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.

21. Broken Hearts Part Three

A Long Overdue Fix

By

End of Grace

Chapter 21: Broken Hearts part 3

Rick was tried, it was almost the end of his shift, and all he wanted to do was go to bed. He had driven several drunks home and put up with the smell of vomit and verbal abuse. His radio crackled loudly as a voice broke out over the music.

"Rick come in, can you hear me, come in"

He groaned loudly as he picked up the receiver "Rick here but I'm calling it a night"

"We need someone to pick up someone and a robot at "Pirate Foxy's Cove" and to take them to the warehouse district"

"That's a big no on that! It's on the other side of town!" Rick snapped angrily.

"You'll do it or don't bother coming into night"

"Received! Over and Out" Rick snapped as he slammed the receiver on to the dash and swore repeatedly under his breath. The Cove wasn't too far away and his honked his horn loudly as he drove up to the door. In all honesty places like this gave him the creeps! He had heard the stories, who hadn't, they were practically the city's dirty laundry as it were and now he was going to have to transport one of those weird robot things? He was locking his doors and keeping the glass panel shut, ain't no way any stinking robot going to get him. He honked his horn again, muttering that he was going to take off, when the door to the restaurant opened and….something...came out, carrying a young man in it's arms. Rick could feel his heart pounding in his ears as the….the...thing came towards him and stopped just outside before looking at him with a slight tilt of its head before...sweet Jesus, mother Mary and Joseph a fucking tentacle slipped out of its body and opened the door. It softly placed the man into the seat and did up his seatbelt before claiming in itself. A cold sweat had broken out over his body and he really wanted to simply get out of the car and run but his body refused to move, he was too scared and his fingers were gripping the steering wheel to tightly.

"Good morning" it said with a slight bow of its head.

"Er...yeah….morning….um…." Rick gulped "He ok? He ain't….you know…"

"He is merely sleeping. He has had a long night. We would like to be taken to warehouse twenty four in the warehouse district. It's in the green sector"

"Er…..um...ok" Rick said hopelessly as he started his car "Your gonna need to wake him up though to pay me…"

The thing tilted its head again "It was my understanding that you get paid on arriving at our destination….but very well…"

Rick was about to explain that that was right but he had want to make sure the man was ok and more so alive when the thing slid a large wad of notes though the payment slit. There was about five hundred dollars there.

"I trust that is enough for the ride and my I request that you keep the music low or off. I do not wish for the man to wake up, he has worked to hard recently and he needs his rest"

"Sure...no problem….one quite, smooth ride, coming right up" said Rick as he pocketed the money and turned off the radio before softly driving off. Rick had gotten the hint from the tone of the thing's voice. No talking, no music, no anything that would make the man up. He looked up at his rear view mirror and noticed that the thing was...cradling the man in its arms, stroking his hair while rubbing its face against it. It sent shivers down his spine. It was something like out of a horror movie and he knew what happened to innocent bystanders like him if he didn't comply or behave. He got them to the warehouse as quickly as he could and pulled up to the warehouse in question. The thing got out and all so carefully lifted the man out, like he was precious cargo or a priceless artifact. The thing turned around and fear gripped Rick tightly as he slammed his foot down on the accelerator and speed off, not really caring it was the wrong way, only that he was away from that thing. If anything happened or the police were called, he was just a regular joe just doing his job, he didn't see anything, didn't know anything, he was paid to do a job and that was it. Now he was going home and having several beers before going to bed.

Net looked slightly alarmed at the way the taxi driver speed off and then looked down at Mike, grateful that the noise had not awoke him.

"What an odd man. He didn't even wait for me to thank him"

-Line Break-

Jenny got out of the car with a smile as she took in the restaurant. There were not many people who could claim that they actually liked their jobs and she was one of the few. She had a good team here, friends she could rely on, friendly customers and it allowed her to work around her children with ease. Plus who else could boost that they could bring their kids to work and their employers not so much bat an eye about it. Well, technically her boss didn't know, Mike had said it was ok and since he was going to be her future boss, it was still alright. Sure there were the odd bad days, you get the odd rude customer, kids playing up, even the animatronics….mostly Bonnie Blu who would get their fur in a bunch, but no job was perfect. She hummed a happy tune as she walked over to the front door and frowned as she pulled the door open. It should have been locked. Maybe Mike forgot to lock it on his way out? It happened now and again. Mark was the worst but then again he was the scatterbrain of the three of them. She walked in and for once the twins were not standing there in sleep mode and it made her even more ill at ease but she knew they were in the back room in their new bodies, she couldn't wait to see them. She continued to walk towards her office, casually looking over the restaurant floor, frowning slightly at the closed curtains of the stage, maybe Foxy and Mangle wanted a little privacy? Net box was shut as always, the ice cream machine hummed loudly, everything was more or less in its place and there was even Fred sitting in one of the chairs with his face missing. Jenny continued to smiled as she walked past the counter and was about to step into her office when she stopped. Fred...his face..she turned back round and swallowed loudly, her bag dropping to the floor, her shoes loudly tapping on the wooden floor as she walked towards the animatronic. There was a crushing sound making her jump as she realized she had stepped on something. It was red plastic..like Fred's cheek...her eyes wandered the floor as more and more of Fred's broken face came into view. Yet….could he still be...er...alive?...operational? Was that the word? Damn it. She placed her hand on Fred's shoulder and gentle shook it, only to scream loudly when the body crumbled to floor. She ran over to the stage and threw the curtain open.

"Foxy! Mangle! Fred is….." Jenny was shocked when there was no one there. "Where the hell? Maybe Net….?"

She ran over to the large colourful box and knocked on it hard but there was no answer. She tried to think but her mind was in a spin. Wait. Hadn't Foxy told her that he and his family were going to have a movie night. She broke into a run, bouncing of the walls as she took the corners to late, as she approached the animatronics resting room. She sighed in relief as she saw them all three of the foxes sitting there.

"Oh thank god. Foxy! Something terrible has happened to Fred and I...Foxy? Mangle? Mangy? Why aren't you moving?" Jenny asked as she came around to stand in front of them. Their optics were wide open and their hands and feet were locked in a position as if they were about to leap up. "Whats going on? What can I do? I...don't….I don't…"

Jenny ran her hair though her hair before pulling out her phone and tried to ring Mike but only for a recorded voice to tell her that Mike's phone was off. She looked back down at Foxy and noticed that Foxy was blinking.

"Foxy can you hear me? Blink twice for yes"

Two blinks. He could hear her. Thank god. Ok. Keep it together. He can only do yes or no questions. Ok.

"Foxy. Did someone break in last night?"

One Blink. No. Ok. So no one broke in.

"Mike didn't do this did he?" She felt stupid for asking but she had to be sure as Mike was the only one she knew who could do this. Foxy blinked once again and seemed to glare angrily at her for suggesting it but she ignored it. Alright. If it wasn't Mike and no one broke in. She gasped as a cold chill went up her back as she looked down at Foxy, her voice almost trembling.

"Foxy….was it Net? Did Net do this?"

Foxy blinked twice and Jenny felt her stomach flip flop. She had been told about Net's "Crimes" as it were and why he was locked up. She been instructed to watch him just as the animatronics had but she had been overlooking him as he had been so good and harmless. She should have known better. But this still didn't make sense and where the hell was Mike?

"What can I do? The police? I should call the police…no...not yet...I should call Jeremy and Mark...I know how they and you guys like the police" she flipped her phone and began to ring Jeremy.

"Jeremy. Something really bad has happened at the Cove. Foxy and the gang aren't moving and…..no that's it! Mike is nowhere to be seen and the place was unlocked and...oh Jeremy I think Fred's dead! Yes...yes...ok. Should I call the police? Do you think thats….right….right...I'll go to my office and wait for you….no I won't touch anything….and Jeremy….Net isn't here…." She looked down at her phone as Jeremy hung up on after shouting that he was on his way. She glanced up at the animatronics and shivered slightly. Seeing them frozen in an almost attack positions, made her glad she was never on their bad side and never had to do the night shift. It would have surely have given her a heart attack.

"Foxy...Jeremy is on his way….I'm going to check on the twins and then wait in my office...hopefully once Jeremy gets here, we can sort all this out….gods I'm going to have to call the staff and tell them to go to Freddy's to help out or take the day off…." she muttered to herself as she quickly walked out of the room and made her way to Mike's office. She kept her eyes forward as she walked though the main floor, ordering herself not to look at Fred...though gods it was hard not too, part of her was silently praying that he had somehow fixed himself and was whole again, even though she knew it was foolish. She marched back, telling herself to concentrate on what she had to do, forcing herself not to look over at Fred's body as she walked down the small hall that led to Mike's office and workshop. She placed her hand on the door and paused to catch her breath. What if….no...she couldn't think like that….surely Net wouldn't hurt the twins….would he? Stealing herself, she pushed open the door and snapped on the light. There, on two small tables were BB and Betty, both offline but in one piece. Jenny couldn't hold back her gasp as she looked over them. No longer were they the short, rolly-polly, child like animatronics. Now they looked almost identical to ten maybe twelve year old children. They bodies were lean and their joints were so small you couldn't really tell they were there. Their hair was no longer plastic but was actual hair, BB's was a short boy cut with his usual beanie on top with Betty's hair was tied into pigtails. They both still had their red rosy cheeks and long eyelashes and while BB's outfit hadn't really changed, Betty was now in a matching shirt with a short dark skirt with frilly ankle socks and mary janes on her feet. They were still attached by some cables to the computer that was flashing a message on its screen.

