Glitched Memories [FNAF AU | Story 1]

~+[ Chapter 17 | Past Scars ]+~

"Want me to make you a coffee?" Said Michael. "Nah I'm good, already had two cups before I came here" said he as Henry walked over to the main show stage. "Did you make these or did your dad make them?" Henry asked as he poked the Siamese cat animatronic ClawStar. "If you're worried about springlocks or them being killers then no I built them, though I think my dad did something to them besides ClawStar since they've been mostly aggressive at night, besides tonight for some odd reason" Said Michael.

"Hm, probably messed with the wires or their programming, or they possessed-" said Henry jokingly as Michael stopped walking. "Hey, I was just kidding-" said Henry as he walked over to Michael. "If I'm being honest, he...already committed some murders- This was a year ago and I managed to cover up that he didn't kill anyone but-...I don't know-" said Michael as Henry just went silent. "Sorry-" Michael quietly said.

"Mike I-...Why would you even cover for him?" Henry asked. "Look I don't know ok! I panicked and didn't want to be blamed since this is MY restaurant!" Said Michael, as he snapped slightly before looking up at Henry and just slightly backing away. "Look..even if you did, I would know it wasn't you...because you're not like your father...nothing like him.." Said Henry as Michael removed his wolf mask and just rubbed at his eyes a small bit considering tears were forming in his eyes slightly.

"But what if I am?! And for what I just did last year, covering up the fact he just killed a few people, is the first step to me being EXACTLY like him!" Said Michael as Henry just walked over and hugged Michael. "Mike, you're NOTHING like William...nothing, and I should know considering after your brother went into a coma and almost died from that bite...you still went to visit him...Your dad never visited and I should know since I always asked if anyone besides you had visited your brother...because if I'm being honest, William probably wouldn't even have bothered.." said Henry as Michael just hugged Henry back while crying a small bit.

"Hey, come on why are you crying? I don't need you ruining my coat with your tears" The man said jokingly as Henry looked at Michael's face and just frowned. 'Can't imagine all the pain you've had to suffer from all of this...especially if some of the scars are...more permanent than others...' Henry thought as he looked at the scars on Michael's face which were caused by mangle scratching at his face from one of the old Freddy's pizzerias Henry owned.

[Freddy Fazbear's Pizza - July, 1987]

"Hey Fritz!" Said a guard with blackish-brown hair as they leaned against a wall next to Fritz/Michael. "Hm? Oh, H-hey Jeremy.." said Mike as he smiled a small bit as he looked tired. "Geez, you good? You look tired as hell!" Said Jeremy.

"Oh, I'm a-alright...just-" Michael looked up and saw someone far across the room with slightly long messy blonde hair. he just shook his head. "Just what?" Jeremy asked. "I-its nothing- Don't worry about it-" said Michael as he went quiet. "Ok then..Well imma go and check up on Mangle since I heard they have been acting weird lately, mostly around the security guards" said Jeremy as he walked away.

"Mhm.." Mike just looked at the ground, lost in his thoughts as a loud yell was heard followed by some other people screaming. Michael quickly looked up and ran to where the yelling and screaming was, only to see Jeremy lying on the ground with half of his head bit. Michael just froze in terror and then looked at Mangle who just looked at Michael and then attacked him as Michael yelled in pain as the mangled-up animatronic fox bit at his arm when he blocked the bite and got his face clawed up from the animatronic's claws. He managed to shut down the animatronic fox as he pushed the animatronic off of him before then trying to get up but just quickly collapsing to the floor as one of his legs was also badly injured since it got broken.

"Mike!" Henry yelled as he saw what had just happened and quickly rushed over and looked at Michael's face and saw how clawed up it was. he then looked at his arm and leg. "Oh no-" Henry then looked over at Jeremy and almost puked at what he saw considering a lot of blood was coming out of Jeremy's head as Henry quickly got up and ran away to go call an ambulance for the two.

-Later...-

Michael woke up in the hospital confused about what happened. he looked around and his vision blurry a bit as he was slightly blinded by the hospital's bright florescent lights above him. he sat up and rubbed his tired eyes only to feel a thing of bandages over his face and a stinging pain as he winced in pain and just stopped trying to rub his eyes. "Morning Michael, nice to see you're awake finally" said Henry to the boy. "What happened? Why can I barely see?" He asked.

"Oh, you got injured pretty bad like with your friend Jeremy.." said Henry as Michael wanted to quickly get up to go check on him but Henry stopped Michael from getting up. "Hey hey hey calm down Mike it's ok, Jeremy is...ok-ish...The doctors currently are trying to do everything they can to make sure he's gonna be alright and we'll surprisingly he didn't die heh..heh
..." said Henry before then looking down as he just remembered what happened to Evan for this was basically the same fate as him. "..Do...you think Jeremy will probably end up in a coma like with Evan?" Michael asked as he looked as tho he were about to cry.

Henry sighed, unsure of how to properly answer without giving Michael any wrong information as he just carefully wiped away some of the tears that came out of Michael's eyes. "Look, I can't promise anything but, just know whether he ends up in a coma or not, he will be ok..." said Henry as Michael just sadly looked down.

"Hey, at least the doctors say you'll be out of here in a few weeks since I know how you feel about hospitals...and don't worry I'll check up on Evan and Jeremy for you while you're stuck in this boring room" said he as Michael quietly said. "Ok.." "Well, I'm gonna head back to the pizzeria but I'll check up on you tomorrow, ok?" Said Henry as Michael nodded a small bit.

. . .

Michael just sat in his office, tired as he took the wolf mask he wore off and set it onto his desk as he checked the time, [12:54AM]. He looked to Henry who was just looking through some of the cabinets and through some files just surprised Michael still had most of them still. "Gonna guess you're staying here all night?" Henry asked. "Might as well.." Michael replied as he just smiled a small bit. "Well at least get a small bit of sleep" said Henry.

"Nah, I'd rather not...Maaaaybe when I'm in a coffin or burned alive that's when I'll sleep" said Michael jokingly. "Hey don't say that! I'm not letting you die again on my watch!" Said Henry as Michael smiled a small bit. "Well, I'm gonna have to die sometime, can't stay like this forever, already still basically decaying" said Michael as Henry just sighed. "Well, that is true..but couldn't you possess one of the animatronics or create your own?" Said Henry.

"Eh, I would but that would be too much work" said Michael as Henry just looked at Michael. "Please Mike, at least just in case...you do still basically have your father's Illusion disks so just use one of those" said Henry as Michael sighed. "Fine, I'll create an animatronic, but I'll only do it if things start to get worse-" said Michael as Henry just sat down in a chair in the office, leaning back slightly and yawning a small bit.

"Good, Because If your dad died then became alive again, I think you'd be pissed and want to keep an eye to make sure he's ACTUALLY dead that time" said he as Michael laughed a small bit. "Heh, didn't know you were able to see into the future" said Michael jokingly. "What can I say? Might as well expect the worse outcome aka bad news than the good, it'll leave you less disappointed" said Henry as he continued.

"Also, you don't mind if I go and sleep in the break room? I don't want to sit here and bother you" Said Henry. "Nah you're good, though if you want you can go in the break room, couches are more comfortable in there than in here anyways" said Michael jokingly. "Heh ok then" said Henry as he got up and left Michael's office. He just looked at some of the papers on his desk and then leaned back while sighing in annoyance.