To Fix What Has Been Broken
By, End of Grace
A/N: So many Favs and Kudos, you guys are amazing and thank you so much for reviewing! It means a great deal to me to hear what you guys think, so please keep it up. Of course a really big thank you goes to Speedox12 for beta reading this chapter!
B/N: To fix what has been broken. But what has been broken? Animitronics, trusts, relationships? Perhaps maybe them all. Well, we can try to fix all these things, but for now, lets focus on these...
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Chapter 4: Ghosts and a Plan
Goldie tried to kick and punch Springtrap or whoever was controlling Springtrap away. He kicked Spring as hard as he could in the chest, making the robotic rabbit drop him, he fell to the ground with a hard thump and scrambled to his feet. Yet Springtrap was already behind him and was about to grab him again, but he ducked as he turned and threw a punch just barely catching him on the chin. Spring pushed him against the wall and once again wrapped his paws around his neck, hoisting him up from the ground. All his warning lights were flashing as Springtrap's grip on his neck grew tighter, crushing his endoskeleton and wires, snapping under the pressure. Then there was a crack and he gurgled out a cry as his voice box was broken.
"That's it! Cry out in pain! Just like I did!" The voice hissed happily enjoying Goldie's struggles.
"What the fuck? SPRINGTRAP! PUT HIM DOWN!" snapped Mike as he came running up to them.
"Keep away Schmidt! This bear is dangerous to humans! I'm taking him out!" said the voice within Springtrap as he held out his hand to stop him from coming any closer.
"What are you on about? A danger to humans? He's just full of empty threats! He's never meant it!" argued Mike looking at Goldie with concern as his neck sparked causing his head to jerk violently.
Springtrap's dark eyes seemed to glare into Mike's soul as anger oil trickled down his face. "You weren't there! He laughed as I chocked on my own blood. He stood and watched me die inside of his friend, killing him too, and he just stood there laughing!"
Springtrap or whoever was in charge of his body was turned back to Goldie and continued to throttle him as the lights switched back on. "What? NO! They're not meant to come back on!"
Mike took the chance while what ever was in Springtrap was confused and quickly slammed his free roaming button, causing him to freeze in place.
"NO! Not when I was so close! How am I ever going to rest in peace with this bear still functioning!"
"I don't know who the hell you are! But get the fuck out of Springtrap! He's had to deal with enough shit without... whatever the fuck you are!" snapped Mike as he used his strength to pull apart Springtrap's fingers, loosening their hold on Goldie. Once he was loose enough Mike lifted Goldie with some difficulty to the floor, examining his neck. "Shit, your whole neck is barely holding up and your voice box is fucked, no oil pipes have been broken which is a relief but those wires are going to need replacing!"
"Don't even think of repairing him Schmidt! He's evil!"
"Then what the hell are you then? And where is Springtrap?" said Mike, looking up at the animatronic.
"Fine! I'll let the rabbit do the talking! But don't say I didn't warn you!" Springtrap's eyes closed for a few moments and the opened again to his green optics as he stared hopelessly around. "Oh... hi Mike... what are you... OH NO! GOLDIE!"
He went to go down on his knees and help Mike but he couldn't move. "Mike! I can't move!"
"I turned your free roaming off Spring! You were trying to kill Goldie!"
"No I wasn't! It was Dell! He's mad at Goldie for what happened. He promised me he was only going to punish him not kill him."
"Who the FUCK is Dell? You know, never mind! Just help me get Goldie into my office!" said Mike as he restarted Springtrap's free roaming and the large gold rabbit picked up his old friend.
They had barely gone up the corridor before Freddy and Blu called out to them. "Mike! Someone turned the power off and... GOLDIE! What happened? Are we under attack?" shouted Freddy as he ran up to Springtrap.
"No, we're not under attack, but something is going on and it has something too do with Goldie, but right now I need to get him to my office to fix him up! Blu can you go and let everyone know what happened and to stay away from the office until one of us comes out!" ordered Mike.
"Will do Mike" said Blu as he ran in the opposite direction. Freddy ran a little ahead, opening Mike's office door for Springtrap and Mike, the hovered around the bed as Mike went to work. Mike placed a brace on Goldie's neck to hold it up in place as he tried to fix the his endoskeleton and replace his voice box. Springtrap curled up in the corner, his arms around his legs as he muttered to himself or to whoever was inside of him. After a few hours Mike let out a sigh of relief and sat down heavily on his seat as Freddy looked at him anxiously.
"I've put him in to sleep mode for now Freddy. I've replaced his voice box and have stabilized his neck, but the endoskeleton is quite weak, I might have to replace it, but for now he's fine as long as he doesn't move it around too much."
"Thank you Mike. When you get a moment, would you mind giving him a full check up? His memory is,... I don't know how to explain it,... but he seems to have a glitch."
"I'll check it out later when I come back for my morning shift if you don't mind? But are you sure you're alright with me doing it? You know Goldie doesn't like anyone but Mr. McBear touching him."
"It's fine, but what I want to know is, what happened to him? And what has this got to do with Springtrap?" asked Freddy as he looked over at the crouched golden bunny.
"No idea. Though recently it seems as if someone else has been in control of Springtrap... someone he calls Dell... mean anything to you?"
Freddy leaned his head to the side, a telltale sign that he was searching his memory bank as Mike tapped his fingers as he waited.
