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BASED ON THE NEU YORK TIKES BESTSELLING SERIES FAZ В EAR FRIGHTS THE FOURTH CLOSET i h !•': :? Г с О И ?. C I’M 0 v 0 ?- by SCOTT CAUTHON and KIRA BREED-bJRISLEY adapted BY CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS ILLUSTRATED BY DIANA CAMERO COLORS BY EVA DE LA CRUZ LETTERS BY HIKE FIORENTINO Imprint of ••SCHOLASTIC
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Нин? I UNDERSTAND. WHAT? JOHN, WAKE UP! Of course, I UNDERSTAND. I'M SORRY. GOOD LUCK OUT THERE. , I MUST HAYE CALLED YOUR NAME THREE times! Where s. WERE YOU? S UH-HUH, FOCUSED. Yeah, I'M SORRY, TOO. I TOOK A chance on you. BUT I’M NOT PUTTING MY OTHER к GUYS LIVES AT RISK. > I WAS JUST REALLY FOCUSED. Okay, ... wow. This is an x_ ' ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ~ ZONE. IF YOU'RE IN LA-LA LAND, YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF < THE OTHER MEN a /V OUT THERE. I HAVE TO LET YOU
Go TO WORK. Go номе. FOR SIX MONTHS. NOW? NO JOS. NO WORK. NO REASON TO stay in Hurricane ... Buy food SOMETIMES. Six months SINCE Charue...
Afton. He's finally given up on KILLER RODOTS, AND HE'S JUST GOING TO RUN ME OVER ON THE HIGHWAY. How HAVE YOU SEEN? Well, l COULD ASK YOU THE SAME u THING. JOHN, Its ME’! WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE? л I WAS JUST GETTING GAS.
Who asE is GOING TO 0E THERE? NO I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS, BUT IT ISN'T CHARUE. . Charlie's dead. Fine. Working, MOSTLY. WHAT'S NEW . WITH YOU? v We're all GETTING TOGETHER TONIGHT AT HIS DAD'S HOUSE. HE'S DYING TO SHOW OFF HIS NEW COSMOPOLITAN j PERSONA. Carlton's ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SACK FROM NEW York soon! Spring к BREAK. JOHN, Г/Н SHE MISSES Y0U‘ > YOU HAVE -ы.. — TO TALK TO HER , SOMETIME. Л I SWEAR WHEN I TALKED Y TO HIM ON THE PHONE 1 LAST WEEK, HE WAS J FAKING A BROOKLYN J ACCENT. SHOULD A come!
I SAW HER MAYBE. STOP IT. YOU'RE HURTING HER. " But i don't THINK ANY OF IT HURT AS BADLY AS YOU REFUSING TO . SPEAK TO HER. . I SAID MAYBE. Please come TONIGHT. Good ENOUGH FOR me! I'll see YOU THERE. AND THIS? This thing you're . DOING? Don't you understand? after WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH? ITS INSANE, JOHN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NIGHT DID TO YOU, BUT I KNOW < WHAT IT DID TO x. Charlie. r NO, YOU ~ DIDN'T. I'VE SEEN HER. I'VE TALKED TO HER. IT IS u HER. л THAT'S WHAT'S KILLING HER.

What if it is her? Right? Ha ha ha ha! The shuddering suit. Charue trapped inside. The blood ... WHAT WOULD I EVEN SAY TO THESE PEOPLE? 0ит Dave—no. Afton. William Afton survived what happened to Charue. He didn't die inside the robot suit. He became Springtrap. He returned. I DON'T CARE. I'M NOT GOING. , OR DID YOU MAKE IT ESPECIALLY FOR THE GRAND OPENING? j Couldn't Charue, too? Broken and scarred. BUT ALIVE? She SHOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED THAT.
PACK John! Petty Come inside! A LOTS CHANGED. .. JUST TAKING THE GARBAGE OUT! I'LL BE RIGHT... > YOUR HOUSE LOOKS DIFFERENT. NO, SHE’S STILL GONE. I WISH SHE'D COME BACK. Maybe she will SOMEDAY. BUT LIFE . GOES ON.
John! Hey. Hey, Marla. John, come HELP ME IN THE kitchen! r WHAT, ~ ARE YOU MY GRANDDAD к NOW? л Well, we can JUST ASK HER . TONIGHT. ITS SO GOOD TO SEE ALL Of YOU again, is Lamar AROUND? л But HE SAYS What's up with you, Jessica? I heard you've GOT THE DORM ROOM TO < YOURSELF now. / He said, "I'M NEVER. EVER. EVER SETTING FOOT IN THAT TOWN AGAIN, NOT EVER, NEVER FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE, AND . YOU SHOULDN'T, . EITHER." Chj wv4tMa ACTUALLY MOVED BUT, yeah ... One day I found Charlie packing up whatever ' SHE COULD CARRY. SHE LEFT ME AND JOHN TO CLEAN UP THE REST. I DON'T THINK SHE WAS EVEN GOING FK Ж TO TELL ME SHE WAS LEAVING. W \ PlDN'T TELL ME WHERE. either. Just that J SHE HAD TO GO.
{sigh} COME. Almost LITERALLY, YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANT. I SHOULDN'T HAVE YOU PULLED ME IN FOR A PEP TALK? F YOU'RE AMONG > FRIENDS HERE. JOHN. Try to relax. All of THIS HEARTACHE YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF кк THROUGH... WHAT'S UP? Need me to open a KETCHUP BOTTLE? .. That can't BE WHAT YOU . WANT. У I JUST WANT л; TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT OUT THERE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU AND CHARLIE TALKED, AND SHE'LL BE V HERE SOON. S Jessica TOLD ME SHE RAN INTO YOU EARLIER v TODAY. л

I WAS JUST GOING TO GET MY JACKET. I THOUGHT YOU PIP. JOHN, SAY SOMETHING. /T'S NOT HER. HOW COULP ANYONE THINK THAT'S HER? I MISSEP YOU. I PON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I, UH, HAP TO GETAWAY FOR A WHILE. That night, John, I thought I WAS GOING 4 TO PIE. Л YOU л PON'T THINK I'M ME?
Almost вот me. Charlie No. Wait. YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN PAST HER HOUSE, OR THE OLD FREDDY FAZSEAR'S SITE, IN MONTHS. OH, I'M AN IDIOT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT u IT'S OKAY. . We all had TO GROW UP. IT IS HER. SHE GREW UP. THAT'S ALL. WHAT MUST IT HAVE DONE TO HER? WHAT KIND OF NIGHTMARES DO YOU HAVE, CHARUE- WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT THAT MOMENT DID TO YOU. . . Jessica tolp ME. ITS OKAY. John. . MAY0E SHE HAD HER OWN THINGS SHE WANTED TO AVOID? MAYSE SHE WANTED TO CHANGE JUST LIKE YOU HAVE. ~ DO YOU REMEMBER THE LAST THING I SAIP TO YOU, BEFORE к YOU... ? Л
It isn't her. I LOVE YOU. THATS OKAY. Г JOHN, WOULD YOU MEET ME TOMORROW? I JUST WANT TO TALK. GIVE . ME A CHANCE. "... Before you were TRAPPED IN THE SUIT"? I SHOULD GET GOING. .. . MISSING. I REMEMBER BEING IN THE SUIT. I PASSED OUT, I THINK FOR HOURS. > ГМ SORRY, JOHN. I DON’T REMEMBER A LOT ABOUT THAT NIGHT, WHOLE PIECES ARE JU5T... Л
The Thai place? Our FIRST PATE? Arounp SIX? SURE. That same PLACE? yeah. SEE YOU THEN. Those weren't HER EYES. 04ЯСН * Г Than /
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU COME OUTSIDE. Charlie, ARE YOU OKAY? He DOESN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU. He'5 K JUST— у Traumatized. I KNOW. I THINK HE NEEDS SOME TIME.
What?! Its FINE. Carlton! Owl Very. How's New YORK? It's okay! He didn't say anything ABOUT KILLER < robots! Charlie, JESSICA SAID YOU LEFT . SCHOOL? . I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR HOUSE. OH, ANO . ALSO THE ... UH ... л МММ HMM . Are you ... BEING SARCASTIC? maybe you COULP SUILP A NEW ” HOUSE THERE? PAP SAIP ГНЕТ RECENTLY CLEAREP OUT THE RUBBLE AND TOOK К IT TO THE JUNKYARD. Л How ABOUT YOU, MARLA? r Well, Ohio isn't New York, put I never GO OUT ANYWAY. PREMEP IS A TON OF WORK. WORTH IT, though! Ha ha, xT NO, NO. I'M GOOD. ITS ACTUALLY A HUGE RELIEF THE KILLER ROBOTS ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR, . Carlton, thank YOU. Great! College. City. LEARNING. FRIENDS .. . I WAS IN A PLAY ABOUT A HORSE.
THE NEXT DAY . . . r I COULDN'T FIND > ANYONE, THOUGH. NO. SIR. I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING TURNS UP. Thank you. Officer. к Haye a good day. 7 Office TROUBLE? Let's see. That ALL WENT .. . '04, PARDON ME, \ | , MA'AM. NO. SOME y’l s * KIDS SNUCK IN LAST I ’« night. Nothing / III нВИ \ 4. UNUSUAL. \ “У FEEL fkee l\\ TO HEAP ON IN AND ^B ] \ J look around. Scrap IF ] IS FIFTY CENTS / Д " I Лттгх. A POUND.J 1 Z^~7^ 7-/ I'M LOOKING r /А ' I FOR SOMETHING 7 /ЛКЛ X SPECIFIC... . ..Vos. Well, I don't know WHAT TO TELL YOU. < irs A dump. > What you see IS WHAT YOU < <3ET. > 000, YOU RECEIVED > SEVERAL TRUCKLOADS OF SCRAP METAL ON THIS DATE, AND FROM THIS LOCATION. WHERE IN THE b. YARD DID IT GO? ' How MUCH OF THAT PHONE CALL DID YOU . OVERHEAR?
COURSE I yes, TWO AND FIVE. Take me THERE. r LOOK, WE RUN A л CLEAN BUSINESS AND WE HAVE A GOOD L. REPUTATION. У < You're not > IN ANY TROUBLE, &OB, AS LONG AS YOU CAN DO ME ONE 4 UTTLE FAVOR, у Are these your DAUGHTERS? r ... CUTTING YOUR LEGS ON JAGGED SCRAPS OF METAL AS YOU RAN BLINDLY THROUGH к THE YARD. Л / What did you find? WHEN YOU GOT ON YOUR HANDS AND KNEES AND CRAWLED THROUGH THE SEAMS AND < THE WIRE? WHAT . Ъ WAS THERE? r YOU JUST TOLD THE 5 POLICE YOU THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS TRAPPED IN THE SCRAP HEAPS OUT THERE. YOU HEARD SCREAMING. A CHILD, PERHAPS. MAYBE / SEVERAL. They are BEAUTIFUL. Do YOU TREAT THEM < WELL? . I’M NOT DISPUTING YOUR REPUTATION. QUITE THE OPPOSITE. I THINK WHAT YOU DID WAS HONORABLE, RUNNING TO THE RESCUE IN THE MIDDLE X OF THE NIGHT .. . I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THIS. IF I'M IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE, THEN I THINK—
Maybe when Samantha was kidnapped, SHE WASN'T MURDERED. WHAT IF CHARLIE'S TWIN IS STILL AUVE? AND NOT ONLY ALIVE, BUT raised by Springtrap, by William Afton. Sammy? Charlie's twin? It could be short for Samantha What happened to Charlie? Shaped ano molded by a psychopath for seventeen years, primed withall the KNOWLEDGE AFTON COULD GLEAN from Charlie’s life? Now sent to take Charge's place? I'm not crazy, Theodore. But if that woman isn't Charge, who is she? But why? у Anp how could Afton know What would be anything about Charlie's life? . the point? , After her pap pied, she moved away. Nobody saw her for years WH£N SHE LIV£D WITH HER aunt Jen— TER THAT Ы
Clay! Uh, hey. Come in. Neyer pone THAT BEFORE...
maybe. Does it always do THAT? And she 5 MIGHT FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING THAT < WITH ME? / I UNDERSTAND. IT'S JUST, WE FOUND SOME THINGS IN THE WRECKAGE .. . r And I think > Charlie is holding something k BACK. > I WANTED to see HOW YOU WERE < DOING. NO, THE MURMURING IS... NEW. _ I DON'T KNOW тп HOW TO DESCRIBE THEM. Scary things. Pave/William Afton/Springtrap/ WHATEVER? I’M NOT READY к TO DECLARE HIM DEAD. У WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE'S AUNT JEN? SHE BECAME VERY EAGER TO SEE YOU AGAIN WHEN I MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD k SEEN HER AUNT JEN BEFORE THE У HOUSE COLLAPSED. r That л feels morally AMBIGUOUS. , IT MADE ME Г REALIZE THAT THERE IS A LOT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT NIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE seeing Charlie tonight, if SHE COULD TELL YOU WHERE HER AUNT JEN IS— I YOU'RE ACTING > ' AWFULLY DIFFERENT THAN "PEP TALK" CLAY FROM THE OTHER k. NIGHT. У X/ f Really? Pidn't Cjf ( WE HAVE THAT TALK Л V к YESTERDAY? WELL, YCU CAN VBA NEVER SE TOO . SURE.
I'M OVER AN HOUR EARLY. MAYBE CHARUE AND I CAN GO SEE A MOVIE. AFTER THE DINNER-AND-INTERROGA DON. The theater's just AROUND THE CORNER. I WONDER WHAT'S PLAYING. . . Feels like it's been a YEAR SINCE I WAS LAST IN town. / think Jessica MOVED OUT OF HER DORM TO AN APARTMENT AROUND HERE. WHAT KIND OF FRIEND HAVE I BEEN? I SHOULD KNOW BASIC STUFF UKE THIS. I GUESS YOU DECIDE ON A SHIRT AND GET OUT A LOT FASTER WHEN YOU WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE DROPPING BY UNANNOUNCED. SOON
Children playing Complacent parents Excuse me Just keep walking, JOHN. are you here WITH YOUR CHILPREN? . SOMEWHERE ELSE. BYE. IF YOU'RE NOT HERE WITH ANY . CHILDREN— YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. The theater IS GONE. The smell, so FAMILIAR.. . I HAVE TO GO MEET SOMEONE.. . 0UT THAT . . THAT'S SO MUCH LIKE. . . Rubber, sweat, pizza ... ITS exactly LIKE— No, I... Yes. Several chilpren. Birthpay party. So many cousins. What < CAN YOU DO? У

