I do not own Sister Location.

"I swear, Circus Baby's Pizza World is really weird, guys!" I said, video chatting with Becca and Jeremy on my laptop while relaxing at my apartment. "Mr. Afton has it so that the animatronics get basically electrocuted if they're out of place there."

"Maybe they have an unwanted free-roam mode that he's noticed, unlike Mr. Fred with Freddy and the others," Becca offered.

Nix, who was a full grown cat now and not at all the little puffball I'd picked up so long ago, jumped up onto the table Becca was sitting at in her apartment and blocked the entire camera as he stood in front of it. Becca picked him up and sat him on her lap, stroking his white fur and getting a very noticeable rumbling purr out of him.

Jeremy shook his head. "If that was the case, he would have likely hired someone to fix it. Tech like that wouldn't be too hard to fix."

"Unless it's severely outdated and Mr. Afton's just too lazy to replace or upgrade it," Becca countered as she stopped petting Nix, getting a mew in response at the sudden lack of attention. She then started fondling his ears, making him rub his face against her hand and purr louder.

"That could be," I replied. "Mr. Afton's not exactly business savvy when it comes to running a restaurant. He's run a business building robots for how long now? Just because he has the mascots doesn't mean he knows how to handle a place like that. I've noticed a lot of glitches in his system, and not just the touchscreen keypad in the elevator."

"True," Jeremy said.

"Still, it feels like there's something there that I'm not understanding," I continued. "There was yellow caution tape over the entrance just outside of the elevator the employees use, and I had to crawl through vents to get to where I needed to go. Not to mention something was making noise near the vent I was in at the end of my shift. I'm wondering if something happened there that no one's telling me."

"I'm sure you'll figure it out, Mike," Becca encouraged. "You always do."

"Thanks," I responded, mentally drained but feeling a bit better since my friends were supporting me through this. If I didn't have them, I don't know what I'd do.

A door slammed open through Jeremy's feed, and Fritz, who was now officially a teenager, came into view in the dining room where Jeremy sat.

"Hey, Mike," Fritz said, leaning over his stepbrother's shoulder to see me on Jeremy's screen.

"Hey, Fritz," I replied. "How are you doing?"

"Good. I'm getting ready to go to a friend's birthday party at Freddy's tomorrow, so that'll be fun."

I smiled. "I might be able to see you there, then. I was planning on going there to check on some things anyway. The old animatronics need some repairs, too."

Fritz grinned. "Cool. I'll see you there, then."

I nodded, and Fritz left my view on the screen.

"So, we'll meet up at Freddy's tomorrow?" Becca asked, putting Nix down on the floor.

"Only if you want to come," I responded. "For now, I'm just gonna relax until my shift tonight starts."

"Okay," Jeremy said. "See you tomorrow, Mike."

He then logged off of our video chat.

"Yeah, see you," Becca said before she logged off as well.

I sighed as I closed my laptop. Here goes another night at Circus Baby's.

School starts up again in a week for me, so if I don't get this story done before then, it might go on hiatus for a while. I'll try to update this as much as I can before then, though.

A guest here, Marionetty, commented about why Mike pressed the shock button in the fourth chapter, and I wanted to let you all know I'm following the actual gameplay, which I don't believe will let the player continue on until they press the "controlled shock" button.