Taking one look at the young man bleeding out in Baby's (Elizabeth's?) arms, Henry decided that the many questions running through his head didn't matter. He might not know who or what precisely this doppelgänger of his nephew was but he wasn't about to just let them die.
"Bring him to my workshop," Henry instructed, gesturing for Baby to follow him. While his workshop wasn't the most sanitary place to tend to the doppelgänger's wounds, it had the only table long enough to lay him on. And considering that the look-a-like seemed to be partially robotic as well, it was probably a good idea to have his tools close by just in case as well.
Elizabeth immediately relaxed in relief when she realized Henry seemed willing to help, her eyes literally brightening in hope. She quickly rose to her feet, doing her best not to jostle Mike too much, and followed Henry into his workshop. Michael's gaze trailed after them, torn between wanting to know what was going on and keeping the kids in his arms safe. Gregory chose for him by squirming out of Michael's hold and chasing after the animatronic and the cyborg, determined to learn what was happening.
"Gregory! Wait!" Michael protested, reaching out to grab the boy but missing as Gregory twisted away. Evan used the opportunity to escape Michael's grip as well, running after Gregory to make sure his friend didn't get hurt again. (Evan also wanted to know if that was really Elizabeth though he was terrified of what the answer would be.) Michael sighed in a mix of frustration and fondness, wondering why keeping them out of trouble couldn't be easy, before joining trailing behind the group.
"Dad? What in the… Is that Mikey!?" Charlie, her animatronic vessel now fully repaired, asked in confusion as she spotted first the blood-covered Baby and then who was in the animatronics' arms. Charlie's confusion and concern only increased when Evan, a kid that looked just like him, and another Michael followed in close behind. Evan and Gregory both froze at catching sight of the Puppet animatronic, Gregory in surprise and suspicion at finding another animatronic, and Evan in rising horror and sadness as he could clearly hear his cousin's voice coming from it. Michael was relieved to see Charlie here, as it meant she wasn't suffering alone anymore, but his main concern was on the kids, especially Evan who seemed very close to slipping into shock at what was going on.
"Charlie help me clear the table," Henry said, cutting through the tension as he already began moving things aside. "And then bring me the first aid kit."
Charlie, sensing the urgency of the situation, immediately followed Henry's instructions, using her long arms to easily move a lot of stuff out of the way quickly, and went to fetch the first aid kit Henry always kept in the room in case he got injure while working on his animatronics. As soon as the table was cleared, Elizabeth took her cue to gently lay Mike down, the steady rise and fall of his chest assuring her that he was still alive. She moved aside to let Henry take care of Mike, but she couldn't help but hover close by in worry, watching over his shoulder. Henry ignored the possessed(?) animatronic behind him and focused on the wounded cyborg, removing what remained of his shirt, and began cleaning the wound.
"Is his veins glowing?" Henry couldn't help but gasp in surprise once he cleaned enough blood away. Sure enough, the veins right around the wound seemed to be glowing purple and now that Henry was paying attention he could tell that the fresh blood had a slight unearthly shimmer to it as well.
While all the others were distracted by the glowing veins, Michael was transfixed by the giant scar on his doppelgänger's stomach that could be more cleanly seen now that most of the blood had been cleared away. Michael recognized it and even with how spotty his memories of the past (future?) were after everything, he'd never forget what it was like to die.
Michael had thought being torn into by the scooper was the worst pain anyone could experience only to be proven wrong as it began to pull everything out…
Michael jumped slightly when he felt a smaller hand grab onto his own. Looking down, Michael saw Evan had grabbed him and he worried that his little brother had noticed how close he was to a mental breakdown only to realize Evan wasn't looking at him at all. Instead, his little brother was staring at his look-a-like and seemed to be getting paler by the second, apparently very distressed at seeing someone that looked just like his brother so hurt and needed the reassurance that Michael was fine. Michael was able to push aside his own breakdown to kneel down and pull his little brother into a comforting hug.
