' 𝙱𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙴𝙳 𝙱𝚈 𝙼𝙸𝚂𝙴𝚁𝚈 ' | A William Afton x Male Reader Story

8. Springlocks

You slowly drifted back into consciousness. Your head hurt, your entire body ached, it was as if something was weighing you down immensely. You groaned and tried to get up, but all you could do was lean abit to the side.

"Oh, you're awake already?" Said William as he put down a bloodied knife and walked over to you. He knelt down and stared into your eyes, or around about where your eyes would be anyway.

"W-Where am I?.. What is this?-" You said, starting to panic. You attempted to get up again, but couldn't.

William chuckled darkly at your attempts to get back up. "Don't try to move too much.. You dont want the springlocks to set off now, do you?" He said, just waving whatever questions you had away.

"...Springlocks?" You gulped, staring at him.

"Yes, springlocks.. Did I never explain them to you? How forgetful of me.." William said as he reached towards you. You weakly tried to lean away, though couldn't do much.

"What? You want to stay in this thing all day?" William paused.

"No.."

"Well stay still then." William reached out towards you again and, in a few minutes, took off the animatronic head that you were wearing. "There.. Now you can see me better.. And now that also means I can show you an example of what the springlocks would do if they were provoked." William smiled again.

"So what would happen?.." You said as you looked down at the suit you were wearing. Geez, this thing looked like it was centuries old. No wonder it is so heavy.

"Well, what you are currently in was one of our first suits designed.. You see, even the slightest movements would cause the springlocks to activate.. And now you may be wondering what the springlocks would even do, correct?"

You just nodded, what else could you even say??

"Well.. If you were to trigger the springlocks, two things would happen. Firstly, the locks themselves would snap right into you, puncturing your flesh and leaving deep cuts all across your body and a split second later, all the animatronic parts such as the sharp steel and the hard plastic will be driven right into your body.. It would be a slow and painful death.. I'll let you imagine the rest." William then carefully prodded at the inside of the animatronic head with a finger. In less than a second, spikes appeared all over and inside the head. It looked like something from inside a horror movie.

You just stared at the head with wide eyes, and then at William, more so as if he was insane- Well, yes he was- More than insane, insane but double that, maybe triple- I don't know- Just not sane is what you are trying to say.

William cleared his throat. "..Well? Any questions?"

"What are you going to do to me?"

"Oh, nothing too bad if you are obedient.. I'll have to leave you here for a few hours though as the dayshift is yet to end.. Be a good boy and be quiet for me, I might let you live then."

"What- No! There is no way I can survive hours like this!"

"Yes you can, if you're determined enough to live that is."

"And how do you know that??"

"I've experienced it too many times to count. I'm sure you have noticed the scars all along my body, right?"

"Yes?.."

"Well, all of those scars were from suits like those.. Its unfortunate that the springlocks have set off so many times whilst I'm having to wear those suits, but I managed to survive the springlock failures so you can too.. If you tried hard enough that is." William got back up and placed the head on a shelf that wasn't too far from you.