Chapter 19

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Ennard was the chaser, not the chased. He guided and deceived; He was the cat that chased the mice. So, he was completely out of his depth as he locked the door to Mike's room behind him, staring at it as if the red-eyed demon Mike had unleashed into the house would burst in at any second.

When that didn't happen, he dove for the closet, setting Evan down as he dragged a filing cabinet forward to get to the crowbar hidden behind before crouching to hand it off to the smaller animatronic as he thought of any other weapons they could use and- "Oh my fAZBEAR- I LEFT THE TAZER IN THERE-" Evan jumped up to slap a paw against the mouth of his mask, effectively startling him into silence as he hissed "Yeah, and now it and the whole block knows too, good going!" There were footsteps in the hall and the bear tensed, pulling the closet doors shut and aggressively gesturing for him to slide the chain lock into place before peeking through the crack as the mystery bot pounded on the door to the room

Ennard could hear the smaller beginning to hyperventilate over the noise and he put a hesitant hand on his shoulder to try and ground him. He barely received a glance back in response from the bear as he held the crowbar in a crushing grip. "It'll be ok." Ennard tried to reassure him, but no sooner than he spoke the door began to splinter, slender blue-tipped fingers poking through like snakes in the darkness of the room before it began tearing away chunks of the wood, prying a sizeable portion off the door before slinking through with a solid thunk and the grating drone of static.

It scanned the room, eyes flickering between an ominous red and a blinding white in quick flashes. Evan flinched back as its gaze passed over the closet, pressing back against the wires of Ennard's leg as he desperately tried to muffle his labored breathing.

Small bursts of electricity lit up on the open-ended wires of Ennard's fingers, building up a charge as the being searched the room. It beelined for Mike's bed for whatever reason, checking under the covers and pressing against the floor to search underneath before rising again slowly after a moment, body oddly limp as if on strings.

It rose to its full height, the fabric of its hat- where the hell did that even come from?!- Nearly brushing against the ceiling before something in it clicked and it slouched over again.

Ennard almost dared to hope that it had somehow shut itself off, watching with bated breath as the static began to grow quieter and quieter.

Just as he was debating unlocking the door, however, it hooked a hand under the bedframe, lifting it up in one swift motion and effectively lodging the bed halfway into the opposite wall with a loud slam. Evan flinched violently at the sudden aggressiveness, briefly fumbling with the crowbar in his hands before it landed on the carpeted floor with a muted thump. He gathered it back into his arms quickly, but the damage had already been done as two pairs of blue eyes met flickering red ones.

It didn't hesitate to approach, tripping on its own feet in its haste to get to them before shoving its fingers between the sliding doors and yanking them apart as if the chain keeping them closed was nonexistent.

It reached for Ennard with murderous intent, hand briefly brushing the wiring of his neck before his own hand shot up to intercept it. Its wrist caved beneath his grip easily, giving off a loud snap followed by a static-filled scream as he dug his other hand into its side, electricity bouncing off of his fingertips and shocking it until it fell to the floor like a wet handkerchief.

They exited the closet as quick as they could, but it was far more durable than they'd expected, already on its feet and lunging for Ennard once more before they could even make it past the bedroom's doorway. It landed on his back, digging into the wires there and tugging at them harshly with a glitched growl,


"Ẁ̸̖̝̪͈͍̞̝̚ͅH̸̢̳̜̘̼̙͚̟̼̜̭͕̣̔̓͂̐̈̂͆͛̓̊͋̌̽͊̐ͅE̶̙̭̭̓̎̽͘Ṙ̶̡̫̬̭͔̺̠̲̤̰̹̦̈́̈́͌̇̆͒̽̾͗̂̈́̀E̶̦̲̭͔̻̰̹͓̎̏͜͠?̴͖̙̣̥̝̑̇!̴̨̨̺̳͇͗͊̕-̸̜͙̫̥̫͚͉̲̄̌͌͑̊̑͊̿̏̊̓̆͋͊̚͜"

It cut off with an angered scream as Ennard turned to slam it into the wall. Once, twice, until it shoved him forward. His mask fell to the floor with a clatter and Ennard himself followed soon after as it clawed at his face.

