A Family Like This
A Five Nights at Freddy's
Chapter Fourteen: Breaking the Mold
12:16 PM
"OK...I think I got the voice box finished..." Mike said slowly as he put it carefully back in the proper spot. "At least I think..." He heard the click of the part going into place. "Ok...there we go...try it out..." He took his hand back and waited, wondering if he did it right as Mangle moved her mouth, as if warming up. There was some loud radio static, before some popping.
"O-Oh! There we-*crackle* There we go!" A very quiet female sounding voice came from Mangle, much different from what Mike was admittedly expecting. "Oh wow, this is something to get used to again!" The endoskeleton head attached to her chirped, nodding its approval.
"W-Wow..." Mike said. "I did it..." Mangle beamed.
"Thank you kiddo!" Mangle said. "Ah, it's been so long since I heard my voice! You're such a sweet kid...sorry about eariler..." Mike blinked before he remembered.
"Ah, yeah, it's ok..."
"Being stuck in that back room with your own thoughts and Goldie can drive ya a little nuts..."
"Goldie?"
"The yellow bear." She explained. "He and that puppet are two I don't quite get..." Mike raised an eyebrow. "It's a bit complicated to explain...but it seems to me and En here think that those two have something to do with everything...that happened here..." She sighed before looking at the ceiling before back at Mike. "Do you know what happened to Jeremy?" Mike frowned.
"Who?"
"Jeremy, he's the night guard...er...well, he was the night guard..." She looked away for a second. "I mean back in 87..."
"I was barely five..." Mike admitted before frowning again; the name did sound familiar to him. "Wait...the name sounds familiar...Describe him..."
"Well...um...he had hair, two eyes..." Mike looked at her unimpressed.
"What color hair..."
"Oh uh, well...I think it was a reddish orange color...I only saw it in the bright light once..." She shuddered as she quickly brushed that thought out of her mind. Mike noticed it, but decided not to press it, instead trying to rack his brain for any memory of a red head named 'Jeremy'.
"Wait...I think I knew a Jeremy...maybe...I think he used to babysit me when my mom worked at a resturant..." Mike frowned as he tapped his head, as if that would help him remember better. "Last time I saw him...he was at the New and Improved Freddy's...I think he was in the office..." Mike trailed off before sighing sadly. "He was supposed to baby sit for me in the afternoon...he never did though..." Mangle frowned, realizing what she had done that day.
"Oh, kiddo..."
"He must've gotten hurt like how my mom did...and didn't make it..." Mangle looked at him, confused.
"What?"
"Well, my mom's friend's parents picked me up from my mom's friend's house..." Mike said slowly, remembering the incident. "I didn't fully understand what happened...only later did I really find out..." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as the memory of his 'grandparents' telling him that there was an 'accident' at the resturant and that his mom wouldn't be coming home for a while as they took him to their house, resurfaced. Mangle watched him as he sighed and shook his head. "I'd rather not talk about..."
"O-ok..."
"I think I'm going to try and sleep for a while...I've gotta work later..." He said before yawning. Mangle nodded and after getting the tool kit, she not-so graciously jump to the floor.
"You get some shut eye kid...I'll keep an eye on things." Mike nodded slowly before he tried to adjust himself on the bed, but gave up and went to sleep, slightly propped up. Mangle watched him, still feeling slightly guilty that she accidentally hurt him. En made some quiet static noise, asking a question. "Hmm?" Mangle looked at the head attached to her. "You really think that's him?" She looked behind her before looking back at the head and whispered. "I mean yeah, he'd be that height I guess...and yeah he's got the same baby blue eyes...but I dunno...It's been so long..." She sighed as she positioned herself in front of the bed and kept an eye on the door.
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12:46 PM
"He's asleep.." Melody pouted as she poked her head into the room. "We make him lunch...and he fell asleep...he never changes..."
"It's just toast though..." Matthew mentioned quietly.
"It's the thought that counts." Melody shrugged. "At least until Chica kicked us out..." She sighed before looking at Matthew. "What do you want to do?" She asked as they stepped out of the room and Melody placed the paper plate on a nearby table. Matthew shrugged slowly as he watched the girl balance on one foot and then switching her feet.
"What are you doing?"
"Balancing!" She laughed. "I don't like staying put for very long...Momma likes to joke that I'm probably part squirrel, though I'm not a very good climber." She spun around her heels and giggled before looking at the marionette. "What about you?"
"W-What?"
"Do you like staying still?" Matthew paused as he legitimately thought about the answer.
"I'm...not exactly sure." He admitted after a few minutes.
"Not exactly sure about what?" Melody and Matthew looked up and behind the girl at the animatronic. He looked almost exactly like Freddy, but Melody realized that he was a paler shadow of brown, though it looked a lot like a dusty gold color and his eyes were dark blue, almost black and non-exsistant. Melody blinked and gulped nervously as Matthew merely smiled.
"Ah, Goldie...I was wondering when you would show up again." The bear chuckled, his voice hauntingly and low.
"I was merely keeping an eye on things, like always," He looked over at the girl and smiled. "And who are you?" Melody blinked a few times before she fainted, surprising the two, who looked at each other clearly stunned that the girl had fainted.
"Uh..."
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Cookie to those that get the joke/reference with the title
But hey, we get to see Gold, Mangle's old voice, and ramblings , in part by my ability to confuse myself XD But oh well, I'll get it straighten out,
I'm open for suggestions for later Chapters/Headcanons you want to see used, etc. etc.
So Please Rate/Constructive Review and, most importantly, Enjoy~!