Chapter 8: Training Session
Fredbear opened his eyes and winced as the sun hit him. He had to blink a few times for his eyes to adjust; he hasn't seen the light of day in years. He looked over to the tree to find nothing there. He whisper-called for Springer, careful not to wake anyone. He found Springer on the top of the hill, completely collapsed on the grass. "Springer?" Fredbear reached his paw out. Springer abruptly got up and greeted him. "Oh, F-Fred!" He said, doing his best to sound happy. "I-I just thought I'd get a look at the stars last night."
Fredbear stared at him. "Uh...okay." He said uneasily. "Are you feeling alright?"
"Yeah, totally!" Springer said quickly. "C'mon, let's go see the others." All Springer did was take two steps before falling to the ground. He struggled to get up, only to collapse again.
Fredbear quickly kneeled down to help him. "You okay?" He said, his voice showing great signs of worry. "What's happened?"
Springer didn't answer. He groaned weakly as he managed to get up on his knees. He stared at the ground and said nothing. Fredbear was able to see the look on his face, the same one he had after he got his control back. "Don't tell me..."
Springer closed his eyes and slightly turned his head away, his ears drooping as he did so. "Aw geez..." Fredbear whispered. He realized what must've happened last night that left him so physically and emotionally drained. And he slept through it. His suit burned with the shame of not taking any notice of what his partner's been going through. He sat next to Springer and put a paw on his back. The rabbit flinched at his touch, but relaxed a bit after. That was until he heard Vincent's voice again.
"You know what?" He said. "I honestly think this could be interesting. I guess you could have your body for now." He chuckled. "Doesn't mean I won't be watching."
"Don't think I'm gonna thank you for this..." Springer thought coldly.
"I wasn't expecting it at all," Vincent said. "But I'll remind you, I won't be gone forever." The killer laughed. "You need me."
Springer shut his eyes and shuddered. Despite Fredbear's attempt to soothe him, the killer gave him his final words before he fully lended him his body back. For now.
"I will come back. I always do."
"Well, look's like you guys are getting the hang of it," Marionette said cheerfully. He had been watching the Fazbear crew practice their aura on eachother, careful not to hurt eachother. "You sure you haven't been training in the middle of the night?"
Chica was dodging the blasts from Bonnie's laser gun, countering them with her magic. Bonnie charged up his laser and sent a huge red-white beam at Chica. Chica countered it with a pink beam of magic and it collided with Bonnie's laser beam. Both of the beams clashed with eachother for a couple of seconds before going up in an explosion.
Freddy was sparing with Foxy. The pirate swung his sword professionaly, covering any openings. Freddy used his spiked gloves to counter the sword strikes, and was able to grab it in between his knuckles. However, he was kicked down by the fox and had the sword pointed to his face.
"Gotcha lad," Foxy said, standing up tall. He reverted and held his hand out to Freddy, who accepted. The four animatronics were met by the puppet.
"I see that training's going pretty well," Marionette said. "Freddy, can you come here?" Freddy shrugged and walked over to him. Everyone stood back.
"What's this about?" Freddy asked. Marionette said nothing, and then, without warning, he activated his Soul aura. He held the blades in his hands, staying still. Freddy looked at him with wide eyes, until Marionette whispered two words:
"Ready, Freddy?"
Freddy heard cheering from his friends.
"Go get 'im laddie!" Foxy barked.
"You can do it!" Chica cheered.
"C'mon, show him what you're made of!" Bonnie shouted.
Freddy gave Marionette a challenging grin and raised his fists. "You're on," he whispered.
Then the test began.
Freddy was the first to move. He sprinted and hurled his fist at the puppet. Marionette dodged it smoothly, barely putting any effort into it. Freddy jumped and tried to punch him. Marionette quickly threw one of his blades high into the air, and caught him by the wrist with one hand. He threw him to the ground and caught his blade. Freddy swept his leg across the ground, sweeping Marionette off the grass. Marionette broke the fall with his hands and flipped over the bear, landing right on his feet. Before Freddy could get up, he found the blade close to his throat. Everyone was silent. Marionette smiled and helped him up.
"You're not bad." Marionette complimented. "I didn't see that leg sweep coming. You've got amazing reflexes!" Freddy rubbed the back of his head, blushing at his compliment. They were just in time to see Fredbear and Springer walking down the hill.
"Oh, hi guys," Marionette greeted them. "Sorry, but I'm afraid you missed the training going on."
"Don't worry," Fredbear said. "We saw everything."
Marionette looked at Springer, who still looked drained. "Is he okay? Here, let me help-"
"I'm fine," Springer said, holding a paw up. "Really." He looked up and walked ahead of the group. His good ear perked up. "You might wanna see this."
The robots looked in Springer's direction. Not far away, there were three men examining what was left of Fazbear's Fright. They were all police officers. Bonnie looked closer, until his eyes widened. "Guys, look at their badges!"
Freddy kept his eyes on the officers and scanned the badges. They revealed their names:
Mike Schmidt.
Jeremy Fitzgerald.
Christopher Miles.
A/N: Oh mah gah it's Moik Shmeet Jermeh Fisgerald and the security guard from FNAF 3 that I decided to give a name to. OOOHH BOI, RUSTY PIRATE SLANG IS RUSTY.
Okay enough of that.
Sorry for the late update. I sorta just gave up on making this story canon. Some of it's gonna follow it though. Kinda like an AU. I'm running a little low on motivation. I've added a bit to chapter 5 explaining how Marionette and Fredbear know about Toxic and Dusk, so feel free to read it. I also corrected some mistakes on previous chapters. Tell me what you think in the reviews. I hope you enjoyed this chapter so far!
