You Can't Fix What Is Not Broken
By: End of Grace
A/N: Well over a week of stressing and worrying later, here is your new chapter, again sorry about the wait. Thank you for your understanding and your advice. Once my hard drive was free and checked over, my hubby got all my stuff off of it and placed it in to his pc for safe keeping. Now I've got to share the pc with hubby which is going to be hard since he mainly has it for work, at least until I can get a new laptop. Thankfully though chapter 8 is with Speedox12 and will be up next week. You might also noticed that I'm taking my time with this story, that's because I want to build all the relationships and such before I come to the end. Also I want to know more about the new continent that's getting released soon. So until then Enjoy!
Chapter seven: Getting to know you.
"You've got a lot of nerve!" Mike snapped at Dahl when he finally reached his office. After quickly leaving the "Nightmare" house, he had demanded to see Dahl right away. He was furious, how could Dahl think he could get away with turning Freddy and the gang into those… monsters! Smiler had broke into sweats and started to mutter apologies and such, but Mike told him that he was about ready to leave and tell Dahl by text, that the man quickly go on the phone himself and started to make arrangements. Soon there was a limo outside the park ready to take Mike and Jeremy straight to Dahl's office. Jeremy was angry, but Mike was furious. He looked at his and Jeremy ankles from where that large bear had grabbed them, it had left its mark on them, and they were thinking of letting kids near it with pillows to piss it off? It could be a bloodbath waiting to happen. Didn't his engineers put any fail safes in them? Someone was going to get their ass kicked. They were driven to a huge building and quickly greeted by one of Dahl's underlings, who quickly led them to Dahl's office. The building was very posh looking with Critter County art hanging on all the walls. It reminded Mike slightly of his parents' office building except the artwork would have been more modern, it made his stomach turn, if he wasn't so pissed he would have just turned around and left. Dahl was sitting calmly at his desk with a wide grin on his face as Mike and Jeremy stormed in.
"What on earth is the matter Michael? Didn't you enjoy the park? Why it's the happiest place on earth." said Dahl still smiling.
"It's a law suit waiting to happen! That new ride of yours is filled with rejects that you have made to look like Freddy and the others. When Mr. McBear finds out…"
"Do you really think your small little company is able to take my empire to court? All those months in court and for what, a few animatronics that are mostly likely going to be scrapped after Halloween? Does your company have the funds to do that? Especially after just opening a new branch."
Mike body trembled with anger as inhaled through his nose to try and calm down. As much as he hated it, Dahl was right, there was no real way the Fazbear company could take Critter Country to court and win before going bankrupt.
"Ok, fine." he breathed, reining in his anger as he glared at Dahl's smirking face "But I cannot allow you to open that ride with such dangerous animatronics."
Dahl laughed "Dangerous? My dear Michael that is…"
Mike slammed his foot onto Dahl's desk and pulled up his jeans to show the large paw like bruise around his ankle. Dahl went white, his eyes widening as his jaw dropped. "How….?"
"I was on the floor looking over the small bear animatronics when the large black bear grabbed me by the ankle and yanked me away from them. Now imagine what it would have done to a child!" Mike snapped "Second of all, you're having the animatronics being hit by pillows while they have all their wires and parts on display, are your engineers idiots? It would only take one wrong hit or too many for something to get trapped, knocked, or pulled and then you have a berserk animatronics attacking people in a dark confined space. Then you'll have more than a lawsuit on your hands! You'll have blood as well!"
Dahl's frightened look went to one of anger quickly as he picked up his phone and quickly punched in a number so hard Mike was surprised his fingers hadn't punched through the plastic.
"Eisner! Get your ass into my office now! And bring Iger with you!" Dahl snapped as he slammed down the phone. He looked up at Mike, his face serious as he stood up his hands firmly on his desk. "Michael, Jeremy, I cannot tell you how sorry I am. I pride myself on making my park safe for everyone. You have my most sincere apologies. Do you need any one to look at that?"
"No, it's fine, nothing some painkillers won't fix." said Mike as there was a knock on the door and two men came in, both looking worried.
"You asked to see us sir?" said a tall looking man with a slightly bald head.
