{this is like a prototype/prologue for my ffps arc that will happen...l eventually... it'll take a while at the rate I'm working on fritz and fright.
Ocs mentioned: Julie and Ethan get a name drop and that's it,
End of note}

Michael wasn't sure how he got caught up in this situation, it was shady as all get out and he didn't trust the lady in charge. She was too casual with him, Michael was put off by it. But he was also put off by all the weird things happening back at Freddy's. Springtrap had gone missing, presumably kidnapped if Ethan's word was anything to go by, and Sammy was getting worried about how long the rockstars and Sp had been gone for this most recent rent out. Then he was offered this job as what? A night guard? A business partner? He isn't even sure, but Julie said to keep an eye out and that's what he was going to do.

He was currently in a room, listening to a tape telling him he had to salvage this robot in front of him. The voice sounded familiar but he couldn't put his finger on it. Not that it mattered, the robot in front of him was a pathetic sight,

It had some remains of a bear mask and paws, but the rest of the robot was all wires. Michael was reminded of Yendo back home, but this bear was in much worse shape. "Almost like Ennard when I first met him" he mumbled before continuing the tape.

"...En...Ennard?..." the robot slowly spoke, Michael jumped and put a hand on the taser attached to his belt. The bear's eyes gave off an orange and blue glow, slowly blinking up at the Man before tilting his head.

"Hello...friend?" The bear asks. Michael keeps his eye on the bear. "You're... you're active?" He states, the bear makes a slow shrug motion.

"M...yes... tired though" the bear slowly leaned over and plopped his head onto the desk. "Where...am I?" He asked. Michael slowly took his hand off the tazer, this bear wasn't a threat. "Uh, some Freddy's place. I'm doing an interview, it involves a tape. I'll have to keep playing it, alright?" He spoke carefully yet calmly to the robot. Even if it was passive, Michael didn't want to risk it getting the wrong idea and going hostile on him. The wire bear nods. "Okie dokie." Michael plays the tape as it starts going through the audio prompts. "So uh... do you have a name?" Michael asks in between pauses."

"...name?... Molten.. molten freddy... I think." Molten tilts his head slightly. Then he finally sound plays and he visibly tensed. "aaAAA! I don't like that sound!" He whines while trying to cover his ears. Michael stood up. "I-It's okay! It's alright, it's almost over" he comforted, soon enough the noise cut off and he was free to leave. But he stayed behind to make sure molten freddy was okay. The bear was whining but was alright.

"Are.. you leaving?" He asked, looking a little scared. Michael paused. "Yah, But I'll be back in the morning, Promise." He smiled, this seems to placate the animatronic a bit. "Okay.. good night Michael." The bear smiled and waved as the man left. But it wasn't until he was out the door and to his car did Michael pause.