"Updates complete. Press Enter to reboot" Jenny read as she bit her lip. Should she? She should wait for Jeremy really...but...she wanted to make sure they were ok. She pressed the enter button and stepped back as the computer hummed and buzzed loudly, then jumped back as BB and Betty's bodies began to jerk. Just as suddenly as it started, it stopped, leaving the room quite and the two animatronics motionless. Jenny's heart sank, she should have waited for Jeremy, she promised him she wouldn't touch anything. It was too much. It was all too much. It was like a horrible dream and she just wished she could wake up. She pressed her hands to her face as tears started to fall from her eyes.

"Mrs Jenny? Are you alright?"

She gasped as she looked up and saw BB looking up at her with his large purple optics filled with concern. Betty was sitting up as well and folding up the cables that had been attached to her and BB.

"Oh thank god. I thought I...I thought I broke you or something…" she sniffed as she wiped her face with the back of her hand.

"No...you actually just woke us up" smiled Betty "What do you think of our new bodies? Aren't they the best?"

"Yes...they're lovely…."

"Where is Dr Mike? He said he would be here when we woke up" said BB as he looked around the office. Jenny's heart leapt to her throat and new tears started to fall, how was she meant to tell them about Mike? About Fred?

"Mrs Jenny? Mrs Jenny what's wrong?" Betty asked as she quickly came around to stand in front of her with BB by her side, both looking frighten as the woman almost bent over crying.

"BB...Betty...something….has happened….to Mike. Now...I want you both to stay here until Jeremy or me comes and gets you ok? Promise me you'll stay here?"

"Yes Mrs Jenny, we promise" said the twins in unison, taking each other's hand tightly, fear and worry filling their optics as she left the room, closing the door behind her. She walked slowly back to the main floor, not sure if she was able to walk past Fred again to get to her office when the screeching of tires made her jump and stare out of the large glass windows and doors to see Jeremy's car skidding to a halt just outside of them. She wasn't even sure that the car had even stopped when the young man and Goldie got out of it and ran into the building.

"Jenny! Have you found Mike? Anything been taken? Anyone hurt? Are you alright? Why are you crying?" Jeremy said this all in one breath as he placed his hand on Jenny's shoulders.

"I'm...I'm fine. Just a little upset….Foxy and the others are in their room….frozen...the twins are fine though. I haven't gone into my office yet and…"

There was a painfully loud moan and the sound of grinding gears as the two humans turned to see Goldie standing over his son's Fred body. Large black oily tears were falling down from his optics and down his face. He leaned down and picked up a piece of Fred's face and stroked it softly. Jenny and Jeremy looked at each other, neither of them knowing what to say, before Jeremy took Jenny's hand and whispered.

"Let's go...give him some space….Mark will be here soon with a Jack….he's a cop...but he's someone we all trust. Hopefully Goldie will be able to put him together or something...maybe"

Jeremy led Jenny down the dark hallway, he had tried to sound optimistic but they both knew that it was unlikely.

-Line Break-

Mike groaned loudly, his head was pounding, he couldn't even open his eyes it hurt so much. It reminded him of the time Goldie attacked him and he got a concussion, it felt like that, maybe a bit worse. His hair felt sticky in one area where it was really hurting, meaning his head had been bleeding, or had been bleeding a lot. He tried to move his arms and legs only to find his arms were tied behind his back and one of his legs were tied to something around his ankle. He groaned again as a small wave of nariousa and self loathing came over him. Just what the hell happened to him? He had just finished the upgrades on the twins and was finishing up for the morning when he saw….oh..oh no! NO! NO! NO! NO! FRED! His face! His broken body! Oh Gods. Someone must have broken into the cove and attacked Fred. But how? Why? Damn it! This is why they needed someone else on guard! Poor Fred shouldn't have been doing it on his own. Wait! FUCK! What about Foxy and the others? Had they been gotten too? Did someone else have a vendetta against the Pizzeria? No, it can't be that, otherwise they would have gone after Freddy. So...what was it? A burglary? Had Fred encountered a bugler and got his face smashed in for his trouble? Mike struggled to open his eyes, it was so bright, it made his eyes sting like hell. He blinked rapidly, tears threatening to fall as he squinted, making out odd shapes and shadows. This wasn't the cove. Then where the hell was he? Had...had he been kidnapped again? Damn it! Why couldn't he think straight? And why the hell was everything so blurry. He shook his head and squeezed his eyes shut for a while before trying to focus them again. There was a large metal roof above him with strong hanging lights and he was surrounded by large metal shelves with cardboard boxes and endo skellingtons. Endo skellingtons? Warehouse? He was the warehouse that store all of the company's old stuff. Why? And how in the hell did he even get here? The room went blurry again and almost tipped on its side as the urge to throw up overcame him and he retched all over the floor. Damn it all to hell he needed to think. First thing is why the smeg was he here in the warehouse? Two, did anyone know he was missing and three how in the fuck was he going to get out of here? The small hairs on the back of Mike's neck stood up and after so long at the pizzerias, it had become one of his most vital survival insect as he looked around the room for a weapon but his eyes were still not able to make out anything. Something or somethings slid around his body all so softly until they reached his joints as they tightened their hold so that he couldn't move. Mike forced his body to relax, he knew this sensation and knew there was no way of getting out of the tentacles hold once they had gotten a firm grip. He would only be hurting himself more if he tried. Something wet was being brushed against his forehead. He turned his head sharply and smack whatever it was away.

"Net, I know it's you, what's going on? And why the hell are we at the warehouse?"

Net didn't respond but continued to to try and wash Mike's wounded head but Mike continued to push the cloth away. "Damn it Net! Talk to me! Why are we here! What happened at the Cove and Fred"

He heard a loud hiss as the tentacles slowly loosen their hold. Mike could make out Net body from its outline as the puppet sat down in front of him.

"You have a nasty cut on the back of your head and on your forehead where you hit the edge of a table on the way down"

Mike frowned and looked at Net suspiciously "I was hit over the head….was it…?"

"I didn't mean to hit you that hard" said Net softly again trying to clean Mike's wounds.

Mike's body trembled as he shook with anger remembering Fred "Net….did….are you….Fred….Foxy…oh god the twins..."

"Foxy, Mangle and Mangy are all fine, just frozen, it was quite easy to sneak up behind them and press the lock button on the back of their necks. A design flaw both you and father never thought about changing. I also never went near the twins nor would I hurt them" said Net softly, a little hurt to think that Mike would think that of him.

Mike continued to shake, hot tears threatening to fall from his stinging eyes "What about Fred? What on earth did that sweet bear ever do too you"

Net pulled back slightly, to Mike it was like he was sitting on his knees in front of him, like a parent trying to explain something difficult to their child.

"Fred liked you. Really liked you. I would say he was also on the same level as Bonnie before you broke up. He, like myself, was hoping you would forget the bunny and look his way" Net's calm voice then became angry "He was getting to close to you. Interfering."

"And for that you smashed his face to bits!" snapped Mike "Damn it Net, he didn't have anymore of a chance at me then you do. Fred was a friend and that was it!"

The rope or whatever it was that was wrapped around Mike leg tugged hard causing Mike to lose his balance and fall backwards. Net's tentacles insistently wrapped themselves around his limbs, waist and neck. He was just as suddenly yanked forward and stared into the glaring black holes of Net's eyes.

"I'm doing this for you!" he hissed "I love you Mike. More than I knew I was capable of loving. I love you more than any other animatronic. That's why I'm doing this! You'll understand when I'm done"

Mike frowned as a cold shiver ran down his body "What are you going to do to me?"

Net sighed and rested his lips against Mike's forehead "I'm going to save you"

Mike's body trembled as Net pulled away, stood up and walked away, the bright lights of warehouse making it harder still to see anything. He could still make out Net's shape over by what looked like one of the many work benches that had been put into storage and on it was an endoskeleton or at least parts of one. It looked human sized and shape at least from what Mike could see through his blurry vision. What the hell was Net planning to do to him? He looked down at his leg to his ankle where Net had tied him up with rope or cable to one of the large metal stands that were cemented into the ground. Whatever it was that was tied to his leg wasn't too thick...if only he had something to cut it with. He looked and felt around the floor for anything sharp while trying to make as little noise as possible. He was sure Net was watching him or at least turning around now and again to do so, so he had to be careful, otherwise god knows what he would do to him if he thought for a moment he was going to escape. He crawled as closed to the metal shelves as possible, it was just within reach if he stretched, his eyes could make out the shapes of tools….had Net been through the boxes looking for some? His fingers brushed against something rough and metallic, he held in a gasp and quickly glanced in Net's direction to make sure he wasn't looking this way as he picked up the object. It had a plastic handle and was rough on both sides of the metal, a chisel, it would have to do. Making sure Net's back was still turned, Mike slowly, so slowly started to file away at his binding.

-Line Break-

Jack stood in front of the cove with Mark and sighed loudly. He never thought he'd be here again. His career had taken a nosedive because of this place and he had even been demoted over the cock up with The Biter escaping. He didn't hold a grudge, he couldn't after what happened to Springtrap and frankly he was surprised that Mark and the others were even still talking to him let alone asking for his help. He'd been concerned that Mark had wanted this to be kept away from the police but considering he knew his fellow officers in blue were itching for an excuse to close the business down for the embarrassment they had suffered, he couldn't blame them for wanting him to be discreet. He looked around the fount area, his eyes trying to pick up any clue he could find, or in this case the lack of.

"Your puppet friend, would you say he was strong? Like humanly strong or stronger?"