"Sam Eisner, Bill Iger, this is Michael Schmidt and his friend Jeremy. Michael, these men are in charge of several projects in my empire... the most recent one being the nightmare project. Sam, Bill, Michael here has something to show and tell you."
Mike showed them his ankle and quickly told them of their experience inside the ride. Iger, ran his hand though this thick hair and rubbed his glasses in a worried fashion, while Eisner just turned red, his eyes glaring into Mike.
"You're lying! Our animatronics are perfectly safe! And if it did grab you, you must have done something to upset or aggravate it."
"Even if Mike did either of those things, the animatronic still shouldn't have touched him, for crying out loud if you think upsetting or aggravating caused it to do that, you sure as hell shouldn't allow it near kids. Nine times out of ten they don't know any better." argued Jeremy.
"I told you Sam… they need to have protocols... limits…" said Bill with an exhausted sigh as if a point he's been trying to make had finally been heard.
"The engineers did what they needed to do in the time scale they were allowed. Besides we didn't want to spend too much on this project and we certainly weren't going to shell out for some new software that we don't necessarily need." said Eisner.
"But we clearly do need it as it's been bloody proven that the animatronics can eventually harm someone." snapped Bill.
"And the animatronics themselves are not safe due to their design, you have too much uncovered, it's an accident waiting to happen…" Mike started only for Eisner to glare and sneer at him.
"And what would a punk like you know about animatronics?"
There was a thick silence as Mike gripped his fists tightly, Jeremy holding on to his arm in case he went to punch Eisner in the face, as Dahl sighed loudly.
"Michael here, works at Freddy Frazbear's pizzeria, which means he works with animatronics every day. He has programmed them as well as built his own and quite frankly, his animatronics blow ours almost out of the water. Also, the animatronics there interact with children every day without fault, so if Michael here says there is a problem with our animatronics, I'm slightly inclined to believe him. So, Eisner, Iger, do our animatronics have safety features or not?"
Eisner went slightly pale as he coughed "Not... exactly sir. We've programmed them to approach people and scare them and that's about it. They're not programmed to do anything else."
Mike groaned loudly and slapped his hand over his face as Iger pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Seriously? No wonder he's been head hunting you Mike, this guy is a moron!" said Jeremy in disbelief.
"Wha... How dare you! I'm the chief executive here and I…" Eisner snapped but stopped when Dahl slammed his fist down on his desk angrily.
"Sam! I have told you time and time again about cutting corners. Especially when it comes to safety. Now that ride is meant to be opening next week and now it might not open at all, due to your negligence, then we will really be out of pocket. Now Iger, I want you to help Mike and Jeremy anyway you can and get those animatronics up to snuff, do whatever you need to do to do it. Now get going and Eisner….this is your last warning!" said Dahl firmly, as the two men quickly walked out of the office. Dahl came from around his desk and placed his hands on Mike's shoulders. "Michael, believe me when I say I am truly very sorry about all this, I wanted to show you how amazing my home was, not this. How about I make it up to you by taking you to dinner… just you if you don't mind."
Mike looked over at Jeremy who simply shrugged. It didn't matter to him really as food was free at their hotel. Besides if Mike was out for the night, he could talk to Chi in peace.
"Umm… sure I guess... I've got to go back to the hotel anyway and get my laptop… do I need to change…?" Mike asked, really wishing that Jeremy would jump to his defense.
"Maybe into something a bit smarter, but other than that you're fine." said Dahl as he grasped Mike's hand and held it against his chest "You don't know how much this means to me Mike. Rest assured I'll pay you for your time and services…"
"Oh... there is no need… this holiday is enough…" said Mike as he tried to pull his hand away.
"If you say so. Now I'll let you go and I'll see you tonight Mike." said Dahl with his usual charming smile as Mike and Jeremy quickly left his office.
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Iger was astounded by Mike's tech and software knowledge as his eyes skimmed over the screen filled with computer jargon. He had once work at Peach's head office and worked alongside Mr. Jobs, so he knew genius where he saw it, what on earth was this boy doing in a fast food place?
"Right, now once this software is in place, any irregularities in its programming or even physical movement, the animatronics will immediately shut down." Mike explained "Now I need to know the weight of each animatronics parts, mostly the paws and then I'll get started on that."
