A Long Overdue Fix

by End of Grace

30 years after "You Can't Fix What Is Not Broken," Adam Edge is hired to be the new Security Guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. What has happened in all those years? Is Matt still around? Is Dahl? And where did Jeremy get that scar? So many questions... But first, Adam has to survive five nights. And it seems some of the animatronics have got their eyes on him... And his pants.

12. Fire

A Long Overdue Fix

By

End Of Grace

A/N: Thank you to everyone for their support and advice. It means a lot. Things…are a little better but I still can't promise weekly updates, it's too much at the moment, so I will try and get the chapters out for you as soon as I can and when things are better, hopefully I'll get back to the weekly update. Again, thank you all so much for your support.

Chapter 12: Fire!

Mike's eyes darted from the flames to the Foxy animatronic, his mind whirling thoughts at rapid speed as he continued to pray that he would get out of this alive. He slowly sat, trying to keep eye contact on both the Foxy animatronic and the burning match. There was a small cry beside him as a large purple servo gripped his hand and held it tightly. Mike gaped for a moment, looking down at the broken Bonnie before seeing the scared boy again inside of it, looking up with eyeless holes and a face begging to be saved.

"It's going to be ok…I'm going to help you," Mike said softly as he patted the damaged servo before looking back at Foxy and Freddy.

"Listen! You've been locked up for years and have no idea what's been going on here in the outside world. This purple guy…the one that…you know…is dead already. He was killed in a police shoot out."

Foxy's jaw dropped as the ghost inside of him gasped but Freddy growled, crushing the flaming match in his servo, putting it out as the as thick black miasma started to circle around the spirit.

"STOP LYING!" The boy screamed, causing a strange vibration to rock the hall way, bending and blocking the pipes, cracking the walls. Mike took a deep breath, finding it hard to swallow, he was terrified. He had never been this scared before, not even when he first came to the pizzeria and thought that the animatronics were going to kill him. Back then he was a stupid kid with nothing to really lose, but now? Now he had friends, good friends, an animatronic son and nephew, an actual good relationship with his mom and of course the most important of all was Bonnie. Who was going to die if he didn't get his act together and stop these insane kids!

"I'm not lying to you! I was there. He came back…he was going to stuff me into a suit! Just like Gol…the bad bear told him too but the police got to him first. He's dead. You have no reason to do this!"

"The purple guy is gone?" said the boy inside of Foxy who stepped closer to Mike frowning "Then why are WE still here!"

The Foxy animatronic turned back to Freddy and glared, its whole frame shaking, a miasma starting to swirl around him too, not as strong as the boy in Freddy's but just as worrying.

"YOU SAID - YOU SAID IF WE KILL -" the boy in Foxy lunged and punched Freddy in the face sending him to the floor. He went to get up but Foxy was on him, quickly hitting him over and over again. Mike leaned down and grabbed the servo of the broken Bonnie and yanked on it.

"Come on! We got to go!"

"But-" the boy whimpered slightly looking over at his two fighting friends.

"If you don't come with me, you'll never be free, is that what you want?" Mike snapped as he pulled again. The boy shook his head and got up on Bonnie's unsteady feet and started to run with Mike as they rushed past the two scrapping animatronics on the floor. Mike ran through the dark, panting heavily as he pulled the broken Bonnie suit along.

"What the hell was going on back there? What was that other kid planning to do?" he shouted out over his shoulder.

"He thinks if he destroys this place, along with the purple guy and everyone else, we'll be free," the boy panted after Mike, "He sent Voilet ahead to see if she could somehow trap the animatronics and you along with them, I don't know where she is now"

"Well if she was meant to trap them, she would most likely be near their Resting Room, let's hope we get there before she does anything or they discover her. By the way, name's Mike, you?"

"Erm…Pete. I'm Pete,"

Mike looked over his shoulder and gave Pete a reassuring smile, "Well Pete, let's find this Voilet, get out of here, and maybe once your friend back there calms down a bit, we can see about setting you guys free."

Mike felt the servo around his hand become tighter and the heavy feet were suddenly closer than before, as the boy caught up to him. As they turned a corner, they skidded to a halt when they saw Connie curled up on the floor, Plushtrap growling up at the broken Chica who was standing over them. Pete let go of Mike's hand and ran forward, his Bonnie body hugging the broken body of Chica tightly, whether to comfort her or to stop her Mike did not know as he to rushed forward to help Connie.

