A Long Overdue Fix
By
End Of Grace
A/N: Wow, you guys really don't like this do you? Thanks for all that reviewed and favorited/followed, but what I don't get is why you're all asking where Mike is? He was right there in chapter one! Oh Well. Look, Mike is in this and he is still the main character, but I felt he just needed a little time out of the spotlight is all. Just PLEASE stick with me for the next two chapters or so. I won't let you down, I promise. Again the lovely DrLevoda has beta read for me, (Hallo! I'm the one in black!) and if you still need some good FNAF fanfiction, please go over to her page and read and review her works. (Or not, some of them aren't that good, or incomplete, I'm a tad lazy. -Dr Levoda) Enjoy the chapter!
A/N 2: I'm sorry! I think I've corrected the spacing issue! I've reposted this three times and had the same issue again and again. Should be fixed now.
Chapter 2: The Cove of Sadness
Adam looked down at the slightly large cupcake, his jaw hung like a swing ball, as he openly gaped at her... It. She stared back at him, her bright blue optics looking at him in a puzzled fashion, the light on the flame going on and off.
"Um… Are you ok?" She asked, blinking at him, "Have you had enough sleep? Or have you just finished your first night?"
"You know about the pizzeria?" Adam asked as he sat up straight and held the cupcake up to his face.
"Of course!" said the cupcake proudly, "I'm a second generation animatronic, and my creator thought it best to give me as much history about the pizzeria as possible, so you don't get your facts mixed up with media fiction."
Media fiction? Does she mean rumours or badly covered stories? Wait a sec, she said she was a second generation too, which means she was built by the security guard.
"Cherry, you were built by the same security guard that built Shadow and… Err, Sooty, right?"
"Yes! Our Creator is wonderful and nice, you'll like him, he said you're doing a robotics degree in the same college he took his engineering." said Cheery sounding awful smug and proud.
Adam tried to process the information but the lack of sleep was making it hard.
"Ok... Cherry... look, I've got to sleep... I need at least four hours before getting up for college…"
"Okey Dokey!" said Cherry happily, "Alarm all set for four hours time. You may sleep away."
"Thanks…" Adam muttered as his head hit the pillow and very quickly fell asleep.
A few hours later, Adam was running out of the door, having shoved Cherry into his backpack, he quickly ran to get the bus. He had to go to the main office and fill in a load of forms. Cherry sat on the side and often helped him by pointing little things out or things he missed. She was handy through his lectures too, sure he was getting some odd looks, but it didn't bother him. When college finally finished he got the bus to the outer part of the city. Cherry peeked out from the zip in his bag and frowned slightly as she bounced to get Adam's attention.
"What is it Cherry?" Adam asked as he opened his bag to look at the cupcake.
"Adam, this bus is the 571, which isn't going back to the apartments…"
"That's right, we're going to Pirate's Cove…"
"But according to my data you're not meant to be here until Midnight tonight."
"Yeah, but I don't know the layout of the store, or of the animatronics either, so I thought I'd go there now and check it out."
"Good idea! Would you like to know what I know about The Cove?" She asked, sounding excited.
"Sure, but just keep your voice down a bit, ok?" said Adam as an older woman looked over and then shook her head.
"The cove only opened 31 years ago and was named after the original pirate's cove from Freddy's Fazbear Pizzeria that had been closed since the bite of 87. Foxy had been redesigned and Mangle had been fixed after being left in pieces for many years."
"Wait... so this Foxy animatronic was responsible for the bite?" Adam asked, remembering what the phone call had said about the victim.
"That's what was told to the media, but it was a cover up from the then CEO. The CEO who wanted to get the pizzeria closed, had paid the then guard to mess with one of the animatronics, who then attacked a man who was abusing a child at the time. Foxy took the blame, so the then animatronic who was to blame was able to get fixed, but not until a few years later."
"Ok... so it's just the two foxes?" Adam asked but he was sure he was wrong.
"Nope!" smiled Cherry, "Foxy is Captain and Mangle is the first mate. Their son Mangy is second mate. The twins, BB and Betty are there and so is Bonnie Blu too."
