Waiting
Bon Bon sat in one of the chairs that had been brought to the backstage, holding Caleb and keeping him calm or helping him sleep. Crystal worked on Jacob tirelessly, correcting the wiring and anything that was out of place. Only one day passed, but to those in the room it felt like weeks.
"Thank goodness, Caleb's sleeping…" Bon Bon said softly.
"Yeah, I thought he would never stop crying." Riomei whispered.
"It breaks my heart to see that…" Bon Bon admitted.
"I know, but there's not much that we can do." Bon Bon kissed the top of Caleb's head and sighed.
"No one should have to see that. Especially not children." Bon Bon said. Riomei nodded. "Do you want to hold Caleb?" Riomei giggled.
"Sure, why not." the raccoon picked up Caleb from Bon Bon's lap. A sigh from Crystal made the two look in her direction.
"Almost done… Just a few more things and double check and he'll be good." Crystal said. Riomei and Bon Bon nodded.
"I wonder why no one's come to visit yet." Bon Bon mused.
"I don't know, maybe… I don't know." Riomei muttered.
"We can guess why my brother hasn't." Bon Bon said, smirking.
"Why?"
"He doesn't want to get hit again."
"Oh!" Riomei laughed. Bon Bon giggled, trying to stay quiet. Riomei glanced at the door and saw that the knob was moving. When it opened, it revealed a brown bear.
"Here to see Jacob?" Bon Bon asked.
"Yes, I am." Freddy said. "How is he?"
"As far as we know, he's fine. Just be quiet. We just got Caleb to sleep." Bon Bon informed him.
"Was he a struggle?" the bear asked with a raised eyebrow.
"More than you can imagine." Bon Bon sighed. Freddy chortled. Bon Bon sat back and closed her eyes.
"Are you tired?" Freddy asked.
"Just a bit." Bon Bon replied.
"Do you want to switch with me?" Freddy asked.
"If anything happens, will you tell me?" Bon Bon asked.
"Of course, why wouldn't I?" Bon Bon smiled, stood up and took Caleb.
"I'm going to put Caleb to bed. I'll see you all later." Bon Bon said. She left the room quietly and quickly. Riomei waved to Bon Bon as she left.
"Why are you going to take Bon Bon's place?" Riomei asked.
"I don't know, she looked tired so I thought it would be nice if I let her rest." Freddy answered sitting down in Bon Bon's chair.
"That makes sense." Riomei said. The room fell into silence as they waited for Crystal to finish with Jacob. Minutes turned into hours, and at ten thirty P.M. Crystal let her tools clatter to the ground.
"Finally done." Crystal said. "I should not have taken my meds yesterday…"
"What do you mean?" Freddy asked.
"I'm pooped… my meds help me sleep more than I would any other day."
"Oh, so you're tired too?" Freddy yawned.
"Yeah. But now that this guy's all fixed, I can go home and crash." Crystal said. "He can go home with you now." Freddy got up and stretched.
"Okay, let's go. Thank you very much for your hard work, Crystal." the bear said with a tired smile.
"You can call me Chris and you're welcome. See ya later!" Crystal said before leaving to go home. Riomei waved to Crystal.
About a week passed and Caleb still refused to leave his room. Bon Bon and Riomei both tried to get him out, if only to eat. Jacob was still offline but wasn't as limp. Bon Bon opened the door and stepped in, a bowl in her hand. Riomei was right behind her.
"Caleb, Sweetheart. I got you some lunch." Bon Bon said softly.
"No' hungry…" Caleb said with a raspy voice.
"You need to eat something, Sweetheart… Jacob will be just fine if you sit down and eat." Bon Bon told him. Caleb hesitantly took the bowl. Bon Bon smiled at Caleb. Riomei ran a hand through Caleb's hair.
"Caleb, please stop worrying." Riomei said sweetly. "Jacob is going to be fine. He'll be up and playing with you before you know it." Caleb looked at the bowl and said nothing.
"Any day now, right?" Bon Bon asked.
"Yeah, he should wake up really soon. Matter of fact, he might wake up today." Riomei declared with a smile. Caleb ate the contents of the bowl. Bon Bon smiled at the light brown pup. "So you don't have to worry, okay?" Riomei told Caleb.