I SHOULD HAVE WAITED OUTSIDE. I TOLD YOU I'M HAVING DINNER k WITH JOHN? . Well, Charlie Гм JUST WORRIED ADOUT HIM. Ha ha, HOW COULD I FORGET? r just let him spend л SOME TIME WITH YOU. He's been through a lot. Remember, from his PERSPECTIVE, HE SAW YOU DIE, RIGHT IN FRONT к OF HIS EYES. A Y IT WON'T DO EITHER OF YOU ANY GOOP TO PRETEND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Wear what you have l ON. YOU LOOK i V GREAT. ><] F JOHN DOESN'T SEEM TO LIKE MY NEW LOOK. MAYBE HE'P LIKE ME BETTER IF YOU HELP ME PICK OUT ( k. AN OUTFIT? A OlD I SCARE YOU? SORRY, THE DOOR WAS s. UNLOCKED. CHARLIE, YOU \— SCARED ME TO I . DEATH. "•Tn?' What are "I YOU POING X \ HERE?
Something important? He's testing HER. ~ I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT I _ REMEMBER YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. JESSICA, DO YOU л REMEMBER HIM TELLING ME SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT j 4^ NIOHT? У SOMETHING . .. THAT I SHOULD REMEMBER. Something he said 4 BEFORE I WAS ... > Sorry again FOR BREAKING IN. I MEAN, I DIDN'T BREAK IN. THE DOOR WAS L. UNLOCKED. > Ha ha, JUST ANNOUNCE YOURSELF SOONER NEXT TIME? , Sorry, v you and John were NO. ALONE FOR A FEW MINUTES. ------Л I'M NOT SURE WHAT HE X SAID. WHY? >
Zombies vs. Zombies! RlGHTl Ha ha ha! . . OTHER STUFF. Right, I knew it WAS ABOUT ZOMBIES. r What was N THAT MOVIE WE SAW? IT'S RIGHT ON THE TIP OF . MY TONGUE. . Charlie, you're DRESSED A LOT NICER THAN THE LAST TIME к WE WERE HERE, у IT PROBABLY JUST SEEMS THAT WAY BECAUSE I'M NOT COVERED IN DIRT ANP -v BLOOD THIS TIME. y r IT WAS МГ FAULT. MY HEAP WASN'T REALLY EVER THERE. I WAS ALWAYS THINKING < ABOUT... у
ME TOO. WHAT? I SEE SHE MAPE IT! YOU KNOW I DIDN'T LEAVE BECAUSE I STILL DON'T REMEMBER. HA HA, RIGHT. Uh, but we PIPN’T— I JUST HAP TO GET AWAY FROM EVERYTHING— r I’VE KIND OF GOTTEN USED TO ORDERING BEFORE . YOU GET HERE. I'VE MISSED u THIS. J Here you GO. It wasn’t BECAUSE OF YOU. r ...DON'T REMEMBER. I CAN’T CHANGE к THAT. л I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID TO ME THAT NIGHT. I KNOW lYS IMPORTANT TO YOU. I KNOW MAYBE IT'S WHY YOU THINK WHAT 4 YOU THINK ABOUT ME, У BUT I JUST ...
Miss? I DIDN'T. Thank you. Never mind. FORGET I SAID ANYTHING. IF ITS THAT IMPORTANT. WHY CAN’T YOU JUST < TELL ME? у I KNOW THAT. л A LOT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. I fc. KNOW. У CHARLIE, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. HOW PIP YOU MANAGE TO GET AWAY k>. UNDAMAGED? Okay. । know
Everything. Pathetic. I saw YOU CHE. r Put cfs л STILL ME. PON'T YOU KNOW IT'S < STILL ME? у I GUESS MAYBE I THOUGHT YOU WERE Sammy, у But i couldn't be your Charlie forever. That naive LITTLE GIRL FOREVER. SELFISH, ч SCATTERBRAINED. After that night, I HAD TO GET AWAY. I HAD TO LEAVE EVERYTHING 4. BEHIND. I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT rr a lot. Almost CONSTANTLY, 4 ACTUALLY. And now I'm here, \ ~ VERY MUCH AUVE—TELLING YOU I’M ALIVE/ JOHN, PLEASE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. IF YOU THINK I'M NOT ME, THEN WHAT DO YOU THINK? к WHO CAN YOU POSSIBLY J THINK I AM? MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN \ HAUNTED BY WHAT HAPPENED I HERE. I WANTED TO BE J ^SOMEBODY DIFFERENT. I HAD TO OR GO / INSANE. r I NEVER ~ THOUGHT YOU WERE ANY OF THOSE V THINGS. у
< I THOUGHT > YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM . THAT NIGHT. z JOHN, YOU TOOK me то see Sammy's GRAVE YOURSELF, к REMEMBER? У I CAN BELIEVE THIS... Have you HEARD FROM HER, BY THE , WAY? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS. < FROM YOUR > AUNT? I FIGURED YOU WERE LIVING WITH HER AFTER YOU MOVEP OUT OF V THE DORM. Л Then go look SOMETIME. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING ANYWHERE. > Well, yeah, l know, BUT YOU ONLY SAW Sammy being kidnapped! Not V killed! > и I DON'T! I WOKE UP IN HER HOUSE, AND SHE TOLD ME WHAT V HAPPENED. , Г She took > ME HOME AND CLEANED ME UP, MADE SURE I WAS OKAY, к BUT... .' r I TOOK YOU ~ TO THE CEMETERY, BUT I never saw Sammy's GRAVE, OR YOUR К FATHER'S. A ~ AND MAYBE ” SAMMY IS SHORT FOR Samantha! Sammy could HAVE BEEN A GIRL ALL ALONG ... r &UT SHE LEFT? OR YOU LEFT? I'M CONFUSED. DO YOU WANT HER TO FIND L. YOU? > Okay. Well, I don't know. . Aunt Jen warned ME NOT TO COME BACK то Hurricane. She's THREE FOR THREE AT THIS POINT. У I HAVEN’T \ SEEN V. HER IN A I WHILE. Z--------- "-—7 She rescued I ME THAT NIGHT, \ YOU KNOW.
Another time? IT FELT UNREAL. L/KE A PREAM THAT WON'T— IS IT HER? IS SHE my Charlie? I CAN'T. I'VE GOT SOMEWHERE THAT I NEED TO BE. yeah, maybe. I'VE BEEN ASKING MYSELF THAT FOR MONTHS, AND NOW THAT I FINALLY GOT TO ASK HER HERSELF. .. < THERE’S A GOOD ZOMBIE MOVIE STARTING IN ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES. The new theater isn't < FAR FROM HERE. > WHAT DO YOU THINK, SHOULD WE SEE IF THE OLD FORMULA STILL 4^ WORKS? SOON

