A Long Overdue Fix

By

End Of Grace

A/N: Hi all. Yeah….sorry about the wait….been fighting a couple of demons and haven't been up for writing. If anyone out there understands depression, you will know what I mean. I've been looking over this fic and the series and keep thinking it's crap, where I could do better and such. I mean I've only just noticed that I've named two characters the same name! How stupid is that! I mean how can you guys stand for this shit anyway? So...anyway... after a while I forced myself to sit down and at least pen down this chapter and then got on with writing it. I will continue this fic. I can only thank you for your patience and hope you continue this journey with me. This Chapter is not Beta read, didn't want to bother them with crap.

Chapter 11:...must end.

Charlie stretched her hands above her head as the man in the recording booth said she was done. It had been a long recording session and now she was finally finished.

"That was wonderful Charlie!" said Eniser, as he came in with his oily smile and hugged her, Charlie refused to return the gesture, feeling incredibly uncomfortable around the man. "I knew you were the only person we could have voice Ballora"

She smiled and brushed her hair away from her face "Thank you for the opportunity. It's been fun...will I get to see her in action?"

"Of course, you and your father have been put on the exclusive list of invites to our opening, after all without you and your father, Ballora and the others wouldn't exist, so of course you'll see her in action"

"Great. Maybe also now my dad can come home and actually rest for a change? You know, no more twelve to twenty hour shifts?"

Eniser laughed "Charlie dear, I don't make your father stay, he does that on his own. You know what a perfectionist he can be and this project is his way of showing off his talents….you really should be happy for him"

Charlie said nothing as she picked up her bag and slung it on to her shoulder.

"Well, I'll let you go, I know you got work tomorrow morning, with the shows and parades and such. But don't worry when the time comes I'll make sure, you and your father have the day off for the event...fully paid of course"

"Thanks Mr Eniser. Goodnight" said Charlie as she quickly walked away and out the door.

"Goodnight and be careful on your way out. There are a lot of cables and pipes around. Don't want any accidents do we?"

Charlie snorted as she stalked down the hallways. Didn't want any accidents? Was he kidding? This place, Critter Country and whatever Eniser was in charge of, was an accident waiting to happen. That guy cut so many corners on staff and safety it was only a miracle that there hadn't been any major accidents, at least with the public of course be cause backstage didn't matter and neither did its employees. Of course the employees complained and got a union but their contracts were iron tight and to be honest their pay and perks where the best in the county so as far as anyone else were concerned they had little to complain about. She walked down the long metal hallway into the main operations floor that led to the lift to take her back above ground. It was dark, except for the main dim lights that barely light her path, typical of Eisner for getting cheap crappy light bulbs. The only sound she had heard since she left the recording room had been her own feet tapping against the metal flooring but as she crossed the main floor a childish giggle rang out loudly that it made Charlie jump and glare around the room.

"Is someone there?" she called out, trying to make out any shapes in the darkness. There was another giggle, a little closer then before, as she span to see if she could find the person doing it, but there was nothing but dark shadows and still animatronics. Charlie clutched her bag tighter as she started to run towards the lift. The giggling got louder as she ran and it was followed by heavier footsteps then her own. Charlie slammed on the lift button, relevied to find it already waiting for her as she quickly stepped in and pressed the up button furiously. She breathed a sigh of relief as the glass doors shut and she took a moment to peer out and felt her heart leap into her throat at the glowing green eyes glaring back at her.

-Line Break-

Blood pooled around their large feet, their large round eyes staring lifelessly at the corpse below, one purple foot kicking it in the side, checking for any life which was pointless considering. Violet looked at the others, tears falling from her eyeless sockets as she covered her mouth to prevent herself from sobbing aloud. Her once bright yellow dress, was now dull, ripped and covered in blood as it was when she died from shock rather than a loss of blood as the others had done. Pete was also crying but making no sound as he continued to rock the corpse, as if hoping the motion would cause the dead man to wake up.

"This is bad! This is really bad!" he continually muttered.

Dan was clenching his fists, his one eye glaring out of his tore almost inhuman face, his clothes were also torn and covered in blood, he shook with rage, causing the animatronic body he was trapped into rattle.

