(Ballora)
Ballora was in the, now complete, Kids Dance Studio, listening to music, and dancing to it, with her eyes closed, when it suddenly went off.
"Is somebody there?" She asked, opening her eyes. "Oh! It's you!" She frowned.
"Yes… it's me" Ennard said, wearing a frown that didn't fit him.
"What do up you want?" Ballora asked.
"Oh, to see how you're doing…" He said, walking up to her.
Ballora noticed he was holding something behind his back, and immediately prepared for something to happen.
"And to give you something!" He said, swinging his arm from behind his back.
He narrowly missed Ballora's face, with a crowbar he'd probably swiped from the pizzeria. Ballora had pulled her head back, to avoid the crowbar, and performed a back flip, kicking Ennard's arm. Because of it, he dropped the crowbar.
"AAARRRGGGHHH! YOU FUCKING BITCH!"
Ballora dashed out of the Kids Dance Studio, and straight into Baby.
"Hey Ballora… Ennard does have a good swing…" She said, grabbing both of her arms. "If the target is still!"
"Let me go!" Ballora demanded.
"Lemme think about that… NO!" Baby said, before laughing.
Ballora may be taller, but Baby was far stronger, and Ballora was unable to break free. It didn't didn't help that Fundy had appeared, and started holding her in place. Ennard walked out of the Kids Dance Studio, clutching one arm, and holding the crowbar in the injured arm.
"Now, either, you stop associating yourself with those, other, inferior, animatronics, or, I'll take you apart!" Ennard said.
"What? And be stuck with you assholes? Never!"
"Have it your way…"
Ennard raised his injured arm, and brought it down on her face. It struck, with a sickening crunch, severely damaging her eyes.
"|SCREAMING|"
"Go on Ennard… make her beg for mercy!" Baby cheered.
Ennard raised his arm again, ready to strike, when the door connecting the two buildings, slammed open. Ballora looked up, and could just about make out a figure, but barely. It was a fuzzy blob, and she couldn't see its colour.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" A voice, she recognised as Springtrap, demanded.
"What does it look like?" Ennard replied.
"Put the crowbar down, and we may just get out of this in one piece" Springtrap said, attempting to diffuse the situation.
"Yeah, I don't think that's going to happen…" Ennard said.
"What's not going to happen… What the fuck happened here?" Violet asked, walking in, most likely because Springtrap suddenly dashed off from doing something.
"Stay out of this! This doesn't concern you!" Fundy said.
"As the security guard, I think this bloody well does!" Violet retorted.
"Leave us, go back to your desk, and forget this happened!" Ennard said, stepping away from Ballora, along with the other two.
Ballora saw a vent at ground level open, and a small figure step out of it. The figure went up to Ballora, grabbed her hand, and suddenly they were on the other side of Springtrap.
(Freddy)
"GOLDIE! GOLDIE! Where are you?" Freddy was looking for Goldie, as he'd removed his charm, and vanished.
He then saw a bright flash in the other building, as both doors had been left wide open, and went to investigate.
"Goldie! What are you… Oh…" Freddy said, seeing the scene before him.
"So you're telling me, you have nothing to do with a teleporting bear, coming in, and shifting Ballora behind you?!" Ennard demanded.
"Of course I don't! I wouldn't let him in here!" Springtrap retaliated. "Though his timing couldn't have been better!"
"THAT'S IT! Either hand Ballora over, or I'll take you apart!" Ennard said, pissed off.
"Then come and take her!"
Ennard lunged at Springtrap, but Springtrap grabbed the crowbar he was holding, and punched Ennard in the face, with a cracking sound.
"Freddy, can you move Ballora to parts and service!" Springtrap more ordered, than asked.
"Got it" Freddy said.
They got out of there without anymore incident.
"Freddy, I am going to need my toolkit" Springtrap sighed.
