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EXPLANATION ON
MILO'S HEIGHT: we
don't get enough tall
appreciation fics either! ya
girl finna change that!!
don't worry Milo's only 6'11, ik,
pretty tall lol ANYWAYS ENJOY

STARTING UP

•  •  •

SAFE MODE

You slowly awoke from your slumber and as you did you noticed Milo slumped against the wall curled into himself as he snored. his hair was also disheveled and stuck out from all directions like a wild mop of curls and there was a bit of saliva on the side of his mouth.

"Showtime already?! I am experiencing a malfunction. the recharge cycle is not complete." a familiar voice says. but there's one you don't recognize.

"Shh! will you shut up?!" it sounded like a child's voice. you glanced over at milo who was still knocked out, of course— after working nearly 27 hours on fixing an animatronic anyone would be tired.

"Who said that?" Oh! Freddy must've felt better if he was speaking again. but he wasn't supposed to be on until milo was done charging him.

"I did! I'm down here!" The voice replied, you squinted your eyes as you watched— trying to figure out who the voice belonged to.

"Down where?" Freddy asks in a confused tone, "I still do not see you."

"Okay listen, you were sleeping so I opened the stomach hatch and climbed inside." The voice answers, how come you didn't see that?

"My stomach hatch? that place is reserved for oversized birthday cakes and piñatas! It is not a safe play area!" Freddy exclaimed and you watched as the person climbed out of Freddy's stomach hatch.

And to your surprise it was the same exact child you saw run at fast speed earlier which caught you off guard. this made you quickly stand up and run over to milo.

"Milo, get up. right now!" You say quickly which makes milo jolt awake in surprise. "Huh, huh!? what did the building burn down?" he says in gibberish while wiping the saliva on the side of his mouth away.

"Look!" You said while pointing over to the child, Freddy scanned him and then lowered him to the ground gently. Milo's eyes opened and he rubbed his eyes, he slowly lowered his hands from his face when he saw who the child was.

"You?" Milo says out loud and he quickly stands up, stumbling a little. you have to quickly steady him so he wouldn't fall. "Didn't I tell you to wait for me?" he said.

"Scanning complete. how odd. your guest profile is unknown to me. who are you?" Freddy asks as he looks down at the child. "Ah, and hey there superstars!" he says and waves at the two of you.

"You're working again?" Milo asks while turning to Freddy in surprise, a slight smile tugging at his lips. you were about to say something until you saw milo wince and clutch the left side of his waist.

"Hey– what happened, are you okay?" You asked worriedly, milo waves his hand dismissively. "I'm alright." he answers.

"I– I'm Gregory." the child replied and Milo eyes widened slightly, "This kid never listens to me." he mumbled to himself while pinching the bridge of his nose and shaking his head.

"Gregory. I will notify the main office." Freddy paused, "Huh, connection error. I cannot connect to the main office." he says.

Milo furrowed his eyebrows, "what? that doesn't make sense. I fixed the control system and made sure to unplug most of the ones we didn't need..this is happening more frequently and I can't seem to put my finger on what it could be."

You turned to him, "maybe it's just because there hasn't been any new installments? that's got to be it." you suggested.

"No, no. there were new installations yesterday. so it can't possibly be that." Milo said in reply. "but good suggestion."

"It's her. she cut you off. she's not going to let you call for help until she finds me." Gregory said to Freddy and then glanced at Milo, "you mean vanessa? come on gregory she's not all that bad." Milo stated.

"Wait til you hear what she said about you." Gregory replied while crossing his arms, this makes Milo pause in confusion. "What? what did she say about me?" he asks.

"That you cry too much or sometimes you can be annoying and aggravating." Gregory says matter of factly.

You tense when you noticed Milo clench his fist, "oh really? that's how it is? alright." he said and rolled his eyes.

Vanessa couldn't possibly mean that. maybe she was just trying to get Gregory off her back, where did she even see him? "Listen– I'm pretty sure she didn't mean it that way." you say.

"Yeah she didn't. that's why I said that." Gregory says and this causes milo to deadpan, "So basically you lied? you aren't very funny little boy." Milo replies.

"Was funny to me." Gregory said while turning away. this made you chuckle from the action and you swore you saw a little smile tug at the corner of gregory's lips.

"Shh! I hear footsteps." Gregory says and you immediately ducked behind Milo who shook his head lightly and let out a small chuckle.

"That is the security guard. she can help." Freddy said as he watched Gregory walk over to the glass window.