"Connie? Are you alright? Did she hurt you at all?" Mike asked as he fell to his knees.

"Mike...I think…" said Connie in a shaky tone, her eyes wide and still on the broken animatronics in front of her. "I think my meds have stopped working…I'm seeing things…hearing-"

"If you're seeing a little girl and boy inside of those broken bodies, then I must be off my meds too," said Mike as he took Connie's hand. Connie looked at him for a moment, her head shaking in disbelief before turning back to the broken animatronics. There was the girl that would sometimes stick up for her against her brother and sometimes had played with her and the boy, he always shared his sweets, even when her brother told him not to but there was also the more frightening sight of the broken animatronic bodies that they were inhabiting.

"Wait, does that mean - my brother…?" Connie asked looking at Mike, who looked confused for a moment before realizing what she was on about.

"Uh, which one was your brother stuf- I mean put into again?" he asked.

"Freddy…he was stuffed into the spare Freddy suit. Is he back there?" Connie asked as she got to her feet, her eyes wide and searching in the dark, back towards the far hallway. "MATT! Matt are you there?"

"NO! Connie! Listen, it's too dangerous back there!" Mike snapped as he stood up and grabbed Connie's wrist as she went to run towards the back rooms.

"What are you on about? My brother is back there! I've got to go get him! LET ME GO!" Connie shouted as she slapped Mike's hand away and ran down the dark hall. Plushtrap started to run after on all fours but Mike quickly scooped him up.

"CONNIE! LET ME GO! I GOT TO PROTECT CONNIE!" shouted Plush as he struggled to get out of Mike's hold.

"Calm down! I mean it Plush, it's dangerous back there and we need to get everyone out," he looked over at the large metal door that had slammed down and the sparking panel on the wall before sighing loudly as he looked over at the broken Chica who suddenly looked very guilty. "You locked them in didn't you?"

"It-it-it was Mike's plan! We're going to get rid of them, to be free," said the girl spirit, her fists clenched tightly as she glared at Mike through her eyeless holes.

"And you really thought killing innocent people would get you your freedom? Seriously?" Mike snapped back, "All you're doing is damning yourselves for sure!"

Both Violet and Pete gasped as they looked at Mike and then at each other before grasping each other's hands as their bodies started to tremble. Mike frowned as he watched their expressions and a wave of fear slowly started to wash over him, as he looked down at Plushtrap and then back at them.

"It was you, wasn't it? You killed Springtrap. It wasn't the police…" he muttered, Plush suddenly freezing in his arms, his ears going straight up as he gaped at Mike and then at the ghosts. Pete waved Bonnie's large hands and looked pleadingly at Mike.

"We thought it was him, the purple guy, we saw him inside of the gold bunny, we thought if we tore him apart we would be free, but it wasn't until it was over and the spirit left that we realized that we had gotten the wrong guard."

Mike bit his lip hard, a low groan escaped from his throat, at least it wasn't the hurt, spiteful words he wanted to express, these children had been through enough and he needed them to cooperate with him till at least everyone was safe, and then he would deal with them. He could feel Plushtrap vibrating in his arms as he looked down at the bunny and hissed between his teeth. Plush didn't look like the adorable patchwork goofball of a bunny anymore, his eyes were red and large, his teeth and claws were all barred, his body ready to attack. He tried to pet the bunny's fur but knew the moment he relaxed his hold, Plush would attack them and he couldn't let him. And that hurt like hell! Why shouldn't he let Plush get his pound of flesh for his dad murder?

"Because you're the fucking nice guy Mike and two fucking wrongs don't make a fucking right!" he thought to himself as he looked at the ghosts and felt his heart give a small squeeze, "Anyway, didn't these kids die horribly enough the first time?"

"MIKE!"

"DADDY!"

Mike turned his head and saw Bonnie, Shadow and Sooty running down the hall towards them, Bonnie's eyes going black as he looked at the broken forms of the spare bodies, his claws out ready to attack. Mike quickly stepped in front of them, holding Plush even tighter, as he held out one hand to defend them all from the older rabbit. Bonnie skidded to a halt but his eyes continued to glow darkly as he glared over Mike's shoulder at his broken spare self, his servos reaching down to hold back Sooty and Shadow from getting to close, Mike let go of the breath he was holding with relief.

