Author notes:

1)English is my second language. Forgive me for any mistake.

2)I don't own FNAF. I only own the plot for this story and the eventual OCs

3)Thanks Truephan, Virgofox28, Soul-Winged Arrows, King Domino III, Bravelove, DustyToonlink, the three guests, TheMeOfTheUniverse, Fearless Turtle, France1, RegularShowMemorabilia, Owl Silhouette, Negaishippingishappening12, Wolfy The Animatronic, DragoonMaster11, Leo2flyt, MaximalDeity and Ninuhuju for your reviews.

4)I'm sorry for Foxy's pirate speech. I don't know how to speak "pirate" well.

5)Thanks a ton, Truephan for accepting being my beta for this story.

6)Merry Christmas, everyone!

Foxy ran as fast as he could while holding Mike in his arms. Once he got to the entrance hall, he saw his friends, his boss and six tied up criminals. However, Foxy couldn't care less about those thieves.

"Please, Mr. Fazbear, ye have to help Mike!" Foxy begged as he got near him.

The man was confused at first, "What's wrong…"

Once he saw Mike bloodied body, however, he quickly picked his cellphone and started calling an ambulance.

"I think it would be better if you placed him on the floor, Foxy. I don't think it's good to move him around much with those wounds. Let's wait for the doctors," Bonnie said, looking at the mechanic worriedly.

Foxy's voice was trembling, which was odd given that he didn't have vocal cords, "I gu-ess y-ye are right…"

He carefully placed the man on the floor of the pizzeria. The pirate fox stared at Mike's body, horrified that his friend had lost so much blood. He hoped that the doctors would arrive soon to help him before it was…

"I…don't think he's breathing, guys…" Chica suddenly said, covering her beak with her hands and with her eyes wide open.

"What?!" Foxy exclaimed as he stared at the mechanic's chest. It wasn't moving.

The four animatronics kneeled down to better inspect it and they all looked shocked to see that Mike wasn't breathing.

The pirate fox looked desperately at his boss, "Please, Mr. Fazbear. Do somethin'!"

The owner of the pizzeria was no doctor. But he at least knew how to check for a pulse. He kneeled down like the others and checked for any vital sign. After a whole minute checking Mike, he sighed and told the others, "I'm sorry…He's dead…"

The world had frozen for Foxy for one second. But he then yelled, "WHAT DO YE MEAN HE'S DEAD? YE JUST HELD HIS WRIST AND NECK FOR A FEW SECONDS!"

Freddy quickly intervened, "Calm down, Foxy. Yelling at him won't solve anything. Let's wait for the medics to arrive. Getting hysterical will not help Mike!"

However, Foxy didn't want to hear any of that, "NO!" He grabbed Fazbear by the collar of his shirt and demanded, "YE CAN'T LET MIKE DIE. PLEASE DO SOMETHIN'!"

Foxy's expression showed a mix of pain, anger and fear. The robot was trembling as he said those things.

"Let me go, Foxy…We can work this out. Once the police arrive, they'll get those men and they'll pay for what they did to Mike," Fazbear tried to reason with the robot. He knew that his animatronics wouldn't be able to actually hurt him; however, Foxy was scaring him a little bit.

However, the mention of the criminals didn't sooth Foxy's anger. It had the opposite effect, actually. "He was the one that attacked Mike…He did this to him…I shouldn't have just knocked him out back there…"

"Foxy?" Bonnie asked, a little bit creeped out by his friend's voice tone. Everyone else there shared Bonnie's opinion on that.

Foxy tried to get up with the sole thought of returning to the place where Paul was unconscious. However, as soon as the pirate fox tried to do so, he seemed to have been turned off. If it weren't for Freddy quickly catching him, he would have fell over Mike.

"What happened to him?" Freddy asked, concerned, before he took his friend a bit farther from Mike and laid him on the floor.

