Corona's note: Hi everyone! Recently I've gotten a lot of interest in the Warehouse and I wanted to explain where the story is. First of all, thank you so much! I'm glad people are interested. For those who don't know, it's a prequel that takes place right before the FNaF 2 arc that's about how Hedy met the Toys and Puppet. I started it a long time ago but I haven't been good with updates. I wrote what's already published way back when I didn't know most of the backstory so there's a lot of continuity mistakes. And grammar mistakes but that's because I put more energy into editing my other story than that one. It's going to get a rewrite. I have to change some names around and fix Hedy's reason for going to the warehouse plus some important details about the Toys and how Hedy beat them. Sorry if some of you liked the chapters that are already there. Thankfully it's still very early in the story and hopefully things won't change too much. It's still not going to be updated for a while because I want to write ahead and stockpile chapters so that I can maintain regular weekly posts when I do. The goal right now is to start it up again with weekly updates Friday starting in late August. I know it's a while but thank you all for your patience.

Chapter 81

Meeting

Ruby moaned and leaned her head against the door to the pizzeria.

"You know I love you. But I really didn't want to be back until tonight." She groaned. She was sure the glass vibrated slightly under her hand. It was probably in sympathy.

Ruby had just barely sat down on her bed in preparation for a good, solid marathon of sleep when her phone went off with a message from the manager demanding an emergency staff meeting. No reason why but really, there wasn't a reason to make her come back when she just wanted to sleep.

"He can take his 'emergency meeting' and shove it where the sun doesn't shine." The teen grumbled before forcing her tired body to push the door open and walk inside.

The Originals were on stage, recharging in preparation for the day. The Toys were probably doing the same. Lucky…

The night guard rubbed at her eyes and slowly made her way to the staff room, completely missing the pitying and sad looks the few employees in the room were giving her.

"Don't fall asleep." She muttered to herself as she sank into the nearest chair. Absently her mind noted the fact that Goldy was watching but that wasn't anything new. She usually watched the staff meetings. She wondered how Hedy could tell when she was around. What did it feel like? When Goldy was around it just felt like she was being watched without any malice. When the brats were around it was cold along with the 'watched' feeling. What did Hedy feel with her new 'ghost abilities'?

How annoyed would the mechanic get when she called them that around her?

'Note to self, get ghostbusters theme song on Hedy's phone'.

Ruby smirked to herself at the thought, unknowingly freaking out a few employees who were watching her.

Eventually everyone was there and the manager stood at the front of the room with a serious expression. That expression faltered slightly when his eyes passed over where Ruby sat, glaring.

The man was evil. Interfering with her sleeping time like this. She didn't even have time to grab coffee on the way out. She rubbed her temples as she felt a sleep deprivation headache coming on.

She was admittedly barely listening to the man as he greeted everyone and when she decided to start listening she had no clue what he was talking about.

"While it may be tragic, remember that per your contractual obligations you are not allowed to speak to the police without the company's lawyers present." He was saying to a group of mostly upset people.

Ruby stared at him puzzled. He was definitely avoiding looking at her now. Why? He did that when he thought she'd get mad.

"Just continue on with business and decline to talk to anyone about the incident. Especially reporters."

Huh? Incident? What was he babbling about now?

She glanced around, seeing upset, angry and sad expressions on the faces of everyone around her.

Jerry looked downright depressed while Henry looked both furious and smug. Olivia, one of the day guards who'd stuck around despite being nervous around the bots and Ruby, was near tears, wringing her hands in her lap while she bit her lip. What the teen could see of Samuel's face between the scarves was blank, very out of character from the normally friendly man. Izzy, the manager's assistant (poor girl, awful job) wasn't even hiding the tears that were trailing down her cheeks while she covered her mouth with her hands to stifle her sobs. That part-time cook who always seemed to trigger her leftover traps, Marco, was slumped in his seat staring unseeingly at his hands. That was concerning, he was practically always smiling. Andrew, the newest day guard was staring at the manager in confusion and dawning horror. The head chef, Frank, was just staring at the ceiling with a tired expression. Liam, one of the cleaners who she actually liked since he never complained about her messes was sitting with his head in his hands. Actually, all the cleaners seemed the worst off. Jess was sitting next to him with a grim expression, hands clenched tightly in her lap. Marion sat in front of them, head bent as many emotions flashed across his face. Harrison, the unofficial head cleaner was simply staring evenly at the manager. Those were just the people that Ruby could name off the top of her head, the rest she either didn't know or didn't like. Henry was an exception since she REALLY didn't like him.

What the hell was going on? They were all acting like someone died-

…

…

…

"We'll be putting out the ad for the post of mechanic in a few days so hopefully that position won't be empty for too long." The manager finished up with a nervous smile, anxiously turning to look at Ruby.

