"Take it away," a voice commanded. I nodded, and another worker helped me host the body into a big box.
"Are you sure it's turned off?" Someone who was watching fretted. I sighed.
"Relax, Boss and us three are the only ones here and between us we made sure all the circuits were disconnected and switches were off. Do you think it could still be active?" my partner snapped.
I looked down at the dim blue eyes of the animatronic. "It's most definitely off," I assured him.
I could see why everyone was so nervous about this animatronic. She was only on for one day, but that day was a disaster…
I pressed the button on the remote that activated the new animatronic, Luna. Luna had been a big project that was part of a Christmas crew. The rest of the the Winter Animatronics haven't been finished, but Luna was a work of art.
The snow leopard's eyes began to glow softly. Around me, everyone who had been working on Luna clapped with delight. Her ears began to tremble and she made a bunch of quiet croaking sounds. I realized she was trying to talk. I flipped the switch for her voice box on and she gazed at everyone.
"H-H-Hello-o-o kid-ds!" Her voice glitched. "Welcome to Fred-d-dy Fazb-bear's Pi-pi-pi-zzeria!" She opened her mouth and snowflakes rushed out of it in a whoosh of air. I remembered that a tube in her mouth released paper snowflakes.
"Her voice box could be worked on, but she's running well!" our boss exclaimed proudly. "Someone fix her voice up a bit and in the morning she could be released as the leader of an upcoming Winter Animatronic Cats!"
Murmurs of agreements rose from the workers. One spoke up. "She'll be one of our best works yet."
(No one's POV)
Luna stood, greeting customers with a swirl of snowflakes. After the restaurant was a bit more crowded, she walked over to where Foxy was telling kids stories of his pirate life.
"...aye, it was a hard journey, lads and lassies, but I made it just fine," he finished. Foxy started telling another story while a few kids turned to see Luna.
"Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's!" she greeted cheerily. "A magical place for kids and grownups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life." She rattled off the customary lines, then blew a flurry of snowflakes. The kids cheered and reached out to catch them. Then she continued. "I'm Luna, leader of the Winter Animatronics!"
"Hi Luna!" They all chorused. Luna's free roam mode took over after the had spoken the greetings.
"Where are the other Winter Animatronics?" One kid piped up.
"Oh, they're around here. They'll be here on Christmas!" Luna replied.
The morning was a breeze. Noon rolled around and it was a little girl's birthday. Luna stepped up to greet her, but the girl's mom hit Luna's paw, yelling, "I thought I told the staff to keep all robots away from my daughter!"
A staff member hurried up. "I apologize, Luna is new animatronics here."
However, Luna was confused by the mother's reaction, and became even more confused when the little girl copied her mother and hit Luna as well.
Somewhere deep inside her gears and wires, Luna felt that the girl was insulting her. But she didn't think much of it, so she took it that hitting others was a kind of 'hello.' Slightly happy by this new discovery, Luna hit the girl back and her black claws dug into the girl's arm.
The girl screamed, a deep red gash in her arm. That mother rushed over. "Lauren? Lauren!"
The next few minutes were a blur to Luna. In seconds, she was shut down. Lauren was taken to the hospital.
And Luna?
She was taken to the storage room and boxed up, never to be seen again.
