Like I said last chapter, I'm not going into telling everything that happened at Prom. There's like one/two events that get mentioned here, but I'm leaving it up to you all to imagine everything else. Anyway, this is the next day. Mike walks in early to work with the spirits...only to find out that the manager (Phil) decided to take her place to watch over the place. And as Mike works on the animatronics...she discovers something about them that is really quite sad. I apologize for the shortness, I have something planned for the next one that'll be pretty good...or bad depending on how you look at it.

I own absolutely nothing except for the few OCs in here (the parents).

"Bold" is the Animatronic's speech

"Normal" is human speech (when the child's spirit is in control)

"Italic" is memory/thought/phone call

Chapter 26

Mike walked in first thing in the morning, just as the spirits reappeared on the stage.

"Fun night?" she asked, smiling as four heads turned to her.

"Could say that," Matt started, "the manager came back last night…he's uh…probably still barricaded in the office,"

"What did you four do!?" Mike blinked.

"Me and Matt, nothing," Sam shrugged, "Well, other than try to keep Chica and Foxy from getting him,"

"Speaking of the manager," Robby muttered, "We better hide until he leaves,"

"And then you can tell us how the dance went," Amanda smiled as Mike gave a short laugh and walked towards the office.

She knocked on the door only to get yelled at.

"GO AWAY YOU STUPID FOX!" Phil screeched.

"Um…Phil?" Mike started, leaning in the window and waving, "It's just me. It's 6:05,"

The door opened and Phil's head poked out, looking at the golden-eyed teenager, who was smiling in amusement.

"God, Mike, I don't know how you do it," Phil shook his head, "One night is one night too many for me,"

"The things you do when you need a job," Mike shrugged, "Anyway…lemme guess, I get to work on Chica today?"

Phil gave a nod as Mike walked with him to the door.

"Heh, ya know…I might just need to get something to settle my nerves after the night I've had," Phil shuddered, "I still don't get how you're not crazy after all this,"

"Trust me, I've seen worse," Mike admitted sadly, "But yeah, you go get calmed down. Take as long as you need, I'll hold down the fort here until you get back,"

"Thanks Mike, you're the best,"

And with that, he left.


Mike turned to the stage just to face the four spirits.

"So you're working on me today?" Amanda asked, her violet eyes bright.

Mike gave a nod and turned to Matt.

"If you can work on tuning Chica up after I get the chip out, I can work on you and then I'll go back and help Robby,"

"Anything that'll get us free sooner," Matt nodded as Robby handed Mike the toolbox.

The living child climbed up on stage and wandered over to Chica, reaching up and opening the port at the base of her neck. Amanda gave a shudder, shaking her head as Mike gently dug through the wires and nodes, trying to find the chip.

"Can one of you get me a step stool?" Mike asked, "I can't see…it's too high up and I don't want to risk pulling the wrong thing out,"

"This work?" Sam asked as he finished fading in, holding a stool.

"Thanks," Mike nodded as Sam set it down and Mike climbed on top of it.

"So how was the dance?" Amanda asked.

"Beautiful," Mike replied, digging through the access port, "Little lights and balloons everywhere…Kayle won Prom Queen, much to her, and mine and Ashe's, surprise. She had to dance with this guy she's been crushing on since I met her…her face was so red,"

"Charlie didn't kiss you, did he?" Sam teased, making Mike jump and hit her head on the hatch.

"Ow!" Mike whined, rubbing her head.

"Did he?" Robby questioned, his golden gaze serious.

"No!" Mike snapped, turning back to her work, "Lay off me, guys, c'mon!"

"He so kissed her," Matt snickered, earning him a heated glare from both Robby and Mike.

"Sam, Matt…want to go hide a body?" Robby deadpanned.

A screwdriver got thrown at him, but Robby dodged expertly, making Mike growl heatedly.

"Ah, but maybe he didn't kiss her," the eldest spirit started, "maybe she stepped on his feet so many times that he gave up trying to!"

"Shut up!" Mike snapped, waving a wrench at him, "And no I didn't step on his feet...well, once, but after that no!"

She turned away, blushing furiously.

"I might have accidently slapped him though..."

The spirits started howling with laughter, much to Mike's embarrassment. Robby grinned smugly and turned to his sister again.

"Now what would have caused that, I wonder?" he chuckled.

"I wasn't expecting the kiss," Mike mumbled, "And he snuck up behind me, wrapping his arms around me...I might have elbowed him, then kneed him, and then slapped him...but it was a total accident!"

"That's my little sister," Robby grinned, "Show the little punk who's boss,"

"Was he mad?" Amanda asked.

"More shocked than anything," Mike admitted, "He told me he was glad I didn't have my taser with me,"

The three boys started snickering while Mike and Amanda glared at them.

