And here we are, the prologue to Foxy's story...but before we begin, I must explain my absence.
Foxy: aye, fer once, I be sympathizing with Zero here...he's had it rough lately
Thanks Foxy, but a few weeks ago I had to go to the emergency room for a viral infection of my spine...I was bed ridden for 4 days straight afterwards...I then had to catch up on work I missed...and recently I was in a car accident...passenger side door is badly damaged...only yesterday did I get a moment to relax and start writing again...but I did promise to get working on this after the new year...so here we are...Lost my mind while lost at sea
Foxy: Aye! But did ye hafta start with...ye know?
Sorry Foxy...it has to happen
Foxy: *sighs and nods* aye...It be makin sense ta start at tha beginnin and such...oh disclaimer...aye...Disclaimer: FNAF universe and characters be sole property of Scott Cawthon...a mighty fine capn if I do say so meself
There is nothing to fear but fear itself…
Guess that makes me fear...
Foxy could only stare at the limp form of the child that lay at his mechanical feet. It was mid-March...1987 and the gang at Freddy Fazbear's pizzeria were in full swing for a birthday party. Until there was a sickening crunch...a scream...and then absolute panic. Customers and employees alike could only stare in horror at the attraction known as pirate's cove. Foxy, the star of said attraction, felt his jaw with his good paw and immediately felt his servos lock up…as staining his paw was blood...blood and who knows what else, "b...by Poseidon's beard...I...what...wha happened?! Wha..."
Foxy stared as Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica were all standing, looks of horror and anger crossing their faces. Bonnie, being the newest and youngest of the animatronics was hiding back behind Freddy while hugging his guitar while Freddy himself just stared at Foxy with an appalled gaze...a gaze that asked one question, "why?"
Foxy himself didn't know what happened, he was in the middle of retelling his famous story of how he and Blackbeard called a truce when they both came under fire by the British navy, only to immediately turn their swords back upon each other after the navy was repelled...and then Foxy's vision went black, and then this chaos.
"Foxy what in blazes?! What have you done?! Fritz, lift the boy, gently now…get some wrappings on that wound and where the hell are the paramedics?! Foxy...you...I…why did you do this Foxy?!" Foxy could barely meet Frederick Fazworth's furious glare as one of the guards came over and carefully lifted the limp boy from the stage before hurrying over to a first aid station they had for minor emergencies.
"Capn...I...I don...I don't what ye mean...I be tellin me stories as usual an-" Foxy never got a chance to finish as Frederick Fazworth held a hand up, silencing the animatronic vulpine pirate before shaking his sadly as he walked away, leaving Foxy to wonder just what had happened. Relax Foxy...jus take a breather...maybe...maybe it's not as bad as it be seeming...maybe the lad tripped...aye that could be what happened! He simply got too excited and tripped and hurt his lil noggin on Foxy's ship! Aye...the capn and crew jus be over reacting...accidents happen all the time!
Foxy smiled to himself as he suddenly felt a weight lift from his shoulders...now it was simply the matter of explaining the accident to the others, surely they'd realize that things weren't as bad as they seemed, "ah...I do feel bad fer the lad...but that's why ye always be careful...bein a pirate is dangerous work..." Foxy chuckled some and simply went to the back of the stage before starting to clean up around the cove and prop ship. When the time came to explain what happened, Foxy would need to not lose his head like Freddy and the others.
-Back stage-
"F...Freddy, d...did you see w...what Foxy did?! He...He…HE KILLED SOMEONE! HE KILLED A CHILD! HE JUST BIT DOWN...AND...AND...THERE WAS SO MUCH...um...um...uh..."
"Blood...the word you're looking for is blood, Bonnie and the child was breathing...so no, Foxy did NOT kill anyone...just relax, okay?"
The purple rabbit blinked and made an O shape with his mouth before quickly nodding as Freddy stood stone still on the stage, worry and slight distress plaguing the older animatronic's face. The newer model animatronics were much more advanced then both the old spring locks and toy models combined and were capable of full facial expressions, eating actual food to replenish energy if they needed to, even having their own personalities. Bonnie, being the newest and youngest, was always curious, excitable, and always eager to have fun...but his real passion was music...despite him knowing only two or three songs.