"...I never told him my name... how did he know it?"

~~~

The next day Michael kept his promise, he was sitting in his spot for his day tasks when he saw the motion detector go off, moments later there was a racket in the vents, Michael turned and shined his light inside and saw the orange and white wire bear from the other night.

"You came back!" The bear exclaimed before crawling to the edge of the vents with a grin.

"I promised didn't I? Are you alright?" He asked, pushing his chair closer to the vent to talk to molten freddy.

"I think so? There were other shiny robots here so I hid, I'm not really presentable! Then I heard noises and found you! I'm so glad to see you Michael!" The bear was almost frantic, had he been that lonely from the night before? Michael had a feeling there was something more to this robot than he knew, but he was sure it wasn't dangerous. Maybe spending so long with the little bots back home made him soft, but he extended an arm to the bear. "Want to join me in the office? I just got some tasks to do before I go, by I can hang out with you until then" He asked with a smile. The bear looked at his arm before nodding eagerly, and slowly taking it with one hand before climbing out of the vents. Michael carefully placed the wire animatronic onto his lap before rolling himself back to the computer. Molten Freddy's wires twisted and fell until he was comfortable and resting his head on Michaels free arm. He didn't mind, Michael still had one hand free to work. The two spent the night mostly in comfortable silence, occasionally they'd chat about various topics, like pizza or arcade games. soon Michael's tasks were done, but he ended up staying longer just to make sure molten was okay. Before he attempted to detach the wire bear from himself he decided he had to ask something that bothered him the night before. "Hey... molten?"

"Yah?" The bear tilted his head up slightly.

"How did.. how did you know who I was? I hadn't introduced myself to you yesterday." He asked, trying not to seem accusatory. The bear suddenly sat up and went stiff, looking visibly confused, "I... I don't know?? I just knew!! We haven't met before have we? How did I know?!" Michael decided that getting answers wasn't with it, Molten freddy was visibly getting worked up, so he used his other hand to rip circles on a pile of wires he thought might be the bears back to calm him down. "It's okay! Don't worry about it, I was just curious." He tried to brush it off. But both knew this wasn't something you just brushed off as nothing important.

Soon molten had calmed down enough that Michael felt like he could leave. The bear crawled out of his lap and back into the vents. "You'll come back tomorrow right?" He asked as Michael walked to the door. "Of course I will! And you're welcome to hang out with me again if you'd like." He smiles which caused molten to grin back. "Okay! Thank you! Good night Michael!" He waved before disappearing into the vents. As Michael left and sat in his car he let out a sigh. "...there's probably ghosts here already huh?" He said out loud, this shouldn't surprise him. The Freddy's franchise has a history of ghosts, but this place just opened! Whatever the reason Michael didn't like this place, he decided that if this was just a false alarm and Springtrap wasn't here he'd just take molten freddy with him and leave, the bear deserved better than some dusty old vents to live in.

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Springtrap interview

Michael walked back into the room and immediately froze. Sitting in the chair across from him was a very familiar sight, a rotten spring Bonnie suit with a purple bandana tied around his neck.

There was no doubt, it was Springtrap.

This already made things more suspicious, did the lady in charge bring him here? Did she kidnap him?? Michael had questions that needed answers. So he walked over to the table and lightly shook the animatronic.

"Springtrap, Hey! Are you active?" He loudly whispered. As soon as the rabbit started to stir with a mechanical groan.

Michael was back at the other side of the table when the rabbit looked up with his purple eyes glowing dully.

"...Michael?" Springtrap groaned and tried to sit up, but his body only jerked slightly.

"You must have been powered off, your an older model so it'll take longer" Michael speculated as the robot gave a slightly annoyed sigh. "Just my luck."

"I've gotta play the tape, but I really want to know what happened." He stated and the rabbit nodded.

The first sound played and Michael asked between pauses. "Do you know how you got here? From what I'm told you wouldn't just get up and leave."

"I...no I didn't leave... I was in the basement then... ugh. My head" Springtrap slowly raised an arm to hold his head. Michael thought as the next sound played. "So you were stolen? Do you know who did it? Did you see them?" He continued to ask as the rabbit shook his head. "No, one minute I was reading and the next I'm just out." His ear twitched as the next sound continued, still holding his head.

"...this is getting weird. Somethings going on here." Michael mumbles. The finale sound played and Springtrap visibly recoiled, he heard noises of soft clicks that Michael knew were springlocks. "Jesus Christ! What is that noise!?" Springtrap scrambles to cover his ears.

"...you too? What sound is that?" Michael looked at the tape with a slight glare.

"Make it stop!!" He practically begged. Michael gave a helpless shrug. "I'll be done soon promise!" Michael was slightly concerned. Soon the tape ended and Springtrap visibly relaxed with a pained groan.

"I've gotta head back... I think they'll take you to some basement thing.. if you see a wire bear named molten freddy, don't hurt him. He's a friend of mine." The Man explained whole standing up. Springtrap looked up and watched him go, seeming a little nervous. Michael paused at the door and looked back. "Ethan was worried about you."

"...He was?" He looked up, slightly surprised.

"Yah, I'll tell him you're okay. Just be careful, I think Ethan might have a heart attack if anything bad happens to you" Michael gave a dry chuckle before leaving. Springtrap was left alone in the room, he reached up and lightly held his bandana.

He never thought he'd miss a basement as much as he did right now.

~~~

The next day Michael was back in his office, almost as if on cue molten freddy was back and already clamoring to lay in Michael's lap again. Michael didn't mind. He rolled over to his desk to start his tasks.

"I found a weird rabbit today" molten said, Michael showed he was listening with a hum. "That's Springtrap, guess he's down here too" he thought out loud, he paused, then asked "was he doing okay? He's got a friend back home worried about him." Molten freddy nods.

"Yah, he was just sitting in one of the rooms, I didn't stick around though! He's scary." Michael let out a snort. "Yah he's definitely seen better days." Molten freddy continued to talk.

"I saw the shiny robots again too! I think one looked like me! They looked asleep though, I didn't want to wake them so I left them alone." Michael nodded but continued to think. The shiny robots had to be the rockstars, but why were they just sitting down here? Aren't they supposed to be upstairs entertaining the kids? Unless they brought new robots in for today...

"Hey molten, think you could do me a favor?" He asked suddenly, the bear looks up and nods eagerly. "Sure!"

