(Andrew)(Three weeks later)
"The animatronics have observed the kids… being disinterested in their show… and being more interested in the walls, as though they're trying to find something… care to explain?" Scott said, tapping his foot.
"I guess that rumour has re-arisen… great" Andrew said.
"Rumour?"
"Of a hidden safe room… even I'm unsure of it… I didn't build this place, nor run it for the first few years. My contact had another client, but their animatronics vanished, along with them… that's how I came to obtain the restaurant"
"How long ago was that?"
"What year is it?"
"Twenty-Seventeen… why do you ask?"
Andrew started doing some mental calculations.
"About twenty-four years ago, I believe"
"I'll ask the guards to have a look, along with the animatronics" Scott said, preparing to leave. "Oh, and you'll be glad to hear Mangle's back on her feet" He said, leaving.
'Could it be?' Andrew thought. 'Perhaps… no, that would be impossible'
(Mari)
Mari was fast asleep, in her box, despite it being day. She was technically 'Out of Order' and due for maintenance, but the reality was, she had a virus, and was unable to perform her task. She was woken by somebody roughly shaking the box.
'What the…'
"How the hell does that puppet thing open this… it's like it's a part of the bloody box!" A female voice said.
"Shut up, and open it… do you know how much we could get for its AI chip?" Another voice, male this time, said.
"Yeah, yeah, I know"'The female said.
"Hey kids… I don't think you should be here!" Mari heard TC say.
"For a twenty ton hunk of metal, I'm not sure how they manage to sneak up on people!" The female said.
"It's a robot! It can't do anything to us! Just open the box, take the chip, and lets go!" The male said.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that!" Mari said, opening the box.
TC's pupil faded, leaving blank eyes, and Mari's did the same. Both of them approached the two ,soon to be, 'ex'-thieves.
"Stand down! You c-can't hurt us!" The male said, panicked.
Whoever built the animatronics, built into them a dark piece of coding. Anyone who discovers their secret, who isn't meant to know, will be 'removed', their bodies disposed of, and the evidence cleared. They're in control, mostly, though, in this case, the world will be better off without them.
At that moment Mangle walked in, to find out what was taking TC so long, as TC was still watching Mangle.
"What is takin' ye so long…" Mangle said, still playing pirate. "These are two of the ones who took me apart!" She snarled.
"They were after my Mind chip!" Mari growled.
Mangle locked the door, and the pair of thieves started screaming for help.
"Don't bother! These rooms are soundproof!" Mari laughed.
(Foxy)(Shortly after closing time)
"The world is better off without them!" Foxy said, eating a slice of pizza. "By the way Chica, this is amazing"
Mari, TC and Mangle were telling the others about the incident, which took them the rest of the day to clear.
"Thanks. I tried a new recipe that Violet showed me" Chica said.
"Speak of the devil, here she comes now" Freddy said.
Violet, Jeremy and Mike walked in, but something was off about Violet.
"Is everything alright?" Chica asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Other than the creature that I have the misfortune of calling my brother arriving in town, yeah I'm fine!" She said, bitterly.
"Ouch, bad family relations" Freddy said.
"Where's Goldie? He's normally with you" Jeremy said.
"He's fast asleep… oh, and Andrew has given us a bit of a mission" Chica said.
This peaked Violet's interest. "What kind?"
"A bit of a ghost hunt if you ask me, supposedly there's a hidden door that leads to some form of safe room, but we have to find the door" Chica explained.
Jeremy had already started looking, along with mike. Within a few minutes they spoke up. "Found it!" They both said.
"Wha… how!?" Violet exclaimed.
"Easy. There are scratch marks on the floor, usually hiding a secret door" Mike stated, as though it were obvious.
"You play too many video games" Violet said, as she looked for a way to open it.
"Mike, would mind getting the flashlights from the office" Freddy asked.
"Sure" Mike said, running off.
Freddy asked which side the door opened on, and Jeremy pointed the handle would've been on the left side. Freddy used all his strength to punch a dent on the left of the door, which made a form of grip.
"I told ye, punching all the things is the answer to any problem!" Foxy said, pulling the door, which felt like it weighed a ton, open.
Mike returned with three flashlights, and handed two of them to Jeremy and Violet.
"Alright… let's take a peek" Mike said.
(Unknown)
[CLANG] 'W-What w-was th-that?!'
The animatronic looked up, and saw a light shining from the staircase.
'Cou-Could i-it b-b-be… some-someone f-f-found m-me af-after al-l th-is t-time?'
"Alright… let's take a peek" A voice said.