"You can't tell by looking at him but Net is one of the most strongest of the animatronics and one of the oldest I think" said Mark as he pulled the door open. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, if he wasn't as strong as that, he would have had to drag Mike from the building, but there are no drag marks on the floor, meaning he'd carried him. But that would have slowed him down right and anyone would have reported seeing him carrying him, so how the hell did he get away from here unseen?" Jack asked as he followed his friend into the building.

"We can check the cameras...oh…" Mark stopped, his body went rigid as his eyes watered over. The sound of deep sobbing reached Jack's ears before he looked over and saw a sight that made a lump leap into his throat. There were three bears and a fox, one of the bears was laying in the arms of an old tatty gold bear that was sobbing over it broken body and a very large black standing over them, his large paws on the old bear's shoulders offering support. Foxy saw them, placed a servo to muzzle and then pointed it down the hall as they silently walked away, the sounds of Goldie pump felt sobs following them. Jack hadn't really gotten to know the animatronics well, but he did know that the bear that had been...killed? Deactivated? Was Goldie's son Fred but what was one of the nightmare animatronics doing here? Didn't they have their own place now? He followed Mark and Foxy to one of the back rooms and walked into what looked like a larger than life living room, which he guessed was the downtime room for the animatronics. There was Old man McBear, sitting gravely in his wheelchair with the twins on either side of him, Jeremy was standing over another red fox, tinkering with what looked like a switch while the fox was stuck in a funny pose. Jenny was sitting in a large armchair as Mangle comforted her along with a really pretty blond lady that Jack hadn't met before.

"Now we all be here" said Foxy softly "Let us get down to business. Jack, I trust your up to the task at hand?"

"I need to know everything Foxy" said Jack firmly, trying to order his eyes to stay focused on the animatronic and to stop staying over to the blonde as he took out his note book to take notes.

"It be the early hours of the morn when Net attack us. Me, the missus and the cub were having a family movie night when the traitor made his move. He used his tentacles to flip our override switches and render us useless"

"Ok, so once you guys were out of the way, do you think that's when he attacked Fred?"

"To be sure. Had I heard a scuffle I would have come running to investigate"

"What about Mike? Could it be he heard the scuffle as you called it and got caught in the crossfire?"

Foxy patted his chin with his hook and then shook his head. "It could be but I doubt. Mike would have been working on the twins and his mind focus on that, plus his workshop be the furthest away from the floor. I doubt he heard a thing"

"And you two….I'm guessing you were…asleep?" Jack asked pointing to the twins.

Betty burst into tears as BB wrapped his arms around her "We were turned off until Mrs Jenny came and woke us up"

"Mrs Jenny?"

Jenny took a deep breath as Mangle patted her shoulder "I came in about nine this morning. The door was unlocked, it has happened now and again if the night guard are too tried, but it was really unusual for Mike. I walked towards my office briefly noticing Fred...it took a while to register that something was wrong, I went back to look at him and he...he wasn't responding. I knocked on Net's box for help and got no answer and then ran down here to get Foxy and the others but they were...stuck. At least Foxy was able to blink, so I asked him questions, yes or no ones, that's when I called Jeremy...then I went to look in on the twins but to also make sure Mike...you know…"

"Has everyone tried to call Mike's phone?"

"Yeah but nothing and Mike always answers his phone, only time he hasn't it when it's been taken off of him" said Jeremy as he snapped something back into place and Mangy yelped as he fell forward. "I called Mark just after I got off the phone from Jenny, then called Connie who bought over Big Daddy and Mr McBear. I had to...tell Freddy and the others….Freddy wanted to come but there is over six birthday parties today and well...it would make things more awkward. Less questions asked. After I got here I started to sort out Foxy when Connie arrived, she and Jenny went to check things out in the office…."

"The safe was opened" Connie jumped in "A small part of the yesterday's takens has been stolen, about five hundred dollars or so. Also on the desk, the phone book was open, for taxis of all things"

"Were any of them circled?"

"No sorry"

"Right, I'll call in a favor with switch board and see if they can find anything out, I've still got Mike's number so I can get them to check that as well" said Jack as he pulled out his phone and quickly made the call. Once done he turned back to all of them "Ok, the big question from me is this, Why? Why would Net, kill Fred, incopaste Foxy and his family and then kidnap Mike? Has there been any major falling outs that I don't know about?"

Everyone bar the old man looked at each other uneasily, the air around them suddenly became uncomfortable as if they were about to speak about a taboo subject.

"It be like this lad" said Foxy softly "Net has always been…."smitten" on young Mike. Yet Mike be with Bonnie up until a week or so ago. I am guessing that Net thought it might be his chance to win Mike's pum...heart"

"Your saying the puppet was in love with Mike? And that Mike was in a relationship….with Bonnie the bunny from Freddy's?" Jack looked rather ill. How could Mike…? EWW! "Ok. So Mike may have broken Net's heart by turning him down then? If that's the case, why kidnap him? What does he plan on doing to him?"

"No idea lad. Net has kept to himself most of time, Mike being the only person other than father that he be willing to speak to. He had been working on something...a costume of sorts…."

"Right. Is there anything else you think I need to know about Net?"

"Only that he is one evil S.O.B" said Mark firmly with an odd serious look on his face.

"He also got some weird power, he can do something to your soul if you're not careful" Jeremy added and then gave Connie an apologetic look. Her eyes had watered over slightly but she nodded as she looked at Jack.

"Net is responsible for my brother and his friends souls being stuck in some old suits of Freddy's. He didn't even feel any remorse for what he did. So just watch out"

Jack nodded, trying hard to ignore the cold sweat pouring down his back, as he tried to smile reassuringly as he stepped up to Mr McBear.

"Sir….um...you made Net right?"

The old man blinked for a moment as if he was struggling to gather his thoughts "Yes...but not originally. I found him in a junk store near the old diner. I thought he would be a good companion for Goldie at the time. He was just a simple marionette, just a piece of cloth and a metal skellington, I upgraded him to an animatronic some time later and Mike has helped him since"

"Right, I see, um...do you remember anything else? Like at the time you bought him? Did the seller say anything to you about him?"

The old man frowned and thought hard "Now that you mention it….he had to be sold with his music box...it was important that man said. Couldn't sleep without it. I didn't think much of it at first, since it was a child's toy, I thought it was just simply part of the act you know"

"Anything about the pervious owner or anything odd about it?"

"Just said the old owner was glad to get rid of it. Said something about striking out on his own or something. Sorry, it's not much help….." signed Mr McBear sadly.

"Actually it was helpful. It gives me a better picture of Net's mind. It's a little wonder he got so clingy"

"Don't follow dude" said Mark looking confused, as did the others.

"Well, from what Mr McBear told us, Net was abandon by his previous owner, discarded as junk. Mr McBear comes along and gives him a new look and home but is just as quickly taken away and Net is once again left to rot. Years, trapped in the dark, a broken mess. Now along comes Mike. Mike, a poor, guillerble, underpaid kid with a heart of gold saves him from the dark. Mike has never abandon you guys, even when it looked like you were on the verge of closing, Mike was doing everything to keep you safe"

Foxy and Mangle shifted uncomfortably and shared a look, remembering those dark days before Mike. They had been truly awful.

"But that doesn't explain the kidnapping?" said Jenny folding her arms.

"Think about it. Net was fine really as long as Mike was happy and with Bonnie. Suddenly Mike is suddenly single and upset and Net thinks its his time to shine only for Mike I'm guess to reject him"

"Sending Net off the deep end. But that doesn't explain Fred though, I mean, Fred is such a quiet gentle bear, I can't imagine anyone wanting to hurt him" said Connie, running a hand through her hair.

"Um…."

Everyone looked around at Mangy who looked so nervous and had his paw up like he was waiting for someone to give him permission to speak. Foxy gave his son a small smile and waved his hook to gesture to everyone.

"Ya got somethin ya need to say lad, speak up, it may be important"

"Yes Captain. I...er…I be watching Fred for a while. He be showing me the ropes and helping me on the floor. Fred cared for Mike as well, wanted to make him feel better and the like, they even had a movie night together and Fred made sure there was sweets. Fred was also with Mike last night, helping out with the twins…."

"I don't get it, we all know Fred liked Mike but what has that got to do with…." said Mark but Jack interrupted.

"No, he's got a point, if Fred was hanging around Mike and helping him, while Mike was reject any advance from Net, the puppet would have been jealous…I would like to look around the main floor, see if there is any clues there" said Jack as he started to walk towards the door. "You guys wait here, Jeremy and Mark you come with me please, if I find anything I'll let you guys know"

"Mr...er...Jack…" called Mr McBear, making the three young men stop in their tracks "I know you need clues and such, but please...please be gentle and patient with Goldie….he…"

Anything else was lost in a heartbreaking sob, as the old man's body shook violently as he hid his face in his hands, Connie and Jenny were insistently by his side, both with tissues ready. The three men walked down the dark corridor, Jeremy's face was determined, while Mark was looking down at the floor his hands in his pockets, his adam's apple bobbing up and down as he tried to hold back his own tears.

"Damn" he muttered "That was hard to watch….poor old man…"

"Be grateful that we haven't called Mrs Schmidt yet. Can you imagine what she would be like?" said Jeremy.

"You haven't contacted Mike's mom yet? Why not?" Jack asked

"Because it was either her or someone else and this someone else will be a lot better use to us then an over worried mother. Believe me" said Jeremy.

"Oh! Is he near by then?" said Mark "I thought he was doing that….thing"

"One of the things are here in city on business and he was just waiting outside of it when I called. He'll be here….oh shit"

"What?"

"Er...Jack….um...Jack" said Jeremy giving Mark a pointed look. Jack watched the pair of them as Mark final got the hint that Jeremy was trying to get across.

