===Cake Family, Back Stage, Few Hours Later===

~~~Herobrine's P.o.V.~~~

I was woken up, by Endy shaking my shoulder.

"Hey, Brine! Wake up!", he hissed.

I sat up, and stretched my body and arms. I scratched my eyes, and blinked a few times to make my sleepiness fade away.

I looked at Endy.

"Oh, Endy... Um... What time is it?", I asked him.
"It was exactly ten o'clock...", he said, his black eyes glinting at me.

I nodded, and stood up.

"Well, is the manager finding for me?", I asked.
"Um... No...", he said.
"Okay...", I mumbled, and went outside.

Exactly when Hero came.

"Oh, Brine... Let's go. The parties were gonna start.", he said.

I went with him to the Show Stage.

===Show Stage===

I saw the new set of customers.

There were several children. Some wore elaborate tuxedos and dresses, some wore simple clothes. There were grown-ups too, wearing simple clothing.

Then came the birthday boy...

He wore a magnificent, purple tuxedo, with a white undershirt. He had a black bowtie, and a pair of black shoes.

By the looks, he was already ten years old.

Then, the animatronics started their first preformance.

I stepped in, and several children cheered. The elders started calling for the master of ceremony to get the party started.

The manager came in, and he greeted the birthday boy.

===Le Timeskip===

As me and Zombrine were serving food to the people, I noticed that the birthday boy seemed troubled.

We approached him.

"Um... Hey, little boy, why are you sad?", Zombrine asked gently.

The boy looked up at us with his beady, black eyes. His eyes were full of tears.

"Sir, I'm finding for my parents...", he cried.
"We will help you find for them...", I said, holding his shoulder.

As we were roaming to find for the child's parents, I was met by a man.

"Hey, have you seen my son? He wore a purple tuxedo, and had fair complexion. Do you know where he was?", he nervously asked us.

I looked at Zombrine.

"Hey kid... Is he your Dad?", he asked the child, who was hiding behind him.

The little boy went out, and approached the man with teary eyes.

"Daddy!", he cried, hugging his worried father.

The guy hugged him back. He looked up at us.

"Thank you...", he said, smiling at us.
"Our pleasure sir...", Zombrine said, smiling.

Then, we went off...

Just then, a little girl, wearing a splendid yellow dress, with a golden headband and pink doll shoes approached the stage.

Me and Zombrine approached the girl, and I held her.

"Little miss, please don't go near the characters...", I politely said.

She gave me a venomous glare, her deep, purple eyes glinting dangerously.

"And why? You're just a robot in here... Mom and Dad can buy you and all of the robots in here! If you won't let me touch them, I will tell Mom and Dad to buy you and be disposed of!", she growled.
"Miss, they are dangerous... Please don't come near them.", I insisted.
"And so?", she scowled, as she climbed on stage.

I tried pulling her off, but...

PigZombie was holding the child's neck, choking her.

"Help!", she shouted.

I immediately approached PigZombie and pulled the girl off his grip.

PigZombie shook his head, and gave me a surprised glare.

"What happened?", he asked.
"Later...", I hissed, as I put the girl down.

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"I told you... What if they hurt you more than that? Please heed the warnings that I tell you. They can hurt you accidentally.", I told her.

She sighed.

"Okay, I'm sorry...", she grumbled, rolling her eyes.

Then, she walked away.

When me and Zombrine caught some break, we talked about one thing.

"Um, Zombrine... I'm just curious... Why do Hero, PigZombie and Chicken have a malfunction when children come near them?", I asked him.
"Honestly, Brine, I dunno.", he answered feebly.

I sighed, as we went to the counter to fetch some orders.

As we were walking to the counter, we were met by the manager.

"Oh, Brine and Zombrine... You'd better perform on-stage now...", he whispered.

We nodded, and we went to the stage.

"Geesh, we had to perform now...", I sang, as we stepped on-stage.

He smiled, and we went up.

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, here is the last performance of the party, by Zombrine the Zombie, and Brine!", the manager enthusiastically said, and pointed to us.

