#soundproof

Gregory walked beside Freddy, holding his hand. The two boys were walking around the pizzaplex for a while, allowing Gregory the chance to walk off the pizza he had just eaten. The boy looked up at Freddy, feeling himself growing tired. “Freddy…” Gregory muttered. “I’m getting tired.” 

Freddy looked at Gregory. “That’s okay.” Freddy replied. “Would you like to take a break inside my tummy?” Freddy asked. 

Gregory smiled and nodded. “Sure.” He replied, letting go of his hand. Freddy opened the stomach hatch, allowing Gregory to hop inside his stomach. Gregory settled himself inside the stomach hatch before the doors closed. Now, Gregory was able to see what Freddy was seeing as he walked around. 

“Where would you like to go, Superstar?” Freddy asked. 

Gregory thought for a moment. “I…think I want to go to the Fazcade.” Gregory replied. “I have some high scores I want to beat.” Gregory told him.

Freddy nodded and walked himself and Gregory to the escalators. He stepped up to the escalators and stood there while Gregory watched as the escalator raised them up. “Are you feeling better, Gregory?” Freddy asked. 

“Yeah, I feel better already!” Gregory replied. 

Freddy smirked to himself as he reached the top of the escalator to the second floor. He walked past the entrance to the Roxy Raceway, and past the Bakery, with Carl the cupcake and the words [Let’s Eat!] imprinted on the wall. 

Gregory smiled as Freddy walked by the bakery. Even though the bakery was closed, the bakery was still emitting smells of cupcakes, icing, and cupcakes with icing. And all the smells were moving its way through the stomach hatch cracks, and right up to Gregory’s nose! They smelled so good! Gregory could feel his mouth start to water at the smell alone. Maybe when it’s morning again, he can get himself a cupcake. 

Freddy walked up to the next escalator, and headed up. He stayed still on the escalator, feeling it raise them both up. Gregory smiled and watched as the escalator brought them up, and up, and up to the third floor. 

“Hey Gregory. Did you know that I got a new upgrade recently?” Freddy asked. 

Gregory tilted his head. “You did?” Gregory clarified. 

“I did. I got some new parts two days ago.” Freddy told him. 

Gregory smiled. “What did you get updated?” Gregory asked. 

Freddy smile. “Take a moment to look for the blue button on the inside of my stomach. When you find it, click it.” Freddy told him. 

Gregory nodded and looked around. Located on the right side of the stomach, was a light blue, brightly lit button. Gregory pushed it and waited. “Now what?” Gregory asked. 

“Now sit back and let the arms take over.” Freddy said. 

Right at that moment, a group of four mechanical hands emerged from the back of Freddy’s stomach. Gregory stared at the mechanical hands that were glowing in the dark with neon stripes moving down the steel arms. Gregory brought his hand up to one of the hands, and touched it with his small finger for only a second…

And then, the mechanical arms all moved themselves to Gregory’s sides and armpits, quickly tickling him. Gregory squeaked and tried to wiggle around, but he couldn’t really move much. “EEEEhehehehe! Whaahahaha?” Gregory asked, confused. 

Freddy smirked as he walked through the third floor. “Ticklish, Gregory?” Freddy asked. 

“Yehehehess! Ihi’m very tihihicklihish! Hahahaha!” Gregory told him. 

“How many tickles do you think you can handle?” Freddy asked curiously. 

“Ihihi dohon’t knohohow how to ahanswer thahahat!” Gregory told him. 

Freddy chuckled. “Answer in minutes. 3 minutes? 5 minutes? 15 minutes? 45 minutes?” Freddy clarified. 

Gregory closed his arms around the mechanical arms, hoping and praying it would stop them from tickling. But the tickling didn’t even slightly lessen, let alone stop. They just kept on skittering, and dancing on his vulnerable armpits. 

“Kitchy kitchy koo.” Freddy teased. 

“Whyhyhyhyhy?!” Gregory asked. 

“Because it’s funny! That’s why!” Freddy reacted. “Now tell me: what are some other tickle spots I should tickle?” Freddy asked next. 

Gregory shook his head. “Ihihi dohohon’t know!” Gregory replied. 

“You don’t know your own tickle spots?!” Freddy asked. “Or are you lying to me to get out of the tickles?” Freddy asked next. “Because either way, I’m determined to find more tickle spots on you.” Freddy told him. 