"Okay..." Caleb muttered. Bon Bon and Riomei both smiled at the pup. The room fell into silence as they looked at the offline Jacob. Suddenly, Jacob's eyes snapped open. The dark brown pup sat up and rubbed his head.
"Hey there, Jacob. How are you feeling?" Riomei asked.
"Wha' happened? All I remember is a fall in then goin' to sleep." Jacob muttered.
"Yeah, you fell pretty hard. Apparently you damaged something when you fell." Riomei explained. "It caused your systems to go into recovery mode."
"Really?" Jacob asked. Bon Bon and Riomei nodded. Caleb lept into Jacob's arms.
"I was so scared!" Caleb cried.
"I'm fine, Cal." Jacob said. Bon Bon and Riomei smiled at each other.
"You feeling okay?" Bon Bon asked.
"I think so." Jacob said. Riomei can out of the room to get the others. "Where is my guitar?" Bon Bon shrugged.
"Where was it the last you had it?" the blue bunny asked.
"Awww, com'on! One time I wan' my guitar and I forgo' where I pu' it!" Jacob yelled. Bon Bon frowned. She didn't really know where his guitar was either, but she didn't really feel a lot of sympathy either. Caleb smirked.
"I have an idea!" Caleb said and whispered the plan in Jacob's ear. Bon Bon stared at the pups in confusion. The two grinned at each other.
"What are you two contemplating?" Bon Bon asked.
"It's a secret." They said. Bon Bon glared at the pups.
"Tell me what you are doing or you won't even be able to do it." Bon Bon threatened.
"If we told ya, ya still wouldn' le' us do it." They told Bon Bon. Bon Bon gave the pups a death glare.
"You two better tell me what you are doing." Bon Bon said angrily. The pups exchanged a look. "Are you two going to tell me or what?"
"We were gonna borrow Bonnie's guitar." Caleb said.
"And by borrow you mean take, right?" Bon Bon asked.
"Only for a little while." Caleb muttered. Bon Bon rolled her eyes.
"Go ahead, I don't care. He insulted Jacob while he was asleep so he deserves it." the blue bunny said walking out of the room. They grinned and snuck out. Bonnie was playing video games his room. Caleb knocked on Bonnie's door.
"It's unlocked!" Bonnie called.
"Bonnie, can you help me? I want to get a drink but can' reach the cups." Caleb asked, opening the door. Bonnie sighed and paused his game.
"Well, I guess I''ll help you. We wouldn't want another Jacob." Bonnie joked walking out of his room. Caleb hurried to the kitchen. Jacob then snuck into Bonnie's room as they walked out. The dark brown pup grabbed Bonnie's guitar and snuck right back out.
"Here." Bonnie said handing the cup to Caleb. Caleb took the cup and smiled.
"Thank you, Bonnie." Caleb said. Bonnie nodded and walked back to his room. When he walked back into his room, he closed it behind him. In only a few seconds the door slammed back open.
"WHO TOOK MY GUITAR!" Bonnie twins were in their room, giggling and snickering. Bonnie stormed around the house yelling the same question.
"Bonnie, why are you yelling?" Freddy asked coming out of his room.
"SOMEONE TOOK MY GUITAR!" Bonnie screamed again. Freddy glared at the bunny.
"I'm right in front of you, you didn't have to yell." the bear said. Bonnie growled loudly and stormed off again. He walked to the twins rooms.
"DID YOU TWO TAKE MY GUITAR!?" Bonnie yelled banging on their door.
"No! The only time I left was when I asked for help! Jake hasn't left either!" Caleb called.
"I KNOW SOMEONE TOOK MY GUITAR!" Bonnie continued to scream. "IT WAS IN MY ROOM WHEN I CAME TO HELP YOU!" Freddy walked up to Bonnie and grabbed his shoulder.
"Bonnie, if you yell like that one more time-"
"YOU'LL DO WHAT!?" Bonnie yelled. "SOMEONE TOOK MY FREAKIN' GUITAR AND I WANT IT BACK!" BonBon walked to the purple Bunny and hit him.
