Freddy and the Glamrocks (FNAF Security Breach AU)

Trapped - Chapter 16

     After rebooting, Gregory immediately noticed the difference. He wanted to use the few cuss and swear words he knew as he could feel that the lab techs had messed with his pain receptors. He tested it out by slamming his arm on the table, and he could barely hold back the cry of pain. He would have a much harder time escaping the facility now that he could feel more pain. The last time he escaped, he had to cram himself through an insanely tight vent. He couldn't imagine doing that again now.

Sitting under the table, he simply wallowed in his misery. He had to find another way to escape. He had to find Freddy...

The sound of something thudding against the vent cover made Gregory alert. He turned to the vent, and noticed the familiar blur of red behind the cover.

"Lizzie! You found me! Are you okay?" Gregory said as he looked over at the vent closely.

He heard a disgruntled muffle before the quiet voice of a girl spoke out. It was oddly synthetic sounding, "Stop calling me that... yes, I found you again. They moved you far away from your old room... I am not so familiar with the ventilation system in this area... I will need at least a day to remap and familiarize myself with it all,"

Gregory nodded, before realizing she probably couldn't see him do so, "Right... thank you Liz,"

Silence fell in the room before the faint sound of quiet thudding could be heard. The red that was behind the vent cover slowly faded away as the figure left. Gregory was left alone with his thoughts again, and he couldn't help but remember how he met Lizzie.

It was a day or two after he had been placed into his first endoskeleton. He hadn't even received the cosmetic upgrade yet, so he was only the skeletal parts. He was sitting under the vent in the room when a battery fell out and rolled across the shiny white floor. He looked at it before turning up to see a plush hand from a little doll, desperately reaching out for the battery.

With nothing else to do, he crawled over and picked up the battery. He then crawled back to the vent and held it out for the little doll's hand to take it.

"Did you drop this...?" He asked tentatively. His voice box was still clumsy and hard to use.

The little plush hand took the battery from him. He waited for a moment before he saw a white face and red hair. It was a very pretty plush doll. She seemed to have a small endoskeleton underneath that allowed her to move, albeit not very effectively. Her wide green eyes stared at Gregory before she responded in a soft robotic voice.

"Thank you. You must be new around here... what name did they give you?" The little doll inquired with an inquisitive tilt of her plush head. The movement sent the red yarn locks of her pigtails wiggling around.

"I'm Gregory. I didn't think there was anyone else here... Who are you?"

"They named me baby doll. But I am not fond of it. There are many others like me... toys and old prototypes, left to collect dust or be turned to scrap parts. I hope you never meet the same fate as us Gregory," her soft voice spoke genuinely. And she seemed sad to bring it up.

Gregory listened to her and moved a little closer to the vent, causing the plush doll to fall backwards. She quickly got up and scooted away a little from the prying eyes of his endoskeletal form.

"Oh sorry! I didn't mean to scare you... If you don't like your name, maybe I can give you a new one?" Gregory asked as he watched the doll with curious eyes.

She did not respond to his question, so he took it as an invitation. He thought hard about a name, and remembered the exercises he did yesterday. The lab techs handed him some books about animals, and he read them all. He was then given flash cards and he had to identify which animal was which. He remembered the green reptilian and he couldn't help but smile. He could imagine the doll climbing around in the vents much like a lizard. Sadly, the smile didn't look very friendly with his skeletal frame.