"Oh...snap. So on a level of one to ten, in how much shit are we going to be after this?"

Jeremy pulled out his phone "I'll call him and see if I can't tell him to wait else where for a while, Mark help Jack anyway you can and make sure not to upset the bears ok?"

Jack frowned as he followed Mark but looked over his shoulder to see Jeremy walking in the opposite direction. What the hell was that about? They reached the main floor and noticed that the tables had been moved and Fred's body was now laying on them with a large sheets covering him as Goldie pulled up a seat and sat beside him. Nightmare saw them and slowly shook his head.

"Best not go over there just yet. Let's look at Net's box. See if there is anything in there that might give us a clue" said Mark as he walked over to the large colorful box.

"What were you and Jeremy on about?" Jack asked quietly as not to disturb the two bears.

"Oh nothing. Just our friend is….a little...er...he's just really intense ya know. And he doesn't really get on with people….especially cops"

"Wrong side of the law huh?"

Mark chuckled nervously as he opened Net's box "Something like that. Well there is….nothing in here."

"Ok then, lets look…."

"No you don't understand, there is nothing in here, not even his music box. He must have taken it with him. Does that mean...he doesn't plan to come back…."

"Could be...but if I recall, doesn't the music box music make him tired or something, could he have taken it with him, so we don't use it against him"

"Damn it. We need to know where the hell he took Mike and what the hell he plans on doing to him"

Jack looked around the floor and frowned when he saw a slight smear. He walked over to it and knelt down to get a better look. He then looked around the room, imagining what could have happened before turning to Mark.

"Net was waiting for Mike...about here...in the dark. He knew that when Mike came out of his office, he would come this way and noticed Fred. He waited until Mike had seen the body before hitting him hard, most likely in the back of the head, at least from what I can tell from this blood splatter"

"Geez and Mike really can't afford to lose anymore brain cells….or blood for that matter" Mike muttered. A loud buzz made them both jump. It was Jack's phone. Jack cringed guilty as Big Daddy growled at him for making such a racket as he quickly tumbled to answer his mobile.

"Jack here. Right. Ok...when was this….did they say where the drop off point was? The warehouse district? Great, thanks for the help, I'l be in touch. That was my friend in the tech division, seems in the early hours of this morning, Mike called for a taxi from his mobile, something about transporting a animatronic to the warehouse. Know anything about it?"

Mark shook his head "Mike may have mentioned a warehouse but I don't really get into all the electronics of the group. Mr McBear might know...or…"

Jeremy came running down the hall, looking extremely worried. "I just got hold of him, he's literally here and we need too…."

"Jer! Jack has found out where Net has taken Mike! He's been taken to a warehouse, know of one or if the company have one?" said Mark

"Huh? Warehouse? You mean the storage one we have by the docks?" said Jeremy in confusion. "But anyway! We need too…"

"Ok, go and get everybody Jeremy and we'll split up into teams, obviously not everyone can go but…"said Jack as he started to think up a plan when the screeching of tires reached his ears as he, Jeremy and Mark turned around to see a car literally speeding towards the glass doors at high speed before the drive hit the brakes hard and stopping just an inch away from them. A tall, tatty looking man got out of the car and strode into the building, his face like thunder as he clenched his fists by his sides. His clothes were covered in food, coffee and blood stains and he smelt as if he hadn't washed in a long while.

"Jer, Mark, tell me you found Mike" he snapped.

"Good too see you too Matt" said Jeremy as he looked at the horrified Jack who was reaching for his gun.

-Line Break-

Net was putting the last of the finishing touches to Mike's new body. He was really proud of himself. He had been meticulous, everything had to be and was perfect, down to the very last detail. All that remained now was the mask that would be his face. Maybe he should ask Mike what colours he would like, after all it was his face, they could always change it later if they had too.

"Mike, I'm about to start your mask, what colours would….?" Net turned around to look at Mike, only to see an empty space where the man should be. A mixture of fear and boiling anger coursed through Net's circuits as he let out screech that echoed and bounced around the warehouse. He dropped the paint brushes and started to lash out with his tentacles, smashing all the shelves and their contents. With a final screech he leapt over the mess he had made and started hunting for Mike.

Mike froze when he heard the screech and the smashing of metal. He hadn't escaped long, he'd been cruch running, sliding under the large metal shelves, hiding in dark space, because everyone knew the moment you run was the moment you got caught. Not to mention he had got a fucking clue why the fucking door was. Seriously! How big was this place? Everything looked the same. It had gone quiet now. Shit! That meant Net was looking for him and with his tentacles and slim body he could slid anyway. He looked around and started to slid his body across the floor before rolling onto one of the low shelfs and curled up as small as he could between the boxes. He tried not to breath as his eyes darted around and mentally cursed as his vision went blurring again. Damn it! Net must have hit him really hard, he must have a concussion, that would explain the ringing in his ears. Damn it all to hell, he was going to have to make a run for it and just pray for once, his shitty luck would hold out. He blinked his eyes and waited till his vision cleared, looked left and right, crawled out slowly, took a deep breath and was about to break out into a run when a tentacle wrapped around his ankle and pulled hard. His body slammed hard into the floor, knocking all the air out of him as he was dragged back quickly backwards. He clawed the floor, trying to grip onto something, anything, when he reached out and grabbed one of the metal stands that were screwed down. His arm felt like it was wrenched out of its socket as the tentacle tugged and pulled on his leg. Mike tried to pull himself free but more tentacles joined in, wrapping themselves around his legs and arms, pulling harder and harder. Mike felt as if he was going to be split into but he refused to let go. He'd rather be split then whatever the hell Net was planning. A smaller tentacle slid up Mike's arm, the tip of it was pulling itself back into a sharp spike, it brushed against his straining hand, pulled back like an elastic band and slung itself down hard into Mike's hand. The pain shot down Mike's arm like an electric current as the sharp tentacle pieced both skin and bone, the shock alone made him let go. The air rushed past his body as the tentacles dragged him before Net, the puppet glaring down at him, his usually dark slits were glowing red. Mike curled up and gripped his bleeding hand, tears streaming down his face as he glared up at the marionette.

"I'm trying to help you Mike! And this is how you thank me? By leaving?" Net hissed, his voice box filled with anger and betrayal.

"I don't want your help! I don't need you to save me! I need to be bloody saved from you!" Mike shouted as he kicked, trying to get the tentacles off. The redness of Net's eyes disappears, leaving the puppet looking confused and hurt, which really pisses Mike off. How dare he look hurt after all he had done! Net leaned down closer to Mike, placing one of his hands on Mike's cheek, making him flinch as he cupped it.

"Mike...I...I'm doing this to save you...really...you must believe me….I love you"

"I might believe you, if only you'd explained things better. I'm not a sodding mind reader Net. As far as I'm concerned you're doing this because you're being selfish!"

Net frowned for a moment and then smiled sadly "I guess that's fair but first..."

Mike heard the sound of metal being dragged against the floor, a cold sweat broke out on his back as Net's tenclels bought around a long, thick, metal pole used mainly for scaffolding, his eyes watched in fixed horror as Net twisted it around like a cheerleader's baton. Suddenly his legs were pulled apart and straightened, the tentacles holding him tightly so he couldn't move as Net lined up the pole with his leg.

"I have to make sure you can't escape again" said Net as he lifted the pole high and bought it down like the wrath of the gods, the thick metal penetrating thought Mike's leg to the floor beneath him with a loud crunch. For Mike everything went white for a moment, nothing made sense, he could only stare hopelessly at the pole sticking out of his leg as blood pumped out of the wound. Then what had happened came crashing down on him like a tidal wave, he screamed til his voice was hoarse, hot fat tears rolled down his cheeks, his face twisted in pain and anger as Net lifted his head and rested it on his knees and stroked his hair gently, his tentacles wrapping up Mike's arms so he couldn't touch his leg or harm him.

"Let me tell you a story Mike, I know you like stories, my story is a little sad but it will have a happy ending. And once you understand everything, you'll be more than happy to be saved by me and we can all be happy together Mike. It will be wonderful"

Mike could only close his eyes and pray that the guys were going to find him in time.

-Line Break-

"I've never known a human to wiggle so much" said Big Daddy as he slapped Jack's backside firmly. "Stop it!"

Jack tried to scream but his mouth was full of paper napkins with had been stuffed into his mouth by Goldie, who was holding his arms behind his back. It had all happened so quickly. One moment he was ready to pull out his gun and arrest one of the most feared killers of his lifetime only for two giant teddy bears jumping him and pinning him to the floor and knocking his gun away. He was standing now between them, Goldie holding his arms, with napkins in his mouth and Big Daddy slapping his arse while the people HE was suppose to be helping were making nice with a killer.

"What is he doing here?" Goldie asked his voice strained, his golden face almost black from his oily tears.

"He's happens to be here to help us find Mike" said Jeremy as he released Matt so Mark could pulled him into a manly hug, which was a quick embrace, two slaps on the back and punch on the arm. Matt looked around the room and saw the sheet with the body beneath it, his eyes widen and his breath hitched, his brain quickly calming him down slightly when he noticed the body was to big to be a human one.

"Who…?" he asked softly at Jeremy, who bowed his head and looked at the floor, not wanting to met his gaze.

