Welcome to Wonderland
Disclaimer: This story contains scenes with non-con sex and blood. You have been warned.
Alex and his friends decided to visit an abandoned amusement park to record some paranormal activity that's rumored to have been going on there.
Little did they know, they're getting way more than they desired.
The Wonderland amusement park was pretty big, possibly the biggest park there was at that time, located near a dock that was surrounded by a lush forest, where customers can go fishing or just view the birds that frequent that dock. Aside from the dock, fishing, and bird viewing, the park had it all! Water slides, ball pits, kart tracks, ferris wheel, roller coaster, a merry-go-round, and not to mention the countless stands for smaller games like darts and such. As well as the loveable mascots that were the faces of the park, the children and even some adults LOVED those whacky animatronics.
It was deemed a jewel of the amusement and entertainment industry!
Unfortunately, the owner of the park at the time suddenly decided to move his business elsewhere, didn’t even sell the land or the park, he just left it there to rot and rust away. Eventually, the place was deemed a danger zone from all the rusting and eroded metals and structures, even the power was cut, so the mechanical games couldn’t run.
The park was totally abandoned. Left at the mercy of the elements.
However, there have been rumors of activity in the park, especially during the full moon. No one knows what is happening, and all who are foolish enough to try and find out disappear and are never seen again.
“Is anyone else excited?” Alex, a young man with a pale skin tone and black hair asked as he fidgeted in his seat with excitement, dressed in a plain grey t-shirt with a navy blue hoodie over it and some shorts, his glasses briefly shining as they reflected the light of the occasional lamp post. He and his friends, members of the Occult and Supernatural studies club in their college rode in his boyfriend’s car, making their way towards none other than Wonderland amusement park.
“Calm down, babe. Don’t want you catching fire from all the fidgeting.” Alex’s boyfriend, Ashton jokingly warned, the muscular, tanned blonde-haired man with a faint beard stubble would take side glances at the excited Alex. Unlike his smaller boyfriend, Ash was simply wearing a black tank top and gym shorts, pretty much putting his muscular, somewhat hairy body on display, just how Alex likes it.
“I can’t help it! I always wanted to visit the place when I was a kid, but never got the chance.” Alex explained before propping his arm on the door, looking out the window at the passing trees. “Too bad that my first ever visit is under such circumstances.”
“Well, at least we’ll have the place to ourselves, no?” Ash suggested as he gently held Alex’s other hand in his own, giving it a small squeeze.
“Hey, love birds! Keep it in the bedroom, will ya?” Came the chuckling voice of Dominic, another member of their club and Ashton’s friend, as well as a fellow football teammate. The tall, dark-skinned man was a bit hunched up in the relatively small car, his head would scrape across the roof of the car. He was dressed somewhat similarly to Alex, but he had a dark-colored t-shirt instead of a tank top that hugged his herculean figure pretty tightly.
“Can’t believe you guys dragged me into this.” Reece, the fourth and final member of their adventuring group, he pretty much looks like a hippie for the lack of a better word, with light tan skin, long dirty-blonde hair that was pretty shaggy, almost unkempt, even covered his eyes most of the time, messy beard stubble and lots of ear piercings. He was dressed in a black, beanie, a red hoodie with the zippers open and nothing underneath, displaying his hairy chest and a nice set of abs on his lean body, he was also wearing sweatpants instead of shorts and some track shoes.
“Oh, zip it, Reeces. You were just as excited as the rest of us.” Alex shot back with an amused chuckle. Reeces was a play on his name as it sounded very close to that chocolate of the same(-ish) name.
“You didn’t tell me that we’re gonna do a night stakeout, though. We don’t even have any camping equipment… well, save for the portable cooker and water boiler.” He grumbled something else under his breath, but no one could hear it, as he shoved his hands into his hoodie’s pockets and manspread himself in his seat, his knee gently tapping Dominic’s own.
“We’re not gonna stay there for long, just canvas the place, set up some equipment and we’re out of there.” Dominic assured him with a couple of small taps on his thigh, giving it a small squeeze. “Nothing to worry about. Doubt we’re gonna find anything in there.”
“Yeah, but… what if something pounces at us from the darkness. You heard the stories and rumors. Not to mention all of the people that have disappeared.” Reece visibly shivered as he remembered the reports he researched and read, prior to their little venture.
“And yet, there are no concrete evidence to anything. That’s what we’re going to prove tonight.” Ashton explained, glancing briefly at Reece through the rearview mirror.
“Just hope it doesn’t kill us, though.” This time, his muttering was heard by the others.
“Oh, stop being such a drama queen, man!” Dominic gave him a hard, reassuring smack to the back. “What’s the worst that can happen, eh?”
“Famous last words man. Famous last words.” Reece muttered again, just as they drove past the withered and rusted sign that read ‘Welcome to Wonderland’.
*CLACK* The sound of the bolt cutters cutting the chains holding the gates closed almost echoed around the empty forest, followed by the creaking of the rusted gates as they slowly swayed open. “Okay, this is exciting… but pretty spooky, too.” Alex stated as he stood by the car, his eyes taking in the sight of the wide sign that must’ve been so bright and magnificent to behold back in the day.
“Little help back here?” Reece called to get his attention. “The faster we get our stuff in and set up, the faster we can ditch this place.”
“Okay, okay. No need to get your panties in a bunch, man.” They didn’t have too much stuff, just some cameras with night-vision function, a tablet that wirelessly connects to said cameras, mics to record sounds, and finally, some snacks and drinks to keep them energized during the setup.
As they walked in, passing by the many empty game stalls, even the prize toys were left there to rot, Reece stopped in his tranks, sweat running down his face, a sudden and powerful sense of dread and the feeling that someone was watching them took over. Slowly turning his head, he only saw a glimpse of something glowing, resembling eyes perhaps, ducking behind one of the stalls and out of sight. “Ok… not even a minute in and I’m already seeing things, hehe…” He chuckled shakily, his voice filled with nerves, picking up speed in his walking to catch up with the others.
They set up their ‘base’ in the security office, which was located, near the center of the park, probably where most people used to clamor around. (Un)Luckily for him, being the only computer and electronics expert of the group, Reece was left on monitoring duty, while the others scattered to place the cameras and mics in optimal positions to catch whatever sound and/or movement they can, each carrying a radio transceiver with them for communication as using their cellphones would take longer, plus there’s no reception this deep in the woods.
