"I'm sorry, the job is already taken", replied a man dully

"Oh. umm I see, thank you."

"Yup", and the line went dead

"Dammit!" said Jeremy Fitzgerald, a little frustrated as he slammed the phone down a little harder than he intended. "Well there goes that opportunity!" Jeremy added as he crossed out an ad in the paper for student workers at a local factory that specializes in robotics

'That would have been the perfect summer job!" he complained. "I won't be getting a summer job at this rate"

He rubbed his hands on his face in defeat after being rejected so many times

'I need to calm myself down' he sighed and walked over to his bathroom in his apartment and splashed his face a couple of times.

He raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror, 'I'll never be able to pay for school if I don't get a summer job soon, and if I don't get into robotic engineering I mind as well be working as a garbage man!' He shuddered at the thought of having to pick up garbage for the rest of his life.

Jeremy Fitzgerald was an average guy trying to get money to get into university with a dream of becoming a robot engineer. He is 25 years old with brown hair, bushy eyebrows and blue eyes and looks younger than he actual his due to his lack of facial hair. He was in financial pinch at the moment and could really use the money.

He sighed again and dried his face, 'Better get back to it' he thought as he sat back down at his table and picked up his newspaper. He flipped over the next page and saw a strange ad that caught his eye.

The ad showed a picture of three animatronics; a bunny with a guitar, a bear wearing a funny little top hat while holding a microphone, and a chicken holding a cupcake with a bib that says '"Let's Party". Jeremy quickly read aloud "Help Wanted, Grand Re-Opening… be a part of the new Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, What could go wrong?... $100.50 a week, To apply call 1-888-FAZ-FAZBEAR"

"Well, it couldn't hurt, my family always loved going to the old pizzeria, especially my little brother" he added with a smile on his face "I can also get to be near the animatronics, while having fun and earning money at the same time" he said with excitement

His hope renewed, he quickly picked the phone and dialed the number in the ad. ring, 'please pick up, please pick up' ring 'come on!' ring

As if on cue, a low voice with an annoyed tone came over the phone "Hello, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! Where dreams and fantasies come to life, how can I help you?"

"Hi, My name is Jeremy Fitzgerald, I am calling about the ad in the paper." He replied

The man's tone quickly brightened "The ad? OH! Yes, listen, is there any chance you can come in right away, we are short-handed at the moment"

Jeremy was taken aback at the quick response "Uhh, yeah. Yeah! Definitely!" he spoke with excitement

"Excellent! How soon can you be here?"

He glanced at the clock "Does 1 o'clock sound good?"

"Perfect! When you arrive, ask for Mr. Bill" the jolly man replied

"I'll be there!" said Jeremy confidently and the call ended

"YES!" Jeremy cheered as he raised his fist in triumph. 'Man, things are finally starting to come together' as his mind continued to shoot fireworks

He quickly grabbed his light jacket and walked out the door with a little jump in his step

XXX

Jeremy stepped off his bus and saw his potential future workplace

"Whoa!" he exclaimed in awe as he examined the building. They spared no expense on the exterior with flashing neon lights of the mascots faces next to the large sign that read "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza" and underneath it was a large banner that read "Grand Opening!"

He wasted no time and entered the big welcoming glass doors only to be stunned in awe at what was on the inside. "Wow!" he uttered full with awe as he looked around the big room with wide eyes like a kid at Disney World. The large room was filled with kids running around and playing, there were balloons and pizza everywhere on tables and big banner that read "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" with large letters, they even have a real merry-go-around.

As Jeremy looked around the room, his eyes rested on a humanoid animatronic that looked like a small boy, he was pretty short and was as tall as most of the children. he was wearing pin-wheel hat with red and blue stripes with a shirt with the same style, his face had big blue eyes, triangle nose, big rosy checks, and a toothy grin. He noticed that the animatronic was currently handing out balloons to happy eager children. As Jeremy stepped closer, it noticed him approaching and stared at him for a couple seconds almost as if he was scanning him.