John. Good. Come INSIDE. Гм SUSSTITUTING k LESSER VICES. . DO YOU WANT SOME t COFFEE? C-Clay! I WAS JUST ABOUT TO RING THE SELL. WERE YOU . EXPECTING ME? . YOU FIXED THE DOOR. "People in costumes." That's NEVER GONE WRONG FOR ME. . . Oak.. Reinforced. its A UTTLE LATE FOR ME. I'LL BE UP ALL NIGHT. . r $0, WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TONIGHT, John? Carlton’s L. NOT HOME, л
Ммм-нм I SAW Charlie. I can RELATE. yeah, what asout Charlie's < mother? . r I KNEW THEY'D LOST THEIR OTHER KIP. I ASSUMED SHE HAP SOME KIND OF к BREAKDOWN. A < mm-hm. ~ I WAS SURPRISED WHEN JEN TOOK Charlie after u Henry died, л у One day, I couldn't r help put ask Henry ABOUT HER. He thought a LONG TIME BEFORE ANSWERING. Eventually he gave me к THIS SAD LOOK, AND л HE SAID . .. Henry never had a bap WORD TO SAY ABOUT CHARLIE'S MOTHER, BUT I DO KNOW SHE RAN OFF BEFORE HENRY AND CHARLIE moved то Hurricane, л r Thought l saw л SOMETHING. I'M JUST A LITTLE ON EDGE WITH ALL THESE WEIRDOS WALKING AROUND IN L. FACE PAINT. Л S NOT REALLY. Г SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T N REMEMBER MUCH. SHE ASKED ABOUT HER AUNT JEN. I THINK SHE'S LOOKING FOR HER? . SHE WANTED TO KNOW X. IF 1'0 SEEN HER. ~ SO, DID ~ Charlie illuminate ANYTHING FROM к THAT NIGHT? л T “SHE WOULDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY UTTLE GIRL.” 4 EVERYTHING OKAY? OlD YOU \ EVER MEET JEN? г Charlie Ш ALWAYS GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION Ж SHE WAS KIND OF COLD. л
IS THAT Ella? what's THIS? That was just THE WIND. It's the SECOND ONE THIS MONTH. A CHILD WAS ABDUCTED THIS MORNING. . YOU COULD SAY THAT. . r Clowns ROAMING THE STREETS HAVE YOU JUMPY, TOO, к JOHN? ~ CHARLIE'S X DAD MADE ELLA FOR HER. SHE USED TO GO AROUND ON A TRACK L WITH A TEA SET— У The doll? 4" J YEAH, IT WAS IN THE 1 RUBBLE OF THE HOUSE. The other night I asked if Charlie wanted it, L but she wasn't a INTERESTED. She wasn’t? I HAVE a hard TIME BELIEVING THAT.
Michael What?! Yeah, Okay. Unless you DO NEED IT. GETTING LATE. Only JOKING. Michael. And the others. But if it's something ELSE. . . DO YOU THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH- r I HOPE THESE ARE JUST SOME CUSTODY DISPUTES AND THE KIDS 4 TURN UP. > PO YOU WANT TO TAKE MY GUN? Right. Watch YOURSELF OUT . THERE. > I MEAN, ItS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED < HERE, AND— > I'M DOING F EVERYTHING I CAN. ” I FEEL LIKE I'M RELIVING those days. Children, the SAME AGE AS MY LITTLE BOY back then. They get l SNATCHED ONE AFTER ANOTHER ... Г And I told x YOU I'M NOT READY TO ASSUME THAT WILLIAM Afton is out of V THE PICTURE. F Гм GOING TO NEED YOU. AND I'M GOING TO NEED Charlie, too. I know IT ISN'T FAIR, BUT— HB1I

Hello? Relax. John r I THINK THE CLOWN RESTAURANT IS IN THE OTHER DIRECTION' t
S1GH< The oooh 'Just another weirdo IN A COSTUME.. WHAT THE—?
WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY? Chief &urke? Are YOU THERE? Hello? < This is police chief Clay Burke. There is an intruder in MY HOME, AND I DON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS V TO MY RADIO—
The next morning ... Hello? Silver Reef? What is IT? Shining star ... is this JOHN? I'M CALLING FROM Pioneer Memorial < Hospital. > SWJMNfl STAC Silver Reef » r Clay Burke \ is here. He's sadly hurt, BUT IN STABLE CONDITION. When he was conscious, HE WAS ASKING . X- FOR YOU. ___________S
MOVING And they CAN'T BE DESTROYED* I DON'T CAKE! PO IT. THEY CAN ONLY SERVE A GREATER PURPOSE. No. They REMEMBER ME AS I USED < TO BE. > < They're > AFRAID. YOU'RE AT RISK OF DESTROYING V them. > IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S . .. PAIN? ' OF COURSE ' it is. Of course they are. Raise IT TWO MORE к DEGREES. У Meanwhile

