Sam was currently walking towards Prize Corner, following Mari. He looked around at the posters and everything else plastered on the walls.
"Jesus, some of these things bring back some major nostalgia."
Mari looked back and smiled warmly. "Heh, glad that this place brings back good memories for you. I also have a surprise for you~"
He perked up at the word "surprise".
"Oh, really, a surprise? For me? Why?"
She waved him off and giggled. "Because you mean a lot to me and I want to show you that."
He blushed and smiled. "For a robot, you're way too sweet."
Now it was her time to blush, something that was already becoming extremely common between the two. "Hah, I wish. Anyway, we're here."
Sam looked up and noticed that she was indeed correct. The door to prize corner was right in front of him. Mari opened the door and led him in.
"After you, stud."
He rolled his eyes and walked in, walking up to her prize box in the middle of the room. He looked back at her as she closed the door and smiled at her. "God, no matter how many times I see this room and this box, I can't shake the happy feelings that I got whenever I came in here."
Maril smiled and felt genuinely touched. "You're going to kill my heart from how cute you are and I don't even have a heart."
They both shared a laugh before she looked at him and tilted her head, not far from how a dog would, and smiled. "Now, close your eyes."
He looked confused for a second, but he complied anyway, closing his eyes and humming to himself while he waited. A few seconds later after hearing a bunch of noises coming from in front of him, he heard Mari's voice again.
"Okay, you can open them now."
Sam opened his eyes and was confused at first, before he looked at what Mari now had in her hands. A piece of paper with a drawing on it.
His drawing.
He looked shocked for a second, which caused Mari to frown.
"What's up? Something wrong, hun?"
Sam shook his head and nodded no. "No no, nothing at all! I'm just taken aback by how you still have that old thing. I drew that when I was..."
She cut him off with her giggle, which he was starting to find more and more adorable every night he was there.
"When you were about 10 or so, yes. You were such a cute kid. I kept this so I could remember you, even if my data banks got corrupted somehow. Even though I wasn't sentient, at the time, I felt it was...right to do so. It was strange. But I'm glad that I did. I found it again in my prize box when I was upgraded and I've cherished it ever since."
Sam looked down for a second, before looking back up at her and smiling, walking over to her and hugging her. Mari looked down at him and snuggled close, closing her eyes.
They stayed like that for a minute in complete silence, just enjoying the embrace of each other, before letting go. Sam broke the silence, even though he would have enjoyed staying like that with her for a lot longer.
"Thank you. It means a lot to me that you'd keep something of mine to remember me. I'm still in shock how you guys have gained sentience and I should really question it more, but to be honest, I'm just happy that I can finally talk to you as a person."
She smiled, oil slightly coming from the side of her eye. Sam noticed this and gave her a confused look. "Hey...you've got something coming from your eye. You okay?"
Mari wiped her eye and smiled at his concern. "Of course. You humans call it crying, correct?"
Sam nodded. She took this as an indication to continue.
"I suppose it was a feature added when we were upgraded. I'm honestly not sure. I've only ever done it once before and that was when I looked at your picture for the first time after gaining sentience."
Sam nodded again, still not really understanding how all of these upgrades were possible. He let it slide for now, however. He looked around at all the other pictures, noticing quite a few in the room. He looked towards Mari and smiled.
"I'm glad that the kids drew pictures for you, even if a lot of them only did it to get a prize. But, I'm also glad that I was there. Least you had and still have a friend, huh?"
She hugged him again and smiled. "You're such a sweetheart."
They sat and talked for a while in prize corner. At about 3AM, something strange happened.
A knock came from the front door of the resturant. Sam and Mari both walked out of prize corner and stared at the main door, looking at each other every now and then in confusion. Sam was the first to speak up. "Wait, it's 3AM. Who the fuck would be here at this time?"
Mari took a serious look on her face and stared at the door. "I'm not sure, hun, but it can't be anyone who has good intentions. Not at this time. This has happened before. It didn't end well. And if it was Mr Fazbear, he would just let himself in. He wouldn't knock. You head back to the security office and stay there. Lock the doors. I'll go warn the others, just in case."
He nodded and walked back to the security room, making sure to get past the door without being seen. He looked at the security cameras near the door. When he did however, the knocking stopped and there was no one there. He looked at the screen in confusion. "Wait, huh? Where the hell did they go?"
Going against Mari's orders (he was the night guard, after all. Was kinda his job), he unlocked the doors to his office and ran to the front door. He looked outside and couldn't see anyone. "Eh, maybe it was just some idiots dicking about. But even then, at this time? At a pizzeria?"
None of it was making sense to Sam, so he went to find the others.
Meanwhile, outside, 3 men with black masks were planning something.
"Alright, we clear?" The one on the left said, the stockiest of the the group. His name was Michael.
