A Different Path

Chapter 3

"Where did you go? The game is over, you won!"

Covered in dirt and grime, the ex-employee stirred from his fall. Eyes opening little by little, he stood with support from the wall with his actual hands. If he had to rely on himself, and not the GrabPack exclusively, then it meant he was in trouble. He cried out mutely as he irritated the injuries. Cuts from the glass and bruises from the when he fell into the hole.

Just try not to think about it.

He didn't want to move. It hurt him too much. But he had to if he wanted to live. The ex-employee reluctantly pulled himself up, limping down the hallway to whatever area may be coming up next. 

Mommy's shrill voice went straight through him, making the ex-employee want to the shout for her to shut up. If only their throat didn't have the scars. Their hand felt around their collarbone, then their neck. A soft sigh which would never be heard left them. At least they learn a good amount of sign language. 

"Come back and Mommy will give you the code, pinky promise!" 

The ex-employee couldn't even get up to the room anyway. He continued down the hall and saw a poster. On it was Mommy, a blue male version of her, and a baby version in the middle. The Long Legs family seemed happy. If that was the case, then why were they separated? Had the rest of them been sentenced to decommission? The ex-employee tried remembering, but he had no memory of the yellow or blue version of Mommy Long Legs.

He simply shrugged, dismissing this new discovery as just another weird coincidence. He suddenly yelped as he fell to the ground, holding his arms and sides to try and ease the pain. His breath hitched as they tried breathing in and out. Inhaling and exhaling to stay calm. Maybe the idea of going back to Mommy didn't seem too bad-

No, you can't, she's going to kill you! His thoughts swam with controversy.

He'd need to make it on his own. He had last time. This area would be no different.

"Mommy knows the game is really hard, but Mommy has just decided you've won! Come back! Mommy doesn't like cheaters! The rules are so simple, you die, Mommy gets to watch! COME BACK TO ME!"

The ex-employee's body flinched from the shrill of the last sentence. He was seriously considering going back to her. It would make things easier for both of them. She had kept her word when giving him parts of the train code. Even if she rigged it, he really had no other choice if he didn't want to die of blood loss. Though it would've been ironic if he died of something that was his own fault, instead of at the hands of the toys.

"AAARGH! HOW DARE YOU DISOBEY ME! I WILL FIND YOU, AND WHEN I DO, AND WHEN I DO...Where are you? WHERE ARE YOU?!"

She ended the messages with a trail of giggles. It slowly turned in to cackles as the intercoms turned off with a screech. Again, it went right through the ex-employee, and he closed his eyes as sleep tried to claim his mind. But if he closed his eyes for too long, then he would enter a permanent sleep. Never to wake up if the factory willed it so. 

The idea of going back to Mommy stuck itself in his mind, annoying the ex-employee to no end. It seemed like the only option at this point. He slowly rose and put his on the wall, coughing out blood as their wounds continued to get worse by the bleeding and perhaps even becoming infected.

"MOMMY WILL GIVE YOU THE TRAIN CODE IF YOU SIMPLY RETURN TO HER! DO NOT RUN AWAY FROM ME!"

He froze, hands on their knees as he panted. The spider mascot's words were getting to him. Would she keep her word? He was tired of running from the toys anyway. Well, there was only one way to find out. He would return to Mommy, even if he died a fool. His body shaking with nerves, he made their way back to the hole, shooting out one of the hands and watching it curl on to a nearby beam. 

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Believe it or not, this is still part of the original one-shot. Told y'all it was long. But isn't it so good? Give a hand to Nightgirl08 who creating this amazing story gave me permission to give it more.