Here we go. Chapter 2, night 2. I hope I did good with the hallucination. Tips and advice are welcomed, but not flame. Also...has anyone been watching the Five Nights at Freddy's 4 playthroughs? I've been watching Mark play it and my Primus! Foxy got me twice with that stupid in closet jumpscare x_x Anyway, enjoy chapter two. Any errors and formatting problems will be dealt with in an orderly fashion
Disclaimer: I do not own the animatronics mentioned, Phone Guy or Phone Dude. I only own the manager and my boyfriend owns the security guard. The title for this story comes from the song title 'Not Alone' by Sayonara Maxwell
|Not Alone|
"Thank God they finally managed to fix the hinges. I swore if I heard that noise again, I would fire someone" I laughed a little at the manager's words. True enough, the back door hinges weren't as noisy as they were the last night we were here. Although, the same couldn't be said about the front door just yet since they haven't been checked. The doors still gave some form of a screech, but it wasn't as loud and annoying as before.
"Alright, kid. This is your second night. How are you feeling? Excited?" he asked and I nodded in response "Your guy told me that he promised to have something new for me tonight. So, I can't wait to see it" I answered aloud. The manager gave a smile "Just remember to keep a keen eye on those cameras. No teenagers to come in and vandalize the place" he reminded me.
"Of course, sir. I'll be sure to chase away anyone that manages to get in"
"I'm sure you will. I have faith in you after all. I'll be back at six to let you out again. Good luck and goodnight" the manager replied. We went our separate ways after that. Me, heading to the office while he made his way out and locked the door. I got comfortable in the desk chair and greeted the little animatronic figurines at the desk. Taking a quick glance down at my watch, I saw that my shift was about to start. It was eleven fifty-nine when I got the call.
I couldn't help but shake my head. The guy was late with his call again. Maybe he was just bad with timing. However, I just shrugged it off and answered "Hello?"
"Hey man-Okay, I have some awesome news for you!" came the voice from the other line, his voice held barely contained excitement. Hopefully, this night will be as interesting as promised.
"First of all, we found some vintage audio training cassettes!" Really...? That was it?
"Dude, these are like, prehistoric! I think they were, like, training tapes for other employees or something like that. So, I thought we could like, have them playing, like, over the speakers as people walk through the attraction. Dude, that makes this feel legit, man" Oh yeah, real legit. Have them walk through while hearing some guy explaining how the place works. That didn't seem scary to me at all. Just...boring.
"But I have an even better surprise for you and you're not gonna believe this-" More training tapes? An actual costume from the restaurant? Not a fake?
"We found one. A REAL one"
"Found a real...what?" before he could answer my question, I heard something in the background from his end of the call. I probably would've missed the noise if I wasn't paying attention. "Uh-oh-uh gotta go man- uh...well-well look, i-it's in there somewhere, I-I'm sure you'll see it." How can I see it if I don't know what it is?
"Okay, I'll leave you with some of this great audio that we found! Talk to you later, man!" with that, I thought the call would've ended, but instead, I heard something being clicked as a new voice filled the other line.
"Welcome to your new career as a performer slash entertainer for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Uh, these tapes will provide you with much needed information on how to handle slash climb into slash climb out mascot costume" You've got to be joking me. I thought he was going to play it over the speakers, not over the phone. I groaned inwardly and pressed the speaker button on the phone while putting down the receiver. I should've hung up, but...I would like to know more about this place. Maybe these stupid training tapes will help in that, but while the recording was going. I should really be watching the place. So, I picked up and turned on the tablet. Pressing the blue 'Click' button, the screen changed to the default first camera which was camera two. Nothing there. Nothing on camera three. Nothing on camera seven...or one...or four..or te-...wait a minute-what the hell is that?
"Right now, we have two specially designed suits that double as both animatronics and suits. So, please pay close attention while learning how to operate these suits as accidents slash injuries slash death slash irreparable and grotesque maiming can occur" the voice continued.
