Broken Wills ("Save Her" Remake)

Chapter 10

Michael turned to face Will. "Surprisingly well, actually. We talked and caught up. That was about it."

Will seemed happy...maybe. Hard to tell. "That's nice."

Michael nodded. "Yeah. We had some tea and I learned how...uh...his son died."

Will froze up, his glowing blue eyes staring at Michael. "...You did?"

Michael nodded. He could tell this was a bit of a touchy subject. The eyes turned green and the other personality, Charlie, spoke up. "I told you to fix her, but no! You had more important things to do than keep a promise!"

His eyes turned back to normal. "I fixed her eventually, didn't I?"

Green. "But did you properly apologize?"

Blue. "...No."

Will went on like this for a while, Michael sitting there the whole time in awkward silence. Eventually Will stopped and seemed to compose himself. "Alright...I'll deal with that issue later." He turned back to Michael. "Sorry about that. Where were we?"

Michael shrugged. "I had a plan for tonight but your little...interaction just made me completely forget it."

Will tilted his head. "That's unfortunate." Then he snapped his fingers, which just sounded like metal on metal screeching. Not pleasant. "Why don't we play a game?"

Michael raised an eyebrow. "What game?"

Will walked behind the desk, next to Michael, and opened a drawer, pulling out a deck of cards. "Go Fish?"

"...How did you know that was there?"

Will looked at the drawer, then at the cards, then back at Michael. "I found this when I first began my employment here."

Interesting... Michael shrugged. "Weird way to say when you were first activated, but okay. Why not?"

Will shuffled the cards, before passing both of them seven cards. Will looked at his hand and seemed satisfied, before looking at Michael. Michael's hand was...a hand, he supposed. Nothing special about it. Looked like a normal hand in Go Fish. And so the duo began their long...long game of Go Fish.

Two Hours Later

"Got any fours?"

"Ah, dammit. Here you go."

Michael handed Will his last card, the fox laughing triumphantly.

"Ha ha! I win!"

His eyes turned green. "That was a good game, Michael. Really quite a challenge."

Blue eyes again. "Agreed. Well played, sir." Will held out his hand for Michael to shake, and he did. Michael looked at the clock, surprised how long they'd been playing.

"Damn, four o'clock already? How long were we playing?"

Will tilted his head, before shrugging. "No idea."

The duo sat there for a bit, enjoying the silence. Then Will stood up, looking at Michael. "Wanna take a walk?"

Michael shook his head. "I've gotta stay in this office 'til the end of my shift."

Will scoffed. "Yeah, right. You're just chicken. What's wrong? Scared you're gonna get got by the big...bad...animatronics!?" Will slammed his hands on the table, his speaker playing a weird staticy screech.

Michael just stared at him, unamused. "Very mature." Then he got out of his chair and checked the time. "Suppose I have time."

Will played a celebratory sound on his speaker, before spinning around. "Let’s go to my place!"