"You don't need to yell!" Bon Bon shouted. Bonnie glared at his sister.
"YOU WOULDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE GUITAR MEANS TO ME BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE! CALEB AND JACOB SHOULD! ESPECIALLY JACOB BECAUSE HE DID LOSE HIS GUITAR ONCE!" Bon Bon punched Bonnie on his arm.
"I'm sick of this! If you can't STOP YELLING, I won't hit you on your arm,I wouldn't slap you, I will punch you. Got. It?" Bon bon snapped. Bonnie growled at his sister and stormed back into his room slamming the door behind him.
"Sometimes, I wonder if Bonnie even thinks before he acts." Freddy sighed.
"You and me both..." Bon Bon said. Freddy walked back into his room as well as Bon Bon. Jacob snuck out of their room and hid Bonnie's guitar. The darker pup ran back onto his room.
"So you did take Bonnie's guitar." Freddy said peeking through his door. He walked out of his room and knocked on Caleb and Jacob's door.
"Caleb and Jacob. Open the door please." the bear said. Caleb opened the door.
"Hi." Caleb muttered.
"Hello." Freddy replied. "Do you mind if I take Bonnie's guitar and give it back to him?"
"We were gonna give it back." Caleb said. "We were polishing and tunin' it for Bonnie."
"Really?" Freddy asked sarcastically. "You took it from him and and hid it from him just so you could polish and tune it for him?"
"We wante' it to be a surprise..." Caleb said.
"Riiiiight." Freddy said, unamused by Caleb's excuse. "Give it to me."
"I'm tellin' the truth!" Caleb said angrily.
"Really? That's the reason why you took Bonnie's guitar?" Caleb nodded. "Just hurry up and give it back." Freddy told the pup before walking away. Caleb and Jacob took the guitar to Bonnie's room. Caleb knocked softly.
"What is it?" Bonnie called through the door.
"We go' a surprise for ya, uncle Bonnie." Jacob said.
"That depends on what you call a surprise."
It's a goo' one. We promise." Caleb said. A sigh could be heard from inside the room. A few seconds later opened, revealing an annoyed purple face.
"What is it?" Bonnie asked.
"We polishe' and tune' your guitar. We wante' it to be a surprise." Caleb said as he and Jacob held out the guitar. Bonnie's eyes widened as he gasped.
"Guys… thank you so much." He uttered taking the guitar. "This looks amazing. Thanks so much."
"You're welcome, Uncle Bonnie." They said. Bonnie got down to the pups height and hugged them both.
"I'm sorry I snapped at you guys. You guys are awesome." Bonnie said with a large smile.
"It's okay." Jacob said. "It jus' looke' like it neede' the TLC."
"I guess you're right. I can't thank you guys enough. Is there something I can do for you guys?" Bonnie asked.
"I can' fin' me guitar for some reason. I forgo' where I pu' it." Jacob said.
"Okay, I'll help you find it." Bonnie said. The purple bunny instantly ran from his room doorway and headed to the recreational room. The pups followed as fast as they could. Bonnie ran around the room, searching through every space until he found it, slightly hidden behind one of the couches.
"Here it is!" Bonnie proclaimed. Jacob instantly snatched it and ran off. Caleb slapped his forehead before sitting on the floor and turning on the TV. It was on the news but Caleb didn't change it, the building behind the lady catching his eye.
"... We're here at the place where both children and adults alike can't wait to come to, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria! The iconic restaurant had hit hard places in the past, but has made an astonishing turnaround with all new animatronics! They have attracted an abundance of attention and fame. But recently, there have been claims where the animatronics were seen walking the streets morning and evening. It would have been shocking but has had the opposite effect. Something unbelievable happened to the iconic characters. Witnesses place three men entering the residential area housing these characters. Details have yet to be released by the manager, Mr. Jack Reynolds. Despite the trouble, the characters won't be counted out. This is Janny Lovefield for channel seven news, signing off." Bonnie and Caleb looked at each other with their mouths agape. They both instantly ran off to Freddy's room. Good thing Caleb accidently recorded the report.