"It wasn't funny," Mike growled.

"To us, it is," Matt admitted, "His face...I think that's what you guys are seeing...right?"

"Or him twitching on the ground," Robby snorted, "Ah, I wish I was there to see you whale on him, Mike,"

"I didn't mean to!" Mike snapped, turning back to her work.

"Haha! Mike! That tickles!" Amanda laughed as Mike accidently brushed a wire.

"Sorry, Mandy," Mike apologized before heading back in, "Aha! Got you you little bugger!"

She yanked the chip out, making Amanda yelp and hit the ground. The girl whipped around seeing Matt holding his little sister, right as she jerked, gasping.

"Oh, wow!" the spirit blinked, "Sam, I know what you mean…that feels so much better,"

"I'll get to work tuning her up," Matt said, "Mike, get to working on me and Robby, I…I don't want to attack you at night. Not after what happened a few nights ago,"

"Consider it done," Mike nodded, picking up the stool and setting it down behind Freddy.

The teenager had to stand on her tip toes just to reach the port, and that was saying something, seeing as Mike was no shrimp.

Every so often, Matt would give a light shudder as Mike brushed a wire out of the way, but every time she tried to apologize, Matt waved her off and continued working. Matt's chip was a lot harder to find than Sam or Amanda's. Scott really wanted Freddy to be the one to go and kill apparently, and seeing how Matt was very rarely in control at night…he succeeded. Mike was almost ready to give up…when she spotted it.

"Found you!" she crowed, yanking the chip out.

Matt gave a roar and fell down on the stage, his wrench clattering out of his suddenly limp fingers. The spirit had a hand to the back of his neck and he glared at Mike.

"That hurt," he growled.

"It didn't want to be found," she explained.

"Still!" Matt grumbled, only to give a peaceful smile as the feeling of freedom set in, "So much better,"

Mike hopped off the stool and helped Matt to his feet. The older spirit picked up the wrench he dropped and twirled it in his fingers.

"I'm almost done," he told her, "Go work with Robby…I can try to work on, well, me, if I get done,"


Mike took her brother's hand as he hauled her up to the stage and into the Cove. The living girl walked towards the broken fox and found the port on its back.

"Lucky me that this one's on the back," Mike said, "I don't think I could reach to the neck,"

Robby gave a faint laugh as he leaned against the ship.

"It's better than nothing, right?" he asked.

"If you didn't have an access port here, there wouldn't be a virus," Mike reminded him.

"Hmm, didn't think of that,"

Mike laughed and shook her head, carefully digging through the wires…and then her hand hit something soft. Robby gave a strangled sound as his hand shot to the back of his head, his golden eyes wild as Mike took the flashlight, frowning, and turning it on.

"Mike…I wouldn't…" Robby warned, but it was too late.

Mike gave a scream and fell backwards, staring at her brother in shock.

"He…put you…" she stammered.

Robby gave a sad nod.

"You found me," he murmured, "Well…my body,"

Mike's eyes filled with tears as she bowed her head.

"He's a monster,"

"One in life and now one in death," Robby nodded, coming over to her and kneeling down, "Now you see why they couldn't find our bodies,"

"The others…"

Robby nodded.

"You just didn't see them because they're built different," he explained, "There's really nothing to Foxy…that's why you saw me,"

Mike turned a pained look at the animatronic, at the tuft of dull red hair that she had touched while digging. She set her jaw and went around the front, running her hands over the fox's front.

"What are you doing?" Robby asked.

"Trying to find a way to get you out of there," Mike growled.

Robby put his remaining hand on her shoulder and shook his head.

"Leave it," he told her, "I doubt you're strong enough to get it out. Focus on getting the chip out, ok?"

Mike shot him a pained look before sighing and walking back around to the access port. Tears streamed down the girl's face as she finally found the chip…right next to her brother's corpse's head. It was hard to get out as it was caked with blood and rust, but Mike managed to yank it out, nearly causing Foxy to topple on top of her. She looked over at her brother, watching as he knelt on his hands and knees, a peaceful smile on his face.

"Free," he whispered, "I'm free…we're all free,"

I'm thinking maybe one more chapter in this book and then moving on to the story in which Charlie and the spirits get to 'play'. So, be on the lookout for Five Nights with Charlie coming soon (I'm going to need ideas for that one, so send them in!). And then Soul: Guardian Angel after that 6 chapter story gets told.

The bodies do eventually get removed and buried, but not for a while. Mike's not strong enough, and the spirits can't do it themselves.

I hope you guys liked it, if you did send in the reviews! (Along with ideas because I will need them eventually!) :)

Qui vállë tóquetë, ván tecë (If no review comes from y'all; no story comes from me)

Máriessë ar mára tecië

Farewell and fair writing

Elhini Prime signing off.