I am on a roll with this. Yet another chapter.


The next day was not as bad as I thought it would be, only two parties scheduled. But it was still a storm of mess all over the place, since kids are just as messy even if they aren't part of a party. Seriously, what are they running on?

I leaned back against a wall, sighing after cleaning up a particularly large mess on the floor. I glanced over at the purple curtain of Pirate's Cove. I was actually due to go on break soon. I could take a better look at the area and Foxy. Some people tell me my curiosity will be the death of me someday.

When break time came, I stood in front of the curtain and took a quick look around to be sure no one was watching before stepping through. The dust on the floor must be at least an inch thick. I coughed a bit as stepping in kicked some of it into the air.

"Oh, jeeze." I coughed a few more times, waving it away from my face before looking around.

I noted it looked like what would have been a fun play area, a ball pit, what was probably a big sand box for kids to dig in for hidden treasure. There was even a nice big pirate ship that seemed to be the main anchor of the room, there was a door on the side but it was blocked off. It must have doubled as a fun house at one point in time.

Then there was Foxy. The star of the area. I walked over to stand in front of him. He stood about a foot taller than me if not more. I'm a short person to begin with but all the animatronics looked a bit on the tall side compared to anyone really. Now I could see exactly how bad Foxy's condition is. It's pretty bad.

"Wow. I bet you've seen better days..."

I could see he was missing most of the covering on his legs and left hand. As my eyes made their way up to take in the details I noticed the huge hole in his chest, it was big enough that you could see a part on the endoskeleton and a bit more of his mechanics if you got close enough. That seemed to be the worst of his damage. There were a few other holes here and there and when I looked at his head I saw his jaw was broken. My mind went back to what somebody said about a bite but shook that out of my head. I giggled at bit at the sight of an eye patch over his right eye.

I walked a circle around him for any other details. I let and hand brush against his tail, it felt about as messed up as the rest of his fur looked. As I went back to standing in front of him I traced his hook, surprised to see how sharp it was for something that was meant to entertain kids. I would kill for the opportunity to clean him up a bit after feeling his fur and having to wipe off my hands on my apron.

"Well, better go before I get in trouble for wandering in here. Later, Foxy."

I smiled before leaving Pirate's Cove and used the rest of my break time to eat something before getting back to work. At one point my boss called me to his office; he wanted to discuss a small change in my work schedule.

I sat down in front of his desk, "So…what's up?"

He smiled, "Ali, I'm thinking of making a small change to your work schedule and wanted to go over it with you before making it final."

I nodded, a little, "Okay, so what's the change?"

"How do you feel about after hours cleaning?"

I thought for a second, "You mean, 'after hours' as in after the place closes for the day?"

He nodded, "That's right."

To be honest, it doesn't sound that bad, it'd be getting more time in which means adding some over time to my check. Though the look on his face told me I'd end up doing it regardless of what I said.

"I guess I don't have a problem with it."

He smiled, "Wonderful, the change will start tomorrow. Just come see me at closing tomorrow, there will be a few more things to discuss."

"O..kay.." I left and waited until the door was closed to shudder a bit. My boss is a nice guy and everything but something about him gives me the creeps. Like there's always something he's not telling me.

It's probably just me.


Yeah...This one ended up short too. But the real fun will be starting soon.