"FREDDY FREDDY FREDDY FREDDY FREDDY!" The both shouted as they banged on Freddy's door with both hands. When Freddy opened the door a fist hit his face and another hit his stomach. Freddy clutched the places of his pain and moaned.
"Oops. S-sorry." Bonnie muttered. Caleb's eyes were wide.
"What d-do you want?" Freddy groaned. Caleb grabbed Freddy's hand and pulled him towards the recreational room. "What is it?" the bear asked again, in less pain. Caleb went to the report and played it. The report started from the time Caleb turned the TV on to the end of the report. Freddy's eyes widened as he listened to the report.
"What's going on?" Bon Bon asked. Freddy pointed to the TV and Bon Bon looked at it. "Okay? It's just- Oh. Nevermind." The group stared at the TV as the report was played over. When it ended, Freddy and Bon Bon reacted in the same manner as Bonnie and Caleb.
"That's exactly what we did!" Bonnie and Caleb shouted in unison.
"Great… I think I'm going to be sick…" Bon Bon muttered, covering her mouth.
"And they even know where we live…" Freddy said in utter disbelief. Bon Bon ran to her bathroom. Freddy plopped onto one of the couches, he gagged a couple of times as well.
"Oh my goodness…" the bear murmured, regaining his composure. Bon Bon came back, not looking so good.
"Are you okay?" Bonnie asked her.
"Just threw up, but other than that, I'm good." Bon Bon muttered.
"Ew…" Bonnie said with a face of disgust. "What are we gonna do, Freddy?"
"To be honest, I'm at a loss for words." Freddy answered. "I knew it was only a matter of time. But! I'm sure we can find a way out of this."
"I really hope so…" Bon Bon murmured. "We should probably tell the others… They need to know too." Freddy nodded and called for everyone to come to the recreational room. When they came, Freddy informed everyone on what they had just heard.
"Whoa. So, what are we going to do?" Wan asked. Freddy didn't even bother to answer this time.
"Freddy said that we are going to find a way out of this somehow." Bonnie told the crocodile.
"Maybe people will just accept us as super smart robots." Goldy theorized.
"That is highly unlikely." Teddy said. "If anything, they will probably capture us and dismember us to study our inner workings."
"WHAT!? Wouldn't that that kill or hurt us!?" Bon Bon panicked.
"Y-yes." Teddy told her. Bon Bon's eyes went wide and a few oily tears slipped out from the corners of her eyes.
"B-but that w-won't happen!" Freddy said quickly. "I refuse to let anything like that to happen to any of us! I promise!"
"But still, what are we going to do now?" Toka asked.
"Give me some time to think, Teddy come with me." Freddy said walking toward his room. Teddy turned to follow his counterpart. Since those two were the brightest bulbs in the group, they did do most of the thinking. The rest of the group silently waited for the two to come back out, hoping that they would have an answer. In about fifteen minutes, they did come back out.
"Okay, here's what we are going to do." Freddy began. "First of all, we need to make sure that we are no longer seen by anyone else besides Michael, Rick, and Mr. Reynolds. So, we have devised that we can leave in our house in the early hours of the day and leave the restaurant in the late hours of the night." The rest of the animatronics seemed fine with the idea.
"So that means less sleep." Bonnie pointed out.
"Well, not necessarily. It actually means less playing." Teddy corrected the purple bunny. Toka and Tora grimaced.
"Awww man…" Tora groaned.
"Better than the being taken apart thing…" Bon Bon murmured, shivering.
"Then it's settled, from now on we leave very early and very late. We will make sure that we are seen by no one." Teddy said. The animatronics nodded in unison.
Early the next morning, Teddy and Freddy quickly woke up all of the animatronics. They all swiftly got ready to head for the restaurant. Freddy stood at the front door, looking through the peephole to see there anyone was outside.
"Okay." Freddy said. "When we get outside, we will not stopping for anything. We will not risk a single thing for the sake of not being seen. Does everyone understand?" Bon Bon nodded and stayed close to Goldy. Caleb and Jacob raised their hands.
"What is it?" Freddy asked.
