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Eggs sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in one hand and his other held a bright red telephone connected to the wall next to his refrigerator.
The voice on the other end was that of a cheerful voice, it belonged to a man named Scott. He told him that he was in desperate need of a night guard for a new restaurant and that he was aware that Eggs had quit working at the Sister Location.
Scott informed him that if he took the job they would increase his pay, although it won't be a very large increase but still..A job is a job. Eggs told him that he would need time to think it over. After the call ended, Eggs took a large sip of his coffee before slamming it down hard on the table.
"You should take that job. Humans need jobs in order to pay for food and other important things." Said a voice from the back of his head. The voice was actually a mix of several but it spoke as one voice as to not overwhelm Eggs. The voice sounded very similar to that of Circus Baby but with an echo to it.
Eggs let out a long sigh before he put his head in his hands and said, "I know that. But do you think it's a good idea to work at that place? You know who owns it don't you?"
There was a pause.
"The name of the restaurant is Freddy Fazbear's. It's a place for families with children and it has video games and pizza. It's owner is the same person who owned the Sister Location...and there are other animatronics there."
"Others? Like us?"
Eggs lifted his head to look out the window before answering Ennard.
"Not really. I mean they are animatronics but they can't be as unique as you are and besides why would I want to work for a company that has put us through so much?"
"Because if we work there we can protect the children. We can keep them safe." Ennard said with the enthusiasm of a child.
"Do you know why I took that job at the Sister Location? I took it because I wanted answers. I wanted my sister back and I thought that maybe..She would have been there.
"Why?"
Eggs shook his head, eyes closed and fists closed tight ontop of the old wooden dining table. "You know why. She was kidnapped. My father, William Afton left my mom and I after my sister, Annie was taken from us. He kept a lot of secrets from me and my family. He did some really horrible things and I'm not sure why but he left his journal in my mailbox and I knew that if I gave it to the police then I would never truly know what happened."
"So you thought that your sister was alive down there, at the Sister Location? Was it because of something you read in his journal?"
Eggs nodded. "Yeah and I just thought that it would make sense seeing as he owns the place and how protected it was. I knew that the only way to get in would be to get a job there and well..You know the rest of the story.
His right arm moved without his control, his hand resting on the opposite shoulder, in a sort of hug.
"Eggs..Can we call you by your real name?"
"As long as it isn't out loud, spoken in my voice because I don't want anyone around here to know who I am."
"Okay. Michael. We need to tell you something you don't know. You aren't going to like it. But you have to trust that we are telling you the truth."
Michael rolled his eyes. "Oh really? It's not like you haven't lied to me before. Okay what is it?"
Ennard ignored him and continued speaking, "She wasn't kidnapped. She was killed in an accident. Annie went by herself to play with one of us for the first time and..She didn't mean to! She's sorry! We all are. She didn't want to hurt her! She only wanted to sing songs and share ice cream with her!"
"Too loud! Can you speak in one voice instead of so many other voices? It's too much for me to handle!"
"Okay we will for now on. We just got really scared because we have been getting along so well with you over the last few days and by telling you this..Well we need to tell you this even if you will hate us. One of us killed your sister."
"It was Circus Baby wasn't it? She was her favorite one and no matter how many times she begged our father, he would never let her get anywhere near it. I guess I know why now. I read in the journal that he had designed them to..do really horrible things. That your programming allowed for certain uncontrollable actions in different situations."
"Yes and we are not aware of those actions until after they are completed."
Michael stood up, grabbed his coat and keys. "I'm going on a walk. I need sometime to think. Alone. Don't speak to me until I speak to you."
Ennard remained quiet for the duration of Michael's walk until he sat down at the park bench, that over looked a small pond. The sun was beginning to go down and the sky was a beautiful mix of violet, orange and pink. There was no one around and Michael felt ready to break the silence between them.
"What happened after Annie died? Did my father bury her somewhere beautiful? She deserved that much."
"No he didn't bury her. He had her cremated and her ashes were used..In an experiment. Her soul is a part of Circus Baby..A part of us now."
"Her soul? I don't understand. I don't believe in that stuff."
"Souls are real. What do you think gave us sentience?"
"This is a lot to take in. I don't even know what I should do now.."
"Well what do you want to do? Stop thinking about what you should do and tell us what you want to do! We will back you 100% no matter what you decide."
"I want to stop him from hurting anyone else. I'm going to take the job and then..we will get revenge for the lives he's stolen."
Michael's expression changed from one of seriousness to that of excitement and joy.
He walked around in circles, arms swinging and eyes wide.
Michael stopped and his previous expression returned. "I will make the phone call and tell Scott that I accept his job offer. I will tell him that I need at least one full day before I'm able to go in to work."
"Why not go in right away?"
"Because I don't know what will happen once we start working there. I don't know what he will be like when we see each other again. I can't let myself get too emotional, that it causes me to want to rip him apart when there are other people around us. It will be a difficult time for us. So I want us to have fun before.."
"We don't deserve a day of fun after everything that we did."
"And my father doesn't deserve to breathe. Look, once we are in that place we will have to plan everything out and it's not going to be easy. Seeing him again after everything that I know now won't be easy. But I think we stand a really good chance. My father will get what he deserves and we won't go to prison for the rest of our lives.
"Why do you believe that everything will be okay?"
"Because we are in this together and Circus Baby..Ennard you can help me to pretend, to gain his trust."
Michael realized that his cheeks were wet and that he had tears streaming down his face.
"D-don't cry." He spoke in a voice barely above a whisper.
"Thank you Michael. We are just so happy and it's been so long that we could honestly say that and mean it."
Michael wiped his eyes with the backs of his hands before he pulled his coat closer together to zip it up. He smiled as he began the walk back home. "Let's watch some TV when we get back and let's talk only about happy things for the rest of the evening."
Ennard smiled. "Okay! Like can we talk about what we want to do tomorrow? Have you ever been roller skating? I heard it was fun!"
"Maybe we could do that..It could be dangerous though. There's a lot of fun things that we can do but we can talk about it after I make us a bowl of popcorn and sit down." Michael said as they turned a corner and continued their walk back to the house.