I do not own Sister Location.

Mr. Afton did not greet me tonight, as I had expected from the previous two nights. Instead, I found myself immediately being sent to work as I entered the elevator.

"Welcome back to another pivotal night of your thriving new career, where you get to really ask yourself: What am I really doing with my life? What would my friends say? And, most importantly, will I ever see my family again?" HandUnit asked, making me feel as though I really shouldn't be working here. "We understand the stresses of a new job, and we're here for you! To help you reach a more stable and relaxing frame of mind, we offer several musical selections to help make this elevator ride as relaxing and therapeutic as possible. We offer contemporary jazz, classical, rain forest ambiance, as well as a wide selection of other choices. Using the keypad below, please type the first few letters of the musical selection you would prefer."

I sighed as the glitchy keypad popped up, not really caring at this point. The yellow electronic was starting to really annoy me. Either way, it wouldn't hurt to see what this glitchy thing would give me for this choice. I only hit one button before the error message popped up.

"It seems you had some trouble with the keypad," HandUnit said. "I see what you were trying to type, and I will autocorrect it for you. Thank you for selecting Casual Bongos."

I couldn't help laughing at that. What the heck was with this place and its technology? Vincent may have screwed up the animartonics, but the rest of it wasn't anything he'd tampered with.

"Now that your elevator experience has been customized to your needs, and you're thoroughly relaxed, it's worth mentioning that due to your lackluster performance yesterday, your pay has been decreased by a substantial amount. Please enjoy the rest of your descent."

My mouth dropped.

"Are you kidding me?! What did I do wrong?!" I asked out loud, not getting a response. That must have been why Mr. Afton was avoiding me.

The elevator stopped, and I opened the door and entered the vents.

"Due to unforeseen malfunctions from today's shows, your nightly duties will require you to perform maintenance that you may or may not be skilled enough to perform," HandUnit explained. "It became necessary for technicians to attempt to disconnect Funtime Freddy's power module. However, they were unsuccessful. Allowing them to try again would be an inefficient path forward, as we would need to allow 6-8 weeks for recovery and physical therapy. You will need to reach the Parts & Service room on the other side of Funtime Auditorium to perform the procedure yourself. Let's check on Ballora first and make sure she's on her stage."

Perform maintenance, huh? Shouldn't be too hard, then. I didn't learn this stuff in college for nothing, and there's a reason why I'm able to perform repairs on the animatronics at Freddy's. Hopefully, if there really are ghosts inside these robots, they'd at least let me try to help.

I exited the vents and hit the blue button to light up Ballora's stage. She was there, alright, but she seemed to be…completely mangled? What in the world…?

"Great," HandUnit responded. "It looks like everything is as it should be in Ballora Gallery. Let's check on Funtime Foxy. It's important to make sure she's on her stage before entering."

Something definitely wasn't right here. Was it the ghosts doing this, or was it something else?

I gulped and hit the light for Funtime Foxy, not seeing her on the stage. Great, I'd have to shock her and make her angrier at me before going into her room.

"Great," HandUnit said, completely catching me off guard. "It looks like everything is as it should be in Funtime Auditorium. There is no need to check on Baby tonight. Please refrain from entering unauthorized areas. Proceed directly to Funtime Auditorium."

I paused for a second and shook my head as two vents opened, the one for Funtime Auditorium, and the one to Baby's room. After a moment of decision, my curiosity won out and I crawled through the Circus Gallery Vent. The room was dark, no light at all, but I went under the desk and closed the door to the hiding space. After a moment of silence, I heard Baby's voice. And I could only sit there and listen.

