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Chapter 10: Tragedy struck...
Balloon Boy ran to the Parts & Service room, giggling and holding in his right hand his red balloon. He wanted to play a game with Foxy. Foxy was supposedly the fastest animatronic of the pizzeria, so he wanted to play Hide and Seek with him and Mangle, who was already in the Game Area, speaking with Toy Bonnie.
When he entered the room, he found Chica and Foxy chatting in a corner. They didn't notice his presence. They were speaking about Freddy, as he heard from where he was, and his 'crush', which was a 'he' by the way. Balloon Boy hid behind a wall and listened to the conversation, letting go of his balloon.
"When is he going to tell him ?" Chica asked Foxy, seemingly worried about her friend.
Foxy shruggled. "He be needing time, lass."
"I understand that, but he discovered his love for him four years ago." Chica reminded.
Foxy sighed in an annoyed way. "He be acting like a child sometimes... We all be doing so, lass."
There was a disturbing silence after this statement. Chica wasn't moving anymore, her eyes flickering between green and purple as the spirit of the child inside her wanted to take control of her, and Foxy lowered his head, starting to tremble for the same reason.
Balloon Boy chose that moment to show up, jumping in front of the two and yelling at them: "HELLO !"
Chica had a heart-attack, falling to the ground, and Foxy just raised his head and glanced at him, seemingly very pissed off. The boy smiled to him and came closer to them, grabbing Foxy's hand and leading him to the Game Area. The fox didn't protest, just following the little boy. When they arrived, Balloon Boy asked him to play with them. Foxy didn't refuse.
Marionette glanced at them from the Music Box, trying to analyze the situation. They wanted to play. Springtrap was an enemy that could show up at anytime and they wanted to play Hide and Seek ? Were they that stupid ?
"Hey Mario." Fredbear said, teleporting right in front of her and smiling hugely.
She had never seen him so happy in her whole life.
"Marionette." The Puppet corrected once again, starting to be a little sick of that nickname. "When will you understand that ?"
Goldie shruggled and smiled to Toy Chica, who was chatting with Toy Bonnie not so far away from them. "She's fantastic."
"I'm going to trust you." Marionette said blankly, getting out of the Music Box and standing next to her old friend.
"She's as wonderful as you are."
Marionette froze, blinking in confusion, when she heard that and turned to glance at him. "What should I understand ?"
"Nothing, I was joking." The golden bear replied, his smile growing as Toy Chica saluted them. "Spring's lucky, nevertheless. You're such a beautiful lady."
Seeing that the Puppet wasn't going to answer that, he went on, his smile vanishing as he became quite nervous. "I wanted to inform you that Toy Chica and I... are a couple now."
"Okay."
"You don't mind, right ?"
Marionette crossed her arms against her chest and shruggled. "Why should I ?"
Goldie just smiled friendly to her and teleported next to his girlfriend, this one smiling to him and kissing him in front of a depressive Toy Bonnie. Marionette shook her head and facepalmed, muttering a 'Please, kill me...' with a tired voice before heading to the Back room. There, while she was thinking about Vincent and his plan, she found Freddy, sitting on the table and seemingly wondering a lot.
The bear noticed her and raised his head, saluting her before turning around. He was sad. Marionette knew that. She needed to know what was going on.
Determined, the Puppet sat next to the brown animatronic, putting her hand on his shoulder before demanding in a low voice: "What's wrong Freddy ?"
"Nothing... I'm okay..."
"I'm not that stupid, Freddy." Marionette replied, glancing at the animatronics' heads in front of her, on the shelves. "What happened ?"
The bear sighed sadly before looking at her. "Bonnie kissed Chica."
"And ? Where's the problem ?"
"You know exactly where the problem is." Freddy replied dryly, crossing his arms against his chest and looking angrily at Marionette.
Marionette sighed, annoyed, and asked: "You know... If you loved him, you would have told him what you felt since a little while."
"Yeah, and then what ? Being rejected ? Like Spring Bonnie was when he told you about his feels ?" The bear said furiously, looking away. "I don't want to be considered as crap."
The Puppet didn't say anything, remembering how she'd been awful with Spring Bonnie. That was... four years ago already. When he told her that he was in love with her... She'd just remain silent... Now Springtrap was against them, teaming up with Vincent.
