable with this." she asked.

"Cuddles are good, it's a good coping mechanism" he responded in a sleepish tone.

"I guess you’re right." she said as she tucked his head under her's.

Despite being scared earlier, Gregory felt safe and cozy in Vanessa's embrace. Despite it being relatively cold at night, Vanessa's warmth was keeping him comfortable.

The warmth reminded him about the times when his mother used to cuddle with him when he had nightmares or when he felt too cold. His mother never refused him to come, but now she was gone. Only Vanessa was the one who was filling that small role in his rather chaotic life.

Though he did not like to remember the past since his present is a roller coaster, he still likes it.

Vanessa on the other hand was still in a bad mood. Why was he doing this for her? Why does she deserve this after all she has done?

Vanessa snapped out of her thoughts Gregory pushed more against her shoulder. She tightened her hug around him, poor thing must be having a hard time with that painful tummy.

. . .

"How is the progress?" Vanny asked.

"Slow, some materials are still missing." Rachael told her as she changed into her uniform.

"We need to wrap that up quickly, they have found a way to remove our control from the animatronics!"

"Chill, I don't think they can take them all that quickly, remember they almost got killed by Freddy?"

"You are starting to learn, I like it"

"Yeah except I can't get any sleep!" Rachael rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry, it will all be worth it in the end"

. . .

The phone's alarm bell gave out a loud continuous ding as the clock struck 7pm, to the annoyance of both Gregory and Vanessa.

Vanessa's hand began to search for the phone as she stretched a little in her sleeping position.

"My stomach still hurts…" Gregory complained the moment the alarm stopped blaring.

"I know it hurts." Vanessa placed a smooch on his forehead, intentionally making sure not to trigger his response like in the morning.

"C'mon, we have a job to do"

"No, you are staying"

"Nessie bu-"

"No buts" Vanessa spoke in a firm tone, "You are already in pain, and dehydrated. You need rest, please."

"I can't just leave you alone to face them.." Gregory sat upright

"Gregory, I don't want to put in path of danger, specially when you at this state"

"I will come…"

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"Yes"

"You are…" Vanessa stopped for a moment, "...a liability. I don't mean in any bad way! You are just sick right now and you can't really run and do stuff, so please, stay home, for today."

Gregory stopped, she was right, he couldn't run or evade animatronics in this state, but then a feeling came.

He looked away from her, did she screw up again?

"Hey," she came by his side. "I know how you feel….bad, but I-"

"I get it, but I just wanna know, you wouldn't…die…right?"

"I uh…"

"You wouldn't leave me right?"

"Come here" Vanessa pulled him into a hug, "I will come back alive ok? I promise…."

"Can I at least stay in the security office, so I know you have company if…"

"Greggy, don't worry…."

"Can I please come, I will stay in the office like last night…"

Vanessa already knew she was fighting a losing battle. His insistence was hard to suppress, she already knew his concerns would not go away until he was also involved.

"Fine…but no adventures outside the office…"

. . .

'Clip ended' showed across the computer screen.

"Ah c'mon! Not a single traffic camera!?" Officer James complained as he finished up seeing the last traffic camera clip he could find.

He pushed himself away from the desk on his office chair as he groaned in frustration.

Hundreds of statements and footage, literally months of field work, but no wind on the missing persons.

"James" Officer Peter entered his office with his laptop under his arm, "It's all happening in Freddy's!"

"Don't" James interrupted him while staring at the ceiling, "They have literally paid everyone on their street to not put up any cameras around, I don't want their ripoff version of Saul Goodman coming to the station again."

"Well they can't deal with this concrete evidence" Peter gave a happy smile as he opened his laptop.

"What is it?"

"A store owner just on the other side of the main entrance to Freddy's had put a security camera two months ago but it was removed due to pressure from Fazbear Entertainment"

"And?"

Peter played the clip to say the words for him.

'28th January, 2031, 4:27pm' comes on top of the video, a child is seen entering the pizzaplex with no parents with him.

"And?" James asked, now curious.

Peter zoomed in on the child, and again, and again, until the face was clearly visible

The face immediately came to James's mind, Rudy, the 9 year old boy who went missing on the exact date.

"Holy shit, we were right all along…."

"So" Peter asked as he pulled up some paperwork on Fazbear Entertainment, "Where do we start?"

"Let's start with the logistics team…."

. . .

"Alright people, revenue for this quarter is back on the positive side, the economy is finally recovering and people are spending their sweet money, we are back in profit" the manager announced to his highest members of the staff.

Why did Glitchtrap have to make her the head of security? Vanessa always had to sit in these meetings to just hear about cutting corners and how to make profit. She couldn't wait until she could find a new job she actually enjoyed.

"So, the next agenda is regarding security" the manager said as he looked towards Vanessa.

Oh shit, something was up.

"So Vanessa" the manager questioned, "the Police had come in yesterday, they are again starting to poke their noses here. It would be really appreciated if you could take measures to prevent trespassing, we cannot afford to have our image damaged. The lawyers will be in contact with you incase the cops decide to make a visit again"

"Yes sir, I will make sure of it" Vanessa replied.

"Fazbear Entertainment will need those lawyers anyways when their practices are discovered" Vanessa thought.

"Alright people, that's it for today, dismissed"

Coming out of the meeting room felt so liberating, it was always annoying when she had to sit with all those idiots who had zero care for safety.

Thank god they didn't know what was really happening here. If they found out, they would just bury it and no justice would be served.

She checked the time, it was 9 pm, time to call the cavalry. She messaged Luis to let them know.

Today who would they try to free, Monty? No, he was way too aggressive to control with just Freddy. Chica or Roxy maybe, they could be dealt with much easily and Roxanne's eye might give them a huge advantage.

Unfortunately she had to stop her planning when she saw two familiar faces from yesterday, it was the cops again, this time in civilian clothing.

"Ah good evening!" Peter greeted her.

"Good evening officer, I see you have come to enjoy some of our food?" Vanessa tried to give a good impression. Why the hell did they come to have pizza here anyways?

"Haha well no, we were just looking around, but maybe one day" Peter replied. Thank god.

"How's the kid doing?" James asked.

"He uh…" Vanessa carefully thought about what she should say, "He got ill yesterday, food poisoning."

"Oof, that sure is nasty, did you get him anything from outside?"

"Well…yeah, I thought maybe getting some burgers would be nice, since uh, he could barely have those in the Orphanage"

"That's sweet." James replied, "Anyways, I have a few questions"

Oh dear, here they go with the questioning again.

"So, we talked with the logistics team here, and they say the docking garage is sometimes left open by accident, so do you regularly check them?"

Oh god, not the docking station

"Sir, it's not on my list to check the docking station" Vanessa replied.

She lied, Vanny kept the docking station open so she could make an escape if she ever got caught during nights, or just go home early if she killed her victim early.

"Then I guess you should start checking those so trespassers are not getting in, same with the front entrance, anyone can push the door and enter until midnight"

"Don't worry I will make sure of it, officer."

Not like she could do anything about it, Glitchtrap would probably shut down all the exits the moment he gains control of the Pizzaplex's network at midnight.

"Alright good, now, do you know about the disappearance of kids since last year?"

She knows where this was going…

"Uh yes, it's tragic, I hope you find them" Vanessa replied. It was all her, no, VANNY's fault for all of the killings.

"Alright, so you ever saw anyone of them near the pizzaplex at any-"

"Hey Ness!" Luis yelled to get her attention.

Thank god Luis was here to interrupt the officers.

"Hey Nessa!" Gregory approached her, slower than usual.

"Hey buddy" Vanessa scooped Gregory into her arms, "I told you not to run, you still need rest."

"I couldn't help it"

"Hey kid, I hope you are doing well" James asked.

"Doing better now Officer, though I gave Nessa a mini-heart attack yesterday"

Yeah he did.

"Well next time try to eat more from home, I hope she cooks for you well" James replied.

"Anyways, we have to go now, take care kid" James said as he and his partner walked away.

She dodged the bullet again, but she knew this was just the starting, they are digging in for information.

"Good entry, looks like suspicion is rising'' Vanessa took a sigh of relief.

"Seems like it, you think they will catch on?" Luis asked.

"Most likely but they will take time" Vanessa sighed, it would take long before they get the full picture about what is happening.

"Are you…" Gregory opened his mouth to speak but immediately stopped.

"Are you what?" Vanessa asked.

"Are you sure that…Fazbear Entertainment will not try to…uh, kill them?"

"Kid, they are cops, if something happens to them, the entire state will be after Fazfuck Entertainment" Vanessa replied.

"Enough of the chit-chat" John interrupted, "What's the plan today and please tell me it's actually, you know, PLANNED"

"Argh, fine, we will go after Roxy" Vanessa finally made up her mind. Roxy's eyes can definitely help them in the future.

"Everyone is gonna be leaving in 10 minutes, let's get ready" Luis noted as his watch struck 10:50pm.

. . .

"Alright so what's the agenda for this night?" Rachael lazily zipped up the Vanny costume, now with some modifications made to make it fit her.

"Well staff bots will be working on our other project, I would rather get rid of that Luis now then later" Vanny said

"Why him? We can take out the tough guy too, or maybe Vanessa herself?" Racheal asked.

"Killing her boyfriend will probably break her, that brat wouldn't be able to keep her together, whatever he does" Vanny responded.

"By the way, how did that kid and Vanessa get close?"

"That fucking kid got me out of her body…twice" Vanny fumed.

"Oh fuck…he was not that savage before…"

"How do you know him?"

"Long story, maybe for later."

Vanny was not satisfied with her answer, she started to search her brain for any memory but did not find anything.

