Once again we return to one of my darker stories… *insert evil laugher here*

Anyway, shout-out to Da-Tenshi Setsuna for allowing me to use her character, Skylar Winchester (of no relation to Sam and Dean Winchester XD) You rock! (To see Skylar in action more, read Da-Tenshi Setsuna's Our Little Horror Story, it's really good!)

As stated above, I do not own Skylar, I do not own Mike or the animatronics, nor do I own the establishment. I do however own these characters that have appeared thus far: Valerie Logan, Lucy Harper, Heather Kyte, and Amanda Schmidt. Anyway, on with the show~

Mike was hanging out at the pizzeria on the weekend, when he didn't work his day job, when his manager approached him, followed by a nineteen year old girl with brown hair who was munching on what appeared to be sour gummy worms.

"Hello, Schmidt," Valerie greeted. "I'm glad to see that you're here now. Saves me the trouble of having to call you. This is Skylar Winchester, our new day guard. I was hoping you could show her how the job works."

Mike gave her a quizzical look for a moment, as his job was much different from the day guard, but he had an idea of what he was supposed to do. "Okay." He looked at Skylar. "I'm Mike. Anyway, come with me. I'm going to show you your office."

"Alright," she said, following him. He had the idea that she had a habit of going with the flow. Of course, he could be wrong. Leading her down the East Hall, he brought her to the Security Office. He wanted to avoid bringing her by Pirate's Cove, since she might get a bit… curious. "This is your office," he said. "It's mine at night."

"What are those?" the new day guard asked, looking at the papers pinned to the board on the right side of the front wall.

Mike had never paid much attention to them, mainly because he'd been too preoccupied with survival during the first month, and then spent half his shift outside the office these days. Studying them, he saw that they looked like children's drawings. "I think these were done by children. You saw the animatronics on stage, right?"

"Hard not to," Skylar commented.

"Point taken," he replied. "Anyway, about thirty years ago, they used to be able to walk around during the day, so I guess kids would draw them and give them the pictures. Those pictures then wound up in here, I imagine."

"What's this supposed to be?" Skylar asked, pointing to one of a child in front of a present. A lot of smiley faces were drawn above the child, and some brown creature's head was on the right side.

"Freddy, I think," Mike said, trying to hold back a small laugh. He knew that these were just drawn by children, but still… Freddy looked more like a sloth than a bear. "Anyway," he said, trying to get back on track. "You'll be needing this." He handed her the tablet. "This is connected to all the cameras in the building except the entrance. The Kitchen camera is broken, but the audio still works." He turned on the tablet and switched to the Kitchen camera where they could hear the cooks talking to each other and the typical sounds of moving pots, pans, and cupboard doors. "You can keep an eye on everything with this. If anything seems wrong, you'll see it and then you can head out to take care of it."

"Alright," she said. Glancing at the left door, she noticed the two buttons. "What are these for?" she asked, pressing the door button, only slightly startled when the giant blast door descended.

Mike calmly pressed the button again, opening the door. "That's mainly for me," he informed her. "You know, in case some people break in and I get in a little over my head," he continued, lying. "Then I'll be here in the office, where I can call 911." Thinking for a moment, he realized something. "This could help you, too, though. If a criminal or something breaks in here and is a threat to the kids, you can get them all in here and shut the doors."

"Would this really fit all the kids that might be here?" Skylar questioned.

"I don't know, but it would be worth a try."

Skylar paused. "Why would that be something to worry about, though? I mean, it's just a kid's pizzeria. Worst thing that can happen is some kid gets food poisoning from some bad pizza, right?"

Mike sighed. "You know the Missing Children Incident?"

The girl froze for a second. "I think so… Some kids were taken at some, uh, kids' place, right?"

"Yeah," the guard confessed. "And this would be that place." He noticed her discomfort at the subject, but he wasn't going to pry, so he just changed the subject instead. "Another thing you'll want to do is make sure that the kids don't get too close to Pirate's Cove." He switched the camera to the closed curtain.

"Why?" she asked, obviously glad to get off the topic of missing and murdered children.

"There's an animatronic in there that broke down a long time ago," Mike told her. "But we found some tapes of some shows he did way back in the day. We show them now, telling the kids that the animatronic, Foxy, is on a journey across the world in his pirate ship, so if they see him here…"

"The story won't sell," Skylar finished. "Got it."

Mike nodded. "Now, how about you get started on this job of yours?" he asked. "I'll stay here and keep an eye on you so I can help if you need it."

"I'm fine, I don't need help," she said stubbornly.

"Well, too bad. I'm staying anyway," he said. "It's not like I have anything better to do."

"Well, alright, then," the girl replied, shrugging. "Stay if you wanna."

Mike spent the next few hours observing Skylar while she checked the cameras, throwing out some scenarios of what could happen to see what she would do. Finally satisfied that she had the job down, he headed back for the Dining Area. "If you need anything, just come get me," he said.

"Alright," Skylar agreed, though it was obvious that she didn't think she'd really need the help.

Deciding he wanted to see how children enjoyed their newest attraction once again, he headed for Kid's Cove.

"Ahoy, there, mateys! I hear ye be wantin' ta hear some ol' pirate's tales, eh? Well, there was once…"

X

Stepping out the pizzeria, a man smirked. All these years, and no one had figured out what had really happened in 1987. That poor guard who had taken the fall for him… He snickered. He had walked away completely clean last time, and he would again. The place had changed a little bit, so would need to scope it out a little, but that wouldn't be a problem.

After all, the place was completely deserted at night.

Important piece of information for this last part. In 1987, there was no need for a night guard. The guy who supposedly killed the kids was the day guard. Also, I know a lot of this was teaching Skylar the ropes, but I needed a setup for the story, and introducing her seemed like a good place to start.

Anyway, we know shit's gonna go down soon. See you next time, and please review~