We Want Out

Break the Cycle

Henry stared down at the Scraptrap animatronic with sweat pouring down his forehead. He had been staring at him for about an hour now, unsure as to what was going on. The backstage door's handle was rattling. He turned. They were going to get in one way or another. He knew it.

"Everyone is scared of death one way or another, hm?" William spoke in his head. "Don't worry about it, Henry. Now with us two combined together, you won't die. I promised you immortality."

He scratched at his arm. "I don't know anymore, William... they're out there to kill me. They know I'm working with you. They stopped speaking to me and when they do, they act like nothing's wrong. What have you done to me?"

"What have I done to you? Please. What have YOU done to yourself? You got yourself into this mess, darling. You can't turn back now. What's the point? They do not forgive."

Henry jumped when he heard something thud against the door. They were trying to break in now, he was sure of it. He looked at the animatronic once more before crawling under the table in fear, shaking like he normally would. This was his fault. He sided with William, and this was payback. He was regretting it already.

The door was finally busted open. In came three figures. He could make out Michael and Elliot but the third figure wasn't recognisable to him. Something clicked inside of William, however, and he laughed quietly within Henry's head. "Adrian Marques. Such a failure of a Handunit, am I right? Got attached too quickly and was forced to leave his beloved behind. Such a sad story." This time, he laughed as loud as he could, forcing Henry to cover his ears.

Adrian "gulped" when he looked at the Scraptrap animatronic. "That's him?" He whispered quietly to the two Aftons, who looked furious than ever.

"Yeah, it is him alright. He isn't active though. He likes to pretend he's a broken down animatronic to lure people in." Elliot scoffed as she walked towards the table, causing Henry to shuffle away more. "Don't worry, Adrian. I'll show you what you do about this fucker."

She grabbed the wrench off the table. "See this?"

Marques nodded.

Elliot gripped onto the wrench as she walked on over to the animatronic, making Adrian gulp in fear and Henry sweat even more. "All you do to get him to talk is just smack him as hard as you can on... whatever the fuck that's supposed to be." She pointed to the exposed patch of what was probably supposed to be William's skull/brain.

"Oh..." Adrian whispered once more. Henry concluded that Adrian always spoke like that. "Uh... can I try?"

"Be my guest." Elliot held out the wrench for Adrian to take.

The Handunit took the wrench from the woman's hand. She backed up next to Michael. The corpse had his arms crossed and looked at Elliot. "We shouldn't be letting him get involved with this." He whispered angrily to her.

"What else am I supposed to do, Michael? Adrian comes back here sometimes to sort shit out and if he tries to attack him, he's going to have to self-defence somehow."

Adrian gulped once more as he stood next to the Scraptrap animatronic. He gripped tightly onto the wrench and brought it up above his head. Something bugged in his vision, however, and he was back within the Circus Baby's Pizza World area. He was standing over his friend now. He looked up to see he was holding an axe. Adrian screamed as he dropped it and fell onto the floor.

His friend – Willow Park – had a raised eyebrow. They dropped their Lolbit plush. "Adrian?" They tilted their head in a curious way.

Adrian shook his head as he held it in his hands, tears forming. "No- no, no- you aren't real- I left you behind- I'm so sorry, I left you there all alone- I didn't mean to... I got dragged out... I'm so sorry, Willow. I'm... I'm so sorry..."

Elliot and Michael stood there as they watched Adrian rock back and forth. Elliot sighed as she tapped Adrian's shoulder, which made him scream again and back up. "Adrian, don't worry, okay? It's only us. Come on. We'll get you out of here."

The man nodded as he held onto Elliot's arm. They both walked out except for Michael, who closed the door behind them. "I know you're in here, Henry." He spoke up.

Henry gulped as he crawled on out from under the table. He stood up straight.

"Let's have a talk."