Chapter 4: Deal With It
"You want me to do what?!" Foxy exclaimed as she heard Freddy´s demands.
"I want you to do what we haven´t been able to do in five years." Freddy clarified.
"I can´t do that. Not anymore. Not to him." She said, standing up to her upset leader.
"What did you say? Let me remind you exactly what that guard is. An adult." Freddy said as he got face to face with the fox, trying to intimidate her.
"So? What´s that got to do with any of this?" She asked, wanting an answer to the question Anthony asked.
"Everything. May I remind you that adults are the reason we´re stuck in the hellish situation we call ¨life¨." He responded in an angered voice.
"I´m not yours anymore, Freddy. You don´t control me. You have no power over me." She said, making her best effort to convince the bear to not kill Anthony.
"You want to test me?"
"Be my guest, lad…" Foxy reproached as both their eyes started to turn black in anger.
"Fine. Either you take care of the problem or else…" Freddy finished as he turned around to head back towards his stage so he could get ready for the day ahead.
"We´ll see about that…" Foxy muttered. She turned around and went to sit at her makeshift desk she had made from spare boxes and wood crates.
"What am I´m going to do…?" She thought to herself as she felt an overwhelmed with sadness as she knew Freddy wouldn´t back down from his word.
She knew she had to think of something quick before midnight, luckily she didn´t have any shows scheduled for the day so she had more than enough time to think about a solution.
Anthony woke up from his slumber feeling weird. He still had trouble trying to understand the events of what had happened the day before since it all seemed to have passed by in a heartbeat, like a dream he thought to himself.
After taking a shower and eating some lunch, Anthony sat down to meditate whether if it was a good idea to return to the restaurant.
On one hand, Foxy still remembered him for some strange unknown force. But on the other hand, she did try to kill him even though it was before she realized who he was. It was a tough decision, but one that had to be made nonetheless. He laid down to think about it since there was still three hours before he had to go to work.
Meanwhile Foxy waited for the manager and janitor to finish up with the duty of closing the restaurant for the night. She felt and intense sense of dread as she knew she had to reach Anthony as soon as he arrived to explain what was going on with Freddy.
At last she saw Anthony slowly approach the front doors of the restaurant but she noticed something odd about his expression. He seemed nervous and walked cautiously towards the restaurant.
"Hey Anthony!" She greeted. "I-is something wrong?" She asked as he seemed worried to be around her.
"Everything´s fine. Why do you ask?" He responded to the now serious fox.
"It´s just that you seem a little nervous to be here." She answered as she knew something was troubling him and the fact that she had to tell him that Freddy was still onto him was not going to make things easier.
"Nah! I´m fine! I-m just going to leave my stuff at the office real quick. Be right back with you." He said as he tried to jolt out of there but to no avail, Foxy had grabbed his shoulder bringing him to a sudden stop.
"Actually… Let me go with you, I kind of have to talk to you about something important." She told Anthony. He hesitated but shook his head in agreement. Whatever it was, Anthony had just become even more nervous.
"Well what do you have to need to tell me?" Anthony said as he sat down on the chair in the office while Foxy decided to sit on the edge of the table.
"You´re not going to like this but…. Freddy still wants you dead." She didn´t waste her time as she knew Freddy was surely up to something as they spoke.
"What!? But you said you´d change his mind!" Anthony yelled as his biggest newly discovered fear was becoming true.
"I Know! I Know! But don´t worry! As long as you´re with me you should be fine!" She said trying to calm down the now frantic guard.
"How do I know that´s true? How do I know it´s not a lie and you´re just saying it so I trust you and as soon as I know it, I'm dead?" He questioned. Foxy was shocked at his reaction but he was in all his right to not believe her.
"I know you have your doubts but please believe me! You can trust me! I´ll make sure he not only doesn´t get you but that he will make peac-" She was stopped mid-sentence before she started to feel strange.
"Foxy… Are you okay" Anthony said as he watched in horror how the fox´s eyes began to turn pitch black and as her body began to twitch.
"M-m-make… Pe-pea-peace…..Kill…." She stuttered in what sounded like a broken low pitched voice.
"Foxy…You´re scaring me…" Anthony said as he was frozen in place, watching the animatronic slowly begin to walk towards him.
As she inched ever so closely, Anthony began to step back as well but as soon as he knew it, he was backed up towards the wall. It wasn´t long now that Foxy was face to face with the frighten guard.
"Please… Don´t…" He begged before the fox let out a gut wrenching screech as she swung her hook hand toward the guard. Luckily enough he ducked right in time to dodge it and run out the office at top speed with Foxy turning around in a swift move and following chase.
Anthony ran as fast as he could and hid behind the curtains of Foxy´s stage. He peaked out to see if she was coming but it looked cleared for a second until she suddenly burst out of nowhere, knocking Anthony down on his back.
"Please, Foxy! Don´t do this! Listen to me, please!" He begged as she walked towards him, jaw open ready to bite and her hook hand ready to swing.
"Talk to me! Foxy! Please react! Don´t do this!" He pleaded but to no avail she dropped on top of him, screaming and trying to stab him. Anthony did his best to defend himself but Foxy was very heavy due to being made out of metal.
They fought around as Anthony continued to beg and try to push Foxy off so he could escape. As he fidgeted around he felt some sort of compartment on her back but it was hard to tell due to her coat.
He managed to turn her around and get on top of her long enough to lift her coat and see what it was, to his luck, when he opened the little hatch he found a series of switches among which there was on labeled ¨On¨ and ¨Off¨. He didn´t hesitate on flicking her off and immediately she fell limp on the floor, motionless and without a sign of life in her.
Anthony quickly closed the hatch and ran off towards his office. He figured he wouldn´t have to worry about Foxy or Freddy or any of the other animatronics for the rest of the night since he shut both the doors to the office.
As his mind raced trying to figure out a solution on what to do with Foxy since she had to be turned on before everyone else arrived, he realized the only thing he could do was to turn her on again.
He decided to wait until 5 am to do so as it would reduce the risk of her trying to attack him again. He stood in front of her, trying to get the courage to switch her on, fearing she would somehow all of a sudden stand up and attack him.
As soon as he switched her on he ran as he started to hear her getting up. He reached his office and proceeded to close the doors so she wouldn´t try to get in.
"Anthony?" He faintly heard a voice coming from the other side of the door. He didn´t need to look at the cameras to know who it was.
"Let me in. I can explain…" Foxy added but Anthony stayed quiet making sure to not make any sound whatsoever.
"I understand… I´m sorry…" Anthony heard her leave as well as what sounded like if she was crying.
He let out a sigh of relief as he heard the alarm go off, signaling the off his shift. He rounded his stuff off and dashed to his car.
As he started his car he looked into the restaurant. He saw a rather saddened animatronic fox looking right back at him. He paid no attention to it and drove away from the restaurant, thinking about his near death experience and whether this was sign enough to quit.