"Mike, what the HELL is going on?" Bonnie snarled, the two ghosts cringing under his gaze as they reached out to hold on to Mike's coat.

"Hell is what's going on if we don't act quickly," Mike sighed as he pushed Plushtrap into Bonnie's chest, forcing him to take the small golden Bunny and hold him tightly as Plush tried to get away.

"Plush! BEHAVE!" Mike ordered before giving Bonnie a firm look "Bonnie! I'm giving you and Chica permission to leave the store!"

"What? Mike what?"

"You will escort the cubs, these…children and Chica out of the building. Once they're at a safe distance, come back and see if you can fix this damn panel and get the others out. But if you see fire, Bonnie, even just its glow, you get out! No ifs, ands, or buts, you leave! Freddy and the others will be safe in there for a while as long as they're not near the door and hopefully the fire brigade will be here before it kills Mark and the rest of us. Now get going! I've got to go and save Connie!"

"Save her from what? MIKE COME BACK!" shouted Bonnie as he watched as Mike started to run down the hall.

"GET EVERYONE OUT BONNIE! THAT'S AN ORDER!" Mike shouted back over his shoulder as he continued to run. Bonnie felt his pump sink in his chest plate, his optics could see the chemicals that were dripping from his broken counterpart and from Mike's coat, and knew it would only take a spark for his home to go up in flames. Using his free servo, he picked up Shadow and Sooty from their scuffs and then jerked his head towards the kitchen.

"Follow me," he said, "We'll get Chica first and then wait out front for the others, but one wrong move from either of you and haunting those bodies will be the least of your problems,"

The two children held on to each other's hands and slowly followed Bonnie towards the kitchen, their minds racing and wondering what they were going to do now.

-Line Break-

Connie couldn't see where she was going, sliding her hand over the walls to help her find her way, as she now and again tripped on her own feet. She didn't know why she had run, Mike was clearly concerned, if not worried, but this was her brother-Matt-yeah, sure he was a naughty kid sometimes but never evil, a bully. Her physicist had been telling her for years about facing and standing up to her brother, especially when she thought she had been possessed by him and allowed him to take over her mind. Now she had the chance. To speak to her brother and maybe allow his soul to rest. Her nose twitched from the overpowering smell of chemicals as the sound of a scuffle reached her ears when there was a loud bang, as something heavy was smashed against the wall. She leaned forward slightly, peering around the last corner, her heart thumping wildly in her chest. On the floor, in a twisted heap was a red animatronic in the shape of a fox, looking in even worse shape than the ones she had just encountered. A large bear was standing over it, one of it's arms hanging by a few wires, as it breathed heavily as he kicked his down opponent before dragging its large feet back into the storage room. Connie breathed in deeply as she stealed her nerves and slowly walked down the dark hall, walking close to the far wall as she could so as not to step on any of the fox animatronic as she silently walked past it. Once she was sure she had walked past it, she softly and slowly stepped towards the open door way that led into the storage room. She was so close to the door now that she could easily reach out and touch the knob when something grabbed her ankle tightly. She almost screamed but quickly covered her mouth and nose, pushing hard so no sound passed through as she looked down at the broken animatronic. It was another boy, the other one, Dan, she was sure of it, she couldn't make out much of his shape, it was like he was fading away before her.

"Con...Connie?" he muttered low, turning his head to look at her, making her want to gag as

his one good eye hanged from it socket. She said nothing but slowly nodded her head, tears threatening to start rolling down her cheeks, as she continued to watch Dan fade in and out of Foxy's body. Was he...dying again? What was happening?

"Don't worry….I just don't have the strength to stay conscious anymore or control this body. I'm still trapped here…." Dan let out a small sigh before squeezing her ankle. "Don't go in there Connie! Get out of here, he's gone bad...REALLY bad….twisted…twis….twi"

