Author Notes

So... extra chapter! Hope you enjoy. :P

Chapter 51

Jeremy

Jeremy Fitzgerald had only experienced unconsciousness a few times in his life and all occasions were for bad and/or stupid reasons. But the description of feeling like he was underwater was pretty accurate.

He wasn't even aware he had blacked out until vague, incomprehensible voices trickled through the darkness. Next came light but it was faint and only added to the fuzzy feeling. Plus his head really hurt.

He groaned and squeezed his eyes shut at the pain.

"You hit your head." the harsh clipped tone of his baby sister drifted to his ears.

It was the first voice that wasn't getting lost in translation from his ears to his brain.

Great. What did he do now? She only used that tone if she thought he was being exceptionally stupid.

It was a trait she and his wife both shared funnily enough.

"Hmmugh. What happened?" he moaned.

"You don't remember?"

He shook his head and winced.

"You want the short version or the long one?"

"Sort. I mean, short." he mumbled.

"You are an overbearing, overprotective, hair-brained, distrustful, blondist-blond idiot that is one of only three blood relatives I have in the world yet the only one who decided a panic attack was worth a possible death by brain injury from making out with the floor."

"I had a really strange dream." he mumbled, still a bit out of it.

"Did you hear a word I just said?!"

"Not really." he groaned. "Tuned out after 'hair-brained'."

"Yeah I still don't see the resemblance..." was that a different voice?

"Well, their hairs' the same. But he looks too old."

"Quiet guys." That was Hedy's voice again.

There were other voices in the background whispering. There was giggling too.

"I'm serious about the dream. How hard did I hit my head?"

Someone tossed something cold into his lap.

"You're fine. Just don't go jumping around doing anything strenuous for the next hour." That was another girl's voice that was vaguely familiar.

"Strenuous like running away."

"Not helping, Mari." Hedy hissed at someone else.

"Not trying to."

"Oh shut up Clown. Hedy gave me permission to torment him, not you. But since when do I listen." The voice sounded distinctly threatening.

Hedy ignored the bickering and spoke to Jeremy. "This dream you just had. Was it about Freddy's?"

Jeremy opened one eye in a squint and looked at her.

"Yeah how did y-." his question died on his tongue as the pieces clicked back into place and he actually got a look at where he was.

There was silence for all of three seconds as everyone stared at him and he stared back.

Foxy couldn't help it...A grin snuck its way onto his face.

"Boo."

"AAAAAAHHHH!"

"Aaaand we're back to screaming." Ruby grinned as Hedy gave Foxy an annoyed looked.

The night guard was snickering along with the pirate fox.

"Nice going Captain." She smirked while Freddy glowered at them.

"You are a terrible influence." He muttered.

Hedy lost her patience finally. "JEREMY FITZGERALD!" She suddenly shouted in her brother's face.

"WHAT!"

"SHUT THE HECK UP!"

"YOU SHUT UP! YOU'RE THE CRAZY PERSON!"

"I DIDN'T SPEND SEVERAL HOURS BLOWING THROUGH THIRTY RED LIGHTS ON THE WAY HERE!"

"IT WAS FIFTEEN AT MOST!

"TELL THAT TO AMELIA WHEN YOU GET THE BILL!"

"Ok, I'll be sure to mention that IF WE'RE NOT DEAD! YOU PROMISED ME YOU WOULDN'T-."

"Um, excuse me." Ruby raised her non-broken hand. "Can I-"

"NO!" both siblings turned to her and shouted.

Ruby blinked.

"Okay then..." She then turned on her heel. "I brought the duct tape for the blue rabbit but I think he'll get a pass tonight."

Toby wisely didn't respond and kept his wide eyes glued to the man yelling at Hedy along with the rest of the bots.

Hedy however heard Ruby and lowered her voice. "Jer, just calm down for a minute or you're going to pass out again. Please don't make me slap you."

"I AM NOT CALMING DOWN! YOU'RE WORKING IN A DEATH TRAP WITH A BUNCH OF FREAK ROBOT MONSTERS! HOW CAN I CALM-"

Smack!

Even Ruby looked shocked. She wasn't expecting Hedy, the one who usually tried to break up fights, to actually slap him.

"Don't call my friends freaks or monsters. They're neither." Hedy said with that chilling anger that so often conflicted with Ruby's hot temper.

Jeremy seemed shocked into some sense as he held his cheek and stared wide eyed at the occupants of the room.

He swallowed and nodded numbly. As the panic subsided, he realized that they should all actually be dead already if something really strange wasn't going on.

"Um, can we ask those questions now?" Chica asked timidly.

Hedy winced but nodded anyway. She shifted uncomfortably and cringed at the look a few of the Toys were sporting.

Ruby looked between Jeremy and the door, a mental dilemma going on. "Answers. Duct tape. Answers. Duct tape."

Eventually, one choice won and she turned around with an agitated sigh and jumped up onto the counter in the staff room they were all in.