Fazbear blinked a couple of times before he said, "…Maybe he overheated. An…old diagnosis from a mechanic many years ago said that Foxy was prone to shut down if he felt very strong emotions. That's why he acted so weird back in 1987 and also now."

The man would never tell the animatronics the truth. Once he learned that it was Golden Freddy that controlled Foxy all those years ago, he wouldn't put it past him to have shut down Foxy once more before he did something drastic.

Bonnie couldn't help, but frown, "Really? Then why didn't you tell him about it? Or any of us, for that matter?"

Fazbear didn't like his tone and replied, "Because I never thought it would happen again. Just take him to Pirate's Cove. Once he reboots, he should be fine. But I'll have to look for another mechanic to check on him later."

That line managed to anger all the animatronics. "You are thinking of replacing Mike already?" Chica spat, getting up.

Fazbear cringed. It wasn't his intention to sound insensitive. "Listen, I'm as sad as you guys are, but you guys can't deny that you still need a mechanic for regular maintenance."

The animatronics' eyes narrowed at that. While the man had a point, it still troubled them to know that he was already talking about business.

However, before anything else could be said, they've heard some sirens outside.

"Looks like the police finally arrived…" Freddy commented with bitterness drenching his voice.

Four policemen entered into the pizzeria and quickly saw Fazbear, the animatronics, tied up criminals and Mike's body.

"I'm officer Drake. What happened here?" asked the policeman, pointing his gun to the floor because he didn't think that there wouldn't be any immediate danger.

Fazbear quickly got up and introduced himself, "I'm Frederick Fazbear, owner of this establishment. These seven men tried to rob my pizzeria, but they were stopped."

"Seven?" asked a second cop, called Allan, a bit confused. He pointed at Mike and asked, since he was only seeing six tied men, "Is he one of them?"

Fazbear noticed that the comment made the animatronics give the policeman a death glare. Before they could make a scene, the middle aged man said, "No! His name is Mike Schmidt. He was my employee. He was murdered by another man, who is currently unconscious somewhere backstage."

"We'll need to investigate. Josh, Edward, go check out for that man. Are you sure these are all the perpetrators?" Drake asked.

Fazbear nodded, but before the two cops left he quickly said, "I have a security guard as well. I don't know where he is. Please check if he's alright."

The two cops nodded and went inside with their guns ready.

Fazbear turned to the animatronics and said, "Take Foxy back to Pirate's Cove and try to remove his pirate outfit off. Leave it on my desk. I'll try to have it cleaned later. I'll deal with the situation here."

As much as they hated to admit it, they had to let Fazbear deal with the cops. However, before they got up, they gave Mike one last look and said their silent goodbyes. They would miss him terribly.

Nevertheless, Drake told them, "It's for the best that you all remain here. I'll need to interview all of you and we need to call an ambulance for those two."

Fazbear had to intervene, "I've already called an ambulance for poor Mike, but he has already passed away…As for Foxy, he just malfunctioned."

"Malfunctioned?" Allan asked, finding it strange. "Come on, now. Remove those costumes. You don't have to be dressed for the job while we ask questions."

Fazbear gave a nervous chuckle, "My good officer, these four aren't human. They are animatronics, robots. They are programmed to entertain and protect the people in this pizzeria. You can see in the footage how they have acted."

Then he added, "Besides, it would be a little weird for a policeman to fill in a testimony of a machine, don't you think?"

The animatronics frowned at those hurtful comments. They knew they were machines, but they had feelings too. Yet, they hadn't complained because they knew that if they complained, it would cause more trouble for them and they have already gone through a lot already. They've opened their mouths and revealed all the mechanic parts inside to prove them that they were indeed robots.

"I guess you're right. You can go." Drake said.

Then Freddy and Bonnie picked Foxy up and carried him to the Pirate's Cove alongside Chica. The three of them had a mix of sorrow and anger in their expressions.

