MEANWHILE AT THREE LITTLE BIRDS
Katlin crosses a red 'x' on the last day of the month on their calendar. She beams brightly, "Whoo hoo! Jackie!" Her friend jumps at her words, startled by the outburst. "What?" Katlin rushes up to her and pulls her into a tight embrace, almost squeezing the air out of her. "Can't…Breath!" Jackie squeaks. "Whoops sorry! But look," She points to the calendar hanging behind the counter, "It's over, the month is over, Starlet can come back home!" Jackie smiles widely, practically shouting, "Yes! It feels like it's been forever!" Katlin looks at her in surprise, "Wow, that's the loudest you've ever been, you know besides singing."
"Oh sorry," Jackie says embarrassed. Katlin laughs at her, "It's fine, you're cool." "Oh," she smiles sheepishly. Katlin paces around the room, "I can't wait till Mr. Robertson gets here, soon Starlet will be back home!" Jackie glances up at the clock which showed that it was a quarter to 7 a.m. "Well, it won't be much longer."
At last the café's door handle clicked and the door swung open to reveal a happy looking boss. "Great news girls! Our debt is paid off!" He says excitedly. Katlin jumps in the air doing a fist pump, "Yes!" "I'm glad, that month of Starlet being away has finally come to an end," Jackie says brightly. Mr. Robertson's thrilled expression fades some. "Oh yes…"
The girls look at him curiously. "What's the matter, Sir?" Jackie asks. He rubs the back of his head nervously, "Um well…Starlet's going to be staying away…longer than expected…" Katlin frowns suspiciously, "Why?" He backs up a step, "In order to get our debt paid off, I-I needed more cash…" "So you rented her out again?" The Lab squeaks sadly. "No, Jackie…That's not what he did," Katlin growls.
Mr. Robertson backs up more as the cat animatronic came closer to him. "Isn't that right Sir?" She hisses. "Now-now wait a minute, I did what was best for our café, if-if I didn't sell her, we'd never save the business!" He says defensively, holding his hands out in a gesture for Katlin to calm down. The Chocolate Lab's ears shoot up. "You…Sold her?!" she whimpers, tears stinging her eyes. "I did what was best-" "For you, you did what was best for you!" Katlin snarls, cutting him off. She bares her teeth, her long tail swaying back and forth threateningly.
Mr. Robertson looks fearfully up at her, there was no telling what she was capable of. As she walks closer he feels for the door's handle and grips it tightly. In one swift motion, he swings the door open and rushes outside. Katlin's ears shoot up, anger still written across her face. She turns to her friend standing numbly behind her, "Come on he's getting away!" Jackie snaps out of her trance and follows behind her as she rushes after their boss.
His heart pounded in his chest as he ran down the street, his tie flying over his shoulder, his shoes clicking across the sidewalk. He heard the distant footsteps of the animatronic not far behind him. They were much faster than he was, but he wasn't ready to be caught. If he could just make it to the police station, he'd be safe.
Katlin narrowed her eyes on Robertson, he was slowing down slightly, she could easily catch him, but she wanted to turn him into an alleyway, so she could interrogate him privately so no one would call the cops because an animatronic was half strangling a man.
She speeds up her pace as they approach a five-foot wide alleyway. She grabs hold of Mr. Robertson's shoulder and practically tosses him into the dark space between the two buildings. He stumbles briefly and stands up, ready to sprint away but is slammed against the wall. "Alright you two faced, money grabbing crook, where's Starlet!" Katlin hisses, her arm pressed against his collarbone, pinning him to the wall. "She-She's at Freddy's!" He stutters, fear filling every fiber in his body. "And where's that?" She demands. "D-Downtown! Near...the old Library on...m-main street!" He tells her, trying to pry her arm away from his throat.
"Katlin!" Jackie exclaims, "Don't hurt him." Katlin glances back to see her shy friend, fear and worry mixed in her eyes. Guilt washes over her for a second, but she keeps a straight face. Turning back to her boss she says in a low voice, "You don't know how lucky you are that Jackie was here." She pulls away from him and follows Jackie out of the alleyway. "Oh, and by the way…" She turns back to face him, hand on her hip, "You're fired. And if you ever come back to the café, you'll wish you've never been born."
As they walk out of the alley, Jackie looks at Katlin fearfully, "Did...Did you really m-mean what you said b-back there? Would y-you actually h-hurt him?" Katlin shakes her head, "Oh course not, but he doesn't know that. It's called bluffing." "Oh…" Jackie says relieved.
BACK AND FREDDY FAZBEAR'S PIZZERIA
Starlet helps a waitress set up the tables, it was getting close to 8 o'clock and then the doors would open up. She glances over to the Prize Corner, spying Melody trying to reach a plushy on the top shelf. She wished Katlin and Jackie were here, they'd love Melody and the rest of the gang. If only they could visit her, but they had a job and so did she, they couldn't just visit whenever they wanted to.
Scott came into the room to inspect our work. "Nicely done, alright 5 minutes till opening time, and remember smile! Bring some happy faces to those children!" He cheers to us. But many of the workers barely paid attention to him. "Not very good at encouraging employees is he?" Starlet mumbles to herself, giggling.
Starlet was holding a young girl in her arms, she was wearing a pink tutu with a plastic crown on her head that said, "Princess". Her parents were taking a photo of them. "Say, Best birthday party ever!" The mother told her child. The little girl repeated her mother's messaged and smiled brightly as the bright flash snapped. She then hugged Starlet around the neck, "Thank you for letting me have a picture made with you!" Starlet chuckled and hugged her back, "You're very welcome!"
She set the girl down and waved goodbye. As she turned around Vincent stood in front of her, startling her. "Would you stop that?!" She asks irritated. He chuckles then nods towards the hallway, "I found something that you should take a look at." Starlet follows him out to the Parts and Service room.
"What'd you want to show me?" She asks. He flips a light switch near the door, revealing two unexpected guests. Katin and Jackie stand before her, smiling happily. Starlet stares at them unbelievably. "But, how-you-I…" Vincent laughs at her reaction. Katlin rushes up to her friend and gives her a long awaited hug. "We missed you so much!" Jackie joins the hug, crying joyfully. "Oh my gosh, I've missed you too!" Starlet exclaims. The three girls stay in their group hug for a while before stepping back.
"How are you here? I mean, the cafe and Mr. Robertson-" "He won't be a problem anymore," Katlin tells her. She gives her cat animatronic a confused look. "He was just fired this morning, so...there's an open spot for you," the feline chuckles. Starlet laughs and hugs them once again. "You just got yourself a new employee...But…" She pulls away from the hug and glances to Vincent. "I still belong to Freddy Fazbear's…" She says sadly.
He chuckles ruefully, "Don't worry about that love, I'll take of that.~" Starlet smiles gratefully and runs up to him, tackling him into a hug. "Thank you so much!" She whispers. He smiles down at her and hugs her back tightly, not wanting to let her go, but reluctantly does. "I'll go see what I can do…" He tells them, walking out of the room.
Starlet turns back to her friends to see Katlin smiling smugly at her. "Looks like you weren't entirely lonely as we thought," She teases. Jackie giggles, "Starlet, you're turning red." She was right, her face was heating up quickly, "W-what?! N-No, he's just my-" "Boyfriend?" Katlin offers, snickering. "Shut up!" Starlet tells her, her face turning a deep shade of red.
Vincent sighs heavily to himself; just when he thought things were going to turn out for the better for him, Starlet is taken away. He was happy she could have her friends back, but...not entirely. Now he was left alone once again in this old sad pizzeria. He'd probably never get to she her innocent face again.