"You idiot! We're not meant to be killing people! We're only going to kill the bad guy remember!" he hissed, glaring at the boy who still had both of his eyes, despite having hardly any flesh around his face. Like his friends his clothes were riddled with holes and stain heavily with his blood, but unlike his terrified friends, he was smiling in a cool, cold way which matched the cold eyes of Freddy's.

"He is part of this place! If we're going to get out, we're going to have to take everyone with us, the bad guys, the puppet, the animatronics. EVERYTHING!"

Pete looked at Matt, his voice trembling "How are we going to do that?"

Matt moved Freddy's body over to the shelves and pointed to various cans that had the flammable symbol on them before turning back to his friends, his smile widening as his eyes became slits.

-Line Break-

Connie sat outside of Freddy's, feeling sick to her stomach, her head pounding as she sat on her hands to stop herself from biting her nails. What was she doing here? She shouldn't be here. This place….her nightmares...her brother….she violently shook her head and gritted her teeth. NO! She needed the money, needed to face her fears and needed to come to terms with this place if she was to ever move on. Which meant confronting...no...meeting with Freddy, face on...she placed a hand over her mouth to stop herself from being sick. Just the thought of speaking to Freddy after all these years still makes her stomach churn. But it had to be done….and she had promised Mike she would try and if it did mean she could get a manager's job at the new pizzeria then...all the better right? And if it didn't pan out and she ran away like the silly little girl that she was feeling then it was ok, she would have at least tried right? She jumped when she felt a hand on top of her head and quickly looked up in fight until she saw the bewildered face of Mike staring down at her.

"Connie? Are you ok? I was calling you from across the carpark but you didn't seem to hear me…..had you fallen asleep?"

"Nn...no..no I'm alright. Sorry. Got a little lost in thought" said Connie as she got to her feet and stretched.

"You ok? You don't have to do this if you're having second thoughts" said Mike looking concerned.

"No...I've decided I'm doing this….I'm going to do this….I'm going to….I'm going to…." Connie kept taking large intakes of air and quickly puffing them out as if she was building herself up for a fight. "Speak to Freddy and get through the night"

"Hey, you don't have to sound as if your going into battle, besides I'm going to be with you the whole way, so you don't have to worry" said Mike as he unlocked the door and held it open for her. "Also, I made sure the first ones you're going to met are the more important ones"

Connie gave Mike an odd look as she walked in and breathed in deeply as she took everything in, her body tingling with a mixture of excitement and fear, her heart thumping hard against her chest. It was a lot cleaner then she remembered and the arcade had seemed to have shrunk and been shoved more at the back or was it her imagination?

"No...it hasn't shrunk, I've just got bigger….older" she thought as she walked slowly around the tables when she noticed something strange at a larger table near the stage where Freddy and his gang were asleep. At the table were two small bunnies and four teddy bears, one of the bunnies and teddies she knew from her chats with Mike, Shadow and Sooty but who were the others? She looked over her shoulder and looked at Mike who smiled at her before walking around the table and patting the gold tatty looking bunny on the head.

"Hey Plush, Wake up, I've bought the lady I said I would, come on, she wants to met you"

Connie watched as two large golf ball eyes rolled open and blinking looked up at her, before it smiled brightly and waved.

"Watcher Lady!"

Connie squeaked as she placed her hands to her mouth "Oh my god! You are SO Cute!"

Plush rubbed his servo against his chest "I know, it's a talent!" he then looked her over, his ears flopping down slightly "Er...um...would you like a hug?"

"Yes" Connie breathed, bending down to scoop up the bunny who leapt across the table. Mike smiled softly looking at them. Plush having just lost Springtrap, needed someone to look out for him and after being told about Connie, wanted her to be the one to do that. They could help each other heal and bond at the same time. He then woke up the other cubs and quickly introduce her to them, Plush all the while sitting in her arms. The Fredlings went right up to her and started to bombard her with questions as Connie knelt down to her knees so she could be closer to them.

"What do you think Connie? Their the ones you really have to look out for, since they're the ones that usually cause trouble" said Mike who had Shadow in his arms who giggled at his friends offended faces.

"If these guys are only the trouble then I will have no problem" said Connie as she hugged Plush a little closer to her chest.

