Ky whistled as he looked around his desk and office. His desk wasn't very impressive; it had a few empty drawers, a monitor, and some sheets of paper Ky didn't bother to read. He wondered why the vents were so greatly open and they had lights too…
Ky shrugged it off and leaned back in the chair, resting his boots on the desk. The minutes ticked on, and nothing happened. Ky checked the monitor every once in a while, only to find that nothing had changed. He wondered if he was allowed to move around.
Ky also made sure to keep the music box wound up tight.
For Sarah. He told himself over and over again. But something about the Marionette moving around freely gave him a shiver. The Marionette gave him a shiver.
Finally, after an hour, Ky read the paper on the desk. They were instructions.
"Keep watch of the vents…wind up the music box…clean up any mess you make…don't tamper with animatronics…" Ky read aloud. Basic stuff. Ky quickly pressed the large buttons above the vents labeled 'Light.' They were both empty.
So he wound up the music box, checked the lights, checked the stage, and repeated the cycle. Everything was going smoothly, and Ky relaxed a little bit.
It was three a.m.
Ky yawned, and did his cycle again. But when he checked the stage, he saw that one of the animatronics was missing. Ky shot up onto his feet and rapidly checked all the cameras, without avail to finding the missing animatronic.
Ky started sweating and checked the stage again.
Another one had left. It was Bonnie, as he knew.
Ky picked up the phone on the desk and tried helplessly to call Sarah. She answered groggily.
"Hello?"
"Sarah! The animatronics left the stage and I can't find them anywhere-"
"Yeah, they get confused when it's quiet too. Just ignore them, it's fine." She then hung up. Ky stared at the phone with shock. Ky sat back down and took a deep breath. He then started his cycle again. Lights, stage, music box, lights, stage, music box…
Four a.m.
Lights, stage, music box, lights, stage, music box.
Ky stopped suddenly when he heard it.
It was the sound of the vent bending.
No.
Ky pulled up the monitor and checked the cameras that looked into the vents.
He saw Bonnie.
No!
Ky squealed and looked for something to defend himself with. He found a flashlight under the desk and held it tightly.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no, what the actual heck!" Ky yelled to himself. He didn't want to deal with this. He wasn't prepared for this. He pressed the vent light rapidly.
"Go away! Go away!" He screamed into the vent. Ky quickly wound up the music box and continued spamming the light. He forgot to check the other vent.
Five a.m.
Bonnie had turned around in the vent and Ky was safe again. He leaned back in his chair and let his heart slow down. He tilted his head upward and closed his eyes.
He heard a small clink on the tiled floor.
Ky looked down at his feet to find a bolt had fallen from somewhere onto the ground. Ky's heart skipped a beat, and he slowly looked upwards.
On the ceiling was a mess of parts with a head. Seriously. It was making radio static sounds, and didn't move. Ky assumed this was the Mangle that Sarah had talked about. He had imagined much worse, but here is what he wondered…
Why is it on the ceiling?
Ky grabbed his flashlight and started flashing it with it.
"Go away! Shoo!" He snapped at it. It didn't move. Suddenly the radio static stopped and the Mangle started walking along the ceiling and out the doorway. Ky glanced at his clock.
Six a.m.
"Sarah, go to hell." He snapped at her as she walked into the pizzeria to pick him up.
"What? Why? I like it here better." Sarah replied teasingly. Ky was serious.
"Why didn't you tell me Mangle walks on the ceiling?" He snapped, and pointed to the ceiling.
"She does? Cool." Sarah replied and looked up at the ceiling. Ky smacked his forehead.
"She? Whatever, just, it walked on the ceiling and into my office. That one also went into my vents." Ky pointed violently at Bonnie. Sarah scowled.
"They shouldn't be able to fit into the vents…" Sarah muttered. Ky was getting frustrated.
"Well, it did! And I almost had a heart attack!" Ky yelled. Sarah smacked him.
"What are you, six? Quit yelling at me, I'm just as surprised as you are! If you don't like it, quit the job!" Sarah snapped, and walked towards the door.
"Now, I can drive you home, you can walk home, or you can stay here ad watch me tinker." Sarah said sternly. Ky looked at the ground, ashamed at yelling at his sister.
"I'll stay here with you." Ky muttered. Sarah nodded and walked towards the stage.
"Then be useful. Go fetch me some spare batteries from the Parts and Service closet." Sarah order. Ky grunted out of laziness and started towards the closet. Sarah stopped him.
"Actually, I'll go with you so you don't kill yourself."
Ky stared at her as they walked. She must really not like that closet.