Fazbear actually felt sorry for them, and while his businessman side told him not to, he decided to close the pizzeria for a week. Not just to let people forget about the incident, but also to give the animatronics some time to rest and recover from this incident.

The owner of the establishment then started to tell the policemen everything he knew.

At midnight, the animatronics woke up after recharging. Chica and Bonnie gathered at the entrance hall, only to found the place cleaned where Mike once was. It seemed surreal.

Just one night ago a good friend was there with them, and on the next one, he wasn't. And he would never return. This filled them with grief. They didn't know what to do or say. They had never gone through something like this before.

The 'Bite of 87' was different because they were never told what had happened to Mike, so they had hoped that the kid had been okay.

"I'll miss him…" Chica said, covering her chest with her arms as if hugging herself.

Bonnie placed a hand over her shoulder and said, "We all are…He was a great guy."

Chica cringed. She hated to speak about Mike in the past tense.

They were interrupted by Freddy, who came running towards them as fast as he could. "Have you guys seen Foxy? He's not at the Pirate's Cove," Freddy asked, both curious and worried.

Bonnie and Chica looked at each other and both said that they hadn't seen him yet that night. Mike and Foxy were best friends and the man's death affected him greatly. They feared for their friend and wanted to show him some support.

The trio then started to walk around the pizzeria calling out for him. After searching for a few minutes, they've found him in one of the dining rooms. He was sitting on a chair looking at something on the laptop.

"Foxy?" Chica asked as they approached him from behind.

The pirate fox didn't reply. He was sitting there wearing his old brown pants. He wasn't wearing his pirate outfit, but he his fox costume was a new one, so he didn't have any rips on the costume like he used to. He just kept scrolling down and looking at the page. The other three animatronics were curious and read what Foxy was looking at.

It was a local news website about the robbery that had happened earlier. It displayed the identities of the seven caught criminals, the police station where they were being kept, and also about Mike's death.

They didn't know why Foxy was reading about it, but before they could ask, Foxy opened a search engine on the browser and typed the name of the police station and looked for its address. Once he had the address, he looked for it on the town map.

He started to search for the shortest path between the pizzeria and the police station…

"NO! You are not doing that!" Freddy yelled at him.

Foxy simply ignored what his friend had said. After memorizing the map, he simply got up from the chair and tried to walk towards the exit, only to be blocked by the other robots.

"Move," Foxy said with a serious expression. They could see that the fox's eyes expressed anger and hollowness.

However, they wouldn't let their friend commit such a mistake.

"Foxy, you are not going to leave the pizzeria! What do you even intend to do? Get to the police station, ask where the criminals are being held, go over there and beat them up? The policemen would never let you do that!" Bonnie tried to reason with him.

"Not to mention that they wouldn't let a robot get past the entrance room," Freddy added.

"I would pay them back for what they did to Mike…" he replied, grimly while raising his hook.

"You can't be serious, Foxy. Do you have any idea the trouble you would get yourself into?" Bonnie asked, getting nervous. He didn't want to discover the length his friend was willing to go.

"I don't care. Now, move!" Foxy commanded. For a brief moment, they almost got out of his way given the strength in his voice.

"Foxy, please! This isn't you. What would the kids say if they heard that you killed people in cold blood? What would Mike say?" Chica pleaded him.

This made the animatronic fox bark back at her, "Don't ye dare try to use his name to make me stop. I'm doin' this for him. They took him from us. Do ye even care? All I see is that ye are trying to stop me because ye fear that this might hurt this damned pizzeria. It can be burnt down for all I care! All I want is to make them pay for what they did to Mike. If ye really cared, ye would be going with me and not trying to stop me."

That statement hurt them. They were angry at the thieves for taking Mike away from them, but giving into hatred wouldn't do any good. It would bring them further grief. Not only would they be persecuted by the police, but they could be dismantled and, above all, the children would fear or even hate them for this.

"You aren't the only one who misses Mike and hates those men for it, Foxy," Chica replied, frowning while pointing a finger at him.

