When the Storm Sets In

Liam was in a good mood since he got more sleep than he typically did. Since he was bored and had nothing else to do, he decided to go and work more on the old animatronics. His lazy nature was being pushed to the back so he could make friends even if they weren't human. He had never been good with people, and the only friends he ever did make were generally just using him for his money.

Technically the animatronics could be said to be doing the same thing, but they didn't know he was fixing them without the help of the restaurant. They would probably be even more grateful than they already are if they knew.

After Cordelia had exited the room, he had started to fix Chica's jaw. He would have turned her on to do it, but with her talkative nature he felt it was wise to keep her in sleep mode while he worked. The use of all of his fingers was very important.

Bonnie watched him with a smile as he operated on the chicken. She would soon look just as she used to other than the ripped fabric which Liam also had materials to fix.

"So how was your night, Bonnie?" Liam asked casually.

Bonnie stiffed but answered with a smile with the hope that Liam was clueless about last night's event, "It was fine."

That was a lie. It was terrible. Bonnie had enjoyed catching the night guard with Toy Bonnie. The rest was just too much. It was too much blood, too much screaming, and his counterpart got too much enjoyment from it. The purple bunny admitted he enjoyed the kill but not like that.

"Ah, that's good," the boy said as he screwed in the last screw and woke her up. "All done. Bonnie would you mind turning on one of your buddies. I am going to work on one of them some, but ya know getting slammed against the wall isn't my thing."

He stood outside as the bunny turned on Foxy and explained what was going on before letting Liam back in. When he walked in three sets of eyes were on him. Chica was smiling and already bouncing around while thanking him. Bonnie was standing beside a very curious looking fox.

His yellow eye looked the boy over critically. "Nice to meet, ya. You're a bit scrawny aren't ya." Liam's eyes fell on himself. He was a bit small, but he had never thought much about it.

"Maybe," he said slowly.

Foxy laughed at the distraught boy. Liam felt a smile tug at his lips when the fox laughed because it sounded like, 'Arharharharhar.'

Liam was unsure of what to say to the fox so he simply started grabbing tools. All of the withered mascots watched as he started to patch up the tattered fox. Within four hours, he had fixed all of Foxy's damage, excluding the gash in his torso; he found that he missed one item to get it to stay shut so he would have to fix that later. Chica was now fully restored.

Liam was going to finish Bonnie's arm, but the bunny still urged him to fix up his friends. Bonnie wanted to make sure his friends were back in shape. They had supported him through all of his trouble when he was the worst off of the old animatronics and calmed him down when he thought he would be thrown into the trash heap. They deserved to be back to the former glory just as much as he did if not more in his eyes.

"Alright then I will start on Freddy," the young mechanic said before turning to Foxy. "I'm sorry I couldn't fix you all the way, but I promise I will once I get my hands on that part."

"It be alright," Foxy said as he looked at his hand that now help fabric. The pirate was rather fond of Liam. He had fixed most of the fox's problems with no selfishness and asked nothing in return. Chica and Bonnie also seem to like him so Foxy knew he would too after he got to know him better. "I be very grateful to ye."

"No problem," Liam said while walking to the bear before the room went black. Liam stood in the stiffly. The animatronics eyes glowed in the dark, and he heard a fourth motor start to lightly hum without being turned on manually.

Before anything could be said the door opened with a bright light shining in through it. There stood the manager. He cringed visible as he saw all four of the old animatronics eyes on him as thunder cracked violently in the back ground. The manager needed to fix the power and the only technician that was here was Liam.

"Liam," he said firmly, "I know you are off the clock, but can you fix the power. I'll give extra on your check."

"Yea. I will," he replied as he walked toward the light. He couldn't fix the mascots in the dark. The extra pay would not hurt his feeling either. He turned back to the glowing eyes and quietly said, "I will be back soon."

The lights were back on, and the pizzeria was running again, but with few people most people had left because of the impending storm. For this reason, the manager was closing early. The storm was going to be pretty bad. His night guard was already here and napping in her office so she could watch over the place. All the other employees could leave and get home before the worst of the storm, including himself.

The manager walked over to the show stage as his last customers exited out into the rain. All three of them glanced down at him. Toy Freddy eventually broke the silence, "Is there anything we can help you with, sir. All of the children are gone."

"Yes there is," he stated. "I would like one of you to inform the night guard we are closing early. Tell her this will make up for anytime she needs off. I will be leaving shortly."

"I'll do it," the blue bunny said quickly with glee as he jumped off the stage and darted off to the office before anyone could say a word. They all stared with mild surprise.

The manager cleared his throat and mumbled a quick, "Goodbye." In seconds, he had grabbed his coat and was out the door, but he couldn't shake the feeling he forgot something. He glanced out his car window and saw only one car in the parking lot; he assumed it was Cordelia's. He, however, did not know she lived only a two miles away and had walked to the establishment this morning.

This car belonged to none other than Liam Bangs, who was currently lying unconscious in one of the booths. The manager had forgot all about him. Somewhere along the way of making it back to the parts and service room, he had to step into Kid's Cove to let a small herd of kids through, and a certain animatronic hit him in the head. Liam didn't have time to figure out if it had fallen from the ceiling or if the older bigger kid in the cove had thrown it at him. Whatever the case, when it's metal skull hit his, he was knocked out cold.

The old animatronics had wondered why he had not returned and were very confused when Toy Freddy opened the door. "Hi, we are closed for the day. Bad weather has caused everyone to go home. You guys can come out and socialize. Chik is in the kitchen. We can all eat together before 12 if you want."

