"Yugi! Why didn't you wake me up!" Atem rushed over to Yugi when he was finally released from questioning. Yugi stared blankly at the ground, a slow but steady stream of tears still escaping his eyes, "I honestly didn't think about it… I just had to get to him as fast as I could…"

Atem wrapped his arms around him, "I'm so sorry, Aibou. I thought I heard you get up, but I thought it was just for the bathroom. I… I'm sorry."

Yugi returned the hug, "I have to go back there tonight."

"What? Why? What if the killer comes back? I can't let you do that!" He pulled back from Yugi and held him by the shoulders, looking him in the eyes as best as he could. Yugi still refused to look up from the ground.

"The killer has been there the whole time. James stuck it out there for a week, for his brother. I'm going to his house to carry out his final wish, and then I'm going back there."

"The whole ti-" He paused and sighed, "Yugi, you're both insane. Don't tell me that's what you little project was all about!?"

Yugi shrugged, "Then I won't tell you."

Atem let out a growl of aggravation and took a few steps away from Yugi. After a moment, he turned around and looked at him again, "Why would you even go back if you know the killer is there?"

"To save him."

"What? Yugi, you can't reason with crazy people."

"They're not crazy. They're just confused. And scared." Yugi choked back a sob as he told Atem exactly what he had told James. This time, he added, "And angry."

"They? Now there's more than one?"

Yugi looked Atem straight in the eyes, finally ready to fully explain, "The animatronics are haunted by children who don't know how to forgive anymore. I've convinced three of them to forgive and move on, but they don't want to go without their friends. There's still seven left. I can't abandon them!"

Atem stared into Yugi's tearful, determined eyes. Yugi stared back at Atem's calm, intimidating eyes. But Yugi wasn't going to back down based on Atem's glare alone. Not when friends were involved. Atem finally gave up.

"Fine. But you can't do it alone. It's thanks to James they didn't get you on your first night, isn't it?"

Yugi nodded.

"You go do your errand. You still have that key to the office?"

"Why?"

"I'm going to go repair your stupid project. And maybe buy some tasers or something… but you're not doing this alone tonight. You're crazy if you think I'd do that."

"Bu-"

"And no 'buts!' Key, now."

Yugi stared at him for a moment before finally handing over the object in question. He had lied and told the police that it was his house key. They took James's flashlight as evidence.

"Now how do I get it out of there without dying? Should I get the tasers first?"

"Just walk- er… I guess the place is closed today… James and I never figured out why they stop at 6AM…"

"I'll buy the tasers first. If the electric fence worked then I can't see why a taser won't."

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble, Atem…"

Before he knew what was happening, he felt Atem's embrace and his lips on his own.

"You have such a good heart, Yugi. I can't fault you for that. Now go take care of James's wish. We still need a plan."

Yugi nodded, "If you see Foxy, Lady Foxy or Toy Chika then you're safe. And you can call them Zephyr, Takeshi and Chichi. Although… Chichi was hurt pretty badly… Zephyr might have been too… so you may not see them after all."

"Got it. See you soon!"

He set off at a light jog. Yugi quickly cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted, "Text me when you're out safely! Let's meet at the coffee shop in an hour!"

Atem turned and waved for a second before continuing his jog.

Yugi easily located the key James had told him about, and pushed the door open. The house was small, but definitely plenty for a single guy living alone. Yugi entered and felt another wave of sadness overcome him. It was a shame the first, and probably only, time he would be in James's house wouldn't be to hang out with James.

He located the only desk in the house, feeling really weird about going into the bedroom even though he had permission. After some digging around, he found the letter. It was stamped and ready to go, so Yugi had to wonder why James hadn't mailed it. It had been buried under a thin layer of other papers and stuff, so it couldn't have been written too long ago.

It's not my business, so I shouldn't worry about it.

He left the house and placed the key back where James had left it, and walked to the post office.

Atem stood in front of the back door to the office of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. After finding out that the animatronics inside were killers, he was having a very difficult time bringing himself to enter. His stomach churned at realizing he'd forced Yugi to come back here with this knowledge. It would explain his behavior that day, too.

Ignoring the police tape, he placed one taser in his pocket and kept the other one ready as he unlocked and opened the door. He saw nobody in the office, but the gate and battery were pretty close by. He stuffed the second taser into his other pocket and snatched up the pair of items before quickly scrambling out of the office and shutting the door behind him. He let out a sigh, locked the door again and set the police tape back in place. They didn't seem too concerned with the back entrance at the moment. He checked his pockets for the tasers before pulling out his phone and letting Yugi know that he was okay.