Gregory squealed and tried to pull the mechanical hands off himself. But that was like pulling on a chain! It was super durable, and therefore impossible to break. 

“Don’t think about breaking my new mechanical hands, Gregory. You will have to pay for them if they break from your pulling.” Freddy told him as he walked by the Mazercise area. 

Getting the hint, Gregory paused his pulling and struggle. He started to just sit back and laugh as the mechanical hands slowly tickled him to bits. 

“If you ever need a break, please let me know. I would be happy to let you rest.” Freddy told him. 

“Ohohokahahay.” Gregory replied. 

As Freddy reached the escalator again, the mechanical hands had switched to tickling the belly and the boy’s hips. Gregory was laughing a bit less now, but still laughing quite a bit. And despite all of Gregory’s laughter and squeaks, no one could hear him. The belly, as it turns out, is completely soundproof. Whether this was intentional, no one knew. 

Gregory didn’t really know this yet, but Freddy’s stomach was soundproof, meaning Gregory technically couldn’t really call for help. But that didn’t mean no one could hear him. Freddy was still able to hear him perfectly well. So, Gregory wasn’t completely alone. But whether Freddy would actually listen to him, that’s another story. 

Gregory was able to look up at Freddy’s point of view just in time to see where Freddy was going. He watched as Freddy walked off the escalator and over to the Fazcade. Freddy walked through the entrance, using his hand to open the gate doors. Then, Freddy headed to the arcade area. 

As Freddy overlooked the Fazcade, he made the mechanical hands stop tickling Gregory inside. Gregory let out breaths of relief as he took in the cold air that vented through Freddy’s door hatches. “Alright, Gregory. We’re here.” Freddy told him as he opened up his stomach doors. 

Gregory lifted his head and his index finger up. “One sec…” He muttered before dropping his hand and his head down to the floor of the stomach hatch. 

Freddy let out a few chuckles at Gregory’s reaction, before looking inside his stomach. “You okay, Superstar?” Freddy asked. 

Gregory was breathing somewhat heavily. He huffed a bit. “F…Fine.” Gregory replied eventually. 

“Good.” Freddy responded, looking up at the Fazcade. There were literally hundreds of games to play…And Gregory was quickly growing excited. Gregory hopped out of Freddy’s stomach hatch and ran to the different games. 

“Hey Freddy! What’s your favorite arcade game here?” Gregory asked. Freddy thought for a moment and looked at the different names. BB’s Air Adventure…Rad Rmoda…Space Caddy…Dino Shock…

Then, Freddy smiled. “I think my favorite arcade game here…is either Tower Tippers, or Zombonnie.” Freddy told him. 

“Oooooh! Cool!” Gregory reacted. He ran up to a specific arcade game and stood in front of it. “My favorite game is Mega Duel.” Gregory said before looking at the beginning screen. He pulled out his wallet, put a quarter into the slot, and started by selecting his character. Without even a thought, Gregory chose the viking-looking guy. 

With the game screen open, the countdown started. 

[3…2…1…FIGHT!] 

Gregory quickly began to fight the character on the screen in a 1-on-1 duel. He used his character’s giant axe to hit his opponent with. He would also kick the opponent with its booted feet…and as a special move, Gregory’s character would grab the opponent, lift him up by his shirt, and headbutt it 5 times in a row with the viking helmet before dropping the opponent. It was awesome! It looked awesome too! 

“Yes…YES! YEEEESSS!” Gregory shouted as he beat the opponent! The opponent visibly passed out, and the words [FINISH] came up. A side character came up to the dueling area, and raised the viking’s hand up. “ØDGER WINS!” The strong, mighty voice declared.

Gregory cheered and threw his fists up in the air. “WOOOO! ØDGER IS THE WINNER!” Gregory yelled. 

Freddy laughed and watched as Gregory ran to another arcade game. 

[an hour later:] 

Gregory ran up to Freddy, visibly annoyed. “I’m bored…” He complained. 

Freddy chuckled. “There are hundreds of games here, Gregory.” Freddy told him. “How could you be bored?” 

Gregory sighed. “I played most of them.” Gregory told him. “I wanna do something new.” Gregory said. “Like your stomach tickle thing. That’s new and fun.” Gregory admitted. 