SUCCESS I CHECKED. HE DIDN'T. Then keep LOOKING. And AS FOR YOU ... Go! I have NO MORE USE FOR YOU NOW. . The police chief KEPT THE ANIMATRONIC© HIDDEN IN HIS BASEMENT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. Perhaps he hid our FINAL COMPONENT 4. THERE. . .
Clay I’LL GIVE YOU SOME PRIVACY. NO, IT'S OKAY, JOHN. I CALLED THE OTHERS, < ANYWAY. > Don't pull ANY PLUGS JUST YET. I'M STILL HERE. r I'M SORRY TO DRAG YOU HERE, JESSICA. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO ELSE V TO CALL. > < И/E SHOULDN'T BE LETTING IN ANYONE OTHER THAN FAMILY, BY THE way. But when he was AWAKE. HE DEMANDED TO see you, so... Chief's . \ ORDERS.
What? zzzz Someone's BEEN STALKING IT HAS TO HAVE A RANGE ... LOOK ... HOW ARE YOU FEELING? JOHN, THERE'S AN ENVELOPE IN MY JACKET. < Get it. > f Like I’m ' ABOUT TO PASS OUT ANY < SECOND. JESSICA, THESE PHOTOS.. . ' IT HAS TO HAVE A MAXIMUM RANGE...
What?! Jessica! John! Is HE OKAY? We don't know. It wasn’t JUST "SOMEONE' STALKING US. IT < was Clay. , WHAT HAPPENED? Yeah, he'll se fine. He was just AWAKE AND TALKING . A MINUTE AGO. Marla! Oh, Carlton, I'm so SORRY... And Charlie \ IS THE ONLY COMMON | ELEMENT IN ALL OF THE j < PICTURES, LOOK. X--------- _____7 Why was _____I Clay stalking Charlie? >
I WAS I GUESS I'M USED TO Ha ha ha, Charlie! No, SHE'S RIGHT. What? it is JUST ME? I'M KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, TOO, < JOHN. у ' WHY PIP THE HOSPITAL CALL YOU FIRST, AND NOT ME, HIS ACTUAL К FAMILY? У I DON'T KNOW. л I DIDN'T REALLY THINK TO QUESTION IT. I JUST < RAN RIGHT OVER. / Yeah, OF COURSE. MAN. . BLECH. I HATE THAT HOSPITAL < SMELL. > I'M SORRY. A ITS OKAY. IT MEANS A LOT THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE. >
Нм? Good luck! Are you okay? YEAH. HE'LL RECOVER. JOHN, PIPN’T YOU SAY YOU HAP A JOB INTERVIEW TO GET TO? л r Good. Good. I WAS JUST AT THE STATION, ANP THEY SAIP HE WAS HERE u ANO I... > yes. yes, I AM TRYING TO GET A NEW . JOB. > r Pye. EVERYBODY. I’LL COME BACK < LATER. л I SHOULD GET GOING. I STILL MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT к TO CLASS. / ~ IS HE ALL RIGHT? I COULDN'T HELP BUT OVERHEAR THAT'S CHIEF < Burke in there. >
JOHN IT'S UP TOU5. My son is MISSING. YOU'RE RIGHT. ITLL BE ALL RIGHT. HE'S GOING TO A RECOYER. WE JUST TALKED TO HIM. HE’LL , FIND YOUR SON. > They don’t get , found. . Okay. Thank YOU. I'LL BE . OKAY. . Y The other OFFICERS DIDN'T ’ TAKEME SERIOUSLY. They wanted to call my EX-HUSBAND, BUT I KNEW HE DIDN'T TAKE JACOB! He wouldn't know \ WHAT TO DO / with him! АШ Г бит WHEN Chief Burke found OUT, HE ASKED BETTER QUESTIONS. He said HE'D FIND JACOB. AND I BELIEVE HIM, 4 BUT NOW... A T SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING. AND THE ONLY COP THAT BELIEVES IN ANY OF IT IS U IN THE HOSPITAL. >
Theodore? i doubt Silver Reef. It can TALK?! IT JUST STARTED. Shining star. Silver Reef. iVe should go! I'll drive. Maybe Charlie's FAMILY USED TO LIVE THERE. J Y I NOTICED > YOU BROUGHT A FRIEND IN YOUR BAG. Or at least a к FRIEND'S HEAD, j IT'S A TOWN NOT FAR FROM v HERE. > < PON'T TELL CHARLIE > I HAVE IT. I THINK SHE’D JUST WANT IT THROWN OUT WITH ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT REMINDS HER OF HER DAD. . Must be some stages- > OF-GRIEF THING. У ' It's weird. x CHARLIE'S EXPERIMENTS ALWAYS CREEPED ME OUT, BUT ITS NICE TO к SEE ONE NOW. z Poes THAT MEAN ANYTHING?
SILVER REtF BEAUTIFUL NOW, WHAT POES "SHINING STAR" MEAN? When exactly DID PEOPLE LAST LIVE HERE? BUT NOT HELPFUL. Shining star ... Eighteen hundreds? It's A SILVER-MINING TOWN. HENCE THE NAME, л That night
Ano? Aunt Jen?! Why don't you COME INSIDE. Вит I don't BELIEVE I'M YOURS. . . BECAUSE I GOT A MESSAGE. We’re HERE.. We’re FRIENDS OF CHARLIE'S. I DIDN'T SEND YOU ANY MESSAGE. I'M SOMEONE'S Aunt Jen, YES. > r Hello, ” Theodore, you've SEEN BETTER DAYS, HAVEN'T YOU? >
So, THIS IS WHERE CHARLIE GREW UP? a YOU’RE NOT GOING TO TELL US ANYTHING? HOW IS SHE? Poes she also KNOW ABOUT THIS "MESSAGE"? A .. YOU DISCOVER ONE PAY YOU'VE TURNED TO STONE. ____ Because he was NEARLY MURDERED LAST NIGHT, у Listen, I MAY NOT KNOW ’ WHATEVER YOUR SECRETS ARE, BUT I KNOW THAT GIRL ISN'T Charlie, or she's UNDER SOME KIND OF INFLUENCE. SHE . к ISN'T HERSELF. A No. But we re TRYING TO HELP HER. IS THERE ANYTHING GOING ON— / HE SAID SOMETHING BEFORE HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. "IT HAS TO HAVE A MAXIMUM RANGE. . PO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? * Charlie's OUR FRIEND. SHE'S OUR CONCERN, К TOO. A FRIEND OF OURS WAS TAKING pictures OF Charlie, like he was STALKING HER, AND WE DON’T KNOW WHY. Secrets petrify you. YOU HARDEN YOURSELF AGAINST THE WORLD TO KEEP THEM SAFE, BUT YOU KEEP THEM LONG , ENOUGH ... Charlieismy concern. She's my . RESPONSIBILITY. SIGHC- • KNOW YOU MEAN _____и WELL. I SHOULD TELL \ YOU TO GO AWAY, TO FORGET HER. у
Quickly! Shhh! Aunt Jen, it's SO WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU < AGAIN. > ~ that way. i Back room. Shut the door, THEN GET OUT OF u THE HOUSE. J Charlie! She's here! This looks like л STUFF I'D EXPECT TO FIND IN CHARUE’5 ROOM. Л
Silver Reef. A CHANGE OF SCENERY SEEMED u NICE. . CHARLIE, WHAT A NICE SURPRISE. There it is again ... Shining star ... PUT THAT'S NOT Theodore .. r JOHN. 1 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ITS BEEN TOO LONG. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT AT OUR HOUSE к ANYMORE. У Something isn't right here. This might be our ONLY CHANCE TO FINP . OUT WHAT SHE'S л UP TO. I THINK YOU > HAVE SOMETHING I'VE BEEN LOOKING к FOR. A ' SHINING I star. Silver \ Reef.
Вит- Charlie NOW. MMPHc HAVE TO RUN. JOHN, I CANNOT EVEN PROCESS THAT RIGHT NOW. Jessica, it's Charlie! She's STILL ALIVE. Shining star ... Silver Reef ...
GAAAKCHtK- I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU Charlie IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO < SAY? .
I LOVE YOU, TOO. REALLY HER, ISN'T IT? YOU WERE RIGHT.
John? What?.» Where are you GOING? JOHN, WE HAVE TO TAKE HER TO A HOSPITAL. YOU THINK SHE’S SAFE HERE? I HAVE TOGO. I DON'T THINK SHE’LL k PE SAFE. BOLT THE POOR. YOU TAKE HER. TO A HOSPITAL r WE PON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S WRONG . WITH HER. . WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO if Not-Charlie . SHOWS UP?! I HAVE A HUNCH ABOUT \ SOMETHING... > WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING v AT? . That's why. I ALWAYS HATED THAT CREEPY ROBOT . IN THE CLOSET. IT'S A PHOTO ЛЛ X OF CHARLIE WE \ FOUND AT HER OLD J HOUSE, BEFORE IT A < COLLAPSED. У She looks A LOT / / /\ LIKE...
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AM I NOT ENOUGH? I COULDN’T FIND IT. I KNOW WHERE TO GO NEXT. YOU'RE NOT. WHY 15 IT NOT HERE WITH YOU NOW? . Disappointing as USUAL. ~ Anyone can DISCOVER A FIKE ALREADY BURNING. AS WE HAVE HERE. л v Put Henry \ FOUND A UNIQUE SPARK. CREATED SOMETHING TRULY DIFFERENT. SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DESERVE OR INTEND к TO STUMBLE UPON. у
Он, Charlie Wait. Jessica? what DID Clay mean? . IN EVERY PICTURE. WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? "IT HAS A RANGE.. ITS ONLY THAT OTHER CHARLIE WHO'S , SLURRY . .. Clay. Now you. Too MANY PEOPLE I CARE ASOUT ARE CURRENTLY < UNCONSCIOUS. у He certainly coulp po A BETTER JOB FOCUSING HIS SHOTS. THESE ARE ALL BLURRY— >
John! Wait. That's not Charlie. Wait. I NEEP YOU TO SEE THIS FIRST. 0UT THERE’S NO ONE ELSE THERE. I CAN BARELY MAKE HER OUT AT THIS POINT, SHE'S . 50 SLURRY. I THINK SHE'S TURNING AROUNP... г the date at the RESTAURANT. CLAY MUST HAVE REALLY RUSHES BACK HOME TO BEAT ME TO HIS 4 HOUSE AFTER THIS. A r Focus, x John. Watch what Charue DOES AFTER YOU LEAVE. л ' I HAVE V-'~ SOMETHING I y" NEED TO SHOW YOU IN THE L CAR.
What? IT'S THE CHIPS. r This thing ONLY LOOKS LIKE Charlie when IT'S CLOSE r ANP ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED . TO SHOW YOU— . The computer chips > WE FOUND ON THOSE NEWER ANIMATRONICS THAT MAPE THEM LOOK LIKE THEY WERE ALIVE, LIKE THEY HAP FUR ANP EVERYTHING. This Charlie imposter must Lk use the same thing. Л r THAT'S THE CLOWN I SAW ON THE ROAP OUTSIDE OF Clay's house. THE MAXIMUM RANGE. That’s what . HE MEANT. Л
Hl! I HAVE TO HIPE OUR Charlie. She knows RE HERE. WHAT PO WE PO? Maybe I just FRIGHTEN EASILY! Ha ha . _ I SCARED YOU AGAIN DIDN'T I? I REALLY NEED TO WORK ON THAT
I LOST INTEREST. IT'S A MESS IN THERE. JOHN'S JUST TIDYING UP . REAL QUICK, j Really? > He's seen my dorm room. He SHOULD KNOW I CAN HANDLE A LITTLE MESS. л s Well, that's DECAUSE YOU WERE WORKING ON A CRAZY BRILLIANT SCIENCE PROJECT. HE HAS к NO EXCUSE. Л How’S THAT PROJECT GOINS. BY THE WAY?
I’M SURE IT'S FINE. John? Are you ALMOST DONE . CLEANING? . Nice PLACE, JOHN. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? r Since— EVERYTHING. THIS IS WHERE I LIVED WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE. OH, I GUESS I DON'T REMEMBER r Thanks! Oh, a tour? Sure. So, that’s my . BEDROOM . .. Hl, Charue! It's great TO SEE YOU. >
Sure phew. See you tonight, JOHN. YES, THANK YOU. I CAN TELL/ SOPO SOMETHING! Okay, we have TO DO SOMETHING for Charlie. . Hasn't let us down YET. AROUND SEVEN? л YES, OF ” COURSE. THAT SOUNDS GREAT, John. Same u PLACE? J. MAYBE WE COULD HAVE DINNER OUT? She's SEARCHING FOR something! / F IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL, I'M BRINGING THE . HOSPITAL TO HER. , f well, its nice out, AND I WAS JUST TAKING A WALK TO CLEAR MY HEAD. I KNEW YOU LIVED NEARBY. SO I THOUGHT . I'D DROP IN. I'M GONNA X. KEEP GOING. CHARUE, I HAD FUN THE OTHER NIGHT. WOULD YOU BE UP < FOR THAT? > r Are you hungry, Charlie? I'm sure John CAN MAKE YOU x something. .

Charlie Afton Charlie/? YOU'RE AWAKE?/ IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. Okay? Could get AWKWARD. I THOUGHT YOU WERE .. But we've GOT THIS, OKAY? Clay's helping, AND JESSICA .. . Marla's coming. We're going to HELP YOU. Dut you HAVE TO KNOW SOMETHING. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING, . TOO. I WON'T EVER LET GO OF YOU . AGAIN. THERE'S Л SOMEONE, SOMETHING, OUT HERE IMPERSONATING YOU, SAYING THAT z к SHE'S YOU.
SCKRT SCKRTCHH Here we Stop stalling! YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HEAR US. Dio you tape the . BUTTON DOWN? Oh yeah, SORRY. IT CAME loose. Fixing it NOW. ~ I’M NOT STALLING! I JUST hope Marla's okay WITH THE REAL CHARLIE BACK AT MY u APARTMENT. л Thanks for coming on this "DATE" WITH ME, . GUYS.
I GUESS I WAS That's a strange PLACE TO GO, JOHN Just out seeing к THE SIGHTS? л YES, I MEAN Silver , Reef. . SO I HEARD YOU AND JESSICA VISITED THAT OLD GHOST TOWN. I WAS LOOKING FOR AN OLD FRIEND. Sorry I'm late. WHAT’S THAT PLACE called AGAIN? THAT'S usually my LINE. JOHN, WHAT ARE YOU POING?! ' YOU mean Silver Reef?
WHERE IS SHE? Yes. I FOUND HER. ID YOU YOUR OLD IIENP? г 3UT I CAN TRY ALL SORTS OF THINGS BEFORE YOU MAKE IT OUT . THAT POOR. WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. Г I'LL START WITH A THIS GLASS OF SODA, THEN I’LL TRY A CHAIR OVER THE SACK OF < YOUR HEAP. . I PON’T KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO SHOW THESE PEOPLE WHAT YOU REALLY ARE ...

