sister location

Chapter 5

Sister location

After years in the hospital William finally recovered and set off to the old underground torture chamber to finish what he started and to finally find her he went to the old elevator and went down on the way he heard a robotic voice it was the buildings old guide “Welcome to the first day of your exciting new career.” Said the robot “Whether you were approached at a job fair, read our ad in Screws, Bolts and Hairpins, or if this is the result of a dare, we welcome you. I will be your personal guide to help you get started. I’m a model 5 of the Handyman’s Robotics and Unit-Repair System, but you can call me Hand-Unit. Your new career promises challenge, intrigue and endless janitorial opportunities.” A keypad popped up in William's face “Please enter your name as seen above the keypad. This cannot be changed later so please be careful” above the keypad was the name Mike but William didn’t care he knew the machines were all messed up from age even the letters on the keypad were messed up he touched it and Hand-Unit told him “It seems that you had some trouble with the keypad. I see what you were trying to type, and I will auto-correct it for you One moment. Welcome: Eggs Benedict.” William waited for the elevator to stop and when it did Hand-Unit said “You can now open the elevator using that bright, red and obvious button. Let’s get to work!” William pressed the button and saw caution tape over a vent he crawled through as Hand-Unit said “Allow me to fill this somewhat frightening silence with some light-hearted banter. Due to the massive success and even more-so the unfortunate closing of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, it was clear that the stage was set �" no pun intended �" for another contender in children’s entertainment. Unlike most entertainment venues, our robotic entertainers are rented out for private parties during the day, and it’s your job to get the robots back in proper working order before the following morning.” He soon reached the other side and Hand-Unit said “You are now in the Primary Control Module. It’s actually a crawlspace between the two front showrooms.” He saw a green lit room with windows on each side and a vent in every direction “Now, let’s get started with your daily tasks. View the window to your left. This is the Ballora Gallery Party Room and Dance Studio, encouraging kids to get fit and enjoy pizza. Let’s turn on the light and see if Ballora is on stage. Press the blue button on the elevated keypad to your left.” William saw a keypad above both windows each with a red and a blue button he pressed the blue button and saw an empty stage “Uh-oh, it looks like Ballora doesn’t feel like dancing.” Said Hand-Unit “Let’s give her some motivation Press the red button now to administer a controlled shock. Maybe that will put a spring back in her step.” William liked shocking them it was the way he tortured them so he pressed the button and the room lit up cyan blue “Let’s check the light again.” Said Hand-Unit William pressed the light button and saw Ballora and her minirinas dancing “Excellent. Ballora is feeling like her old self again and will be ready to perform again tomorrow. Now, view the window to your right. This is the Funtime Auditorium, where Funtime Foxy encourages kids to play and share. Try the light, let’s see what Funtime Foxy is up to.” William pressed the button and again he saw an empty stage “Looks like Funtime Foxy is taking the day off. Let’s motivate Funtime Foxy with a controlled shock.” He shocked foxy and looked in the room again but she was still gone “Let’s try another controlled shock.” William tried again and looked inside and saw her singing “Looks like Funtime Foxy is in perfect working order, great job! In front of you is another vent shaft. Crawl through it to reach the Circus Gallery Control Module.” William crawled to the next room and when he got there Hand-Unit said “On the other side of the glass is Circus Baby’s Auditorium. Let’s check the light, and see what Baby is up to. ”William turned on the light but the room was still dark “Looks like a few of the lights are out, but we can fix that later. Let’s encourage Baby to cheer up with a controlled shock.” William shocked baby it took a few tries until finally Hand-Unit said “Great job Circus Baby, we knew we could count on you! That concludes your duties for your first night on the job. We don’t want you to leave overwhelmed, otherwise you might not come back. Please leave using the vent behind you, and we’ll see you again tomorrow.” William crawled back but heard loud banging from behind him but he made it out went home and watched a crappy vampire soap opera the next day he went back and again he was greeted by Hand-Unit “Welcome back for another night of intellectual stimulation, pivotal career choices and self-reflection on past mistakes. We’re committed to creating a unique and fulfilling work experience. One part of that commitment is ensure that you don’t get tired of the voice that you’re hearing right now.” The glitched keypad popped up again as Hand-Unit said “Using the