Masked Souls

January 5, 1997

Few days after the grand opening and inauguration of Fredbear's PizzaWorld, the pizzeria was ready for the beginning of it's new future. From the inauguration on January 1, to January 5, Michael made sure that they had all ingredients for the kitchen, both Fred and Billy were ready, and the advertisement for make people be aware of the pizzeria; while Henry worked for an extra room be added aside the arcades, for Puppet.

At first, people in Utah was hesitant about the pizzeria, after what happened years ago, but as was 'long ago', more than a decade ago, they gave them the benefit of the doubt.

At first were low customers, just curious of why Fredbear and SpringBonnie were back, but after the first customers saw the more 'modern' view of SpringBonnie, they were slightly more interested; but Fredbear seemed almost the same, just with more cover, what at SpringBonnie came well, but not for Fredbear.

The days passed, and quickly, the pizzeria gained popularity, but not only for the main reason, SpringBonnie, but also for the so open menu and different types of pizza, sodas and other drinks.

The menu consisted in: Peperoni Pizza $4.99, Bacon Pizza $4.99, 4 cheese Pizza $4.99, Meat combo Pizza $5.99, Mushroom Pizza $4.99, Tropical combo Pizza $5.99, Summer combo Pizza $5.99, few different sodas $1.99 each, water $0.00, few different wines with 0% alcohol from $2.99 to $3.99, Junior menu $6.99, Spring combo $5.99, Rabbit Special $4.99, Fred's menu $4.99, BBQ combo $5.99, and, Gift menu $6.99.

Henry knows that SpringBonnie, now known as Billy the Rabbit, or just Billy; he needs food. Henry wonders how or why, as far as he knows, SpringBonnie is an animatronic, a robot, he shouldn't need food, but electricity or energy, like Fredbear, now known as Fred the Bear.

Henry saw SpringBonnie working on the night, as nightguard and janitor, so he decided to make SpringBonnie be able to turn off and rest in the night, so he won't need to eat as much as he does, that are 3 times in the day and 1 in the night, and Henry with this, he thought SpringBonnie then would eat 2 times in the day as much, maybe.

But also, Henry saw in the news about the lately amount of robs and criminal level happening, so he was concerned, thinking that maybe during a night, the pizzeria suffered a robbery, and SpringBonnie was not able to secure as in case of anything; and for other thoughts going inside his head.

January 22, 1997 11:46 pm

The nightshift was about to start, but SpringBonnie was already setting everything to be cleaned. Preparing the mop, and the tools for clean, while also making sure everything was locked up.

Few minutes before 00:00 am, a nightguard hired by Henry, unlocked the entrance, entering, and then locking the doors again. Henry also hired a janitor, but couldn't arrive by familiar circumstances.

The nightguard entered, unaware that SpringBonnie was active, and didn't know about what Henry did, what Henry didn't count on, that not telling or warning SpringBonnie would result in a mistake.

As SpringBonnie was cleaning, he heard steps, what made him look, but only saw a fade shadow pass in the corner of his view. He hesitated for seconds, before decided to ignore that, and continue cleaning the little wall for climbing in the "Rabbit's hole".

After low minutes, the nightguard sits on the chair in the security guard's office, and starts the shift, and quickly turns the monitor on.

Quickly, the nightguard tries to get used and familiar with the place, until finds SpringBonnie in the cameras. The nightguard observes him, and how is cleaning the chairs and tables of the main party room.

The hours pass, the nightguard gets bored with ease, while keeps observing the only thing that isn't quiet, SpringBonnie cleaning. But suddenly, while SpringBonnie was going to save the tools in the janitor's storage room, noticed the camera being on.

The nightguard notices how SpringBonnie is looking directly at the camera, and after a moment of few minutes, his head starts glitching, and the monitor stops working for a second showing static, when it stops and goes back to normal, SpringBonnie wasn't there anymore.

The nightguard quickly panicked, switching cameras fast, trying to find SpringBonnie, but couldn't find him. The pizzeria is much much bigger than any other location, and the amount of cameras is quite the amount.

The nightguard couldn't find SpringBonnie, there wasn't any cameras in the hallways, for any strange reason. So he got up, and tried to see from where could SpringBonnie arrive, as from the Arcade from the left hallway of the office, or from the straight hallway connected to the Main party room.

