"Listen, please"
"Fine, go ahead and say it, whatever it is it's not going to stop me"
"I'm already in a relationship with a sentient robot, and if I take you home with me I'm afraid she might hurt you"
"…well if that's actually true, that should give you even more of an incentive to have me, I can fix her if she gets damaged"
…
"So…not a single thing I just said bothers you?"
"Nope"
"Not even the part about you potentially getting hurt?"
"Would you let me get hurt?"
"W-well no-"
"Then what's the problem?"
"The problem is that she's like, a hundred times stronger than me, and could easily kill both of us if she gets upset enough"
"What about Bonnie?"
"…what about Bonnie?"
"He could stop her, right?"
"Maybe he could…"
"Then the problem is solved"
Felix sighed.
"I'm really not getting out of this, am I?"
"Nope, not after what you did to me"
Felix sighed heavily.
"Fine…"
Felix helped Rilie load almost everything from her shop into his truck, then closed the rear door.
He then noticed she was fidgeting.
"Are you ok?"
She looked at him, then away, then suddenly grabbed him by his collar and pulled him down enough to kiss her.
The kiss lasted for a solid three seconds, he was then let go.
"Let's get going, darling"
Felix was left stunned for a moment, he also now had the taste of cherries on his lips.
Felix walked over and got into the driver's seat, seeing that Rilie was doing her best to not look like she was panicking internally while also not looking at him.
Felix started the engine and began to drive.
"So, did you buy that cherry lipstick just for that?" He asked, not remembering seeing her lips shaded red at all before.
"…maybe"
Felix actually chuckled a bit, he found her nervousness to be cute.
"You know, you're pretty cute when you blush like that"
"…really? Y-you think I'm cute?"
"I do. You're pretty, you're cute, you're smart. I'm surprised you didn't already have a boyfriend"
He could see her face turning just as red as a cherry.
"How'd you come to be a robot mechanic?"
"W-well…when I was little, I was different from other girls" her nervousness seemed to slowly melt away. "Instead of playing with dolls or wanting to be a…stupid…pretty little princess-" she scowled while speaking that last part. "-I was fascinated by big machines and mechanical things"
Felix stayed silent, thankful to have her distracted by something.
"But they, my parents, other people, they all laughed at me when I said I liked those things. They told me to be like all the other girls" she spoke with disdain. "Wearing dresses and skirts and other stupid things, I didn't want to be like everyone else, I wanted to be different"
Felix couldn't help but feel like he'd heard this somewhere before.
"My parents refused to buy me the things I really wanted, and instead bought me all the stuff a 'normal' girl would have. I went behind their backs, taking the stuff they got me and selling them away for any amount of money I could make"
"Who did you sell them to?"
"Whoever would take them, I made enough money to get something I wanted. A book on mechanics and robotics, but there was a problem"
"You couldn't just go and get it, huh?"
"They wouldn't sell it to a little girl, and my parents wouldn't buy it or let me buy it. So I had to find a way around that"
"Clearly you must have"
"I did, my older sister, she came back to my home to visit us. I begged her to get it for me, and she did" she sounded happy talking about her sister. "She actually supported my choices, she helped me get things around our parents, and here I am now…"
"Forcing a random guy to be your boyfriend"
"Hey mr 'let me just give this poor girl a panic attack so I can make my brother jealous' this is your fault"
"You're right, I'm sorry I seduced you so easily with all my masculine charms"
"You wanna get smacked?"
"Wait until I'm not driving, first"
"I-I had no experience with boys until now…I never even thought about being in a relationship until…I met you"
"This is really going to be awkward for me…"
"Why?"
"Well I haven't even fully settled in with Mary…and now there's you…"
"What, are you afraid? Scared you can't handle two girls all on your own?~" she asked in a teasing voice.
"Yes, actually…"
"I'm sure a big, strong, man like you could easily figure it out~"
Felix sighed.
This was revenge for his own teasing from before.
Luckily, they had just arrived.
"I'll have to figure out where you'll be staying…"
"What do you mean?"
"Well Bonnie has already taken the spare room, and-"
She giggled, interrupting him. "I'll be staying with you, dummy"
"But Mary-"
"We can all sleep together~"
"I-I don't think she would like that…"
"We can talk something out, now help me with my stuff"
Felix sighed, again.
Once all of Rilie's stuff was inside, he told her to wait so he could talk to Mary first.
"You're back"
"Yeah, I have something to tell you"
"Did you find another animatronic?"
"No…I had to take Bonnie to get repaired when I first found him, and the one who ran the shop was a girl and she-"
"Ah, I understand"
"W-wh-I didn't even-"
"Stay here, honey. I'll go talk to her"
Felix was left in a dumbfounded state.