"Dell... Dell... Do you mean Dell Conagher? He's the only Dell I have in my memory and he was the security guard when... the murders happened." said Freddy his eyes going black as he looked at Springtrap, who got to his feet and looked firmly at Mike.
"Dell is not the bad guy Mike! I 's just mad... I mean mad as in angry at Goldie."
"Well, that's all very well and good Spring, but he really shouldn't be haunting you if he is mad at Goldie unless... Springtrap, did you do a virus scan since you came here?"
Springtrap nodded "Yes, lots of times, I kept hoping that one of the scans would get rid of him, but it never did. After a while, he and I got to talking, he's really good with kids and doesn't want to hurt them, he just hates Goldie!"
"But why?" Freddy asked "What did Goldie ever do to him?"
Springtrap looked very worried and started to sway on his feet and twist his paws together. Mike had a bad feeling as he thought back to what he had overheard in the bathroom the other night. He stood up and picked up a connection cable and placed it into Springtrap's ear and the other into his computer.
"What are you doing Mike?" Freddy asked as he looked from Mike to Springtrap who simply shrugged.
"If this Dell guy is still inside Springtrap, he must be hiding in some sort of encryption code or program" said Mike as the screen filled with zeros, ones and symbols that went over the animatronics heads as they watched Mike in amazement as he typed away with his eyes glued to the screen.
Suddenly the screen flickered and became distorted as the image of a man appeared in almost pixel form. "..midt... can you hear me Schmidt?" came a jumbled sound from the computer.
"Yes, I can hear you, am I talking to a Mr. Dell Conagher?" Mike asked, feeling a little silly for speaking into his monitor.
"The same. Please to meet a fellow guard and thanks for saving me and Springtrap from that hell hole. It was driving us both nuts."
"Hell is what you deserve for what you and your brother have done!" growled Freddy his eyes glowing with malice "Didn't you do enough to Goldie back then with out wanting to kill him now?"
"Freddy... please... its not what you think..." started Springtrap, but he stopped when Freddy turned and glared at him. The image of Dell closed its eyes for a few seconds before sighing.
"Believe me when I say I'm deeply sorry for what my brother did. When I was called in by the police and told to speak to him... hell I didn't know what to think... but sure as hell I wasn't prepared for that."
"Wait... your saying you had nothing to do with it?" said Mike looking slightly stunned.
"Cause I had nothing to do with it! I ain't a monster. I like kids, I would never hurt them, do you really think I'd be a guard for almost fifteen years if I didn't?"
"Then how can you explain the disappearance of those missing children? Surely you must have noticed?" said Freddy crossing his arms.
"My brother had disabled the camera in the supply room, I had no idea what was going on in there, to that I swear. I knew that "Goldie" was acting a bit weird, but didn't think too much about it cause of the parties that were going on. I had to watch all the main areas where the kids are during those parties, so it's hard to keep track of one or two kids that suddenly go off camera. Besides, I saw "Goldie" with them so why would I think anything bad was going to happen!"
"He is right about that." said Mike "It's hard to check the backstage area when you got to keep your main focus on the kids. You can only spare a few seconds every five or ten minutes to look at them before going back to the main area. His brother would have known this and take advantage of it."
"The police questioned me a lot that day too. My Brother had even insisted that I wasn't a part of it and in the end the police believed me. I was a bundle of nerves and was in a state of shock. So the cops gave me a drug to help calm me down, but warned me it would make me sleepy and could cause me to see things if I weren't careful. I took my shift after quickly filling in Mr. McBear... though I don't think he was really listening... he was in shock too... couldn't blame him. So I sat in the office, looking at cameras, you guys were asleep like normal only Goldie was missing!"
"But... but that's impossible... he was beside me as we went into sleep mode..." said Freddy as he looked at Springtrap and then the screen.
"At first it was just odd noises, a childish laughter, then his deep, sinister one and other weird stuff. Then he kept randomly appearing in the office, screaming at me, making me jump. It was late into my shift and I was a wreck! I was so bad I took double the tablets I should have taken."
"That's when you believed that it was the ghosts of the children trying to get you, not Goldie, it was also the reason why you ended up in Springtrap right?"
"Goldie had chased me out of the office and was scaring me around the pizzeria. I thought I had to hide and the only place I would get any piece would be if I was an animatronic. I found Springtrap out the back and used a crank to move his skeleton out of the way so I could slip in. I heard Goldie coming and must have knocked the crank out because the next thing I knew was searing pain. Sharp metal spearing its way though my flesh as my body became crushed under the weight of the endoskeleton. I saw Goldie standing over me though Springtrap's mouth as I tried to scream for help, but he just stood there as I bled to death... Laughing! I blacked out after that, I assumed I was dead and was simply in limbo, when everything around me shook and rattled. Lights flashed and numbers seemed to whizzed pass me as two bright orbs opened and I was able to look outside. I was still in the pizzeria... but it was run down and deserted. I wanted to leave, but my body refused to do what I wanted. It wasn't until Springtrap looked in a mirror that I realized I was still trapped inside of him."
Silence came over the office for a while as the two animatronics and man took everything in and tried to make sense of it all when Freddy started to shake as a deep growl came from his voice box. He stomped over to Goldie and started to shake him hard.
