Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Soulless Soulmates. Enjoy the 3400-word chapter. I do not own FNAF, Scott and a few others do.
Bonnie paced back and forth as he entered the master control room, he was not supposed to be there, it was not for them and only for qualified staff.
But Freddy needed him, Jackie had said so, and as such? He had done what he felt needed to be done.
"Are you ok, guys?" Bonnie asked.
"Chasing Roxy and Chica… Foxy? You see him anywhere?" Jacky stated.
"I am trying to figure it out… Ah, he is with the…. Child?" Foxy stated.
"Wha? Freddy is with the kid they are chasing?" Jacky stated. "Ok, uh… Bonnie, you are in the master control room, right?" Jacky stated.
"Uh… Yeah, in the room, looking at cameras. Oh, I see you guys. HEY!" Bonnie stated.
"Hey, Bonnie." Jacky snarked at his friend. "Roxy, wait! Ugh, why is she fast? I am going to split off from them and go help you, Foxy." Jacky stated.
"The kid is busy running around, ah don't think he even knows what is going on," Foxy stated.
"Join the club, Foxy… Ugh, Roxy is faster than me. I am coming back, where are you, Foxy?" Jacky asked before he raised an eyebrow.
"Daycare… The lad ran into the daycare… Ah, fiddlesticks, the kid is heading into the daycare." Foxy stated.
"Please do not tell me that means…." Jacky muttered.
"That we must go find the kid while he deals with the attendant? Yep, ugh…. Bonnie, can't ya shut the cursed thing down?" Foxy asked before he looked to the side.
"Can't do that, security won't let me, s-sorry," Bonnie said.
He fidgeted in place and almost slammed a metal hand down on the technology. He knew that they had quirks and he was being shy. He hated it, he wanted not to hate it for now.
(With Jacky)
Jacky was silent, ramping up and into the daycare, he cursed at it. He hated this place made of painted clouds and cubbies; it made him scared to be here.
But? If it was anything like what needed to be done? He had problems dealing with it until something came down the line.
The jackal sighed as he finally crossed the room, scanning every single little inch of the room, too interested in where his friend had been as this before.
He was silent, too silent for words, knowing what was going on at the end of it… Well, he knew they were running rampant on the entire thing, knowing he did not wish to be here at all, not even for a second.
He sighed, cursing what had happened for now at the last night, he clenched his fists as he realized that he had to try and fight through whatever fears stopped him.
"Lad?" He heard as he looked up at them, glanced at them with interest.
Foxy moved as he looked at the entire circle that was the daycare. He winced at this garbage music the bosses blared for children, he did not want to relax, nor did he wish to be here either. This place was noisy and colorful and neither of them was supposed to have been around such an area.
There was nothing else to do but it seemed to deal with for now at the end of the moment. Whatever he was going on? He did not know it for now, nor did he wish it to be dealt with for now.
He looked at it once more, knowing that he could have done something to try and figure it out once more.
He marched over towards Foxy, frowning as he looked to the side, knowing that he could not have allowed it to go so far.
"You, ok?" Jacky stated before he frowned to himself. "Where's the kid?" Jacky asked, crossing his metallic arms.
Foxy hummed, pointing his hand… The hook one towards the pit, his eyepatch glowing. Both were about to speak before something sparked… And the room plunged into total and absolute darkness.
"Ah, Fazball." Jacky and Foxy muttered, both aware of what was going to happen.
"Uh…. Guys? Can you light up the daycare?" Bonnie asked. "I can't s-see," Bonnie stated.
"We cannot…. The slide will not fit us." Foxy muttered before he sighed. "Lad? By any chance can you tell where the others are? We cannot find them in this blasted darkness… Ah, do not have Roxy's eyes." Foxy stated.
"Why does it sometimes sound like you have an Irish accent and not a pirate one?" Jacky asked before he paused to look to the side.
