Chapter 2: It´s only been a while

"Foxy? What´s taking so long?" Bonnie asked as all three of them observed Foxy, waiting to see her attack the guard.

"Where did those animatronics run off to?" The guard said as he switched through all the cameras in the restaurant. Foxy just stood there in silence as she observed the guard with great wonder.

"Could it really be?" She thought to herself before quickly realizing the guard was about to get up from his seat and turn around.

"Well… I might as well go see where they are." He said getting up and grabbing his flashlight from his desk in front of him. Foxy quickly realized she had to go before he turned around and saw her standing there.

"Guys! Hide! He´s coming out of the office!" She warned her friends as she ran towards where they were hiding.

"What? Why?" Chica asked as Foxy pushed them so they would go and hide somewhere.

"I´ll tell you later. Just go!" She ordered. They were all confused as to why the sudden change of plan but decided to obey Foxy, who decided to go back to the Pirate Cove, where hopefully, the guard would come looking for any of them and where she could easily confirm her suspicions.

"Alrighty, Anthony…. Let´s go see where these robots are." Anthony said to himself as he stepped out of his office and went off to look for the misplaced animatronics.

Foxy waited behind the curtains of her stage. If she had a heart, she was sure it would be racing at a hundred miles per hour. She quietly waited for the guard to come to her area.

"Hello? Anyone in here?" Foxy heard the guard call out. As much as she wanted to answer, the best thing to do was to wait for him to come looking for her behind the curtains.

She began to get more and more nervous as she heard footsteps creep closer to where she was standing, and right as she had guessed, the guard poked his head in between the curtains, followed by his hand holding the flashlight.

"Hey! Glad to see you´re still in your place." The guard said as he shined his flashlight at Foxy, who was quite nervous at what he was planning on doing.

He got up on the stage and started to inch closer to the fox who did her best to not spring at him and hug him tightly.

Foxy was taken by surprise as the guard did something she wasn´t expecting at all. As he finally got in front of her, he quickly wrapped his arms around her.

"First mate Anthony, reporting for duty." He whispered to the animatronic who was baffled.

"I thought you would never come back…" She replied as she returned the embrace by putting her arms around him.

"Woah!" The guard said as he was surprised by the response of the fox, who he thought was turned off.

"What´s wrong? Are you afraid?" She asked, fearing she had scared him since he backed away from her.

"No, it´s just that…Well…. I wasn´t expecting a reply." He awkwardly explained as he was confused as to how the animatronic was acting out of character.

"Don´t worry. I won´t harm you." She said as it was her now who was getting close to him. Suddenly they were both startled by the voice of another one of the animatronics.

"Foxy! What the hell is going on in ther-"Called a voice from behind the curtains which caused both of them to turn around to see who it came from, only to be surprised by Freddy who was poking his head in through the curtains.

"What is going on in here? Why isn´t he dead?" Freddy yelled as he walked in expecting to see a dead guard but instead finding both of them perfectly fine and healthy.

"Freddy, wait!" Foxy said, stepping in between Freddy and the guard to avoid him getting harmed.

"Explain to me why you haven´t stuffed him into a suit already." Freddy as he came face to face with Foxy.

"Wait what?" Anthony said.

"Quiet!" Foxy hushed the guard who was confused at the situation. "Pleas just let me explain what´s going on." She pleaded to the bear who was not at all pleased with Foxy´s work.

"Go ahead! Explain to me why you haven´t done the only thing you had to do! Explain why this human is still breathing!¨ He screamed at the poor fox. The guard meanwhile trying to wrap his head around the fact that the animatronics want him dead.

"I know you´re not going to believe me, but this guard is…." She started to explain before trailing off as she felt intimidated by Freddy´s stare.

"Come on! Just get on with it!" He yelled.

"He´s the kid, Freddy." She finished, looking at Freddy hoping that he would understand and not harm him.

"That´s it. I´m doing it myself.¨ He said, pushing Foxy out of the way and walking towards the terrified guard.

"Come on Freddy! She´s telling the truth! ¨ He said as he backed away from the menacing bear.

"I bet you don´t even know what she´s talking about¨ Freddy said.

"I do! I swear! Foxy, help me out!" He continued to plea. "Isn´t there some way to prove it to you?"

Foxy quickly realized there was a way of proving the identity of the guard.

"Freddy look! It is him, I swear." She said jumping in front of Freddy with the picture of them from 18 years ago. "Just look at him. It´s the same person."

Freddy took the photo which he hated seeing and observed the kid in the picture and compared him to the guard.

"See? It´s him Freddy. Please don´t hurt him. I beg you." Foxy said as she stood beside the horrified guard.

"I´ll forgive him for tonight…. But tomorrow…." Freddy said in a defeated voice as he set the photo down of the table. "You better watch out kid…" He threaten the guard before leaving the stage.

"Don´t worry about him.¨ Foxy said as they both turned to face each other again. "He´ll get over it. I´ll make sure about that."

"So… You actually remember me?" The guard asked his animatronic lifesaver.

"Yeah! I never forgot." She said with a weak smile. "It´s you who forgot though."

"Oh come on Foxy, it´s only been a while." He said placing one hand on the shoulder of the sadden pirate.

"It´s been 18 years… And you made a promise…" She said as she shifted her head from looking at him to looking at the ground.

"Don´t be sad. I did my best to try and come back but after the accident…." He explained.

"You got scared and decided to postpone your visit. Indefinitely. " She answered before he could continue explaining.

"I wasn´t scared! It was my dad who decided that it was best for my safety to not come back." He said in defense.

"What about when it wasn´t your dad´s call to make? Why didn´t you come back then?" She growled. She knew she had to be happy about seeing the kid again but there was still a part of her that was angry at him for not keeping a promise.

"Things just came up. I was always busy. Believe me Foxy, I never forgot about my promise." He said.

"Fine. I believe you, but explain to me what kept you busy for 18 years." She said turning around to face him.

"You might want to sit down. This is going to take a while." He answered as he ushered the fox to sit down.

Author´s Note:

Hey guys and girls! I have a little update for you guys. I am going on vacations for Christmas and I won´t have my computer with me :C But worry not! I shall be getting a tablet for Christmas so I can continue to write and update the story. Well… At least continue to write chapters until I get back :D

So I hope you enjoyed the chapter and enjoy the story so far!

Happy Holidays! See you in a bit :)