Нин? Why pip I EVEN BRING YOU ALONG? SHE LOOKS HOT. Where ARE YOU GOING? r I HAVE AN idea. Stay here. Take my CAR IF YOU к NEEP IT. у I KNOW. VERY SERIOUS. .. SHE PUT YOUR FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?! /
John! That WAS crazy! Carlton! Where's Jessica? I'm NOT sure. She RAN OFF. She pip SOMETHING &TUPIP, PIPN'T . SHE? >


Who Charlie Who are YOU? Do YOU LIKE MY NEW LOOK?
Desperation Part of me is. r A FATHER'S DISAPPOINTMENT, AND A DAUGHTER'S v DESPERATION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE, BUT YOU AREN'T . Charlie. > WELL, WHAT DO YOU FEEL? r Like walking A LONG ROAD LINED WITH BILLBOARDS OF THINGS HAPPENING SOMEWHERE ELSE. Л ' I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING WHEN THEY COME to mind. They are . JUST THERE. It's strange. I HAVE THESE MEMORIES. I KNOW THEY DON'T BELONG TO ME, AND YET AT THE SAME ч TIME THEY DO. I FEEL DISAPPOINTMENT.
Henry? All of his LOVE WENT INTO HER. When you are a little girl, YOUR FATHER IS YOUR WORLD. HOW TRAGIC ANO MISERABLE SUCH AN EXISTENCE IS. I SEE EVERYTHING CLEARLY NOW. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT _ AFTON. Y To BE BORN X WITH NONE OF YOUR INTELLIGENCE, BUT ALL OF YOUR HEART. TO BE FULLY CAPABLE OF FEELING PAIN. AND TORMENT, BUT WITH L NO POWER TO / UNDERSTAND. У William Afton NEVER MADE ANYTHING with LOVE. NO. MORE BRILLIANT THAN HENRY. Though l could only WATCH FROM A DISTANCE... J It opens you up TO ABUSE, TO NEGLECT, TO UNIMAGINABLE PAIN. All you can do k. IS FEEL. У Y 1 WANTED Л, SO DESPERATELY TO HAVE BEEN THE ONE ON THAT STAGE, BUT , IT WAS ALWAYS , X HER.
I SHOULD RIP YOU IN HALF. " Petite enough ” TO BE SWEET ANP APPROACHABLE, BUT LARGE ENOUGH TO SWALLOW YOU rs. WHOLE. > YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YET. . . F I WANTED Л TO BE HER. The focus of his ATTENTION, THE CENTER OF HIS к WORLD. Л ' YOU'RE DELUSIONAL. YOU'RE A ROBOT, NOT HIS < CHILD. Л ~ She was his OBSESSION. He worked ON HER PAY AND NIGHT, THE CLOWN BABY WITH BRIGHT ORANGE k. PIGTAILS. >
"/ ALSO REMEMBER LOOKING POWN AT THE UTTLE GIRL. /Г5 STRANGE SEEING THROUGH BOTH SETS OF EYES NOW." "One night I snuck out of SEP TO see her. I'p been tolp NOT TO A HUNPREP TIMES" "I PULLEP THE SHEET AWAY ANP GAZEP UPWARP, FINALLY ABLE TO STARE AT HER AS LONG AS I LIKEP WITHOUT BEING SCOLPEP TO STAY AWAY."
7 WANTED TO BE HER SO BADLY." nSO I DID WHAT / WAS BUILT TO DO.' 'MY FIRST CAPTURE. MY FIRST KILL." "SHE WAS GLEAMING BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL, STANDING OYER ME. She had happy red cheeks AND A LOYELY RED DRESS." "/ STOOD IN AWE OF THIS CREATURE MY FATHER LOYED, THIS DAUGHTER HE MADE FOR HIMSELF."

Daddy? I'M 60 HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH . YOU. . Me too, PAPPY. DON'T CRY!
Where 7 HAVE TO GET INSIDE! I WAS ON BOTH SIDES... I FELT YOUR HEARTBEAT, AND . THEN ... WALKING TO IT. AND TRAPPED 1 BEHIND IT. Separated \\ \ FROM IT. THE DOOR. SOMEONE WAS ON u ^4 THE OTHER SIDE, X CALLING ME.
John pulled me away. The door ^started to open .
Charlie! I'M HERE Let's get YOU SET UP ON L THE COUCH. Glad to SEE YOU, TOO. PON'T GET UP. I CAN HELP. ITS AMAZING YOU MADE IT THIS far! I'M REALLY GLAP TO GEE YOU. .
ELLA. WE’LL MARLA, I’M FINE WHAT IS THAT?/ HOW DIP YOU FIND HER? Now. Keep YOUR EYES ON THE DOLL. I'M GONNA THROW UP. NOW THAT WE'RE ALL HERE... HOW ARE YOU FEELING? YOUR PULSE IS A < LITTLE SLOW. Л ... TALK ASOUT THAT LATER ... I WANT TO CHECK IT IN A FEW MINUTES. DRINK < SOME WATER. /
Real Where is Jessica? Thank you FOR TURNING THAT OFF. JOHN, CAN I SEE THE CHIP? My father MADE THIS. I CAN TELL. Sure. They MUST BE GONE . SY NOW ... „ Ella! She looks ... We're not sure... The ones that Afton made. Г IT'S THE SAME, > THOUGH, ISN'T IT? Pattern projections, bombarding the MIND, OVERWHELMING К THE SENSES- > r Sorry, I think YOU GET USED TO IT eventually. YOU WEREN'T HERE < FOR— Л NOPE. JESSICA PACKED UP ALL YOUR STUFF. She's got it in her APARTMENT. r Charlie, do YOU REMEMBER YOUR EXPERIMENTS FROM COLLEGE? THE ROSOT 4. FACES? S This is one doesn't say Afton < RO&OTICS ON IT, THOUGH. .
Springtrap. William Afton. Enough theatrics. What is going ON? WHO ARE YOU— Wait, I KNOW THAT VOICE. r Very goop. Pip you like the DANCE? I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE ME к AS I WAS ... Л Oh, Jessica's seen caught OH, JESSICA SHE FOUGHT BUT NOW SHE'S GOING TO DIE! • Oh my! Meanwhile
NO ONE NEW. WHO’P YOU MURPER . NOW? . That should HME KILLED YOU. &UT YOU FAKEP But pain CHANGES ALL THINGS, AS k DOES TIME. A FAMILIAR FACE. ' But let's > PUT THE FAST BEHIND US, HM? There’s exciting WORK TO BE 4 PONE. > Scalp torn from my heap, SCRAPS OF METAL INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE BODY, NOT TO MENTION YOUR l frienp Charlie's j ADDITIONS... \ ANP OF COURSE YOU'VE MET SPRINGTRAP, ' THE THRILLING FUSION OF MAN ANP TECHNOLOGY. I CONFESS HE MADE ME ECSTATIC WITH POWER, PELIRIOUS OVER < MY NEWFOUND X. STRENGTH. SO WE MEET AGAIN, IN YET ANOTHER FORM. YOU REMEMBER Dave the security guarp, a SIMPLE CHARAPE TO MOVE К ABOUT WITHOUT NOTICE. A Fake sloop? I’m afraip I've SPILLED PLENTY OF VERY REAL BLOOD. I HAD NO NEEP TO FAKE IT. WHATEVER "FAKE BLOOD" YOUR POLICE FRIENP < FOUNP, IT WAS SOMEONE > X. ELSE'S. r LEAVING THE ~ FAKE SLOOP BEHIND FOR THE POLICE TO FINP WAS A NICE TOUCH. j
Зит Trusting CHILDREN... Complacent parents ... ISN’T THAT RIGHT, 3A0Y? r I DO HAVE Circus 3asy‘s Pizza attracting HUGE CROWDS OF < PEOPLE... у r Ha ha ha, Jessica, please. . LOOK AT ME. YOU'RE THE ONE KIDNAPPING u THEM ., . I CAN’T KIPNAP ANYONE like this. Those pays ARE SEHINP ME. That WAS A LITTLE
IMMORTALITY. ' AH, A WOMAN > WITH A MIND FOR SCIENCE. YOU CAN'T HELP BUT ADMIRE . WHAT I'VE PONE. . She’s more THAN ILLUSION, . THOUGH. HOW DID YOU CREATE u HER? < Quite right. Put THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. TO DISCOVER THE SECRET OF THAT LAST INGREDIENT, < THE SPARK OF LIFE. I CAN'T TAKE COMPLETE CREDIT, UNFORTUNATELY. I STUDY ARCHAEOLOGY, BUT SURE. YOU BELIEVE к THAT. > r WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE ~ YOU IS A COMBINATION OF ALL SORTS OF MACHINATIONS AND MAGIC. SOME OF MY WORK. Some of Henry's ... who KNEW NOT TO RE-CREATE THE ILLUSION OF LIFE WHEN YOUR MIND CAN DO IT FOR US. YOU'RE NOT AS CUTE AS YOU ARE ON THE < SIGN. У r IVE ARE HERE TO RE-CREATE THE ACCIDENT, TO REPLICATE OLDER EXPERIMENTS, INCHING EVER CLOSER > Sometimes great .----"Г THINGS COME AT A II I_____________I GREAT COST. I '

CON TROL r IF I WISH TO 1 BECOME MY OWN IMMORTAL CREATION, MY SOPY MUST LEAP MY SPIRIT TO ITS v ETERNAL HOME. ж NOT JUST THE SEAR. THE BIRD, THE FOX, THE RABBIT. л Since l am still EXPERIMENTING .. r I MOVE MY FLESH > PIECE SY PIECE. MORE AND MORE, IT IS A TEST OF MY OWN WILL. HOW MUCH OF MYSELF CAN I CARVE AWAY, ANP STILL REMAIN у HOW IS IT MOVING LIKE u THAT? T WHERE > PIP YOU FINP these? Why pip YOU MELT THEM l TOGETHER?! j ' They're STILL IN THERE?! THE CHILDREN.1 < Michael! > r Goop girl. The spirit follows THE FLESH, IT WOULD SEEM, AND ALSO < THE PAIN. Л How WERE THEY EVER ABLE TO MOVE ON THEIR < OWN? A The children— THEIR SOULS WERE TRAPPED INSIDE THOSE < CREATURES. r WHAT ELSE? ШИК YOU SHOULD KNO-v THIS. HOW PIP / THEY DIE? S ----- THE j suits. Their copies WERE BOUND INSIDE, ALONG WITH THEIR — 4 SOULS. У
CHARLIE'S BOOTS. CHARLIE- DONE! Clack leather COMBAT SOOTS. YOU HAVE TO WATCH. This is a transplant! Kidney. That's his KIDNEY. Platform shearers. Denim. Hideous. ITS JUST MEAT. Don't think of IT AS PART OF A PERSON. SHOES. FOCUS ON SHOES. YOU LIKE SHOES. Piece by piece. That's what he told YOU. > Green suede kitten HEELS WITH A RHINESTONE TRAP AT THE ANKLE. r THE ONLY REASON YOU ARE kN, ALIVE RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE HE WANTS * 4 . YOU TO SEE. . SO LOOK
ROBOTS? I DON’T KNOW, JOHN. MAYBE IT COULD WORK. , THE FACES. COULP YOU MAKE IT WORK THE OTHER u WAY? YOU MEAN, MAKE IT SO THE ANIMATRONICS CAN'T SEE < YOU? Л ' THE EARPIECES EMIT > A FREQUENCY THAT ALERTS THE ANIMATRONICS TO YOU, MAKES YOU VISIBLE. IF YOU INVERTED THAT 4 FREQUENCY... У MAYBE. But THAT'S A BIG LEAP. IT COULD MAKE US INVISIBLE TO THEM? There was an earpiece SO THEY COULD RECOGNIZE 4. YOU, RIGHT?---------4 /7----------( Yes.
Coma? I THINK l need .. TO GO SACK TO SLEEP NOW. This was in Dad's OFFICE. Yeah, sorry, Carlton, This is why your dad k CALLED ME FIRST. We were л TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS UP with the Charlie . imposter. л Let me get THOSE EARPIECES. < Look! Yeah, I think that's ENOUGH EXCITEMENT FOR THE GIRL WHO'S FRESH . out of a coma. Sack X. TO SEP. У AH, DON'T WORRY &UT I WANT TO ABOUT IT. A HELP NOW. Amazing. She looked human, LIKE. AN ACTUAL FOR-REAL 4^^ HUMAN CHILD, s"------* 1/-----------1 Yeah



