Don't Forget

What didn’t help was that the morning Vanessa went missing, everyone came in and saw that the animatronics were a shattered mess. Freddy was practically destroyed in the Fazer Blast arena, Chica was missing her beak and voice box, Monty was in half, and Roxy was missing her eyes. The repairs were quite extensive, so the pizzaplex decided to close for a week while they fixed them up. Once they were good as new, for the next week they were to be supervised anytime the pizzaplex was opened, and forced to stay in their rooms for the night. After that, they were free to wander, with supervision of course. Then once they proved to not be threats to themselves they were free to roam like normal, but that still didn’t take any stress away from you.

You sat in the security office located in the arcade, monitoring the cameras and making sure things were at least somewhat normal. You had noticed that since that strange night, things weren’t as weird as they used to be, and that there were no more new missing children cases. The company must have been ecstatic. Taking a break from the cameras, you stood up and found your way to the sofa located outside the actual office.

Plopping down, you closed your eyes. “A five minute nap won’t hurt.” Before you could even think about relaxing, you heard the low thumping of metal growing closer. “So much for that.”

“Hello, y/n!”

“Hello Freddy,” you replied while sitting up. “What do you need?”

“Have you seen Gregory by any chance?”

Oh and there was now a kid living in the pizzaplex. You weren’t sure how management would feel about that, considering what they did the last time a squatter was there, but you honestly didn’t care or get paid enough to deal with it.

“I can’t say that I have,” you answered, feeling another wave of exhaustion crashing on you. “Do you want me to help look for him?”

“If you don’t mind,” he sheepishly said. “I just don’t want him to get hurt.”

With that, you and Freddy left the office and began your search. The first place you checked, aside from the arcade, was the daycare. Unfortunately he wasn’t there, however, you assumed that was because the daycare attendant for some reason had something against the kid. After that, the two of you decided to check the food court, but there was nothing. As you continued on your way, you noticed Freddy growing slightly more discouraged.

“Don’t worry big guy,” you said while shooting him a reassuring smile. “I know it’s a big place, but we’ll find him.”

The two of you were passing the rooms in rockstar row when you suddenly heard loud clanging. It was coming from Monty’s room.

“GRRRR! Where are you? You little brat!” Monty roared. “I swear when I get my hands on you I’m gonna-”

“Montgomery!” Freddy yelled, storming toward the gator’s room. “Do not speak to Gregory that way!”

“Maybe put that thing on a leash then!”

You followed the fuming bear. He opened the door to Monty’s room and charged at him. “He’s a child! Not a dog!”

“Well he sure is acting like one!”

By now all the commotion had attracted both Roxy and Chica, who were both standing outside the door watching everything go down.

“That’s it!”

Freddy ended up tackling Monty and the two fell to the ground with a loud thud. They began rolling around the floor, scratching and punching at whatever they could.

“You guys!” you said, trying to break it apart. You noticed a limb flying toward you and quickly backed away before it could do any damage. “Guys!”

Suddenly the back door to Monty’s room opened and you saw Gregory barge in. Freddy and Monty pulled apart for a brief second, only for Gregory to jump up and kick the gator square in the jaw, causing it to break the hinges. The gator growled and lunged at the kid, but was quickly stopped by Freddy. Chica and Roxy were laughing, but stopped when they noticed the peeved look on your face. They then decided to come in and try to break up the fight. Once they had them separated, you decided to take hold of the situation.

“THAT IS ENOUGH!” you boomed, getting looks from the three boys. They knew they messed up. “I am not getting paid to be a babysitter! I’m a security guard for crying out loud!” Your eyes moved to Freddy. “You! Are you damaged?”

“No, y/n,” he said in a low and trembling voice, his ears lowering in shame.

“Good. Chica, take him back to his room. You’re not allowed to leave for the rest of the night!” you demanded of Freddy. You then looked at Gregory. “And you! If you’re going to act like a toddler then you’re going to be treated like one! Roxy, take him to the daycare and have the daycare attendant watch him. He’s punished so make sure the lights are out.” Finally, you turned to Monty. “And you, we’re going to go down to parts and services to fix your jaw and the scratches you got.” You heard him straggle out a laugh before blowing up on him again. “Don’t think you’re off the hook! We’re going to have a talk once your jaw is fixed.” You then paused and looked at Roxy and Chica, thanking them before grabbing Monty’s hand and leading him toward the elevator.

The tension was high in the elevator down and as you did the work on him. You had finished putting the wires together and needed to run some diagnostics. “Talk,” you ordered.

“The kid started it,” Monty whined. “HE started shooting me with that stupid Fazer Blaster and then he stole my bass and broke it!”

“While that was unfair, you shouldn’t have egged him on like that.”

“I didn’t!”

You gave him a knowing look and he looked down. “Fine, maybe I did. But that still doesn’t excuse that brat’s behavior.”