"Fred. Net tore him apart"

Matt let out the breath he had been holding, looked at Goldie and bowed slightly. "Goldie, I'm so sorry, we'll get him"

"Matt, you're good at killing right?" Matt nodded solemnly, Jack wincing as Goldie's grip tightened "When you find Net, I want you to help me tare that monster apart, help me smash that soon to be waste of space to FUCKING PIECES"

Matt smirked evilly and tilted his head slightly "With pleasure"

"What is going on here?" snapped an elderly voice as Mr McBear came into the room, walking unsteadily on his legs with his walking stick. Jack thought that the old man would start yelling, demand that Matt leave his restaurant, so he was shocked when McBear smiled brightly at the killer and raised his arm up to embrace him.

"Matthew! Welcome home lad. I see the clothes I sent you fit well. I trust you're keeping out of trouble?"

Matt walked over and hugged the old man gently "You know me sir, trouble has a way of finding me and thank you for the clothes and the food package, I'm grateful"

"Matt!"

Connie stepped into the light and hugged Matt tightly and kissed his cheek, much like a little sister greeting her older brother home "It good to see you. Now you're here we can go find Mike"

"What are you doing here?"

Jack felt a slight relief as Mrs Jenny looked horrified at seeing Matt. Finally someone remembered that the man was a killer and needed to be worried. Foxy and Mangle stood beside her, Foxy had a servo on her shoulder and was glaring at Matt.

Matt waved at her "Hello Mrs Jenny, Captain Foxy and Mrs Mangle. I guess I owe you an apology for the trouble I caused and for not giving you my notice"

"Jenny dear, Matt here is an old friend of this company and is working on changing his ways, he a good man I promise you" said Mr McBear as he unsteadily sat down in a chair. "He's here to help us find Mike. Foxy, I know this is your cove, but Matt is a guest so please behave"

"Aye Father" said the fox animatronic softly but did not soften his glare.

"Now Jack...er...why do you have napkins in your mouth lad?" asked Mr. McBear as he looked over at the young man.

Jack jerked his head sideways to the two bears and glared at Matt who simply smiled back.

"Jack doesn't like Matt very much sir" said Jeremy rubbing the back of his head "You know the whole cops and killer thing"

"Ah...yes...forgot about that" said Mr McBear as he rubbed his glasses cleaned before putting them on again "Jack, I know we are already asking a lot of you by not reporting this kidnapping but I now must ask that you look the other way about Matt. Once this incident is over Matt I'm sure will be on his way, he's made me a promise that he is doing better and keeping out of trouble. We need you too to work together on this Jack if we are to have any chance of saving Mike from Net"

Jack noticed the guilty looks on Jeremy's, Mark's and Connie's faces but decided now was the time to question Matt's change of heart. The old man was right, Mike's life was on the line and time was of the essence, so he nodded his head slowly and Goldie released him and pulled out the wet napkins.

"When this is over, I'm only giving you an hour head start Matt, got it? I think that's only fair"

"Whatever you say copper" said Matt in a mocking gangster tone as he swung his arm around Connie who place a hand over her mouth to hide her smile. For some reason Matt making her smile annoyed him more then the sarcasm.

"We know that Net hired a taxi and asked to be taken to the warehouse district. You have a warehouse down there right?" he asked, feeling his eye twitch as he watched Connie lean on Matt's shoulder.

"The warehouse is where we have been storing old animatronics, endo-skellingtons, old ideas, blueprints and such. Can't imagine why he would take Mike there"

"Endo-skellingtons...you don't think….I mean if he could trap a soul in one of those…." Mark started, the thought to terrible to speak out loud but it felt like the only conclusion.

"Mike wouldn't be able to leave him or this place….he'd be trapped...forever" Jeremy joined in rubbing his face as he broke out into a cold sweat. Connie went rigid and gripped Matt's shirt as the man gritted his teeth and practically snarled.

"We need to get to that warehouse. Connie you stay here!"

"No way!"

"Mike wouldn't want you anywhere near Net Connie" said Mark firmly "You know that!"

"We need you here if things go wrong Connie!" said Big Daddy as he held open the door as Matt ran through it with Jeremy close behind. "We'll call you as soon as we got Mike"

"I'll ride with you Jack…" said Mark as he took Jack's arm and started to led him out of the cove.

"That fine. Perhaps on the way you can tell me what the fuck is going on!" Jack snapped.

"Hang on a moment boys!" said Mr McBear as he got to his feet "I'm coming with you"

"No way!" both Jack and Mark said together but the old man stood his ground.

"I'm still Net's owner and father by right, he will hopefully listen to me or I can at least distract him long enough for you to get Mike away"

"It's worth a shot" said Goldie as he went to Mr McBear's side "Let's go now. The more we stand here arguing the more likely Net's has already stuffed Mike into his new body"

-Line Break-

Mike quietly sobbed, he couldn't feel his leg now, he wasn't sure he could feel anything. He was going into shock, he was sure of it, his thoughts were all over the place. Net continued to softly play with his hair as if he was trying to comfort him. Net hummed, this was so comforting, maybe he had time to change his masterpiece to have a hair piece, he could spend all his nights just doing this. If only Mike would stop crying. He used a tentacle to reach over to the workbench and ripped a piece of spare cloth and bought it down to Mike's face and wiped it clean, at least tried too.

"I'll start at the beginning, I'm sure you have guessed, I'm older then Goldie. About I think twelve or fifteen years. My original owner made me a marionette, I'm not sure when I became conscious, only that I started to understand, move if only slightly, but mostly watched. My original owner...wasn't a good man. No. He was a killer, a child killer, he didn't like them, except his own, a daughter. She was the reason he gave me up, he had to get a "Real Job" to pay for child support. Before, he would use me for his puppet shows, used me to lure children to a dark corner, a secluded place, and he would kill them. I didn't like it, he said they were bad kids, but I didn't see it that way. They were mostly beggars, homeless, children who were pickpocketing for adults so they would be fed. I couldn't speak, so I started to disobey, not following the script, I'd shake my head when I was meant to nod, slapping my useless hand into his mouth to stop him speaking, that sort of thing. He started to fear me. He started to lock my box when ever he put me in there when we were done for the day so I wouldn't get out. It didn't matter, I would eventually figure out how to get out, he would freak out when he saw me sitting on my box as if I had been there all night. That is when he built me the music box. He made it for me and it's soft tune once played would lure me to sleep. He made it as a way to control me but it was the first gift I had ever received so I couldn't bring myself to break it. Eventually he sold me to the junk shop, I spent a long time in the dark, I couldn't move as the box was too small. That is when "Father" Mr McBear bought me and upgraded me. Suddenly not only did I have a proper body that I could use, I had a family, a home, a purpose, I was so happy, I would do anything to keep it safe….as you know. It greatly surprised me when I met the brothers again, of course they didn't recognised me, I had been to upgraded but I really should have known better and watch Billy. He really was to close to my creator. I wasn't at all sorry to see him locked up. A few months later, a child accidentally ripped my cloth body and spilt his drink on me and since I wasn't cleaned up properly, my joints and spring rusted. One day I got stuck in my box, so the children and the staff tried to pull me out only to damage my arm and my music box, so I was placed out of order and forgotten about for a very long time. I was trapped in the dark, broken and alone, all I could do was have dreamless sleep. I was so lonely. Cold. I didn't want to be alone. I was tired of being alone. Then one night, I heard the sound of my music box, I thought I was actually having a dream until I felt a warm, gentle hand pick me up and slowly put me back together. I remember popping up from my box after so many years and seeing you. I fell for you there and then. I remember being so embarrassed when you asked if you would oil my spring and I got the wrong idea. Do you remember?"

Mike nodded not daring to trust his voice as Net continued.

"I thought I had gone to heaven, everyday my family got better, repaired, lost friends came home and our home was safe and refurbished. Mostly though, we were all sharing you, having regular maintenance but dark thoughts started to enter my head. It started that night you came to the pizzeria drunk, upset about your parents, then you took me, you ravaged, sucked and licked my tentacles, you fucked my port like a man possessed. I love you and wanted you so much, I wanted it over and over again as I cradled you in my arms asleep. We also spoke about it. About you being a puppet like me. A harlequin puppet. It was so tempting but you see what I do, I mean what I did, "The joys of creation" is only to be used on bad people or in that case children"

Mike's eyes widen in shock, "The joys of creation" he had actually named his power that? And was that what he was planning to do to him?

"Then it stopped. You and Bonnie decided that you wanted to be together and have a family. I was hurt but happy for you. I WAS" Net tried to put as much conviction into his words as possible. "As long as Bonnie made you happy, as long as you were happy, I was fine, I was! Then….they came along! Matt and Dahl. Matt, I could quite happily use "the joys of creation" on and leave him to rot as the children had done. But Dahl, no he deserves a lot worse for what he has done to you, even ripping out his soul and tearing it into pieces wouldn't be enough. I know you're suffering because of him, you feel so dirty that you can never be clean again, nothing will be enough to cleanse this body of his touch. I silently cheered when I heard of Bonnie's foolish actions. I thought….we could be together not just for now but always…."

Something cold reached into Mike and tugged hard at his spine as he shuddered hard in Net's arms, the feeling of dread overcoming him.

"What…? What do you…? Wha?" He tried to talk but the shock made him feel as if his tongue was swollen.

"You humans. You live such short lives. Anything can happen to you, accidents, harm, illness. Also there is the fact that that you can leave...I don't want to be alone again Mike, I'm tried of being alone and in the dark. This way, you will never have to worry about being harmed or Dahl or anything ever again, I will protect you. Plus you really will be part of the family. You'll be one of us" said Net in an almost excited voice, his tentacles stretching over to the work table and lifting up the animatronic body that was almost finished. Mike's jaw dropped, his eyes bulged as he shock his head, his mind screaming for it not to be true. It was his height, shape, the pelvis section was larger then needed to be and the head...the face...dear god help him, Net was going to turn him into an animatronic.

