So for this story, the Bon Bon puppet and Bonnet will have actual legs and feet, but have the power to detach their bottom half and fuse with a person's hand and control it.
Chapter 4: Chasing
8:00 PM...Downtown Striker City...
Lolbit and Ted walked around town hoping to speak to anyone who knew more about Chipper or any of his friends...unfortunately no one knew who he was. And it was very few people they were able to speak to. They had covered the neighborhoods and even passed by the foxes' house which now had police tape wrapped around the perimeter. Currently they were standing outside the local coffee shop looking out a the clear night sky.
"It's so beautiful...we don't get many clear skies these days." Ted said.
"No kidding, I wish every night was like this." Lolbit sighed.
"It won't be the last!"
"I know it won't."
Lolbit loved seeing her pink and white bear friend smiling big, he always did that whenever he was around her, she often hid her own big smiles. Unlike Ted, Lolbit preferred showing off her tough side. Ted seemed to be lost in thought before Lolbit nudged him.
"What are you staring at now?" Lolbit asked.
"Huh? OH! Just that pizzeria across the street, I could REALLY go for some pizza! But it's closed for the night, NO FAIR!" Ted stomped a foot.
"Oh relax, we got our own back home!"
"Yeah well I hear so many great things about this one!" Ted argued.
"Well you can forget breaking in, I'm not doing that. Besides, we need to focus on this investigation."
"Yeah...right. Uh...Lolbit?"
"Yeah?"
"Would you be mad at me if I hadn't stepped in that fight earlier?"
"No, I would've taken her out eventually...why?"
"Oh I don't know, I was just thinking of what would happen if I wasn't here."
Lolbit let out a soft chuckle and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Ted you know I can handle myself, but if you ever want to step in, feel free."
"I plan too."
"Are you sure, I thought you were a pacifist."
"I am...but...I'll change myself for you."
Lolbit frowned at that and gave him a stern look.
"Never be something you're not! You're not a fighter, and that's cool with me. I am, and I know you're fine with that."
"You got me." Ted chuckled.
"Good, now that that's settled, let's go continue searching for clues."
8:15 PM...Fazbear Highway...
Lolbit and Ted reached the outskirts of the city and saw a Gateway that led to the recently built Fazbear Highway that was still being constructed. Several things confused at the duo especially after what they've seen around the more futuristic town. The highway was not connected to any roads and the road itself was a skinny one-way road. The highway was suspended so high it reached half the height of the several skyscrapers scattered around town.
The two looked in awe at it's sudden split into multiple paths, many corkscrews, 360 degree loops, tunnels, gaps and many suspenders. It was like a nightmarish Golden Gate Bridge that stretched all the way across the whole city and ended at all ends of the town. Surrounding the highway were several towers, each topped with a massive glowing head of one of the gang members, glowing in different colors. Brown for Freddy, purple for Bonnie, yellow for Chica and red for Foxy. In the very center of the highway was a tower that the road went through, it had Nette's head at the top glowing white.
"Okay...HOW THE HELL DO PEOPLE DRIVE ON THIS THING?" Ted screamed.
"Something tells me it's not made for driving on." Lolbit rubbed under her chin.
"It looks like Radical Highway from Sonic Adventure 2, only with a black and white color scheme."
"Probably based on that, I assume Nette had this built."
The two saw a sign on a wall nearby detailing the highway. It read:
FAZBEAR HIGHWAY:
DEDICATED TO THE FEARLESS PACK OF ANTHRO FOR THEIR HEROISM AND BRAVERY! THIS BRIDGE IS ONLY TO BE WALKED UPON BY THEM, NO ONE ELSE ALLOWED! ANYONE CAUGHT ON THE HIGHWAY WILL BE CONVICTED IMMEDIATELY! SECURITY LAZER WEAPONS WILL BE ONLINE AT ALL TIME, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!
BUILT AND COPYRIGHTED BY NETTE!
"That really explains it all." Lolbit shrugged.
"AW! I WANNA RUN ON IT!" Ted whimpered.
"Uh...we might get that chance...LOOK!"
Lolbit pointed up where a strange anthro was seen looking down on the town by one of the first loops of the highway, it turned to them and sprinted off.
"Who could that be?" Ted wondered.
"We're about to find out! LET'S GO!"
"BUT THE SEC-"
"We'll be fine!"
The two open the gate and head onto the highway, not prepared for the crazy chase. They could've flown straight for the person, but they decided to have some fun. The highway took then down a long straightaway, passing by a few traffic cones and jumping gaps. Their powers granted them super speed so it didn't take long to reach an upwards path taking them far up into the air for a few seconds, then back to flat ground. Up ahead the path split starting with two loops, the loop on the right led to an upper path.