"Can you keep me updated on those shiny robots? Just let me know if they start doing anything weird, like uh... twitch or something. Oh, and keep an eye out for a puppet with a bell hat, if you could" he smiled as the bear nods. "Sure thing! I'll be super sneaky and look out for them Michael!" Molten grins. Michael looked over when he heard a sound in the vents next to him, he turned and shined a light in to see Springtrap half crawling through the vents, he froze when he spotted Michael though. "Ah! You're here?" He looked surprised.

"Yah... got a job to do. Why are you here?" Michael asked calmly. Molten had tightened his grip on Michael slightly, so he was trying to keep the bear calm by showing no fear to Springtrap.

"I uh... heard voices and wanted to see who's here. I'll just.. leave you alone for now-" Springtrap started to scoot backwards into the vent before Michael called out. "Be careful okay." He got a noise of confirmation as a response.

"...he seemed eager to leave." Molten comments.

"Yah... he was" Michael squints suspiciously at the now empty vent before continuing with his tasks.

Soon enough he was finished and Michael had to leave. Molten crawled back through the vents and they parted ways. Michael sat back in his car and let out a sigh.

"...that might have been my dad back there." He groans then lets out a heavy sigh. "...god I just hope that it's spring Bonnie who got some bad habits in that suit," last thing Michael wanted was to face the reality of his dad being a ghost and still is hanging around.

(Scrap baby)

Michael wasn't sure what he was looking at.

It was baby, he was sure of it, but this was the strangest circus baby he's ever seen.

It was scrappy, torn up, and had a claw for a hand. But as usual, he continued on. "Okay, baby, gotta get through this tape... if you wanna ask me stuff feel free" he added the last bit in a mumble, he wasn't sure if she was active but going off the previous cases she likely was.

The first sound came and went without any comment. Michael tapped his hand on the desk. "You know I didn't think there was any other models of Circus baby after... yah... uh.. so it's neat to see one, even if it's not in tip top shape" yah great move there Michael, bring up a traumatic incident that took your sister. He mentally scolded himself for that comment. But it must have had some effect because the animatronics eyes lit up, it was a blue color, one light faded to green occasionally.

The next sound plays and still there was no word from the animatronic.

"So uh... I wonder what they'll do with you after this.. I mean I know where they'll put you there's a basement but, yah it's a little cramped." He continued the one sided conversation. Scrap baby silently listening. The next sound played and still there was silence.

"...so uh the next sound has a history of freaking everyone out so uh, prepare yourself." He forewarned. The animatronic gave a slight nod before the next sound played. Scrap baby twitched heavily but stayed slumped in her seat. Michael winced, this wasn't getting any easier to watch. But soon it was over and big sat in silence. "So uh... yeah sorry about that, but this is my que to leave so... if you see a wire bear be nice to him? He's my friend. Also if you see a rotten rabbit... well he's got a friend too but I don't particularly care about him right now so I won't stop you if you decide to punch him." He lightly joked while standing up. But he had barely reached for the door handle when suddenly a softer voice spoke.

"Be careful Michael... this place is... not what it seems." Michael turned around and saw those blue eyes trained on him, her expression was tired, yet pleading. "Once she has everyone together... she won't let you go... leave while you still can." She warned before her eyes went completely green and shut off with a spark.

