Claw My Heart Out

Epilogue: This Comes From Inside

It had been a week since Baby and Bonnie had made permanent residence in the castle, and the both of them were already looking so much happier. Bonnie had been fixed up, with his new felt covering now actually covering his endoskeleton fully. Although he did want to keep his exposed claws, as he wanted something to use as a weapon. Baby also wanted him to keep them, but when she was there with Dave, he said she had this glint in her eye. A very... Naughty glint

Everyone agreed to just let the two lovebirds be, else they'll be sent to the other side of a planet by a furious claw swing.

Right at this moment, Baby and Bonnie were sitting at a bench in the courtyard, talking about whatever came to mind and having the time of their lives. They were so smitten with each other it was hard to be grossed out at all, especially since no one even minded all that much.

As the robot couple enjoyed their date, two guards walked on by, but stopped after they passed them. They shared a look, then turned to look at the couple.

"So how long are you two staying here?" The first guard asked bluntly.

Baby looked over at them angrily, her eyes gleaming a dangerous shade of blue. "For as long as I'm allowed to. Same with Bonnie. Do either of you have an issue with that?"

"In a way", the second guard said firmly. "We just don't think this is okay, all because you have a place you actually call home."

"I'm sorry", Bonnie said with a venomous edge. "But what we do doesn't concern you. We are allowed to live our life the way we want to, no matter what you or the other guards think."

"But You two don't belong here!" The first guard shouted, making some nearby people look over and glare at him. " We're fine if you visit, but living here puts a strain on everything."

"Wh huh, sure", Baby said in a bored tone. " But do you know who says otherwise?"

"Who?"

"Her." Baby smirked as she pointed behind the guards, and they locked up and slowly spun to see a livid Katania right behind them tapping her foot on the ground in frustration. Gladius was hovering above her, his stillness showing his simmering rage.

"Are you two serious?" She spat.

The guards flinched, and the second one spoke. "W-We just feel like them being here-"

"I'm going to stop you right there", Kat interrupted, her face becoming more angry. "It's not up to you if they can or can't stay. Auntie Rainbow is fine with it, my uncles are fine with it, my MOM is fine with it. And if she hears you two were doing this..." The two guards paled. "Exactly. So get out of here before I have more ammo to give to my mom, got it?"

"I concur, Katania", the sword said in a tone filled with authority. "You two have your job to keep us safe. Doing this is the exact opposite of it. So if you want to keep your jobs and not be blacklisted when we tell both Skye and Rainbow, we suggest you leave. Now,"

"But-"

"NOW!" Kat and Gladius barked simultaneously, pointing towards the castle. The two guards ducked their heads in shame and scurried off like dogs with tails between their legs. Once they were gone, Kat faced the couple with an ,apologetic look. "I am so sorry, you two. Those two stepped out of line, if they ruined your date I'll make sure they make it up to you."

Baby shrugged and Bonnie waved her off. "It's quite alright, Katania", the rabbit said reassuringly. "At this point, it doesn't affect us. We know where we're allowed."

The kid sighed in relief, then looked at them again. "Is this a common occurrence?"

Baby shook her head. "First time, actually. You should still talk to your mom so this stuff doesn't become commonplace, but so far we've been fine."

"Okay, good... good, yeah." Kat shook her head, then smiled at the couple. "Still, I'm sorry if they ruined your guys' date. Stuff like that really, pardon my language, pisses me off."

"It happened a lot when Caleb made permanent residence here", Gladius said. "Skye had to give a stern talking to to all the guards."

"It was funny to watch", Kat said with a giggle.

Baby smiled. "We'll, I'm glad things will pick up now."

"Agreed." Bonnie stood up and stretched. "Now, if you two don't mind, me and Baby have some movie reservations we should be getting to..."

The clawed animatronic gasped and sprang to her feet, giving her boyfriend a starry-eyed look. "You got them?!"

The rabbit pulled two tickets out of his new coat pocket. "Yes I did, Baby. So, let's have a nice night." He put the tickets away and held out an arm, his gaze soft and inviting.

Baby giggled and hugged the arm, and the two walked off towards the nearest employee exit. Katania and Gladius waved them goodbye, but after they were gone, the general's daughter looked up at the sword.

"Gladdy, do you think they'd ever want to go back to the pizzeria?" She asked.

The sword shrugged. "Who knows. This place is exactly what they wanted, so if they're content to live here, what's the reason to speculate."

Kat nodded, and the duo started to head back to the castle. "What do you think Cassidy is doing right now?"

"For what I'm most confident in, possibly reflecting on her actions. She needed to be knocked down a few pegs, so I wouldn't be surprised if she locked herself away somewhere."

Kat nodded, and the duo fell into a comfortable silence. After a few moments, the girl spoke up again. "Did you hear about Mickey popping by earlier? I wonder what that was all about..."

"I heard he was looking to ask the four something. Something about making a Magical Kingdom or something..."

"Eh, I guess we'll see where that goes."

"I hope we do. I sense that could be something to help me stretch my old wings."

Kat giggled. "A vacation in the happiest place on earth sounds like a great time! Maybe we might be lucky and make some new friends..."

"We can only hope, Katania", Gladius said with a chuckle. The duo climbed up the steps towards the balcony, smiles bright as the future sparkled with untapped potential.

~X~

And there's the epilogue out! Gosh, what a wild journey this has been so far, huh? Four stories, all different from each other but not forgetting they don't all exist. This AU has come so far, and I am so happy I'm at this point, where over 840k words across 165 chapters later and I'm still going! Hell yeah!

I'm... I'm getting emotional again. 165 chapters. All my other writing projects crashed and burned, but this was the one that stuck. This complete asinine trip of cringe was what stuck... I'm so happy...

Thank you, everyone, for all of this. Keep your eyes open for DCT2!

Also, got this finished before FNaF's 10th Anniversary! Heck yeah!

Love you all!

~Caleb~