and here we have the so far last part of my AU Scott, if you want more with him. do tell me.
until then, I begin on a new storyline in the Flashbacks, think they are a big part of this story to just leave them with this.
to reader99: that's a bit surprising since danish doughnuts is mostly eaten in the scandinavian countries and germany. maybe I should read up on it. your question to the Shadows: you just have to read to find out.
to GameZ Gaming: that's quite alright, I shouldn't expect a comment on every chapter too. the question will become a small comic, although it can be I make them play that game in the story. we'll see.
sure, Happy Birthday Jazmin, hope you will get a wonderful day ^^
to frozem1: well he did mess up Mike's reality by showing the seemly sentient animatronics are in reality possessed by his friends. and trust me Goldie will return back to Marion when this is over.
enjoy the story!
About a day after they got Scott some help; Goldie teleported to the hospital from Freddy's and by almost being spotted by a nurse, he did nonetheless find his way into Scott's room.
What he got from Kate, Scott was dealing with a hard case of pneumonia and he could've and maybe even still die from it because it has gone untreated for so long.
Goldie did of course wonder why Scott let it get this bad? But again; he wasn't human and even in this short time after being more able to understand, he realize that humans sometimes do stupid things that, which often makes no sense for a robot.
"...Fredbear...?"
Goldie blinked turned his reddish eyes to the man, Scott has awoken and was looked a bit surprised at him.
"T-That's really you..?" The man asked weakly.
The golden bear walked over to the bed. "You were the one sending me to the Upgrade, remember?" He remarked with a weak smile.
Scott made a gasp, but it turned into a fit of coughing. When it finally calmed down, the man wheezed. "Didn't think you... could talk." He said after a few moments hesitating on how to say it.
Goldie chuckled, yeah, he admits he too was a bit surprised he could talk so fluid after so short time. "Does it make it better I still stumble over several words? Don't think the mechanics gave me a supercomputer in speech." He teased the man.
Scott chuckled softly, but not of the small joke Goldie made. No, just hearing this golden bear talk proved whose soul controlled Fredbear. It both saddens but also made him happy he, in some sense could speak with Calem again. And Fredbear being Calem explained a lot of why the younger animatronics could sign language. Calem could it and it seems this ability was still very strong when he became Fredbear.
"Scott."
Scott blinked turned his eyes to the golden bear, Goldie wasn't smiling anymore. "Kate told me you have been trying to give us; the animatronics the full right of Fazbear Entertainment." The bear's red eyes looked confused at him. "Is it true?"
All Scott did was nod.
"Why do you give us the restaurant?" Goldie asked, shaking his head. Why would Scott give them; mere animatronics the right to a whole company?
The sick man smiled weakly up to him. "Because... you will do what is best for-" He stopped midsentence as he began coughing again. Goldie quickly went to him and handed the man some water. Then the golden bear sat in a slump down position on the floor beside the bed when the man coughing ceased. He didn't want to reveal his mobility to anyone other than this man. Sure, he didn't consider Scott as his father like Freddy and the others did. But he did consider this human like a good friend.
Scott took three deep breathes and said a bit hoarse. "Fredbear.. I have chosen Freddy as my heir..." He coughed again, not as heavily as before. He turned to Goldie, trying seeing any anger on the first animatronic's face, but there were none. "Please understand why."
"I understand." Goldie said, he has always, in some sense known Freddy would be the new icon for the company. That kid got a good heart, so to speak. And he has proven himself as a good leader. "He is the best programmed to the job, but, what I don't understand." He eyed the human confused. "Why us? We can't run a company. We—"
"Because you are robots?" Scott asked in softly matter of fact.
Goldie nodded slowly, he- they have accepted the fact that they always will be owned by others. The new manager was far from being a nice guy... he was an idiot too. Didn't know any of them were sentient when it clearly shows on the video recordings. Only the one Freddy and his friends considered as their father knew of their sentiments. Unlike the manager, Scott has always been nice to them. And to be honest, he always thought Scott would become their new manager, guess he was wrong.
Goldie blinked as his human friend suddenly began laughing between his coughing. "You can my golden friend... with these..."
And Scott waved to a small box at the desk, before his sickness got too bad. He have done some research on who each animatronic were as humans and with a little help from one of Kate's technician; he has made these disks that will mentally age them over time and also give them some extra perks that can make them more human.
Goldie went to the desk. Slowly opened the small box and gave Scott and confused look of what these disks are for.
