"I told you before, I'm not going back there"
'Its not that place, I found a different one'
"A different one?"
'Yeah! It was owned by the same company, but the theme was completely different'
Felix wanted to say no, to never go near another place like that.
But…
There could be another robot like Mary there.
Trapped…
There was no guarantee, there could be nothing in there.
But what if there is?
'From what I heard it was some kind of horror attraction, featuring all kinds of shit from other restaurants the company owned'
….
There's a high chance some of the things there could be other living robots…
If he denied, Arron would go in alone.
He might find one and sell it off to some random pawn shop…
'Damn it!…I'm too soft…'
"Fine, fine…I'll meet you there"
'Yes! See ya'
*click*
Felix sighed and put his head in his hands.
"Are you ok, darling?"
"Not really…"
Ever since that day he brought her home, she's been calling him 'darling'
It made him feel strange.
"What's wrong?"
"My crazy brother found another place owned by the company that owned the building you were in, he wants me to help him 'salvage' things from it"
"…are you going?"
"This place has lots of stuff gathered from other restaurants, one of the things could be another robot like you" Felix stood up and grabbed his coat. "I can't sit around knowing that someone alive, robot or not, is suffering when I can do something about it"
Felix froze when Mary hugged him suddenly.
"Darling…"
"I know, but if I don't go, and there is someone like you there, my brother will find them and sell them away"
She slowly let go of him.
"I'll be waiting for you, darling"
"I won't be gone for too long" Felix spoke as he began to walk to the door.
"Ahem"
He stopped, turning to see Mary standing with her hands on her hips.
"You're forgetting something"
"Wh-oh…"
He walked back over to her, being pulled into a kiss when he got close enough.
Every time he leaves to go anywhere, she does this.
"I love you~"
"I love you too"
Felix got outside and to his truck.
It's been two weeks since he found her.
In those two weeks, he grew more comfortable around her.
Comfortable enough to love her.
Felix blinked away his thoughts and started the engine of his truck.
XXXXXX
" zbe r Fr ght"
Is what the decrepit sign on the outside of the building read.
The real name was Fazbear Fright.
A few of the big letters had fallen off, lying broken on the ground.
"Alright! Just like last time, you go in through the front"
Felix sighed and took the crowbar and flashlight, watching his brother walk out of view.
Felix is here for one reason, and one reason only.
He hoped to not find anything, he can't keep sneaking things past his brother.
Felix pried the door open, stepping in and looking around.
Just one hallway with a few old objects here and there.
This building seemed to be in worse condition than the other despite not being as old.
That might be part of the design, this was a horror attraction, after all.
Felix began to slowly walk the halls, finding nothing but rotting drawings, broken tvs, and mascot heads.
It was definitely frightening, he imagined it would be even more so if it was open and running.
He stepped over moldy tiles, around fallen decorations.
Nothing yet.
He entered a room full of arcade game machines, they were all damaged.
Broken screens, cracked casings, missing buttons…
Felix froze when he heard a sound up ahead, a sound he didn't like.
It sounded like a rusty hinge moving, followed by the sound of metal hitting the ground.
Not hard, but still loud.
"…Arron?"
He wouldn't put it past his brother to try and scare him, it's happened plenty of times.
Silence…
"Arron it's not funny anymore, I'm not coming over there"
Silence…
A thought came to him.
It might have been a robot, a damaged one.
That thought alone caused him to move toward it.
Felix turned a corner and came face to face with…something.
Felix blinked twice, his brain taking a moment to actually register what he was looking at.
His eyes were locked onto its own dull green ones, it was hard to tell that they were green unless you were as close as Felix was right now.
The eyes were staring right back into his own.
This was a robot, and it was alive.
"Listen, before you do anything, I know you're alive. I've met another living robot" he began, then looked around. "There's another human in here looking for something valuable to sell, in this case that would be you"
It's expression turned into a scowl with what little moving features it had left.
"I know, you're not just an object. But if I can convince him that you're not worth selling, I can get him to leave and get you out of here"
It's expression changed to confusion.
"I'll explain more later, just please, Do. Not. Move, ok?"
It nodded.
"Good, I'll be back"
Felix went in search of his brother, finding him in what looked like some sort of office with a large window.
"Hey"
"Oh, hey! Did ya find anything?"
"Yeah, but it's probably not worth anything"
"I'll be the judge of that"
Felix led his brother to the room the robot was in, becoming confused when it wasn't where he left it.
"Uh-"
"Yo, this it?"
Arron walked over to the robot who was now sitting slumped against the wall.