"Sorry I don't follow…" said Iger in confusion "What has weight got to do with it?"
"Well, look at Freddy at the pizzeria for example, now the weight of his paw is roughly about the weight of a human stone right? But unlike us humans, he doesn't have the control or concept of being gently on his own, we have to input it in for him, because you do not want him patting the head of a small child with his full strength right? So we have to program in all the movements and such." said Mike as he bought up Freddy's arm movement for Iger to see.
"Amazing" Iger sighed, his fingers itching to take the laptop and learn all its secrets.
Jeremy blew a slight raspberry "You think that's amazing? You should see Chi's programming, I'm sure that's a lot better!"
Mike rolled his eyes as he bought up Chi's design "Are you sure it's because it's amazing or you just want to see it?"
Iger ignored their little banter as he continued to take in as much as the programming as he could. At first when Dahl had suggested this project, he had been against it, mostly because of the rumors of it being because Dahl had wanted to woe someone to work for him. Yet now, he could see why Dahl wanted Mike so badly, he was a genius. Why with his brains, they would be unstoppable, it wouldn't surprise him if they could make their animatronics practically alive with Mike's know how. The possibilities were endless.
"Mike, we better wrap this up, don't forget you gotta get ready for your date with Dahl." said Jeremy looking at his watch.
"It's dinner Jeremy, not a date, and I guess you're right. Do you think you could e-mail me the information I need? I want to get started first thing in the morning, if that's ok?" said Mike as he started to close down his laptop.
"Sure... I'll have the engineers know and they can meet you…" said Iger, but stopped when Mike shook his head.
"No need. Just leave the parts there and me and Jeremy will sort it out" said Mike as he stuffed his laptop into his bag.
"I'm not sure that is allowed… I'll check… it's not that we don't trust you it's…"
"I understand." said Mike as he waved good bye and followed Jeremy out of the office they were working in. Iger flopped down in his chair and ran his hand through his hair, thinking of his employer dining the young man.
"Don't screw this up, sir."
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Jeremy piled on the pillows on his bed, he had ordered takeaway pizza and soda and got in to his lose PJ's. With the slight time difference, it was still an hour to go before he could safely call Chi without there being anyone, but Matt there. Mike had already gone on his "meeting" with Dahl, Mike insisted it wasn't a date of any kind, but he disagreed, there was no way this was going to be a simple dinner meeting. Not with the way Dahl had been looking at Mike. It was slightly disturbing. There was a loud knock on the door, his pizza was here, he quickly gave the guy a quick tip and sat down to watch rubbish TV before he called Chi. He really liked Chi, oddly more than he liked any human girl, she was... special. She was so brave… after everything that evil jerk had done to her, she could have asked to retire like Gold had done, but instead got back to work, sure she mainly stayed behind the scene, but she had gotten a lot better around people. It was also mainly due to Thomas mainly employing girls for the new pizzeria that they outnumbered the few males there. During the day he helped on the shop floor, but when a delivery came he helped Chi bring it in, even though she could carry a lot more than him, but she was always so happy to see him and spend time with him.
She had tried to cook for him one night while he was on night duty. It came out like a black Frisbee, but he still ate it. Lately she had been giving him slight pecks on the cheek and before he left on this trip she had hugged him tightly that he almost lost his breath. He knew Chi wasn't ready to go any further than that, but sometimes it was hard on him, mainly his dick, with waiting. Hopefully he could talk to Chi and maybe give himself some relief without Mike around to catch him. Jeremy wondered what Mike would think about him having feelings for Chi, would he understand? Would he report him? Placing the remains of his dinner a side, he climbed on to the bed and got himself comfortable as he dialed the cove's number.
"Hello? Jeremy?" came Chi's anxious voice came through the speaker.
"Hey, how's the prettiest animatronic doing?"
She giggled "You're so sweet. How are you and Mike doing? Are you having fun?"
Jeremy sighed "Not really. Dahl's pulled some really underhanded stunt and Mike is all sorts of pissed at him, but there isn't anything we can really do, other than try and help these animatronics out otherwise they're going to be scrapped before they even get to entertain kids."
"How awful. Wait...did you say Mike was helping them? You know what the others are going to say when I tell them what is going on."