The clawed servo fell to the floor with a soft tud as Dan's ghostly image disappeared from her sight. She lowered her hands, her lower lip trembling as her eyes flickered to the dark storage room. What had Dan meant? Had something happened to her brother? With a shaking hands, Connie stepped into the storage room, her eyes darting around trying to find the shape or shadow of the large Freddy animatronic but saw nothing. She could feel some...shelves, stacks of boxes, tools….she thinks. She was starting to think that she had been seeing things and that the animatronic had slipped into another room before she tripped over something heavy on the floor and fell hard on to the floor. She grunted and rubbed her head, when she noticed that her hand was wet. She bought it up close to her eyes, gasping when she noticed it was blood, as she quickly patted herself down but she knew she was fine….so where had the blood come from? The single light above her flicked on and as her eyes adjusted to the sudden brightness, she realised she was in a puddle of blood, next to a corpse of a young man, his neck crushed and ripped, his face frozen in fear. She tried to scream as she scrambled across the floor trying to get away from him, until she was backed into a corner. Then came the heavy thuds of something walking towards her. Connie looked up from the blood from the floor and watched as the broken Freddy came towards her, his arm dangling by his side dangerously, his face badly scratched up. It's blue optics stared down at her as it raised it's working servo and pointed at her.

"Who are you?" it sneered as the ghostly image of a boy appeared inside of it, his eyes glaring with unresolved hated and despair. "You look familiar…."

Connie felt her jaw go limp and her eyes felt as if they were burning out of their sockets as she stared "Matt? Matt is that really you?"

The boy pulled a face and using Freddy's working arm, slammed it just above Connie's head. "Answer me!"

"Matt...it's me….Connie….your little sister remember? It's me" Connie pleaded as she rose to her knees, so she was the same height as her brother's spirit, trying to hold back the bile that was building up in the back of her throat. She had hoped that...when her brother had died...he would be….healed? Back to normal? Anything but the twisted being that she was seeing, with its flesh barely hanging on to its bones.

"Connie? Connie…." Matt started, looking at her from most angles, a puzzled expression on his face. "It can't….Connie?"

"Matt it's me. I was with mum that day remember? I use to hate coming here, you would complain to mom that all I would do was cry. You and Chris had the highest scores on most of the machines, at least that's what you use to brag about. Matt….it's really is me"

Matt reached out and placed his hand on her cheek, it made her shiver, his touch felt like pins and needles, it was also cold.

"Connie...my naughty little sister" Matt smiled and gently placed Freddy's servo on top of her head "It's great that you're here sis"

"Matt…." she sighed with a smile. He remembered her. Things were going to be ok.

"And now that you're here, I can free you from this place too, we can all be free from this

place and the purple guy"

The gentle servo then twisted, gripping her hair at its roots and yanking her up to her feet, as her brother continued to smile up at her.

"Matt! Stop! This hurts!" Connie cried as she struggled against the broken Freddy's servo.

"It's going to be ok Connie" Matt smiled "I've just found the matches….and once this place burns down….we'll all be free. Won't that be great?"

"Matt….you don't need to burn the place….I can get you help...a priest or something…?"

Matt glared at her and slammed her into the wall "I'm doing this for us! I'm the only one that can save us! ME! Got it!" and picked up a match "This is for all of us"

"MATT! DON'T!" Connie screamed as the bear animatronic went to light the match. Suddenly the animatronic stumbled forward with a clunk, it turned around to attack again but Mike swung the fire extinguisher across it's head knocking it to the ground.

"Mike!" Connie cried out as Mike held his hand out for her to take.

"Come on! We've got to get out of here!" said Mike as he pulled her with him as he dragged her from the room, as the Freddy body started to jerk around dangerously on the floor behind them. As they got out of the room he let go of Connie's hand and pointed to the Foxy animatronic on the floor.

"We got to take him too"

Connie reached down and took the Foxy on one side as Mike did but before they started to run, Mike reached over to the wall and slammed his fist into the fire alarm. The loud bell started echoing throughout the building as the two of the started to drag the heavy animatronic away.

"Why did you….?"

"If your brother is going to start a fire, I'd rather the fire brigade be here before it goes up in flames then later, plus with all the dangerous chemicals on the ground it's better this way. Come on"

-Line Break-

"Have you guys got it fixed yet?" Mark asked as Goldie and Freddy tried to rewire the panel.

"Keep your pants on! I don't see you over here trying to fix this!" snapped Goldie.

"What I don't get is why it fell like that in the first place. Isn't it meant to be a security measure for us to be safe?" said Big Daddy as he looked away from the TV.

"That's right! But something has happened, causing it to fall and the override button is not working. We can only hope that Mike and the others are alright and will come and get us soon" said Freddy. "We'll stay here and remain calm until then"

"Remain calm? How can you expect me to remain calm when there is something really bad going on out there and Mike is most likely facing it alone because he would have made sure that girl was safe before anything else?" Mark snapped "I mean don't you guys even care what's going on out there?"