"Ow, my head is aching"

"Don't worry, I am just a bit annoyed"

Vanny noticed something, she was slowly losing her ability to scan Rachel's brain, maybe too many body transfers are starting to take a toll on her, she needed to be careful.

"Let's kill the kid" Rachael suggested out of nowhere.

"It's not eas-"

"C'mon, if he is close to Vanessa, then killing him will break her even more, those other guys will probably also back off, who wants to see a dead child?"

"I like your thinking, but he dangerous, a bit smart too"

"What can he do with a single arm? Punch me?" Rachael chuckled, "He will be dead even before he sees us."

"Your wish, just don't get near to those network wires"

"Chill girl, it will be just fine"

. . .

"Alright so listen up" Vanessa announced, "Roxy is a tough girl to take down, she got those stupid upgrades which lets her see through wall and stuff, stealth is not an option"

"So now what?" Luis asked.

"We probably will have to lay a trap, something like uh, a net?"

"She will tear it apart immediately" Luis said

"Urgh, then what?"

"Well she is egocentric…"

"That does not help in any way dude" John interrupted in an annoyed tone.

"Ok fuck it, we will figure it out there itself" Vanessa announced her final plan.

"How about we lure her into that trash crusher thing?" Gregory chimed in.

"No! We can't damage her, we- I mean Vanessa will lose her job if that happens"

"Guys! We will just plan along the way" Vanessa spoke out, "and YOU" she pointed at Gregory, "Will stay here, with Freddy"

"Aw c'mon! I wann-"

"No, we agreed you will stay in the security office"

"Argh fine!"

As the conversation was going on, an audible knock was heard on the heavy duty security doors.

"Good evening Officer Vanessa!" Freddy greeted her, from behind the door.

"Oh great it's that orange bear again" John irritatingly said.

Luis opened the door to reveal a happy fazbear like he was about to wish a child their birthday.

"Oh! My apologies, I didn't greet you al-"

"Listen here fazbear" Vanessa gently pushed Luis aside, "You will stay HERE and look after Gregory, you will make sure he stays inside here and does not go adventuring, he is already sick right now"

"I will do my best to take care of-"

"And if you fail, then I will make sure you get scrapped in the morning"

"Officer Vanessa, I wi-"

"Good, now let's get going guys!" Vanessa said as she walked past Freddy with the other two and left for somewhere.

Freddy's ears dropped as the door shut.

"She is just um…tense" Gregory broke the silence.

"Oh hello Gregory!" Freddy immediately changed his mood, "Officer Vanessa has charged me to take care of you! I believe you are sick?"

"Food poisoning but it's fine"

"Please allow me to scan you for updated health records"

"Uh no" Gregory responded to his request as he put his hand forward to block any potential ray of light going up and down.

"I see, well, then would you be interested in listening to bedtime stories? I have a few pre downloaded for kids in the daycare"

"What no! I am not a baby!"

"Oh, then I believe you should suggest a activity we can take part in while Officer Vanessa returns from her duties"

"Hmmm…any activity?"

"Any activity you wish, as long as-"

"Take me around the pizzaplex"

"Gregory, unfortunately I cannot take you outside this office, it is not safe and would be against Officer Vanessa's orders"

"Aw c'mon! It's just a minor in and out"

"Gregory, I cannot disobey orders"

"Oh yeah? That's why you tried to kil-...nevermind...what else can we do?"

"I can sing you songs."

"No, do you have any gadgets? Maybe a console or something?"

"I am afraid I have no video gaming equipment, I do have this" Freddy said as a small thud is heard inside his stomach hatch, which opens up to show a gift box.

"Woah! What's inside?" Gregory questioned in amazement as he quickly began to unpack the box.

"It's a novelty freddy fazwatch, it can be used to communicate with me and navigate the pizzaplex, it can also be connected to the security cameras an-"

Freddy was cut short in his whole detailed explanation as Gregory's already managed to connect the watch to the security cameras.

"Gregory! it's against policy to let guests access the security cameras!"

"Freddy, a rabbit and your friends are already trying hurt me and Vanessa, I don't think policy matters over this"

"Gregory, my friends can never hurt anyone, they never have! We are not programmed that way, the virus must have only gotten me"

"Well then…" Gregory got an idea, "Let's find out"

"How?"

"We go out and see Roxy, maybe her raceway? I bet she would act normal if she is not affected"

"Gregory it's not safe-"

"Maybe I can hide in your stomach hatch" he points towards Freddy's empty stomach hatch.

"Gregory, that place is for oversized birthday cakes and piñatas, it's not a safe play area…"

"C'mon Freddy, I wanna help Vanessa by making sure the rest of your friends are ok, please…" Gregory pleas as he made himself like a puppy to convince Freddy to take part in his reckless idea.

“Gregory, I-”

“Pleaaaaaaase…..”

“Fine, hop into my stomach hatch, we will check out Roxy Raceway”

Gregory smirked, his tactic worked.

Freddy bent down and opened his stomach hatch, Gregory first took a good look to see if there was anything suspicious, after he was sure it was clear, he hopped in. At first he struggled due to having only one arm available for the job but Freddy gently gave him a boost up.

“Alright, to the Raceway!” Gregory commanded.

Freddy started to walk towards the Raceway, Gregory for the first time could appreciate the music that played across the Pizzaplex. The gentle tunes help him keep calm, why couldn't he have listened to these when he was being chased?

The trip, which would have taken him ages, took some 5 minutes as Freddy made an entry to Roxy Raceway.

“We are here, I still think we should retu-”

“C'mon let's look around!” Gregory got out of Freddy's hatch and started to look around.

“Gregory, be careful, that person who wants to hurt you could be here”

“We need to make sure your friends are ok, follow me, maybe we can find something….”

Freddy followed Gregory without any question asked. Gregory smirked, he was already able to abuse his power as a kid to get Freddy to listen to him, now only if he could find anything to lure Roxy or any other animatronics…

He heard loud footsteps, those were definitely not from a human…

He ran and took cover behind some crates, he peeked and saw Roxy, he was hunting for him, or maybe seeing those go-karts? All her posters show her as a racer anyways.

He looked around and couldn't see Freddy, did he walk too fast for him to catch up?

Roxy looked around, Gregory hid himself a bit more, he needed to inform the others…

“Hello Roxy! How are you doing today?” Freddy came out of nowhere to greet her.

“Freddy! You are supposed to hunt down those intruders!” Roxy tried to remind him.

“Roxy, we are not programmed to hurt anyone, it-”

“Freddy! We have our orders from the master, we will hunt them down and kill them! That kid is a priority so focus on him!” Roxy interrupted him as she stomped her foot.

“Roxy bu-”

“Return to Rockstar Row! I got this area covered” Roxy yelled as she stared at him down.

“If you say so…” Freddy turned and walked away.

“Well fuck” Gregory told himself. He was stuck.

Roxy looked in the opposite direction as she raised one of her ears. Something was off.

Gregory watched around as he started to hear footsteps. They kept getting louder and louder.

It had to be Vanny, he started to mess with the fazwatch to call Freddy but no connection was getting through.

Gregory turned around and felt two hands grabbing both his shoulders firmly. He was almost about to go into a panic attack until he saw it was just Vanessa.

“What the hell are you doing here?!” Vanessa hissed at him with a clearly visible frown.

“I wanted to help, Roxy is here, I think she has spotted us…” Gregory whispered.

“Kid you- forget it, you need to get out of here”

“How did you find me?” Gregory asked.

“I checked the security system and apparently one fazwatch was active, and of course I was right, it was you”

“Oh, hey! I was thinking, maybe we can use that go-kart…”

“No, you will retu-”

Gregory broke off and immediately ran to the go-kart with whatever energy he had, Vanessa followed him with a grunt.

“C'mon! Sit where the bot was supposed to be!”

Gregory swiftly entered the go kart and putted on the seatbelt. Vanessa tried to pull him out but it was too late, Roxy had seen them and now was changing towards them.

Vanessa had two options, try to get Gregory out of the go kart and possibly be killed by Roxy, or follow his plan and possibly also get killed, but with a chance that maybe they can roadkill Roxy.

Vanessa sighed, the former was a better bet.

“This better work” Vanessa told Gregory as she buckled up the seatbelt, which barely fitted her as the seat itself was barely able to contain her, “But after this you are in for a lot of trou-”

Without warning Gregory smashed the pedels and the go kart went flying towards Roxy who was just 15 feet from them, she was caught off guard and barely dodged the kart.

“Oh yeah?! You wanna race!? I will show what a REAL race is like loser!” Roxy roared with all her might.

“You pissed her off!” Vanessa commented as she grabbed Gregory and his seat as she was certain that she was going to fall off and die.

“That's the plan!” He exclaimed as he took a sharp turn around the corner.

“What!?”

“All the posters and themes on her scream racing! We can use it to distract her from putting in that anti virus!”

“It's dang-”

“Come here coward!” Roxy screamed as she immediately caught up with her own kart.

“Oh shit! Go faster!”

“Ness?” her radio came to life, “Are you there? I can hear go-karts driving, maybe 2 of them?”

“Luis! Listen up, we are being chased by Roxy right now! How do we stop her!?”

“We?”

“Me and Gregory! We are in a go kart!”

“Go-kart? Why?” Luis asked

“Stop questioning and do something!”

“Ok ok! We will see what we can do…”

Gregory again took a sharp turn which nearly tilted the kart but managed to stay on its four wheels.

Vanessa turned around to see Roxy drifting the corner with ease and catching up to them.

Gregory had pressed down the pedal to the floor but kept losing speed as he negotiated the corner and barely avoided oversteering. Roxy finally managed to catch up to the duo.

“You are mine now!” Roxy grabbed Gregory by the shirt and tried to pull him out of the kart, “You are gonna be my latest roadkill!”

