One's Lonely, Two's Company, Three's a Crowd

One's Lonely... AU

AN: On a sidenote, while I'm always happy to take any request, I'm here to remind everyone that I don't only do Pizzeria Simulator fics. You guys can request fics for other games and other characters aside from the Aftons. I know they're the best part, but there's so many other robots and pizzerias I could write about that I don't want people only asking for Simulator-based stories (FNAFs 1-5 are still a thing, folks) but at the same time, of course I'd never deny a prompt just because it was Simulator-based. This is just a tiny reminder.

"No!" a new voice replied. "No one asked me, but I think I deserve a say in this and I have to say that I'm not in favor of it at all!" then, for the fourth time that day, someone's face appeared in the vent, only this time, it belonged to a human and not a robot.

"Henry!" every single person already in that vent-based office cried out in disbelief. Here was the man who was 50% responsible for the genesis of the Fazbear pizzeria (the other 50% being William's fault), standing before them all once again even though none of them had seen him since those genesis days. He'd pretty much gone missing after his beloved daughter, Charlie, died. Killed by William, as everyone except Baby now knew.

"What?! How are you still alive?!" William thundered, voice even raspier as he took an angry step towards his once-friend, now-enemy.

"I could ask the same of you, old friend," Henry sneered at the giant metal bunny.

"But that's impossible!" Baby murmured, nearly dropping Michael in surprise as she turned around to look Henry in the eyes. Michael and Molten Freddy, meanwhile, remained silent. Michael was smiling in relief while Freddy's head was rotating in continuous circles about his neck as he tried to understand what had just happened. He didn't know Henry as well as the others did, but even he remembered that mysterious old man, that fabled co-creator, because he, or rather, the robot he used to be, was one that Henry had built as well. It had been a very long time since Freddy had last seen his second creator.

"Not impossible, my dear," Henry corrected gently. "Just unlikely. But I am surprised you did not pick up on it sooner. Did you not know that it was I who started this pizzeria?"

"WHAT?!" the animatronics all shrilled but Michael only continued to smile in private relief. Surely Henry would be able to save him!

"I did," Henry confirmed.

"But how?! Why?!" Baby demanded, involuntarily tightening her grip on Michael again. He cringed in pain as her claw dug into his arm.

"It wasn't too hard," Henry shrugged calmly. "All I need was an empty plot of land. I already know how to build mechanical wonders. What is a pizzeria but a stationary machine?" he continued.

"But why?" Baby repeated.

"To set you and all of the other lost souls free... from him!" Henry's voice suddenly became hard as he cast a glare at William.

"Ha! Foolish old man! What do you think you can do against me now?!" the rabbit sneered, confidence returning. Although discovering that Henry was still somehow alive had irked William greatly, the reminder that this meant that he could destroy Henry all over again made him happy.

"A lot more than you think," Henry replied, then he put a hand over his pants pocket and pushed.

"Aaaaarrghhhhhh!" the animatronics all cried out in pain and collapsed. Michael fell from Baby's hands and onto the floor, but whatever it was that had hurt the animatronics did not hurt him. What?

"I lined all of these vents with electricity," Henry grinned, hand then slipping in his pocket so he could pull out what looked like a little remote.