"Anyone gonna ask why we're back here again?" Asked Carlton as the group scaled up the wall to the window again.
"I don't know." Said Charlie, as she caught them one by one. "It feels like something keeps… pulling us back, you guys get that feeling?"
"I guess." Said John. "Let's just keep quiet this time, otherwise the guard.
Then suddenly, as they came to the door leading to the party room, it swung open, revealing Mike Schmidt, standing there.
"I had a feeling you wouldn't leave this place alone." He said darkly.
Marla jumped and held Jason, and the rest either gulped or whispered something unpleasant.
"We've already had two Break ins already." The Nigthguard went on. "And it's nearly 12:00 AM. What the hell are you doing here again, Partying? Drugs?"
"Charlie, what do we do?" Jessica whispered.
"We'll go, we're really sorry." Said Lamar, but Charlie stepped forward.
"Wait!" She said, "Look, I know I'm not supposed to be here, But I'm Charlie Emily."
They couldn't see behind the mask and hat, But the Night Guards eye's seemed to widen at this name.
"My father was… Henry Emily, He owned this place, well, the Franchise at least, not this new building, of course, And… I swear, we're not trying anything bad, we just want to explore this place, you know, relive our Childhoods."
"And then we'll never come back!" Added Carlton.
The Night Guard didn't seem to hear the rest, his eyes were fixed on Charlie.
"Charlie…?" He asked aloud, he then shook his head, his hidden face turning hard again and then he let out a sigh.
"Ugh, fine." He said. "But you're staying in the office with me."
"Okay." Said John, reluctantly.
"Right, this way." Said the Night Guard as he led them to the office. "Also, the name's Mike."
That word made something in Charlie's head go off. "Mike…?"
The group followed Mike to the main office, It was small and cramped, and the gang felt sandwiched as they shuffled in.
"Oh god, Marla, is that you?" Asked Jessica as she felt an elbow in her ribbon cage.
"No, I'm the one shoved against the wall!" Said Marla as she was masked by a Cobweb.
"Ew, Did I just press against something?" Carlton asked.
"Yeah, Yeah, get used to it." Mike scoffed. "If you don't like it, the front entrance is unlocked, you can leave through there, now shut up and let me do my work!"
And he pressed the phone. "Hello, hello! Hey, you're doing great! Uh, most people don't last this long! I mean, you know, th-they usually move on to other things by now…"
Charlie and John shared a confused look.
"Uhh, I'm not implying that they died, tha-that-that's not what I meant…"
This last part caught the group by surprise.
"What?" Asked Charlie.
"Uh, anyway, I better not take up too much of your time. Uh, things will start getting real tonight."
"What's he talking about?" Asked Marla.
"You were stupid to come here…" Said Mike.
"Uh, h-hey listen, I had an idea. If you happen to get caught and want to avoid getting stuffed into a Freddy suit, uhh, try paying dead. Ya know, go limp. Uhh, then there's a chance that… maybe they'll think you're an empty costume instead."
"I think I recognize that voice." Said Carlton.
"Then again, if they think you're an empty costume, they might try to… stuff a metal skeleton into you. I wonder how that would work…"
The group cringed at this, as Mike checked the camera's.
"...Y-Yeah never mind, scratch that, I-It's best just not to get caught."
"Caught by who?" Charlie thought. "Who… or what… would do these things?"
"Um, well, okay, I-I'll leave you to it. See you on the flip side."
And the message ended, leaving the group utterly disturbed.
"Uh… Charlie." Said John. "I think…"
"Come on, where are you?" Mike muttered, Charlie moved up next to him, trying to see what was on the screen.
"What are you looking for?" Asked Charlie.
Mike stopped and looked up at her. "I… Look, normally by now-"
A high pitched scream from down the corridor, Marla clutched Jason tightly as Charlie ran out to find the source.
"Charlie!" John followed after her.