They met at the coffee shop after buying a new mechanical gate. Yugi tried to remember how it hooked up to the battery while explaining to Atem how each spirit showed itself to him when it was ready. How he gave them a new name and found out why they still felt tied to this world, and reasoned with them to forgive who or whatever it was. It had worked so far, with any luck the formula for the other seven wouldn't change.

"Oh no, I forgot about the notebook… James said he wrote some new notes in it."

"Then I'll go get it. While I'm at it I'll buy that generator I told you about. Why didn't James use one?"

"I doubt they would have let him take anything gas-powered into the office…"

"Yeah, well the place is shut down. Who's gonna say no now?"

"You have a point…"

"You go get the generator, I'll get your notebook."

"No, I can get the notebook."

"Yugi, please don't fight with me on this. Just tell me what it looks like and where it should be. If it's not there, I promise I'll leave."

"Atem, I'm the one who's insisting on saving them. I can get it."

"Fine. We'll both go. Then we'll do our shopping. Then we'll go back."

"But that'll waste time!"

"Then I'll get the notebook, and you do the shopping."

Yugi sighed, "Fine…We'll go together."

"Thank you."

This time when the door creaked open and they peered inside they found Chichi staring at the computer chair that had been tossed aside in the office when James was grabbed.

"Hey, Chichi! You're looking much better!" Yugi whispered, hoping she could hear him. The animatronic turned and walked up to him as he entered the office fully. He could sense the mix of happiness and sadness from her, but she was unable to manifest her spirit at the moment. Yugi knew she'd have difficulty explaining her emotions, so he got to the point, "I'm here for a notebook James and I kept in here, any chance you've seen it?"

The bot jerked her head left and right, doing her best to shake her head.

"That's okay, it might still be under the desk." Yugi walked over and felt around while Atem stayed in the doorway. Chichi looked at him at stared. "H-hello, Chichi. My name is Atem. I'm Yugi's, uhm, partner."

Chichi looked back over at Yugi, who had found the notebook. After confirming its contents, and snagging the forgotten Fazbear mask off the floor, he walked back to the door and patted Chichi on the head (the part he could reach, anyway), "We'll be back tonight. Stay safe until then!"

"Yugi, no!"

"I know it's difficult for you to speak, Chichi. We'll talk tonight. And if Atem couldn't talk me out of it, then nobody can, so don't even try!" He winked at her, "I won't give up on you guys."

And with that, he and Atem left and locked the door behind them.

"Alright, we're gonna need flashlights, an extra Freddy mask, and that generator." Yugi flipped to the last few pages of the notebook that had writing and began reading the last of James's notes. "Where did he get the first one? It's not like they sell these anywhere." Atem questioned.

"I never asked, we didn't really need more than one… And it's probably not a good time to ask Cecil…"

Yugi handed Atem the book and quickly unlocked the office door again, "Chichi, still there?" When the door was open wide enough for him to see inside, he realized she had been on her way out. "Chichi, do you think you could find another mask for us?" The animatronic did its best to nod, by moving its whole upper body in a half-bow a few times. "Thank you! We'll meet you here tonight at ten!"

She did her awkward nod again, and Yugi closed the door again.

"Chichi's working on it. Let's get to the hardware store for the other things."

They started off in silence, an awkwardness slowly growing between them. Yugi sensed that Atem was trying to figure out how to bring something up, and he could see it in his face when he glanced over. "What is it?" Yugi ventured, hoping Atem might just talk about it rather than try to be tactful. "The police didn't tell me any details when they called. Just that your coworker was found dead, and you had been taken in for questioning, and that nothing in their evidence pointed to you as the killer and so they wanted me to come pick you up. I guess what I'm trying to ask is… What exactly did they do to James?"

Yugi stopped short and looked away from Atem, the image of James's eyes and teeth sticking out of Freddy's head still burned vividly into his mind. With it came the memory of the rancid smell, of raw meat and iron and feces. He lurched forward and watched the bile once again spill from his mouth and onto the ground, the remnants of his breakfast still discernible. He felt a hand on his shoulder that pulled him closer into a chest, then felt a paper napkin wipe across is mouth. After he was cleaned up, Atem pulled Yugi into a full frontal hug, and Yugi forced himself to just take in the scent of him and his cologne, on the feeling of being in his arms and his face on his chest. He felt Atem stroke his hair and give him a kiss on the head occasionally.

I'm so sorry, Yugi. I won't ask you to think about it again. Atem thought to himself. Even the apology would make Yugi think about it, so he didn't dare utter it aloud. All he could offer was comfort until the young man felt calm enough to continue their walk.

