Author Notes

Sorry for making you wait. Planned to upload the moment the day changed but my class decided to run longer than I expected. But here it is! Hope you enjoy the official start of FNAF 2.

Chapter 20

The Toys

The next few days passed quickly and Ruby didn't see the new mechanic again. As expected, Bonnie had a near panic attack at the news and Foxy went on a rampage through the building while Chica went to hide in the kitchen. The remaining three were left to divide and conquer. Freddy went to comfort Chica while Goldy went to calm Foxy down.

Ruby stayed with Bonnie and talked to him in a gentle tone, mentioning what the kids were up to and how much Lillith wanted to come visit again. He gave her a weak smile and apologised softly which she waved off. She reached over and tugged on his ear, something that she had started to do when she wanted his attention.

"Don't apologise." She murmured. "It's not your fault. And nothing's going to happen. Not on my watch."

He shot her a grateful look while she started refilling her glitter grenades. Needed to be prepared after all.

The day of the Toys' arrival, a Sunday, Ruby packed up her chosen weapons and went off early to hopefully arrive before anything actually happened.

If she'd known what would happen, she would have arrived at the pizzeria that morning instead just to be safe.

Hedy arrived as the place was closing up that evening. She was signing for the Toys as the head mechanic so she had to arrive early. As she wheeled herself in she got greeted by a few employees who nervously wished her good luck.

She resisted the urge to roll her eyes. These people were terrible at hiding anything it seemed. She hung around, studying a manual on the animatronics while she waited. The older animatronics' systems were completely different from the Toys' so she needed to read up on it.

Thinking of the older models, she glanced out of the corner of her eye. Freddy seemed to be the only one cleaning the room she was in, seemingly ignoring her. Bonnie had bolted out the room the moment he had seen her while Chica followed close after. Foxy on the other hand had shot her a look that chilled her to the bone before stalking to his cove.

She shivered again. She'd admit it. The fox terrified her. Not for the first time she felt her conviction waver slightly.

Shaking her head she went back to the manual, taking note of the employees skirting around the animatronic as they left. Eventually Freddy finished and left the room, glancing back at her with an unreadable expression.

Once he was gone she put the book down and sighed. The main three were going to be on the stage in the main dining room as far as she knew and Foxy would be in his cove. She turned her wheelchair and made her way to the kitchen where the loading doors were. That's where the truck would drop off the Toys and she would get them settled from there.

She felt a little excitement ignite in her chest. She hadn't seen them since the repairs at the warehouse and was looking forward to it. While they had tried to kill her admittedly, they were easy to befriend once they found out she wasn't a night guard.

Hedy paused a moment and frowned, the thought of the night guard making her nervous. While the strange girl had been rather intimidating and the manic look in her eyes set her on edge, she was worried about the Toys killing her. They seemed rather set on the goal.

She sighed and rubbed her eyes. Well, she'd cross that bridge when she got there.

Although, she was kind of curious about the possessiveness the guard was displaying over the originals.

Suddenly her phone went off, interrupting her thoughts.

"Hello?" she answered, continuing to wheel herself toward the kitchen. "Yes, I'm here. Yes, I'll come and open the loading door now."

She hung up with the delivery man and went to open the door.

Twenty minutes later the Toys were set up in one of the other two dining rooms in their depowered state while Hedy signed off on the paperwork.

"Thank you." She smiled at the man who nodded his head.

"Where do you want this box?" he asked, pointing at a large, colourful box.

She pointed to the proper place and he moved it for her before wishing her good night and leaving.

Hedy checked the time, nine thirty, before she moved to turn the Toys on.

"So this is the new place." A dark voice asked from behind her.

Hedy rolled her eyes. The puppet always sounded so sinister when he spoke.

"Yeah." She answered as she moved behind the animatronics.

"Hmph." Was all he said before he disappeared back into his box.

'So anti-social.' Hedy thought as she powered the Toys on.

Once she was done they stretched and greeted her.

"We're here! Oh I can't wait to get started." Toy Chica gushed and bubbled in her high pitched voice.

Mangle looked around nervously, sticking close to Hedy. The poor fox's voice box still hadn't been fixed since Hedy couldn't find the right parts yet. Toy Bonnie dropped down onto a nearby table with his guitar, eyes roaming the room curiously. Hedy wasn't fooled though. She could tell he was looking for an opportunity to cause trouble already.

Toy Freddy stood next to the mechanic while she fussed over Mangle and kept an eye on Toy Bonnie.

Balloon Boy was already restlessly wandering the room. Good thing the door knobs were too high for him to reach.