"Yeah… but it's to save their lives… kind of... surely that's not against the rules. These guys really do need help, Chi."
"Alright….I'll try and smooth it over with the Captain."
"You're the best Chi! So anything happened at the pizzeria without me and Mike?"
"No, it's been quiet really, though Jenny, the manager, said she got a call from Thomas about doing a really big event for all the animatronics for the local children's hospital. Sounds really big and a lot of fun."
"Maybe for you, but I have a feeling me and Mike will be stuck with the grunt work, how's Matt handling the double shifts?"
"He's wonderful! He got us walkie talkies so we can call him if we see anything suspicious and report it to him. And during the night, he makes the rounds with Foxy, making sure the Cove is all locked up and safe. Foxy says it feels as if he's been part of the crew for years."
"Glad he's getting on with you guys. Just wish Mark would do the same… don't suppose Freddy's called to report that Goldie has murdered him or anything?"
Chi giggled "Nope, but if I hear anything I'll let you know. Jermey…"
"Yeah?"
"Um….er...um…..I was wondering….do you...um...like me…?"
"You know I do…"
"I didn't mean like that...I meant like the other like….Like a girl…"
Jeremy suddenly felt his own heart speeding up as he adjusted himself on the bed. "You mean do I like you as a girl or a girlfriend? Then... I really would like you to be my girlfriend Chi, I think the world of you, your kind and shy, but work really hard. You're beautiful inside and out."
"Thank you Jeremy. I really like you too. I didn't think I would be able to like a human again… after… well…"
"Hey you don't have to think about it, probably best you don't." Jeremy said quickly "Besides I know better than to play around with a girl's heart, mechanical or otherwise, cause my mom bought me up right." Jeremy blushed and felt like smacking himself in the face. 'Damn it, I sound like such a geek! Why the hell did I bring up my mother of all people!'
Chi giggled again "Thank you Jeremy. I know I can trust you. And when you get back I'll make you a really nice welcome home cake."
Jeremy's stomach insistently churned thinking of the burnt pizza she made. "You don't have to do that…"
"Don't worry, Matt has offered to take me, Mangle and Betty to Freddy's so my sister can give us and a human girl a cooking lesson. Said it was called a 'girly night'."
"Sounds like fun and if it's a human girl at Freddy's then it's got to be Emily. She's been hanging around Chica for a while according to Mike. They've become pretty good friends."
There was a deep humming noise and a slight sniffle on the line."Chi? Are you ok?"
"I'm fine...just a little emotional I guess. My older sister was never the confident one and had issues with her looks. Yet now, she has someone as wonderful as Mike to love and now she's made a really good friend... does it sound silly that I'm so happy for her?"
Jeremy smiled "Not at all. Though you should really stop crying, your big sister can get really scary if she thinks you're upset and I'd rather her not kick my ass for it."
Chi laughed out loud and hiccupped slightly "Ok... I'll make sure to protect you from her. I've got to go Jeremy, Mangle is calling me to help clean up, and I'll talk to you tomorrow?"
"Sure, tomorrow at the same time ok? Bye Chi, Love ya!"
"I love you too, bye!"
Jeremy put down his phone and couldn't stop grinning like a stupid idiot. He had gotten himself an animatronic girlfriend and as wonderful as this break was, he simply couldn't wait to get home.
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Mike tugged on his long shirt sleeves and tried to calm his nerves, but Dahl kept grinning like that and making his skin crawl. To make it worst they were eating in the famous castle of Princess Aura, a Chipmunk version of Sleeping Beauty and one of the main characters that had led to Dahl's and Critter Country's success. Despite the slightly lack dress code, it was still a really posh looking place and expensive too, he felt so out of place again.
"I spoke to Iger before picking you up, he was quite taken with you and your work, he use to work in computers himself at a company called "Peach". Have you heard of it?" Dahl asked.
"Yes and I have personally met with Mr. Jobs as well. He's a really amazing man." said Mike as he twiddled with his knife and fork.
"Oh? Where did you meet him?" Dahl asked with interest as their starters arrived.
"At a charity party with my parents."