Freddy Fazbear took on the role of caretaker and leader of the merry band, always keeping an eye on Bonnie and the kids that visited his pizzeria. Nothing got past Freddy's gaze...and those that broke the rules always got a stern lecture from the old bear. But, he was never harsh...he knew full well the balance of being stern but fair...never meeting out a punishment unfit for the crime.
Chica was the literal mother hen...always being the first to the scene of an accident to calm a crying child with gentle and soft reassurances...when she could. Any other time, Chica found her way into the kitchen...to give the cooks a hand...er...wing and the staff eagerly accepted the hen into their fray, teaching her the ways of pizza making. The chefs then found themselves stunned as she not only quickly learned their skills, but improved them...showing the advancement of the animatronics.
"Bonnie...sweety, maybe we shouldn't be talking about it, those children out there were so scared...let's wait for father to address the customers and their families...oh, I hope Foxy is okay...who knows what he's probably going through? He could be emotionally broken, Freddy..." Chica paced a bit while wringing her wings in anxiety...this was the worst accident she had ever seen since she was first turned on and she couldn't help but slightly worry for their vulpine companion.
"Chica...Bonnie...we wait for father to get things under control...if we do anything right now, we would be pouring fuel onto a fire…the customers would react badly if we were to get involved right now" Freddy knew that if any of them approached the people outside the curtain they were behind, the customers would likely panic some more...it's not every day a robotic fox pirate would bite open the head of a child.
"S...Still Freddy, this whole thing was...just really bad! I mean not initially...first there was us on stage and we were rocking and having fun and Chica was getting ready to help in the kitchen and I saw some kids playing a game in the arcade that looked really fun and you were being silly with your jokes and then I started-"
"Bonnie...sweety, focus...can you do that for me hun?" Chica loved her friends, but Bonnie always got easily distracted and she always had to reign him back to the situation at hand.
Bonnie blinked and giggled to himself while smiling sheepishly to the hen, "oh...eh...sorry Chica...I got excited again…ahehe...anyways, but Captain Foxy is going to be so upset with himself...why did he do that Freddy? Why?"
Freddy sighed and ran a paw over his tired face, he had just wanted to entertain the birthday boy and call it a day, but sometimes life would throw a monkey wrench into the works...and this was a LARGE monkey wrench, "ah don't know Bonnie...ah just don't know..."
-Timeskip: 6:00 pm-
Frederick Fazworth paced the room in front of the stage, he had been dealing with police officers, emts, and news paper reporters all day after the "incident" occurred. The man sighed while running a hand over his face, he could scarcely believe that all this happened and what was worse was the ultimatum he was given. What am I going to tell the others? It'll devastate them...especially Foxy…
The owner and manager of the building sighed as he continued to pace, he had ordered the building to be closed early so the emergency teams could take care of their business. Taking witness accounts...looking into the building's safety code for any violations...and of course grilling Frederick Fazworth for any information on his prized animatronic friends. The owner felt an urge to get a strong drink build up as yet another employee walked over to him before saying that she wanted safety compensation if she was going to hang around with killer robots.
"I'll increase your benefits Ms. Taylor…now, could you let me try to figure this out please?" The manager sighed as the girl huffed and walked away from him, Frederick pinching the bridge of his nose as he paced some more. Finally the man just gave up and walked into the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee...he had to make a decision...and no matter what decision he made, someone would be emotionally torn. God...this will destroy them…
-Pirate's cove: same time-
Foxy hummed a soft tune as he finished straightening up his cove. He liked to have his ship...well...ship-shape and after the accident today, he was going to make sure that his crew would be safe no matter what, "jus a bit more...and thar we be...all cleaner then a baby's bottom...aye, nothin bad be happenin ta me mates anymore...Ol Foxy be the prime example of safety!"
"Foxy?! Y...Yo...You in here? Mr. F...Fazworth s...said to...c...check your s...systems and t...to c...clean you up..."
Foxy perked his ears and grinned, the engineer they had was a friendly sort and always made sure Foxy and his friends were in fine working order. More then once, Foxy had to thank the man for repairing his endoskeleton...sometimes the actions that Foxy performed were a bit on the strenuous side for his systems, "aye laddy, ye have permission ta step aboard me ship…though I must ask...why ye be so spooked matey?"
"N...No r...reason…j...just a bit...stressed...it's b...been a rough day..."
