Moving a deactivated endo was no easy task. It took Saphira a couple minutes to figure out how to open the cage, and a further few minutes on how to move it. The endo was very heavy to move on its own, but she laid the body onto a table with wheels and wheeled it into the cylinder where she took her time to lay it on the chair properly. Saphira knew she was playing with fire at this point, but she did wonder why it was taking so long to fix the jaw of Mr Hippo. She couldn't help but think one of the technicians was slowing that task down. But she didn't want to make the accusation, so she simply would figure it out. Once the endo was properly laying on the chair, she pulled the table out and turned to the monitor. She searched for Mr Hippo's file and found it, it was strangely hard to find. But she clicked the repair option and walked back in. She looked at the endo face, the jaw was still snapped shut. She hummed and grabbed down the console to scan the body first, she did not know if there was anything else she should be aware of before starting. However, the scan only came back as the jaw being the problem. Good. Saphira walked over to the face and turned on her flashlight, put it in her mouth and carefully grabbed the lower jaw piece and pulled it carefully. To her surprise, it felt stiff and the jaw joints squeal loudly in protest. She aimed the light at the jaw joint and saw that the joints appeared to be too stiff. And there was a slight amount of rust on it. Which meant it actually needed to be replaced. But she checked the other joints while moving the jaw carefully with her hand. She was lucky it wasn't actually snapping shut so suddenly. But the jaw needed to be open in order for her to do anything with it.

She glanced up at the closed eyes of Mr Hippo and smiled, wondering what he would be like. She wondered how Darren would react to seeing him working again. She did not know. However, she did find that fixing the jaw actually won't take long. She did not understand how Cliff did not have it fixed all this time. The only way she could think of is someone wasn't doing their job properly, or on purpose. She closed the jaw carefully and pulled down tools and replacement parts for the jaw. She grabbed a tool that was like a car jack and placed it between the lower and upper jaw to open it. She made sure the tool was secure so the jaw would not close suddenly and allow her to work on the jaw without a concern. She first remove the rustied parts of the jaw to replace, there was no point in leaving them there because they were too stiff and attached them to the jaw, screwing them on and making sure they were not too loose and not too stiff. She loosened the stiff joints slightly so the jaw could move freely and looked over the jaw joint again to make sure she didn't miss anything before going around to the other side to repeat it. Saphira began to feel excited, after all, she was going to reactivate Mr Hippo if the jaw was good. He's been deactivated for far too long as far as she was concerned. A new friend was good. She had no idea what his casings were like, but that did not matter. He might not be part of the big show, at least he will be part of the pizzaplex again. Once she was done with the jaw, she walked back around and loosened the jack carefully, the jaws do not move and she smiled, pulling it away.

This was such a simple fix! Why did they not fix it! Or is it because they did not have a small flashlight like me?

Saphira moved the lower jaw with her hand carefully, the joints still squeal lightly and she knew that Mr Hippo's endo desperately needed oil. But the jaw felt good. It wasn't terribly loose or stiff, it felt just right. She smiled and put the tools away and grabbed down the oil gun to oil every joint on the endo. It was long overdue, and she knew it. Especially since this bot has been out of action for sometime…well, a whole year. Mr Hippo had a lot to catch up on with the animatronics that was for sure. Saphira moved as quickly as she could, she didn't have the whole night like she would normally to get this done. But she did not glance at her Fazwatch, she knew if she did that she would only make herself anxious and make a mistake by knowing the time. This was a task where anxiety was not an option, and she knew it. Saphira was careful with how much oil she put on his joints, however since Mr Hippo had no casings, when she got to his hip joints she nearly missed something. Her hand brushed against it when she moved the oil gun and glanced at it in confusion as she felt some kind of rubber. However, to her shock and embarrassment, she saw it. Something that would be hidden underneath the flap all the animatronics had in their crotch area. She knew what it was by its shape, thickness, and length, Saphira felt very embarrassed to see it. She shakes her head, feeling her face turn red, whoever thought of adding these kind of parts to the animatronics…she didn't really know what to think. Now that she's actually seen it…she could easily now picture Freddy's.

Ugh! Don't get distracted!