Alex was setting up one near the ferris wheel, his heart slightly pounding in his chest, almost afraid that something will jump at him at any time… until something patted his shoulder, all of a sudden. “GAH!!” He jumped and quickly spun around in fear, but instantly relaxed as he saw it was Ashton. “Dammit, Ash… don’t scare me like that.” He gave him a hard punch to one of his pecs, but the taller man wasn’t phased.
“Sorry, had to mess with ya a bit. You look absolutely adorable when you’re scared, though~” Ashton teased as he stepped closer, their bodies inches from touching.
“Really now?” Alex, somehow sensing the delightful shift in Ashton’s tone took that last step and their bodies were pressed against one another. “I hope that this won’t turn into another kinky play of yours~”
“Oh, please. You love my kinkiness~” Ashton chuckled in a husky voice, right before pressing their lips together in a hot kiss, the lip-smacking was a bit loud and accompanied by equally loud moaning. Ashton’s hand slowly slipped under Alex’s t-shirt, slowly rubbing over his abs before eventually reaching his meaty pecs, his thumbs tracing the surgery scar under them before focusing on those puffy, thick nipples.
“Mmmmhhmmm…” Alex moaned deeply into the kiss, one hand sliding under the back of Ashton’s tank top, briefly rubbing at his wide lats before moving further back, rubbing his lightly hair back, while his other hand slipped into the back of his shorts, groping and kneading at the footballer’s muscular, bubble butt, even slipping a couple of fingers into his crack and teasing his pucker, which earned him a delighted hum from his boyfriend.
“Mmhh~ Someone’s eager~” Ashton teased after breaking the kiss, giving Alex’s nose tip a tiny lick before moving down to his neck, peppering it with small kisses and licks, while his hand slowly moved down and into the front of his boyfriend’s shorts, his fingers instantly finding the pussy that was there instead of the expected cock and balls, gently dipping a finger inside and letting it wiggle and swirl around for a bit.
“Hooohhh-fuck…” That got an instant reaction from Alex, as his body stiffened briefly before relaxing again, his pussy loosening and willingly opening up to the invading finger, that’s when Ashton added another one, electing a small moan out of Alex.
“Fuck, I love the sounds I can get out of you~” Ashton growled huskily, giving Alex’s neck a small and quick bite before pulling back, pulling his hand out of his boyfriend’s pussy and pants, giving the fingers he used a quick and thorough cleaning, making a show out of it for Alex. “Mmm, tasty~”
“You’re such a freak.” Alex blushed as he gave the other male a small smack to his big and hard bicep.
“Good thing I’m your freak then, yes?” He once again locked their lips together, this time in a softer kiss than earlier. “Mmmrrr~” He let out a small growl as he felt Alex’s hand slipping into his shorts, grabbing hold of his large, hard cock and slowly stroking it.
*KSSHHT* [Ayo! You love birds done, yet?] The sudden voice of Reece through the transceiver that Asthon was carrying. [Not that I mind the show, though. Feel free to keep going.]
Both Ashton and Alex looked at the transceiver in confusion, then each other, then at the camera that Alex has just set up and activated, noticing that the small bulb it had was flashing red, indicating that it was active and recording. “Reece, you fucking pervert.” Ashton growled playfully.
*KSSHHT* [I’m not the one who’s getting ready to ‘get it on’ in such an open place. What if there were kids around?]
“Haha, very funny, dude.” Alex retorted as he rolled his eyes in amusement, but a hint of irritation in his voice. Things were going pretty good before the cockblocker butted in.
*KSSHHT* [Just hurry up and get back if you’re done. The water boiler is done and your ramen is getting soggy.]
“Well, you heard the man.” Ashton let out a small irritated huff as he adjusted his shorts a bit, yet there was still a pretty hefty-looking lump going down the left leg, the very tip of his cock was actually poking out.
“Gonna bust his ass hard for this.” Alex promised as he adjusted his own clothes before the two of them began the walk back to the security office.
*KSSHHT* [Reeces! Is the camera good up here?] Dominic asked through his own transceiver.
Reece slurped up his instant ramen real quick before answering with a full mouth. “Ya! Ish goo! *gulp* It’s good!”
*KSSHT* [You swallowing cock over there?] Dominic let out a small laugh at his own jab.
“Very funny dude.”
*KSSHHT* [Yeah, I know you. You prefer this BBC to gobble on, instead~]
“DUDE!” Reece practically snarled into his transceiver at the man on the other side, electing a louder laugh from Dominic.
*KSSHHT* [Easy babe. They can’t hear us and I’m pretty sure we’re on opposite sides of the park at this point.] There was a brief pause from Dominic’s end before he spoke again. [Why are you afraid of telling them? They’re the very last people who would judge, if ever.]
Reece just let out a deep sigh. “I just… don’t feel comfortable with letting them know…” He rubbed at his neck as if trying to rub out the nerves. Before they became friends, Reece… wasn’t the biggest fan of LGBT people, especially transgenders, and was very vocal about it. But after joining the O&SS and working closely with Ashton and Alex, his views changed drastically over time, he even ended up experimenting with Dominic which eventually turned into something more.
Now he’s afraid that if Ashton and Alex knew about his relationship, they would mock and ridicule him to no end, which he truly believes is way less than he deserves after his former stance(s), but still, the thought almost haunted him at this point and couldn’t bring himself to tell them and begged Dominic to keep silent, too.
*KSSHT* [I know. But just saying: They’re not gonna judge you, they’re not that kind of people.] Another brief pause. [Alright. Mic is finally up and functioning, heading back now.]
“Alright. And, um… Dom…?” Dominic gave him a questioning hum. “I love you.”
*KSSHT* [Love you too, babe.]
That left Reece all alone with his thoughts, still having this internal battle about whether to let Ashton and Alex know about him and Dom or not, but usually, his fear would win out and end up with keeping his mouth shut… but not tonight. He clenched one hand into a fist as determination welled up inside of him. “If we get out of this in one piece I’m telling them. Come what may, I’ll accept it. If they ditch me for being a hypocrite that’s fine too.”
*CLANK*
“Wha!?” He jumped a bit in his seat as he heard something metallic and heavy slam into something. And it sounded very close. “H-Hello?” No answer. “Ash? Alex?... Dom?” Again, no answer. “Guys… if this is a prank then it’s not funny…” He slowly got up and just as slowly made his way to the door, he could hear his heart pounding hard right in his ear, his hands shaking hard as he reached for the handle… took hold of it and slowly turned it… And FLUNG the door open!... No one was there.