Freddy looked down at his stomach…before looking at Gregory and pointed to his stomach. “You think the mechanical arms upgrade is fun?” Freddy asked. 

“It is.” Gregory replied. “It’s 10 times more fun than all these games combined.” Gregory told him. 

Freddy blinked and pointed to the Mega Duel arcade machine. “...You were screaming out of excitement when you played your first arcade game.” Freddy reminded him. 

“I know. But did I show that much excitement for any of the other games?” Gregory asked. 

“...Not really.” Freddy responded as he lowered his hands down. “So…you wanna try it again?” Freddy asked. 

Gregory’s lips grew a great big smile almost immediately. “Yes.” He replied with pure confidence. 

Freddy smirked and opened his stomach hatch for him. Gregory climbed into the stomach hatch and got comfortable as the doors closed in front of him. Gregory smiled and watched as the mechanical hands left Freddy’s spine and started to wiggle its nimble, tiny, metal fingers. 

Gregory couldn’t help the nervous giggle of anticipation that left his mouth. It was going to be a little bit difficult to stay still with those four glow-in-the-dark hands wiggling its fingers at him. Gregory then opened his arms as much as he could, to allow the arms free access to his armpits. 

The mechanical hands happily took the offer and shoved themselves into Gregory’s open armpits. Gregory instinctually closed his arms against his sides and bursted out giggling and laughing right away. “EEEEHEHEheheheheheheeee!” Gregory laughed. The other two mechanical hands decided to go for his belly near his belly button, squishing it in and out like his belly button was a tiny mouth. 

Freddy smiled and started to walk out of the Fazcade. He headed to the down escalator, and stepped onto a step. He slowly went down to the third floor, taking almost the same route as they did getting to the Fazcade. Freddy soon stepped off the escalator and walked through the Monty Golf catwalks. 

Gregory was giggling and wiggling around like a little wiggle worm the whole time he was being tickled. Even though the stomach hatch was a bit of a tight squeeze, it was still big enough for Gregory to move his hands, his head and his middle around a bit. 

While Gregory was still being tickled, Freddy had stopped moving. He silently used his mind to bring out a camera that was secured inside his stomach, with night vision automatically on it. He mentally clicked the record button, before going back to walking through the third floor of the Pizzaplex.

Freddy headed past the Mazercise and prize counter, past the Superstarcade and past the little El Chip’s joint. Then, Freddy headed to the next down escalator. He stepped onto it and rode down, watching as more of the second floor came into view. 

“EHEhehehehe! Ihihihit’s sohohoho cohohohool!” Gregory reacted. “Ihihihi lohove thihihihis!” Gregory admitted. 

Freddy smiled, mentally looking at the camera’s view. “That’s great, Superstar! We’re almost to the second floor.” Freddy told him. 

“Ohohokahahahay.” Gregory replied. 

Freddy stepped off the escalator and looked around at the Bakery and the Roxy Raceway. 

“Wahahahait! Cahahan wehehe stohop ahat the bahahahakeryhyhy?” Gregory asked. 

Freddy froze in place and turned to the bakery. He smirked. “Sure!” Freddy replied. “I bet there’s frozen cupcake mixes in the freezer right now, that we could bake and frost for you.” Freddy told him. Freddy walked up to the bakery and stopped the mechanical hands inside his stomach. Gregory physically relaxed inside Freddy’s stomach, breathing slightly heavily. He wasn’t really tickled for very long, thankfully. Freddy was surprisingly fast getting through the Pizzaplex considering how heavy he really is. 

Freddy then opened up the doors to his stomach, allowing Gregory to get out. Gregory pulled himself up and hopped out of Freddy’s body. Freddy turned on the conveyor belts and put a single batch of frozen cupcake mix into the bakery conveyor belts. Slowly, the belts cooked the cupcakes, cooled down the cupcakes, decorated the cupcakes, put sprinkles on the cupcakes, and revealed the finished cupcakes out of the large mouth of the large pink cupcake statue. Freddy gave Gregory a cupcake on a paper plate. “There you go, buddy. Some sweets for your tickles.” 

Gregory giggled and took the plate. “Thank you!” Gregory said. 

And with a proud smile, Gregory removed the bottom half of the cupcake, placed it onto the top half, and ate it like a cupcake sandwich with the icing in the middle. His big smile and his hums of pleasure told Freddy that the cupcake was delicious and worth the wait.