"You haven't met big daddy yet or mommy" said Fum. "Their naughty too"

"Oh...there's more of you?" said Connie suddenly feeling like her stomach had dropped.

"Don't worry, Freddystein and Big Daddy will like you...especially if you offer to cub sit for them but first…." said Mike as a small bell rang out signaling its midnight. Connie swallowed hard as her throat tightened as she watched with wide eyes as the three large animatronics that had haunted her for years come to life and slow step off the stage and came towards her. She started to scramble backwards with was hard while holding Plush tightly. Freddy held up his servo for Bonnie and Chica to hold back as he continued to walk towards her.

"It's lovely to see you again Connie" Freddy spoke softly, as he had done all those years ago when Connie had been a small child. "Do you still like strawberry shakes and hawaiian pizza?"

"You….you remember that?" said Connie, her words were shaky as she blinked up at the large bear.

"Of course I remember you. Why would I forget one of my favourite children? The little girl who use to sing along with me all the time and play with me on the pinball machine" said Freddy as he held out his servo to her. Connie's eyes watered as she smiled up at him and took his servo as he pulled her up to her feet. Mike let out a long breath he hadn't been aware he had been holding. This had been the big test...while part of it...she still had to met the others...mostly Goldie but so far it seemed to be going alright. He watched as Freddy took Connie by the hand and reintroduced her to Bonnie and Chica, Connie still looking unsure but she was standing her ground with Plush in her arms and the Fredlings around her feet.

"So that's the human?"

Mike jumped and looked over his shoulder at Big Daddy and Freddystein. He could see that they were scanning her over, their optics glowing as their muzzles twitched slightly.

"She has a record…."

"She made a mistake one I know she regrets. She really is ok...the cubs like her and so does Plush…" said Mike "Connie! Come over and met your work mates"

Connie had had her back slightly turned to him, so when she turned around, she let out a loud gasp and stumbled backwards slightly as Big Daddy lumed over her.

"Watcher Boss" said Plush cheekily in Connie's arms.

"So you're going to be the manger of our soon to be home are you?" Daddy rumbled bringing her face down closer to hers. "Can you be trusted?"

"Yes sir" said Connie, nodding her head as she suddenly blushed.

"Don't I scare you little girl?" Daddy asked showing all of his fighting teeth.

"You're amazing...and I love your yellow bowtie and hat. I'm really looking forward to working with you"

There was a pause before Daddy slowly smirked and patted Connie softly on the head "You'll do….don't you think Freddystein?"

Freddystein walked around Daddy and took one of Connie's hands in his servo's "If she can keep Plush under control I'll take her any day"

"Hey!" Plush snapped before smiling wickedly up at Connie "And if Daddy is being naughty and you need him to behave, you just need to do this…" as he reached up and pressed Daddy's nose, which went BEEP loudly. The room went deathly silent as Mike buried his grinning face into Shadow's fur and Connie suck in her lips to stop herself from laughing. Daddy gave a small growl "You're going to laugh aren't you?"

Connie shook her head, her body shaking as she tried really hard not too, but it was near impossible.

"You're not going to press my nose ARE you?"

Connie was looking down at the floor as she shook her head, her shoulders were shaking uncontrollably as small sounds escaped her. Daddy looked down at Freddystein and shook his head.

"I'm having second thoughts about this one" Freddystein just chuckled and slapped the large bear on the shoulder and muttered something about not being a big baby. "Fine! She'll have to met BonBon and Chloe as Mike. Can you arrange that?"

"Well she has to make it through tonight first, but if she makes it, I'll take her to the Cove…." Mike started to explain but stopped as the door to the pizzeria started to rattle. The animatronics suddenly went on guard, Freddystein pushing Connie and his cubs behind him as Bonnie did the same to Mike. The door swung open and Mark stumbled in, looking dead on his feet, his uniform looking like it had never met an iron before.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah I know I'm late, sorry about that, but after a really rough morning and TWO, I said TWO videos later, I was so wiped out that I….Er...what's going on?" Mark asked as he realized that the animatronics were all gathered together with Mike and a girl he had never seen before.

"Mark didn't you get my text? I said you had to cover the Cove tonight while I'd train Connie here" said Mike in a concerned voice.