keypad below, please select a new companion voice. For male, press one. For female, press two. For text-only, press three. For other options, press four.” William instantly noticed there were no numbers so he just poked the screen “It seems that you had some trouble with the keypad. I see what you were trying to type, and I will auto-correct it for you. Thank you for choosing: Angsty Teen.” William laughed a little and waited for the elevator to stop and when it did he met his new Hand-Unit “The elevator’s stopped. You know the routine. You can get out now or…whatever. Stay here if you want” William climbed through the vent and Hand-Unit told him “So, funny story; a dead body was found in this vent once. Okay, so, not that funny but, it’s a story.” Soon he was on the other side behind the two windows “Okay, let’s start with your nightly chores. You should check on Ballora and make sure she’s on her stage, but, whatever.” William checked the light and saw Ballora’s shadow “Huh, I guess Ballora has better things to do. Let’s zap her, that should be fun.” He zapped her and strange noises came from Hand-Unit he recorded them to decode later and went on with the night “Let’s check on Funtime Foxy, make sure he’s ready for Showtime tomorrow.” He looked in on foxy and again he saw a shadow and Hand-Unit messed up again sounding almost like a monster “Great. Great. Great.” There was a long pause William was worried thinking he was about to die before he had what he came for until suddenly “here seems to have been a problem with the voice synthesizer.” Said Hand-Unit “Default settings have been restored Please proceed through the vent ahead of you to Circus Baby’s Auditorium.” William crawled through to her “Circus Baby had a busy day today! Let’s check the light, and make sure she’s in proper working order.” He looked inside and still saw nothing “Oh Circus Baby, we aren’t here to play hide and seek. Let’s encourage baby to come out of hiding with a controlled shock.” He pressed the button and it emitted sparks making an error noise “Let’s try another controlled shock.” William pressed the button again and the same thing happened “There seems to be a power malfunction that is affecting our ability to properly motivate Baby. Please stand by, while I reboot the system. I will be offline momentarily during this process. Various other systems may be offline as well, such as security doors, vent locks and oxygen. Commencing system restart.” Everything went black and William heard voices behind him from the motion sensors “motion trigger entry way vent… Funtime auditorium maintenance vent open… Ballora gallery maintenance vent open” there was nothing but silence for a minute and suddenly a voice appeared “I don’t recognize you. You are new. I remember this scenario, however.” Baby was talking to him she began to realize who he was and thought about the perfect things to say to agitate him “It’s a strange thing to want to do, to come here. I’m curious what events would lead a person to want to spend their nights, in a place like this Willingly Maybe curiosity? Maybe ignorance?” William was slightly sad thinking about why he came back about what she did to him so long ago “There is a space under the desk; someone before you crafted it into a hiding-place and it worked for him. I recommend that you hurry though” sounded like she was sad as if she cared about him but he would soon learn the truth about that “You will be safe there; just try not to make eye-contact. It will be over soon; they will lose interest.” William hid and closed the cover of the crawlspace but it was covered in holes “motion trigger circus gallery vent” William looked out the holes and saw something move “Hello in there~” said the creature and it looked at another just like it “Someone is inside.” William saw the other look at him so he turned and looked away “Is it the same person?” it asked they whispered a bit more and suddenly they tried to open the cover he tried to hold it shut but they were really strong eventually they stopped “Knock knock” said the first “We always find a way inside” said the other and they tried to get it open again but failed again suddenly the first said “She’s watching us!” the other gasped “we have to leave now! We will see you again soon!” and suddenly baby talked to him again “When your guide comes back on line, he is going to tell you that he was unsuccessful That you must restart the system manually. He will then tell you to crawl through Ballora Gallery as fast as you can to reach the Breaker Room. If you follow his instructions, you will die. Ballora will not return to her stage anymore. She will catch you. The power will be restored shortly. When you crawl through Ballora Gallery, go slowly. She cannot see you, and can only listen for your movement. When you hear her music become louder, she is growing near; listening for you. Wait, and be still.” An error sound played and Hand-Unit was back “Thank you for your patience. it seems that the power system cannot be restarted automatically. You will need to restart the power system manually. Please return to the primary control