I ignored it for the moment...well, I tried to until I heard all the possible deaths the suits could cause. I looked at the screen for a moment and did a double, no, triple take on what I saw in camera ten. There, in the corner of the wall near the front exit was some...thing? I could barely make it out thanks to how dark it was and the red glow from the exit sign wasn't helping. I probably would've missed it if not for the white dots glancing up towards the direction of the camera. I couldn't really tell what it was though...was that the thing the guy wanted me to see? It was just another suit, right? Nothing different about it except for the added effect of the eyes. At least it didn't have another flashing light in its head. Well, it was nothing to worry about. They probably just put it at the front exit to scare people when they first walked in. I gave a shrug and continued through the cameras while listening to the recording.
"First and most discussed is how to operate the mascots while in animatronic form. For ease of operation, the animatronics are set to turn and walk towards sound they hear which is an easy and hands-free approach to making sure the animatronics stay where the children are for maximum entertainment slash crowd-pleasing value" Go to where the noise is, huh? My attention turned to the little button that said 'Play audio' and a thought appeared in my mind. What the hell? It couldn't hurt, could it? I pressed the button while on camera nine and heard a child voice ring through the attraction merely saying 'Hi~'
Okay, that was kind of adorable. I wonder if they set that up already knowing about this mechanic of the animatronics...that or they just thought it would be authentic, but it was just cute.
"To change the animatronics to suit mode, insert and turn firmly the hand crank provided by the manufacturer. Turning the crank will recoil and compress the animatronic parts around the sides of the suit, providing room to climb inside. Please make sure the spring locks are fastened tight to ensure the animatronic devices remain safe. We will cover this in more detail in tomorrow's session. Remember to smile; you are the face of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza"
"I'm the face of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza" I repeated with a shake of my head. As the recording ended, I was the one to hang up the phone just in case it played again. I really didn't want to hear that again. Once that was done, I lent back in my chair a bit and pushed it back away from the desk, taking the tablet with me. I flipped through the cameras, seeing nothing in particular. I decided to go back to camera ten to see how our newest addition was doing, but when I checked the corner of the exit...it wasn't there.
"Oh my God, don't tell me someone stole it already" I mumbled with a glare as I rapidly went through the cameras to see if I saw anyone else in the attraction. When I got back to camera nine, I nearly dropped the tablet. I pulled the screen closer to my face to try and get a better look. Near the back of the hall was that costume that was just at the front exit. What made it slightly creepy was that it was still looking towards the camera. That was...unexpected. Was this thing another costume or a statue of an animatronic or something? Wait...it moves around? That wasn't right...or is one of the workers still in here and just trying to give me a scare by moving it from place to place? I rolled my eyes and put the tablet in my lap 'Yeah yeah. Very funny and original. Pick on the new guy' I thought. Shaking my head, I glanced back down at the tablet and this time I did drop it. What I saw on the screen scared me and I placed my hand over my rapidly beating heart. I took a moment to calm down before glancing down at the device once more. Still on camera nine, the statue (or costume) was there...only this time, it was directly in front of the camera...a little off to the left, but still staring directly back at me.
Okay, if this was a trick...it was a damn good one. I sighed quietly and picked up the tablet, looking it over to make sure I didn't damage anything. When I looked back at the screen, the thing was gone.
Okay, now where did it go? Flashing through the cameras once more, I made sure to look closely since whoever was pulling this trick kept the statue...or whatever it was (I'll just call it a statue) in the dark. When I got to camera ten, I paused. What the fuck is that? There was something in the camera staring back at me. It wasn't that statue, this was different. Its eyes were bigger and didn't glow like that other thing...and it looked kind of dirty or...old. Alright, that's it. This joke has gone on long enough. I put the tablet down and immediately regretted it as the thing that was staring at me in the camera, was suddenly in front of me. I tensed up. It was some kind of person...a kid it seemed. It was short...on the round side, very dirty with bright white glowing eyes and giving me this very unsettling smile. I didn't even have a chance to say anything to it as it suddenly lunged at me, opening its mouth wide with this loud hissing yell. I kid you not, that must have been the girliest scream that I've ever done. The thing fucking hissed at me or something! I fell back in my chair, but suddenly it was gone without a trace. There was an alarm blaring and the room was flashing red. I ignored it for the time being in favor of panting quietly with my hand back over my chest before I finally found my voice.