"Bonnie Blu? Is he related to Bonnie at Freddy's?"
"Yes, his little brother. All the bunnies in the restaurants are siblings or their offspring."
"I don't know what is weirder, that they see each other as siblings or mates or the fact that they can have kids," Adam muttered as the bus pulled in at his stop and he quickly got off. The Cove was built to look like it was a pirate ship outside, even had a pirate's flag flying from the roof. They were even palm like trees and sand everywhere, it was cheesy to the extreme, but it was a place for kids and Adam begrudgingly admitted to himself, had they lived here when he was a kid, he most likely would have been a fan. He was about to walk up to the doors when he noticed something around the back that Freddy's didn't have. He walked up to the fence and opened the gate to a garden-like play area, with a slide and swing set, and a large bench off to the side that was under the shade of a palm tree. There were also very beautiful flower beds as well, with very colourful flowers accompanied by a sign asking children to leave them alone. Adam walked up to the bench and saw a plaque there with elegant writing; he leaned in for a closer look and then pulled out Cherry.
"Cherry, can you have a look at this for me?"
"Sure... I know what it is!"
"Good can you tell me about it?"
"It's a bench! People sit on it and…"
"No Cherry," Adam laughed and shook his head, "I meant what was on the plaque. It reads, 'In memory of our loving father and creator, Mr. Fred McBear. May he rest in peace with the angels in Heaven.' My Landlord is called Mr. McBear, could he be related?"
"No information on landlord, but Mr. Fred McBear was the original owner of Freddy's diner and pizzeria. He also created all first generation animatronics. He was also a manger up until the bite of 87, and then he went into retirement, but still had ownership over the animatronics."
"Wait so the ownership of the animatronics and the business are two separate things?"
"That was the case up until fifteen years ago... I only have very limited data on the incident; the most important thing is that both the three buildings and the animatronics are all owned by one person again." Cherry explained as Adam rubbed the back of his neck. The history of this place was crazy and complicated, once his computer was up and running he was going to have to do some research on the place. He turned around and looked down at the flower beds, when he saw something that made the hair on his arms stand on end. In each of the beds was a sign post with a plaque on it. The first had a cupcake on it and read Toy Chica, the second had a top hat and read Toy Freddy, and the third had a spring coil on it and read Springtrap.
"Cherry... Who…?"
"They're the names of deactivated animatronics," said Cherry sadly, "Adam... can we go inside now please… this place is making my circuits twist."
"Yeah... I think we better too," said Adam as he quickly exited the garden and walked into the pizzeria. It wasn't as bright as Freddy's but it certainly was colourful and a lot noisier. Smaller children ran around and sang along with the music near a stage where two pirate fox's where dancing. He stepped in a little more and almost bumped into two human animatronics both only as high as his waist. The boy was holding a lot of balloons and the girl was blowing bubbles.
"Welcome to the Cove! Would you like to order first or find a table?"
"Um... neither thanks... Err... BB and Betty right... the twins?"
The two smaller animatronics were shocked for a second but then both smiled brightly as BB held out his free hand.
"That's us. It's so nice when people actually address us by name and not just as the twins. So how can we help you today?"
"Actually, I'm here to meet your security guard, I'm hoping he'd give me a tour of this place before I start here this evening."
BB looked shocked as did Betty who simply blinked and stepped towards him with slight concern.
"Are you sure? We weren't informed of any new guard and well... please don't think I'm rude but… aren't you a little… short?" her cheeks glowing brightly red.
Adam inhaled deeply as he didn't want to snap at them, "Yeah… I survived my first night at Freddy's last night... well I survived my first couple of hours until Goldie turned up and then I spent most of the evening playing cards with him and Shadow. Freddy said my second night would be here so I thought I'd come by and introduce myself and meet everyone."
"Well... if Freddy said so... I'll go and get Mark and see what he knows... then we'll go from there," said BB, "Why don't you look around while you wait? I won't be long."
"Thanks BB," said Adam as he nodded at Betty who stayed to greet the guests as her brother went out back. Adam walked around, he had to admit the place had a really nice vibe to it, it did feel like a pirates ship. There was pirate decor everywhere and on the far wall there were pictures, newspaper clipping and awards. Turns out the animatronics from the company often visited local hospitals, orphanages and even old people's home for charity event. Adam was simply reading one of the clippings on the wall when something banged into him.
