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"She's failed me yet again." Those were the words going through whatever was left of William Afton's mind; Vanny was a useful servant until now. No, that wouldn't be the right word William would use to describe her, a follower, or rather... a tool. Yes, she was a useful tool until that child severed the connection between him and Vanessa's mind. No matter, now Vanessa is nothing more than a tool that has outlived its usefulness; however, the child she had been trying to kill is something else.

He'll admit that this boy's tenacity is somewhat admirable, but he's long overstayed his welcome at the Pizzaplex and needs to be taken care of now. He's annoyed that a little pest like this boy has wandered into his base of operations; however, he could make use of this situation to help him reach his goal. After all, it wouldn't hurt to extract more Remnant from this 'Gregory' child. Yes, more sweet, sweet Remnant has fallen right into his hands.

There's something else about this Gregory boy that has William's attention. He couldn't shake the feeling that Gregory looked familiar to him; he'll need to dwell on that later; right now, it was time to put this boy to rest. He placed a hand on a nearby monitor displaying Gregory and Freddy, suddenly, Freddy began convulsing, and his vision was growing purple. Gregory looked up at the bear in worry and asked what was wrong, "Freddy! What's the matter with you!?" "He is trying... to take... control... stop him!!!" Freddy said in agony. "He?! What is that thing?!" Gregory said, looking at a monitor in front of him. 

"Oh no," Vanessa said as she bolted to the control console near the monitor and slammed her hand down on a button. A fire erupted from the floor in the room where William was and caused minor damage to him, "Ugh!" He shouted. "I know you're in there, you monster! You can no longer control me! And I refuse to let you take control over anyone else!!" Vanessa shouted. However, that didn't seem to faze William and caused him to laugh.

"Oh, you dear ignorant fool, do you think this will change anything?" This took Vanessa aback, and Gregory could only stare in horror at what she was talking to. In the monitor was a withered rabbit-like animatronic with tattered dark yellowish-green fur, and multiple parts of its body were missing, revealing the endoskeleton holding the being together. Gregory could also see ominous purple eyes and what appeared to be burnt skin being exposed from this living nightmare as well.

Freddy was still reeling from the attempted hack from earlier. He could see his vision becoming blue and saw a message flash on his HUD, "Hostile malware detected. Initiating anti-virus protocols. Strengthening system firewall." Freddy could feel a surge of energy run through his systems; he felt his system's firewall being improved, the software program was burning away every trace of the malicious program he felt earlier, and his firewall blocked more attempts for the program to enter the singer.

"Hey, what's goin' on in here?" Bonnie asked. He saw Vanessa and Gregory crowded around a monitor, and Freddy looked as if he was just woken up from a shutdown. "Hey! You ok, Freddy?" The former bassist asked his friend, "Yes. Do not worry about me, Bonnie. I am ok." "What do you mean?" Vanessa asked the abomination on the screen. William chuckled, "Don't think getting rid of me will change what happened to those you killed." 

That made Vanessa grow pale, "I remember their pitiful screams, their pleas to you for mercy; I remember it all as if it were only yesterday. Nothing you do will bring those people back to their families, and you know it." William said in a sinister tone, "Don't blame this on Vanessa!!" Gregory shouted, "She did all those terrible things because YOU made her do them!!!" "I made her do them?" William retorted. He broke out into more laughter at the boy's attempt to redeem Vanessa. 

Bonnie looked at the screen and froze in place, "Are those... my old parts?!" The bowling pro thought; they looked so worn out that he hardly recognized them, and seeing his old parts being used to make an abomination like that made him feel like he was going to shut down. Suddenly he saw the same message that was on Freddy's HUD appear on his. "Hostile malware detected. Initiating anti-virus protocols. Strengthening system firewall." Bonnie began feeling the same energy surge that Freddy felt.

"Oh, children are so naive. I know this very well." William said after calming down a little, "You may not have directly harmed them, but that doesn't mean you are innocent in this mess!! After all, I know this better than anyone!" Vanessa said, "Vanessa is right! You aren't innocent! I know what you've done in the past!" Gregory shouted, "Really? What could you possibly know about me?" William asked in a sinister tone.

"I know you were a founding member of Fazbear Entertainment along with Henry Emily." Gregory said, hearing Henry's name irked William, "I know you lost your youngest son in the Bite of 83. I know you were fired after your daughter Elizabeth died at Cirus Baby's Pizzaworld." William was getting annoyed and walked to another monitor, "I know you killed Henry's daughter Charlie as revenge, and I know you're the one who murdered those kids at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza!! You're the one who killed Sarah's sister!!" 

