Bumblebee transformer lover- One update coming up! Thank you for the review :3
XLR8ION- Oh gosh this review may have just made my year xD First of all thank you so much for the lovely feedback. I'm glad you've enjoyed it thus far and I'm so sorry it's taken me thirty thousand years to write another chapter. . I really wanted to do something completely different and there's so much emphasis throughout the games on how the animatronics have advanced technology to keep the children safe, that I really wanted to play on that and develop it into it's own story. I'm obviously breaking canon by doing so, but I've never enjoyed rewriting what's already been written. I choose Bonnie specifically as her favorite because in all honesty he kills me in the games more than anyone xD
As for my grammatical errors, I fear you've found my weak point as a writer. I try to go back and catch them but there will probably always be a few that slip through the cracks so I apologize in advance. As for not dividing each characters speech into a new paragraph, I used to write like that but then... I was introduced to RPing on sites. Most literature roleplaying sites write in block paragraphs and now it's pretty much habit for me and since this story gets posted on multiple sites, it would be a huge editing pain for me to change it up specifically for this one. Plus with the craziness of life for me at the moment I'm finding a hard time to get things I want to get written up and done, never mind taking extra time to edit at the
Unless of course, you'd like to be my beta...
Bonnie watched the slumbering child, her chest rising and falling with a soft, nearly inaudible snore. Jack was curled up in her lap his thin, lithe legs tangled up with her own and his masked head resting on her stomach. The small puppet had taken a near instant liking to the young child... seemingly taken by her charm just like the rest of them. The top half of Bonnie's head rested next to her... she was forced to take it back off every day so the construction workers wouldn't notice the change. Jack was already getting scolded because he'd vanished to sleep with the small child and it was making people uneasy. Luce slept in the far back corner of the attic, in a nest Goldie had helped construct out of old debris from the business prior to the Freddy Fazbear diner that was set to open up any day now. She'd been here three days and largely with her nocturnal schedule... it was almost sinfully easy to hide her from the construction crew. She didn't leave her hidey hole until one of them came to fetch her.
Bonnie felt love for the little human, it flooded his chest with a warmth and he feared what would happen to her if the humans ever decided to destroy him and the rest of the family. It didn't matter what the humans said, she was one of them, she was apart of them. She'd given them emotions and feelings, a gift far greater than any new endoskeleton or voicebox. A quiet rustle and the ominous red orbs flickered back to the small child as she stirred and Jack slowly blinked open his eyes. She realized Jack was tangled up with her as she let out a quiet yawn and a soft giggle. She patted the little puppet and untangled herself to get him into a gentle embrace. "Evenin' Jack." She giggled sleepily, nuzzling the top of his plastic mask happily. Jack squirmed and giggled, wrapping his arms back around her before darting up to his legs. Luce looked up to see Bonnie and her eyes lit up and she scrambled to her feet. "Bonnie!" She giggled happily and raced to him and Bonnie caught her, hoisting her high into the air and cradling her close. She curled into him like he wasn't a plethora of exposed metal wiring and pressed a kiss to his bottom jaw.
"Bonnie, you always steal Luce! I wanna play too!" Jack whined softly and bounced on his spindly legs, trying desperately to grab her. Bonnie childishly hoisted Luce further into the air and the tiny girl giggled playfully, clinging to Bonnie as Jack charged forward. " I can play with everyone! Maybe hide and seek tonight? Everybody likes that game! Maybe we can even get Papa to play!" Luce giggled as Bonnie calmly set her down and Jack slid beside her, pressing his face against her shoulder. Luce giggled and wrapped an arm around the small puppets waist, hugging him close. "Luuuuuuuuuceeee" Bonnie's still mangled voice rumbled, without the addition of the top half of his skull, he had difficulty formulating words. Luce frowned and gently wrapped her arms around him. "I'm sorry I have to take half your head away every night Bonnie. I... I wish I never had to hurt you." Sadness gleaned in Luce's eyes and Bonnie crouched down, the wires and gears grinding as he brushed her tears away, refusing to let her cry. "Looooove Luuuucceeee" Bonnie rumbled and Luce smiled and nodded, pressing one more kiss to Bonnie's jaw. "C'mon Jack, help me put Bonnie back together again so we can find the best hiding spots faster?" Luce tried not to think on it and Jack nodded enthusiastically, the little puppet made for an excellent holder and all he asked for in return was snuggles which Luce was more than happy to give.
