Author Notes

I really really hate Word sometimes. It decided 'hey, let's make this file disappear!' So I had to retype the chapter today. Sorry it's up so late. Well, I've learnt a lesson about backing up files...

Hope you enjoy. :)

Chapter 25

Night 3 Take 2

Ruby stared at the phone in anticipation while Hedy watched her a little nervously. The excitement radiating off of her was scary.

Finally the phone rang and the night began.

"Hello hello! See? I told you you wouldn't have any problems!"

"You have such confidence in me Steve." Ruby grinned.

"Did...uh... Did Foxy ever appear in the hallway?"

Ruby's back straightened and she looked interested. Behind her Hedy flinched violently.

"Probably not. I was just curious. Like I said, he was always my favorite."

"Mine too." Ruby smiled a little more gently.

"They tried to remake Foxy, ya know? Uh, they thought the first one was too scary, so they redesigned him to be more kid-friendly and put him in Kid's Cove. To keep the toddlers entertained, you know... "

Her expression saddened. "Too scary? What about him is scary?"

"But kids these days just can't keep their hands to themselves. The staff literally has to put Foxy back together after every shift. So eventually they stopped trying and left him as some 'take apart and put back together' attraction. Now he's just a mess of parts. I think the employees refer to him as just "The Mangle." Uh..."

Ruby winced in sympathy.

"Wait, him?" she looked at Hedy in confusion.

"Misunderstanding. She's female." The mechanic told her.

"Oh, hey, before I go, uh, I wanted to ease your mind about any rumors you might have heard lately."

The night guard raised an eyebrow. "Rumours?"

"You know how these local stories come and go and seldom mean anything. I can personally assure you that, whatever is going on out there, and however tragic it may be, has nothing to do with our establishment. It's just all rumor and speculation... People trying to make a buck. You know... Uh, our guard during the day has reported nothing unusual. And he's on watch from opening til close.

Okay, well anyway, hang in there and I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Ruby rolled her eyes.

"People can be really dense when they don't want something to be true." She muttered, grabbing her bag to leave.

Hedy did the same so the night guard looked back.

"I'm upping the game tonight so you might want to stay clear. All my toys are modified to work on the 'bots." She warned before leaving.

"No problem there. I'm not risking getting covered in chocolate again." Hedy muttered.

The mechanic ended up taking refuge in Pirate's Cove with Mangle as explosions rocked the building.

"She wasn't kidding." She mumbled as she massaged her temples.

Mangle sat next to her looking concerned and nervous.

"It'll be fine." Hedy assured the skittish 'bot.

The fox pulled out the whiteboard she used to communicate since her voice box was still out and wrote on it.

"She seems more active."

Hedy sighed. "Yeah, she said something about 'upping the game'."

They heard Toy Chica shriek.

"I don't know who to feel sorry for." Mangle wrote.

Hedy chuckled. "Yeah. The target of the hunt or the targets of the revenge."

Mangle flinched as another explosion went off and Hedy patted her arm comfortingly.

"How've things been?" she asked, deciding to change the subject. "Everything okay?"

Mangle nodded. "The kids are nice when I can play with them and the employees are mostly nice. Ruby hasn't done anything to me either."

Hedy was relieved at that. Mangle was very fragile at the moment, hardly able to play with the kids on some days. At least Ruby wasn't including her in her pranks.

"The others are getting really annoyed though. She's pushing all their buttons." The animatronic wrote.

"Yeah, I'm getting that loud and clear."

This time Toy Bonnie's scream echoed through the building.

Hedy groaned. The Toys were going to be complaining so much after this night…

Ruby laughed at the image in front of them.

"Oh I love the glitter cake bomb." She giggled. "But Chica is going to be so mad after she sees the kitchen."

Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica would go after her again but they were struggling to stand on the cream covered floor. They were also covered head to toe in cake bits and couldn't see properly.

"This is brilliant." Ruby started taking photos.

"I hate you." Toy Chica whined.

"Feeling's mutual Featherbutt." She grinned back, neatly dodging Toy Freddy's swipe and getting him in the face with an exploding cookie.

"These cookies are still my favourite though." She admitted as he batted at the streamers.

She stuck a non-exploding cookie in her mouth and observed the cream covered destruction in satisfaction.

Toy Freddy was now down in the cream as well.

"Well, come find me when you find your balance again." She waved cheekily and sauntered out of the room.