After about five minutes Atem heard Yugi mumble something about a suit into his chest.

"I'm sorry Yugi, I couldn't hear you. But please don't force-" Just then he felt Yugi pull back from the embrace, "They stuffed him into a suit. That's their MO. There were people before James, and I have no idea how Cecil never found any articles about it before building the literally damned pizzeria, but-" Yugi covered his mouth in an obvious effort to not vomit again. Atem pulled him back into the hug, "Shhh, it's okay. We'll help them all tonight, and it will never happen again." Atem heard Yugi begin to sob, and lead him to a nearby bench to collect himself once more.

After the trip to the hardware store they got some sandwiches and had a seat at a table set up outside the restaurant. Yugi began hooking their new generator up to the gate while Atem read through the notebook. Every once in a while Yugi stole a glance at Atem's face. His brow was always furrowed, and he could see the combination of rage and, rare yet unmistakable, fear building within him.

Atem tried to keep all of his thoughts to himself. He wanted to scream at Yugi for subjecting himself to this after knowing what went on there. He granted him that he couldn't have known his first night, but after that there was no excuse. Even his desire to help wasn't an excuse. Yugi could have been killed by any one of these ten monstrosities. Ten. By being stuffed into a suit. He had to assume that it was the 80s equivalent to the iron maiden for it to actually kill anyone. He couldn't stand the thought of asking Yugi for details, and he wasn't sure he really wanted them anyway.

He was also terrified at the thought of going in there himself. He didn't want to die, but more importantly he didn't want to screw up and watch Yugi die. He wasn't sure if the tasers would work. He couldn't imagine why they wouldn't if the gate worked fine, but the possibility still scared him.

And Yugi's method of cleansing the spirits was far from science. It wasn't even guaranteed to work. Atem wasn't sure if he could pull it off. He had learned to be more empathetic from Yugi, sure, but he was still himself. He hadn't achieved Yugi's level of optimistic naivety, not that he was aiming to. He had no way of knowing how the spirits would react to him.

And how did James survive on his own for so long? Why did he keep going back? Atem glanced over at Yugi, who looked close to being done with the generator. He couldn't bring himself to ask, assuming he even knew the answer. Maybe he was a paranormal investigator or something. Or just needed the money and was terrible at getting and holding a job. Yugi always made Cecil out to be a cheerful, generous man. He might have been trying to give the young man a second chance.

Too bad it ended up being his last.

With a final click he looked up from the notebook as Yugi exclaimed, "There! Now we just have to load up the gas and we'll be good to go. How's the reading going?"

Atem shook his head, unsure of how to answer. He wasn't quite done reading, but his own thoughts had stopped him frequently. Finally he settled on, "I really wish you would have walked out of there upon reading this. Or at least upon realizing it wasn't a joke."

Yugi's face fell, "I know… I almost wish I had too… but then I think of Chichi, Zephyr and Takeshi. And the others that are suffering as they had. If I had left, all of them would still be suffering. James would have died regardless. The animatronics wouldn't have been blamed, of course. Who would even think to do that? Which would leave them to hire another night watch when the place reopened. Which means they would have killed more. The killing makes them… makes it harder for them to pass on. The sooner we do this, while their connection to this world is still pretty weak, the better for everybody."

"Yugi?"

"Yes, Atem?"

"You're too perfect, you know that?" Atem smiled sweetly at him.

Yugi tried to hide his blush, "I- I am not. I just want to help."

"Only you would help killer robots."

"I- well, uhm… I can't see them as such now that I know the truth…"

Atem chuckled, "I didn't say you needed to justify it. Just know that I love you. Whatever happens tonight… I love you."

"I love you too, Atem. But don't talk like that! We'll be fine! We'll have Chichi and Takeshi to help us! Although I've been trying to figure out how Chichi got repaired so quickly… the place is on lockdown, and I doubt Cecil is in a huge hurry to get them fixed since he can't open during the investigation anyway. It's driving me crazy."

"We'll just have to ask Chichi tonight. You mentioned that she can talk to you, but was having a hard time doing so earlier?"

"Yeah, as I said they appear to me as spirits. But it's difficult to do so during the day. And they're just children."

Atem nodded, "Okay Yugi, you're right. We'll save them, and we'll get out alive. Everything will be alright."

"Thank you, Atem!" Yugi leaned over the table for a kiss, and Atem quickly obliged.

They got out a pen and started to put the finishing touches on tonight's plan.

Thanks again for all of the views and support! I guess it's harder for crossover stories to get noticed than standard fanfics, so I appreciate you guys all the more!