"No! no, I don't trust her." Gregory said in reply. this made you slightly confused– a security guard is supposed to protect. that's what they're meant for. other than that, it's a little confusing as to why he doesn't trust her.

"Why not?" you asked curiously, Milo crossed his arms over his chest wanting to know the same thing.

"I don't know who she is but she's trying to get me. isn't there some other way for you to communicate with me besides talking so loudly?" Gregory asks. both you and milo turned to Freddy, "Listen..that's the whole point of being a security guard Gregory. they have to catch you in order to protect you and make sure you're safe." Milo explains in his thick accent.

Milo's voice had a heavy scottish accent, thick and plush like the fur of an otter. it's what attracted you to him— not just because of his accent, but his personality.

"Take this. It's a novelty Freddy Fazwatch." Freddy says as his stomach hatch opens, there were three gift boxes inside.

Milo takes his box and opens it, once he does he notices the dark blue watch– which was one of his favorite colors.

You grabbed yours and just placed it on your wrist, these watches weren't bad at all. that's when you felt your watch vibrate, "what was that?" you asked.

"I am sending you three an encoded message." Freddy answers while waving, milo swipes the screen and presses the message option.

INCOMING
MESSAGE !

──────── • • •

Hello, [name]. It is me, Freddy.
I will escort you to the main entrance. however, I am unable to leave this room. you should have no problem. there is a button on the wall that will open the door to the back room. I will make it accessible to you now.

• • • ─────────

Gregory goes over to the button and presses it, a door opens and you see a few vents and other electronics. you raised your eyebrows in slight surprise.

"Well done, Gregory. there is an open air vent inside the maintenance room. you three will have to climb through the ventilation system and release me from the outside." Freddy said.

Milo turns his attention towards the maintenance room and raises his eyebrow, "we gotta go through there..?" he questions. you were quick to nudge his shoulder making him jolt and wince slightly.

"Ow!" Milo quietly exclaims. you don't wait for him as you follow Gregory inside the maintenance room, you carefully watch as he jumps onto the boxes, you do the same.

Milo quickly runs inside and hurries to catch up. his foot nearly slipping when the box nearly fell, he sighs and crawls through the vent. he accidentally hits his head on the vent's ceiling.

"Why'd I have to be 6 foot? Jesus." he groans in annoyance as he continues to crawl. "I do not forgive my dad."

You continued to follow Gregory through the vent, "Holy shi-" you paused when you noticed Gregory was still around and technically he is a child so...use the appropriate language.

"I– I mean, holy crap. how tall is your dad?" you asked Milo who was crawling right behind you, "he's 5'10." Milo answers. "It's not..technically all his fault but– you know what I mean. anyways, yeah." he says.

"So I'm guessing.." you trailed off while glancing over your shoulder but your eyes wondered somewhere else, "it's your fault?" you asked.

"Yeah." Milo answered before looking away from you, "Maybe cause I drunk almond milk a lot. but my mom says that just happened naturally when she had me." he explains.

"So it's uh..I honestly don't know who fault it is." Milo says while still crawling through the vent, his legs moving flawlessly.

You made sure to keep up with Gregory, "you alright buddy?" you asked since he hasn't said a word.

"I'm okay." Gregory replies but suddenly he comes to a stop– making you stop as well. Milo didn't know since he continued crawling but accidentally ended up crashing into you.

"Shit! sorry!" Milo says while clutching his face and it contorted into one of pain when he felt the side of his waist sting with sharp and what felt like pricks of needles.

"It's fine." You replied and kept your focus on the reason why you had stopped— seeing roxanne looking at herself in the mirror.

"Your performance was perfect tonight. thank you. your hair is beautiful. your tail is beautiful. everyone was watching you. everyone loves you. everyone wants to be you. you're the best. I am the best. I am the best." Roxanne says to herself in the mirror, Milo raises and eyebrow at this while shaking his head.

"I've never attended to roxanne as much. only vanessa. my god, she always programs them wrong." Milo groaned as well as wanting to scratch his eyeballs out.

Gregory continued crawling through the vent, you hurried and followed him. Milo was close behind as he felt the pain on the left side of his waist start to ease up.

You now made it past monty's room, Milo felt a shiver run down his spine when he heard things being broken and thrown around.

to be clear, you and milo, were never on good terms with monty. for some reason he just hated the two of you— for whatever reason.

Gregory looked at the two of you before whispering, "why's he so angry?" he asked.

