Thank you for reading the first chapter, I really do appreciate it! Sorry for the wait, its been a busy week. Here is the second chapter, I hope to introduce him to the animatronics a bit, anyway, lets begin!

A few hours after the original chapter's events we can see Shizen resting, preparing himself for the interview he was sure to get tomorrow. He wouldn't want his chances of getting hired to be shot down by one screw up would he? Either way, it never hurts to be prepared.

With a sigh, Shizen got up from his couch and headed straight for his fan. Talking to himself, he groaned out "duude, why is it getting so hot?" Just as suddenly as he got up, he fell down, a horrible feeling of vertigo taking over his senses. He could hardly move, the whole world swimming. All he could feel was heat and nausea, it was searing and painful. His vision began to fade before he knew what was happening.

After he was out cold, well not exactly cold, his body started making mechanical whirs. All of the boy's joints simultaneously began to open, the further they open, the more steam that pours out of them. When it reached its peak a mechanical voice spoke out, "Cooling procedure complete."

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Timeskip

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When Shizen woke up, he was dazed. Everything felt so much better, no heat scorching his insides, no voices in his head. 'Wait… what? Voices, what did it say… something about cooling processes or something?' He shook his head, passing it off as going crazy. Upon taking in his surroundings, he noticed the light leaking through the window.

Staring at the window for about five minutes, Shizen finally remembered that he had things to do today, like preparing for his interview. Speaking of the interview, he couldn't help but be curious about the place he was trying to be hired into. Wanting to get it done quickly, he looked at the time and saw he had just about an hour before he had to be there. Plenty of time.

"I really need to hurry don't I? Yeah, yeah I do." He quickly ran to the library to try and find out as much as he could, the computers in said library would be rather helpful. 'Man, some kind of handheld device to look at the internet would be pretty handy… I wonder if they'll have something like that in 2015 like back to the future?'

Lucky enough for our favorite protagonist, the library was just down the street from Freya Fazbear's Pizza. The place he was hoping to work for.

After hopping online and finding some… interesting rumors, Shizen looked at the time. With wide eyes and a panicked expression on his face he started running at a speed that would put an athlete to shame. Within five minutes, he made it to the entrance and took a minute to observe the place.

The first thing that Shizen noticed was the sign, it had an image of a smiling bear-like figure. The figure herself was obviously feminen in shape and features, but not overly so. This is Freya, the main mascot of the restaurant. With a deep breath and a few steadying steps, he found his way to the front door. Seeing no way to further distract himself, Shizen decided to face this decision head on and wait no longer.

The entrance was not what he was expecting, it was actually fairly welcoming, going so far as to have bright and attention grabbing posters on both walls. It would all be especially good for grabbing and keeping children's interest and getting them excited. Each poster although different, kept to the general same design, the animatronics in the middle, grabbing a load of the attention, and bright lights in the background, so that the rest of the poster isn't bland or empty.

'Since when do I know that much about art? Strange…' There have been a lot of strange things he has been noticing in the past day, not really much to worry about though, most of it has been minor. Before Shizen could get too lost in his thoughts, he was approached by someone in a security guard looking suit.

"Hey, are you going to stand there all day? If so, what are your intentions, do you need to be removed from the premises?" The man asked Shizen so many questions in that small amount of time that he felt overwhelmed, and more importantly, nervous.

He knew he couldn't take too long to respond, so he promptly spoke up. "n-No, Sorry. I-i uhh, I am here for the night guard position." Queue awkward silence. The security guard let out a cough before quietly telling him to follow along. 'He was just so loud and confident, what happened? Why is he being quiet, also why are his eyes darting around, it's as though he is looking for a threat just lurking around us.'

Eventually, they reached the manager's office, whereupon the day guard left Shizen with the imposing door, what a cruel fate. "Right, right, yes, we got this, no big deal or anything like that." His self prepping was interrupted by a giggle to his right. Something about the laugh felt off to him, it was somewhat robotic, unnatural. When he looked to see who did it, it made sense.

