(Important notice in the author's note! Remember to read it after you're finished reading the chapter!)


Shuffling through the bins quickly, Red gave out a large huff when he went through the last one, but found nothing of use. Nothing was even remotely in the shape of a fuse anywhere in the spare parts room, or even in the basement. Nor was there anything to use in place of one.

Leaning against the wall of the Parts and Service room, he rubbed the back of his head. He didn't know what else to do. There weren't enough parts to fix up ANY of the old animatronics. His guilt was growing stronger knowing that he couldn't help them.

Taking off his hat for a moment, he ran a paw over his slicked-back hair. Looking over at Chica, he closed his eyes for a moment, dropping his shoulders. Walking over to her, he put his hat back on, looking her over. He scanned the exoskeleton to see if anything was stopping her from working. Seeing nothing, he growled to himself.

"Boss?"

Looking up, Red spotted the blue rabbit. Sighing again, he stood up straight, brushing himself off.

"Hello, T-Bone. What is it?"

Clyde shrugged lightly, walking over to the leader. Glancing Chica over as well, he looked up at the bear and wrung his hands.

"N-nothing, I just wanted to check on you. You've been here for a while."

Nodding, Red once again looked at the broken down chicken. His eyes moved from the broken animatronic to his friend, his expression slightly flat.

"Did you find anything about the fuses online?"

"No, sir." Clyde said quickly. He stood still for a moment before he dropped his shoulders, looking down. "A-actually...yes. They don't make them anymore. There's none around town, either. None on Craigslist, or in surrounding towns."

"Figures." The bear said with a small growl, his ears drooping a bit. "Too bad I can't leave to find one."

There was a pause before he laughed softly to himself, shaking his head.

"Ah, the things I could do for you all if I was human." Red began to walk away, quickly followed by Clyde. The bunny raised an eyebrow, frowning.

"What do you mean?"

"I could buy us all new parts." The Toy bear began, looking off into the distance as if he were zoning out. "I know I messed up your leg when we were younger; I could fix that easier. I could fix all of the older models, I could basically do anything. I could get us fifty of those fuses if I saw fit. I just wish we were all 'alive', so we could just-"

Before he could speak any further, Clyde pressed his paw to the brown animatronic's muzzle, snickering slightly when he caused his nose to honk. Red gave him an annoyed look while attempting to remove his paw, growling to himself.

"Honey bear, you do enough for us as it is. I know you want to do so much more than you can, but we're fine. Really. Don't stress yourself with things you can't do." Smiling at the boss, he removed his paw from his snout, crossing his arms.

"I can't help but to wish we were in better conditions." He muttered, looking around once they reached the stage room. Looking back to Clyde, he smiled lightly, patting his back.

"You're my family, you know? Even more than that."

Clyde grinned at that, his ears falling a bit. He leaned up and licked the bear's cheek, making him grunt in shock and annoyance. Red pulled away, making the bunny laugh even more at him. A loud clearing of a throat made them both look over to their side, stopping their...bonding.

"How cute." Tangle sneered snottily from the wall, where he and Mangle were clinging to it. The torn-up fox crawled down from the walling and attempted to stand up straight on the floor, but wasn't able to do it. Tangle glared at the other two, snorting.

"I hate to interrupt your moment," The severed head snapped, looking quite mad. "But we have problems."

"What kind?" Red asked, keeping his calm around the short-tempered endoskeleton. Mangle pointed its working paw into the direction of the Prize Corner, its eye wide. The bear turned into the direction immediately, glancing around to see what was wrong.

He was sure the gears in his chest had stopped.

The device that they had made to wind up the music box had been completely shattered.

Ears flattening, he ran over to the music box without asking any questions. His eyes contracted and lit up the area to make sure that the present box was still closed, which it was. Darting his gaze over to Mangle and Tangle, he clacked his jaw a few times.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" He shouted out much louder than usual, actually causing the three other animatronics to jump back in panic. Tangle snorted, narrowing his gaze.

"No need to shout, fratello. We're on your side." He hissed, his hazel eye attempting to light up, but failing. It flickered for a moment before shutting off and going back to normal. "B.B. did it."

Before Red could speak, a short, sharp giggle caught all of their attention. They looked up to find B.B. smiling at them from the Game Area, innocently fiddling with the string of a balloon.

"The Master wants out."


Freddy yawned, stretching out. The old bear lifted himself from the lounge room couch, looking around as usual. When he spotted Bonnie on the floor, he frowned, standing up. He walked over to the bunny, listening closely to make sure he was okay. Hearing the soft whirring of his gears, he nodded to himself, standing up straight.

