-Night 3-

The entrance to the horror filled restaurant slowly creaks opens. Daniel sighs as the door closes behind him. "Time for another night."

Deciding not to waste any time, Daniel quickly begins making his way to the office. Having no troubles getting there, Daniel is able to reach it in less than a minute.

Once Daniel enters, he sits down on the chair and turns on the next recording.

"Hello again! I see you did well on Night 2! Now tonight shouldn't be much different for you. Simply sit back and watch the pizzeria.

Now, there are some things that I want to say. The first being rumors of ghosts in the establishment. Some of them even say they see something akin to a brown Fredbear in the hallways. They say he just stands there, and if you get too close, he screeches.

Now I personally dismiss these rumors. Never once have I seen this "Freddy" ghost. Anyways, the second thing I wanted to mention was the increase of mist in the surrounding areas. Due to something at sea, more mist is rolling in, stronger than ever. If this keeps up, the nights might have large layers of mist. If this gets to be an issue, I have a solution.

In the back room we managed to get a high-powered flashlight. This'll let you penetrate the mist with ease, if it gets to be a problem. Now be sure to never shine this in someone's eyes. The light is very strong and will easily blind them.

Finally, I wanted to tell you to keep an eye out on our Balloon Boy. Now he normally just hands out balloons to kids who get nearby, but recently he has been getting unresponsive. I want you to take a look at him in the second dining hall and see if you can find the problem.

Anyways, this'll be the last of the recordings I'll give. I'll give you your assignments in the staff room over by my office from now on. That is all for now. Good night."

The recording shuts down, leaving a grim faced Daniel behind. He was sorting through the information, finding anything useful.

Ever since he came to Freddy's, and even before hand, Daniel knew to never dismiss rumors easily. This Freddy ghost rumor may very well be real, even more so since this is a nightmare's doing.

Next was the flashlight. Now while it could lead the nightmare's to him, it could also be very useful. The manager said to not shine it in someone's eyes, and he'll do exactly what he was told NOT to do.

Finally was the Balloon Boy. If this one was anything like his, then he should be able to find it easily. The trouble was with why it was important. If he had to guess, then either this BB will be an adversary, or an objective. Maybe both.

Deciding that his analysis was complete for now, Daniel quickly pulls out the tablet. He puts it on the shelf next to the desk and looks at the screen. His eyebrow rises in surprise at what he sees.

The screen was normal, but a list of "tasks" was in the top right corner, each "task" having a little box. Daniel examined them closely.

The first task was to simply get the flashlight from the back room. Simple enough.

The other task was to find and repair Balloon Boy in the Fredbear dining hall. Daniel assumed this way the narrower dining hall he saw yesterday since the manager said BB was in the second dining hall.

Daniel looked under the tasks and saw something that made him groan. The final task was to find the exit, but it was grayed out. It said he needed to complete the other tasks first.

Knowing that he had little choice, Daniel got up and began his search. The first thing he wanted to do was get that flashlight. He needed some extra protection.

Daniel moved silently down the right hallway, wanting to get to the back room as fast as possible. He glances curiously at the barred off door at the end of the hallway, but ultimately ignores it.

Daniel stops at the entrance to the dining hall. He looks around, noting the vents that seem located over every entrance and exit. He glances up and sees one on the ceiling in front of the doorway he is in, but thankfully it is closed.

Finding no glows from the mist, Daniel deems it safe. He passes another doorway he has yet to enter and continues to the dining hall he found during the last night.

Now entering the dining hall, Daniel begins his way to the back room. He finds no trouble along the way, but he does take note of the stage to his right.

Daniel quickly reaches the end of the dining room, finding a small doorway leading into a hallway. He does a quick check for vents, and after finding them closed he continues.

Nothing much else of interest happens as Daniel grabs the flashlight, but he does get quite spooked by the Marion-esque robot hanging on the ceiling.

Finding nothing else of interest, Daniel leaves the back room and enters the Fredbear dining hall. He spies a shelf close to his current position and quickly puts the tablet down for a quick check.

He was able to find the Jack O's within the other dining room, searching by the office. He smiles at the opportunity presented. If they were over there, he should have some time to look at BB.

Daniel takes the tablet off the shelf and continues walking. Deciding that the stage is the best place to start, Daniel makes his way over. The stage wasn't anything impressive. It was a simple half-circle wood stage with a red curtain surrounding it.