"Ah! The famous Schmidt lawyers. I've been represented by them and against them in various courts. You have quite amazing parents." said Dahl when he noticed Mike's shocked look "Come now, did you honestly think that I'd invite you into my park as my guest if I hadn't done a background check on you?"
"I guess…"
Dahl frowned at Mike "You don't get on with your parents?"
"More like they don't get on with me." Mike said bitterly. "They don't like what I'm doing with my life and they want me to come work with them."
"There is nothing wrong with that...at least from a parent's point of view, but tell me Mike, have you ever tried to explain your love for computers and animatronics to them?"
"What good would that do?" Mike asked, slightly surprised by the question.
"Well speaking from experience how do they know how much your job and your love for animatronics means to you if you don't tell them?"
"I have! They just don't listen." Mike snapped, slightly bending the fork with his grip.
"Then why don't you show them then? Have they ever met Shadow? Have they ever seen you at work?" Mike was silent, but Dahl could see him biting his lip and looking conflicted.
"May I tell you a small story? When I was making my first animated film, money shall we say was… tight, I sort of knew that, but my brother was the one in charge of the finances so I didn't allow it to bother me too much, I was too busy making art, making my dream. I was so busy making the film, that I didn't see how this was affecting my brother and my family in general. My brother kept telling me that I had to show people the unfinished film in order to get more money, but I kept refusing because I didn't want anyone to see it yet, of course this caused a lot of friction between us and my family kept going on about how sick I was making him, but I didn't care because no one anyone seemed to care about how I was feeling. Then one day my father came to my office, his face gray and holding a letter in his hand. The bank had sent him a letter saying the house would be repossessed if they didn't see what we were spending the money on that we had borrowed. This had caused my brother to have a very large anxiety attack and had been hospitalized. It was the kick in the rear I needed to see what I was doing to the people around me. My animators were exhausted, going without sleep and working all the hours the day sent, and my family were making themselves sick with worry. I called the bank and made a date for them to come and see the film and of course as you and everyone knows the rest is history. My brother got better as did our relationship but it was always there in the back of my mind that I also nearly made my family homeless and cost my brother his health. Now it's rather different to your situation, but the moral is still the same. Don't leave it until it's too late to try and come to an understanding with your family"
Mike looked down at his soup and felt like a heal. His parents had always wanted the best for him, they just always pushed it on to him without asking him what he thought not that he ever really tried to tell them otherwise. And the night of that party, he had been a dick, sure the some of the people there hadn't been nice, but he had judged everyone to be like that, when clearly that wasn't the case.
"I guess... it's not going to be easy though."
Dahl laughed again "Kid, it wouldn't be life if it were easy, now let's eat before our food gets cold."
Mike genuine smiled back and started to enjoy himself. Maybe when he got back, he could try and get his parents to come and visit the pizzeria. His mum was bound to find Shadow cute enough to like him and maybe once she was on his side, his father might come around, it was a one in a million chance, but it was better than just ignoring, arguing, and fighting them.
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The next day Mike, Jeremy with Iger in tow went back to the "Nightmare" attraction. Iger turned on all the lights, surprising Mike and Jeremy to how simple everything really looked compared to when it was in the dark.
"It will take too long to put a rail in to make it a ride, so I was thinking of having a set moving walkway, like they have at airports. That way, they can't move or go back, and being going at a pace that will allow the animatronics to scare them and allow them to just recover their wits before the next one jumps out." said Iger pointing to the floor and moving his arms about as if he were an airplane host..
"But what's the difference between a rail and a moving walkway? Surely they're both going to take time?" said Jeremy as he looked confused.
"Not really. Rails have to be made to scale and take time while with a walkway, if you have the pieces in storage, is a lot simpler to install since it's mainly rollers that need putting in. Plus if there was some kind of illuminated paint alongside the walkway, it can be programmed into the animatronics that they don't cross that line, assuring the children's safety." said Mike as Iger nodded.
"You've got it. We keep and rescale a lot of our attractions when we're done with them. Like when Halloween is over and we start getting ready for the thanksgiving season, everything here will go into storage what can be used again or scraped. Now let's see if we can find those animatronics, shall we, so we can get that programming done."
"Can I ask something? What are you seriously going to do to the animatronics when you close this ride down?" Jeremy asked "You guys aren't really going to scrap them right?"