The nightguard checked with it's flashlight the hallway in front of them. They saw the darkness in the corridor, and all the decorations of and for the children in the hallway inside their visibility, but no SpringBonnie.

The nightguard tried their best to find SpringBonnie, when noticed it was 5 am. For a short moment, the intense of the situation seemed much less, and they in the morning, SpringBonnie would be given a maintenance to solve the problem making it wander in the night, and act like how it is doing now.

For this short moment, the nightguard felt more confidence, thinking that the night was just a little away from be done, and from then, the next shifts for sure would be better. But then, they heard strong metal steps, and in an instant, they turned around to look at the left hallway, and suddenly, see two blue pupils with red outlines in the dark.

SpringBonnie takes a step forward, almost entering the office, while asks "Who are you?", asking who they are, intrigued and curious, but demanding for not be any possible threat.

The guard panics, and instantly presses the red button in the left side of the control panel of the desk, closing the left door of the office. But for their surprise, suddenly, SpringBonnie grabs the door while it was closing with his right hand.

At first, it seemed SpringBonnie had only two options, drop it and let the door close, or face what could happen to his arm; but after few seconds, the door started to be forced up, moved with strength, and slowly rising and breaking it's mechanism.

The nightguard panicked again, seeing with fear and unable to move or look away, how SpringBonnie forced the door up to the top, and his pupils were now red crimson. SpringBonnie then took steps inside the office, dropping the grip behind him, what makes the door shut in a sudden with great strength in a deep strong sound.

SpringBonnie (Raziel): "I won't repeat myself. Who. Are. Y O U?!"

His voice sounded deep, and with strength, not similar to any robot voice that could exist, but more similar to a more menacing and possibly deep demonic one.

The guard started to react in a sudden, slowly moving but falling down from sitting on the chair. They got up and started running away through the hallway to the Main party room.

SpringBonnie walked slowly more inside the office, observing where the guard was going, but then, presses the red button, opening the left door, while thinking to himself about the waste of power that guard generated, and about the chance he probably broke the mechanism of the left door, despite it closed correctly, it needs a check to be sure.

The nightguard, running for their life, turns left, now in the hallway towards the Arcade, but then enters the room in the right.

They see all the giftboxes and prizes in the shelves and around, until spots a huge white with purple lines giftbox in the middle of the back against the wall. The nightguard slowly moves closer, while hears in the distance the strong metal steps of SpringBonnie moving closer, but the hallways were making the sound bounce, making the nightguard confused from where the sound was originally coming, as from where they went, or from the arcade.

Despite what they were hearing, they moved closer to the giftbox, hiding until 6 am.

Slowly, as the time and minutes passed, their fear increased, as was hearing the steps around them, as if was aside of them, and very near, but at the same time, far away.

Suddenly, the bells of the pizzeria sounds, warning it was the 6 am, the start to the opening for the dayshift.

With proud of what they did, managing to survive this horrorful and terrible night. They started walking, going back to the entrance, but when is walking through the Main party room, suddenly sees how SpringBonnie starts running towards them.

The nightguard panics, not knowing why is still chasing them, as is 6 am, his program would be forcing him to go back and prepare for the day, but there he was, running for a hard onslaught against them.

The nightguard moved down, hiding between and under the party tables, trying to sneak SpringBonnie and reach the entrance in the next room. But SpringBonnie started walking very near and even aside them, so they stopped moving, seeing his feet so close to them.

Unfortunately, SpringBonnie stated grabbing and rising the tables, and by one, searching for them, until finding them. He grabbed them up, and all they were seeing, was the red crimson eyes in the darkness of his big eyes.

Slowly, SpringBonnie moved them closer and closer, until be so close, they saw those dark eyes, was never eyes, but just darkness hiding the missing eyes of SpringBonnie, and inside, was flesh and human eyes, from where those pupils were flashing and lighting from.

Before SpringBonnie could open completely his mouth to bite them, they suddenly started crying and begging. Her voice was clear, he didn't care about her femaled body and torso, only saw her as someone else, and as possible threat, but now... He still didn't care she was a female. Woman or man, was going to perish. But for her luck, the entrance door suddenly opens, what makes SpringBonnie close his mouth and turn to look towards where the entrance room is, at his right right now.