"A Text? Shit, Mike I haven't even looked at my phone. Hell I don't even think I got it on me" said Mark as he quickly checked his pockets. "Fuck! This hasn't been my day!"

"You better call Foxy Mike, and inform him that Mark is going to be late, or I think it might be best to say that they will have to guard themselves tonight" said Freddy looking over at Mark "I don't think he's really up for it"

"No...Thanks for the concern Care Bear but I need the money...I better go" said Mark as he almost fell after tripping on his feet, when Goldie suddenly appeared and grabbed him.

"Ahh, the poor baby is still tired from yesterday? I guess me and Honeypot did wear you out. The rules state that a guard must spend midnight until six am in the restaurant, so as long as you're here, you'll get paid."

"Wow Goldie...that actually nice of you" said Mike in a disbelieving tone, making everyone else laugh "You feeling ok?"

"Kiss my furry arse Mike. I know you kids have been working long hours and I can be….considerate when necessary" said Goldie as he slapped Mark on the back and started to push him towards the back hallway. "Come on, I'll tuck you in the restroom with us tonight, that way it will at least look like you're watching over us"

Mark stuttered but didn't struggle as he was to tried and continued to walk down the hall while Goldie stopped and turned his head as his optics scanned over Connie.

"Who's the skirt?"

Mike looked over at Connie and instantly walked over to her. She had gone deathly pale and her pupils had almost dilated.

"Bad...bad bear" she muttered as Mike wrapped his arm around her.

"Connie...it's Goldie….remember...the bear that saved you from...that guy. He's a good bear now"

"Yeah...yeah he's...a good bear...maybe" she muttered as she hugged Plush tightly. Plush frowned up at Connie's worried face and then over at Goldie's confused one and wondered what Goldie had done to upset her so. Freddy walked over to Goldie quickly and pulled him close so he wouldn't be overheard.

"Connie is the sister of one of the murdered children Goldie...and she is also here to be trained as a guard with Mike"

Goldie frowned "She has a record…"

Freddy waved his servo "It's a minor thing and she is no danger to children. Besides we need the manpower. You saw how tired Mark was and Mike isn't that much better"

"Fine. But I don't like the face that she has met us all like this. We have rules…"

"For her….we're bending the rules...we owe it to her. After what happened to her brother"

Goldie growled as he folded his servos but Freddy gave him a slap on the nose making it beep as Big Daddy's had. "It's not up for discussion or debate"

"Fine!" Goldie grumbled as he walked down the corridor "I'm going to the restroom, my game show is on, anyone want to join me?"

Big Daddy groaned as he took Freddystein's servo and started to follow Goldie. "I wanted to watch my documentary tonight"

Freddystein just rolled his optics as he started to yell at the Fredlings to follow. Chica went to the kitchen, while Bonnie set up his guitar for Shadow's and Sooty's music lesson.

"Is...is it always like this?" Connie asked looking at Mike, who blushed and rubbed his neck.

"No" said Plush cheekily "Sometimes we have movie nights or parties, but you'll get use to those too"

Mike weakly laughed and flicked Plush on the nose "Stop trying to scare her Plush. Well...now that you've met everybody, why don't I show you around? Unless….you want to leave now…?" he asked noticing Connie's still pale complexion.

Connie felt as if her mind had stopped working for a while as she didn't seem to understand Mike's words right away. She had originally planned just to say hello to Freddy and then hide out in the security room for the rest of the night without having anything else to do with the animatronics. She didn't think her nerves could have handled anymore then that. But then Mike pulled the floor from under her by introducing her to the "Children" first and her heart was practically stolen by how cute they all were and cheeky. Daddy and Freddystein were amazing and simply two fluffy teddy bears once you got past their looks. The fact that Freddy had remembered her, made her heart squeeze with a melancholy warmth, that almost brought tears to her eyes. What she hadn't counted on...was how she would react to Goldie. He had saved her yes...but that didn't change the years of him glaring and scolding her and the fact it was his suit that was used to murder her brother as well. Why did she feel like a scared little girl when she saw him? Maybe because she still was that scared little girl.

"Connie?"

