"Springs, Springs, wake up!" a worried voice whispered as he shook the still form in front of him, his worry growing with every passing second. The bunny refused to wake.
Fredbear cursed under his breath before backing standing back up and facing his golden brother. He sighed at the expression that was etched into his face. A look that a person who didn't want to be awakened, but he knew that's not why he had that hateful expression.
Fred decided that shaking him wouldn't work. He looked to the cord that was plugged into the animatronic's chest panel. The workers had come back last night to find them underneath the desk, asleep, and woke up Fred and attempted to wake up Springs, but he refused to wake. They needed Fred's help to carry him back to the safe room, man was Springs heavier than they thought.
It took a crew of four men and one robot to carry the golden bunny back to the room, to make it harder, Springs' limbs kept whacking them in the back of the head, when that happened, they had to put him down and reposition his hands back onto his chest.
It took them….a while.
Now, here the brothers were, Springs seemingly in a coma state and Fred trying to wake him.
Fred spent at least, an hour? Trying to wake him, maybe it was because he tried to wake Springs up at….4:00, two hours before they were supposed to activate.
Fred just woke him so he could make sure the golden brother was okay. He did kind of have a meltdown last night, had a fit, then crashed. He couldn't blame the younger brother for his dramatic course of actions. Punching the floor, which broke several office tiles under the desk. Nearly hurting Fred, which the bunny apologized for immediately. Ripping up several of the documents on the desk.
You couldn't blame him after finding out he was practically, "useless," which, without a doubt, he wasn't.
The golden bear sat back in his spot next to the cold robot, a rush of doubt crashing against him like an oncoming wave. He wasn't even sure if Springs was alive. He was unresponsive, he didn't make a breathing noise like he usually would, which kept them cool while they slept since they were on all night. And worst of all, he was cold.
He had never seen his brother like that. Maybe he didn't want to be bothered? Maybe if he left Springs would wake up on his own? He decided to leave. Reaching out a furry hand, he leaned forward, getting into a crouching position, before standing. He stole another glance at Springs before heading towards the door. No sooner had he grasped the doorknob, then he heard that cheerful voice he had come to know so well….yet, it was more sad than he had ever heard.
He turned around and faced his brother, the look on his face said enough to tell how the bunny was doing. The bear ran back to the crying form and enveloped him in a tight hug as warm tears of oil spilled down his back, staining his fur a brownish color. He pet the younger robot comfortingly while holding his head close to his 'heart'.
Just like when they were first activated, and they only had each other.
Springs dug his face into patch of fur on the golden bear's chest, ashamed of the way he broke down, ashamed of his emotions and how he couldn't always hold his tears back, or keep himself contained when angered. Fred sighed and stroked the bunny's back a couple of times before placing both hands on the sides of bunny's face and forcing him to face him. Surprise, surprise, he had his eyes firmly shut, black tears spilling from the underneath his eyelids. He shook his head.
"Springs…." the bear sighed, he just jerked his head to the right, the bear turned his face back toward him.
"Springs, look at me." he whispered softly, Springs just gave a mixture of an angry and distressed sob before turning his head to the floor. Fred wasn't so gentle with turning him to face him this time. He jerked his head back to face him, making the bunny growl at the harsh gesture.
"Springs, open your eyes, now." he growled, his voice, serious and clear. He obeyed and opened his eyes, a shocked gasp rose from Fred's throat at the sight.
His eyes had changed, their chocolate, brown color had changed into an empty silver. A lost, lifeless look in his eyes shown clearly as he studied Fred's expression, unsure of what the bear was thinking. He just shook his head and stared with a worried expression.
"Springs, your eyes…." he whispered, the bunny just shut his eyes and buried his head in Fred's golden fur once again, the bear held him close. They stayed like that, the only noise was Springs' muffled crying. Hours passed and they eventually fell back asleep.
Fred woke up upon hearing the safe room door open, he raised his head to see two men approaching him, one with mahogany skin and deep brown eyes, another with oak wood skin and light blue eyes, he smiled.
He raised his right hand and waved, they waved them back, the one with oak wood, pale skin pointed to Fred's left, a questioning look on both their faces. The bear raised an eyebrow in confusion as he looked to his left.
His blue gaze fell upon a sleeping, golden bunny. Traces of oil shown on his face and his expression was unreadable. Fred had his left arm wrapped around his stomach while the Springs' head rested on Fred's chest. The bear faced the men will a look that read, "he's fine."
The man with mahogany skin and kind, brown eyes wandered over to Springs, alarming Fred. He wrapped his other arm around him and pulled him away, a low growl coming from his throat, his metal, pointed teeth bared in a threatening snarl.
The man threw his hand up in defense, backing up as Fred suddenly snapped his jaws at him. Springs' eyelids twitched, signifying that he had woken up, of course not wanting them to see his lifeless-like eyes.
"Aye, Fred. What's the problem?" the mahogany man asked the angered robot. The bear just growled and hoped he would back off. Springs finally opened his eyes.
The man gave a gasp as he saw the drain of color of his eyes, Springs turned his gaze to him, a look of fear and disgust soon crossing his face.
"Will, what's up with the SpringBonnie su-" the oak skined man went silent as he saw the problem.
"Man Springs, what happened to your eyes?" he asked, Will blinked before facing the other man. "That's what I want to know, Jake." he scoffed, the look on his face appropriately confused.