"WAKE UP! You miserable lump of rotting fur! Wake up!" snapped Freddy hitting Goldie across the face.
"Wait Freddy! Let me do it!" said Mike as he jumped up to save Goldie from Freddy's wrath. If the bear kept shaking the golden one like that, all the work he had just done would have gone down the tubes. He reached in and flicked a switch and tugged on a wire, that snapped Goldie out of his sleep mode. The gold bear stared up at them, confused, as he tried to speak, his voice box screeched.
"Easy Goldie." said Mike as he helped him up "I've only just replace your voice box. Try whispering first until I can adjust it."
"You're not meant to touch me boy!" Goldie hissed as he glared at Mike, shaking his fist, "You probably did more damage!"
Freddy growled and grabbed Goldie's nose and forced him to look back at him. "Goldie! You have bigger problems than who repaired you! Springtrap is being haunted by the ghost of Dell Conagher, who is claiming you murdered him!" Freddy leaned in so their noses were touching, his eyes black as he spoke deep and menacingly. "Did you murder him Goldie? Don't lie to me!"
Goldie's eyes darted to left to right, trying not to meet Freddy's, when his eyes fell onto the computer screen he let out a squeaky call that would not have even frightened a kitten. Freddy let out his own screech, that had Mike placing his hands over his ears and Freddy gripped Goldie's nose tighter to get his attention.
Goldie sighed but looked down as he spoke in a soft voice
"He had to be working with his brother... there was no way he could have done it all on his own..."
"The brother confessed to his actions and the police were convinced that he had nothing to do with it as did Mr. McBear. Did you have any proof to prove that he was involved?" Freddy snapped.
"... no" said Goldie "But it was..."
Freddy screeched again, loud and angry as he shook Goldie violently "You murdered him! YOU HAD NOT PROOF! You murdered HIM and YOUR BEST FRIEND!"
"I thought Father would simply reactivate Springtrap... I didn't know... I didn't think..." cried Goldie. Freddy pushed him back onto the bed and turned his back on him.
"I don't want anything to do with you Goldie! Once Mike or Father fix you, you stay away from me... and the others!" and with that Freddy stormed out of Mike's office ignoring the sobs of his mate. Mike looked at Goldie and then Springtrap unsure as to what to do. Springtrap shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, he didn't know what to do either. Mike stepped up to Goldie and placed his hand gently onto his back.
"Goldie...I..."
"I did it for him! I did it for all of them... he was... he would have..." Goldie muttered, his fur filled with his oily tears, his body was shaking.
"Goldie, I'm going to turn on your sleep mode, I think that would be for the best."
Goldie said nothing as he leant forward, allowing Mike to reach in and switched his sleeping mode on, catching the bear as he slumped forward and then gently laid him back down.
"Well, after all the crazy shit I've been through with you guys I thought I had seen it all. But this really takes the cake." Mike muttered as he turned to Springtrap and the computer screen that held Dell. "Spring... you're another victim in all this... how do you feel about this... do you want to beat Goldie up too? I wouldn't blame you if you did, hell, I'll gladly cause his servos to lock so you could."
Springtrap rubbed his paws together and looked sadly at his oldest friend "I know what he did is wrong Mike, but after what Billy did to him, I can't blame him for wanting to protect us. Besides, I don't think I could punish him more then what Freddy has."
Mike nodded as he looked at the computer screen "So what are we going to do about you Dell? I mean... do we get a priest or something?"
"Hell if I know kid! I don't want no trouble just as long as that bear stays the hell away from me, and Springtrap... give a guy a bit of warning before you and your boyfriend decided to put a dent in Mike's examining table."
Mike felt his own cheek flush as he looked at Springtrap who looked horrified as he gaped openly at the screen.
"You saw? That's private!"
"Well, it's not like you gave me any warning!" snapped Dell "Though I guess I should be grateful that you were on top, don't think I could handle being on the bottom."
"Be quiet!"
"I'm surprised that poor guy could even stand after what you did to him, honestly, I know you're a rabbit and all, but you rode him like..."
"SHUT UP" snapped Springtrap as he shook the screen, making the picture wobble as Dell laughed out loud.
"Sorry Springtrap, but like I said, give me a warning sign before you do anything more with your boyfriend and I promise not to tease."
Springtrap nodded as he stepped back so Mike could get to his computer.
"Ok, embarrassing Springtrap aside, what do you want to do Dell? Do you want to stay in the computer or go back into Springtrap?"
"I ain't got much choice in the matter, from inside here I have a connection that is tied to me that links to Springtrap. Once you unhook Springtrap from this computer thing, I'll be right back there inside of him, whether I want to or not. Though I got to admit I don't mind it too much since I get to protect kids again"
"Ok... I've got to talk to Mr. McBear about all this and see what he and Thomas say. Goldie is Mr. McBear's first animatronic so I think he gets the final say on any punishment. Then we'll see about getting you exorcised though until then try and not come out too much unless you have too ok?"
"Roger that! And Schmidt... thanks. It's been nice to talk to another human being." smiled Dell as he disappeared from the screen as Mike unhooked Springtrap from the computer.
"What do you think I should do Mike?" Springtrap asked.
"Well, talk to Freddy and see what he tells the others first, if he tells them anything at all and then it is up to you what you do concerning Goldie."
