Author's Note

Okay, getting back into the swing of things with help from Corona Pax and flamewhisperer1986. flamewhisperer1986 actually came up with a few of the pranks in this chapter and let's just say that she and Ruby would get on famously. Also, something that made me freak out (happily) since I didn't expect it, FictionGirl11 on DeviantArt drew Ruby and one of my favourite scenes from the story. They're really good so check them out if you want.

Anyway, that's everything. Enjoy the chapter! And thanks for the reviews. I make a point of reading all of them so thanks again.

Chapter 68

Night 3 Take 3

Ruby settled into the office chair, fuming silently to herself. That ghost was in the main room again and she just didn't understand why Hedy wasn't just attacking him with salt. And on top of that she was still furious over that conversation Hedy had with her stupid brother. Electrocuting a bot? While she was on shift? NOT A CHANCE!

And everyone had been so tense when she arrived. She'd blame the ghost except they hadn't really been paying him any attention. So something else had stressed them out?

Ruby was getting the feeling that her bots weren't telling her something and she didn't like it. She was distracted from her thoughts by the phone ringing.

"Uh hello? Hello hello?"

"Hello Steve!" she greeted him brightly as she started flicking through the cameras.

"Uh there's been a slight change of company policy concerning the use of the suits."

Ruby glanced up in interest.

"Umm, don't."

"Huh?" that was unexpected.

"After learning of an unfortunate incident at the sister location involving multiple and simultaneous springlock failures, the company has deemed the suits temporarily unfit for employees. Safety is top priority at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, which is why the classic suits are being retired to an appropriate location while being looked at by our technicians."

"You mean they were tossed into storage to be forgotten about." Ruby frowned.

"Until replacements arrive, you will be expected to wear the temporary costumes provided to you. Keep in mind that they were found on very short notice, so questions about appropriateness slash relevance should be deflected. I repeat, the classic suits are not to be touched, activated, or worn. That being said we are free of liability, do as you wish."

That of course made her roll her eyes.

"As always, remember to smile. You are the face of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza."

"Geez..." she shook her head. "How can you sound so…chill about it all Steve? I bet you were fun to know in life."

She scanned through the cameras, looking for the big possessed rabbit while resetting the ventilation.

"Are you going to give me a challenge tonight?" she wondered out loud as she found him heading for the office at high speed. "I hope so. I've been a bit disappointed so far."

She grinned as she jumped from the chair, ready to go cause some chaos.

A slight movement in the corner of her eye caught her attention and she spun around with Betty out, expecting a phantom. Instead it was just the mysterious ghost kid, staring forlornly up at her.

"Hey kid." She blinked in surprise, lowering the bat.

He continued to stare at her, tears dripping down his face.

"Don't look so down. You're acting like I'm heading off to my own funeral."

He glanced around fearfully. "Don't underestimate him." He whispered. "He's more dangerous than all of the others."

She paused. "I know. I'll be fine kiddo." She assured the upset ghost. "Just four nights left."

He just looked away sadly and faded from view. Ruby frowned, wondering again just who that kid was. And why he seemed so stressed about Springtrap.

After a moment she shook herself and left the office. It wouldn't do to get caught because she was being lazy now.

She pulled out her paintball gun and started down the hall. It had irritated him so much the previous night that she really couldn't help using it again.

It didn't take long to find him and she had to admit, he was learning. He used the sneaky approach this time instead of blindly chasing her.

"Hello body snatcher." She greeted as she barely dodged his first attack.

The blow would have probably killed her. Hmm, she might have irritated him a little too much last night. Oh well.

"Little girl." He grinned sadistically at her.

"I take offense to that comment on my height." She growled, getting him in the face with a paintball. "I am not short!"

She spun around and sprinted down the corridor, putting as much distance between them as she could while he was struggling to clear his eyes of neon yellow paint. Distance might be a good thing to maintain tonight.

It was only a few seconds before she heard him giving chase.

"Note to self." She muttered as she took a shortcut through a vent. "Make stickier paint."

She bit back a yelp as a phantom ambushed her at the end of the vent.

"I hate those things."

She set up some quick traps behind her as she travelled through the attraction, keeping an eye on the cameras as she went.

"Geez, he is fast. I'll give him that." She murmured as he moved from vent to corridor extremely quickly.

"Time to bring out the big guns." She giggled maniacally to herself for a moment before skipping off to ruin his night.

Twenty minutes later Springtrap cornered an unconcerned night guard in a dead end corridor and started stalking forwards.

"No vents to escape into this time little girl. What are you going to do now-?!" he was cut off suddenly as the floor beneath him gave way and he plunged down a paint slide into darkness, screaming.

"How the hell?!" he screeched as he plummeted, getting covered in all the colours of the rainbow.

"Don't think about it too hard. I'm not a hundred percent sure how it works either." She called down the hole before skipping off again.

It took Springtrap an hour to pull himself back up the slide and out of the trapdoor that snapped shut behind him.

"That's just not possible." He muttered. "She's breaking the laws of physics!"

He was startled from his mental spiral by rock music suddenly blaring through the halls and he scrambled to his feet.

"Rainbow looks good on you body snatcher." He spun around to face the teen who was holding up a video camera and recording him. "The music adds to the video don't you think?"

He took a step closer and paused as strobe lights suddenly activated. Just what did she do to the place?! Deciding to ignore the lights he took another step, determined to make her death as painful as possible.

Then the floor exploded beneath him in glitter and pink.

He stared above him, dazed as he took in the splattered walls and ceiling.

It looked like a unicorn threw up in here…

"It looks like a unicorn threw up in here." Ruby noted, appearing above him to get a close up view with the camera.

Oh no, he was starting to think like her now. He swiped at her but she skipped out of reach easily.

"It's not going to be that easy you poltergeist." She wagged her finger at him like he was an errant child in need of scolding.

"Why you…" he scrambled back to his feet and chased after her as she took off around the corner.

He ran after her full speed.

And into a literal wall of paint balloons that exploded upon contact.

She must have slipped under the small gap between it and the floor. She was leading him around his own part of the building like a puppet on a string!

Spluttering and stumbling forward while he tried to clear his vision he heard the girl giggling like a madman.

She wasn't completely sane. There was no way that girl was completely sane.

"Oh this is going to make a GREAT home movie." She snickered, somewhere just out of reach.

She still had that damn camera going…

As he stumbled blindly after her, mostly fueled by rage and not common sense he felt his foot hit something. Something that felt awfully like a trip wire.

He groaned to himself as something above him popped and just knew a massive amount of paint was heading straight for his head.

The girl just cackled like a movie villain.