Author notes:

Thank you for the amazing ideas. My brain is buzzing with ways to use them. I will put a list of the people whose ideas I used in this chapter at the end. If your idea doesn't show up in this chapter it can still show up in another since I've written them all down and Ruby will be needing them through the entire story.

First, thank you to these people for putting out their ideas: Melaina, Thrill-Pair-All-The-Way, Harlequin Shadow, Random comments inc, Ellah. Five guests also gave ideas but didn't leave names so unfortunately I can't mention them :(

Second, thank you Harlequin Shadow for your interest. I've noticed that you've commented on every chapter so far. Also Rayen Autumn King, Random comments inc, Silverleone and SpaceWolf04. These are just the reviewers that stuck out and I remember. Really thanks to everyone who takes time to review.

Chapter 5

Night 3

Ruby settled down in her chair to wait for the phone call after she had adequately prepared her surprises. She grinned. Tonight was going to be fun.

As the clock hit twelve the phone rang.

"What have you got for me tonight Steve?" she asked as she sat up a little straighter.

"Hello, hello?" the voice filled the room.

"STEVE!" Ruby cried out happily.

"Hey you're doing great!" 'Steve' congratulated.

"Aw you flatter me." Ruby batted her eyelashes at the phone.

"Most people don't last this long."

Ruby raised an amused eyebrow.

"I mean, you know, they usually move on to other things by now. I'm not implying that they died. Th-th-that's not what I meant." He stuttered.

"Of course not Stevie." Ruby rolled her eyes. "In a building full of killer robots, why would that ever happen?"

"Uh, anyway I better not take up too much of your time. Things start getting real tonight." He sounded nervous.

"Ooo. They upping the difficulty are they?" she asked as she flipped through the cameras.

Once she reached the camera showing the closet (which still didn't make much sense) her face broke out into a huge grin.

All the camera showed was a cloud of sparkly somethings.

"Bonnie, honey, did you set off my Glitter Mine ALREADY? Ah, you're a little too easy to predict. The glitter must fill the closet very nicely.

This time, she was sure she heard a girl's giggle echo through the room but before she could check 'Steve' continued.

"Uh... Hey, listen, I had an idea: if you happen to get caught and want to avoid getting stuffed into a Freddy suit, uhh, try playing dead! You know, go limp."

"Say what?" she asked incredulously, effectively distracted. "Play possum? Are you insane?"

"Then there's a chance that, uh, maybe they'll think that you're an empty costume instead." 'Steve' continued.

Ruby still stared at the phone in disbelief.

"Then again if they think you're an empty costume, they might try to... stuff a metal skeleton into you. I wonder how that would work. Yeah, never mind, scratch that. It's best just not to get caught."

"Oh Stevie, I'm starting to get worried about your sanity." Ruby shook her head in despair.

"Um... Ok, I'll leave you to it. See you on the flip side!" the phone went dead.

Ruby stared sadly at the device.

"Steve, Steve." She sighed. "How did you survive this long?"

She picked up her bag and threw another despairing look at the phone.

Okay, Bonnie was furious now. Whatever the heck that…that…thing was, it had covered him in glitter more effectively than toddlers on a sugar high.

Where did the night guard even come up with these things?!

He was searching high and low for her at the moment and had yet to come across the annoying teen.

As he passed by the kitchen he heard a disturbingly familiar 'bang'. Already knowing what had happened but still too curious as to the results he went inside.

Bonnie blinked, and then blinked again. He blinked a third time and then rubbed his eyes as if that would help.

He was expecting the glitter. He really was.

He wasn't expecting the icing, or the cake bits, or those silly little plastic figures they put on cakes sometimes to also be on the enraged chicken.

"She messed with my kitchen again!" the chicken wailed.

Bonnie was still staring. "A glitter…cake bomb?" he whispered, slightly in awe at the creativity (and glad that it hadn't been him that tripped it).