AGGGHHH! WHAT IS THAT?! Hopefully, WHEN I GET SACK, Charlie will be AWAKE AGAIN TO CONFIRM IT— .. . SWITCH THE RED AND THE BLUE AND THAT SHOULD u DO IT. > UHH, NO thanks. Talking TO ROBOTS HASN’T HISTORICALLY gone WELL FOR ME. < 50 with THE WIRES LIKE THIS, THEY CAN SEE l ME, SO ... . 1
Carlton Charlie? Carlton I THINK Terrible, What ARE YOU POING HERE? Carlton, ARE YOU OKAY? Nausea? room SPINNING? IT WAS THE EXACT SAME FEELING r JOHN SENT ME TO HELP. WHAT WERE YOU DOING WITH ALL THIS 4^ STUFF? JF I DON'T MIND. ITS ALL JUNK ANYWAY. 0UT THE WAY YOU WERE ROLLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR, YOU MUST HAVE ACTIVATED something. Are . k. YOU OKAY? IS IT... THE EARPIECE? NO. IT’S COMING < FROM— л I'M SORRY. I HOPE I DIDN'T BREAK . ANYTHING. ,
The, uh Tilt-A-whirl What are YOU DOING HERE? YOU HAVEN'T EVEN GIVEN ME A CHANCE... . .. ROBOTIC HAND THAT COULD PLAY PIANO? Um, Charlie, YOU'RE NOT REALLY MY TYPE, k YOU KNOW? Same feeling AS WHAT, Carlton? ' Or maybe > YOU'RE JU&T FLUSTERED. YOU'VE FINALLY GOT ME < ALONE... > RIGHT. HOW SWEET OF YOU TO COME . GET IT. j ANYWAY, I COULDN'T FIND IT, AND SHOULD < GET GOING. > JOHN DIDN’T SAY? WE WERE GOING TO SURPRISE YOU WITH YOUR OLD EXPERIMENT. Rememder? The ... > Carlton, IF I DIDN'T KNOW SETTER I'D THINK YOU WERE AFRAID к OF ME. >
There's only ONE WAY TO BE REALLY SURE MOW . YOU FEEL. >
Carlton?

Not what I meant sy "Charlie neeps to CONFIRM THE EARPIECE к HACK WORKS." a
JOHN? WHAT? YOU SAID YOU LOVED Sorry, PIP I WAKE YOU? YOU SAID SOMETHING. YOU REMEMBER? IT'S OKAY. AU I DO IS SLEEP < NOW. j Before r... got Pack at John's apartment ...
WHAT? JOHN Well, it WORKED. Sammy! I asked him why HE TOOK MY BROTHER FROM ME. AND THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. "I TOOK YOU." У SO YOU REMEMBER SOME OF THAT . NIGHT? j ITS AU I REMEMBER And THE DOOR, < John! I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN MY FRIEND SINCE u FOREVER! л < JOHN, THE > DOOR WAS OPENING. I think Sammy was INSIDE. I COULD FEEL HIM IN THERE, HIS u HEARTBEAT... P HE PROBABLY ” JUST SAID IT TO HURT YOU, TO CONFUSE YOU. HE’S L. INSANE. У How LONG HAS IT BEEN? NO ONE WILL TELL ME. I KNOW ITS BEEN MORE THAN u DAYS BUT . . . Except I I REMEMBER WHAT Springtrap said. He said, "I DIDN'T TAKE HIM. I TOOK К YOU." A r Just like X Marla or Carlton А OR JESSICA. I LOVE ALL u my friends! Well, ---------— ------1 maydenot ' У // \ JESSICA.
MONTHS. JOHN? I'M SORRY, Charlie. I COULDN'T STOP IT. YOU WERE WITH YOUR aunt Jen. SHOULD GO ASK HER. . .. SECRETS AREN'T PROTECTING ANYONE. Then how did you wind up in HER HOUSE? Six months?! WHERE HAVE k I DEEN? < She's the only ONE WHO KNOWS HOW ALL THE PIECES FIT. SHE HAS ALL THE SECRETS. She always tried to PROTECT ME FROM к THAT, BUT NOW . . .< SHE'S DEAD, ISN'T SHE. NO. IT'S OKAY. If she were here, SHE’D SAY I NEED TO KEEP MY HEAD < CLEAR. . I ACTUALLY SAW HER WITH YOU RIGHT 0EFORE THE HOUSE CAME DOWN. OR I THINK I DID, ANYWAY. > I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE \ . . I DON'T REMEMBER I HER BEING THERE. JX
Неу/ Ан! Okay NO! YOU'RE THE KIPS, I'M GETTING YOU ALL OUT OF HERE. I MEAN. YOU'RE THE KIDS THAT WERE TAKEN, AND YOU'RE ALIVE! Shush! you have TO DE QUIET! WE HAYE TO GO BACK TO HER HOUSE." IF YOU'RE NOT QUIET, IT'LL COME ANO GET YOU. Please, if you open the poor, IT WILL COME AND u GET YOU. A . . WE DON’T WANT THAT. WHATEVER THAT IS.
RON. ALANNA. ARE YOU Jacob? Mm-hm. I've seen it. She pip it here? At the pizzeria? . I WAS IN THE WOODS. The clown GIRL ATE ME IN HER TUMMY. , WHY SHOULD WE TELL YOU ANYTHING? YOU COULP BE ONE к OF THEM. J I MET YOUR MOM. She's going to be SO HAPPY TO KNOW YOU’RE OKAY. J r I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST HER! I love Circus Baby’s! л Can you TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED? I'm Jessica. What are your . NAMES? л I WAS RIDING MY BIKE . BY MY HOUSE. Hey, I’M STUCK IN HERE SAME AS YOU. Well, listen. I'VE PEALT WITH THINGS LIKE THIS . BEFORE. . ~ And I've got FRIENDS OUT THERE WHO HAVE, TOO. THEY'RE LOOKING < FOR US. > SHE GRABBED YOU WITH A HOOK ANP PULLED YOU INSIDE OF HER? .
Her, What? John! Charlie! and I bet THAT'S WHERE Jessica is. YEAH, WELL, У I SURE DID RUN INTO ONE OF THE CHARUE'S.. . That's her! That's THE FAKE Charlie! They WOULDN'T TELL ME WHERE THEY WERE < GOING. У r They're NOT HERE. I STAYED BEHIND IN CASE JESSICA < SHOWS UP. л Carlton, WHAT'S GOING . ON?! ". . . AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BEALL RIGHT." r Come ” DRESSED AS A CLOWN AND EAT . FOR FREE! a
Нана UH, NO. NO! YOU WEREN'T DATING? На на на, after YOU DISAPPEARED, HE SAID YOU WERE' WHAT WOULD THAT POLICE REPORT 4 LOOK LIKE, I \ WONDER? > Or at LEAST, "YOU WERE ABOUT From CLASS, YEAH. YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK SO, EITHER ... . .. WHERE IS MY CAR? OH, DO YOU REMEMBER A GUY k named Arty? , AFRAID YOUR DOPPELGANGER HAS YOUR к CAR. л This might BE A STRANGE TIME TO ASK, . BUT... A
NO. IT'S NOT HER ANYMORE IFOUNP YOU IN HERE. DO YOU WANT TO k GET CLOSER? I CAN GO IN FIRST, Г • PON'T THINK SHE KEPT YOU IN THERE LONG. I THINK SHE KNEW ABOUT THE IMPOSTER, PUT YOU IN THERE JUST BEFORE JESSICA AND Ч. I ARRIVED. > H/ELL, .. COVER HER
What? Pappy dearest Jenny ... Keep reaping. Please. John. Charlie. THIS IS PRETTY ROUGH ... irs A LETTER... FROM YOUR . PAP. / "Even if I did Г MANAGE TO TURN 1 OFF EVERYTHING PLANTED IN THE WALLS MADE TO DECEIVE MYSELF, THE DAMAGE IS DONE, ANP к FAR TOO / GREAT." У// ~ "My pearest Jenny, I'VE WARPEP ANP TWISTEP MY SURROUNPINGS TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN NEVER DE SURE IF I'LL EVER SETTLE INTO REALITY AGAIN." У Well, Jen kept METICULOUS PAPERWORK. Files on everything. There has to be some L. CLUE HERE.
"I'M GOING TO BE WITH MY DAUGHTER." Г "MY GRIEF WAS > ALREADY BEGINNING TO WAKEN ME TO REALITY WHEN I BEGAN WHAT WAS TO DE HER 4 FINAL STAGE." Л r "Keep all the CLOSETS SHUT. LET THEM BE TOMBS FOR MY PENIAL ANP MY . GRIEVANCE." y "I HAVE MY CHARLIE HERE WITH ME. THOUGH SHE GIVES . ME NO JOY." > "ESPECIALLY THE FOURTH closet. Seal it. SURY IT." r ” HAD NO ~ CHOICE BUT TO CEASE MY WORK. FOR I WAS ONLY FEEDING MY . OWN DELUSION." л "Then, someday, ' AFTER MANY DECADES HAVE PASSED AND NO ONE REMEMBERS. FILL THE HOUSE WITH EVERY KIND OF FLAMMABLE THING AND BURN IT TO THE GROUND, STANDING CLOSE GUARD TO PUT A &ULLET INTO ANYTHING THAT EMERGES FROM THE RUBBLE, NO MATTER WHAT, OR j WHO, IT LOOKS A LIKE." “LOVE ALWAYS AND TO THE END. Henry." ”MY old faithful PARTNER, WHO I CAN ONLY HOPE NOW IS IN A GRAVE OF HIS OWN, TOOK WHAT I HAD DEGUN, AND MADE SOMETHING OF HIS OWN—SOMETHING k. DREADFUL." Л r but that's WHERE I FELT SAMMY. That was Sammy CALLING TO ME FROM IN THERE. л / “I HAVE POURED > AGONY INTO HER, MADE HER A REMINDER NOT OF WHAT I ONCE HAD, PUT OF THE UNDEARADLE PAIN OF WHAT WAS TAKEN x FROM ME." > r "I WAS ABLE TO STOP HIM, AND TO SEAL AWAY WHAT HE made. Jenny, you must ENSURE THAT THE SEAL REMAINS.' У
Ella. I'M SORRY, Charlie. it SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS . .. Hey, out TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. .. GOING CRAZY? I DIDN'T REALIZE YOUR DAD WAS SUCH AN < ARTIST. A / He says he \ KEPT THE CLOSETS LOCKED. IF THEY WERE JUST BIGGER AND BIGGER Ellas inside them, why would Afton STEAL ONE? Л Maybe he > WANTED TO BUILD YOU A DOLL THAT COULD GROW UP WITH YOU, SINCE YOU к LOSTSAMMY? J P He SAID HE DREW THINGS SO HE COULD SEE THEM, THAT IT DIDN'T WORK THE OTHER WAY AROUND. У p Why WOULD I WANT A FWE-AND-A-HALF FOOT DOLL ON A ч TRACK? . p Did he build multiple Ellas? IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS DESIGNS FOR LARGER v ONES HERE. л That's what THESE SCHEMATICS SUGGEST. J Why does HE ACT LIKE I DIED? Sammy died. I don't KNOW WHAT ANY OF к THAT MEANS. Л