He left the lounge room, rubbing his cracked arm. Stopping when he heard Red shout, he looked across the stage room to see the four (technically five) animatronics at the Prize Corner. Walking to them, he frowned, looking to Red.

"What happened?" Freddy began to ask, his ears flattened. It wasn't until he saw the broken device that he realized what had happened. Eyes widening, he looked to the others in confusion, a bit panicked.

"W-what-"

"BALLOON BOY." Both Clyde and Tangle barked out at the same time, both of them looking equally enraged. Freddy turned around to look for the humanoid, living statue, but he was nowhere to be found. Looking back to Red, his ears fell even more when he noticed how frantic he looked.

"Red, it'll be okay." Freddy attempted to soothe him, only to get a growl in return.

"NO, IT WON'T." The younger bear snapped, standing up straight. He glared at them all, his ears completely flat against his endoskull. "This is is. I'm done, I can't do this anymore. I'm s-so tired, I can't..."

Trailing off, he sat near the music box. Rubbing his face, he put a paw to it and began winding, sighing heavily. "It's depleting faster than it u-used to. I can't do this."

"I'll help." Clyde immediately said, looking at the younger bear determinedly. Red huffed, shaking his head.

"No."

"Yes!" The bunny snapped, crossing his arms. "We're a family, more than that. Remember?"

"We'll help, too." Tangle declared, looking to Mangle for reassurance. The fox nodded eagerly, smiling to the severed head it was connected to. The toys looked to Freddy, tilting their heads.

"I-I'll help as well." Freddy said slowly, unsure and worried. Clyde, Mangle and Tangle seemed incredibly pleased as they all looked back at Red, waiting for his response.

Red went completely silent at that, his ears lifting just a bit. He smiled weakly at them all, his head bowing tiredly.

"T-thank you...where would I be without you all?"

"Scrapyard." Tangle replied instantly, his smirk visible on his broken mouth. Making a short, sharp shouting noise, he spurred Mangle on and they both went into a nearby vent, going off to do something. Clyde, Freddy and Red stayed behind, all of them quiet.

"What can we do, Red?" The blue bunny asked softly, his ears perked towards him. The bear shrugged lightly, looking up at the two other males.

"I don't know. I guess you can just-...wait, where's Toy Chica?"

Clyde looked up at that, glancing over to the stage. Freddy looked around as well, their expressions going from neutral from slightly panicked. Clyde walked over to the stage, looking behind the curtain to see if he could find her. "T-CHI?"

Red's ears flattened once again, not taking his paws off of the music box. He made quiet, anxious noises while Clyde looked for the female of their group, obviously not finding her.

Freddy was having a severe case of déjà vu.


Once the music box was wound up securely for the moment, Red and Freddy went off together to find their chicken friend. Their first comb through the restaurant resulted in nothing, but Red was persistent. Nearing the basement, he stopped and glared back at Freddy, frowning.

"Stay here. I'll be right back. If I'm not back in three minutes, go somewhere else and look. Got it?" Snorting to himself after Freddy nodded, he unlatched the door and shut it behind himself once he was inside. Glancing around carefully when he heard a few noises, he hesitantly went down the stairs.

Hearing a crash next, he completely perked up. Nearly jumping down the rest of the stairs, he fumbled for the light switch, eyes contracted.

Once the light flickered to life, he spotted T-Chi in the corner, laying face down. Grunting in alarm, he nearly ran over to her, kneeling down.

"T-Chi!" He barked, ears flattening. When he got no response, he gripped onto her tightly and picked her up, placing her upright against the wall. "T-CHI!"

Her head snapped up at that, her eyes flickering from their normal blue to pure black. He jumped backwards in alarm, his eyes narrowing. She coughed up what seemed to be pure black oil, which covered her beak and neck. Removing said beak, she wiped it away with her arm, smearing it everywhere.

"What's the point of fixing up the failure?" She questioned, grinning up at the bear before looking over at the broken exoskeleton, which was covered by a tarp. Her voice was glitchy and odd, her eyes remaining black. "W-we're to be scrapped anyways."

Red froze at that, frowning at the chicken. He opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when a wave of static covered his vision. Roaring out, he flattened his ears and whipped around, glancing around the room quickly. Spotting something in the shadows, he instantly grabbed an unused pipe from the corner, holding it as if it were a baseball bat.

"I know you're not one of us," He snarled into the darkness, lifting the pipe up to show he meant buisness. Two white pinprick dots glared at him from the darkness, as if only to intimidate him.