"Hi! Want a balloon?" the animatronic greeted with high-pitch voice full of happiness and excitement as he handed a balloon to Jeremy

"Ha-ha, Thanks little guy!" said Jeremy happily as he knelled down to receive the balloon, however BB made no reply, only silently staring at him

"Well, umm, my name is Jeremy, what's yours?" asked Jeremy a little embarrassed to be talking to an animatronic meant for children.

"I'm Balloon Boy! My friends call me BB!" BB said happily with his comical toothy grin

"Hey, umm, do you where I can find Mr. Bill?" asked Jeremy, impressed at the interactive AI of the animatronic

BB face seem to freeze and stared flatly at Jeremy, he took a moment before answering as Jeremy noticed BB eyes shined a little too creepy for his liking. "Right over there!" BB gestured while pointing

Jeremy followed where he was pointing and saw what looked like an old man at the other side of the large room.

"Thanks, BB!" as Jeremy got up to his feet as started to walk over until he realized that he was still holding the balloon, 'shoot I cant let the boss see me with a balloon, I don't want to make a bad first impres-' but it was too late

The old man noticed him approaching and waved him over, Jeremy's face began to turn slightly red in embarrassment as he continued to walk over the sea of playing children.

"Ah, You must be Jeremy, I am Mr. Bill, proud owner of Freddy's pizza" Bill announced with pride in a loud jolly tone over the noise of the children "I see you even got in the festive spirit" chuckled Mr. Bill noticing the balloon Jeremy was holding as he slapped him on the shoulder and gave a hearty laugh as Jeremy's grimaced as face flushed even redder.

Jeremy looked at the happy old man, he was dressed in uniform with a polo shirt with black and white stripes and black dress pants making him look like a referee, he was also wearing suspenders and he wore a nametag that read "Bill – Manager". The old man's face would bring a smile to any child with big brown eyes, and a large round nose and wearing a hat similar to what the bear wore in the ad, most likely to cover his obvious baldness.

"ha, yeah, its hard not too" Jeremy smirked nervously trying to cover his obvious embarrassment in front of the boss.

"Ho-Ho, Come with me, son" Bill laughed as he gave another hearty laugh and began walked towards a hallway

Jeremy followed but glanced around the room and saw there was quite the commotion going on at what looked like the show stage as kids started to get in their seats in a chaotic fashion with their parents.

Bill entered into the first room in the hallway and Jeremy quickly followed. Bill took his seat across behind a desk and motioned for Jeremy to sit in the chair in from of him as he closed the door behind him to ensure quiet and sat down in the chair.

"So, Mr. Fitzgerald, was it? Let's get down to business," said Bill with a more serious tone holding papers that looked like a contract in his hands.

Jeremy suddenly became really nervous and began to softly fidget in his seat and lightly sweat, he never had a job of this nature before and probably made a bad first impression 'focus Jeremy focus'

"You are probably wondering what the job is," continued Bill "The job we have available is the night guard position from midnight to 6 in the morning when we open"

Hmm Well, wasn't what I was expecting Jeremy thought Like I can pick and choose, I need the money!

"Not a lot of people er, appreciative what we are doing here, and we have received hate and multiple threats about the animatronics we use to entertain children," Bill said gravely as he hanged his head down while Jeremy gulped nervously

"We had a night guard before, but we moved him to the day job which left us in quite the pickle" explained Bill

"We need someone to make sure that nothing happens during the late hours, and assure nothing happens to our property," continued Bill "And I think you're the man for the job! How about it?" as he looked up and stared straight at Jeremy with pleading eyes

Jeremy was stunned, Wow, that quick, I didn't even do anything yet he thought This is too good to be true

"You just got yourself a night guard" said Jeremy confidently as a rose from his seat and offered an open hand towards Bill which Bill happily took into a firm hand shake

"Excellent! Excellent! Sign here!" thrilled Mr. Bill as he handed the papers to Jeremy, which he quickly signed, "Welcome aboard! Mr. Fitzgerald" he added with pride as he gave another hearty laugh

"Please, call me Jeremy," Jeremy declared in slight cocky tone

"Of course Jeremy, come with me, the show is about to start and it requires my attention," said Bill back in his old jolly self

Bill hurried out of the office with Jeremy following in tow as they headed out of the room towards the expansive show stage.