Right in front of him was a purple rabbit, girl? Woman? He didn't really know what she would be considered, but she was for certain a female. He would be lying if he said that he wasn't scared out of his mind by the sudden appearance, although her suit that was used to cover her endoskeleton just added to the horror that he felt in her presence. Just from one glance he could see exposed parts of her metal skeleton, along with the whole bulkiness of the overall design, put together with the sunken in eyes and big teeth, huge creep factor.

"Hey… I am just kinda, you know… I hope to be the new night guard here you see. Ummm, you wouldn't mind stepping out from in front of the door would you?" The rabbit, Bonnie he believed, just kept staring at him for a while before finally letting him through. 'Wow, that is not terrifying or anything. It also doesn't seem like they can speak anything other than automated lines. Good.'

Knocking first, Shizen entered the office. When looking around, he noticed piles of papers on the desk, seemingly infinite amounts. "Shizen, no?" He was stunned that the manager knew his name before he even said anything. "Yes sir, but how exactly did you know that?"

The manager chuckled before explaining "The guard you met, the day one, as soon as you left his side, he called me, telling me all about your plan to become the new night guard." He stopped signing the paper he was working on, then looked the boy across from him in the eyes.

"Do you still want to take that job?" The manager restated the already answered question.

"I-i uhh… Sorry about that, but yes sir, I would still love to take the job. That is, if it is still available." He was not expecting the immediate and on spot questions, and as such, it took him a moment to properly respond.

The manager smiled. "Well good then! You've just been hired, sign here, and here, OH and right here! One more thing, just call me boss, or Mr. Fazbear. Will you be able to start tonight?"

Shizen did the only thing that came to mind at the time, he just gave a dumb nod in response to the mana- Mr. Fazbear's question. Once that was all done, the meeting ended, Shizen being told that he could come into work that night in casual clothing, only if it was appropriate for such a workplace. He was also given a uniform as another option, one in which it felt more formal. Either way, Shizen was excited to work, and strangely, he felt something within him stir at the thought of guarding this place.

At the lab

In Dr. Connor's lab, we see Connor himself looking at a screen and realizing a mistake he made rather recently. "I so totally just let a boy, pretty much ghost, lose into the world with a robotic body." He slumped down into his chair, "A body that may or may not be loaded with weapons and defense measures, he was going to be a military weapon after all. Crap."

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Timeskip

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Shizen looked at the clock on his wall, it read 11:34. 'I need to leave now. I wonder what could go wrong, if anything?' Although thinking said thoughts, he would not dare to say the unthinkable words. "What's the worst that could happen? They end up wanting me dead? What could go wrong?" Ending his short rant with a laugh, he headed out the door and straight towards his new job.

While walking, Shizen couldn't help but feel a bit nervous, this was his first job after all. More than that though, his mind kept going to the stare that Bonnie gave him earlier, the eerie silence running his mind rampant. By the time he was done musing in his thoughts, he had already arrived at the pizzeria and saw Mr. Fazbear waiting at the front door.

"Oh, you're early, good. That's a good quality to have, it will help you in most every situation in life." Finishing with a nod, Mr. Fazbear ushered Shizen in and shut the doors behind him.

"See you in the morning!" With one final goodbye, his boss left.

Shizen decided to look around, taking in his surroundings. There were a few locations of interest to the boy, the first obviously being the stage, which held the three main attractions. Another point of interest had to be the Pirate's Cove, which looks as if it's a stage blocked off by a purple curtain with stars. Outside the curtain was an "out of order" sign, odd.

Finally, he noticed an employee- only door at the side of the room. Seeing no reason to stay in the main dining area, Shizen went to his office which happened to be down a long, and dark, hallway.

"Wow, the last guard here really should have cleaned up his stuff at least." Shizen decided to put the trash and for some reason, a cup, into the garbage and when he was done, he sat in his spinning chair. Just as he was getting comfy, an obnoxiously loud ringing sound came from a phone he had yet to notice on his desk. Deciding to pick it up, thinking it might be his boss, he was given a long message about cameras, doors, and killer robots.

If he was creeped out before, now he was dying of fear. 'THIS HAS TO BE A JOKE RIGHT?! There is no way that can be real. Of course, it ought to be one last go at scaring any new guards.' He decided to check the camera on the stage, it couldn't hurt to be sure.