The line sounded like a joke, he wanted to find some sort of amusement in this. He smirked at him and looked to the side, he had been scared to admit he did not know what was going on, he did not understand this chaos, this madness… But he fought against it.
"Buggy chip, stupid thing acts up," Foxy said as Jacky nodded.
"We can find another when this is over. Go look for Freddy, I think he might be in the main lobby." Jacky stated before looking at him. "Bonnie, you good?" Jacky asked.
"Uh… Yeah." Bonnie stated before Jacky looked over at Foxy.
"You do whatever you want to do, I'm getting this kid out of here and then I am going to do it even if there are problems with it," Jacky stated before Foxy shook his head.
"I am staying here lad, we both know you wouldn't know where your skull is without me… Sides, the kid is my responsibility as well." Foxy stated as Jacky sighed.
Jacky smiled despite himself, his rows of teeth sliding into place as he looked around. There was still no light but there would be soon if the machine was able to do it properly. He would.
Jacky slowly watched as the lights went back on which sent the two scrambling down the stairs, both knew the others would come… This meant this child might be in danger, their core programming would NEVER allow it to have been like this.
Foxy did not know why either but it terrified him to have to leave the kid here.
"Gotcha, kid!" Monty yelled as they rounded the corner just to see Monty attempt to grab the kid.
The child dodged it, making the gator slam into the shutter…. And making them realize both Chica and Roxy were around.
"Get back here!" Roxy yelled as she pounced at him only for him to climb the stairs and rush past him. "Don't let him get away!" Roxy yelled as Chica rushed behind them.
"Uh… You noticed they…." Jacky started to say.
"Entirely ignored us? Aye, lad…. I think this problem might be worse than a faulty chip." Foxy said before they ran after him.
(With Gregory)
Gregory finally ducked around a corner as both Chica and Roxy ran out and growled before finally rushing down the stairs. He knew both had been after him… And now those dog robots?
"Freddy? Is there…. More of the animatronics here?" Gregory asked before Freddy hummed.
"Yes, what did they look like?" Freddy asked.
"Well, one was a pirate dog thing with a hook hand… And the other was a giant dog with a jacket?" Gregory stated.
"You mean Foxy and Jacky? I have not seen them all night…. They do not normally roam the pizzaplex…. Foxy usually stays in the pirate cove and Jacky…. Jacky is usually around Roxy Raceway or in Fazerblaster… I have never known them to leave their attractions unless asked… Or unless we ask them to." Freddy stated.
He was silent, knowing that a single breath would alert them to him and bring them crashing down on him… But he was interrupted by a paw slamming on the side of the recharge station.
He turned and was brought face to face with the jackal who glanced him straight in the eye.
"Or unless I want to leave…" Jacky growled before frowning. "Why is every one of us running around the pizzaplex at closing hour, kid? You are going to tell me what is going on." Jacky said.
"Jackie, is that you? I did not know you were out." Freddy stated as Jacky blinked.
"Freddy!? What the name of Fredbear are you doing? You have been running around so much we thought you had blacked out." Jacky stated.
"Well… There is a long story. Is Foxy with you?" Freddy asked.
"Lad? You have given us the heart attacks of our lives… Eh, processors." Foxy stated.
"Why haven't you been glitching?" Gregory asked.
"Glitching? The others have been… Of course, they have, would explain why they are running around." Jacky muttered before he frowned. "Jacky, do you mind telling us why Roxy and Chica are running around like crazy?" Jacky stated before he sighed.
There was silence, very much silence as he paused to try and think of it once more. He sighed as he realized a lot more to try and figure it out.
He sighed as he realized just what was going on, he realized something insane had been passed. He was silent before he looked to the side as he clicked his fingers and looked once more to the side while he glanced once again at the ceiling.
"I am not sure… You are not?" Freddy asked.
"Not that way, no. I cannot believe they are bugged…. Ugh, we thought some manic nutjob was running around." Jacky stated before he sighed and looked at the kid. "Foxy? Go get Freddy…. Kid? You have some explaining to do, nobody is supposed to be here at night." Jacky stated.