From the entrance room, Henry then appeared entering the Main party room, finding what was going on, and instantly telling SpringBonnie to drop her down, that she was the new nightguard, and not another "meat", while running with worry for what was mostly going to happen.

SpringBonnie dropped slowly, hesitating, but harshly accepting.

After few seconds of Henry grabbing air, he told him that he hired new staff for the nightshift, a janitor, and the nightguard right there.

Henry Emily: "And the nightguard right here, Vanessa Schmidt. Vanessa, this is Spring.. I mean.. Billy, Billy the rabbit. Sorry, I'm still used to his old name as SpringBonnie."

Vanessa Schmidt: "It's... A-alright, Mr. Emily. You shouldn't run, you don't seem.. For running, honestly."

Henry Emily: "Yes, I'm not in the position to run like nothing, but still can afford some running exercise, don't worry."

SpringBonnie switches looking Henry and Vanessa, not caring and much less accepting such thing of new staff. He wasn't neither told, and neither valued for what it seems, as if Henry hired a nightguard, must be because thinks he isn't qualified or even good enough to make the pizzeria safe; and if hired a janitor, must be because thinks he doesn't give neither the time, or attention, or effort to make the pizzeria clean.

As SpringBonnie was lost in his doubtful thoughts, suddenly, wakes up as Henry started talking to him.

Henry Emily: "Hey, are you alright?"

SpringBonnie doesn't respond, neither seems to want to give an answer, just looks with focus to see a slow but precise detailed analysis of Vanessa physically, not caring both Henry and Vanessa were seeing he was directly looking up and down and every part of her body.

Vanessa felt awkward and slightly embarrassed, seeing how SpringBonnie was carelessly looking at her like that, from up to down, and vice versa, studying her body.

Henry felt awkward, but finding the moment strange but amusing, thinking as it must be his way to start knowing each other.

Henry Emily: "W-well, Billy.. As you can see, you don't need to be awake in the night, but don't worry, I'm sure if anything happens, Vanessa will tell you, so you can assist her. I hope the first night wasn't... A hard surprise for any of both..."

Vanessa Schmidt: "Oh, is nothing Mr. Emily. It was a big surprise, and one where I almost ended killed.. But it's fine. I'm alright, just... I need some time to process what happened."

Henry Emily: "Alright, well, you can go home now, Vanessa. Rest well for tonight, I hope it gets better next night."

As Vanessa starts walking to the entrance room, waves at Henry, still scared of what she just went through.

Once Vanessa left the pizzeria, instantly, SpringBonnie moved closer to Henry, until be face to face with him, and in a deep serious voice, SpringBonnie left one thing clear... Never let him unknowing.

SpringBonnie (Raziel): "Don't leave anything without telling me, again."

Henry Emily: "I.. Sorry, I forgot to tell you. I hope it wasn't a bother, but is for the best, even for you."

SpringBonnie (Raziel): "... She is useless and irrelevant, same as that janitor you mentioned earlier. I'm more than capable of both things, be the nightguard, and the janitor, during the night shift. I don't need neither anyone's help, or even a replace. And I'm offended you thought I'm uncapable of realizing such simple tasks, despite I was doing so until now, and you didn't said any. Single. Compliant. About how I dealt with the tasks, or the results."

Henry Emily: "I.. I... I'm sorry. I didn't thought you would... See it that way. I just wanted you to can rest in the night and relax..."

There is a silence between both for a moment, until SpringBonnie stopped leaning and moved back, being standing still in front Henry. But then, doesn't say anything else, before turning around after few seconds of stare, and then leaving, walking through and around the Main party room, towards The golden hole, to prepare himself for the start of the day.

Henry feels devastated, unknowing SpringBonnie was going to take it that way. First he lost Charlie, and when found her, got rejected; and now after the time of replacing Charlie with SpringBonnie, feels as he got rejected from him too. Henry feels he may be possibly a terrible father, if can't even be a good father and have such relation with anyone.

While the staff slowly started to arrive and enter, preparing their selves for start their shift; Henry walked away, receiving the good morning of the employees, but without an answer being given back, just an empty broken stare at the ground, looking down, while leaves the pizzeria, letting them to take care of the day.