"Probably because of us." Milo answers, "I told him this morning he couldn't join the others on stage after what he did. he was trying to take Freddy's spot but I told him he was just a replacement."

"so we're gonna die." You said while turning to Milo with a tiny glare and he shrugs, "if the shoe fits I mean– what? no! we aren't gonna die. he probably doesn't remember what I said."

That backfired quickly cause he could hear the shouts of his name escape Monty's mouth, "I'M GONNA KILL THAT KID!" he shouts.

You and Gregory deadpanned as you both turned to milo who smiled sheepishly, "okay so– maybe he does remember?" he says.

"Come on, let's go." You say and guide Gregory along with you just to make sure he was safe.

The next room that you passed was chica's and she was full on rocking out. Milo felt a smile tug at the corner of his lips before you quickly grabbed him by the ear and he hissed in pain as he followed you.

As milo followed you Gregory kicked the vent open and jumped out, you doing the same.

— Ladies and gentleman, thank you for visiting and we hope you enjoyed the show! Freddy and the gang are pretty tired, but they'll be back again next week after a few days of schedule maintenance! please make your way to the front
of the building where you will be given novelty glasses, a voucher for one free soda refill, and where you will sign a legal disclaimer releasing us of all liability for
anything that might have happened during your visit. have an awesome night, and we'll
see you again soon! —

Milo finally climbs out the vent and stealthy lands on his feet. he dusted himself off and looked around, furrowing his eyebrows slightly as stood to his full height.

You made your way next to him as Gregory held your hand, the both of you making your way towards Freddy's door.

As Milo followed the two of you he yelped and clutched his chest tightly when he saw it was just Freddy, "my christ..please tone down the LED on your eyes." he says while running a hand through his hair– he thought it was monty at first.

"The stupid door won't open." Gregory says, you try to open the door yourself but to no avail nothing works.

"Oh? you are going to need a photo pass to open the door. apologies, I assumed the three of you had one already...well, you should be able to find one at a convenience counter." Freddy explained, Milo glanced over his shoulder and bit his lip in thought.

Milo taps your shoulder. "Yo, y'all come this way. I think I know what he's talking about." he says.

"Alright. come on." you say to Gregory as you extend your hand, he wraps his hand around yours and follows you.

Milo makes his way over to the roller door, he gestures for you to help him and without hesitation you make your way over to him. the both of you grabbed it's edges and honestly- you didn't have to do any work. Milo easily opened it halfway enough whereas Gregory could crawl through.

Gregory crouches his way inside and you wait for him to return while leaning against the roller door.

Milo does the same while letting out a small yawn, still must've been waking up a little after that much needed nap.

After a minute or so gregory returns and he holds the pass in his hand. Milo gives him a thumbs up, "Good job kiddo." he says.

"Thanks." Gregory says while not gazing away from the pass in his hand. you and milo glanced at each other confused, maybe Gregory wasn't much of a talker?

"Good job. now, please come let me out." you heard freddy say. Milo walks next to you and gently takes the pass from Gregory's hands.

He goes and opens the door which slides open with a satisfying hiss and reveals a waving Freddy.

"Way to go superstars! I knew you guys could do it." Freddy said with a smile, "I know how to get you guys out of here. climb into my chest cavity."

You pointed at yourself and then milo who was pointing at himself with raised eyebrows and then pointed to you, "Us or..?" Milo says.

"He meant me, dummies." Gregory says and Freddy let's out a amused chuckle. "There is still time, but we must hurry. If I am spotted, I will certainly be taken back to my room. I will escort you guys to the main exit through the utility tunnels. it is the safest path." Freddy explained to the three of you.

"Ok. but you better be careful moving around. I don't want to be crushed and twisted into a meat pretzel." Gregory replied and climbed inside his stomach hatch.

Milo chuckled, "that sure would be an unfortunate death. and I mean..very unfortunate." he says while trailing off, staring into the distance.

You slapped him on the back of his head and he yelped, "ow! ow! I'm sorry, damn!" Milo exclaimed and clutched the back of his head.

Freddy makes his way past the two of you, Milo quickly follows behind him and you do the same.

"Hey, I meant to ask. did you injure yourself before you fixed freddy?" You asked milo in a whisper as you walked down the stairs with him.

As you continued to follow behind Freddy something crawled down the wall which made Milo pause in his tracks, "did you see that?" he asks.

"See what?" You replied confusedly. Milo pointed to the wall, "that. just now." he says.

