A/N: I hope everyone had a happy Halloween. I had fun-went to my cousins' place in New York and watched the Halloween parade (though trying to get out afterwards was HELL -_-) Well, anyway, as a late Halloween present, here's the next chapter, set back in Mike's POV

Disclaimer: If I owned Five Nights at Freddy's, it would've been more like this.

I'm not sure how much time passed. It could've been five seconds. It could've been ten. Heck, it could've been an hour. I kept mentally replaying what I'd just seen over and over again in my mind. The dead kids had come back. They'd saved me-and Jeremy had dived into the suit, pretty much committing suicide as it malfunctioned on him. Given the fact that he'd been planning to shove me inside that same suit, it was pretty stupid. Maybe he was desperate to escape and just forgot? Whatever the case, he was dead now. Really, truly gone.

"Mike?" Ian floated over to me, looking concerned. "Are you okay?" I nodded slowly.

"Yeah-I'll be okay." I looked from him to all the others, looking them over. The first thing I noticed was that Hope's injuries were gone-probably because she was free of her proxy body. I looked over at the twins, realizing that it was my first time seeing them as they really were. Tricia had pigtails and overalls, and Travis had dreadlocks. Looking at them now, it was obvious how alike they looked, even if they WERE ghosts. They were definitely twins. I then looked at Melody-and noticed for the first time that now she looked like the others. She wasn't grayish-black and evil-looking anymore, but silver, with gray tear marks. Before I could stop myself, a huge smile spread over my face.

"You're alright. All of you-you're out. You're free."

"Thanks to you." Hope smiled at me. "If you hadn't come around…"

"But I didn't actually do anything to save you." I said, my smile fading. "Jeremy destroyed your animatronic bodies."

"They were trapped." Melody said, looking down at the ground guiltily. "I…I didn't realize just what I was doing. What I'd done. I trapped them here with me, and as time passed and I got angrier…" She sighed. "If you hadn't come and saved their souls-they would've been stuck in there forever, even after Jeremy destroyed their animatronics." Melody looked around at the others, guilt obvious on her face.

"I'm sorry for what I did to you all. I just…"

"It's in the past now." Tricia said, shrugging it off. "We're out now." Coincidentally as soon as she said this, Melody started to disappear, her particles slowly starting to drift away. She looked down at herself in surprise as she started to fade.

"What the…?" Travis said in surprise. Melody looked at the others, then at me, smiling a little in gratitude.

"Thank you…Mike Schmidt." Soon, she was gone. The same thing that had happened to her then started happening to Tricia. I suddenly realized what was going on.

"Your souls are free now." I said quietly. "You can all rest in peace."

I should've been happy. This was what I had been working so hard for. I kept coming back night after night to free them. But now that they were actually disappearing in front of my eyes…I felt like a huge rock had settled in my stomach.

"Mike?" I looked back up at Tricia just in time to see her disappear completely. Travis raised an eyebrow as he started to fade himself.

"Hey, man, what's with the waterworks?!"

"Huh?" I touched my hand to my face, and suddenly realized that I was crying. Travis shook his head, a smirk on his face.

"You're a weird guy, you know that?" And with that, he was gone. Next Hope started to fade away.

"Wait!" I said, my voice sounding more choked than I wanted. Hope looked at me. "Will…will I ever see you again?" She smiled gently at me.

"Of course! But not for a long, long time, okay?" I automatically nodded, and Hope gave me one last kind smile before disappearing. Finally, Ian started to fade. I let out a shaky sob. For the second time that night, flashbacks started running through my mind. My first night of work, when I'd met Ian for the first time, and he'd protected me. When he told me what he really was, and I vowed to help him and his friends. When we'd had to hide out in Pirates' Cove. When I'd had to calm him down by hugging him after we saw Sal ripped apart in front of us.

This little ghost boy-the first friend I'd ever had, had become like a little brother to me. And now he was literally fading away. I knew it was selfish to wish that he and the others could've stuck around longer…but they were my friends. I couldn't help but feel like I was being left all alone again.

Ian must've sensed how I felt, because before I knew it he flew right up to me, throwing his little arms around me in a hug, which I returned. He was crying himself now, actual tears matching the marks on his cheeks. This time, however there was a bright smile on his face.

"Thanks, Mike." He whispered with a sob. "Thank you for everything you did for me and my friends." He smiled sadly at me, his glowing yellow eyes looking brighter than usual. "I'll never, ever forget you."

And then he was gone.

I was barely aware of the sirens blaring outside, indicating that the police had finally come. Hell, I barely even noticed when the police came in and saw me bawling my eyes out all over the floor. They mumbled something about 'trauma', put a blanket over me, and ushered me outside. It was so surreal I hardly noticed. I stood next to Fritz, looking at the 'Freddy Fazbear's' sign and thinking of the children whose souls were once housed in those animatronics, and who were now finally free from their pain and misery, free to enjoy eternal paradise.

Goodbye.

A/N: *Ugly sobbing* I just...I can't right now. I mean, yes, I've been waiting to write this part for a long time now, but I just...I...*Cries again* It's not over quite yet though, there's one more real chapter to go, plus something extra. Stay tuned! And, as always, review!