Purple is the New Black

Liam survived by being a clever and lucky guy. He had managed to get out of the parts and service room past all of the animatronics because they were distracted by looking for Cordelia and made it to the prize corner. It was, again, sheer luck, that he didn't come across Marionette or the blue bunny. But since the puppet was already wandering around, Liam hopped into the music box and hid out the last hour of the night.

Luckily he didn't snore because he fell asleep in the box. Snoring would have got the animatronics' attention, but, as said, he was lucky. Even when the animatronics made their way to the prize corner, none of them checked the music box. He was undisturbed in the box until light entered all at once and a heavy object was tossed on him.

He let out a loud groan and squinted his blue eyes open to see an inactive puppet lying on him. He heard a voice mumble, "What the hell is this?" Liam then looked up to see a man staring at him.

The man's clear silver eyes held a look of puzzlement. His long blackish purple hair was pulled back in a low messy ponytail. He had five o'clock stubble on his face. He had on a long sleeve purple shirt. He looked tall and lean as he stood over the box and Liam.

"What are you doing in there?" he asked lowly with a quirked brow.

"You don't even wanna know, man," Liam yawned out as he pushed the puppet aside and crawled out so the man could close the music box.

The taller man snorted and shoved his hands into the pocket of his purple pants. "The night guard said the same thing to the manager when he asked why his office door was destroyed. Are you Liam? She was looking for you when she went to put the old animatronics up."

"Really?" Liam asked. "How did the door get destroyed?"

The man shrugged and replied curtly, "How should I know?"

"Oh," the young mechanic sighed. "I just thought you might."

The man brought his hand up to his stubbly chin as he looked over Liam's tired looking form. His thoughts were unreadable. A smirk then appeared on his face as he held the same hand out to Liam. "I am Vincent by the way. I am a dayguard here now. Just started, but I used to work at one of the older establishments."

The dark haired boy took the man's hand and shook it before saying, "Nice to meet you. I am Liam Bangs. I am a mechanic."

"Why was a mechanic here during the night?" Vincent asked with narrowed eyes and a sinister crooked grin. "Rumor is this place is deadly overnight."

Liam laughed without humor. "That is true. It is hard to be here at night. I was left here yesterday after I was knocked out by accident. The manager forgot about me. I've been hiding all night."

"Sounds rough," he commented as he tilted his head. "Want me to order you a breakfast pizza or something? That might help you feel better. All the cooks are here."

Liam looked at the man as if he was a purple beacon of hope in a fire storm tornado during an earthquake. "They have breakfast pizza here?"

Vincent nodded slowly as he watched Liam become starry eyed. He crossed his arms and turned to walk out of the room and said, "Yea. I'm going to order you one. In return, I want you to tell me about some things. First I have to round up the rest of the older models and put them back where they belong then I'll meet you in the dining area."

"Sure, man. Sounds great," Liam replied happily. He was so happy that he survived and was getting to eat more pizza that he didn't notice the strange tone Vincent used when he spoke about the older animatronics.

"So what did you want to talk about?" Liam asked before taking another bite of his bacon, egg, cheese, and hashbrown pizza.

Vincent leaned back in the seat with his arms crossed as he watched Liam and answered, "You said you were a mechanic. Could you teach me a few thing? I know a fair bit already but knowing more won't hurt me."

The dark haired boy stopped his eating for a moment as he thought. His first idea was that if he taught him more then the purple haired man could help him repair the animatronics. If he already knew a little, it was likely he could already fix them. Vincent looked nice enough to Liam to trust him to help.

"Sure," Liam said. "I can teach you a few things before I go home. I was going to fix some of the animatronics up today anyway."

Vincent smiled slyly as he looked out into the crowd of children. "Sounds great."

"I'll be in the Parts and Service room. Just come there when you get on your break," Liam said with a small smile. "Thanks for breakfast."

He began his walk to the room he had just mentioned. One part of him wanted to go and talk to the older restaurant mascots while the other wanted to go home and sleep forever as to forget the previous night's events. He sided with the part that wanted to stay, but he still had no clue what to say to them when he got there.

A tap on his shoulder stopped him in his steps and thoughts. His head turned to see Cordelia staring at him tiredly. "Glad to see you made it."

"You, too," he replied. "You need anything?"

Her head bobbed in a short nod. "The manager wants you to look at an animatronic I found last night. The manager is calling him Spring Bonnie. I think he prefers to be called Springtrap though. At least when I was talking to him, he seemed to like it better."

"Springtrap?" Liam questioned. "That doesn't sound too safe and kid friendly."