She jumped slightly and blinked as she realized Mike was still standing next to her, his hand softly touching her shoulder. He smiled and Connie felt her heart give a sharp beat and she smiled back. That smile. It was the same smile he had given her in the hospital and when they were in the coffee shop. Seeing it….made her feel safe and knowing he would be there for her, gave her the confidence to go on.

"So...do you guys still have a lot of party rooms?" she asked "I swear, it seemed like there was four or five parties going on all the time here"

Mike laughed "You should see it on a weekend. The highest we ever had was six!"

-Line Break-

Violet shuffled her heavy animatronic body down the hallway, listening to the voices coming from the dimly lit room, as she tried to be a quiet as possible. She peered around the open door and saw that a large group of animatronics and one sleeping human were all gathered around a TV which a program. She bit into the remains of her lip, anger boiled in the centre of her soul, as new tears started to flow. How dare they! How dare they have a good time while she and her friends were trapped and rotting? She glared around the room, taking note that the puppet, her animatronic, Pete's and Dan's were not there, which meant they could be elsewhere in the building. She shook her head and looked at the large panel just out the door that controlled it. If she broke it...she would trap the animatronics and the man in the room when they started the fire...they wouldn't be able to get out and burn alive. It seemed only fair. It was what they deserved right? Matt said so and he was always right. She raised her animatronic arm to the panel, ready to smash it under her servo but she looked over at the sleeping man and paused. Was it alright? Was it alright to kill this man? Was he with the purple guy? Her arm was shaking.

"Well, down here we've got the rest room for the animatronics, I know it's a little weird...but I think they deserve it really, I mean they've been entertain kids for years without a break"

She quickly backed off and ducked into the employee's washroom, blending into the darkness as she watched a young man and woman, who was carrying a animatronic bunny in her arms slowly walk towards the animatronics room. Violet frowned as she looked at the woman, the hair, eyes, face….they looked familiar.

"They spend most of their free time in there, so you don't have to worry about them too much and over there is the employee washroom. It has the washing machine and dryer we need for the clothes and uniforms, because sometimes the kids can knock things over you or accident in the kitchen and stuff. You might need to use it at some point but we can leave it for tonight and get on with the cameras"

"Connie! Connie!" Plush wiggled happily in her arms "Do you have any favourite movies?"

"I like lots of movies, I don't really have a favourite Plush, what about you?"

Violet continued to watch them as the small gold bunny rattled on about several movies that were his favourite until they were out of sight.

"Connie?" she mutted to herself before looking back over at the animatronics room, her hand clenched tightly over her chest.

-Line Break-

Mike sighed. He had tried to teach Connie about the cameras, he had, but every time he showed her something, Plush would say he was doing it wrong and insisted he show her the proper way to do, as he had been personally trained by Mark. Who of course had been trained by him, but the little bunny had simply shrugged that off and said Mark was better. When Connie took her turn she mainly clicked on the screens that showed her the animatronics, the camera in the kitchen, rest room and main room camara 3, her eyes nervously watching.

"It seems a little odd...I mean for Bonnie to be teaching Shadow and...Sooty was it? How to play? I mean, couldn't you just give them the software to do it?" she asked as she watched Shadow strum the strings.

"I could but Bonnie enjoys it, plus it's a bounding thing for them, plus it makes Shadow so happy when he learns something new and comes running to show me. It kinda makes me proud too, I mean I gave him his learning software too but he's the one putting it to good use. Unlike others" said Mike softly as he gave Plush a small glare, who looked up at him and poked out his tongue.

"You really do love these guys don't you Mike" Connie smiled "Freddy was the only one I really liked, he always looked out for me, Chica was to scary looking with her teeth and Bonnie...I don't know…"

"Hey, we all had our favorites, and I'm glad you like the Nightmares, I was a bit worried you wouldn't"

"Who wouldn't like them? Their so cute!" said Connie as she petted Plush's fur.

"Cute isn't the word I'd use" Mike muttered. "But...er...do you think you'll be able to handle it? Now you've got over the worst?"