Jeremy saw the large room was darkened and surprising quiet compared to before, the show stage audience was packed with kids and parents as they waited with anticipation for the big show. Suddenly, a bright spotlight shone on the curtains. Jeremy stayed behind and leaned against the wall while Bill can be seen walking up the stage towards the microphone.

"Hello boys and girls and welcome to the most amazing show on earth!" Bill beamed with overflowing joy and pride "And thank you for coming to see the great grand show of Freddy's Fazbear Pizzzzzzaaaa!" Bill bellowed while the crowd responded with loud applause. "Without further ado, Let's see the one, the only, Freddy Fazbear and his friends!" Bill announced as he walked off stage. This caused the audience to respond with an even louder applause and excitement was quickly filling the building.

Then the curtains were drawn and the three animatronics were revealed. Jeremy realized that they were the same animatronics from the picture in the ad.

The bear took a step forward "Hi there, kids! How many of you are excited today?" cheered the bear

The audience erupted with cheers and laughter, "Wow! My name is Freddy, it is great to meet you all"

Jeremy looked closely at the bear animatronic; Freddy had the classic top hat on his head and holding the microphone in his hand. Freddy's face looked similar to BB, but Freddy was much taller and bulker, he has big eyes with big rosy red checks with a human-like large mouth and teeth with freckles on his snout. He also had two buttons and a bow tie and appeared to be made of a hard, glossy substance.

"Hey, what about us? I can't bear to wait anymore" The bunny spoke up, highlighting the word bear in his tone

This caused the kids to laugh while the parents and Jeremy alike face-palmed at the terrible pun.

"Hey kids, this is my one closest of friends Bonnie" Freddy announced with pride gesturing towards the Bonnie

Out of nowhere, Bonnie grabbed his guitar played a small piece of "Through the Fire and the Flames" while swinging his guitar in a stylish matter before finishing with a signature wink at the audience.

This caused the audience to be stunned at amazement for few moments until the audience once again erupted with cheers and applause and from the looks from some kids speechless faces, it looks like Bonnie has some of new fans already.

Jeremy was beyond amazed knowing that was one of the hardest songs to play in the video game "guitar hero". Jeremy saw that Bonnie had light, shiny blue colour with the same material as Freddy. He sports the rosy checks but has long eyelashes and eyebrows and large green eyes and big buckteeth. Bonnie is also wearing a red bow tie to match his stylized guitar.

"Ha-Ha Wasn't that amazing, kids!" proclaimed Freddy with pride and Bonnie smiled

"Excuse me! Are you forgetting someone?" came a playful angry response from the chicken animatronic earning a laugh from some kids from the audience

"Ha-ha, Sorry Chica!" said Freddy apologetically but still humorous tone

"Before we start, who wants a cupcake?" announced Chica

This caused the audience to cheer louder than when they cheered for Bonnie as kids begged for one of Chica's cupcakes. Only Jeremy noticed the cold stare Bonnie was giving Chica.

Jeremy laughed at this as he examined Chica; She had more feminine body than the others, with her pink rosy checks and three strands of "hair" on her hair. She had a bib that read "LET'S PARTY!" and a pink undergarment on her lower body. Chica's body was a bright yellow and similar material to the others but her beak seemed loose and could be removed.

"I believe we have a birthday boy today!" said Freddy happily looking around the room.

A young little boy stood up from the crowd, Jeremy noticed he looked very shy and embarrassed to all the attention he was receiving

"There you are!" replied Freddy with joy "What's your name, birthday boy?"

