Author Notes

I'm back! Sorry for the long absence. Dealing with my portfolio for my practical was hectic and then the moment I got home and actually had time to write, my internet decided to up and disappear. Its back now though and I'm on holiday so I can get to work on those missing chapters. Here is one of nine late chapters. Hope you enjoy and the schedule will be back to Wednesdays and Sundays. Thank you to everyone for being so patient and supportive and thanks to Corona Pax for updating in the reviews when I couldn't get onto my profile. :)

Chapter 43

Ambulance

The truce between the groups remained tense. It felt like anything could break it so it wasn't surprising that exactly that happened a week or so after the last fight.

Ruby walked in on a massive argument as her shift began. She gave an irritated sigh as she rubbed her temples and proceeded to break it up with the air horn again.

Everyone glared at her for that like usual.

"Would you stay out of it!?" Toby snarled at her, twitching all over he was so mad.

Hedy glanced at her, relieved to see the stubborn night guard for once. She was relentless in breaking these fights up at least.

"You idiot." Ruby hissed back. "You've been screaming so loudly that you've terrified Mangle under the table!"

The other 'bots followed her finger and immediately felt guilty. She was cowering under the table still.

Hedy rolled over to coax her out while Toby still fumed.

Where did the NIGHT GUARD get off on pretending to care about one of them?! It was infuriating!

Ruby passed him on her way to help Hedy and muttered under her breath.

"Some friends."

That was the last straw for him.

"Shut up!" Toby snapped, whipping around to hit her with the back of his arm.

Ruby was too focused on Mangle and Hedy to notice and so she didn't dodge in time. She took the full brunt of an animatronic's blow for the first time and as the back of his hand connected with her arm a crack echoed around the room.

Ruby flew into the opposite wall with a cry as everyone looked up in shock.

There was a beat of silence before Foxy launched himself at Toby with a snarl. "You're dead rabbit!"

Toby's eyes widened to the size of saucers as he realized he actually hit the night guard right before an angry fox who was much bigger and much faster plowed into him with a screech.

He yelped and tried to duck but Foxy grabbed him and knocked them both over a table and to the floor. Toy Bonnie had never actively feared for his life before, the closest being when he and the others thought they were going to be scrapped and melted down for parts after the last place, his home, closed its doors.

He'd always thought that it was funny when a night guard freaked out after they saw him. It was hilarious how a human reacted to knowing Toy Bonnie and the others were coming to kill them. Basically, he didn't ever really understand terror himself until he saw Foxy snap his razor sharp teeth inches from his face. He was close enough to see Foxy's endoskeleton teeth.

Toby was frozen for a moment as the situation caught up to him before he frantically started kicking and clawing in attempts to get Foxy off, shouting and screaming all the while.

Foxy was all growls and snarls as he pinned the rabbit down, going for his throat.

Bonnie was staring at the scene, frozen in shock while Freddy and Chica rushed over to Ruby. Goldy was also frozen in midair. Ruby NEVER got hit. At least...never that badly.

Ruby was curled around her arm, breathing heavily. She gritted her teeth to stop a scream as she moved her arm accidentally.

"Yeah that's broken. Definitely broken..." she muttered to herself.

Hedy glanced between the fight and Ruby as she backed up as quickly as she could, which really wasn't very quick at all. She was too close...

She yelped as Toby kicked Foxy's arm, making a swing of his hook come a little a too close to her leg.

Thankfully, Mangle had scrambled out from under the table as soon as the fight started and she and Toy Chica pulled Hedy back far enough.

"Toby!" Toy Chica shouted in worry.

No way was he going to survive this never mind win it if someone didn't make them stop. However no one except maybe the night guard was going to get through the fox's blood-lust and Ruby didn't seem able or willing to do anything curled around her arm in pain as Freddy and Chica tried to check on her while keeping a wary eye on the brawl.