"What the fuck was that?!" The alarm continued to blare and my vision was fading in and out. I was still panting as I picked up the tablet with shaking hands and turned it to the maintenance panel. Next to the ventilation icon were red letters that read 'error.'
I was quick to tap the button to reboot the ventilation. It took a few seconds before the error message disappeared, the alarm went off and the lights stopped flashing. My heart was finally starting to calm down as I lent back in my seat. Seriously though, what the fuck was that!? There was no way that was a part of this prank. What I saw...was that because the vents went out? Just like what that guy told me? But...the ventilation weren't out at the time...There were so many questions that I had now. Wait, these questions will have to be saved for another time. Changing the tablet back to the camera, I did a slightly slower scan over the place, still looking for that statue. I found it on camera eight...at least who was pulling this prank was slow moving. The light in the Chica mascot head was on and I was able to get a good look at the thing now, barely. It was at the end of the hall, practically in a blind spot, but I could make it out. That thing was...creepy, from what I could see. It looked broken down and- the camera went to static. Great, just great. I wasn't having problems with this thing at first...I went to the maintenance tab to see if something was wrong with the video, but no error message came up.
That was strange. I just shrugged it off and went back to the camera. Still on camera eight, my heart did a small back flip in my chest and I gave a bit of a jump, just enough for me to tighten my hold on the tablet in my grasp. Sighing in annoyance, I looked back down at the camera. The statue was much closer this time. Not as close as it was when it was staring directly at me in the camera nine, but just enough for me to get a better look at this thing. The light in the mascot head was off now, but I was still able to make out some features and details. The statue was, indeed, broken down and in near ruin...it had this creepy smile on its face and...did it have bunny ears? I put the screen closer to my face to see if that would help in my curiosity to see what this thing was.
"See something suspicious, kid?" The sudden question scared me out of focusing and I flung the tablet out of my hands. I was quick to realize my mistake and scrambled to get the device as it flopped around in my shaky grasp before I was finally able to get a descent hold on it. I sighed quietly and glanced over at the door to see the manager giving me a nervous smile "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you."
"What? Pfft-I wasn't scared. You just...caught me off guard" I mumbled with a glance in a different direction. 'Wait a minute-!' Remembering what I was looking at, I turned back to the cameras...to see the statue was gone...or well, whoever was moving it around probably put it back in its place.
"How did it go tonight? Any problems?"
"Ah...nothing really. The ventilation went out...and I think one of your guys is playing a prank on me" I answered while pulling the chair back up to the desk and setting the tablet down. "What do you mean? No one should be here after twelve except you" the manager replied back, a skeptical expression on his face. "That doesn't seem to be the case. I got the call and well, he said that the news was you guys found a 'real one.' He didn't tell me the rest, but when I went to the front exit camera, I saw this thing. I couldn't tell what it was, it was against the wall so I just assumed it was another costume. But when I switched to the camera near the front exit hall, it was there instead. So...it's either a very broken down mascot costume, or a statue of some kind" The manager listened to me explain as he put some thought into my words. It took a moment, but then he made this look of surprise before he gave a chuckle "So, he didn't explain to you what it was then?"
"Ah...no. He just told me it was something real and then left me with this 'great audio' they found" I answered. The manager laughed and shook his head while leaning on the entry way to the office "Then I guess I'll be the one to explain. You see, Wade, we were able to finally get in those boarded up rooms early morning yesterday. What we found back there were some more broken down arcade games and what we thought was another mascot costume. One closer inspection, however...it was made from a different material than the others, more broken down and...it had traces of an endoskeleton inside." I listened and looked at the manager in a mixture of surprise and fear. "S-So...that means that-"
"Yup. We found a real animatronic"