Luce was just getting the last bolts and screws tightened into place, when the rumbling sound of a truck echoed outside and Luce frowned as Bonnie looked momentarily panicked, his head swiveled as he tried to get up fast enough to get back down to the spare parts room. "Where's papa?" Luce whispered vehemently, suddenly panicked, Goldie had to hide up here with her, he wasn't supposed to be here either, he was supposed to be at the dump. "Bonnie! Where's papa?!" A bit more desperate now Luce spun, trying to see hints of the golden suit stashed somewhere in the attic. "I don't know." Bonnie's voice came low and nervous as Luce looked helplessly at Jack. "You have to get down to your box, Bonnie you have to get back to the spare parts room, we don't have time to remove your-" The sound of the front door swinging open made Luce jump and her eyes widened in fear.
"Papa!" She scrambled to the edge of the attic, desperation clawing at her to get to Goldie before the workers did. She made it as far as the open hatch before she was hoisted into the air, a large furry paw slapping over her mouth as Goldie snagged her, closed the hatch and carried her back towards Bonnie and Jack. She flailed for only a second before she realized it was Goldie and settled, falling still and silent as he sat next to Bonnie who looked panicked. Jack trembled, his eyes fearful and worried and Luce opened her arms to him, welcoming him into her lap which he quickly scrambled into, curling against her and wrapping his arms around her shoulders. "It's the movers, they're bringing in another shipment. I cut off the power, they'll hopefully leave everything by the door until the morning." Goldie's voice was a soothe and calming rumble even though the tension in the room was palpable. His grip on Luce tightened and Bonnie leaned close to them, eyes darting about nervously as they listened to the workers moving around downstairs. They weren't speaking much, but the noise seemed centered in the front party room. "I'm scared Luce." Jack whimpered and Luce hugged him tight. "Don't be Jack... you're part of the family now, we'll protect you... I promise." Luce muttered and he whimpered but stayed relatively still afterward. A good half an hour later the sound of the front doors falling shut with a bang and the loud rumble of the moving truck signaled that they were once more alone but they waited for several long minutes after just to be sure.
Slowly, Jack unfurled himself from Luce's lap and took a few tentative steps towards the latch. "I don't hear anything... I'm the smallest, least likely to be noticed, I'll go down first?" The little animatronic puppet cocked his head to the side with the offer and Goldie and Bonnie exchanged a look before nodding slowly. Luce wriggled out of Goldie's lap and crossed the room to Jack, catching him in a tight hug. "Be careful Jack... please?" Luce's voice was desperate and the little puppet nodded, a gentle smile pulling at the corners of his mouth as he returned the hug. She helped him move the latch when the sound of grinding gears and something snapping together sharply made Luce gasp, her eyes widening and momentarily forgetting that there might be humans still here she suddenly darted towards the latch. "I know those gears!" Luce squealed and bounded through the hole. "Luce!" Bonnie cried, desperately trying to get the child to come back. It was one thing if they were out of place, but if a child was found... she'd be ripped away from them forever. "Luce stop!" Goldie scrambled after her but all they got in response was quiet giggles and the pitter patter of her feet.
Luce had the new pizzeria memorized and she skidded into the long hallway, shot down the black corridor and ducked into the main party room, it was dark and even being adjusted to the night, it was difficult to see anything concrete but she knew he was here, she'd heard him. No fear permeated her small frame, she wasn't nervous or anxious... just excited. Vaguely she could hear Bonnie and Goldie creaking somewhere behind her and no doubt Jack was with them but right now she couldn't be bothered by such things and as the barest hint of a twitch caught her attention, a soft squeal fled from Luce's throat "Foxy!" The shout was exuberant and brimming with quiet love as she darted forward. Two yellow glowing lights lit up and locked on her in an instant and the sound of harshly shifting gears answered the cry. Foxy was missing almost all of his fur and there were several chunks of him that were just gone, revealing the endoskeleton beneath, but that hardly slowed Luce down. Just as she nearly reached Foxy a hand shot out to grab her, cold fingers coiling around her throat as she was lifted right off the ground momentum and all.
Her scream was instantly cut off as her windpipe was crushed and a smaller, bluer version of Bonnie threw her backwards. She crashed into one of the party tables and skidded, ripping through the fabric and wheezing as she struggled to draw in enough oxygen to breathe. The new, plastic animatronic screeched and Luce tried to back pedal, still trying to breathe and petrified as the blue rabbit ran straight for her. An infuriated bellow echoed somewhere behind Luce and without warning, Bonnie was right there. He grabbed the far smaller version of himself, hoisted him right off the ground and snarled his rage. The much smaller blue bunny went limp, eyes shifting from two ominous white lights to green eyes that blinked and shied away, quickly submissive.
