Chapter 7: Victim and Witness

A/N: This chapter may be short, but I'm trying. In this chapter, we meet the Bite of '87 victim. This chapter would only contain info about how the Bite affected the victim and Angela's reaction since Foxy, her idol, did something as gruesome as this. ;)

Guest: XD

THE real assistant: Uh... The animatronics know that the spirits of the dead children are in them, yeah. Angela finding out? Of course! :) I'm still debating whether who caused the Bite since Foxy was in the Parts and Service room before the event. There has been this rumor/theory that Mangle did it out of anger since she was always taken apart by the children. That's just a theory though. ;)

Mike and Angela searched through the web for witnesses towards the Bite of '87. They first want to know who caused it and why and how does it tie up with the animatronics acting strange at night. Although Angela believed it was Foxy at first, her first few nights with him and the image with the new animatronics soon changed her views on Foxy.

Only a little bit.

While Angela searched through the profiles of known witnesses, Mike was the one who interacted with them through the phone. Meeting them in real life would just waste the time they already have.

Drinking nothing but coffee, Mike walked back into the living room and shook his head.

"They all said the same thing," Mike said. "Either they didn't see it clearly, a child was bit, and everyone panicked."

"Tch! Adults these days are so stupid, it gets on my nerves," Angela furrowed her eyebrows. "They never understand what others are going through."

Mike raised a brow, "Calm down, Angela. Why are you so mad all of a sudden?"

"I'm not mad. Just frustrated at this amount of work I have. And it's already summer!" she sighed as she threw her arms up in the air.

"Calm down." Mike huffed.

Angela snapped her head towards him, "Never tell a woman to calm down!" she shouted. "When a guy tells a woman to calm down it gets them more angry because she can never calm down during hard times like this!"

"You know, married men suffer from this kind of abuse," Mike stated. Angela rolled her eyes. "Anyway, if we're not going anywhere with this, we have no choice but to ask the victim herself."

"Yeah I know," Angela sighed. "I've already found the hospital she's currently staying at." she showed Mike the address on the computer.

"I see," Mike said. "Before we go, let's buy more coffee so we can stay up longer." he yawned.

"Good idea."

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"May I help you?" the lady at the desk asked Angela politely.

"Yes, we would like to see a girl named Emily Miller," Angela replied with Mike crossing his arms. The woman's smile soon disappeared after the Bite of '87 victim's name escaped the girl's lips. Noticing this, Angela spoke again, "We're her distant relatives." she lied.

"Oh. Okay. Just sit down and wait." the woman said.

Angela and Mike did just that.

This was it. Time to meet the girl who doesn't have a frontal lobe. But for some reason, Angela felt a bit anxious to meet the girl. I mean, her frontal lobe is gone and now Angela has no choice but to recall a time that should be forgotten.

Mike looked down at Angela, who was trembling again. He rubbed her back, making her take deep breaths.

Suddenly, a man with glasses walked by catching Mike's attention. Mike smiled and tapped on Angela's shoulder. The two stood up and flashed a smile at the man who happen to be Emily's doctor.

"Hello," he said. "I'm sorry to keep the both of you waiting."

"It's alright," Mike replied as he shook the doctor's hand. "My name is Mike and this is my friend Angela."

"Hi." Angela smiled as she shook the doctor's hand.

"Pleased to meet you both, I'm Emily's Neurologist, Dr. Raymond Paine," he said. "Now shall we?"

"Yes. Let's talk somewhere private." Angela nodded.

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"The Bite of '87 was such a terrible event indeed," Paine said as he took a sip from his coffee. "In all my years, I've never seen someone live without the frontal lobe, or even survive the attack at such a young age."

"Yes, I know," Angela looked down. "How is she? Is she experiencing some kind of trauma or something?" she asked. "How did the bite affect her brain?"

"Well, I have some pictures showing the results of her brain, before and after. Take a look," he said as he took out a folder so Mike and Angela can see the results. "The frontal lobe is mostly associated with reward, attention, short-term memory tasks, planning, and motivation. The function of the frontal lobe involves the ability to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions, the choice between good and bad actions, the override and suppression of socially unacceptable responses, and the determination of similarities and differences between things or events.

The frontal lobes also play an important part in retaining longer term memories which are not task-based. These are often memories associated with emotions derived from input from the brain's limbic system. The frontal lobe modifies those emotions to generally fit socially acceptable norms." Paine explained as Angela stared at the picture of Emily's brain, the frontal lobe completely gone as if someone went to slice it like a piece of cake.

"So... what? Since this part of the brain is gone, she doesn't have any of those things you just said earlier?" Mike questioned.

"Technically so," Paine nodded. "She doesn't think about the consequences of her actions and she's unable to show emotion. When she's happy, she doesn't smile or even blink. Her parents were really devastated because they have 'lost' their Emily."

"Then how is Emily able to cope with this?" Angela asked. "Do you have some kind of technology to help her go through everyday life?"

"Yes. Of course," Paine nodded. "Emily has been hooked up with neurotransmitters and receptors, including electrical activity to help the brain function correctly. Although it only has a somewhat effect on Emily, it's the best we can do. Honestly, no matter how much her parents pay for Emily's treatment, there's no guarantee if she'll be able to leave this hospital. She's been stuck here for eighteen years ever since the Bite..."

Angela stood silent. Who knew that one simple bite can ruin a person's life. Not to mention a child's. It was too much for Angela to handle since she really liked Foxy. But for him to do something like this.

"Doctor, may we see Emily, please?" Angela furrowed her brows. "I want to know the truth..." she made a fist as she gripped her dress. "...The truth of who caused the Bite of '87."

The neurologist widened his eyes, but sooner or later, he complied with her.

"Emily Miller was born on April 10, 1881. She has an older brother who is currently working as a surgeon, a mother who works as a famous novelist, and a father who works at an office," the doctor explained as he walked between Angela and Mike, leading them to Emily's room. "During the Bite of '87, it was her birthday and that was when she was bitten by one of the animatronics."

"Do you have any idea who may have caused it?" Mike questioned.

"There has been rumors saying that it was the fox who caused it. That's all I know." the doctor answered.

"But which-"

"Here we are." Paine interrupted Angela as he gestured them to the glass window where Emily stood.

She lied down on the hospital bed, her head covered by a machine. She looked pale and skinny, small strands of dark hair on her shoulders. Emily was close to Angela's age, only a bit older by one year.

"How long has she been in there?" Angela asked.

"For a decade," Paine answered. "But we let her out of the machine from time to time to perform a few tests."

"Can she speak?"

"Not really. She has forgotten to speak. Even if we do teach her how to speak, her brain won't allow it without the frontal lobe."

"Oh..." Angela trailed off. If she's just lying there on that bed, then what's her purpose in this world? Without making or doing anything at all? It was a battle after another, after another.

A child who has lost her own future after one simple birthday party. A day to have fun, laugh, and play.

Just one simple accident.

If Angela helps these murderous animatronics further, would she end up like that after one simple mistake?

"There has been rumors saying that it was the fox who caused it..."

"The fox..." Those words rang in Angela's mind as she walked out of the hospital, Mike following her.

End of this chapter. Took a lot of research but it was worth it. What do you think about this chapter? How do you think Angela is going face Foxy once her shift starts?

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