"Then prove it. Help me, instead of staying here night after night, knowing that those scum are living and well while our friend is dead!" Foxy spat.

Freddy growled, "Listen to what you are even saying! They have been arrested! They tried to steal and killed a person. They have the security tapes to prove that they are guilty. There is no way they would walk away after that they did!"

Foxy raised his voice even more, "I've researched about it. If they get a fancy lawyer, he can tell a 'sobby' story about how they were socially persecuted and how they could only turn to crime to survive and the jury would buy it! They can have them go away free!"

Bonnie offered, "You don't know that. They can be condemned for that."

Foxy scoffed, "If their punishment isn't death, then it's the same thing as walking away."

Freddy raised an eyebrow, "Wait a minute. You researched? How long have you been awake?"

Foxy glanced at him, not sure why he would ask such question, but he replied anyway, "About an hour ago. Now can you move or not?"

They were surprised. They weren't supposed to wake up until midnight every night because of the settings during their recharge time. But they dismissed it. After all, Foxy had been offline and put to recharge longer than he normally was. Maybe an employee adjusted his timer wrongly.

"We are not moving, Foxy. We can't let you go!" Chica said firmly.

Foxy narrowed his eyes and before he could do something, Freddy said, "Give up on going outside, Foxy. Not only would we stop you if you tried, but this place is shut tight every night and we don't have the keys."

This seemed to deter Foxy. The pirate crossed his arms and, looking away from them said, "Fine! Have it your way."

They were a bit relieved in hearing that, but they wouldn't let Foxy stay alone all night. He could try something stupid like try picking the lock with his hook or crashing through a window. Besides, he was their friend. They wanted to help him somehow.

"Come on, let's go to Pirate's Cove. We can talk more there," Chica offered.

Foxy just nodded and the four of them started to walk towards Foxy's usual place for his shows.

While they walked, Bonnie told Foxy about what Fazbear had said concerning Foxy's strange shut down. The pirate fox believed this explanation, but thought it was strange that he remembered everything prior to his shut down this time. This also added a little bit more of resentment towards his boss for not telling him that sooner.

Then the fox stopped and said, "I forgot to turn off the computer. I'll be right back."

"OK, we'll go with you, "Freddy said turning back.

However, Foxy growled, "Do you think I'm incompetent to the point of not knowing how to turn it off by myself? I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Fine!" Freddy said, raising his arms. 'We'll wait for you there. But don't take too long, or we'll come after you."

The bear agreed to it, hoping not to cause more animosity towards Foxy. Bonnie and Chica were apprehensive as well, but the trio decided to give Foxy three minutes to do that before going after him.

When the three of them arrived at the Pirate's Cove they've heard a loud slamming sound. They quickly tried to locate the source and were horrified to see that the front door was wide open and slamming against the door frame. In his hurry, Foxy hadn't bothered to slowly close the door.

What the others didn't know was that Foxy had already acquired a copy of the keys that the morning security guard had left at the security office. He had done that as soon as he had woken up.

Freddy snarled at the fox's trickery, "Did any of you take a good look where that police station is? We can't lose time going back to the computer."

Bonnie said, frowning, "I did. Come on, we don't have much time to lose."

Then the three of them started to run following Bonnie's lead. They hoped to arrive in time before Foxy did something utterly stupid. But they also thought that their attempt to stop him would be futile since Foxy was built to be much faster than them.

They ran for a good thirty minutes until they arrived at their destination. It was a shame, actually. It was the first time they ever set foot outside of the pizzeria and they couldn't even enjoy the scenery. At least they were glad that nobody was on the street to see them.

They did their best to sneak as silently as possible. They've looked around until they saw the back of Foxy's furry red head popping out from an alley that was across the street from the police station.

