Candy Paint--a Willy's Wonderland FanFic

Chapter 6

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Still hearing muffled voices outside, I wasted no time in sprinting to the front doors. I had no intentions of figuring out why a two hundred pound animatronic had somehow been stolen from right in front of me. Pressing my ear against the door, I tried to listen to the conversation outside.

"Let's leave, we've talked about this enough, and I don't wanna hear what's gonna go on. Vic was like a granddaughter to me," I heard Jed say.

"Jed!" I screamed through the crack of the door. I banged on it loudly, trying to signal for help.

"If there was another place she could work we would've put her there. Don't feel bad, it's not like anyone's gonna miss her," I heard an unfamiliar voice say. That hurts. More voices kept speaking, but their words were becoming too muffled to make out. I tried to silence my heavy breathing.

"We'll come back tomorrow, and if she's dead, she's dead. We didn't even have to work too hard to find Willy a snack!" I heard Tex laugh. I banged on the door again. Their laughing soon faded into silence, as I realized they had left. Wasting no time, I reached for my phone. I had enough battery to last for a few more hours, but no cell service. I figured if I could get Aaron in here with me, he'd hopefully be more appealing to the animatronics than I. If that's what they even wanted.

I paced through the restaurant, trying to locate even the slightest bit of cell reception. I had almost forgotten about Ozzie's sudden disappearance, when I heard a loud scream come from the main dining area. It sounded very human, which meant I definitely wasn't alone. Whipping around quickly, I retraced my steps back into the dining room. Peering around the corner, I noticed the group of teens from earlier. Not these dip sticks again.

"Ray just disappeared, I can't find her and this place is scaring me," One of the girls sobbed.

"Ray couldn't've gone far, let's find her and get out before we-"

"Get caught?" I interrupted loudly, emerging from the shadows. Both teens screamed, startled by my presence. "Neither of you are supposed to be here," I hissed, feeling slightly relieved that if souls were, in fact, what the animatronics wanted, there would be more to pick from than just mine.

"How did you break in?" The boy asked.

"I'm supposed to be working here for the night, now get out before I call Lund," I spoke.

"So it's true? They really do get people in here to feed to those things?" The girl asked, motioning for the stage.

"No, I'm just here to clean. Why are you two here?" I asked in response.

"Uh, call it a dare?" The boy smiled, rubbing the back of his head, "But we've lost one, and we can't find her. I swear I heard her scream a minute ago, unless that was you,"

"It wasn't me, I thought I was alone in here," I replied, "And maybe y'all wouldn't have lost your little friend if 'ya hadn't of snuck in here in the first place. It ain't legal,"

"What would you know about legality, Vic?" The girl spoke. I scoffed, taken back by her snobby response.

"Yeah, my parents tell me to stay away from you 'cause you've been in the system for the last five years,"

"Mommy and Daddy don't trust me, huh?" I sneered. I was trying to come up with another response, when I noticed a slight movement in the shadows behind the teens. I paused, trying to let my eyes adjust to the darkness.