"Hello? little boy? if you're down here, say something!"

Crap it was vanessa. you had to hurry and get Gregory out of here.

"She's down here! we have to go back." Gregory said while panicking slightly. "I second that." Milo added and you jabbed him on the arm making him wince again.

"Do not worry, superstars. even if we are spotted, you guys are safe with me. she would never suspect we're all traveling together. however, we should still do our best to avoid her. if I am sent back to my room, we will never get back to the lobby before midnight." Freddy explained. Milo furrowed his eyebrows and stumbled a bit, leaning against a wall and grunting in pain.

You didn't notice as you continued to follow Freddy down the steps and as you made it on a more comfortable and grounded surface Freddy suddenly halted in his tracks.

"I feel one of you are broken." Freddy says which confuses you, "Me? I'm fine." you said with a small shrug while tilting your head, "Gregory are you alright?" you asked.

"I'm fine. I'm not hurt." Gregory answered, "Don't worry about it. I'm fine." Milo suddenly speaks while stumbling once more.

You ran over to help him, he struggled to get his footing but eventually got it. "Milo..what happened?" you asked with concern.

"Monty. he attacked me." Milo replied quickly while holding his side. "I'm gonna be alright though. we don't have time to be stopping."

"No, I feel that someone is wrong. I am taking you to the first aid station." Freddy says and suddenly grabs Milo's wrist.

"There's no time! I'm fine!" Milo protested while trying to take himself out of Freddy's grasp.

You quickly followed after them to keep up with they're pace. Milo still thrashed around in freddy's hold like a little child would do after throwing a tantrum.

"Please help him, superstar." Freddy asks you while sending you a reassuring smile. "Yeah I will." You replied and stepped inside the first aid.

Milo seemed distraught and in pain, clutching his side that was seeping blood.

"Okay. Milo– do you mind if I take you're shirt off? please?" You asked while grabbing the bandages. the room wasn't really spacious so it made it harder to move around.

Milo tugged off his. your eyes landed on his stomach, which is smooth and flat, tautly muscled beneath your fingers as you carefully attend to the wound on his side. he shifts slightly as you begin to wrap strips of cotton over his wounds. his breathing is steady— one hand lying limp by his side whilst the other rests on top of yours lightly in gentle reassurance.

When you reached a little lower to his side his breath hitched again, he bit his bottom lip and squirmed a little which took you by surprise.

This made you even more worried so you carefully wrapped the bandage around his waist, Milo clamps a hand over his mouth to quiet himself.

"Shit, be careful." Milo whispers to you while gripping your wrist tightly while looking at you with pleading eyes.

"I know, I know..I'm sorry but this is gonna hurt a little Milo." You say to try and reassure him. Milo hand trembles and he moves it away from your wrist.

When you touch a spot that was hurting the most this makes Milo jolt forward a little and he hissed in pain.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." you apologized in a whisper and wrapped the bandage around him and once you were finished Milo breathed a sigh of relief.

The silence was comfortable as Milo was about to put his shirt back on but he stopped once he heard a voice.

"Freddy! you're supposed to be on on lockdown." It was Vanessa. Milo immediately pins you against a wall as your back was pressed against his chest.

Okay, not awkward . .

"Officer vanessa, I do not know how I got here." Freddy says. a sigh escapes vanessa, "well, you totally blew it tonight, you know. your system crashed and you ruined the show. now, parts and service have you on reduced power. they said it's a safety precaution. Just one more thing to deal with..." she says.

"I apologize." Freddy says softly, Milo clamps a hand over your mouth to quiet you.

"Ok...look, we're like 15 minutes from closing and some kid is sneaking around backstage. If you see anything, notify me immediately. I already alerted the others. now, go back to your room." Vanessa says and with that she walks away.

Once she was gone you and Milo exited the first aid. "I told you she was after me." Gregory says while still inside freddy's stomach hatch.

"I said nothing. I will keep you guys safe. let us go." Freddy reassures as he waits for you and Milo to catch up.

.            .           .

"Where are we?" You asked curiously as you continued to follow Freddy, Milo stood next to you while checking his watch from time to time. "We are now under the pizzaplex. these utility tunnels connect all the attractions." Freddy answers.

"We can go anywhere in the building?" Gregory asks, Milo taps his chin before shrugging a little.

"Mm..semi correct. say- things like, fazer blast, monty golf, roxy raceway, they're all accessible to S.T.A.F.F. with high enough clearance though. guests are never allowed here. but, uh, yours is a...special situation." Milo explains.