The man smiled. "My last gifts... to you." He waved to the bear. "Take them." That, the Upgrade and the company was all he could give them. The rest they have to get or discover on their own.
Goldie hesitated, but nonetheless took the box, not sure what to do with them. Scott simple gave him a smile. "Now, please leave me... I need rest." Not sure it was the medicine or his sickness, but just talking took a lot of his strength.
"Will you speak to Freddy about this choice?" He heard Fredbear ask.
"...Yes." He nodded slowly. "Very soon my friend." He opened his eyes slightly to look at the bear. "Now leave.." He didn't even hear Fredbear leave before he fell asleep.
Goldie left the man, and wasn't sure why he got such a bad feeling, like this would be the last time they ever spoke. But he has to leave and just hope the man would get better.
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Goldie gets almost the exact feeling about this situation and he does not like it. He wants to check on Mike, but he doesn't want to worry Freddy. "I'm going out in town for tonight." He tells the one he both considers as brother and son and walks towards the Parts and Service to change. "Tell Chica I won't be for home for dinner." Which is too bad, he really wanted more of those round cakes.
Freddy blinks, taken by surprise by this sudden change of topic. "Of course. Goldie, is anything alright?" He asks, getting a bit worried. He follows the golden bear inside the Parts and Service, in here Goldie jokes with a calm smile. "Of course, just me going out and mingle a little with the humans." And he transfers his conscious to his human body.
Freddy crosses his arms, not fully convinced but again, he can't really say foul on Goldie's reason for leaving. It's not like the golden bear is the only one hanging around humans when outside the restaurant. "When will you be back?" He asks instead.
Goldie walks out from the room with: "Not sure, but if it makes you feel better. I can bring a cell phone with me."
"It would be much obliged." Freddy muse and Goldie fetch a cell phone before he leaves the building. Freddy watches him leave, but even though he knows Goldie hasn't been completely honest, he can't exactly force his brother to stay just because he didn't tell where he's going. All Freddy can hope: that Goldie won't get himself into trouble.
Goldie does not walk far away from the restaurant before he stops, with a small sight he turns his head to the slender and black puppet behind him. "What did you do to him?" He asks Marion angry.
Marion however isn't intimidated by the usual golden bear and simple replies. "You will know that soon enough. Here." And throws a small map to Goldie. The usual bear grabs it and notice there is a red circle around a building and a house number too. He glances suspicious up to Marion.
"You want to see him correct?" The puppet asks and points at the map. "That's where he lives."
"Anything else I need to know?" Goldie asks, his bad feeling is getting worse. But all Marion answered with is teleporting away. Goldie rolls his eyes. "Figures..." He checks the map and teleports off himself.
The usual bear appears again inside a dark alley nearby the building, a safety measure he did every time he uses his powers outside the restaurant. Can't have he freaks people out. Although Goldie doubt anyone would really notice since it is already pretty dark, well that's winter for you. Goldie walks towards the building and do a small surprising observation. "Hm, not far from where Scott lived." He muses, recognizing this place when he and Kate found a very sick Scott... He misses that guy. No, he can't really think about that now.
Goldie shakes slightly his head and goes inside. Rechecking the number, Goldie knocks on the door and gets the idea that Marion has pulled a horrible joke on him since it isn't Mike opening the door. The one who did is a red haired man, seemly a few years older than Mike. "Look whatever you're selling, I'm not buying." The red haired fella says flatly. Goldie raises a brow and replies a bit confused." Um, I'm not here to sell."
"Oh, then why are you here?" The man asks, now sounding wary.
"Does a Mike Schmidt live here?" Goldie asks, thinking he better get to the point before he gets a door in his face. His question calms the man down. "Oh yeah, he's my roomie." He explains and turns into the apartment, calling. "Mike, there's some guy who wants to talk to you!"
Goldie hears footsteps and a pretty down looking Mike comes into view, the usual bear about to smile and greet the man, that until he sense something is wrong with the young man, something has changed. Mike looks away for a few seconds, then tell his roommate. "Let him in, he's... A friend.."
The red haired man does and Goldie walks inside.
"Would you like some tea? If we have some of course." Mike asks with a rather awkward smile.
"Sure." Goldie nods and Mike walks into the kitchen. Goldie didn't really need tea but knows from studying humans that offering a guest something to drink is mostly to be polite.
