Bones always tell the truth

Flashback

Children's laughter... Happy screams... Everywhere around the smiles of small children. The day in kindergarten began as usual. Cute mischief-makers were brought by their parents and left in the care of a kindergarten teacher. Sundrop adored seeing new faces in his cozy corner of joy and fun. He could play games with them all day long, put on puppet shows, make fun crafts with colorful paper and glitter glue. Oh, how happy he was when these cute little stars climbed up to hug him. His radiant head at such moments spun around its axis at breakneck speed, because he was so happy. And of course, we should not forget about the rest. It is especially necessary for small children at their age. Then the lights were turned off on the territory of the kindergarten, and another teacher appeared in front of the children. The well-known twin brother who shares his body and mind with Sundrop, the second half and eternal companion, Moondrop. The lunar animatronic has always been very kind to the fact that all children "sleep at night". Therefore, he carefully watched so that when the lights went out, all the stars went to bed in their beds and had wonderful sweet dreams. And if the teacher came across especially restless children, then such children received a special treat: the famous moon candy. These sweets contained a special component that very quickly plunges the child into sleep. The action of sweets does not last very long, but this time is enough for the children to rest and gain strength. In those moments when all the children were fast asleep, and order was restored in the kindergarten, the teacher usually engaged in sitting in the lotus position and withdrawing into himself, literally. This animatronic has one trick, or rather, one very interesting function. Since two personalities coexist in his body at once, it is not destiny for them to see each other in reality. Therefore, a function, so to speak, of the “Common Room” was included in their system. This is a place in their mind where there is nothing, but at the same time, two personalities can meet there at the same time and discuss their pressing issues. Sundrop and Moondrop periodically meet in this place and talk to each other about what happened to them during the day or night. And let, while one of the educators is functioning, the other half can spend time in this room, or just relax, waiting for their turn. These animatronics also had another equally important function. They could feel each other's feelings. Could read minds. They knew who was in what moment, what mood. And if one of them felt bad, for one reason or another, then the two of them could end up in a common room to console themselves with each other's company. And so their working days went on. Sundrop was responsible for the daytime, and Mundrop for the night. In short breaks, they either did the cleaning or visited the common room for conversations. However, time passed, and Sundrop began to notice strange behavior behind him. He wanted to spend more and more time with his children. There were times when he had to resort to tricks, just to spend more and more time with the little fidgets. He increasingly wanted to hug them, squeeze, rock them in his arms. But most of all, he didn't want to let them go. In those moments when their parents came for the children, Sundrop became more and more sad. He felt empty. It seemed to him that he was losing parts of himself. He didn't want to be alone. There were moments when he stood in the middle of an empty kindergarten, endlessly rocking a plush toy in his arms. He longed so much for her to come to life and talk to him. He wanted so much to have someone around to hug and love. To have someone he could take care of all the time. After all, small children always come and go, leaving him alone in the middle of a large and empty kindergarten. This went on day after day, until one day at one moment, the twin brother Sundrop could not stand it. That day, everything was as usual: all the children had left, and Sundrop was sitting on his balcony in a lotus position, plunging inward to visit him and his brother in the common room. Moondrop was already waiting for him there. “Well, Sunshine, how was your working day?” Even though Sun and Moon were opposites, they loved each other very much, and always tried to take care and cheer up their brother if one of them was sad. “It's the same, Moony, it's the same…. The children came, we played, we had fun. And then at the end they all left and I was left alone in this room again.” Sundrop sighed sadly. “But you are not alone, you have me. I'm always there if you want to talk. You know about it…” "Yes, I know. Believe me, I know. However, that's not what I'm talking about…” "Not about that?" - Asked in surprise Moondrop and sat closer to his brother. “What about then?” “Eh, Moony, you know, I ... I ... I'm lonely brother. I'm very lonely. And it's not about you. I am sad that children come to our cheerful kindergarten every day. I see how they laugh, how they smile. I enjoy playing with them. I enjoy taking care of them… Do you understand?” “Yes, I understand you… Well, what’s the matter then?” “But the fact is that they then leave every evening, leaving me here alone ... At such moments, I would like someone nearby whom I could take care of, and whoever left me .... I wish there was someone here whom I could feed, dress, caress, rock in my arms, and of course put to bed .... You see, I tried to do this with dolls, as if playing “Mother's Daughters” with them, but all this turned out to be not the same. There is no spark that I so desire to receive. There is no warmth that I miss so much .... That's why I'm sad, Moony." Moondrop thought for a moment. His already red eyes