Connie thought for a moment and then bite her lip. "There was one more animatronic….it use to not only scare me but my brother and his friends too. It's been years and he's probably on a skip somewhere, I mean he was in bad condition even then"

"Connie, who are you on about?" Mike asked feeling concerned, as he mentally started to list the animatronics who had been in bad shape before he fixed them "It wasn't BB was it?"

"Huh?"

"Balloon Boy? Little guy with a huge grin on his face, has an anno...interesting laugh"

Connie laughed and shook her head "No. Not him though I'm surprised he's still around too. "No, the one I'm on about is the one that use to pop up from a large box, the puppet"

"Oh...Net? He's lives at The Cove, with Foxy and the others. Four of the nightmares live there too. But...what did you guys have against Net? I mean what's scary about him?"

"Huh? Oh, I guess you wouldn't get it but don't you think it's scary the way he's always watching everything, like he can see into your soul. When we were kids, my brother use to tell me that if I looked to long in to Net's eyes, he would steal my soul away" said Connie in earnest.

"Net's not like that. He's very laid back and even a bit shy too" I can't tell her he also has tentacles. She'll go running to the hills" Mike thought as he smiled at her. "Despite what happened, it sounds like you, your brother and his friends loved coming to this place"

Connie gave him a blank stare before looking down at the panel "I never thought about it like that, you might not remember or even know but there isn't a lot of places like this in town. The only other places to hang out were really the park. For us, it was just place we could go and have fun, have something to eat without our parents around to boss us around. But know that I think about it, they all had their birthday parties here and this was the place they always wanted to go too...so I guess they must have loved it to some extent"

"Shame there is no one around from back then for you to talk to about it"

Connie looked away and stared down at the floor "There is someone...but he was put into protective custody along time ago. He had a break down far worse than mine and is in fact still in recovery"

"Who was that? I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't want too, but I always understood that your brother's friends were killed with him"

"No. Not all of them. Chris...his mom was keeping him in with chores so he didn't get to the pizzeria until late by then….the police think the killer was just finishing off the last victim Pete and because he couldn't find anyone, he just went home without being caught. Of course it was all out the next day, Chris didn't take the news well and Violet's mom in grief attacked him, asking why he wasn't dead like her daughter was. Of course kids at school didn't make it easier for him either, he and my brother were the best of pals always watching each others back and causing trouble, now alone...he was an easy mark. Eventually he just snapped and stopped coming to school. My mom and his mom still talk now and again, he's getting better, going out now but he's not the same person anymore"

"Damn...I'm sorry Connie. I didn't mean to drag this stuff up…." said Mike.

"No! It's fine! Actually It's nice to talk to someone who isn't analyzing everything I say or after a few moments is asking me to change the subject" Connie smiled "So Thanks"

"Anytime"

Connie felt her cheeks going red and quickly turned to the monitors again, flipping the camera feeds. She flipped it to the back exit camera and frowned at the screen. It looked like Freddy and Bonnie were pouring liquid over the walls and the floor, but there was something wrong with them, their bodies were twitching violently.

"Er...Mike...you better look at this!"

Mike leaned in and his jaw dropped "Impossible. They shouldn't be operational. And what the hell are they doing….? Connie! Take Plush and run to the main floor and stay with Bonnie"

"Mike, what's going on? What are they doing?"

"I don't know. But I'm going to find out!" Mike snapped as he ran out of the security room as fast as he could. Connie felt her body start to shiver but she quickly scooped up Plushtrap in her arms and started to walk quickly back down the hallway. Suddenly there was a huge crash and the slamming of a large metal door.

"What was that?" she asked Plushtrap who was gripping onto her shirt.

"It sounded like the security door for the rest room. It's meant to act like a safty door for us, should anyone come in and attack us. It has an open and shut panel on the outside but its main control is on the inside, so we can be safe" Plush explained "but that didn't sound right"

Connie held on to Plush a little tighter as she walked slowly, trying to make as little noise as possible, as she stained her ears to hear for anything. Then came the heavy footsteps, coming towards her, slowly and sounding as if they were dragging one of it's feet. Connie clenched her teeth tightly and tried to tell her feet to move but they wouldn't work, she was frozen in place, shaking with fear as the battered remains of a Chica animatronic, sparking and twitching, came towards her.