"Hmmm, those three are stuck in the kitchen for at least twenty minutes. The Clown Freak's box is duct taped shut and anyway if he got out he'd freak because I hid his music box away. That annoying bowling ball, well…" she snickered as she remembered what she'd done to him.

Ah that was a good idea. A very good idea. They still hadn't found him.

"So that leaves the fox? But she hasn't done anything so I'm guessing I'm safe for a while. Cookie break!" she stretched as she began devouring the cookies, avoiding picking the exploding ones in her bag.

"I should stop talking to myself so much…" she muttered after a moment.

It was a little eerie walking through empty rooms but at the same time comforting. This place held so many memories…

She glanced up in the hallway that had held the newspapers before but they weren't there. They hadn't shown up since she had last seen them.

"This place, it's like it's got a mind of its own sometimes. Its own agenda." She patted a wall and looked around thoughtfully. "Wonder what will happen next then?"

An angry yell came from a nearby room and Ruby chuckled.

"Looks like the rabbit ran into my chocolate bucket tripwire trap." She snickered. "Break's over I guess. Back to work."

Hedy groaned at what seemed like the hundredth explosion.

"She must be making a mess…" she muttered.

Suddenly the girl in question came shooting into the room giggling madly. She hardly gave the two a glance while Mangle jumped and hid behind the mechanic.

"Oh, I love caramel. I really love caramel. I don't think the Barbies do though." She doubled over, trying to catch her breath.

"Caramel?" Hedy asked in confusion, mind flashing back to the chocolate bomb.

The night guard straightened up.

"I needed another food night. Badly. Oh I love food night." She sighed.

On closer inspection the night guard was actually splattered with caramel, chocolate and…sprinkles? Looked like she wasn't afraid of getting dirty.

"What did you do?" Hedy asked, afraid of the answer.

Ruby dangled a key in front of her.

"Caramel bomb plus locked closet equals angry bunny." She beamed.

Hedy stared for a moment before a laugh escaped her, surprising the night guard.

"Hey! Look who actually has a sense of humour!" she snickered.

Hedy covered her mouth in embarrassment but she had to admit. It was a good prank.

"Well it wasn't a violent joke. And I didn't get hit." She muttered. "It was…pretty good."

Ruby paused for a moment and looked her up and down.

Mangle cowered behind her again.

"Huh. Well then Miss. Mechanic. Guess there's a little more to you than meets the eye." She tilted her head curiously. "Still don't like your friends. Although I'll admit the fox isn't so bad it seems."

She looked at Mangle and her expression softened.

"Hey chill out. I'm not going to bite." She grinned but her voice softened as well. "Well I'd better get going before the chicken catches up with me."

She darted out of the room.

Hedy watched her go, surprised that she had taken the time to reassure Mangle. She patted the 'bot on the shoulder.

"Huh, guess there's some kindness in there somewhere." She smiled slightly.

An explosion went off followed by an indignant screech.

"Maybe not."

When the night ended Toy Bonnie was still stuck in the closet, Toy Chica was stuck in the kitchen again and Toy Freddy had a headache. The Puppet was also still in his box and BB…was still missing.

"Where is Balloon Boy anyway?" Freddy asked while Bonnie and Foxy laughed themselves sick on the floor at the aftermath.

Ruby just smiled at him.

"Better if you don't know Freddy." She patted Freddy's arm.

He thought it through for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Okay." He said as Goldy appeared next to them.

"Where'd you hide the closet key?" she asked curiously.

"Dropped it somewhere." Ruby answered honestly.

They shrugged and accepted the answer.

It was something she would do after all.

Ruby finally collapsed on her bed and relaxed.

"That was fun." She chuckled.

The cleaners were going to be absolutely furious when they saw the place.

"Hmm. Wonder if anyone's noticed that the craft box went missing yet?" she mused.

Author Notes

Okay, just a couple of things.

One, happy belated birthday to Josh (see I read the reviews :P) hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Two, I can't respond to reviews made by guests so I'll put this here. Neon lololol I really enjoy your comments and reading them is fun. Hope you keep enjoying the story. :)

Three, I've been answering a bunch of PMs and I just wanted to say that I really don't mind if you PM me. I might take a while to respond though depending on what I'm doing. I will get to all of them though.

Wonder what theories there will be about BB's location now? Next one up on Wednesday.