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Falling.
Freddy was falling. He was aware of it the second he regained consciousness. Freddy was jerked violently in and out of consciousness for what seemed like forever. He was only awake for about two seconds before everything unexpectedly went black again. But when he was awake, the cold hand of fear gripped his heart as he felt pain erupt through his robotic body. He felt himself slam against the ground over and over again. The ground kept rushing up to meet him too fast. He wished wildly for it to stop.
It went on for what seemed like forever, until finally the fall came to a stop. When Freddy awoke again, he was laying slumped against a tall object. He was laying on something he had never felt before. It was sharp and dug into his body, and it didn't help the pain he was already feeling. Freddy wearily opened his dazed blue eyes. He glanced about his surroundings, only vaguely aware. His eyes folded shut and the animatronic bear breathed out shakily, pain soaring through his body as he tried to regain his thought process. Soon, the pain ebbed a bit. Freddy lifted his head, grunted, and sat up. His eyes were squeezed shut.
He forced his light blue eyes open and he got a good look at where exactly he was.
A forest. A dense, dark forest. Freddy had heard of a forest, but he had never seen one, much less been in one. The thing Freddy had been laying on was still digging into him. The bear grunted; agonized. He pulled himself to his feet, still in a daze. He looked at his back and rump and saw that thorns from a vine were digging into them. Freddy gritted his teeth in pain and tried to pick the thorns out of his back. He didn't get very far. The unbearable pain immediately made him stop. He would take care of it later. Freddy took a second to look at his arm. His arm was torn up and heavily damaged from Foxy digging his terribly sharp metallic teeth into them. There was an enormous gash in his arm. It throbbed. Freddy gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. He looked around the forest again. It was dark and Freddy could hardly see.
As his thought process began to return to him, Freddy gritted his teeth even harder. Foxy. That son of a bitch! Freddy grinded his teeth together and began to stalk about the dark forest, ignoring the thorn vines that stabbed unrelentingly into his feet. Freddy snorted loudly. "Foxy!" He shouted. He swatted some foliage out of his way as the animatronic stomped about.
He was furious. Foxy's idiotic, self-absorbed actions had sent them both into a forest. It would take forever to get back up to the building! But Freddy was determined to find it again before morning came. He had to. The company couldn't come back to only Bonnie and Chica there. That would put them out of business. The building couldn't be far. They just had to get back up that hill; right?
Freddy grumbled. His body was sore and ached terribly. He searched for Foxy, half-hoping to find the little bastard hung up in a tree, crumpled up and dead.
However, Freddy's hopes were immediately ruined. The sudden howl of agony that came from nowhere caused Freddy's body to jerk in surprise. The howl came from the left and was followed by a series of loud cussing. Yup. That was Foxy.
Tensing in hatred for Foxy and their situation, Freddy went to the location of the howl. When he arrived, he saw Foxy.
The crimson fox was doubled up against a log, and screeching at the top of his nonexistent lungs while cursing black and blue all the way.
"DAMN IT! DAMN IT ALL! DAMN THAT FATASS BEAR TO HELL! HE'S RUINED EVERYTHING!" Foxy screeched, obviously unaware that Freddy was standing right in front of him. Freddy noticed that Foxy had been torn up even worse by the fall. His chest had been torn deeper, and his right ear was also torn up, revealing some of the endoskeleton. Not only that, but the animatronic's leg was in an awkward angle.
Freddy snarled and stalked up to Foxy. "Shut up! You got us into this situation in the first place!" Freddy roared, slapping Foxy hard upside the head.
Foxy's yellow orbs shot up to glare viciously at Freddy. "Don't try t' blame this on me, ye ignorant cur! Ye got yourself into this mess 'n ye'll pay DEARLY fer it!" Foxy snarled. Freddy shoved Foxy into the log and looked him straight in the eye.