"Net...Net….please...don't" Mike sobbed only to have his face buried into Net's chest, as the puppet tightened both his arms and tencles around Mike's body.

"We can be together. We can go back to the pizzeria if you want or we can find another place to go. If we go back to the pizzeria, you can still be in charge, look after us and the children, you can still be Shadow's daddy, you can do anything, want anything and it will be yours"

Mike tried to struggle out of Net's hold, but the loss of blood and the conscious had taken all the fight out of him, all he could do was hit Net's chest with his tentacle tied hands. Net chuckled at Mike's silliness as one of his tentacles reached over to the workbench and picked up a small vial with a cork. He bought over to Mike's injured leg and started to fill it with blood.

"Wha…? AH!" Mike screamed as Net jerked the pole slightly making the blood flow fast.

"A little bit of blood is needed for the task. With the children, their bodies were already covered in the stuff so I didn't need to remove it, this should be enough" said Net as he looked at the vial of blood. "Now all we have to do…"

There was a sudden creak and a slow sliding noise of something heavy being pulled back. Net froze for a moment, his tentacles tightening and untightening around Mike's body, as the sound of footsteps started to echo around them. Mike jerked his head back to scream for help but Net was faster and shoved one of the dirty rag into his mouth, snapping his hand against the back of Mike's neck knocking him out before slinking off into the shadows.

-Line Break-

"Well Net is bound to know we're here now!" Jack hissed as they walked into the warehouse.

"I said I'm sorry!" snapped Mark "I didn't know that pressing that big red button would open the big main door. These things should be labeled!"

"You mean that large black and white sign that was hanging above it wasn't a big enough hint?" said Jeremy as he smacked Mark in the back of the head.

"Children behave otherwise you'll go back to the car!" Big Daddy hissed as he placed both of his large paws on their heads.

"What now? What do you think we should do?" Mr. McBear asked Jack, who had pulled out his gun as Matt practice swing a large metal pipe in one hand and a hunting knife in the other.

"Best we split up. You, Matt, Goldie and Mark take that way, Me, Jeremy and Big Daddy take this way. Our main goal is finding and saving Mike! Net comes second"

"Speak for yourself" grumbled Goldie as he followed his father and the other two humans.

Jack started to walk down the narrow walk way, his eyes adjusting to the gloom as he looked around, slightly freaked out as the hanging metal skellington parts.

"God this place is creepy! Reminds me of the old maintenance room we had in the old pizzeria" Jeremy muttered.

Net slowly creep down the large metal scaffolding, keeping to the dark, as his tentacle reached down and wrapped itself around Jeremy's neck and yanked him up. Big Daddy responded quickly and grabbed Jeremy's leg and held him tightly as Jack took aim and shoot Net's tentacle. Net screamed as he released Jeremy and scurried back to the dark. Jeremy fell to the floor with his foot still in Daddy's paw, panting like mad as he rubbed his neck.

"You still alive down there?" The large black bear asked as he let go of Jeremy's foot and then helped him to his feet.

"Yeah...just barely. When we find that puppet, I'm going to take it's arms and wrap them around his neck and choke him with them" Jeremy spat as he clenched his fists.

"That a boy! I'll help you out but remember we got to leave something for Goldie to break"

Matt led the other team down the darker side of the warehouse. Goldie was holding on to while Mark was practically clinging to Matt coat while poking at random things as they walk by.

"Mark, as much as I love having you close by, it would be for the best if you gave me a bit of breathing space" said Matt softly as he looked over his shoulder at the sacred Mark.

"Hey Man! Don't you know in scary movies it always the comic relief that goes first? Plus my crappy luck, I'm not taking any chances, so I'm sticking to you like a fat kid on cake!"

Goldie and Mr. McBear both shock their head as Matt patted Mark on the head. Goldie's eyes were glowing in the dark as he looked around.

"There are drag marks here. Human fingerprints. Mike must have made a run for it at some point"

"You don't think Net would hurt him for it do you?" Mark gulped "I mean, he plans to stuff him right?"

"He plans to put Mike's soul into a animatronic body" Mr. McBear said grimly "So what does it matter what he does to the human one?"

Mark paled slightly. He didn't do well with blood and feared if Net had hurt Mike in someway; he would be as much use as a wet blanket at a swimming pool. The sound of gunshots bounced off of the walls making Mark leap in the arm and land on Matt's back as he wrapped his arms around Matt's shoulders.

"We should have bought Connie and left him behind. At least the girl is good in a scrap" Goldie muttered to his father, the old man nodding in agreement.

"Mark, if Jack hasn't killed Net, he might be on his way here, which means I need you off so I can protect you ok?" said Matt kindly as he leant back to help Mark get off.

"Sorry about that. It's...just...you know...a reaction. Survival instinct" said Mark as he brushed himself down. "You just wait! When I see Net, I'll be ready for him, I'll give him the old one, two, then maybe a few kicks, yep! That puppet won't know what hit himMMMMMMM HELP!"

Mark was suddenly shot backwards and dragged under the metal scaffolding where Matt and the others couldn't follow.

"MARK! KEEP SCREAMING! WE'LL FIND YOU!" shouted Matt as he tried to run around the large shelves to race after him. "JEREMY! JACK! HE'S GOT MARK!"

Mark continued to scream as he was dragged when his body suddenly stopped moving. He counted to three before opening his eyes and looked around. He was in some kind of opening where there was workbenches and…

"Mike!" he breathed as he crawled over to the curled up man. He pulled Mike's head and shoulders around towards him and looked over Mike's body, almost vomiting at the large metal pole sticking out of Mike's leg, oozing with blood. He gently pulled out the rag and gave him a small shake.

"Mike, can you hear me? Wake up" he whispered giving Mike another shake. A shadow suddenly fell over Mark and he had only a second to react as Net leapt down onto him screeching loudly. Out of sheer panic, Mark pulled back his fist and bought it up as hard as he could into Net's mask, which cracked under the pressure. Net let out of cry of pain and jumped back and hide in the shadows out of sight. Mark panted for breath as he frantically looked around making sure Net had gone.

"Yeah….yeah...YEAH! You run BITCH! Because you just messed with Markiplier, the baddest, badass…..something EVER! AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!" Mark yelled into the gloom before falling on to his back and muttering to himself "Shit! I think I peed myself! Fuck! Mike!"

He rolled over and checked on Mike again, not sure if Net had done anything to his friend and bro while he was distracted. He looked at Mike's leg and put his hand to his mouth to stop himself from chucking up at seeing the blood pumping out of the wound. Steeling his nerves, he ripped his t-shirt and used to to wrap up Mike's leg as best he could to help stop the bleeding, well as best he could without looking directly at the wound that is.

"MARK! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?"

"OVER HERE! I FOUND MIKE! HE'S HURT!"

A few moments later, the group came running over to him, Jeremy skidding across the floor till he was next to Mike and started to check him out, he lifted Mike's eye lids and flashed a small torch in them and tutted under his breath as he ran his hand over the back of Mike's head.

"He has a bad concussion. Possibly a fraction or even a cracked skull. He lost a lot of blood. He's needs a hospital soon otherwise he not going to make it"

"Mark where did Net go?" Matt asked as he and Jack looked around, both armed and ready.

"I hit him in the face and he ran off like a pansy" Mark said proudly getting to his feet.

"I doubt that" said Big Daddy as he looked at the workbench that the animatronic body was lying on. "If I didn't know what that was for, I'd say that was a work of art, that shitty puppet has been planning this for a long time"

Goldie walked up to the body with Big Daddy "Then lets smash it to bits like he did my cub. See how he likes it!"

"Gladly"

Both bears stood both the table with their servos raised, ready to bring down and smash the animatronic body to bits, when tentacles shot out of the dark wrapping themselves around their joints, hoisting them all and tossing them like ball across the playground wall. Tentacles shot out all over the place, slamming into the stone floor, blocking any escape for the humans as they tried to run, before wrapping themselves around their bodies preventing them from moving at all, the only one free was Mr. Mcbear who was gripping tightly to the scaffolding.

"You will not interfere!" Net hissed; his tentacles hoisting him up high so he could look down on his pray. "Mike will become one of my kind. I will strip him of his contaminated human flesh and he'll be happy again"

"Did you even ask Mike if that is what he wanted?" Matt snapped "You put him in that body and he won't be the Mike we all know and love. He'll be nothing more than a tortured soul"

Net screamed and flung Matt to the floor, once, twice, thrice before bringing him up close to his cracked mask.

"You know nothing about Mike, how he suffered because of you, you and Dahl tried to ruin him! And..No you don't Goldie!"

Goldie had pulled himself up and made a dash for the table only for Net to grab him again with his tentacle. He dangled the tatty golden bear by it foot and held him up to face him upside down.

"Sorry little brother but I won't let you interfere with my plans like your cub did"

"You're a monster Net but like all monsters you have your weaknesses" Goldie grinned as he showed Net that he had grabbed the music box from the bench. Net inhaled and reached out to take it when Goldie throw it to the floor just inches away from their shared father. The old man hobbled over to it as Net let out a scream and tossed everyone in his tentacles like soft toys to the far walls. Mr. McBear lifted the small box and started to play it as Net suddenly tackled him to the ground. The music box skidded across the floor and bumped into Mike's stirring body. The old man cried out in pain as his frail body hit the ground with a thud, the puppet's servos turned into sharp claws and started to dig into the skin.

"Net….please...think of your family...your home...if you do this to Mike there will be no going back to them" Mr. McBear pleaded. A twisted look crossed Net's face, as if this thought hadn't occurred to him, then he dug his claws in deeper.