"H-Hey b-buddy… w-we ar-e g-getting ou-out" The animatronic whispered, as that was all he could do, looking towards a lifeless animatronic.
"Argh… it stinks" A different voice stated.
"Kinda like rotting meat, if ya ask me!" A third said, an animatronic this time.
"Guys, I think I see something!" A fourth exclaimed.
(Violet)
"Guys, I think I found something!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"Shine your light over it" Violet said, as she hoped the remained of the stairs.
Jeremy shone his light over the thing he found, as did Mike and Violet. Foxy and Freddy went down the stairs with her.
"Is that… an animatronic!?" Foxy asked, in shock.
The animatronic moved its head towards them, in response.
"Holy shit! It's alive!" Mike said, stunned.
"Chica, can you go get Bon and Bonnie. We'll need them" Freddy said.
Chica nodded, and went off to get them.
"Can you… Can you move?" Jeremy asked, still trying to process it all.
"N-No" It stuttered.
Violet shone her flashlight past the damaged one, and saw a lifeless one.
"How come this, one…" She started, shining her flashlight around. "Freddy, is there another reason as to why you have to eat?" She suddenly asked.
"Our bodies convert some of it into a lubricant for our joints and other systems. Why'd you ask?" Freddy replied.
"I think I figured out why this one's alive and the other isn't" Violet said, shining her flashlight at something.
"How?" Freddy said, stepping forward.
As he came up beside Violet, something crunched beneath his foot. He looked down, and saw he'd stepped on a bone. A Human bone.
"It ate a person, to survive" Violet said, a little shocked.
She looked back, to see the animatronic had turned its head away. Chica returned with the Bon and Bonnie, and between the eight of them, they removed the two animatronics and the Human skeleton from the hidden room.
In the light, they could see the two animatronics better. The 'dead' one, was a bear, similar to Freddy, except gold, and in clothing identical to Freddy's, however, they were gold, with a purple bow tie and top hat. The other, was a rabbit, like Bonnie, but a good foot or two taller and a golden-green colour, in clothing similar to Freddy's, except golden-green, with a black bow tie, and no top hat. Both animatronics clothing was torn, and the rabbits had a few blood stains.
"I'll go call Andrew, tell him the restaurant should be closed for the remainder of the week" Jeremy said, dashing to the office.
Mangle and TC came in, with the tool box in the office. Violet guessed Chica had asked them to fetch it.
"What's your name?" Foxy asked.
"Spr-Spr-Springtr-r-rap" The animatronic stuttered.
"Let's fix that voice box" Mangle said, opening a panel in the back of his head.
"You've got a lot of questions to answer buddy, starting with the corpse with all the flesh picked clean off the bone" Violet said.
"He can't speak at the moment" Mangle said, fiddling with the wires inside his head. "It's a mess in here… but… okay done"
"I'm not pleased with what I had to do" His voice was rich, and not as deep as his appearance would suggest. "But, it was the only reason I'm here now… but he did not die by my hand, his own idiocy is what killed him" Springtrap explained.
"What do ya mean by that?" Foxy questioned.
"He dragged me and Fredbear…"
"That's where I knew your name from" Mike said. "My uncle used to work at the old Fredbear's Family Diner, before the owner and animatronics vanished"
"Mike, let him speak… TC, can you hand me the sanding disc" Mangle said.
"The owner dragged me and Fredbear down into the safe room, paranoid someone was out to get him, but in his panic, he forget anything to preserve us and himself. He died a few days later. Fredbear was reluctant to…" Springtrap hesitated. "Well, you know. I tried to to tell him that someone will find us, but he still refused. His servos locked up a few weeks later" Springtrap explained.
"Can you move your arm now?" Mangle asked.
Springtrap stretched his arm, opened and closed his fist, before giving a thumbs up.
"Don't know whether to hate you, or feel bad for you…" Mike said.
Violet elbowed him.
"Owwwwwwww… VIOLET!"
"Cut him some slack Mike… he's been through a lot!" Violet snapped.
"Alright, basic repairs are done… Freddy can do a better job, but not right now" Mangle said, stepping back.
Springtrap stood up, almost losing his balance, but quickly stabilising himself.
"I sincerely regret having to do what I did, but it's better than the torment of a slow shut down" Springtrap said.
"What do you mean?" Bonnie asked.
"Fredbear's servos shutdown, but his CPU was functional for years afterwards, slowly losing functionality" Springtrap said, clearly fighting back tears.
"I'm sorry… sorry that I brought that up" Bonnie apologised.
