(IM BAAAACK! After what, 4 or 5 months? A lot of stuff has been happening over on my other stories so I kinda forgot about this one for a while, But now that I wrapped all that other stuff up, it's back to fnaf time. Anyways, enjoy the chapter!)

LESLEY'S HOUSE

12:20 AM

"And then both of them just disappear into the fog! AND IN THE COMPLETELY WRONG DIRECTION!" Evan complained over the phone, with Lesley simply nodding her head as she worked on her laptop, pretending to be listening.

"Uh-huh." She responded half-heartedly.

"And then when I finally find them, Mr Cross had the Gaul to-"

She put her head in her hands, she and Evan were usually good friends, but hearing him complain at this time of night was beginning to hurt her head.
"Listen, Evan, it's like midnight and I need to look at the blueprints Mr Cross sent me. I'll see you tomorrow, Okay?"

"H-Huh? B-B-But I-"

"Goodnight." She said as she hung up, immediately putting her phone on silent. She muttered a slurred 'finally' before pulling her laptop to her. Bringing up the pictures she needed to look at,

"Huh... these files... They're a bit unorthodox." Lesley said out loud to herself as she scrolled through the blueprints that Cross sent her. A lot of them were just unimportant mumbo jumbo like endoskeleton structure or voice box instructions, the personality chip was what she was after.

"Heightened hearing... Ability to memorise locations for hiding places and similar code to Glamrock Bonnie but with added security. Sheesh, This guy is state-of-the-art, I've never seen so much coding for just a small chip... Wait, what is this?"

Her mouse hovered above a picture, labelled "Fear Motivator." It was built into Dreadbonnie's personality chip yet seemed far bigger than the chip itself.

Curious, Lesley read the paragraph next to it, detailing its function.
"When the sensors identify fear in a victim, Dreadbonnie's processor and power capacity are incredibly heightened. This produces a motivational boost in performance, providing the bot with an emotional shock similar to satisfaction or dopamine in humans. This ensures Dreadbonnie is always working during opening hours."

"An emotional shock... Wait, so Bonnie gets high off fear? I... guess that makes sense. He probably got his first kick of that when he scared Evan. That's definitely one way to prevent him from just not showing up during showtimes."

The paragraph reminded her of Monty and his tendency to not show up for shows, she knew that Monty wasn't exactly the biggest fan of giant crowds which shocked her at first given that he was always so social when he wasn't having his... 'Episodes'.

Finally realising that searching seemed to bare little fruit, she rested her head on the table. she had no familiarity with the curious trait as it had never been used before, and thus, no way to actually figure out a way to stop Bonnie's wandering. It was always so frustrating when she couldn't fix a problem related to the Animatronics, especially with how so many were popping up with no reason to be found.

"Looks like I'll need hands-on experience for this one. The gang can't seem to go one day without something going wrong." she said aloud to herself before closing her laptop and she making her way to her bed, lying down as she checked her watch.

"Damn, I stayed up a bit later than I thought... Maybe Cross wouldn't mind if I slept in, just a tiny bit." She yawned before slowly closing her eyes.

ROCKSTAR ROW

12:43 AM

"Ugh... Out of all the times to introduce a new guy, It had to be after a show. Doesn't Cross know I need time to prepare myself?" Roxanne whined as she fixed the last parts of her hair, trying desperately to get it untangled. Her hair was always tough to keep straight and perfect looking, but today it was becoming increasingly frustrating.

"It's all because of that stupid cocky newbie... 'Scared of the big giant rabbit?' Please. I'm Roxanne Wolf! I'm the best there is!" She yelled to herself, throwing the brush onto the desk and getting up from her vanity. With a huff, Roxy sighed and stretched before walking to the door, she could already see that her other bandmates weren't finished charging yet thanks to her special eyes.

So, she instead left her green room, intending to wander around Rockstar Row until they were ready. It was slightly shocking to learn that she was the first one to finish, as she was always the last one out when preparing for performances.

Her eyes were drawn to a significant amount of Staff bots that rolled by her with paint cans, hammers and various types of construction equipment. Staff bots usually did most of the construction for new or old areas. Roxy Raceway was a prime example, as there had been cracks forming in the raceway's track, among other issues.