"Watch where ye be goin'!" Adam turned to see another fox glaring down at him, dressed as a pirate but also holding a mop.
"HEY! You bumped into me!" said Adam sharply, "And why on earth are you mopping the floors for? Isn't that the cleaner's job?"
"It is but since I've angered the Captain…" the fox snarled bitterly, "I've been ordered to swob the decks until told otherwise."
"That sucks... so what did you do to piss of the captain so bad? Take more of your fair share of the treasure?" Adam asked as he looked over at the stage at the tall fox in the deep blue pirate's coat. The fox snorted as he stood up straight, his fur a mixture of reds and whites, he wore a loose pair of pants on his legs that had a small slit for his tail and an old cotton shirt that had ripped sleeves with a red and white polka dot bandana on his head with his ears sticking out.
"Nothing like that! The Captain and his first mate been going on about having another child, I disagree with it, saying the Captain was too old to raise another cub."
"So you told your parents they were too old to have another kid. Don't blame you man, I'm an older brother myself, brother and two sisters, and there are just same days I wish I was an only child."
"I said to the captain that he didn't need to raise another, besides the sister location hasn't been even agreed upon, not to mention whether or not he going to build any animatronics!" snapped the fox, his fur flaring up as he looked up sulky at the stage "It's not like I've been in training for years… I'm sorry. I should not have taken my frustrations out on a guest…"
"Hey, no problem. Name is Adam by the way, I'm going to be your security guard for the night, I'm just waiting for the guard to come out and give me the tour."
"Mangy be my name. I am a second generation though I wasn't originally, but I have had some major work done. A security guard in training then? First night?"
"Nah, second one actually, any tips for me?"
"You so much as hear BB come near, slam the door shut and the vents, if he gets in there, nothing will work and you'll be sitting bait for the Captain. Plus the Captain has a filter in his optics, so he is sensitive to bright lights, so if you have a torch," Mangy smiled evilly, "use it."
"Now Mangy, don't go telling the boy all the family secrets, he's got to learn somehow."
Both Mangy and Adam jumped as they turned to a man standing behind them. He was quite tall and slim with red dye in his hair. Adam's jaw dropped as he looked at the man, he knew this man, from the internet. U-TUBE! He was sure.
"Your one to be talking Mark" said Mangy with a slight sneer, "From what my father has told me you didn't survive your second night either."
"Hey now! To be fair, it wasn't the care bears that got me, it was my own stupid fault!" Mark smiled as he held his hand out to Adam "Your Adam right? Jeremy told me about you. Well done on surviving your first night."
"You're... holy crap... you're him, aren't you, the u-tube star, Markiplier! You're him aren't you?" Adam knew he was gushing and a large part of him didn't care. Mark went almost as red as his hair and laughed.
"Jeez Kid, stop it, you're embarrassing me, besides around here, I'm just Mark the security guy. Have you been introduced to the Captain and First Mate yet?"
"No, not yet sir." said Adam, flushed brightly as Mark cringed visibly and Mangy burst out laughing.
"He called ye sir Mark" Mangy slapped his leg as he almost choked on his laughter, "It be official! Ya Old!"
"Shut up," said Mark as he lightly punched the animatronic in the arm, "And you, don't ever do that again! I know you're being polite and such, but I ain't that old ok? It's just Mark. Now let's go and see the Captain, oh and Mangy, ya missed a spot there!"
Mangy growled deeply as Mark pulled Adam towards the stage as the show was coming to an end. Mark pulled him on to the stage and waited behind the scenes for the foxes to finish taking their bows. Adam felt his bag wiggling as he quickly opened it.
"You ok Cherry?"
"Yeah... just want to meet the famous Foxy... is that ok?"
"Sure…" said Adam as he pulled out the cupcake and it startled Mark, violently.
"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THAT!" Mark snapped.
"Err... she was left on my doorstep this morning… is that bad?" Adam asked holding Cherry tightly.