"Well… it really does depend how they're received by the public. If they do well, we might keep this as a yearly attraction for Halloween. But if it fails... then who knows... they might just get stripped down and reprogrammed for Christmas."
Jeremy looked at Mike and could see Mike didn't like that answer any more than he did, but what could they do? They weren't the pizzeria animatronics, so they simply didn't have a say.
As they walked down the hall Mike expected to see the large purple bunny, but it was empty.
"Why is she? The purple bunny should be here right?"
"She? I don't know about gender, but when all the lights are on and when the ride is not operating the animatronics are meant to go back to their storage places to recharge. It… I mean she might be in the back. The first one I thought we could work on is animatronic 24601; it's stationed in the bedroom closet."
Jeremy mouthed "Foxy?" and Mike nodded, as that what the little animatronics had said to them the other night. They walked into the room and Mike quickly spare a glance at the childlike bed and wondered if the small animatronics were still under there. Iger opened the closet door and beamed as he proudly presented the animatronic.
"Here it is, animatronic 24601, it's actually one of my personally favorites. Quite terrifying isn't he?"
Mike could see why Iger would called the Foxy animatronic scary, but as he looked closer, he felt his heart give a painful twist, seeing how frightened the animatronic actually was. Although to most the animatronic looked like he was ready to pounce, but to Mike, who had learnt all about the different stances, he could tell that this "Foxy" was actually trying to curl itself up, it's hind legs to close together with its tail wrapped around them, it's paws a lot close to his chest as if he was hugging himself with his one showing optic, open wide with fear instead of glaring.
"Now Mike, if you take its other arm and I take this one, we can lift it out and we can get to work on it" smiled Iger as he went to grab the fox only for Mike to stop him.
"Would you mind if I try something first?" Mike asked as he pulled Iger back a little.
"Um...I guess...but you can't do much with him in there…"
"It's fine, besides Jeremy has some questions he wants to ask you anyway, isn't that right Jeremy?" said Mike as Jeremy fake a smile and nodded.
It was part of their plan to distract Iger while Mike tried to speak to the animatronics without him watching him. As Jeremy started to ask his questions and making sure Iger had his back to Mike, Mike smiled as he stood in front of the fox animatronic.
"It's ok. We're not here to hurt you or anything. You might remember me from the other day with my friend, or you might have heard it from your friends, I'm a friend. I'm actually an engineer too, I'm here to make a few adjustments to you and talk to you about a few things. So do you think you can step out for me?"
The Fox looked over at Iger and Jeremy then back at Mike before shaking its head. Mike still smiled and held out his hand.
"Please? I really only want to help you and be your friend... you can trust me."
The Fox looked at Mike's hand and slowly lowered his paw into it, taking a nervous step out of his closet into the room, staying very close to Mike as he kept his optic on the other two humans. When hearing the movement of metal, Iger quickly spun around in case Mike was doing something he shouldn't only to stare in amazement at the animatronic.
"How….How did you?"
Jeremy thumped Iger on the back "Don't think about it too much, Mike can make animatronics do pretty much anything he wants them too, hell you would think they were alive half the time."
"But... 24601 weighs quite a lot… how…" Iger started as he still tried to process how Mike had moved the large animatronic on his own.
"Look we can't just call him 240 whatever, he needs a name, so does he have a real one?" Mike asked as he looked at the fox for an answer but the fox quickly shook its head, so Iger wouldn't notice.
"Well... no... since they're only going to be holiday ones, we never give them names…" said Iger in some confusion. Why would a name matter?
"Well, he's a lot like Foxy in looks… but not in character… but still you're related to pirates so a pirate like name... hmmm… how about Jack, after Captain Jack Sparrow?"
"But Jack Sparrow was a hero… he's a monster." said Iger in disdain.
"Well how about Jack the Ripper then, you can't get more evil than that, though personally I think Mangy would be better. Since it's obviously Foxy's and Mangle's kid." said Jeremy
"Mangy… Mangy… not too bad. How about it boy, like the name Mangy?" Mike asked, watching the corners of the animatronic face go upwards slightly for a smile. "Well Mangy, I'm Mike, that's Jeremy and that there is Mr. Iger. We're going to upgrade you and your friends today as well as do a couple of renovations to the building. So I want you to relax and don't worry 'bout a thing ok?"