Saphira shakes those thoughts from her mind as best as she could to finish oiling his joints. After all, Mr Hippo was not activated and it felt wrong to actually investigate. Especially since it definitely was not him that she had feelings for. Saphira clenched her jaw as she finished oiling the joints and stepped back from Mr Hippo, sighing with a smile and grabbing the console to attach all of his casings. She knew he also had a stomach hatch, she didn't know if he would be popular or not, but he would be available for parties too at least. She heard the movements above and waited patiently until the arms lower down with bright, purple casings. Most of Mr Hippo's body was bright purple, his head, arms, back and sides were, his hatch was a lighter lavender colour and his legs gave him the appearance of having spunky pants. He had glittery, ripped, blue pants with bright, yellow stars near his feet. Speaking of his feet, they were a lavender colour instead of the bright purple too, which was odd. He had band, black cuffs on his wrists and a glittery blue tie on his chest. He also had lavender coloured hair that appeared to be like a mohawk curved to the right on his face. She smiled, he definitely was rocking that 80's style getup. She finally went through the diagnostic process, she figured she would get that done before activating him. This was the moment of truth as far as she was concerned. The diagnostic was a success, now she had to activate him. And to do that, she had to tilt his head slightly to the side, the activation button was well hidden within their necks, but she knew where that was. She pressed it and stepped back, waiting patiently. She heard the gentle hum of his head in his chest and the sound of all the joints coming back to life. She clasps her hands together, staring at him hopefully. His eyes finally open, blinking and she saw his optics were a violet colour. He gazed around in confusion, it was actual general confusion that he had. His eyes landed on Saphira, he saw her smiling at him with her hands clasped together.

"Hello young lady," Came his voice, her smile widened as his voice had an English accent to it. "Am I…am I really awake?" Saphira nodded and Mr Hippo lifts his hands to his jaw. "My jaw! It's fixed! Cliffton!" He looked around looking for the technician. "Where are you?"

"Ummm…" Saphira began, making the bot look at her curiously. "I…I am sorry…Cliffton…he…he's gone."

"Gone? What do you mean?" Mr Hippo frowned in confusion before he took notice that Saphira was not wearing any staff uniform. "Who are you?"

"I'm Saphira Dawn, I'm the new night guard here…I've been here a little over a week now," Saphira responded. "I fixed your jaw…it was an easy fix."

"Saphira huh? What a lovely name it is!" Mr Hippo said with a gentle smile on his lips. "And thank you for fixing my jaw. I have been activated and deactivated so many times this past year! I lost track of time!"

That sounded horrible! Saphira did not know that. "Well, you're officially awake now! I am sorry that it took so long."

"Hmm, it is not your fault…" Mr Hippo sat up with a grunt, glancing around Parts and Service. "Where is Freddy and the others?"

"Back in their rooms."

"I see…oh! It's five minutes until six! You should be getting ready to leave!" Mr Hippo waved his hands, gesturing for her to leave. "Finish the log, young lady, or you will be in trouble for staying too long."

Saphira nodded and walked out of the cylinder to finish the repair log. Mr Hippo seemed to feeling fine, she watched him stand from the seat and walked out of the cylinder, there was no sign of a limp or wobbly legs. His endo was in good condition at least.

"Now, where is Cliffton?" Mr Hippo asked, leaning down slightly towards her and resting his hands on his thighs. "I have something I need to talk to him about."

"He's…gone…" Saphira responded, making the bot frown at her. "He's part of the disappeared now…recently…"

"Whaaa…that can't be…" The animatronic was so confused before he looked at her with worry. "Let me guess…somebody finally decided to get rid of him for knowing too much huh?"

"What do you mean?" Saphira was surprised that Mr Hippo seemed to know something. She didn't think that he would. "Cliff did tell me something about a virus or something in the system…"

Mr Hippo gasped suddenly, causing her to flinch back in surprise. "That is the very virus that deactivated my friends!"

"Darren told me that it was a teenager that…"

"No it wasn't!" Mr Hippo interrupted Saphira, shaking his head. "Darren was just told that so he would not be worried. No, Happy Frog, Orville and Pigpatch…they got infected with the virus that is obviously still in the system. It is why the staff bots act out. It is why when someone looks at the screen for too long, and listen to those whispers, they become a slave to it."