"What if we-" the twins started but stopped when Freddy talked over them.
"If you have to go, just go now." the brown bear said angrily. The twins instantly ran off from the hallway toward their bathroom. Freddy dropped his head and sighed. The group waited for Caleb and Jacob to come back. The twin pups came back.
"We're ready!" They said with a salute. Freddy rolled his eyes.
"Okay, is everyone ready now?" the bear asked again. Everyone nodded. "Alright, there is no stopping. Here we go." With that, Freddy opened the front door and the animatronics ran as fast as they could toward the restaurant. There was not a single shine from the sun over the horizon. They swiftly got to the restaurant and took no time getting in. Caleb sat at a table, puffing slightly.
"We made it!" Bon Bon cheered.
"Whoo!" Goldy celebrated out of breath.
"You gotta lay off the pizza Goldy." Wan commented. Goldy fell to the floor face first.
"Huh… maybe you're right…" Goldy panted. "I feel like throwing up…"
"Don't you dare!" Freddy said. "And if you do, you are cleaning it up!" Goldy gagged a couple of times as he got back to his feet. Bon Bon grabbed a bucket for Goldy, just in case.
"Guh… thank you, Bon Bon." the golden bear said. "Eew, it tasted it…" Bon Bon kept herself from gagging at the unneeded information. Freddy walked toward the security office to see that Mike and Rick were still here.
"Hello you two." Freddy greeted.
"Hey Freddy." Mike returned. "How come you're here so… never mind, I saw the news report." Freddy nodded.
"We are going to make sure we are seen by no one else. We can only hope that no one has captured video of us…" Freddy shivered at the thought of it.
"Well, I'm sure you guys will be fine." Mike said calmly. Freddy nodded and walked off.
"How come he doesn't acknowledge me?" Rick asked irritably.
"Maybe because you pissed him off to the point where he can't stand you." Mike answered not taking his eyes off of his computer. Rick sucked his teeth and rolled his eyes. Back inside the dining room, the animatronics were relaxing from their long run to the restaurant.
"I don't want to do this every morning and evening!" Bonnie complained.
"It's either this or possibly being taken apart piece by piece." Bon Bon said.
"What if people will just leave us alone?" Goldy suggested. "What if people can just accept us for who we are and just leave us alone?"
"Like I said yesterday, that is highly unlikely." Teddy said. "Humans… and us, have a sense of curiosity, and on some occurrences our curiosity can get the best of us. This is probably what drives them to do such cruel things."
"They forget that we have feelings too…" Freddy added sadly. Bon Bon stood up.
"I'm going to get a head start for the day. I need something to take my mind off of all this..." Bon Bon said. The blue bunny walked into the kitchen. Goldy quickly got up from his seat and followed her.
"I think we should all get a head start on the day." Freddy said as he got up from his chair. "Come on everyone, try not to think about it too much. We don't want it to impede out work ethic like last time." Each of the animatronics got up from their chairs and walked to certain parts of the restaurant. Bonnie walked past the prize room and stopped when he saw something move. He look at the room from the corridor, way too trepidatious to take a step into the room. The purple bunny's eyes searched the entire room nervously. He could feel his metallic heart start to beat faster. Roxy spotted the purple bunny and approached him.
"Is something wrong, Bonnie?" The white and pink fox asked.
"I-it's nothing… I thought I saw s-something." Bonnie answered, his face turning into a slight glare.
"I can look around if it would help." Roxy offered.
"N-no. That's alright. I'm a tough bunny. I can do it." Bonnie said flexing his muscles. He took a deep breath and walked into the room. When the darkness set around him, he instantly regretted his choice. Roxy stepped into the room, her curiosity getting the better of her.
"It's unusually dark in here." Roxy mused quietly. Bonnie unintentionally started to tip toe around the room, he felt an urge not to wake something up.
"W-why are w-we in here?" the purple bunny questioned.
"C-curiosity. What's this?" Roxy picked something up. "A music box? In an empty room?" Roxy held it towards the source of light. Bonnie turned to face the white and pink fox. He carefully took the object from Roxy and began to wind it up. As he did so, it began to play "pop goes the weasel" backwards. When it was fully wound, it played the song normally.