All four of you made your way back upstairs, Milo feels a little better after being bandaged.

Suddenly Gregory was pushed out of freddy's stomach hatch, "crap. he's on low battery." Milo whispered to himself but you heard him.

🐻 FREDDY OUT
                    OF POWER !
— • Freddy is out of power. he is unable to help until the
start of the next hour. •

"I am terribly sorry. the recharge cycle had not yet completed when I found you. you three must continue without me. I will guide you all on your fazwatches in case you three get into any trouble." Freddy explains. both Me and Milo nod.

Freddy walks away and as he does the loud stomps of his feet are loud which makes the floor vibrate.

Milo had to catch his breath for a second because he easily gets startled.

'The gentle giant was a scaredy giant'. this thought made you giggle quietly to yourself.

Following Gregory you just shook your head and made sure to crouch so you wouldn't be spotted by the animatronics.

Gregory opened the bathroom door slightly and that's when you saw chica eating..trash?

𓅪 NOISE
             MAKERS !
— • to knock objects over
and distract bots
don't get spotted! • —

Milo took that as his chance to knock the can of paint over and onto the ground. when it fell this alerted chica and she walked out the bathroom stall.

"Got 'em." Milo whispered and we made our way inside the bathroom.

💻 INTELLIGENT
                MILO !
— • from throughout the book Milo's nerves will be either these > (low) (high) (rattled) let's not get to rattled... use his tactics in a much needed situation! • —

STEALTH !
— • don't drink too much energy drinks! but drink enough to keep your stealth in check! • —

STAMINA !
— • you can't run
forever...• —

Milo crouched his way out of the bathroom stall, Gregory followed right after him. you kept your watch on DNI which means 'do not interact'.

Gregory stood next to you just in case anything bad would happen. you kept your hand in his and squeezed it reassuringly.

Milo was walking ahead with his hand in his pockets. checking behind him occasionally just to make sure you and Gregory are okay.

Once you guys made it further down, the atmosphere...suddenly changed. it felt like it changed.

Milo tensed slightly and paused a little, something sounded..off. "Come on we gotta hurry." he says and sees the Monty warning sign on the gate.

Once you turned around and faxed away from the gate, Milo grabbed Gregory and ushered in into the front.

"THERE YOU ARE!"

Uh oh. you would recognize that voice anywhere. and it was right behind you.

Monty's loud stomps echoed. You started dashing off while grabbing onto Gregory's wrist tightly.

You checked behind you to see if milo was okay, "I'm alright! just keep going!" Milo shouts.

Monty ran at a fast pace, his loud stomps echoing and vibrating the ground. he nearly tripped but managed to keep up with the two of you.

After all, he knew track running in high school would come in handy. he continued to run, his long legs moving flawlessly.

"Are you lost?"

Another voice says which reveals to be roxanne. Milo continues to run, you hold onto Gregory tightly.

"Lost boy over here!"

This time it was chica who appeared. she had her eyes set on Gregory, you quickly blocked him from her view and picked him up in your arms, now carrying him.

Milo continued to run, you followed him up the stairs while holding Gregory close. he held onto you tightly while burying his head in the crook of your neck.

The stomps were getting louder now...

You run inside the office quick enough so the door wouldn't shut. Milo was running down the hall fast.

But monty was right on his tail, it was like he couldn't get out of his grasp. Milo looked behind him and could see the angry look in his eyes.

"Come on milo!" Gregory shouts worriedly while extending his hand towards him, you do the same and Milo grasps onto both you and Gregory's hands.

He quickly slides into the office and shuts the door. once he does he slides in and the door shuts after him.

"Well done, superstars. you guys found a security office. you should be quite safe here. the doors were designed to keep our highly-trained security staff safe in the event of an emergency. as long as the doors stay closed, which they will, as long as there is ample power..." Freddy explains.

Milo sits up and breathes heavily, he clutches his side and sees the blood seeping through his shirt again, this causes him to sigh loudly.

"Freddy, the power is only at 15% and they're pounding on the door! how are we going to get out of here?" Gregory exclaims as he panicked a little.

"Do not panic—" before Freddy could finish Milo cut in, "we almost died."

"—you should see an interface on the security desk. hold on while I make it accessible to you...there. you can now activate security protocols." Freddy says. Milo stands up and coughed a bit, trying to ignore the blood seeping from his reopened wound.

END OF CHAPTER 3 — WILL CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 4 :)