Ahoy Matey

Bad News

Mike took a deep breath as his brother led him over to the others. They all sat down and Mike joined them. He couldn't meet their eyes. Not while he was delivering such bad news. He fiddled with his hands for a second before talking, working out the best way to word it. 

"So, what's this bad news you have to tell us?" Asked Foxy. He was situated next to Sarah, their fingers intertwined. Sarah's knuckles were white from gripping Foxy's hand tightly. Her other hand was clenched in a fist in her lap. 

"Well, uh, you may be getting some new friends." Foxy's ears perked up at this. 

"He said that before backstage. I thought he was just talking about the others." He said, looking down at the table. 

"How many?" 

"Four."

The animatronics eyes grew dark, as if the light was fading from them. All the colour drained from Sarah's face while her parents looked between the group, not knowing what was going on. 

"Has he made more?" Asked Chica, looking to face Mike, although he did not return her gaze. 

"I saw blueprints for three but that's it. They were remodels for you three." Mike finally looked at them. He was facing Chica, Freddy and Bonnie in particular though. 

"He's replacing us. Completely." Said Freddy. Mike nodded gravely. 

"He's closing this place down. He said today was the last day." All the animatronic's jaws dropped. Nobody spoke for a while before Sarah's mum got up.

"I'll be back." She announced. She headed towards the front door while Sarah and her dad followed her. She needed to give the animatronics space. And a lot of it. Sarah opened the door to follow her mum outside and an icy blast of wind hit her. 

"What's going on? Is it what I think it is?" Asked her mum, staring at the ground. 

"Well that depends. What do you think it is?" 

"That you're going to be miserable for ages because you lost your friends?" 

"No. I will be upset. But not because of that. Well, not fully because of that. I hope I'll see them again. But that's not the full reason I'll be upset. I'll be upset because unless proof is found, a criminal will walk around scot free again." 

"You're talking about the man who brought you to Foxy today." Sarah nodded. Her dad stood to the side listening, not fully understanding what was going on. 

"He is an evil man who deserves to be in jail but isn't because no one can find any proof against him." Explained Sarah. 

"What's he done that's so bad? I mean he doesn't exactly seem like a nice guy but that doesn't mean he should go to jail." 

"His killed mum. Twice now." Both her parents mouths dropped open and her mother took a step back. 

"He brought you to Foxy because he thought he'd kill you. He hoped you'd die because he didn't care." Realisation clicked for her parents and there wasn't pure horror on their faces.

Sarah had had enough of the conversation and went back inside. She saw Mike off to the side on the stage as the animatronics talked. He saw her and patted the seat next to him. Sarah was hesitant at first but eventually went to sit down. 

"You're brave you know that." He said. Sarah looked at him like he was crazy but he was looking forwards to where the animatronics sat. 

"You stayed here even after they tried killing you. Most leave after their first night if they make it that far. But you stayed. You even made friends with them. How did you do it?" Mike looked at her this time and she didn't know what to say. She fiddled with her hands as she spoke. 

"I-I-I-I d-d-don't-t kn-kn-know." Her voice shook when she spoke but Mike didn't seem to care. He pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and wrote something down quickly. 

"Here's my email if you ever need anything. I'll let you know what happens." Sarah nodded and wrote down her email to before handing it to Mike. She knew he's tell her If something happened. Foxy saw the two and his heart clenched.