"Shut the hell up. I should straight up kill you right now, but I can't. I need you alive or we'll get shut down. Stay here while I look for a way out of this forest and back to the building." Freddy snapped. He then released Foxy and stalked away from him, swatting vines away as he tried to look for a way out.
Foxy watched him, unamused. "Don't reckon we'll be gettin' back t' that black spotted galleon anytime soon, Fazzy. We fell real deep into this forest." Foxy muttered, hatred burning in his tone as the fox tried to sit up. Freddy whipped around to yell at his arch-enemy some more, but Foxy went on.
"Oh, also, I saw yer strumpet take a tumble down th' hill too. Along wit' that lily-livered bunny. Wha' th' Davy Jones' locker be his name? Bon-bon or some shit like that..." Foxy trailed off and scratched his head. His thoughts were probably scrambled, too.
Fear immediately engulfed Freddy. Had Bonnie and Chica fallen as well? The animatronic bear glanced around and stomped back to Foxy. "What do you mean?!" He demanded. He shook Foxy roughly, but the fox didn't respond at first, instead he hissed at the pain from Freddy shaking him. Freddy shook him harder. "What do you-"
They were both interrupted by the shrill scream that came from behind them. The scream was blood-curdling, and was filled with agony. Freddy knew that scream. It belonged to none other than Bonnie.
Freddy's maw gaped in terror. "Blisterin' Barnacles, I do believe that be Bonnie right now. He seems fine 'n dandy t' me." Foxy scoffed. Freddy didn't respond. He rurned and sprinted towards the direction of the scream and away from the hateful fox.
When Freddy arrived, he saw Bonnie. The lavender rabbit was sprawled out on the ground, wailing as loud as possible. His screams split the air. To Freddy's absolute horror, he saw that Bonnie's left leg had detached itself. Bonnie's leg laid to the side. It had been torn from Bonnie during the fall.
Freddy didn't waste a second. He charged for Bonnie. He skidded on his knees at the anxious animatronic's side. "BONNIE! It's alright, it's alright, you're okay! Shhh, look at me!" Freddy roared. He grabbed Bonnie by the chin as gently as possible and forced the rabbit to look at him. Bonnie was screaming and sobbing in agony. His body was racking in pain.
Desperately, Freddy hauled Bonnie up and laid the aniamtronic's head down on Freddy's lap. Freddy was panicking. Bonnie had never been hurt this badly before, not even the time Foxy had hit him across the face or when a kid had once stabbed him with a fork several times. Bonnie's entire leg was gone, replaced with a wired mess.
Bonnie squeezed his eyes shut and sobbed in agony. Freddy studied the damage and tried to touch it, unsure of what to do. Bonnie's screams grew louder. Freddy dug his teeth into his lip and tried to speak comfortably to Bonnie. Freddy didn't know what to do, but hearing Bonnie scream like this hurt Freddy terribly. Freddy had been taking care of Bonnie for years. He loved the lavender rabbit so much. What was he supposed to do in this situation?
Bonnie continued to cry. "H-HELP ME! HELP ME! P-PLE- P-PLEASE!" He screamed, seemingly unaware that Freddy was there. Freddy watched helplessly.
Foxy. This was all Foxy's fault. Foxy had ruined everything. They were all stuck in a forest because of him. As Bonnie began to slow down and start to pass out, Freddy lifted his head and wished wildly for Chica. She would know what to do.
He tried to sit Bonnie up, but to no avail. The animatronic was unresponsive and not functioning very well.
Soon, Freddy's prayers were answered. He heard the sods of footsteps and lifted his head to see Chica bolt towards them. "Oh my god! What happened?!" She cried.
Freddy really wanted to know how they had both gotten down as well. However, that wasn't the important thing at the moment. Bnnie jerked about in Freddy's lap. Chica leaned down beside them and looked at the stump that used to be where Bonnie's leg was. Her eyes widened in terror.
"What do we do?!" Freddy cried.