"So be it. I have no desire to hurt you father, so please stay put here on the ground, I will not be held responsible if you do"

"GET OFF OF HIM!"

Net raise his head as Jack swung down one of the metal pipes that had fallen from the shelves. The crack on his mask got bigger as he was flung back from the force and made to roll on the floor before he got to his feet. Jack then pulled out his gun from its holster and started to shoot but Net deflected the bullets with his tentacles before slapping the gun away. Net pulled back one of his tentacles, back to a sharp pointed spare and launched it at Jack. Jack saw it coming, saw his life flash before his eyes, he raised his arms up to somehow shield himself when Matt jumped out of nowhere and cut the tentacle off. They both watched it squirm around on the floor before it became nothing more the black cloth.

"Thanks but don't think for a moment that I owe you one" Jack muttered as he dodged another one of Net's flying tentacles.

"Wouldn't dream of it" said Matt as he hacked off another one. "I can't keep this up for long! MARK! JEREMY WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!"

"GERONIMO!" shouted Mark as he leapt from one of the high shelves and landed on Net's back and wrapped his arms around him tightly "I GOT HIM!"

Net tried to shake him off, his tentacles slamming in various directions, smashing everything in their paths but Mark clang onto him like a limpet. Goldie, whose leg had bent funny when he landed, limped over to Mr. McBear and helped him to his feet. He was about to led him to safety when the old man pulled away sharply and suddenly sprinted forward. The next few seconds went slowly for everyone. Mike blinked his eyes opened and watched horrified at what was about to happen. Goldie tried to follow his creator but his buckled leg prevented him from moving fast enough. Jack saw and reached out to stop it, his scream of "No" sounded slowly and deep but it was too late. Fred McBear saw it and ran. Matt had his back turned as he was dealing with several tentacles that he didn't notice one, a sharp one, going straight towards the centre of his back. He leapt and grabbed hold of the tentacle with all his strength but Net was having none of it and flicked the old man off like a fly. Everyone watched, stared helplessly as the small, gray man flew through the air and hit the wall with such force that it crumbled.

CRUNCH

It was a terrible, earth shattering sound, that echoed not just through the warehouse but though the minds and souls of everyone present as the broken body of Mr. Fred McBear fell to the ground.

It was silent for a moment, no one moved, then a roar of several angry, grieving men and animatronics ripped through the walls of the warehouse. They leapt together, determined to rip the puppet to pieces, they were like animals attacking their prey.

"Matt! Jack! HERE!" shouted Jeremy as he and Big Daddy dragged forth a large empty box and chains. Jeremy threw two ends of the chains to his friends, then taking another he started to twist the metal around every tentacle that came near him. But Net was strong, he chuckled at their feeble attempts at he flicked them off one by one. Then there was a sound, a sweet, cheerful sound, he knew it well as he felt his strength start to wein. He looked around frantically at each person, trying to find which one of them was playing his music box, until his optics fell on Mike. He felt his pump sink as the man he loved lay on the floor, in a pool of his own blood, and was turned the handle of his music box with tears streaming down his face.

"Mike! Mike! STOP! PLEASE!" he shouted as he tried to reach out to him, but his tentacles were too heavy to move, he was feeling so tired. "Mike, please, I love you….I love you!"

He was near the ground now, more and more chains were being wrapped around his body, he was being dragged away but he HAD to reach Mike. Mike HAD to understand. Goldie and Matt left the group and ran over to Mr. McBear and Mike. Matt placed Mike's head in his lap and wiped Mike's face with his hands.

"I got you Mike, i got you, you're going to be ok. We'll get out out of here" Matt spoke softly into Mike's ear.

"I tried….I couldn't….it hurts!" Mike wasn't sure what he was saying, only that he needed to tell Matt. They watched as Net was dragged into the box, pushing him down with the lid until went click and Big Daddy leapt on top of it, bearing down all his weight to hold it down until Jeremy found something to lock the damn box with. Goldie cradled his father to his chest plate as the old man struggled to breathe.

"Goldie….take me...over to Mike...important…"

The gold bear gently lifted his and slowly bought him over to the two humans and knelt down beside them. The old man smiled and rested his thin hand on top of Mike's head.

"Mike…." Mr. McBear coughed blood splattering from his mouth.

"Sir, you shouldn't talk, rest, we'll get an ambulance…" said Matt but the old man held up his hand to silence him.

"It's too late for me….this is important. Goldie...I need you to be a good bear now. I need you to….record….this" His breath was getting shallow now and his heart was slowing "Mike is in charge now. He is your rightful owner. He….He is your owner now. It is in my will. Thomas is not to have anything to do with you"

He then raised his hand to Matt and placed it on the younger man's cheek "Matt….I'm sorry…."

"Sir….please….we're going to get you help…." Matt pleaded, his eyes cast down, he couldn't look the man in the face.

"Because of my son….my children….you suffered….led you down the wrong path. You're a good boy. (cough) You will...always….have a home...with Freddy's….Goldie….remember…."

"Yes Father"

Fred McBear looked up at Goldie and smiled "Goldie. My first. My golden bear….my son….my…."

His hand slipped from Matt's face and his wrinkly, watery eyes slid shut and his body went limp. Black oil tears slid down from Goldie's optics as he kissed his father forehead while his body shook.

-Line Break-

Adam stared at Mr McBear, a lump bobbing up and down in his throat, as he raised his hand to his mouth. He felt like he was going to be sick. He remembered seeing Mike's leg that night that Net escaped. It was black and mutilated.

"Wait….Did Jack….no he didn't right…?"

"Hand Matt in? No. From what I heard Jack pretended to turn his back so Matt escaped. Jack left the police force shortly after that and became the new security guard. That of course was after I tried to take my birth right back"

"Your birthright? You mean the animatronics? But they…?"

"I did everything I could to get them back. But my father left everything but this place to Mike in his will. Not to mention that Goldie had his last words on recording and the fact that Mike's mother is one of the best lawyer around at the time. By the time the case was thrown out, I was completely broke, no friends, no family, only this crumbled down building that nobody wants" The old man's voice was bitter, his face twisted as if he had swallowed something nasty.

"What happened after all that? I mean to the business and everyone?"

"With my father gone and Dahl finally popping his clogs the business became Mike's. Although he had a few backers like his Mum and the Peach company it wasn't enough to keep the perks that the staff were use to under Dahl's rule. So he sat down and rewrote their contracts and explained why he couldn't pay them as much until the company was back in the red. Some left but most stayed out of a sense of loyalty. But from what I heard it was hard the first few years for Mike, what with his leg and needing to see a physicist and such, I had hoped he was such a mess he would sell. Mental unstable. But you can imagine the looks I got as well as a written warning from Mrs Schmidt that if I tried to slander her son any further she would take me to court"

"Well, thanks for the chat Mr , I'll see myself out" said Adam as he got to his feet.

"So, do you think it's unfair? That I got nothing and Mike got everything?"

"Look, I don't know the full story but from what bits I do know, I know you made the animatronics lives hell, you almost ruined the business twice, you make Mike's home life hell and to top it all off instead of respecting your old man's wishes and getting on with your life, you did everything possible to ruin everything that he, Mike and all the others had work for, all because of your damn pride. So, no, I don't think it's fair! I don't think it's fair that Mike had to go through all that just to save everyone. I don't think it's fair that Goldie lost his son and father to Net. I don't think it's fair that you blame Mike for everything instead of getting over your own bitterness. Good night!"

Adam stormed out of the apartment and made his way to his own. He gripped his bag tightly as he slammed open the door and slammed it shut again. He ignored his mother's annoyed shouts and went straight to his room. He threw his bag on the floor and marched up to Cherry who looked at him with large worried optics.

"Adam! Whats wrong? Why are you so upset?"

"Did you know? Did you know about Mr Schmidt being raped by Dahl? About Net murdering Mr McBear and that other bear? About that bitter twist asshole that is our landlord? Did you Cherry?"

The small cupcake sighed and blinked it's overlarge optics. "I only know what Mike has programmed me to know. I knew about Net. That was important. I also knew about Mike getting the business from Dahl but not about what it entailed. And yes I knew about the history of the McBear family. But it was on a need to know sort of thing. Mike didn't want you upset…."

"Of course I'm upset! Everyone knew except me and i opened my big mouth! Fuck!" Adam kicked his chest of drawers before flinging himself onto the bed.

Cherry hopped closer to him, her optics were filled with concern "Adam, we really weren't keeping it from you, it was just…it's just not the short of thing that you can just bring up, I'm sure Mike or one of the others would have told you eventually"

"Yeah I get it Cherry thanks. It just doesn't make me feel better knowing I reminded Mike of that bastard" said Adam softly as he hugged his pillow tightly before falling to sleep.