Deciding that he's stared long enough, Daniel makes his way to the steps on the side and goes up. He pushes the curtain aside and frowns at the pitch blackness. As he wonders how he'll search, his hand brushes over the flashlight.

Pulling out the flashlight, Daniel switches it on. And it is BRIGHT. Not like "Wow the light can be seen in the lamp light" bright but more like "I am staring at the sun and it hurts" bright. Daniel has to squint almost to the point of shutting his eyes just to see. He guesses it was never meant for simple searching.

The flashlight does its job though as Daniel finds what he is searching for. Next to a slightly deformed and skinny Golden Freddy-looking animatronic is BB. This BB has a black and gold color palette, but is basically the same as his BB.

Daniel walks quickly to the BB and kneels down. He begins examining BB for any damage.

Ever since he went on his year-long trip, he has been using many different skills. One of which is being used now. He learned some basic and intermediate engineering skills from Vincent after they healed him.

After a few moments of examining, Daniel is able to determine the problem. Inside BB's control panel a few wires had gotten loose. He quickly puts them together, and instantly regrets it. The wires let off a large spark, shocking Daniel right hand.

Daniel yelps as the spark hits his hand. He tries moving the hand, put it doesn't do more than twitch. Daniel's eyes widen in shock. He knows that despite the size, that spark shouldn't have done so much damage.

Sending a quick message to Nightmare about the problem, Daniel continues his work more carefully this time. The work is painstakingly slow since he can't use his right hand, but he manages.

After he puts the last wire back, Daniel gets up and sighs. He breathes slightly heavier, his eyes drooping. The sickness he recently recovered from along with this adventure is exhausting him. He wouldn't be surprised if he starts running on adrenaline soon.

After spending a few moments of rest, Daniel walks out of the stage. He almost sighs in relief when the flashlight is turned off and he can see normally again. Taking a quick scan of the dining hall, and finding no angry nightmares, Daniel goes back to the shelf he used.

He puts the tablet on the shelf and checks the tasks. He smiles in relief when he sees that all he needs to do is exit.

Daniel switches off the tablet and begins making his way to the maintenance room. By a stroke of luck none of the animatronics are in his way. Daniel makes his way to the room with no trouble.

Just as Daniel goes to open the door, Daniel spots something out of the corner of his eye. He isn't sure what triggered him to look that direction. Maybe it was just that something was differently colored than the surrounding, or maybe just some danger sense going off.

No matter the reason, Daniel quickly looks at where he was movement. His breath catches at what he sees.

First was what looked like a nightmare BB in a monster like pose. Claws at the ready in front of him, razor sharp teeth bared as his mouth hangs open. The only relief Daniel had was that BB wasn't moving.

Secondly was what seemed to be Freddy at the end of the hall. Its eyes were completely black, and its 'fur' was darkened and sooty. Daniel stares a few seconds before his mind registers the link between this being and the call.

Daniel would've continues staring for a bit longer, were it not for the sudden scraping noise in front of him. His eyes snap downwards and Daniel blanches. Nightmare BB had moved, very quickly it seemed. He was now no more than 10 feet in front of him, his clawed hands scratching the wall. The curious thing though, was the fact that BB was once again not moving.

Deciding he's seen enough, Daniel quickly opens the door and shuts it. Not a moment too soon either as just a second later a loud bang hits Daniel's ear drums. He jumps back in shock and fear, wondering what just hit the door. That was when he saw the claw. A peach colored claw was sticking through the small crack on the bottom of the door, once again frozen.

Daniel just backs away slowly, and then quickly goes through the exit. He slams the door behind him, sliding down to the ground as his heart pounds. He doesn't want to think about how close he was to death there.

Daniel continues to sit there, letting the darkness envelope him like a blanket. He can't help as his eyes close slowly, his recently hidden exhaustion taking over. It would be so simple to just fall down and rest, let his weary body have a break. And he proceeds to do just that.

Deep within Daniel's mind, a black monstrosity smiles warmly as his host falls asleep. "That boy really is something. Determination like that is hard to come by. If only I could tell him how much he's made me proud" The monster glances upwards bitterly at the massive chains running across the sky-high ceiling, seen only from his 'throne'. And for just a second, the chains could be seen on him too.