Hedy looked between the violent fight and Ruby again as she tried to decide on what to do. Ruby was hurt and Foxy looked like he was seriously going to kill Toy Bonnie. Yelling for everyone to stop wasn't going to help. Toy Freddy and Freddy were already trying that...

She had an idea. It was going to make a lot of people mad at her, but it would diffuse the situation safely until Ruby could get checked out and before Toby got his throat ripped out. And frankly, she'd rather everyone be furious at her later then Toby dying.

That...wasn't an exaggeration.

Foxy growled like a real animal and was actually trying to get his teeth around Toby's neck. He had already torn through the wiring on Toby's arm and chest and an ear was sparking as flopped around uselessly.

Ruby actually growled at Chica as she tried to look at her arm, eyes dazedly following the fight.

Foxy didn't look like he was slowing down and every snap of his jaws was closer to the frantic rabbit's throat than the previous one.

Goldy was still frozen even though she'd be the best for teleporting Foxy or Toby away. Freddy couldn't get her to focus though.

Suddenly, Toby cried out as he made a fatal mistake and misjudged his dodge.

Foxy's jaws finally clamped around the blue rabbit's neck where a lot of very important tubes and wires were located.

Hedy's breath hitched and she hurriedly threw a party hat at the fox with one hand while raising the other. "Hey FOXY!"

Foxy looked up to threaten her to stay out of it, loosening his bite slightly.

Hedy flicked on her high powered flashlight and pointed it straight at his eyes. She flickered it a few times for good measure.

Time seemed to stand still for a second while Foxy's eyes widened and his optic lenses constricted in attempts to keep the light from overloading his systems to no avail.

"Sorry," Hedy said honestly and winced as the pirate's joints locked up.

He collapsed and his processor was forced into a system reboot, the lights behind his eyes shutting off.

Toy Bonnie immediately pushed him off and looked up, thankful, only to meet the eyes of a very disappointed Hedy.

"You too. " she said and pointed the flashlight at him.

Toby was interrupted before a single word came out and shut down next to Foxy.

Ruby blinked in shock before she abruptly looked furious and Freddy and Chica had to hold her back before she hurt herself more by moving.

"What did you do to Foxy?!" she demanded angrily.

Her arm shifted though and she hissed and curled around it again, furious eyes still on Hedy.

"He'll be okay," Hedy said, expecting this. "He'll wake up in a few minutes." She immediately stowed away the flashlight into her bag and zipped it up so that the other didn't think she was threatening them.

Ruby let out a pained growl though. She clearly wasn't happy with Hedy's solution.

"Will you let me look at your arm?" Freddy asked crossly.

Ruby shot him a look.

"No." she ground out.

She was being petulant and immature but that was to be expected considering she was still a teenager and probably going into shock from the pain.

Hedy got out her phone and looked at the two prone figures.

"We should separate them before they wake up." She noted as she started dialing. She looked at Freddy. "How bad is it?"

Freddy huffed since Ruby was being stubborn and still not letting him get a good look. The crack they heard earlier told them a lot though.

"It's definitely broken." he told her as Ruby growled at Chica again for trying to look.

"Ok. Ruby I'm either calling the ambulance or I'm getting your parents' number unless you can convince me otherwise." Hedy said sternly.

She wheeled over to the chair where Ruby had left her jacket and pulled out the night guard's cell phone, holding it up warningly.

Ruby froze and the glare she shot Hedy actually shocked her. The teenager's jaw tensed as the bots fell silent. They...had a problem now. Ruby hadn't told the new arrivals that she was an orphan yet and the night guard's aversion to vehicles was also a problem. They glanced nervously between themselves while Ruby stayed silent.

Hedy looked at Ruby evenly, getting over her brief shock after a second. She gave her a pointed look as she opened the cell phone and went to Ruby's contacts.

They watched Hedy's slight confusion as she looked through the entire list only to not find a "MOM" or "DAD" or any variation thereof anywhere in there. She glanced up with a raised eyebrow but didn't mention it directly.