"Yea," the girl mumbled before yawning. "He is good though. Like all the others, don't make him mad, and you should be fine. Well, unless they decide to become obsessed with you."

Liam laughed as he remembered the scene Toy Chica had caused when she accuse the blue bunny of having affections for Cordelia. Liam had thought the whole thing was pretty funny until he got threatened.

"Anyway, he is in a room attached to the manager's office," the girl said before sleepily walking away. He just laughed lightly at her dazed expression as he began to now make his way to the manager's office.

He decided to check out whatever the girl had found; it would give him more time to figure out what all to say to his furry friends. He was still trying to come to terms with the fact they had wanted to kill him only hours ago and would have had he not hide himself well.

Blue eyes looked half surprised when he saw the manager's office no longer had a door and that there was a secret door. Working here was slowly making little surprise him. He walked down the stairs and squinted in the dimly lit room.

He looked carefully and curiously as he found the gold bunny propped against a wall. He concluded that the animatronic looked great despite being held up in a room for no one knows how long. Springtrap had a few rips and tears in the fabric of his suit; the material around his mouth looked the worst, but would be an easy fix. His brown bowtie and buttons even looked nice.

He was surprised that there was no dust on the animatronic and was cleaner than most of the others but then assumed Cordelia cleaned him.

Liam decided to open the bunny up to inspect any internal damage. He was shocked when he opened it up and saw it was pretty different from the other animatronics. It had a lot more room in it and had spring locks. He then took notice that the golden mascot had five fingers as well.

Liam started to reach his hand in to touch one of the locks as he said, "Are you like a wearable suit. That's cool."

His hand brushed a lock, and Liam heard a soft click before jerking his hand out as all the cross beams and metal fell back into place sharply. He held his hand close to his chest while his face held a scared but relieved look. He almost had his hand impaled.

"I can be worn at your own risk," a smooth voice said. Liam looked up to meet the cold silver eyes of Springtrap. "I am rather particular of who I like to be in my suit."

"You almost destroyed my hand!" Liam exclaimed without thinking. "Dude, that would have hurt like hell."

The bunny quirked his ears and tilted his head at the boy. "You had your hand in my stomach without my permission. Can I shove my hand in your stomach without asking?" The bunny emphasized his point by waving his fingers in front of Liam's face.

"What? No!" Liam said as he backed away from Springtrap who was closing his stomach back up. "I mean please don't. I see your point."

Silver eyes stared at the boy. "Did you need something from me? Visitors are not something I am used to."

"Oh yea," Liam replied. "I almost forgot. I am supposed to fix you up. I actually have all the fabric to patch you up since you are fine otherwise. It shouldn't take long. Anyway, I am Liam Bangs. It's nice to meet you, Springtrap."

"Okay." Like Cordelia told him, Springtrap seemed comfortable being called by that name, but the bunny was still giving Liam a bored silvery stare. The boy didn't know what to think of him. The bunny didn't really speak as he fixed him up. Liam thought he was like a nicer version of Toy Bonnie or a colder version of Bonnie.

Liam sighed as the silence got to him. The only noise was coming from the tools as he fixed the gold bunny until the boy broke the silence, "So what do you like? Got a favorite color or anything?"

The bunny's ears twitched up as he thought and replied lightly, "I like children. They make me happy. I've missed them."

Liam figured this. All of the animatronics liked kids. Everyone of them did, no exceptions. He could also see why kids would like this bunny. His voice was soothing to listen to despite the small electronic ring that echoed in it due to him being a machine. His colors were also nice to look at. The gold matched perfectly with his brown bowtie and buttons, and although his silver eyes were cold, they still held an underlying sense of safety.

"Purple."

"What?" Liam asked as he was pulled from his thinking.

"The color," he explained. "Purple is a nice color. Did you know my new counterpart is that color? I met him last night. It looked nice."

"Bonnie?"

Springtrap's eyes met Liam's as if he thought he was being called then went back to staring at the boy's hand as they worked. He was still used to being referred to as Bonnie and was going to have to get used to the name being called for someone else. He had always preferred Springtrap anyway. It satisfied part of him to be thought of as dangerous.

"Yes," he replied as Liam got to his feet and smiled at his work. Springtrap was spic and span, and it had only taken thirty minutes.

"You look great," he said proudly as he turned to leave the bunny alone again. "I will see you later, man. Again, it's nice to meet you."

Springtrap watched as Liam disappeared up stairs then he sighed and shifted his silvery eyes around the room in search of something that was no longer there. "I guess the boy scared you off?" He twitched his ears and leaned back against the wall then sent himself back into energy saving mode, and his eyes dimmed of light..