"So what do you think of the place?" Toy Freddy asked when Hedy was done with checking that the transportation hadn't damaged Mangle further.

She shrugged as all eyes fell on her, the Puppet even peeking out of his box.

"The people seem nice and the place seems to be doing well." She paused as she put her tools away, giving a stern glare to BB who tried to steal her spare batteries. "I met the night guard."

That got their attention.

"Oh so they've got a night guard at the moment?" Toy Bonnie grinned maliciously.

Hedy sighed as the others also looked excited. It was disturbing, even if she liked them.

"Yes. Manager says she's been working here for about two months now." She pursed her lips as she remembered Ruby again.

They stared at her in disbelief.

"Those scrap heaps couldn't catch a night guard in two months?" the Puppet growled.

Hedy shrugged again.

"Where are they anyway?" Toy Bonnie glanced around.

"Still can't believe those antiques are still working." Toy Chica crossed her arms.

Hedy had a bad feeling that Ruby wasn't going to like how the Toys spoke about the originals.

"They're in the other dining room." She explained. "And the night guard is…interesting."

She frowned, unable to accurately describe the girl.

The Toys just brushed her off though and moved towards the door.

"Where are you going?" she asked tiredly, already knowing the answer.

"To say hi of course!" Toy Bonnie grinned in a decidedly not friendly manner.

Toy Chica nodded in agreement while Toy Freddy shook his head in defeat.

"Not even ten minutes and already causing trouble." He muttered.

Mangle looked at Hedy in concern while she just shrugged.

"The night guard's not here at the moment." She reminded them.

"All the better, we can find out why she's still alive." Toy Bonnie responded cheerily.

Hedy smacked her forehead with her hand as she tried to stop herself from muting him. Again.

Toy Freddy looked at her in pity. At least not all of them were bloodthirsty. Just Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica. Oh and the Puppet. And maybe BB but no one was really sure with him. Mangle was wringing her hands together nervously.

While Hedy would really like to work on the fox some more (she looked mostly whole again but there were still some internal system problems) she really didn't want to spend her first night putting fighting animatronics back together.

She sighed in defeat as she followed the group out the room. Mangle dawdled but eventually followed. The Puppet stayed in his box like the anti-social grump he was, mumbling something possessive about his music box.

"Guys, do you really have to fight right off the bat?" Hedy complained.

"No one said this had to end in a fight." Toy Freddy assured her. "Right T Bonnie?"

He eyed the rabbit until he got a grudging agreement.

"T Chica?" he turned his gaze on her and she reluctantly nodded too.

Mangle didn't look too convinced though.

And then BB sprinted ahead of them, yelling some kind of weird battle cry. Or 'batteries'. They weren't sure.

Everyone groaned.

He ran through the open door they were headed for and the Toys' groans were echoed by the inhabitants.

"Darn." Bonnie's voice came from the other side of the doorway. "I was hoping that they would lose him in storage."

"Can still be arranged." Foxy muttered.

Toy Bonnie tried to stifle his snickers but they all kind of agreed with the originals on their feelings for BB.

Hedy rolled her eyes, taking a mental note to keep an eye out for the round robot's inevitable disappearance.

This was going to end…badly. She pinched the bridge of her nose as Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica raced into the room to cause trouble.

Ruby hummed happily to herself as she strolled to Freddy's. She had scored a doughnut from the kitchen before she left and had her favourite weapons in her bag. Despite what she knew was waiting for her at work she felt like the night was off to a good start.

That thought was blown out the window again of course when she walked into the middle of a full on screaming match.

Bonnie and Foxy were yelling at full volume at Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica while Freddy pinched between his eyes breathing through a headache. Chica stood next to him, wringing her hands in worry. Toy Foxy was cowering behind Hedy who was mimicking Freddy's posture. Toy Freddy was glaring at the argument and seemed to be debating pulling them apart physically.

Ruby set her bag down quietly, a twitch already starting above her eye.

She pulled out an air horn, put in some ear plugs and blasted the room with the siren-like sound. When she finally stopped, everyone was gripping their heads in pain.

"Are you quite finished?" she asked, raising an eyebrow as they all looked at her.

The Toys' reaction was obviously hostile the moment they saw her improvised security cap but she basically ignored them. She bit into her doughnut as she picked up her bag again and sauntered over to the group.

"What's got you guys all tied into a knot?" she asked Foxy and Bonnie.

Hedy and the Toys watched her casual interaction in disbelief.

Bonnie mumbled something unintelligible, glaring at his Toy counterpart. Foxy on the other hand sighed and made an effort to calm himself down.