How did she know!?
Felix decided to tell Bonnie about this as well, walking over to his room.
"Hello"
"Hey, remember the girl that fixed you?"
"She is here?"
"Uh-yeah…how-"
"I wish you luck" the bunny spoke before looking back at the TV and changing the channel. "You are going to need it"
How does he know!?
How does everyone seem to know what kind of situation he is in before he even knew?
"A-anyway, I don't want to get you upset again, but she found something that looks like black sand in your body while she was fixing you"
"Black sand…?"
"It looks like sand, but it's not"
"…Afton…"
"Afton?"
"That 'black sand' is the remains of the man that used me to murder those children"
…
"Oh…"
"I suggest you dispose of it"
"Y-yeah…sorry"
Felix stepped out of Bonnie's room and back into his own.
Not long after, Mary and Rilie walked in.
Rilie was unpacking her things and placing them into proper places, and Mary was helping her.
Neither of them said a single word to him or even looked at him, like he wasn't there.
"It is good to have someone capable of repairing Spring Bonnie and myself, though I have never needed maintenance"
"Really? That makes me curious about how you were made…"
They were speaking casually, as if they were friends that have known each other for years.
"I do not recall how I was created or who created me, it makes my head hurt when I think about it…"
"Wait…you can feel pain?"
"Yes, and other things. I can experience touch, and scent"
"Wow…I thought tactual and olfactory stimulation for artificial beings was a long time from here, not to mention sentient artificial beings…"
"The only thing I do not possess is the ability to consume or taste food"
"What you do have is already incredible, does Spring Bonnie also have the same aspects?"
"I believe so, we are not too different. I believe he is much older than I am, though"
"His mechanical design is fairly simple, though he has mechanisms I've never seen before"
"You would need to ask him to find out what they are for"
"I'll definitely do that, I love learning about new things. From what I could tell, they seemed to be a series of spring powered mechanisms that can be locked and unlocked by a tool, which I guess is why they put Spring in his name"
"I definitely do not have anything like that"
"I don't suppose you'd let me take a peek to really find out, huh?"
"I am not saying you would, but I do not like the idea of being tampered with…"
"I can understand that, it's like surgery for humans, not everyone likes the idea of it"
"I suppose this 'surgery' is the human equivalent of maintenance for us?"
"Yup, we get opened up too, but only in serious cases, when there is no other option. It's a much larger risk for us" the girl let out a sigh. "Unlike you guys…we can't simply be put back together if something goes wrong during…"
"I believe I heard something about humans being able to replace certain internal parts"
"Yeah, we can have our…parts replaced by new ones. The only issue is the risk of failure and the the fact that our parts can't be built from scratch and mass produced"
"Humans and animatronics really are not so different when it comes to the fundamentals"
"I guess you're right" she chuckled. "I believe the technology required to allow you to eat food isn't very far from fruition. All it really is is converting the food into energy, like a bioreactor, in a way"
"From what I can tell, a system like that would require me to constantly eat to properly run fully off of that"
"Well what if you had a battery? Then you'd only need to eat to recharge the battery, running low on energy would be the same as humans being hungry"
"That is true, it's possible that the technology already exists, but I simply wasn't equipped with it"
"Looks like I've got some research to do"
"You wish to learn about it?"
"Heck yeah! With what I already know, I might just be able to build something like you-well, if I had the parts, that is"
They finished unpacking Rilie's things, though she picked out a few pieces of clothing.
"I'll be back in a moment" she walked out of the room, most likely to change clothes.
Felix stepped out of his room and went out to his truck, just standing outside of it so he could think.
Pros and cons.
Pros; Rilie being here could stop his brother from snooping further.
If Bonnie somehow gets damaged, Rilie would be right there.
Cons;-
"Are you going somewhere?"
It's Rilie.
"No, I'm just…thinking"
"Thinking is bad for you, come on"
She grabbed his arm and pulled him back inside, and to his bedroom.
Felix was pushed down onto his bed, Mary climbed over him and laid on the left side of him.
"So…you're not upset?"
"Of course not, darling"
"Thats…good"
He looked at Rilie
She was dressed in what he assumed to be pajamas.
They were purple, and loose fitting.
The fabric was thin, dangerously so.
She crawled into bed and laid on his right side.
Both girls snuggled as close as possible.
Both girls whispered good night into his ears, then laid their heads on his chest.
Felix sighed and just decided to go with it.
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"I have two girlfriends now…" Felix commented idly, sighing after a few seconds.
He parked his truck and stared at the building he was going to enter through his mirror.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizza
A restaurant that was still open, owned by the company that produced Mary and Bonnie.
He was here for one reason, and one reason only.
