Chapter 17 Onward and Upward

Mike and Mable struggled to break free from Jeremy's grip he had on them. It was no use: they were stuck. The soles of their shoes were being worn down as they were dragged down the sidewalk, and the vice grip that the older brother had on his sibling and friends wrists was enough to make a few bones crack. "Jeremy, you cannot legally drag us to the diner against our will!" The girl yelled. "I'm pretty sure this qualifies as a kidnapping!"

"Can it Mable. Mike I told dad that instead of waiting until your birthday came around, I decided to bring you to FredBear's and show you the diner. Just so you can get an idea of where your party's being held. And also becuase you've never been there before."

The younger brother said nothing for a breif moment before speaking. "Yay! I knew you were a good person and that you cared about me." Jeremy just snorted and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah right, I'm only doing this for mom so that she doesn't punish me for my attitude and behavior. She said she expected it to change by the time your birthday came around."

Mikes smile vanished and turned back into a frown, "awww, and here I actually beleived that you cared about me!" He wined.

"Jeremy, could maybe try to care about him?" Mabel asked.

"Why would you even ask a queston such as that one?" Jeremy asked. "Cause I'm pretty sure we all know the anwser to it."

"Don't even try Mable." Mike told her. "There is no changing his mind." The boys eyes widened when he saw FredBears. He looked up at his brother.

"Well, here we are small fry. Welcome to FredBears Family Diner."

"Ah so this is where daddy works. Yay." The little boy was dragged inside along with Mable. Blue eyes lit up when he saw his father. As soon as his older brother released his wrist, Mike sprinted over to his dad and hugged his legs, crying." Daddy!"

Vincent looked down and gave a warm smile to his youngest and then to the girl who he winked at. Mable knew what that meant. She wasn't about to spoil the surprise. She simply kept her mouth closed and gave a thumbs up. "Why hello Mike. Mable." He glared at his oldest. "Jeremy."

"Hello again Mr. Schmidt." Sean greeted.

"Sean, please! Not now!" Jeremy snapped. Sean gave a nod and went over to FredBear and Spring Bonnie.

"Vincent, you need to do something with him. He is out of control." Mable commented.

"Why?" The guard tilted his head. "Son, what did you do this time?" He crossed his arms over his chest.

"What, I did nothing." Jeremy protested, holding up his hands.

The younger brother looked up at his dad before turning his gaze onto his brother. "Liar, you dragged me and Mable here against our will!" Mike blurted out. "We didn't want to go dad!" Hector, who had been listening to their conversation from his office, stepped up to them.

"Vincent?"

"Oh, hi Mr. FredBear. I take it you were listening?"

Hector nodded. "Yes I heard it all." He looked to Mike who had retreated behind his dad. His head peeking around to look up at him. "Vincent, would this, by any chance be Mike? Your other son?"

Vincent smiled. "Correct. Hector, this is Mike Schmidt. Mike, this is Mr. FredBear my boss." He gently grabbed Mike's shoulders and coaxed him out. "Don't be shy, say hello."

"Hello." The boy gave a nervous wave, before retreating back behind his dad.

"He's a little shy at first, but once you get to know him, he's a joy to be around." The guard remarked.

"Aw, he's adorable Vincent." Samual commented.

Felicity nodded, "Agreed." The wife and son, took one more look at him before heading off to clean up for the day.

As Michelle kept focused on her work, the worry about Fritz killing her left her body. Steve was right, the woman just needed to focus on her job. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the old veteran eyeing her. He simply smiled and winked. Michelle mouthed the words "thank you for the talk" and Steve reciprocated with a nod.

As the day drew to a close, the woman was lucky that he was still there as her shift ended. "You feeling better Michelle?"

The woman nodded, a bright smile on her face. "I feel so much better, and you were completly right, I just needed to get my mind off of those nonimportant thoughts and focus on my main objective as a shop manager. In fact I'm going head straight home, right now and relax." Michelle said with a total look of confidence sparkling in her bright blue eyes. The old vetrean stood up and followed her out the door. She took her key and locked up the shop, before setting off. She waved goodbye to him.

"I'm glad our little talk helped, see you later." Steve smiled as he watched the burnette skitter down the street. It was a nice drive home, but it didn't stay that way for long. Entering the house, the woman was greeted with scilence:

No yelling, no t.v running, not even the sound of Mike and his brother...

Just dead scilence. Dropping her purse to the floor, she ran through the whole house in search of somebody, anybody. But she found nobody. Not a soul in sight. Panicking, Michelle made a bee line for the phone, snatched it up, and dialed up her husband.

"Hello?" Vincent greeted.

"Vinny!" The guard almost threw his phone to the ground. The wifes high pitched scream practically cost Vincent the hearing in his right ear.

"Michelle, whatever is the matter dear, is Fritz threating you again?" He wondered. "I swear, that guy is going to pay." Vincent sat down in a chair and held the phone out a little ways as to not get his eardrums shattered into pieces.

"It's worse than that! Mike and Jeremy aren't at home. They're gone!"

Vincent chuckled. "Oh is that all?"

Michelle was shocked to hear the calm lining within the mans voice. "Vinny are you not hearing what I'm saying to you?! Our sons are gone! How are you not more concerned about this?!"

"I'm not worried about where our boys are, because they're right here. Jeremy brought Mike over to the diner himself. And also Mable's here too. Say hi guys." Vincent held out the phone.

"Greetings Mrs. Schmidt, Vincent sent me over to your guys house to cheer up Mike. I really enjoy our time together."

The woman began to calm down much more after hearing that reassuring statement. "That's wonderful to hear, thanks Mable."

"Hi mommy!" Mike greeted.

