A Night At The Pizzaplex

Chapter 9

" Hah! I did it! " Esther used a towel to wipe the sweat off her forehead, stepping out of the enclosed area and typing on the keyboard of the computer. Finally, Monty was fixed up and she had gotten rid of the wrong programming in his system that ordered him to kill and forget. She wondered who could have done such fine coding and who thought it was a good idea to give the guy overpowered strength.

" Why am I in Parts and Service? Who the hell are you? " The gator sat up and Esther held her hands up, backing away.

" Did you program him to curse? " Bonnie appeared beside the human, his hands folded as he meets his old friend. Esther shook her head, " Maybe? I mean he cursed at me when I was knocking him out so most likely no. " She shrugged and left the two of them alone, cleaning up a bit to rid of the evidence that they were in the area. She's been in there multiple times so she knew exactly where everything was, no matter how many times the official repairmen messed up the place.

The two animatronics stared at each other.

Monty looked down, his body was reattached and his claws were new, much softer, and the nails less pointy but still had durability and strength. Was all of this the human's doing?

" How was it? Being my replacement, I mean. " Bonnie asked, interested in what answers the gator was going to give him.

" It was exhilarating. Seeing the kids cheer for me, calling my name, choosing me as their favorite instead of you. I enjoyed every moment. "

Esther peeked from behind the rabbit, " Uh, are you sure you were friends with this guy? " She whispered at the rabbit whilst staring at Monty, he was still looking at himself.

" But I never wanted to replace you. "

' I have no idea what's happening. Are they making up or are they having a passive-aggressive conversation? ' She watched as Bonnie walked over to where the gator sat, he held a hand for his friend to grab, " I missed you too, Monty. " The gator hopped off the leaned chair, patting the rabbit's back as Esther listened to their metallic clankings, smiling at the two of them. " Welcome to the team. " She lifted her hand towards Monty, who stared at her for a moment before shaking her hand with care.

She quickly scribbled on the notepad with her other hand, muttering, " Claws are now safe for kids. Soft and squishy material, check! " Monty stared at the smaller human, he had just thought about why he was after her back in Monty's Gator Golf. Esther let go of his claw and opened up his mouth with ease, the poor gator stumbled back in surprise. " Ah, sorry, I just need to check if all your teeth are retractable. " She apologized, poking at each tooth like they were buttons while Bonnie laughs at the sight in the background.

Monty had a lot of questions, but he had an objective in mind and that was to find Sys and take her back to Esther safely before the doors reopen at 6:00 am. Another question he had was why there was a human inside his mouth voluntarily. " Sorry, she's a little ecstatic towards animatronics. She won't do anything you don't like if you tell her. " Bonnie reassured him, sensing that the gator was confused.

" Okay, I'm done. Monty, can you pull me out? " The mentioned robot easily took the human out of his mouth, holding her by the waist and putting her down on the floor. " I checked the cameras, Vanessa has my little sister. " She showed Monty her phone screen, for some reason, Monty seemed angry towards the familiar night guard. Esther called the number in Lost and Found, seeing Vanessa laying her sister on a pile of clothes on the floor.

" Did I mention her alter's the reason why Bonnie was decommissioned and she used you to destroy him? "

She handed the gator her phone, wanting to see what he thought of the night guard kidnapping a kid.

" Vanessa, answer the fucking phone! WHERE THE FUCK IS MY KID? " Monty growled, genuinely angry as he gripped onto the phone.

Vanessa listened in horror, confused at where the gator learned such foul words. Even more, he had his anger towards her and she didn't know why. " Oh my, he's perfect. " Esther leaned on Bonnie's chest, looking at Monty as if she was a proud parent. " I think you made him a little too overprotective. " Bonnie gently laid his jaw atop of the human's, hands resting on her shoulders. " Nah, I like him better this way. " She shrugged, straying from the rabbit and towards the gator. " Alright, enough joking around, we need to get Sys and the others out of here. " She suddenly turned serious, taking the phone and whispering something.

" I know what you did. You're screwed, Vanny~ "

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Once the doors opened, Sys made a run for it, ignoring Vanny's teasing tone as she passed by the guard bots. She was determined to get to Freddy with pace, worried sick as she ducked under the metal doors, pausing to take a breather. The place was filled to the brim with red construction walls, metal all over the ceiling, and posters indicating safety precautions. Sys shivered at the dust covering the fences, covering her mouth with one hand as she opens her flashlight.

She looked at the blue intermodal container, seeing a sparkle inside and finding a gift box. She crouched down, opening it and jumping when a Roxy Balloon flew up and to the ceiling. ' Aw, it's cute but I can't take you with me. ' She left the item inside and walked back out, gasping softly when she saw a guard bot.

Spotting the piled boxes, she hid behind the wheeled stands, waiting as the robot roamed out of her sight. She sneaked towards it, using both hands to climb up and go down the other side. " Freddy! " She gasped when she saw him on the floor, all dirty and glitching. The little girl ran down the stairs, skipping a few steps as she slid towards Freddy, kneeling and trying to figure out what was wrong with him.

" Are you okay? What happened? " She was already teary-eyed, afraid that she'll lose another friend. She watched as the robot's head jerked uncontrollably, his voice was low and glitching, almost like his voicebox was broken. Sys took note of it, her sister had taught her about how animatronics work and to always find out the source of the problem.

" There you are! I was so worried. I waited and waited for you. I missed the hourly recharge and have been trying to get down to Parts and Service. I think something is wrong. "

Sys nodded to his words, " What should I do to help? " She inched closer to him, frowning as the bear lifted his paw to hold her tiny hand, trying to comfort the already crying child. " Help me get to Parts and Service. " She nodded aggressively, making herself dizzy, " How do we get there? "

" It is down under the main stage. Normally, the stage lift takes me down there after every concert. That is really the only way I know how. Use that door behind me. It will take you to the rehearsal room on the other side of the building. Look for a Backstage Pass then find a way to turn on the lift. "

The little kid was now full-on sobbing, sniffling as she held Freddy's paw, " Good luck, superstar. Entering rest mode. " She wiped the tears off her cheeks, struggling to place Freddy's paw on his chest as the heavy metal dropped on the floor. " Wait for me, Freddy. I'll fix you up... " She promised to herself, standing up and brushing the dust off her dress, quickly walking towards the door where the bear told her to go to.

She rushed through the zigzag-like decorated room with more intermodal containers and metal shelves. She stopped in front of the door, hearing Roxy's all too familiar voice, gulping nervously, she sneaked inside and glanced at the hallway at the back. A few guard bots roaming around. She hid behind the metal boxes, finding a gift box as she quickly opened it up. It was a Freddy Icon Shirt.

She felt a sting in her heart upon remembering Freddy, taking off her Chica Name Shirt and putting the new one on instead. The bear animatronic was on her number 1 favorite spot as of now since Chica isn't quite herself at the moment. She got a bit more worried as the flashlight started to flicker, its battery was low and she was about to go through a dark hallway.

There was no time to go back to recharge, she needed to go now before Roxy catches her.