Roxy furrowed her eyebrows as she remembered that the Raceway still wasn't open yet, it was always her favourite thing to do, and being told that she couldn't race on it anymore due to 'safety risks' and then allowing the Staff bots to go and try and beat her record for the sake of testing was completely unacceptable, not that they could anymore, she made sure of that.

Regardless, Roxanne took an interest in where the bots were going. It wasn't every day you'd see construction being done in Rockstar Row, but she supposed having a new attraction warranted some sort of addition to the corridor. She peaked her head around her own statue, watching them roll off into the distance, their blank stares seemingly never straying from the intended task.

After sighing slightly, Roxanne turned around and continued her walk. Yet, for some reason, the atmosphere had changed. It felt more... tense. She could hear the sounds of what she assumed was a thunderstorm outside the Pizzaplex, drowning out the once-soothing music.

It was always a bit strange at night, she'd constantly hear noises at the vents during this time, they weren't constant, but it would be enough for her to tell someone about it. Not to mention that some people ended up stealing an amount of stuff from the display cases, not that she was complaining, most of the contents were junk anyway which the company considered 'Important to the Franchise's history-

SCRRRRRRRTCH

"What the?!"

As if on cue, a scraping sound akin to a fork on a plate rang out to her left, the sound was hoarse and violent, as if an Animal was screaming violently for its mother. Roxanne couldn't help but cover her ears in shock, trying desperately to drown such a horrendous sound.

However, as soon as it started, it stopped. Leaving the corridor in a deafening silence. Roxanne was at first, hesitant, to release her ears from the vice grip she had them locked in. What on earth even was that?

*That couldn't have been the ventilation, the ventilation NEVER makes that noise.*

"Alright, what sorry little kid decided to crawl in here after hours? I'll go easy on you if you come out now."

There was no response, Roxanne sighed before trying again.
"I'm serious, whoever just made that noise, get your ass out here. I'm giving you five seconds."

...

She shook her head and sighed, today was just not her day. Once five seconds had passed, she immediately rushed over to the source of the noise, her own Golden Statue, if there was some intruder there that damaged it, they'd have to answer to her-

...

"There's... No one here?"

*But that's!- No, They had to be hiding somewhere, but where? This is where the sound came from but..."

Roxanne began to inspect closer, using her special eyes to seek out any oddities that she couldn't normally see. Making a full loop around the sculpture and its golden sheen seemed to be fruitless, if there was something here, it was probably long gone by now.

The wolf sighed, it's not like she could blame them for running, she did basically give them a head start. She'd just have to report the whole thing to Vanessa, which was going to take a while given the Nightguard's track record of disappearing at will because she 'Got a call' Or 'Needed to talk with a Friend'.

Despite that, she had one last look. It wasn't like she had anything else to do while Freddy and Monty were still charging-

As her eyes scanned the floor, a small nick in the brick began to highlight. And before she knew it, that nick grew into what looked to a claw mark, the surface had a clean gash running along it, it was barely visible and would eventually be fixed by Janitor bots, but it was enough for Roxanne to see.

"What the-"

TAP TAP TAP

Roxanne almost didn't register it at first, until it happened again, someone was tapping on her shoulder.

"Oh, hey Freddy. Some asshole scratched up the-" She began to speak, assuming it to be the friendly face of Freddy.

"Boo."

"GAH!"

Roxanne tumbled backwards, struggling to stop herself from falling backwards, only to have her hand caught by the one who started it, Dreadbonnie.

"Woah! Sorry, didn't think you'd fall that far backwards."

"Y-YOU... That was you! Wasn't it?" Roxanne yelled, realising Dreadbonnie had been the one to make the noise. The rabbit couldn't figure out what Roxanne was referring to at first, but then immediately put it together with a small "Ooooh..."

"Yup, took you a while to figure that out. I'll be honest, I was planning on just... Y'know, saying Hi? But, then I got the idea to freak you out a little, Wasn't expecting the whole 'tumbling over' thing but it all ended up okay in the end."

