it had been Richie's idea to break in, but of course they'd all followed. the teens all agreed to break into the pizzeria to play games and fuck with the animatronics, just for fun, but Eddie had a really bad feeling.

"Richie I don't want to do this." Eddie said softly. Richie took his boyfriends hand gently.

"oh relax Eds." Richie said.

"I don't-" Eddie yelped when he tripped.

"Eddie." Bill said. he and Richie were quick to help him up, but his hands were disgusting.

"I have to go to the bathroom. I have to find one. I cannot even. do you know how many diseases I could get!" Eddie cried.

"relax. come on. I'm sure we can find one." Richie rolled his eye's and led Eddie off in a random direction.

"thats weird." Ben muttered.

"what? Richie and Eddie? you know they're-" Stan said.

"no. I mean.... last time I was here.... there were animatronics on that stage." Ben said. the five grew quiet and looked around. suddenly a man came running at them with a bat.

"you kids can't be here! it's dangerous!" the man called. the kids stared at him. he stopped in front of them, bat on his shoulder.

"wh-wh-who are yo-y-yo-you?" Billy ask.

"Mike Schmidt. I'm the security guard and you kids can't be here." Mike said. he looked around and sighed. "the doors have locked by now. you'll have to hide in my office." Mike mumbled.

"hide? from what?" Bev ask. Mike swallowed.

"the animatronics. they're.... left in a free roaming mode at night and they only recognize the security guard. they'll attack other people. they're usually pretty good about not hurting kids, but I won't risk it." Mike said. he turned to lead them away when he heard a scream. he faced the five.

"that was Eddie!" Stan cried.

"Eddie? there's more of you?" Mike ask.

"Ed-Edd-Eddie and Ri-Ric-Rich-Richie, they h-h-ha-ha-" Billy tried.

"we don't have time for this. Eddie and Richie went to the bathroom." Ben said quickly. Billy nodded quickly.

"great." Mike groaned. he lead the group of children to towards the bathroom quickly, but they paused.

"u-uh Mr.Schmidt...." Stan trailed. Mike turned and looked at him.

"what?" Mike ask.

"whats that?" Stan pointed to some red eye's. red.

"Bonnie." Mike said quietly, he pushed the children behind him. he gripped the bat tightly. "Bonnie. stay back buddy. they're just a couple of kids who broke in." Mike said. the eye's flashed black a moment then red again.

"I know. I'm watching for Freddy." Bonnie said. the large purple animatronic bunny walked out. Mike nodded and continued towards the bathroom. when they got closer, there was blood and glasses on the ground.

"Ri-Ri-Rich-Richie's glasses!" Billy shouted running forward and grabbing them.

"Bonnie take them back to the office now. I have to find these kids." Mike said running off. the kids looked at the large bunny.

"come on. before Freddy finds us." Bonnie lead the way towards Mike's officer.

"how can you talk?" Ben ask.

"vocal synthesizer." Bonnie replied.

"no he means-" Bev started.

"I know what he means." Bonnie replied curtly.

*Mike*

the guard inched through the building, searching quietly for the boys and following the blood trail. it led straight to Pirates Cove, great. he sowly inched in.

"Foxy?" Mike called. he could hear shifting and the of the camera came on. thank god for Bonnie. Mike could see Foxy pacing the stage, the tow boys huddled together, one of them bleeding from his leg.

"get us out of here!" Eddie cried. Richie couldn't see anything, except Eddie everything else was blurry.

"relax. my name is Mike Schmidt. I'm the night guard. you guys just stay calm." Mike soothed. Foxy turned and growled at him. "hey Foxy. it's okay." Mike stayed calm, slowly putting the bat down. if Foxy felt threatened he'd be attacked.

"okay!? that thing stabbed me in the leg!" Eddie cried. the animatronic whined.

"im sure it was an accident. right Foxy? he's a pirate he's only got one hand. he didn't mean to hurt you he just tried to grab you. just stay calm." Mike said.

"I can't stay calm! I could lose my leg!" Eddie screamed.

"Eds hush." Richie mumbled, hugging him.

"Foxy's got a programming glitch. if you freak him out or upset him, we could all end up hurt. so just stay calm. whose hurt? Eddie or Richie?" Mike ask, staring at Foxy.

"it's Eddie." Richie said. Mike cursed.

"great of course the kid who needs glasses to see isn't hurt." Mike mumbled. he slowly inched forward. "hey buddy. those kids really need some help okay? he's really hurt." Mike said. Foxy started growling and Mike froze. "alright! alright! easy." Mike swallowed.

"get us out of here." Richie hissed.

"I'm trying to get you both out <i>alive</i> now hush. look Foxy I just want to take the kids-" Mike tried. he knew those were the wrong words when Foxy bounded for him. Mike screamed and grabbed his bat holding it up to hopefully block the animatronic. but a loud crash and he looked up. once again, thank god for Bonnie. the large bunny had tackled the fox.

"GO!" Bonnie shouted. Mike ran over bat in hand.

"okay look I know you can't see this, but I need you to hold this okay?" Mike ask giving his bat to Richie, who could just make out the shape. he nodded slightly. Mike loaded Eddie on his back quickly and grabbed hold of Richie's hand. "alright, we're gonna go kinda fast if you need me to stop just say so." Mike warned Richie. the boy nodded.

"I'll be find I'm not completely blind. I'm just severely near sided." Richie hissed. Mike nodded.

