Race Against Time

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## Race Against Time

### Release date

March 27, 2016

"**Race Against Time**" is the sixth episode of *Season 3*, the third season of *FNAF: The Stories*, and the 29th episode overall.

It was released on March 27, 2016.

## Plot

Looking around and finding the remains of his friends, Bonnie becomes incredibly worried when he discovers that Toy Chica is in the worst state out of all of them, seeing that most of her exoskeleton has been destroyed and inadvertently getting her to wake up using a strange new power that he had received during Springtrap's attack at the previous pizzeria. She also wakes up and sees her own incredibly damaged state, informing Bonnie that Springtrap was the one responsible for it when he asks who had brought it upon her (which is inconsistent with what was shown prior, since he only damaged her eyes in the last episode and hadn't done anything more to her than that before having malfunctioned due to the bell chime), and having to hold him back when he tries to go to find him. Toy Chica tells him that Springtrap is far too powerful for them to be taking on at this point, then collapses back to the floor after having stood up for a bit, telling him that she is too weak to be able to do anything. Telling her not to worry and that he'd wake the others up using his revival ability, Bonnie does just that, but finds that he can't wake up Chica before soon passing out due to an implied stress caused by his situation.

Elsewhere, Springtrap spends his time wandering throughout the building in search of an exit, examining the Phantoms that he had created along the way but ultimately dismissing them so he can try and find out how to leave.

Meanwhile in Bonnie's subconscience, he is visited by Golden Freddy and finds out indirectly that the reason why he had gained his earlier power was because the former had hid his soul in his head after having his physical form destroyed, also stating that Springtrap isn't aware of the fact that he is still among the living. Deciding at that moment to inquire who Springtrap is, unfamiliar with the name despite having it told to him by Toy Chica earlier, Golden Freddy explains to Bonnie that Springtrap had once gone by the name of "Spring Bonnie" and was such a close friend to the point where he considered him a brother, but that his old self no longer exists.

Not wanting to dwell on the topic for too long, Golden Freddy asks for confirmation that Bonnie had in fact been able to wake up his friends, to which the latter replies by saying that there were some he couldn't wake up. Golden Freddy tells him that those who hadn't woken up had already been reached by Springtrap, and that they are now Phantoms that are under his control. Bestowing the task of recovering their friends' memories from their forced amnesia upon Bonnie, he tells him what he needs to do to recover them and that Golden Freddy will take care of Springtrap once the crew is reunited.

Bonnie decides afterward to bring up the matter of Toy Chica's disabled state, and Golden Freddy reveals that she is in fact dying because of her lack of a complete costume (something which doesn't make sense because the endoskeleton should be able to function just fine without the costume, given the animatronics' anatomy; however, it can be assumed that this was meant to be an in-universe explanation for Zajcu changing the Toy Chica model he was using for the animations), and will be beyond recovery if she is not repaired by the next morning. Noting that there are most likely spare costumes somewhere in the building just like in the last two locations, Golden Freddy lets Bonnie know that he has to "act quickly" and leaves his subconscience so that he can wake up again. Informing the now conscious Toy Freddy and Toy Bonnie that he is alright and explaining the situation with Toy Chica to them once he gets up, Bonnie pairs up Toy Bonnie and JJ to go to the night guard's office to keep Springtrap occupied while he and Toy Freddy go to look for a spare costume for Toy Chica. During that same moment, Shadow Freddy makes a reappearance and alters Springtrap's mind so that he will by instinct follow the voice of a child once he hears it.

Soon afterward, Springtrap catches Bonnie and Toy Freddy sneaking through the halls and resolves to put them down for good, but is quickly distracted by Balloon Boy's voice over the loudspeakers thanks to JJ and Toy Bonnie, allowing the other two to gain access into the room where they find a costume for Toy Chica being kept. Their triumph is cut short when they realize what kind of costume they've found, however; Toy Freddy delivers the news to Bonnie and explains that the costume is actually a prototype version for Toy Chica's look that was meant to be used in the last pizzeria but never was, and that the two of them have the choice of either going with that one or risking their cover for an even longer period of time so that they can go find her actual costume. Deciding that more searching isn't worth the risk against an enemy much stronger than them, Bonnie tells Toy Freddy to take the costume with them and goes back to Toy Bonnie and JJ, waiting outside the office while they fix Toy Chica.

