Reaching Out

A/N: Now that I seem to be a little more relaxed and comfortable I can focus again. Chances are I will be working on the earlier chapters and possibly tweaking them. As always I only own Leo, the kits, Crackers, Spike, Chrissy and Wrench. Everyone else belongs to Scott Cawthon.

One month and three weeks it had been since Leo had last saw his older brother. It had been one month and fourteen days since he had last seen Bon. Leo sighed faintly as he wound the music box once more and listened as the melody echoed throughout his room. It was another long day of reading this book, answer these questions, and then eventually venturing out to the pizzeria long enough to be unnoticed by everyone. Leo was starting to appreciate why coming home was so special, by that time Freddy and the others had time to spend with him, and him alone.

"Leo, you okay in there?" Jeremy gently knocked on the door.

Leo sat up some, "Yeah, just tired…. what time is it?"

"One thirty, you should come out and have lunch." Jeremy responded softly opening the door, "Besides, there's a surprise in the office."

"There is?" Leo asked still sounding devoid of much feeling.

Jeremy sighed and pulled Leo along, "Trust me it'll be worth it."

Leo blinked at his father and followed him to the office to notice that Jeremy had Skype up on the computer. However, his heart nearly stopped when he saw the only contact on the list, Mike. He was even more excited to see that Mike was online, did that mean he would finally get to hear from his brother?

"Dad?" Leo blinked.

Jeremy smiled faintly, "Go ahead, call him. He's been waiting for you."

Leo instantly sat in front of the computer screen and clicked on the icon to start a video chat with his brother. After a few rings Mike answered a goofy grin on his face, "Leo!"

"Mike!" Leo cried almost finding himself in tears, "It's you!"

"That's right, it's me. Hey what's wrong bud, you look like you've gone through hell and back!"

Leo wiped his eyes, "Where do you want me to start? The fact I feel alone no matter where I'm at, or the fact that my heart is failing?"

"Wait your heart is-"

"That's right, I was diagnosed with heart failure." Leo admitted and wanted to cry as Mike's happy air was quickly replaced with concern, "How bad is it?"

"It's being managed okay on medication for the time being" Leo admitted, "Dad's been taking a lot of time off to take me to various appointments. I'm sure if Freddy and the others have to go on Lockdown one more time they're going to scream."

"Dang, how often has it been?" Mike asked rather shocked.

Leo shrugged, "About once every two weeks. Things haven't been the same either, this new bot Chrissy she's tearing everyone apart!"

"You're kidding." Mike looked worried.

Leo shook his head, "I wish I was! The only one who could even fix this mess is missing at the moment too."

"Damn, I wish I could come home it sounds like things are bad!" Mike looked worried, even more so when Foxy limped into the office his jaw hanging loose, "Hey Foxy."

"Mikey!" Foxy lit up slightly and tried to fix his jaw, "Don't mind me!"

"What happened to you?" Leo asked turning towards the mechanical fox.

Foxy looked down, "I'd rather not talk about it lad…."

Mike looked disheartened and noticed his time was about up, "I'm sorry Leo but I'm going to have to go soon. Just know that no matter what I'm with you. I know you'll be okay you have dad and everyone else watching out for you. When I get the chance to talk again I'll call!"

Leo nodded, "Alright….it was good to see you Mike…I miss you."

"I miss you too, buddy. I'll be home before you know it!" Mike smiled and hung up leaving Leo feeling worse than before.

Foxy looked at the boy and placed his hand on Leo's shoulder, "I know this isn't easy on you lad. Especially now that everyone is at one another's throats when the place closes for the night. This may not mean much but I recalled a little bit of what happened, before my memory went to Davy Jones Locker. He's locked away in one of the corner rooms of the basement. I'm certain that one of the vents leads down to that room."

"Foxy, why are you-" Leo blinked until Foxy held a finger to his muzzle.

Foxy kneeled down and spoke quietly, "Because, right now you need him. He's the only one of us that isn't tied up in this mess. Consider it the stability you need until we can get something figured out."

Leo nodded, "But how do I get there?"

Foxy let out a small whistle and before long BB was in the office with the boy and animatronic fox, "I can tell you which vents to take! I'm with Foxy on this the entire building is going to hell. JJ absolutely adores Chrissy, but I can't stand her. If I hear one more insult about my appearance or being stolen by a predator I am going to flip out!"

"And since she's on loan there's not a thing we can do about it…" Leo sighed and leaned against the desk, "Can you show me the vents, BB?"

