Bonnie wasn’t sure how long it had been since the accident —even though he knew it was no accident— happened. Time’d passed by while he waited for something to happen, surrounded by other endos, stripped of his casing by that woman. Then, the boy had appeared out of nowhere, and Bonnie knew that was his chance to get out of there, to find his friends again.
The boy was brave, braver than many adults he’d met, as he found the missing casing parts and put Bonnie back together, returning him to his old glory. The child, Gregory, had been wary, but it’d taken sharing some things that only the real Bonnie could know for him to become quite determined in getting him out of there. Apparently, he knew Freddy, hearing the bear’s voice through a Fazwatch had been overwhelming in the best way, but Gregory’d told him to stay quiet.
He’d led Bonnie to the main plaza, telling him to stay hidden and keep a lookout before turning his attention to his Fazwatch. Bonnie listened as heavy footsteps began to resonate around, then watched as the all-too-familiar bear came into view, and it took a lot of willpower to wait for Gregory’s signal before coming out, but once Gregory moved, Bonnie didn’t hesitate.
It took his optics a moment to adjust to the light of the plaza, but once he did, the first thing he saw was the bear in front of him. He’d had hoped to find a way out of the endos area, but to actually be out, to be back with Freddy, made a system warning for overheating appear in his peripheral and his internal fans turn on.
“Hey, teddy bear,” he said, squeezing Freddy’s arm when the other reached for him. “I missed you too. Come here–” Bonnie opened his arms. “-give this old rabbit a hug.”
He didn’t wait for Freddy, pulling him in and hugging him as tight as the metal they were both made of allowed. His gaze turned down to Gregory, who looked quite proud of being the reason of this reunion.
“I found him with the endos!” the boy said. “He wasn’t in good shape, but I put him back together!”
“That he did,” Bonnie agreed, pulling back to look at Freddy. “This kid you found rocks on!”
It’d been too long since he’d heard that nickname – as sweet as it’d been the first time around, as treasured as the memoirs he kept stowed in his room. If he’d have any tears to cry, there would be a river flowing along the floors!
Freddy wasted no time in wrapping the rabbit in his embrace; one touch to know that he was really, truly there, and he was prepared to hold on and never let go. He’d never allow Bonnie to be stripped from him by the darkness again. He was home. They were so close, it felt as if his metal were to creak; even so, it was difficult to care.
Some time passed before Freddy loosened his grip to crane his head and look at the small boy. Pride swelled in his chest.
“Yes – yes, that is Gregory! I have been helping him to leave the Pizzaplex, but… it seems that he had other plans.” Unwilling to pull apart completely, he kept a firm hand on Bonnie as he turned his body fully. His ears wiggled with a mixture of intake and excitement as he used his free hand to ruffle the hair on Gregory’s head.
“I cannot thank you enough.” His voice switched to a different tune, one higher, less soft but with every ounce of earnest retained. “What you have done for me is not something I would have imagined in a million years. You are my true friend.”
“Bonnie… What happened to you?” Blue light pervaded purple metal as Freddy scanned him. He’d been reconstructed almost perfectly, only aged with the time he’d spent away. “I had feared the worst – I had feared that I would never see you again.”