Unfortunately, it was becoming a common occurrence for him, which really wasn't fair on him. 'He's been through so much, yet a lot of things have been placed on his shoulders' Freddy thought. "Okay, I'll get you your toolkit"
"Thank you" Springtrap said.
(Springtrap)
'God's sake… I really need to get somebody else to start fixing them!' Springtrap thought, as he looked Ballora over for anymore external damages. He didn't find any, so began fixing the outer damages on her face.
"Where am I" Ballora asked, lifting her head.
"I'm just going to power you down, so I can fix the damage without you moving to much" Springtrap said.
"A-Alright" She said, as Springtrap shut her off.
He removed her face plate, and saw a vastly different endoskeleton to his, or any of the animatronics', own endoskeleton. He didn't know where to start. He started with what he knew, and looked for any damage. The only thing damaged, was the optical units, which, with time would heal, but were at risk of further damage currently. To stop that, Springtrap, regrettably, permanently shut her eyes, at least, until they were better.
'I'm sorry Ballora…' He thought to himself. 'But it's the only way'
He continued working on her face plate, well into the night, when there was banging on the door.
"If you want me to fix something, I'm busy" He said, not even stopping.
"No, it isn't that. Foxy's been asking for you, for, about, an hour and a half now" He heard Freddy say.
Springtrap raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Alright… just give me a minute"
He put the face plate and tools down, and left parts and service. He followed Freddy, to the main room, and found Foxy, sitting alone, in her night wear, two crutches by her side.
"I see you can walk now" He said, upon entering. "That's excellent progress"
"Look, I wanted to ask ye something" She said.
"Go ahead"
"Mari told me, that ye have feelings for me… but I'm not sure if that's true"
"What makes say that?"
"It's just…" She sighed. "It's just that I've never noticed ye, neither have the others, act any differently around me… it just seems so… 'random'"
Springtrap normally made eye contact with whoever he was speaking to, but he was actively avoiding making eye contact with Foxy, which made her suspicious.
"Did she tell you you where she got this idea from?"
Foxy shook her head. "No, she never did"
"I've been around all of you long enough, to have developed those sort of feelings…" Springtrap, indirectly, answered.
"Towards anyone in particular?"
Springtrap would've said something, but… It was her, he was saying it to!
"I do have someone…" He said, turning back, to head towards parts and service. "But I wish not to say"
Springtrap made a mental note to be more careful around Foxy, as she may try to get him to say the answer by dropping the question at any random moment. He went right back to fixing Ballora, trying to focus on that, instead of Foxy.
[WARNING : Power Low]
[Shutdown Commencing In T- 5 Minutes]
'Note to self, need new power supply'
He stopped working, and went to his room, but not after locking the parts and service door… just in case… you can never be too safe.
(Foxy)
"|SIGHING| So, he's not going to give me a straight answer… fine, I'll get the answers some other way!" Foxy said to herself.
She grabbed her crutches, and made her way back to her room, which Springtrap was still currently staying in. She found him half-asleep/half-collapsed on his makeshift bed. She shook her head, and got into her own bed.
(Ballora)(The next day)
[Power : Online]
[Attempting Recovery]
[Recovery : Successful]
[Powering Up]
Ballora woke up, but couldn't see anything.
"Wh… Why can't I see?" She asked, panicked and confused.
"To prevent further damage to your eyes" She heard Springtrap say. "I disabled their open/close function, to speed up regeneration, and prevent damage from bright lights"
"I… I see…" She replied. "How am I going to get around, without bumping into things constantly?"
"I am currently working on that… for now though, you're going to have to rely on your other senses, particularly sound and touch"
"To be honest, I when I'm dancing, I rarely rely on my eyes" She halfheartedly chuckled.
"I would say 'in that case then, just dance everywhere.' But that only works if you know the layout of the building, doesn't it?"
"Yes, it does"
"Unfortunate, but we can work around it" He said, moving around her.
She felt a hand on her shoulder, and on her hand.
"You're going to want to stand up now" He said.