William stopped at the monitor as he heard the last part of what Gregory said. He could see a look of strong determination on the boy's face, a look that reminded him of Michael. No, not just Michael; William had seen that look from someone else before, someone that he once had to call family. He tried to take control of Bonnie, but he could feel his code being blocked by the bowler's firewall; he tried harder but still couldn't get through. 

Gregory saw him near a monitor and pressed the same button Vanessa pushed and burnt William again, "Ugh!" All the remaining animatronics arrived at the scene, "This is a bad place." Moondrop said. "Where's the guy who made Vanessa frame me?!" Monty shouted, "Settle down, Monty." Foxy said. "I know ye want to take revenge but don't let that cloud yer mind." "He's right. We need to be careful here." Roxy said. "Huh?" Chica said as she felt a lot of energy flow through her body. The other animatronics felt the same surge and saw the same message on their HUDs.

William could tell something was keeping him from getting inside the animatronic systems; someone knew he would try to do this and set up a countermeasure to stop him. Then it hit him, "So this is her work."  He thought. William clutched his hands angrily and slammed them on the table, "Curse that woman!!!!" Vanessa smirked at the screen, "Oh, what's the matter? You're not losing your touch, are you?" Vanessa said in a mocking tone. "Did you think Sarah didn't create more software chips to stop you?"

"You underestimated her abilities." Vanessa continued. William was aware of what Sarah was doing at the Pizzaplex; he knew that she suspected something was happening behind the scenes, and did everything she could to curtail him. He knew Sarah had become a persistent thorn in his side that needed to be plucked out when she came down here; he punished Vanessa for failing to kill her and assumed that she was no longer a threat after news of her condition reached him.

But he was wrong. William could feel the same powerful firewall coming from the other animatronics and was confused; he thought Chica, Monty, Roxy, and the daycare attendant didn't have any of those software chips inside them from the last report he received from Vanny before she was freed. "You did this, didn't you, boy?!" He said in an angry tone, "That's right, I did!" Gregory said, "Sarah wrote about the receiver disks and transmitters affecting the others. So I got rid of them and carried on Sarah's work!!" 

Now William was furious. He could no longer use the Glamrock animatronics as puppets to do his bidding; however, they weren't the only animatronics he could use to assist him. He placed his hand on the monitor again and began to send his code to the sleeping giant nearby. Gregory pressed the fire button again and burned William yet again, but it was too late; he had already sent his 'message' to the Blob. It was still in standby mode until a message flashed on its HUD. "Dispose of them now!!!" The blob got up and sent in 'reinforcements' to its master.

William was pleased when he heard movement from above him and began laughing again. "What's so funny?" Vanessa said in an icy tone, "Oh, you'll see very shortly." The horror on the screen replied. Gregory and the others heard something upstairs through the vent above the control console. Gregory saw a button near the vent and pushed it; a large door blocked off the air vent, sealing whatever was inside. However, they heard something coming from the hallway; Chica took a peek at what was approaching and saw the fuzzy yellow old model of her approaching the door. She screamed, stopped the other Chica in her tracks, and closed the door.

"What's going on?!" Vanessa said. Turning her attention away from the monitor, "Another Chica is trying to break into this room." The guitarist replied in a worried tone, "Another Chica? What are you-" Vanessa couldn't finish that sentence after she realized what William meant. "He didn't!" She thought; the sounds of loud metal footsteps brought her back to reality, and she turned to the other door. An old model of Foxy with worn-out red fur and a glowing purple eye entered the room and tried to attack Vanessa.

Glamrock Foxy stopped the other Foxy. "What's happening!?" Gregory shouted with fear, "That giant blob of scrap above us woke up! Now it's trying to kill us!" Vanessa said; more footsteps were heard coming from the dark hallway. Bonnie and Monty turned their heads to see what was approaching them; two more old purple-eyed animatronics from the blob had entered the room; this time, an older-looking Bonnie and Freddy looked directly at their Glamrock counterparts.

The older Freddy ran towards Glamrock Freddy, but Monty stepped between them and punched the older Freddy right in the face. "If ya wanna hurt my friend! Yer gonna have to go through me!" He shouted as he threw another punch at the older Freddy; Glamrock Bonnie managed to dodge the older Bonnie and hit one of its legs with his bowling ball. "This is what I used to look like?!" Bonnie said. Now he knows how Chica felt when she saw that older model of herself. 

