Chapter 3

Foxy's eyes lit up as he looked around the Parts & Service, all the other Animatronics were still offline, and he saw that the clock read 12:01 AM. Seeing as how his friends were offline, he figured he'd take the time to do some solo exploration of the Pizzeria. He stood up silently and walked towards the door, stepping over Freddy's deactivated body, and creaked open the door.

"This is certainly a bigger place than our pizzeria" Foxy thought to himself as he walked through the main hall, looking to his right, he saw a long hall with various small rooms in them, he also saw desk at the far end of the hall, though he couldn't make out who or what was sitting there. He shrugged and moved on, unaware that he was being watched.

Toy Bonnie was sitting in the swivel chair in the office, snoozing when he was awoken by a sudden clang.

"AH! WHAT!? WHO-" He managed to calm down when he saw that no one was there, and wiped his forehead in relief.

"Toy Bonnie, you must be hearing thing ag-" Toy Bonnie stopped mid sentence when he checked the camera feed, and saw a Crimson red Fox walking down the hall.

"What?" He was confused, but fully understood the situation when he checked the Parts & Service room, and saw the other older models, he then swapped back to see that the Fox was walking towards the dining room.

"He's gonna attack my friends, I have to warn them!" Toy Bonnie grabbed his walkie-talkie and contacted Toy Freddy.

"Freddy! Your gonna have company!" He announced as Toy Freddy picked up his Walkie-Talkie.

"Understood, Mangle, distract the intruder or lead him away from us" He instructed Mangle as she nodded and dashed towards one of the vents in the dining room, and crawled in.

"I wonder who it could be, I really hope it's not my counterpart" Mangle wasn't willing to harm him, especially since he had done nothing to her. "Plus, he's kinda cute" at that thought, Mangle hit her forehead, telling herself to get a grip, and she continued crawling.

Foxy was walking down the hall when he heard thumping coming from within the walls, someone was in the vents, this drew his attention away from the main dining room, and he decided to follow the source of the noise. Turning towards the hall that led to the security office, but he turned left into one of the party rooms, and what he saw surprised him.

Mangle continued to crawl through the vent shaft, she was starting to get a little uncomfortable with the constant enclosed space, eventually she made her way towards an opening in one of the party rooms.

"Finally" She sighed in relief as he crawled out, but it wasn't long after that she heard footsteps, metal footsteps. Mangle grew confused, none of her friends had metal coverings, only their outer plastic shells were there, this led her to the conclusion that it was the intruder. As she looked at the entrance, she saw her counterpart was entering the room, causing her to grow fearful, she backed up against the wall, awaiting some sort of hostility, but instead she was taken by surprise.

"Why're ya shaking, lass?"

Foxy attempted to wrap his head around the situation, standing in front of him was a small White and Pink Fox, shaking out of fear.

"Why're ya shaking, lass?" He asked as the Fox looked in surprise.

"I'm sorry?" She turned to face him, he noticed that she had a hook hand like his own, and an artificial plastic tail.

"I'm not gonna hurt ya, lass, my name be Foxy, who are you?" He asked, trying his best to not make any sudden movements so he didn't startle the other Fox.

"I, um...my name's Mangle...I'm your replacement" Mangle said worriedly as Foxy smirked.

"Ya don't have to scared, just because ya replaced me is no reason to think I'd hurt a pretty lass like you" He replied with a chuckle as he realized her misplaced fear.

"oh, well you see...I didn't think you'd take too kindly to being replaced, and by a girl no less..." She trailed off as Foxy walked up to her, her head was just under his own, being at the height of his own Endoskeleton neck.

"Well, I think ye be a fine choice to succeed me, although I'm curious as to why ya don't sound like a pirate" Foxy stated as Mangle blushed at his comment.

"Well, I'd think that the engineers just didn't give me the right voice box, I guess, but, I don't think it would suit me..." Mangle on the inside was thrilled at the prospect of talking to her counterpart, especially because he wasn't being hostile in the slightest.

"Well, ye got a hook, so that counts for someting, I suppose, and a tail, I think that just makes ya all the more pretty" Foxy commented as Mangle yet again blushed as her ears folded downwards.

"Stop! Your making me blush!" Mangle replied indignantly as Foxy chuckled again.

"I only speak 'te truth, but you are certainly an interesting character, tell me, why did ya think I was gonna be mad that you replaced me?" Foxy asked as she merely kicked her foot on the ground, avoiding his question.

"Um Foxy...I know we just met but..." She trailed off, her ears were still folded downwards, she was forming an awkward smile.

"Aye lass, what is is?" Foxy himself asked her as she looked into his eyes, blushing madly. Despite his need for an answer, Mangle continued to remain silent, twiddling with her hook.

"Lass, please, I want to know what ya have ta say" Foxy said to her as she suddenly grabbed his hook hand and pulled him closer.

"Woah! Lass, what're you doing?" He was surprised by this action as they stared into each others eyes.

"I've just noticed, we have the same eye color..." Mangle had suddenly become very calm as she started leaning towards his snout.

"Mangle, I-" Foxy was cut off as he was knocked over the head and fell to the ground unconscious, Mangle was in shock, and looked up to see Toy Freddy holding a pipe. "Good job, Mangle, you managed to distract him long enough for us to get the drop on him" He said to her as she faked being proud of herself.

"Yeah, he never saw it coming..." She trailed off, but was unable to hide her disappointment at the end, however, Toy Freddy and Bonnie (who was also there) didn't notice, but Toy Chica did take notice, and started to suspect that Mangle had ulterior feelings about the situation.

"Looks like one of those older models, I knew they'd send some sort of scout, good job Toy Bonnie" Toy Freddy congratulated his efforts as he grabbed Foxy's leg and dragged him out of the room, leaving Mangle by herself as she showed visible guilt.

"When he wakes up, he'll never trust me again..." She sighed as she followed them outside. As they entered the dining room, they slid his body across the floor.

"What do we do with him?" Toy Chica asked as Mangle entered.

"We send him as a warning to those Older Models to not take our place on the stage..." Toy Freddy said coldly as he tossed his pipe to Toy Bonnie, and on his signal, they started beating Foxy, damaging his body, ripping off his costume torso, leaving his endoskeleton exposed for further damage, Toy Chica ripped out his left ear and tossed it away, while Toy Bonnie dropped his pipe and yanked off pieces of his costume arms. Upon seeing this, Mangle angrily rushed in and stopped her friends.

"ENOUGH!" She screamed as they all backed away, startled.

"What did he do to us? can't you just tie him up or something at least?" Mangle asked as the other Toys were confused.

"Well...we could do that..." Toy Bonnie suggested as Toy Freddy sighed. "Fine, but you have to watch him, Mangle..." he told her as her mood seemed to lighten.

"Of course..." she responded as they dragged Foxy's body into Kid's Cove, and laid him against the far wall, tying his arms and legs, and Mangle sat next to him as she was left alone with his unconscious form.

"I'm sorry..." She whispered as Foxy simply laid there, no response. Eventually Mangle herself grew tired and she laid her head on his shoulder as they both went into stationary mode, or in other words...they were sleeping. Mangle managed to sleep easy, as she knew that tomorrow was a Sunday, and the restaurant would be closed for the day.

Aight, Imma end it there since this chapter is long enough as it is, anyways, what do ya thinks gonna happen when the other Withereds wake up? Probably a friendly conversation with the Toys...ha! no, anyways, peace out!