'Remember, you are NOT to admire her pranking genius.' He found himself thinking in a desperate attempt to stop any positive feelings towards the night guard.

She was the reason he was covered in glitter again after all.

A flash of light followed by laughter from the doorway caught their attention.

"I didn't think you would set off two of my traps so EARLY." Ruby managed to giggle out as she lowered the camera in her hands.

Camera.

Bonnie growled. She was documenting their misery!

"This is one for the scrapbook I think." She smirked, leaning against the doorway. "Or internet. Whichever."

Bonnie lunged at her. He was not about to have his reputation ruined because of some glitter!

She cackled happily as Chica pounced at the same time, ending up with the two of them stuck in the doorway.

"Nuh uh." Ruby wagged a finger in their faces (from a safe distance away of course). "Can't have the game ending that early."

As Bonnie managed to shove Chica aside, Ruby pulled out…something.

The unknown device gave him a moment's pause. "What…is that?"

She brightened up as he spoke.

"I thought you'd never ask Bunny Boy. This," she gestured at the device, "is a bedazzler."

He eyed the device as Chica climbed to her feet. He'd seen kids bring bedazzlers to the pizzeria before and that did NOT look like a normal one.

"This one however, is special. I made a few modifications to it." Ruby continued, always keeping one eye on the animatronics.

"Modifications?" Chica asked.

Her voice held the same dread that Bonnie was feeling in his stomach.

"Yup!" she nodded happily. "I'll show you."

The next few seconds were filled with yelps and cries, before suddenly the robots were running away from the night guard.

"That is not a bedazzler!" Bonnie yelled as he started picking the little gemstones out of his suit. "They hit with the punch of a nail gun!"

Chica nodded beside him as she did the same. They didn't cause a lot of pain but they stung where they stuck and they hit with a force.

Enough to knock the breath out of the animatronics (figuratively speaking).

Bonnie groaned. Now he was extra sparkly.

"How does she make these things?!" he wondered softly to himself.

"Aww. Come on Conttontail, Chikadee. I'm supposed to be running from you." Ruby called from a safe distance (for them, she had a lot of ammo after all). "You've got the game backwards."

Bonnie growled again. Now they couldn't get close to her without a barrage of what felt like bee stings hitting at the speed of a bullet. Besides that, she really shouldn't be as accurate with that thing as she was.

She giggled at the look on his face and then very nonchalantly started checking the cameras. Right in front of them. Chica growled next to him in annoyance as her smirk widened.

"Oooo. Freddy's actually off stage?" she looked up at them happily. "Guess someone's joining the party."

She continued to check the cameras, leaning against the wall and humming to herself while she swung the bedazzler gently with the hand supporting the tablet.

The animatronics struggled to come up with an idea when suddenly they got unexpected backup.

"Hey, that poster's new." She muttered to herself as a giggle filled the air. "A golden Freddy?"

That was as far as she got before Goldy materialized in front of her and let out her signature jumpscare scream.

Now at this point, Goldy would normally grab the night guard and the suit stuffing would commence after she teleported them to the parts and services room.

Normally.

There was nothing normal about Ruby.

Goldy's scream was actually drowned out as Ruby let out an ear-splitting, brain-clawing shriek of her own. Her adrenaline kicked in and her foot lashed out, nailing the floating suit in the stomach before she brought the (magically conjured it seemed) bat down on her head. Once the suit was dazed the bedazzler came up and Goldy got nailed between the eyes at close range.

When they blinked again, Ruby had scurried further down the corridor and was now staring at her assailant in shock.

Her breath came quickly as she gazed at the obviously empty suit with wide eyes.

"Floating…empty…" her thoughts were as fragmented as her speech.

A lot more focused now on her survival with her shot of adrenaline her eyes flickered over to the other two animatronics who were bent over clutching their ringing heads.

"Owww." Bonnie groaned.

Ruby's scream easily beat any of theirs.

Then her temper caught up with her.