"Wha…? I mean...no...I...yeah cause I mean... Look the only ones that have Cupcakes around the pizzerias are the "Chica" type animatronics and well…" Mark rubbed the back of his neck and Adam noticed a long scar on his arm, faded but still visible up close. "Let's just say this place doesn't have one and leave it at that. Maybe it would be best if you put her away"
"Sorry Cherry," said Adam as he placed her back in his bag, not liking the disappointed look on her face "Does that mean one of the other animatronics does the cooking like at Freddy's?" Adam asked.
"Nah, we have a full human kitchen staff, which is a drain on the old pennies for the boss, but it had to be done."
Adam was about to ask what Mark meant by that when through the curtains came Foxy and Mangle, and the Captain did not look happy as he glared at Adam.
"Hey Captain! Mrs. Mangle! I thought I'd wait here to introduce you to our new friend and security guard... Adam." said Mark, doing jazz hands around Adam like he was giving him a big introduction. The Captain stood tall over Adam, raising his hook up to Adam's chest, the sharp edge poking into his chest. He then lifted up his eye patch, his eyes gleaming brightly as Adam heard the faint sound of Foxy's hard drive humming.
"He not be having a police record," said Foxy in an almost disappointed voice, "But that just means he ain't been caught. You've done anything that we be needing to know boy, say so now, because you will not want us to find out later!"
"What? No! I've never done anything illegal…"
"You don't be sounding so sure…" said Foxy with a growl.
"I may have downloaded a few games that I shouldn't of… but everyone does that now and again." said Adam as he looked at Mark for help.
"He's right, Foxy. It's not right, but with the economy these days, kids have taken to downloading things. Though I'm sure Adam here is really sorry and he won't do it again."
Foxy jerked his head, "Any murderous intent boy? A lust for blood?"
Adam paled and shook his head slowly, "No sir. Never"
Foxy leaned closer, his black nose was pressed against his, his gold eyes peering deep into his soul, his voice thick and accusing, "Are you sure about that boy?"
Adam was suddenly jerked back as Mark stood in front of him, a frown on his usually cheerful face, Foxy pulled back but his eyes were still firmly on Adam, Adam feeling all the hairs on his arms standing on end.
"Ok Foxy!" said Mark with a smile but his laughter sounded force, "Adam has been hired and has survived his first night. By the rules your creator made, Adam has every right to be here and take his second night. Besides... do you really think He would hire somebody without doing a full background check on them first?"
Foxy grunted and Mangle simply smiled as she gave Adam a friendly nod as she followed the Captain out. Adam let out the breath he didn't realize he had been holding as Mark turned around to him and patted him on the shoulder.
"You ok Adam?"
"Yeah... um... He's... wow… He's intense." said Adam as he allowed Mark to help him lean
against the wall.
"Sorry about that Adam. Foxy is a bit protective of this place. Ever heard of a serial killer called the Biter? Might have been a bit before your time?"
Adam shook his head as he looked up at Mark and noticed that he had the same sad look that Jeremy had when talking about the past.
"The Biter or as we all knew him as Matt, was the main security guard of this place and a huge Foxy fan. One day Matt did something stupid and kidnapped the father of a fellow guard and killed him. Police realized that he was their killer and came to the cove to arrest him, you can imagine Foxy's face when being told, but sadly, Matt was never caught. Since then Foxy has been very particular about who gets hired here."
"I don't blame him if that's the case," said Adam, "Does that happen often? Serial killers being hired?"
"Back in the old days, yeah… sadly. Thankfully that has all changed. Are you going to be ok getting here in the evening? I didn't see you come from the car park."
"I got the bus,"
"Not good…" said Mark as he bit his lip, "Look, I've got to do Nightmare Realm tonight. If you want I can pick you up and bring you in and take you home in the morning."
"Are you sure? I don't want to put you out or anything."
"Don't worry about it. Besides, me and the guys usually all pull car detail anyway, saves us all on gas money, plus I don't like the idea of you getting a bus that late at night."
"Thanks Mark. Hey can I ask you something? Are you going to play 'In Lucy's eyes' yet? I mean, you don't have too…"
"Hey I have no problem discussing my other work, but right now you and I have got work to do. You need to know the layout of the security room and of this place real quick before tonight, because old Foxy can be a real douche!"