Thankfully, Foxy was so absorbed in his task that he didn't realize what was happening until it was too late. Freddy grabbed Foxy from behind before holding his arms and torso with his right arm and keeping his mouth shut with his left hand. Chica quickly grabbed Foxy's legs so he wouldn't attempt to run anymore.

Foxy screamed loudly ordering them to let him go, that he would avenge Mike alone and that they were betraying him and Mike for standing in his way. Luckily, while they could still hear what he was saying, keeping his mouth shut helped muffling the sound a little bit. But it was still loud enough for people to hear them from the houses nearby.

"Be quiet, Foxy! You'll thank us later," Freddy said, trying not to yell as he carried him.

While Freddy was designed to be the strongest of the bunch, it was hard to hold Foxy the way he was, especially given the fact that the vulpine robot was flailing with trying to break free from his and Chica's grasp.

They didn't even bother trying to talk with Foxy this time. They had to go back to the pizzeria before anyone realized what was going on.

Earlier that evening, Fazbear had just arrived at home. He was very tired, frustrated, angry and even sad.

He had spent the entire afternoon talking with the police, showing them the footages of the robbery. It took him a lot of effort to convince them that the animatronics would never kill and weren't dangerous. He even had said that they only left their stages to protect the costumers. To prove it, he emphasized the point where the robots hadn't killed a single thief, just knocking them all out.

Not to mention he had to contact the family of the boy who was celebrating his birthday there for a refund. As much he hated to admit, he couldn't blame them for being scared of trying to celebrate there again.

The man went to his kitchen, picked up a glass cup, some ice and a bottle of whisky. As he poured the liquid into the glass, he thought of Mike. He wished the mechanic hadn't died. He was a good employee and, from what he had deduced, he was also good to the animatronics. Granted, he couldn't let anyone get that close to them, but he wished his plans to have him working at his father's company had worked.

'Life rarely goes where I want it to...' He drank some of the whisky as he continued with his thoughts, 'If this incident causes too much trouble, I might have to actually close the pizzeria by the end of the year. It's still August, but I'm getting too old to have to deal with all this crap. I'll turn fifty-six in a month. It's a shame…Things were doing so well for a change…'

After drinking his first dose, he poured some more in the glass. He was about to leave the kitchen when he heard a familiar voice, "We have some serious trouble, sir."

The man jumped and screamed loudly as he looked for the source of the voice. He saw Golden Freddy sitting on the top of his refrigerator. 'I swear, he wants to give me a heart attack!'

But the man stopped for a moment, frowned and demanded, "What are you doing here? Why aren't you at the pizzeria? You should not leave there! Especially after what happened today."

"I'll explain this later, but first…" Golden started, only to be cut off.

"You were the one that shut Foxy down earlier, weren't you? And why didn't you at least tried to save Mike?"

The puppet's voice clearly showed annoyance as he replied, "Yes, I've turned Foxy off before he did something stupid. As for the mechanic, the only way for me to have helped him would have been to dismiss the protection I gave you so I could try to do something for him. Or are you saying I should have let you be kidnapped and die in Mike's place? I'm not all powerful."

The man gritted his teeth, hating to admit that he was right. He then drank the whole glass in one gulp and decided to drink straight from the bottle. After all, he wasn't at the pizzeria anymore.

"And why aren't you at the pizzeria? I didn't even know you could leave that place! Shouldn't you be taking care of them so they wouldn't do something stupid?" Fazbear commented.

"I can leave that place any moment I want for some periods of time, but it drains me to be away from there for too long. Besides, I need to discuss something important with you. I doubt they would do anything harsh for just a few hours while I'm gone. But, as I was saying at the beginning, we have a very bad situation in our hands."

Golden truly didn't expect the animatronics to get out of the pizzeria. He was completely unaware of what was happening there at the moment.

Fazbear frowned, "And what is it?"

Golden Freddy tried to summarize the issue the best as he could, "It seems we've underestimated your father's work…and now…we have added a new member to the family..."

End of chapter 10

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