The one in the middle known as Andrew nodded, an average sized man. "Seems it. Didn't see anyone or hear anyone in there."
The one one the right who was known as Max, the shortest and skinniest one facepalmed. "You guys want to remind me why we're robbing a pizzeria of all places?"
Michael and Andrew scowled at him behind their masks, not that he could see it anyway. Michael spoke up. "Because, dipshit, this was a famous joint once and still is the last I heard, so it means it'll have a lot of money. Not only that, I got a tip from someone that they still have some old shit from back before they closed down, back when all the weird crap was happening with the robots. They'll sell for good money with how famous that whole controversy was."
Andrew scoffed. "I also heard that they invested in new robot mascots. I remember when this place was run down and the old ones were falling apart. It'll be fun to smash these new ones apart."
Michael slapped him on the back of the head, hearing an "ow!". "Listen, idiot. We're here to rob the place, not trash the stupid robots. If you want to do that then by all means, go ahead, but make it quick and don't dick around for too long. We need to be in and out."
Andrew and Max nodded and hid behind the dumpster, getting their plan into action.
Meanwhile, inside, Sam was in the office by himself. He had talked to the others and they said for him to go inside the office. He sighed. He knew they were just worried for his safety in case anything bad happened, but still.
"Jesus, I'm the apparent nightguard and I'm being guarded by a bunch of robots. What has my life come to?"
As he said this, he heard a door smash. He whipped his head up to the locked door on his left.
"Shit, sounded like the main door."
He rushed to the locked door and opened it, checking the hallway before actually going out of the office.
He walked out into the hallway. Nothing. He was about to walk towards the main stage when he heard footsteps behind him. Before he could turn his head around, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He screamed and turned around, only to realise it was Mari. He calmed down and sighed, causing her to hug him.
"Sam! I'm so sorry for scaring you, hun. Are you okay? I heard the main door get busted open and I came as fast as I could."
Sam pulled away and smiled. "Of course I'm alright, no need to worry. Have any idea what's going on?"
She sighed and took his hand, running with him towards the main stage area. "Yes. We've had several break ins before and this can only be another one. It hasn't happened ever since this place got refitted and such, but I suppose it was boud to happen eventually."
Sam looked confused. "But why rob a pizzeria?"
She looked back at him as they made it to the main stage area. "Because this place used to be and well, still is, famous. It still has some old relics from when it shut down that would sell for a lot of money. So some idiots think they can get a ton of money from here and cause havoc. Well, they're in for a surprise, I'll say that much."
He nodded. "What do you have in mind?"
She smirked. "You'll see. All I need you to do is to stay in here, okay?"
As she said this, the others came out and smiled at him, coming up to him. Foxy was the first to speak up.
"Don't worry, lad. We'll take care of you. No land lubber is getting there hand on ye."
Sam smiled. Freddy came up and nodded. "Agreed. We'll protect you, don't worry."
He nodded in appreciation and turned to Mari, who was now smiling. "But wait...shouldn't I really be dealing with this? I am the night guard. I'd just need a weapon and some..."
Mari put her finger to his lips. "No no, you're staying right here with the others. I'm not letting you get hurt, not at all. I'll deal with the idiots. Trust me, I'll be fine. I've dealt with these kind of people before." As she said this, she smiled at him. "Don't worry about me, sweetheart. I can handle myself."
She hugged him and then ran off to the door, leaving him in the hands of the others. When she left, Sam looked towards the others, all of them looking towards the door. He went up to Freddy. "Think she's going to be okay?"
Freddy laughed and shook his hand. "Don't worry, Sam. She's handled these type of buffoons before. Trust me, I want to go help her, but she asked us if we'd make sure you were safe and we keep our promises. I wouldn't want to get on her bad side, that's all I'll say."
Sam gulped, suddenly thanking the stars that she liked him so much.
The 3 masked robbers had seperated. Michael was in the office, Max was in the hallway still and Andrew was sat inside the kitchen.
Mari clung to the ceiling, using her long legs and arms to hold herself up. The place was dark at this time, so with her natural black colour, she blended right into the shadows.
"Jesus fuck, where am I even going here?"
She snapped her head towards the direction of the sound, heading towards it. She spotted one of the masked men. He was currently wandering around, a bit like a chicken with its head cut off. He had a lead pipe in his hand. She chuckled to herself.
"Oh, this'll be fun."
She lowered her arm from the ceiling and prodded the back of the man, making him jump and hold his weapon up. He started shaking slightly, visibly freaking out. "Hey! Who's there?! Guys, that better not be you dicking me about?!"
She suddenly gained glowing white irises in her eyes and growled, causing him to look up. He raised his weapon in fear and tried to swing at her, only to miss as she dodged it and grabbed him, causing him to scream as she dragged him up to the ceiling with her, scurrying off into the darkness with the screaming man.