So the virus was alive! But how was that possible? "Would…would that person dress us a clown rabbit if they were affected by the virus's whispers?"

Mr Hippo blinked for a moment as he processed Saphira's question. "Yes. He's dressed up as a white rabbit before. Are you telling me he's taken on a new outfit? Wait…you said you have been here for over a week…that makes you the first night guard to get this far right?" She nodded. The bot rubbed his chin with a worried expression. "He's been waiting for you."

"Me? Why? I am not special!" Saphira responded quickly with a frown.

"A night guard who stays longer than a week is considered special. They might not kill you, but the virus is the master at play. I have heard his voice in my system once before. I don't understand this virus, viruses shouldn't be alive. But this one is." Mr Hippo gazed at Saphira and placed his hand on her shoulder gently. "You should consider leaving Miss Saphira. For your own sake, that virus intends to get you under his control now."

That was why that lunatic demanded the staff bots get her earlier. That made sense! But why did it matter that she was here longer than previous night guards? That made zero sense to her. She didn't understand at all.

"Hey Saphira! What are you still doing here?" Darren's voice through the Fazwatch startles both Saphira and Mr Hippo. "You haven't clocked out. Is everything okay?"

She did not expect him to be here early. "Sorry, I got carried away with something in Parts and Service. I will be leaving shortly."

"Oh? I would think that routine maintenance wouldn't have taken all night. Is it something I should be concerned about? Now with Cliffton gone, you feel like you can do something huh?"

"It isn't like that Darren. But if you would like to see what I have achieved, you can come down. Also, I thought you didn't come here at this time." Saphira glanced at Mr Hippo, he was listening to the conversation curiously. "I would expect you to be in bed at six am."

"Normally, yes, but with Cliff's disappearance, I have to be back here early to do paperwork. It's a nightmare…but, I will come down to Parts and Service to see what you've done. Wait there, and I will be there in a minute." Darren cuts off communication and Saphira sighed deeply.

"At least Glam Corner will be reopened…" Mr Hippo said softly, Saphira looked at him in surprise when he spoke about it. "You probably don't know, Glam Corner is a bit like Rockstar Row. It is where I and my friends had our rooms in. It is on the opposite side from Rockstar Row in the atrium. It isn't a hallway either, but rather a round room with my own performance stage."

"What instrument can you play?" Saphira asked him curiously.

Mr Hippo smiled at her and winked at her. "A double-necked guitar." She shakes her head in surprise when he said that. "If you think Monts, Bonnie or Chica are great at guitar, they could never play the double-necked electric guitar."

"Monts?"

The animatronic chuckled gently. "It's the little nickname I gave Monty. He gets annoyed when I use it. But I don't mind, to me that is his nickname."

Saphira chuckled, thinking that was cute. She didn't know how Monty would react to it now, Mr Hippo wasn't even activated when Monty's body was split in half, so seeing him now would probably be almost like seeing him for the first time again. Saphira and Mr Hippo hear the lift reaching the bottom.

"I am going to hide, I think me standing here is not as great of a surprise than me walking out from the shadows." Mr Hippo smiled as he walked towards the cage his endo had been in. "I'm going to hide behind this."

Saphira didn't know if he knew that was where his endo was hanging, but she didn't mention it. She waited patiently for Darren to enter Parts and Service. She hoped he would be thrilled about it because it would mean there was another animatronic for people to see. She wondered since Mr Hippo could play an instrument if he would be part of the main show. She thought he wouldn't, but given the instrument he could play…that meant the lyrics would need to be changed. Saphira looked at the doors as they open, and to her surprise, Darren was not wearing one of his sparkly suits this time. He was wearing a pair of black slacks and a button up shirt, this was unusual for him. But he was definitely stressed. She was also surprised to see Dave following him. He seemed very refreshed, which was odd as she expected the technicians to be stressed out.

"What happened to your uniform Saphira?" Darren asked with a frown.