The next few days were quite hectic at the sister location. Mike and Jeremy had held interviews for staff and were introducing them to the animatronics as well as making them do group exercises with them all. There was a bit of luck as some members from the other stores had asked for transfers here, mostly because it was a lot more local for them, so they were use to it and the long set of rules that went along with working there. There was a new Manager, Luigi, who was the much younger brother of the old Freddy's manager Mario. He and Tony got on well, Luigi was forgetful and had a small tendency to panic but was very friendly and approachable while Tony was a bit to forward and came across quite cold to the rest of the staff, so they balanced each other out. Fox was really excited about the ball pit and climbing frames and had memorized all the health and safety regulations for them. He had also been given first aid training and had used poor Fraezar as his dummy...unfortunately he ended up more of a mommy the first couple of times. Fraezar as sweet and cuddly as he was, was extremely accident prone and clumsy, but he was so cute that nobody could stay mad at him for long. Beside he was getting better with Toni by his side who had become his best friend. Toni had made friends with most of the human staff and had convinced Mike to let her be in charge of music for the place. The staff had bought in lots of cds and such and Toni went to work making a play list and was often seen singing or dancing. Ballora was polite but mainly stayed in her party room that resembled a dance studio. She did venture out, now and again and was on friendly terms with the staff though she seemed to mainly seemed to enjoy Mike's company. Finally it was the night before the big opening party. The first part of the party was them being introduced to Freddy and co, then later that afternoon was a press conference and then a charity party for the local foster home for girls. Mike had wanted to do the press release another day but Jeremy and Mark convinced his it would be best to get it done and over with rather than put himself through more stress. The only other that was under more stress was Tony, who was constantly looking down at his P-pad, he had downloaded an app that would allow him to make schedules and lists. Since this was his first ever party he wanted it to go well and was stressing out over all the little details, that he almost blew his processor from overheating. Adam got there a little before midnight and looked at the small main stage where the Tonys, Fraezar and Fox were asleep. Were the Cove had a mainly "pirate" theme, the sister location was "fairy tale castle". There were bright colour banners hanging from the ceiling, the table and chairs had crests of knights or princesses names and the walls looked like medieval stone rather than just plain brick. There was just enough "Princess" for the girly girls and just enough "cool" for the tomboys. A loud chime rang out over the sound system and the animatronics jerked themselves awake.

"ADAM!" cried Fraezar as he held his paws out to hug the young man, forgetting he was on the stage and promptly fell flat on his face. "Owie"

"Not again sweetpie" said Fox softly as he jumped off the stage and helped Fraezar up "You really need to be more careful"

"I am being more careful" said the bear earnestly "Isn't that right Toni?"

"Yep" Toni smiled as she lifted up her hand "That was your fifth accident today, it's a major improvement and a new record, the last one was eight"

"See! But now to get my hug!" said the white bear as he ran up to Adam and squeezed him tightly. It had become a bit of an established rule that all the staff must submit to a hug when asked by Fraezar. Because if you refused, he would follow you around asking you why, sigh mournfully as well as flutter his big sad eyes at you until you gave him a hug just to keep your sanity. After Fraezar let go Toni quickly jumped in to get her hug and kiss Adam on the cheek.

"It's wonderful to see you Master Adam. Can you help me with some maintenance later?" she asked softly.

"No Toni. I'm here to work tonight and you need to be clean for tomorrow" said Adam who felt a pang of guilt when the cat maid pouted and lowered her head. "We'll do it next time"

She beamed up at him then and kissed his other cheek. Adam was about to go to the new security room when he noticed that Tony had not approached him like usual. The tall butler was looking down at his pad again and muttering to himself.

"Tony? Is everything ok?"

"Hmm? Oh my apologies Master Adam. I should have greeted you properly" said Tony as he bowed his head and kissed Adam softly on the lips.

"It's fine" said Adam pushing Tony away quickly "But what's go you worried? Luigi and you got tomorrow planned down to an artform right?"

"That is so, but I was thinking it would look more pleasing if we had a few balloons up already, just to make the Freddy group more comfortable"

"No can do Tony. Mike is performing maintenance on BB tonight to make sure he's ready to make as many balloons as possible. And believe you me you do not want to upset this guy, despite his age, he is still throw one hell of a tantrum"

"You are right. It would be best not to upset anyone tomorrow. I just want this all to go perfectly"

"It will Tony and besides Mike and the others will all be there to help if things go wrong. I better get to the camera room, I'll pop in on Ballora on my way there and….what's with all the cameras here?"

"Ah, that would be Mark's doing, he wishes to set them all to record tomorrows event, oddly he kept muttering and giggling about revenge. He won't ruin tomorrow will be?"

"No, Mark's just being a jerk Tony, so don't worry about it" Adam smiled as he gave a last wave and started to make his way to Ballora's room before going to the security room. He heard soft music playing as he came to her door and found her dancing in front of three mirrors.

"Who is there?" she called out as she stopped.

"It's only me Ballora, Adam, I just wanted to say hello before I started my shift"

"Ah, good evening Adam, will you be alright to attend tomorrow's big party?"

"Yep, Mike gave me permission to crash here after my shift was done rather than go all the way home. Are you ready?"

"I'm just putting on the last few steps to my dance then I will be. Please don't let me detain you any longer"

"Ok, see you in a few hours Ballora, don't over do it and damage anything, otherwise Mike will go spare"

"Then please, don't let me detain you, I wouldn't want you to get into trouble." smiled Ballora as she heard like leave. The security room was the smallest room in the building but was the most….advanced? The security unit, was small, but the room was mostly screens and a P-pad. The cameras were state of the art, he and Mark had practically drooled when Mike had shown them to him. He was clicking away at the small desk when a shadow appeared over him.

"Hey Tony. Saw you coming up the corridor. What's wrong?"

"I can not rest sir. Not with this napkin problem we have."

"Napkin problem?" Adam turned around now to give Tony his full attention. In Tony's hand was a pink paper napkin.

"Yes. I think we have made the wrong choice and need to go to the standard white ones. Could you text the good doctor and ask him to bring some with him. About five hundred should do"

"Tony, I'm not going to text Mike that, he, you and Luigi all agreed on the pink. Why do you want to change it now?"

"I just….this needs to be perfect" Tony stressed "In my original role, I was mostly responsible for the espressos and coffee with the odd cleaning up on the side, this is a lot harder and I do not wish to disappoint you or Dr Mike. I do not wish to go back to the scrapyard"

"Scrapyard? Who said anything about a scrapyard? Mike wouldn't do that to you. Look, Tony, you're new to this, I'm new to this, we're going to make mistakes and you know the best thing about mistakes is that we can learn from them. Now you really need to stop stressing about this otherwise you will going to screw up tomorrow. Its sods law"

"I know you are right but I simply can not stop my processor"

Adam huffed and rubbed the back of his neck as he looked Tony over. He tutted under his breath and stood up.

"Tony, get in the chair, I'm going to help you relax"

"How sir?"

"I'm going to give you a blow job"

Tony's blue cheeks lit up brightly as he accidently ripped the napkin in his servos. "Sir, you can't do that, I'm meant to give you pleasure, not the other way round"

"Well tonight that's what's going to happen. Now sit in that chair and undo your pants and pelvis unit"

Tony felt his pump jump and skip several beats as he did as Adam asked. He slowly sat in the chair, spread his legs as much as he could and unzipped his trousers. Adam reached in and pulled at Tony's cock. He hadn't really seen it that night that the Tony's had sex with him. It looked like a human cock, it was amazing but Adam couldn't help but compare it to Sooty's which was much larger and thicker. He leaned down and kissed the head, making his way down the shaft, to each of the balls. Tony shuddered as he felt the rush of his fluids shooting downwards and gathering there as his cock started to raise.

"Oh...you like my kisses that much huh?" Adam teased, using his hand to rub the shaft up and down.

"Very much. Sir." Tony bucked his hips, wanting these delicious lips around his cock.

Adam kissed Tony's cock again and flicked his tongue over the slit. Tony flung his head back as he gasped loudly.

"I feel a little bit bad, especially since I told Toni I wasn't going to do any maintenance but you need this….don't you Tony"

"Yes Master. I need you. I need you so badly" Tony panted as he dug his hands into the seat. He wanted to cum on his master's touch alone. Adam licked up and down the penis, soaking it in his saliva before placing the head into his mouth and giving it a sharp suck. Tony's cry rubbed his ego nicely as he took more of the cock in, sucking harder and harder. Tony's hips started to jerk on their own, pushing more of his cock into the warm wet cavern. He wasn't going to last much longer. Warning signs were already flashing before his eyes.

"Master! My sweet kind master. Please I need you. Please release me"

Adam continued to suck when the taste of metal and goo filled his mouth and he had no choice but to swallow.

"Feeling better?" Adam as he got to his feet and held out a hand for Tony to take.

"Much thank you Master" Tony smiled happily as he reached for Adam's pants "Now, it's only right that I return the favor"

Unbeknownst to them, Fox and Fraezar, had gotten bored and decided to go and annoy him. They had not been expecting a show but had stayed until the finished. Fox took Fraezer down the hallway and then back to their usual meeting place.

"I didn't know about those upgrades" said Fox in a soft whisper.

"I didn't know we were able to interface with humans like that" said Fraezar "Are you sure you don't have one?"

"I'm very sure! Don't worry the moment I do, I will put it in that sicky, warm mouth of yours"

said Fox with a leer. "I think we need to have a long chat with the doc tomorrow.

Crunch!

Another Bibybab fell to pieces on the floor. Net was getting tried of these worthless animatronics. Tiny annoying little dolls with little brains. They were an insult. His creator must have made them to simply guard and protect his house and now they ran amuck in the air vents. He had killed four of them already and he was sure there was more. He could still feel that aura but every time he thought he was close too it, another Bibybab would appear to try and harm his baby. It was like they were deliberately trying to stop him from finding something. No matter. He had more important things to do. He went over to Baby's body and gentle caressed it. Soon his little girl will be fixed but first she needed something from her other parent. He reached inside of himself and pulled out a small vial of blood. He hooked it up to an iv machine which was pumping oil into her and now Mike's blood. Net smiled as he watched the small transformation. Her red hair turned brown and her eyes changed to a brighter green.

"Hello daddy. Where is mummy?"

"We'll see him soon, my special little girl, very soon",

To be continued…..