The bunny was broken. His heart was broken. He felt lonely. That was all their fault. That was all her fault.
Freddy just stared at her silently after a while, trying to read her minds. Marionette turned to look at him, tears running down her cheeks. The bear felt sorry for her. "I shouldn't have said that... Sorry, Mario..."
"No, you're right, I've been awful with him. You don't want to be rejected by Bonnie like I rejected him."
The bear remained silent, Marionette going on. "You're right, to an extent... But you know, now that he kissed Chica, it's too late..."
"I know..."
"But you should still tell him what you feel, even if that doesn't change your relationship." Marionette told him, glancing at the door when she heard mechanical footsteps approaching. "Just to be honest with him. He's your best friend, right ?"
"Yes."
"So he needs to know."
Before any of them could react, the door opened wide, showing Springtrap and Vincent staring at them furiously. Vincent took a gun from his pocket and Marionette's eyes widened. She pushed Freddy away when Purple Guy shot, and received the bullet in the arm.
She gasped in pain, glancing at Springtrap, who was lost and frightened. He was still loving her. His eyes wet with tears clearly showed that. He was obviously afraid for her, and the blood coming from the wound wasn't helping at all.
Vincent came towards her, determined to finish his job. Freddy stepped between them but Purple Guy pushed him away, the bear nearly falling but Springtrap holding him back. Purple Guy stood in front of the Puppet, smiling evilly to her. "Hi Mario. Did you miss me ?"
"No." The Puppet answered, staring angrily in his eyes before lowering her head weakly, breathing heavily. "And my f*cking name is Marionette."
The human raised an eyebrow and knelt before her, raising her head with his hand to oblige her to look him in the eyes. "Say goodbye to the world, Mario." He murmured, placing the gun on her temple and attempting to shoot her.
Freddy gasped in fear and ran to the two, but Springtrap grabbed his arm, preventing him to take another step. Freddy looked at him with furious eyes and attacked him, trying to escape his grip. The bunny holded him back, pushing him out of the room and closing the door. Freddy punched the door, insulting Springtrap for at least five minutes before giving up.
What seemed like two minutes after, he heard a shot and ran to tell the others.
What happened in the room...
Vincent's smile grew when he saw Marionette tearing up. It was more than too late for her. Springtrap had done a wonderful work since the beginning, and it was time to finish their plan, once and for all. He was about to shoot her when he felt a hand holding back the weapon. He raised his look, staring at Springtrap with disbelief. This one seemed quite desesperated. Purple Guy narrowed his eyes, not really sure to understand what was happening, and Springtrap took the gun away.
"No." The golden animatronic said, keeping in hand the gun.
"Oh, what now ? You were okay with that !" Purple Guy reminded him loudly, staring at his animatronic friend. "You told me you were okay !"
Springtrap took a look at Marionette, who was staring at him, wide-eyed, without understanding very well. He raised his look and sighed nervously, lowering his head. "I thought so..."
Purple Guy grumbled furiously and walked towards Springtrap, trying to take the gun. Springtrap pushed him away, wanting to escape as quick as possible the room before one of them was hurt. Vincent grabbed his arm and pressed him against the wall, banging his hand against the surface. Spring Bonnie cried painfully and dropped the gun.
Vincent took back the gun and glanced furiously at Springtrap, ready to shoot him in the head. "That's for your betrayal."
Plushtrap came out of nowhere and jumped at Vincent, protecting his best friend and counterpart, but then, Vincent shot him. The plushie fell on the ground and Vincent quickly ran out of the pizzeria.
Marionette stood up as quick as possible, running to see if Springtrap was okay. The golden animatronic reassured her and stared at Plushtrap, gasping in horror when he saw the bullet in his heart. He knelt before him, carrying him against his chest and slowly stroking his head. The plushie smiled to him, holding in his little hands Springtrap's fingers. "I'm sorry..."
"You did nothing wrong, Plushtrap..." Springtrap murmured, crying and tears falling on Plushtrap's body. "You saved my life..."
The Puppet came towards them and knelt next to Springtrap, putting her hand over Plushtrap's forehead. Plushtrap just stared at her with a sorry expression before glancing back at his counterpart. "I did that because... I love you, bro..."
"I love you too, Plushtrap, don't leave me..."