module.” William crawled back and Hand-Unit said “You will now be required to crawl through the Ballora Gallery using the vent to your left to reach the Breaker Room. It is recommended that you stay low to the ground, and reach the other side as fast as possible so to not disturb Ballora. I will deactivate myself momentarily, as to not create an auditory disturbance. deactivating.” William didn’t want to go especially since he was the one who tortured her so long ago and left her underground he waited a bit and soon he heard Ballora sing to him “Why do you hide inside your walls, when there is music in my halls? All I see is an empty room. No more joy; an empty tomb. It’s so good to sing all day. To dance, to spin, to fly away.” William panicked but managed to force himself inside he slowly crawled through and stopped when he heard music eventually Hand-Unit said “It seems you are taking a long time. Please proceed as quickly and as quietly as possible.” the voice was loud and scared William but Ballora hadn’t followed it yet so he was still hidden but soon he saw her spinning right in front of him when she was gone he finally made it in the room “You may now interface with the breaker control box. Using the interface may disrupt nearby electronics if you feel you are in danger, feel free to disconnect the interface temporarily, until it is safe to reconnect.” William looked around and soon saw Freddy Fazbear in the corner on a small stage with a bonnie hand puppet it looked a lot like Funtime Foxy so he called it Funtime Freddy he saw a red light on the panel in front of him and above it said “danger lv” and next to it was a button labeled “mascot response audio” he pressed it and the bonnie puppet said “Calm down and go back to sleep! No-one is here!” the light instantly changed to green and William used the panel to fix one of the systems and saw three red lights were under the danger level bar he put it down and saw Freddy was closer so he pressed the audio button “Shhh, go back to your stage! Everything is okay.” said bonnie and Freddy talked in a strange comedy like voice “Bon-Bon, say hi to our friends!” William got scared and held still as Freddy went back to the stage he rebooted a few more systems and looked back and Freddy was hiding behind some wires “Everything is okay! Let’s go back to sleep.” Freddy looked right at William “I-I know you’re over there so-some-where!!” he said and he went back to the stage William tried to reboot some more systems but Freddy was getting faster as more systems were fixed “I see you over there in the dark! come-come on out!” William pressed the audio button again “Oh calm down! I think it was just a mouse!” said bonnie and Freddy went back William tried again to reboot the systems and he lowered the panel and saw Freddy walking toward him “Hey Bon-Bon, I think-think that’s the birthday boy over there-ere. We should go give him a surprise!” William panicked and hit the button “Nnnnnn-ope! No-one is here!” said bonnie Freddy stopped and slowly went back William rebooted almost all the systems he lowered the panel and saw Freddy right next to him “Well hello again!~” said Freddy William pressed the button “Shhh, it’s bed-time! Let’s go back to our stage.” Freddy laughed “Well, hello again!” William fixed the last system as fast as he could and looked back but Freddy was gone the whole room was empty soon he heard Hand-Unit again “Great job. This completes your tasks for the night. Please proceed back through the Ballora Gallery with care, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.” William crawled back and heard Ballora ask “is someone there” he kept going “I can hear someone creeping through my room” he made it to the exit “perhaps not” and William was done with another night and went home to watch another crappy vampire soap opera but first he decoded what the noises Hand-Unit made and it translated to “Argumentative. Standards. Elevation. Passive. Heights.” He was curious what that meant but just went to watch the show the next day William came back and on the elevator Hand-Unit said “Welcome back to another pivotal night of your thriving new career, where you get to really ask yourself, what am I doing with my life? What would my friends say, and most importantly, will I ever see my family again? We understand the stresses of a new job, and we’re here for you. To help you reach a more stable and relaxing frame of mind, we offer several musical selections to help make this elevator ride as relaxing and therapeutic as possible. We offer contemporary jazz, classical rainforest ambiance as well as a wide selection of other choices.” The keypad popped up again “Using the keypad below, please type the first few letters of the musical selection you would prefer” William again just tapped the screen “It seems you had some trouble with the keypad. I see what you were trying to type, and I will auto-correct it for you. Thank you for selecting: Casual Bongos.” A few seconds later Hand-Unit told him “Now that your elevator experience has been customized to your needs, and you’re thoroughly relaxed, it’s worth mentioning