“Phew…” He closed the door and took a few calming breaths to slow down his heart before it exploded before going back to his ramen, he grabbed the cup and down the warm and soothing soup. But just as he lowered the cup… he saw it…
A strange creature, apparently made of corroded metal, resembling one of the mascots of the park, standing there right outside the window, a short distance from the office, unmoving. He slowly reached for the transceiver and changed the frequency to reach everyone. “Uh… guys…”
“We’re lost aren’t we?” Alex more stated than asked as he and Ashton stood in front of one of the broken vending machines that littered the park, his arms crossed just below his chest.
“Have some faith, will ya?” Ashton assured him as he looked around… and found one of the large map posts of the park. “Ah! There we go!” He looked through it real quick until he found the path they need to take to get to the security office quicker. “Ah, good. We’re actually pretty close.”
Just then. *KSSHHT* [Uh… guys…] They heard Reece’s shaky voice through their transceiver.
“Whoah, dude. You okay? You don’t sound so good.” Ashton replied, a hint of worry in his voice, but amusement covered it well.
*KSSHHT* [T-T-There’s someone o-or something outside the office. It’s standing right there just beyond the window…]
“Whoa, didn’t know this trip is gonna be that hard on ya.” While Ashton was a bit amused, Alex now was a bit more worried.
“Think you might need a shrink after this?” Again Ashton joked, earning him a swift smack to the arm from Alex. “Ow!”
*KSSHT* [Guys, be nice! It’s his first time doing something like this. Same for all of us.] Dominic’s voice sounded into their transceivers.
“Whoa! Opened all frequencies, too. Must be serious then.” Ashton continued with his jabbing, getting another smack to the arm.
*KSSHHT* [Ash, you sonuvabich! This is NOT funny! Really not in the mood for your fucking jo-] *CRASH* [AAAHHHH!!]
“Reece!?” Now Ashton dropped all the amusement and became instantly worried, and so were Alex and Dominic. “Reece, what’s going on!? REECE!!”
*KSSHHT* [IT’S IN!!! IT JUST TORE THROUGH THE FUCKING WALL!!!] There was even more smashing and crashing that could be heard from the other side, accompanied by Reece’s screams, but suddenly *Crack* the line went dead.
“Reece? REECE!!!” Ashton tried calling, but the frequency was not going through, he started smacking and shaking his transceiver out of frustration. “The fuck is wrong with this thing!?”
“We have to go NOW!” Before Ashton could reply, Alex was dashing down the path towards the security office, his boyfriend shortly following after him.
It didn’t take them long to arrive at the security office, Dominic meeting them about halfway, but what they discovered horrified them. Not only was there equipment all smashed and broken, but a large portion of the wall, including the door and windows, was smashed to bits, leaving nothing but debris. “What… the fuck…?” Dominic asked in a horrified voice.
“No… nononono… this can’t be happening…” Alex took a couple of shaky steps back before falling down to his knees, holding his head tightly in horror. “This can’t be happening!”
“Alex! Calm down.” Ashton shook him out of his fearful trance by his shoulders. “Look closely…” He turned his head briefly back to the destroyed office. “There’s no blood.”
“Y-You’re right!” Dominic looked around as well and noticed the same thing. “Not even a drop!”
“That means he must’ve been taken somewhere. So, we have a chance of rescuing him, long as we find him quickly.” He gently caressed Alex’s cheek as his boyfriend now had tears streaking down his face. “And we will. Alright?”
Alex couldn’t trust himself to speak and just nodded, wiping the tears and his face with the sleeve of his hoodie before standing up. “Alright… but no separating, okay? I don’t want to lose anyone else tonight.” He got confirming nods from the others and they began searching for clues to where Reece was taken.
Reece slowly woke up, his eyes fluttering open, allowing him to barely take in his surroundings. The first thing he noticed was the stone ceiling above his head, once he looked around, he noticed that he was lying on a bed of… fur? No, it was… synthetic fibers? “What the?” He slowly raised himself up to a seated position, rubbing his head to get rid of the insistent headache he was feeling… then noticed that he was totally naked! “What the!?” He quickly put his hand in front of his crotch, but that didn’t help much since his cock was… pretty lengthy, even when soft.
Once his vision finally cleared, he noticed all the lit candles surrounding the ‘bed’ he was laying on. “Why the fuck do I feel like a damned sacrificial goat here? Hmm… wait a minute…” He looked around a bit more and it finally clicked in his head. “Is this… some sort of lair?” *SCRREEEEE* He suddenly jumped as he heard something metallic scraping hard against the stone walls.
About ten seconds later, a robotic hand with long, sharp fingers appeared from behind the wall, clutching the corner of it, soon followed by the owner of the hand. “Holy shit…” What came into view was an animatronic, it took Reece a few seconds to realize that it was one of the mascots of the park, Twitchy the Rat Rascal. But what he saw in front of him wasn’t the quirky, grey and black colored, supposed ‘villain’ of the park, in fact, it wasn’t anything like the animatronics he saw in his research.
What was in front of him was a monstrosity, wide mouth that opens to sharp, blade-like fangs, eyes are hollow with nothing but small lights for eyes, the muscular-looking body had lots of holes, exposing the endoskeleton and lots of wires, even the tail had lots of spikes jutting out from it, the only ‘normal’ thing about this creature was the messy mohawk on top of its head. The creature crawled eerily along the floor, head and body jittering and twitching menacingly as it hissed and growled like a feral beast, slowly prowling closer and closer.
“H-hey now… y-y-yo-you… you better stay where you are man! I-I-I-I mean it!” Reece tried to sound intimidating, but his voice was shaking too much that even he wasn’t convinced.
He barely blinked when the beast was right over here, pinning him down with his legs pushing against Reece’s own, lifting them up to his hips and effectively spreading them apart. “H-Hey!!” *PAT* Reece’s face turned even paler than usual as he felt something warm and heavy laying on his body, slowly looked down to see the biggest cock he’s ever seen, it looked metallic and robotic, but it had a humanoid design and felt soft and warm against his skin, but the issue was the size, it was about 13-15 inches in length alone, the thing easily reached all the way to just below his chest and was, almost, as wide as his midsection.