"See mother, I'm being nice to my brother. Happy?"

"Really Jeremy, you brought your own brother to FredBears by yourself? You? Well I am impressed and also quite happy. I'll see you and Mike both when you guys get back. Could you hand me back to daddy please?"

"Sure. See you later mom. Here you go dad."

Vincent wrapped up the call, "Alright Michelle, if your done with the panicing, we'll see you when we get home."

"Alright, I feel much better. See you guys soon." With that, the call ended.

Turning to Hector, the three of them said goodbye. "Bye guys, it was nice meeting your other son Vincent."

"Oh, you'll see him again in no time. Come on Mike, Jeremy. Mable, you want a lift home as well?"

"Sure thanks Vincent. I'd appreciate it. And I also left my toys that you gave me back at your house, would you mind if I popped in real quick and grabbed them?"

"Not at all." With that, the girl followed the trio of boys out to the car.

"See you tomorrow Jeremy." Tyler said as him, Sean and James hopped onto their wheels and boarded down the street in the opposite direction.

"Bye guys." Jeremy waved goodbye to them and hopped in beside Mike. Mable had hopped into the front seat next to Vincent. Vincent then started up the engine and took off in the directon of home.

Fritz's curiosity as to where him and Scott were headed, was killing the cat as the two proceeded downtown. "Scott, when you said 'we have an old enemy to track down', what did you mean by that?"

"Well, the only reason you're holding this grudge against me is because I didn't rescue you from Dennis."

"But you did save me from Benny."

"Right, and to make this nineteen year old misunderstanding leave for good, I was thinking that we track Dennis down and get a little payback for what he did to you all those years ago. What do you say about that, hm?"

"What kind payback do you have in mind?" Fritz wondered. The red head's eyes narrowed and a smirk played about his lips as he pulled a slingshot from his back pocket and picked up a rock. Fritz's eyes widened at that. "Oh, I see what you mean now, but wait a minute, Scott, do you even know where we're going to find him? I mean, he graduated high school a long time ago. Where do we even start looking?"

Scott hadn't even considered that. He stopped suddenly and facepalmed himself in the forehead. "Oh damnit. You're right. I guess I didn't think this all the way through." Giving a sigh, he shoved the weapon and rock back into his pocket, plopped down, and sat on the sidewalk. Fritz put the brakes on, leaned his bike up against a telephone post, and joined him. "Luckily we've got plenty of time and nothing else better to do."

"You got that right." Fritz twiddled his fingers together, "Hey Scott?"

"Yeah? Something troubling you Fritz? Is this about hunting down the same person who inflicted a world of hurt upon you?"

"No, nothing like that, I'm just curious to know, how much do you really love me?"

"Hm. I thought you'd never ask that. You're really curious to know?" He draped an arm around his shoulder and pulled him closer.

Fritz noddded. "I am." Scott moved one hand up, draped it across the back of his neck and pulled him in until their lips met.

Green eyes widened in shock. He moved his hands up to Scotts shoulders in an attempt to push him away. But, pretty soon, he melted into it and didn't try to resist, Fritz wrapped his arms around the other mans neck and tilted his head back. He let his eyes slip shut and kissed him back. It felt like time had shifted only to focus this one moment. Scott then pulled back, leaving Fritz to ponder what had just happened.

"Scott, did you just..." Fritz started to say.

"Yup, that's how much I love you, and you kissed me back if I'm not mistaken."

A blush flooded his cheeks. "I did, and I'm flattered, really I am that you've felt this way about me for the longest time. And you were right when you said, 'seriously Fritz, that was nineteen years ago I cannot beleive you're still holding a grudge against me, just because I didn't help you to avoid a pounding by Dennis doesn't mean you have the right to shoot and take your anger out on me.' You were right. I pondered that last night."

"Oh, now that I'm hearing that again, I didn't actually know that you were holding a grudge against me." The red head gave a nervous chuckle at that and rubbed the back of his neck. "Come on, I figured out a way to find Dennis." The duo started off again, they came to a stop in front of the local library.

"So, what's your way of finding him?" Fritz asked as they walked through the front door.

"Fritz, you can find anything in a book. Of course I think we should really be looking in a phone book, so..." Scott headed over to where they kept the newspapers and picked up the book. He opened it up and flipped to list of names begining with D. "Um by any chance do you remember his last name?"

Smith looked at him with a look of shock upon his face, "You mean you don't remember?! Well that doesn't help us much, cause I don't remember eaither, it's been so long." He looked outside as the sun began to set. "And it's getting dark outside. So I vote we pick this up tomorrow. What do you think?"

"I think you're right, it is getting pretty late. Back to your house we go." Scott and Fritz headed back to where they began to wait for tomorrow.

A/N

Hello guys, sorry for the long wait. I know it's been since December when I last posted, but just like many people: we all have our excuses. For me, I've just been busy with other things (work, crafting thing for my FnaF cosplays, life in general, drumming up an idea for my own original novel, etc. XD) But fear not, for I am back. Also, f.y.i. people, writing a novel is not as easy as it sounds. :P I feel so sorry for Mike and Mable, being dragged to FredBears against their will and by Jeremy. Not good. I can just imagine Vincent's going to punish his son. XD And Scott's idea of tracking down the person who beat up Fritz back in high school and getting a little payback in order to make the grudge go away? Oh, somebody is in a world of trouble now. XD Alright guys, I have nothing more to say other then this: back in chapter twelve when I said that Mable was one of my favorite OC's, I forgot to mention that I was thinking of Gravity Falls when I thought her up. Just wanted to clear that up in case anyone was curious. Until next time, R&R and keep smiling!

Also, this is the best I could do for a title. :P