Balloon Boy nodded and pointed to the vents Leo would want to take to get to the corner rooms of the basement. The boy nodded and with a little effort removed the vent cover in the office. Foxy sensed someone was coming so he pushed the boy into the vent before placing the cover back on, but loose enough that it could be knocked away. He had managed to act quick enough as Chrissy walked into the office with a certain glint in her eyes. Foxy and BB nodded and both decided to give their "guest" a piece of their minds.

Meanwhile Leo struggled to recall the directions that BB had given him. He was at the first intersection of the vents and tried to recall what he was told. Was he supposed to go right, left, or straight ahead? Considering he was trying to get to the corner rooms he decided to make a right turn. The boy was partially thankful that he was still rather small and lithe, it made crawling in the vents a lot easier. His attention was caught by what sounded like faint mumbling further down the vent shaft.

'Could it be?' Leo thought to himself as he continued to crawl.

The mumbling started to become clearer as Leo continued his climb through the vents, "Guess no one is coming today….More sleep it is then."

Leo knew that voice all too well and started to crawl towards it desperately before the owner of the voice fell asleep. However, he didn't expect the vent to just suddenly drop, and before he could even catch himself he started to fall towards the floor. Closing his eyes he waited for the ground to meet his body, but instead he felt like he had been caught.

"Funny, I don't recall anyone mentioning dark with a chance of falling kids." A familiar voice joked.

Leo's eyes widened, "BON!"

Bon chuckled and set the boy down, "Looks like someone found me after all. It's only been what almost two months?"

Leo nodded and hugged the hard cased rabbit crying, "It's really you!"

Bon was taken aback and patted the boy's back, "What's going on up there? There is no reason that you should be this distressed, especially with your heart."

Leo's eyes widened, "You know about it?"

Bon nodded and felt around for the light switch, "Of course. Now where is that- ah there it is!"

Leo watched as the lights in the room came to life and he finally got a good look around the room. Laying against the walls were the withered models, which was of no surprise. On the other side of the room was piano that looked like it was used from time to time. He then looked at Bon and realized that despite being trapped in the basement he seemed to like his usual self. There was a little dust on him, but from the looks if it Bon was still the same partially sane rabbit Leo remembered.

"Why haven't you tried escaping?" Leo asked leaning against the piano.

Bon laughed sadly, "Believe me I've been trying, however with as much salt as Chrissy used I can't get very far. Nor can I actually get my body back up on the main floor."

"She knew about your ability then?" Leo asked sounding shocked.

Bon nodded, "Seems like it, however since I've been sleeping a lot more my strength is returning more than it's seeping away. So tell me, what on earth is going on upstairs. Why does it feel like the whole place has gone to hell?"

"It essentially has" Leo frowned and looked at the rabbit, "Chrissy is convinced she can somehow replace you and Bonnie. A lot of the bots adore her, but there are a few others that can't stand her. Mangle has compared Chrissy to Springtrap even!"

"That's bad then" Bon sighed and leaned against the wall, "You look exhausted. Come rest."

Leo didn't even argue, it was the first time in what felt like forever someone had tried to include him. He leaned against the plastic cased rabbit and told him about everything that had been happening up on the main level. He even mentioned how they had stopped to see the progress being made on Bonnie. From the sounds of it things were promising even if they were slow.

"That's my brother, never doing anything half-assed" Bon chuckled upon hearing about the phone call between Freddy and Spike.

Leo nodded, "It's kinda weird to see his withered model down here. I know the staff had mentioned that he appeared to move from time to time."

"I think he still does even down here." Bon admitted, "Or I'm just starting to lose it. System restarts every night could start to take a toll I guess."

"You restart yourself every night?" Leo asked.

Bon nodded, "It's the only way I can partially keep myself sane. I just rest and attempt to convince myself it's night one all over."

The boy frowned and took one of Bon's hands in his own, "Then I'll try and come and visit you every night! So that way you don't have to keep resetting yourself, and I'll finally get to spend some time with someone who has time for me. I never realized how busy you guys are during the day."

"Yeah we generally were, but we were always excited to see you come home. It was always the highlight of our day" Bon admitted.

For a couple of hours Bon and Leo continued to talk and generally enjoy the stability of one another's company. As Leo got ready to leave Bon placed the boy on his shoulders, which gave Leo the added height he needed to start crawling back towards the office through the vents. Part of him was excited to finally get a new routine where he felt like he was included, maybe even wanted. As he crawled back into the office and replaced the vent cover he could hear two bots arguing outside of the office door.