"Oh, I accidentally spilled some red Fanta on my uniform last night," Saphira responded with a smile. "Roxy and Chica gave me the clothes from their rooms to wear for the rest of the shift. My clothes are actually still drying currently in the bathroom in the atrium."

"Hmm…well, I will give you some more so you won't have to wear a Roxy shirt. Anyway…where is this surprise that you said you have done?" Darren walked up to the protective cylinder to peer in. "I don't see anything."

Saphira glanced at Dave, the man had a smug expression on his face and he was avoiding eye contact with her. That was a little odd, but she did not ask questions. She turned her head when she saw Mr Hippo approaching, the way he walked through was like he was tip toeing, it was rather funny to see.

"Saphira…if this is a joke…"

"Hello Darren." The man spun around in surprise and stared at the hippo animatronic in shock. Dave looked at him too, and Saphira actually noticed colour draining from his face, she raised an eyebrow curiously before looking at Mr Hippo. "It has been a long time."

"Mr Hippo…" Darren blinked in surprise, rubbing his eyes like he was dreaming. He smiled and looked at Saphira in shock. "You managed to fix his jaw? How? Cliffton couldn't work it out!"

"Well, you know, my qualification in robotics isn't for nothing." Saphira chuckled with a shrug. "I wanted to see what I could do, and it was a success. Mr Hippo is at peak performance."

"This is unbelievable! Oh, we have to reopen Glam Corner again!" Darren was overjoyed with glee at seeing Mr Hippo up and about. "I think we should bring the other animatronics down here, they need to see this!"

Mr Hippo nodded before turning his gaze towards Dave and his eyes narrow slightly. "Nice to see you again Dave. I hope you had a good year without me around shadowing you."

Dave swallowed and seemed to force a smile. "Yes, it has been very eventful."

Saphira could sense the tension between those two. She smirked, she had Mr Hippo on her side regarding Dave. The other animatronics were still unsure that Dave was bad. It seemed Mr Hippo has seen or experienced something about him that has made him like this towards the man. Saphira definitely felt this would very interesting over the next few days.

"I am surprised you would repair an animatronic without proper authorisation." She turned to look at Dave in surprise, he had his arms folded and he was glaring at Saphira. "You definitely felt like you were better than us and Cliffton didn't you?"

"No, not at all!" Saphira responded, placing her hands on her hips. "I don't see what the big deal is. I helped! I have the experience to repair any bot, including the animatronics. I did not think I would fix Mr Hippo because I was told you couldn't work out how to fix his jaw. But I did, and I think that should be a good thing."

"You are a night guard!" Dave snapped, huffing loudly and she could see him clenching his fingers around his arms tightly. "You are only to do routine maintenance, not revive fallen animatronics!"

"Now, now Dave," Darren said, raising his arms between them to calm things down. "I know Saphira broke the rules, but I approve of this. In fact, she deserves both a payrise and promotion to night guard management and technician."

"Wha…you can't be serious?" Dave could not believe what he just heard from Darren. "She broke the rules and you are promoting her to manager?!"

"Yes, yes I am." Darren folded his arms, turning his body to face Dave properly. "If you have a problem with that, we can go to my office and discuss it. Right now, she is just a manager of night security, and she has more responsibilites now regarding technician duty during the night. That is all that I have done. I have not made her the technician manager because I have to make a decision on that."

Dave clenched his jaw and rolled his eyes, glancing away from Darren. "I can't believe this…"

"You really should be thrilled that Saphira actually fixed Mr Hippo, not acting like a pouty child. You are too old for that Dave." Darren turned away from him to look at Saphira. "The animatronics are on their way. I know they will be absolutely thrilled to see him."

Saphira knew they would too. After all, they were all friends, and she was able to bring back someone. At least, she also hoped Monty would stop being so distrustful. If she didn't mean well, she would not fix Mr Hippo. But that would remain to be seen. Saphira was also very interested to see Glam Corner, she didn't know it existed. Now it was another spot to check during her rounds, but she didn't mind at all.