“Get off him!” Vanessa punched Roxy, only to hurt her hand.

Gregory started to wiggle but there was no getting out of her grip.

“Take this!” Vanessa gave Roxy a swift kick in the face which finally freed Gregory from her and forced her to slow down.

Both of them took a sigh of relief as Roxy lost distance, Vanessa remembered what happened to that one kid who tried to run away from Roxy in the raceway, she unfortunately, was run over by Roxy and Vanny made sure he died slowly to get as much remnant as possible.

“Nessie you alright?” Gregory asked her with furrowed eyebrows.

“Yeah…” she shaked the thoughts of that day, better to forget those memories. She had a job to finish.

“We see Roxy!” The radio came back to life.

Vanessa turned around to see Roxy again closing in the distance, but something was off, there was another kart behind her, with two people!?

“This is a bad idea!” Luis yelled as John got a bit up.

“Then what do we do!? Roll over and die!?” John asked sarcastically.

“Just saying…”

“Close in, she does not see us!”

Luis had never been in a go kart, especially after an employee crashed during a test drive in front of his eyes.

“Oh god help us”

“Keep it steady!”

“You think you are better than me coward! I always win!” Roxy yelled at Gregory.

“Steady…”

“I will kill you first, then that Van-”

“Gerimino!” John leaped onto Roxy from the kart.

Luis immediately applied the brakes while Gregory dodged Roxy's kart as an all out struggle began.

“Get off me!” Roxy threw over hands backwards to get him off her.

“It's time to say hello to our little friend!” John inserted the USD in the plug and preyed that the kart stops.

“Wh- what's happening!? My system is sh- shu- shutin-”

Roxy screams cutted short as her system went offline and her head collapsed on the steering wheel, the kart immediately stopped after detecting her shutdown.

“Holy shit it worked” Luis looked with shock, he got off the kart, only to fall out after tripping on it.

“You guys alright!?” Gregory got off the kart to check on the duo who had dismounted.

“Yeah kid, looks like this…” John kicked Roxy to see if she was active with no response, “robot will come back to life soon.

“Let's go, we got two animatronics free!” Luis celebrated as the trio gave themselves a well deserved high fi.

“Argh…what happened?” Roxy came back online, “where am I? Why am I in my kart?”

“Long story” Luis replied, “just be glad there is no virus in you”

“Virus!?” Roxy exclaimed, “I- I can’t go racing with a virus in my system, my reputation will be ruined! My fan wi-”

“Calm down the virus is gone” Gregory bumped in to stop her life crisis.

“Who is this kid? Its after hours”

“That's a…long story too”

“How about you go and meet up with Freddy, he will tell you everything” Vanessa spoke out of nowhere.

All of them turned around to see the woman frowning and her hands crossed.

“Officer Vanessa, I ne-”

“Do what I told you, I need to talk to these three gentlemen”

“She looks pissed” Luis whispered.

“Who got into the kart first?” John quietly asked.

“Let's not talk about that” Gregory hissed.

. . .

“I- I can't believe it!”

“I know Roxanne it's hard to believe” Freddy tried to calm her down

“Freddy…we…we are not programmed to hurt a kid”

“If not your fault, that stupid virus wants to hurt people” Gregory bumped in.

“How long have we been under the control of the virus?”

“Ummm, maybe a week” Gregory lied, he knew it was wrong but it had to be done to prevent them from going into a mental breakdown, their programming does show some emotions.

“I am so grateful kid, thanks” Roxy gently crouched to Gregory's height and offered him a fist bump.

Gregory reached out but stopped for a moment, the memories of her chasing him down and almost killing him came rushing in.

Freddy and his friends almost killed him that night, and he almost got killed now, were they safe?

No, they were only doing it because Glitchtrap forced them to.

It was important to fix the relationship now instead of later, he needed to overcome his fear.

Gregory gave a solid fist bump to Roxy, finally feeling at ease that she is now an ally, not an enemy.

The office door opened and both Luis and John walked out with Vanessa following them.

Gregory needed to apologize for his reckless behavior an hour before.

“Nessie, I am really sor-”

“I will deal with you at home, right now we have bigger issues at hand” Vanessa dismissed him with an irked tone.

He could already smell trouble, she was clearly not happy with what he did, what will she do to him? He had no idea, she had been nice to him with some mental breakdowns. Was she hiding her real side?

“Officer Vanessa, it's not safe for you to venture out, what if Monty or Chica sees you!?” Roxy questioned.

“Roxy, someone has to do this, we can't let them be controlled by that as- intruder, it's only us who can stop him.

“Officer Vanessa, as much as I appreciate you and your friends efforts to help us, you need to take precautions, it's already beyond 4am, the pizza plex will open in 2 hours, I think you all need to take some rest.

“Can't do Freddy” Luis spoke up, “We have to stop them now, Chica is uncontrollably eating trash and Monty is getting more aggressive, we need to help them before they hurt themselves”

Roxy's ears dropped upon hearing Luis, Freddy too looked down, he was right, they were hurting themselves and others against their will.

“There is no way we can do much in 2 hours” John commented, “I think we should plan on tomorrow's agenda, so we don't end in a situation like this today”

The adults again got back to discussing, Gregory sighed, knowing that tomorrow is going to be a difficult day again.

He opened his watch to see if he could connect it to Roxy, he accidentally clicked on cameras however and found something which he hoped was not real.

“Uh guys” he called out, “I think we got company”

“What?” Luis asked.

“See the Camera in the Rockstar Row”

“Wait, that watch thingy has a camera?” John asked.

“It's a normal faz watch but employees can modify it to be used for company work” Vanessa commented.

“Why didn't we get those?! Our lives would have been made much easier!”

“Hello Captain Tactical, employees have to buy the watch themselves” Vanessa replied with a serious face.

“Don't worry guests, we can give out the faz watches for free because nobody would notice!” Roxy tried to cheer John up.

“Bad morning idiots” the announcement system cracked to life as Vanny's sound came loud and clear.

“Not this shit again” John sighed, knowing the last time she used the announcement system.

“I see you all have even gotten the kid with you, such a tragedy that you all need him to do your tasks…” Vanny taunted the listeners.

“Ness, don't listen to her” Luis comforted Vanessa who looked more pissed off then worried.

“It would be even a bigger tragedy if something were to happen to him” Vanny chuckled, “How about a little game of hide and seek?”

“What the hell are you planning now?” Vanessa yelled.

“No response? Guess the time starts now, also a change in rules! There will be one more seeker!” Vanny stated, “so you better be good at hiding because I always win”

The speakers went silent as everyone tried to compile about what's going to happen, only for the lights to go dark.

“What's happening!? The lights went off!” John yelled as he turned on his torch.

“She is targeting Gregory! Freddy! Roxy! Protect him at all costs! we will distract Vanny!”

“Who is Vanny?” Roxy asked as she immediately started to scout the area for movements.

“No time! Take him to the kitchen security office! It has only one door function so you can keep all the threats at bay!” Vanessa shouted.

“Nessie! What about you guys!?”

“We will be fine, you are the biggest priority! Now go!”

“Gregory we need to go, climb into my chest cavity” Freddy bended down to allow Gregory to climb inside.

“Freddy! Are you really gonna carry him in your chest cavity!?” Roxy questioned Freddy's unorthodox idea.

“Roxanne, it's the best way to keep him safe” Freddy assured her as they both went off.

“Show yourself coward!” Luis shouted but no response.

The trio looked around, only dark surrounded them, with only the humming of machines creating sound.

“I guess this is just a bluff!” John shouted to break the silence.

“She can be anywhere!”

“C'mon, it's the three of us against her, she wouldn't win a fight against us!”

“Oh really?~ I guess it's a good thing I brought some friends” Vanny spoke out of nowhere.

Vanessa's heartbeat stopped as she heard a familiar jiggle.

“Bad children must be punished…” Moon's red purplish eyes immediately became visible above Vanny's red eyes.

“What the fuck is that?” John asked as he pointed his torch at the moon.

“You will find out soon, unless you accept my deal…” Vanny proposed.

“What kind of deal you want you fucking monster” Vanessa yelled.

“Simple, hand me that kid so I can get enough material for my plan and you guys walk out alive”

“Oh fuck you! I wouldn't let you lay a hand on that poor soul again!” Vanessa replied with anger.

“For real? You couldn't protect him before-”

“How about you turn yourself over?” Luis interrupted her.

“How about we break your bones and then turn you over?” John added on.

“Oh this much confidence? We will see about that~”

The trio got ready to fight off Vanny, but from the start they were at a disadvantage. Vanny had a knife, they had nothing but torches, and to make matters worse, she had the Daycare Attendant with her.

Moon charged, striking Luis and sending him flying to hit Vanessa. Vanessa immediately dodged to only see Luis hit the wall.

“Argh! Maybe giving him a reinforced endoskeleton was a bad idea…”

Vanny only giggled from behind, the knife in her hand constantly twisting, “I guess he is enough for you 3 idiots, how about I go and give the kid a hug”

“No yo-” Vanessa got cut off as the moon took a swing at her and missed as she hit the floor.

Vanny hopped off as Moon continued his attack.

“We gotta get the virus out of him!” John yelled at Luis and Vanessa.

“That's a problem, that will require us to take him to parts and service, he does not have a plug where we can stick the USB!” Vanessa explained the situation as Moon tried to kick her.

“Damn it, just attack him together! We can overpower him!” Luis exclaimed.

“Come here you naughty adult!” Moon grabbed Vanessa and pinned her against the floor.

Vanessa found herself in a difficult position as both her arms were pinned, Moon looked at her like he was ready to tear her to pieces, that same look he gave to his victims…

“You helped me kill those annoying little children…now I will do the same to please my master.”