"Aye, Lad. You ain't supposed to be here, kids cannot be here after hours, it is too dangerous as you have seen and now, we must protect ya." Foxy stated. "Ok, I see what the lad meant by Irish, I sound like a blasted cowboy…. Wait, they were going to make me into a mascot there…. Right, it explains a lot." Foxy stated.
"Not that much, honestly," Jacky said as the animatronic fox looked at him. "Go find Bonnie, kid will be fine…. Kid? Stay away from the others, they are not like this often…. Besides Monty because he is a giant jerk who deserves to fall down the staircase for what he did." Jacky stated before he stood up.
The two left, Jacky vaulting the railing and landing in a crouch and Foxy simply descending the stairs.
"Lad? Go meet Bonnie upstairs after you find Freddy. We will keep an eye out for the others, probably for the best considering how angry they are…. Jacky will keep Roxy busy; it is all he does." Foxy stated before a soda can was flung towards the Fox.
"I heard that, old man!" Jacky hissed before the two vanished around the corner.
Gregory simply blinked as he realized the robots were odd…. Very odd and it was clear that at least they were…. Trying to help he thought, trying in their way to look after them. So odd and yet so weird at the same time.
He decided not to question it and simply set out to go deal with the next issue.
(10 minutes later)
Gregory ran up the stairs as Freddy met him on the stairs. There was silence on it all and he could not process it… To be fair? He was a child trapped in a pizzaplex where everything wanted to go and eat or kill him, sanity was not something that most would have there.
He was quiet, there were a lot of things which he seemed to be dealt with for now as he paused to try and figure out how not to go insane over it all… The child was properly terrified over everything that had just happened.
"Gregory? I do not think all of us are malfunctioning." Freddy stated before Gregory rolled his eyes.
"You think? I do not think those…. Foxy and Jacky are bad, but they are not nice now." Gregory stated before Freddy sighed.
He knew exactly how it had been going on at the end of the moment. He was aware his friends would not regularly lash out like this and it was clear something had to be causing it.
He knew they were different, very different at the end which had been done and dusted now. There was a lot more to try and figure it all out for now, knowing what was over and for such a small reason.
Whatever he had been done with, for now, it was a lot more chaotic and a lot worse than before. He had been able to understand something horrid had been happening as he clicked his fingers and then looked to the side.
Roxanne was who Jacky would go after, he always went after her and it was clear she was the one he had been concerned with for now. It was clear more than anything now.
Bonnie and Foxy usually followed Jacky around as he paused to look at both, they were silent and they looked at him for direction.
He gave them something to deal with for now as he paused and he looked to the side.
"Foxy? Find the others, you pretend you are so glitched you will have your head fall off. Bonnie? Turn the bowling alley into somewhere safe. We deal with Chica, Monty, and Roxy as they show up…. Kid? Stay with Freddy, he will help more than us." Jacky ordered.
"Almost forgot? You bark orders a lot more than you do…. Jacky is right, though. We need a plan and Jack? He makes some good ones half the time." Foxy stated before Jacky glanced over at him.
"Half the blasted time?" Jacky asked before he looked to the side and sighed. "You go…. And you might want to look ready for it as Roxy will not give up and Monty cannot be stopped so easily, you are going to have to deal with them both so you are going to have to run." Jacky stated.
Jacky sighed, rubbing at his temples, the night would be long…. And if he could?
He would contact the police but it would be pointless, they had a lot more pressing concerns, and a robot telling the police would be seen as stupid.
He paused to think and look at them with more interest and more curious behavior than most.
He was silent, very silent and he looked to the side, he had been able to think and to act…. There was something about it all that bothered him as he clicked his fingers.
He dismissed Foxy and Bonnie with a click of his fingers… Then? He turned and left, knowing exactly what was going on now.