Goldie snarled, the sound ominous, foreboding and flooding the room with it's tenacity as he crept up on Luce, placing one paw on her back and lifting her head examining her throat to ensure she was alright. A series of angry sounding screeches and groans erupted from where Foxy was and with the rough grating of metal against metal the wounded fox rose and half dragged himself in their direction. Luce was curled into Goldie, struggling to regain her breath and the fox snapped his jaws angrily at the plastic rabbit who Bonnie was still holding. Once Luce regained herself, she reached for Foxy, tiny hands grabbing at the air around him in an attempt to draw him close. Foxy's jaws clicked, his voicebox obviously not working but he scooped her easily out of Goldie's grasp, cradling her with the one good arm. Luce wrapped her arms around his neck in a tight hug, nuzzling into his throat. "Foxy..." Luce wheezed softly, her throat would surely be bruised and swollen for some time and the old animatronics weren't pleased.
Bonnie threw the rabbit, sending him crashing through a box of supplies with a malicious snarl and Luce whimpered softly, reaching out to tug on Bonnie's arm in an effort to get him to stop. "Wait Bonnie... I think he thought I was gonna hurt Foxy... is that why you grabbed me?" Luce's voice was definitely raspy and harsh but the little blue rabbit now looked petrified and curled into himself as the three far larger animatronics glared down on him but he nodded sheepishly. "Blue!" Jack's animated voice broke the silence and he bounded between the others to dart towards the little blue rabbit, who happily smiled and scooped him up in a hug, still keeping his green eyes fixed on the older animatronics nervously. "Blue this is Bonnie, Goldie and the little girl is Luce! She's the one that Foxy told us all about before they took his wires remember?" Jack chirped and Blue's ears twitched up and then down and he looked relatively shattered.
He got up to his feet and Bonnie snarled, moving to step in front of Foxy and Luce and Blue quickly shrunk back. "I...I didn't know who she was, the last person that came at Foxy took his voice, I thought she was gonna hurt him." His green eyes shifted to the small child and he looked remorseful. "I'm sorry Luce, I didn't mean to hurt you." Blue whimpered and Foxy tightened his grip on her looking unsure. Bonnie glanced back at Goldie who looked stern but contemplative and slowly the old bear stepped forward, he put a hand on Bonnie's shoulder and the large rabbit stepped backwards. They watched as he crouched down beside Jack and Blue. "That little girl? She's our little girl. Chica and Freddy love her too. She's been with us a long time and we protect her just like we protect each other." He turned to look directly at Luce who gently patted Foxy and the red fox set her down. She tentatively stepped forward, pressing tight into Goldie's side who lovingly wrapped an arm around her. "She won't ever hurt you so long as you don't ever hurt her." The words he spoke were light, meant to be vague for Luce's sake, the undertone was clear. If she got hurt, Blue would contend with five overly massive animatronics... providing Chica and Freddy both made it here in one piece. Blue nodded his head furiously and Luce tentatively stepped forward. "Hi Blue... I'm Luce, it's nice to meet you." Her smile was gentle, open, friendly and Blue's ears wiggled a bit in excitement before he swept her into a hug and she grunted softly in surprise but giggled softly and embraced him back. "Hi Luce! I'm Blue! We're going to be the best of friends!" He chirped happily. There was the sound of grinding metal as Foxy braced himself to spring, damaged or no if that little bunny hurt Luce... but Blue calmly let her go after a moment and Luce smiled softly, giggling quietly.
"What's all that racket? Can't a girl get any sleep around here?" The voice came from the other side of the party room and all heads craned in that general direction as an ivory fox rose from between the boxes. She was dressed like a pirate with a small green and purple parrot perched upon her shoulder. He squawked softly and flapped his wings as the ivory fox drew closer. Her ears drooped slightly as she looked at Foxy. "Foxy... what did they do to ye mate?" She whispered and trotted towards him, seemingly ignoring the rest of them in lieu of attending the mangled fox. Foxy's own ears drooped and he shook his head indicating that he couldn't speak and if such a thing were possible the white fox looked even more devastated.
"Who are you?" Bonnie spoke before anyone else got the chance and all attention shifted to the purple rabbit as the ivory fox suddenly looked shy. "I'm Mangle and this is Pete." She murmured and the parrot gave a soft squawk. Her eyes suddenly fell on Luce and her eyes lit up and she grinned. "Oh! You must be Luce! Foxy tells me that you're his baby girl!" The white fox was suddenly bounding towards her and Luce had a second to look surprised before she was swept off the floor and into a tight hug. Luce just beamed and went along with it, smiling brightly as Mangle pulled back to study her. "Oh! You can fix Foxy right? Some horrible men took his voice and now..." She craned her head in Foxy's direction and the red fox looked between them slightly embarrassed.