“Moon! Snap out of it damn it!” Vanessa tried to buy time, maybe he could change his mind?

Both Luis and John came to her aid, they tried to pull Moon off her but he did not budge.

“Moon get off her!” Luis yelled to get his attention but to no avail.

“I need to make you suffer a bit more so I can get more remnant” Moon mocked her as he started to choke her.

Vanessa even with one arm free couldn't do anything to stop Moon, she kicked, she punched, she scratched him but nothing was stopping him.

She was going to die, just like how she was forced to end all those lives, she was going to suffer just like how she was forced to make them suffer, did she deserve this? Did anyone deserve to die in this place? All this just to revive a dead serial killer.

Her eyes filled with tears as she started to blackout, she started to feel her body give up, her breath was almost gone. She was done for, this is it, she was going to die…

That would have become a fact for her, if Luis hadn't brought a live electric wire.

“Get away from my friend!” Luis roared as he pushed John away and plunged the wire into his endorsement.

Moon's endoskeleton went psycho as he screamed in agony, leaving Vanessa and collapsing on the floor.

“Fuck!” John screamed as he saw the entire commotion unfold.

“Ness! Are you ok!? Talk to me!” Luis frantically asked as he shaked Vanessa.

Vanessa got a hold of herself to realize that she had barely survived the encounter. She was already shedding tears, breathing heavily to get air.

She couldn't take it, she hugged Luis and broke down.

“Hey hey hey, calm down, you are fine, we all are fine…”

“How didn't she get electrocuted?” John asked as he kneeled down to inspect Moon's lifeless body.

“His exterior is made of plastic, his hands are all plastic. Thank god cutting corners saved lives this time”

“W- wait! She is after Gregory!” Vanessa immediately realized she had stalled them to get Gregory!

“What's the fastest way to the kitchen?” John asked.

“Follow me! We need to get there fast!”

. . .

Freddy and Roxy barged into the kitchen security door, animatronics aren't supposed to get inside but the situation was kind of an emergency so it didn't matter.

“What if they get hurt!? What if Vanny stabs one of them!?” Gregory frantically asked the duo as he got out of Freddy's hatch.

“Don't think negatively Gregory, they will be fine” Freddy tried to reassure him.

Roxy slammed the door controls and shutted down the door, not like they couldn't fight any animatronic off, but taking any risk with a kid with them wouldn't be wise.

“Ok, we need to contact Nessie!” Gregory exclaimed as he called Vanessa via his watch.

“Nessie? Are you there!?” He frantically asked.

“Kid, she is ok! Uh, maybe she's a bit tired…” Luis answered, “don't worry she's fine, we are coming to your location, did you see Vanny?”

“No….” He replied, none of them saw Vanny when they were running…

. . .

Gregory knew Vanessa was angry with what he did, she had not said a word since they left. She had been just quiet and slightly frowning.

Even as they entered the apartment, she didn't even mutter a word, she immediately just went to change and started cooking breakfast.

He had to talk, he knew what he did was wrong, and potentially got all of them in grave danger by giving Vanny an opening.

Vanessa passed him his omelet without any words and sat on the other side of the table to eat hers. Now he had the chance.

Gregory took a deep breath, this is gonna take a lot of convincing, “Look, I am sorry ok! I- I didn't want to just sit there and watch anything happen to you!”

“That's all?” Vanessa said in a neutral aggressive manner, “You almost got killed by Roxy and Vanny was out to get you. ”

“Look! I-” Gregory looked down, “I don't want to lose you ok…you are the only person I know and care for”

Reality struck her, this kid here knows basically no one and she is the only one he trusts. She felt sorry, he needs her and he is the reason why she still has a strong will to live on.

“Hey listen, you need to understand, I just don't want you to risk your life for mine. I promise that I'm not going to get myself killed, I have something to live for now” Vanessa also looked down, getting off to a rude start might have made him a bit frustrated.

“What's this something?” He asked.

“It's you” she hesitantly answers, she doesn't know how much he will care or how he will react.

Gregory's face turns slightly red, maybe she embarrassed him a little?

He got up and ran towards her. Even before she could react, he hugged her tightly with his arm.

She didn't know how to react and simply hugged him back, no words exchanged, just a peaceful silence.

She was becoming more committed to her cause of putting an end to Vanny, only after the past is fixed, she can peacefully live her life.

Now only if she could get that virus out of the other animatronics….

Chapter Text

“Another day coming to an end.” Gregory whispered to himself as he pulled up his blanket to finally sleep.

He always loved when it was time to sleep, days had been rough on him, the bullies, teachers and god knows what else were after him. Each day meant he took one step closer to growing up old enough to leave or maybe get a foster family that actually cared for him.

But just as his eyes were ready to close for the night, he remembered something. Something important.

Oh no! He forgot his arm bracelet that his mom had made him during the shower! How could he have forgotten!

He shot upwards as he realized his mistake. He had to take it back before any of those ‘grown boys’ took it away in the morning!

He quietly left his bed and tip-toed his way across the room, making sure he did not wake up his roommates. He peeked through the door to see if anyone was around. All silent, good.

He slipped past the door, now where did he keep that bracelet? Maybe the common bathroom is a good start.

He carefully walked through the hallways, making sure to take a glance behind his back often to see if he was not being followed by anyone. He reached the bathroom without any trouble.

Opening the door was more tricky, it always made a creaky noise when opened, and it was loud enough to alert anyone in the hallway. Knowing this, he very gently and carefully opened the door. It made a slight noise but now had enough of a gap for him to slip in.

He looked around the dark titled room with only the moonlight as a source of light, he squinted towards the sink area and saw what he had been looking for, moonlight coming straight on it.

He quickly grabbed the band and wore it in his left hand. A sense of relief and delightment went through him, the last sign of his mother he had, it was safe.

He again snuck past the door and started to make his way to his room. He was proud, his skills of stealth were really unmatched, maybe, he should escape at nights more often. Maybe even visit his old home.

Unfortunately these thoughts were quickly interrupted as Gregory felt a hand grab his head and turned him around like a ball.

“What are you doing this late!?” A person demanded, they were not visible due to the darkness of the hall but he knew it was trouble.

“I- I….” he struggled to speak as he tried to not scream from the pain that came from his hair that had been pulled.

“Explain yourself now!” The person demanded, loosening their grip on his head.

“I- I had gone to the washroom to get back my bracelet!” Gregory spoke out. He had told the truth, maybe, just maybe it might save him.

“Bracelet? This is not a night to be wasting my time! I have enough of you! It's time I teach you a lesson, GREGORY” the person spoke with anger. Wait, how did they know it was Gregory!? In this darkness!

Gregory felt been pulled by his collar, he tried to resist, he punched and kicked towards the dark figure but it did nothing.

He started to beg them to let him go, where were they taking him? It was already so dark, he wanted to just get his bracelet back, he wanted his mom…

. . .

Vanessa's eyes shot open as she heard whispers from her side. She looked over her shoulder and saw Gregory trembling and mumbling something in this sleep.

She sat up upright and shook Gregory gently to wake him up, after some attempts he finally opened his eyes.

“Hey, you ok?” Vanessa said gently as she offered her hand to Gregory for some comfort.

Gregory looked around in shock, Vanessa grabbed his hand to get his attention. Gregory looked at her, he was not on the verge of crying but scared.

“Was it about Vanny?” She asked gently. Gregory took a deep breath and halted for a second, was the nightmare that bad?

“Yeah, the usual'' he spitted out, but Vanessa felt something strange, she for some reason was having a gut feeling that he was lying, but why would he? He had nothing to hide right? She's just too worried.

“Wanna talk about it?” she offered, but Gregory rejected it with a node.

“Well you wanna still sleep? I would really like to catch some more Z’s” she yawned. Vanessa really wanted to help him out but she did not want to push it, especially after Vanny appeared in person to fight them beforehand.

“I am kinda out of sleep…but I can stay if you like” he replied.

“Don't worry you can stay awake, maybe play some video games” Vanessa smiled a little.

“Well it would be more nice if you can tag along since legendary gamers need at least some help” he said with confidence as he tried to get the nightmare thoughts out of his head.

“Legendary gamer?” she left out a giggle to his statement.

“...ok fine! I need help, I have not played video games for a long time! but you also want to sleep…”

“No big deal, I can stay awake for this”

“No! you need to rest! I will stay here to make sure you do!” He protested her idea.

Vanessa laughed on his statement but inside felt happy that the kid cared for her so much that he would force her to sleep.

“Alright fine, but I want a teddy bear too!” she grabbed Gregory and laid down, she held him like a teddy bear which annoyed Gregory.

“Hey! I am not a teddy bear!” he laughed as he tried to wiggle his way out.

“Not if I have anything to say about it”

Gregory giggled as Vanessa tickled him a little, she was sure that these were the fun movements that would fill her memories instead of what Vanny gave her.

“Alright I will sleep I promise, just wake me up when you want some food, I don't want you to burn the whole apartment down”

. . .

The Hurricane Police Department had always been full of life due to a rise in crime but the investigation team had been much more active in the past 2 days which is really unusual for this small town. The briefing room today was slightly filled with other Hurricane PD officers and County's Sheriff Department deputies.

The room was full of chater as officers discussed among themselves, it had something to do with Fazbear Entertainment. The room immediately fell in silence as Officers Peter and James walked in.

“Afternoon officers, so I guess it's already an open secret what we are here for so I will cut to the chase” James announced as he opened his file. “So after getting some footage and statements, it seems clear that all the disappearances have occurred in the pizzaplex, first the psychologists, then the nightstaff and now children…”

“We did some look around in the pizzaplex and we found that first, there is only one nightguard or actually the chief of security and second, there is an entrance that anyone can enter even when the building is locked down”

“So the chief of security might be helping the suspect?” an officer asked.

