Freddy looks over to Monty, then you and Sun laying on the ground. He rushes over.
"..Oh.. Superstar.. are- oh my gosh, are you okay!?" He reaches for you intending to help you up, but stops as a hand wraps around his arm.
Static forms like clouds and Sun rises, slamming his free hand into the ground to push himself upwards, before meeting Freddy's eyes. A chilling smile wraps his face. All you could do was observe nervously, attempting to prop yourself upwards with your forearm as leverage. You wanted to say something, but your voice wouldn't leave your throat.
"..Han̴̻̗͓̄̚͠͠ds.. to.. yo̷̫̙͑̍̔ų̴͙̰̍̃rself.." Sun's voice box crackles, his rays are spinning spastically and rapidly extending before retracting slightly in a display of unbridled chaos. As his head tilts from side to side, rising higher and higher before towering over Freddy, his grip tightens.
Freddy's ears drop, and he looks up at the bot in shock.
"S-Sundrop, what are you doing? P-please, we can.. talk this out." His soothing tone breaks as he tries to deescalate the situation, but Sun only raises his other arm, claws extending slowly. His grin widens sadistically, before winding his arm back further.
Your voice returns after a choke of air, realizing what the actual fuck is happening.
"S-Sun!" You yell. You scream. "-Sunny, STOP, p-please! J-just wait!"
His arm freezes, and all the motion he was exhibiting in turbulent anarchy stills. His rays slow, returning to their original position. His grin drops. He blinks, and looks down at the hand wrapping around Freddy's forearm.
He jolts backwards, releasing his grip and falling to the ground.
"..N-no.. nonono.. p-please. Oh- oh.. I'm. I- I'm so.. so.. sorry."
His voice is back to normal, dissolving into a panicked whine as he grips his rays and faceplate, shaking violently.
You and Freddy are in shock. You feel weak. It's like every ounce of your body is weighed down by an anchor, keeping up with your breathing is exhausting.
Your legs are so heavy. You make your way up slowly as Freddy is still on edge, standing in a defensive position observing the other animatronic in front of him breaking down.
You look down at your right wrist. You wince recalling what happened after the pain suddenly returns. You look up, and towards Sun. He's a couple feet in front of you and Freddy. on the ground, gripping his faceplate and rays as he stutters out apologies.
As you're stepping forward, Freddy raises his arm to stop you. You duck under it despite his protests to stay back.
You crouch down in front of Sun, still catching your breath.
Reaching for his knee, he flinches but snaps out of his panicked state.
He looks up to you for once. A remorseful frown and anguished eyes meeting your own.
".. I.. I don't know what.. what happened- oh- I'm sososo sorry, did.. did I do all this? Oh god, Sunflower- your wrist.. no.. nonono I- I.. how.. I hurt you? I- I don't remember.. I don't- I really really don't!"
He returns his tight grip on his faceplate and rays. Eyes only descending further into grief as they dart. Your throat swells and tears begin to build at the corner of your eyes. You reach for his hands slow and gently, catching a wince before it escapes your mouth in response to the throbbing ache of your wrist and knuckles.
You pry your fingers under his before pulling them towards you to embrace them fully. He looks back up to you again, so horrified and confused at the scenario he had suddenly snapped back into.
You breathe. "Sunshine, you.. you didn't do this. You didn't hurt me at all. It wasn't you."
As Sun gathers himself, he observes his surroundings. Freddy staring at both of you a couple feet behind you. A lone scaly green arm with a spiky bracelet right next to where you were laid on the ground. Finally he looks to the left. Over at the other admission booth, in a tangle of dividers and beams, is Monty. Unmoving.
Sun returns his gaze to meet yours, a tear breaking away from the corner of your eye and descending it's way down your face, disappearing under your jawline.
"..I- I don't.. remember, I.. really really don't! W-what happened? I.." You cut him off.
"Hey, slow down, it's.. it's okay. I'll tell you everything."
Freddy slowly approaches you as you explain Monty cornering you, not allowing you to leave, then threatening both you and Sun. Every little detail, from him mentioning Bonnie 'not being an issue', to implying he'd 'take care' of Sun, and that you'd get to work with the main cast instead. As you explained the details of how Monty threatened you both, Freddy and Sun can only listen in shock. Your story should hold up reviewing the security camera footage, not to mention your fucked up wrist and fist. You.. really hope you punching him wasn't gonna get you in trouble. He cornered you, and wouldn't let you leave.