The monster then sloooowly pulled back and took hold of Reece’s legs, the human, instantly understanding what was about to happen began struggling. “Hey! Fucking- Let go, dammit!” But he was fighting against a large, demonic robot, so it was pretty futile. His body froze once he felt that leaking tip press against his ass. “Waitwaitwait nonononono- *SHCLRK* HUHHGGH!” His body arced as he felt that cock spear right into him, he couldn’t even scream, the wind was knocked right out of him and the shocking pain was pretty intense. He looked down in time to see his belly bulging out with that cock making itself at home inside of him. “Fuck… so… deep…” He gritted his teeth as hot tears streamed down his face.
Then he felt the beast begin moving, slowly pulling himself back till just the head remained, he was hoping that this… creature was done, but knew deep down that his torture had just begun… which was confirmed when *WHAP* “GYAAAHH!!” That robotic cock speared into him again… then again… and again and again, in no time, the demonic mascot was fucking him in earnest, electing moans, whines, gasps, and other strained sounds out of him. His eyes, through blurry, tear-filled vision, could see it, even without being able to make an expression, he could see it in the beasts eyes.
The bastard was enjoying it, a bit too much. A long, robotic tongue slithered out of it’s ‘mouth’, dripping with a strange substance that looked suspiciously close to saliva, those eyes glimmering with a strange hunger and desire. Soon enough, he- or it- picked up speed, almost rapid-thrusting into the human under him, bulging out his belly each time. “Ah… fuck! Please! Slow…!” Reece tried pleading mid-thrusts, but couldn’t get a proper sentence out.
But that cock was, despite the circumstances, reaching some pretty nice places inside, but one of those thrusts made that monstrous cock press against a not-so-nice button. “Aaaaahhhh!” And Reece lost control of his bladder, pissing all over himself, which only sprayed around more as the beast kept thrusting throughout, his evil eyes glowing with a sadistice excitement as more drool trickled down the sides of those metallic jaws of his, his hunger growing by the second.
His maw suddenly opened widely, those fangs gleaming menacingly, and with a loud, snarling-hiss…
And lunged at Reece.
“Anything?” Alex asked the other two as they searched around the game stalls.
“No, nothing.” Ashton informed, slightly out of breath. “Dom?” He asked Dominic just as he came into view.
“Nothing over here, either.” Dominic wiped some sweat off of his forehead. “Guess we’re off to the attractions then.
The trio did so hastily, first checking the merry-go-round. “Anything?” It was Ashton who asked this time, but got negative answers from both of them. “Fuck… this place is huge. He could literally be anywhere!”
“We have to keep looking!” Alex urged as he held Ashton’s hand. “Please.”
“Hey, hey. Didn’t say I’m gonna stop. Not going to until we find… something.” The tone with which he said the last bit was worrying, but Dominic and Alex decided to drop it.
“Well, any more idea-” *THUMP* The trio froze in place as something heavy landed on the roof of the merry-go-round. “That… did not sound good.”
*THUMP… THUMP… THUMP…* Whatever was up there slowly stepped closer and closer to the edge and stopped… all of them held their breaths and braced themselves for whatever was coming. Suddenly, a pair of robotic hands appeared, clutching the edges of the roof… and popped down the head of an animatronic mascot, a bear, it seems. “HOLY SHIT!!” Dominic cried out just as the monstrous animatronic dropped down, the outerbody had a muscular build, but lots of bits and parts were missing, exposing lots of wires and parts of the endoskeleton, not to mention that it was missing the right arm from the elbow down.
Before the creature could even move, the trio dashed away in hopes of losing the monster, but they didn’t get far as another one, a fox-like animatronic literally landed in front of them, and then two more, a hippo and a mouse suddenly appeared on the right, while the from the left came out a dog and a wolf, all of them had, apparently, bright colors and patterns on their bodies, but all of that was faded due to age, rust, and corrosion. Not to mention the monstrous looks with the blade-like fangs, the long, sharp claws, and menacingly glowing eyes.
They were surrounded.
“Oh god… what are those thing!?” Alex was hyperventilating at this point as he looked around, frantically trying to find a way out.
Ashton looked around as well, and noticed that, even though he was one of the biggest in build, the bear seemed to be the one who lost most of his parts and bits. He slowly and discretely pulled out his car keys from his pocket and just as discretely handed placed them in Alex’s hands, his boyfriend looking very confused. “You’re the smallest and fastest one of us here and know how to drive a manual. Plus, you should know the layout of this place better than us.”
Instantly catching on to what Ashton was implying, he shook his head. “No! Nononon! Nuh-uh, I’m not doing it.”
“Better listen to him, Alex.” Dominic added with a nudge to Alex’s arm. “At least one of us needs to get out of here and warn others. Just… be sure not to get sent to the funny farm, while doing it.”
Before Alex could get another word in, Ashton and Dominic both roar out as they dashed right at the bear behind them, slamming into him shoulders first and knocking him down. “GO!!!” Was the only command Ashton gave, more out of fear than anything, Alex found his legs moving on their own as he rushed past them, with both footballers getting up to follow suit.
Only for Dominic to be grabbed by his ankle, causing him to fall to the floor, the bear having a tight grip on as the others slowly shuffled toward him. “GO GO GO!!!” He cried out to Alex and Ashton who stopped to look back, right before the animatronics clamored over the big man, completely blocking him from their view, soon the only thing they could see was torn pieces of his clothes flying off and hear the sounds of the tearing, as well as his screams and seconds later came the blood, seeping and pooling on the ground.
“Come on! We have to go, now!” Ashton grabbed Alex by the arm and dragged him away as fast as he could.
They found themselves back at the destroyed security office, panting for breath as they were running nonstop till they arrived. Alex soon found himself sliding down the wall, pulling his legs back to himself as he held his head, openly sobbing. “This is a nightmare…” He said between hiccups, tears uncontrollably streaming down his face. “It’s all my fau-”
“Don’t finish that sentence.” Ashton had a sharp edge in his voice, it was stern and determined, his mind though was still reeling and spirling, trying to figure out what the hell just happened. “This isn’t your fault. None of this is.”
“But it was my idea!” Alex almost screamed out, but held back in fear that those monsters would hear them. “I’m the one who insisted on this trip, I’m the one who wanted to come here and do this ‘investigation’.” He mockingly quoted himself before kicking the wall.
“Hey!” Ashton turned him around, holding his face in both hands before mashing their lips together in a firm kiss. He held it for a few seconds before pulling back, still holding onto Alex’s face. “No one is blaming you for any of this. I’m sure if… Reece and Dom were here they would say the exact same thing.”
“But they aren’t here, are they?” He said that with some venom in his voice, pulling his face out of Ashton’s hold.
