Silence.

I could feel my pulse hammering throughout my entire body. My breathing was rapid but still somehow quiet. All I could do was stare at the main stage. The three metal and fur giants just stared to the back of the party room. The lights from behind their eyes seemed dim, I guess their energy settings were set low afterall. I hope that means they would leave me alone for the most part like Mike promised. I glanced to the clock, then to the doors. It was 12:03am, and I just had that paranoid feeling.

It is 2:38am. I had consumed two Hot Pockets, half of a water, one and a half Mountain Dews, three handfuls of Goldfish, and I was finishing up an apple. The animatronics have not moved an inch since they first positioned themselves on the stage. I knew I would not be able to entirely calm down while I was on shift, but I am a lot calmer than I expected I would be.

Clink...clink...CLANG…

"What the hell was that?!" I exclaimed as I snatched up the tablet.

Chica was gone.

My hand grew instantly clammy, my heart began to race, and it was getting difficult to breathe. I frantically switched between screens, she was in the dining hall staring at the stage. I dimmed everything within the little room, hopefully I would not draw attention to myself if everything was darker. I opened the ham and cheese Hot Pocket and began to quietly eat it, glancing at the doors and cameras.

Shuffle...shuffle…

I checked the camera again.

Bonnie moved to the bathroom doorway.

I held my breath for a second or two, then let it out. Okay… so two of the three bots were out, that`s fine, I can handle this. Freddy is not active, so I think I am fine. Mike told me the other day that if Freddy starts to move, you better watch every single little thing, or you will be in big trouble. I knew that the robots do not see me as a human, and that if they found me they would probably do something to me. Mike said just to be careful, I guess he was a night guard too. He was fired by a supervisor for tampering with the bots, but the owner hired him back a few weeks later. He never said why.

CLANG

I whipped my head around to the left door, there was a shadow coming from down the hall. I wheeled my chair over to it, whatever happened to be there a second ago was gone. I looked down the right hall, no one was there either. I checked the cameras, Chica was in the kitchen, Bonnie was at... Pirate`s Cove? I`ve never heard about that before, I wonder if something else was in there. The sign said out of order, so hopefully whatever was in there would just stay put for the night. I clicked back to the dining room, Freddy was gone... FREDDY WAS GONE?!

"Shit, shit, shit, shit….fuckaduckfuckaduckfuckaduck….." I clicked on every single camera as fast as I could. I was terrified. Normally I try not to swear, but holy crap was I scared. My forehead broke out into a sweat, my hands felt like waterlogged sponges, and I really just wanted to go home and take a nice warm shower. I clicked on every camera, once, twice, three times. Where the hell was Freddy?! I saw Chica and Bonnie, but Freddy was nowhere to be seen. I clicked to every camera one more time, then I found him. He was outside of Pirate's Cove.

"What were you doing in there?" I whispered as I stared at the camera.

SSSHHHIIIFFFF click Freddy's head moved as it made a mechanical panning sound, and was staring straight into the camera.

I immediately switched the camera to another view, Bonnie and Chica were back on stage. They were facing eachother like they were talking. Could they do that? They probably could, I bet there is a chip in them that allows one bot to send a message to the other or something. As I watched them, Bonnie's head snapped up and met my gaze, soon followed by Chica. Once again I panicked and switched the camera.

A few hours later…

Ever since the strange staring and mild movement a few hours ago, there has not really been anything of note. I glanced at the clock, it was 5:23am. So close to my shift being over! I put my feet up on the desk and checked all of the cameras again, everyone was back on the stage. Freddy had been disappearing for intervals throughout the night, but he was back with his other robot siblings. They were like one big scary family. I packed up my food and put the crowbar back in the cabinet. I checked the power, I really should have done that more during the night. It was at 39% until blackout. There were times where I did not use the cameras that much, plus I did not even have to close the doors. I really hope that the bots will be this easy for the rest of the week.

Buzz….BuzzBuzz…..Buzzzzzzzzz…..

I took my phone out of my pocket, it was Mike.

Mike: hey, im comin down with the boss man to check some stuff he said you can go home now

I fist pumped, sweet! I was getting pretty tired too, so I responded as fast as I could.

Alice: Sweet! How do I get past the three musketeers?

My phone buzzed just a minute after I sent the text. He was a fast responder, good.

Mike: there is an exit in the kitchen. go to the right of the room and book it to there. ill lock up when i get there. tell me how it went in the morning, youre probably pretty tired right now. night newbie, good job.

Alice: Okay, night oldie.

I bundled myself up and made sure everything was in it's position I found it in. I put the legal pad and pen with the tablet in the top drawer instead of in the reception area, I would have to get by the three amigos to put it back in its place. I don't think Mike would mind. I turned the lights off and jogged into the kitchen, quickly unlocking the door and running out to my car. As soon as I was in my car I blasted the heat and locked everything, I was still in a paranoid mood. I'll probably have to drink some relaxing tea before bed. I'm just glad tonight went how it did, according to Mike it could have been a lot worse. Whoo! Hot shower, hot tea, and warm bed here I come!

...

I could hear the building creak as I stood in front of it. To anyone else it would just look like a historic downtown building… but how wrong they would be. I began to slowly trudge to the front door. 'No one would understand… There are so many secrets hidden here… Ones that should never be found out. And if you do figure them out, oh you will never be able to leave.' I kicked a stone against the eroded stone brick exterior and examined the building. It was an old grayish brown brick, a slightly rusted sign hung above the entrance. 'Welcome to Freddy Fazbears Pizzaria!' I rolled my eyes and chuckled darkly. If only they could know what lays beyond those doors.

I unlocked the heavy metal doors and pushed them with ease and stepped into my prison, but at least I had cell mates...dangerous ones.

Click…..Click…..shiffffff…shhhhhiiiiiiiifffff...click

I knew that sound all too well.

"Hello, Fredfuck." I emotionlessly greeted the large anamatronic that was entering the room from behind me.

"Mike." Was his curt reply.

There was a moment of silence, but I knew what he was going to ask.

"Who is the girl?" I could hear the groaning of the hinges in his jaw as he spoke.

I glanced over my shoulder, my bright blue eyes narrowing at his matching pair. "Someone you and your friends better not mess around with."

Click, click, click...ssssshhhiiiifffftttt

The large aristocratic bear's joints moved with a shifting sound as he tilted his head. "Is that the reason why you messed with our A.I. Levels yesterday?" His voice grew deeper, and more demonic. He never liked anyone messing with his stats, he never liked to be made weaker.

I shrugged and leaned against the wall near a window, looking out of the dirty tinted glass. "She just needs some money, so leave her alone and make sure that she does not get involved."

The large robot was silent for a moment,I knew him well enough to know what he was thinking about. "I cannot promise that she will not be involved, look at what happened to you." He sneered. "But I will not send anyone after her yet. She does not seem like a threat so far."

"She isn't." I barked back.

…..shiffffff…..

The bear's mouth shifted into a cheshire cat grin. "Protective of your kind aren't you?"

…shhhhhiiiiiiiifffff...click...shhhiiifff...

Freddy moved closer to Mike, and moved his muzzle to the human's ear. "Everyone is a threat… no matter how innocent they seem...and we all learned that the hard way."

The heavy, slow footsteps of the bear faded away as he moved with his two companions from the stage to the back room. Mike listened around for another set of footsteps, a lighter set, a much quicker set. But he heard none. He shrugged and made his way into the office. The head honcho should be here soon, and apparently there was much to discuss.