The Bear and the Repair Affair
Day 2, Part 1
"I will find you. You can't hide from me."
The day was restless. You tried to sleep but your head was wired, thoughts racing with evening’s events. Your night was spent tossing and turning just trying to get some shuteye. Your mind kept drifting to the moment when Freddy grabbed you. Though to you he was just a machine, you swore you felt emotions there. There was something about how he and the other animatronics towered over you that bothered you. It was intimidating.
You keep telling yourself that they were just robots but deep down you knew you didn't believe it. What Vanessa said about not knowing if it was even an AI or not echoed in your head. You weren’t sure what you were dealing with.
After what seemed like hours lying on your bed sleep finally arrived.
A phone ring later you were roused from your uncomfortable sleep.
You hardly noticed the light peering through the window illuminating the whole room. Groggily you check your clock, 10:21AM. Your first instinct was to just ignore it but you realize it could have been the rep. You quickly sit up and reach for your phone.
As you do the pain from your arm hurts causing you to recoil. It didn't hurt too badly but the sharp tinge was unexpected. Slowly you grab the phone and check it. Sure enough, it was the rep. You clear your throat and answer.
Only a quarter awake you stumble a through the conversation and forget most of it. You get the gist. You agree to do the job, said you'll send over a list of parts needed, paint needed and the necessary stuff.
Over the phone the rep seemed relieved and even ecstatic. He even mentioned a possible permanent position could be open if you did a good job. He also promised to get you a communication device and proper clearance. The only requirement he asked of you today was that all work on this project be done in the evenings, after the plex had closed. He mentioned something about not being bothered while working though you zoned out through that part. You hated mornings anyways so you mindlessly agreed.
Just as he hung up it occurred to you that you should have asked what happened to Bonnie in the first place. You sigh and make a mental note to do so later. There was still a lot of time before your second day on the job and you wished to be energized for it. You put the shades down try to go back to sleep.
After the phone call you felt more at ease and sleep found you faster this time. The rest of the waking day was spent sleeping and relaxing as you rested for tonight.
Thoughts of the plex and its mysteries continued to weigh on your conscience.
You awoke a few hours later, in the evening. Having some time before work you spend time watching more videos of the animatronics and trying to get a better feel for what you had been dealing with. There were also a few videos of Bonnie performing. You couldn't help but favourite a few. You liked his design so much. From the star in his eye to his flopping ears you found yourself enthralled. Unfortunately quality varied so you weren't able to get as good a look as you hoped.
Still though, despite your research nobody seemed to have an answer as to what happened to Bonnie, just that one day he stopped showing up.
It was now late enough to leave. The evening autumn air was chilly against your form. You were still slightly tired mostly because your sleep scheduling was still adjusting.
Feeling your arm, it was still sore though not as bad as earlier. You practiced a bit with unsheathing your tazer just in case you had to seriously use it. You had a feeling Freddy would be looking for you. Just in case. Something about Bonnie just set him off.
Although..., you thought. He could have just been curious about the bow. Maybe I should just tell him about Bonnie. Although if he was the one that did destroyed him then that wouldn't be good. It would mean you're a target then. You resolved to try and avoid Freddy tonight, until you know where he stood on Bonnie. The possibility of him going after Bonnie was appealing. It would line up that the bow should set him off if he did kill him. You left that train of thought for now.
You were now standing in front of the closed plex. You took a deep breath and were ready to enter. Standing outside you noticed a different security guard tonight. He was idling looking down.
"You, (Y/N), right?" He said, yawning as he did so. He seemed just as tired as you.
"Yeah. Is Vanessa-"
"Uh, she had something going on tonight. I'm the manager in charge tonight." He said, still agaze at the ground.
"Can you let me in?" You asked. This guard seemed really out of it tonight though you couldn't argue you felt much better.
"Oh, uh, right." He nodded and got to unlocking the front door.
"Are you okay?" You ask.
"Yeah, *yawns* sorry if I'm a little off. Just a bit tired. I'll be better in a bit. Just need some fresh air. If you need to reach me just call 245."
"Okay, they said they had a walkie for me. You have it?"
He didn't respond immediately. "Oh, management said they left it in the work room."
"Thanks." You said in response. You entered, leaving the night guard outside.
I doubt he's going to be much help. You thought. Surely there were other night guards on duty anyways. You hoped you didn't need the help tonight.
