Lily and Ethan ran down the next stairway to the third floor, as they spoke.

"Are you okay? That fox didn't hurt you right?" Ethan asked.

"No, I'm fine. He seemed nicer than the others, but he could be dangerous," Lily replied.

"Please warn me if there's another animatronic in the room. I almost jumped out of my skin when I turned and saw him talking to you," Ethan said, and Lily replied, "Okay."

They couldn't climb down the next floor because there was a large wooden board that covered it up and yellow tape that said, 'Do Not Enter. Broken Staircase.'

"When does yellow tape specifically say 'Broken Staircase?'" Lily whispered.

"Never. Let's try the elevator again," Ethan whispered back.

Lily and Ethan entered the third floor, as they were listening for any sound or movement. They saw something on the ground in the center of the hallway, as they slowly approached it. They stood alert as they traveled the hallway, until they were a few feet from what was on the ground.

"Is that a cupcake?" Lily asked, as they were looking at the small plastic pastry.

It had pink frosting, sparkling blue eyes, a candle on the center of it's head, and a blue bottom cup.

"What's a cupcake do... wait a minute. There's a Toy Freddy, Bonnie, and Foxy," Ethan said, with his free hand on his chin.

"Mangle," Lily corrected.

"Yeah, Mangle. The only one we haven't met is-" Ethan said, but was interrupted when a voice cut him off saying,

"A Toy Chica? Yeah, that's me. It's sooo nice to meet'cha both," Toy Chica said, as she stepped out from a room near the cupcake.

Ethan and Lily backed up, and Toy Chica reached down and picked up her cupcake, as she put it on her shoulder.

"You guys must have done some damage to the others if you made it here. I wonder why that is. They didn't try to hurt you. They just wanted to take you two to the boss is all," Toy Chica said with a wink and a smile.

She wore a light blue handkerchief around her neck, and her eyes had pink eye shadow made of pink fabric. She moved to the side of the hallway, as she gestured with her hand towards the elevator.

"You guys can go ahead. I don't feel like fighting," Toy Chica said, as she leaned back against the wall.

Lily and Ethan looked towards each other, and then they turned towards Toy Chica as they started walking passed her. They kept their eyes on her as they passed by, and then they turned towards the elevator. Toy Chica stood in place, and then her eyes darkened, as she grabbed her orange beak and detached it from her face.

'Each gun makes it's own unique sound when it fires. Considering that they got this far, they must be good shooters. I heard two pops from one, and two pops from the other. That means each of them have four bullets left. I wouldn't want them to go any lower with too many bullets...' Toy Chica thought, as she threw her beak towards the back of Ethan's head.

Lily just so happened to turn around to look back at Toy Chica, when she immediately noticed the orange projectile. She quickly turned, lifted her gun, and fired, as the bullet deflected the beak towards the wall. Ethan turned around to see the orange beak on the ground, and he took his gun and shot towards Toy Chica. The animatronic bird was able to dodge the bullet by entering a room close to her.

"You said you didn't want to fight, what the heck are you throwing stuff at us?!" Ethan yelled, and Toy Chica chuckled.

"Sorry about that. I felt obliged to do something. My boss may get upset if I don't at least try," Toy Chica said, from within the room.

"Let's hurry up ahead," Lily said, and Ethan agreed.

While Ethan stood guard with his gun pointed towards the hallway, Lily clicked the button near the elevator doors to call it up, since it was on the first floor. When the elevator came up and the doors slid open, Lily and Ethan quickly entered inside. Before the doors closed, Toy Chica appeared in the hallway and picked up her beak. She looked towards Ethan and Lily, and then she started running towards the elevator with a partially toothless grin. Ethan and Lily each shot one bullet at her, as she jumped out of the way, and the elevator doors closed.

"What the heck was that? She wanted us to go by, but then she throws stuff, and then she wants us to shoot her," Ethan said, with mild irritation.

"... Ethan, how many bullets do you have left?" Lily asked, as she was examining her own gun.

Ethan checked his gun and replied, "Two left, but I didn't bring anymore to reload."

"Me either. I only have two left in my gun, and I'm sure that she knew that," Lily said, realizing what Toy Chica was trying to accomplish.

"What do you mean?" Ethan asked.

"It's like you said, she wanted us to shoot her. Now we have only four bullets left, and who knows what awaits us on the next floors," Lily said, speculating that they can only exit the building by surviving each floor.

The elevator stopped on the second floor. Ethan and Lily exited the elevator when the doors opened, with guns drawn.

"Let's try not to waste our remaining ammo. We're almost out of here," Ethan whispered, and Lily nodded.

They slowly walked across the dim hallway, aiming their guns near the doors. They heard scurrying ahead, and aimed but didn't fire their guns. After a moment of silence, the siblings slowly continued to walk down the hallway, until they heard someone say,

"Hello."

The two turned to see a smaller animatronic, that was about half the size of Toy Freddy, standing a few feet behind them.

"Hahaha. It's funny to see you two down here. I guess the others were giving you two a chance," the boy animatronic said in a cheery tone.

"Wh-Who are you?" Lily asked, surprised to see a more human-looking animatronic.

"My name is Balloon Boy, but I prefer BB. It's nice to finally meet the Lady Lova and Man Lova," BB said, sounding as childish as he could.

BB looked mostly the same, besides wearing a red sash around his waist, and his body was a little more oblong then round, so he looked slightly taller then he used to be, and he also looked older then he used to.

Ethan aimed his gun at BB's head with a serious expression, as the boy animatronic fake gasped, and said,

"What? You wish to shoot me? I'm just a little boy."

"Your not a little boy if you were paid to be. I can see it in your cheap plastic lenses for eyes. Your much worse than you show," Ethan said, as Lily stood closer to her brother.

BB looked at Ethan in surprise, but then he started laughing with his eyes closed, as his laugh echoed in the hallway. When he stopped, BB had a much darker expression on his face with a sly grin, and said,

"Wow. I'm impressed that you could see through me so easily, but don't think I'm a pushover, especially since I'm not alone~"

Ethan kept his gun pointed at BB, while Lily carefully scanned the room for anything in the shadows.

"Do you see anything?" Ethan whispered.

"No, nothing," Lily whispered back.

Lily looked back at BB, as he looked her way with a cheeky grin. However, Lily noticed a movement reflecting on his shiny blue eyes, which made her immediately turn around with her gun drawn.

'Wh-What is...' Lily thought, as she saw a tall, dark figure with a white mask standing a few feet away from her.

"What's the matter?" Ethan asked, without taking his eyes off of BB.

"There's another over here, but he's different too," Lily replied, still surprised by the puppet animatronic.

"He's known as the Puppet. Although some have called him the Marionette," BB said, with his arms crossed.

The Puppet looked similar to his original appearance, although his mask was much more flexible so he could change expressions and even close his mouth if he wanted to. There was a black patch over his right eye, while the other was dark with a white pupil. He also wore a small white bow-tie around his neck.

"What do you think we should do with them Puppet? It's not like they could escape from us," BB asked.

"You'd be surprised what we could do," Ethan said as his eyes narrowed, and BB's grin slightly twitched.

Lily examined the Puppet's appearance, and she thought,

'How didn't I see him? He's wearing white! Where was he hiding?'

Puppet had an unreadable expression, as he thought,

'I was on her left side. She should have spotted me, unless something hindered her from doing so... I'll think about that later. For now, they must be caught.'

Three more encounters! Can Lily and Ethan get out of this jam? You'll see next chapter.

I was on a roll in writing this, so why not post it now. ;)