Chapter 2- Balloon Boy

The first week was hectic. The animatronics were constantly busy with the children. After every song, it was their jobs to protect the children, sing happy birthday to the birthday kid, blow balloons up for whomever asked for one, and then clean up after the children if they dropped something.

Once Sunday came around, the animatronics woke up extra early to prepare the party room for the children. The animatronics were giddy once they heard the front door unlocking. Green nearly tripped climbing back onto the stage. Unlike the day before, there were far less employees entering; However, they wheeled a large crate into the room, laying it near the game area. The humans then did their checks on the main animatronics, then left as if nothing had happened. The three stared at the box, afraid of what it could hold.

"What do you guys think it is? Decorations?" Green asked, sitting down in the same spot he was standing.

"No way! It's clearly a shipment of pizza!" Tee Chee said, giggling. Teddy shook his head, carefully getting off the stage. "Teddy! What are you doing?!" Tee Chee panicked.

"I wanna see what's in it." Teddy replied flatly, continuing over to the box. Green hopped down from the stage, running over to him.

"Teddy! What if it's dangerous?! Or something bad!" Green said, jumping in front of him, extending his arms to block the large bear. Teddy chuckled, stepping past him.

"Don't be silly, what could possibly be in that box that was deadly? I Think this might be alright, so don't panic, I got this." Teddy reassured, patting Green on the head. Green seemed apprehensive, however. Teddy edged closer to the box, and he could feel his gears starting to heat up.

"What is this feeling?" He thought, somewhat scared. His fuel tank spit embers in his chest as he got even closer to the box. He thought he heard sniffling. "What is in here? I wonder…" He thought, grabbing the lid and gently sliding it off.

"Hello?" Teddy said, sticking his snout into the box to get a better look. The sniffling got even louder, and the inside of the box was extremely dark. Teddy turned his eyelights on, revealing a small yet round boy sitting in the box, his eyes dilated as he stared dead into Teddy's face.

"H-Hi…" The small boy sniffled, unmoving except for his violent shakes of fear. Small oily lines came from his eyes, And they perplexed Teddy immensely.

"Are you ok? You're face is leaking…" Said Teddy, reaching a hand into the box to comfort the child. The child shook even fast as his hand approached him, but slowed to a stop when they connected. Teddy smiled, showing that he meant no harm. He reached his other hand into the box shortly after to pull him out. The boy happily accepted, reaching up with his arms to be picked up.

"I-I… I'm scared... " The boy said, recoiling from the light. Teddy switched his eyelights off. He started to bend over to let the boy down, but he held tightly on to Teddy. Teddy chuckled, walking back over to the stage with the boy in his arms. The other animatronics stared at him with disbelief.

"Does this look like a deadly, horrible, and murderous creature to you?" Teddy joked.

After a few hours, the animatronics noticed that no one else came. They started to become afraid, nearly to the point that Tee Chee suggested to leave out the front door and check for humans. Teddy explained how that was probably the worst Idea she had ever thought of.

"Plus" Teddy continued his argument "What will we do if the boy gets outside? He might get lost, then what will we do?"

"Alright, you win, maybe they forgot to come here today." Tee Chee suggested, shrugging slightly. Teddy shook his head.

"No, It's far more likely that they forgot about us!" Green said, snickering.

"Hey! That's not funny!" Tee Chee said, ruffling the feathers on her back. Green laughed maniacally. "I'm serious, what should we do?!"

"What were meant to do! Sit here wait." Teddy said, looking back over to the boy next to him. He was eating his pizza Tee Chee gave him cautiously, like something could happen if he didn't eye it carefully. "So.. what's your name?" Teddy asked him, making the boy jump a bit.

"Um… I was built to… to… blow up balloons for the kids... " He said.

"Hmmm… well… how about Balloon Boy? You know! Because he's gonna blow up the balloons! And he's a… boy…" Green said, feeling a bit awkward when he noticed no one was laughing at his joke.

"Hmmm… that's not a bad Idea! Balloon boy it is!" Teddy said proudly, patting Balloon boy on the back.

"That's too long! What if we just call him BB?" Tee Chee said.

"That's a valid argument, I like it!" Green said, chomping loudly into his pizza slice. "Well, that's settled. Well Balloon boy, where did you come from? We don't remember.." Green asked, making Teddy gasp. He was right, the only thing he remembered was waking up in a strange room with many humans tinkering with his body. He remembered the pain, but that was it.

"Hmmm… sorta... " BB said, putting down his pizza for the moment. "I… I remember a large room, filled with watcha-ma-call-its and doodads. I don't know exactly what it was all for, but I guess it was for… us…" He said. Teddy rose an eyebrow.

"What do you mean, for us?" Teddy asked, the other two animatronics nodding. BB, shrugged.

"Well, we're not real people. We're… like… robots." Said BB. "We were build by humans for them... I think." He said, shrinking back as the all stared at him expectantly.

"We're not… real?" Tee Chee said, sighing. "I feel real… I think…"

"We eat food like real people…. right? I can think real things…" Green said, looking down at his feet. Teddy sighed, looking at the wall.

"We aren't real… but… we sure do feel real... " Teddy thought, looking back at them with a determined look on his face. "We may not be real, but we all think real thoughts. We feel things. We love the children. We have feelings, emotions. That's real enough for me!" Teddy said. He felt something strange in his eyes, and the others looked at him in horror.

"Teddy! You're eyes! Their leaking!" Tee Chee said, coming closer for a better look. She touched it "It feels… oily…"

"What are they?" Green asked, looking over at the tears as well.

"I-I don't know, BB was doing it earlier… when he was… scared..." Teddy said, looking over at BB, who shrugged.

"I think… are they… tears?" Green asked, making Teddy's ears perk up. "I think… I saw a child doing that a few days ago. Their mom told them not to cry, that their tears got them all wet… is that what you're doing? Do you feel upset?" Green said, looking Teddy up and down.

"I don't feel sad… but… I feel proud… I feel really happy…" Teddy said, making Green shrug. "Well… look at us… freaking out about tears… like they really matter… heh… haha!" Teddy said, starting to laugh loudly. The others joined in, and pretty soon they all started crying.

Authors Note-

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