“It doesn’t, but you sometimes have to be the bigger person,” you replied, watching as the gator sat up. You then sat down on the ground and put your head in your hands. Monty clenched his jaw and slowly walked toward you, sitting down once he was at your side.

“I’m sorry y/n,” he said, looking down in shame.

“I accept your apology,” you replied. “But it isn’t me you should be apologizing to.”

Monty was quiet as the two of you sat there. He then looked over at you and took off his sunglasses. “How are you doing?”

The question caught you off guard. Of all the people you were least expecting it from him. “I’m…” You started but then paused, sighing as you let your hands fall to your sides. “Where do I even begin?”

Monty turned his body so he was facing you. “I got all night.”

You softly smiled. “Well then… I guess we’re doing this.”

~~~

You ended up telling Monty about all your stress and that he was to spend the rest of the night in his room. You also told him that he had to apologize to Gregory and Freddy before you came in for your next shift. You assured him that you would make sure Freddy and Gregory apologized too. He agreed and then bid you farewell before going back to his room.

The next day went on as it normally did, except for the slight tension between Freddy and Monty as they performed. To the audience it was barely noticeable, but the band could most certainly feel it. Once it was around closing time, Monty decided to knock on Freddy’s door. It flew open to reveal Freddy and Gregory standing there.

“Monty,” Freddy muttered. “Please come in.”

The gator awkwardly came in and paused, looking around. “Look Freddy, Gregory, I’m sorry about yesterday. I overreacted. A lot.”

“I’m sorry too, Monty,” Freddy replied while patting the gator on the shoulder. “I realize that I should have rationalized before attacking you like that.”

“I’m sorry,” Gregory added with a pout. “It wasn’t fair of me to break your bass and bother you like that.”

There was another long awkward pause before Freddy finally spoke up again. “Where is y/n? I want to apologize to her. It’s the least I could do.”

“She isn’t here yet,” Monty answered. “She’s gonna be late because she has some other stuff she needed to take care of.” He then sighed. “I feel bad for her. She’s been so stressed lately. She’s been doing so much and has got nothing to show for it.”

“She deserves something nice and stress relieving,” Freddy mumbled. “For all the things she’s done.”

After sitting there for a moment an idea went off in the gator’s head. “And I know exactly what to do for her!” He then began to run toward the door, leaving Freddy and Gregory with raised brows. Monty quickly looked back at them. “Get the girls and meet me in front of the DJ!”

~~~

You started doing your rounds and all was normal, until you got a weird feeling in your gut. “It’s awfully quiet… Where is everyone?” You walked past everyone's rooms in rockstar row and peaked in their windows. No one was there. “Where could they be?” Suddenly, you heard the distant sound of music and you raised a brow. “The DJ is being awfully loud tonight, isn’t he?” As you got closer it only grew louder, and you could finally make out what was playing. “Van Halen?”

Peaking your head around the corner, you saw the DJ doing his normal dance as well as Gregory, Freddy, Chica, Roxy, and tons of fancy decorations. Taking a few steps forward you crossed your arms over your chest. “What’s going on?” you questioned with a confused smile. They all looked at each other before turning their attention to the DJ. In one of the DJ’s hands, you noticed something green standing on it. “Monty?” you questioned.

The DJ lowered his hand and sure enough, Monty stepped down and toward you. “Heya dollface,” he said with a slightly agape jaw. You’ve come to associate this with a smile.

“What is all this?”

“Well, after telling me about how hard you’ve been working, we figured you could use a break,” Monty answered while glancing at all his friends. He then looked back at you and held out a hand. “Care to dance?”

Before you could react, Monty grabbed your hands and began swinging you around to the music. He then pulled you into his chest and the two of you began to move and sway with the beat. You let out a laugh before pushing back enough to look him in the eyes.

“Did you plan this all by yourself?”

Monty chuckled. “Yeah, but I couldn’t have done it without them.”

“Wow,” you muttered while resting your head back on his chest. “I’m impressed.”

He let out a hum, which you felt reverberate through him. “y/n, I really am sorry about how I acted yesterday.”

“Monty, you already apologized.”

“I know, but after finding out how hard you’ve been working, you really didn’t have to deal with our nonsense. Yet, here you are.” Monty then looked down at you. “And we’re so grateful for that. For you.”

You sheepishly looked down and let out a giggle. “Gee, thanks Monty. That means a lot.”

“Anything for you, sweet cheeks.”

With that, you and Monty continued to move to the music, only occasionally changing the pace once the song changed. You stayed like that for the rest of the night and into the morning. Once morning came you reluctantly let go and looked him in the eyes.

“I can’t thank you enough Monty. I really needed that.”

Monty chuckled and removed his sunglasses. “If you liked that, then you’re going to love what I have planned for tonight.”

“I look forward to it.”