"Closer than ever" Part: 2- "Rebuilding the bonds"

Chapter 5

"Welcome to the ex-family."

For a minute everyone stared at the large animatronic dog in silence. No one moved a muscle. Even Chicka didn't know what to do in this situation.

It was just so awkward and uncomfortable.

Freddy sighted and walked up to the newbie, doing his best to smile and look as welcoming as possible.

He could only pray his team would follow his lead.

As he came closer the younger looked slightly down at him with those innocent, curious gold eyes.

The same gold eyes Mangle and Foxy shared. Only there's are blank and discouraged.

"So you are the infamous new comer Phone Guy told me about hmm?" He said giving him his paw to shake.

"Y-yeah." The dog answered shyly. "That would be me." Golden Eye said gently shaking the bear's paw.

"Pleasure to meet you Golden Eye, my name is Freddy Fazbear. I'm the boss around here. And I have a question for you, do you remember this place?" He asked. This was a standard question they all received when they were "interviewed" by Phone Guy. He needs to know how much they remember from their past lives. If they know a lot or nothing at all.

"I…guess so." The boy rubbed his eyes. "Everything is still pretty blurry to me."

"That's okay kid." The leader said patting him gently on the back. The less you remember the less painful the stay here is going to be. He though. "No need to worry about that. It'll all comeback to you once your…processor is ready." He felt bad giving the boy fails hope but that's what he had to do, even if he didn't want to.

"Well let me introduce you to the rest of the gang. You better get along with everyone, you're gonna spend a lot of time together." Freddy told the husky as he led him towards where everyone was sitting.

"O-okay boss." The kid blurred out. "I'll…do my best."

Good luck with that kiddo. Fazbear thought. You're gonna need it.

"This is Foxy, the muscle of the team. He lives in the "Pirate Cove" and is the child favorite." The brown bear prayed the fox will play nice at least for a newbie that did nothing wrong.

"H-Hi Mr. Foxy." Golden Eye smiled nervously, noticing the stern glare the older feline was sending him. The fox looked fast and pretty strong compared to Freddy so he didn't want to get on his bad side.

Foxy then, to everyone's surprise, nodded his head gently and said: "What's up kiddo?" With a small smile.

"Then there's Chicka." Freddy thanked the fox mentally before turning to the chicken. "She's the one that cooks for us and the party children during work hours. She's also my second-in-command so be sure to listen to what she tells you."

He watched as the husky waved his silver paw at Chicka with a nervous smile. "Pleasure to meet you Miss Chicka." He added shyly.

And then Freddy's second-in-command did something he didn't see her do for years now.

She giggled.

"Oh stop with the pleasantry's Husky." She said till laughing with her broken laugh. "Just call me Chicka." She smiled at the youngster and the dog returned it, now a bit surer.

Freddy only stared.

What was going on with them?

First Foxy didn't explode with an angry yell, blaming the poor new guy for not stopping PG.

Then Chicka smiles and giggles.

All in one day.

He then turned to face the newbie, who was smiling and wiggling his tail happily.

What was so special about this robot that he made them warm up to him so fast?

Was it the innocents in his posture?

The fact that he's just a little boy that has a short period amnesia and doesn't remember being killed by a serial killer a few hours ago?

Is it the doing of those common jet unnatural large, gold eyes that were shining with night vision?

What was it?!

Shaking his head he pushed the thoughts away and turned to the next person.

"This is Bonnie." Freddy told the youngster pointing at the purple animatronic. "He's the group's inventor and doctor. Whenever somebody's hurt he's the one to fix them up. He also is the one to repair broken ovens and other stuff whenever a kid puts a handful of peanut butter in them."

"Hi Mr. Bonnie." Husky smiled kindly at the rabbit.

But the genius didn't smile back. Only looked at Freddy with a hateful look in his red eyes.

"Why are you doing this to him Fazbear?" He asked with his voice thick with venom. "Why are you all doing this to him?" He asked looking at Chicka and Foxy.

Freddy blinked. "What are you talking about Bonnie?"

"Why are you giving him false hope? Why can't you just show him how broken this "team", if you can still call this that, is?!" He yelled on top of his lungs. When he got no response he turned to Golden Eye, who stood there frozen solid.

"You know what this place really is [JR1] kid?!" He yelled. "It's not a place of happiness and cheerful laughs! It's a cemetery for murdered children! And it so happens that you became one of them! You will never come back to your mother, father and sibling, if you have any!" He then pointed an accusing finger at the rest of the gang. "They are only throwing soap at your eyes! Wanting you to feel happy-go-lucky for the first couple of days! They are not what you think they are! They are simple broken jerks filled with hatred for one another!" He stopped to take a breath.

For a second…nobody said anything.

Then…Golden Eye spoke.

"I…figured I wouldn't be able to return to my home." He whispered at the floor. "And that I won't…won't see my mom again." A small pause. "The minute I realized it…it was like all my life crumbled down. As if my life wasn't bad before now I wouldn't have my mom to help me…ever again. But…what was done…was done. And no matter how painful what happened was…people just need to learn how to move on because…there's nothing we can do about it now." He then looked at everyone with his eyes sparling. "My mom once taught me a saying that…I really didn't believe I would use one day. It goes like this: "If you can't go back to your old family…why not start a new one?"

Nobody said a word.

Then Bonnie broke the silence.

"Kid. If what you're looking for is a family…" He then looked the rookie straight in the eye. "Then this place doesn't have any."

[JR1]