"What do you mean 'All okay?!' Are you kidding me right now? You-"

"What? You didn't actually fall over, did you?" Dreadbonnie said with a slight obliviousness, meanwhile, Roxanne couldn't help but fume. The first conversation they have, and he starts it with a scare. She couldn't believe the audacity this Bunny had.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! You motherfu- You can't just do- Ugh, It doesn't matter. What are you doing here? I thought you were hanging out with Chica." Roxanne said with exhaustion and anger.

"Yeah, I was, until we got banned from the Daycare, Chica got upset and before I knew it she ran off after I mentioned getting Pizza, I haven't seen her since."

"Did you seriously scare her off already? I wouldn't be surprised given you look like a meatsack given the gift of life."

"Uh-huh. And what are you doing anyways? Cuz as far as I can tell, you're busy doing a whole lot of mumbling to yourself and staring at random Bots."

"You!- As if you're any better! Wandering around like a nutcase stalking and scaring random people just to get a kick?"

"Sorry, just wanted to stop you from stroking that already inflated ego of yours."

"My ego? Coming from the asshole who can't help but scare the nearest person to get a quick kick!"

Roxanne glared at the taller rabbit, her mouth showing the slightest hint of teeth. Dreadbonnie remained unphased, instead folding his arms and waiting for her to stop. Roxanne eventually gave up and simply scowled, to which Dreadbonnie deadpanned.
"I'm so over this. Whatever, just make sure you stay out of my way from now on. I don't need a damn newbie ruining my shows."

"'My' Huh? I don't know if you know this but being a narcissist isn't the greatest example to set for the kids." Dreadbonnie called out, making her stop and point.

"What do you know? The kids love me and they love my raceway. But the moment they see you and your Freakshow they're going to hide behind me and call you a monster."

"Oh well, that just means I did my job properly." Dreadbonnie said casually, dismissing Roxanne's insult, much to her confusion.

"What?! What do you mean 'Oh well'? Don't you care about what other people think?"

"I'm a horror attraction, Why would I care what other people think of me? If anything, People calling me names or other stuff only motivates me to scare them more."

"...God, You're more of a weirdo than I thought." She said with a slight hint of disgust.

"Takes one to know one, Wolf."

"Jesus! Do you have to have a snarky remark for every damn thing I say?" Roxanne yelled in anger.

"I will if you keep throwing insults my way." He simply retorted, stretching as he stood up.

Roxanne was on the verge of having an outburst, gritting her teeth in fury. Nobody except Monty had made her this irritated before, but, she chose to calm herself, she subtly breathed in and out deeply before returning to her signature glare. She wasn't about to let herself get angry because of how annoying someone was. And, despite finding the exchange to be slightly humorous, Dreadbonnie couldn't deny the look she was giving him was very harsh.

"Whatever! You aren't worth my time. Just stay out of my way from now on and don't fucking ruin my day more than you already have."

"Harsh, but I'll try to honour your request ma'am." Dreadbonnie jokingly saluted, placing his hand on his forehead.

"And don't call me ma'am either, Corpse rabbit!" She yelled, causing the bunny to step back slightly in surprise.

"Alright, Alright! Sorry..."

Roxanne angrily stomped away, wanting nothing more than peace and quiet. She had seemingly already met her limit of annoyances for the day, and Dreadbonnie had done nothing to help that.

All the bunny could do was watch her walk away, He could see the expression on her face, she was angry, extremely angry. Dreadbonnie began to feel slightly bad, maybe he went too far with the teasing? She was kind of asking for it by being rude without any justification he could see, but it felt like he may have overdone it a bit, mainly to do with the whole scaring thing.

*Damn it, now I'm gonna be thinking about this all day.*

Dreadbonnie threw his arms up in frustration, he may as well follow her. It's not like he had anything else better to do besides wander around looking for a Pizza obsessed chicken. He'd have to find Chica later.

As he caught up, Dreadbonnie opened his mouth to speak, but open seeing Roxy's fangs as she side-eyed him, he immediately closed it and looked off to the side awkwardly.

