Foxy holstered his gun and went up to Bonnie, helping him up. "Ye alright, lad?" Bonnie dusted himself off. "Fine. Look, thanks for the help, but I had that under control." Foxy smiled. "Yeah, 'ah could tell. I recognize that trainin'. Special forces?" Bonnie scowled. "Yeah, I fought in the damn war. What does it mean to you?" Bonnie turned and left before Foxy laughed. "That's no way ta' talk to the guy who made sure ye bastards made it onto the damn beach." Bonnie froze and turned around again. "Wait… you were in the war too?" Foxy gestured to his eyepatch. "How do ye think I got this? We we're bustin' our asses over on th' front line while ye were busy fumblin' with yer stupid airstrike." Foxy sighed, remembering his war days. "Ah, fat lotta good that war did us. Look where we ended up." Bonnie nodded, knowing what he meant. Foxy shook his head. "Ah'm just rambling now. Besides, ah think someone wants to speak with you," he said, gesturing to where Freddy had been standing.
Freddy had hung back, watching the conversation, before running towards Bonnie. As he neared, Foxy turned and left. "Holy crap! Are you ok?" Bonnie just nodded. "Yeah. Fine." Freddy shook his head. "I tried to help, but Baby was holding me back. She took off after the shot, though... " Bonne just nodded, staring off at the place where Foxy had left. "Wow, Navy… I never knew," he muttered. "So, you were in the war?" Bonnie sighed. "Yeah. I'd… rather not talk about those days…" Freddy nodded in understandment. "That's fine." Bonnie rubbed his arm. "I've never really slept well after the war… some things stay with you forever, I guess." Bonnie gave a frustrated sigh. "Well… should have seen that coming. Candy must have saw me eavesdropping and caught on… I better get going. See you tomorrow." Freddy nodded as Bonnie left. "Take care of yourself, Bonnie." As Freddy walked home, he realized that someone was following him. As he walked under a light, Freddy recognized the figure as Theo, though he wasn't sure if this made him feel safer or worse.
The Next Day
November 19
"There he goes again…" Freddy muttered to himself as he leaned against the wall opposite the office. Ace was hard at work doing… something. Although he was supposed to be helping the investigation, Ace was mostly dodging questions and giving vague answers, doing nothing to hinder Freddy's suspicions. Freddy turned to the stage area, where a group of people were whispering and shooting looks at Bonnie. Candy had apparently been very successful in turning people against Bonnie. "Hey," Toby greeted as he walked over to Freddy. "Hey. Did you hear about the fight yesterday?" Freddy asked. Toby shrugged. "All I heard was that a bunch of people beat up Bonnie, and someone showed up with a gun. Think it was a cop, maybe that Theo guy." Freddy shook his head. "It was Foxy, I saw the whole thing." After quickly recapping the fight, Freddy turned his attention back to the office. "Man. What the hell is Ace doing?" He wondered aloud. Toby shook his head. "He seems to be bent on hiding something, by the way he's tearing through those files… he's probably a fraud of some sort, but I don't have a clue about why he's here." Freddy folded his arms across his chest. "Toby, I think we'd make more progress if we brought someone else in." Toby raised an eyebrow. "Hm. Who are we talking about?" "I'm thinking Bonnie. He was suspicious at first, but I found out yesterday he was in the war as special ops. He's already scarred from the war, I don't think his concise can handle killing another person, let alone two." Toby thought for a moment. "He could be a good asset… but I'm not sure I trust him completely… tell you what, we can bring him in, but only if we can agree that Laura is innocent. I've known her for ages… she'd never kill anyone. Besides, she was with Mary when Crimson was killed, and I trust Mari a lot more than Candy and Cindy combined." Freddy rubbed his chin. "Alright, deal." Toby smiled. "Hope we made the right choice."
"How you holding up?" Bonnie shrugged. "Pretty well. Can't really eavesdrop now, everyone's on guard…" Freddy nodded. "Hey, can I ask you about special ops? I'll try not to pry." Bonnie sighed. "What do you want to know? We were in charge of using tech for recon." Freddy suddenly snapped his fingers. "Perfect. Do you think you could set up some security cameras in the office? Toby and I think something's up with Ace, but we can't really prove anything. Bonnie thought for a bit. "Well… I could probably do it, I know where I can get some cameras… Yeah. Yeah, I could do it." Freddy smiled. "Great, thanks.' As Bonnie walked off to find some cameras, Freddy turned to the security kiosk, frowning. "I never did get around to following Foxy yesterday… Guess I'll do it today then."