Michael stood in silence for a beat before slowly backing out of the door. "Okay that's just bloody ominous, great, lovely. I'm f-king screwed" he mumbled under his breath as made his way to his car.

~~~~

The next night was oddly quiet, even molten freddy wasn't immediately at his side which put Michael into even more unease, he checked the motion sensors and saw three blips. looks like scrap baby is here already, Michael thought to himself. He looked back up and saw one blip heading his direction quickly, hoping it was molten freddy he flashed his light into the vent. He was quickly greeted the wire bear making a mad dash through the vent and practically lunging at him and into his chest. Michael was pushed back with an Oof and looked down to see the wire bear shaking horribly. This immediately made him concerned.

"Molten? What's wrong? What happened?"

"I DON'T LIKE THE NEW GIRL!" He cried while wrapping his arms and some wires around the man's chest, "I don't like her I don't I don't! She makes my head hurt and makes me feel weird, I don't like her!!" He cried while tightly hugging the man. Michael wrapped his arms around the bear trying to comfort him, his mind thinking quickly trying to process this situation.

"Did she do anything to you?" He asked concerned.

"N-no she, she just looked at me and my head hurt really bad! It felt all fuzzy like radio static! I don't like her make her stop!" The bear whimpered. Michael continued to hold him while looking back at the screen. The motion sensor picked up two blips, one was moving closer to the other, which was sitting on its own.

Scrap baby must have found Springtrap then, Michael thought to himself as he continued to hold the shaking robot.

"It'll be okay, I won't let her hurt you." Michael reassured, and he meant it. If he thought he could get away with taking molten freddy home with him right then and there he would, but it was daylight out and he'd be seen by patrons for sure.

"I'll do whatever I can to keep you safe," He said, cashing the bear to look up at him.

"You- you mean it?" He asked and Michael nodded. "You can stay in here after I have to go. I'll make a little spot for you where you can hide, I doubt that big scary clown can fit in here anyway." Michael reassured which seems to calm the wire robot down a lot. Soon enough Michael felt he could work on his tasks without molten freddy crying on him... as much as a robot could cry anyway.

Springtrap nor scrap baby made any appearances that night, which Michael was grateful for, hopefully they had distracted each other enough that he could work in peace.

"Oh! I checked on the shiny robots like you asked me to! And I saw something weird." Molten freddy suddenly said while looking up.

"Oh? What was it?" Michael asks, curious.

"I saw someone open their heads up and put something into them! I didn't see what it was because I was hiding but after they left the shiny robots started twitching! I left before any of them saw me though." This immediately worried the man.

"You saw someone put something into their heads?" He confirmed and the bear nodded. Michael immediately felt sick. Someone tampered with the rockstars. Someone tampered with Henry's robots.

What if they tampered with Security puppet too?

"Michael? Are you okay?" Molten freddy asked which snapped the man out of his thoughts.

"I... no not really, I got one more favor to ask of you Molten." The bear perked up. "Can you keep an eye out for a puppet with a bell hat? Make sure nobody messes with her, okay?" Michael asked, he hopes he wasn't asking to much of the bear. But he nodded and had a determined look. "I'll do my best to keep her safe Michael!" The bear looked determined. Michael gave him a relieved smile then set back to work.

Soon enough he was done, but he had one more task before he left. He carefully stood up and placed molten freddy on the chair before looking around the room. He spotted the desk and kneeled down. "I think that this is hollow.. maybe if I-" he pulled open a drawer and saw it filled with junk. "If I empty this out do you think you'll be able to fit inside here as a hiding spot?" Michael asked and the bear looked over, it was a very deep drawer and the bear was very flexible. He nodded and Michael set to move all the contents into other smaller drawers and boxes scattered around the office space. Soon his work was done and molten freddy slipped inside and shut himself in. Moments later he opened the drawer and popped his head out with a goofy grin. "It's perfect! Nobody will find me in here!" Molten freddy smiles and Michael returns the expression. They soon said their goodbyes as Michael left the office.

He sat in his car and leaned back in the seat.

Someone was tampering with the rockstars, this was bad enough, but that paired with the ominous warning scrap baby have made Michael really uneasy.

"...Today is going to be my last day. I've gotta call in backup for this mess" he mumbled to himself.

~~~~

(Lefty interview)

If Michael wasn't already feeling uneasy about this whole situation than he certainly would be now. Sitting in front of him was none other than lefty, the robot Henry specially built to protect Security puppet.

And he looked like he's seen better days.

One of his eye lights were out, he was scratched up, and his jaw hung loose. Michael steeled his nerves and approached the robot. "Lefty? Hey, it's me Michael. Can you hear me?" He asked while waving a hand in front of the bears face.

He got no response.

This already was making him nervous. Sammy had talked to him about how lefty was programmed, the bear was able to power itself back from a complete shutdown in order to protect SP. Michael was both impressed and intimidated by this technology. Seeing it completely unresponsive made him very uneasy.

This paired with the fact he knew these bots were tampered with made him keep one hand on his taser at all times.

He played the tape, and as the first sound played he again spoke, "Sammy was really worried about you guys, this is the longest you've been rented out... and I gotta admit I'm worried about you too." He rambled as the next sound played, Lefty was still unresponsive.

"And then I heard this was Security Puppets first time being rented out in... how long was it? Months? This uh... guess this isn't a very great outing huh?" The bear's ear twitched in response to hearing SP's name, but still was immobile as the next sound played.

"...and after what molten told me... I'll admit I'm scared... something is going on here..." he mumbled, the last sound finally played and lefty jerked suddenly. Michael's hand tightened on his taser, prepared for the bear to attack. He knew full well what these robots were capable of when aggressive. But thankfully nothing happened. Michael stood up and headed to the door, before he left he let out a sigh. "Hey lefty... I'm not sure you can hear me but, if you find a wire bear named molten freddy... tell him I'm sorry I didn't come back for my next shift..." and with that he left and walked to his car.

~~~

Michael didn't pull out his phone until he was sure he was far enough away from the building to not somehow he overheard. He dialed up a familiar number and put his phone on speaker.

"Julie speaking."

"Hey Julie, it's Michael, I found Springtrap... and some other things you will want to hear about"

(Ending it here)