“We right now are not sure…but it's a possibility”

“If anyone can enter the building then it can be anyone” another officer pointed out.

“Well we believe it has to be a member of the staff as the building needs a security card to be roamed around” James pointed out, “also they must be knowing the place well”

“It could be that it's a member of the technician or security team as they have access to most of the buildings and most of them kinda have a shaky record to say the least.” Peter said as he opened another file.

“I heard the Chief of Security had no experience in security” An Deputy pointed out.

“That's true, heck, she even went for some therapy and all of her therapists disappeared” Peter replied as he opened the file on Vanessa.

“How did you guys get this much information?” An officer asked in confusion as he kept going through the files.

“Oh we have a couple of informants in there, they were hard to pursue but we managed to convince them” James told the officer as he raised his voice a little. “We will find the person who is responsible for these disappearances and uncover the secrets of this company, we will face political pressure from the city but it's a hassle worth the effort…”

. . .

Rachael carried out her daytime duties as expected, only with slight delays as she had not slept properly for the few days. As she entered Gator Golf, her mind kept reminding of one thing, how did she screw up so badly?

Not only did she not manage to find Gregory, but even moon failed to kill anyone, it was only a miracle that Vanny was able to find spare parts to fix the Daycare Attendant before the staff came in.

Now the issue at hand was that two animatronics were free from their control, while Freddy's loss could be dealt with, Roxy was a hard pill to swallow. She has the new eyes which could see through walls, she is fast and aggressive, and now they don't have her under THEIR control.

So they are trying to fix their mistakes huh? Saving these animatronics whose job is only supposed to be one thing, entertain guests to earn money for Fazbear Entertainment. Were they seriously thinking they had life? These were the animatronics who killed several employees and children to bring back Afton, they are simply a tool for their greater plan.

She will punish them for their resistance, she will make them suffer, she will make everyone suffer. First she will finally kill Gregory, then she will slaughter everyone, and she will make sure Vanessa watchs this all. She is a traitor after all, she betrayed Afton, she mu-

“Big talk, you done?” Vanny's voice sniggered in Rachael's head.

“What's so funny about this huh? we lost to a bunch of idiots!” Rachael complained as she looked around to see no one was watching her.

“You were the fool, you underestimated them”

“How? they just got lucky with Freddy and Roxy because of that worthless brat”

“That brat is clever, he must not be underestimated”

“Fine, but then we almost lost moon”

“You were the one who decided to send Monty and Chica to collect the parts we need for the new project, we can't even mobilize the staff bots needed to overwhelm them because we don't have enough power to run our own servers” Vanny explained.

Rachael wanted to keep arguing but realized that Vanny was right, they were more of a threat than expected.

“Fine! what do we do then?” Rachael asked for which Vanny only gave one reply, “Lay a trap”.

. . .

Arriving at the Pizzaplex, Vanessa had hoped nothing was noticed from the previous night, and thankfully she was right, except for a few things…

“Hey Boss, so Monty and Chica were found really dirty this morning, what were they upto?” The parts and service chief technician asked her as she just entered the lobby.

Vanessa was taken by surprise, they never found Monty or Chica at night, where were they?

“Uh I guess they were wandering around near trash or something, I couldn't find them last shift”

“Explains the smell, just try to keep them from doing that, it's really hard to keep Chica in proper functioning order since she keeps stuffing food into her mouth!”

“Yep…noted”

Phew, that is one bullet dodged, now we need to do her normal shift and then it-

Wait! Today is the weekend concert! How did she forget!

“Hey Nessa, why standing blank all of the sudden?” Gregory asked as he entered the lobby, carefully looking around for any other staff members.

“...it's the concert weekend” she told him with a low tone as they walked to a corner to not get spotted by other staff in plain sight.

“What? That is so awesome! I can actually see the band without them running after us!” Gregory jumped in excitement.

“Not that Greggy! Vanny used this as a….” she paused, she was really not sure to speak more about Vanny…no she have to do it, she have to come all clean to Gregory about Vanny.

She crouched to Gregory's level and took a deep breath, “Vanny would use the weekend concert to kidnap a group of children and then…she would play her game…hide and seek…she always won..”

“I- I’m sorry”

“It's fine, I didn't tell you about it, I really don't like talking about it because…it was just too brutal and sadistic.” Vanessa downed her gaze.

Gregory wanted to hug her so badly to make her feel somewhat better, but couldn't due to them being in the Pizzaplex at daytime, they can't risk being found out to be working together.

“How many people know that you’ve like… adopted me?” he asked.

“No one, I don't wanna risk the higher ups knowing this, we don't even know who the new Vanny is” Vanessa explained.

“Good point, so what do we do right now? Luis and John will arrive soon.”

“I will get to work, you…argh, I can't leave you alone”

“I will be fine.” Gregory said

“No! what if Vanny gets you?” Vanessa asked worriedly.

“She won't!”

“She could though!”

“I assure you she wouldn't, be con-”

“Hey boss, are you helping that kid?” Rachael spoke.

Vanessa quickly looked at her side to see Rachael standing, staring at them but especially at Gregory.

“Uh yeah, he is looking…for his parents!” she made up an excuse as she gently dragged Gregory a bit closer to her. “Hey kid, so where did you last see them?”

She immediately sensed something was wrong as Gregory looked somewhat frightened, he was staring down at the floor.

“I…don't know” he slowly replied in a more childish noise.

Oh he was playing along, Vanessa gave Rachael a little smile to show her everything was fine.

That was until she saw a very brief glow of purple in her eyes.

Rachael turned around just as Vanessa saw the glow and walked away. Vanessa looked stunned, Was she Vanny!?

“Did you see her eyes glow purple?” She whispered to Gregory as she tried to comprehend what just happened.

“What? no…”

“Hey what's wrong? Why so depressed all of the sudden?”

“What? Depressed? I- I am fine! I thought she was still here!” Gregory defended.

“...fine. Stick together with me until the others arrive, also please, don't go to Roxy Raceway…” she told him as she got up and took his hand to walk up and down the lobby, pretending to find his ‘parents’.

She was still concerned, Gregory did not want to talk about the nightmare, but she didn't want to push him too much. Also couldn't Rachael be Vanny? No…she was mean to children but still was sweet to most of the staff and adults, maybe she is actually starting to hallucinate. She really needs to see a psychologist after all this is over…

. . .

“Alright the band is ready!” A technician shouted as the Glamrocks got ready to step on the elevator to the stage.

“Halt! The mic speakers are not working properly!” Another technician shouted.

“Argh c'mon just get this done with!” Vanessa grinned her teeth as all the technicians left her alone with the Glamrocks to fix the issue.

She could only hope that Vanny John keeps Gregory safe and keeps an eye out for Vanny. Tomorrow the Pizzaplex will shut down to the public for two days as the building will go for the so-called ‘yearly maintenance’.

“Hey Ness!” Luis called out as he came sprinting to her.

“Oh hi Luis! Sorry for not calling, I was just busy”

“No problem, so anything new on the…problem?” Luis asked.

“No, but I wanna talk about something similar”

“Go on”

“Gregory had a nightmare today, he said it was about Vanny but he didn't want to talk about…”

“Ness, maybe you are worrying too much.” Luis said.

“What? I am worried that he thinks I will not understand his feelings!” Vanessa exclaimed

“Ness, that kid literally loves you as much as a parent.” Luis replied.

“But I always tell him about my nightmares! He could be worried that he might stress me out!”

“Jeez Ness, give that kid some space, you don't have to push for answers.”

She sighed as she recollected her childhood, when she had to live with her father, he would never listen to her about her nightmares, especially those in which she kept losing her mother. She doesn't want Gregory to go through that, she wants him to be comfortable enough to talk to her about his problems. He is just a child.

“Hey, you can always talk to me about this stuff, you don't have to stress out to the kid about your PTSD” Luis told her as he blushed a little.

“Thanks Luis, I will try to be more active socially, it's just that…I am still coming back to the normal world”

“It's fine Ness, I will be always standing by your side”

They both stared at each other with smiles on their faces. At this point Vanessa wanted to call him his boyfriend officially but that kinda felt wrong to say that in public to her for some reason.

Luis also had feelings for her but didn't know how to express them openly, this stuff was still kinda new to him.

They started to silently talk about a possible improvement to the anti-virus, which soon changed into a topic of childhood memories in like two minutes. In just eight minutes they were talking about high school.

Both of them really matched in personality, it was just a miracle that Vanessa found a friend as good as Luis. They both got closer and soon, unconsciously they leaned for-

“Get a room ya two” Monty shouted which crashed their romantic attempt.

“Aww…Officer Vanessa and Mister Luis make such a lovely couple!” Chica told the group as she stared at the two with sparkles in her eyes.

Both the couples blushed at the comment, Vanessa turned around to hide her embarrassment while Luis conveniently made an excuse and left running.

“Hey, so you guys ready?” Vanessa tried to change the topic.

“Ready to Roll n’ roll!” Monty shouted with excitement as he mocked playing his guitar.

Monty was probably the most destructive one out of the four but he was also very sweet to children, at daytime. At night, he was basically a killing machine, she still remembered how Monty literally sliced people in half during the night shift team massacre that Vanny conducted and cleverly covered it up with the introduction of staff bots.

Chica was probably the most innocent of the two, almost like Freddy, only if she didn't eat trash, quite ironic for a fitness trainer. Under Vanny, she was basically a Cassowary, Vanny literally used her to lure children with a fake promise of pizzas and then she used to pek out their ey-

“Hey, you guys will be ok if me and Freddy have a little chit-chat with Officer Vanessa?” Roxy asked the unfreed two who agreed without any hesitation.