"Of course we care Mark" said Freddy softly "But there is nothing we can do about it. This room was built with the intention of protecting us from attacks, which means the door is extra thick. It would take more than the four of us bears to move it. Besides, Bonnie and Chica are both out there, I'm sure they will help Mike any way they can"

"It's just...he's been through enough you know….He really needs to catch a break now and again" said Mark rubbing his neck "Seems to me the only other place he visits more then

here is the freaking hospital you know?"

Freddy's head lowered and placed a hand over his pump "I know. We owe him a debt that can never be repaid"

"Then we need to get out there and help him! Shit! Let me look at it" snapped Mark as he pushed Freddy out of the way and started to pull and tug at the cables. Freddy sat down in one of the large armchairs, his head still hanging low as Goldie came over and squeezed his servo.

"What's wrong honeypot?"

"Do you think it's...the spares?" Freddy asked softly so they wouldn't be overheard.

"Got to be. I can't imagine it being anything else."

"We should have warned Mike right away….told him the truth" said Freddy.

"It wouldn't have changed tonight though would it? They would have still attacked us"

"I guess….I just wished I knew what was going on…" said Freddy as the loud ringing sound echoed into the room "Oh no! MARK! Get away from that door!"

"Wha?" Mark asked as he got to his feet and tried to cover his ears "What's going on! And NO! It wasn't me!"

Gold walked over and smacked Mark on the back of his head "It's the fire alarm stupid! Now get the furthest away from the door and go and lay down"

"But…."

"Look kid! That door will block the fire and some of the smoke but not all of it and since smoke rises, it would be best for you to lay on the ground so it doesn't go straight to your lungs! Also in that small fridge where we got fluids and oils in, there is also a bottle of water, start taking small sips to keep you hydrated"

"But what about you guys?" Mark asked with concern.

"We can handle a bit of heat and smoke, a lot more then you can anyway, now move your arse!" Goldie snapped and Mark quickly moved to do as he said. Freddystein moved the cubs next to Mark and told them to go into recharge, while the big bears had a chat, the Fredlings had tried to argue but a growl from Daddy made them obey as they bunked down next to Mark.

"So are we busting this door or not?" Daddy asked as he, Freddystein, Goldie and Freddy stood before the door.

"To dangerous with the human in here" said Goldie firmly "Plus, we don't know where the flames are coming from, we could just walk right into them, best to stay here and hope for the best"

And should the flames get in?"

"Then it will have to burn through us before it can get to him and your cubs" said Freddy, his eyes glowing brightly.

-Line Break-

Matt rose to his Freddy's knees and looked down at the floor, before breaking it with his undamaged servo, oily tears dripping from the animatronics optics that mixed in with his ghostly tears. Where was he going wrong? Where were his friends? His sister? He was going to save them! He was going to be their hero and punish the bad guys. Didn't anyone understand that? He wasn't a bad kid! HE WASN'T! It was THEM! The guards! The purple

one and now this white one! They were to blame! Not him! He picked up the match again and scraped it against the wall, watching it spark to life in between his fingers for a moment before dropping it to the floor. Whoosh, the flames spread within seconds in golfing everything in its path, burning it all to black with its immense heat. Matt sat there, feeling the flames burn off his soft outer shell, his metal skellington starting to buckle under the heated pressure. It hurt...IT HURT….he was going to die again...he was scared….so scared...he couldn't move….IT HURT. He tossed what remained of his Freddy head and screamed.

Bonnie was working on the outside panel as Mike and Connie came rushing down the hallway, dragging the broken Foxy with them, the crackling of flames not far behind them.

"Bonnie! Help us!" shouted Mike as the large bunny ran towards them, scooping up the other animatronics with ease. "Is everybody out?"

"Everyone except the guys in the room" said Bonnie placing the animatronic on his back.

"Right….we need to get out of here…" said Mike, hating himself for saying it, "This door should protect them until the fire people get here"

"But Freddy….and Goldie…." said Bonnie look horrified at Mike, who was shaking his head, tears threatening to fall.