That was better than finding it standing up…
"Y-Yeah! That's it"
"It is really rotten and broken…I doubt it could even stand up if it still worked" Arron spoke quietly as he appraised the robot. "It's in much worse condition than the others we found, you might be right"
Felix sighed quietly.
"It might still be worth a small bit for its parts if there are any that aren't rusted"
"We should just leave it here, like the others we found"
"The others? No I sold those off" Arron spoke as he stood up.
"What?"
"Yeah, I went back after you said you didn't want to go back, I took the four in that back room and sold em, got quite a bit for them" he turned back and looked at the one on the floor. "This one definitely won't be worth as much"
Felix wanted to hit him with his crowbar.
"Anyway, do you want to put this in your truck, or should I take it?" He asked while still looking at the robot. "It's rusty though, we might need glo-*WHACK*
Arron fell to the floor, only unconscious.
The robot shifted its head, looking at Arron, then at Felix.
"I've been wanting to do that for a long time…"
Felix dropped the crowbar and stepped over to the robot.
Now that he wasn't really close, he could see that it looked like a bunny.
"So, I'll take care of him, then I'll come back to get you out of here"
The bunny began to move, the sound of clicking and rusted joints moving made Felix cringe a bit.
Something came to him.
"You…can't speak, can you?"
The robot shook its head sadly.
"Oh…Uh…well that doesn't matter at the moment, I'm still willing to get you out of here, take you to a place much better than this"
He saw the bunny's expression change to one he read as 'why?'
"Because I'd hate to be stuck here…alone"
Felix picked his brother up. "I'll be back soon"
Felix took his brother to his car and woke him up.
"Ugh…what happened?"
"Part of the ceiling caved in and hit you"
"Really?"
"Yeah, I told you it would happen"
"Heh…I guess you're right"
"Go head home"
"Yeah…"
Felix watched his brother drive away, then began to think about how he was going to transport the robot to his home without it being seen…
Maybe there was something inside that could help, maybe another box?
He entered the building and walked slowly, stopping when he came to a head mounted on the wall.
He would have thought it to be morbid if it wasn't an empty head.
He looked around, seeing a few other heads.
Felix made his way to the office, just to see if there was anything there.
There was a small filing cabinet, dented and rusty.
He managed to pry it open with the crowbar, becoming confused when there were actually some papers inside.
Even more confused when the papers were perfectly fine.
He picked them up.
A few posters and drawings, and one seemed to be a business card.
It was advertising a robotic repair place, only run by one person.
There was a phone number on it.
'That's…too convenient…'
Felix took out his phone and dialed.
…
…
…
'Hi-hello! Thank you for calling Rilies Robot Repair, sorry I took so long, I'm running solo here'
Felix was briefly surprised by the voice.
"It's ok"
'How can I help you?'
"Well, I've got a robot that needs repairing"
'Well alright then, come on down and I'll fix it up just like new!'
"I'll be on my way then"
Felix hung up the phone
He walked back to where the bunny was waiting.
"Hey, I've got some good news, I'm going to get you fixed up"
His eyes opened wide, then became narrow.
"No, I'm not joking, I'm serious"
Felix brought him to his truck, it took a minute or two because the bunny could barely walk.
He was also afraid, it seemed, to even step outside the building.
Felix got the bunny in his truck, deciding to just let him ride in a seat.
It felt cruel to make him lay in the truck bed.
XXXXX
'This is the place…'
The building was small, standing alone amongst the few other buildings.
Felix parked his truck, then saw a young woman in a mechanic uniform exit the shop.
She walked over to his truck with a smile on her face.
She had blond hair in a ponytail and green eyes.
Her uniform was nothing special, something you would see any mechanic wear. There was a patch with 'RRR' in red letters on it.
She approached the driver side and waited for him to roll the window down.
"Hey! I'm Rilie, you're the one that called, right?"
"Yeah, my name is Felix"
"It's nice to meet you"
"You too"
"So, you've got a robot in need of repair?"
"Yeah, right here in the seat next to me" Felix stepped out of his truck, stepping around it with her.
He opened the door and gestured to it.
"Sweet Lord…what happened to it?"
"I-uh…just got it today from a-a pawn shop, I don't know what happened"
"I've never seen something in such disrepair…"
"Can you fix it?"
"Oh I can fix it, I've just never seen something this bad"
"I guess that means it'll be pretty expensive…"
"I'll need to fully inspect it to give you a price, but from what I can see right now…" she paused for a second, looking. "Definitely in the triple digits"
That wasn't so bad…
"Anyway, I'll need some help bringing it in"
"Oh course"
Felix helped her carry the bunny into her shop, then back to her workshop, laying him on a table.