The tall footballer rubbing the back of his neck nervously, letting out a frustrated sigh. “Look, let’s just… get out of here before anything else-” He didn’t even finish his sentence as he and Alex noticed a large shadow suddenly cast their way, both turned the direction the shadow came from and jumped a bit as they saw the reason.
The thing that cast the shadow was a tall animatronic, taller than all the others at around seven to eight feet in height and had a more muscular body than the others, almost herculean, he looked like a rabbit of sorts, with dark and light grey colors and yellow spots over the entire body. He most menacing out of the all as spikes were jutting out of the bodies’ shoulders, the wires that were exposed on the arms and legs looked like they were… pulsing and they even looked red, like actual veins and arteries all bunched up into powerful-looking muscles.
“This… this one’s different…” Alex pointed out more to himself than Ashton, neither of them have moved an inch, yet.
“G-G-G-G-Good morning, fellas!” They both jumped again as the creature… actually spoke, his voice was deep, mechanic, and very statitcy and glitchy, but it was clearly male. “We-W-W-Wel-Welcome-mmmmm to Wonderland!” He actually waved at them as he said that. “W-Where all yo-y-y-your dreams come true!”
“Wait a minute…” Alex suddenly said as something clicked in his head. “It’s Skippy the Rabbit!”
“Who!?”
“Skippy! The leading mascot of Wonderland back when it was open. That means… the others.”
“Are the other mascots.” Ashton finished for him. “But that doesn’t explain why they are doing all this.”
“I don’t know either… But it could be related to all the missing people, over the years.”
“Wha-Wha-W-Wh-What do you want to p-p-p-p-lay-play today?” Skippy’s head was twitching and glitching with every other word he tried to utter.
“Uhm… actually, we were just leaving now. So, if you’ll excuse us.” Ashton stated as he took a couple of backward steps.
“Wait! What about the others, our friends! Where are they?” Alex asked frantically, but got no response from the large robot, only got a hard stare from those monstrous eyes. “Answer me!” Even more silent staring.
But suddenly, Skippy’s head tilted to the left. “No one leaves Wonderland.” He said in a very deep, monstrous tone, his words coming out very clearly, but still had that hint of static. “We’re all friends here. And we’re gonna stay here forever and ever~” His ‘muscles’ suddenly bulged out, his body became a bit hunched over as he slowly began stomping over to them, arms held wide apart as if coming in for a hug.
“Go! Go! Go!” Ashton cried out as he and Alex turned and rushed in the other direction. They didn’t get far before Alex felt something tugging on his hoodie, hard! “GAH!” Just as he heard Ashton’s scream, turning around quickly, he watched in fear as his boyfriend struggled in the hard grip of Skippy in one arm, while the other one was extended at a very impressive length, the hand grabbing onto his hood, tightly. “GO!” Ashton called out again, still struggling, while Alex had no choice but to discard the hoodie and run for his life.
“No-N-n-n-N-N-n-No one leaves Wonderland!” Skippy called out in a cheerfully creepy tone, but deep, menacing voice.
Alex was finally at the front gate. He panted for breath as he leaned on it, letting the tears trickle down his face and onto the floor. All because of him… it was his idea to come here and now his friends and boyfriend paid the price.
He let himself cry until he couldn’t anymore before pushing against the gate… it didn’t budge. “What…?” He tried again… and again… and again, but it wouldn’t move, let alone open. “Why? I swear I unlocked it myself!” *THUMP… THUMP* He froze as he heard the heavy feet stomping the concrete floor before the large shadow was cast over him, slowly turning around, he saw Skippy standing there… without Ashton. “Wh-where’s Ashton…? What have you done to him?”
“No-n-nn-no one leaves Wonderland. Not a-a-a-anymore.” Skippy’s body twitched as he spoke, slowly stomping his way to Alex. The human tried to run to left… but an extended robotic hand slammed into the gate to stop him, then the other one slammed on the other side, trapping him where he was. By the time Alex turned back, Skippy was standing there, looming over him and completely blocking the light of the moon. “Let’s stay here to-to-to-gether!” Then in the deep, demonic voice. “Forever and ever~”
“Please… let me go, please! You took my friends and my love from me, what more do you want!?” Just then, one of Skippy’s hands grabbed onto Alex’s shirt… and tore it right off! “AH!” Followed soon by his shorts, leaving him completely naked, save for his shoes and what tatters left of his clothes now. “What are you-!?”
“Le-L-L-Let-Let’s have some f-f-f-fun!” Before Alex could react, Skippy lifted his legs up and held them spread apart, right before revealing his long, robotic cock, which was almost 14 inches in length and about 6-7 in girth.
Alex’s face turned even paler, if that was possible. “No no no nononono! That’s not gonna fit!” Skippy obviously ignored his please and pressed the fat, strangely warm head against his nether lips. “Not gonna fit! Not gonna-” *SHCLRP* “GGYYYAAAHHHH!!!” Alex cried out as he felt that huge cock slam into him, gaping him out in ways that not even his biggest toys did, his body stretching and bulging out to accommodate that phallic weapon, afraid that his uterus might burst if he moved the wrong way. “Please… take it out…” Again, his pleas fell on deaf ears as Skippy start humping into him, using short strokes at first, but as time went on, he picked up speed and force until his metallic hips were smacking hard and loudly against Alex’s own.
“We’re gonna have lots of fun~” Stated Skippy in his demonic voice but menacingly cheerful tone. “Lots of fun games to be played!” He never slowed down or stopped his merciless thrusting as he spoke, as if wanting to hammer in the fact that Alex is not getting anywhere any time soon… if ever.
Alex tried his best not to scream or make a sound, not wanting to give this… monster the pleasure, but he couldn’t help himself when the robot monster’s long, slimy tongue began swiping and rubbing against his chest and nipples, flicking the nipples with the very tip before coiling tightly around the pec, giving it a nice and firm squeeze and tug as if trying to milk it, before dragging itself across the chest to the other pec, giving it a similar treatment.
Then, something strange happened, as Alex couldn’t control the sounds of pleasure he was letting out… Skippy’s movements became softer and slower, even the human noticed, as if this metallic monstrosity didn’t want to hurt him anymore, even the look in those demonic eyes became softer and… loving? “Ar-A-Are you having f-f-fun?”