"I don't know Luce, it's kind of nice havin' the fox stay quiet." Goldie grinned a bit and his expression only grew more satisfied as Foxy barred his teeth without sound. Mangle scowled and Luce frowned at the older bear. "Papa don't joke! We're family, we have to stick together. I'll always fix Foxy because I love him, just like I love you." Luce giggled softly up at the golden bear who melted at the sweet words. It was abundantly obvious to the new animatronics and the old ones were simply entangled around the little girls fingers. It made them curious, could they grow to care for her as the rest of them did? Luce scrambled up onto one of the tables and caught Foxy around the neck, hugging him tight. "Blue, Jack?" She called to the two still curled up on the ground. "Could you go fetch the tools from the attic? I need them to repair Foxy's voice." She beamed at the two who nodded animatedly and took off. Mangle sat down on the bench beside the two, and once they returned... Luce got to work.
It was a long and arduous process, but finally Foxy was able to speak again and despite the decrepit state of the rest of his body, the moment he was able to blurt out those syllables he was grinning like his namesake and wrangling Bonnie into a one armed hug per their tradition.. Luce giggled as she watched and absently leaned into Mangle's shoulder, laughing out right as Pete snapped at her hair, pulling a few of the strands. "Foxy do you know how Freddy and Chica are?" Goldie chimed in and broke up the miniature brawl between the two animatronics. Bonnie quickly went from playful to concerned and even Luce calmed down. Jack hopped up onto the table and settled into Luce's lap, snuggling close. She hugged him loosely out of habit. "Aye... Freddy and Chica are a bit worse for ware but they're alright. They'll be comin' with three other animatronics. One that crafts balloons and the other two outta the likeness of our old family." Foxy rumbled and a collective sigh echoed throughout the bodies present.
"Soon everybody will be home then." Luce murmured, a gentle smile curling her mouth before her gaze lifted back to Goldie. "Papa where do you want me to hide once the pizzeria opens?" Luce murmured and Goldie snorted softly. "You'll stay up in the attic with me." Luce smiled and nodded simply, accepting that answer. If Goldie didn't think it would be a problem than it wouldn't be, Luce trusted him completely. "Jack, Blue, Mangle... why don't you three get acquainted with Bonnie and Golden Freddy? I need a tune up from the loveliest lady to ever roam the seven seas." Foxy boomed and bent with a terrible grating sound to press his snout to the back of Luce's hand. She giggled softly and shook her head. Foxy's joints and endoskeleton badly needed some repairs and that would likely take her the rest of the night. The other animatronics agreed and Luce grabbed Foxy's hand, hopped down off the table and led him towards the attic stairs.
"Do you really think we'll be able to be a family again once everybody comes home Foxy?" Luce murmured, glancing up at the tall animatronic curiously and Foxy looked down at her and nodded solidly twice. "Even if they don't, we'll always be your family Luce. Dosen't matter what any of these landlubbers say, you hear me?" The deep, accented voice of Foxy rumbled through the air as Luce climbed the ladder. She crawled out onto the landing and turned to wait for Foxy, watching as his head popped through the hole, only for surprise to flicker through his eyes as he was yanked backwards. Desperately he sunk his hook into the wooden floorboards in a vain attempt to keep his body halfway in the attic but whatever force had him, just ripped him backwards. His hook dug gouges into the floorboards. "Luce! Goldie!" Foxy's voice was panicked and Luce's brief amusement turned to panic as the muffled sound of grinding metal followed by an unholy shriek that chilled her to the bone shattered the stillness of the soon-to be-diner. Footsteps and shouts echoed from down the hallway, but something was coming up the ladder fast and as it reached the attic, it yanked the ladder up and slammed the trap door behind it before it rounded on her.
The first thing Luce noticed was that he was tall, rivaling Bonnie or Freddy's height. He was a lime green in color, with eyes the same shade and he was made out of the same fur as the other animatronics, but his eyes were narrowed and his pelt was blood stained. Not even her childs innocence could identify those heavy stains as anything but. He bent down and screamed, that horrible sound making her shake like a leaf in the wind. She heard her name being called by the animatronics down below but paid them no mind because this animatronic was preparing to lunge and this one... would hurt a hell of a lot more than Blue.