Chapter 3

Balloon Boy was alone.

Well, alone besides the unconscious girl next to him in the security office. He sat there in the corner, staring out at the hallway. He glanced down at the girl, then froze. What was that?, he thought. There it was again. A clanging sound, coming from the left vent. But he'd been so careful! He'd been silent on his way to the old security office. As far as he knew, nobody even knew that there were visitors! How could somebody have found out, and so soon? He braced himself, and peered into the vent. Nothing. He turned to look back at the hallway... And that's when The Mangle attacked.

"Agh!", Balloon Boy shouted. He tried to turn around and strike back, but the mangled fox curled it's endoskeleton around him and threw him into the wall. He crumpled to the ground, then suddenly sprung back up and barreled straight into it. He looked over his shoulder and saw the girl climbing to her feet. "What's going-", she began, but BB cut her off. "Go! Get out of here! F_nd t__ Af_t_n _id! T__l him I- GH!" The Mangle smashed its endoskeleton head into his side, taking out another chunk of his plastic casing. As the girl turned and ran down the hall, he smashed his balloon into the amalgamated monstrosity, and they tumbled into the vent.

Allie was alone.

Which, considering the alternative, was fine with her. As she dashed down the hallway, something caught her attention up ahead. What's that?, she thought. Some sort of light was shining out of one of the party rooms, it looked like a security camera. That doesn't look good..., Allie decided. ''Not gonna get caught in that. ''She crouched to the floor and crawled, peering into the room. Toy Chica was hanging from the ceiling by wires and metal, her legs, eyes, and beak missing. Her hand was fused to the plate, but the cupcake was gone. As she wondered where it was, she heard scuffling on the floor behind her. She turned and pulled out her pocketknife, swinging it up.

"Hey, watch it!", the boy shouted. "Are you trying to KILL ME?!" "Well, who the hell are you anyway?!", Allie responded. "I'm Jason! And YOU need to watch who you try to stab to death!" "I thought you were the fox thing!" "Well I'm-", Jason suddenly cut off. "Wait... The Mangle? And hey- How'd BB lose you already? I gave him ONE JOB-" "What the HELL are you talking about?!" "Listen. Just be quiet. Toy Bonnie's right behind you. He can't see, but if you're too loud, he can find you." "Okay, fine. But you need to tell me what you're doing here.." "Come on, I'll tell you in the office."