Mentioning that last part and expressing your worries, Freddy finally speaks up.
"I.. I don't think you'll get in trouble, Superstar. Monty.. he has a history of.. violence. And him getting physical with a worker.. threatening you. The most you should be concerned about right now is getting that hand fixed, please. Let us make our way to the infirmary, I'll.. get Monty cleaned up and down to Parts and Service." He faces away from you and looks off into empty space, a couple seconds later, four or five STAFF bots appear from the maintenance door on the left wall - you facing towards the exit.
Your focus switches back to Sun as the bots get to work untangling Monty and dragging him along with a bot carrying the disembodied arm back into the same door they exited from less than a minute ago.
You had a ton of questions, but as you make your way up from the ground in front of Sunny, Freddy ushers you to follow with him as he collects your bag and the contents that spilled out of it from earlier.
Sun rises to his full height before nervously grabbing your attention.
"..Sunflower.. Do.. do you promise I didn't hurt you. I.. I-"
"Sunny, you didn't hurt me. If anything you saved my ass. I.. I don't know what would've happened if you didn't come along.. Just, don't worry about it right now. It's okay. C'mon."
You reach for his hand with your undamaged left one before only making it halfway turned around to follow Freddy. With a swift scoop, he picks you up, making sure your hurt wrist is on the outside of how he has you position. Fucking bridal style. You recover from the quick movement, and look up to him obviously embarrassed and beginning to blush, diverting your face away quickly.
"I.. could've walked."
"..Do you want to walk..? He looks down at you, and feeling his eyes pierce your face doesn't help the redness fade from your cheeks.
The warmth of his chest and arms while he cradled you is making it near impossible to even think about saying yes. You mutter out hesitantly, "..N-no.. this is okay." as you focus your attention to your hurt wrist, resting it over your stomach.
Freddy looks back to see what's taking you both so long before letting out a low and short chuckle. Sun looks up towards him just as he turns back around, catching only a glimpse of his grin. With you in his arms, he follows.
Once you're all in the elevator and presumably headed to wherever the infirmary is located, Sun ducks down to fit through the doors, and Freddy begins to explain the situation.
"..Okay Superstar, with situations like this, you're going to need to fill out some forms likely sent to you via email. I've already messaged Wendy and other management personnel detailing the incident. I am certain you will not be in any trouble whatsoever, but they will need to confirm you are not going to attempt to break your contract, while collecting a written report on the incident.. I'm.. really sorry this happened. Usually Monty isn't this.. aggressive." He looks over to you in Sun's arms, giving you a warm, caring smile.
You look up towards Sun, before refocusing on Freddy. "..What about Sun? Is he gonna to be okay too?"
Freddy blinks before processing. ".. I believe so. He was only acting accordingly; protecting a worker.. and.. even if his behavior then was a bit.. irregular.." He pauses to recall the moment."..You two should be just fine."
You let out a sigh as your body aches. Your ribs sting, your hand is throbbing, and along with the various other injuries you've sustained in just almost three days of being here, you're tired to say the least.
Sun worries the entire time while going over the incident in his head with Moon.
Moon doesn't recall any of it either. It was like when Sun would block him out, or vice versa. Neither of them had any recollection of it, but for now they're just glad you're okay.
The elevator dings and Freddy leads the way. The area you entered was huge - at least three stories and much larger than the entrance area. Bright. Devoid of anyone besides you three and the occasional STAFF bots littered around the place. As Sun continued to the right of the elevators you just exited, more captivating scenery comes into view.
Bright neon lights fill the ceiling and walls, posters lining it depicting the main cast along with Bonnie and the occasional advertisements, notably one for the Daycare. Neon lights in the shape of the main cast's face are next to each corresponding attraction. Giant TV screens. Artificial palm trees lining the walls. Tables and star themed chairs in the main area with balloons and party decorations on top of each one. You take as much in as you can. Bonnie Bowling, MAZErcise, El Chips, Kid's Cove, Fazer-blast, Roxy's Raceway..