He paled considerably when he saw the animatronics looking at each other and talking, unrestricted by voice lines or code. "Crap." What scared him even more was that Freya silenced the other two and looked straight at the camera, what felt like a smirk finding its way onto her face.

After having a small panic attack when Bonnie and Chica started going down both hallways toward him, he had the idea to get up so he could be ready to shut the doors if he so would need. He could no longer see Bonnie on the cameras, she was in one of their blind spots, no doubt she knew about it too.

He didn't know what but something prompted him to check the light on the door to his left, low and behold, there was Bonnie. "OH CRAP, I'M TOO UNACCOMPLISHED TO DIE!" Shizen let out an admittedly high pitched scream when he first saw the animatronic rabbit, then he slammed the door button with fervor.

With shaking hands, he pressed the light button on the right door. He was met with the face of Chica grinning at him when he slammed the door shut. "Okay, not a problem! Only two big, strong, likely intelligent robotic women that want me dead. I have limited power, totally enough to last me until 6. And to top it off, it is beginning to feel hot, like really really hot in here. Please tell me this is not happening again!"

Shizen's vision was beginning to blur, he was terrified and felt like crying. At the same time, he felt so free, yet so empty in the face of death, what came next? Strangely he felt no fear of death itself, only the happenings that come before it. 'I really can't feel anything anymore, it is so hot. If these animatronics are sentient, why can't I try to be friends with them? Hehe, funny looking glowing button…' Those were the last thoughts before he blacked out, his mind ending up going a bit delirious at the end due to the heat.

Bonnie's Pov

'It isn't really that hot, in fact, it's pretty cool in there.' Using her thermal scanners, her found that the new guard apparently did have a reason to complain about the heat, his body was like a beacon to her eyes at the moment. Deactivating thermal vision, she decided to try to understand the guard's next moves, usually they started freaking out and ending up wasting all of their power.

What she was not expecting however, was for the guard to start swaying, then falling. He fell coincidentally into the door button on her side. "Poor guy, knocked out cold and still getting kicked." She shrugged before walking across and letting Chica in too.

"I wasn't really expecting the guard to just fall over and let you in, but it works for me." Her yellow friend said in response to being let in.

"I was not expecting it either, nothing we can do though. Let's haul him to Freya now." Bonnie was not going to complain about a free night, she really hated having to kill the guards. It reminds her of that stupid pirate.

Before either could get a good grip on Shizen, they noticed a strange movement, more like movements, occurring on him. Almost every joint on his body opened, it was a grueling process, one in which felt like forever, but finally all of the movements were done.

Turning her head slowly, Chica stated "I think he's broken. That was also kinda anti-" She was cut off before she could continue. Steam shot out of all the opened joints on Shizen's body like water spouts from a geyser.

"What the… that is not normal, at all. Chica, I think that our new guard here might just be as mechanical as we are. He blends with humans too well though, I don't know if even he knows, I doubt he would have been so scared or not know how to deal with overheating if he knew he was a machine." Bonnie concluded.

The rest of the walk down the hall was in silence, it took them a while to reach Freya. 'Who knew that one "maybe robot?" Could be that heavy?' When they finally did arrive, Freya was looking at them, more specifically the body on their shoulders with a confused expression. "Why are you two acting like he's that heavy? Also, why are his joints opened like that, you know how I feel about torture, even against enemies."

"Freya… I don't know how to say this… but, I think we finally found someone other than us that is robotic. I don't know how or why, but it seems that he doesn't know he is a robot. He also may or may not have recurring heat problems, he fell unconscious and hit his head on the door button after muttering about the heat happening again."

Freya seemed to be calculating something, her expression being one of thought and concentration. "We'll keep him alive for now, maybe even try to befriend him and finally get a guard that can be trusted. A machine, especially one like us, would be able to keep the children safe without harming them. We will not, however, let him go just yet, we need to talk to him before we can do that."

Freya's eyes glowed a light blue in the everlasting and unrelenting dark of the halls of the pizzeria.

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Thank you for reading this, I know that it's way too short, and probably too rushed. I hope to improve in the future. New chapters for this will come out sometime in the next few days, I was distracted before working on this, so it took me way too long to do this amount of stuff. Have a great day!

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3/22/2022