"That is s-slightly eerie…" Roxy muttered. "So, why would there be a music box in a room that has nothing and is pitch black…?"
"I d-dunno." Bonnie put the music box down on the table Roxy found it on and walked further into the room, only to bump into something. "Ow… what was that?" The two stared into the darkness to see what object Bonnie had just bumped into.
"I-it… looks like a present." Bonnie uttered.
"Awfully big to be one. Maybe it's for decoration." Roxy stated. Bonnie walked closer to the present box.
"It's open." he said. He slowly and sorta fearfully looked into the box. He squinted his eyes to see a white ball. "What is that?"
"What is in it?" Roxy asked. Bonnie reluctantly put his hand into the present to grab the "ball." When he grabbed it, he tried to pull it.
"Whatever it is, it's kinda heavy." Bonnie said. He pulled with more force and brought the "ball" up out of the box. Both of their eyes widened when they saw a white face with pink rosey cheeks and purple streaks underneath it's eyes. Matter of fact, it had no eyes, it was just black spaces. It was similar within it's mouth. Bonnie and Roxy both screamed and fell backwards.
"Wh-wh-what is that!?" Bonnie stammered.
"I-I don't know b-but I don't think I want to!" Roxy replied. The two quickly got up and ran out of the room, leaving the strange figure standing in the present facing the door. Bonnie and Roxy ran all over the restaurant to find Freddy.
"Freddy!" Bonnie called when he spotted the bear. The two ran toward him.
"What's got you two so startled?" Freddy asked with a worried expression.
"We found something…" Roxy couldn't find the right word to describe what they saw.
"What did you find?" the bear asked.
"W-we saw this white thing inside the prize corner. It-it-it was tall and it had a black suit thing on and it had pitch black eyes! There were purple lines under it's eyes too!" Bonnie clarified.
"It was… beyond terrifying!" Roxy added. Freddy quickly ran to the prize corner to see exactly what the two were talking about.
"Was that it?" Freddy asked pointing to the figure.
"Y-yeah!" Bonnie and Roxy said hiding behind Freddy.
"O-o-only it was standing inside the box when we left!" Bonnie yelled in a terrified voice. Roxy stared at it wide eyed. The figure was standing in front of the present with it's hands beside it. It had a large open smile on it's face.
"What are you?" Freddy asked it, expecting an answer. However, there was no reply. The figure did not move an inch. It just stared back at them.
"I don't like it…" Roxy murmured, her ears flattening against her head.
"You two stay here." Freddy said as he started to take a couple steps toward the figure. Suddenly the smile on the figure's face turned into a frown. Freddy flinched and jumped back into his spot. The figure stepped back into it's present and closed the top above it. Roxy shivered but relaxed a bit.
"I will never go into that room again." Roxy stated.
"Well, whatever it was it's back inside that box. No one will go back in that room, understand? No one." Freddy commanded. Roxy nodded and ran off to tell those in the kitchen. Bonnie nodded and ran off to the dining room and party rooms. Freddy looked back at the present inside the prize corner and glared at it. The bear slowly walked into the room and few feet away from the present.
"I don't know who or what you are, but if you are not friendly there is no way I will let you harm my family." Freddy told the figure inside. "No matter what you are, you won't lay a hand on either of them while I'm here."
"I'm guessing that's a challenge." a deep dark voice replied. "I accept." Freddy's mouth dropped in fear.
"You… better not do anything you might regret." Freddy said.
"Trust me, I won't be the one who will be regretting things. Now get out." Freddy felt his fear building in his stomach. He almost couldn't move, but he slowly took steps backwards and walked out. Roxy burst into the kitchen, panting from the sprint. Bon Bon looked at the doors.
"Roxy? What are you doing here?" Bon Bon asked.
"Prize Corner… large present… strange figure… scary!" Roxy panted
"Slow down Roxy. Chica? Can you get Roxy something to drink?" Bon Bon asked.
"Okay." Chica said as Chira handed her a cup. Roxy took and drank it.
"Thank you Chica…"
"No problem." Chica replied.
