Into the Shadows

~Chapter two - Killer Robots?~

    We both crawl out of the vent and stand up. Again, the door flips closed behind us. Like always, HandUnit starts talking. "​​Circus Baby had a busy day today. Let's check the light and make sure she's in proper working order." I know Kyle is freaked out and just wants to leave, so I decided to do the buttons myself from now on. I click the light button and a few lights come on, but again, we don't see anything. "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. I just hurry up and press the button. But, when I do, the shock doesn't happen. The button pad just makes a weird broken buzzing sound. "Let's try another controlled shock." Kyle tugs on my sleeve as he speaks. "Man I really don't like this room. It feels so off. And now the shock isn't working?" I sigh quietly before responding. "I know, I know, it's really fucking sketchy. But the quicker we finish this the quicker we can leave." I hastily press the shock button a second time. Again, it doesn't work. "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 aswell, such as, security doors, vent locks, and oxygen. Commencing system restart." Great, just what we need. God I really hate this robo bitch. HandUnit shuts down and all the lights go out. Kyle clings to my arm as we stand in the dark. I'm kinda paralized. I'm not particularly scared of the dark, but this place gives me the creeps. We both jump a little as the entryway vent motion trigger goes off. I try not to panic for Kyle's sake but I'm really fucking freaked out. Then the Funtime Auditorium maintenance vent opened warning goes off. I hug Kyle back this time and try to offer some comfort. "I'm sure it's just another glitch..it's probably just because HandUnit is restarting things. Then the Ballora Gallery maintenance vent opened warning goes off. Fuck, fuck, fuck, what do we even do now?! I feel my heart skip a beat and I'm pretty sure Kyle's does too when we hear the vent behind us Clunk. A smooth and airy female voice starts talking to us. "I don't recognize you. You are new." She states it very matter of factly. "I remember this...Scenario. However, it's a strange thing to want to do. To come here" Kyle grabs my hand and I squeeze his hand in return. "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. There is a space under the desk; someone before you crafted it into a hiding place, and it worked for him." I glance at the place she's talking about and I feel my blood run cold. "I recommend that you hurry, though. You will be safe there. Just try not to make eye contact. It will be over soon. They will lose interest." Before Kyle can even say anything I blurt out my first thought as I pull my Hand out of his. "I'm not going in there-" I can feel my breathing picking up already. Kyle looks panicked as he yells. "Why the fuck not?! Do you WANNA die!?" I get choked up and without hesitation he pulls me into the cramped cupboard next to him and slams the door shut. He holds it closed as best he can from the inside. I feel like I can't breathe and I can feel my eyes welling up with tears. I try to keep quiet so I bury my face in my knees and snuggle up to Kyle in attempts to calm down, keeping my one hand on the wall and the other on Kyle's knee. We both go silent as we hear thudding from the vent. We hear a small whisper. "Someone is inside." I tighten my grip on Kyle's knee. Another whisper. "Is this the same person?" I can feel Kyle flinch as...whatever the hell it is...starts tapping?..on the door. The tapping stops and we hear yet another whisper. "Knock, Knock." Kyle gasps out of nowhere and I lift my head up a little to see. I wish I hadn't as I see the door sliding open a little as Kyle tries desperately to keep it shut. He gets it closed and wedges his foot against the ground and the door. That seems to do the trick, though, he keeps his hand on the door just in case. I put my head back down and sob silently into my knees. After the thing pulling at the door goes on for what feels like forever, all the noise stops and Kyle sighs. A beat of silence before we hear a whisper again. "She's watching us. We have to leave now..We will see you again soon." It goes quiet for barely a minute before that airy girl voice comes back on. Though I can't really hear it over the sound of my own blood rushing in my ears. I feel dizzy and when I pull my head up from my knees again my vision is completely blurry. Before I can even register what's going on I'm being dragged out of the little cupboard and I'm in Kyle's arms. Still breathing heavily. When my eyes focus a little I can see how worried he looks. However, his words are nothing but soothing. "Shh, shh.. It's gonna be alright Spence. I promise. We're outta there now see. Plenty of space." I grip onto his sweatshirt sleeves and try to calm down my breathing. He keeps talking to me in that sweet, soft voice he does. "See? Plenty of room. Is- is this hug okay?" I nod in response. He keeps going. "Good, good. Spence-" He pauses like he's deciding whether he wants to finish his sentence or not, but he keeps talking. "Buddy, what happened? You freak out and went silent on me other than like, choking and gasping for air. I was really worried dude." I open my mouth to speak but I don't really know what to say. I decide on an apology. "M's- sorry" I look up into his stunning brown eyes, tears in my own. He looks kinda hurt when I say it and he responds with a frown. "Spencer, sorry for what? You didn't do anything wrong. I just really wanna know why you were freaking out so bad." I stay silent for a second before answering his question. "M'claustrophobic-" He facepalms before answering. "Christ, why didn't you say that before all of this? I could've helped you." God, how do I explain to him that I thought he would make fun of me and wanna get rid of me? I honestly don't know. I decide on being simple. "I don't know." I shrug. He sighs and pats my back. He gives a small sweet smile as he responds. "I guess it doesn't matter much anymore, does it? All that matters is that I know now, so I can help later if need be, and, all of that is over now. And uh, I know you might not wanna hear it but we have more to do tonight."

    Kyle gave me the rundown of what we needed to do and it sucked ass. We had to go through Ballora Gallery and apparently manually restart the power system because HandUnit couldn't do it himself. He said he was gonna be quiet but then jump scared us halfway through, Ballora is actually tall as fuck and terrifying, and Funtime Freddy almost killed us! So yeah. Pretty shitty night. But, I'm finally home now and getting ready for bed. Me and Kyle talked about it as I was driving him home, and we're gonna bring My friend Scarlett, and Kyle's sister Jamie with us tomorrow night. They both work the day shift at Fazbear's Pizza. Hopefully, they'll be able to help us figure out what the fuck is going on here.