Foxy obligingly turned around so the engineer could work, the fox swaying his tail a bit as he nodded, "aye, was a terrible thing ta happen today...poor lad, they should know better then ta climb on the stage...but no more...Foxy will be a much more stern capn...just ta keep the wee mateys safe ya see."
"Foxy...no one climbed on the stage..." The engineer bit his lip as he adjusted some wires in Foxy's suit before applying some new oil as well. Foxy though was confused, the boy that was at his feet today surely had climbed on the stage and hurt himself.
"Aye lad, I think the stress be getting ta ya...the lad that was injured...he definitely climbed up, he shoulda stayed seated like all the rest..."
"No Foxy...you bi...you bit him, you leaned down and BIT him"
Foxy went rigid even as the engineer finished his internal work and moved to clean the blood from Foxy's suit, the pirate narrowing his eyes some, "lad…I know today be a tryin day, but don't ye dare say I'm ta blame now...I understand that what happened was a terrible tragedy...but Capn Foxy had nothin ta do with it!"
"I...I...y...yeah...ok...uh...s...sure" The mechanic gulped some before scrubbing more of the blood away and once finished, quickly exited the cove before Foxy could say anything. Foxy though was a bit perturbed as the engineer forgot to fix his jaw, "ahoy laddy...wait...ah blast it…might as well wait fer night fall...maybe I can get me jaw fixed then..."
-Timeskip: 10pm-
Frederick Fazworth finally caught a break as the employees that had CHOSEN to stay on exited the building. Since it was officially closing time, no one but the night guard was required to be in the pizzeria, which was why Frederick was so relieved. This gave him a chance to address the animatronics themselves...for his decision would greatly impact their lives.
"Freddy, round everyone up...time to have a meeting about what happened today!"
The bear in question peeked out at his "father" from behind the stage curtains before nodding slightly, knowing full well that when Mr. Fazworth wanted to speak to them, it was most likely serious, "even Foxy, father?"
"Especially Foxy...Freddy, especially Foxy"
Freddy nodded and went back behind the curtain before exiting out with Bonnie and Chica in tow. Bonnie though breaking into a sprint and wrapping his arms around Frederick in glee, "DADDY! OH MY GOSH I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! Did you see me daddy?! Huh...did you?! I was rocking my guitar today and Freddy sang songs about pizza and Chica was being nice again and Foxy...Foxy...um...d...daddy? W...What's going to happen to Foxy?"
Frederick sighed and gently laid a hand on the purple bunny's arm, he knew that this would affect Bonnie the most and was ready to console the young animatronic as best as he could, "that's why I am here Bonnie, we're going to have to make a decision...a decision that will affect us all..."
Freddy meanwhile had gone to pirate's cove and found Foxy fiddling his damaged jaw, Freddy just shook his head as he approached the fox, "Foxy, cmon...father's outside and wishes to speak to us all...you included"
Foxy blinked and looked at the bear before grinning as best he could, "aye, ol Foxy will be on his way ta see tha capn" Freddy tried to smile back to the vulpine pirate but found himself unable to do so, so with a quick nod, Freddy exited from the cove and briskly walked back towards where Chica, Bonnie, and Frederick Fazworth were waiting.
"Foxy's comin...this decision father…is it good news...or should ah prepare for the worst?"
"It comes down to Foxy honestly..."
When Foxy arrived, immediately all eyes turned to him and the buccaneer felt a twinge of anxiety run through his systems, he didn't mind the stares from his crew mates, they were stares of innocence and curiosity. Freddy, Chica, Bonnie, and his own captain were giving him stares that were filled with less pleasant emotions...Anger, some fear, a bit of sadness as well, Foxy shook his head before snapping a salute and grinning, "Rear Capn Foxy, reportin fer duty sir!"
Frederick nodded before clearing his throat after taking a sip of his coffee, "Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy...today we had a birthday that turned into a tragedy...a young boy had suffered a terrible head wound…there is no guarantee that he'll ever speak or walk again...that's the bad news."
"And the good news father?"
Frederick turned to look at Freddy with a blank gaze and simply shook his head before taking another sip of his coffee, "there is no good news Freddy...there's only bad news and worse news...now I've told you the bad news-"
"OH MY GOSH...WE...WE'RE NOT GETTING SHUT DOWN ARE WE?! I...I WAS ONLY JUST TURNED ON A FEW DAYS AGO…I…I DON'T WANNA GO AWAY!"
