It all started as Michael and his friends were in the middle of putting Chris's head into the animatronic's mouth when…
"MICHAEL AFTON! YOU STOP RIGHT THERE!"
It was his father William Afton and he did not look happy.
"Put. Him. Down. Right now." He hissed at the group of teens
Who immediately dropped young Christopher Afton and he ran towards his father, tears streaming down his cheeks. William picked up his younger son holding him close as he glared at his eldest child.
"Michael Afton employee's office now."
"But dad-"
"I said now! Young man!" William shouted pointing to the door that lead to the employee's office
"Fine."
Michael growled before pulling up his Foxy mask and stomping his way inside slamming the door behind him.
His three friends tried to slowly creep away...
"And just where do you three think you're going." but it was too late their parents had spotted them.
Charlie Johnson(Chica), Fredrick Jones(Freddy), and Anthony Wilson(Bonnie) each walked over to their respected parents, ready for the lecture they knew was coming.
William had handed over Chris to one of his coworkers who had taken him to the back to calm down and was now in the employee's lounge scolding his son.
"Michael Afton! How many times do I have to tell you not to bully your little brother!" He shouted
"It was just a prank dad, we were only having a little fun, then the little cry baby started making a scene."
"I have told you time and time again not to mess around with the animatronics, they are not toys!"
"Why they're just stupid robots and you built them didn't you? How dangerous can a big hunk of metal possibly be?"
"Those 'stupid robots' could have gotten your brother seriously hurt! A number of things could have happened, his head could have been crushed in there!"
"Oh come on now you're just overreacting."
"Oh really, well let me tell you a story about when I was in robotics college and the class clown decided to stick his hand inside a robot's mouth and do you know what happened to him?"
"What?"
"The gears malfunctioned and that mouth clamped shut cutting his hand clean off."
Michael's face went pale
"W-what?…"
"And that same thing could have happened to Chris if I hadn't gotten there when I did!"
Michael gulped as a shudder went up his spine, vaguely remembering one of his dad's college friends who came for a visit...and said friend only had 'one' hand.
William took a deep breath pitching the bridge of his nose before kneeling down in front of his son putting both hands on his shoulders.
"Michael, I just don't understand why you have to do this, you know how easily scared your brother can get. Why do you insist on torturing him like this? You don't see Elizabeth treating him the same way you do. Why can't you just be nice to Christopher for once? Why do you hate him so much?"
Michael immediately lost that small guilt he was feeling and snapped in anger
"Why? WHY?! MAYBE BECAUSE YOU AND MOM SPEND MORE TIME WITH CHRISTOPHER THAN ME! IT'S ALMOST LIKE I DON'T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE! tears started to trickle down his cheeks, Michael had been wanting to say that for a long time.
William was confused for a moment but then it hit him Oh my God his son was right. Ever since Christopher's birth he and Clara have been giving more attention to him and less to Michael.
"Oh Michael I am so sorry, you're right your mother and I have been neglecting you since Christopher was born." he hugged his son
"I sniff I don't hate him...I really don't, but…" Michael tried to hold them back but the tears fell as he looked at his father with heartbreak in his eyes.
"I feel like you love Christopher more than me."
"What? My God Michael no that is not true!" William pulled him back into a big hug caressing his son's hair.
"B-but…"
"No son listen to me, your mother and I love all three of you very much. We would never choose favorites between our kids and I'm sorry we made it seem that way." He squeezed his son tighter.
"I am so sorry we made you feel this way and I promise we will sit down and have a long talk about this. You know we never meant to hurt you right?"
They pulled away and Michael wiped away his tears nodding.
"But, that still doesn't excuse how you've been treating your brother."
"Sniff I know…"
"Look I promise that we will have a long discussion about this when we get home. But we will also be discussing your attitude towards your brother and how we should handle any problems we may have in the future, because 'this' is not how we handle things in this family, understand."
Michael nodded
"Y-yes dad I understand."
"Good." He kissed his forehead and Michael gave a small smile
"Now what I want you to do now is you 'and' your friends go find your brother and apologize."
"Ok dad."
"And I mean a real apology Michael."
"Yes dad I will, I promise."
"That's my boy." He hugged his son before letting him go
…
Michael walked into the playroom to see all three of his friends sitting at the table next to their parents.
"Um...hey guys why are you all just sitting around here?" he asked confused
"Because our parents are deciding whether they should take us home now or let us stay." Charlie replied chin resting on her hand as she blew away a lock of her golden blonde hair
"Oh. Sorry about that."
"It's cool." Frederick added
"Hey guys...can you help me find Chris?"
"Why? Where did he go?" Anthony asked
"Another coworker took him to the back to calm down...and we all kinda own him an apology."
"...Yeah I guess we kinda do…" Frederick scratched the back of his head as they all looked away with shameful faces.
…
"Come on Chris where are you?!"
Michael shouted as he started to get worried he and his friends have been searching for Chris for over 30 mins
This place is not that big! It shouldn't be that hard to find him!
Michael internally shouted as his three friends came back with no Chris.
"Ok now I'm starting to worry." Charlie added
"Guys...you don't think he ran out the building do you?" Anthony asked concerned
"We didn't scare him that bad did we?" Frederick asked fearfully
"Ok spread out keep looking!" Michael ordered as the group separated to continue looking.
The other three searched around the dinner area, playroom, and gift shop all while Michael went to check the back rooms.
"...mhmmh…"
"Huh? What was that?" Micheal stopped as he heard something and followed it.
Sounds like it's coming from the back hallway.
Michael kept following the noise and it sounded like a muffled voice. Charlie had appeared out of nowhere and was following close behind he put a finger to his lips as the two crept quietly around the corner. As they got closer the sound got louder it was definitely a muffled voice...but who's?
They turned the corner to the backdoor and the two kids froze in horror at what they saw…
It was Chris in the arms of a man wearing a purple uniform similar to the ones the employees wear...but this guy is no employee and Chris had a look of absolute horror in his eyes. Without thinking Michael was on his feet running towards the man.
"LET HIM GO!"
The purple guy saw him and ran but Michael tackled him to the ground causing him to drop Chris, Charlie ran back inside screaming. Michael screamed for his brother to run but Chris's arms and legs were tied so he couldn't run and his mouth was taped shut meaning he couldn't scream either. They heard shouting and footsteps behind them, perfect now all Michael has to do is keep this guy down. Easier said than done, Michael is a twelve year old kid trying to hold down a full grown man and as expected the purple guy punched him in the gut grabbed Chris and booked it to his car. He stuffed Chris in his trunk and took off just as William and security came rushing out.
NO! Nononono! This can't be happening!
Michael had tears streaming down his cheeks as his father pulled him into a hug.
"MICHAEL! Oh my God! What happened?! Are you ok?! Where's Christopher?!"
William held onto his son tight Elizabeth came running to her father and brother wrapping her arms around her dad's waist.
"Daddy! What's wrong? Why is Michael crying and where's Christopher? I was looking for him, I can't find him! Then everyone started screaming!" She was freaking out crying wondering what was going on.
"Shh shh Sweetie calm down it's going to be ok." William rubbed her back before motioning for a female coworker to come over.
"Haliey can you please take her back inside...get her an ice cream and just sit with her."
"Of course William." She said as she picked up Elizabeth when William whispered in her ear.
"...please don't let her see anything…"
"...of course don't worry and Jeremy's already called the police they'll be here in 10 minutes…"
"...thank you…"
And with that Haliey took Elizabeth back inside.
William took a few deep breaths and squeezed Michael tight caressing his hair, tears streaming down his cheeks as he tried to calm down, he didn't know what just happened all he knows now is that someone had just taken his son…