As Freddy and Roxy walked to Vanessa, she had to constantly remind herself that they are friendly, they are not going to rip Gregory apart.

“So Freddy and I noticed nothing unusual about them, are you sure they have the virus?” Roxy asked as she took a glance at the two talking among themselves. Thankfully they are too busy talking to each other.

“The virus does not activate till midnight, I need you two to keep a close eye on them”

“Yes but we need to help them! They are our friends” Freddy said with worry.

“We will, but it will require both of your help, just meet me at the main security office at 11pm, we will figure out a way to end this virus once and for all” Vanessa replied with some confidence that today they can wrap this up once and for all.

“Let's hope it won't lead to a fight, I don't wanna hurt them, yeah Monty can be annoying and shit but still…”

“Roxanne, that's clearly not an appropriate way to-”

“Ladies and Gentlemen, the show is about to begin” The Announcement system interrupted Freddy and the cheers penetrated the elevator. Vanessa sighed and gave them the go ahead to return to the elevator.

“Let's hope nothing bad happens today…” Vanessa hoped.

. . .

Vanessa could finally take a breather, nothing else happened during the show, she found no kids left behind, thankfully.

Now that everyone is here, it is now the time to execute the plan.

“Alright people, so Roxy and Freddy has told Monty and Chica to come meet them at Parts and Service, there we are gonna lure both of them to get into the maintenance chamber from which we will directly install the anti-virus into their system”

“What if they don't wanna come?” John asked.

“Don't worry, they will come in, not like the technicians conducted any maintenance on us today, and we can just pass it on as a Software update…” Roxy commented.

“I guess this settles it?”

“Yeah, simple and easy plan, can't complain about it”

“Yeah let's finish this!”

“Officer Vanessa…are you certain that this will not hurt our friends?”

“No Freddy, this wouldn't do any harm to them, it's for their own good”

Well she wasn't sure about the last part, considering that the virus makes them aggressive, while Chica can realistically be handled, Monty is a whole different thing to deal with. His claws can destroy practically anything or anyone.

“What about the kid?” John asked as he pointed at Gregory who was standing besides her.

“He uh…” she looked at him and remembered that last time he left despite being told not to, and there is no way he wouldn't find a way to do that again.

“He comes with us”

“Ness, he's jus-”

“Hey I can help you guys!” Gregory interrupted.

“Gregory, you are just a kid”

“Remember who managed to find Roxy first”

“You are just lucky! You realized wha-”

“Luis, he’s coming…'' Vanessa interrupted him as she moved closer to him and whispered “C'mon let him come, we all know he would come to help us anyways. At Least do it for me”

Luis's face went slightly red upon hearing the last words, Gregory could see this and wanted to point it out but decided against it. Luis took a deep breath and agreed.

“Alright so we all stick together and hope that some convincing works” Vanessa said as she adjusted her cap.

“You guys can hide until we get them in the chamber, but then someone will have to operate the console…twice” Roxy suggested as the group began to move.

“Ah shit, how will we do that?” John asked.

“I can do it, I can transfer the virus out.”

“Yeah but they will go insane the moment they see you, that stupid bitch knows our face!” John told Luis which made a lot of sense, Vanny likely has reprogrammed the virus to target everyone.

The plan immediately seemed to have fallen by this point, but before anything could be thought to salvage it, Vanessa's radio cracked to life.

“Officer Vanessa! Someone trapped in the Daycare! They are not responding! Please help!” Chica's voice cried over the radio. Immediately Vanessa jumped into action to see the cameras, which showed every location except for the Daycare, it seems like someone disabled the cameras there.

“Did Vanny trap someone in here?” Freddy asked as Roxy growled.

“I- I am not sure, we need to get there before Vanny does anything to them!” Vanessa scrambled as she handed everyone a torch and the group began to sprint to the daycare.

“Chica! Can you identify the person! Are they an adult or a child!” Vanessa frantically asked but no response came, only a static silence.

“Wait! What about the original plan?” John asked as they busted through the door to enter the utility tunnels.

“Screw that right now! Someone is trapped here and we must save them!”

“What if it's a trap!?” he suggested as the group slowed down slightly to catch their breath.

“It can't be! Vanny nev-”

“What if she isn't lying?” Gregory interrupted her before she could spill the beans.

“Fine! But my gut feeling says this is not a good idea! Something is definitely off!”

“Ness! As much as I hate to agree with him, this could be a trap!” Luis voiced his concern.

The grouped busted into the daycare and ran down to the gates of the playcare, Vanessa could only think of getting the victim out of there bef-

No one was there in the daycare, it was all quiet except for their gasps for breath. Gregory checked his fazwatch to see the cameras but apparently all of them were down in the daycare. They looked around but nothing, not even the daycare attendant was there.

“Well this is a bummer” Roxy commented as she crossed her arms in annoyance that Vanny caused.

Luis finally caught up to his breath to mutter something in spanish.

“Well, I guess it was just a bl- AHHHH!” Luis screamed as Moon came out of nowhere and grabbed him, taking him up with him.

“Luis!” Vanessa screamed as she saw the moon carry Luis towards his residing room. How did the moon manage to activate when the lights were on!

This was not it, a roar came from the other side as Chica and Monty busted out of the women's and men's washroom respectively.

“Oh fuck! It's an ambush!” John alerted everyone as the group immediately split into two.

Gregory and Freddy went up the stairs as Chica chased them while Monty went after the rest.

“Wait Freddy! What about the rest?!” Gregory frantically asked as Chica kept chasing the duo.

“Gregory! Run! We will get back later, just run!” John shouted as Gregory only gave a glance at the isolated group.

“Alright Monty…let's work this out ok?” Roxanne took one step back and raised her hands.

Monty took a stomp forward and glared his claws, “Get out of mah way Wolf! I am huntin tonight!”

“Monty please, there is one virus which is making you do this!” Roxy tried to explain.

Monty roared as he jumped on Roxy, only to be stopped as Roxy blocked his attack and tried to push him back but instead they both got locked in a stalemate.

“GO! Save your friend! I will hold him off!” Roxy shouted at the two humans as Monty applied greater force to make her leave his arms.

Wasting no time both John and Vanessa ran into the play area only to see Luis and Moon still high in the air as Luis desperately tried to wiggle his way out.

“What do we do!?”

“I can try to shoot that cable”

“Stop joking and think of something!”

“Got another Pistol, should I give it a shot?”

“No! what if you shoot Luis!?”

“C'mon that stick clown thing is more likely to kill him!”

“F…Fine! do it!”

Vanessa held her breath as John pulled out his Glock and aimed it at the cable which was suspending Moon in the air. Another loud thump came from their backs as Monty and Roxy fought.

A loud bang went off, Vanessa closed her eyes fearing for the worst. Luis's scream came out, oh, she was sure he was going to die.

“Bullseye! He fell in that ballpit!” John proudly announced as he holstered his weapon.

The duo immediately ran to the ballpit, they could see Moon retreating to his room but that didn't matter to them in the heat of the moment.

“Luis! Luis! Please say something!” Vanessa cried out, she was getting desperate to hear his voice.

“Here!” His voice came out as he popped out of the ball pit.

“Oh god! Luis are you ok!?” she frantically asked as she grabbed him by the shoulders.

“Hey Ness I am alright…” He tried to assure him as he felt her arms going around him for a tight hug.

“It's fine Ness….I- I’m ok…” He hugged back as she started to tear up.

Close call was all Vanessa could think of, why can't things go the way she wants!? She was already having hell by dealing with her past but Vanny is making it an actual hell for her.

“Hey Ness calm down, look I am totally fine! thank god John's aim got better after that disaster football match in our last year of highschool” Luis confronted her as she giggled a bit over his last statement.

“Hey! I literally had to deal with the County's best goalkeeper!” John protested as he crossed his arms across his chest.

“Dude, our school lost 5-0 and you were the one of the defenders”

“Touché”

There was a moment of silence before the trio laughed lightly. Some humor during a stressed situation helps at least.

“Bad children must be punished….” Moon growled as the trio looked up to find Moon coming back, now over the rainbow bridge.

“Fuck! uh…Eat led you bastard!” John took out his pistol and aimed at Moon to fire.

Moon, unpredictably moved just in time to dodge the bullet. He continued to back away as John kept firing on him, always managing to dodge the bullet.

“Leave it! He is too agile!” Luis shouted as they advanced on Moon. They all can take on Moon together, he couldn't fly away with his cable now!

Another roar echoed in the daycare as Monty threw Roxy across the floor with a decorative palm tree log in his hands. Roxy growled as she tried to get up but Monty simply retreated into the play area and closed the two big doors.

The trio watched in horror as Monty lodged the log on the door's hinges, just thin enough on the top to go between them and block the door.

“Nighty night hehehe…” Moon whispered. With a snap he grabbed the light switch and flipped it. The lights went out one by one until the entire area went dark.

“Oh shit! He turned off the lights!” Luis exclaimed as they could only see two pairs of purple eyes and some night lights.

“Hide!” Vanessa grabbed Luis's hand who in turn grabbed John's hand to form a chain. She had to do something, moon knew the daycare by every inch and can easily direct Monty on them.

She quickly went to one of the play structures, first hitting her head as they forgot to crouch, as they all just entered the structure, moon's giggles could be heard like he just came behind them.

She went up the structure, hopefully moon wouldn't reach here, he is programmed to only reach the very top and bottom levels of the play structures. Well at least that's what she hoped, she had no idea how much code Vanny had messed up in the animatronics to make them do her dirty work!

“Come out, come out wherever you are…” Moon called out with a soft voice. Monty's steps could be heard approaching them.