"Sorry lass. High tensions blowing up." He turned to her.

"Did you have to use the air horn again though?" Chica groaned while Freddy rubbed his head.

She grinned at them.

"At least it wasn't in the vent this time." She pointed out.

Chica shuddered at the memory.

"What's going on here?" Toy Freddy growled out, glaring at the group.

The originals stiffened again, seeing the hostile glares focused on their night guard.

Ruby on the other hand, spun around with a beaming smile and gave a dramatic bow.

"Night guard Ruby at your service. So, you're the Barbie Doll animatronics?" she tilted her head, smile holding no humour or friendliness.

Toy Bonnie began spluttering in anger while Bonnie and Foxy tried to hold back snickers.

"Ruby, don't start picking fights right after stopping one." Freddy sighed and Ruby held the Toys' gaze a moment longer.

"Fine. But only until they do something stupid." She relented, spinning around to walk over to the originals again.

"Why are you acting so buddy-buddy?" Toy Chica snapped at them, not liking being ignored.

Ruby looked back at her and smiled. "Cause we're friends Feather Butt."

The smaller chicken screeched at her and made to pounce forward.

Toy Freddy grabbed her and glared at Ruby. "Unfortunately it's not twelve yet."

The chicken shook in rage while Ruby shrugged and smirked.

"So I'm guessing you want to start that game up again?" she asked innocently. "We haven't been playing it since I beat night six."

She bit into her doughnut again while the Toys processed this.

"You beat night six?" Toy Bonnie snorted in disbelief.

Ruby ginned. "I'm still here aren't I? Not squished in a suit."

Hedy shuddered at the casual way she spoke about death while the Toys stared at the strange night guard.

"If you think we're going to let them try and hurt you, you're wrong lass." Foxy growled, eyes focused on the Toys.

The hostility in the air grew again.

Ruby waved the air horn to get their attention again.

"Well, obviously there's going to inevitably be a confrontation of some sort. So…how about a deal?" she leaned forward, excitement dancing in her eyes.

The words were eerily reminiscent of her challenge to the ghosts so the 'bots fell silent, trusting her judgement.

"What are you-" Hedy tried to say but was cut off by Toy Bonnie.

"What deal?" he asked, suspicious but excited.

"One week." She held up her finger. "You get one week to kill me. If you can't do it by next Sunday then you have to resign yourselves to the fact that I'm going to be sticking around and you can't try to kill me anymore.

"Ruby!" Hedy yelled in horror but she ignored the mechanic.

The Toys looked at each other contemplatively for a moment.

"Why would we agree to this deal?" Toy Freddy asked.

"Because, if you do, my 'bots can't interfere for this week." She explained, grinning like the Chesire Cat.

"Ruby." Chica murmured worriedly but the girl flashed her a reassuring smile and she fell quiet.

The Toys seemed to be seriously considering her offer. They glanced at the originals who were watching her in concern and realized in annoyance that they would protect her from them. For some reason they couldn't understand.

"PUPPET?!" Toy Bonnie suddenly yelled.

"You won't get her if they help her!" an annoyed voice yelled back. "Don't mess up!"

Ruby stared at the door in confusion while the other animatronics looked even more worried. They'd been hoping that the Puppet had been lost in storage too.

"Puppet?" she murmured to herself, thinking of the Muppets now instead of the deadly animatronics.

"Fine." Toy Freddy turned back to glare at her. "It seems like we have a deal."

Her smile was rather disturbing as she stuck her hand out to him. "Then we'll start tomorrow? So you can settle in tonight."

She held his gaze as he finally shook her hand.

"Very well." He dropped her hand quickly.

She turned to grin at Hedy then, smile still razor sharp. "Welcome to the night shift Hedy."

The older girl felt a shiver run down her spine. The way she gambled her life so easily…

"So! How about introductions?" Ruby clapped her hands together, smile losing its razor edge. "You already know Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy. I'm Ruby, the night guard and resident terror."

Hedy glanced at the Toys before sighing. "Well, I'm Hedy. The new mechanic."

Bonnie flinched at the title.

"This is T Freddy, T Bonnie, T Chica and Mangle. Balloon Boy is running around somewhere over in the next room and the Puppet is in his box back in the dining room." She finished.

Ruby tilted her head in confusion, hostility melting away a bit as she looked at the 'bot cowering behind Toy Freddy and Hedy.

"Mangle? No offense but I thought you were Toy Foxy?" she asked curiously.

The fox made a distressed, static-like sound and cowered more.

