Benny woke up to Freddy lightly running his claws down his face. "Morning," he said in that soft voice of his, "Did you rest well?"

The child sat up in his bed and gazed into his friend's glowing white eyes, a calm feeling within him. "I had a few nightmares about my brother, but otherwise I slept okay, I think."

"I can assure you that he will not lay a finger on you after what I did to him last night." The gold colored plush responded soothingly. "He acts tough, but he is a coward who preys on the weak. If he does not cease his attacks on you, then it will only get worse for him."

"I still don't wanna go out there," Benny whimpered, "I don't feel safe with him."

Freddy climbed into his lap. "Then take me with you. I will keep you safe. There's nothing to fear when I'm near."

So Benny nodded and scooped him up into his arms, slowly making his way down the hall to the kitchen, trembling with fright on the way there.

"Just relax. Everything will be alright," Freddy soothed, his voice in Benny's head, "I'm here with you."

They continued on to the kitchen, where Aaron was eating some oatmeal. He squealed and jumped up out of his seat when he saw Freddy. "Get that thing away from me!" He yelled fearfully.

Benny examined his older brother closely. His face was a mess of scratches, some of them deeper than others. Some, he could tell, would become scars, a permanent reminder to never hurt him again. The rest of them would probably be healed in a matter of days.

His arms were littered with bruises, and his legs were also adorned with deep cuts and gouges, courtesy of Freddy's claws. He really could be rather terrifying under the right circumstances.

Freddy whispered to him from within his mind, and Benny repeated it to his brother. "He says that he won't harm you anymore unless you do something to provoke him." Benny said while getting his own breakfast. "Apparently, hurting me is a HUGE 'don't' on his list."

"He ALMOST fucking KILLED ME!" Aaron shouted, making Benny jump slightly from the volume of his voice. "That thing is a monster!"

"I'd wager that you're pretty lucky that I showed up when I did, otherwise you probably WOULD be dead now. He is extremely protective of me, you know."

"If Mom and Dad hadn't died in that car crash a few years back, they'd agree with me!" Aaron argued. "That abomination needs to be destroyed. Permanently!"

Benny held his plush protectively against his chest, cradling him lovingly. "You're not gonna TOUCH him! He won't let you, and I won't, either! He's the only thing that makes me feel truly happy!"

"It's a danger to the both of us!" Aaron shot back, glancing nervously at the golden bear. "It's gonna kill us!"

Benny narrowed his eyes. "Don't you ever talk about him like that. He's my friend, and he'd never hurt me. It's you he's after, and all he was doing was protecting me from you. None of this would have even happened if you had just left me alone."

Aaron pushed his chair back and stood up from the table, walking up to his younger sibling, who backed up against the wall nervously. "If that's how you wanna think, fine. But don't be surprised if you wake up one day with his teeth digging into your throat."

"Don't listen to him, Benny." The golden bear whispered to him, his voice resonating through his head. "He is trying to turn you against me. You know that I won't ever hurt you, and that's a promise. He wants you to take his side, but we both know who's in the right here."

"I know what you're trying to do." Benny said to his brother. "You're trying to make me feel bad for you. That's not happing, especially after how you've been treating me these past few months after our parents died. I won't ever feel sorry for you. Never. You deserved what you got."

"You ungrateful little dick!" Aaron's expression changed from fearful to angered as his arm shot out and grabbed his brother's throat, forcefully pushing him up against the wall. "After all I've done for you, taking care of you after we lost our parents, giving you food and a roof over your head, you treat me like this!"

'You shouldn't have done that." Benny said softly as he heard Freddy growl in his head. "He wants you to know that he's gonna skin you alive if you don't let go of me right now."

'I'll take that monster that you call a friend, and toss it into a fire. That'll solve the problem." He examined the golden plush with caution, being careful not to touch it. "He doesn't look so dangerous now, does he?"

"You don't know what he's capable of." Benny said in warning. "You should be thankful that he didn't kill you last night. I'd be careful around us from now on. As long as you don't do anything to me or him, you won't have to worry about it anymore."

"I will admit that he fucked me up good last night for sure," Aaron said, slowly releasing his grip on his younger sibling, "but that doesn't excuse the fact that he won't eventually hurt you, too. I'm trying to look out for you here."

"Freddy is a better guardian then you'd ever be." Benny shot back, holding him tighter. "He doesn't hurt me, for one, and two, he's not mean like you are. He'd actually keep me safe, but you don't care about me at all. You don't love me like he does."

"You would choose a monster over your own brother?" Aaron asked in disbelief. "I can't believe you right now! You would still vouch for it after what that thing did to me?! You were there, you saw it! It was gonna kill me!"