"Troy" the boy muttered shyly

"Now there is a reason to celebrate!" shouted Freddy with laughter "Ok gang, Let's sing Happy Birthday to our new friend Troy"

"You bet! Freddy" replied Bonnie with enthusiasm

"I think I know who is going to get my cupcake!" replied Chica with the same enthusiasm "But first, LET'S PARTY!" as Bonnie hit the first note

While Freddy and the others began to play Happy Birthday, Jeremy couldn't help but get distracted by the strange kid drawings all over the walls

At a glance, Jeremy noticed that most of the pictures had kids with their favourite animatronic. 'Hmm, look at all these drawings all over the place he thought with interest, huh? Wait a second, that's weird.' He got a closer look at some of drawings 'Why are the their eyes blacked out, and its just not this one, they're all like that!' Jeremy thought, then felt a strange chill go down his spine 'There even some animatronics I've have yet to see! Hmm?' Jeremy looked at a picture with a Freddy but it was golden 'Strange, Why is Freddy gold?' Jeremy couldn't help but stare at the picture.

Jeremy was quickly snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a strange sound come down from the hallway. 'Wh-What was that?' he thought startled as he turn head towards the sound.

Jeremy saw at the end of the hall that the "parts and services" was slightly open 'Why do I get the feeling I'm being watched?' he thought as he stared at the door.

'Wh-What is that?' he thought as he squinted his eyes and saw a strange hook holding the door open.

'A hook?' He continued to stare at the door when suddenly a mysterious yellow eye light up and began staring back at right back at him 'Is that-'. Jeremy was snapped out of his trance when he felt something grab his shoulder.

"Ahh!" Jeremy jumped and whirled around only to see surprised Bill

"Sorry son, didn't mean to scare ya" sad Bill apolitically as he returned his hand "Great show, huh"

As Jeremy caught his breath while holding his chest, he realized that the show was over and that the animatronics were walking around greeting the kids and taking pictures with them "uhhh, yeah, sure was!" he said in between breaths trying to calm himself down.

"Ha-ha, don't want to give a heart attack to my night guard before his first day, now would we" joked Bill and giving a hearty laugh and slapped Jeremy on the shoulder again, Jeremy had to stop himself giving him a cold stare. "Come along son, let me give a tour of where you will be working" Bill continued as he started to walk towards room with a sign that read "kid's cove"

Jeremy quickly glanced back down the hallway and saw "parts and services" door closed. 'Maybe it was just my imagination' he thought nervously as he followed Bill towards Kid's cove

"Welcome to Kid's Cove!" Bill said proudly as Jeremy entered the room. he took in his surroundings and saw the room was full of toys and books for toddlers and the wallpaper looked straight out of kindergarten classroom. Then, he heard a strange buzzing noise that sounded like static.

'What is that sound?' he wondered as his eyes came to rest on another animatronic in horrible condition with toddlers surrounding tearing it apart piece by piece.

He suddenly felt a strange feeling of anger well up inside him 'What is the meaning of this!' he thought furiously as he got a better look at the animatronic. The animatronic looked similar to a fox but was clearly in a disfigured and contorted state and its endoskeleton was clearly showing expect for its head, which was white and had the same rosy checks as the others. He was also wearing nail-polish on his hands and feet. His left eye wasn't attached and its endoskeleton head appears to be dislocated from the costume with wires hanging out from multiple parts of the body.

He was becoming more furious at the sight of the severely mutilated animatronic.

"What is going on here?" said Jeremy trying to hide the anger in his tone

"Oh, that's Mangle," replied Bill

"Mangle?" Jeremy questioned as he stare straight at Bill

"Yes, He was originally supposed to replace Pirate Cove into a more kid-friendly show and we also replaced Foxy the Pirate into this less scarier version but you know how toddlers are, they cant keep their hands to themselves," explained Bill "The employees always had to put him back together after every shift so he is our 'take apart and put back together attraction', The employees nicknamed him 'mangle' and it stuck ever since"

Jeremy couldn't contain his anger anymore, as he turned to face Bill "So, you just allowed toddlers to touch dangerous robotic electronics that could be sharp and electric! Not to mention-"

"Don't tell me how to run my business, Mr. Fitzgerald" Bill irrupted sternly in a professional matter

"But-"

"Just look at the smiles on their faces" Bill replied while gesturing at the mutilated fox "you wouldn't want to ruin the kids wonderful time at Freddy's, now would you? And its only a dumb robot" he added with a slightly threating tone.