Freddy entered the room some time after, the others being with him and looking at the scene without understanding what was going on. Fredbear let go of Toy Chica's hand and teleported right to Springtrap's left, cuddling against him in an attempt to comfort him.
"I'm sorry... for what I did..." Plushtrap apologized, his eyes shutting quickly and his breath being more irregular.
"Plushtrap, you are going to live... with me..." Springtrap said, holding him closer to him and feeling his counterpart's blood on his chest. "We will be together... I promise you..."
Plushtrap shook his head negatively and smiled to Springtrap and Marionette, taking slowly his best friend's hand and placing it over Marionette's. "The only thing I really want... is to see you happy with the one you love..."
Mario raised her head and looked at Springtrap, smiling softly to him before glancing back at the Spring Bonnie plushie. Springtrap lowered his head, smiling and crying at the same time, before looking at Marionette.
Plushtrap just stared at them before fainting, his heart not beating anymore. His two little ears fell to the sides of his head, and Plushtrap's unliving body unwinded, his hands falling to the sides. Plush Mario, who was hiding since the beginning, bursted in tears, heart-broken, and ran out of the room. Springtrap carried his counterpart's body closer to him, crying over the defunct. Fredbear looked at the Marionette plushie and turned to see Marionette standing up. "No." He said, stopping her before she could follow her counterpart. "We'll find her. Stay with Spring."
"But-"
"Marionette, he needs you. Don't you see ?" Goldie cut, pointing a depressive Springtrap, who was hiding in the darkest corner of the room with Plushtrap's body in his arms.
Marionette looked at him and nodded, walking towards the bunny animatronic. This one just raised his head to look at her before crying again. Noticing that they were alone in the room, the Puppet sat next to her loved-one and stared at him shyly. "Wi-Will you be alright ?"
"No..."
Marionette bit her lower lip, nervous. What could she say ? It wasn't simple for her... She was trying to comfort her enemy but also her loved-one.
Springtrap sniffed sadly before looking away, his golden eyes filled with pain and sadness. "Why... Why Plushtrap ? That should have been me..."
"Don't say that..."
"That would have been better for everyone... I'm a failure... He was so kind, so perfect..." Springtrap murmured, heart-broken.
The Puppet gulped and remained silent, just listening to her loved-one. He was... right, but also wrong. The others probably wanted his death, but he was not a failure. He was just... alone. Being alone when you wait for friends can bring you to insanity quite easily. Plus, Vincent manipulated him when he was weak and desesperated.
The golden rabbit raised his look to stare at the shelves before asking in a low and broken voice: "Why is Life so unfair... ?"
She remained as silent as before, wondering. Actually, she didn't really know what to think about it.
Springtrap glanced at her and smiled shyly before kissing her cheek. She blushed and looked at him, smiling softly and comfortingly. The bunny lowered his head, looking at Plushtrap's body while wondering.
What should he do ? Join the others ? They wouldn't accept him after what he did. Run away ? No, he would be alone again... He was lost. For one of the first times in his life, he didn't know at all what he needed to do.
Maybe running away was the only issue. Dying alone, somewhere, where nobody could notice. That seemed to be the only way to escape the others' judgement.
He stood up, carrying with him Plushtrap's body, and was about to flee when Mario's hand holded him back. He glanced at her in a lost way, trying to understand. Marionette came closer to him and said friendly: "I would like you to stay."
"No, you don't." The golden animatronic replied, attempting to escape but she was still holding him back. "Release me, Puppet."
"I don't want to."
"Yes, you want." Springtrap replied desesperately, lowering his head and looking away, ashamed. "They won't accept me, and neither will you."
"How could you know ?" Marionette asked, letting go of her grip on Spring's arm. "You need to-"
She stopped speaking and lowered her head sadly, looking at the door wide opened and hearing mechanical footsteps quickly running away from her.
To be continued...
Hi ! How are you all ? Hope you are fantastic ! I know, it's very early but I just finished writing chapter 14 so I post this one. ;)
To be honest, this chapter was soooooooo damn hard to write ^^ I like it, even if it's very sad for the poor Plushtrap, and I hope you liked it too ! The next one is going to be very important ! It's a plot twist ! You'll know why when I'll post it :D
Tell me what you think in the comments :D
As always, thanks so much for the support ! That warms my heart to read those kind comments, you're awesome ! :)
Until next time.
Circle of J.