(HIATUS/SLOW UPDATES) Requiem for Revenge (A Zak Bagans x Reader Story)

Ch. 1 ~The Lockdown~

The building was silent.

Until five men walked through the double doors, a couple of them holding large cameras, as whistles and exclaims of excitement filled the empty space while they surveyed the area with curious eyes.

"Here it is boys." One says, "Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, now granted we've been to a haunted pizzeria before but this one here is a whole different ballgame. We've heard around the town that this place is nowhere near as friendly as it makes itself up to be, but yet it's surprisingly still up and running. Yes, this place is gonna be full of parents and children tomorrow.

"That's creepy dude." Another says as he looks at the stage seeing the main reasons for this place's popularity. "Yeah, a lot of people say those things move around at night." A nervous laugh sounds off, "No way dude, I am not staying in here if those things start moving." "Well Aaron that's kinda the reason we're here." 

The groups conversation is put to a halt when they hear the door opening and see a middle aged man walking in, who was dressed in a pretty sophisticated attire for just a simple interview. The leader walks over and they shake hands, "Hi, you must be the manager here." The aged man smiles, "I am, my name is Howard Cawthon." The leader smiles in greeting, "I'm Zak, and this is Aaron, Billy, Jay, and Dakota. Now I'm just gonna be straight forward with this and ask you, is this place really haunted like everyone says?" 

Howard chuckles, "This place has gotten many mixed reviews over the years it's been running, but I wouldn't say it's haunted, course that's just me. I will say I've had plenty of people come and tell me they've seen or heard something out of the ordinary though."

The interview continues, Howard seemingly dodging questions and answering as little as possible, until another man walks in making the crew and Howard look over, then Howard grins, "Mike!" He says before walking over and gives the man a pat on the back, "This is our night guard, Mike Schmidt he's been with us for six months now." 

More greetings ensue, though it would seem this Mike character really doesn't wanna be here, he keeps glancing at the animatronics. "Well, I'll let you fellas continue with Mike here, I need to be heading out now." And without another word Howard turns around and heads out the door.

"Ok then?" Zak starts before Mike speaks up, "Don't take it personally, he hates it here just as much as me." Zak quirks a brow, "Why do you guys hate it here? Isn't it family friendly?" Mike lets out a dry laugh, "That's what it seems like when you first look at it. Hell, I remember I used to think like that until I started working here." Now Zak is even more intrigued, "What makes you say that? Have you had anything happen here?" 

Mike sighs, "What hasn't happened here?" That causes an uneasy feeling to settle with the crew, and what Mike says next only makes that feeling worsen, "Look, I'll give it to you straight alright? This place is not what you think it is, and I would highly recommend you guys not stay here tonight." Zak presses on, "You've worked here for six months though."

"Yes, six months of nothing but stress and fear that's all this place has given me. That's why I showed up, to tell Howard I'm done with this but he never let's me get a word out. Just remember what I said and don't stay here, trust me you guys are better off ghost hunting somewhere else." 

With that being said Mike doesn't say another word and walks out the double doors, leaving the Ghost Adventures crew confused, and pretty unsettled, "Zak?" Billy starts, "Are we really gonna stay here?" Zak looks over at his crew and somehow states confidently, "Of course we are." That's when he loses them, "Dude, he just said we're not safe here."

"From what though? Remember we've done worse. We came here to figure out what's going on, Howard was avoiding certain questions and was answering as little as possible, we need to figure out why. No one is telling us anything so we need to find out ourselves."

The crew still looked uneasy, so Zak decides to come to a compromise, "Ok how about this, if things get too out of hand we'll leave. How does that sound?" That seems to ease some of the perturbed tension, and the crew nods.

Zak nods back, "Alright then let's get started."

------------------12:00------------------

Aaron had just finished putting up the last X camera. And now the crew was currently scoping the place out, while Jay monitored everything from nerve. So far though, everything was still and quiet, except for those robot animals looming there on the stage. That only made things seem much more uneasy. Especially when it's dark.

"What is this?" The three men turn around to find Dakota tugging back some purple starred curtains to reveal another animatronic, that didn't seem to be in the best condition like the others, "What is that a fox?" Billy asks as they turn on their lights to examine it more and notice the state it's in.

The fabric is missing from the legs and the left hand, and there's a big chunk taken out of the chest revealing the metal skeleton underneath, "God, that's just wrong." Zak muses, "Why would you keep something like that in a place like this?" 

Aaron shrugs, being forever the optimistic type, "Maybe they were gonna fix it up?" Dakota shakes his head, "I wouldn't want to." The guys agree with a laugh, "I don't know Zak it would look pretty cool in the museum." Zak stares at it a little longer, "It would, wouldn't it? Hey if they say I can have it, then that thing is definitely coming home with me." Billy scoffs, "You're crazy man." The boys share another laugh when Jay radios in, "Hey guys you may wanna head downstairs there's a lot of noises going on." Zak takes out the walkie and relays back, "Alright heading there now." 

They then make their way to the storage room, while trying to avoid all the creepy heads on the shelves, "This is even worse." Billy comments as they start heading down the stairs, "Careful guys, these stairs are really old." Zak warns as they slowly descend to the bottom and look around, "Where'd Jay say the sounds were coming from?" They shrugged, "Then let's just fan out and cover as much of this area as we can, because it looks like this goes on a ways. You have your walkies?" Everyone pulled out their walkies and showed each other, "Ok, if anything happens call out and one of us will come to you."

With that said the boys go their separate ways to see what they can find in this underground maze. 

Few minutes later Zak is the first to come back, he'd heard some skittering sounds and couldn't pinpoint where it came from or if it was just an animal or something paranormal. He quickly takes out his walkie, "Hey if anyone wants to come my way that'd be great." 

Silence. 

"If anyone can hear me, where are you?"

Still silent.

"Anybody?"

Zak's first thought is that they all went back up to investigate some more, and he would be lying if he said he didn't feel a little agitated to think they went and left him down here. He sighs and goes to take the first step to climb back up but stops when he hears something.

That skittering noise again.

Which then suddenly turns into heavy footsteps running in his direction. He barely has time to panic or scream when he feels...

Pain. A sharp burning pain in his side. Then something cold being pulled out, he tries to yell but no sound occurs. And for some reason it's getting harder to breathe.

And why can't he see? Sure it's dark but he should still be able to make out a few things. When suddenly he sees it... 

For the first... 

And last time...

Bright, blank white eyes.

And an inhuman smile.

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