a return to freddy's

Chapter 6

A return to Freddy’s

After years Charlie finally came back to Utah for the funeral of her old friend Michael she reunited with her old friends and they all talked after a while one asked her what she thought about Freddy’s what she thinks happened to it they were soon planning on when they would go look at it and how they would get there they all asked Charlie if they could go as they were worried going might offend her she always tried to keep it far away from her mind eventually it became an effort for her to think about it but she ignored her own hatred for the place and agreed that they should go soon they were off but what they found was far from an old pizzeria it was a mall that for some odd reason was mentioned in the past but never opened as if it weren’t meant to be they found an open window and snuck in and inside they saw it was just like a normal mall they looked around a bit until one of them found something odd it was writing on a wall but not the malls wall she remembered carving it into the wall at Freddy’s they found a hidden door in the wall behind a shelf and tried to move it to get inside they all made a lot of noise and soon they began to hear footsteps coming toward them they all held as still as they could and soon someone came and shined a light at them they didn’t see who but they assumed it was a night guard they got the door open and explored inside and messed with some of the control switches and after a few hours they were ready to leave they tried going out but they heard the footsteps again and they were following them they ran out in time and went home a few days later after the funeral they got the rest of their friends and went again they snuck back inside and opened the door again it wasn’t as hard the second time but still loud and again the guard came but he still just looked at them and left they stayed longer that time and after a while Charlie walked up to the pirates cove it was out of order she didn’t know why but it had always been out of order she looked at the performer there foxy and looked into its eyes she remembered it inside her dads workshop it has burning silver eyes she slowly backed away and soon it lifted its arm and cut her, her friends rushed to her and assumed it was just them messing with the controls so they left and took her to the hospital a the next day they came back again but the guard was at the entrance his arms folded across his chest he had no flashlight so he was invisible in the darkness until they came up to him “I had a feeling you wouldn’t leave it alone” he said with an odd uneven smile one of Charlie’s friend muttered something under her breath “I could have you arrested for trespassing” said the guard “saw you hear last night but I couldn’t see where you got to I guess now I know” he said with a smirk Charlie started noticing there was something odd about him he was tall and slightly to thin for his uniform as if he had been robust before but lost his weight to some tragedy his name tag read Dave “what are you doing back here anyway?” he asked “I could have you arrested right now” they argued for a bit and soon Charlie said “why don’t you come with us we just want to explore a bit more then well leave you know your way around better than any of us” after a few seconds the guard Dave said “sure only because I always wanted to take a walk in there myself” they walked in and Dave said “I'm not an idiot I’ve been working here for years walked this building inside and out every night you think I don’t know what’s back there when they got to the hidden door Dave looked at his name tag as if he had forgotten who he was and said “names Dave” as he pointed to it they walked inside as they talked about the place and when they got inside Dave looked around and Charlie noticed he had a scar on the back of his neck he turned around and saw there was another one on the front mirroring the other Charlie shivered a little the marks were knotted and white and looked too perfectly placed the group fanned out but Charlie hung back with john but there was something different in the air it felt thinner like she had to breath deeper to get enough oxygen she thought to herself “it’s just a guy” but that was the problem they had brought an outsider in with them the robots on stage began to jerk but Charlie looked at Dave and he didn’t seem surprised “he’s been here before” she thought Charlie Dave and john went to the control room some of Charlie’s friends were experimenting with the panel and Dave looked over at them nodding as if making some private calculation one of Charlie's friends stepped back and Dave cleared his throat “um” he asked “could I try?” he said reaching out toward the panel the two at the panel looked at each other and shrugged “why not?” she said Dave stared at the panel for a minute without moving and suddenly pressed a series of buttons soon the speakers began to hum “whoa” said the girl at the panel and they looked at the stage seeing the robots dance “how did you do that” Charlie snapped” Dave raised his hand in the air “beginners luck” he said “I just pressed some buttons” Charlie said “right,” she rubbed her head “can someone shut off the speakers?” her friend flipped a switch and the sound stopped Dave had his hands on the buttons his fingers hovering over them  “he’s been here before” Charlie whispered to john “look at the way he touches the controls” john said “maybe he’s just good with computers” soon the person next to him asked “can you make them dance again?” he stared at the screen as if looking at something only he could see his mouth hung open and his eyes slightly crossed it took him a bit to register the question “sure, let’s see what we can do” he stared at her with a cryptic smile she swallowed but smiled back to be polite “all right I’ve been here a few times before; I think I can work some magic” Charlie and john exchanged glances “you’ve been here before?” asked john but Dave ignored him Dave reached for a keypad to the far left that had been untouched it looked disconnected from everything but Dave started pressing the buttons on it and he looked at the girl next to him “for special occasions you can request a dance” he smiled at her “great” she said she looked at the boy at the other side of the panel “I'm going to go look will you take over” the boy said “yeah sure” while scooting over into her spot the robots on stage were dancing to music that no longer played and moving there mouths to sing but no song came the girl walked to the stage and bonnie seemed to look right at her but looked away just as quickly “it’s strange seeing them like this” she said as she watched them after a bit Dave cane up to bonnie “nervous little fella aren’t you” he said “can you take it down a notch” the girl asked and suddenly Bonnie’s mouth hung open shuttering he looked in seemingly random directions and his foot jerked up ripping him from the bolt holding him to the ground he started going crazy and one of Charlie's friends ran to the stage and bonnie hit him with his guitar he was flung off the stage and landed on his back gasping for breath everyone got together and realized Dave was missing they helped up the boy on the ground and went looking for Dave after a while they tried to leave but before they all could leave one of them was grabbed by the old spring bonnie robot they went to the police and told them everything but they didn’t believe them and when they said who was left behind they had the chief come and he told them all that that was his son and he must have been pranking them they all went to his house and spent the night waiting for him to come back