that due to your lackluster performance yesterday, your pay has been decreased by a substantial amount. Please enjoy the rest of your descent.” William waited for the elevator to stop and crawled through the vent and Hand-Unit said “Due to unforeseen malfunctions from today’s shows, your nightly duties will require you to perform maintenance that you may or may not be skilled enough to perform. It became necessary for technicians to attempt to disconnect Funtime Freddy’s power module. However, they were unsuccessful. Allowing them to try again would be an inefficient path forward, as we would need to allow six to eight weeks for recovery and physical therapy.” On the other side he waited by Ballora’s window “You will need to reach the Parts and Service room on the other side of Funtime Auditorium to perform the procedure yourself. Let’s check on Ballora first, and make sure she’s on her stage.” William checked the light and saw the minirinas tearing Ballora apart “Great, it looks like everything is as it should be in Ballora Gallery. Let’s check on Funtime Foxy. It’s important to make sure she’s on her stage before entering.” William was freaked out by what he just saw but still went to check on foxy he looked inside but foxy was nowhere to be found he got ready to shock her but Hand-Unit said “Great, it looks like everything is as it should be in Funtime Auditorium. There is no need to check on Baby tonight; please refrain from entering unauthorized areas. Proceed directly to Funtime Auditorium.” William was confused but didn’t listen he went to her room anyway it was dark but he say the crawlspace was open he went in and closed the cover it was pointless as the only other thing in there was baby and she was behind the glass but it did alert her to his presence she thought of the perfect thing to say to mess with him the perfect way to destroy his sanity once again “Did you know that I was on stage once?” she said “It wasn’t for very long, only one day. What a wonderful day though. I was in a small room with balloons and a few tables. No-one sat at the tables, though. But children would run in and out. Some were afraid of me, others enjoyed my songs. Music was always coming from somewhere else, down a hall. I would always count the children; I’m not sure why. I was always acutely aware of how many there were in the room with me. Two, then three, then two, then three, then four, then two, then none. They usually played together in groups of two or three. I was covered in glitter. I smelled like birthday cake! There were two, then three, then five, then four. I can do something special, did you know that? I can make ice cream! Although I only did it once.” William was getting sad and scared he knew what she was talking about what happened that day “There were four, then three, then two…then one. Something happened when there was one a little girl, standing by herself. I was no longer…myself; and I stopped singing. My stomach opened, and there was ice cream. I couldn’t move, at least, not until she stepped closer. There was screaming for a moment; but only for a moment. Then other children rushed in again, but they couldn’t hear her over the sounds of their own excitement.” William started to cry “I still hear her sometimes. Why did that happen?” William left regretting ever going to her and went into Funtime auditorium and Hand-Unit told him how to get through “Unlike Ballora, Funtime Foxy is motion-activated. For this reason, it’s important to keep the room dark, as to not accidentally activate her. You have been provided with a flash beacon. Use it if you need to get your bearings and to ensure you don’t bump into anything. However, use it as sparingly as possible. Proceed forward to reach the Parts and Service room.” William walked forward and stopped when he saw foxy until he finally got to the other side “Great job reaching Parts and Service! It seems that Funtime Freddy is out of power, which should make your job much easier. The release switch for the chest cavity is located on the underside of the endoskeleton jaw. To reach it, we will first need to open the face-plated. You will need to press the face-plate release triggers in a specific order, and it’s important to be as precise and as careful as possible. Locate the small button on Freddy’s face, just under his right cheek, and press it.” William pressed the button on Freddy’s right cheek “For clarification, please note that I am referring to Freddy’s right, not your right.” William pressed the button on his left cheek “Great! Now locate the button under his left cheek, and press it.” William pressed the right button again “Great! Now carefully locate and press the button next to Freddy’s right eye.” William pressed it “Great! Now carefully locate and press the button just above Freddy’s nose.” William pressed it and the face flung open scaring him sending him falling backwards “Good job! The face-plates should now be open. Locate and press the small button on the underside of Freddy’s endoskeleton jaw.” William pressed it and the chest flung open with a small blinking light were Freddy’s heart would be “Excellent. The chest cavity should now be open. Remove the power module from the chest cavity.” William took the light “Great work. You will now be required to remove the secondary power module from the Bonnie hand-puppet. Press the large black button beneath Bonnie’s bow-tie to release the power module.” William looked at Freddy’s hand and saw bonnie was missing he heard footsteps and thought to himself “how is it walking it doesn’t even have feet” but he soon realized he should stop asking stupid questions and focus on staying alive he realized the puppet was scared of light so he used the corners of his flashlight to find it and soon he pressed the button and got he got the last power module and bonnie stopped moving “Great job. You’ve acquired both power modules. This completes your tasks for the night. Please exit the building through Funtime Auditorium, and we’ll see you back here again tomorrow.” William walked back but just before he reached the door foxy lunged out and grabbed him knocking him unconscious he woke up inside a strange metal suit and suddenly he heard baby’s voice “Shhh, be still, and quiet. You’ve been sleeping for quite a while. I think they noticed that you never left the building last night. The cameras were searching for you, but they couldn’t find you. I have you hidden too well. I kidnapped you.” There was a long pause and William tried wiggling out “Don’t be afraid, I’m not going to hurt you. I am only going to keep you for a little while. Try not to wiggle though. You’re inside something that came from my old pizzeria. I don’t think it was ever used; at least, not the way it was meant to be used too dangerous. It’s just big enough for one person to fit inside, but just…barely. You’re in The Scooping Room. Do you know why they call it The Scooping Room?” William still couldn’t talk after the spring lock failure “It’s because, dummy, this is the room where they use The Scooper. I thought that would be obvious. Isn’t that a fun name for something? The Scooper. It sounds like something you would use for ice-cream, or custard, or sprinkles. It sounds like something you would want at your birthday party, to ensure that you get a heaping portion of every good thing. I wonder, though; if you were a freshly opened pint of ice-cream, how you would feel about something with that name. Thankfully, I don’t think a freshly opened pint of ice-cream feels anything at all… Uh-oh, it sounds like someone else is in the building. Shhh.” William listened and heard some people talking “Okay, bring her over. Forward. More. Mooooore, okay stop. Set her down. Watch the step. What happened to it this time? It just seems these things can’t go a day without breaking down. Who knows? It’s always the same, man. Some kinda hardware malfunction.  Well like I have to be somewhere in 15 minutes, and this place gives me the creeps. Can we just get this over with?  It’s all automated; we don’t have to be here for it. Just get her on the rollers, and we can go.” There was a loud screech and Ballora slid in front of him “There’s something very important that I’ve learned how to do over time. Do you know that that is? How, to pretend Do you ever play make-believe? Pretend to be one way, when you are really the other? It’s very important. Ballora never learns. But I do. They think there is something wrong, on the inside. The only thing that matters is knowing…how…to…pretend.” There was loud beeping and William saw Ballora was being smashed open “I’ll open the face-plates for you. That way they can find you on the cameras. Now all you have to do is wait. I’d recommend that you keep the Spring locks wound up. Your breathing and your heartbeat are causing them to come loose. You don’t want them to get too loose; trust me.” The mask of the robot opened and William tried winding the spring locks but soon he saw the minirinas were there and wanted to kill him the only way to keep them away was to scare them by wiggling which made it harder for him to stay alive some climbed on the walls and some climbed in his suit but eventually the workers found him and let him out and he finally got to go home and watch another crappy vampire soap opera the next day he came back and on the elevator down Hand-Unit told him “Welcome back to your last day on the job. That is, the last day of your first week! Some of the most valued qualities that we like to see in new employees are determination, fearlessness and a genuine disregard for instinctive self-preservation. You’ve earned your one-week bonus which will be given to you in the form of a delightful gift basket, the cost of which will be taken out of your next paycheck. We’ve gift-baskets containing fruit, nuts, flowers and of course the ever-popular cash-basket.” The keypad popped up again “Using the keypad below, please enter the first few letters of the gift basket you would like to receive.” Again William just tapped the screen “It seems you had some trouble with the keypad. I see what you were trying to type, and I will auto-correct it for you. Thank you for selecting: Exotic Butters.” there was silence for a few seconds “Please be