Ethan, Lily, and Mike stood in the house for most of the day, as they were trying to get plenty of rest after fighting the night before. Then, as afternoon started to pass, Lily decided to go to the shed to check up on the animatronics. Ethan volunteered Mike to go with Lily because he was in the middle of upgrading his laptop, and he didn't want Lily to go alone.
Mike and Lily headed out towards the shed, as Mike gulped when they opened the door.
"Foxy, Freddy," Lily called, as she and Mike entered the dark shed, since the light was off.
They stopped walking when they saw two sets of glowing eyes looking their way. Mike turned on the light, as they saw that Foxy was sitting on a metal table, while Freddy looked as though he was pacing around in the same spot in the middle of the room.
"Ye come to visit us laddy n' lass?" Foxy asked.
"Yes. I wanted to see how you two were doing," Lily said, as she walked closer to them, while Mike followed her.
"Well, we're all fine, thanks for checking in doc," Bonnie said, as he sat up from his table and looked towards Lily with a grin.
Mike moved himself behind Lily, ready to pull her out of the shed, as she looked at Bonnie in surprise.
"Your awake... is Chica awake too?" Lily asked, as the animatronic chicken also sat up from her own metal table.
"Oh we're all awake, Lily-girl," Chica said.
"Oh, good. Um, do you know about-" Lily said, and Bonnie completed her sentence as he swung his feet onto the ground,
"The other animatronics? Yeah. Freddy and Foxy told us what you all are planning to do. I want in."
"Me too. It sounds like fun," Chica said, with a slight dark tone and a smile.
"Oh good. We need all the help we could get," Lily said.
"But do you think Ethan will be okay with them?" Mike asked Lily, as he stepped out from behind her.
"I'm sure he won't mind for now, but they have to be careful not to cross him," Lily replied.
"Your brother sounds like an understanding guy," Bonnie said, as Lily looked at him with half-lidded eyes.
"I'm sure if we show that we mean no harm to them, then he'll be less strict with us," Chica said, as she placed her feet on the ground, but stood sitting while Bonnie stood up.
"Yeah... right before shooting us dead anyway," Bonnie said.
"Ye can't perish twice," Foxy said.
"Yeah, I know. At least in these we can't," Bonnie said.
Freddy walked closer to Lily and asked, "Is there anything you need?"
"Actually, I was wondering what you guys would need. I came to give all of you upgrades," Lily replied, which surprised Freddy, but then he nodded and turned to the others.
"Alright, who's getting patched up and upgraded first?" Freddy asked.
"Oh, me! Me first!" Chica said, with excitement.
"I'll go second," Bonnie said, with much less enthusiasm.
"I'd prefer to go last anyway," Freddy said to Lily and she nodded.
"Come Mike. Let's get the supplies ready for Chica," Lily said, and Mike nodded as he followed her across the room.
"Yes! I'm going to be beautiful again," Chica said, with clenched fist.
"Yeah, none of us look very appealing, but I guess out of us you are," Bonnie said with a shrug.
Then Chica stood up and said,
"Don't be a jerk Bonnie! Your just jealous that I'm a bird and your a vermont!"
Lily and Mike turned towards Chica questionably, as Bonnie said,
"I'm not a vermont! I'm a bunny, which is far cooler and actually cuter than a chicken! And aren't chickens chicken?"
"I'm not chicken! But at least I'm not a vermont!" Chica retorted.
"Do you mean 'vermin'?" Lily asked.
"Don't take her side!" Bonnie said with a lighter and more pleading tone.
"I'm not. I'm correcting both of you, but you two shouldn't argue about something like this. Especially since I'm going to give all of you upgrades. Then you'll all be equally appealing, okay?" Lily said, as Bonnie and Chica looked towards one another, and then nodded.
Lily returned to gathering supplies with Mike, as Foxy chuckled a bit when he caught Freddy staring at Lily.
"She be quick to take charge ey Freddy? Quicker than ye," Foxy whispered to only Freddy, as he turned towards him with an unamused expression.
Lily was able to upgrade and repair the three animatronics:
Chica was completely fixed, and a metal plate was added in her head so that it wouldn't get crushed a second time. Stronger metal was added to her feet and arms, especially her arms, and Lily added two sharp teeth near the back of her mouth. Also, at Chica's request, Lily added a secret compartment that was hidden under Chica's bib so that her cupcake had a place to stay. Lily also added little retractable claws on Chica's fingers, just in case if she needed extra grip. Chica also asked if Lily could help her put on makeup, of which Lily was questionable to, but she figured out a way. Lily couldn't necessarily put real makeup on Chica, so she used certain fabrics and paint to put black eye shadow on Chica with eyelashes near the ends of her eyes.
Bonnie was fixed, although he wasn't afraid to ask for more adjustments on his appearance. Of course, when Bonnie kept asking for too many adjustments, one look from Freddy made him shut his mouth. Bonnie was given extra metal plates under his shoulders, and stronger metal was added to his legs and feet. He was given two retractable sharp fangs in his mouth, and short claws on his fingers and toes. Lily also added a latching mechanism on his back so that he could carry his guitar there. His guitar was also fixed to be more durable.
Freddy was fixed, and although he didn't ask for much, Lily still gave him extra stuff. She added stronger metal in his arms and legs, and especially in his head and shoulders. Lily added small retractable claws on his hands and feet, four retractable sharp teeth, and even upgraded his microphone by making it more durable and able to call her cell phone or the others guys' phones from it. She also added retractable spikes on the rim of his hat that were hidden inside of it.