"I just… I can't… I don't know why he didn't try and keep himself going" Springtrap said, a few tears rolling down his face.
"There's a spare room in the back, you can sleep there" Freddy said.
The animatronics took Springtrap to the animatronic area, leaving Mike and Violet alone, with the lifeless husk of Fredbear.
"Well, Andrew agreed that the restaurant should remain closed, and that he wants us to stay a few extra hours today, so we can fully explain our current situation" Jeremy said, returning from the office.
"Great… I'm gonna need a lot more coffee" Violet said.
(Springtrap)
Springtrap's room only had a bed and a set of drawers, and some random boxes in the corner, but that didn't bother him, it was more than he'd had in the past twenty-four years. He took of his worn and torn jacket, and tossed it onto the end of the bed.
'At least I've been found' He thought, before sitting on the end of his bed.
He sighed. "I wish you were here… why did you have to be so stubborn" Springtrap said to himself.
He looked at his arm, and saw the damage that only time could do. He shook his head. Tomorrow, he would hopefully be repaired properly. There was a knocking on the door.
"Come in" He said.
Foxy, of all people, came in.
"How ya doing?" She asked.
"I'm 'alive'" Springtrap replied.
"I'll go back and tell Freddy" Foxy said, leaving.
Springtrap sighed… he wished she stayed, just for some company. He'd spent so long alone, just having someone talk at him would be enough.
(The next day)
[System Error!]
[Restart? Yes : No]
[Yes]
[System Restart : 09%]
[Memory Recovery : Successful]
[System Restart : 17%]
[Motor Control : 100%]
[System Restart : 25%]
[Signal Pathways : 76% Damaged : Urgent Repairs Required]
[System Restart : 33%]
[Threat Response : Offline]
[System Restart : 45%]
[Optical Sensors : 82% Functional : Repairs Advised]
[System Restart : 50%]
[CPU : 100% Functional]
[System Restart : 68%]
[Chemical Energy Converters : Corrupted : Replacement Part Required]
[System Restart : 79%]
[Circulatory System : 93% Functional : Repairs Required]
[System Restart : 81%]
[Ventilation System : Obstruction Detected : Clearing Required]
[System Restart : 94%]
[Logic Circuits : 100%]
[System Restart : 100%]
[All Systems Restarted]
Springtrap woke up, after having all his systems reboot, with a headache that could kill.
"Andrew wants to meet him… we should wake him up now!" Freddy, if Springtrap remembered, said.
"As much as he wants to meet him, we should let him sleep… this is first day of freedom" Foxy argued.
Springtrap put his jacket on, and opened the door.
"Who's Andrew?" Springtrap asked, groggily.
"The owner of this place" Bonnie replied.
"Do you want anything to eat?" Chica asked.
Springtrap could already feel that Chica was the kindest one.
"No thank you… it wouldn't do me any good anyway" Springtrap sighed.
"Why wouldn't do ye any good?" Foxy asked.
"The part that would do anything with it, is corrupted and needs replacing" Springtrap explained.
(Scott)(Parts and Service)(Two hours later)
"Mangle, I take back what I said, it's like a bomb site in here" Scott said, looking into the inner workings of Springtrap.
"Yeah, it was difficult repairing his voice box without breaking something else" Mangle said.
Springtrap was currently deactivated, and Scott, Mangle and Freddy were working to fix him. So far, they'd managed to clear his air ways, or ventilation system, fixed his optical sensors, or eyes, and reactivated his threat response, and updated it, as its protocols were extremely outdated. It was a mess in his head, but they were unprepared for his torso.
"So, what needs fixing?" Scott asked, suddenly getting cold feet about fixing him.
"Circulatory System, Signal Pathways, and Chemical Energy Converter, but that one needs replacing entirely" Freddy said.
"Can you figure out where the damage to the Signal Pathways is?" Mangle asked.
"Yep… hold on… alright, here's a diagram" Freddy said, holding up a diagram on the tablet.
"But that's just system damage, isn't it?" Scott asked, almost rhetorically.
"Unfortunately, yes… most of his endoskeleton needs sanding, to remove the rust, and allow a fresh layer to appear, his joints need oiling, as allowing his body to do it naturally won't cut it, and finally he needs to be completely re-wired… there is an awful lot of redundant wires in here" Freddy said, scratching his head.
"Is that all? I needed way more work" Mangle said.
"You were dismantled… this guy needs to be completely reworked… it's a lot more complex than I make it sound" Freddy said.
"Let's get to it then, we haven't got all day" Scott sighed.