So while Mike searches the kitchen for tea. The usual golden bear turns to the red haired. "I never got your name." Goldie says; mostly just to do something while Mike is making himself busy in the kitchen. The red haired glances up from his spot on the sofa. "It's Steve, yours?"
"Calam." Goldie replies, thinking using his animatronic name might be a little stupid. "How long the two of you been friends?"
Steve chuckle and says amused. "I won't exactly call me and Mike friends." Goldie raises a brow and the man explains him laidback. "We tolerate, and sometimes help one another, but that's about it. Mike only lives here because he needed a place and I needed a roommate to help with the rent."
That's... kinda sad, does this mean that a bunch of animatronics are his only friends? Goldie is about to ask Steve about if he knows Mike has other friends, but just in that moment. Mike walks out from the kitchen with the cup of tea.
"Thanks." Goldie takes the cup and takes a small sip, mostly to not act rude. Another awkward moment. When Goldie is not sure what really makes Mike acting a bit strange, like he's unsure how to be around him. With a sigh, Goldie sits the cup down and asks the man: "Can we talk?"
"Huh?" Mike blinks to only realize that Calam asked him a question. "Oh, um sure." He smiles weakly and leads them both into his room. Thinking of how he sees the animatronics has completely turned his world upside down, not to mention he hasn't gotten much sleep.
Inside the small bed room, Goldie sits down on the single chair and asks serious, but also in a caring way a worried father would to his child. "Mike, why didn't you come to work today when you're not sick."
Mike feels bad for doing it, but he only did it because he does not feel up to facing nor confronting his friends in what truth Marion made him realize. Just having Calem, or should he rather say Goldie around makes him feel a bit awkward and confused.
"Mike?"
"I know who you are." Mike blurts out, "You're not human, more a eh… animatronic.." Just saying it out loud makes him sounds kinda crazy. It feels so wrong saying it to a man he consider as Sean's adoptive brother, not the father figure of a golden bear.
The blond man doesn't even blink, he stays as calm as ever, which Mike is kinda surprised how calm he take this. D-Did he make a mistake? Is Calem not like the others? Is he not Goldie? This is getting really awkward~
Goldie had a feeling the awkwardness is because of this, and he also knows who caused this. Marion has never followed any of their rules, never felt like part of the family when he clearly is. He lets out a sight and asks the man softly. "And does this scare you?"
Mike blinks; this isn't the words he expected. Then again he doesn't really know what this one is thinking. Sometimes, Goldie seems to be just as unpredictable as Marion. "I..."
"I can't really blame you if you do." Goldie says and adds with a weak smile. "Wouldn't it have been better if we just have been a bunch of sentient animatronics and not something there are possessed by deceased people?"
... Hit the nail right on the head. Mike would've wished that, would have made things just a bit easier. "I would, but..." He meets Goldie's human shape's more brown eyes, first now realizing those eyes weren't organic. "Knowing what you really are is not scaring me, just..." he looks away. "Confusing."
"Oh?" Well, that's quite the surprise. But Goldie is happy Mike doesn't stay away because of fear, it seems when he has gotten used to the thought, he will still stay by the youngster's side. That is good, but... then what is it that freaks him out? "So you just need time?"
Mike hesitates. "Maybe.. I don't know." He lets out a long sigh, why can't he get his mind to calm the freak down? "Everything is so confusing right now… the animatronics being possessed, Freddy, Bonnie, Foxy and Chica being my deceased childhood friends... and Marion telling me they will kill agai—"
"He said what?" Goldie asks almost angry, no he is angry over what Marion apparently has said.
Mike looks up to the blond man— disguised animatronic— how can he even do that? No, no head back to this subject. "That's what he told me. For well…" He shifts a bit uncomfortable. "They have already killed..."
"...… So you know." Goldie muses sad after a long silence. And here he thought he is the only one holding on the gang's dark secret.
Mike nods slowly and for the first time feels he has someone he can talk about the horrors he went through in the other location. He tells Goldie about the mysterious Phone Guy explaining him how to survive and how he seems to know about their awareness, yet ended getting him killed. How the animatronics would try and reach him inside the office and only thing keeping them from doing it was two shut doors. About he panicked- made the power ran out and... "Freddy was at the door, playing the Toreador March while letting his eyes glow to the tune. I..." Mike looks away from the intense listing Goldie. "I wish I can forget his eyes, but it's pretty hard when an animatronic gives you a glare that screams: "I'm going to kill you"… I think he would've if not for the clock hitting six."