After making these repairs and upgrades, Lily and Mike wiped the sweat off their brows as they sat down to take a breather. Lily sat on a metal table, while Mike sat on the floor near the tools since he just put them back.
"I almost forgot what it felt like to be fixed," Chica said, as she looked herself over in a mirror that was near the tools.
"Yeah, but I think it's way better since Lily did it," Bonnie said, as he latched his guitar on his back.
Lily smiled humbly and said, "Thank you."
"Oh right! Thank you Lily for fixing us," Chica said as she turned towards her.
"Your welcome," Lily said.
"Hey, I helped too," Mike said, with a small smile.
"Yeah, you did I guess," Bonnie said with a shrug, and Mike looked at him with half-closed eyes.
"He did the heavy lifting with bringing the stuff back and forth, and helping Lily to drill stuff," Chica said.
"Eh, sure. But I saw when Lily asked him to hold my arm and he twitched," Bonnie said.
"Well you guys did traumatize me you know. Remember. The pizzaria. I was a night guard. You tried to stuff me into a suit and all... seven nights," Mike said, casually.
"True. I guess I could say sorry... so yeah... sorry," Bonnie said.
"I am too. We're very sorry for trying to hurt you before," Chica said.
"Hmmm... okay. I'm still a bit scared of you guys, but I'll give all of ya a chance," Mike said, and Bonnie and Chica nodded.
During that conversation, Lily was sitting on the metal table and Freddy came and sat next to her. He stood a foot away to give her space, as she looked over at him from the corner of her eye. Then Freddy signed and said,
"Lily. Thank you for fixing us... and for saving us."
Lily turned to Freddy questionably, and he clarified,
"Foxy told me that the reason we were here was because you vouched for us, even when Ethan protested. If you didn't do that, we wouldn't be here now..."
"Your welcome, and thank you for saving me," Lily said, and Freddy looked towards her and nodded.
After a silent moment, Freddy asked,
"Lily... do you remember being a kid?"
Lily once again looked at Freddy questionably, but she replied,
"I do remember most of my childhood. It was nice, sad at one point, but then it got better. I do remember wearing my favorite blue bow all of the time in my hair, but I decided to retire it in my jewelry box for safe keeping."
Freddy looked towards the ground, and Lily asked,
"Why do you want to know if I remember?"
Freddy thought about his answer to her question, and then he turned to Lily and replied,
"I was wondering if you had any friends, besides your brother. If there was anyone you remember from a long time ago."
"Well, I'm not so old," Lily said, a little amused.
Freddy smirked a bit and said, "I guess time feels slower for some people."
Lily turned a little more towards Freddy and asked,
"Freddy... who are you?"
Freddy looked at her in surprise, but he kept calm as he asked,
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, your not just an animatronic with a form of data-induced consciousness. Your different... you, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and those other animatronics we fought. All of you are different then typical animatronics and even computers with personality programs... and if what Leroy said was true... then you were once a living person, and you ended up trapped in this animatronic suit... right?" Lily asked, as Freddy was impressed to see how keen she was in putting the pieces together.
Foxy was standing not too far from them, listening to their conversation, although he made it as though he was listening to Bonnie, Chica, and Mike. He turned his head back just enough for Freddy to see him, as Freddy just glanced in his direction. Then Freddy felt a familiar golden presence nearby, although nothing could be seen. Finally, Freddy replied,
"Your right. We used to be normal people... young, older, adult... the six of us and the six of them used to be normal people until certain incidents had taken our lives. Some of us were forced into being a part of the suits, others chose it, and some are unknown even now. But we all share the same thing, we used to be alive, and now we're animatronics."
Lily nodded slowly, taking it all in, and then she asked,
"Do you remember who you were? It seemed as though Leroy knew his brother Jack, so... do you guys remember?"
Freddy nodded, but he abruptly stopped which Lily noticed.
"What is it?" Lily asked.
"The thing is... we did remember, but something happened before at the Pizzaria and... we were supposed to move on, but we didn't... We returned to our animatronic forms, but it ended up messing with our heads for a while. That's why we still went after your brother, and Mike, and that other guard. For some reason we lost the memories of what freed us for awhile and now they've returned... but I'm not sure why we're still here..." Freddy replied, as he looked downward.
Lily thought about this for a moment, and then she asked, "After this is over, maybe we can figure that out so that you guys can move on peacefully. It would help you, and prevent any fighting amongst us after this, especially with Ethan. What do you say?"
Freddy thought about it, a little too long, but he looked at Lily and nodded.
"Yes. We can all be free. Thank you Lily," Freddy said.
"Your welcome," Lily said, as she turned her attention back to the others.
Then Freddy heard Golden Freddy's voice in his head say,
'Are you sure your willing to leave? I thought you wanted to-'
'No. I won't force you guys to stay here for my sake. It's not fair to you guys. Besides, it'll be better for everyone,' Freddy thought.
'But there's a reason all of us are still here you know. Even he's still around, although without a suitable form,' Golden Freddy said.
'... No. I've caused enough trouble here, it's alright. After this is over... we're going,' Freddy thought.
'Spoken like a true leader huh?' Golden Freddy said, as he left Freddy's mind.
'But you forget... we're all in this together...' -Golden Freddy.
The next chapter is going to introduce Kitcat. She's... you'll see next chapter.
I'm sorry for taking a while with this chapter. I just finished a different story and I used most of my time to write the ending. The next chapter should come sooner than this one.