As Austin, Roxanne, Monty and Chica went to the bottom of the atrium, they were planning on how to encounter Gregory in a none threatening manner.

"Alright everyone, I may have a plan on how we should meet Gregory without being threatening. Monty, you stay here, patrol the area and see if he is here, if so, do not run at him, simply reassure him that we are trying to help him. I will go to the middle floor and see if he's up there, I'll try to reassure we are helping him, not trying to hurt him. Chica… you can stay with Austin, keep him safe from that rabbit or Moon." Roxanne explained to the group.

Monty nodded and left the group, patrolling the area. Chica looked down and sighed as Roxanne was about to head up the stair, but Austin bumped Chica, nodding at her, which she nodded back.

"Uh… Roxy?" Chica said to Roxanne.

Roxanne turned around and looked at Chica.

"Yes Chica?" Roxanne replied.

"Uh…" Chica hesitated, looking at Austin, which he gave her a little thumbs up. Chica took a deep breath and looked at Roxanne. "I want to help you. I'm tired of being left out in the exciting stuff. I'm going to help, with or without your permission!"

Roxanne looked at her in surprise. Chica realized she raised her voice at Roxy and felt embarrassed.

"S-sorry Roxy, I didn't mean-"

"I… never knew you were feeling this way. You simply nod your head and you stay behind while we handle things. If you do feel this way… you can go to the top of the atrium and search the area for Gregory."

Chica gasped. "Really?! I can help?!" Chica said excitedly.

"Yep, head up there and see if Gregory is over their." Roxanne said to Chica.

"Alright! I won't let you down Roxy!" Chica said, running up the stairs in excitement, as she tripped a bit, before recovering quickly and ran up the stairs again.

Roxanne chuckled a bit, looking at Chica running up the stairs.

"So, what can I do?" Austin spoke up.

Roxanne looked back to Austin and placed her hand on her chin.

"Uhh… stay here, see if you can see Gregory or Freddy. Just… be careful, don't want you getting hurt." Roxanne said to Austin.

"Yes ma'am." Austin saluted to Roxanne.

Roxanne nodded at him and walked up the stairs. Austin began to look around the area, seeing if Gregory is nearby. So far, no luck. He looked up on the stage and saw the holograms were gone, but Austin shrugged it off and continued to look around. As Austin kept looking, he saw Monty, patrolling the area, but something was off about him. He looked… aggressive looking than a few minutes ago. Monty would stop, look around a bit, then growl before moving on.

Hmm, I wonder why they are acting this way. Could it be the chips in their head? Well, hopefully we can find Gregory and figure this out somehow.

Just then, the holograms came back on the stage, causing Monty to be around the stage area and Roxanne coming back to the bottom. Austin decided to head to the stage area, seeing if Gregory is there on the stage. Instead of seeing Gregory, Austin saw a orange bear animatronic, seeing it was a bit damaged like the others.

Is… is that… Freddy? He looks like the golden statue I saw in the lobby. Maybe he knows where Gregory is.

Austin went up on the stage and approached Freddy. Austin saw Freddy was holding one of his sides, looking like he's been injured.

"Umm, excuse me, Freddy?" Austin said to Freddy.

Freddy flinched a bit and turned around, looking at Austin.

"Oh, hello there, i-I did not see y-you there," Freddy said, bending down a bit, scanning him with his eyes. "How odd, you are also not in my d-database, just like Gregory."

"So you know Gregory too? I've met him and I'm trying to help him with all this."

"Ahh, so your t-the s-s-superstars friend he was mentioning, well it is nice to meet-" Freddy was about to give Austin his hand, but was stopped, his body shaking, his pupils slowly turning red.

Freddy held his head in agony, as Austin started to back up, looking scared.

"U-uh… Freddy? Are… are you… okay?" Austin asked Freddy, sounding concerned.

"I… I am n-not… in… control…" Freddy said, sounding like he is in pain.