Iger frowned as he watched Mike get to work. Why had he spoken to the animatronic as if it were alive? Then he remembered being told how the animatronics were at the pizzeria, so Mike had just gotten use to speaking to them. He watched Mike attach his laptop and was surprised at how gentle Mike was and how he explained everything he was doing to the animatronic as if to calm its nerves. Jeremy had joined Mike and the newly named "Mangy" and started to tell the animatronic about it fox counterparts at the pizzeria. What an odd pair of boys. His phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket and he quickly pulled it out to see it was Eisner.
"Sorry Mike, I've got to quickly take this, I'll be in the hall" he called out as he started to move away.
"No problem" said Mike as he waved but not really looking up from his work. Iger quickly moved into corridor and placed his phone to his ear.
"Eisner, this better be good, I'm busy!"
"With what? That boy? He's useless and a liar! He's only here because Dahl wants a bed warmer!"
"Mind your tongue. You never know how is listening and you're already walking on thin ice. Now what is it you want?"
"I want an update on how things are progressing. We need that attraction open soon!"
"Oh for the love of… we've only just got here ourselves! And we…"
Suddenly there was a loud clanging of metal above his head, as sawdust and dust fell all around him, as he looked to the high ceiling to see what had caused it. "I'll call you back…"
Iger snapped his phone shut and started to look around as he slipped it back into his pocket. There was the sound of little feet pattering around quickly but he couldn't see anyone around. Had a child gotten in? "Hello? Is someone there? This place isn't open to the public yet…"
He heard the feet again but this time they were right behind him and as he turned and saw what it was he gave a small scream as the creature leapt up at him.
"Now that loser is gone." smiled Jeremy "You can move about if you want Mangy."
Mangy optic looked over at Mike, with his eyebrow slightly lifted, as if asking permission.
"It's fine, like we said, we work with other lively animatronics, so it doesn't bother us"
Mangy rubbed his paws together nervously, his ears pinned down against his head with worry.
"Big Daddy said not to trust or move about when you fleshies were about." his voice was soft and gentle.
"Big Daddy? Is that the really big black bear with the gold bow tie?" Mike asked as Mingy nodded.
"You really upset him last night. He was crying for ages."
"But Mike didn't do anything." Jeremy argued as he pulled on Mike's jeans and showed Mangy the bruise on his leg. "And look what that big guy did to Mike's leg."
"Big daddy… really, REALLY doesn't like his nose being touched. He can get very touchy about it."
"Ok, I'll apologize when I see him later. Now, I'm going to start your updates, do you need anything else? Joints need oiling?" Mike asked as he typed away on his laptop.
"I'm good, thank you Mr. Mike." smiled Mangy, showing all his razor sharp black teeth.
A scream caused the two humans and the animatronic to jump, while Mike and Jeremy were ready to fight, Mangy cringed and started to back away towards his closet.
"Mangy it's going to be ok. Me and Jeremy are going to see if Iger is alright, you can stay here where it's safe." said Mike calmly as he patted the animatronic shoulder.
"Thank you… be safe." said Mangy as he watched the two humans slowly walk into the hallway. Mike and Jeremy slowly walked down the hall where they saw Iger's body laying flat on the ground with a small gold rabbit sitting on his chest and hitting him with a squeaky rubber mallet. The rabbit's fur was a mixture of different golden material's patched together, his optics were like large golf balls and his smile was like the Joker from the batman comics.
"So you must be Pushtrap right?" said Mike as he looked down at the small animatronic. The little bunny gave him a really large creepy grin as he smacked Iger over the head with his mallet again.
To Be Continued...PLEASE REVIEW
B/N: Well, looks like she was able to get back a bit quicker than we expected. Chapter 8 is already in the making, so don't worry yourselves too much. Well, this is looking up to be quite interesting. Hope you all enjoyed the new chapter, and make sure to leave a comment as Grace sure seems to like getting them. Make sure to be back next time for "You Can't Fix What Is Not Broken, Chapter 8: 'What's in a name?'."