FNAF: Alternate Timeline

Chapter 8

Location: Ace and William's Joint Office, late at night

Ace: (sitting at his desk, eyes squinting at lines of code on multiple monitors, looks like he hasn't slept in days)

William: (also at his desk, pouring over potential suspect profiles, growing more and more restless)

(Ace's eyes suddenly widen as he spots something unusual in the code, he leans in closer to get a better look, double-checks, and then triple-checks)

Ace: William, I think I've got something.

William: (immediately alert) What? What is it?

(Back to Ace's Desk)

Ace: I found a tiny fragment of code that's been duplicated across our systems. It appears benign, but it's sending data to an external location.

William: Can you trace it?

(Back to Ace's Monitors)

Ace: I'm already on it.

(Ace starts typing furiously, his fingers flying over the keyboard. After a moment that feels like an eternity, the screen finally displays an address)

Ace: Got it. It's an abandoned warehouse downtown. You know the area, it's not far from the old Fredbear's.

William: That's not a coincidence.

(Back to the Joint Office)

Ace: Definitely not. We should go check it out. But we have to be careful; this could be a trap.

William: Agreed. I'll bring some security measures, just in case.

Ace: Good idea. I'll go prepare a few things on my end as well. And I'll let Henry know what we found.

William: Should we involve the authorities?

Ace: Not yet. If this is someone from our past, we owe it to ourselves—and to everyone who could be affected—to end this personally.

The two men rise from their desks, the weight of the situation pressing heavily on them. As they prepare to leave the office, the tension is palpable. They are about to confront a piece of their past, a hidden enemy who had penetrated their lives. Armed with technology and fortified by resolve, they step into the night, unsure of what they'll find, but certain they must see this through to the end.