Alex, seeing the sudden change in demeanor was quite taken aback, Skippy actually stopped moving his hips, although he kept himself inside the human. “Y-yeah… I am…” He caught the sight of something leaning against the gate through his tearful, stinging eyes. “But… I have some place to be!” He quickly grabbed the bolt cutters and smacked the big robot on the side of the head with it. The force alone cause the monster to glitch out and drop Alex to the ground, leaving a clear dent on the side where the bolt cutters struck.
Despite the pain to his nether regions, Alex wobbled his way away from the gate as fast as possible, Skippy still trying compose himself after the head jarring strike.
He ran and ran without thinking to where he’s going, but he soon found himself at the stage where the animatronics and other staff would put on performances. He sat on one of the seats, head in his hands, he didn’t even have the energy to cry anymore, he was done, he’s trapped with absolutely no way to get away, and even if he did, he lost his two best friends and the love of his life… leaving this place would be meaningless without them.
He didn’t even look up to know that Skippy was there, right in front of him. Fully expecting to be torn to bits and left to rot and decay, he sat up and looked up at the mechanical monster. “That was quick.” Skippy did not reply, just kept staring at the human. “Well, what are you waiting for? Just get it on with, whatever you want.” He resigned himself to his feet as he leaned back on his seat and spread his legs.
Skippy’s head tilted to the side “Are you not having fun?” That was surprising, as he was talking in his ‘normal’ voice, but he wasn’t glitching like before.
“Fun with what? With you and your goons taking my friends away!?” With a strange sense of courage, Alex shot up standing, even poking angrily at Skippy’s chest. “You took them away, you killed them, you took away my love! Who in their right mind would count that as fun!?” *THUMP* He jumped slightly as he heard a heavy foot landing on the steps behind him, slowly turning around he saw them all there, the other mascots, including Twitchy the Rat, slowly shambling down the steps. He closed his eyes and just waited for them to take him.
… But nothing happened. He slowly opened one eye… then the other… only to catch a glimpse of one of them walking past him, the others already did so. He turned back to Skippy who was still standing there… and he was crying. The animatronic beast had a strange, tar-like substance trailing down his eyes like tears while the eye sockets looked empty and hollow. “Everyone left… No one came…” Again he spoke in his normal voice but without the glitching.
“Kidnapping people and trapping them here is not the answer!” Alex stated in a more stern, reprimanding manner than an angry one, surprising himself. “What you’re doing is not funny or amusing to anyone! Those people have families and loved ones to get back to. What you and the others are doing is taking them away from the people they care about.” He surprised himself even more when he raised one hand and, without even a hint of fear, caressed the animatronic’s cheek, feeling the rust on his hand. “You were just lonely and looking for a purpose, I get that… But hurting others isn’t what you’re supposed to do… it’s not what Wonderland stood for.” Skippy actually tilted his head against that soft, caressing hand, apparently liking the soft touch. “This is the first time I come here… this is not what I wanted…”
Skippy suddenly turned and walked away, making his way to the stage, for some reason, Alex didn’t even move from his place, he just waited to see what happened. Noticing how the others lined up on the stage, and when Skippy finally joined them at the front, they became the perfect picture of their old band from back then. *CLACK* The spotlights suddenly came to life, shining brightly right on the stage, illuminating the group of mascots who… looked normal, gone were the broken parts and missing limbs, the teeth, the hollow, demonic eyes, they looked pretty new, almost as if fresh out of the factory.
Suddenly, Skippy opened his eyes and raised his hands up in the air. “Ladies and Gentlemen!” He spoke to the non-existant crowd “Today we do a performance for a very special guest, we hope you listen to the end and enjoy your time in our Wonderland!” And suddenly music began playing and Skippy and the others began singing their upbeat and whacky songs.
Alex stayed and watched, a sense of relief and joy suddenly washing over him, nothing worried him or weighed on his heart, it was just him and the animatronics performing on the old stage like they used to do so. When the performance ended, he applauded them, with all his heart, this is exactly the experience he wanted to have all those years ago but didn’t get to have when he was younger due to various reasons.
“Thank you, Skippy. Thank you… all of you…” He just felt like saying it, for some strange reason, despite what they did and put him through, just as the spotlights turned off and the animatronics took their usual, tattered looks… until… *CRASH* One of them suddenly fell, lifeless and unmoving… *CRASH* followed by another… then another… and another, until they all fell to the floor, not even twitching, not even a spark of electricity from their systems. Finally, Skippy dropped down to his knees, his arms limp on his sides as his head hung limply.
“T-T-T-Thank y-y-oouuu-” And those were the last words that Skippy would ever utter.
Not knowing what to do, Alex tried to go down to the stage, but a distant, metallic creaking sound caught his attention… it was the gate! He took one final look at Skippy and the others on the stage before racing over to the gate, which was wide open with the car still waiting there. He quickly looked around through the remains of his clothes… the keys were thankfully there and unharmed, quickly hopping in and turning the car on, he quickly turned it around and drove away, leaving that cursed park behind. Yet, he could see strange silhouettes of the animatronics waving at him from the gate, but he chalked that to his imagination.
He didn’t get far before he suddenly stopped the car… sitting there in the dark, with the light of the moon barely shining through the leaves and trees on him, a faint fog covering the atmosphere around him… and he started bawling. He loudly and openly wailed in the car, all the grief and pain finally able to get to the surface and the force of both being too great to handle, his chest tightened painfully over his heart as he cried and cried and cried. It all started as a harmless adventure, but he ended up losing everything in one night, his friends, his lover… his will to live even… nothing in this world was worth it anymore.
*Knock Knock* “GYAAAH!” He screamed loudly as he heard the knock on the window… and didn’t believe who he saw standing on the other side. “Reece!?”
“Hey, uh, think you can open the door? It’s pretty chilly out here!” Reece stood there beyond the car door, naked and slightly bruised all over his body, and his hair was pretty messed up… well, more so than usual.
Alex quickly got out of the car, first touching Reece all over, before glomping him in a tight hug around the neck. “Oh my god! It’s really you!” But he suddenly pulled back. “Wait, what about-?”
“Yo, Reece! Is he still there?” Called a deep, very welcomed voice from the distance.
“Yeah, he’s here! Shaken up like all of us, but still looking good.” Reece called back… just as Ashton and Dominic stepped into view from behind the fog, the former holding up the latter walk. Although both were naked and bruised as well.
“Oh my god… oh my god! Ash! Dom!” Alex quickly raced up and grabbed them in tight hug around their necks. You’re okay… you’re all okay.”