"Give me a number right now or it's the ambulance."

Ruby actually flinched at the word, causing her to shift her arm again and hiss in pain.

Freddy looked at Hedy worriedly, wondering if they should say something. Ruby couldn't get to the hospital in her condition without an ambulance but...this wasn't going to be easy...

Teddy, Mangle, and Toy Chica glanced between each other but decided to concentrate on moving the unconscious Toby away from Foxy.

"Ambulance it is then." Hedy said holding up her own phone and closing Ruby's. For some reason she felt like she shouldn't use Ruby's phone for that.

Ruby flinched at the word again and...it was just weird. None of them had ever seen her flinch before.

Bonnie crouched down next to her, ears back.

"It'll be okay Ruby." he insisted as her muscles tightened.

"Why couldn't he have just knocked me freaking unconscious." Ruby muttered.

Hedy paused, looking concerned at their reactions.

"Ruby I'll take you myself if that would be better?" Hedy offered hesitantly and with a little more gentleness.

There was still a layer of sternness. She wasn't budging about getting Ruby some medical attention.

"Actually that would probably be worse unless you've got some decent sedatives." Ruby muttered sourly.

"Benadryl?" Hedy said half-jokingly.

Her finger still hovered over the "CALL" button.

"Anything as long as it'll knock me out immediately." Ruby answered dead seriously. "The paramedics always knock me out right away now."

"Don't have that," Hedy said apologetically and pressed the button.

"Hello," she said into the phone. "I need an ambulance sent to my location."

A pause.

"Uh. Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria," Suddenly Hedy jerked away from her phone and stared at it, checking if she called the right number.

She sneered and answered the unheard question with a snap. "No I'm not calling about a dead body or a bad smell! My co-worker has a broken arm and needs to be taken to the ER!"

She sighed and ran a hand down her face.

Ruby couldn't seem to help it. She snickered while the originals winced.

Hedy was still talking to the operator on the other end of the phone. "No this isn't a prank call. I work here. Is my answer relevant to whether or not you send an ambulance?"

She paused and said to the group. "They're coming."

She blinked as the operator asked another question. "I'm an engineer. No she's conscious...the night guard...yes...yes the night guard...I just said she was the night guard! ...I don't know, let me check."

Hedy said that last sentence with exasperated sarcasm.

"Hey Ruby, are you stuffed in a suit? Because this intern seems to think you are." She spoke loudly so that the person on the phone who was annoying her could hear.

"Still alive and with a freaking broken arm lady!" Ruby yelled.

There was a pause.

"Did you say Ruby? What's she gotten herself into this time?" They asked in an exasperated tone.

Hedy frowned. "Wait. You sounded like me just then. You know her?"

"Every operator and paramedic knows her." The lady grumbled.

"Sounds like Cheryl." Ruby murmured.

Hedy minutely flinched at the name 'Cheryl' and swallowed but spoke to the operator anyway.

"Why am I not surprised?" she deadpanned. "Are you a Cheryl by any chance?"

"Yeah. Always me that gets her calls. I'll send Brad since he deals with her best." She sighed.

"I'll take your word for it so long as you quit asking about Freddy's." Hedy said, not unkindly this time.

To Ruby she added. "She said she's sending Brad."

"Oh. I like Brad." She mumbled distractedly.

"Alright fine." Cheryl said at the same time. "One more. Did you say Ruby was a night guard at Freddy's?"

"...yes." Hedy eventually answered.

"Why am I not surprised?" She sighed.

"I think that's what I just said." Hedy said with a small laugh.

"Please tell me you two aren't comparing notes." Ruby whined.

Hedy rolled her eyes. Out the corner of her eye she thought she saw Foxy twitch and she frowned.

"Thanks for the ambulance, Cheryl. I think I hear it. But I have to go now." she said a little hurriedly.

"Right. I didn't catch your name." the operator said.