sparkled with cunning and vanity. “So, brother, you do not have enough attention, right? Tender feelings are raging in you, and you would like to convey them to someone .... So you need someone you can take care of. Someone small, cute, warm, and indisputably in need of affection and care from someone like you ... " “Eh… Yes… I would need someone like that. I would give him all my love and care. I would caress him every day. I would spend every free minute with him .... But where is this to come from?” Sundrop continued to sigh sadly. All these conversations filled his mechanical heart with melancholy and sad thoughts even more. “Where is it, Sunny? .... You have plenty of them .... Every day such small and cute kids come to you. Each of them would be glad to feel all our love and care…” Sundrop was so absorbed in his longing that he almost stopped following the course of the conversation. “Yes, Moony, our young stars are just adorable. I would reward any of them with my warmth and feelings ... Any ... " Moondrop perked up at these words. His eyes shone even brighter. "So you agree with me?" "Agree with what, Moony?" “Take one of our young stars into your upbringing .... Just imagine: after a long hard day you will return to your room, and there he will be waiting for you, a sweet little ball of joy who loves you with all his heart. You can take care of him. And everything will be exactly the way you wanted it to be .... Sunny, believe me, this is your chance… You will always have a friend and you will never be alone again…” Sundrop listened silently to Moondrop's conversation. Gradually, his words began to reach Sundrop's processor. The solar tutor sprang to his feet and stepped away from Moondrop in fear. "What are you talking about? ... Moony, do you have any idea what you suggested? .... This is a kidnapping… You can’t do this, it’s wrong…” “Well, why not? ... everything is quite right ... and you and I can take great care of the child, no worse than his real parents ... You know, I was also hooked on this idea with a child and upbringing ... so I don’t mind having one ... What do you say to that, brother ?“ "I’ll tell you that you urgently need an inspection!… That’s it, I refuse to participate in this… Yes, I’m lonely, and my heart breaks because I have no one to cuddle with me… BUT I AM NOT GOING TO KIDNAP IN ANY WAY CHILDREN!!" Moondrop stood silently looking at his brother. His eyes glowed with an unkind light. He clearly did not like Sundrop's reaction to his proposal. “Well then, Sunny… My sweet little brother… I’m sorry, but you left me no other choice…” Moondrop lowered his head sadly, then raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, black chains flew out of nowhere and entangled the solar animatronic from head to toe. Sundrop was forcefully lowered to his knees. He was shaking all over. He was scared. "Moony, what are you doing? .... Please let me go!” “I’m sorry bro, but it’s better for you… For both of us… It’s just a precaution… So that you can’t interfere with me when I take control of our body… Believe me, I’m only doing all this for our sake… For your sake…” I'm tired of seeing you unhappy. And if you haven't forgotten, then I feel all your emotions... It hurts me to see how you suffer... But don't worry... I promise you that your suffering will end soon... The next time the lights go out during the nap hour, and I I will take over the body, then our life will change ... I will choose the best child from the crowd, and we will take care of him all our lives. And you can trust me that no one will take it away from us. He will be with us FOREVER!” Sundrop tried to break free from the chains, but it was useless. "You're crazy! .... This is a child, not a toy ... His parents will look for him. The police and the administration will come to us ... And if they find out that we have kidnapped a child, then we will both be sent to the dump ... We will both die because of you!" “Oh, brother, do not dramatize ... Leave your emotions for the puppet show ... You don’t have to lie to me ... I know everything that you feel ... You yourself want everything to work out for me, right? ... Yes, and you and I should not worry ... Crowds of people come to this building every day. And it’s easy for a small child to get lost in such a place ... And no one will suspect us ... After all, we are educators, and our task is to take care of children ... Nobody will think anything of us ... So be sure, I have everything succeed, and the next time the light goes out again, I will definitely choose the cutest baby for you and me, who needs affection and care most of all ... And you can be sure: I will never give this child to anyone ... He will only be ours … Only ours!” And since then, the light in the kindergarten has been strictly forbidden to turn off the light. Sundrop was careful not to let any child play near the switch, otherwise Moondrop might come out and drag one of those lovely little stars away. Sundrop did not want this to happen. He became so afraid of his brother and what he could do to them. Sundrop even stopped visiting their common room so as not to meet with his brother, and so that he would not inadvertently take control of the body. Now the educators have become enemies to each other. And even though they still loved each other, their views on the world have changed a lot. Sundrop tried to keep the children safe from his brother, and Moondrop tried to wait for the right moment to take possession of the body again in the presence of the children, and to take in his tenacious arms the loneliest child whom they could give their attention to. Moondrop will stop at nothing until it reaches its goal. He will surely catch the child. It was only a matter of time... Time of day and night...