"Awesome!" Gregory cheered, more than eager to see this place go up in flames. "Wait… what about Vanny? Won't she try and stop us?"

"Considering how big our group is now she can't take us on alone," Mike replied, gesturing to all the animatronics. "Her only options are to try and lure us someplace to ambush us or try and overwhelm us with the remaining staff bots."

"Or a combination of both tactics," Dipper added. "She knows that we'll be heading to the main entrance once it hits six as that's our main ticket out of here. She's probably gathering her forces there and William's already helping her out by disabling all the cameras."

Gregory immediately tapped his watch and, sure enough, all the camera feeds were nothing but static or connection errors.

"So what if she knows where we're going to be?" Roxy scoffed flipping her hair. "Those cheap bots are no match for us. We'll be able to bust through them no problem."

"If that's what it takes to get Gregory to safety," Freddy agreed with determination.

"That's what I'm counting on," Mike nodded. "Once the doors are open, we'll power through and grab Vanny on the way out. If possible, I want us to be out of the building before we start the blaze, but we might need to trigger it early in order to weaken William's grip on this place or cause some chaos so we can actually escape."

"Why are we grabbing Vanny?" Gregory asked with a scowl, subconsciously touching the healed cut on his neck. "She's been trying to kill me all night!"

While Gregory wasn't heartless enough to necessarily want her dead, he wasn't about to go out of the way to save her.

"She's possessed, probably has been for a while," Dipper replied matter-of-factly like that was nearly as common as someone coming down with the flu. "It's not a complete takeover on William's part, but he definitely has some sort of control over her."

"I think William has a least a part of his soul attached to hers," Mike informed, thinking it over. "I've been getting glimpses of it whenever I see her, but with the interference messing with my vision, I hadn't made the connection until now."

Mike and his family had learned of a few different Vannys on various dimension-hopping adventures. Some had been possessed, some had just been insane copycat killers, and some might have been robot duplicates?, Dipper and Ford still had several debates and working theories on that. So while Mike and Dipper hadn't been completely surprised to find a Vanny in their own dimension as they had known it was a possibility, they drew their own conclusions on her based on her actions here rather than what they had heard about the other variants.

"That means I'll need to the stronger spell circle when exorcising her just to be sure," Dipper acknowledged, tapping his chin in thought. "But that'll be once we actually capture her and get out of here."

"Right, so this place is already a fire hazard waiting to happen," Mike informed, pulling out a blueprint of the building from one of the desks and laying it out for everyone to see. "Between the cheap materials they constructed the building with and all the extremely flammable merchandise literally everywhere, it won't take much to send this place up in flames."

"Is it really that bad?" Chica asked in disbelief, leaning over Mike's shoulder. "I mean there have been a lot of bad accidents in the past, surely they made things safer?"

"Run through the scripts for all the automatic disclaimers they made me program you to say," Mike replied with a snort. "Then you'll know how much this company cares about safety."

All the animatronics got a vacant look in their eyes as they began doing just that. You could tell when it began to sink in just how many hazards this place had that the Fazbear company had conveniently shifted liability onto their customers rather than themselves by the various expressions of shock and anger.

"They really don't care do they," Freddy said in trembling anger.

"This is unacceptable!" Sun shouted, switching out with Moon to express his displeasure and waving his arms around frantically. "We're programmed to watch over the children and keep them safe! But this place is apparently a death trap even before things like ghosts, viruses, and child killers got involved!"

"I want to start burning this place down right now!" Monty growled, speaking for the first time as he slammed a fist down on a nearby desk and left a sizable dent in it.

"I'll beat you to it," Roxy agreed, flashing her teeth in anger.

"Calm down," Mike shouted, letting out a brief whistle to grab everyone's attention. "I appreciate your enthusiasm and we will be burning this place down, but we need to do so carefully! I want to make sure all of us get out intact! It won't exactly be easy to get all of you to Gravity Falls if you're too damaged to even walk under your own power!"

"You're… actually taking us with you?" Roxy asked quietly, her form hunched over as she expressed her fear. "Even after everything that happened tonight? After all the terrible things that came from this place's past? The tragedy this place has brought you specifically?"

"I'm not blaming you for something that you had no part in," Mike replied easily. "William's the one to blame for most of the tragedies and the greed of those that took over control of the Fazbear brand. I didn't just free you guys for your help. Haven't you learned by now that I care about you guys?"

Of course, they had known Mike cared about them, it was impossible not to after all he had done for them. They just hadn't realized he cared this much for them, enough that he would so readily welcome them to a home he spoke so fondly of so often. That he would brush aside the dark past he had with their predecessors (which they've only just learned about tonight) and would have him become a part of his new life that he had built far away from his old one.

Chica was the first one to pull Mike into a hug with Sun only a second behind. All the others joined in a moment later, none of the animatronics finding the words to show their gratitude so they hoped this group hug would suffice.