Stunned, Jeremy just stared at Bill for a couple of moments before he realized his powerless position.

"No, sir" he replied with slightly angry tone trying to hid his anger.

"Glad we are same page, Jeremy" said Bill back to his usual jolly mood "come along let me show you your office" as he left the room

Jeremy glanced back at mangle, feeling his rage building again only to be replaced with sympathy "I'm sorry" he muttered unheard by anyone in the room. He could have sworn that mangle looked back at him with his emotionless eyes. Something about mangle staring back made a cold chill go down his spine as he returned to follow Bill.

Bill continued to lead back through the large room known as the game room while Jeremy spotted a prize corner across the room that was full of plushie forms of the animatronics as well as candy and other goodies. Until he noticed another animatronic that looked like a puppet handing out prizes.

"Umm Bill, who is that?" asked Jeremy curiously pointing towards the prize corner

"That is marionette, Picky fella that one" answered Bill

"Picky?" said Jeremy as he raised an eyebrow

"Quite, It needs constant children's music or else it behaves … um erratic." Said Bill appearing to be flinching at a past memory. "Don't worry son, we have a 24/7 stereo to appease it, just umm keep a close eye on him at night" Bill finished as he continued walking towards the hallway

"Rightttt…" said Jeremy with a tone of worry as he continued to look at the marionette. Jeremy examined the marionette and saw it had a black body that reminds of a sock monkey but more noticeable is the eerie looking face that the classy rosy checks, purple stripes that stretch from the bottom of its eyes to the top of its mouth, red lips, and black hollow eyes.

'Out of the all of the animatronics, this one doesn't feel … right' he thought and as if on cue the marionette looked dead in his eyes, Jeremy flinched and almost ran to catch up to Bill

Jeremy and Bill began to walk down the hallway towards the 'parts and services' door. When stranger dressed like a mechanic came from the 'parts and services'

"Oh Bill, I was just looking for you, I need you to check up on the-" said the stranger before seeing Jeremy "Who the hell is this?" looking straight at Bill

"Mitch, this is Jeremy Fitzgerald, our new night guard," replied Bill calmly

"HA! You mean skin and bones, here" Mitch insulted "He is only going to bitch out like the other guard" Jeremy was fuming mad but he held his ground. Mitch was a big, tall, and not to mention built like a wall. He had long beard, big nose, rough brown eyes, and a mysterious deep scar across his face. He was wearing blue overalls, with a red t-shirt underneath, showing of a tattoo of a heart with a name inside it that read "Benjamin Charles" with some small numbers under the name.

"Come on, have some faith, Mitch" Bill sighed

"Forget the shrimp, he won't even last one night here, anyways I need you to come look at something … alone" said Mitch full of toxic while glaring at Jeremy

"Did it happen again?" Bill whispered mysteriously

"See for yourself." replied Mitch dully as he turned walked into 'parts and services'

"Wait here, it will only be a moment" said Bill, but Jeremy noticed his jolly face was unnaturally filled of fear. Bill walked in the 'parts and services then the door slammed shut.

'Well, that was weird' he thought 'I wonder what's in that room that they don't want me to see, could it be tha-'

"HEY JEREMY!" shouted a new voice shouted before he could finish that thought

As Jeremy turn around towards the voice and saw the voice belonged to an old high school friend David at the end of hallway.

"David?" he replied pleasantly surprised "What are you doing here, man?" as he started to walk towards him

"I could ask you the same thing," returned David "I guess I am not the only one stuck in this paradise version of hell" laughed David

"What do you mean?" said a confused Jeremy

"Are you serious? Look around you!" replied David as waved his hand to gesture the game room full of kids playing and having a fun time.