Michael, who was currently still in the office searching for anything, heard the screams of what sounded like Max. He had a combat knife with him. He readied his weapon and ran out into the hallway, screaming like a mad man, expecting something to be there. To his surprise, there wasn't anything there.
"Sounded like Max. Fuck is going on here? Place should be completely void of life."
He started searching in the hallway, looking for Max. This was Mari's que to strike again. She snuck up behind him from the shadows and grabbed his arm, twisting and breaking it, causing him to scream in pain and drop the knife, letting her grab him and take him with her, his screams also filling hallways.
Andrew, who was now in the Kid's cove, looking towards the door as he heard more screams. He had heard screams earlier but he chocked it off to his imagination. Now he wasn't so sure. This place was empty, though. Surely it couldn't be the guys.
He was about to exit before he heard something behind him.
"What are you doing in my cove?" He heard an aggressive feminine voice behind him, growling as she spoke. He turned around to see that it was...
A fox with white and pink covering its fur.
He backed up to the door, visibly scared. "Wait...what the fuck?! Where did you come from?! You're one of the new robots! How are you speaking like that?!"
She snarled and closed the distance, causing him to raise his weapon, a crowbar.
"Don't come any closer, bitch! I'll smash ya!"
Before he could actually do anything else, he felt a pair of hands behind him. He turned his head around only to see something screaming in his face. A horrible scream that would send chills down any man's spine.
He screamed as the creature took him, grabbing him and dragging him away, watching as the fox in front of him was now smirking.
Sam was currently sat in the main area still with the others, waiting for Mari to return. He really wanted to go and help her. He didn't like the thought of her being alone against 3 possibly dangerous individuals. He decided enough was enough and got up, causing the others to stare. Freddy stood up and walked towards him.
"Erm, Sam. Where do you think you're going?"
He looked back as he walked to the door. "I'm going to help Mari. We can't just leave her to deal with those guys herself, regardless of how capable she..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the door blasted open, causing Sam to jump backwards as 3 masked men got thrown into the room. Mari walked in after, closing the door. Sam stared at the men and then at Mari, who was now adorning a smile on her face now that she was back in his presence.
"Sam! Are you okay, hunny?"
He smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. Glad you are. Was about to come and help you deal with the..."
He looked over at the 3 unconcious men, all of which were piled on top of each other.
"Situation. Who are these clowns, anyway?"
She sighed. "Some idiots who thought they could come in here and steal from us. Oh well, guess it didn't work out too well for them."
Freddy and the others walked over to Mari and smiled, thanking her. They went over to the 3 men and tied them up.
She smiled at Sam. "Don't worry, I didn't hurt them. Much. They'll be fine."
Sam nodded. "Alright. I'll call the police and get them to deal with the rest. I was about to come and help you but..."
Mari shushed him and smiled. "Well, you didn't need to. And I wouldn't let you. I'm not letting you get hurt. I don't care if your job is to protect the place, you're not getting hurt. Not on my watch. And anyway, these guys had weapons, so it's good that you didn't try."
He nodded again and hugged her, thanking her and the others. He went back to the office, phoned the police and waited for them to arrive. They arrived in under 10 minutes and arrested the 3 men who were still unconcious. An ambulance arrived as well for the man who had a broken arm. Sam didn't know what had gone done exactly, but he knew Mari had "taken" care of them.
"Remind me never to get on her bad side, jeez." Sam thought as he thanked the police and shut the door. He'd have to go and make a statement about the men confirming what they did but alas, that was a crisis avoided, thankfully.
He looked at the time. 5AM.
"Shit. An hour left. I'll have to tell Mr Fazbear what happened when he comes in at 6AM."
Sam was currently in the office, debating what he should do for the next hour. The whole ordeal had left him a bit shaken, even if he wasn't the one who had to take them guys on. He'd never been in a situation like that before and he hoped he didn't have to be in another one anytime soon.
He heard footsteps at the door to his office. "Hey, sweetheart."
He looked and saw that Mari was now at his door, smiling. He smiled and patted the desk in front of him. She came in and sat on the desk, her tall legs hanging off the edge.
"I'm alright, yeah. Just a bit shaken from today's events. Not every day you experience a break in, I guess."
She nodded. "I understand, hun. I'm just glad that we could protect you. Even though it's your job, I wouldn't want you getting hurt. Ever."
He smiled warmly. It was really nice to know that she cared that much about him.
"I really do appreciate your guys concern. It means a lot to me."
She smiled and nodded. "So, what are you doing for the last hour of your shift? Want me to stay with you and keep you company, make sure you're okay?"
He smiled and nodded. "I'd like that. Thank you."
He sighed internally.
"Let's just hope we don't have to go through that again."