"It's alright, I'm fine Evan," Michael assured, forcing Evan to look away from where Henry was working to look at him instead. "I'm right here and I'm not hurt. Everything's going to be fine. Want to go wait in the living room for Henry to finish?"
"No…" Evan shook his head, taking a deep breath to steady himself even as a few tears escaped. "There's something I need to know first…"
Before he could change his mind or let Michael talk him out of what he wanted to do, Evan began walking towards Baby, gripping Michael's hand like a lifeline as his brother followed with his lead. Evan stopped a few feet from Baby, who hadn't noticed them yet, and asked, "Lizzie… is that you?"
"E-Evan!" Baby said, her voice box glitching slightly in her surprise and stumbling back a little when she realized how close they were. "You shouldn't be so close to me… It could be dangerous…"
Sure, Elizbeth knows Mike had managed to remove all the child-capturing programs, but she couldn't help but still worry about what happened to her happening to her brothers. Not to mention she was still getting used to her strength and didn't want to hurt them accidentally. Michael though, relaxed significantly at hearing Elizabeth say that. The fact that she was aware and concerned about her potential to harm people indicated to Michael that she was herself and didn't want to hurt them.
"It's okay, Lizzie," Michael said, reaching out to his sister trapped within the thing that killed her. "We'll be careful. Come on… let's get you cleaned up while Henry finishes up with your… friend…"
"Yeah…" Elizabeth agreed, she would have grimaced if she could as she looked at all of Mike's blood on her. "Yeah… okay… I'm sorry I ruined your birthday Evan…"
"It's okay…" Evan replied with a kind smile. "You needed help. And I'm glad you're here…"
The three siblings went to the kitchen and Michael got a rag to start cleaning all the blood off Elizabeth. Evan and Elizabeth just talked about random insignificant things to distract from the bigger issues and questions that would eventually need to be addressed and just to take some joy in their reunion.
Gregory had watched the three leave the workshop together and couldn't help the longing he felt to have siblings of his own, and maybe a little jealous too. Refusing to let those feelings ruin his friendship with his friend though Gregory turned away to let them have the private reunion they deserved and walked closer to Henry and the cyborg, morbidly curious about who he is and how he came to be.
"Is he going to be alright?" Charlie asked as she helped Henry sit Mike up so Henry could work on the claw marks on Mike's back. While Charlie wasn't sure who this doppelgänger was, he looked just like her cousin and she couldn't help but be worried about him as a result.
"I believe so," Henry concluded as he disinfected the claw marks. "I still don't know why his blood is glowing, but it seems to be helping him heal faster than normal. Not a lot, but enough that he's not in danger of dying."
"Who do you think he is anyway?" Gregory asked, poking at Mike's animatronic arm in curiosity. "A clone maybe? Though why someone would want to clone Michael is beyond me."
"You've been watching too many science fiction shows," Henry chuckled though paused as he thought the idea over. If things like ghosts and possessed animatronics were a thing, then who knows what else could be real?
Silence fell among them as Henry began applying the last of the bandages, all of them having lots of questions but knowing that this wasn't quite the time to get answers. As Henry worked, he finally realized something that had been subconsciously bothering him. Michael's doppelganger didn't have any surgical scars that he should have from getting his cybernetics installed. Henry of course didn't have any medical training beyond basic first aid, but he did know robotics and he knew that this look-a-like's robotics blended way too smoothly with his organic body than should be possible.
Just another mystery that probably wouldn't get answered until this doppelgänger woke up.
Once Henry did all he could, he and Charlie carried Mike to the living room and laid him on the couch so Henry could keep an eye on Mike while he dealt with what came next. Henry gathered all the children into the living room, dragging out chairs from the kitchen for the humans to sit on. Elizabeth sat on the floor next to the couch, glancing over at Mike constantly to reassure herself he was still fine. Charlie opted to just stand next to Henry, holding his hand in a comfort they both needed. Henry looked around the group, knowing there was a lot of explaining that needed to be done by a lot of them, but unsure how to bring up what was bound to be a lot of distressing topics.
Gregory had no such reservations as he leaned forward and looked everyone in the eye saying, "So who wants to start explaining things first?"