"Con...Conn...Connie. Connie!" it spoke with a broken voice as it raised it's servo towards her. Connie shook her head violently as she stepped backwards, her eyes fixed on the monster in front of her.

"Stay Away from me!" she shouted, the animatronic stopping in its tracks but had not lowered its servo.

"Con...Connie! Connie! It's...ME!"

Connie's throat tightened, bile building up in her stomach, her eyes widening as tears fell. She was there, inside of that...thing...a girl she once knew, all ripped apart and blood soaked, Violet. Connie fell to her knees as her terrified screams echoed through the building.

Mike raised his hand to his nose, to try and stop himself from breathing in too many of the toxic smells, that would cause him to pass out. So much had been spilt, it was covering everything, even the ceiling had escaped as drops of the chemicals dripped on to Mike jacket.

"Why are the spares even activated? Didn't Mark or Jack check before bringing them in? That's not fair, in the sorry state their in, anyone would think they were deactivated" Mike thought as he ran through the puddles of white spirit, feeling it soak into his trousers, his head already feeling light. He stopped at the last corner, hearing the heavy movements of the broken animatronics, and wondered what his next move should be. An empty can can whizzing past him, smashing against the wall, its remaining liquid splattered against it like a stain.

"Are you sure we need to do this?"

Mike frowned and straightened up, why could he hear a small boy's voice? There shouldn't be any kids here. He peeked around the corner and saw only the remains of what should have been Freddy and Bonnie's spare bodies. Freddy slammed Bonnie in to the wall and pinned him there, his optics glowing black as he squeezed with was left of Bonnie's neck joint.

"Do you want to be the first to go?" an angry childish voice came from Freddy. Bonnie shook his head and Freddy released him so he would fall to the ground with a heavy thud. "This is to get back at the purple guy! At the animatronics! AT ALL OF THEM! AND...Who's that?"

Freddy was suddenly staring right at him. Mike swallowed hard as he came out from the corner and glared back at the two broken animatronics.

"Why are you operational? And why are you are you doing this?" he asked stepping slightly forward. Bonnie back off, holding his servos up in defence, while Freddy continued to glare at him.

"I'm only going to ask you one more time" said Mike firmly "Why are you operational?"

"I don't answer to murders like you" hissed Freddy "You're with him aren't you! You work with the purple guy!"

"Purple guy? What are you…...good god" Mike muttered "You can't be….?"

Suddenly Freddy launched forward and grabbed Mike around the throat and hosted him up into the air. Mike gasped as he struggled against the animatronic as he stared down in horror at seeing the ghost of a twisted boy glaring back up, his mouth twisted into a vicious smile. He glanced over to the broken Bonnie and saw another ghostly image of another boy, who was looking on in fear. Freddy chuckled as he shook Mike in his servo and then slammed him into the wall as he had done Bonnie.

"How does it feel to know your going to die in the same place your pal murdered us?" The boy chuckled.

"Listen to me please!" Mike gasped "Billy….The purple guy! He was caught...he served his sentence in prison for your murders. He worked alone!"

"YOU LIE!" the boy in Freddy roared as he slammed Mike's body repeatedly against the wall. "YOU WERE ALL IN ON IT!"

"Matt….maybe he's telling the truth...?" The boy in Bonnie stammered but Freddy quickly turned his glare to him.

"HE'S LYING! HE'S TRYING TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN! AND HE'S GOING TO PAY!" with that Freddy/Matt throw Mike at Bonnie/Pete, causing them to crash to the floor, covering them in accelerants. Mike coughed up some blood from his mouth as he looked down at the scared boy beside him, curled up inside of the broken Bonnie, his heart almost breaking at the sight. No child deserved this. He looked over at Freddy and saw that Foxy had joined them from the storage room.

"What's going on?" it snapped, a ghostly image of another boy appearing as he glared at Freddy clenching his fist. "What did you do to Pete?"

"Nothing! Now did you find what we needed?" snapped Freddy/Matt. Foxy/Dan continued to glare but still handed over what looked like a small box of matches. Freddy/Matt turned to Mike who was struggling to get to his feet.

"Start saying your prayers Mr Security guard" smiled the twisted child as he used Freddy's body to lit the match.

To Be Continued… Chapter 12: FIRE!

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