A dim light filled his sensors as he scanned the room for the sources of the voices ringing in his head, a cold blast of air hit him, his eyesight, blurred from their lack of use. He blinked frantically until it finally cleared up, two concerned faces gazed back at him. He smiled.
"G'mornin, how are y'all today?" he yawned, rolling his neck with a "pop." The two faces looked at each other, then back at him.
"We already did our show, you were asleep when we woke up and we didn't want to wake you, and it's actually quite late." a quiet voice replied, backing away he was seen more clearly. The other face did the same.
The golden bear on the floor studied the younger animatronics carefully, a warm smile crossing his tired face as he saw they were in good health despite being obviously drained. Most likely from entertaining a large crowd of children.
He rose to his feet and draped each arm on both of the animatronics, studying them happily before patting them both on the back. The one to his right, a tall, purple bunny with light red eyes who was just below his height, smiled proudly, head raised while the one to his right, a tall brown bear with sky blue eyes and a nervous smile on his face as he adjusted his jet-black hat on his head with a quick hand, giving Golden a quick glance before glancing around nervously.
Golden straightened up and walked into the others line of sight, adjusting the hat upon his own head before clearing his throat and straightening his bow tie.
"Yah' know, ah'm proud of tah' both of yah'." he said gesturing to them both with an outstretched hand. Bonnie stood tall while Freddy smiled.
"Tah' both of yah' have been doin' excellent tis' past few weeks. Freddy." he gestured his hand toward the nervous bear.
"Yah' haven't had a single attack lately, yah've been doin' a good job of keeping yer'self calm and collected in front of tah' humans and all that." he chuckled, Freddy nodded proudly, then looked to Bonnie, who seemed eager to run off to do something. Golden gave him a warm smile.
"Bon, yah' haven't caused a single problem for tah' staff in two months, that's really good. It tis' a sign that yah've grown." Bonnie's ear twitch in anger, but his smile said otherwise.
Golden laughed at the bunny's expression.
"Yes, tah' both of yah' can leave now. Ah' hear the last of tah' humans leaving, jus' don't cause any trouble." the elder ordered with a wave of his hand. Bonnie rolled his eyes.
"Don't worry, Golden. I won't cause too much trouble." he said with a smirk, Golden frowned at that all too familiar look.
He walked over to Bonnie, placing a hand on the younger one's shoulder. Bonnie's ears perked up in curiosity, a worried expression crossed his face as he saw the look on his older brother's face.
"Ah'm bein' serious, Bon." he growled, "Please, don't cause any trouble for tah' staff. Please."he begged, squeezing Bonnie's shoulder in order to keep himself from breaking down in front of the other two.
Bonnie froze in shock, the sound of despair in the golden bear's voice was too familiar to him and hurt him every time he heard it. He nodded, Golden finally released him and pat him on the back, signifying that he could leave. Freddy blinked and watched as his twin brother made his way back to his usual spot in the room.
"Y-You know, Golden. You could tell us what's bothering you." Freddy's deep voice offered, Golden Freddy nodded.
"Yes, Freddy. Ah' know that, but ah' rather not." he sighed, easing his way into the corner of the room which he sat.
The concerned bear flattened his ears, unsure if he was being supportive or nagging. Golden sighed and beckoned them both over, Bonnie ran over, Freddy following more slowly. He smiled.
"Fred, Bon. We are a family, right?" they nodded, And yah' know what ah' tell you means somethin, right?'" he asked, they both nodded once more and Golden smiled wider at that before enveloping them both in a hug.
"Yah' both run along now, and don't worry abou' me, ah'll be jus' fine, yah' hear?" once again, they nodded and this time they left him alone to go spend the night in the pizzeria, at least until 4 AM or whenever they feel like coming back to sleep. That was one way they recharged, sleeping.
Golden Freddy got back into a comfortable position before beginning to down into sleep mode once again. Everything was fine. Bonnie was Bonnie, Freddy was Freddy, and Golden was….Golden. Everything was fine.
Despite his mental efforts to make him feel safe, he swore that he saw a dark figure that stood out against the already dark room. It looked….alive, two bright, empty lights were staring back at him like eyes as he shut off for the night. Despite his efforts to see the creature clearly, it was gone before it was possible.
He made an attempt to wake up again, but it was too late. He shut down and the shadows closed in once more.
Freddy raced Bonnie to the kitchen, the clangs of their metal feet colliding with the tile floor echoed in the silent darkness of the pizzeria. Bonnie was surprisingly fast for a robot bunny, leaving the brown bear in the dust. If the place had dust that is.
Bonnie rounded the corner leading into the kitchen and darted for the pantry. Freddy went to dart in, but his feet wouldn't cooperate and sent him fighting for balance. He fell hard on the cold, hard, unforgiving black and white tiles of the pizzeria.
Bonnie tore through the animatronics' side of the pantry until he heard a loud 'bang' outside the entrance. He ran back through the doorway, a look of concern on his face as he saw the fallen bear, who now sat up poking at his bottom jaw which hung limply and wiggled around with each tap. He lowered his ears in worry.