Everyone else followed his gaze when they saw that he'd abruptly gone pale.

Ruby looked absolutely murderous.

"Are you actually that stupid?" the night guard seethed, gripping the chair in front of her which made that poor employee nervous. "You got me up for this?!"

She got a few shocked and angry looks for that but kept going.

"You idiot!" her voice was rising but she was too angry to care. He'd just tried to cover up a death, in front of her. He should have known better. "Well since Hedy's not dead I guess we need a body to be all sad and serious about so you'll have to do!" she launched herself at the moron before anyone could understand what she meant.

The manager yelped and scrambled for the door as the night guard followed, yelling curses that would probably earn her a scolding from the bots soon.

She didn't care. He couldn't have even bothered to CHECK on Hedy, he'd just assumed that she was dead and he was already jumping onto the 'hide all the evidence' train.

"I'm going to kill you!" she screamed.

She'd have probably caught the man and done quite some damage before calming down if Foxy didn't catch her as she exited the door after the manager.

"Whoa whoa lass, what's the problem?" he asked in concern, keeping an arm locked around her waist and lifting her off the floor.

"Let me go! He deserves this!"

"Haven't heard you swear like that in a while." Bonnie popped up beside them while Freddy stood behind the manager, not letting him leave until they found out why Ruby was so angry.

Chica was glaring at Ruby disapprovingly while the Toys all made their way in to see what was going on.

The employees edged their way out of the staff room, equally confused and concerned. Foxy ignored the worried glances they were sending at Ruby. He knew they were worried that he'd hurt her but that's the last thing he'd do.

Willingly at least.

"That-that MORON, that IDIOT, THAT-THAT MICROSCOPIC SPECK OF SHIT FOR BRAINS STOPPED ME FROM SLEEPING SO HE COULD HAVE A MEETING OVER HOW TO COVER UP HEDY'S SUPPOSED DEATH!" she was still struggling in Foxy's grip as he, and all the other bots went still.

"I say we let her at him." Puppet's voice broke the silence that fell.

"Agreed." Teddy was glaring at the manager along with Toby and Chi. Mangle was growling.

"He-the idiot didn't check?" Foxy asked in disbelief.

Bonnie rubbed his face as he groaned. "Idiot."

Chica had switched to glaring at the manager and when no one was looking BB snuck up and kicked the man in the shin.

"I owe that beautiful bowling ball a car battery for that." Ruby muttered as she still struggled to get free.

Freddy sighed and looked at Bonnie. "Pass me her phone."

"Wait." Frank broke in as Bonnie pulled Ruby's phone from her jacket pocket. "Are you saying that Hedy's alive?"

"But…we saw…" Liam swallowed. "All that-that blood."

Ruby was once again the center of attention but she was too keen on strangling the manager to explain anything.

Freddy dialed a number and put it on speaker when it was answered.

"Jeremy? Are you still at the hospital?" he asked, pulling the attention back to him.

"Uh, yeah. Why?"

"Put your sister on the phone."

There was a pause and then Hedy's voice came from the phone.

"Freddy? Something wrong?" she was probably thinking that this had to do with Spring. She still sounded tired but was definitely alive.

"The manager called a staff meeting because he thought you were dead." Freddy explained bluntly. "Foxy is barely holding Ruby back from killing him because she didn't get to go sleep and he was trying to cover up your 'death'."

"Want me to let her go?" Foxy offered, making the manager whimper in terror.

It was quiet for a moment before a dry humorless laugh cracked through the phone.

"I'm tempted," Hedy said calmly. "However, I do still need someone to write my paychecks." She sounded disappointed but vindictively amused.

"She's alive!" Jerry whispered, genuinely shocked as he stared at the phone.

His words seemed echoed by most of the other staff.

"Oh, I'm on speaker? No, I'm haunting Ruby's cell phone. Of course, I'm alive!"

"What happened…" Jess shakily asked. She closed her eyes and looked pained, remembering all that blood she had to clean.

The Night Shift were all quiet, letting Hedy decide what to say.

"I was attacked by a serial killer," Hedy said, oddly calm. She didn't have the energy to think of a reasonable lie that wouldn't put suspicion on any of the bots. An incomplete truth would have to do.

"What?!" Olivia squeaked. A serial killer broke in? At least, that's what she assumed happened. Poor uninformed employees...

"I'm fine, everyone, Manager," Hedy spat out. "I'm just in the hospital for a while and missing a lung."

"You what?" Teddy said, while Toby's optics widened in alarm. Hedy left out that part before. They didn't know very much about necessary human organs but they were both pretty sure they needed lungs.

