The Protector still hadn’t said a word, not since “Mike” had been decommissioned. This time, they sent the girl.
She crept in slowly, peering around, feeling about the room. The night guard was still in here. She could sense him. The other missing child hadn’t looked too hard. The golden Bonnie suit had been completely removed, but Fredbear, or as the missing kids called him, "Goldie" was still in there.
Staring into his pitch-black, seemingly empty eyes, the girl felt a chill. She felt someone staring back at her. “This isn’t funny,” she whispered. “You’re our Protector. You aren’t supposed to scare us.”
The suit didn’t reply, just as the Protector hadn’t been. But the girl had a suspicion that this wasn’t the Protector. This was someone else. She ran from the room, shooting past the waiting children to scream at the Protector. He was hiding from them, and she didn’t stop until she found him, right behind the curtain on the main show stage. He'd also been watching to see what they'd figured out about the suit.
“Why’d you let him stay?” she cried, not caring if the new night guard heard. “He’s dangerous, you said that yourself! And now he’s taken over Goldie, and you just let him.”
The Protector froze, lifting his head. All four of the missing kids saw the lines of ghostly tears running down his face for the first time. For a second, the girl hesitated, feeling a bit guilty. He was upset about it too.
But the other kids had picked up on what she said, and they were all very frightened still. “We lost the safest suit. And you let it happen. How could you?”
“He’ll be able to hunt us down now,” another one said.
“Some protector you are,” the third boy said furiously. He crossed his arms. “Can’t even do that right.”
The Protector’s lip trembled as they spoke, but he still didn’t speak. More tears ran down his face, and he just crumpled to the floor. Curled up in a ball, the Protector blocked out the accusations, feeling just as worthless as he had back when he was alive.
So, if anyone recalls this ask I sent to @lonelyfreddles, this is an excerpt from a continuation I've started writing. Hope you don't mind that I took the Silent Protector AU idea and started running with it!