He lumbered off when he went to go find as he leaned on the wall before he clicked his fingers, he pressed the button for the elevator and waited, waiting was all he could do. The idea they were hacked? Rouge? It did not sit well with him, not even a little.
Who had hacked them? Who had caused them to glitch? They were meant to be state of the art to where this rarely if ever happened.
He had been there and it had hurt and he had been through the worst and was willing to deal with it still. All of it hurt and yet he was still here, still taking care of business.
He was honestly more at home here than anywhere else, more at home amongst the strangers and nobodies.
He slammed the button, knowing full well that all of this was going to be chaotic, that he was going to be in a fight with every single person here.
He knew it was stupid. Why? Because he was not going to be able to keep this kid safe, only a madman would be able to do so…. Which was why he was aware he could not afford to.
'This kid is going to be in so much trouble if I find out he is lying…. That and I have no idea how to hide him if he is lost, Roxy will find him, Roxy will always find him with her new eyes.' Jacky thought.
He sighed as he rubbed at his temples and then slid into the elevator. If tonight was anything like usual? There was chaos to be had and he knew it, he knew Gregory was in the thick of it.
(With Roxy)
Roxy did not like losing. Not. One. Bit. She almost tore a stand down as she realized Gregory was not behind it, she knew that he had run away and she was not about to let a child… A small little bundle of flesh stops her.
She growled as she realized the child had escaped her, that he had managed to flee…. Where was Jacky? Where was Foxy? Why did everyone abandon her?
"Move, yer in my way," Monty growled as she paused and spun to face him.
"Out of the way, you walking handbag, you aren't upstaging me!" Roxy hissed. "You were supposed to grab him but you could not even do that! No wonder they wanted Bonnie…" Roxy stated before he grabbed her.
He wretched the wolf into the air, reminding her that he was stronger… Though the fact she snickered made him growl.
"Don't mention the roadkill… Around me." Monty hissed as she laughed at him, laughed at the fact that she had gotten to him.
He growled and reared back to punch her when the alarm for a child went off within his metallic skull, Chica had found him. Chica had been able to find him.
Good, he could kill the kid and prove he was superior, dropping Roxy to the ground and then leaving a few seconds later.
Roxy snorted but quickly fell into chasing after them, he realized just how well he had been able to find something resembling hope. It had to break and it would break eventually.
She growled as she realized this meant he had escaped her again, escape Monty a thousand times…. But for her to be better than Roxy? No, she knew he was cheating, he had to be cheating and it was clear such a thing was unacceptable, it would always be so well and done.
Roxy snorted and went to go down and into the tunnels. She knew blasted well that they had other sorts of problems… Like the others had been acting odd, she had watched both Foxy and Jacky stand still rather than help her.
Especially, Jacky, it was not like him to stand around and not do anything, not even a little. He was not one to stand around, not at all, and not ever.
He was usually up and at the plate, trying his best to rush around. Plus? He was usually around to help her…. It was not like him at ALL to be like this and be dealt with.
She was the one who usually got the attention, she was the one who usually had friends… Not Chica or Bonnie, most people came to see ROXY and she was going to keep it that way, even if she had to remove the brat.
She grunted, screeching in pain as she turned to the side, almost collapsing to the ground as she felt another pang of energy.
Where did this hatred come from? Where? She did not own it, she did not hate kids, she was a nice animatronic, she did birthday parties, not…
She screamed as her metallic shell pulsed with pain, unaware of the device implanted in the base of her neck. She growled and surged towards the tunnels, not knowing she was only a pawn of something eviler than this.
She was more than silent as she entered the bowels of the building…. If one had taken the time to look under her star attraction? They would have noticed anything? It would be clear there was evil down in the depths of Roxy Raceway.
It was just harder and harder to see them differently.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will be 900-6500 words. It will also show more of Roxy and Jacky before this night and show some of the lead-up as well as Jacky trying to figure out what is going on. Until then, Lighting Wolf is out!