"You broke your jaw?" Bonnie sighed, unhappy with the sad nod the bear responded with.
Bonnie stared at the hanging bottom jaw, glad that none of the mascot's teeth had fallen out. The staff was already lazy, they didn't need him to has his jaw fixed, but every time he opened his mouth, it seemed like he'd been tackled in a football game.
Freddy stood up, shrugging at Bonnie's annoyed expression. He patted his brother's shoulder.
"I guess I'm charging electrically tonight." he sighed, his deep voice now mostly static, like he was trying to clear his throat while speaking at the same time. Apparently damaged by the fall. Bonnie sighed.
"You know the staff isn't going to be happy with your damaged jaw and voice box. What if they don't fix you?" Bonnie sighed, waiting for Freddy's response, not realizing his mistake as he waited in anger.
Freddy's pupils shrank in fear, he reached up for his face as realization hit him. Bonnie was right, the staff might not bother to fix him at all, or worse.
What if they, leave him like that? What would the children think? What would the staff do? Would they throw him out? Scrap him? Replace him? What would they do without him, he was the mascot What would Golden do?
His vision began to turn to static as these thoughts raced within his mind, the sound of churning gears began to be heard.
Alarm shot through Bonnie as he realized his mistake. He raced over and grabbed Freddy's hands, bringing them down to the bear's sides as Freddy began to reach for his face. He cleared his throat and made himself sound as clear as possible in fear that the elder bear would have a break down after hearing Golden's praise.
"H-Hey, Fred. It's fine, I-I'll fix you up, okay? Just breathe, calm down." he stammered, waiting for the bear to obey his command. Sure enough, he began to calm down along with his erratic breathing, the sound of his gears grinding to keep up with his overworking fuel tank, soon stopped as well.
Bonnie helped Freddy sit down on top of the kitchen counter before racing off to find a toolbox.
He glanced around at the familiar sights, allowing anything to distract him from the pain in his jaw. The low, buzzing hum of the refrigerator, the poster of him, Bon, and Golden with him in the middle, holding out his hand left hand, a microphone in his right, to some unseen child. Bon to his left with a cherry red guitar in his hands, Golden to his right with an extra microphone in his right hand. The ticking of a clock, and the light from a coffee machine.
He kicked his legs, the ticking of the clock began to echo in his head, he began to focus on the sound of his legs hitting the lower cabinets. The silence somehow unnerved him despite him being here for a few months or so. Time moved fast while you were, "having fun," or something like that. He always forgot how it went.
The pain in his bottom jaw seemed to be the most distracting thing in here, not even the annoying ticking of the clock didn't even satisfy his need for a distraction. They way it hung lazily upon its hinges made it impossible to ignore.
Placing a carefully hand around the loose bottom jaw, he pushed it back into its normal position before letting it fall uselessly once again.
He had broken his jaw once or twice before, but the staff was obviously growing tired of fixing him and his brothers after every, literal, "slip up," so they had to learn how to fix them selves now.
Bonnie had finally returned with a bright, red toolbox that he practically dropped onto the counter, sending a loud, 'bang' through the pizzeria, possibly waking Golden. Freddy glared at him angrily while the purple bunny just shrugged and opened the toolbox.
"It's heavier than you think." was his only reply to Freddy's non-threatening stare, which its effect on him was only dulled by the slow swing of his broken jaw. He nearly laughed at the sight, making the bear sniff and turn his head away in annoyance.
Bonnie placed a steady hand underneath Freddy's jaw and jabbed a screwdriver into the bear's throat, making him jump at the sudden blockage of air, it was like being strangled, but no hands were wrapped tightly around your neck.
It felt like an eternity until the bunny released his jaw and pulled his hand from halfway down his throat. The bear's jaw was back underneath the top jaw were it was supposed to be, a lot more secure than it was when fixed by the staff, which surprised Freddy despite the fact that he shouldn't be.
He hopped off of the counter, a loud 'thud' sounded has he landed on the tiled floor. Bonnie snapped him a "Be quiet!" look, ignoring the fact that he made noise with the toolbox no more than five minutes ago.
He rolled his eyes and strolled over to the pantry, digging through several bottles of "Coke-a-Cola" and a small box of pizza. He settled for a bottle of water, which was hidden in the back, and a medium pizza, just to tick off Bonnie who usually took that.
They settled down to eat in opposite corners, just for spacious reasons. The kitchen wasn't a roomy place after all.
Bon dug hungrily into his pepperoni pizza, a large one, while Freddy stared at his for a moment before taking a small bite. In no time, the brothers had finished eating and were socializing casually. Unaware of the shadow watching them from a distance in disgust.
It tried to yell at them, scold them for their friendship, for their brotherly moment for it was obvious that they were happy picking on each other and laughing at the others weaknesses and memories of embarrassment. Just. Like. Brothers.
It was disgusting.
Yet, it was strange to see someone….happy.
It hurt.
