Charlie and Cassidy lay on their stomachs and watched the chaos from above.

"What made you like me all of a sudden?" Cassidy said. "Didn't you try to purge me from the living world?"

Charlotte replied, "Well yeah. But we're actually dead now. So there's no reason to fight. Plus making him suffer is so much fun."

Cassidy laughed. "That is true."

The instinctive expressions on Afton's face every time before he died were priceless. As they continued to watch on though, he seemed more crafty. He'd survive a bit longer than usual on occasion.

"Didn't you say this was impossible, Charlotte?"

"I said it was designed to be impossible. Maybe he's just too smart. Oh wait nope he just died again."

Afton began to struggle for the next few months. Then he just stopped. He wouldn't defend himself from attackers and just sat there with his eyes closed. Cassidy was bothered by it and Charlotte decided to stop the program for a second with a wave of her hand.

Both girls went down to where Afton was.

"What the here is wrong with you?" Cassidy spat at Afton. "You're supposed to be screaming and crying like you used to."

Afton said quietly, "There's no point in fighting it if it ends in death anyway. Why try?"

Charlotte pondered this and sat down on the floor to think. Then she stood up. "I got it! Why don't we do this: You can choose which of the 50 of us you want to battle at a time, but if you beat all 50 of us like intended, then you'll be free. You'll still be dead though."

Elizabeth appeared beside them, now older. "That's not fair! Daddy's too smart and we'll lose."

"Elizabeth? You look just like Eleanor now . . ." Afton said confused.

"Yes, I'm here too. Just cause I wanted to please you in the living world doesn't mean I like you down here. You're so bad that Michael didn't even want to participate because your face was too ugly." And with that, she crossed her arms and poofed away.

The clipboard reappeared and Charlie said, "Well, we'll see if you get out or not. We'll probably just make up a new torture for you if you escape so don't get your hopes up."

The girls disappeared and the program resumed, this time with a restaurant-like menu sitting under the desk for William to choose the enemies from.

*****

Afton smirked to himself and chose only Freddy for his first run. He'd convinced the girls to make it easier on him.

Then he spent a day practicing and learning the best way to defeat only Freddy. Then Chica for a day. Then Bonnie for a day.

After going through all 49 mascots on the menu, he did it again. And again. And again. Attempting to perfect his playing process. Then he moved onto the "combo deals".

"Bears Attack"

"Pay Attention"

"Ladies Night"

"Creepy Crawlies"

Dealing with hodgepodges of enemies, trying to perfect his playing style. Getting better at surviving. Then something happened. They got more aggressive.

Afton assumed it's because he was getting better at beating them, but he didn't feel like questioning them. Then Charlie joined the fun.

Seeing the Puppet was triggering to Afton because it reminded him of Henry's first solo location. But he continued on.

Every time he would get better at beating them, their aggression would increase. Months turned to a year.

And he thought he might never leave.