Everyone quickly left the abandoned warehouse and returned to the van. Ethan drove to the hospital, and as he helped carry Lily inside with Sarah leading the way, Mike stood in the van with the animatronics. When Lily was secure in a room, Ethan left with Mike to drop off the animatronics at the house. They were all pretty worried about Lily's condition, but they knew that she would be alright.
Indeed yes, after two days, Lily was released from the hospital by Sarah, and driven home by her as well. She still needed rest and to change her bandages, so Sarah was going to stay over at the house for the rest of the week. Lily wanted to see the animatronics to let them know that she was fine, and they were overjoyed since they didn't know when she was coming back. As Lily stood in her bedroom to rest, Mike, Sarah, and Ethan kept her company.
However, Sarah had taken into consideration what Angela had told Lily about taking care of her eye. She told the boys to leave the room because she was going to change her bandages. After doing so, Sarah made Lily stand a couple of feet from the door, as she placed a poster of various letter sizes starting with 'E' on it. She told Lily to cover her left eye and read it, and Lily read it quite perfectly. Then Sarah told Lily to cover her right eye and read, and Lily could only make out the large letter 'E.'
"Lily, that's not good at all! You can barely see out of that eye. Why didn't you tell me before that you couldn't see?" Sarah asked, with sympathy.
"I could see fine before... although, I noticed that the vision in my eye was becoming hazy when I couldn't see the Puppet well... I thought it was just that one time, but... it's much worse now," Lily said, disheartened.
"That fight with Angela didn't help either. Even she noticed your eye wasn't doing well... hm... maybe I can still save it... we'll have to sort this out immediately. I wouldn't want you to go blind," Sarah said, and she went out to call Ethan and tell him to get the van moving.
Sarah, Lily, and Ethan returned to the hospital and went back to the hospital room. Ethan was there this time as Sarah explained the situation after running tests on Lily's eyes. Ethan stood quiet most of the time, only asking a few questions, as Lily felt bad for not telling him about her dwindling sight.
However, Ethan wasn't upset about this, rather he was more concerned about how to get Lily her sight back. Sarah said there was damage that would be irreversible even when it healed, and Ethan suggested if there was a mechanical way to fix it. After both of them took a few hours to think and plan while Lily was twirling her hair in boredom, Sarah and Ethan suggested to create a bionic contact lens. It wouldn't have to be removed since it will be a part of Lily's eye, and the surgery wouldn't be long. Lily thought about it, and she agreed to try it because she was already losing her sight anyway.
Sarah was able to contact a friend who was working on such a device, and he just so happened to be in the area. He gave her permission to complete one of several that he had in the making, and with Sarah and Ethan working together, they were able to complete it in a week.
The animatronics felt responsible for Lily's vision loss, until Mike and Lily assured them that it wasn't their fault. Freddy was more protective over Lily, and always around to assist her, which Lily appreciated. None of the other animatronics bothered him about this because they also helped to take care of Lily, and Mike too since their siblings were working on the bionic eye contact in the lab of the hospital.
Finally, Sarah and Ethan brought Lily back to the hospital for the surgery. It was a success, and Lily was brought out of the hospital the same day a few hours later. Her eye would be watched carefully for the next few weeks to make sure it's working well. The animatronics were trying to see if they could see a difference, but her eye looked normal.
Only Golden Freddy saw the pupil of her left eye flicker from light blue to normal.
Everything seemed to be returning to normal, although who could really forget about Angela, especially when a few of them would jump whenever they thought they saw her. The crack on Freddy's face was fixed by Lily with her new found sight in her left eye, and the other animatronics were all fixed up from minor or major wounds. Ethan, Lily, Sarah, and Mike were able to rest, and the Schmidt siblings were able to get back to work. Lily found a few projects to do with a few clients and Ethan helped her out.
Two weeks later, while Sarah and Mike were hanging out with the other animatronics outside, Ethan and Lily were returning from dropping off a finished project when they noticed a red envelope in their mailbox. As they were slowly walking towards the others, Lily was reading out loud the letter, since it was addressed to both of them. After reading the letter, Lily looked towards Ethan, as a child looks at a parent for permission, and Ethan nodded and said,
"When are we going exactly?"
Lily smiled as she told him, and then they quickly headed towards the group. Freddy was the first to notice them, and he saw a certain look in their eyes that he recognized, as he thought,
'We're leaving here...'
'You most certainly are...' Golden Freddy said to his mind.
The Letter:
To Ethan and Lily Lova,
Hello Dearies! It's been awhile. I figured that you all had time to recover and rejuvenate yourselves, animatronics included of course. We've been doing quite well actually. Of course, not everyone is doing as well as us though, your group and mine included in 'us.' I have received word from the East that the animatronics are indeed losing their minds, and many of the owners and workers are either turning a blind eye, or causing such behaviors.
Anyway, I was curious to know if all or any of you were interested in helping me out to investigate all this madness. It would be quite dangerous indeed, but that's not something you all haven't dealt with before, right? With this little envelope, I have four tickets and a special storage ticket to help with the 'packages' that I'm certain will accompany you. There will be someone waiting for you all at the airport if you wish to join... or not, they'll let me know.
Be there on time though~
I hope you all accept my generous offer. I'll have some equipment for when you land to help you get started. Your plane takes flight in two months from now... your first destination... France.
Hope to see you soon,
Your wonderful friend,
Angela
P.S: The toys say hi to everyone.
HeeHeeHee.
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And that is the end of Book Three. I hope you guys enjoyed this one, because Book Four is in production and it'll be a little longer than Book Two I predict. Thank you all for reading, and I hope you'll be back for Book Four.
Of course, I'm in the middle of writing another story, and since I'm in school, Book Four may take a little time to flush out.
I'll see ya'll soon. ;D
Also, Sister Location is out! I'm going to see if I can play it soon. ;)