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That night as I went in to work, I had two surprises waiting for me. The first was Chica, or rather Hope, who was waiting with Ian and Tricia.
"Mike!" Ian grinned big at me, waving his hook. "Mike, guess what?!" I looked from him to Hope, who smiled a little at me. I knew immediately that she wasn't being controlled anymore, since her eyes were yellow like the others, instead of black.
"Hi." Hope said, waving a little. "You're Mike?"
"Yeah-and you're back to normal." I observed. "Nice to officially meet you, Hope." I put a hand to my forehead. "Wow-we've got another one back." I smiled at Ian. "See? I told you things were going to be okay." When I turned around, I got my next surprise as I saw the fresh scar on Tricia's face.
"What happened to you?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Um…long story." She answered, looking away. I went into the office and the kids/animatronics stood at the doors-Tricia at the west one and Ian and Hope at the east. I didn't really see the point now, since Bonnie/Travis was the only one we really had to look out for now, but then again, after Melody had been able to teleport the rabbit inside my office…well, better safe than sorry I guess. And having most of the dead children on my side now meant I was safer.
"Hey, Mike?" Hope asked.
"Yeah?" I answered, checking the cameras and seeing that Travis was already on his way.
"Sorry I tried to attack you that one night…" She looked away awkwardly.
"It wasn't your fault." I assured her. "Plus, I know you really didn't want to do it. You were fighting Melody's control while you were out there."
"Yeah…but still, I almost hurt you-and Ian." Ian put his good hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay. I can't get hurt, remember?" He smiled reassuringly at her, and I could see Hope smiling back. Tricia snorted a little.
"You guys make a weird couple, you know that?"
"We're not a couple!" Ian and Hope protested in embarrassment at the same time.
"Yeah right. Who would've thought-Foxy and Chica together?"
"It's no weirder than Freddy being a girl!" Hope countered.
"Knock it off, you two." I said calmly from my chair, seeing Bonnie/Travis in the Party Room. Tricia just laughed, and Ian stuck his head through the door, whining.
"Mike, make her stop teasing us!"
"Tricia, be nice." I answered-and then immediately sat back in my seat as a realization suddenly dawned on me.
"Holy cow. I've gone full circle."
"Huh?" Ian blinked at me in surprise. "What do you mean?"
"I used to be a babysitter." I told him. "When I was sixteen. I looked after other people's kids for ten bucks an hour. And now…" I let out a humorless laugh. "I've taken a 180 turn from night guard back to babysitter. Yeah, there's still a risk of me being killed, but…"
"Not to interrupt," Tricia started, "But…" She pointed down the hall, and I got the message, locking the door. For a few tense moments, there was silence.
"Okay, he's gone now." Tricia finally announced. I got up and opened the door again, and noticed the look on her face as she watched Bonnie/Travis walking down the hall.
"You okay?" I asked.
"I'll be fine." She sighed. I immediately knew she was lying.
"Tricia…"
"I'm going to go talk to him." She suddenly said with a determined look, clenching her paws into fists.
"You sure about that?" I asked. "It didn't work when we tried it the last time."
"When you tried it." She corrected. "I'm his sister, maybe he'll listen to me! I can't stand seeing him like this, I have to do SOMETHING!"
"You sure that's a good idea?" Ian asked as he walked in behind me. "Back when all of you guys were brainwashed, I tried to talk to you a couple times, and almost got torn apart!"
"Yeah, but there were three of us." Tricia said. "Besides, you're scrawny."
Ian almost fell over backwards anime-style.
"Tricia…" Hope warned. But she didn't listen.
"Travis!" She marched off, walking over to the purple bunny.
Before I could see how the scene was going to play out, the lights suddenly started flickering.
"What's going on?" Hope asked, scared.
"That happens sometimes." I explained. "But the last time it happened…"
Then it happened. The Golden Freddy suit appeared in front of us, full and undamaged.
"How's that possible?!" Ian asked. "We both saw Travis tear the suit apart when…"
Before I could question it myself, the lights flickered again, and when they went back, Goldie was standing RIGHT in front of me. For the second time ever, the golden bear grabbed me, lifting me up by the collar of my shirt. Just by looking into its eyes, I could tell that Sal wasn't in the suit. Neither was anyone else. It was…empty.
"Mike!" Ian and Hope chorused. The sight of them rushing forward to try and help me was the last thing I saw before Golden Freddy disappeared from the office, taking me with him.
A/N: What? I DID warn you that things weren't going to be that easy, remember? I just wanted to have a short moment of the kids being, well...KIDS before things went down. Before you come after me with torches and pitchforks though, don't worry, I'm not going to kill Mike. I'm not THAT evil. However, he WILL get knocked around a bit. Your biggest question right now is probably 'How is the Golden Freddy suit fixed?' All shall be revealed in the next chapter-which will be out all the sooner the more reviews I get *hint hint*
PS-I'm sure by now that at least most of you have heard about FNAF World. Not sure how I feel about that...but hey, there's gonna be an FNAF movie so whatever :P