Eat, Sleep, Survive, Repeat (FNIA x OC)

Reunion

MANGLE'S POV

Circus Baby's Anime World. The sister location to ours I guess. We had to wait in an alleyway for a bit till night rolled around so we wouldn't be seen. Currently it was 11:55 pm. The others are trying to find a way in that wouldn't trigger the alarms while Goldie waits for them to remember she can teleport.

Meanwhile, I was having an unexpected visit from an old friend.

Mangle: Do you have any clue just how much it hurt to see him taken away like that?

Mari: I'm sorry, but I had to bring him to help the others here.

I shook my head and just felt betrayed, letting a tear fall down my cheek as the memory of Flare's screams of pain resurfaced.

Mari: The girls here are alive as well Mangle, but in a different way. You girls and I are alive thanks to incredibly advanced tech. Here? There's tech alright, but something more.

Mangle: Why do I feel like Violet has something do to with it? She was very reluctant to come here, even when all other options had been ruled out.

Mari: She does but she didn't mean for it to happen-

Mangle: Happy accidents, like us.

Mari: Not with how it occurred. An accident, yes, but one that broke her.

Now she had my confused attention. Broke her? I had just assumed she was insane naturally, just crazy and love sick normally. If something had caused her to be like that, that put a somewhat new spin on things.

Though I won't ever take back what I said on our search, bitch deserved it.

Mari: Does it help at all that he hasn't been suffering at all while here?

Mangle: ... Depends on how or why he isn't suffering.

Mari gave a very noticeable pause and hesitated to respond, seeming to mull over her words while I gave her a neutral stare. Though the fact that he wasn't suffering was a relief, I didn't know the details behind it. Wow if Foxy could hear my thoughts she'd be surprised. Though she may understand why I win at monopoly often if she did.

Mari: I- I locked away his memories, kept them out of reach so he didn't have to hurt the way you all did. Though he's probably feeling it now. One of the girls here helped him get them back.

Mangle: Any reason why I shouldn't slap you away for making my boyfriend forget me?

Mari: He didn't forget, he just couldn't access the memory.

She spoke quickly and I thought I heard some fear in her voice which surprised me. Mari didn't get scared easily. I guess loving your loved one can really change a person to make their fearless friend fear them.

Then the truth finally clicked past my overcharged anger and fear. This confirmed he was here. We'd finally found him. My body started shaking and the tears flowed a little more freely.

Mangle: He- he really is here?

Mari's nod was all I needed to forgive her, hugging her tightly and letting my emotions flow free. Mari stood there and rubbed my back, letting me let it all out. It was getting hard to handle the stress. Looking for Flare wasn't easy at all. The constant hiding, constantly looking out for anyone who tried to grab us. Violet's presence, the woman who killed him and made us have to go through this hell in the first place, wasn't helpful.

After a bit I slowly broke away when I heard a car pulling in out the front of the building. Mari gave me another quick hug before she vanished and my sister showed up beside me to watch a woman come out of the car and enter the building.