Felix got out of his truck and walked in the door, making his way to the owner's office.
"Ah, you must be Felix Arlon, yes?"
"Yeah, that's me"
"Good, you called yesterday inquiring about a specific mascot in our possession?"
"Yeah"
"That suit is very dangerous, I'd like to know why you want it"
"A friend of mine used to work for this company, and he liked Fredbear a lot" Felix spoke, technically not lying. "He asked me if I could possibly buy it from you since you aren't using it"
"What does he intend to do with it?" The man asked with narrowed eyes.
Felix reached into his jacket and placed an envelope on the desk.
The man looked at it with further narrowed eyes.
Then he picked it up and opened it, looking inside.
His eyes went wide, locking back onto his.
"Sold"
Felix resisted a sigh.
The power of money…
Soon, he had the old golden bear in his truck bed, and was pulling out of the lot.
The bear was deactivated, so he felt less bad about having him in the bed of his truck.
Now Bonnie would be reunited with his brother, and the two of them can be happy together.
Felix pulled onto the road, thinking about Bo-
'Bonnie…'
Felix almost swerved when a ghostly voice echoed in his mind.
'What the hell?'
'You know Spring Bonnie?'
'Y-yeah, he asked me to find you…'
He assumed this voice was Fredbear-
'You are correct'
Felix blinked.
'I understand that most humans do not like having their minds intruded'
He attempted to refocus on the road.
…
'Do not be afraid, I am not 'sniffing around' in your head, as you put it. I am simply reading your intentions'
…
'I can only see what is immediately on your mind, I cannot see further than your most recent thoughts'
…
'That would be appreciated, though try not to think about the events too quickly'
A few minutes of silence passed.
'I suppose you could think of it that way, seeing these events like movie clips in your mind'
…
'No, I can not see through your eyes, only once something becomes a memory in your mind, could I see it'
…
'I see…you are a kind individual, I can not thank you enough for reuniting us'
…
'Once that girl fixes me, I will no longer need to communicate this way'
…
'Rilie, yes. She is quite prominent in your mind, along with Mary. Lovers, perhaps?'
…
'Oh dear…that is quite an interesting situation, you have my deepest sympathies'
The rest of the ride was silent, and by silent, there was no speaking audibly.
All the talking was happening in his head.
Felix asked questions, about the bear, about the bunny, about what happened to them.
He learned a lot, and truly felt bad for both of them.
Once he parked his truck in the driveway, he had one last concern.
'No, I do not intend to speak to the girl this way'
'Good, I'll go get her'
Felix got out of his truck and stopped when he saw Rilie already walking over to him.
"Just help me carry him into the garage"
"Right"
Rilie had set up all her tools and other things inside the garage, turning it into her own workshop.
He had discussed Bonnie's missing brother with the girl secretly, once he had figured out where the old bear was-
'I'm not that old…'
-Felix wanted to surprise the bunny.
Without spare parts, or the ability to get them, Rilie could only attempt to repair the parts already.
"Huh?"
Felix blinked and looked over ar Rilie.
"What's wrong?"
"There's…nothing in here"
'My parts have been locked, you need a hand crank to unlock them'
"The parts are there, they've been compressed and can only be unlocked by a certain tool that…we don't have…"
"I can try to mess wi-
'No! Do not let her touch them!'
"-th them-"
"No, don't touch them"
"Why? I could-"
"It's dangerous, you could get seriously injured if you make any mistakes"
"Oh…"
"I'll need to find the tool we need…"
'I know where you can find one'
'Where?'
'Remember the location where you found Mary?'
'Yeah…'
'That location was build with a secret Safe Room for employees to use, it's where Bonnie and I were stored for a while before it was abandoned and we were separated'
'Great…and I swore to never go back there…'
"I'll be going to an old location where these guys were kept before, it might take me a bit to find that tool"
"Let me go with you, I bet there's a lot I could learn from there"
Felix didn't want to go back there alone anyway…
"Ok, let's go"
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"Woah…this place is…"
"Yeah, I've been here before, it's where I found Mary"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"There may be others here then"
"No, I'm pretty sure everything that was here is gone now"
"How do you know?"
"Because I've been here before"
The girl did look happy with that answer, but didn't say anything else.
"Try not to touch anything" he spoke to her while giving her a flashlight and grabbing one for himself, along with a crowbar.
"What's that for?"
"This room i'm looking for was boarded up and hidden"
"How do you know that?"
…
"A ghost told me"
She put her hands on her hips.
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Whatever, I'll figure you out eventually"
They both walked over to the entrance and carefully went inside, splitting off to different places.
Felix walked all the way to the start of a hallway that led to a security office, and behind that wall should be a safe room.
