Mechanical hearts (Foxy x Bonnie)

Disturbing Revelation

  He's wearing a suit that is in much worse condition than the one he threw out. I don't know if he has it on to hide his identity from anyone else that might catch us out here, or if it's armored in some kind of way. It's possible that it's meant purely for intimidation. He strikes at me with a downward thrust, and I barely manage to avoid the knife as I leap out of his range. My eyes meet his again as I recover my footing.

  "William, how could you do this?" I ask shakily while assuming a defensive stance.

"For the same reason I killed you all those years ago." He leers while brandishing the knife. "For the better good."

   He lunges toward me again, this time managing to slash a hole across my chest as I fail to move fast enough. I don't understand what he is talking about. He killed me in the past? He circles around me like a wolf cornering its prey as he smirks at my confusion.

  "Well, in a manner of speaking that is. You are powered by artificial intelligence, but there is a child's soul inside you giving you sentience. Most of the animatronics I own operate under the same circumstances." He explains while sounding so sane, making him all the more insane.

  "Your... you would kill a child just so that we could have a conscience!?"

  "It was the only piece to the puzzle missing from my creations in order to have them perfectly imitate life. Even a genius like me is limited to what I can accomplish on my own. Sometimes you have to do terrible things in the name of progress." He justifies in an offhand way, seemingly talking to himself more than me.

   He then quickly closes the distance between us and delivers a kick to my knee, but I'm able to strike him in the shoulder with my hook as he's off balance. He gasps in pain as it digs into his flesh, but I was right about the suit acting as a form of protection. It seems to have barely gotten halfway in. He casually yanks it out as he recovers, showing little indication that it hurt him at all. I probably only managed to give him a superficial wound.

  "Your a persistent little shit, I'll give you that." He snarls as he grabs ahold of my other wrist and drives me hard into the wall.

  I struggle as he has me pinned, wondering how he is so strong. I'm then aware of the neon red fluid that is dripping on the ground at my feet. It's not his blood, it's mine. He must have managed to hit one of my hydraulic lines when he struck me in the chest. I'm not going to be able to fight for very much longer.

  "They had full lives ahead of them William! And you took that away for your own selfish gain." I cry out in anger.

  "Oh please. Living a full life is overrated. Even if you do every single goddamn thing right, it only takes one little 'mistake' to make it all fall apart. It's inevitable." He speaks coldy as he slowly loses his smile for the first time.

  "What are you talking about?" I ask, not knowing where he is going with this.

  "One of my sons ruined everything. He took away the one thing in my life that mattered to me the most, and so I will take away everything he will ever have been. He will be the next one when I find him."

  "Your mental!" I shout while kneeing him in the groin and pulling myself out of his hold.

   He remains doubled over with his hands over his face as I stare at him in fear. It's hard to tell if he's laughing or crying. He eventually straightens almost to his full height as he looks down at his feet.

  "...Evan would have turned eleven last week. Really, it's my fault that he's not here anymore. I built the thing that killed him. I should have made it more safe." He says solemnly.

  "Your son died in an accident? I'm so sorry that happened William, but that still doesn't justify your actions. You have to stop doing this. It's what he would want."

"Don't you dare act like you know my son better than me! You don't know what he would want! I have been doing all this for him, and I'm so close to finding the answer. Through my actions, I have discovered the ability of capturing the human soul, and when I learn how to use it to it's full potential, I will be able to get my son back! Unlike the soul inside you, he will be able to fully possess the animatronic I put him in. You can be friends for all eternity!"

  "William, your completely out of  your mind! Your going to destroy so many lives by what your doing, and you will have nothing to show for it in the end!  You have to stop. Please." I try to reason with him desperately.

  He seems to consider this for a moment before suddenly dropping down to my side and slashing me in the back of my leg with a quick swipe. Bright colored fluid sprays from the cut, and I immediately drop to my knees. He stands quietly at my side, placing a hand around my neck as I finally accept my fate.

  "Please know that I don't take any enjoyment in doing this, but you need to learn your place." He speaks softly in my ear as he kneels to my level.

  "Even if you kill me, everyone will eventually find out what you really are. You're not going to get away with any of this." I weakly mutter.

  He chuckles darkly while playfully shaking me by the neck.

  "I'm not going to kill you Foxy, your one of my favorite creations. I'm just going to leave you broken as punishment for your actions here tonight. At least until I think you've learned your lesson."

  "Your going to let me live? What makes you think I won't tell everyone what you've done?"

  "What makes you think anyone will believe you?" He mimics my accent mockingly. "They already think your unhinged, and I will reinforce that idea in their heads when I tell them that you attacked me as I was getting ready to leave for the night."

 He extends his arm out to his side while smiling deviously at me, and I see blood dripping through the gaps of the suit where I maimed him with my hook.

  "You've been causing a lot of trouble for me. The first strike was when you bit that child, and this makes strike two. Get in my way again and you'll wish I had just killed you."

  I bit someone? There is no way that is true, he has to be gaslighting me. I would never hurt a kid for any reason. If it is the truth though, then that would explain why they had my memory wiped. Is that why Freddy doesn't let me leave the stage when there's kids around? Does he think I'm too dangerous to trust?

 My vision starts to fail as my battery slowly dies, and the last thing I see before losing consciousness is the pale moon hanging above. Seemingly so close despite being so very far away.