"Hedy." She answered, eying the fox on the floor.

Ruby moaned as she heard the ambulance and a flash of...something appeared in her eyes.

Panic?

Hedy noticed but didn't say anything as she said goodbye to Cheryl and hung up. She wheeled up and handed Ruby her phone and put her own away.

"Sorry for being a boring responsible adult here Ruby. Can I have the key to let them in please?"

Ruby grumbled something incomprehensible while Freddy handed them to her.

Hedy thanked him and went to let the paramedics in, Mangle following after making sure Teddy and Toy Chica were able to take Toby to the other room by themselves.

The lead paramedic, Brad, hesitated at the door upon seeing Mangle standing behind a young woman in a wheelchair but only for a second before rushing in, his partner following closely as he eyed the robot.

When Hedy led them to the main room they blinked at the mess and zeroed in on Ruby next to Freddy and Chica.

Goldy had disappeared for the moment.

"Come on Ruby." Brad sighed. "Again?!"

She flashed a pained smile at him.

The partner was eyeing the prone Foxy in the middle of the room suspiciously, then looked at Freddy and Chica who had backed up a little to let Brad check Ruby without them looming over him.

"Get the gurney Greg." Brad told him. "We're gonna have to knock her out before we take her to the ambulance."

"New guy?" Ruby squinted at Greg.

Greg frowned but nodded. They weren't supposed to use those drugs unless it was an actual emergency. A teenager with a broken arm didn't usually count. As he left, he gave a wide berth around Foxy and walked a little faster when Mangle flashed him a smile.

"Yeah. You scared off the last one." Brad said matter-of-factly.

"Good to know I'm not the only one that thinks she has that effect on some people." Hedy smirked.

She looked at the bots. None of them had said anything since the paramedics came in.

"Oooh that makes three." Ruby smirked but it was strained.

Chica giggled a little at that but quieted almost immediately.

There was another giggle, a little louder.

Brad whipped his head around just in time to see Toy Freddy and Toy Chica duck behind their door again.

"...you work in the strangest places." He sighed.

"Just knock me out before I panic." She groaned.

"You'll be okay." Bonnie assured again.

Right on time Greg reappeared with the gurney and a needled syringe with the sedative. He handed the syringe to Brad wordlessly.

Ruby eyed the needle with distaste but she preferred it over the ambulance.

Hedy made a face at the needle and watched as the paramedic injected the sedative and with his partner's help lifted Ruby onto the gurney as carefully as they could.

Ruby was out like a light.

"This Greg, is Ruby protocol." Brad said. "You only try and get her in the ambulance awake if you want to lose a few limbs."

Greg gulped and nodded.

"How long is she going to be?" Hedy asked.

"Probably overnight at least." Brad told her. "It's a strong sedative."

"Dang it." Hedy muttered knowing that meant she had to deal with everything on her own unless the bots suddenly all decided to be cooperative.

As if.

She could do it...but it wasn't going to be easy.

The paramedics took her away while the bots watched anxiously.

They waited until the sirens had faded to move.

"Teddy." the mechanic said finally, "I have a job for you. I need you to watch Toby. When he wakes up, you make sure he stays there until I came have a talk with him."

The originals watched her warily while Bonnie checked on Foxy.

Toy Freddy looked on for a second before nodding mutely and leaving. Toy Chica looked conflicted for a second before she decided to follow, casting a nervous glance at the originals.

Mangle debated on whether she should follow too until she realized that would mean leaving Hedy alone with the originals.

"Where'd you learn that?" Freddy snapped, referring to the flashlight trick.

Hedy didn't answer immediately. She wheeled around until she could see Foxy's face properly, his eyes specifically.

He was still restarting but the lights behind his eyes were starting to flicker on slightly.

She sighed. This was not going to be a pleasant conversation…

Author Note

Hope you enjoyed and I'll be updating really often to catch up. Will still put up the regular update on Sunday as well.