The children cheered, shouting in joy.

Then, we started...

Zombrine started the joke.

"Hey, Brine!"
"Yes?"
"Where do you live?"

I thought hard, curling a finger under my chin.

"In my house."
"Where is your house?"
"Beside my neighbor's house."

The children laughed.

"Where is your neighbor's house?"

I hummed, looking around.

I faced him.

"Beside our house.", I answered.

The children, and this time, the adults, laughed.

And we continued...

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After the party, we rested for a while.

"They loved our show.", I heared Zombrine say.
"Yeah...", I agreed.

Just then, the manager came, with one of the crew...

"I think there were no more parties now...", he said.
"Well, maybe we should clean up now.", the other man said.

Just then, the crew member accidentally bumped Hero.

Hero glared at the man, and choked him. The poor man just coughed and kicked helplessly. The manager approached.

"Herobrine! Let him go!", he sternly ordered.

But Hero grabbed the manager, and threw him aside.

"We must help them!", I exclaimed, and grabbed Hero's hand.

Hero suddenly stopped, letting go of the man. The man stood up immediately.

I looked at the animatronic.

He was twitching his head and his body was shaking like mad. His pure-white eyes turned black, with small white pupils, much like Endy's eyes.

"Hey, Hero!", I hissed.

But the animatronic didn't answer. He just glared at me, and grabbed my shirt.

"Let me go!", I growled, pulling away from his grip.

Just then, Hero stopped, and glared at me, his eyes returning to normal. He shook his head slightly.

"B-Brine..?", he weakly asked, surprised, seeing his hand gripping my shirt's collar.

Then, he let go of me. He hung his head in shame.

I turned to the manager, and approached him.

I helped him up.

"Thanks...", he said, as he arranged his shirt properly.
"Are you okay?", I asked him concerningly.
"Yes... I'm just fine...", he said, smiling at me.

He looked at Hero.

"He was malfunctioning...", he mumbled, glaring at the nervous animatronic.

Then, a thought ran across me.

"Sir, I know someone who can help fix them.", I suggested.
"Really? Well–wait...", he said, as he fumbled for his ringing phone.

He answered it.

"Okay ma'am... We will prepare.", he said.
"Okay...", he added, and put it down.

He sighed looking at me.

"We have a party... And we must fix Herobrine immediately.", he said.
"I'm afraid, that will be not-so-easy...", I slowly said.
"Why?", he asked.
"All of them seemed to have malfunctions... PigZombie reacted agressively to a child a while ago... It will undoubtedly take time.", I said.

He sighed.

"I will reschedule it... Maybe, later at 3.", he said.

I looked at the clock.

It was 12 noon.

"That will be more or less enough for the technician.", I said.
"Then call for him.", he ordered.
"Yes sir...", I said.

"Steve! Hey! Can you hear me?", I asked.
"Yeah...", he answered.
"Come over here! Now! There was a malfunction in here! We must do this together!", I hissed.
"Okay.", he said.

"Um, Brine? What're you doing?", the manager asked me.
"He will be coming any minute now.", I said.

"Steve, remember: I am one of the animatronics in this place... Never call me 'Hunny' or whatever... Just call me 'Brine', okay?", I told Steve.
"Roger that, Brine!", he answered.

"Brine? You... Just called him?", the manager asked again.
"Yes sir.", I answered.
"How could you do that?", he curiously asked again.
"I have an in-built communication system and it was connected to my contacts. I have the ability to call them without requiring me to speak out loud.", I explained.

He nodded.

"Okay...", he slowly said.

Just then, Steve appeared beside me.

"What-?"
"Good morning sir!", Steve greeted.

"How did you-?"
"I have the rare ability to teleport."

The manager nodded, and looked at me.

"Okay, we must get this started.", he said.

(A/N: The photo above shows the actual Endoskeleton, when activated. If you are a player of this game, you might've noticed that the heads faced the camera, instead of facing in several, different directions. That Zombrine head? It was actually laying on its side when the Endo was deactivated.)