Firewall

Chapter 22

Mark finally managed to properly react by screaming like a little girl and dropping down onto the ground, covering the back of his head with both hands as the guitar came close to decapitating him.

Ca-CHUNK!

Mark blinked rapidly, hesitating before looking up as an odd, metallic sound suddenly came from above. He gawked as he saw Freddy standing there, the guitar intercepted by both of his paw-hands. His microphone laying in the dust beside his feet. Mark quickly jumped up, backing away with wide eyes as he saw that the bunny was the one wielding the guitar, leaning against Freddy's unwavering grip as if it thought it could push the bear down with force alone.

That was then that Mark got his first good look at its eyes, and he felt his heart skip a best as he did so. Each eye had apparently been consumed by an orange, mucus like substance. They practically pulsed out from its animatronic face as if each individual eye was connected to a heartbeat of sorts. They were quite the contrast to Freddy's clear, circular blue eyes. Mark felt sick, continuing to back away as he reached a startling conclusion.

"Orange eyes... Like a Virus..."

The bunny eventually began to try and tear the guitar out of Freddy's hands, but the animatronic bear was unmoving. Freddy suddenly turned his head ever-so-slightly, glancing at Mark out of the corner of his eye. Mark returned the look, unsure of what to do. He had thought this rabbit was another Character from whatever game Freddy hailed from... No... That was certain. Yet their haunting, Virus-like eyes seemed foreign to their overall design. They obviously didn't belong.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

Mark stiffened before whirling around to look back at the Mist as another metallic like sound began to echo out, louder and more frequent than the bunny's walking cycle "wh-what...?"

Mark recoiled as something yellow suddenly shot out from the Mist. This blur of yellow lunged straight for him, going so fast that Mark couldn't even comprehend what it looked like. He had no time to react, unable to even scream as this yellow mass was quickly upon him.

Ca-CHUNK!

Mark found himself falling to his hands and knees, covering his head once again as he was once more in danger of being utterly pulverized. He stayed down, looking up fearfully at the second pair of orange, unnatural eyes that stared back.

While Freddy was a bear, and the aggressive bunny was... Well... A bunny, this animatronic took the form of a chicken. Their beak was opened wide. Their white, blocky teeth dangerously close to Mark's face, Freddy's hand being the only thing that was holding it back.

Mark was surprised that Freddy could even manage to hold both of these Characters back with only one hand for each. He now held the bunny by the face, the guitar in the dirt and under one of his bulky brown feet. His other hand was clamped down over the top portion of the chicken's beak. Mark continued to keep low, crawling backwards as the chicken's yellow hands groped at the air in front of itself, coming awfully close to grabbing him.

"W-Well this is awkward" Mark found himself blurting out as he hunkered down in between Freddy's legs, barely out of both the bunny and the chicken's reach "h-hey Freddy? Is this another trail?" He craned his neck back so he could look up at Freddy's face "wh-what's going on? Wh-What's wrong with their eyes!?"

Freddy glanced down at him, but didn't make any sort of noise in response. In fact, he didn't do anything. Mark winced as he heard the bunny and the chicken begin to groan, lashing out at Freddy and Mark with their bare hands. Freddy just stood there and held them at bay, not even trying to escape from the predicament he was in.