It didn't work.
That was Mike's first thought as he scrambled out from the pile of debris.
His second was: Shit! Noah!
Noah had been holding him close as they burned with the room. He wasn't beside Mike when he woke up, though. Mike found him under a stack of rubble threatening to topple at any second, and quickly pulled him away, tears threatening to spill. He got all the animatronics from under the fire damaged wreckage and found Henry's body. He got what he had wanted...
His house wasn't too far away, so he dragged them all there, staying hidden from view. He got them all in the basement, and started repairing Noah.
It didn't take too long. "Nngh!" Noah rapidly sat up. "Mike? So it didn't..."
Mike nodded and pulled Noah to him. "I never want to hear the word 'fire' or see it again." a couple of Noah's wires snaked into and around Mike, holding them together for a second, but released him. Noah quickly found an illusion disc and was human once again.
"Did Henry..."
Mike was silent. He kept his arms around Noah. "..." Neither man said anything for a few minutes. "You should fix Charlie next. Elizabeth hates both of us, and William..." Mike nodded and grabbed his tools.
An hour later, Charlie was fixed, but hadn't powered on. "Ugh." Mike was exhausted. Noah had been helping Mike when he could, which was more than you would expect. Mike dragged Noah by the hood to the corner of the room and slumped down the wall. He let his head fall into Noah's chest and fell asleep as Noah lightly ran his fingers down Mike's shoulders.
Several hours later, Elizabeth was restored to working order.
As for William... "Can we just throw him back in the burnt pizzeria?" Noah mused.
"As much as I would love to, this asshole is still my father and I didn't drag him up here for nothing."
"Child-murdering furry." Noah kicked at the burnt rabbit.
The rabbit's eyes flickered, but it didn't power on.
"Yup." Mike started with his limbs, which were a mess of matted fur and metal. The chest cavity and torso were next, and then the head. When Mike was done, none of them had powered on and he didn't think they would for a while. He looked at Noah with a smirk...
And Noah was staring at Mike with a sly grin. Both knew what the other wanted... a perk of being scooped.
They headed to Mike's room, neither intending to sleep.
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The Warmth of his Wires
FanficMike has been dead for a month. He's almost come to terms with it, until Ennard, the robot who scooped him, comes crawling back into his life. Turns out, escaping isn't all it's cracked up to be, when you're alone in the sewers. Mike hides his fury...