"Well, now I wish that he would have!" Bendy spat angrily. "But then we'd have a mess to clean up, not to mention the fact that the sight of him ripping your throat out would probably be very traumatizing for me."

Aaron put out his hands. "Give it to me, and I'll take care of it, and you'll never have to see it again. Please."

"I said that you're not touching him!" Benny snapped. "You aren't concerned for my safety at all! You're just trying to make sure that he won't hurt you again! He says that you're a selfish person, and if I give him to you that you'll just go back to hurting me again. Nothing will change!"

"It's lying to you. Benny!" His brother pleaded. "Its twisting your mind, manipulating you! I've been here your whole life. I taught you how to read, I helped you to learn how to ride your bike for the first time, remember? I used to buy you comics when you were obsessed with Batman last year. Are you just gonna forget all of that?"

"He's deceiving you," Freddy whispered, "he wants you to fall for his tricks, but I know you're smarter than that. He doesn't mean what he says. Don't listen to his lies. He doesn't love you, that much is clear to me. If I'm gone, there is no hope for you, and he might end up severely injuring you one day. My job is to protect you from all dangers, and I will continue to do that as long as I am with you."

Benny stood there, glaring hatefully at his brother, not moving from his spot against the wall and holding Freddy protectively to his chest. He knew that there was a good chance Aaron was lying, and that Freddy was telling the truth. The golden bear usually turned out to be right the majority of the time in these kinds of situations.

Aaron sighed, dropping his façade while his arms fell to his sides. "Alright, you know what? This obviously isn't working, so let's try it my way this time." He pulled out a switchblade from his pocket and flicked it open, pressing the blade to Benny's throat. "You give me the bear, and I won't cut you open right now."

Benny began to tremble with fright now, afraid that Aaron would kill him. He felt Freddy's anger, it was like a river of fire, a force that consumed his little body. He was practically shaking with rage, he could feel it. "You're making Freddy very angry," he informed his brother, his voice small and scared.

"I don't give a fuck what he's feeling right now." Aaron hissed, pressing the knife harder into Benny's throat, "He'll be gone soon, anyway."

"Look to your right." Freddy's voice whispered. Benny did so, and saw that he was next to a light switch. He reached up and went for it with trembling hands, but Aaron caught his arm and pinned it to his side. "I wouldn't move if I were you."

"It's okay, you can do this. I won't let him hurt you." The golden plush said quietly, his voice giving Benny courage and comfort. He hit Aaron in his diaphragm, not hard enough to knock the breath out of him, but it was enough to stun him temporarily. While he was distracted, Benny quickly flicked off the light switch, plunging the room into darkness.

Freddy immediately sprang to life, growling at Aaron and snapping at the air while still in Benny's arms. "Put me down, please." He instructed.

Benny dropped him, watching as Freddy fell to the floor and landed upright, screeching loudly and pouncing on Aaron, tearing at his clothes with his claws and teeth, hissing and screeching all the while. His victim yelled out in pain and fear as the claws cut skin, deep and wounding. Teeth pierced flesh, cutting through muscle drawing blood. Aaron managed to get to his feet and tried to run, but Freddy leaped onto his back and bit into the side of his throat, making the elder human scream and try to rip his attacker off of him, but the bear held on with all he had, determined to get his point across.

Aaron tried to stab him, but Freddy was crawling all over his body, so it was difficult to score any hits on him. The bear was everywhere at once. It crawled up his chest and screeched in his face, the sound deafening and ear-splitting. Benny covered his ears while sitting in the corner, Freddy's glowing eyes the only source of light in the room.

He raked his sharp claws across Aaron's throat, stinging pain enveloping the human's body. He screamed and fell back against the wall, beaten again by the very thing that he had tried to destroy. He glared up at him hatefully, blood coating his claws, dripping onto the carpet. He gripped Aaron's sides with both of his paws, digging his claws into the soft flesh so hard that they sank in so deep until he had driven them as far in as they would allow. And then he kept forcing them deeper. He let out a low growl as his claws went further inside of his friend's tormentor.

The sounds of pain and fear that Aaron made had Freddy feeling satisfied, but not fully. Not by a long shot.

He placed his paws on the sides of Aaron's face, slowly and deeply running the claws down the length of his face, near his eyes. He wanted him to feel every little bit of this, to suffer in agony for what he did to himself and Benny. He deserved endless pain.

Freddy pushed him down onto the ground and positioned his mouth over Aaron's throat like last time, his long sharp teeth brushing the skin. He looked over at Benny. "Your call. Alive, or dead?"

A/N: I'll let you guys decide Aaron's fate. Should he be killed, or should Freddy prolong his suffering? Whatever gets the most votes will be what Benny chooses.