Foxy turned to look at the panicking bunny while raising his paw and hook in a calming manner, "Bonnie lad, nay...we not be getting shut down! Nay lad...nay, come now...Chica, perhaps ye should tend ta him, ye be more gentle then ol Foxy"
Chica sighed and gently took Bonnie by the paw and led the sniffling bunny away from Freddy, Foxy, and Frederick, leading Bonnie back towards the stage, "shhh…don't you worry Bonnie...father will fix this...no sweety, it'll be alright, yes...I know, it is a bad situation...but I know father will make things better...now why not relax and I'll go get you a snack, okay?"
Frederick smiled appreciatively towards Chica, the hen knew all the ways to get a child to relax and having Bonnie panicking like he was wasn't going to help anyone, "Okay...Freddy, Foxy...here's the rest of the news...Fazworth entertainment is being sued for safety violations and several customers are pressing charges..."
"Blow me down...ye...ye mean w...we be getting shut down...fer real?"
"Surely there is somethin you can do father. Ah mean, think about poor Bonnie over there...think how scared he will be"
"I know Freddy...I know and that's why I came to compromise with the families...though, the compromise still won't make any of us happy..." Frederick bit his lip as he paced a bit before turning and looking at the bear and fox dead in their eyes, "we either…scrap you all for older animtronics...or Pirate's Cove is shut down and Foxy is placed out of order...for good"
"THEY BE WANTIN TA KEELHAUL OL FOXY?! FOXY DIDN'T DO NOTHIN...SURE THE LAD INJURED HIMSELF BUT IT WASN'T ME FAULT!"
"Foxy, calm down...don't make this any more difficult" Frederick knew Foxy would be upset but the pirate was already growling and pacing, his tail lashing angrily behind him. Freddy sighed before turning to address the furious fox, "Foxy, now ah need you to calm down...yer scarin Bonnie"
"Oh aye, aye...Ol Foxy just needs ta calm down...he only be bein forced inta the BRIG! Fer somthin he didn't even do! This be a load of fool's gold if ye ask me!"
Frederick Fazworth sighed for the umpteenth time that day before reaching into his jacket and pulling out a tablet, "this is the security tablet...if you truly think nothing happened Foxy...well, let's take a look"
Frederick set the tablet to the time the accident happened, Bonnie and Chica joining them as well to see the video feed, and once it started rolling...all eyes were turned to Foxy as he stood stone still, watching the security feed, watching as he himself twitched bit in the video...slumped down...and bit onto the head of a child.
"A...Aye...Ah...ye...ye can't...nay...nay, nay, NAY! I DON'T REMEMBER DOIN THAT! I SWEAR UPON ME HEART! YE KNOW I WOULD NEVER HURT A MATEY!" Foxy's eyes wild with panic as he backed away from the tablet in shock and horror, he truly couldn't believe that he had hurt one of his crew mates...but there it was, plain as day. Even worse were the appalled and terrified looks of the children gathered, "sweet merciful Neptune...what have I done? I've become a monster...tha lads would never see me tha same!"
"Now Foxy...let's just relax and be rational about this-"
"NAY! Don ya see Freddy?! Ol Foxy...he's become the monster tha mates always were scared of...oh blow me down...I...I..." Foxy couldn't finish his words as he shook his head and quickly sprinted into Pirate's cove before shutting the curtains and slumping down in a far corner, hugging his metal legs to his chest as he remembered all the cheers of his crew whenever he retold his victory over a dreaded sea monster. A...Aye, m...monsters are ta be feared...and should never be allowed ta see the light of day…it be...b...best if Ol…Foxy stay here, keep the lads and lasses...s...safe an all...
Frederick Fazworth meanwhile sighed and ran a hand over his tired face, this entire day had ran the man ragged and now, he was certain to lose one of his prized family members, "Freddy, can you get Chica and Bonnie settled in for the night? I need to close up..."
"Of course father...ah'll take care of things with everyone"
"Much obliged Freddy...and please...keep an eye on Foxy...I think he'll need you all more then ever..."
"Two eyes, as often as ah can spare em...father, w...will we be alright after all this? Will Foxy be alright?"
"I don't know Freddy...I just don't know..." Frederick sighed and turned before walking away from Freddy, pausing at Pirate's cove and sadly placing a sign that would become a harbinger for a darker future.
The sign reading, "Sorry, out of order"
