Superstar Stories

Cramped

A/N: Request from pianoducks on A03! I hope you enjoy :] This takes place sometime during the game events, since I think Gregory wouldn't willingly get into the stomach hatch if he didn't have to, considering how small it must be.
Not fully canon compliant, timeline might be iffy, and made up machinery stuff.

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Gregory pushed himself to run faster, hoping that the stupid chicken wouldn't catch up to him. Why had it been waiting outside the daycare anyway!? That's cheating! ..or something. Not the time. He managed to reach Freddy, and thankfully the animatronic knew enough to open his stomach hatch automatically. Gregory jumped in, and Chica lashed oout at him just as the hatch closed, and her talons connected with flesh. He hissed, pulling his leg towards himself both to avoid getting it caught in the door and further damage from the robot.

The hatch clicked shut and Chica stood there, trying to locate Gregory. Eventually, she gave up and left. Freddy started walking too, speaking to Gregory in quiet tones. "Superstar, my scanners are detecting that you are injured. Do you wish to stop at a first aid station?"

Gregory wanted to say no, but he knew Freddy was already on the way to one. It was really more of a 'I'm-gonna-do-this-and-you've-got-no-choice' kind of warning- Freddy did that a lot. So, Gregory just sighed and leaned against the wall of Freddy's stomach hatch, careful not to aggravate his leg. "Sure, Freddy.."

They arrived at the first-aid station about ten minutes later, though thankfully not the same one that that security guard had come by earlier. It took Gregory a moment to realize they had even arrived, as Freddy didn't automatically open his hatch like usual. He was about to speak, but Freddy beat him to it.

"It appears I have sustained internal damage to my secondary latch and hinge mechanism."

Gregory sighed, shaking his head. "Normal person words, please."

Freddy ignored Gregory's tone, reiterating with no issue. "Apologies. My latch and hinge system is my stomach hatch."

Well that just sounded great. Gregory sat up, getting a skeptical frown. "..meaning..?"

Freddy was silent for a moment, but sighed and spoke. "Meaning I cannot open my stomach hatch."

"..what."

"Gregory, it's stuck."

The boy was just still for a moment, before he gave a frustrated yell. ..and immediately regretted it. The sound just bounced off the walls, making it way louder and way more painful for Gregory's ears. He sighed.

"Are you serious!? Like, it won't open at all?"

"It will not. But it's alright!" Freddy interjected before Gregory could speak, not wanting to deal with him volume. "I am about 85% sure that I can get it open! ..in due time."

"Due time? What the heck does that mean?"

Then there was silence, aside from the subtle whirring that meant Freddy was performing a system diagnostic. After a few moments, the bear responded.

"..it can take anywhere from a day, to weeks for me to repair my systems on my own."

"..Fantastic."

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Gregory shifted, trying his best to avoid the exposed wires and open circuit boards in Freddy's chest compartment (seriously, who was in charge of upkeep around here?). It had only been about twenty minutes, yet he was already getting border line claustrophobic. He and Freddy were now back in his green room, the robot trying his best to asses the damage while splitting his attention with Gregory.

"On the bright side," Freddy started, "You won't have to run all the time. You can just relax there- Think of it as a break!"

Gregory sighed. Darn robots and their stupid optimism.. "Freddy, it's like the size of a dog crate in here. How is that a break?"

Freddy actually went quiet -took him long enough, in Gregory's opinion- for a moment. It was actually a few minutes before he spoke again. "Well, superstar, now you can see the areas you couldn't before!"

"..I guess."

*To be continued!*

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[A/N: Sorry this one is so short, but I ran out of ideas that could actually take the story somewhere and it was too long since an update. Part 2 this story will focus on Gregory basically just waltzing around as Freddy :P Thanks for reading!]