"No... I meant... I meant about Tom"
Mike groaned as he pinched the top of his nose, he did not have enough coffee or enough sleep to handle this. "I think it's best to tell him Springtrap. He'll won't be too happy knowing about Dell but he won't blame it on you."
Springtrap looked down on the ground, his ears flopping down as he fidgeted on the spot as Mike sighed "Or, since I'm going to see him tomorrow, I could talk to him for you."
Springtrap instantly beamed, ears wiggling happily "Thank you Mike! You're the best!"
"Yeah, yeah, you better go and check on the others, and if you see Fred, tell him we'll have to reschedule his maintenance for another time?"
"Sure thing Mike." said Springtrap as he opened the door to leave "Oh... and um... Mike? I used all the lube in the first aid box under the sink... bye!"
Mike blinked as he looked at the retreating animatronic before flopping down into his chair and groaned. Morning seriously could not come quick enough.
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Mike had texted Tom to arrange a meeting with him and his father for about midday, so he could at least get a few hours sleep before meeting with them and explaining everything. Thankfully Shadow was too worn out to fight about staying at the pizzeria or ask any questions about Mike's anxious mood.
"He was really afraid Mike." said Bonnie as he watched Mike place Shadow into his backpack. "He needs night vision."
"I'll work on it Bonnie, but at the moment there isn't one available in his size. Push comes to shove, I'll make it by hand when I get a spare moment, but I just don't have the time right now."
He said goodbye to everyone, but Fred and Freddy, he could only guess that Fred was trying to comfort his "momma" bear, as he walked back to his apartment. He tucked in Shadow, making sure his charging cable was in place before pulling up his small quilt and climbing into bed himself. He woke up with a half hour to get ready and quickly showered before scribbling a note to let Shadow know where he was once he awoke from recharge before heading down to Mr. McBear's apartment. The older McBear smiled as he let Mike in, Thomas was already there in his smart suit, looking very out of place in the homely living room.
"Hey Tom, sorry to call you out like this, but we have a serious problem... problems." said Mike as he shook Thomas' hand.
"It must be if you want to discuss it with my father as well." said Tom as the older McBear came in with tea and biscuits.
"So Mike, what's so important that you have called this meeting?" Mr. McBear asked as they all took a seat.
Mike sighed loudly as he started from the beginning about how he found Chi's feather and speaking to Mario about Ed.
"We need to have more proof than a single feather Mike." said Thomas "The police won't check his home without it."
"True... but what if the police didn't check his home... what if we..." Mike explained his plan and as he spoke he watched Thomas and Mr. McBear's faces. Their grins turning meaner as he went on.
"I have to say Mike, I don't think even my cut throat executives could come up with a plan that good. If it all goes to plan will have Chi back, one behind bars and the other one by the balls." smirked Thomas as he sipped his coffee.
"Yeah... sadly that's not all I got to tell you... it's about Goldie... and Springtrap."
Both McBear's sat up straight and looked concerned as Mike went in to detail about what happened that night. Both went pale as Mike talked about Goldie scaring Dell into Springtrap's body, ultimately killing them both.
"So... your saying Springtrap... is haunted?" said Thomas, looking almost sick as he rubbed his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Yeah... Dell stays dormant most of the time inside of Springtrap unless he sees a kid in danger or needs to talk to Springtrap or me. So you don't have to worry too much." said Mike, lying in the hope it would comfort the slightly older male.
"You say that Goldie's memory is playing up? How long has it been doing that?" Mr. McBear asked his chin resting on the back of his hands.
"Since more or less when Springtrap came back." said Mike, slightly confused by his question.
"That might explain it. The pressure on his processor about getting caught was getting to him, more than likely over powering his memory chip and RAM. Now that everything is out in the open, he should be fine now, if not... well he is an old bear... they do say the memory is the first to go."
"Dad please! He's not human!" snapped Thomas angrily, running his hand though his hair.
"He might as well as be. After all, that is how he learnt things, by watching all of us." said Mr McBear in a soft voice. "Goldie was very simple and basic when he was first built. He followed orders without question and had no emotions at all. It was only from watching people interact and how they cared for one another that Goldie started to build up his own personality. When he started to act on his own, I looked at his programs and found they were expanding with all the input he was gathering. At first it bothered me, but as time went on I realized that Goldie was, in a sense alive, with his own personality and feelings. He had a good grasp on humor and affection when I built Freddy and I think, though caring for Freddy the way that he did, he learnt other things as well, like jealously and love. That is why I copied his programs into the other animatronics, so they would have those emotions from the start, that in turn helped them gain the personalities they now have. Would you have believed I had wanted Net in the kitchen instead of Chica? That Balloon Boy was originally a token counter for the children called Tommy Token? But Net told me he hates getting dirty and the kitchen smelled bad while Balloon Boy... well, I think you know why he changed. Toy Bonnie was meant to be a girlfriend for Bonnie,... but I felt it was wrong making most of the Toys girls so at the last minute made "her" a him, but he still has some feminine traits." Mr. McBear got to his feet and wandered over to his side board and looked over the various photographs he had there of the animatronics. "They are my children... including Goldie and although I am not happy with what he has done, I forgive him. Mike, you have my permission to do what you can to help Goldie, if he gives you any trouble then I will step in, but concerning your plan for Chi... I will leave that in yours and Thomas' hands, I think I would be more of a hindrance then of any help."