“Argh, you wanna play like this? Fine, we will play” Moon announced, “The game is called…” a loud crash echoed in the play area as Monty destroyed a wall on the play structure.

“Hunter killer”

“Ok now what do we do?” Luis whispered as he looked slightly down to see Moon looking towards the opposite play structure.

“What do we do? We are fucked dude, That crocodile is gonna destroy this structure if we stay here” John replied as in the distance loud banging in the doors could be heard, likely Roxxane trying to break in but in vain.

“There must be some way…”

“Some way? I already said that this was a bad idea! I knew this was just a trap!”

Vanessa quietly tried to speak up“Look guys…I am sorry…that I-”

“I didn't ask for your apology! You got us into this mess in the first place!” John cut her off.

“Yeah and we saved your ass when you got stuck here!” Luis defended her.

Another loud crash echoed. The trio felt the play structure wobble as Monty likely destroyed a supporting wall.

“Why did you even come? you had no business here” Vanessa whispered, keeping her anger in control from busting.

“Look! I- uh, I….I have been traveling across the states to apologize to all those who I did wrong!….”

“Huh? why so sorry about it now?”

“Ok I was an asshole, well uh, I am still kinda an asshole now but life taught me the hard way….”

“Yeah? And what was it?”

“You don't wanna know…”

Another crash sounded as the trio looked around to see Monty had smashed the playarea's front desk

“Ah shit, you will have a lot of explaining to do tomorrow Ness…”

“If we live that long…”

“Guys come on in!” Roxy's voice came out of Vanessa's radio, “What's happening in there!? What did Monty do to shut down that damn door!?”

“Shhhhh….keep it low….”

“Sorry”

“Moon have shutted down the lights and Monty is started to destroy the play structures, we wouldn't last long like this”

“Argh, I will try to find a way i- Lookout Moon is coming right at you!”

Moon's giggles suddenly began loud as the trio looked behind to see him hanging by the walls, staring Vanessa right in the eyes.

She screamed, probably the loudest she ever has since she has gotten free. The trio immediately scrambled as Moon let out his giggles, “Run, that's all you can do”.

. . .

While the daycare remained in darkness, the Atrium was well lit where Gregory and Freddy desperately tried to outrun China.

“Freddy! Can't you restrain her or something!? She will get us at this rate!” Gregory whispered into Freddy's ear as he watched over Freddy's shoulder only to see China just ten meters behind them.

“Gregory, I cannot hurt my friends….”

“C'mon I am just asking you to restrain her!”

“I don't want to end up harming her” Freddy replied in an apologetic tone as he entered El Chips and immediately ran around a corner.

“Come out, come out wherever you are…” China announced, twitching disturbingly and sliding her legs forward.

She passed Gregory and Freddy who were hiding behind some arcade machines, she kept moving in the same general direction. Allow the duo to catch a breath.

“Argh, now what do we do….” Gregory frowned silently as he punched the air.

“I suppose we can put that USB drive in the socket…”

“Yeah I know that! Bu-”

Chica's head turned one eighty degrees as she looked at the direction in which she heard the noise. Gregory put his hand on his mouth to shut himself up. Chica looked at their direction for a solid one minute which felt like hours to Gregory. She finally looked elsewhere and began to head into a different direction.

Gregory took a sigh of relief, only to cover his mouth again to keep himself in check. “Back to where I was, we need to distract her or something to put in the USB drive….”

“I suppose I can talk to her-”

“She is under the control of the virus, she wouldn't listen” Gregory cut him off.

“Hmm….this is a delicate situation…”

“Yeah and if we don't do much, she will instead turn me into some fried chicken and eat me!” He quietly vented his frustration on the bear

“China doesn't like fried chicken, her favorite food is pizza and most importantly Monty Mystery Mix…”

“What! she only eats garbage- hold on…”

“What is a superstar?”

“Maybe we can distract her with food!”

“hmm, that's actually a good idea, we can immediately make her a pizza” His ears went up.

“Why don't we get the Monty Mystery Mix! If she loves it so much, then it would be more effective!”

“That's in the bowling attraction, that's….not within our reach…” His ears dropped.

“Damn it….how do we make a pizza?”

“I remember that there was an experimental robot in the kitchen, maybe we can get there” Freddy

“Where is that?”

“At the ground floor of the atrium”

“What!? we have to go all the way down!?” Gregory yelled in frustration, first they had to separate from Vanessa and others and now they have to go dow-

“Lost boy over here!” Chica turned her attention to the duo. Within just a few seconds her head did a 180 degree turn and then her body turned around to begin the hunt.

“Oh fuck!” Gregory yelled, “How the fuck can she turn her head like that!”

“Gregory language! Those words are really bad to use!” Freddy reprimanded him.

“We gotta run!” Gregory immediately took off with Freddy following him and Chica hot on their tails.

. . .

“Watch out!” Luis shouted at Vanessa as she dodged another claw swap by Monty, destroying yet another Daycare item in the process.

“We can't keep hiding here, they will destroy the support walls and then the whole structure will fall on us!” Vanessa grinned her teeth as she wiggled a wall to see how stable the structure is at the current moment.

Ironically the situation was reminding her of times when her victims would try to hide in the daycare, Vanny would treat this as a game. It was basically a cat and mouse game, but the winner was always Vanny.

“Isn't this stuff made of light plastic?” Luis whispered, forcing Vanessa out of her thoughts and making her look at the latest damage caused which might or might out be repaired from her paycheck.

“Yeah but then it means that the stupid crocodile can easily pick us out!” John shouted as he punched the floor.

“He's an alligator dude,” Luis corrected.

“I don't give a fuck! He’s trying to kill us right now!”

“Guys calm down” Vanessa spoke with a stern voice, only to sigh and pick up her radio, “Roxy, please tell me you found a way inside”

“I can't get past this damn door! I can't even destroy the netting on the perimeter! they are too thick for my claws!”

Another loud crash sounded as Monty renewed his effort to get to the trio, destroying another wall and it finally happened.

A part of the play structure collapsed and fell on Monty. He immediately noticed it and tried to move away but couldn't get away in time. To make matters worse, the bridge also fell on him, trapping him in debris.

Vanessa immediately noticed this and finally got the idea to end the stalemate.

“Guys Monty is stuck! Now it's our chance!” Vanessa immediately took the door, leaving the two dumbfounded for a few seconds before they also ran for the door.

First thing she did was to turn the power on, finally giving them some light to see the situation better. She then turned her attention to the door which was jammed by a fake tree log.

“Help me move it!” Vanessa pushed the log with all her might, John and Luis joined her as they very slowly started to push the log.

“No! Stupid Gator! They are getting away!” Moon screamed as he desperately tried to get Monty out of the rubble.

“He is trying to get Monty out of there!” Luis yelled as he maintained eye contact on Moon and Monty.

“Screw it! Just open the door!” Vanessa replied.

Despite not being designed for heavy weights, Moon with effort was clearing the debris with ease as Monty assisted by clawing away other parts which his arms could reach.

“He is about to get free!” Luis shouted as Moon removed the last part of the fallen debris.

The final adrenaline kicked him as the trio exerted the most pressure they possibly could apply and finally the log got displaced. The entire area felt silent with the dropping sound of the log. Vanessa pushed all of them away from the door, knowing what was now about to happen.

Monty stood up, shaking off any small parts still stuck to him and looked at the trio with fury.

He just took one step forward before Roxy busted through the door and looked at him with rage.

“You have been a really bad boy Monty, looks like you need some help with that abnormal behavior” she announced as she readied her claws.

“Poor Roxanne, don't worry I will make this quick for everyone” He replied as he also readied his claws for the showdown.

. . .

While Vanessa and others were struggling to wave off Monty, in the Atrium, Chica was mercilessly chasing Gregory and Freddy. Despite being slower than all of the animatronics, she could endure longer runs than others, she had already forced the duo to run a mile in circles around the Atrium.

It was starting to become clear to Gregory that Chica's strategy was to tire them out. Either Freddy would run out of battery or Gregory would collapse from exhaustion, and the latter was looking much more likely. Gregory was already not well, he had eaten barely anything and such long distance running was not his thing.

Slowly but surely Gregory started to slow down, even Freddy was starting to move forward faster. Finally it happened.

Gregory collapsed on the ground floor of Atrium, just short of the stage. He fell face forward, hurting his already hurt arm and then his nose, which started to bleed. Everything went dizzy for some time, he could only feel being picked up by something cold and then feeling the air which is generally generated while running.

As he gained consciousness, he realized that it was Freddy who was carrying him in his arms and now they are in a security office.

“Superstar! Please respond….” Freddy asked while slightly shaking him.

“I- I am fine-”

“Let me do a check” Freddy cut him off even before he could assure him.

His eyes lit up as he scanned Gregory from top to bottom. Gregory still felt a bit weird that the animatronics can do an X-ray and even a medical checkup in a few seconds.

“Gregory, you have a bleeding nose, I suspect it-”

“I know, it bleeds a lot during summer time due to the heat” Gregory cut him off. He did not want to admit that he was hurt to cause even more concern. But his nose did bleed during summer times which used to cause big concerns for his mother.

“So where are we?” He asked as he looked around the office for some cotton or tissue paper to stop the bleeding.

“We are in the kitchen security office, I thought it would be a safe place to rest, you fell due to exhaustion, I recommend you drink some water” Freddy told him in a gentle tone as he pulled up a guide on how to treat the symptoms.

“I am fine Freddy” Gregory reassured him as he tucked in some tissue papers in his nostrils and kept a bunch of them in his pockets.

“I suggest you keep your head up Superstar, so that the blood does not ruin the tissues fast”

“What do we do about Chica, we are in the security office but we still need to get to the kitchen!”