"Did you know that I was onstage once? It wasn't for very long. Only one day. What a wonderful day, though. I was in a small room with balloons and a few tables. No one sat at the tables, though, but children would run in and out. Some were afraid of me. Others enjoyed my songs. Music was always coming from somewhere else, down the hall. I would always count the children. I'm not sure why. I was always acutely aware of how many were in the room with me. Two, then three, then two, then three, then four, then two. Then none. They usually played together in groups of two or three. I was covered in glitter. I smelled like birthday cake. There were two, then three, then five, then four. I can do something special. Did you know that? I can make ice cream. Although I only did it once. There were four, then three, then two, then one. Something happened when there was one. A little girl, standing by herself. I was no longer myself. And I stopped singing. My stomach opened, and there was ice cream. I couldn't move. At least, not until she stepped closer. There was screaming for a moment, but only for a moment. Then other children rushed in again, but they couldn't hear her over the sounds of their own excitement. I still hear her sometimes. Why did that happen?"

I was stunned. Why was she aware of how many children were with her? Was that little girl…inhabiting Baby now? Did she have Baby's memories, too?

I slowly exited the hiding space and began crawling back through the vent to continue my task, Baby's words still ringing in my ears.

I entered into Funtime Auditorium as the female voice announced the vent was open.

"Unlike Ballora, Funtime Foxy is motion activated," HandUnit explained. "For this reason, it is important to keep the room dark, as to not accidentally activate her. You have been provided with a flash beacon. Use it if you need to get your bearings, and to ensure you don't bump into anything. However, use it as sparingly as possible. Proceed forward to reach the Parts & Service room."

Slowly I made my way through Funtime Auditorium, using the timer on the flash beacon to measure how much time to wait between movements after I'd sprint. I could hear her moving around me even in the dark, so I knew that wasn't what kept her still, but I should have already known that from what Springtrap told me. Just like with Ballora, I'd have to take my time.

I eventually made it to the door on the other side of the room and closed it behind me. The female voice spoke once again.

"Motion Trigger: Parts & Service."

"Great job reaching Parts & Service," HandUnit commented. "It seems that Funtime Freddy is out of power, which should make your job much easier. The release switch for the chest cavity is located on the underside of the endoskeleton jaw. To reach it, we will first need to open the face plates. You will need to press the face plate release triggers in a specific order, and it's important to be as precise and as careful as possible. Locate the small button on Freddy's face, just under his right cheek, and press it."

I did as told, pressing the small white button gently.

"Great! Now locate the button under his left cheek and press it."

I carefully pressed the white button specified.

"Great! Now carefully locate and press the button next to Freddy's right eye."

I had a harder time finding the button near his eye, but I eventually found the button almost blended in perfectly with his paint and pushed it.

"Great! Now carefully locate and press the button next just above Freddy's nose."

I did as told, only to jump back as the pieces covering his face suddenly opened and revealed the endoskeleton underneath. My heart pounded in my chest as I tried to calm myself.

"Good job," HandUnit said. "The face plates should now be open. Locate and press the small button on the underside of Freddy's endoskeleton jaw."

A small white object protruding from Funtime Freddy's lower jaw caught my attention. It was the only thing there that looked like a button besides the rivets holding his teeth, and I carefully pushed it, hoping it was the right thing.

I jumped as the chest opened, though not as much as when the face plates moved.

"Excellent. The chest cavity should now be open. Remove the power module from the chest cavity."

I could see a round object with a small red light flashing at me from the upper right side of the round circle on his chest and carefully picked it up.

"Great work," HandUnit replied. "You will now be required to remove the secondary power module from the Bonnie hand puppet. Press the large, black button beneath Bonnie's bowtie to release the power module."

I looked towards Funtime Freddy's right hand, but the Bonnie puppet wasn't there. As I looked around, I saw the mini Bonnie moving around, using Funtime Freddy as a shield whenever I looked directly at him.

I internally smirked as an idea came to me, and when I found mini Bonnie again, I used my peripheral vision to let him come out just enough to where I could hit the button under his bowtie. It took a few tries, but eventually I was able to press it, and he froze in place once I did.

"Great work," HandUnit said. "You've acquired both power modules. This completes your tasks for the night. Please exit the building through Funtime Auditorium, and we'll see you back here again tomorrow."

I used the same technique getting out as I did coming in, taking my time between sprinting after using the flash beacon before stopping to let Funtime Foxy cool down. Right as I got to the vent, though, Funtime Foxy caught me, and everything went black.