Lurking Nightmares: The Return

Epilogue - Shadow Keeper

April 25th, 2016

Rained poured down on the remains of Funtime City now in ruins, I look around at all ny now broken friends but only eight of us have survived just barely Pwyton, Lauren, and Solar weren't so lucky. We mourned for the loss of our dear friends, taking refuge within half of the remaining part still standing sitting on selves down in silence only Rowdy, Terra, Scourge, Rosy, Athena, Eren, Holly, Ginger, and me, myself Ellie are barely even in any stable condition to be put in this sort of weather; I'm missing once again the front cover to my suit exposing my endoskeleton and the others well I guess we all aren't that badly broken. I stare up at the leaking ceiling that has not yet fallen and look down "I wish this never happened" I whisper leaning against the wall covering my face in my knees; a hand touches my shoulder; I look up to see Terra "Look, everything maybe falling apart but it doesn't mean this is the end. Not yet at least." Terra sits beside me trying to bring a smile to my face but I only sighed and looked away "What's the point in trying anymore" I respond "It's hopeless we'll never find anywhere better than here" Terra shakes her heax "Listen to yourself, Ellie I may not have known you long but your the leader to these animatronics they count on you to lead them just like me and Ginger. Never give up on yourself; Terra stands up and hokds a hand out to me. I smile taking her hand as she pulls me up on my feet "Your right, but how are we gonna find a new place to be if our old home is now damaged."
"Maybe I can answer that" right from behind me and Terra the voice of what seems to be an animatronic echoes around us turning quickly to see the shadowy shape of a figure  we can't really recognize. All my friends and I get up preparing to attack but the intruder only laughed "Don't even try it. I'm much more powerful than you think, you see there is a way to live a better life, in a better place" the figure speaks sounding like a male figure probably as my ears perk up "Really? How so?" I ask suspiciously. Once again the new shadow figure of the animatronic laughs "Easy, I'll give you abilities like no other but those abilities are quite frightening" it hisses exposing long white fangs sticking up from it's bottom jaw and sharp claws swaying from they're hands I shudder "No, that can't be the solution there has to be a different way" eyes widening terrified, out of nowhere Scourge charges at the figure "I've had enough of this!" He snapped "Scourge! Wait don't!" I shout but the animatronic fox already went straight for the shadowy figure who without hesitation grabbed Scourge by his throat, lifted him up in  the air dangling for air and not once did we blink when that figure broke his robotic neck dropping him flat on the ground everyone was horrified "Scourge...no" Athena cried silently feeling scared.
The shadow animatronic laughed "I warned you this would be frightening" we all tried to flee but the animatronic was faster one by one it broke us than left our bodies going for its next victim; it got a hold of me by the neck and pinned me up against the wall as I helplessly fought back "Hm, such a shame we had to do this the hard way Ellie" it smiled evily "Who are you? What are you?" I forced the words out asking desperate for air when it leaned up to me whispering: "I'm Shadow Waken and I will give you purpose" it chanted I when the piercing pain of claws go through me I gasp feeling my endoskeleton being pulled out."Let us regain you all as shadows now, shall we?" My breathing gets slower but suddenly increases when all of sudden the eyes of my friends now broken suits as well as I light up brightly I notice Shadow Waken's eyes did the same lifting it's hands up shadowy figures arise from my friends bodies but taking for of themselves with horrifying forms like Waken.

My shadow body arises to and with just as terrifying form like the others. We float around, intrigued "You all are now shadows of your soon to be new forms but first you must obtain a teenage humanly body to stay young and regain yourselves permanently" it speaks with reasoning as we all nod "So it was necessary to break us?" I respond confused "I only did it because it was the only way for you to become shadows, now than let us move along we must find ourselves a body to obtain we have plenty of time" it responds to me than turns away beckoning us to follow. I look at my friends once than just like that we follow Shadow Waken into the world of the unknown.