Chapter 3: Negotiations

Lee struggled to breathe as Rachel held him by the throat, his feet dangling a few inches off the floor, his hands held on to her forearm. She tilted her head, a metallic clicking sound came from her neck while she looked at this person in front of her. 

Lee felt himself get lowered and grip on his neck loosen but not gone completely. Lee saw that Rachel's head was still, her ears facing him.

"I saw what happened to you, I know what he did to you" Lee said as he looked into the empty sockets that were Rachel's eyes.

Rachel started to slowly squeeze his throat again. Lee quickly reached into his pocket on his jacket and took out two round objects, he raised his hand near Rachel's head and simply said. 

"Eyes" 

Rachel immediately let him go and swiped at his hand in an attempt to grab the eyes but ended up smashing her metal hand into his arm, almost breaking it and making Lee drop the eyes.

She quickly stopped and listened, hearing the high pitched metal clangs the eyes made as they hit the ground, reaching down and feeling around until she eventually found both eyes.

Lee held his arm as he watched Rachel until his radio let out a broken static voice, it was Ray trying to check in on Lee. Rachel obviously heard the radio and ripped it off Lee's jacket.

Vanessa woke up in her room, looking around frantically as her breathing was heavy. The lights flickered in her room as she heard whispers around her.

She stood up from the bed, walked to the center, listening to the whispers that got louder with each step. 

"Vanessa!" A female voice said to her as she looked over to a mirror that was behind strong plastic to protect her, Vanessa was shocked to see Vanny in the mirror. 

"What do you want?" Vanessa asked as she stared at the mirror. 

"What do I want? Out, of course. But we have more important matters Vanessa, he's coming back to get us. We freed him and he knows we're here for him" Vanny said, her voice distorted a little as she spoke. 

"That thing we made in the Pizzaplex?" Vanessa remembered what she and Vanny did. 

"He's coming tonight, but there is another who will find us and him, he found her already" Vanny's voice sounded off like she hated saying that last bit.

Vanessa knew Vanny to be murderous and insane but something was wrong with what she said. 

"H-he didn't find Rachel did he? Please don't tell me he found our little girl!" Vanessa leaned her hands against the wall as she began to sob. 

"Please don't tell me he took her from me" Vanessa sobbed more as she fell to her knees. 

"He did, I'm afraid that he'll find us and do what he did to her" Vanny said as Vanessa cried on the ground. 

"You know what would happen if he killed her, what she'd become. You know how dangerous our little girl will be" Vanny looked down at Vanessa through the mirror. 

Vanessa leaned against the wall, hugging her knees. 

"I don't want daddy to find us, he's done to much to us, he's hurt us too much already" 

Vanessa whispered to herself but Vanny heard. 

Lee laid in the office vent where he found Charles, holding his injured arm. He was glad he was able to get away from Rachel when he did, although the almost broken arm wasn't part of the plan.

Lee heard static noises coming from the hallway in front of the office, the high pitched white noise crackled and screamed as a large white paw slammed on the window, cracking it.

He pulled himself into the vent quietly, holding in pained groans as Rachel made her way to the office. She slowly walked around the corner of the doorway, leaning down as she walked in. Rachel took a few steps then stopped in the middle of the office, her head hung down as the glow from her eyes dimmed like she shut down or malfunctioned. 

Amongst the green light, Lee couldn't make out what was going on so he grabbed his keychain, fiddling with it until he grabbed his Fazbear light.

He hesitantly turned it on but was relieved that Rachel didn't move or react, he aimed the light at her and saw something odd happening with her throat. There was something moving under her "skin" at the front of her throat. They were thin but long, there must've been heaps of whatever they were. 

Lee realized that Rachel's animatronic body wasn't from Fazbear Entertainment, it was from another company that Rachel worked for, it was called "Franchise Mockers."

Rachel jolted back to life, her eyes lighting up as she looked around the office. Lee did his best to hide in the vent but he saw that she was looking directly at him. He watched as she opened her mouth but what he heard shocked him. 

"I see you, father." 

Lee's eyes widened, his breathing became heavy as Rachel took a step towards him, Lee backed away but couldn't due to the vent behind him being crushed.  Rachel's movements were more fluid and human than before. It scared Lee to see what she was capable of doing, even after death. 

Rachel closed her mouth and turned around, walking over to the exit door and pulling it off its hinges with ease. Lee held his arm as Rachel walked under the doorway and to the outside world. 

Her eyes looked up to the sky, seeing the sun and the bright, fluffy clouds, the trees swaying in the wind, the green that nature brewed as a contrast to the burnt down building that lay waste of time and life. 

"Six years, I've been trapped in that hell, surrounded by death and darkness. Suffering in both agony and silence.

But now that I've been awakened, I feel nothing but rage. Rage towards you, William Afton."

Lee stumbled out of the building, clutching his arm, he leaned against a piece of wall as he saw Rachel look at him. 

Her rubber face was terrifying as her wide eyes and exaggerated cartoon-ish smile faced him, before he knew it, Rachel had run into the nearby woods. Disappearing from sight. 

Lee stumbled over to his car and got in. He turned the keys and started the car, it hummed to life and he was able to drive with one arm. He was able to steer and quickly switch gears with his right hand since his left arm rested on his lap. 

He pulled out of the parking lot and sped down the road, he was doing his best not to let the pain get to him as he watched the road. Lee knew he had to get back to the station to put the entire town and woods under quarantine to find Rachel. 

Lee got close to a sign that read "Watch out for wildlife." He thought nothing of it until something slammed into his car, making it spin out of control and slide off the road, down into a ditch. 

Lee groaned in pain as he pulled himself from his steering wheel as the car was on a lean, the front of the car was facing down to a tree. His eyes darted to his rear view mirror as he saw movement. It was Rachel. 

Lee could only watch as she took a step towards the car but stopped and looked at something then jumped over the car and ran into the woods again. Lee felt warm liquid run down the side of his face as he saw two people climb down to the car. 

Lee's vision started to get blurry as a woman opened the door to help him.