"I can always pass that on to him if you like Mark!" came a salty voice that made Adam jump.
Mark rolled his eyes, "Speaking of douches, come on out Blu, and introduce yourself properly to our new guard."
There was a loud rattle and a thud as they turned to see a blue rabbit animatronic climb out of a vent. He looked odd, a bit like Mangle with the rosy cheeks, also there was a red bow around its neck.
"She's Bonnie's sister?" Adam asked and instantly regretted it as Blu ran up to him and gripped his t-shirt before shaking him violently.
"I'M A BOY! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW OTHERWISE YOU WON'T LIVE TO SEE TONIGHT!" shouted Blu as he continued to shake him.
"Ok... ok… I get it… Sorry!" Adam tried to get away from the furious rabbit, but to no avail.
"Blue let go of him right now or I'll call Jack and tell him not to pick you up for your date!" Mark ordered as he pulled Blu away from Adam. Blu snorted as he looked Adam up and down and pulled off his bow tie and tossed it across the stage and pointed at it.
"Go pick it up for me newbie."
Adam looked at Mark, Mark shrugged and then jerked his head to go do it, so, Adam sulkily walked over and bent over to pick up the bow tie. Blu snorted as he watched Adam and snatched his bow tie off of him.
"You're so not my type."
"What the hell?" snapped Adam as he backed away from the blue bunny.
Mark sighed and rubbed his face, "Blu, get out of here and go do your job before I call Foxy on ya!"
The blue rabbit gave Adam the middle finger before stomping off in a huff.
"You ok buddy?" Mark asked as he rubbed Adam's back.
"Yeah... You said that rabbit had a date? What the hell would date that?"
"Yep, believe it or not, he's going out with Bon Bon, the female bunny from Nightmare Realm."
"I thought she was his sister?"
"Well, she's from a completely different litter if you get what I mean. Besides they haven't seen each other in months, so Jack offered to take Blu there tonight so they can have some alone time."
"So she's his girlfriend?"
"Noooo," said Mark with a wide smile, "More like he's her bitch!"
-Line Break-
Adam sat quietly at the desk where he had placed Cheery and his torch as he flicked through the cameras on the tablet. A lot easier than the pc but then this came with cameras in the vents so it was a bit trickier.
"Anything yet Cherry?" Adam asked without looking up from the iPad.
"Nothing yet, they're being very quiet. I thought they would be more active." said Cherry, her large eyes scanning the corridor.
"Oh they're active alright... they're just not coming anywhere near here yet." said Adam as he watched Betty refill all the sauce dispensers and Mangle and Foxy carrying large boxes into the kitchen and started to stock up there. Suddenly there was the sound of straining metal coming from the right side of the office and Adam quickly looked into the vents and saw BB climbing through.
"Locking right vent now," Adam muttered and smirked when he heard the slight yelp when BB hit his head. He then looked down at the tablet and gave a small gasp when he realized that Foxy and Mangle were on the move coming towards him. There were the heavy sounds of running.
"ADAM! INCOMING!" shouted Cherry as Adam looked up to see Mangy come running down the hall at great speed. He should have reacted, he knew what he was meant to do, but for some reason his body wouldn't move, "ADAM THE SHUT BUTTON!"
Adam could see the cold glow in Mangy's eyes as he got closer, his fingers trembling over the button, the red and white fox was so close now, he could see the light shining off of his teeth. Mangy let out a loud growl and went to lung at Adam but his ankle joint on his left foot buckled at the last moment causing the fox to stumble rather than leap over the desk and fell on top of Adam. Their lips pressing hard against one another as the weight of the chair gave and they fell backwards to the floor. Adam grunted as the heavy weight of Mangy fell hard against his body as he rested his hands on the fox's shoulder to steady him. If he wasn't so terrified at that moment, he might have noticed how soft Mangy's fur was, how hot his breath was against his ear or how good their bodies felt rubbing against each other.
"Adam! Adam, are you ok?" Cherry cried as she hopped across the desk and looked down and her candle lit up so brightly it almost broke the bulb, "I didn't see anything! Sorry!"