*Yup, definitely overdid it. Great job, Dreadbonnie. The first interaction with one of your fellow animatronics and she already hates you. You just had to get carried away.*

As another Staff bot passed by, Roxy stopped, sitting down at the Golden Chica statue's pedestal. She crossed her leg and closed her eyes, much like before, leaving Dreadbonnie to stand there awkwardly.

"...What are you doing?"

...

No response came from the wolf, which only confused him more.

"Are we waiting for the others or?..."

...

"...You're ignoring me, aren't you?"

...

*I'll take the silence as a yes.*

Dreadbonnie sighed, clapping his hands together while whistling, he had no idea where to go from here. All he could really do is stand there and wait.

Taking this as an opportunity, he decided to look around. Might as well get familiar with his surroundings, seeing as the only other person in the room feels nothing but animosity towards him.

Despite being one of the smaller areas of the Mall, Rockstar Row was jam-packed with old memorabilia from what he assumed were old Freddy restaurants, old animatronic cases, accessories, and posters, if there was anything you could name, chances are it'd be in the room somewhere. He never took Cross for a guy who likes to reminisce, but all that meant was that there was more than meets the eye when it comes to him.

"..Guitars, charred legs, where the hell did they find all of this stuff? Doubt they just know a good pawn shop, this stuff looks ancient." Dreadbonnie said out loud, more to himself. Walking towards one of the cases, he kneeled down and got a good look at a cupcake with eyes encased in a small glass display, with a description that read 'This old cupcake was once the original Chica's! Back in the 1990s, Chica was still just as crazy about food as she is now, if not even more so.'

Dreadbonnie raised an eyebrow but quickly dismissed it, standing back up and walking towards more display cases. A mechanical slide rang throughout the hall as he explored more, catching both Animatronics' attention.

"Ah, you two are already here. Am I late?" Freddy inquired upon seeing the two, making his way towards them.

"You're fine Fred, that idiot over there lost Chica, so we're just waiting for you and Monty." Roxanne said passive-aggressively, causing Dreadbonnie to lower his eyelids and sigh.

"A-Ah, and Dreadbonnie, Have you been enjoying yourself at the Pizzaplex?"

"Don't know to be honest, woke up, had a flashlight shun in my face, got dragged around by a Chicken, got banned from the Daycare because of my looks by an Animatronic made to look like the literal Sun and then got the only other band member I've talked to, to hate me."

"...That is-"

"On the bright side though, Chica introduced me to Fizzy Faz. Can't lie, it was pretty decent."

This was... a very unique situation Freddy had himself in. He didn't know what to say at first, he was used to human workers complaining about their day, the wages and the customers. He was about ready to console the bunny, but... there wasn't any need. He had never met someone so unbothered by things that would normally make a person yell in anger and frustration.

It honestly felt uncanny, like everything else relating to the Bunny.

"W-Well, I'm happy you were able to find some enjoyment in walking around. I will try to talk with the attendant about lifting the ban."

"Nah, don't bother, place was too bright and cheery for my liking anyways..." He mumbled, staring at a guitar in one of the cases before walking over to the bear and wolf.

CRASH

As if on cue, once Dreadbonnie stopped moving a giant glass sound filled the air, Dreadbonnie preemptively held his sensitive ears while Roxy facepalmed, she knew exactly who caused that sound.

" Hey, the gang's all 'er...Except Chica but she'll show up." Monty said with a resounding grin, his bass in his claws. Bonnie's eyes couldn't help but be drawn to the instrument, he couldn't really figure out why.

"Monty, what was that sound just now?" Freddy asked, afraid of the answer.

"...Huh?"

"The glass shattering sound Monty, what caused that sound?"

"I don't 'now. I was just practising my bass."

"Were you not charging?"

"Yeah, I was."

"Then how were you playing bass if you were charging?"

...

"...Hey, Bonnie? You enjoying yourself?" Monty asked, changing the subject much to Freddy's dismay.

"M-Monty, I need to-" Freddy tried to say before getting interrupted by Bonnie. Freddy really didn't appreciate being ignored.

"Eh, it's alright. Just did stuff and things, not anything too important."

"Neat! You wanna go golfing sometime?"

"Yeah, sure. Don't see why not."