Freddy replied for them, "That will be fine. Chica might want to help cook to. She recently got her hand repaired."

Toy Freddy looked at the chicken over his taller counterparts shoulder. "You look very lovely. I hope to see you all there." He gave them a warm smile before adding. "I'm glad you are all being fixed up."

He left the older robots to do their own thing. As Freddy said Chica wanted to help cook so she was in the kitchen. Foxy went to visit Mangle. Freddy headed to the prize corner to wake Marionette. That left Bonnie by himself.

He walked into the stage room boredly. He looked out the window; it looked like a waterfall was over the pizzeria. He couldn't even make out details of the parking lot. He sighed and was about to go talk to the chickens when he heard Balloon Boy laughing from in front of a booth.

"BB!" Bonnie called to the child animatronic. "What are you doing?"

The only reply he got was a laugh as the child marched off. The bunny's heavy feet hit the floor with short thuds as he made his way to the booth Balloon had been at. His red eyes widened when they can into contact with a sleeping Liam.

He was splayed out over the cushioned seat and covered by a blanket from the prize corner that had cartoon versions of himself and his friends on it. The boy also had an ice pack on his head.

Toy Freddy walked up behind him, "I apologize. I forgot to inform you; he had an accident. A child threw Mangle, and she tried to hold onto the ceiling but did not get a good enough grip. Your friend and her collided when she fell."

The bunny looked down in horror it was 9 pm now, and the storm outside only seemed to be getting worse. There was no way to even tell if he was in good enough condition to drive. Bonnie stared at the boy nervously knowing tonight could in no way go well.

A groan caught his attention before he could go to Freddy for some advise. He watched as Liam grabbed at his head while he sat up causing the ice pack to hit the floor. He took in a sharp breath as he looked up to see Bonnie staring at him with worry.

"Bonnie," he mumbled as he got up still gripping her head, "Why are you out? Where is everyone? What happened? I feel like someone hit me with a baseball bat."

The purple bunny tried to hide his worry with a small smile, "We closed because there is a pretty bad storm going on. Everyone went home. I think they forgot about you."

Toy Freddy, who had somehow been forgotten behind Bonnie, chimed in on the conversation, "There was also an incident. One of my fellow toy animatronics, Mangle, fell on you. I deeply apologize for the inconvenience. I will personally try my best to procure your safety through the night since you are in no condition to travel in this weather."

Liam looked very flustered. He was unhappy that he had been hit in the head with an animatronic he knew nothing about, but he was more upset at the fact he had been left. After he fixed the power for that man, the manager went off and left him to fend for himself against killer robots. He loved Bonnie and his friends, but he highly doubted they could resist killing him. They probably would have the other night if he hadn't hidden.

Then his thoughts turned to the toy. Liam had no clue how he, one of the murderous animatronic, thought he could help him survive. He could tell Bonnie had a similar thought as he gave him a questioning red stare.

"Are you going to let him stay with the night guard? That still isn't very safe," Bonnie said worriedly to the toy bear. He didn't know what to do.

Toy Freddy shook his head slowly before speaking again, "No. That would be a very unwise decision. Bon will most definitely be in her company most of the night if he can. I heard you have seen what he is capable of. We do not need a repeat of last night."

Bonnie cringed, "No. No. We do not want anymore of that."

"What happened last night? Is there something I should know?" Liam asked. He was answered with two shaking heads. He was about to ask more questions but was violently interrupted by a low grumbling coming from his mid sect. His four pop tarts had finally run out, and he sighed lightly from the pain in his head, hunger, and mild embarrassment.

The bear was the first to comment, "You can join us for dinner. It will be served in party room 2. There we can discuss overnight 'accommodations' for you."

"Wait!" the Liam exclaimed as he realized what was just said. "You guys can eat?"

The purple bunny nodded and said, "If we want to we c-"

The bunny was cut off by a yell echoing through the pizzeria, "FRED!" Toy Freddy slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breathe while rubbing his his fingers down his rosy red cheek. The bear sighed heavily as he waited for what was to come.

A few seconds later a girl bursted in with a very annoyed expression. She was shorter than Liam by several inches. Her yellowish blonde hair was relatively short for a the typical girl's hair style, but tied up in a high side ponytail with a pink scrunchy. She wore short pink shorts with pink high socks and yellow sneakers with orange strings while her shirt was a short slouchy shirt that off one shoulder and had 'Let's Party' written colorfully on it. Her hands were placed firmly on her hips as she looked at the boys. Her orange painted lip were held in an angry pout, and her blue eyed glare was emphasized by her purple eye shadow. Liam thought she looked a lot like someone he'd seen before.

"Fred, I told you the pizza would be ready soon and you just take your time. I swear you and Bon never listen. Co-" she cut herself off as she recognized Liam and her once pink cheeks deepened red with anger. "You! You are the one that messed up my neck!"

"W-what?" Liam asked with confusion. "Who are you?"

"I'm the chicken whose head you took off then put back on wrong!" she exclaimed with frustration. "Don't act like you don't know."

"Um," Bonnie murmured to get the girl's attention. Her angry blue gaze snapped to him. The bunny used his one hand to point up and down himself then to her.

It took her several seconds to figure out the message he was trying to get to her before her expression went blank and she looked down at herself. "Oh," she stated.

All Toy Freddy could do was facepalm. "We will have a lot to discuss at this dinner."

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