The same day, 11:52

Mike sat down after finally getting everything ready. His chest pulsed with pain every now and then which forced him to pause a bit before continuing to work. He was tired, but not so much that he felt he couldn't work. He's been through worse before, anyways. The ringing of the clock's chime rang out through the building and the lights dimmed before the echoes faded. A few seconds passed before the phone rang, it got cut off again today. Mike picked up the tablet and checked the show stage, and was slightly surprised to find that Freddy has moved, while the rest were still in their spots. This is really turning out to be an interesting week…

He looked around, and found the bear in the supply closet, where the spare parts were kept. What is abnormal, however, is that the bear didn't even try to hide and was even standing right where the light was shining into the room. Freddy's head is tilted towards the left corner away from the camera, and the animatronic didn't seem to move. Throughout the night, Mike regularly checked back to find no movement, and found the others didn't move either.

It seems like they're going after him one by one this week. On Wednesday, Chica's the one that moved, nothing from everyone else. The chicken banged around in the kitchen much longer than she has before, and when she came out at around 3:30 am, she suddenly made a beeline for the office, and, to his great dismay, stayed there the rest of the night. His batteries had run into the 10's by the time the alarm that signified 6 am sounded. On Thursday, as expected, Bonnie was the one moving around. He lumbered around the building, sometimes getting closer, and sometimes getting farther from him. Although he did come near a few times, Bonnie never came to the doorway. Friday. Around 15 minutes after his shift started, the phone suddenly blasted out a loud screeching sound, making Mike jump out of his seat. The sound was quickly cut off, and everything turned quiet once again. The silence continued for another hour or so when he realised all of the animatronics have moved. After a frantic search through the cameras and checking both lights 3 times, he could only conclude that, continuing with the streak of weirdness, they've all crowded into the kitchen. The occasional clank of the pots supported this theory. When he left that night, everyone had returned to their usual spots, although he thought the chicken was more greasy than usual. Shrugging it off as either they knocked some over while they were on their "Great adventure in the kitchen", or the janitors not cleaning very well (like usual), he met a tired-looking Mr. Money at the front, collected his check, and left the building.

Saturday, 12:36

Having overslept, Mike had to run to the hospital/clinic and was out of breath as he practically barged in, startling a mother and her child, who were sitting in the room. The woman at the front, recognizing him, smiled slightly as she watched him run up the stairs. Having reached the third floor, he quickly walked ahead (running is too loud) and opened the fourth door to the left to see his childhood friend laying in the bed across the room, looking smug.

"You're 3 minutes late. Hand over the quarter."

Sighing, Mike reached into his pocket and took out his second-to-last quarter, and tossed it to her. She caught it in the air and smiled. Mike took one of the chairs in the room and set it next to her bed. Tiredly sitting in it, he leaned back, still out of breath. The woman raised an eyebrow.

"I'd expected you to be more in shape than that" She said, still teasing him. Mike huffed and looked away, making her laugh harder. After a bit, she quieted. A few moments passed in silence until she asked the question he knew was coming.

"So...last week…?"

"...Would you accept 'I had work issues'?"

She stared at him a few minutes, making him thoroughly nervous, not completely sure how she'll react. "Fine, why not. I doubt you'd go and hurt yourself just for an excuse." Mike sighed and sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck. It seems like she noticed after all. The bruises have been healing but they were still pretty obvious. The two sat in quiet for a few moments before Mike's phone suddenly started ringing, startling the two a bit. Mike quickly ripped out the phone to shut it off when he saw the number is his boss's. Becoming a bit annoyed, he sighed and turned to her.

"Boss, sorry I'll be right back."

"Don't worry 'bout it, now get out before it goes to voicemail."

"Yeah, thanks Melody." Mike said, rushing out of the room. Unbeknownst to him, as soon as he stepped out of the room she let out a tired sigh and slumped down in the bed. She feels so tired these days.

"Hello?" Mike said into the phone, unable to completely hide the annoyance from his voice.

"Hello Mike, I'm sorry for calling you so many times this week, I just wanted to ask if you could do me a favor after work Monday."

"Yes, sure, what is it?" Mike said, wanting to end the conversation as quickly as possible.

"There will be a small rectangular package on the table waiting for you, after work if you can deliver it to the Obvious mansion that is located on the hill that's a bit away from the restaurant, that would be great. It's an important gift that I wanted to give to my friend who lives there, but I'll be busy this week and won't be able to deliver it myself, can you do that?"

"The mansion owned by Mister.. I think it was Mr. Afton?"

"Yes, that's right. So you'll be able to do it then?"

"Yes."

"Alright, thank you Mike, I'll see you this friday."

"Bye." Mike shut off his phone and put it back into his pocket. Without waiting he went back into the room, knowing his time left is short. When he went back in Melody was drinking from a glass of water he just realized was there, She raised an eyebrow at him, and he shrugged.

"Asked me to deliver something for him."

She nodded and put the glass back onto the table next to her bed. "Hey, I just remembered, Delivery boy, come here a sec." Groaning at his new nickname for the next few weeks, Mike walked over to the side of her bed. Melody picked up the computer she always had on the desk and opened it, typing for a few minutes before showing him the screen. A big, unmissable picture of some kind of alien creature was shown. It looked like it had some kind of tube on its face that is slightly pressing into said face. It looked a bit fat, and he could see it had eight stubby "feet" with little claw-like things on them. Truly…..for a lack of better words, horrifying. Melody, however, just sat there grinning.

"This guy you see right here is called a Tardigrade, also known as a Water bear, and they're really amazing."

Mike rolled his eyes. "Melody, you think EVERYTHING is amazing." She huffed, and crossed her arms, feigning annoyance.

"Not EVERYTHING."

Jokingly facepalming, Mike asked, "So tell me,, what makes these creepy things soooooo amazing?"

Melody pointed at the picture "For YOUR information, these guys are practically immortal. They live in wet places, but this one time scientists took dried them out for a hundred years, and when they put water on them, they were still alive!"

"Okay…? Cool….?"

"I'm not done yet." she said, waving dismissively at him. "Not only that, they can survive super high levels of radiation, and they can survive in space too. All without much damage."

"Okay…..Nice…."

She huffed again and put the computer back on the desk.

"You just have no appreciation for animals." Having nothing to back him up, Mike just chuckled slightly. Melody soon also joined in, laughing. A nurse abruptly went into the room, and before she said anything Mike had stood up and was already at the door.

"See ya next week, delivery boy."

"Don't call me that, please."

Melody laughed. "No promises." Mike slightly smiled and quietly closed the door behind him.

A/N Huh? What? Uh, what do you mean I said I'd be back? Nooooooo I deeeeeeeeeefinetely didn't say that. Yup. Totally. For sure.

Anyways sarcasm aside I'm really, really, really sorry for taking so long with this chapter, a day of rest turned into a week, a week turned into a month, which turned into monthS, and you get the point. And uh...to be honest I finished most of this during the week I was supposed to upload it ^^' Uh, and to be perfectly truthful right now I'm having a bit of trouble writing this story, I have the main idea down (But only the main) and I'm not entirely sure what to put in between these big events, which is what's been mostly holding me back, I'm not saying I'm quitting working on this story, but updates might be extremely slow. During the time I was gone I sort of started another story that's first chapter is, I'll be honest, isn't even close to being finished. But I'm trying to find the time to get to writing again and planning out this story. So what I'm trying to say is, I'm not quitting writing, but updates might be slow, so I'm really sorry. (I've got at least the next chapter planned out ;) )