"Yeaaah! Suck it Roxy, you owe me 20 Faz-tokens!" Monty yelled triumphantly, pointing at her with a huge grin on his face, making Roxanne extremely confused.

"...We didn't bet."

"Yes, we did."

"No, we didn't."

"Yes we did."

"No we didn't!"

The two continued yelling, with Bonnie and Freddy acting as spectators to the ongoing word battle, Dreadbonnie leaned over to him and whispered.
"Do they always act like this?"

"Y-Y-Yes... Unfortunately."

"...Juuuuust great."

"DREADBONNIE! I GOT THE PIZZA!" A familiar voice yelled out, revealing herself to be Chica ran around the corner with a comically ginormous stack of Pizza boxes in her hands

"What on... How much Pizza did you get?!"

"Well, I didn't know what toppings you wanted so I got every single one!"

"Ooooh, save me a slice of all of them. Especially the anchovies." Monty spoke with enthusiasm, attempting to grab the stack, only for Chica to shield it from him with a protective yet annoyed gaze.

"Chica, Vanessa told us not to steal. Where did you even get these?" Freddy asked, his concern only growing as Chica's eyes widened at the question, causing her to start stuttering.

"...F-From a place."

"...Chiiiicaaaa. Where did you get these Pizzas?" Freddy said expectantly, like a parent waiting for their child to tell them what they did. Chica shrunk behind the stack, hiding from the consequences.

"I-I'm not telling, you can't make me!"

Freddy couldn't help but facepalm, he reached out his hands towards the stack, reaching the middle of it before Chica could pull away and taking most of them off her hands, revealing a giggling Chica behind before she realised what had happened.

"HEY! Those are mine!" Chica said, reaching for the stack while keeping her own in another arm.

"Chica, those five are more than enough for everyone here! I'm returning the rest back, now, I'll ask you again... Where did you get these?" Freddy said slowly, willing to make a compromise, Chica merely pouted in response before sitting down angrily with her remaining stack.

"I got it from the food court..." She said, dejected at the sight of her Pizza being out of reach. Freddy sighed before turning back to the group, annoyance wrought all over his face.

"I'm going to go and put these back, I'll be gone a few moments so please give Bonnie a small room tour until I get back." Freddy asked with a sigh before turning away, holding the stack with both hands to ensure It didn't fall. Chica raised her head slightly to see the remains of her treasury with a solemn expression.

Dreadbonnie shook his head and snickered slightly, did she really love Pizza that much? He looked into the box she was looking in, it was a basic Pepperoni Pizza with stuffed crust. Dreadbonnie couldn't deny that it looked pretty good, but not as good as Chica was acting as her Depressed mood switched to one of pure happiness as she ate an entire slice whole, digging into the box for more.

"Scho Goof!"

"So I take it your happy now?" The bunny spoke whilst leaning on the podium, Chica looked up to him with her mouth full, nodding vigorously before diving back in. Dreadbonnie shrugged to himself in confusion before watching another horde of Construction bots pass by, A few of them carrying a small but long wooden crate that had a few dozen stickers that said 'CONFIDENTIAL' on them.

*Wonder what that's about... I think I remember seeing a few of those stickers on the boxes back in my attraction.*

"Okay, I'm done!" Chica exclaimed placing a second Pizza box to her side- Wait what?! Dreadbonnie's eyes widened once he realised that that Chica had already gone through two full Pizzas in the time he had looked away. Chica looked at him with a face of confusion, one that made him facepalm with frustration. It was likely he wasn't going to get a decent answer from her. A clawed hand from Monty began to rest on his shoulder, seemingly leaning on the bunny with a giant toothy grin as he snatched another box from the stack.

"So..." He began, taking a slice into his free hand.

"Where do we start first?"

END CHAPTER
WORD COUNT: 4110

AAAAAAaand Done. Finally got a chapter out after sooooo god damn long but I made a vow to never abandon a story. Super sorry for going quiet for so long, I've been doing a bunch of stuff on separate stories (Specifically on Wattpad for those reading this on .) But, I'm back now so expect FAR more frequent updates from now on.

Thanks for reading!