"We have to calm him down. He'll be okay; it won't kill him..." Chica said, despair coating her tone. She looked at Freddy. "Freddy, we fell really far into this forest. We're not going to be able to get back up to the building anytime soon. He have to find shelter or something and find our way back later... Go get Foxy and come back here. I'll take care of Bonnie." She said over Bonnie's cries.
Freddy nodded and gently handed Bonnie over to Chica. He sprung up and went back to Foxy. Hatred burned in his heart. He wanted to murder that fox. They had gotten them into this mess.
When he found Foxy, the animatronic fox was pacing about a clearing, lashing his tail. He looked up when he saw Freddy. The damaged robot huffed hatefully.
"Hmm, welcome back. I heard screamin'. Which one died? Yer cur or yer powder pan adopted child?" Foxy scoffed. Freddy proceeded to lunge at Foxy, his anger getting the best of him. The two hostile animatronics fell to the ground, lashing and biting at each other. Foxy tried to bite at his arm, but Freddy pulled away in time. He planted a hard punch on Foxy's face. The fox snarled and sliced at Freddy's side. His metallic claws scored through Freddy's body, and the bear winced. He growled and slammed his fist into Foxy's head and then threw the animatronic away from him.
Foxy rolled and sprung up, spitting and preparing to attack again. But Freddy didn't want to fight anymore. As Foxy charged, Freddy grabbed the fox's neck and began to haul him towards where Chica and Bonnie were. Foxy cussed Freddy out all the way. "Oh, I get it. Too scared t' fight anymore, eh?" Foxy snarled. Freddy didn't respond and practically dragged Foxy along.
As they returned to the forest clearing Bonnie and Chica were in, Freddy was relieved to see Bonnie had calmed down. Chica was standing up, with Bonnie leaning against her. Bonnie was sniffing desperately and wiping his face on his arm.
As soon of Foxy saw Bonnie, Freddy saw the animatronic fox take a look at Bonnie's leg. Foxy blinked and gave what sounded like a sigh. The fox looked away for a second. Freddy blinked, surprised at no hateful outbursts.
Freddy left Foxy where he was standing and went over to Bonnie. "Hey, bud." Freddy said, patting Bonnie on the head. "You'll be fine, alright? You know you'll be fine, right?" Freddy asked gently.
Bonnie tearfully looked down at his stump where his leg used to be. "W-when we get back, t-the staff will get me a new l-leg, right?" Bonnie asked, his voice shaking.
Freddy nodded. "Of course they will."
Foxy looked bitterly to the side. "IF we even get back t' th' buildin'." The fox muttered. Bonnie whimpered and Chica and Fredy glared at him. Freddy opened his mouth to shout at the animatronic, but Chica shook her head and motioned to the distressed Bonnie that was right beside her. Freddy was quiet for his sake, though he wanted nothing more than to wring Foxy's throat.
All four of them began to walk through the forest, trying to find somewhere to hide. Freddy wanted badly to look for the building, but Chica convinced him that there was no way they could find it at the moment. Freddy knew that the company would be in huge trouble. The staff surely would find them, though. They had to find them sometime.
The walked wordlessly through the forest. Bonnie was heavily leaning against Chica. Freddy led the way. Foxy trailed near the back, cussing and going on and on about how Freddy had gotten them into this mess. As they walked, Freddy had quietly asked Chica how they had fallen down as well. Chica had told him that Bonnie had gone into a blind panic when he and Foxy had fallen, and he had leaped in after them. Chica also said that she had no choice but to follow Bonnie.
As they walked down a path in the forest, Foxy casted a glance at Bonnie. He dared to speak. "Ya know, Bonnie, Freddy got us into this mess in th' first place. If he had left me alone ye would still 'ave ye're leg."
Freddy whipped around but Chica shook her head vigorously. They didn't need to fight right now. Bonnie looked at Foxy through his feverish and tearful eyes. "Freddy told me not to talk to you." Bonnie whimpered before he looked away.
