Warning: bad language

Upon entering the pizza Plex he felt overwhelmed. He couldn't believe that this was one of the last times he would be coming here overnight. He felt a strange sense of guilt despite having done nothing wrong. He felt lonely again, like he had been when he was young. He couldn't help feel the heartache.

Upon entering the atrium the air was colder than usual. Should've brought a jacket. His mind began to wander about his future again. Where would be go once the week was up? Would he be stuck in fast food for the rest of his life? He didn't know what he would want to do for a job, or of he had the skills to do it. As far as interests, he didn't really have any. He figured he had a long road ahead of him.

His mind wandered back to his unlikely friends. His heart and brain began to sabotage his feelings from the inside. It felt like a chillingly cold knife had stabbed through his chest. As he strode and stumbled into the atrium, he saw Freddy at a table. Without Gregory. He looked upset.

Freddy glanced towards Cooper's direction. When he realised he was there, he immediately attempted to seem happy and cheerful. Attempted. The mask he wore had rips and tears, not to mention Cooper saw him put it on.

Cooper approached Freddy quietly. Freddy spoke up, unnaturally chirpy.

"Hello Cooper!" He gave a half hearted smile and an enthusiastic wave.

"What's wrong mate?" Cooper ripped off the Band-Aid, not even easing into the conversation, getting straight to the point.

"What do you mean? I'm perfectly fine... Couldn't be better!"

"Freddy." Cooper looked at him sympathetically, until he cracked.

"It's Gregory... I haven't seen him all day... I'm starting to get worried about him. Have you seen him at all?"

Cooper took a deep sigh and prepared for the depressing exchange that was about to unfold.

"Look Freddy... There are a couple things I need to tell you... And everyone for that matter."

Freddy's sadness had mostly been replaced with curiosity, but some of it still lingered. He began to listen slightly more attentively then before.

"I kinda think everyone should be here to hear it though... It's very important." Cooper went on.

"building tension huh? I respect a showman." Freddy joked.

Cooper gave no reaction.

"Well... I'll tell you first, then I'll tell the others..." Freddy awaited what he had to say. Cooper took another sigh.

"Soooo... the other night was a mess... yeah? You remember?"

Freddy nodded. It would've been hard to forget it.

"Well... I got fired. And Gregory was found. Now he's being taken to an orphanage."

"Why were you fired? All you did was protect Gregory? From my knowledge at least."

"That's what I thought. Working sucks Fazbear. You should know."

"When do you leave?"

"In a week." Freddy sighed.

Freddy began to feel the pain Cooper was experiencing twofold. Losing Gregory made him think about Bonnie. It hurt even more knowing he never had a chance to say goodbye to the two. Freddy went silent for a moment. It took a moment for Cooper's words to sink in, but when they did, they hit like a truck.

Hearing his own words out loud also hurt Cooper. The two stood together, in silence both holding back emotions, Freddy struggling much more. A tear slipped from his grasp. Followed by another... then another, before a waterfall had emerged.

Freddy left for his room before the guard had any chance to comfort him. He stood still. Frozen. Not out of fear, but guilt. Cooper decided it would be best to leave the bear alone to cope.

He pondered if he should see Roxanne. Would he get the same response? Would he get a worse one? He eventually came to the conclusion that there was only one way to find out.

He took the same path Freddy had to see his wolf, he could periodically see water soaked into the carpet, or whatever it was these guys cried. He continued on past Freddy's room. He could hear soft sobbing from his room. He felt awful.

Nevertheless he continued to Roxy's room where he knocked three times. He heard a chair move before hurried footsteps approached the door. It rolled open and the wolf greeted then ushered Cooper inside.

Once he was in, Roxy shut the door and hugged him.

"I'm so sorry for what happened the other night... I wasn't in control of myself. I didn't want to hurt you. Whatever it was I did, just know that I didn't mean it. I'm glad you're okay." She ended the hug and went to go sit down on her couch.

"It's fine. I'm glad you're okay too."

"Hey, do you know what Freddy's problem is? He ran into his green room, waterworks and all. Is he okay?" She was concerned.

"About that..." He trailed off. Roxy could sense he wasn't exactly happy, opposite end of the spectrum to be more precise. She listened on though.

"There's a lot you should know. About the other night." Roxy felt guilty at the sentence.

"Freddy's upset because Gregory is no longer with is. He's not dead, before you jump to conclusions... But he is gone."

Roxy looked at the night guard, surprised and somewhat saddened. She had so many questions.

"Speaking of gone... I will be too, soon." His voice was quiet, half hoping Roxy didn't hear him. But she did, loud and clear.

"What?" She raised her voice.

"A lot happened that night. I got blamed for most of it. They fired me."

"WHAT!?" She shouted that. Cooper hastily put a finger to his lips. TAKE 'EM TO COURT COOPER! SHOW 'EM WHOSE BOSS! Roxy's inner fiestyness began talking. She decided it would be better to keep it 'inner'.

The words hadn't quite processed in Roxy's head yet, or rather they had, but the emotions hadn't. Apart from anger. She had so many more questions.

"Why?" She asked. "What did I do?"

"If I'm being honest, you didn't do much. You kinda chased Gregory around a bit... Then he tasered you... I got blamed for that."

"But... When I suddenly regained control of myself... How come you were so hurt?" She asked, growing gloomy.

"Well... Gregory tried to run you over in a go kart. Yeah, he flipped it and I took the blow for you. Surprised nothing was broken. Just some monster bruises." He chuckled.

"Gregory tasered me?"

"Yup."

"Bitch."

