Chapter Ten: "To Set Things Right"

The Closet – November 4th, 1993;

Bonnie was officially the world's biggest jerk. What was he thinking? Leo had tried to make him understand how he felt about what the bunny had done to Marian. So he stabs him. Wasn't he a great friend?

Bonnie sat alone in the closet, trying to comprehend what he had just done. Leo wasn't dead, he just needed a repair. But how would the mechanics react to the fresh corpse inside their friend? None of the animatronics, with the exception of Leo, knew how to fix robots. The bunny furiously searched in his mind for someone he knew who could save Leo without getting them scrapped. He could only think of one person...

"I can't believe I'm gonna do this..." Bonnie grumbled to himself before heading to the dining room.

Fritz always came to the restaurant around noon for a free lunch. He wasn't in danger, the animatronics couldn't do anything to him during the day. That was why he was surprised when the purple rabbit walked up to him. Fritz yelped and went to jump out of his chair when the animatronic raised his paws to show he wanted peace.

"Is this some sort of trick?" Fritz thought, but he stayed his ground. "What do you want?" He said aloud.

"I need your help." The bunny said. Fritz stared at him. Help? He wanted help?

"With what?" The guard responded cautiously.

"Leo," He said before bowing his head, "I sort of... Stabbed him..." Fritz was surprised. He had stabbed the lion? But... Weren't they friends? "I accidentally hurt his girlfriend." He quickly explained. "He yelled at me and asked what if that had happened to Chica and... And I flipped out." The bunny was shyly rubbing his feet together.

"Why should I? You guys try to kill me every night I work here!" Fritz retorted. Bonnie sighed before he made an offer the guard couldn't refuse.

"If you fix him and say nothing about Justin's corpse," Fritz flinched. How did they know about that? "then I won't attack you during the night. Ever." He finished.

Fritz jaw almost touched the floor. The last two nights of his job without having to worry about Bonnie? Count him in! "Show me the way!" He shouted, a wicked grin on his face. The bunny just said in the ship in Pirate's Cove and ran back to the closet.

Little did they know that a certain bear had been eavesdropping on them. Freddy followed Bonnie and Fritz, who was going to get supplies from the secret room to fix Leo.

"Housekeeping!" Fritz announced as he knocked on the door to Foxy's room. He didn't even wait for an answer, he just opened the door and stepped in. Foxy, Chica, and Marian were all kneeling around the limp form of the lion. Foxy noticed Fritz and started to growl. "A little bird told me that a friend of yours was having some 'technical difficulties' so I decided to come here and help." He said with a grin.

"Please! Help him!" Marian cried out, not knowing who this man was.

"Lass, ye don't want 'tis landlubber to come near ye." Foxy growled.

"Nonsense! I'm here to help!" Fritz gave Marian a grin.

"The same way you helped us?!" Chica shouted.

"No. That little bird also made me a deal to come fix this pathetic excuse for an animatronic! One I simply could not refuse!" He said in an excited tone as Marian gave him the evil eye. Without another word, Fritz knelt next to Leo and began to work.

Fritz couldn't see why the animatronic had shut down really, it only tore a hole in his chest. The cut didn't even graze his endoskeleton. "It must have been the shock." He thought. After examining the wound again, he still found that there was nothing damaged inside. Fritz took out some fake fur that matched Leo's and sewed up the hole. He took out some blue fabric and mended his shirt. The lion looked good as new, only problem was he was still out cold.

Fritz knew just what would fix him up... A jump start! He pulled up the lion's shirt and opened the control panel. All guards were allowed to carry tasers in case of intruders, so the guard unclipped his from his belt and sent a jolt through Leo's system. It worked.

"AGH!" The lion screamed. Satisfied with that, the guard turned around and left the room, turning around just for a second to say something.

"Thank you for your business." He said with a bow, then he ran because only Bonnie had promised not to kill him. He hadn't spoken for the others.

Bonnie was bawling his eyes out. Even if Leo was getting repaired, the bunny still felt guilty. He knew the lion would never forgive him, neither would that Marian girl. Chica probably hated him, so there goes the only person who could ever make him feel happy. Foxy... It was a miracle the fox hadn't started a manhunt for him yet. Freddy was probably going to fire the bunny as soon as they next saw each other. Bonnie's sobs were so loud, he didn't hear the door open.

"That was a brave thing you did," Freddy said, making Bonnie flinch, "putting Leo's life above getting revenge on Fritz." Bonnie just started to cry louder. The bear sighed and took a seat next to the rabbit.

"Don't beat yourself up too much, it was a misunderstanding." The bear said to console his partner. "Besides, once Leo hears what you did he will have no choice but to forgive you." Bonnie looked up from his paws.

"Do you really think he could forgive me after that?!" The bunny screamed. He didn't want to be pitied by the bear, he just wanted to be left alone.

"I do." He said. "Out of all the children who died, your death was the most gruesome. And you gave up your chance of revenge to save Leo." The bear had a point, but still... Bonnie didn't want to be forgiven. His crime was too great to escape unpunished. The bear just sighed, this tactic wasn't going too well. Bonnie couldn't get his mind off being hated by the others.

"Bonnie..." The bear said. "You still have a place here, we can't hate you. We've been through so much together. You can't seriously believe one violent outburst could destroy everything you've done." Bonnie sniffled, still displeased with himself.

Freddy sighed. "I'll leave you to your thoughts. Just remember, you're still our friend." The bear went to get up but hesitated. Then, he leaned over to Bonnie and placed a kiss on his lips. He then straightened his bow tie and left a very stunned Bonnie to try to understand what just happened.