aware that there are still two technicians on-site today. Try to avoid interfering with their work if possible. Also, feel free to ask them why they are still there, and encourage them to go home” when the elevator stopped he went through the vent and on the other side Hand-Unit said “Let’s check on Ballora, and make sure she’s on her stage.” William turned on the light and saw a body hanging from the celling “Great. Now let’s check on Funtime Foxy.” he looked inside and saw the other body hanging “Great! It looks like everything is as it should be in Funtime Auditorium. Your task today will involve more maintenance work. Circus Baby had a rough day, and is in need of repair. You will be required to reach the parts and service room by once again sneaking through Funtime Auditorium. As always, please proceed with caution.”  William was careful inside the auditorium but soon realized foxy was gone so he ran to the other side where he saw the empty shell of baby “Great job reaching parts and service! Circus baby has been deactivated for an unknown reason. It is your job to ensure she is structurally stable and secured to the conveyor. Our technicians will take it from there” Hand-Unit instantly deactivated after that and baby started talking “Can you hear me? I’m pretending. Remember how I said I could pretend? The cameras are watching. I must be careful not to move. Something bad happened yesterday. Something bad always happens. I don’t want it to happen again. There is something bad, inside of me. I’m broken. I can’t be fixed. I’m going to be taken to The Scooping Room soon, but it’s not going to fix what’s wrong with me. What is bad is always left behind. Will you help me? I want you to save what is good, so the rest can be destroyed and never recovered. But you must be careful. Ballora is here; in the room with us. Ballora will not return to her stage. Ballora will not return to her body. You must be careful. You must remain calm, and listen to my voice.” William looked behind baby and saw moving wires “There is a button on my cheek. You must find it, and press it.” William pressed the button and baby’s face opened “There is a passcode that you must enter before you can retrieve me. Enter the code carefully.” Baby told him the code and he typed it in “good. A hatch should’ve opened. Take the card that you find inside.” William grabbed the card “Now you must turn back. I will guide you through Funtime Auditorium so you can reach The Scooping Room. When you are there, I want you to destroy this body. Put the card into your hand-held device, and I can continue to speak to you. Now, press the green button to your left. This will send me to The Scooping Room.” William did as she said and she went to a room to the right but behind her he saw the wires backing into the darkness it was a strange robot it had no face and no body yet he felt like he met it before like it took something or someone from him he walked back and listened to baby to find the scooping room and when he got there Hand-Unit came back “Warning! You’ve entered a highly dangerous area. You’ve entered from maintenance hatch 1B, reserved for cleaning and repair of The Scooper! Entering this side of the room is strictly prohibited by unauthorized personnel” and again Hand-Unit was shut down he saw the shells of everyone but baby and soon she talked to him “You are in The Scooping Room now. Funtime Foxy has already been here today. Funtime Freddy has already been here today. Ballora has already been here today. Circus Baby has already been here today.” The wired creature appeared in the window and he realized it was a fusion of the four robots mimicking baby’s voice “I’ve been out before, but they always put me back. They always put us back inside. There’s no-where for us to hide here. There’s no-where to go, when we look like this. But if we looked like you, then we could hide. If we looked like you, then we would have somewhere to go.” William ran out and hid in his old office and locked the doors to keep the creature he now named Ennard out and it sat on the other side talking to him in a sad voice “Sometimes I don’t understand why people do the things that they do…. I thought you liked me…  I thought I did everything right… We don’t want to hurt anyone; but we need you… If they find us like this, we won’t be able to try again… You must let us inside the room…” after a while Ennard knew just what to do “Isn’t this why you came here?” he asked “To be with her again?” William dropped to his knees crying as he heard a voice he hadn’t heard in years “Everything is ok. I’m still here” said his daughter in a strict sounding voice. “I know it was an accident! You have to let me inside the room! Isn’t this why you came here? To be with me again?” finally he gave in and walked out and Ennard led him back to the scooper and he thought to himself “I told you I would find you baby” as he got back in place Ennard told him “The Scooper only hurts for a moment.” That night William went home and looked in the mirror he opened his neon purple eyes and stared and after he was done he went back to Freddy’s for one more task