Tom and Mike said goodbye to the Mr. McBear as they went to Mike's apartment, so Mike could get ready for work as Tom offered to take him in as well as check up on Springtrap for himself.
"Mike... um..." Tom rubbed his neck "Springtrap... or Dell... they didn't mention anything did they? About Me and Springtrap being... you know..."
"Tom, what you do with Springtrap is your business, not mine, but could you make sure you bring some spare lube with you? That stuff is for the costumers after all." Mike smirked and laughed at Thomas's bright red face.
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It was actually a quiet afternoon at the pizzeria, there weren't any parties booked until well after the schools got out, so it was mainly moms with their toddlers and young children. These were the ones that adored Captain Foxy and First mate Mangle's stories, they could sit there for ages listening and watching them perform, much to Foxy's and Mangle's joy too. Shadow quickly jumped out of his bag and joined BB who had sat down with the children to listen to Foxy's story. The band was taking a break and were playing with the children, though Freddy and Fred were standing at the very back of the stage having what seemed to be a heated conversation.
"I told you I have no problem with it but..."
"You might be alright about it, but papa isn't! And he's the one that is making the threats!"
"He worried about you as am I. We do not want you to rush this just because you have been locked up for so long"
"Mama, I'm older than he is and he is having sex almost every night! Now I need you to tell Mike..."
"Tell me what?" Mike asked as he walked up the stage stairs and came towards them. Fred's red cheeks lit up and he looked to the floor instead of looking at Mike.
"I'm sorry I had to cancel our maintenance appointment Fred, something's came up, hopefully I'll get a chance tomorrow night"
"Can't we do it now?" Fred asked "It's so quiet, no one would miss me and Freddy doesn't mind... Do you Freddy."
Freddy frowned and let out a small growl, but Fred didn't back down and clenched his fists. Mike didn't want the bears to fight out in the open, quickly place a hand on Fred's shoulder.
"Sorry Fred, but I'll be to busy today trying to sort out Goldie and of course dealing with any injured kids. Tomorrow, I promise, I'll give you the full works."
The was the sound of a bulb popping as Fred's cheeks had glowed brightly before going out. Fred quickly nodded as he excused himself and ran off the stage to go and get new bulbs for his cheeks.
"Is he ok?" Mike asked as he watched Fred run out the back while Freddy shook his head in disbelief.
"I don't know whether you're trying to be helpful or cruel to that poor cub." Freddy muttered.
"Huh?"
"Never mind. So, have you spoken to Father? What did he say abut Goldie?"
"He thinks it might have been the pressure of keeping his secret that may have caused him to start losing his memory, now that the secret is out, he might go back to normal, but he has given me permission to have a look in to Goldie's software and hardware if that isn't the case." said Mike as he rubbed the back of his neck "Are you ok Freddy? I mean about... well all of last night..."
"I'm... not sure what to feel." said Freddy as he folded his arms "I would have never of guessed that Goldie had done something so cruel, but then I don't think he was truly in his right mind then anyway, because of what happened... it must have been awful for him, but that is no excuse to commit murder. I have told the others... they don't know how to feel about it, but have agreed to stay away from Goldie until I say otherwise."
"And when Goldie is back on line?"
"During the day he may continue with his patrols of the back area but other then that he is to be confined to his room until he proves he can be trusted again."
"Well, your the boss Freddy, its your call. If there is anything I can do to help, even if its just to chat, come and see me in my office."
Freddy reached up and touched his top hat, the folded blueprint of Shadow Freddy were still beneath it, as he reached out and cupped Mike's face with his paw.
"Thank you Mike, for everything, maybe I'll take you up on your offer and have some maintenance done."
Mike stumbled back slightly, his face red, praying he was misreading the situation and that Freddy hadn't just come on too him.
"Um... sure... what ever you need." said Mike as he went to walk away but turned back "Oh, by the way, do you know where Goldie keeps his copy of the pizzeria's books?"
"Yes, why? Do you need them?"
"Well more like Tom needs them...and you guys tonight." said Mike as he quickly filled Freddy in on the plan. Freddy chuckled deeply and Mike felt a small chill down his spine, remembering how back in the days when he first started how that laugh use to almost make him wet his pants.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure that I'll have the books and everyone ready for tonight, I'm sure Chica will be pleased."
"MIKE!"
Freddy and Mike turned to see Emily running towards them, looking rather frantic.
"A little boy has cut both his knees open. You need to come quick."
"Ok" said Mike as he jumped off of the stage "Shadow! Go and grab the first aid kit!"
"Okay!" said the small Bunny as he ran from the small group of children to get the first aid box.
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"Seriously Stevie, the pizzeria floor is not to be skidded or to slid on, thanks to you I must have used a month's supply of plasters already." said Mike kindly but firmly as he placed the large plaster over the boy's knee.
"Sorry Doctor Mike." said the boy meekly.
"What sticker do you want this time Stevie?" Shadow asked "Your still missing a few."
"I'll have Foxy please!" Shadow got the sticker and handed it to the boy who quickly placed it in side his pocket to take home with the others. "I'm going to get Toy Bonnie next time."