"It's... ahhh... not like that... Cherry," Adam grunted as he tried to push Mangy off.
"So sorry mate," said Mangy as he tried to get up but his twisted foot wouldn't allow it, "My ankle joint…"
"Yeah I saw... Maybe I could look at it for you… Once you can get off of me," said Adam, "Maybe if we rolled to the side…?"
Mangy held on to Adam as they rolled over and Adam found himself straddling Mangy waist. Mangy grinned as he looked up at Adam's bright blushing face and flirtingly whispered, "See something ya like mate?"
Adam thought his face would combust into flames as he went to get off of the fox only to be grabbed by the scruff of his neck and yanked off and held up high by a very angry looking Foxy.
"WHAT IN BLUE BLAZES IS GOING ON HERE?" he roared, shaking Adam hard. "Why did ye attack me son? That NOT be in the rules!"
"I… I…I didn't! His foot broke and…"
"YA BROKE HIS FOOT!" Foxy shouted as he shook Adam again as Mangle knelt down and looked at his foot.
"It appears to have bluck and a screw had gotten loose Captain. It weren't the boy's fault." said Mangle calmly as she got back up to her feet.
"It's the truth captain! Adam didn't harm me! He even offered to fix it." Mangy explained as he used the desk to hoist himself up.
"Be that as it may, the boy has outlasted his welcome, he can stay here, until then…" said Foxy as he let Adam go and fall to the floor with a hard thud.
"Excuse me, Mr. Foxy… you're not following the rules of the human and animatronic guide book." said Cherry softly.
"And what would an infant cake like you know of our rules." growled Foxy as he leaned down towards the cake, baring all of his teeth.
"Rule 58: Should an animatronic cause an accident, the animatronic is to blame. Vice versa if it's a human. Adam was following the rules up until your son Mangy went to attack him and his foot broke which caused him to lose his footing and tumble on top of Adam. Therefore Adam has not broken any rules, and since this is an accident, Adam still has the right to finish his five nights." said Cherry as she trembled slightly. Adam quickly picked her up and pet her icing.
"The cupcake speaks the truth Captain," said Mangle as she placed her servo on Foxy's shoulder, "It be in the new rules…"
Foxy growled loudly muttering that he was going to make a phone call. Adam looked around at both Mangle and Mangy, subconsciously hugging Cherry tightly. Mangle sighed as she turned and smiled at Adam and patted him softly on his head.
"Don't you be worrying lad. The boss will speak to the captain and get this all sorted. Until then, the twins and I will continue to test you. Mangy will stay here with you until then."
Adam nodded, "Yeah...um... Should I fix his foot first… I mean I'm not sure I can but…"
"It be best if it were fixed by someone the Captain trusts, but thank you lad all the same, but for now, I suggest you start watching the monitors."
Adam nodded as he sat down, Mangle helping Mangy to the sit beside him and kissed his forehead.
"Now, no helping him lad, this be the boy's test, and no distracting him either. You can play with him after he survived five nights."
"MOM!" Mangy cried out his tail lashing about with embarrassment, Adam also blushing again, as she smiled and left them alone.
"Sorry about that. Mom and Dad are really over protective of this place and of me, and the others." said Mangy looking down at his tail.
"Yeah... Kinda gathered that... Because there was a serial killer or something?" said Adam as he picked up the tablet and started flicking though, trying hard not to look at the fox.
"Yes, there was that… there was also an animatronic... he betrayed us... and then there was Chi too…" said Mangy in a soft voice as his ears flickered, "Betty's in the vents…"
"Huh? I didn't hear her," Adam quickly pulled up the vents and there was Betty wiggling her way forward.
"Betty's a bit lighter than BB, so she won't make as much noise as he does, but unlike him she doesn't messy up the electronics."
"I thought you weren't meant to be helping me," smirked Adam as he glanced at the fox.
"Well, I'm not meant to help the security guard... but nothing said anything about helping a friend," smiled Mangy as both he and Adam cracked up laughed as the vent closed on Betty.