"Well, I see a bunch of kids having a fun time that they will cherish forever" Jeremy replied with a smirk

David rolled his eyes "Unfortunately I'm not a kid anymore, and have to babysit my kid sister leaving me so bored that I have to resort to counting how many tiles are the on freaking ceiling!" he replied frustrated

Jeremy smiled at his poor friends boredom "Ha, you think its so funny" replied David as he friendly punched him in the arm "So, why are you here?" he asked

"I got a night guard job here and I going to be watching the property and making sure nothing happens. In fact, I'm being shown arou-" Jeremy answered

"Whoa, What! You are going to be watching those demon robots at night!" interrupted David surprised while pointing at Freddy posing for a picture with some kids

"Demon robots?" Jeremy asked in bewilderment

"Yeah, don't tell me you never heard the rumors of why the old place closed down" said David

"Alright, humor me." Jeremy said challenging crossing his arms

"No, I am dead serious, apparently the robots behave on their own will at night and capture you on sight and stuff you in a suit full wires and metal and the only part of you that sees the light of day are your eyes." replied David with horror written all over his face.

"Don't tell me you believe in that crap!" retorted Jeremy

"I sure to do! Those robots are just soulless, mindless shells that think they are alive," countered David

"I disagree, their AI is very impressive and I say similar to a human's mind and soul, and they even have their own personalities, feelings, and thoughts," said Jeremy full of passion

"Ha-HA! Oh man, you sound like a lunatic!" insulted David "just because you are studying 'robotic engineering' doesn't mean those monsters can feel anything, but their cold desire for blood" added David as he stared Jeremy down.

"That's not true!" said Jeremy angrily

"Its not just me you know, look at all the adults here, you blind idiot, No sane parent would trust their kids in the hands of a murdering hulk of junk." retorted David as he was getting closer Jeremy's face.

"No, you are wrong!" said Jeremy also getting in David's face "They can be our friends, they are not dangerous, and they are living beings like you and I!" replied fury in Jeremy's eyes

"You want start something?" David hissed glaring daggers

"Right here, Right now" Jeremy hissed back "I'll even let you get the first swing"

That was the last straw and just about when David was about to swing

"MR. FITZGERALD!" shouted a voice

Both Jeremy and David turned to see the face of angry Bill with an amused Mitch behind him "What on earth are you doing?" said Bill angrily but in a quieter tone. Jeremy then looked around and felt shame wash over him. During their "disagreement", Jeremy saw many eyes of kids and adults even the animatronics were looking his way causing an awkward silence. Jeremy could just feel the tension in the air, cursed under his breath as he turned to face Bill

"Well, just having a disagreement with friend, sir" said Jeremy shamefully looking down at the ground like a lectured child.

"You mean ex-friend," hissed David as he began to walk out

"This isn't over, Fitzgerald" said David staring Jeremy down "C'mon sis, lets get out of here"

A small girl walked up to David holding a Freddy plushie and David grabbed her wrist as they both left the restaurant with a slam of the doors leaving another moment of awkward tension that seemed to last for an hour

The tension was quickly broken by Bonnie "C'mon kids, let me show my sweet guitar solo" he shouted enthusiastically as he jumped on stage and picked up his guitar and started play "All-Star"

Freddy and Chica also picked up on this and made their way to the stage and began to sing and dance along to the fun tune and in seconds it was like nothing ever happened.

'Whew! Saved by a hair!' Jeremy thought as he breathed a sigh of relief only to turn back to an angry Bill with arms crossed while tapping his foot expecting an explanation.

"umm, sorry sir, wont happen again" he said nervously 'Damn, I going to get fired now! How could I be so stupid'

However, Bill merely sighed "You are lucky, we a need a night guard for this week and I am willing to look passed this." in a softer strict tone "This wont happen again. Do I make myself clear?"

'Wha?!' "Yes! Yes sir!"

"Good. Come, let me show you your office." Said Bill back to his jolly self as he turned to walk down the wall

"Gotta give the kid credit, at least he's not soft like the last one," said Mitch as he punched Jeremy in the shoulder harder than he would have liked it.