You were starting up the stairs when you heard someone behind you. Turning you see the tired guard. He waved, stifling a yawn as well.
"Hey new guy, one more thing. Freddy was acting weird today so if you see him just tell him to go to his room." You nodded and the guard returned outside.
Proceeding to the work room you began to worry. Your mind wandered back to Freddy's violent reaction. The bow set him off somehow. Either that or something unrelated. You hoped it was. You put one hand on your tazer sheath instinctively.
You entered the ceiling walkway above the race course. Below you could see some janitor bots cleaning up the area around it, mindlessly working. As you watched below you started to feel like you were being watched. You scanned the course but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. There wasn't anybody on either side of the walkway either.
You decided to keep going. The last thing you needed was to run into an animatronic. You still had the bow on you, stashed away in your backpack.
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Hurrying along you eventually made it to the service elevator. As you hit the button to get the elevator you hear movement behind you. You fastly turned, seeing Freddy at the other end of the hallway attention turned to something else. He hadn't noticed you yet.
Your eyes went wide and the worry increased. You tried to be as quiet as possible as you waited for the elevator to come. It seemed like he was waiting for something or someone.
With an audible ding the doors departed. You got in quickly. The sound was enough to alert Freddy who turned to see who rung the elevator. When he saw you his eyes went wide. Upon confirming it was indeed you he started running towards the elevator.
"There you are!" He shouted as he bolted towards you.
You nearly had a panic attack seeing a massive robot running. You hit the basement button and the “close door” buttons as fast as you can. Your speed paid off and in the nick of time the doors closed just before Freddy could get in. You heard a bang on the metal doors like he punched it. He yelled something as the elevator moved but you couldn't make it out.
Almost hyperventilating, you slump to the floor.
"Oh, fuck." You quietly muttered. He was going to be pissed now. That scare had fully woken you up now, heart beating frantically, adrenaline coursing through your system.
You were half expecting Freddy to be there at the bottom waiting for you like some movie cliché. But, when the doors opened you were greeted by the empty repairshop. There was no trace of anyone there.
Collecting your nerves you quickly ran to Bonnie's room nearly fumbling the keys in the process and went in. Just in case Freddy somehow showed up you placed a chair against the door and locked it.
Seemingly safe in Bonnie's room you take a deep breath and re-adjust your composure. You look to Bonnie. "I'll be with you in a minute. Just need a breather." You said to him.
You gave him a summary of the past few minutes, asking him why Freddy was so pissed.
You knew he was out of commission but it helped calm you. You search the room and sure enough there was a Fazbear watch. You turned it on and dialed 245. It rang and rang but there was no response. The watch displayed 245's current location as gymnasium.
"Great." You said aloud. "Of course." You sighed. You put the watch on, hoping the manager sees the missed call eventually.
Upstairs an angry mechanical bear was standing in front of an elevator cursing it out. Freddy was furious. It had been well over a year since Bonnie vanished. He had searched the whole facility twice over and found nothing except some scraps of purple metal. Then, out of the blue a new guy shows up with Bonnie's bow and runs away. He stomped off angrily, determined to find a keycard to get access to the elevator.
Freddy wasn't thinking straight. His mind was fixated on you and that bow. He wanted, no, needed answers. He was halfway to his room when it occurred to him that he could just go the stairs to find you. He shook his head and tried to collect his thoughts. He was so focused on getting you that he hadn't paid attention to where the elevator went.
Freddy took a deep breath, as best an animatronic could.
Back in the workshop enough time had passed that you figured Freddy wasn't coming. Either that or he just didn't know where you were. Maybe they aren't allowed in parts and services? You thought. Rationalizing your safety you get to work on Bonnie.
Before you could begin you notice some papers on your work table that must have been added during the day. You scan them over hoping it would get your mind off previous events.
It was documentation on starting and shutting off the animatronics. There was a sticky note from the rep mentioning he had forgotten to give you it. In brief it stated that there were a few ways to shut off and turn on an animatronics.
"Animatronics remain on at all times, even during critical operations. In the event of an incident or event wherein the animatronic must be shut off there are a few ways to do so safely.
Hooking up the animatronic to the fixer in Parts/Services has the ability to perform a full reboot.
Should the animatronic prove too restless or some other condition arise the next option would be to use the 'Fazbear Laser Optometry Optical Rewriter' or FLOOR for short. The pointer has the ability to shine a light in such a way to force the animatronic into a SIGKILL or SIGTERM mode forcing a reset. By pointing the FLOOR into an animatronic's eye the flashing laser would go through the optics to interface directly with the animatronic mainframe. For reference on the light sequence see Number 3. The sequence and timing is identical to the tone poem.