It was gone six am in the morning when Adam picked up his belongings and carried Cherry in his arms as he walked towards the doors. He placed his hand on the handle when a sharp hook came down on his shoulder. He gulped loudly as he turned around to see Foxy peering down at him.
"It be against my better judgment, but I have been overruled by the boss and by me traitorous mate and cub. So you have passed your second night, be it all by the skin of your teeth, so be proud and rest. Tonight you will be up against Big Daddy and his crew of nightmares. You best be on your guard, they be a frightening lot and not as friendly as those you have met here. Do your best and do NOT make me regret letting you leave here alive."
"Yes… Thank you sir. I won't let you down." said Adam as he quickly fled the restaurant. Foxy watched him for a while before allowing himself to chuckle.
"You would think the lad would know, we're not allowed to harm anyone, unless in defence." said Mangle as she hugged Foxy, the pirate captain kissing her on top of her furry head.
"Aye, he should know, but then where would be the fun in that?" Foxy laughed as he and Mangle returned to the stage to sleep. Foxy looked over in the far corner that was empty and sighed. Mangle looked too and hugged him tightly.
"You need to stop punishing yourself Captain. He fooled everybody."
"Aye... I know lass... I know... but, it still hurts and I still can't look Freddy in the eye without my pump twisting into me gut."
"Freddy doesn't blame you... no one blames you…"
"Oh someone does lass… I blame me... for not being able to stop him for what he did not only to Fred... but to Mike as well."
-Line Break-
Adam got off the bus and stumbled along the pavement as the sun started to rise. Milkmen, rubbish men and postmen were all about and doing their jobs as he walked by. He went to walk into his apartment building when a postman called out to him.
"Excuse me? Would you mind signing for this please?" the postman asked, "I'm running behind…"
"Yeah, sure," said Adam as he signed the paperwork and took the letter. The letter was for the apartment on his floor so it wasn't out of his way. He looked down at the stamp and the picture on the envelope. It was from Critter County. Maybe someone was going on holiday? A Mr. Schmidt? What a weird name. He climbed the stairs to his floor and saw the landlord just stepping out.
"Ah! Good morning, how are you?" he asked politely as he locked his door.
"Morning, great thanks. Um... is this Mr Schmidt place? The post guy asked me to sign a letter for him."
"Yes, that's the place. Though why he would need to sign for a letter is beyond me. Most things are digital these days. Does it say who it's from?"
"Critter County, I figure he must be going on…HEY!" Adam was shocked when the old man snatched the letter from his hand and glared at it with such hatred. The landlord then stumbled over to the door and started banging on it hard with his fist.
"SCHMIDT! OPEN UP YOU TRAITOR! YOU THEIVING ARSEHOLE! OPEN UP SO I CAN SMASH YOUR FACE IN!" the landlord screamed as loud as he could as he continued to punch and hit the door. "YOU DIRTY ROTTEN SELLOUT!"
Adam simply shook his head as he quietly and quickly walked past him and rushed to his apartment. His mom was busy in the kitchen and his brother was watching cartoons, there were no signs of the twins as he hung up his jacket.
"I'm home." he called out.
"Hi honey! Have a good night? Do you know what that yelling is about?" his mom asked as she made herself coffee.
"The landlord is having a go at someone's door. Thought it was best not to get involved."
"Ok, as long as they don't wake your sisters. Do you have college today? Cause if you don't I want you to finish unpacking."
"Yeah, sure. I'm going to sleep first if that's ok?" said Adam as he yawned and walked to his room.
"Honey..? Are you sure you're ok?" she asked, but only the door slamming was her answer.
Adam dumped his bag and kicked off his shoes before pulling Cherry out of his bag.
"Hey Cherry, we're home."
"Are you going to sleep now? Before you do, I need you to plug me in, my battery is starting to run down." said Cherry yawning cutely.
"Yeah, sure thing," said Adam as he connected her to a power cable. "Say, Cherry, when we both wake up later, I want to talk to you about stuff. Mainly about the pizzeria, ok?"
"Sure thing." said Cheery as she powered down to rest. Adam flopped on his bed and was quickly asleep himself, dreaming of being chased by pirate foxes.
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