"Me first!" she chirped.

BB pouted from where he stood on the floor. He couldn't get up onto the counter where Ruby was now standing.

Hedy gave a long suffering sigh and gestured for her to go ahead.

"Why didn't you just leave if you didn't want to do this job?" Ruby asked immediately.

"He's a stubborn idiot who refuses to tell our dad that the animatronics were trying to kill him because it sounds crazy." Hedy answered flatly.

"It is crazy!" Jeremy squeaked.

"Shut up unless you're going to contribute something helpful." Hedy snapped, annoyed.

"Which incarnation of Freddy's did you work at?" she asked next, staring at him intently from her high ground.

"The one that brought the Toys in for the first time." Hedy answered when it seemed like Jeremy had lost the ability to speak.

"So you were up against the Toys?" she tilted her head.

After a long moment he nodded slowly, staring at the strange teenager.

"Well there's the problem!" she grinned widely. "They sucked before Hedy and I talked/knocked some sense into them. Those two still suck though."

She pointed at Toby and Chi who glared back at her.

"It's not that simple Ruby." Hedy sighed in frustration.

"They tried to kill me!" Jeremy cried. "They came fricking close a bunch of times too! Those ones too!"

He pointed indignantly at the Originals who did look upset about the whole thing. Foxy was looking a little guilty about giving him a fright too.

Ruby glanced at them, knowing that they'd been involved back then too. Not willingly of course.

"So?"

"SO?! Jeremy sputtered.

"They tried to kill me too. Several times. I've had this job for months now though so everything's good. The Barbie rabbit and chicken still try some stupid things though and the Clown's an idiot too."

The insulted 'bots glared harshly at her.

Jeremy gaped at the teenager.

"What the hell?! You can't be more than fourteen?!"
Now the night guard bristled, eyes narrowing. She leapt down and stalked towards the man.

"I am SIXTEEN you idiot! And I really hate it when people underestimate me. Yes I'm young but I've done better than anyone else in this job. I'm still alive after all."

Her sharp eyes didn't move from his face and she was exuding a dangerous aura now. He swallowed audibly.

"You had to fake your death to survive night six. I survived it TWICE." She snarled, eyes glinting angrily.

"Ruby!" Hedy snapped suddenly. "You can't blame him for not knowing. He doesn't live around here so he hasn't heard about you."

"Hmph." Ruby took a step back but still glared at him.

The mechanic sighed in relief.

"Maybe we should discuss this at my house Jer." She suggested.
She was worried about him saying something bad about the Originals and setting Ruby off again.

At that moment the chimes went off and the 'bots turned to hesitantly go back to their places. Ruby grabbed her bag and stalked towards the door.

"You better not try anything to MY 'bots buddy. Then you'll have ME to deal with. And I don't stop when the chime go off." She threw a glare over her shoulder before disappearing out the door.

Jeremy turned to look at his sister.

"Come on. It's a long story." She sighed and headed towards the door.

Ruby came back into the pizzeria that afternoon, having a meeting scheduled with the manager. She'd been thinking about the night's events all day and so was slightly distracted when she entered. She waved at the 'bots before heading to the office.

"So what is it manager?" she asked, not meaning to sound rude but being too distracted to care.

"I have some exciting news!" the man smiled, used to her attitude by now. "We're opening up a new attraction!"

Ruby raised an eyebrow. What the heck? Attraction? This wasn't a theme park.

"Okay?" she prompted.

"We recently discovered a piece of Fazbear history. An animatronic from one of the first restaurants. And it still works!" he seemed giddy in his excitement.

"A new animatronic?" she asked skeptically.

There were more? Hopefully they weren't like the Toys…

"Yes! I'm not sure about its original origins but it was the main star of a horror themed attraction years ago."

"Horror?" now Ruby was just confused.

"Yes. It took advantage of the restaurant's rather… gruesome rumours." He grimaced.

"How come I've never heard of it?" she asked curiously.

"Well…" now he seemed nervous. "The place burnt down before it could officially open. Fazbear's Fright I think it was called."

Ruby just stared as she waited for the reason for her presence.

"So we're planning on bringing Springtrap in and building a more… exciting area for the older children. As you're in charge of the animatronics I needed to talk to you first." He explained.

"Springtrap? Weird name. But sure, that sounds like a pretty cool idea actually. I'm guessing this is also going to become part of my 'places to keep an eye on' while I'm on the job right?"

He nodded.

"Alright. Looking forward to seeing the 'horror' animatronic." She grinned. "Certainly sounds… interesting."

As always, her sadistic smirk sent shivers down the manager's spine.

"Ah, yes." His smiled was strained. "Then I'll trust it to you."

As Ruby left the room she caught a glimpse of that strange ghost child again. Before they disappeared she spotted their expression.

Terror. Complete terror.

Now what was going to happen?

Author Notes

Hope you enjoyed. I'm going to try and update more. Especially with FNAF 3 approaching. :)