Living in the Shadows

Chap. 9

"Casey!" She heard Arty yell. She saw him and quickly followed him to where the rest were. She helped them break the chains. "Are you okay?" Tito asked. Casey nodded. She saw a cloak nearby and decided to use that as her temporary clothes. She transformed back and the gang realized that now only is some of her muscle torn, she's also missing an eye. "Me being a werewolf, it will most likely be healed by tomorrow afternoon." She said. The gang didn't look too hurt. Just a few small scratches. "We should head back. Can you guys walk?" "Yeah." Ozzie answered. "Good." Casey said before limping. "I don't think you should walk with a leg like that." Tito said. "I'll be fine." "Well we're not taking 'no' for an answer." Willy said before Tito picked her up and carried her bridal style. Casey chuckled a little. "Of course you aren't." They walked back. Casey got a little too comfortable on the way in Tito's arms, and fell asleep. When her head rested on his shoulder, he started blushing a little. From time to time he would look down to see Casey's bloody yet resting face. Sometimes he would stare at her before realizing what he was doing. When they arrived, Tito gave Casey to Sara so she could clean the werewolf off from the blood. Sara filled a bucket with warm water, rinsed a rag and carefully cleaned the blood from Casey. When Casey was clean, she wrapped some bandages to Casey's wounds and left her to sleep.

Casey didn't see anything. Just total darkness. Until she saw the moon. She then saw Xavier behind her. "What do you want?" Casey said. "I have a pack ya know. They'll come after you and your friends. You may be Alpha. But not even you can face a big pack of wolves by yourself. I can't wait to see you in hell with me." Xavier laughed. She woke up.

She got up. She realized she was in the Super Happy Fun Room. She got out and walked to the main room. The animatronics were sleeping. She stared at them a little while. She walked towards the storage room where a notepad and a pen would be. She didn't want to disturb them. She wrote something down before clicking her pen and then walking out of the restaurant. She walked to her house. She cried. She didn't think it would end up like this. But she knew she had to do this. But at least she promised to come back.

The animatronics woke up. Sara went to check on Casey before Knighty noticed the note. He lifted it up. "There's a note. From Casey." The animatronics looked at him. "Well read it." Arty said before Knighty opened it. "Dear friends,
I'm sorry it ended up this way. But it has to be done. I had a dream about Xavier warning me about his pack and that they would come after us. I set out to find them myself... But I promise to come back...
- Casey."
Tito rushed out the door and ran to Casey's house. When he was there, he found nothing but darkness in the house. "Casey!?" Tito yelled. The others ran into the house. "Casey!? Please say this is a joke!" The turtle ran around the small house and opened every door. To find nothing and no one. The gang felt their heart break. The only friend they had, left. Tito started to tear up. Arty placed a hand on his shoulder. They walked back to their home. The night was quiet. No one spoke nor really moved. Like how normal animatronics should act.

Years went by. Still no sign of Casey. They started giving up hope that they would see her again. Tito kept his hopes for as long as he could. But after more years. He finally gave up. Casey leaving them hurt them. They encountered a janitor that was to strong for them to handle. Due to them not practicing their skills anymore, they were weak again. When the janitor and Liv drove down the road and ran Tito over, the last thing he started to remember was Casey's sleeping face. His body was left there the entire day, until the sound of bare feet on concrete was heard.