Author Notes

Ugh, finally. This took too long. I'll do my best to get an extra chapter up as well.

Chapter 48

Chaos

If the Toys were expecting a peaceful night where everyone could sulk and worry in peace, they were gravely mistaken.

After speaking with Bonnie and Foxy for about half an hour, Ruby came tearing through the building with a vengeance.

In all honesty, they didn't stand a chance. The originals even grabbed Teddy and Mangle and hid in the kitchen since they were more reasonable now.

Teddy had never been so grateful as he listened to the explosions go off every two minutes.

The night guard was mad.

Ruby raced ahead of Toby, laughing maniacally.

"Catch me if you can you insensitive jerk!" she yelled.

Toby and Chi were just trying to figure out how she was still causing utter chaos with one usable arm.

How?!

Suddenly as he followed her down another corridor, his foot sank through the floor. Flailing his arms to try and regain his balance, he looked down.

…

…

Somehow…

She replaced a tile in the floor and the space beneath it with a vat of grey paint.

…

…

HOW DID SHE DO THESE THINGS?!

He let out a shriek of rage as he tried to yank his foot out.

Meanwhile Ruby had stopped and was snapping pictures of his predicament.

"I'll get you for this." The rabbit snarled.

A dangerous smirk crossed her face and she pulled something from her bag. Something big and kind of scary looking.

"Say 'ello to my little friend." She pointed it at him, some kind of accent colouring her words.

"What the he-" he didn't get further as a POTATO (a potato? Why? Just…why?) was launched at speed towards him.

It hit him square in the chest and sent him flying him down the hall.

"At least I go your foot unstuck." She pointed out sweetly. "I love my new potato grenade launcher."

Toby just groaned as she skipped away, hugging the weapon.

"See you later stupid rabbit!" she called back.

Forty five minutes later, Ruby was ducking and diving around Chi. The chicken had somehow twisted her logic and come to the conclusion that Ruby was also to blame for Hedy's absence.

Ruby didn't get the logic but it gave her an excuse to use her new toy. She only had two targets at the moment since Puppet was still sulking in his box (now that she thought about it she hadn't seen him for ages. Good.) and BB had learnt that if he annoyed Toby she left him alone.

Spinning around Ruby threw a large sphere at the 'bot.

It exploded in a lovely display of tar and feathers.

"Nice plumage there chicken." She snickered as the animatronic stared at her in disbelief.

She snapped a photo and darted off again.

Chi would have followed if she wasn't stuck in place by the tar.

The night guard took a break in one of the vents. She pulled the tablet out and checked the security cameras.

The originals were talking quietly among themselves while they watched Harry Potter again. Goldy kept shushing them even though she was mouthing along with the dialogue.

Teddy was a distance away from them and seemed to be trying to cheer Mangle up who was lying in a miserable heap under the table. Ruby frowned at that. The Toys were taking this hard then. She sighed. That wasn't very surprising actually. It was clear that they loved Hedy, even if they struggled with expressing it properly.

Switching cameras she found Chi finally getting free from her tar and sitting on the floor, a mix of anger, frustration and worry on her face.

Toby was stalking through the halls, muttering angrily to himself but he seemed less energetic than usual.

Even BB was sitting in the Toys' room, staring sadly ahead at the wall.

They were all miserable.

Ruby dragged a hand down her face and sighed again.

Putting away the tablet she crawled through the vents until she exited near the manager's office. It was time to practice her lock picking skills again.

Freddy glanced at the two 'bots sitting across the room. Mangle seemed to be taking Hedy leaving hard. Teddy was trying to calm her down but the fox was curled up and shaking slightly as if she was crying.

Bonnie was a lot more relaxed since there wasn't a mechanic in the building but he kept throwing guilty and concerned glances at them. It wasn't his fault that he was scared of Hedy and Freddy didn't blame him for feeling relief.

Chica was also concerned but it was overshadowed by her worry over Ruby who was causing trouble while injured. She was fidgeting anxiously as they watched the movie for the hundredth time.

Foxy was still angry with Hedy for shorting him out with the flashlight but he was worried about Mangle. Freddy knew that he was developing a soft spot for his Toy version and so he was torn about whether to hope for the mechanic's return or not.

Goldy… well she was off in Harry Potter land.

The bear sighed, not sure what outcome would be better for them either. Why were things so complicated?

Ruby hummed happily to herself as she headed to the dining hall. She'd retrieved what she needed from the office and was off to say goodbye to the 'bots since it was almost quitting time.

An odd feeling of being watched made her pause though and she looked over her shoulder.

That ghost kid that she caught sight of before was peeking around the corner and staring at her nervously.

She was certain he wasn't one of the brats that possessed the animatronics and there was no hostility coming from him.

Cocking her head slightly she turned to face him. He shrank back slightly but stayed in sight.

"Uh, hi?" the night guard greeted him since he didn't seem about to say anything.

He jumped slightly and gave an almost inaudible whine.

Ruby frowned slightly at his odd behaviour. Odd even for a ghost kid.

As she waited for him to do something, he seemed to gather enough courage to speak.

"He's after you too." He murmured softly, his voice wavering from… fear?

Her frown deepened.

"Who?" she asked carefully.

The child looked distressed. "He wants you too."

Ruby crouched down, instinctively making herself smaller so she didn't frighten him. Ghost or not, he pressed every big sister instinct she had.

"Who sweetie?" she asked softly.

"He's not going to stop." The kid was crying now and starting to fade like the first time she saw him.

Ruby watched him with a puzzled expression as he disappeared with a few final words.

"I'm sorry… It's my fault."

The teen stood up slowly, trying to understand what the kid was trying to tell her. They were clearly scared of something though.

Or someone.

Looking back once, she continued on as the chimes went off.

What was going to happen now?

Author Note

So hope you enjoyed. :)

Special thanks to mrs. unpleasant , FyreDrakon and Blackcharizard62 for the awesome prank ideas.