Hey guys! I read over the last chapter and cringed because of all the mistakes I made. It's because I wrote the chapter in a hurry. If Fanfiction allows me to I'll put up an edited version. Hopefully this one will have fewer mistakes.
"Well, Cassie, glad to have you on our team!"
"Thank you si- I mean, Mike."
"By the way, Cassie. I want to tell you something."
"What is i-?"
Before Cassie could finish her sentence, she noticed the lights flickering.
Then complete darkness.
But for only a few moments. Yet, to Cassie, the darkness felt eternal. In the blink of an eye, there was light once again. Mike was gone.
"Mike?"
Her eyes darted in all directions. She was surrounded by shadows.
"Hello?"
It was dark again. Something lurked. Cassie could not move, her heart was pounding.
"I need my inhaler."
Cartoonish eyes appeared through the darkness. They were almost laughable. Until they inched. Closer. And closer.
"I'm suffocating."
Something reached its wretched hand towards her.
Wake up
"No!"
Wake up
"Wake up!"
Cassie's eyes flew open. It was dark, but in front of her was a the masqueraded figure of a person.
"It's 11:10. Do you want to be late for work on your first day?"
Cassie reached for the drawer beside her bed. Under the piles of trash and wrappers was an inhaler. She stuck it in her mouth and pressed the top. She breathed in, feeling sweet relief.
Then, her head fell back on the pillow.
"Get up, you slacker!" Cassie's mother turned on the lights.
The girl moaned and put the blanket over her head. "I've changed my mind. I don't want to work there anymore."
"Are you kidding me? Get up!" Her mother demanded, shaking her.
Cassie pushed her hand off of her. "But I'm so tired!"
Cassie's mother rolled her eyes, exasperated.
Cassie's mother had the upper hand, of course. So, after a few more minutes of banter between the two, Cassie did as she was told and got ready before hopping into her mother's car.
As the two arrived at Freddy's, her mother turned to her. "I'll be there by six. But no hanging around. I have to get to work."
"Trust me, I won't," Cassie replied.
It was 11:50. Cassie was feeling- how could she describe it?-uncomfortable, to say the least. During the day, Freddy Fazbear's was similar to any other building. Yet, at night, it was desolate and dark, the outside only illuminated by two streetlamps. It seemed like somewhere that murderers or rapists would congregate to to prey on their next victim. Feeling cautious, Cassie turned her head to the left: a long stretch of road. She turned her head to the right: more carless roads. Nothing interesting, or seemingly dangerous.
Then, Cassie thought of her dream, or better yet her nightmare. It had felt like a premonition, as if she shouldn't have gone to work tonight. But it was too late to go home now. Her mother had disappeared, most likely close to home by now.
When Cassie walked in, most of the lights were off. Her anxiety grew, and she felt as if her body had a mind of its own, and it was debating on whether it should stand firmly in its place or bolt out the door. And Cassie, well, she couldn't speak. It was as if the nightmare was coming true.
"Whoops."
Cassie jumped, yelping as something touched her.
Her heart wouldn't stop pounding. As she put a hand to her chest, she saw someone run towards her.
"What happened?" It was Mike.
"She freaked out when I bumped into her."
Cassie turned her head. Standing next to her was a teenaged employee, holding a mop.
"Oh, sorry." Cassie sighed with relief.
"It's okay," Mike said, patting her on the back. "Thanks for showing up! Now let's do a quick tour before you start your shift."
"Are you a janitor or something?" The teenaged employee asked.
"No, she's the new security guard."
The boy smirked, staring at Cassie in disbelief. "No way."
"It's just for now. It's temporary," Mike said.
"Are you joking?"
"Are you questioning your own boss's decision, Brandon?"
Brandon's eyes darted to the floor. "No."
"Go clean up the bathroom."
"Yes, Mr. Schmidt," Brandon muttered.
It was interesting to see Mike act differently than his normal personality. Work could change anyone into a determined boss.
As the employee left, Mike whispered to Cassie: "Be lucky you don't have bathroom duty. Some kid downed a whole pizza today and, well...you know the rest."
Cassie looked at Brandon as he put on a surgical mask before entering the men's restroom.
Mike eyed the boy before turning back to Cassie. "Anyway, sorry about Brandon. You know how some kids are." He picked up an empty Styrofoam cup off the floor and threw it into a wastebasket. "Let's get started!"
Cassie followed closely behind Mike as he showed her around. The games, the prize counter, not the men's restroom, the supply closets, the back of the stage.
And then they passed the animatronics. Unlike earlier, though, Cassie could not get herself to even look at them. She was feeling something sinister as she and Mike walked past the robots.
"And here," Mike said, "is where you'll be staying!"
Barely lit and covered in cobwebs, the room was like something out of a horror film. A giant poster of the creepy animatronics hung on the walls. Alongside the poster were children's drawings of them. Knowing that the robots were beloved enough for children to draw pictures of them made Cassie feel a little more at ease.
Maybe this won't be so bad after all, Cassie thought.
Mike picked up a tablet off the table and turned it on, beckoning Cassie to come beside him.
"Here are the camera feeds." He continued pressing a button which showed all of the monitored areas. "Covers most parts of the building. Oh wait..." The screen was black. "Disabled camera. Gotta get that fixed."
He then pointed to a dirty-looking touch-dial phone. "And this is a communicating device we call-" he picked up the receiver, "-a telephone! Har har har!"
Cassie chuckled. "Very funny."
He then picked up a remote control on the table. "This button is to shut the door on the left, and this button is to turn the light on in the hallway." He pointed to another pair of buttons. "Likewise on the right. But don't press them too much, or else you'll lose power."
"Lose power?"
Mike sighed. "Yeah, hasn't changed since I was the night guard. Mr. Fazbear was always a cheapskate. And since the reopening, we've had to use money on more 'important' things. So every time you turn on the lights, shut the door or look at the camera, you lose power." He pointed to the tablet screen again. "It says here on the screen how much power you have left. And if it gets down to zero percent, you'll be in total darkness!"
Just another perk to this wonderful job, Cassie thought.
"So as long as you don't lose all your power, you'll be fine! Anyway, I'm gonna head out." He took out a set of car keys from his pants pocket. "Gimme a call if you need me."
"Really? But I don't want to wake you up or anything."
"It's your first night. Don't worry about it. I barely sleep anyway!"
"Oh...okay?"
"Good luck!"
And just like that, Mike was gone. Cassie's eyes turned toward the poster on the wall. She wondered how any child could admire those things. But she couldn't really complain, since she had been fond of them when as a child as well. When you're younger, you don't really think about how eerie some things look.
She then looked at the clock beside her. 11:59. One minute to midnight, and Cassie was now completely and utterly alone.
Cassie doesn't seem too likeable right now, does she? But don't worry, she'll change! For now, she's a little bit immature. Anyway, it might be some time before I can get in the next chapter. We'll see what happens. And sorry this chapter is so boring. It will get more interesting in the next chapter! The animatronics are coming soon. Please feel free to leave any criticism/suggestions!