Freddy finally looked at Austin, looking menacing towards Austin. Freddy lifted up his arms, made a fist, and slammed his arms to the floor, barely missing Austin. Austin tried to run away, but Freddy was quick, even if he was damaged or not. Austin screamed out for help, running back and forth on the stage. Monty and Roxanne looked over to the stage, running towards them to help Austin. Austin tripped and fell on the floor, he looked at Freddy as he slowly approached him. Freddy raised his arms once again and was about to slam down on Austin, but Monty stopped him. Roxanne grabbed Austin and held onto him.

"Freddy? Never thought I see you try to harm a kid, what's going on with you dude?" Monty said, struggling to hold Freddy back.

"Can't… stop… n-not in… control." Freddy said the same words he said to Austin.

Just then, Austin, Roxanne, Monty and Freddy heard footsteps behind them, hearing a kids voice. They turned around and saw Gregory running towards them.

"Freddy!" Gregory yelled out to Freddy.

As Monty and Roxanne looked at Gregory, there pupils started to turn red. Roxanne dropped Austin on the ground and the two stared at Gregory. Gregory stopped in his tracks and gasped.

"There you are!" Monty yelled out, charging at Gregory.

Both Monty and Roxanne began to chase Gregory around the area. Austin, still on the floor, rubbed his butt, as he groaned in pain a bit.

"Ouch." Austin said to himself in pain.

He turned around and saw Freddy, however, he couldn't see Austin on the floor. Freddy shook his head and his pupils went back to normal.

"Ohh, did I space out f-for a minute there?" Freddy said, sounding confused.

Freddy looked over to where Monty and Roxanne were, seeing they are chasing Gregory. Freddy gasped and yelled out to Gregory.

"Gregory, quick, to t-the stage!" Freddy said, pressing the button for the stage elevator.

Gregory ran as fast as he could, Monty and Roxanne still chasing right behind him. Gregory went on the stage and jumped into the hole, where Freddy caught him. Monty and Roxanne stared at the hole, looking angry.

"Gah! He escaped, AGAIN!!" Roxanne yelled out.

Austin got up from the floor and went back on the stage, looking pretty upset.

"What happened?! I thought we had a plan?" Austin said, sounding peeved.

"What you mean kid, we were following the plan." Monty said to Austin.

"By chasing him around the area?! I thought we were going to talk to him."

"I thought we were talking with him, we said we will go to the stage and talk to him." Roxanne said to Austin.

"That's not what happened. When you saw him, you dropped me on the floor and you started to chase him." Austin explained to the two.

"Really? I… I didn't know, I know Freddy was attacking you, which I find weird since he would never hurt a fly, after that… I can't remember."

"Hmm… well… when I was talking to Freddy, his pupils turned red and began attacking me. Maybe that's what happened to you guys."

"Hmm… well… maybe we should go to parts and services, see if we see anything wrong with us." Roxanne said to Austin.

Just then, they heard footsteps behind them and they turned around, seeing Chica running towards them.

"Did you guys manage to talk to Gregory?" Chica asked the three.

"No, Austin said we started to chase him. But what was weird was that Freddy was on the stage, attacking Austin." Roxanne said to Chica.

"Wait, Freddy, attacking a kid?! That does not sound like Freddy at all."

"I know, but he did. Austin said his pupils turned red and began to attack him. I'm guessing that's what happened to us as well. So, we are going to parts and services, see what's going on with us."

"Oh, okay, I'll stay here, I've been given orders by Officer Vanessa through my patrolling system."

"Yeah, I got that two just now." Monty mentioned.

"Yeah, same here, but I'm going to ignore it for now, got better things to do than patrol." Roxanne said to the two.

"Okay, I'm going to go patrol near the kitchen area, see you guys in a few hours." Chica said, waving goodbye to the group as she leaves.

"Yeah, you go on ahead, I'm going to patrol my area, maybe play a game or two while I'm there." Monty said, as he too was leaving Roxanne and Austin.

"Fine, me and Auzzy can figure this out by ourselves, right kid!" Roxanne said to Austin.

"Right Roxy!" Austin replied back.

Just then, the stage elevator came back up. Roxanne and Austin got on the stage, looking at each other and nodded. Roxanne pushed the button and the elevator went back down once again.

To Be Continued…