"Alright! What is the big deal asking me to come back to Parts and Service?" Monty's angry voice entered the room as he stomped into Parts and Service. Dave flinched at hearing the angry voice and Mr Hippo seemed very surprised hearing it. "Ugh! What could possibly be so…" Monty stopped at the top of the stairs when he saw him. He lifts his glasses and blink in surprise. "W…how…wha…what is…" Monty walked down the stairs in disbelief, approaching Mr Hippo and stopped a few feet in front of him. "How?"

"Nice to see you again Monts." Mr Hippo smirked at him, the gator did not even flinch hearing the nickname. "It has been too long."

"Mr Hippo?!" Freddy's shocked voice followed, Saphira looked at the stairs to see the bear staring at Mr Hippo and ran down the stairs towards him. "You're activated!" She stepped back to give room as Freddy ran up to Mr Hippo and hugged him. "It really is you!"

"Of course it is me old friend." Mr Hippo pats Freddy's back gently with a chuckle. "You have to thank your new night guard here for fixing my jaw properly. It feels better than it ever has been."

Monty looked down at Saphira in shock. "You…you fixed him?"

She nodded and placed her hands on her hips. "Why wouldn't I? He's someone who needed my help. I just did what I had to so he was fixed."

Monty was in disbelief, glancing between Saphira and Mr Hippo in shock. Freddy turned away from Mr Hippo and picked Saphira up suddenly to hug her. She yelped in surprise when he feet left the ground, but she quickly began to giggle as Freddy hugged her.

"You really are a super star Saphira!" Freddy exclaimed happily, rubbing his cheek against her cheek gently making her blush slightly from contact. "Thank you so much! I did not know you were going to fix him. This makes me so happy!"

"No way! She fixed Mr Hippo?" Roxy's voice spoke in disbelief, the other animatronics approach Mr Hippo in disbelief. "Hmmph! I knew those other losers couldn't fix you. It had to take an average girl to fix you."

"Roxy, as cheery as ever I see." Mr Hippo chuckled softly. "It is nice to see everyone." He looked at Darren with a smile. "I know I only just woke up, but perhaps I can start my storytime again?"

"Oh yeah! That is a good idea. The Fazbear Theater will be the best spot. I think you'll be very popular today." Darren lifts his Fazwatch to send a message to the social media team to announce Mr Hippo's return. "This is so amazing! Alright, Saphira, go and clock off now okay."

Saphira nodded and Freddy lowered her to the floor, letting her go from his hug. "I'll see you a bit later Mr Hippo."

"Of course you will, young lady, I look forward to it." Mr Hippo gives her a salute gesture as she walks away with a smile. "And Darren, I hope my guitar is still working. I want to practice on it later."

"We still have it! I don't know if it still works, but it was put away in storage and been untouched since. I will get it out immediately."

Saphira chuckled as she left Parts and Service. As she walked back to the lift though, she heard footsteps following her and she tensed, turning to expect to see the lunatic again, except, she saw Dave. She opened her mouth to speak when he pushed her against the wall and slammed his hand on her mouth. She tried to scream, but her scream was muffled.

"You really think fixing Mr Hippo will change anything for you?" Dave hissed at her, his eyes glaring into hers with a sinister anger. "Well done, little lady, you just signed off you stay here permenantly. I will see to it."

Little lady? That's what the lunatic called me!

Saphira kicked at his legs, making Dave groan before she pressed her back on the wall for support, jumping up slightly to kick his stomach, making him stumble away in pain, holding his gut and dropping to the ground. She glared at him and folded her arms, standing over him.

"I don't think so. Now I know who you are Dave." Saphira huffed and turned away from him, nearly running away from him. "I'm just playing the game Dave. Isn't that what you are doing?" She stopped at the ramp of the lift and turned to look at him with a smirk. "You will sign off permenantly, I promise you."

Dave smirked slightly at her, and that was another answer she needed for her to know who this lunatic was. Those parcels he had arrive at the pizzaplex was most likely material he used to make the costumes. Now she knew there was no party. She stepped onto the lift and pressed the button to go up to the atrium to clock out, gather her clothes and leave. She just hoped that Dave did not intend to get rid of Darren too for promoting her. It was not like she asked for it. But it was nice to know, meaning she would be paid more to make it even easier on her financially. She was grateful for that. The next shift was going to be very interesting.