"Now, what's the matter?" Bon Bon asked.
"Bonnie and I where looking around in the Prize Corner. Nothing odd except it was unusually dark. When Bonnie looked into the large present... he pulled it out but it was this… thing with a black suit, a white face purple lines under it's eyes and spots on it's cheeks. But that wasn't the worst. It had no eyes, just black, empty holes where eyes should have been, and a smiles that was horrifying…" Roxy explained, shivering. Bon Bon stared at Roxy in disbelief.
"Is this a prank you two are trying to pull?" the blue bunny asked.
"I swear this isn't a prank!" Roxy defended. "I saw it with my own eyes!" Bon Bon put her hands on her hips.
"You sure?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"More sure than anything else!" Roxy replied. "Freddy saw it too! He said that no one is aloud in the Prize Corner."
"Hmm, if Freddy saw it then it must be true. He doesn't prank people… or at least I've never seen him do it. Maybe he's developing it from the others."
"I am not!" Freddy said walking into the kitchen. "Roxy is not lying, I saw it myself…." Freddy dropped his head and clutched his chest. "It… talked to me…"
"Wh-what did it say…?" Roxy asked nervously. Freddy took his time and swallowed.
"I told it that if it wasn't friendly, I wasn't going to let it harm any of you…" Freddy paused, trying to regain his composure. He swallowed again. "Then… it said that what I said was a challenge… and he 'accepted' it…" Roxy's eyes went wide at that. Bon Bon didn't look convinced in the slightest. "After that, I told it that it better not do anything that it might regret, then it told me that the only ones who would be regretting things would be us… then it told me to get out in a deep demented voice…" Roxy shivered at the thought.
"I find it hard to believe all this." Bon Bon said.
"How so?" Freddy asked breathing calmly.
"This is sounding more like a made up story that I won't believe unless I see proof." Bon Bon explained.
"Unfortunately, I won't be showing the 'proof' that you want. I don't want anyone going to that Prize Corner." Freddy instructed.
"Why not brother?" Goldy asked walking into the kitchen.
"I'm not recounting that so I'll go…" Roxy muttered before leaving. Freddy called all of the other animatronics into the kitchen. When they all came in, he explained the entire situation a second time and restated his instructions.
"Thus, I want absolutely no one to go into the Prize Corner. Does everyone understand?" Freddy concluded. Caleb and Jacob nodded, holding each other's hands for comfort. The rest of the animatronics nodded as well. "Good, I'm going to ask Mr. Reynolds if we can close the place off later." Freddy said.
"Can't chance the kids getting hurt." Tora said.
"That's right." Teddy agreed. "We may not know how that entity behaves around the children however, we do not want to risk being thrown off the map again."
"Exactly. Better safe than sorry. That's going to be my motto…" Tora muttered. Freddy found it quite weird how Tora could make jokes even at such compromised times.
"And we haven't even solved what's going on with those people who attacked us at our house…" Wan mentioned.
"One problem after another… lovely!" Tora shouted sarcastically.
"We just can't get a break…" Toka added.
"Well, we might as well focus on getting work done." Bon Bon said, going back to her counter.
"I think that's all we can do." Goldy muttered. All of the animatronics walked back to their places of work. Freddy eyed the Prize Corner as he walked by it. Both Bonnie and Roxy kept a lot of space between themselves and the Prize Corner. Tora and Toka watched it likes a hawks, or tigers, in their cases.
As the day went on, the kids played with the animatronics. Freddy had asked Mr. Reynolds to seal off the Prize Corner after he told him what had happened. Freddy and the other animatronics all made certain that the kids went nowhere near the corridor of the Prize Corner. They all watched it intently as well. Occasionally, Freddy went inside the room to make sure everything was still the same. He never encountered the figure talking to him. Toward the end of the day, the animatronics took one final glance at the Prize Corner before walking out of the restaurant. Mike followed them home while Rick stayed at the pizzeria. Mike said he would come back to the pizzeria to help. When the animatronics arrived at their home, the walked in attempting to calm themselves of what happened in the morning. They all decided that tonight, they would not think about anything troubling, they would just have fun and relax and worry about everything else tomorrow. In the recreational room, video games were being played, books were being read, and challenges we being dared. This particular challenge was between Bonnie and Goldy.