"okay. big step down though. no stairs to the stage." Mike warned. Eddie held tightly to the man, tighter with his legs than his arms. Richie hesitated at the edge of the stage. "hold tight Eddie." Mike said. he reached for Richie. Mike wasn't a very big man but these were kind of smaller teens, so he had no issues basically picking Richie up and setting him off stage. he hopped down and grabbed Richie's hand again. he held tighter to Eddie then, ran. Richie stumbled behind him. he ran straight into the office and shut the doors.

"Richie! Eddie!" Bev shouted hugging Richie, then Eddie when Mike put him down. the office wasn't made for this many people and was certainly cramped.

"he-here." Billy said, handind Richie his glasses. the usual trashmouth, who almost always lost his bite when he couldn't see, was grateful and put them on. they watched Mike pull his jacket off and tie it around Eddie's leg.

"I'm going to call for an ambulance." Stan said. Mike nodded at him and did the best he could patching Eddie up. Eddie was searching for something though.

"m-my inhaler!" Eddie shouted. Richie pulled one from his pocket and gave it to Eddie. ever since they discovered Eddie's mom wasn't as crazy and he really <i>did</i> have asthma, Richie had carried a spare.

"I got one." Richie muttered handing it to him. he sat beside Eddie and cuddled him. the others paid them no mind anymore. they had come out right after the IT incident and if Eddie was upset, Richie delt with it, so they new he'd be fine.

"what the hell are those things?" Bev ask.

"I told you. animatronics." Mike replied. he jerked at a banging on the door. "piss off Freddy!" Mike shouted.

"here they wanna talk to you." Stan said. Mike took the phone.

"I'm Mike Schmidt. I'm the nightguard at Freddy Fazbears Pizza. a couple kids got locked up inside on accident and the animatronics <i>only</i> recognize the nightguard. please send an ambulance. one of them has been injured. do not, repeat not, allow the paramedics to enter. they could be injured as well. I will bring the children out." Mike said. he hung up. "they almost here. stay close." Mike said. he opened the left door, Bonnie was waiting. "Bonnie some paramedics are coming to get the injured kid." Mike explained. the bunny nodded slightly, watching the children. his head twitched slightly but he stepped out of the way.

"why are they weird?" Richie glared.

"programming." Mike replied, scooping Eddie up. "keep Freddy and Foxy away from the kids." Mike ordered Bonnie. again the bunny simply nodded.

"just go come on." Bonnie said. Mike nodded and carried the Eddie out. he made it to the door as the ambulance arrived. they wer wisked away into the night and Mike went home.

*next day*

a knock on the door to Mikes three bedroom apartment. the children stood slightly afraid outside the door. a tall lanky man with red hair and peircing yellow eye's opened the door. he visibly paled and stepped back.

"Mike!" he barked and slammed the door shut. they could hear him walking away quickly. Mike opened the door confused.

"oh... uh... hey." Mike said utterly confused.

"your boss told us where we could find you. that the restuarant was closed for a few days." Billy said. Mike raised an eye brow.

"uh yeah. the blood has to be sanatised..." Mike said. he looked at Eddie. "I really hope they didn't make you climb the stairs on those." Mike added. Eddie was on crutches.

"no. we carried him up. he weighs nothing." Richie replied. Mike nodded, moving to let the children in.

"uh, come on in I guess." Mike said. they walked in, but Eddie stopped at the door and handed Mike his security shirt.

"here. I uh, sanitized it. washed it. you know. go the blood out." Eddie said. Mike was clearly surprised.

"uh, thanks." Mike said. he hadn't expected that to make its way back to him. they children sat around Mikes living room. there was a woman in the kitchen, she paused.

"the kids from last night?" she ask.

"yeah." Mike replied.

"you guys want some cookies or something?" she smiled.

"Chica." Mike sighed. she pouted at him and went back to the kitchen. "so what brings you guys here?" Mike ask.

"we have questions." Bev said.

"yeah about those freaky fucking animatronics that almost killed us." Richie hissed. the red haired man poked his head in looking guilty.

"a-about that." he mumbled.

"relax. let me explain." Mike told the man. he nodded slightly. Mike sighed. "be careful what you say." Mike said.

"why?" Richie glared.

"because Freddy will fucking squish you." a familiarish voice said. they turned to see a purple haired man and stared at him. he was tall and buff and looked really mean. it clicked with Billy first.

"B-B-Bo-Bonnie?" Billy ask confused.

"in the flesh." Bonnie smirked. "don't look so scared. we're only scary at night." Bonnie said.

"you... you're human?" Bev ask. he nodded.

"long story. dark magic. we can all do this." Bonnie said. he pointed to the red haired man who dissapeared quickly around the corner. "that would be Foxy. the girl is Chica. Freddy's hiding. he hates people." Bonnie shrugged. Richie was up in a second, as Foxy poked back around. Richie grabbed him.

"you almost fucking killed him!" Richie shouted. Foxy immediately looked nervous and paled.

"let him go." Mike said, pushing Richie off Foxy carefully. he stepped between them and the man clung to Mike. "he's not like that when he's human.... his animatronic form.... it... has... issues. he can't control it. but he's also got anxiety and you're really making him nervous." Mike explained. he turned and pushed Foxy's chest. "go." Mike said. Foxy scrambled into the nearest bedroom and closed the door.

"why do you live with them?" Ben ask.

"well... I couldn't just leave them there while they're human. it's... not fair." Mike said.

"we can't be human at the pizzeria if it's night time." Bonnie explained.

"so I bring them home." Mike added. he explained the them, thanked them for his shirt and sent them off into the day.