"Ted stay low, if you get to the person before me, tackle and pin him until I get there!" Lolbit ordered.
"You got it!" Ted nodded.
The two split and race through the loops cheering, then Lolbit was sent farther above Ted who dodged a few more gaps and lazer turrets. Whoever the unknown figure was, they were very fast, but the duo was faster. Lolbit had her share of racing around corkscrews and grinding on a few railings, ducking under lazer fire.
"WHOA! That Fazbear crew really knows how to have fun if this is what they deal with all the time." Lolbit said.
She remained on the upper path and could faintly see the person up ahead, it looked like a bunny, but she could not see the culprit's color. She continued onwards through another loop and slipped into a downwards straight path. She and Ted passed by each other as Ted's path continued straight ahead halfway down Lolbit's path. So far they were halfway across Striker City, anybody around saw the two racing around and even spotted them racing by some of the skycraper's windows.
"WOW! SO HIGH!" Ted yelled.
He raced thrpugh the Nette tower, jumped a gap and was propelled down nearly at a 90 degree before the road forced him straight, up a bit, then right into the path of a spring that launched him high into the air until he landed on top of a suspender. Lolbit found herself landing on the other side of the same suspender. They both waved to each other and saw the bunny almost at the end of the highway.
"READY?" Lolbit yelled.
"READY!" Freddy yelled.
The two jumped and grinded on the railings downwards, back up towards the second suspender, down that one, then they both jump off and fly through a tunnel and find the mysterious bunny racing for the exit to the highway. Lolbit and Ted sped up and reached their arms out.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Lolbit yelled.
Lolbit used her psychokinesis to grab the bunny into the air, it started to struggle and scream.
"AAHH! LET ME GO! LET ME GO YOU BASTARDS!"
It sounded feminine, as they entered some light coming from a light pole above, the two saw that the bunny was smaller than they thought, she was only half their size. The bunny was pink with red blushes and stitches all over...which was odd.
"Who are you? What are you doing on this highway?" Lolbit demanded.
Lolbit dropped the bunny who landed on the ground with a thud before rubbing her butt. She glared at the duo angrily before standing up and facing them.
"Okay look I really don't have time for this, but if you really need to know, the name's Bonnet." She introduced herself crossing her arms.
"Another puppet? I thought Nette was the only one around here." Ted said.
"He was. I was on a mission to find him and hopefully get some detail into this detective he hired to help stop Chipper's old cranky ass. But I got sidetracked by this AWESOME HIGHWAY! EXCEPT NO CAR COULD EVER RUN ON THIS!" Bonnet gestured to the area.
"THAT'S WHAT I SAID!" Ted gasped.
"Wait, so you know Chipper?" Lolbit asked.
"Know him? HE MADE ME! I also have a brother named Bon Bon who-"
"Bon Bon? But I thought there's already a-"
"Yeah I know, he's based on the both of those missing bunnie's...wherever they are." Bonnet rubbed her head.
"Nette said he's keeping them safe, he hired us for this case." Lolbit said.
Bonnet's ears flickered as she eyed the fox.
"Oh so you're the one huh? The fox with weird powers like those other foxes. Well that didn't take long to do, look I don't know where Chipper is now, but I think I may know where one of his accomplices is...but I warn you, you've got armies facing ya, one of them scrapheaps took my brother! My brother...my dear stupid brother...I MUST FIND HIM! I hear puppets can sense each other from far away, but I can't sense him, only Nette." Bonnet explained.
"Well, I guess we can look for him, it'll be on the way I'm sure. Until then, maybe you can help us." Lolbit smiled.
"HELP? I'M RAN AWAY FROM THAT FUCKER! I'M NOT GOING BACK! I JUST...I JUST...I just...want my brother back...I don't want him to be on the path of evil, I didn't...so why would he?"
Bonnet turned away crying and looking down on the city far below. The duo let her cry and talked to each other.
"More puppets huh? Maybe he's doing both puppets and robots." Lolbit figured.
"But why? Especially based on the gang?"
"Hmph...guy's so jealous."
"Heh, people think I'm jealous because of my tophat and bowtie, don't people know it's a current trend for bears." Ted said straightening his bowtie.
"It is? I thought you were a bit of a copier." Lolbit smiled.
Ted gasped and lightly shoved Lolbit, who shoved back harder, which caused Ted to shove even harder, Lolbit raised a fist.
"Make my day bear." Lolbit bared her fangs.
"I'm good." Ted turned away scared.
They turned their attention to Bonnet who looked at them laughing.
"You two are weird, but I'm sure you don't fight as much as me and my brother have." Bonnet chuckled.
