Five Nights At Freddy's

6.

note: the beginning of this chapter is graphic, to say the least, you can skip to where it says *continue here*, it is in bold. this part was a bit hard to write but i hope you enjoy. next chapter might be kaleb's second shift but we'll see. sorry if this chapter's a bit long.

content warning: gore, blood, violence, limb tearing, i'm not really sure what to call it but it's a painful situation

My body felt numb, I tried to move my arms but they wouldn't budge. My mouth and head hurt too. The pain in my mouth felt like when I went to the periodontist years ago. Those deep cleanings left my gums black and blue, staining my teeth with blood. Every time I went, I would try not to cry. "Are you doing okay, sweetie?" The doctor always asked. It annoyed me so much how she kept asking. Yes, it was part of her job. I kept saying I was fine, but it felt like my teeth were knives. Knives that would stab into my gums. 

I blinked quickly, where was I? My hands were at my sides, my legs were still. Come on Kaleb, just stand. You can do it. I tried lifting myself up, grabbing onto the table that was next to me. I slipped when I was trying to stand. The table fell over loudly. I shut my eyes, cowering back into my original state. Someone was walking, more like running. "Ray?" I whispered to myself. It couldn't have been Ray. This wasn't our house. This wasn't my room.

"Hold still." A voice called out. "Wh-" I was abruptly cut off, I heard a scraping sound on the floor. It was similar to nails on a chalkboard but worse. I winced at the sound. It was one of the animatronic suits, it was an empty one. "What's going on, what are you doing?" I managed to say. The purple one leaned down and removed it's face. All that remained were the wires and cables. The lights still remained, red lights. I still didn't know where I was. It reached for my shirt collar and dragged me to where the suit was. 

"Stop it, please! Please, let me go!" I wailed. The yellow one came forward and gripped my arm.  My arm no longer felt numb. I felt everything now, I felt it all at once. I screamed and screamed as I was pulled apart. My arms were no longer on my body. They were on the floor. I couldn't feel them, but I felt something. Tears were streaming down my face, blood was everywhere. I hoped that I would pass out already. The yellow one picked up the face of the purple one and held it over mine. 

It smelled terrible, it was old and it appeared to be rotting. There was no point in calling for help, but I continued screaming and crying anyway. The two of them start pulling me by my legs. "Let me go!" I tried kicking them away and when I did, they were even more aggressive. I thought they would remove my legs too. "Is he the right size?" A voice whispered. The yellow and purple characters nodded. The brown one came forward, he appeared to form a smile. I bit down on my lip, trying to think of how this happened. "Stuff him." The brown one spoke. The yellow and purple one started to grab me and put me inside the suit. I winced as I felt one of the metal pieces, pierce through my right leg. That was definitely going to get infected. My left leg felt spotty, fuzzy, it was numb. I was standing up now, I didn't have to worry about my arms getting messed up. They were nonexistent at this point.

"I'm sorry, please, what did I do? What did I do wrong?" I ask them. "You hurt us." The purple one responds. "I didn't, I did what the voice told me! I protected myself." I cried. "You didn't protect us." The brown one speaks up. The yellow one started to close the head piece on me. I couldn't breathe, it was too tight. I was suffocating. I tried to conserve whatever air I had left. 

"Good night." They said altogether. I didn't try to scream anymore, I just let it happen. Sobbing and sobbing, hoping it would be over soon.

* continue here *

"Let me go, let me go. Please, let me go, please! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I yelled. I couldn't open my eyes, I kept seeing them. 

"Kaleb, Kaleb! It's okay, you're okay. You're safe, you're okay." A voice spoke. "Ray?" I asked. Ray was sitting next to me. "It was a nightmare? I'm okay?" It felt so real. I sat up in the bed, my face was stained with tears. "It was a nightmare Kaleb, you were sleeping. You're at home." Ray replied. I hugged him and he held me closely.

"It was awful, I felt-I felt everything." I explained. I let go, and looked at my arms. My arms! They were still attached to my body. I removed the blanket quickly. "My legs, they're okay!" I sighed. "What was your dream? I mean, your nightmare?" Ray asked. I took a deep breath and began explaining. 

"It, uhm, it was, I was at work. I don't know what happened, I was on the floor and uh, everything hurt? It hurt so much, Ray. The things, the things I have to watch for? They got me, they said that I hurt them. But I never did that, I never hurt them, they lied, they were lying. Ray, you have to believe me. Please, please, believe me. They were hurting me, they pulled my arms, they were dressing me up in those costumes. They knew what they were doing. It was so horrible. I just wanted it all to stop. It didn't stop."

I touched my face, my face was okay. It was fine, it still felt the same. Ray sighed and hugged me again. "I'm sorry about that, K. Why do you think-" Ray paused and looked at me. "Is this why you were acting different when Frank and I picked you up? Did those things, hurt you?" Ray asked.

"No, no, of course not. I just had to watch them and make sure they didn't move." I replied. "If you're imagining things this bad, don't you want to try and find another job?" Ray suggests. Sure, that would be the reasonable thing to do. It had to get better at some point. "That was only my first shift, Ray. I just have to make it through the week." I told him.

"Kaleb, you're making it sound like you have to actually survive, in order to get paid. If that's the case, I don't want you working there. I want you to be safe. Maybe there's a better paying job, one that doesn't require you to watch security cameras." Ray states.

I stayed quiet. I really needed the money. It was less than minimum wage, but that's how badly I needed this. How badly I wanted this. 

"This was all I could find, there was a cashier job available too, but that's 3 hours away from here. I can't give it up now." I told him. He shook his head, not looking up at me. I had an idea.

 (#kalebisanidiot2021)

"Ray, what if we go later, just to eat? We can go with Mikey, Frank, and Gerard. I'll show you that there's nothing to worry about. Yeah?" I offered. "I don't know. Sure, I guess. If it's anything like how you described your nightmare, I'm out of there, okay?" He replied. 

Ray ran downstairs to tell the guys the plan. I fixed the bed and got a sweater from the closet. I put it on and hoped that the restaurant would be better during the day. 

I followed down the stairs and saw Ray filling up a bottle of water. "Where is everyone?" I asked. "They're waiting for us in the car. It didn't take a lot of convincing. They're all pretty excited." He said, turning the faucet off. "Okay, cool. Let's go eat then, I guess." I stated, trying to sound peppy but failing. 

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i'm trying my best, hopefully this chapter didn't suck. anyway, thanks for reading :)