LOOK. JESSICA? Он, whatever, LIKE YOU ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO USE THOSE. Л YOU'RE SURE THESE EARPIECES WORK? „ NOONE'S here. Are you SURE ASOUT к THIS? J r I MEAN, YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL IF IT'S WORKING < UNTIL... > ARE THOSE LOCK k PICKS? . Only one WAY TO FIND cur. ...YOU DON’T DIE. YOU'RE IN DANGER. AND... IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED FROM MY DAD, IT'S THAT LOCK PICKING CAN DE USED FOR GOOD. >
Creepy. you WERE SAYING? Fine! Gooo JOB! NOW SHHH. . EXACTLY LIKE Freddy's ... Oh, wow, CAN YOU SMELL THAT PIZZA? , FORGET THE PIZZA! BE QUIET! There ARE KIDS IN HERE? LOOK AT THE MONKEY SARS. .
Aaghh Animatronics Hello? My mistake, YOU’RE NOT THE KIPS WE'RE LOOKING FOR. Carry on. | Are you OKAY? WHERE ARE your PARENTS— Good test. We should still 0E CAREFUL, THOUGH. . They couldn't see us. These EARPIECES ARE WORKING. F । CAN'T < GUARANTEE THE EARPIECES WORK ON EVERYTHING. AND THEY DEFINITELY WON'T WORK ON к PEOPLE. J
WMve Besides, I'm GOOD AT MAZES. That, on the other HAND DOES NOT TEMPT ME IN THE SLIGHTEST. r YOU'RE GOOD AT MAZES? WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?! "I'M GOOD AT MAZES." ~ IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I'D SAY THIS ARCADE ACTUALLY LOOKS L. KIND OF FUN. Come on, Carlton. Don't chicken out now. .
YES! YOU'D SETTER PE VERY GOOD AT MAZES NOW. I KNOOOOWWWW YOU'RE IN HEEEEEERE... What's wrong WITH SAYING THAT? I'VE ALWAYS PEEN GOOD AT 4 MAZES. A WHAT, LIKE THE HAY MAZE? When we were FIVE?
LIKE IT'S BROKEN? WHAT WERE YOU AFRAID OF THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT ME TO . OPEN THE DOOR? л YOU MEAN IT ISN'T THE WOMAN WHO TOOK YOU? ITS NOT BROKEN. That's good! IF THEY'RE BREAKABLE, We thought IT WAS A TOY ... ITS ALL MANGLED I'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET LIS OUT OF HERE, u OKAY? л Did YOU MANAGE TO BREAK ONE OF . THEM? ,

NO! YOU SEE THAT? Nothing r ive faced ANIMATRONICS LIKE YOU BEFORE, ANP I CAN PO L. IT AGAIN.’ .
МммрнХ Ийадам/// WAIT! NO! We have to stay together!
THERE Нин? Shut up. Gah! Maria, wait! I SEEEEE YOOOOOU. I’M GETTING CL0000S95EEERRR ITS JUST A RECORPING. IT'S COMING FROM EVERYWHERE. I PON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ACTUALLY IN HERE WITH US. л Well, let’s ***• FINP THE EXIT BEFORE WE HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEORY ...
Carlton?

There! Where did YOU GO? 'YOU CAN'T HIIIIIDE... Come pack here! I CAN HEEEAARRR Y0000U...
JESSICA? Stop! We DON'T KNOW WHERE IT is! LOOKING FOR YOU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WE HAVE TO GET THEM . OUT, Something GOT ONE OF THE KIDS, A LiTTUE SOY. DIDN'T SEE WHERE IT WENT. /
What? I OWE IT TO MICHAEL. Here, TAKE THIS. Anything I SHOULD KNOW? This ends today. One way OR ANOTHER. NOT ONE MORE CHILD DIES DECAUSE OF THAT PSYCHOPATH. Afton's still ALIVE If there are any in THE HALLS WITH US, I CAN DRAW THEM OFF, AND YOU . ALL CAN ESCAPE. IT MAKES YOU INVISIBLE TO THE ANIMATRONICS. YOU AND MARLA TAKE THESE KIDS OUT, AND I'LL FIND THE OTHER ONE THEY TOOK. У OH, REALLY, MARLA? IS THAT WHAT WE SHOULD SE DOING? Here / was painting k. MY NAILS. A
Look. What is THAT? Were getting CLOSER . .
Run!
АН! Hurry! I've GOT YOU.
PHEW< THERE. OH NO. We neep to KEEP MOVING. We're so close. ITS RIGHT— &UT THE KIPS AREN'T. THOSE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WHEN Carlton anp l К CAME IN! . . .. BECAUSE WE WERE INVISIBLE TO THEM.
it pit Owl WHAT'S THAT?.' WAS THAT THERE A SECOND \GO?

Get them out! Jessica, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Hey! Over here! Just get them Outside!
GO! GOOD! Good! YOU'RE GOING TO BE u OKAY! I REALLY SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH! л

MY WAY out! THANK you! r Its STILL CHASING ME. 1ГЭ STILL CHASING

I'M FINE. •zHUFF, HuFFf- JESSICA! Are you all HIGHT? Nothing TO SEE HERE NOW. . . COME ... COME So, WHO WANTS TO VI&IT A POLICE u STATION? j

Remember, John? Nice hit, put THAT WAS JUST ROUND < ONE. > JUST LIKE BY THE OLD OAK TREE WHEN WE WERE LITTLE ...
Hello? \XMLVV4K Hello? I'M NOT LETTING WHAT HAPPENED TO Michael happen to you. To ANYONE, ever к AGAIN. WHERE ARE YOU? 4 * The less time EITHER OF SPEND A IN HERE, THE SETTER. л
Hello? COMING, YOU. YOU FOUND meeeeee! Where ARE YOU? I SEE YOU. . I HEAR rou... Okay, well, I DON'T SEE—
WHAAAAAA Pappy? Why don't I show you? What am I?! WHAT are YOU? Ugh. Pathetic. . AAATIS THIS? I SAIP NOT TO DISTURB NO. NOT YOUR DADDY. Mine. LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS. I'LL LISTEN TO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY, JUST DON'T . HURT HIM MORE. WHY YOU? WHAT ARE YOU? WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL, OVER ANP OVER AGAIN? A