Roxy was able to look at the thing that was trying to claw its way out of the sealed air vent; she could see the outline of a very thin animatronic that appeared to have a few distorted body parts and a fox head. "IS that another Foxy?" She wondered. Vanessa was about to send another raging blaze to William but was distracted by Gregory's voice, "Look out!" He shouted as the vent door was being pried open; Vanessa got out of the way and saw an old Endoskeleton with a pink and white face that looked similar to Foxy's and a second mouth on its other hand.

It tried to get Gregory but was grabbed by Roxy and thrown up to the ceiling, causing a few small cracks to appear. "I don't think so, freak." She said. Kicking the mangled animatronic to a wall, Gregory ran up to the control console and managed to burn William again; however, he heard something else coming through the air vent. Bonnie hit the older model of himself in the face with his bowling ball, and Monty threw the older Freddy up to the ceiling, making the cracks bigger.

The thing inside the air vents was getting closer, but the older Chica managed to break through the door and got into a fight with Glamrock Chica, another old-looking animatronic emerged from the same hallway; this one looked like a ballerina with dirty purple hair and a purple outfit that had multiple rips in it. Moondrop managed to get its attention before it saw Gregory. Vanessa sent another raging blaze to William; he's not sure how much more of this he can take.

The thing making its way through the air vents found its way into the control room and glared at Gregory. It looked similar to the Circus Baby toys he saw in the Utility Tunnels. This animatronic looked disheveled; parts of her Endoskeleton were visible, and she had a large metal claw for a hand. It tried to attack Gregory, but Freddy quickly intervened, "Get away from my Superstar!!!" He shouted as he threw the animatronic to the ceiling, making the cracks even bigger. 

The others threw the older animatronics up to the ceiling, and the cracks grew bigger and bigger until the ceiling finally caved in. Multiple Remnant tanks fell through the holes and collided with the floor, spilling out their contents; William saw this and was horrified. "No! No! No! NO!!!" What have you done!?" He shouted. The Remnant made contact with the older animatronics, and they all stood up; their eyes changed from purple to white, giving off a gentle glow. 

"Wh-Whats going on?" Gregory said, "We have been watching." The older Freddy said, "We know what he's done. And we will not let him harm another innocent soul again." A black puppet-like animatronic said, "We will stop him." A voice cried out from somewhere, "Father!" Scrap, Baby said, running out of the control room and through the dark hallway. "Father?" Roxy said in confusion, "So that was William's daughter Elizabeth." Gregory thought. It looks like she still remembers her father even after being dead for so long.

The ballerina animatronic ran into the dark hallway along with the other old animatronics, "Why? Why is this happening?!" William shouted. The white and pink Freddy's head glitched; its purple eyes kept flickering until the purple glow was replaced by a bright yellow one. The white and pink Freddy descended from the ceiling until it was behind William, "AFTON!!!!!" It said in a voice that shook the foundation. William looked behind him and saw the white and pink Freddy's face open up, revealing all the components inside it.

"I'll make you pay for what you've done to my sister and us!!!" It said in a fit of rage, William recognized that voice despite the static from its voice-box "Cassidy." He said, "You shouldn't have killed me that night!" She said. The other old animatronics arrived at the scene and surrounded William; Scrap Baby ran up to Burntrap with the ballerina animatronic not far behind her. "Father!" She shouted. Gregory and the others followed the older animatronics through the hallway and saw them around William.

"You will not harm my grandson!" The ballerina shouted, "What?! Grandson!?" Gregory said. The ground began to shake, and the foundation started to collapse, "Quickly, you must get out of here! Follow me!!!" The ballerina said. Freddy picked up Gregory and followed the ballerina animatronic with Vanessa and the others behind him. Meanwhile, the older animatronics pinned Burntrap to the ground, preventing him from escaping his fiery doom. 

"This is the end for you, Father." A voice called out; William knew this voice all too well; it came from the one person who shared his blood and looked just like him, "Michael." He said as the flames consumed his body and the older animatronics with them. The ballerina kept running past holes and falling rocks as she led the others to safety; Gregory held onto Freddy for dear life as his protector kept running with Vanessa and his friends catching up to them.

The ballerina saw daylight shining through a hole above them and climbed up to it, helping the others climb out, she could feel her power draining away with each movement, but she had to be strong; she must save her only grandson and his friends from a horrible death. The ballerina animatronic smiled with everyone out of the hole, and the others were breathing rapidly. Gregory had only one thought racing through his head at this moment. "We did it."