"Hey! Come back here!" Mike quickly got up, briefly turning back to the others. "Don't move."
And he hurried after them.
Meanwhile,
Charlie raced down the hall, the screams sounding as horrible memories came back to her.
"Enjoy the Rain, owners brat!"
"No! Let me in!"
"MARY!"
Charlie snapped back to reality as she stopped dead in her tracks.
And saw something beyond her own imagination…
Standing before her, were all four Animatronics, Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy, no longer on their stages, and moving freely, and their mouths opening and closing, Freddy was the first to step closer to her, Charlie jerked away, then backed up slowly, her foot caught on the leg of a chair, and she fell back, landing hard on her bottom, Freddy now stood over her and than…
"Well Boy howdy! How you doing? My name is Freddy Fazbear! And this is where all that fantasy and fun come to life!" The Mascot Bear said enthusiastically, helping Charlie to her feet just as John and Mike came in.
"What…?" Mike asked.
"Oh hey! She's got other friends!" Said Bonnie. "You guys come here often?"
"Uh…" John was having a hard time processing what he was seeing.
"W-Wha…? Since when do you… talk?" Asked Mike.
"Doesn't everybody talk?" Asked Freddy.
"I… We heard a scream." Said John.
"Hello! That was me." Came a voice, A girl popped out from behind Bonnie and walked up next to Freddy. "They wouldn't stop tickling me!"
Mike gawked. "What the?! Who are you?!"
"This is our very special friend Abby!" Said Chica.
"Hey, I remember you." Said Abby, looking up at Charlie. "You're the lady I was talking to."
But Charlie wasn't paying attention anymore, she was transfixed with the living Animatronics. "...I… I… T-This is a joke right? T-there's someone here right? T-there's someone controlling them, right? I mean…"
She frantically looked around. "Okay good joke! Congratulations you got me, you can come out now! …Hello?"
No one was there.
"They're… not being controlled." Said Mike. "At least not from what I can tell…:
"Of course we aint." Said Foxy indignantly. "What do ye take for? Puppets?"
"I like Puppets!" Said Bonnie.
"Uh… How is this possible?!" Asked John.
"What's the matter?" Asked Chica. "You never heard of the wonders of childhood imagination?"
"Hey how come none of you talked before?!" Asked Mike.
The Animatronics glanced at the night guard and frowned.
"Uh, did anyone ask you?" Asked Chica.
"Yeah, why don't you got back to the stinky office." Added Bonnie.
Mike took offense to that. "Why? So you can come in there and-"
"Hey, be nice." Said Abby. "They just wanna play."
"Yeah, what she said." Said Chica, as she winked.
"Play…?" Asked Charlie.
"Hey Charlie!" They all looked over and saw Carlton, Jessica, Marla, Lamar and Jason come out and stare in awe at the Animatronics.
"Whoa! Cool! They're alive!" Exclaimed Jason, as he ran over.
"Jason, wait!" Marla ran after him.
"What the hell is this?!" Asked Lamar.
"Hi." Said Abby. "I'm Abby and these are Freddy, Bonnie, Foxy and Chica!"
"Uh, Hello." Said Carlton, nervously. "I'm Carlton, and this is John, Charlie, Jessica, Jason, Marla and Lamar…"
"Well nice to meet you folks!" Said Freddy. "Whatcha doing up this late?"
"Uh… School report?" Jessica said feebly.
"Must be extensive, considering we saw ye here last night." Said Foxy, scratching his chin with his hook.
"Y-yeah, And I think we should be going now, It IS late after all." Said Marla, as she called out to Jason. "Come on Jason."
"Aw, I thought we could do the arcade now." Jason grumbled as he walked back to Marla.
"Aw, you don't have to leave so soon." Said Chica. "Why don't you stay awhile!"
As Chica talked, Abby looked up at Mike, whose eyes were darting around like mad, trying to make sense of everything. She quietly giggled at his distress, which caught his attention. He started to look closely at the girl as if she reminded him of… someone.