"
W̶̛̗̝̜̼̯̗͒̋̏͆̀̑̎̍̆͜H̸̨̢̺̰͔͔͉̿̌͋̀́̽͆̽̊͋̌̌̉̕͜͝͝Ȩ̶̛̻̲̭̲̩̪͙͚̄͒̎͜R̷̢͍̟̞̟̰͉̼̲͚̪͎̰̫̣͚͋̈́̊͆̊̔̓̂̍̓̈͜Ė̸̘̓͐̒͐̄̃̀̅̎̂͋͘̕͠ͅ ̵̠̈́͐̀̊̀̾͂̈́͛̅̒̔̉́͘͘͜͝À̴̡̛̰̗̘̹̖͊́̔̇̾̎̅̕͘͝͝͝R̷̨͖͇͖͚̙̱̻͉̖͋̊̂̉̅͗̏̈́̚̚͘͝E̴̡̧̱̼̳͇̠̠̙̼̙̝̩̒̅͂̒̅̄͐̇͂̓͌̀̆͌͜ ̶̩͕͙̮̞̌͋͊ͅT̴͓͕͙̠͈̟̦̝̞͉̤̤̫̼̻͑̓͆ͅH̵̘̲̦͇̘͐̌͌̀̇̀̏̅̈̂͋͘͝E̵̡̧̧̛̠͕̬̞̪̺̲̲̊̎̆̏͌̀̓̏̒͘̕̚͜͝͝Y̶͕͎̩̹̟̰̮̪͑̿̾̌̈́̔̀͋̔͘͘͝͝͝?̴̛̛̛̯̮͇̖̹̼̠̙̎͊̾̊̉͑͑̂̈́̿̍̏͝!̶̡̬̩͍̬̥̙̙̯͓͛̈̈̈́̅́̇͒͘̕ͅ"

It roared, raising a hand with a painfully stretched grin and hate-filled eyes until a loud thwack against the back of its plastic casing caused it to freeze in place. Slowly, it turned to face Evan, the small bear trembling with the crowbar it's just been hit with held tightly in his hands.

"Ḛ̵͇̟͕̭͚͉͉̗͓̱̯̲̽̔̈́̒̐͌̽ͅͅv̸̮̬͙̮͍̰̉̓͌͑͆̊̊́͌̀͘͘͝͠ͅan...Eṿ̷̨̢̱̖̜̘̯̹͚͗̔̋̈̄͛̿̆̅͛͗́̚͜͜͝a̶͚̟̦͍̲̖͛͑̈́̉̾̽̕͜n̷̛͚͎͔̜̞̼̺̥͙̹̞̫̹͎̤̙̜̿̔̊̀̃̐̽̓́͝-̷̩͗̃̔̈̃̈́̈́̈́̄͗͂̚̕̕͝͠͝ ̴̡̨͚̦̪͚̻͕̬̘͍̟̻̗̲͔̫͠Ę̴̡̨̭͕̗̰̬̰̳̙̗̥͍̱̦̩̏̽̋́̅͝van, nợ̷̢̢̖̻̘͈̙̘̹͎̺̿͗̍̓͂̈͐̒̕̕͝ͅ.̷̱̙͍͚͌͐̈́̈́͐́͗́.."

Ennard's voice crackled as his voice box strained from the weight pinning him down, desperately trying to build up charge in what few wires hadn't been torn from him as it focused on the smallest. It straightened up slightly and Evan flinched back, preparing to swing his crowbar again as Ennard twisted to try and distract it with another shock before they both froze as it spoke again, eyes a clear white.

"Wheŕ̵̡̛͎̼̞̳̱̰̫͉͙͕͕̦̿̎̐̾̉͝ͅę̵̗̲̣̙͔͔̦̘̼̅̉̈̽̃̌͊̋̓̍͂̇̑̐̕.̴̡̼̳̱̗̳̿̆̾̄̓͊̏̈́.̸̛̞̗̠̣̙́̽̃͆̓̍͆̀̈́̚.̶̻͇̥͎̘̗͎̟̾̓̈́̇̍͗̔̈́ Where am̷̨̗̰͉̰̙̜͎͎̍̈́̽̔́̏̽̃̑͑͝͠͝ͅ ̶̡̞͉̝̼̳͙̟͙͓͕̳̓͒͐I̷̯̺̲̭̐̅̄̾̌͑͐̚?̷̣̺́͂̋̋̈́̌̈͘̕͠"

Glitchy translations:
"WHERE?!-"
"WHERE ARE THEY?!"
"Evan... Evan- Evan, no."
"Where... Where am I?"

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