"You…WHAT THE HELL YOU BLOODY STUPID POLTERGEIST!" her angry scream did not help their heads in any way.

Goldy was just starting to sit up from where she had fallen on the floor.

"ARE YOU TRYING TO GIVE ME A HEARTATTACK?! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU ANYWAY?! YOU JUST POPPED OUT OF NOWHERE LIKE A…A…GHOST OR SOMETHING!"

Suddenly her eyes narrowed dangerously on the suit. "That giggle I heard before you appeared… I've heard that before, usually when I feel like I'm being watched."

The abrupt drop to a normal volume again somehow scared them more than anything they had heard before.

"I. Don't. Like. Being. Spied. On." Ruby hissed at Goldy, bedazzler forgotten and hands clenching the bat. "And I swear…YOU TRY THAT POPPING OUT OF NOWHERE THING ON ME AGAIN AND I WILL BREAK THIS BAT OVER YOUR HEAD AND THEN STUFF YOU INTO A SALT LINED BOX THAT I WILL PROCEED TO TOSS INTO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN! YOU HEAR ME YOU CREEPY STALKER GHOST BEAR!?"

Goldy 'eeped' before disappearing to hide until the infuriated night guard calmed down. Bonnie had the feeling that they weren't going to see her until tomorrow at the earliest.

And she probably wasn't going to go near the guard again after that.

Ruby's reaction had shocked them actually. Not only had they discovered that she was terrifying when she was angry, she also remained logical and active even when afraid or startled. She didn't freeze. Something that most (all) employees at Freddy's lacked completely. Her quick and appropriate response to Goldy's sudden attack showed a definite ability to defend herself and that scream…

Bonnie could already feel a headache coming on.

Ruby glared at the spot where Goldy had been, still breathing hard. The rabbit animatronic was actually sure he could hear her heart pounding from where he stood. Well, at least she had normal instinctual reactions. They were starting to think that hers were broken.

"I'll probably feel bad about that later." Ruby muttered to herself, breaking into Bonnie's train of thought.

Oh yeah. He was also supposed to be attacking her.

Her eyes flickered over to them before, impossibly, a smirk came over her face.

"What? I don't like surprises. You should have seen what I did at that surprise party they tried to throw for my thirteenth. Everyone had to go to therapy and they still can't go near piñatas." With that she waved the bedazzler, her cheeky grin returning.

"See ya. Tell the golden bear sorry for adding her to my 'People I've traumatized' list. And really, the sparkles look good on you Bunny Boy. You too Featherhead."

And she was gone through a vent, leaving two very confused animatronics.

"Ow." Chica muttered from beside him.

"Yeah." He agreed. "Ow. I don't feel like chasing her anymore."

His ears drooped as he said it.

For some reason, hearing that high pitched, terrified scream that was so different from a grown adult's made him feel like even more of a monster than usual.

Ruby sagged against a wall once she had exited the vent system, her heart still beating rapidly.

"What…was that?" she wondered to herself, rubbing a hand over her face.

She really did feel bad now, for physically attacking the animatro-suit? For attacking the suit to that degree. Her instinctual reactions always leaned more towards fight than flight (meaning flight didn't exist to her at all) and whenever she was startled she always lashed out rather violently.

"I just traumatized some kind of ghost bear who has probably killed people way older than me." She mused to herself.

"Ya did what now?" a surprised voice asked.

Ruby blinked in surprise before realising that in her slightly panicked state she had gone to the area she had always felt safest in. Pirate's Cove.

Foxy was staring at her through a pushed aside curtain. He wasn't pouncing on her though so she shrugged and answered him.

"A golden suit thing. Jumped me while I was bothering the rabbit and chicken with my bedazzler." She pushed away from the wall, the adrenaline in her system making it so that she was unable to stay still for long. She started pacing the length of the entrance to the cove, always staying close enough to the vent to make a break for it and keeping an eye on the fox animatronic.

"Ah, Goldy." Foxy nodded. "Ya summoned her?"