"We can't stay here Bonnie! We'll die! Freddy and the others have a chance behind that door but if we don't go now, we will burn!" shouted Connie as she looked over her shoulder to see the flames slowly coming towards them. Bonnie let out a terrible screech as he ran with Mike and Connie to the fount of the store. It was against all his programing. He felt as if he was abounding his best friend and family but Mike was right. If they had stayed they would have died and it could have well been for nothing but it still hurt nevertheless. Mike and Connie were struggling to breath as they rushed out into the large carpark, the smoke was burning their lungs and they couldn't capture their breath. Once Bonnie had dumped the broken animatronic with the others, he went back to help Connie and Mike walk over to the group as two large fire trucks pulled into the car park, large men in fire suits were quickly running around and barking orders as they pulled large hoses from the trucks.

"Is there anyone still in there?" asked one of the men, who came over to Mike with an oxygen mask, another man was doing the same for Connie.

"There is one, he's trapped behind a large metal fire door, with a couple more of the animatronics. The room is near the back, the fire started most likely in the back storage room, there was a large chemical spillage too….be careful"

"Chemicals? Can you tell us what kind? It's important!"

"White spirits and other flammable stuff. One of the animatronics went a little crazy….it did this" said Mike coughing heavily as the fireman placed the mask on his face. Clean oxygen filled his lungs, making his head feel funny, as his eyes crossed as a wave of darkness consumed him, the sounds of Shadow and Bonnie screaming his name followed him.

He woke a couple of hours later on the grass bank at the far end of the car park, surrounded by the animatronics that had escaped the fire, a blanket wrapped around his shoulders. Just a couple of feet away was an ambulance that was placing Mark in to its back cab. Mike ripped off his mask and got to his feet dizzly before trying to walk down the bank toward the vehicle. As he got close, he saw Freddy and the others standing beside it, talking to one the fireman, mostly explaining how they protected Mark.

"Freddy, Goldie! Thank god you guys are ok!" said Mike, panting heavily.

"Sir, you need to go back to the bank and rest, another ambulance will be here in a moment to take you and the lady to the hospital as well, but your friend in there needs to go now" said the paramedic, pushing Mike away.

"But he's going to be ok isn't he?" Mike asked looking at the ambulance with concern.

"He seems to have only breathed in some heavy smoke and chemicals as well, we're just going to check him out, but we're sure he's going to be fine, but you need to go back now"

"I'll take him back" said Freddy gripping Mike's elbow as he started to pull him away.

"Freddy...I...I know sorry isn't going to be enough...and…"

"Mike, you did the right thing, don't worry about it" said Freddy as he looked over at the dinner "Thankfully the fire only got as far as the employee's room and party room 5. The kitchen and main floors are fine. We'll be able to be back in business in a day or two"

"Oh...that's good" said Mike as he noticed the three broken animatronics. "Oh god! Freddy...the fire...these animatronics! Their…."

"Possessed by the dead children. Yes, I know" said Freddy "We'll talk about them later I think, would be best"

"You...you knew. How long?" Mike asked frowning deeply as he glared at the bear. A single clear tear escaped from Freddy's blue optics causing Mike to gasp at the sight.

"Too long" was all the bear said as he turned back around and walked towards the pizzeria, as a fireman came up the bank towards Mike.

"Er….sir...would you mind coming with me….we found something really strange where the fire started and need your opinion on it"

The fireman escorted Mike down the burnt hallway where various fireman were checking for damage or anything that might cause it to relight. Most of the back wall had gone, allowing the sun to shine through as they stepped into the remains of the back stock room. Mike stood there frozen in place, looking, as the fireman started to explain.

"We got in here about three hours ago, just putting out the last of the flames when we found them. The fire did a job on the human remains, we're hoping we can identify him by dental records but that...we're guessing it's what remains of the animatronic that you said went mad...thing is...it's still…."

Mike nodded as he slid out of his white coat and stepped towards it. It was an endo skellington, burnt to a crisp and barely in shape as it curled itself up into a ball and shook. As Mike got closer, he swore he could hear it crying as he wrapped his coat around it and softly patted it on the back. The endo skellington's head lifted up, it's optic holes glaring deep into Mike's soul, its thin wiry frame shaking. Then there was Matt, still there, his remaining flesh now burnt and scarred, his face twisted in agony as tears streamed down his face as he sniffed and looked up pleadingly at Mike.

"I...I….I...didn't mean too" he cried as Mike sat down beside him and said nothing.

To Be Continued….

Chapter 13: Dangerous truths and final rest.