“Not exactly…” Dom stated as he nodded to his free arm, which was dangling limbly apparently paralyzed from the shoulder down. “Playing football is gonna be very difficult after tonight, it seems.” He chuckled a bit dryly at his own joke.
“But… how?” Alex asked as he looked between the three of them as Reece joined them.
Reece scratched the top of his head. “Well, after a got a thorough ass pounding from that rat bastard I blacked out. Don’t know how long, but by the time I came to, I was laying on the cold floor right in front of the merry-go-round.” He then pointed at Ashton and Dominic. “They were there too.”
“Yeah.” Dominic slowly pulled away from Ashton, standing up on his own. “I felt them tearing into me, thought I was dead, but I woke up to Ashton and Reece frantically and quickly patching me up.”
“When we woke up, we of course noticed Dom’s very dire state, but we also found a large first-aid bag sitting right there, just an arm’s reach from where we were. We didn’t ask questions and just got to putting this big guy back together.” He rubbed the back of his head. “By the time we were done and sleeping beauty here finally woke up, we heard the sound of the car driving away.”
“Oh my god! I didn’t know!” Alex covered his mouth with one hand, then his face in both. “If I knew you guys were alive, I would’ve waited”
Ashton took him in a gentle hug, patting his head gently. “It’s not your fault, we weren’t fast enough in waking up.” He used one hand to raise Alex’s head up to meet his, before planting a small, soft peck on his lips. “Don’t know about you guys, but I need a long hot shower and a week’s worth of sleep.” He stated as he did a long stretch. “And a change of clothes.”
“And this guy here needs a tetanus shot, stat.” Reece added, patting Dominic on the arm. The bigger male smiling softly.
“Yeah… let’s go home.” Alex concluded in a soft voice right before they walked back to the car, got in, and drove away, leaving this strange and horrifying night behind.
10 years later.
A large van drove down the very old road that has been out of use and unmaintained for some years now, covered in foliage and cracks. “Can’t believe you dragged me into this. Again.” Said a middle-aged man with a lean build and slightly baggy t-shirt, with a red and black cap sitting on top of his now short, but still shaggy, eye-covering hair.
“Oh, stop whining. You were the most excited out of everyone for this trip.” A middle-aged man with a light skin tone, small beard, and glasses stating jokingly at his friend in the rearview mirror.
“Anyone getting a sense of deja vu?” A tall man with dark skin tone and tanky build asked with a chuckle. His prosthetic arm shining in the sunlight, it looked like something straight out of a scifi movie or videogame complete with realistic design and synthetic muscles.
“Well, none of us expected to make this trip back, especially after all this years.” An equally tall man with blonde hear, beard scruff, and a dark tan skin with faint tan-lines visible over his chest and arms.
“Well, we’re gonna need their help if this project is gonna work, no?” Alex more stated than asked, pretty excited about their new project, but they needed one final component for it to work.
The car finally stopped in front of the very familiar ruins. The large sign that said ‘Welcome to Wonderland’ hanging high up. “Can’t believe we’re back here…” Reece stated with a hint of nostalgia in his voice. “Strange… the scary and dark aura of this place is gone, it seems.”
“They’re still here.” Alex stated. “But they realized the error of their ways.” He then remembered an article he read about 10 years ago, almost a week after their horrifying adventure in these ruins.
Apparently, they somehow found themselves attending a podcast about supernatural stuff where Wonderland was the main topic, they spoke about their experience there, omitting quite a lot of vital details, including how they almost died and the animatronics came to life and attacked them, cause they knew that no one, not even the producers of the podcast, would believe them.
But, it seems that someone was curious. A patrolman who was listening to the podcast got curious and drove to the ruins of the amusement park, early in the morning with the sun high up in the sky… and found countless bodies neatly lined up in front of the main gate, all of them in varying stages of decay, but all of them were clearly very old, a lot of them were nothing but skeletons even. After he called it in and had the bodies examined, they turned out to be the many, many, many people who disappeared throughout time, some were even way back from a time that was shortly after Wonderland’s abandonment.
During that time, Alex and Ashton were studying to become architects, while Dominic joined Reece in his electronics studies. Of course, by then, Reece had already confessed to his relationship with Dominic to Alex and Ashton, but he wasn’t expecting their reaction as they both grabbed him in a tight hug and even apologized if they ever did anything that made him feel the need to conceal that information, which they never did, Reece was just paranoid.
“Welp? Let’s get to it, we’re losing light people.” Dominic called out to them in a mocking drill sergeant’s voice, the others mockingly saluting before following him inside, but Ashton remained in the car and slowly drove behind them. “Now… if I was a killer animatronic, where would I be?”
Alex thought for a few seconds… then something clicked in his mind as he made a dash towards a certain destination, followed closely by the others. They arrived at the stage, even from the distance he could see them, the animatronics, they were all seated against the stage’s wall, their heads hanging limp and leaning against one another, almost as if sleeping, huddled up together for comfort. Alex smiled gently as he walked down the steps and up to the stage, kneeling down on one knee in front of Skippy, they all still had the tattered and withered looks, but gone were the monstrous features like the teeth, claws, and the eyes, they looked like any other animatronic from back then. “We’re back, buddy.” Alex stated softly, reaching up with one hand and gently petting Skippy’s head. “We’re taking you to a better place, okay?”
And with that, Alex and the others loaded them up into the large van, one by one and drove back to the city where they lived, sharing a house.
2 years later. It was the grand opening of Alex Franchis’ project, the WonderlandMall!
A large billboard screen inside came to life as the people walked in. An animated version of the new and improved Skippy the rabbit popped up. “Welcome, ladies and gentlemen! To the WonderMall! Where all your wishes come true!” The place had it all, many clothing stores with high-end brands, gift shops, large arcade and gaming center, food courts, you name it, the WonderMall has it.”
But the biggest attraction of the place was the large stage, where the main event happened. “Ladies and Gentlemen!” Called a man’s voice through the large speakers on the stage. “Please welcome: Skippy and the Wonderland Rangers!” The gathered crowd, especially the children, cheered loudly as they finally get to meet the mascots that were the faces of the new WonderMall in person. Suddenly, upbeat music began playing through the speakers, as artificial fog covered the stage briefly, but by the time it dissipated, the new and improved Skippy and his band jumped out on stage, their bodies remade in a more modern design, giving them a more humanoid form, but kept the buff build in their design, while their colors, albeit remaining generally the same, had quite the upgrade to more whacky and whimsical patterns, especially Skippy, he had a large yellow spot around his left eye and a yellow star over his right. They began singing more modern whimsical songs, some of them jumping off the stage and going around the crowd, interacting with the various patrons visiting the Mall in it’s grand opening, they were an instant hit with all the children and a good portion of the adults.