"Weren't you just made?" Lolbit asked.
"I've been alive for a few months, so we're still kids. But you two need to grow up!" Bonnet teased.
"Piss off, anyways, we need to get going! Where is the closest accomplice?" Lolbit asked.
Bonnet sighed before looking off into the distance.
"It's an old factory out in the outskirts in Desolate City, the town I hear is pretty abandoned at this point...so empty, so cold. It's probably haunted too, I lost my brother there, I really hope he's okay. I don't know what I'd do without him, and right now I'm just confused and...OH GOD WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN? WHY TO US? WHY WAS I CREATED FOR THIS SHIT!"
Bonnet continued crying while Ted and Lolbit looked at each other.
"We've got to do something." Lolbit sighed.
"I can cheer her up." Ted smiled big.
"How?"
Ted walked over to Bonnet and put a hand on her shoulder, Bonnet looked up with tears still streaming down her face. Ted had one of his biggest smiles on his face.
"We're gonna fix this! Come on, you need to stay strong for him. We just got to think positive, I do it all the time. I don't let anything get to me." Ted said.
"You...you don't?"
"No way! Lots of bad things happened to me all the time, but I just pull through and think positive, it's worked so far." Ted beamed.
Bonnet wiped her tears away and blinked hard.
"Maybe you're right...I can't give up on him. But...I don't want to go back."
"You don't have to go back to Chipper, but at least guide us to that factory, we can save your brother." Ted said.
Lolbit came over in thought.
"Maybe even those missing girls, and more!" Lolbit added.
Bonnet smiled, the thought of her brother being safe with her pumped her stitched-together heart and she looked at them.
"Okay...I'll join you, just until I get my brother back."
"SWEET!" Ted cheered.
Bonnet then noticed the power bracelet on Ted's wrist.
"Like Nette, me and my brother were given special powers, I'll demonstrate a few when he start crushing robotic heads. For now, you can absorb me!"
"COOL! LET'S TRY IT!"
The power bracelet shot out a blue beam that covered Bonnet who giggles.
"Ah, it tickles!"
She's suddenly absorbed into the bracelet that continued to glow.
"Looks like you found a summoner." Lolbit said.
Ted then summons Bonnet back but appears with just her top half covering a hand like the puppet she was.
"Woah, I feel weird." Bonnet said looking down.
"Yeah, you're like a pink boxing glove." Ted said.
"My brother will be a blue one for your other hand, I'M READY FOR A FIGHT!" Bonnet shouted.
"Calm down Bonnet, let's go get your brother. But first, we should talk with Nette." Lolbit said.
"OKAY!"
9:30...Desolate City...Old Abandoned Factory...
There was no light...none at all. The area was mostly empty and void of life...at least that's what it seemed. Nothing but the small factory laid in that area, in the distance, torn buildings where the city used to stand were left behind. A long time ago a large tornado tore through the area killing everyone and destroyed everything...all hope was lost on that town and was forgotten.
With the old factory, one of Chipper's group of robots were all stationed in the building awaiting orders to invade other cities and take them over, they all looked like endoskeletons for animatronics. Some were silver, some were gold, several had metal ears attached to the top of their heads. However, that was not all, hiding in the vents was the puppet Bon Bon who scrambled around trying to find an exit to the building. Several grates were too hard to open and he needed to find a loose one.
"Ugh...when will this end? I've got to get out of here! I need to find my sister!" He growled.
"STOP! PLEASE! LEAVE ME ALONE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SISTER?"
The puppet paused in shock, it was a voice he had never heard before. It was coming from a grate up ahead, crawling towards it, he saw a horrifying sight. Down in a little room, a strange little girl was being restrained by large metal chains from the ceilings and floors. Getting a closer look, he noticed her appearance. She didn't look so human anymore, in fact she had been fused with many robotic parts, but she still looked like one of the missing girls. She had red hair with large ponytails on the sides, green eyes, and lots of makeup including a red nose. She wore a red crop top, red skirt, red shoes and white gloves that covered metal hands.
"Whoa...someone's not looking too good." The puppet whispered.
The girl was currently being tortured by some of the robots who punched and kicked her, oil and blood flying around...she looked like she was in so much pain, and not from the beating. Static shot from parts of her and she coughed.
"Leave me alone...please." She cried.
The robots seemed to get bored and walked out of the room and locking it behind them. She was left alone sulking and wincing from pain.
"What did they do to her? Why the hell would they fuse a human with a robot...it's not the first time I heard that robotic parts got fused to someone, but still, it's so...evil! Though I have a feeling there's someone other than Chipper pulling the strings around here...I've got to help her...but how?
To be continued...