She stood up, slowly, and tentatively took an uneasy step. She used her free hand, and felt around with it. Her hand touched a solid surface, and after feeling around a bit, was a door. She found the door handle, and it was at that moment, she realised Springtrap wasn't guiding her, and had in fact remained silent.
"Why did you not say anything?" She asked.
"I can't be expected to hold your hand in this…" He said, moving to the right of her. "You need to learn yourself. The others will step in if need be, but you going to have to figure 'most' things out for yourself" He said, opening the door.
"Harsh… very harsh in fact… but very true" She said, feeling around above her for the door frame.
She found it, and ducked slightly, to avoid smacking her head against it. She continued to move slowly and carefully, before she heard someone speak.
"Are you alright?" The person, most likely Human, asked,
"Who's there?" She asked, her head moving in the general direction of the voice.
"We probably haven't met, I'm Jeremy Fitzgerald, I'm one of the night guards" The person said.
"It's nice to meet you"
"Do you need any assistance?"
"No thank you, I can manage" She replied. "Do you know what the time is?"
"Eleven o'clock"
"|SIGHING| I guess that means I have to…"
"Actually Ballora, I spoke with the others, and, for your sake, we decided it would be best you stay with us" She heard Springtrap say.
"Why? I thought the rest of them were having trust issues, which are completely understood given the situation"
"This situation, is what they needed to… 'convince' them"
Springtrap guided Ballora to what was originally a storage room, but now a spare room. Springtrap had taken the time to turn it into a bedroom.
(Freddy)(The next day)
"We've got to find some way to repay Springtrap…" Freddy said, as he, Fredrick, Foxy, and Mari sat around one of the tables in the main area. "He's done nothing but help us since he was functioning properly again"
"That's true, but how… he's difficult to understand…" Fredrick said, thoughtfully.
"Well, I did hear him muttering to himself about a new power source, or something, it wasn't extremely clear" Foxy said.
"That is a good idea, but the problem is, that whilst most modern parts are compatible with him, certain parts such as the power core, AIC (Artificial Intelligence Core : Brain), and circulatory pump, have to be similar, if not the exact same, as the ones he currently possesses, or from that time period, AKA parts that are not in our possession" Mari stated.
"We could possibly ask Andrew about it…" Freddy said.
"That is probably our best option here" Mari said.
Freddy felt like he was being watched. He looked around, and caught a glimpse of an animatronic, before it vanished. 'Weird' He thought, before returning to the conversation.
(Fredbear)
Fredbear had been watching the events that had transpired over the past couple of days, waiting for a chance to strike. So far, nothing.
'I'm getting sick of waiting…' He thought to himself, snarling. 'To hell with Nightmare's threat! I'll do this how I damn well please!'
He warped around, looking for anything that could help him in his ultimate goal. He wasn't having much luck in his search.
'I'll go mad before anything happens!'
(TC)
TC was helping Mangle to move some things into Kids Cove, but was distracted, as her mind was still replaying Mangle kissing her, over and over again. It was a shock for her, as she was sure Mangle didn't see her that way, and saw her as a friend.
"Something wrong?" Mangle asked.
"N-Nothing, just trying to wrap my head around you and me" She stuttered.
"Really… you love me, I love you… it isn't difficult"
TC rolled her eyes. She pushed Mangle lightly, and Mangle pushed her back. Before they knew it, they were play fighting, which ended with Mangle sitting atop TC. They were both giggling.
"Ok Ok… you win…" TC said, in between her giggling.
"I always do…" She said, kissing TC on the cheek.
"Well there was that one time…"
"Okay, I win 'most' of the time" She said, helping TC to her feet.
TC dusted herself off, before tackling Mangle to the ground. "Now I win!" TC proudly proclaimed.
"Something told me you were going to do that" Mangle said, pushing TC off of her.
They both just laid on the floor for a few minutes, waiting for the giggles to subside, before continuing with what they were doing.