Ruby stopped and looked at him quizzically. "Summoned?"

"The poster." Foxy leaned on his shoulder, the curtain between the metal and the wall. "Small chance of summoning her from there if you look in the cameras."

"Oh. Makes sense I guess. One more camera to avoid." She resumed her pacing.

"So that was your scream lass?" he asked curiously.

Of course the other animatronics had heard it. It was hard to miss.

"Yeah. She just popped out of nowhere and I don't handle surprises well. Feel bad for whacking her over the head though. And kicking her in the stomach. And nailing her between the eyes with the bedazzler…And yelling at her."

Foxy stared at her in surprise. "Dangerous aren't you lass?"

She shrugged. "I know self defence. Why aren't you chasing me? You know, the whole suit thing?"

She thought she saw him wince out of the corner of her eye.

"I'm on strike." He mumbled.

She looked up in surprise before grinning. "The others are going to be mad at you for leaving them to deal with the infuriating night guard alone."

He snorted. "I never liked being told what to do. So I'm putting my foot down this time. They can deal with you themselves."

"Hey Foxy?" his ears swivelled forward at her softer voice. "You had a more 'pirate-y' voice last I remember."

He couldn't help it. He burst out laughing.

"It's more of an act for the kids. It's a pain to keep up for too long." He chuckled.

She giggled. "Yeah. I guess. I managed to keep one going for a full week once when I was eight. Couldn't manage any longer but it drove my teachers insane so it was worth it."

His eyes sparked with amusement at the thought. He could see this girl doing just that.

"Maybe I should try it with the staff here. Hmmm." She looked thoughtful, pausing in her pacing again.

"So, sentient robots AND ghosts?" she shook her head, smiling slightly. "Wow, my job just got a lot more hectic."

Before Foxy could reply they both heard something and turned to look. Freddy was glowering at the fox from down the hall.

"Foxy." He growled.

Foxy's ears went back. "I'm on strike. I'm done with this."

"Freddy! You finally decided to join us! I think I broke your golden lookalike. I made a mess in the kitchen too. And the closet. See ya Foxy, talk soon!" with that she bolted down the hall before either of them could blink.

"Broke my lookalike?" Freddy looked mystified.

"She had a run in with Goldy. Have fun." Foxy grumbled before turning around.

"You know what will happen if we don't catch or get rid of her!" Freddy snapped at his back.

"Yeah and I don't care because whatever anyone says she doesn't deserve getting killed because they can't get over the past." Foxy snapped back before disappearing into the cove, fully aware but uncaring of the consequences of his decision.

The moment he had seen the vestiges of fright on her young face when she exited that vent he knew he wouldn't be able to do what they wanted.

6 AM left the 'bots in varying emotional states.

Freddy was frustrated by the girl's elusiveness, taunts and traps hidden apparently everywhere. Chica had made a half-hearted attempt to help him but was hindered by her massive headache. Goldy was still in hiding and unlikely to come out anytime soon. Bonnie had disappeared off to mope (and yet had somehow still set off another one of her traps, lovely exploding cookies that showered him with streamers). Foxy had stayed in his cove listening to the explosions and bangs in amusement.

After they cleaned up from the night's events they settled down to unwind before the day started. Ruby hadn't stuck around this time, instead leaving a note on the door which the cleaners read aloud when they showed up.

"Sorry about the mess." Yeah, that sounded sincere.

The note proceeded to point out where the biggest messes probably were.

"Sincerely, Me. P.S. Watch out for the booby traps. Don't think the 'bots set them all off."

"Booby traps?" One of the cleaners asked wide-eyed.

This was going to be an interesting clean-up…

Author notes:

Thanks to Melaina (exploding cookies? staying in the story forever) and Thrill-Pair-All-The-Way (your other ideas are definitely going to be used too). There was a Guest who came up with the glitter mines but didn't leave a name unfortunately. They were pure genius so thank you. :)