Broken Record

[43]

(CW: Swearing, mention of abuse)

Fonso had exited out of a recharge station, fully recharged and ready for anything. He was making his way back when he heard voices. He poked his head around the corner.

He saw Derrick and a male, he looked older than Pj and had dirty blonde hair.

"Derrick what the heck is wrong with you?" The male questioned the supervisor.

"Humiliating him really?"

"I was telling him what he needed to improve on." Derrick answered causally.

"And I saw what you did earlier when I checked the cameras."

"I was just joking around with him." He reasoned.

"Yeah, strangling him is not joking around." The employee crossed his arms. "You know you're abusing your power and gaslighting the poor guy."

"Okay, and what have you done? Nothing."  He snapped, towering over him. "You're just as guilty."

"And don't forget that I have dirt on you. You want to explain why you were tampering with security footage?"

"But you-" Derrick shot him a look which made the male stop talking. "That's what I thought."

"Now go, I have to take care of some business." He dismissed him.

"Yes sir." The male left the area. 

Derrick groaned as he checked his watch.
"Better get this over with." He grumbled.

He began walking towards where Fonso was making the bot panic. He quickly made it seem like he had just been looking around.

The brunette glanced over at the bot,
"What are you doing here?"

"You know you're supposed to stay in Lost and Found, we already have enough problems as it is."

"Somewhere out there, there’s a tree working very hard to produce oxygen so that you can breathe. I think you should go and apologize to it." Fonso responded, crossing his arms.

"I should've dismantled you beyond repair."

"I envy people who have never met you." He smirked maliciously.

"Why you little!" Derrick tried to grab the bot, but Fonso jumped up, extending his arms as he grabbed onto the railing on the second floor.

"Missed me! Hehehe!" He taunted the man.

Derrick growled, glaring up at the bot. "I have more important things to do than deal with an insufficient bot." He stormed off somewhere.

"He's a big meanie." The bot muttered.

Fonso made his way up and over the railing.
He knew they were talking about Pj. So that's why he was so down. Derrick has always been a jerk, he used to pick on him well he still does.

He hated seeing the male so sad.

He wanted to make Pj feel better, but what could he do? He knows the male doesn't want him to worry. No one deserves to be treated that way.

What would cheer him up?

"Ooh! I know!" He rushed over to Rockstar Row.

He noticed that all the green room curtains were closed. Must be to give them privacy. Though that's pretty obvious if you think about it. He made his way to Monty's room.

His legs were starting to give out. They weren't as great as they used to be. He knocked on the door. "Monty!"

He waited, but got no response. "Monty, are you in there?" He knocked again.

"He's in one of his moods."

Fonso looked to see Roxy walking towards him. She had on a black leather jacket. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail.

"Did something happen?"

"Who knows with him? He's always grumpy anyways."

"If you're gonna talk shit about me at least do it somewhere else and not in front of my door."
A gruff voice barked.

His mohawk was messy and fluffed in every direction. His shades were covering his eyes from being seen. He had his arms crossed as he leaned against the frame of the doorway.

"Monty!"

The gator looked down to see the bot standing in front of him. "Fonso? What are you doing here?"

"Is Roxy picking on you again?"

She scoffed and flipped him off.

"No, I wanted to know if you know what Paisley's favorite thing is?"

Monty felt his face heat up at the mention of the male's name, he quickly shook it off. He thought for a minute.

"Is being a menace not his favorite thing?" Roxy sarcastically remarked.

Monty ignored her comment.

"I don't know, I know he used to carry around a bag of gummy candy."

"Didn't he like that mystery mix?" She asked, "Or was that just Chica."

"No he did, but let's not talk about that." He never understood why Pj liked it, it was weird. It made him act strange.

"Why do you want to know what his favorite thing is anyway?" Monty asked, a little confused on how this came up.

"Oh, he's feeling down and I wanted to cheer him up." Fonso told him.

"What? Where is he?"

"In the lost and found."

"I'm going to go check on him." He said, before he quickly left the two.

"I bet he's going to make out with him." Roxy said under her breath.

She looked at Fonso. "So, you have an idea on what would cheer Pj up."

"I think so, but I need help."

"Nope, you can do that by yourself." She was about to walk away, but the bot grabbed her hand.

"Please Roxy." He gave her puppy dog eyes.

The wolf cursed under her breath. She couldn't say no. She groaned, "Fine, I'll help you."

"Yay!" He jumped up happily.

She rolled her eyes, though she couldn't help but grin at his ecstaticness. It is kinda cute that he's doing all this just to cheer up Pj.

"Come on, show me what you need my help with?" She motioned for him to lead the way.

Fonso sheepishly looked at the ground.
"Carry me?"

"No, I'm not going to carry you."

"Just be grateful that I'm helping you at all."

He pouted, but walked ahead leading her.
As they made their way she finally realized that because of his small legs it was hard for him to keep up. He would fall behind and she would have to wait for him to catch up. It was annoying.

"For fuck sake." She scooped the bot into her arm. She had already stopped three times and she wasn't going to stop again.

"Just tell me where we're going?"

"Over there." He pointed in the direction.

"Let's get this over with so you can go back to Pj." She grumbled.

She was already starting to regret saying yes to helping him.