Foxy didn't look very surprised, although Freddy could have sworn he saw a bit of hurt in the fox's yellow optics. "Oh. I see Freddy sat ye down 'n told ye t' stay away from me, eh? Well, lettin' 'im influence ye will be yer ultimate downfall, kiddo." Foxy sneered. Bonnie ignored him. Freddy felt proud of Bonnie through his anger.
Foxy just shrugged. "Oh, well. It doesn't matter t' me. Now ye're jus' some Bonnie that I used t' know." Foxy said. He then proceeded to give a throaty laugh at his own joke. They ignored Foxy.
After awhile, they came upon a bridge. The bridge was over a large river. Freddy could see a large abandoned shed at the other side of the bridge. "There. We can hide there until the staff come to find us." Chica said. Bonnie looked hopeful.
"Yeah, well, it ain't all flowers 'n sunshine, me mateys. That bridge looks like 'twill collapse th' second any o' us step on it." Foxy said, giving a roll of his eyes. Freddy ignored him and approached the unstable bridge.
"I'll cross it first." Freddy said slowly. Chica blinked, looking concerned.
"Are you sure?" She asked. Freddy nodded.
"Be careful..." Bonnie said quietly.
Freddy smiled at Bonnie. "I will, sport. Don't worry about me." Freddy said.
Freddy then stared at the unstable-looking bridge. He paused.
"Wha''s th' matter, Fazzy?" Foxy called from where he was standing. The animatonic fox gave a wide grin."Did ye forget t' brin' yer tampons?!"
Freddy sighed and ignored him. Carefully, he began to cross the bridge. Luckily, he crossed it alright. Chica, Bonnie, and Foxy began to cross. However Foxy was quickly ordered aggressively by Freddy to wait until Chica and Bonnie got off because Foxy had begun jumping up and down on the bridge for the purpose of scaring the hell out of Bonnie.
Once they were all across, Freddy checked the shed first to make sure it was safe. When it was, he motioned them inside. It was a dark, empty shed except for a few mice crawling about.
Bonnie and Chica went inside. Bonnie was scared at first; but Freddy coaxed him inside. Once they were inside, Freddy looked hatefully at Foxy. The fox was pausing. "Come on." Freddy ordered gruffly. "Get inside or I'll force you in."
Foxy looked at him with dull eyes. "Why don't ye let me go if ye don't wants me here so much?" He asked, his voice an unimpressed monotone.
"Because an animatronic isn't aloud to roam the outside." Freddy growled.
Foxy just stared at him with his glassy gaze. "Always a rule follower, aren't ya, Freddy? Nah afraid t' tear me apart if I break a rule. Not even if I make a mistake." Foxy muttered.
Freddy tensed. He knew what Foxy was talking about. "Sinking your teeth into a little girl's head is not a mistake, Foxy." Freddy spat.
Foxy suddenly looked distressed for a second, but his expression immediately hardened. "It WAS a mistake." Foxy snapped, his voice filled with venom.
Freddy just shook his head. "Just get into the shed." He snarled.
Foxy stalked past him. He roughly bumped shoulders with the bear. "Sure thing, King Shit." Foxy snarled.
Freddy sighed and followed the hateful fox. Foxy went over to sit in a corner of the dark shed, where all the mice where. Freddy watched as Foxy began crushing the mice with his hook.
Freddy turned away and sat beside Bonnie. Chica had carefully sat him down and was now sitting nearby, drawing in the dust with her finger.
Bonnie laid down on his back. Freddy watched Bonnie. Bonnie sniffed and looked at Freddy. "Will he have to stay here forever, Freddy?" He asked in a small voice.
Freddy shook his head. "Don't worry, bud. The staff will come after us soon enough. We aren't very far. We'll be back in the building in no time." Freddy reassured.
Bonnie feverishly looked up at him. "Do you promise?"
"I promise."
However, this would soon turn into a promise Freddy could not keep.