"Uh… Dipper..? A little help?" Mike said once he realized the animatronics might not let go of him for a while. They weren't holding him enough to hurt him or anything, but he was completely trapped.

"I don't think so," Dipper replied with a smirk while Gregory was bent over laughing and Helpy eagerly joined the group hug. "After everything you've been through, you still need all the positive attention you can get. I'm sure Mabel would agree with me that this is good for your mental health."

Mike scowled at the betrayal, not that Dipper could see it through the crowd of animatronics, and was forced to resign himself to his fate. Thankfully it wasn't too much longer before the hug was broken up and Mike was free.

"Right, back to the subject hand," Mike grumbled straightening out his shirt as he went back to the blueprints. "If I set the electrical system to overload, the resulting multiple short circuits should cause enough fires to start to take down this whole place. There's a server room by the kitchen that I should be able to use to set it up as well as program a remote command trigger."

"There is a separate fire suppression system, though it's not very good," Mike continued, pointing at another part of the blueprint. "Dipper, if you use your emps to take out the four main fuse boxes in the west arcade, it'll be enough to take out the whole system. And if we time it right with the overload, there's a good chance it'll start fires in that side of the building too. Helpy will have the fuse boxes' exact locations and Gregory, Chica, and Sun will go with you. The rest of you will come with me."

"Why can't Freddy come with me?" Gregory couldn't help but ask.

"I'm sorry Superstar but I cannot go to the west arcade," Freddy apologized, putting his hand comfortingly on Gregory's shoulder. "For when I step onto the dance floor, I cannot help myself. It is a programming bug."

"And you never fixed it!" Gregory sullenly accused Mike, not expecting an answer.

"I liked him and the others having known exploitable weaknesses," Mike informed bluntly, making the animatronics flinch back at the implication.

If Mike had said that before tonight, the animatronics would have felt betrayed by Mike's lack of trust and apparent fear. But all of them but Freddy had been overtaken by a malicious virus and been sent to kill a child and it had been their weakness that had allowed the others to survive and save them. So instead of feeling hurt by what Mike confessed, they couldn't help but feel grateful.

"But there is another reason I want you and Freddy separated," Mike went on, getting everyone's attention back on him. "Freddy has a direct connection to your Fazwatch, one that's independent of the main network. And with William already cutting off our connection to the cameras, it won't be long before our ability to send messages to each other goes too."

"So it'll be the only way we can keep in contact," Gregory concluded, looking at his watch in a new light. "Alright… when should we leave?"

"Soon," Mike replied, glancing at all the others. "Are there any questions about the plan?"

Getting nothing but 'no's and headshakes from the others, Mike got up saying, "Then I guess we can head out. As soon as we finish we meet up before pushing for the exit. Before I forget…"

Mike quickly went to his workbench and pulled out something hidden under some random papers before turning and holding it out to Freddy.

"Is... Is that..?" Freddy couldn't finish asking as he stared at the computer chip in Mike's hand.

"Bonnie's AI chip," Mike confirmed with a gentle smile. "I figured you'd be the best one to keep it safe as we get out of here. I would keep it safe myself but…"

But with Mike being the main target of William, there was a strong chance the chip would get accidentally destroyed. There was a reason Mike was having all the heavy hitters accompany him after all. Freddy gently took the chip, looking fondly at the core of his best friend before tucking it safely away in his chest compartment.

With everything taken care of, the groups split to accomplish their separate tasks.

"The west arcade has an animatronic specifically assigned to it," Dipper informed Gregory as their group began making their way to the arcade. "DJ Music Man is an enormous animatronic that we'll want to avoid altering if possible."

"MM is such a big softy that's usually asleep at this time," Sun commented before switching over to Moon. "But he's probably infected with the virus. If he wakes up, we'll need to move quickly and cleverly to avoid him."

"He isn't very flexible at all," Chica added. "So as long as we don't stay out in the open, we should be able to dodge his grip."

Their group was comprised of the smaller and more agile members specifically because they had the best chance of escaping Music Man if necessary.

The group soon arrived at the arcade and Gregory got to see firsthand just how big DJ Music Man was. Just one of the animatronic hands was larger than Gregory and Gregory couldn't help but fearfully think of how easy it would be able to crush him. Thankfully the animatronic was still asleep so the group made sure to move quietly as they went to the first fuse box that Helpy indicated, which was right next to the DJ stand. The others kept an eye on Music Man as Dipper went to work setting up his emp device.

"It's primed and just waiting for the command," Dipper whispered to the others as he stepped back. "Let's head to the next one."

"I think… we might want to run…" Gregory informed fearfully as the DJ's eyes began to glow magenta. The group could feel the ground tremble slightly as the robot shifted and rose to its full height.

Music Man was awake and he had the group in his sights.