A/N Hello, hello! Soul here, bringing all of you Souls another chapter of The Enigma Known As Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! Be prepared for more plot twists and enigmas in this chapter!
Disclaimer-I don't own Five Nights at Freddy's. I would love to have come up with the story of it, but that is all Scott Cawthon's doing. I only own Alex, and my versions of the animatronics. And this plot, of course.
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Chapter 4:
Bonnie Holmes
My feet carried me down the west hall. Before I knew it I had entered the watch room. And, to my surprise, I found none other than Bonnie sitting on the desk. His eyes lit up when he saw me enter.
"Hey Alex." He said, sliding off the table.
"Hi." I gave him a simple wave. "Foxy just told me that you're into Sherlock Holmes."
The rabbit animatronic nodded. "I've been for awhile."
"Where did you get the books from?"
He looked slightly guilty. "I saw one of the kids reading it years ago…I never tracked her down after she left…I liked the book too much."
"Can I see the book?" I suddenly questioned. After thinking for a bit he finally nodded. He left me alone as he went off to grab the book. A minute later he returned. Bonnie handed it to me, but he seemed reluctant to give it up from the way his hand lingered on it.
I felt the familiar pages underneath my fingertips. When I opened the old book up, I found myself staring at a note on the cover page.
For our beloved Alexis. With lots of love, Mommy and Daddy. I hadn't seen the messy handwriting in years. Tears started to come to my eyes as I looked at the scrawling words.
"Alex?" Bonnie questioned. "What's wrong?"
I wiped them away with my sleeve. "Nothing."
Now it was my hand that lingered on the book as I gave it back to Bonnie. He opened it with the same gentleness that Foxy had used with the paper back in Pirate Cove. "Alexis." He suddenly said, staring at me. His gaze went back to the book. "Alexis." The rabbit animatronic snapped his fingers together. "I've passed over that note millions of times, but now I remember her! She was one of the few girls that would listen to Foxy's stories-Most of them would rush to Chi's side the minute that they came in here. And she was the only black girl around Foxy each day."
I shifted uncomfortably. Don't do that. You've read enough mysteries to know how you're supposed to act. I thought. Taking a barely noticeable deep breath, I finally spoke. "That's interesting."
He gave a nod. "I would say that she would be your age."
"Is that so?"
"Just wondering, what is Alex short for?"
I froze. That was the one thing that I hadn't thought of. "Alexander." I managed to get out. But my pause had given the animatronic all the information he needed.
"Your real name is Alexis, isn't it?"
"…Yes." My lie had been seen through so easily. Had I not spoken deep enough? Had I not concealed my chest enough? Were my clothes not baggy enough?
"Why did you lie?" Bonnie questioned, although he seemed startled that he had guessed right.
I shuffled my feet. "It was the only way to get the job." I closed my eyes as I tried to remember all of the requirements. "The job requirements were that I had to be a young man, strong, and not have a family or too many close friends."
"…What happened to your family?"
The memory of burning rubber filled my head as he spoke. The sound of skidding tires. And the dull feeling I gained when the police told me that I would be sent to an orphanage. Even now I still felt the empty hole in the part of my heart that had once been owned by them.
"Car accident." I replied, opening my eyes. "That night after I left the book here, we were driving home and a drunk driver hit us. I was in the hospital for awhile, but I at least survived." I clenched my pants tightly. "They said that I was lucky."
I was surprised when Bonnie pulled me into a hug.
The Puppet had been going to check on the new night guard when it had heard the confession coming out of her lips. Its gaze traveled to the floor. It shouldn't have been eavesdropping. That was something personal. The Puppet barely even knew her-they had only met once. It would just have to make sure not to say anything.
Marion?
It lifted its head. It hadn't heard that voice in years-thirteen of them. The Puppet, in fact, had doubted that it would ever hear that voice again. And yet here it was, as clear as day to the Puppet. "Goldie?"
…Where am I? I can't remember anything-Marion, why do I have blood all over me?
The Puppet shifted uncomfortably. It didn't want to have to explain it all. It knew what his reaction would be. It knew exactly what its friend would do. "I don't think you should know-"
Marion. The voice repeated, a dangerous tone to it. Where am I?
The Puppet sighed. "Supply closet. Very back of it." The Puppet teleported to the entrance to the supply closet. The door was opened by a yellow paw, and an animatronic larger than the Puppet lumbered out. Golden Freddy stared down at it before glancing at the dimly lit area around them. "What happened to the pizzeria?" He questioned.
The Puppet stayed strangely silent.
"Marion, what happened?"
It wished that it could close its eyes and not have to see Golden Freddy's reaction to what it was going to say. "You did…He tampered with your jaw…There was a little boy that came up to you."
A paw flew up to cover his mouth. The Puppet didn't even have to resist the urge to make its usual comment that doing that didn't have any effect whatsoever. "Marion, I didn't…I didn't kill him, right?"
"I went to see him in the hospital. His frontal lobe was bitten off…"
Golden Freddy gagged. "What-What have I done?" He questioned, staring down at his hands. The Puppet took a step towards him.
"St-Stay away from me." His hands shook as he spoke. Golden Freddy gestured for the Puppet to stop. "I'm a monster…You'll get hurt…"
"It wasn't your fault."
"Yes it was! I was the one whose jaw injured that boy, Marion!" The animatronic looked like he was about to bolt down the hall. Where he would go afterwards was the question. He just knew that he couldn't harm anyone else-especially the Puppet.
"Listen to me, Goldie!" It yelled, snapping him out of his guilt ridden thoughts. "That man was the one who tampered with your jaw! He was the one that caused it to snap shut! Not you!"
"Goldie?" The voice was strangely quieter than usual. Both of their heads turned to see Foxy standing in the entrance to the hallway, trembling at the sight of the golden animatronic. "I thought that they-that they deactivated you."
"They did." Golden Freddy knew that if the other animatronic could cry, he would. The fox's hook tapped the wall next to him. He knew that was his beloved baby brother's way of resisting the urge to hug him.
"How long has it been?" Golden Freddy questioned.
"Thirteen years." Foxy's voice was barely above a whisper. "Thirteen long years."
The pirate before him wasn't the same as before. Golden Freddy knew that he had failed in his goal of always protecting the other animatronic. The dream had been destroyed the minute that he had been shut down, and Foxy had paid the price for his mistake.
"There's a new security guard." The fox suddenly said in an attempt to change the subject. "His name is Alex." Golden Freddy's gaze softened at the name.
"Does he draw too?"
Foxy's eyes glinted in the darkness. "He says that his drawings suck. He's more like Bonnie, I think. Both of them are obsessed with Sherlock Holmes."
Golden Freddy let loose a laugh-a slightly forced laugh, but a laugh all the same. "I think someone has a crush!" He exclaimed.
Foxy rushed over and put his hand on the other animatronic's mouth. "That's not true!"
The golden animatronic pried Foxy's hand off of his mouth. "Then why did you just do that?"
"Teddy Bear would never let me hear the end of it."
The Puppet nodded at his explanation. "That's very true."
They all went silent, guilt for multiple things still clawing at Golden Freddy. But after a minute or so he finally spoke. "So, can I meet your boyfriend-You know, it's strange. I never would have pegged you to like boys."
"Goldie!" The pirate yelled as the other animatronic started to rush towards the watch room, an insane laugh escaping him as he did so. "We're not like that, and that wasn't funny at all!"
"Yes it was! You're a pirate, so 'pegging' is hilarious!"
Golden Freddy suddenly skidded to a halt in front of the door, Foxy and the Puppet not stopping in time. The three all tumbled to the ground. "Hello." The golden animatronic said cheerfully.