"Well lets hope there isn't a next time.0" said Mike as he placed the plasters and antiseptic away. "Tell you what, you don't get hurt next time your here and I'll let you have two stickers."
"YAY!" the boy shouted as he got to his feet and hugged Shadow "You make sure he remembers ok Shadow."
"Yep."
"Stevie your mom is waiting for you by the counter." said Emily as she pointed to his mum.
"Ok, bye, see you soon." said Stevie as he ran to his mother.
Shadow took the first aid box off of Mike. "I'll go put this away and then can I play with papa and uncle Bluey?" Shadow asked as he looked up hopefully at Mike.
"Sure, but only if their not playing for the kids, if they are you are not to disturb them and go and sit by Foxy's Cove alright?"
Shadow nodded and quickly ran off ignoring Mike's call for him not to run on the pizzeria floor. He was humming a little tune his papa had taught him when a man called out to him.
"Excuse me small bunny, but my I have a plaster? I seemed to have given myself a paper cut."
Shadow looked up at the smartly dressed man who sat alone in a booth, his thumb bleeding from his paper cut, as he leant down so that Shadow could see it better.
"Ouch! Do you want me to get my da... doctor Mike to look at it for you?"
"Oh no, its just a paper cut, a simple plaster will do thank you."
"Ok! Your really brave, your not even crying." said Shadow as he took out a plaster from the first aid box and wrapped it around the man's finger. "There you go, all better. Would you like a sticker as well?"
"Yes please." said the man happily. "Your name is Bonnie right?"
"Sort of, I'm Shadow Bonnie Schmidt Bunny, Bonnie is my papa and he plays the guitar in the band."
"And is your mama the yellow chicken?"
"No silly!" Shadow giggled as he pointed to Mike "That's my auntie Chica! My mummy is really my daddy Doctor Mike."
"I see. Your daddy is a really cleaver man... and a handsome one too."
"He is because he's the best daddy in the world and he's mine!" said Shadow happily as the man laughed. "You have been here a lot. Do you really like our pizza?"
"Oh yes and I like the band as well, their really good and I like seeing young people like your daddy in action. He's really good with children." said the man as his mobile rang. "Sorry Shadow I have to take this maybe we can speak again some other time?"
"Sure Mr..."
"Mr. Dahl."
Shadow waved goodbye to the older man and went back to carrying the first aid box back to his daddy's office. Mike had warned him about strangers, but Mr. Dahl was a regular customer and a nice man so that made him ok, at least in Shadow's mind.
Mike was thinking of checking up on Net before he got started on Goldie when he heard a giggle behind him.
"What's so funny Emily?"
"I'm sorry. Its just... normally guys I know don't like kids, they think kids are annoying and a pain, but you're different...you're really good with them."
"Well they're a lot more honest then adults and some times a lot more fun to be around." he smiled at her "So how did your exams go?"
"Huh? How did you...?"
"Well I noticed you weren't around much, so I asked Jeremy and he said you were bogged down with exams."
"Oh! Yeah, I think I did really well, I'm hoping to work in a law firm or something like that once I leave collage."
"Really? If you want some work experience I could always ask my mom for you. It would be good on your CV."
"Wow thanks Mike, that would be wonderful." smiled Emily her cheeks turning slightly pink "Say Mike...are you working tonight?"
"No. Why?"
"Well um... My shift is almost over and if you want too... I was wondering... um... would you like too go to the movies with me?
It was like Emily had caused a huge commotion instead of asking him out, the pizzeria went eerily silent and Mike felt the hairs on his neck stand on end the same way they did when he knew the animatronics were after him. He could practically feel Blu's heated gaze and Net seemed to be climbing out of his box.
"Err... um..."
"You see I've got an extra movie ticket to see the new Marvel film but my friend had to back out on me at the last minute and I don't want to go alone... and um..."
"I'd love to go with you Emily." said Mike seeing Net and Blu coming their way "But I have no one to look after Shadow..."
"Oh..." said Emily looking upset and embarrassed as she put a stray hair behind her ear.
"We could look after him for you Mike."
Mike leapt out of his skin and turned to see Freddy standing behind him. "What?"
"Shadow can spend the night here with us and you can go and see that movie. You've been working really hard recently and haven't really had anytime to spend outside of the pizzeria. I think it would do you some good."
Mike spare a glance to look at Blu and Net, both looked shocked and confused, before looking back at Freddy. "Are you sure? He's been a pill lately over taking his evening fuel and taking a recharge nap before coming here most nights."
"BB was the same when he first came on line. I promise Mike, we can handle him, go and have fun with Ms. Monro; Blu, Net lets leave them alone to discuss their date."
Mike looked back at Emily who was blushing even brighter now as the two animatronics glared at her as they followed Freddy. "Well, looks like I've got a bunny sitter. So. Emily I would love to go with you. Should I meet you here or at the cinema?"
"At the cinema is fine. It starts at eight, so you should have plenty of time to get there, I'll wait outside for you." Emily said excitedly, feeling bold as she stood on tip toe and kissed him on the cheek before running back to the counter.
Mike stood there, dazed as he touched his cheek, before making his way to his office not once noticing the shocked stares of the animatronics.
"What virus have you caught Freddy." snapped Blu as he pointed in Emily's direction "Little Miss pain in the mother board has got her talons on our Mikey now and you know what humans are like for sharing!"