Alex and the others, along with some security personnel were sitting in the security office watching the show unfold. “All’s looking good, Mr. Franchis.” One of the security stated as he looked through the various screens.
“Looks like opening day was a succes, hon.” Ashton stated as he nudged his shoulder against Alex’s own.
“It is, yeah.” He never felt so proud with anything in his life, this moment can only be compared to his wedding day when he finally married the love of his life and business partner.
That night after closing time, the place was deadly quiet, not even night security was around… with the exception of Reece who was the maintenance personnel of the Mall. He didn’t even have a uniform, just came in his casual clothes. He walked into the security room, carrying the bag of tools over one shoulder, his body clearly filled out nicely over the years, but he was still not as big as Dominic and/or Ashton. “Everything seems to be in order, ‘boss’.” He said in a slightly mocking manner to Alex who was the only one sitting in front of the many monitors, wearing nothing but some shorts and a plain, dark-color t-shirt that outline his buff body nicely.
“Ah, great! You’re the best, man!”
“Yeah, yeah, I know~” Reece huffed in pride, but then scratched at his cheek a bit. “Hey, mind if I, uh… look around a bit?”
“Sure thing, no problem~” Alex had a slightly knowing smile on his face, but didn’t say anything else.
“Awesome~! See you later, dude~” And with that, Reece walked out of the room, leaving his tool bag by the door. He walked around a bit, looking down this way and that, looking for something, meanwhile Alex was still in the security office watching his friend moving around… closely followed by a figured that remained just out of the camera’s view.
Just then, the door to the security office slowly opened with an audible creak, Alex, hearing that, smiled slightly. “Took you long enough.” And spun around in his seat, revealing that he was completely naked at this point. “Well, shall we get to it?” He said with a suggestive smile and voice as Skippy stood there, inchest from the human, a large, robotic phallus, as well as a pair of big and hefty, artificial balls dangling between his legs.
Reece, meanwhile just finished taking off the last of his clothes, folding them neatly on a table in the food court, but kept his cap on. “Should be fine to leave them here. No one’s around this time of night.” He placed hands on his hips and looked around. “Now… where is that rascal…” Just then, he felt a pair of heavy hands on his shoulders and something thick and warm poking at his crack. “Wha!?” *SCHLAP* “HHGGGOOOO-FFFfffuck!” He turned his head and smacked the ‘invader’ on the arm. “Haven’t you heard of ‘slow entry’, my guy?”
Twitchy the Rat mockingly poked his tongue out at the human, as he kept grinding himself deep inside of Reece. The rat was the one who got the most change to his looks, as his colors were changed from the grey and white to a whacky mix of purple blue, and green, with his mohawk now a mix of all three colors. He started moving inside of the main who repaired him and the others, rutting him hard and fast as he held Reece against him, firmly, slightly lifting him up from the floor.
“Fuck… fuck… Good thing I… came prepared… this time…” Reece had plenty of practice with the rat after he fixed them for the mall, but he still was a bit rough when doing it, not that Reece minded, he liked it that way. He loved watching and feeling his belly bulging out as it was now as he was fucked nice and proper by this horny rat. “Fuck yes… that’s it buddy… fuck me up!” Twitchy suddenly grabbed both of Reece’s legs and lifted them up and spread them out, forcing Reece’s body to open even more for him as he began thrusting even harder and faster. Those cocks were a feature that Reece and the others agreed on adding later in the ‘official’ designs, of course, those would be concealed inside of the animatronic’s bodies during work hours, but when it’s night time when the place is closed for the day, and if/when they activate themselves again, they can release their artificial cocks and balls for some late-night funtime~
“Shit… shit shit shit!” It didn’t take long after that for Reece to reach his limit, his cock throbbing hard as he fired shot after shot of his load, a good portion of it landing and splattering on his clothes, but he didn’t care at the moment. What he cared about more was when Twitchy reached his own climax, with a mechanical, robotic squeak, the animatronic hilted himself into the human, right before he released his own load, which was a substance similar to the one the dildos with ‘orgasm’ function came with, pumping a nice load inside of his favorite human, letting Reece watch his belly slowly bloating and rounding out. “Fuuuuuuck… Best feeling ever… Can’t get enough of this…” *schlllrrr-pop* Twitchy slowly pulled back and his cock eventually popped out of Reece’s belly, allowing the artificial cum to gush right back out until his belly completely deflated back to it’s original self.
“Hope that’s not all you got, bro~” Reece reached up with one hand to caress the back of Twitchy’s head, the rat enjoying the rubs as his tail swished behind him in joy and excitement.
Back in the security office, Skippy held Alex against the wall and was pounding into him hard, it was a miracle that the human wasn’t bruised at this point, his pussy spread wide open to accommodate the rabbit animatronic’s artificial cock which was spearing and jabbing deep into his womb, right before the animatronic hilted himself in and released a huge torrent of cum deep inside, bloating his own human out but he kept going even beyond that, the rest just gushed and splashed back out from around his cock, creating quite a mess between them.
“Fuck… that was so good…” Alex huffed and panted for breath, adjust his glasses a bit before reaching up to caress the rabbit’s cheek, Skippy’s head tilting into the gentle palm, eyes closed in content.
“Are you having fun?” Skippy suddenly asked, those robotic eyes almost showing emotion, a bit of hope behind them.
“Yes Skippy, I am having fun~” Alex smiled as he gave that cheek a few scritches. Skippy actually smiled at that, or at least tried to imitate a smile… right before he started thrusting again, much to Alex’s delight, who was moaning and whining like he was in heat. A similar rutting was happening back in the food court, with Twitchy bending Reece over the cashier counters of one of the restaurants, slamming into him hard.
It was truly a more pleasant experience from the first time they met, and Alex hoped to keep it that way for as long as possible. He’s not going to abandon Skippy and the others like their former owner did, that was a promise he made to himself and their new friends.
Backstage, where the other animatronics ‘slept’ and other effects were stashed, one of them, the wolf, suddenly began twitching and his body sent small sparks here and there before standing limp again… then stood up straight again, his eye sockets hollow with the new eyes glowing in malicious colors… a strange, tar-like substance seeping from the sockets as he let out a low, menacing chuckle.