Goldie feels sorry for the young man and he has been living through that, something he never wanted anyone to live through. "It was a safety measure that we would be on stage to recharge before the customers arrive. Mike, you were very lucky." He tells the young man dead serious, well aware what would happen to those who got caught..
"I know, still I wonder." Mike turns back to the disguised bear. "Do you think they ever knew what they were doing?"
Goldie lets out a sad sight. "If they did, none of them would ever forgive themselves." He explains sadly and adds softly to the man. "None of us ever wanted to hurt anyone."
"Well, except the Toys." Mike remarks chuckling, just to get some of this heavy air away.
Goldie chuckles at bit over the remark. "Good thing they are so small then." Then the usual bear clears his throat and tells Mike somewhat seriously again. "When we got the restaurant, we all promised that no human will ever die inside those walls. I might be the only one truly knowing what they did when they were more robot than human, but we all knows that someone did this." He points at his own body. "To us, using the Fazbear Company as their hunting grounds."
"Is that why Sea- I mean Freddy- what should I call him now?" Mike asks, this is one of the things most confusing him!
"Call him Freddy as bear and Sean in human shape. That's what we do." Goldie smiles and adds chuckling "Less confusing."
"Okay, so that's why you have cameras build inside—"
Goldie's laugher interrupts Mike and the usual bear reveals to his surprise. "Oh that was just a cover-up we made for our employees. We don't really have build in cameras."
Oh okay, well one thing less to creep him out. "So the restaurant is really controlled by the animatronics?"
"Correct." Goldie nods.
"Do you know who you were before?" Mike asks, happy he got someone who is a bit less secretive than that blasted puppet. But just to his luck, Goldie shakes his head. "Nope, not a clue who I were before."
Huh? "Then the name Calem is just a made up name?"
"Oh that's my real human name alright." Goldie explains calmly as if this is a day to day conversation, which made this a bit ironic for Mike. "But I have no memories of my human self."
"Then how do you—"
"Spring told me." Goldie interrupts and explains the man that according to the hare. Before they became animatronics, him and Spring were co-workers at a diner called Fredbear Family Diner and the usual bear explains to the confused Mike. "Spring remembers his human past. So does Freddy." Goldie glances to Mike with a weak smile. "You were the one making him remember."
… Oh well, that explains why Sean were acting so.. upset when he remembered his past. "He took it rather nice." Mike muses, feeling a bit bad for his friend. "All things considered."
"He did, and my guess is that he only did because you were by his side and reminding him of the good things." Goldie says and explains sadly the young man. "Spring weren't that lucky…"
Mike does faintly remember something Marion told him about Spring. "He lost his mind.. didn't he?"
"Yes, all because he remembered his human past." Goldie nods, he sight and tells Mike calm but serious "Mike, I feel like I need to warn you. I understand if you want the rest of your friends to remember your childhood past and the tight bond you shared. But unlocking our human past has some deep consequences'. One of them is forcing them to realize their death, that their bodies are fake and not theirs. Freddy for a time felt trapped inside his, that's why he stayed in his human form for so long. Also, both Freddy and Spring are struggling with their knowledge of what they have lost. Their families they left behind and never can reveal what truly happed to them. Me, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy knows we are human souls controlling a robot, yet still it is hard coping with it." Goldie scratches his neck with a sheepish smile on each animatronics' reaction to this truth. "Some took the news better than others.
"… Does the Toys know?"
Goldie shakes his head. "We won't tell them before they get older."
Mike understands why, especially when they already have enough to cope with. And to the three others of his friends. Just knowing how much damage remembering their human past can cause, well; Mike think it is best letting that stay in the past. It's not like their amnesia has changed them beyond recognition. "I will only unlock their memories if it is their choice." Mike says, he feels it is not fair he shall be the one making that choice. In his eyes, even with artificial bodies; they are still humans.
Goldie gives him a smile. "Thanks, now." His smile widens and he learns forward to the young man. "Let me tell you what you missed today."
I did rewrite this chapter more than once, since I on my first try made it more cliche by Mike getting angry that Freddy kept this secret from him. fortunately Mike reminded me that it is not how he is. but would you have wanted the "keeping secret and the person gets angry when realizing the truth, but still forgive them later on" cliche or do you prefer this more relaxed but confused reaction? I would like to know.
till next time