"For once I agree with Toy Bonnie, Freddy." said Net softly with a frown on his usually cheery face. "Mike, doesn't need the companionship of another human when he has us."
"Have you two forgotten what David was like when Chi started to act possessive of him and tried to stop him from having normal human interactions? He started to avoid her and then he left her for a human." explained Freddy "I do not want Mike to go out with Ms. Monroe anymore then you do, but it is important that we keep Mike happy and allow him some time with his fellow human beings outside of the shop."
"But what if she wants more off of Mike?" Blu asked crossing his arms in annoyance.
Freddy smiled then, his eyes flickering to black, Blu and Net both smiling back "Then we take the appropriate counter measures."
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David was standing around nervously as he helped Mario and a few others clean up. Mike had already gone for the night, leaving his animatronic here, along with a list of things the older animatronics might need or need to do to look after him. He would also be usually out of here by now to, but he had received a call from the CEO asking him for a meeting. An important one concerning him. Was he getting a promotion? Maybe he was getting recognised for his years of service? Or because of how he had managed to bring this store back from the brink? After all it was him that hired Mike in the first place and the one that allowed him to work on the animatronics first. He looked over at the cove and the stage which were both oddly empty.
"Must be using that room that was built for them to rest in." he muttered to himself.
It really annoyed him when he saw that brand new wide screen TV being brought in as well as DVDs, hell they were expensive, what? Wasn't VHS good enough for them? And they were robots! They didn't need a place to rest after work, not like him and the rest of the staff. Sure they got a nice, new staff room with a small TV and snack machines, but it ground his gears that the animatronics got nicer and better stuff. There was a polite knock on the glass door, snapping him out of his thoughts as he looked up to see Mr. McBear Junior standing outside, looking every inch the intimidating boss that he was. He quickly rushed over and unlocked the doors, smiling as he let him in and quickly locking the door again.
"David, thank you for seeing me at such short notice, I hope I'm not keeping you from anything?"
"Oh no, not at all, how can I help you sir?" smiled David while thinking about the nice dinner that he had going cold at home.
"Excellent. You and I have some very important matters to discuss. Shall we use your office?"
"Yes sir, this way. Mario! Once your finished with the oven, you can head home for the night." shouted David as he started to make his way to his office only to stop when he noticed Mr. McBear was not following him.
The CEO had stopped by the counter where Mario had come out to yell his reply and had struck up a conversation with him.
"...oh yes, my father is very well thank you, he has asked about you and if you were still working here. Says your the best at making pizzas next to Chica."
"Its nice of him to remember me. I'm glad he's doing well and you too. If there is anything you and your father need..."
"We will let you know. Its wonderful to see you again Mario, but if you will excuse me, I have some business to discuss with your manager."
Mr. McBear finally started to walk with him again and though he was smiling, David could feel a cold chill coming off of the man and he started to worry if he was in trouble. He opened his office door and stepped in, gasping loudly as he saw the animatronics gathered around his desk, all looking at him with cold eyes.
"What are you doing in here? Get..."
The door slammed shut behind him as he jumped and turned to see Mr. McBear lock it and place the key in his breast pocket. He calmly walked around him and nodded his head towards the animatronics.
"Where is BB and Bonnie?" he asked placing his suitcase on the desk.
"They're looking after Shadow while Mike is out." said Freddy his blue eyes fixed on David.
Tom nodded and walked around the desk, stopping to stand in fount of the animatronics called Springtrap, placing his hand on top of his head and rubbing it softly.
"You and I really need to talk after this ok?" Springtrap nodded and swayed slightly as Tom walked around and sat in David's seat and pointed to the vacant chair in fount of him. "Have a seat David."
David slowly sat down in the seat, feeling exposed and nervous, what the hell was going on? "Sir... is there a problem? And why are all the animatronics here?"
"Hmmm? Oh this business concerns them too, but we'll get to that later. David, you have been here many years and have done a... reasonable job of keeping this place going... so thank you."
David frowned in confusion, it didn't seem to him as if he had been thanked "You're welcome... I guess."
"Yes, many years and all that hard work for such little pay, you really should be commended, yet you see, I have this little problem... a couple in fact. Starting with your abusive actions against the animatronics..."
"What? But You said not to fix them! I was only following your instructions."
"Really? Because I remember telling you, you couldn't fix what was broken, in reference to when Mangle got damaged, followed by Net and Balloon Boy. I did not, however, say anything about not taking care of them. Simple things like a wash now and again and allowing them a break are all apart of your contract when you took over from my father as manager. Do you know why I didn't have the animatronics repaired David outside of my personal reasons?"
"Yes sir. Its because the company wasn't making enough money to repair them."
"True, we did have a really bad turn of profits for a time, but unlike this restaurant, the others started to pick up again quite quickly and this is bazaar since this one is the biggest we have. Any ideas why that is David? As your the manager here, I'm sure you have some insight as to why?"
David said nothing, he trembled in his seat, sweat was dripping from his forehead as his hands clutched his pants tightly.
"Alright then, what about after Mike started to fix up the animatronics; you certainly were doing better then. Yet, again the profits didn't quite seem right. I mean even with paying Mike for his services then, you were still making a large enough amount that Mike's extra pay shouldn't have been such a concern. So I spoke to the board and eventually my father about what I should do. You know the usual things came up, cutting corners, getting rid of things and staff, you get the picture. Then my father told me a little secret and gave me a bit of advice as well. Tell me David, do you know who does the books for this pizzeria?"
