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AN EYE FOR AN EYE
The 'Happiest' Day Interlude: Part IV

...Beep...

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The heart monitors were the most beautiful sound in the world at present to William. Sitting by Lukas' bedside, he held the cold little hand of his son. William's eyes were wide and bloodshot; he cried his tear ducts dry and he hadn't slept in days. Sure, he and Lukas' mother rotated shifts keeping a bedside vigil over the little boy so that the other could get some rest or food and clean themselves up a little, but the moment William closed his eyes, he saw the bloody mess of his son's body on the floor at the pizzeria...

Not to mention that the breaks his ex and he allowed themselves were very long, besides getting in some time to spend with Elyse, who was in the care of some relatives at the moment; Michael had an emotional breakdown after seeing what happened to his younger brother. He was taken to the hospital as well and was sedated for days until he could regain some semblance of control over himself. After that, he'd been placed in intensive in-patient therapy to help him recover from the trauma. William and his ex essentially high-fived each other as they ran back and forth from one end of the hospital to the other in a tag team effort, checking in on their children.

While Michael was gradually making process, Lukas was not. The child was in a coma, the bite from the steel jaws of Fredbear greatly damaging his skull and brain. From the doctor's viewpoint, it was a miracle that Lukas was still alive (with his catatonic state being considered a medical miracle), especially stating that the boy's frontal lobe was gravely injured and portions of it had to be surgically removed.

To make matters worse and add additional stress, some blabbermouth from the day of the incident reported the happening to the media. The television in Lukas' hospital room, which was usually left on for background noise just in case the boy did ever wake up in a rare moment when a parent was not present, would occasionally play a news program and that news broadcast would, of course, talk about what was being called "The Bite of '87."

There was an incredible outpouring of support for little Lukas and for Michael, with the boys' hospital rooms (specifically Lukas') looking more like toy stores than part of a hospital. It was touching, especially when Scott, broken fingers and all from prying open Fredbear's mouth with his bare hands to free Lukas, stopped in to check in on the boys despite recovering from his own injuries.

But the damage had been done. Nothing would be the same...