Well here I am again with another new chapter, I probably would have finished this one a little sooner... BUT I was at a convention the entire weekend and hanging out with my best friend before she had to leave for school again... so I was a little busy. Oh well, at least this is out! Hope you all enjoy!


Silver Eyes

Mike was almost hesitant to tell them why he had a box of tools… but the accusatory look he got from Kimmy made him make up his mind rather quickly.

"Uh.. um… F-Foxy's jaw got um… dislocated last night…" Mike stammered, avoiding eye contact with his fellow guard as well as the manager. Kimmy sighed in relief that it wasn't one of the main three… but was nevertheless still a little mad that one of the animatronics got damaged.

"Damn kid, I know the old captain can be a pain in the ass, but never thought someone would have the balls to break his jaw!" Vince laughed as he patted Mike on the back, even as Kimmy glared at both men.

"I-It's not like that! F-Foxy s-slammed into the-the door to hard last night…" Mike quickly explained but felt his words quieting down at the last few words.

"... Just try not to make it worse Schmidt… Vince you mind keeping an eye on him?" Kimmy asked with a sigh, before turning her attention to the Day guard.

"Whatever you say boss," Vince rolled his eyes before doing a sarcastic salute to the woman. He then turned to his fellow guard and motioned for Mike to lead the way to Pirate's Cove. Kimmy sighed once again as the two guards left the area before walking off to her office to begin her preparations for the day.

"So Schmidt was it?" Vince suddenly asked as the two approached the curtains to Pirate's Cove. Mike had jumped a little in surprise then avoided looking the man in his silver eyes.

"I uh… I p-prefer Mike actually…" Mike quietly responded.

"Mike then… So what's keeping you in this hell hole?"

"E-Excuse me?" Mike was caught off guard by the question.

"I've been a guard for this damn place for quite a while kid… Hell when we don't have a new Night Guard I got to fill in. You think I wouldn't know the shit that goes on at night?" Vince explained as he held the curtains to the cove open for Mike. The smaller guard entered carefully, and was greatly relieved to see Foxy didn't seem to be active now.

"... I… I have rent coming up…" Mike explained as he checked out the damaged animatronic for exactly what would need to be fixed up.

"Must be pretty desperate huh?" The older guard laughed as he began to lean against a nearby wall, his eyes watching Mike work and also smirking a little at the dislocated jaw of the fox animatronic. "So… you use to be a Mechanic or something?"

"Huh?"

"You look like a guy who know's what he's doing right now. Did you go to school or did ya have hands on experience?"

"Um… w-why do-do… you want t-to know?" Mike was a little uncomfortable with Vince's line of questioning. Despite the feeling, Mike continued his work on doing the minor repair on the pirate fox.

"Eh, just a conversation starter… Can't stand long silences really. Jeremy tells me to work on it more, I tell him I can't help that I'm a people person," Vince shrugged with a smirk on his face. The silver eyed man sighed though with the uncomfortable look he got from Mike.

"If you're that uncomfortable about it feel free to ask me questions."

"Huh?" Mike looked at the man in confusion.

"I told ya, I don't like long silences. So any burning questions ya got about Freddy's or me I might just answer."

"Might?"

"Hey, what I do in my personal life is mine to know." Vince shrugged and Mike got a contemplative look on his face. Sure he was uncomfortable with the man… something just screaming at him that this man was dangerous… but he did have a few questions.

"Uh… W-What… What c-caused Foxy to… to be left out of order?" Mike questioned finally, glancing down into the toolbox for the proper tools to fix the mentioned animatronic's jaw.

"Ho boy, that old story eh?" Vince seemed to chuckle as the memory came to the forefront of his mind. "See Foxy's always been kinda twitchy. First model always moved around too much, nearly took a kid's head off with his hook once. Kinda why we had a 'Stay five feet away from Foxy' rule for a few years. Current model though… well let's just say that something in Foxy's programming made him snap at that and traumatized quite a few kids with his temper."