Cooper laughed at the one word sentence.

"Why are they firing you?" She asked, the mood becoming a little more serious, and in turn sad.

"I don't know. Something about 'property damage' even though I did like nothing. Gregory was caught by them, and I got blamed for him being there. Okay that one's fair enough but the rest of it was bullshit. I think that they just don't like me, and were looking for an excuse to give me the pink slip." He said sadly as he sat down next to Roxy.

"So it was my fault?" She asked guiltily. Partly, yeah. Cooper thought. He knew better than to tell her that though. He knew where Roxy was going with this.

"No no no no no no, It wasn't your fault at all." He placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. It felt all too familiar.

Roxy looked to the ground ashamed. She felt guilty beyond belief.

"I'm sorry..." She told him, beginning to cry. She was stubborn. But Cooper had figured that out by now.

"Roxy it wasn't your fault, please listen to me." He told her, feeling a similar level of sadness but holding it all in. He hugged her side. She began to calm down.

Several seconds later, Roxy composed herself and started talking again.

"When will you leave?" She asked grievously.

"In a week. We've still got some time..." Cooper tried to be the optimist in the situation... It wasn't working.

Roxy's head lay on his shoulder, a permanent frown located there. The room was quiet. The Acs blowing cool, fresh air and occasionally Freddy sobbing being the only thing that they would hear.

"I don't want you to go... I don't want a new night guard." She complained. She buried her head further into his shoulder, it almost hurt.

"I don't want to go either. I want to stay here with you. But I can't. I'm sorry. It was non negotiable." His words were full of sorrow.

"What if they re-hire Vanessa?" Roxy asked, scared.

"They won't."

"How do you know?"

"I don't. Have faith." There was a small pause.

"You are the only thing I have... If you go... I'll have nothing to look forward too. There will be no one to love me." She said, searching for a response that would reassure that she would be alright. A lone tear somehow escaping her left eye.

"Are you trying to make me feel bad Roxy?" He asked sarcastically.

"No, I just want you to know how much you mean to me. I will miss you more than you know when you're gone."

"That's sweet. Thank you."

She buried her head further into his shoulder. Her kind words and her romantic position made Cooper feel a special warmth inside. Would it be smothered by darkness eventually? Yes. But in the meantime he felt loved. Cherished.

"And you having no one to love you is not true... You have the kids that love you... And I'm sure the other animatronics do as well." Cooper said, attempting to make her feel better.

"That's a different kind of love. It's nice, yeah, but it's not fulfilling. It doesn't fill the hole in my heart like you do." It was almost like a confession, but what was there to confess?

"It's not all that bad. I'm sure after a couple months, you'll forget about me... Then you'll fall in love with someone else. And you're Roxanne wolf, everyone loves you. You have options." He soon regretted his poor choice of words.

Roxy looked at him, sad that he said that, but also angry. She would've slapped him, if she wasn't a robot that could knock a human unconscious with a single slap. It did slightly reassure her though, just a sliver.

She shot an insulted look at him before she went back to his shoulder. She placed a hand on his chest, because it wasn't romantic enough apparently.

"I don't want to think about anyone else right now." She spoke softly, gently, something unusual for the egotistical wolf. She closed her eyes.

It felt as though seconds were minutes, and minutes were hours for the two. They had both managed to fall asleep in the comforts of the couch, despite it being cheap and mostly for show.

Cooper awoke first and checked his fazwatch soon after. 4:20. "Heh, heh." He chuckled. He noticed that Roxy's head no longer laid on his should, and had drifted down to his lap. The wolf looked adorable, like an oversized cat sleeping on his lap.

He began patting her head and playing with her hair, which was remarkably well kept. He hoped she would wake up, yet hoped she wouldn't. Half of him was satisfied when Roxy's eyes began to twitch just before she opened them. Despite not having a respiratory system, she exhaled rather loudly.

"Hello." Cooper said drowsily.

"Hi." She didn't move at all. "How long have you been playing with my hair for?" She questioned.

"Like... A minute. It feels nice. Can robots sleep?" He asked confused.

"Yeah. When we charge we auto-sleep." She replied, head still on lap. She felt warm at the half compliment half observation. "More like a blackout actually..."

"Huh. You're like a cat, in all the best ways. As cute as one too."

Roxy took offence to the comment. "Excuse me... Watch your tongue." He had forgotten he was talking to a wolf. She arose from his lap as she said that.

"Oh, right." He chucked. "That wasn't supposed to be an insult."

"What's the time?" Roxy asked.

"4:21."

"Huh. Would've thought I'd sleep longer than that." She told herself, but she let Cooper overhear.

Roxy got off the couch to fix up the mess that Cooper had caused on the back of her head. She didn't really mind though. Cooper hadn't quite realised just how heavy her head was until she got up. He felt circulation return to his legs shortly after.

"I'm gonna go tell the other bots the news. See ya." Cooper said whilst he got up to leave the room.

The sentence reminded her of the circumstances placed upon Cooper, turning her neutral mood into a sad one.

"Who knows?" Roxy asked.

"Freddy and you."

"If there is time, come back to me when you're finished, please."

"No promises." And with that, he left.

Very Roxy heavy chapter this one (No complaints there), hope you enjoyed reading as much as I did writing. There will be a couple more chapters until the story comes to a close for good, for those of you wanting more once it does end, I'm a sponge that's been wringed out of all it's creative juices. Give me a bit of time to concoct some ideas because I'm fresh out. I might expand, I might make a new story, I don't know. Only time will tell. If you have story ideas let me know. Have a good day/night.