When she wakes up and looks at her repaired self, Toy Chica is dissatisfied with her new appearance but forces herself to tolerate it when JJ explains that it helped to keep her alive, going to see Bonnie and Toy Freddy and voicing her hope to be able to find her old costume soon. Discarding the destroyed helmet of her old one, an odd presence emits from it and travels towards Shadow Freddy in another area of the building, making him receive an updated form for his right hand that originally belonged to Nightmare (who has yet to be introduced at this point).

## Music

Kevin MacLeod- Rains Will FallKevin MacLeod- Lightless DawnKevin MacLeod- SovereignKevin MacLeod- The Dread
## Episode

The Awakening 2 • The Awakening 3 • **Race Against Time** • Attack of the Phantoms • Trapped in the Mind • Unexpected Meeting • Shadows of the Past • The Return of the Brother

Bonnie's Birthday • Thief • Lost Cupcake • Lost Cupcake 2 • Foxy Foxy • Bad Balloon Boy • New Night Guard • New Night Guard 2 • New Night Guard 3 • Bonnie x Toy Chica • Assistant • Bad Dream
**Season 2**
First Night • Sabotage • Modification • Return • First Meeting • Decision • Trap • Trap 2 • Trap 3 • Hallucinations • The Final Plan
**Season 3**
The Unlucky Night • The First Problems • The Awakening 1 • The Awakening 2 • The Awakening 3 • **Race Against Time** • Attack of the Phantoms • Trapped in the Mind • Unexpected Meeting • Shadows of the Past • The Return of the Brother • The Last Suffering 1 • The Last Suffering 2 • The Last Suffering 3 • Strength in Unity • A New Beginning
**Season 4**
The Unknown Evil • The Suspect • Unexplained Mysteries • The Beginning of the End • The Beginning of the End 2 • The Beginning of the End 3 • Time for Truth • The Traitor • Life of a Traitor 1 • Life of a Traitor 2 • Life of a Traitor 3 • Unstoppable Evil • The Great Escape • Dark Times • Naive Hopes • The Hero's Awakening 1 • The Hero's Awakening 2 • Mysterious Future • Evil Mind • Sinister Choice • The Growing Threat • Hidden Secrets • Time Traveler • Time Traveler 2 • New Intrigue • New Intrigue 2 • New Intrigue 3 • The Battle for Survival 1 • The Battle for Survival 2 • The Battle for Survival 3 • The Nightmare is Real 1 • The Nightmare is Real 2 • The Nightmare is Real 3 • The Last Hope 1 • The Last Hope 2 • The Last Hope 3 • The Time Machine 1 • The Time Machine 2 • The Time Machine 3 • Death Trap 1 • Death Trap 2 • Death Trap 3 • The Beginnings of Chaos 1 • The Beginnings of Chaos 2 • The Beginnings of Chaos 3 • Evil Factory 1 • Evil Factory 2 • Evil Factory 3 • A New World 1 • A New World 2 • A New World 3 • New Possibilities 1 • New Possibilities 2 • New Possibilities 3 • New Possibilities 4 • The Golden Mystery 1 • The Golden Mystery 2 • The Golden Mystery 3 • The Golden Mystery 4 • Friends and Enemies 1 • Friends and Enemies 2 • Friends and Enemies 3 • Friends and Enemies 4 • Secret Weapon 1 • Secret Weapon 2 • Secret Weapon 3 • The Rising Soul 1 • The Rising Soul 2 • The Rising Soul 3 • Deadly Plan 1 • Deadly Plan 2 • Deadly Plan 3 • True Destiny 1 • True Destiny 2 • True Destiny 3 • The Lost One 1 • The Lost One 2 • The Lost One 3 • The Consequence 1 • The Consequence 2 • The Consequence 3 • The Painful Truth 1 • The Painful Truth 2 • The Painful Truth 3 • The Soul Sword 1 • The Soul Sword 2 • The Soul Sword 3 • Shape of Madness 1 • Shape of Madness 2 • Shape of Madness 3