Mike bit his lower lip at the explanation. He felt like a few things got left out, but he could also at least believe the last few words that Vince had said… Foxy did seem to have a bad temper after all.

"W-What w-was that… that something?"

"I dunno what the exact thing that happened was… but I will say that in the end an old Day Guard buddy of mine is now permanently stuck with a limp and some wicked scars."

Mike shuddered and nearly dropped the screwdriver he was using to tighten a bolt back into place. He took a deep breath and was tightening the bolt, and tried to ignore the feeling he had of Foxy staring at him.

"Wh-Why are… are you s-still here?" Mike asked quietly, though Vince seemed to still hear him.

"Well, kid that's a deep question. No one really knows why they are here now do they?" Mike turned to stare at Vince with a 'That's not what I meant' look… only for Vince to smirk at the look. "Kidding. I'm pretty much stuck with the Freddy's business till it goes down. Gotta love fine prints huh?"

Mike couldn't miss the sarcasm in the Day Guard's voice even if he tried.

Finally returning home for the day Mike collapsed onto his bed and stared at the clock on his bedside table.8:46 am it read and Mike couldn't help but sigh as he closed his eyes.

I can't believe this is starting to feel normal for me to sleep during the day now… Mike thought, thankful to not be having another panic attack this time… he figured Vince's conversations might be the cause for his more relaxed state and couldn't help but be thankful for it. Even though he still had a bad feeling about the Day guard, Mike supposed he could at least thank him for something.

As his mind drifted Mike slowly faded into the sweet embrace of sleep his body and mind so desperately needed at the moment.

….

Balloons surrounded the stage as children cheered at the song being performed by the animatronic on the stage. The guard watched on with a frown on their face as they felt something was off. Hell they felt like something was off the entire week they had been working.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid… They thought as they kept watch for a bit longer to make sure the rules were being followed.

The animatronic was now off the stage, following the free roam programing it had for this birthday party routine… but something was off. It seemed slower than usual, and it's eyes kept glancing over to the guard's location, putting them more on edge.

"Everything alright over here Jer?" The guard's head snapped up at the voice and turned. There stood Vince with his usual lopsided smile and slouched posture. Jeremy sighed, his whole body relaxing with the other guard there and shot the man a friendly smile.

"Boring as usual. I'm honestly surprised how many of these kids are following the rules for once," Jeremy leaned against the wall as he spoke. Vince soon joined him not to far away.

"Hey, any day the no shitting on the floor rule is followed is a great day." The guards both shared a laugh at the end of that.

"You'd think people would keep their kids on a leash if they were gonna do that," Jeremy laughed, despite the shudder that went through his body at the memory of how the rule came to pass.

"Oh god yeah. Or at least offer to help clean," Vince followed suit in the shudder. Both guards stood there, watching over the party in a short comfortable silence… until they noticed the animatronic twitching and slowly moving it's head to look in their direction.

What the?

"... Think the old Captain's glitching out again?" Vince asked, a confused look crossing his face as he looked Jeremy in the eyes.

"Better safe than sorry Vince…" Jeremy pushed off the wall and started to walk over to the animatronic to do a quick double check. Vince followed after for basic protocol when it happened. A loud mechanical screech came from it's voice box scaring many around it and forcing both guards to cover their ears. The second the guards began to raise their arms, the fox sprung into action and lunged for the guards.

Jeremy was quick to react and pushed Vince out of the way of the lunge, causing the animatronic to hit the ground with a loud metallic thump. Both guard's stared in shock… but were soon dragged out of it as the fox lashed it's hooked hand out and into Jeremy's right leg and dragged him down harshly.

The guard screamed in pain, only to be made worse when he opened one of his eyes and accidentally made eye contact with the fox's own… and saw instead of the usual golden colored eyes, there were pinpricks of white in a sea of black.

"KILLER!" An unnatural voice seemed to scream at the man just before the fox's jaw opened then clamped down deep into the man's leg.

Mike shot awake and felt his hands immediately go to his right leg as he breathed heavily from fear.

W-What the hell is going on?!