"Its me sir. I do the books." David breathed heavily as he undid the first two buttons of his shirt.
"Oh? That was not what I was told. Freddy?" asked Tom as Freddy handed him a couple of books that he had been holding. "You might of heard of Golden Freddy and how he was made to retire early. To keep him active, my father installed business and math programs in to him, so that he could monitor the books from out the back by checking the receipts that came in."
David went ghostly pale as he watched the other Freddy place a different stack of books on the table. Tom opened the books and started to look down the columns in a lazy knowing manner. The animatronics didn't really move, but David could see it in their eyes, they were laughing at him. He had been found out! It had started as a few dollars here and there. Just to cover some bills, that was all and he was going to pay it back, but then he got married and they had a kid, schools were expensive. Then there were doctors, holidays, birthdays, repairs to the house, his car... he started mentally trying to add up what he had stolen over the years, but the numbers were starting to scare him and panic was setting in. Tom acted as if he hadn't noticed David's panic attack and continued to mutter to himself.
"Add all this, take away all that and what do we have left. Oh dear, that is a lot, no wonder the profits were down. I hope you have some savings David and don't plan to retire any time soon."
"I don't... I mean I do... savings.. I mean..."
"Because one hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money to pay back on your own. You might have to ask your wife to get a job or three to help you. Though, I suppose I could just hand you over to the police."
"Police..." David was sure he was having a heart attack. Surly he hadn't borrowed that much, he couldn't of done, then again he did send his kids to collage with no student loans... was that it? The room was spinning out of control and bile was coming up from his stomach. Suddenly he was slapped hard across the face, snapping him out of his panic attack as he looked at the blue rabbit who was grinning back at him.
"I would be grateful David, if you didn't faint on me." said Tom as he rested his head on the back of his hands, looking at David with disgust. "My father and Goldie knew that you were taking a few dollars here and there, but said nothing because times were hard and you had a family to support, but then you became greedy. It was also my fault for not caring about looking at the books sooner. Had I brought it up back then, it certainly wouldn't be this high and you would probably be coming out of jail about now."
"Jail?"
"If you go in now you'll come out a very old man... if you come out at all." said Thomas as he leant back in the large chair crossing his legs and arms as he thought out loud. "Then again you would probably just as old by the time you paid me back all the money too, but then again, how would you pay me back if you were living on the streets? Oh what too do with you David."
Tears were falling down David's eyes, shame written across his face, his shoulders hunched into a defeated position. He looked as if he had aged over twenty years in the small space of time he had been sitting in the office with the CEO and animatronics.
"Of course there maybe a way... we could make this all disappear... make it so it never happened... if you are will to do something for me." said Tom slowly and carefully.
"Like what?" David asked looking frightened "Something illegal?"
"Of course not!" Tom snapped, slamming his fist on the table making David jump. "I want you to right a wrong David. To help someone you have greatly wronged."
"Who?"
"Chi also known Toy Chica." said Tom as he pointed to Chica "Her sister."
Tom went gray as he looked at her black eyes and he felt his bladder go "I... I don't have her... I swear it... I didn't do anything too her."
Tom rolled his eyes and sniffed with annoyance "We know you broke her heart David and we know how badly you treated her." and after a long pause "But we also know your not the one that has her."
David seemed to breath again and openly started to sob. Tom let him have a moment or two to recover before he nodded and all the animatronics let out an angry screech making David fall out of the chair.
"What? What is it? What do they want?" David cried as he curled up in a pitiful ball on the floor.
"They want you to help rescue Toy Chica from her captor, David. At least the person we believe took her." said Tom as he leant forward, his arms out stretched on the desk, making him look more threatening then ever.
"Who? Who took her?"
"Ed, your best friend and chef here at the pizzeria, also Chi's former best friend and love interest."
"Ed? Are you sure? I mean he doesn't like the animatronics, always complaining about them, he goes out of his way to avoid them."
Chica screeched again, making David flinch as Tom pulled out Chi's feather from his pocket. "This was found outside last night, right after Ed left the pizzeria, Chica has already confirmed its her sister's."
David looked at Tom and Chica and swallowed hard "What is it you want me to do?"
Tom reached in to his pocket and pulled out a small bag that had a white powder inside of it. "You're going to take Ed out for a drink and when he's not looking you're going to drop that into his glass. Its a sedative, nothing more, it will be just enough to knock him out and for you to take him home. Once there, you're going to search though his house and find Chi."
"So... you want me to rescue her from Ed?"
"No! Your only going to take a couple of pictures of her and then get out. What we have planned for Ed... well it's probably best you don't know." said Tom as he and the animatronics smiled evilly.
To be continued...
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A/N2: Do you want Tom/Springtrap, Mike/Bonnie, or both in the next chapter?
B/N2: Well, I'm sure you all enjoyed that. Grace looks foward to seeing the comments that come. Also, i'm sure you all will like to see what comes next chapter. I won't just give it away, but I'm sure you'll know what I'm poking at when I say that it's something we've all been waiting for; even since the last story. Enjoy the wait time.
Chapter 5: Bunny love and the Long Over Due Rescue