Springs' eyes narrowed while Fredbear just glared at the humans, teeth bared in warning for them to keep away. He didn't want to lose Springs.
Will moved over and reached over to the bunny, slowly reaching for the panel on his chest. Springs snarled and covered his chest with his hands, pushing Fred's arms off of him. The bear hopped up after Springs sat up, allowing Fred to stand, scaring the men.
Fredbear jumped in front of SpringBonnie, arms out at his sides, his blue gaze darting to each worker, making sure they kept their distance. They both threw up their hands in defense.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Fred, buddy. What's the problem?" Jake huffed, the bear just continued his defensive act until Springs stepped out from behind him, surprising the bear.
"Brother, what are yah' doin'? Where are yah' goin'?" he asked quickly, the bunny just wandered over to the humans as they stood their ground scared, wondering what the animatronic was going to do next.
He casually gave them an innocent smile, making them drop their guards, easing the tension in the room by a lot.
Will and Jake watched him for a moment as the robot swept its silver gaze over them a few times before quickly grabbing Jake's shoulders, catching the human before he could react. He leaned forward and looked the terrified man in the eyes, Will stood there, shocked and unsure what to do. Fredbear blinked in alarm, hoping he didn't harm the man.
Springs looked into his eyes for a moment before releasing him, making the man sigh in exhale in relief, releasing a breath he didn't know he held. Fred looked to Springs, a questioning look on his face. The bunny gave him a look, "They're alright." was the message they exchanged. The bear raised an eyebrow, unsure how he was able to know this, but nodded and straightened his posture.
Springs nodded to the men, signifying that they could continue their work, which was to actually check their systems.
They allowed them to do their job, while the robots stared at each other silently.
A few hours had passed before the brothers were put onto stage, and to their amazement, children actually came this time.
Fred's singing was as outstanding as always, but Springs was lagging a little. While Fred put his, combination of churning gears in his chest that made up his 'heart', into it, while the golden bunny beside him played his guitar in a sad, slow tone that Fred had to adjust to. The gloominess of the tune confused the workers and some of the customers, but it was calming nonetheless, so they left it alone.
There was a constant telepathic battle going on between Springs and Fred the whole time they were preforming. Fred raising his voice, hoping it would urge the stubborn bunny into raising the volume on his music while the bunny kept lowering the volume until the staff got annoyed and closed the curtains of the small stage they performed on.
They went behind the curtain and sat the robots down, looking from an obviously angry bunny and an annoyed bear. The workers were confused.
"What's the problem you two?" a tanned man growled, "Jake and Will told me you guys were "moody" today." he sighed, before leaning down and facing the bunny, staring him right in the eyes.
"And he also told me about your sudden change in fashion, SpringBonnie." the man said with a raised eyebrow. The bunny growled a low warning at the use of that hated name, it was obvious the man didn't catch it.
He pat Springs' head before looking to Fred. "What's up with your friend, Fred?" he asked curiously, the bear just stared at him, thinking of what words and pitches to combine into a human understood sentence.
The robots spoke in their own way while the humans heard a static-like noise, so the robots had to change pitches and combine words from built in sentences.
"He's jus' not feelin' up tah' it today, tis' all." the bear responded, the bunny's expression made it clear that the bear had assumed correctly. The man nodded and turned to the stage stairs as the sound of footsteps approaching echoed in the hollowed stairs.
"The SpringBon suit, alright?" another man sighed, the tan person nodded. Yeah, but he's just not feeling up to it today." he said, turning back to the bunny how's silver eyes evaded the man's gaze.
"I guess we're going to have to use the suit feature today." he said suddenly, waking the bunny up from his depressed slump, the words scared the bear as well. Before the bunny could react, he was shut off and his eyes went dark. The bear could only watch as his brother went limp and lifeless.
A deep sorrow filled his system as the men removed the endoskeleton, then climbed inside his brother, the tanned man helping him.
He placed Springs' head on, completing the suit and angering the bear. Was this what it was like for the younger one to see Fred turned into a deadweight suit?
He felt even worse at the thought of him going through that.
Fred held the bunny close, hoping that he would wake up soon and it wouldn't have to be like earlier where he had to leave the room for him to react.
He waited in sorrow and worry, ears twitching in anticipation, the silence of the room allowing him to think the worse. He was silently praying and hoping that they put his endoskeleton back in right and didn't damage him like they did with the bear and had to repair it.
His mind wandered and the worst scenarios started to form as the dinner outside grew quieter until it was obvious all the humans had left. He still waited. Then he heard life beside him.
The sound of scared crying echoed in the room as the bunny powered back to life, the bear hugged him tight, knowing the younger one was scared.
"I-It was horrible!" the bunny sobbed, digging his face into the bear's chest once again, after it being cleaned of the oil stains from before. The bear nodded.
"Ah' know, ah' know." he sighed, patting his back comfortingly. The bunny opened his eyes this time, the light that usually shown off them, now dimmed into little balls of light right in front of the robot's eyes. The bear closed his eyes this time as it went dark around them once more.
"I'm sorreh' yah' had to go through that." he sighed truthfully, the bunny calm down a bit.
The younger brother relaxed slightly before closing his eyes, the sound of sobbing died down.
"Help me."
"Hey, Golden. It's time to wake up."