Should a FLOOR not be accessible the final way to reboot an animatronic is the use of a tone poem. Tapes are available in the security room as well as files available on the network drive. The tone poem is a series of low-pitched tones that when played in sequence would interface through an animatronics ears and force a SIGKILL or SIGTERM depending on the sequence. In the rare event that neither tapes nor drive are accessible here are the notes so that the reader may manually use them."
It then listed the notes played in a typical notation. You take a picture of the paper just in case. You look around; it seems that while the rep had remembered to get you the paper he had forgotten to get a FLOOR. Whatever, you think. It's not like you're turning on him tonight. You'll just leave a note or remind him later.
Sufficiently calm now, you turn your attention to Bonnie.
He was in rough shape still but you knew you could fix him. You figure tonight you would start by replacing the cut wires and gears. You began to comb through Bonnie to find any disconnected ones and broken gears. You pile them into plastic containers. The battery was completely AWOL so you weren't worried about turning him on accidentally.
Time passed as you worked on him. You started to notice a bit more of his design.
He had star design where his left eye would have been though the paint could use a touchup. You noted it.
Based on the schematics left for you it seemed like the most important wires were intact. You had started to count each wire and gear that needed replacing, noting the size and length. The rep left some bins of spare parts you begin to sort through.
In another area of the plex, a mechanical bear was checking where that elevator could have gone.
Freddy was upstairs checking if the elevator had gone to the roof. Outside, in the late evening wind there was no sign of you. He sighed and went back in. The plex was huge. Freddy knew the chances of finding you were slim. It reminded him a bit of when he dealt with Gregory. At least with Gregory was trying to find Freddy. This new guy was running away.
Wait a minute. Freddy thought. It occurred to him you should have a watch. He wondered if he could reach you via that. Not wanting to alert you he decided to make contact via a watch. He returned to his room. Management had the night crew using the watches now since they had so many of them.
As you continue to work you start to see how much work was needed. The repairs required were not something you could do in a single night. You didn't mind it though. You found yourself enjoying the repairs, and you spoke to Bonnie a bit. Venting about past jobs, current jobs, freelance work. It probably would have made for a very boring conversation but it helped you relax as you continued working on the electrical parts.
Bonnie is a good listener, you thought.
Time passed on and you continued working screwing in gears and re-attaching wires where needed. It seemed like a lot of the extra wires were correct. Although without a battery you didn't have any way testing if the circuitry was correct.
Ah well, I'll test it later, you thought.
You hadn't noticed but two hours had passed by setting you at a little after midnight. You decided to take a break, nature calling you.
You unblock the door and leave, making sure to lock it on your way out.
Upstairs, Freddy had scoured his room, eventually finding a watch buried under a pile of pillows on the couch. It wasn't his but rather the one he gave to Gregory. He would look for his later, right now he had an investigation to conduct.
As he tuned the watch he left his room. He decided to keep searching the plex for you. The first thing Freddy did with the watch was check where the manager was. Dialing his number nobody picked up with the location reading as "Daycare".
Freddy recalled the manager mentioning earlier that he was going to check the daycare. And that was at the start of the night. Judging from the no response, Freddy assumed the manager had fallen asleep there, effectively giving Freddy free reign of the place.
It's not like anyone would stop him either.
As he explored the plex around he began calling each number on the watch hoping to get you.
Coming back from the washroom you continue work.
The repairs were going good on Bonnie. You had fixed a lot more circuitry. You still were having issues with the wires and gears under the chest cavity though. Even though there was a hole someone had punched in you still couldn't reach a lot of them. You resolve to try and find a way to open the chest. You could see it was spring-loaded but you didn't know how to open it.
As you struggled to find a button or switch to open it your watch rang. The sudden sound of the Fazbear theme surprised you your hand getting caught in a mess of wires. You checked your free arm. The watch said "Gregory" and the location was listed as "Race Course".
Who the hell is Gregory? You thought. You guess it was probably the night manager from before. Your hand was still trapped so you used your chin to answer it.
"Hello?" You said looking into the watch. It was static for a second but then the picture became clear. It was Freddy. You quickly moved the watch away, hoping he didn't see you.
“There you are.” Freddy said ominously.