"She used to be but…something happened." Hedy answered, firmly cutting off that conversation. "She can't talk at the moment. I haven't finished the repairs yet."

Ruby nodded slowly and for a moment it looked like she was going to push the matter. Instead she asked something else.

"So…the Puppet…is he like a Muppet puppet or what?" she asked, sticking her hands in her pockets.

The reaction was instantaneous. The 'bots, all of them, burst out laughing at the image that presented and she grinned. Hedy looked at her calculatingly, wondering just who she was. She switched from barely concealed threats to jokes in seconds, betting her life to casual banter.

"Uh, no." Bonnie finally managed to draw in a breath. "Think more stick-thin clown."

She pulled a face and stuck her tongue out. "I'm not liking that image."

The original gang chuckled again, seeming much calmer now that she was here. The Toys were watching her in irritation though. Hedy just watched her discreetly.

"Oh." Ruby looked like she was suddenly remembering something. "We can't forget Goldy."

"Goldy?" Hedy asked. "Who's that?"

"OI! GHOST BEAR!" Ruby hollered, voice echoing through the building. "I'VE GOT THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS!"

Goldy popped into existence in front of them in excitement, completely ignoring the Toys. She grabbed the books from Ruby and began hugging them.

Hedy's jaw fell open. "What?"

"Hedy, meet Goldy. Goldy, the new mechanic Hedy." Ruby introduced, enjoying the look on the older girl's face.

"Yeah, yeah. I watched her interview with the manager." Goldy waved absently.

"You what?" Hedy squeaked.

"Ghost bear." Ruby explained. "Not sure how it works. Anyway. Who's Balloon Boy?"

The question was met with groans from both sides.

"Annoyingness personified." Bonnie grumbled.

Before she could ask any more questions, said annoyance appeared in the doorway. He spotted Ruby and his eyes latched onto the torch she had clipped to her belt.

"BATTERIES!" he screamed, racing forward towards her.

The Toys rolled their eyes and hoped it would freak the night guard out.

Hedy rubbed her face and wondered if she should have left him powered down.

The 'bots waited in anticipation with grins.

It happened in a second. Betty appeared from seemingly out of nowhere and connected solidly with the short 'bot. He went rolling head over heels back to the doorway while Ruby snarled viciously, the moderately friendly girl from before gone in an instant.

"What. Is. That?" she bit out, waving the bat in a threatening manner with her eyes still fixed on her target.

It looked like she was about to go beat him to a pulp.

"BB." The gang said in unison while the Toys and Hedy stared in shock.

Ruby stared for a moment before relaxing slightly.

"Thought a sentient bowling ball was running at me." She grumbled.

That got another laugh out of her friends. She glanced at the Toys while she slid the bat back into her bag.

"I don't react well to surprises." She shrugged.

Goldy snorted. "That's an understatement."

Ruby grinned sheepishly. "I did apologise."

The golden suit grinned back at her while the Toys started to move out of the room. They kept glancing back at the original gang, thrown off by the friendly attitude they had to the night guard. THE NIGHT GUARD.

"As they reached the door they found the Puppet on the other side. He stared at them, waiting for information.

"Uh, they get along with the night guard. Like really well. They're not just helping her to annoy us." Toy Freddy sounded perplexed.

Hedy, nearby, rolled her eyes as she got to work on Mangle again. She had decided to stay in the room with Ruby to see if she could find out anything else about the strange girl (and she was still reeling from the possessed, floating suit thing.)

"What?!" the Puppet hissed and they flinched.

No one liked it when the Puppet got angry. He stalked into the room to confront the gang.

Twenty minutes later there was glitter and paint everywhere and the gang was hiding behind tables, the Toys outside the room and Ruby had locked the Puppet up in the craft box.

Wide-eyed, Hedy poked her head out from behind Toy Freddy.

"What was THAT all about?" she demanded, disturbed by the savagery the girl had displayed.

Ruby had reacted before the Puppet had even begun speaking and was currently sitting on top of the craft box, panting.

She looked over at the others sheepishly.

"Uh, I don't…I don't like clowns." She admitted. "Bad experience at one of my birthday parties. Plus, they're creepy."

The gang seemed to accept this easily, shrugging and going back to their business as if this randomness was completely normal to them.

The Toys however wondered what they'd gotten themselves into.

"LET ME OUT!" the Puppet yelled.

"You're safer in there." Ruby pointed out. "I have very poor self-control."

Author Notes

And there we have the Toys. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and next one is up on Sunday. FNAF 2's Night 1 is next.