"Don't you have something to take care of?" said Bill, his face serious

"Right." Mitch's face suddenly serious "Hmph Later, fresh meat," he waved with the back of his hand while walking back to parts and services.

On their way to the office, Jeremy saw multiple party rooms full of kids without a care in the world. 'Man, I wish I was a kid again' he thought thinking of fond childhood memoires

"Jeremy, This is your office," said Bill spreading his arms out like he was selling a house

Jeremy looked around his office. The office was full of posters of the animatronics as well as children drawings of them. In the center of the room was a small table with a running fan and fancy tablet. The chair next to it looked old and torn but still comfy at least. But it felt empty

"Umm" he muttered while biting his lower lip

"Something the matter, son?" Bill asked

"Oh nothing, just feels a little open." Jeremy replied

Bill remained silent for a little too long before picking up the tablet

"Well, this here is your trusty tablet. You can monitor the building without having to move a muscle." Handing the tablet to Jeremy "Just keep your eyes on the cameras for anything fishy."

Jeremy was amazed at the new piece of technology, until he set it down and saw an empty Fazbear head next to the chair.

"Umm, Bill what is tha-"

*ring *ring "Oh, one second Jeremy," said Bill as he picked up his cell phone

"Bill….I see...I'll handle it" then Bill closed his phone

"Sorry, I am going to have to get this short, here's your uniform" shoving a package in Jeremy's hands "come in for your shift tonight at 11:00, Good luck Jeremy" as Bill hurried down the hall.

'Well, that was strange' he thought still stunned at the rude departure. 'Oh what's this?'

He noticed strange buttons that read "light" over a large vent on both walls. He pressed the button and the vent shined a bright light that engulfed the whole vent.

'Huh, What would I need this for?' he dismissed the thought and turned his attention towards the empty head.

He picked it up and examined empty head 'this must belong in parts and services, I'll return it on my way out'

Jeremy began to walk on his way back towards parts and services with head in tow, until a cheery bunny strolled around the corner.

"Oh, hi Bonnie" he greeted as bonnie began to examine him

"Hi there, want to hear a funny joke?" replied Bonnie with enthusiasm

"Heh. Sure."

"What did the night guard say to the bunny?"

'Never heard that one before, I'll just humor him.' "I don't know, Bonnie. What did he say?"

"Nothing, because he was sleeping foreeevvveeerrr…" answered Bonnie darkly

"Ha-ha, That wasn't that fun-" Jeremy stopped himself when he looked into Bonnie's empty green eyes and Bonnie's head started to turn his head ever so slightly to the right.

Bonnie continued to emptily stare at Jeremy for couple of moments while Jeremy's heart began to beat faster and slightly sweats nervously.

"… on the job" Bonnie quickly added back to his normal self and laughed at his own joke.

'What was that?! Maybe it was just a malfunction in its AI, yes that's it' Jeremy thought trying to convince himself

"Well, see ya later, Jeremy," said Bonnie as winked and walked/bounced into one of the rooms

Questions began to Jeremy's mind 'How did he know my name!? 'Why did I have the weirdest feeling? What even was that all about!?' he shuddered confused by the encounter.

'Let's just return this head and get out of here' calming himself down. Jeremy walked up to the parts and services door and reached for the doorknob. Jeremy pulled on it and realizing it was locked.

He began to knock on the door "Hello? Mitch, you in there?" but getting a silent response. He pounded a little more harder "Mitch?" but with the same result.

He sighed 'I'll just put this in the manager's office then'. Jeremy walked into the manager's office. Seeing that it was empty, he set the empty head on his desk.
"There" he said

Jeremy walked out the front doors and checked his watch 'Hmm, 3:30 I got about fifteen minutes until the next bu-'

Before he could finish the thought, an unknown pair of hands grabbed him from behind and covered his mouth. Jeremy started to struggle until another pair of hands restrained his arms whiling being dragged away from the street. he tried to yell but was thrown against the wall "Oof!" he said in pain, he tried to look up until a swift kick was delivered to his stomach "Ugh!" as the wind was knocked out of him.