"You can't even see what she's doing!" Springy sounded very upset.

Fredbear was quick to retaliate, "You're so paranoid and stubborn about these things! Why do you even care if they get replaced!?"

"You don't even understand do you!?" Springy yelled at the yellow bear, "Oh wait of course you wouldn't. You weren't replaced just put out of service!"

"DO you even hear yourself!? Honestly Springy catch up with the times!" Fredbear spat which was apparently what set the oldest Bonnie model over the edge.

"You know what, find someone else to perform with you! I am DONE!" Springy yelled and stormed off. Leo had noticed with her walking pattern that she appeared to be limping. Carefully he got up and opened the office door pretending to be like he had been awoken from a nap, "F-Fredbear? What's going on…?"

Fredbear seemed to jump, "I'm sorry Leo, did we wake you up?"

"Yeah…. what's wrong with Springy she seemed really upset…" Leo yawned, perhaps he actually was tired.

Fredbear looked down, "It's nothing…. just a small argument."

"Right, sure it is" Leo leaned against the doorframe, "You know she does have a point though. Though she doesn't treat Bon and Bonnie like her own kids, they are her legacy. How would you feel if Freddy and the others were just replaced, left to be forgotten and rot over time?"

The yellow bear looked at Leo his mouth hanging open slightly, "You have a point there…. Perhaps she does have a point. I never looked at it that way since she's so different from those two…. but they are her legacy."

"From what Foxy and Freddy have told me about relationships, the woman is always right" Leo shrugged, "You should go and try to apologize to her. Nothing is worse than an upset woman so I've been told."

Fredbear nodded and pulled the boy into a hug, "Thank you, at least someone is still staying level headed through all of this madness."

Leo nodded and followed Fredbear back into the main room and noticed that Springy was collapsed on the floor. Standing over her was Chrissy who was laughing her circuits off and even claiming that the garbage needed to be taken out. Fredbear sighed and picked Springy's dormant body up, "She was right….. You don't even deserve to take THEIR place!"

Chrissy stopped laughing and turned to the yellow bear, "Oh yeah? What would that fossil know?"

"A lot more than you!" Mangle hissed as the others started to gather around.

Toy Chica crossed her arms, "Ease up Mangle! She's younger than us!"

Toy Freddy shook his head, "Doesn't excuse her for her actions!"

"Who's side are you on!?" Toy Chica demanded.

"ENOUGH ALL OF YOU!" Mari yelled and tangled everyone in their wires with the exception of Leo.

Leo looked at the puppet, "Mari…. don't overdo it, you're exhausted as it is."

Mari kneeled down and placed their mask on the boy's forehead, "I know sweetie, I just feel horrible I haven't been able to spend as much time with you as I'd like." Their attention then went back to the bots they had trapped, "I hate to inform you Chrissy, but you won't be staying with us when Bonnie returns. Quite frankly you should be thankful that a certain machine isn't around anymore because we would love to throw you into it."

"Yeah I'm not going anywhere…. I can promise you Bonnie won't be coming back! My stupid lackey won't screw it up this time! He knows damn well that if he does I'll destroy him permanently!" Chrissy laughed.

Freddy's eyes widened as Mari was about to tear Chrissy apart, but was stopped as Jeremy called to them, "Everyone enough! Listen up we're getting a new hired hand tomorrow, and you better not mess it up."

"We are?" BB asked.

Jeremy nodded, "Yeah, I'm going to be picking them up. Can I trust you guys to put your grudges aside long enough to help take care of a member of your family?"

The Fazbear bots looked taken back, Jeremy had a point. Everyone had become so busy that they forgot that Leo spent a lot of time in the building. Freddy nodded and kneeled down in front of Leo, "Can you forgive us?"

Leo nodded, "Of course I can. You guys are my family…I just hate seeing everyone fighting and arguing!"

Mari placed their hands on Leo's shoulders, "We're sorry dear. We're all stressed and worried. With Bonnie being gone and Bon missing-"

Leo turned and looked at Mari, "But he's not missing! I know where he is!"

Freddy watched as Chrissy tensed up and knew that she was behind it somehow. Instead of pressing about the matter Freddy told Leo it was good to know that Bon was safe, which in extent meant that he was too. While the Fazbear bots tried to make amends with one another Spike and Wrench stepped back from their work in the workshop. They don't know how they had pulled it off, but they did. Their joy became sheer happiness as their work opened their eyes.

He would be going home, just not as himself for a while.

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