"Bring it on." He hissed to it, waving the pipe a bit. "I bet you're just-"

Before he could continue, he was grabbed and held roughly in place by T-Chi. A quick glance at her informed Red that her eyes were still indeed black. Struggling, he snapped his jaw together several times in attempt to intimidate whatever was around him, but failed.

The figure from the shadows emerged slowly, not taking its eyes off of Red. It was almost pure black, aside from a few purple tints and hues.

The other bear stared Red down, and Red stared right back. He twitched and twisted a bit in attempt to free himself, growling loudly.

"Who the hell do you think you are!" He shouted at it, his ears completely flat. "You good for nothing son of a-"

He was interrupted when it dashed forward, slamming its paw onto his head. He screeched when he felt something odd mess up some of his circuitry; most of his more important programming. He let out a pained gasp when it pulled away, smirking. It bore its blindingly white teeth, standing up straight. It suddenly vanished when some yellow darted into it, causing it to disappear as quickly as it came. Its leaving caused T-Chi to power down and collapse, dragging Red down to the ground with her.

He gasped and almost whimpered in pain, closing his eyes. He noticed the odd, yellow creature walking towards him, but he couldn't focus. It felt as if someone had taken a magnet and put it to his head, scrambling everything.

That was probably what had happened.


"T-CHI!" Clyde shouted, twitching his large ears in attempt to pick up any sound. Hearing a recognizable animatronic-like screech from the basement, he put his attention in that direction, eyes filled with worry. "Red?"

Dashing to the nearest vent, he began to crawl through it in attempt to take a shortcut from the office to the basement, ears still twitching. He began to pick up Mangle's static, which made him a bit curious; M&T never went into the office.

Emerging on the other side, the static got louder. Glancing around to find where the fox was, he looked up to the ceiling and spotted it, its eyes pure black and its jaw hanging slack. Tangle looked thoroughly alarmed, his head twisting in attempt to get away.

"CLYDE, RUN!" He shouted, looking down at the bunny. He suddenly couldn't move, his broken head hanging limp in Clyde's direction. "PLEASE, I CAN'T DO ANYTHI-"

Before he could even finish speaking, Mangle screeched and jumped at Clyde, knocking him over. The broken fox constricted around him as if it were a snake, making the rabbit growl and screech in anger. He thrashed about in attempt to get free, taking his jaw and clenching it down on one of the fox's wires.

"'ET ME 'OO!" He shouted between his biting, his mouth muffled from the wires. Tangle winced and watched him, unable to help.

"I-I'm so sorry, Clyde." He whispered, looking away. "I can't help."

"C-CAN'T HELP WITH WHAT?" He shouted in alarm, his green eyes filled with panic. Just then, the lights flickered and a horribly large, pure black figure materialized in the corner, grinning wickedly. It had the ears of a rabbit, while its eyes and teeth were blindingly white. Clyde flattened his ears and lowered his head as it approached, all while he continued growling and snarling at it. Its hand quickly slammed into Clyde's head, making him screech in pain. The same scrambling feeling that Red had felt not even minutes ago surged through him, frying important information and other things. He squirmed, crying out in attempt to call for help.

The sudden sound of rapid footsteps caught their attention, making both normal animatronics glance up. A screech filled the air and a figure lunged at the black rabbit, making it dissipate into the air.

Coughing loudly once Mangle powered down and released Clyde, he crawled away and kicked the constricting wires away, backing up into a wall. Looking to the animatronic who had saved him, he breathed heavily, his eyes wide.

"It'll be alright, laddie. Just relax."


Author's Note: (IMPORTANT NOTICE: EVERYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER MAY BE CONSIDERED AN AU/HALLUCINATION IN BoC3 DUE TO THE NEW GAME COMING OUT. It honestly depends on the new game. I may find a way to work everything in, but if I can't, then I'll say something.

And yes; there's going to be a BoC3! Hopefully. I know you're probably all saying "OH GOD, NO! MAKE IT STOP!")


Heya, guys! Sorry for the horribly late update. This is still on hiatus, I just wanted to update it for you guys. I'm kind of stuck sitting down cramping (girl problems, use your imagination.), so I wanted to write this!

I'd like to thank Chillaid for half beta reading.

(I pulled it out from under her before she could finish, she went to eat and I'm too impatient so I wanted to post it now. Sorry for any typos! Just PM me if you see any.)

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Answered Questions!:


clayface5000: "If the character you play as in the game has a personality in ur opinion what would it be?"

Answer: Hmm, it depends! Maybe a bit seclusive due to working the night shift, quiet, maybe a thrill seeker, I dunno! Oh, and; YIRY!


Thanks for reading! Not sure when the next chapter will be out, but it should be finished by