"Okay, the challenge is who ever can drink these seven glasses of water the fastest and tap the table is the winner." Bonnie said putting the fourteen glasses of water on the table between him and Goldy. "Okay, here is the wager: the loser has to the most embarrassing thing they can think of." The golden bear smiled largely.
"I'm ready!" Goldy said.
"Okay, on your mark… get set… GO!" Bonnie shouted. With that, the purple bunny and gold bear rapidly grabbed glasses of water and gulped the liquid down as fast as they could. For the first three glasses they were completely tied. When they arrived at the fourth glass, Goldy slowed down tremendously. Bonnie only slowed down slightly. On the sixth glass they were both going the same speed. Bonnie placed the glass on the table and grabbed the seventh but he couldn't bring it to his mouth. Goldy picked up the seventh glass and put it to his mouth, Bonnie did the same. They brought their glasses to the table at the same time, but Bonnie tapped to table. Goldy forgot to do that.
"I win!" Bonnie shouted his arms shooting into the air.
"What!? Why!?" Goldy cried.
"Because you didn't tap the table! Try saying that three times fast. But anyway, I win!" Goldy frowned and folded his arms. "Now you have to do the most embarrassing thing you can think of~!" Bonnie said with a wicked smile. Bon Bon looked at the two before sighing and shaking her head. Goldy sat silently, his arms still folded.
"Take your time." Bonnie teased. "You have all night to think~!"
"Hmph!" Goldy muttered childishly.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta empty my tank if ya know what I mean." Bonnie said smiling.
"You boys are just… gross sometimes." Bon Bon said. Bonnie chuckled as he walked to his bathroom. Roxy sat down and Tora showed the white and pink fox how to play the game that was on.
"Can I play?" Toka asked.
"Sure! You don't mind, do you, Roxy?"
"Not at all." Roxy answered with a smile. Toka sat down between Tora and Roxy and grabbed a controller.
"Alright! Multiplayer on Halo 3! Headsets ready?" Tora asked.
"HAI!" (YES!) Toka replied putting on a headset.
"Ready…" Roxy said nervously.
"Don't worry. Your team's got your back, Roxy!" Tora informed.
"So desu! (That's right!) You ain't got nuttin to worry about!" Toka said laughing.
"Alright! Game in three… two… ONE!" Tora called just as the game started. The three kept their characters close, defending Roxy's.
"Toka! On your left flank!" Tora warned.
"I got ya!" Toka replied shooting the enemy on his left side. "Tora! Get the one behind Roxy!" Tora immediately used her energy sword. Roxy shoots one coming in from the front.
"Nice aim, Roxy!" Tora praised.
"We are so BOSS!" Toka exclaimed.
"Thank you both." Roxy said.
"Best team in gaming history!" Tora cheered.
"Can you guys keep it down?" Freddy asked. "There are some people who are trying to read."
"Oh, we are sorry professor Freddy." Toka said laughing.
"Nice~!" Tora held out a fist and Toka bumped it. Roxy smiled at the two. Bonnie walked back into the room and plopped down next the Goldy.
"Hey buddy, you're not still salty about the game are you?" the purple bunny asked. Goldy shook his head.
"No, I'm not salty. I just wanted to win. I had the perfect wager for you…" Goldy answered.
"Really? What was it?" Bonnie asked curiously. Goldy shook his head quickly.
"I'm not going to tell you, you won't like it."
"So? If that's true, then I wasn't going to like it if I lost." Bonnie said. "Tell me."
"Nope, not going to do it. And don't ask again." Goldy replied. Bonnie dropped his head.
"Okay, that's fine." the purple bunny said getting up. "You still have to complete the wager." Goldy frowned and nodded.
"Alright everyone, who's ready to go to bed?" Freddy asked.
"NO!" everyone said in unison. Freddy's face tightened from the single shout.
"Okay then… never mind." the bear said going back to his book. The animatronics spent the majority of the night enjoying themselves and each other.