“Don't worry, the Pizzaplex has just introduced Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex Quick Delivery Virtual System just two weeks ago!”

“Uh, what's that?”

“Simple, the user can use a Pizza Bot to make themselves a pizza and deliver it to their homes!”

“Hmm…we can actually use that”

“It can be accessed from the tablet kept on the table, be careful thought, we only have one bot, as the service has been stopped since today due to poor profits”

“You mean that people don't basically use the lame thing” Gregory shrugged it off, but it meant that he only had one shot at this.

Gregory checked the cameras via his watch to find where Chica was, which to his dismay, was frantically searching for him, smacking staff bots coming in her way and causing things to fall over.

He chuckled at the site of this chaos, but this got replaced by worry really quickly as he realized that Chica was going to get herself hurt his way.

But was that really a concern for him? All that she has done is only hurt him and others. But it was because of that Glitchtrap! They didn't do it willingly, just like Vanessa!

“Alright Freddy, let's try to make a pizza on this thing I guess… but we need to get Chica to the kitchen then”

“Leave it to me Superstar, I will escort her to the kitchen!” Freddy said with his chest up like it was some honorable duty he was carrying out. Well he is helping a friend in need…

“Are you sure you will be safe? I don't want you to get hurt…”

“Gregory, don't worry, Chica will never hurt me or my friends, or anyone in general, when she is herself, I will be alright”

“Alright if you say so…” Gregory silently opened the door, “All the best…”

He shut the door as Freddy left, anxiety was starting to occur in him as he thought what would happen if the plan failed, what if Freddy got ... .killed? Can robots like these be killed? Can't they just be rebuilt?

He can think about it later, right now he has a pizza to make.

Looking at the console, he could only guess how much effort had gone into designing the user interface, which displayed an Italian looking Helpy with a pizza on hand and an order now button.

Without any hesitation he clicked it, and immediately the screen switched to Pizza Bot's POV. Gregory cringed at how controls were spread across the screen, no wonder it did not go well with the public.

“Welcome to Freddy's Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex Quick Delivery Virtual ordering system” The audio of the computer announced, “You are now in control of one of our highly-qualified pizza-making S.T.A.F.F bots. Follow the instructions on the left side of your screen to force the bot to make your perfect-mouth watering pizza.”

“Alright, let's see…”

“Yum. Delicious dough. This dough needs some sauce” the Pizzabot said aloud.

Gregory took note of the step as a text appeared on the top showing ‘Add Sauce’. He jerked the bot forward before driving right into a kitchen counter, knocking down some utensils in the process.

“Argh stupid thing!” he internally mumbled as he tried to reserve the bot, only to slam it into another kitchen counter.

“Gregory, what's all the noise coming from the kitchen?” Freddy asked via the watch.

“Just struggling to move the stupid bot” he aggressively maneuvered the bot, finally making it come to the sauce machine where it automatically setted the pizza on the machine for the sauce to be applied.

“I tried to talk to Chica but she just….ignored me” Freddy said with some sadness in his tone.

“You know where she is?”

“She's in front of me, she might be heading towards the kitchen”

“Alright, just keep following her ok?”

“Will do superstar, good luck”

“The virus was really taking a toll huh?” Gregory thought that it only made them aggressive to their victims but it also just broke the band's friendship.

It was weird, at day they are the best of the best friends and at night they are strangers to each other.

He shaked that thought off as he got the sauce in and managed to get cheese. Now he had to get ‘meat’ on it.

“Your family is looking for you…” Chica's voice echoed, running down some shivers on Gregory.

Family. Something which Gregory has lost long ago, but got back recently in the form of Vanessa. Yeah it might not be the ‘best’ per say, but Vanessa was the only who he could trust and who genuinely cared for him.

He again crashed into the kitchen counter while making his way to the ‘Meat’ machine, but eventually he made it. From there he got the ‘Non-Meat’ and finally then he could go to the oven and bake it. What is ‘Meat’ and ‘Non-Meat’ anyways?

And he went to the oven which thankfully was on the outer edges of the kitchen so he did not crash into stuff anymore. Again the bot automatically shoved the pizza into the oven and finally after four minutes the pizza was ready.

Gregory's stomach rumbled as the pizza was pulled out, it looked good despite not knowing what was exactly on it. Now he only had to go and grab it.

Or at least he thought he could, a single fall of a plate and he turned the pizzabot around to see Chica will Freddy trying to catch up to her.

She stared it down with her eyes wide open and standing like a zombie, Gregory maintained eye contact, unsure what to do.

Then out of nowhere she charged into the bot, knocking it down and kneeling right in front of it.

Gregory heard the sweetest but also the creepiest “Pizza” that came out of Chica's mouth before her beak went in and the screen went static. Did she just eat the bot?

“Ok plan B” Gregory rushed out of the office, the initial plan to distract Chica was off.

As he sprinted to the kitchen, he had limited options. He could try to just Hail Mary and stick the chip inside but that would be risking his life. Second option is making Freddy hold her but that didn't seem like an option, Freddy would never harm his friends, even though they were trying to kill the humans inside.

Maybe throw her in the trash compactor? It was a fun idea but that would anger Freddy and put Vanessa in big trouble for the destruction of the main animatronics.

He slid down the stairs and slid through the corners to find Chica eating the remains of the pizza…and also parts of the pizzabot, with Freddy by her side telling her to stop.

Gregory felt a little bit sorry for her as she kept eating away while Freddy kept his paw on her shoulder, saying something which had been interrupted by her munching.

His sorrow didn't last forever though, as Chica's head moved in his direction and stared at him.

“Lost you over here!” she got up, only to be stopped by Freddy who immediately stood in front of her.

“Chica! Please, you are not yourself, let us help you…” despite his plea, she tried to push the bear out of the way.

“Chica ple-”

Without warning she attacked Freddy with her beak, causing a massive scratch on his torso and barely missing his head. Freddy, a bit startled, stepped away, giving her the clearing.

Gregory looked in horror as Freddy stumbled and immediately turned to run, but on his first step he tripped over a fallen pan.

He positioned his uninjured arm to cover his face as he fell forward, hitting the flood with force but not enough to injure him in any way.

He immediately tried to get up to his feet but then felt a little tug on his back collar, soon he was pulled.

Chica had caught him.

“Let me take you to your parents….” She positioned her free hand to deal the final blow.

Gregory stared at her, somewhat surprised that unlike previous attempts on others, she had basically caught him with no issues. Her words hurt more though, were these his final moments?

He closed his eyes in anticipation for the worse, but then heard a loud thud before falling down.

He opened his eyes to see himself on the floor and Freddy trying to restrain Chica, who was now going psycho on him.

“Chica, please stop”

“Get out of my way Freddy!” she screamed in an unnatural way, “let me finish the job you and Roxy couldn't finish!”

“You have been controlled by a virus, please understand!” he tried to reason, only to get violently attacked again, barely dodging a punch with his top hat flung across the kitchen.

“You all couldn't obey the master huh!? We have simple instructions: kill that child!” she again attacked.

This time she didn't miss.

Freddy got hit on his head, some cracks on his shell appeared as his vision got overwhelmed with system error messages which required system reboot.

He tried to cancel the reboot, but it only made matters worse and Chica pushed him down, it was a losing fight. Soon enough he shutted down as his system went into a reboot.

“Argh stupid bear” Vanny's voice cracked out in Chica's communication channel, “He should be down for maybe five minutes, now go and kill that kid”

Chica obeyed and carried out the order, the only issue, Gregory was nowhere to be found.

“Damn it! Fazbear bought him time to escape! Find him!”

The search was on, Chica looked around, all doors seemed properly closed, except for the door leading to the laundry.

“He must have gone there! Go kill him!”

Chica walked into the laundry, looking around to only find staff bots doing their boring jobs as always, just cleaning and pressing.

She headed for the showers as the first place to check, as she walked towards it, the evidence of his presence could be seen from fallen clothes, he had made quite a mess.

Chica peaked behind a corner to see if anyone was in the shower. While nothing was visible, running water was audible.

“Brat must be there, he is cornered” Vanny giggled, “Finish the job.”

Chica slowly walked to the running shower, trying to remain as quiet as possible to retain the element of surprise.

Vanny was thinking of all the ways Chica could kill the boy. While she really wanted to kill him herself, she couldn't take any risks.

Chica's hand reached the curtain, Vanny awaited to see the boy probably sitting tight on a corner.

She pulled the curtain, but nothing. Just a running shower.

“Of course he caused a fucking distraction!” Vanny had underestimated him, again.

“He could be hiding in the laundry, there are only a few ways out-”

Chica got cut off as Gregory, the boy she had to kill, had come to her instead.

She felt weight on her shoulders, he had jumped on her.

“Get off me!” Chica tried to use her hands to grab him but no luck. She might be super flexible but her endoskeleton is not designed for such extreme angles.

She tried to shake him off but with no effect, his legs had wrapped around her neck and secured a good grip, there was little she could do.

She scratched his leg to make him let go, but to her surprise he stayed undeterred, even as blood started to appear on the scratch marks.

She slammed into a wall backwards, but instead of knocking him down, it did the opposite.

A faint inserting sound of a USB drive into its port.

Chica froze in her place, as a message appeared on her vision which showed the contents of the USB drive being downloaded and her screen exploding with several messages.

Gregory got off her back and stood in front of her as she dropped to her knees and looked at him.

“Vanny! if you can hear me, I just want to let you know that you and your minion absolutely fucking suck at this shit!” he said with a grin on his face.

Vanny could see him all clearly, standing in front of Chica with his hands somewhat crossed across his chest, his plaster on his arm, the bleeding left leg and annoyingly for her, his damn smile.

This was the last thing she could see from Chica's perspective before the connection went out.