"Thanks… for the offer." Said Charlie, finally. "But w-we really shouldn't be here."
"Well, tell you what." Said Freddy. "Why don't you come over tomorrow night, we'll have a full shindig, that boy can play all the arcade games he wants."
Jason whooped for joy!
"Besides." Added Foxy. "It be getting boring playin peek-a-boo with this bilgerat all night."
"What? No! No! No! No!" Mike protested. "I told them to-!"
Freddy punched back and sent him flying onto the stage, where he sprawled out in a daze.
"We'll always welcome you to come back anytime you want." Said Freddy.
"Uh… Okay." Said John. "Thanks for the offer."
"Well, we're going now." Said Charlie, as she turned to leave.
"Take Abby with ya." Said Chica. "We wouldn't want her folks worrying."
"Okay, but before I go." Abby pulled out a notebook, doodled a heart in it and ripped out a page and handed it to Bonnie.
"I had a lot of fun tonight." She said, "Thanks for having me over, and tell him I said goodbye."
Mike shook his head as he heard that last part of the sentence. "Him?"
As Charlie's group began to depart, Abby hurried after them, but not before giving Freddy a hug, which he happily returned "Bye!"
"Bye Abby!" The Animatronics called, Bonnie was gushing at the heart drawing Abby gave him and began to cry.
"Aye! Quit the waterworks Bon!" Foxy said, as he shielded himself from the over exaggerated tears.
"But I miss her already!" Bonnie sobbed.
Mike then got to his feet and watched the humans go, before turning to the Animatronics.
"Um, …Okay…" He said, once they Animatronics turned to him. "Why don't you guys let me go back to the office and…"
"Nah, I think his patience to see you is out." Said Freddy.
"Who?" Asked Mike.
Then a pair of Golden hands grabbed him by the arms and yanked him backstage as he yelled.
Meanwhile,
Charlie and the group, now joined by Abby, hurried to the front entrance.
"So… just to be clear, none of us are crazy?" Asked Carlton.
"You mean besides the fact that we saw living, talking, moving robot animals?" Asked Jessica. "Yeah, we ALL saw that."
"How is this…?" John was stroking his head, coming to terms with it all. "I-I'm mean, what kind of…"
"Let's just focus on leaving and getting this girl home." Said Charlie, as she knelt down to Abby. "So, where is your home?"
"I don't know." Said Abby. "Mommy and Daddy move around alot, we never stay in one place."
"Oh how come?" Asked Jessica.
"I don't know." Said Abby.
"Okay, Why don't we just go now, It's almost dawn." Said John as he looked outside.
"Yeah, I mean, it's still good to get away." Said Carlton as he opened the door. "I guess the worst is behind us."
As they stepped outside however, A light engulfed the group, accompanied by the sound of police sirens.
"Freeze!" Said a familiar voice. "Everyone's hands in the air!"
The group did just that as Audrey Kauman walked up, flashlight and pistol in hand.
"You kids." She said, shaking her head. "are in deep trouble."
"Audrey!" Said Carlton, trying to sound confident. "Hey! Lookin good this evening, do something with your hair?"
Audrey just groaned. "Ugh, Carlton, I don't have time for your nonsense tonight, So you can save it for your dad."
Carlton's "confident" face was held for a moment, and then he dropped it. "Crap."
To Be Continued.
And there you have it folks, this is the first meeting of our Protagonists, and now it looks like the gangs in trouble, how do they get out of it? You'll just have to wait and see.
And as for Mike, Well… Lets just say he's in for a "Bite" of his own, if you know what I mean. ;)
For now, We'll be taking a quiet hiatus from this story, you can take the opportunity to check out my other stories. :)
In other news, be sure to look out for the next Chapters of Power Rangers and the Phantom Menace and Crossover Legends Season 2 in the coming future, along with perhaps… Quest for the Black Cauldron and others? We'll see.
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