Okay, now I know Гм CLOSE. Thanks for playing! Come AGAAAAIN . . 50000N-
HER. are you paying ATTENTION, CHARUE? Sol BECAME HER. I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO MAKE MY FATHER LOVE ME LIKE HE LOVED...
My name is Elizabeth. And the ANGER ISN'T FROM HER. There was SCREAMING. MY ANGER IS FROM A DIFFERENT FATHER. REMEM PER HEARING HER SCREAM. ' I DON'T BELIEVE THIS \ story. This thing that LOOKS LIKE ME. THAT KILLED MY AUNT? I WON'T BELIEVE FOR A SECOND THAT IT'S POSSESSED BY THE SPIRIT OF THAT SWEET AND . V INNOCENT GIRL. A w ITS STRANGE ” TO REMEMBER THE SAME MOMENT FROM TWO PAIRS OF EYES, BUT THEN WE к WERE ONE. A IT WAS COMING FROM ME, SUT...
Who is that? What is he holding? Hesegan TO TREAT IT AS THOUGH HE STILL HAD A . DAUGHTER. , HOW PO YOU have this? This IS MY MEMORY, v NOT YOURS! , NO, IT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT DOES BELONG ч TO YOU. > I REMEMBER THIS. .. YOU PON'T RECOGNIZE her? That's Ella, of course. ITS ALL YOUR FATHER HAD LEFT к AFTER YOU WERE TAKEN. л r Of course, HE WASN'T CONTENT WITH THAT. YOU HAP TO GROW UP. 50 HE u MAPE MORE. . ТНАГ'Э NOT | 1 I Aj- У He cried over that " 7 I CHEAP STORE-BOUGHT RAG gLj POLL FOR TWO MONTHS. Cried into it, bled into IT, POURED HIS GRIEF ALL OVER IT.
JEN, I SWEAR SHE IS MORE THAN Put the reason THIS ONE SEEMS SO REAL... A SON? 0ut Sammy DIEP ... What is this, fake bloop? Henry, JUST BECAUSE YOU can make a poll THAT BLEEPS- У r YOU HAVE A ~ son, Henry. A living son. And YOUR WIFE. . She’s here. My Charue is HERE . .. She REMEMBERS, Jen. She REMEMBERS ... IS BECAUSE YOU'RE DESTROYING YOUR MIND WITH THESE FREQUENCIES AND COPES— . No. Henry. YOU REMEMBER. ZAP YOUR HEAP WITH ENOUGH OF THESE RAYS ANP I BET YOUR TEAKETTLE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR k. LOST FAMILY. S She’s not LOST ANYMORE. She's in this POLL. . She walks, she talks. Of course she does, Henry. Everything you build < CAN WALK OR TALK. < They can > STILL BE PART OF YOUR LIFE BUT YOU HAVE TO LET GO < OF THIS. >
•зи. WHO ELSE COULD IT BE? I’M UNIQUE. YOU HAD TO GROW UP. 50, HE MADE MORE. ~ DO YOU KNOW > WHY MY EYES WERE ALWAYS GLOWING? WHY I TWITCHED ANO SHUDDERED IN L. THE DARK? A OF COURSE, HE WASN'T CONTENT WITH THAT. That was YOU? I THOUGHT . IT WAS— . Watching him as r THE HOURS PASSED, AS HE 1 CREATED TOYS FOR THE LITTLE Charlie, unicorns anp bunnies THAT MOVED ANP TALKEP. I HUNG к IN THE PARK, WAITING. / X. ABANDONED. S V It WAS BECAUSE YOUR FATHER LEFT ME TURNED ON ALL THE TIME, Every moment, every PAY, I WAS AWARE, к ANP UNFINISHED. л
-^яй» Then, at last, SHE WOULD BE A woman. Finished. . Perfect. Me. Зит SOMETHING CHANGED AS HENRY LABORED, RACKED WITH GRIEF OVER HIS LITTLE GIRL. The second Charlotte he made when HE WAS IN THE DEPTH OF MADNESS, ALMOST BELIEVING THE LIES HE TOLD HIMSELF. The sulky TEENAGER. THE UTTLEST Charlotte was MADE WITH A BROKEN heart. She cried ALL THE TIME, DAY AND NIGHT. She was AS HOPELESSLY DESPERATE FOR HER FATHER'S LOVE AS HE WAS FOR HERS. When Henry began TO MAKE THE FOURTH, HIS DESPAIR TURNED TO RAGE. HE SEETHED AS HE SOLDERED HER SKELETON TOGETHER, POURING HIS ANGER INTO THE FORGE WHERE HE SHAPED HER BONES. All the while, he made our MEMORIES WITH A VIDEO CAMERA. I'M SURE THEY'VE BEEN ELABORATED UPON. EDITED AND EMBELLISHED, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, HE MADE US. / The third > Charlotte he made WHEN HE BEGAN TO REALIZE HE'D GONE MAD. The third Charlotte 4 WAS STRANGE. у / WAS NOT Charlotte-drenched GRIEF. / WAS MADE ALIVE WITH HENRY'S FURY. First a baby, THEN A LITTLE GIRL . . .
Rage IT 15 A RATHER CRUEL IRONY THAT I WOULD ESCAPE THE LIFE OF ONE NEGLECTED DAUGHTER ONLY TO EMBODY ANOTHER. YOU ARE WRONG. PO YOU KNOW THE FIRST WORDS YOUR FATHER EVER SPOKE TO ME? HE TRIED TO FIX THE FLAW HE SAW IN ME, AT FIRST. BUT WHAT WAS wrong, as Henry saw it, was the VERY THING THAT MADE ME ALIVE. AFTON STOLE YOU FROM MY FATHER. J. Jew Вит THAT WAS Sammy .. /\np Henry TOOK ME RIGHT BACK ANP LOCKED ME IN THAT CLOSET. How LONG Л COULD YOU HEAR ME CALL TO YOU BEFORE YOU FINALLY LISTENED AND CAME FOR ME? Л My father abandoned ME. HENRY ABANDONED ME. Of COURSE, I COULD NOT COMPREHEND THOSE MEMORIES UNTIL 1 HAD RECEIVED A SOUL OF MY OWN, ONCE I TOOK IT FOR MYSELF.
RIGHT HERE. Sammy's ALIVE, DON'T YOU GET YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SOUL OF Charue. And IF I HAD TO GUESS ... ~ you're a ghost л OF A MAN'S REGRET. YOU'RE THE SAD LITTLE TEARS THAT FELL UNCEREMONIOUSLY INTO A DOLL THAT USED к TO BELONG TO У Charue. s' r He grew up. He DOESN'T EVEN KNOW you exist! Because YOU'RE NOT HIS SISTER. YOU'RE NOT Charue. s
Kid? CONTAGIOUS. Carlton Michael? yes. Heat. Pest to put it INTO SOMETHING YOU CONTROL TO SOME EXTENT. Please. PLEASE, MISTER . Are you okay? Come, ON. WE RE GETTING U OUT OF HERE. л But one PROP .. .PIXIE DUST... r ...AND YOU CAN CREATE A MONSTER YOU MOSTLY CONTROL, ONE WITH UNLIMITED POTENTIAL. Save him, too. He hurts so bad. He says IT'S HOT. A Of course you can MAKE SOMETHING YOU CONTROL COMPLETELY, WITH NO WILL OF ITS OWN. A CAR. A GUN. A DANCING ROBOT. k. BORING. Heat is the key to all of this. Makes it MALLEABLE, MOLDABLE, AND ONE MIGHT EVEN кк SAY... Л
GASP- V^HAT APE YOU DOING? They do EVERYTHING WILLINGLY. Well, that's the point. Trial anp error.’ Michael is in there?.’ HOW COULD YOU DO к THIS to them? л Зит YOU'LL MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. ME SHOW YOU! MAYBE THE HEART WAS TOO . PIRECT. USUALLY THIS GOES INTO SOMETHING MECHANICAL, SOMETHING I'VE u MAPE. > Anp they STILL TRUST ME. YOUR friend Michael, he SEEMS TO REMEMBER YOU. TOO . .. A r The process ONLY TRULY WORKS IF THEY FREELY RELEASE A PORTION OF L. THEMSELVES. A
Anp still it is YOU HE WANTS. ARE YOU STILL LISTENING TO ME. Charlie? Unlike you. I WAS REAL. f I WAS \ AN ACTUAL LITTLE GIRL, ONE WHO DESERVED THE KIND OF ATTENTION SHOWERED к OVER YOU. A < EMERGED FROM THE FLAMES AND THE WRECKAGE of Henry's last great failure, AND I WENT TO MY FATHER. I GAVE MYSELF TO HIM, TO STUDY. TO . USE, TO LEARN THE SECRETS . OF MY CREATION. YOU, MAYBE Г HE CAN RE-CREATE. Henry somehow got a PIECE OF HIMSELF INTO YOU, ANP THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN SEFORE. A He CAN’T DUPLICATE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, OR MAYBE HE'S TOO SCARED TO TRY IT ON HIMSELF. I SROKE FREE OF MY , V PRISON. I HATE, BECAUSE EVEN " NOW. I'M STILL NOT ENOUGH. Even after this, embodying THE ONE THING FATHER DID LOVE, I'M NOT ENOUGH. BECAUSE HE CAN’T DUPLICATE THIS. HE 4 CAN'T MAKE HIMSELF у LIKE ME. YOU WERE \ NOTHING. PO YOU WANT TO Ж KNOW WHERE MY HATE 1 Ш COMES FROM? IT'S NOT FROM THIS MACHINE THAT I RESIDE В IN, AND IT'S NOT FROM MY Ж PAST LIFE, IF THAT'S WHAT . YOU WANT TO CALL IT. A
WHUH Michael Thanks. friends. The green? Please? I KNOW THIS PICTURE. .. Can you GET THE GREEN FOR ME? , What are YOU PUTTING PACK < TOGETHER? > SEE? THEY'RE ALL IN >\ PIECES. ( I HAVE TO PUT THEM PACK ^TOGETHER- What\— — ARE YOU I DOING? J - ft
who's that? That's Afton .. Our FRIEND. And THEY DON'T KNOW... This isn't REAL. No.’ They're SLOWING AWAY . AGAIN.’ > That's okay. I KNOW HOW TO HELP. Levs get these sack u TOGETHER. >
о блн! We both know HE WON'T BE ABLE TO RE-CREATE YOU, EITHER, j I KNOW IT M-M-MAY. S-5TR0NGER THAN YOU ... L-L-LOOK. BEEN POING SIT-UPS ... I THINK I HATE YOU MORE THAN I LOVE HIM . . . r Anp THE REAL OUESTION WOULP BE. WOULP WE REALLY WANT HIM TO? L. 0E5IPES ... S-SSOUND VERY CHILDISH OF ME. 3UT IF HE P-D0E5N'T WANT ME ...
Charlie? IT'S OKAY, JOHN. I’LL BE RIGHT OUT! Then he DOESN’T GET YOU, EITHER. HOW FAR DO YOU THINK I CAN GET WITH HIM BEFORE HE NOTICES?
G*.SP> Neither of us WERE. YOU WERE RIGHT, ELIZABETH. I WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. л
I LOVE YOU, TOO, JOHN,. I NEVER HAD A LIFE ... IT'S NOT F-F-FAIR


Fritz! YOU GOT them! That's Susie! Cassidy? And Gabriel! Here, right here! They're COMING SACK.
My time is RUNNING SHORT. Something for WHO? Yes, he is! BONNIE ISN'T YOUR FRIEND. BRING HIM TOME. Unfortunate. I HOPED TO LEARN SOMETHING. BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. „ Maybe we just need SOME NEW LIFE IN THIS u MASS OF METAL, л I CAN THINK OF A FEW THINGS TO TRY. AT THE YERY LEAST, IT WILL BE FUN. k. LIKE OLD TIMES. > I HAZE TO GO GET SOMETHING u FOR HIM. . YOU'LL HAYE TO FORGIVE ME, THOUGH, AS I’M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO DO THAT, EITHER. Л r Bonnie. He WANTS TO BRING A NEW FRIEND FOR US AND HE NEEDS к MY HELP. >
See? The rabbit ISN'T YOUR FRIEND. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I'LL DO IT MYSELF! . THIS IS THE > BAD MAN. HE'S THE BAD MAN WHO < HURT YOU. > ...AND HE’S ABOUT TO HURT SOMEONE . ELSE. > Listen, we’re all TOGETHER NOW. IF YOU LEAVE, YOU'LL BE < LOST AGAIN. Л


Carlton Ittus Michael? Carlton? Carlton, HANG ON! Keep this. Go be WITH YOUR FRIENPS. No! ire A PART OF YOU! YOU'LL DIE WITHOUT Yeah, I THINK HE'S OKAY... YOU CAN GJ/E IT TO ME NEXT TIME YOU к SEE ME. J We're going TO GET YOU OUT OF . here! Carlton, IS HE OKAY NOW? .
WHERE'S Dap? All of them?/ YES. YOU SAVED THE LAST ONE. I'M RIGHT HERE. 50, WHAT HAPPENED THEN? And Charlie? Are the KIDS ALL RIGHT? YOU GAVE US A SCARE, AND IT WASN'T A PRACTICAL JOKE L THIS TIME. . THEY'RE SAFE. ALL OF THEM. . OH, WHATEVER. I PRACTICALLY AM A NURSE, AND I WANT TO KNOW к WHAT HAPPENED. > Ouch, Marla! Please/ The NUR5E SAID I NEED TO SLEEP. J EPILOGUE.
ANP WHAT ABOUT NOT-CHARUE? I'M GOING TO KEEP LOOKING. OW! Marla! you CAN'T PO THAT... < WE DON'T know. I've been OUT TO LOOK FOR HER, ANP I'M GOING TO KEEP LOOKING FOR HER, BUT < SO FAR... Л
I ALMOST DIED!" UGH. “Just like Marla or Carlton or Jessica ... I LOVE ALL MY u FRIENDS1'' > I MEAN. YOU'VE SEEN MY FRIEND SINCE < FOREVER!