He walked down to the office and up to the wall.
The paint and wallpaper were long since withered away, revealing rotting wooden planks.
Felix began to pry off the boards, most of them crumbling away upon being touched.
He came upon a rusted steel door, and wedged the crowbar in.
*crk*
…
*crrrk*
One more…
*crrr…KRACK*
Felix stumbled forward as the door opened and fell off of its hinges.
He quickly used his flashlight to scan his surroundings, finding a few tables with various dusty objects.
He got closer to them and began to examine the tables, eventually finding the hand crank Freddy had described.
He blew off the dust and picked it up, he looked at it for a moment before placing it in the bag he brought and slinging it over his shoulder.
He began to look around the room some more, finding a small box the size of a shoe box.
He blew off some of the dust, revealing the words 'Training Tapes' written in black marker.
'Rilie would probably make use of these' he thought before picking the box up and walking out of the room and beginning to look for Rilie, finally her in the Parts & Service room.
"I found it, let's go"
"Hang on, I'm still looking for stuff"
"I found something already"
Rilie turned toward him and looked at the dusty box in his hand.
"Eugh…what is it?"
"It's a box of tapes, I think they have information on those strange spring things you were talking about"
"That would be useful"
"Alright, let's go"
"Fine, fine…"
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Felix knocked on the door before opening it, stepping in and looking over at the bunny.
"Hey"
"Hello"
Bonnie didn't look at the human, more interested in what he was watching.
"I hope you don't mind, but I wanted to talk to you, about Fredbear"
The bunny was silent for a moment.
"I do not know where he is, or what has happened to him…"
"Maybe you can ask him then"
"…what?"
The bunny finally turned his head, seeing the golden bear standing beside Felix.
"Hello, Bonnie"
The bunny stood up, they looked at each other.
"Freddy?"
"Have you forgotten me?"
"No…I just…did not think I would see you again"
The bunny and the bear hugged.
"I'll let you two catch up, then I'll see about getting your suit cleaned" Felix spoke as he exited the room.
As soon as he closed the door, he was trapped between it and a girl.
"You know, fixing him took a lot of work" Rilie spoke. "And since you're not a customer, and my boyfriend instead, you'll have to pay me a different way~"
"Uh-"
She grabbed him by the collar and pulled him down into a kiss, a long and passionate one.
After she ended the kiss, Felix could taste cherries.
"That'll do for now, I've got some tapes to listen to" she walked away, leaving Felix to himself.
His thoughts immediately going back to Freddy.
Rilie had fixed the bear's mechanical parts, but couldn't do anything about his suit.
It wasn't nearly as bad as Bonnie's was, just dirty.
He knew he couldn't just toss it in the washing machine, and Freddy had told him that being without his suit was like being naked by human terms.
Meaning the bear didn't like the idea of waiting for Felix to return from a dry cleaner.
That also reminded him of the conversation between Rilie and Mary about her body.
Mary technically had two coverings; her suit, and her 'flesh'
Flesh being the term they agreed upon for Mary's second layer covering her mechanical parts.
From what Mary could tell from information she had on herself that she discussed with Rilie, her body was very much like a human's body.
That being; her endoskeleton obviously being her skeleton, but also acting as muscle and bone to a human, she had the mechanical equivalents of a heart and lungs, though she didn't need to breathe.
Her 'heart' pumped a fluid throughout her body, something akin to oil, but not quite.
It meant that she could bleed if she got cut, but her flesh was much stronger than human skin.
She couldn't be cut unless it was purposeful.
Unfortunately, it did not mean she was bulletproof.
All of this meant that Rilie couldn't 'poke around' inside her without causing irreversible damage to Mary's flesh.
She was disappointed, but understood.
It also explained to Felix why Mary felt warm when they touched, she was just like a human.
"Darling"
Felix blinked off his daze, turning to the subject of his mind.
"Yes?"
She hugged him, lightly pulling his head to her chest.
Not to the point where his face was buried, just against them.
"I hope you don't intend to continue to do this…"
"…do what?"
"You know what I mean"
Was she suddenly not ok with him helping other animatronics?
"I am ok with Rilie, and the other two aren't bothersome, but…" she hugged him a bit tighter. "Don't flirt with any more girls, darling"
"Yeah, you have us, and we should be enough for you"
Felix was being dragged to his room before he could respond.
"Other than that, there is one other thing you need to know, honey"
"We'll be patient, but eventually…" Rilie's face began to turn red. "Y-you'll have t-to…-"
"You'll have to take one of us, then the other, but you're going to have to pick one of us"
Felix's eyes widened.
'You truly have my deepest of sympathies…'
…
'Right, sorry…'
Felix sighed heavily.
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