"Ok, I can repair the robot, but the suit is another thing"
"I guess I'll have to find a tailor or something"
"You might as well do that now, this will take a few hours"
"Right…"
Once Rilie got the suit off in multiple pieces, Felix took them and went back to his truck.
He picked up his phone and dialed a number.
XXMaryXX
Alone again…
At least she wasn't stuck in a box, and she won't be alone forever.
It's been at least three hours since he left.
Mary had been wandering around, not knowing what to do.
A thought had come to her, maybe she could learn how to make food.
Then she could be useful.
A sound suddenly came from outside, it sounded like the noise made by the vehicle he drives when the door is closed.
He's back!
Mary went to the window and peeked out, then froze when the vehicle outside wasn't the same as the one Felix drives.
The person walking up to the front door wasn't Felix…
!
She needs to hide.
But where?
Felix's room, that seemed like the best place.
She quickly made it to his room and closed the door when she stepped in, hearing the front door open just as she closed it.
There was a smaller room inside this one that Felix puts his coats in, she could hide there.
Felix had called it a closet.
She went over to it and opened the door, there was just enough room for her to step inside.
So she stepped in and closed the door, holding as still as possible.
She could hear the person walking around, and he was getting closer.
She heard the door open.
"Ok, I know you're hiding something from me, Felix…" he spoke.
Oh no…
This must be his brother…
This is bad…
Very bad…
She heard him begin to open things, searching…
Suddenly, a phone began to ring.
"Hello?"
…
"A tailor? Yeah, why?"
…
"There should be one on the east side of town, in the complex with that place that has really good Chinese food"
…
"I know, think you could get some before you leave?"
…
"I guess that means you won't be home for a while, huh?"
…
"No reason"
…
"Alright, see ya later"
Extremely bad…
"Now then, where would you hide something?" He spoke, now to himself.
"The closet? Nah, too obvious"
Mary began to calm down as she heard him walk away.
XXXFelixXXX
"Welcome, how can I help you?"
"Hello, I was wondering…do you fix mascot costumes?"
"Of course"
"That's good, I've got one that…is very damaged"
"Did it get torn by children?" The man behind the counter asked with an amused expression.
"Uh…no" Felix placed the suit pieces on the counter.
"Oh…oh my…"
"Yeah…"
"This looks like mold damage…where did you get this?"
"It was worn by a robot, gotten from a pawn shop. I'm not sure what happened to it"
"This would need to be very deeply cleaned in order for us to attempt to patch it up"
"I suppose it's going to take a long time"
"It should be fully restored in a few hours, if there is anything else you need to do, you should do it now"
"I do have a few things
"I'll just need your phone number and name to contact you when it is done"
"Right"
Felix gave the man what he needed and began to leave.
"Wait a second…"
Felix froze for a moment, hearing the man mumble after getting close to the door.
"Excuse me, mr Arlon"
Felix turned around.
"Yes?"
"Do you know anything about this costume? Anything at all?"
"Uh…I think it's supposed to be a bunny…or something"
The man looked at the pieces of the costume, then back at him.
"You got this…from a pawn shop?"
"Yeah…is there something wrong with it?"
"I was just curious if you were aware of who this character is supposed to be"
"Oh, no…I've never seen a character like that"
"Ah, ok…that was all"
Felix didn't like the way the man was speaking, or the questions.
He had some research to do.
XXXXX
Fazbear Fright
There was almost no information on it at all from online sources, it wasn't open long enough.
That means that if he wants answers, he'll have to go back there and search.
Or, he could wait until the bunny is able to speak again and ask him.
He didn't want to wait that long though.
Felix decided to just go back to Rilie's, he'd have to wait.
XXXX
"Ah, welcome back"
"Yeah, I'm having the suit fixed up"
"That's good, your friend here has quite a lot of damage, it look likes advanced rusting on most of its structure, severed wires, and a lot of strange mechanisms I've never seen" she read from a clipboard hanging beside her on a wall. "Where'd you find this thing again?"
Felix sighed.
"I got-no…salvaged it from a place that got shut down a long time ago"
"That explains the rust…"
"I know absolutely nothing about what it is or who it is"
"To me, it looks like…uh…what's his face…Bonnie! Bonnie, from Freddy Fazbear's pizza place. But it's a bit different"
"I uh…found your business card in the place I found him"
"Business card? I didn't make any business cards…"
Felix pulled the card from his pocket.
"That's me…but I don't remember having those made…"
"Anyway, how long will this take?"
"Uh, well, do you want it fully functional or just restored?"
"Fully functional"
"In that case….three or four hours"
"Ok, I guess I'll just wait"