"That was for mocking me!" said an unknown voice "And this is for fun" as another kick was dealt on Jeremy.

"Ugh!" Jeremy winced in pain leaving him dazed on the hard concrete. Jeremy looked around his surroundings. He was in a street alley next to a dumpster hiding him from anyone from the streets. He looked up at his unknown captors and saw three people with their faces covered with bandanas that looked like his age. One of them was well-built and rather tall and holding a baseball bat, another shared similar features but appeared more feminine and a little shorter than her taller counterpart. The third one was standing right above him, fury in his eyes and looked all too familiar.

"*pant*… David!" said Jeremy with disgust

"Ha-HA! Not so mighty with your fat boss here to save you hmm?" mocked David

Thinking quickly, Jeremy grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it at David's eyes, effectively blinding him as Jeremy quickly stood up and punched David in the face, knocking him back. Jeremy smirked but took a moment too long as a baseball connected on his back

"AUGH!" he cried in pain as he fell back on the ground and looked to see his attacker on top of him preparing another strike

"NO!" shouted David with fury with blood flowing from his nose "He's mine"

The attacker backed off, and David swiftly kicked Jeremy in the chest

"UGH!" Jeremy winced as he was winded until another punch connected to his face

"You… think… you're… some kind of… hotshot." David said in-between punches, eyes filled with fury until briefly stopping, "and for what, to defend something that doesn't even exist. HA!" as David wiped the blood of his face

"*pant You don't *cough know anything about them" said Jeremy as he winced at the pain

"I know that they are just a bunch of signals that are pretending to be freaking alive, and I know that they kill little kids like my sister for their sick pleasure" shouted David

"*cough look at you, *gulp you're pathetic, you always listen to such bul-UGH!" as another kick interrupted Jeremy

"Shut up! You know what they are capable of, murder and nothing else. I am just trying to protect my family from those monsters. You remember those missing kids a while back." Said David

"*pant those were just made children horror stories *cough" said Jeremy

David sighed "Tell you what, we can look past this, if you help us out tonight" said David darkly "You go inside for your shift and pour gasoline all over the place and we will burn this hell-hole to the ground. What do you say Jeremy?"

"How about you go fuck yourself."

This stunned David for a moment before fury filled his eyes "That's it!" he shouted

Jeremy tried to cry out for help but was cut off by David's fist "Augh!" bracing himself for another beat down, but it never came. He looked up and saw Mitch grabbing David by the collar and lifting him off the ground as David started kicking his legs but to no avail.

"What do we got here, some asshole trying to act tough!" said Mitch coolly

"Let me go, or else!" threatened David

"HA-HA! or else what, your friends will back you up eh?"

"PAUL! MARY! Help m-" cried David but looking towards his friends and realized they were long gone at the sight of Mitch. David looked back at Mitch with pleading eyes

"Hmph. Too bad!" said Mitch as he threw David hard into a small garbage pile covering him in leftover pizza and other disgusting materials

"Ugh!" David moaned in pain before seeing Mitch approaching him. Cursing under his breath he quickly got up and ran away from the scene.

"There he goes, tail in between his legs" said Mitch before looking back at Jeremy "Damn, you are mess" he commented while smirking handing out his hand

"I've had worse" as he grabbed Mitch's hand and winced at a sore pain as he got back on his feet "Ugh, Thanks" he moaned as he wiped the blood off his face

Mitch only sighed as he pulled out a cigarette and began to smoke while leaning against the wall. "Well, you better clean yourself up" ignoring Jeremy

"Hmph. Right, I'll see you later," said Jeremy as he started to walk away

"Before you go, one piece of advice"

"What is it?" turning around to face Mitch, noticing that Mitch was staring sternly directly at his eyes

"Don't do anything stupid, tonight, you hear me?" before puffing on his cigarette

"I hear you," said Jeremy sternly turning around and walking away from the scene

'Tonight is going to be one hell of a night' he thought