The stage catches your eye immediately following the advertisements and decorations. All of the main cast were spectacularly animated with gigantic holograms performing in a loop on the stage. It's absolutely breathtaking.
You had only been to the Daycare and Parts and Service so far, as well as getting some food from a food court in the main entrance area of the building. You wondered what else there was to explore. How big really was this place?
You're snapped out of the spectacle as Sun enters through a door Freddy had unlocked with a swipe of his paw. You're guessing this is the infirmary given the hospital beds and similarities to the room you were in just the day before - only somewhat larger. Made sense this was here, you're sure this.. atrium was the main area. Probably the busiest too, so having the infirmary here was smart.
Sun gently uncurls you from his hold - the warmth of his embrace fading as he places you at the edge of one of the beds.
Freddy turns to walk over to Sun after retrieving an ice pack from a small cooler and handing it to him. "Okay, I'm sure you'll be able to handle it from here, Sundrop, and as long as it's okay with you two, I will be going to check in on Monty. Your bag is on the desk over here if you need it, please take care! I'll talk to you again soon Superstar, you as well Sundrop." And he makes his way out the door.
There's some silence for a while after he leaves, Sun lifting your right hand carefully, applying the ice pack to your knuckles, then alternating to your wrist after a few minutes.
"..This.. is pretty reminiscent hm Sunflower?" He's crouched down in front of you, resting your palm in his while coordinating the ice pack with the other hand.
You breathe out your nose suddenly and smile. "Yeah. Oh.. by the way, doesn't your hand warm up the ice pack faster..?"
He tilts his head. "Ah, oh nonono I can usually cool myself down enough, yes, don't you worry one little bit Starbite, I'll take great care of you."
You hum, safe and content. "I feel better already."
There's silence for some time longer until Sun maneuvers your hand onto your knee gently, placing the ice pack to wrest on top of your wrist before standing up and making his way to your bag, pulling out the painkillers and almost empty water bottle. You take one after he hands the items to you, and wash it down with the bottle he gave you, him returning the pills to your bag and the now empty bottle to the trash can.
He crouches again in front of you before tending to your hand again. "Hey, Sunny?"
He looks up into your eyes with his shimmering blue ones.
"Has anyone told you how sweet you are? Cause you're really sweet." A smile creeps across your face, and he stiffens.
His mouth parts, and his rays retract and spin the smallest amount before extending once more. "O-oh, n-no! No one.. has ever told me that, y-you're the first. And, you mean.. it? Nonono I'm just.. doing what is right is all, that's it! Y-you-"
His eyes stop their darting and words cease to pour out of him when you reach for the side of his face, rubbing at a sunray with your left hand. You gently move your thumb back and forth, caressing it gently. You'd use your other hand too but he's still holding an ice pack to it.
He leans into your touch, eyes closed after the initial shock. As you softly rub the sides up and then down, ever so lightly, a whine quietly forms at the bottom of his throat.
"..S-S-Starlighhtttt- I.. I'm the one that should.. be taking care of you.." His protest doesn't line up with how he's still leaning into and emitting warmth around you. You're not too sure the ice pack is gonna last if this keeps up.
Your eyes relax in conjunction with the tiniest grin to form a smug expression he luckily can't read with his eyes closed. "Hm.. don't worry Sunshine, you are."
Your heart starts to beat a little faster, and the burning up your neck, creeping onto your cheeks is becoming all too familiar as of recently.
You're silent for a little, just watching him. He really was sweet. So so sweet. Sweet..
"..So.."
"..Sunny, just purely out of curiosity.. does.. your mouth.. work.." Your chest and tummy are doing funny things, for example - your heart jumping when he opens his eyes and looks at you, observing the pink and red palette coloring you face, your eyes suddenly darting away from his gaze.
You stammer over your words, lowering your head and jolting your eyes down to his hand still gently covering your own with the ice pack. "Ah- uh, j-just.. engineering.. curiosity.." and your heart swells, your chest burns. You're holding your breath and you don't even notice until exhaling sharply in hopes to relieve the warmth overtaking your body. Your hand that was just a few seconds ago raised up soothing his rays, is now at your collarbone, reserved nervously.
You see his head tilt slightly in your peripheral vision.
"..Do you want to find out, Starlight?"