Chi looked confused while Mangle continued to stare at the Manager with an eerie unblinking glare and slight flash of teeth.

Henry scowled. "Which of them did it?" he said staring at the bots. He was either very brave or very stupid mixed with large dose of obnoxiousness. "The new one?" He figured. The timing and the crime scene matched up too much. He knew these new bots were a bad idea. Even the old bots were a bad idea!

"None of them," Hedy growled. "Ruby, don't kill the manager or Henry. I don't have the patience to go to court over you."

"I'd get away with it." Ruby growled, glare making Henry wilt. "I've said it before. My lawyer is very good."

"No killing co-workers lass." Foxy maintained his grip because he knew she was angry enough to attack someone still.

"I'll just beat them up a little." Her voice was edging more on a whine now.

"No." Foxy said again.

"You're supposed to be the responsible night guard." Freddy reasoned and she just pouted at him.

Hedy immediately snorted at that, the puff of air making the phone spike with static for a moment. "Who ever said that?! Oh, Manager? I expect my sick leave pay. Now surely, you didn't already remove me from payroll, did you?" she said with the absolute fakest innocence. She sounded a tiny bit like Ruby. It was disturbing.

The manager was standing in front of Freddy, a shaking and stuttering mess at he stared at the phone, all colour drained. The bear took a little bit of pity on him.

"I think you'll be getting a raise." He said and the manager was instantly agreeing.

Meanwhile Ruby had gone limp in Foxy's hold while she sulked.

"Are you falling asleep?" He asked her in amusement.

"Maybe." She muttered. "No one is letting me beat up the manager."

"I'm sure you're getting a raise too."

"I'd still prefer beating him up."

"Responsible night guard."

"I'm with Hedy. Whoever said that?"

"Someone send her home before she misses school," Hedy spoke up.

Ruby just groaned.

"Actually, maybe she should skip."

"Aaaaaaand she's out cold." Bonnie suddenly announced and Foxy shifted Ruby so he could pick her up properly. "Geez she must have been more tired than we thought."

Foxy and Freddy both glared at the manager with their 'stop overworking her' looks.

"I'm about to pass out too," Hedy said, her angry and concerned voice quickly replaced with exhaustion.

Harrison gestured to the phone. "Hedy," he said, his softer voice carrying easily, "We found your chair in the Fright office."

"That's...where I left it. Sorry about the mess."

"The manager told us to get rid of it," Harrison said, noting Mangle's hiss and Puppet's sneer as the bot's piercing eyes hardened on the already terrified Manager.

"I can still salvage it if you want. We haven't taken it to a dumpsite yet."

"No," Puppet said before Hedy could say anything, the image of Springtrap sitting in it like a sick throne coming to mind. He just confused the others with his tone.

Hedy heard his stress and listened to his tone of voice, even if she didn't know why he was upset. "It was my spare anyway," she said. "The company can pay for my replacement. Don't worry about it, Harrison. Thanks anyway."

He nodded, not realizing Hedy couldn't see him do so and the other cleaners looked relieved.

Frank and Jess had cleaned every speck of blood from it, more out of principle for Hedy's memory than covering up a crime. Even so, they were happy never to see it again. Marion huffed a sigh, also relieved despite him being on the floor duty with Harrison that terrible morning.

Foxy glanced down at the sleeping night guard with a fond expression. "I'm taking her to the break room. No one is waking her up." he glared at the employees, protectiveness in his stance which both confused and scared the employees.

"Take care of yourself Hedy." Teddy begged before Freddy could hang up. The concern on the Toys' faces was hard to miss. The employees were starting to wonder what they missed with the girls only working the night shift.

The bots were very...different, when interacting with them.

"Thanks for clearing that up." Freddy directed at the phone before ending the call and putting the phone back in Ruby's jacket pocket.

Foxy walked off to settle Ruby down to sleep on the couch and the others all went back to their places leaving a traumatized manager surrounded by a group of employees who were gradually realising how pissed off they were with him.

Author's Note

So some OCs finally showed up! Don't worry if yours hasn't appeared. There's still going to be more that will be added.

Olivia and Samuel are from the first time I asked for OCs way back when Hedy joined. So again, thanks to WarHusky2000 for Olivia and roboticfreeze for Samuel.

Izzy belongs to xXIzzyAftonXx.

Marco belongs to Brightwizard21

Andrew belongs to luiginaryworker553

Frank belongs to Archerlegacy

Jess belongs to Bellacatz27

Liam belongs to ISABELLA SCOTT

Marion belongs to an unnamed guest.

Harrison belongs to Zum1UDontNo

Hope I didn't get anyone mixed up and thanks for the suggestions. I'll continue adding them in future chapters.