Night 4
You run to your car, as fast as you can. Jumping inside, you speed off to work.
Why were you even in such a big hurry to get back to the nightmare? Well, you were still going.
This was the fourth night.. You were nearly done. Then you'd get a raise, and the animatronics wouldn't be able to move...
You pull up, and see Mark by the door. He's standing outside, looking a bit shaken up.
His eyes widen as he sees you, and remains silent as you jump out of your car run up to him.
"WHY ARE YOU OUTSIDE?!" You yell right in his face.
Even though he is massively taller, he still cowers and mumbles softly in response. "T-They all left the building... Will, Alpha, Delta, Gamma and Harry.. They're all gone.."
Panicked at this point, you look around for any sign of the animatronics; and hear an explosion coming from the east side of town.
Eyes wide, you look up and gesture for Mark to get in the car.
The animatronic shook his head, a look of fear in his eyes. "B-But- I-"
"In!" You scream, causing the meerkat to cower and crawl inside.
Quickly jumping in, you drive towards the sound of the explosion.
"Don't let anyone be dead... Don't let anyone be dead.." You kept whispering to yourself, trembling as you drove on.
Mark remained silent as you drove, glancing over at you every now and then.
Why did he not want to kill you anyway? Well, if he was on your side you needed all the help you could get.
God only knew what that psychotic lion had the pack doing.
After what seemed like an eternity, but you knew was actually a very brief car ride, you reach the east side of town.
Jumping out of your car, you look around and see Harry standing in the middle of a road, generally just scaring people and laughing.
"What are you doing?!" You scream at him, causing the insane bot to jerk it's head up at you. It gives you a little insane giggle and twitches.
"I'm enjoying the cool night air, of course.. Why wouldn't I?" He asks, moving closer to you.
You run towards him, and try to grab one of his numerous arms.
Successfully grabbing onto one, you yank him back towards the car.
Suddenly, you have a great idea that may get you killed.
Grabbing onto one of his two heads, you struggle to keep him contained as he struggles in your grasp.
"MARK!" You scream, causing the meerkat to jerk his head up with wide eyes.
Still sitting in the car, he quickly gets out and looks at you fearfully. "Y-Yeah?"
"Help me!" You demand, as he rushes over, but doesn't get too close, as the other head is snapping around.
"Unlock my trunk!" You ordered, making him take a step back.
"Why-"
"JUST DO IT!"
Without hesitation, the meerkat quickly ran to the back of the car, trying to pull the trunk open.
"It's- Stuck!" He whines, trying to pull it open forcefully.
Still struggling to keep Harry under control, you grunt as one of his arms cuts your leg. "Get the keys!" You yell, making the animatronic scramble to the driver's seat to retrieve the keys.
Taking them out of the ignition, he scrambles back to the trunk and unlocks it; quickly lifting it up.
You yank the struggling animatronic to the back of the trunk, as his heads continue to snap at you.
"MARK! YOU IDIOT! One of Harry's heads hisses, growling at the frightened meerkat.
"You're one of us!" It screams, as you throw it into the trunk.
It goes to lunge at you, but Mark quickly slams the trunk shut, a loud metal clunk echoing from inside the trunk.
"IDIOT! IDOT! IDOT!" The multiple heads screamed in unison, as Mark took a step back.
Panting, you take a step back and sigh. "Thank you..."
Mark looked somewhat surprised by your thanks, but nods in response.
"Can you drive?" You ask, turning to him.
"Uhhh... No?" He responds, looking to you confused.
Seeing you're not amused, he nervously laughs and shakes his head.
"I-I mean yes! Of course... What animatronic.. can't drive?"
Rolling your eyes, you grab the keys from his hands, quickly shuffling to the front of your car and starting it.
"Just- Get him back to the pizzeria. Contain him somehow.."
Giving you a small nod, you watch as he gets in. Not having any time to waste, you look over at the bridge leading over a river and out of the town.
You see Gamma on it, and he was.. glowing?
Deciding to go for him, you quickly begin to run to the bridge.
As you run closer, you realise he is talking to a golden figure on the bridge, that looks like a bear.
The bear instantly disappears when he realises you caught sight of him.
Stopping dead in your tracks, you look at Gamma silently.
The lion turns and stares directly back at you, a blank expression on his face.
"Get back to the pizzeria!" You yell, not wanting to get any closer to the lion. "You are scaring people! You will get shut down if-"
"I already know that they are getting replaced night guard, while I am not. I will never get replaced, I will get scrapped, so why can't I enjoy one of my last nights?" He asks, a calm, expressionless tone in his voice.
Standing in silence, the two of you stare at each other for a long moment.
After thinking for a moment, you shake your head.
"Listen, you can teleport.. So why can't you just teleport out of the junkyard?" You ask him over the car sirens, and blazing fire in the distance.
"If I could teleport out of the pizzeria, I would.. We all would. With those doors locked we are powerless to get out. Why? I wish I knew, but even I do not.
I will follow your wish though, because sunrise is coming, and in the outside we're aggressive, even more so during the day... I do not wish to be part of the massacre of this city."
And after saying that, he disappeared, his cold metallic laugh echoing through the sky.
"There is going to be a massacre? Why? Who would program that into them? Who was that bear?" Your thoughts were interrupted by a Mark running up to you.
"I have Harry contained in the kitchen, and Gamma is helping him to be restrained.."
You nod at him, and take a quick look around you, making sure no animatronics are sneaking up on you, ready to pounce on you and end your life.
"I saw Will somewhere near the city centre...And Alpha and Delta are at the park.." It turns 5 am on your watch.
You have an hour to get both to the restaurant.
"Hey Mark? Can you try and get Will back to the restaurant? I'll try and get Alpha and Delta back inside as well..."
He gives you a quick nod, as you both turn and run your separate ways.
Arriving at the park, you see Delta calmly strolling through the traffic, humming to herself.
"Well, at least she's not killing anyone.." You think to yourself, sighing.
You turn and see Alpha, choking a man with his massive paws.
"HEY! Don't hurt him!" You scream, darting towards him, but being cautious not to get too close. "Put him down and go back to the pizzeria!" You command Alpha and Delta.
Delta turns to you, a blank expression on her face.
"Fine... If you put it so nicely, I suppose I will.." Was she being serious? You weren't sure, but you weren't going to let your guard down; especially since she'd been trying to kill you for the past several nights.
"I just wanted to see the night sky... I may be able to convince Will to come with me as well." She shrugged, a sincere look on her face.
"Wow," You mutter, taken aback by her calmness. "Thanks..?"
"No problem, night guard..." She smiled, winking at you.
"Getting my Dad to stop may be a bit harder though... Just remember, our group is a pride, and he is the leader. Use that angle." She says as she walks off.
Alpha turns to look at you in distaste. He sighs as he drops the man, who scrambles off behind a car, cowering in fear.
"So, how are you going to get me back? Because you can't, and I'll never go back. I like it here, they fear me, unlike the restaurant, where they treat me like a toy." He says with venom dripping into his voice.
"You can... Trust me, after this incident, no one will treat you like a toy. Besides, you need to head back." You say, seeing him shoot you a questioning glance.
"Why?"
"Because you're the leader, and the packs all home.. They are all alone. Someone could break them. Or worse."
He sighs, and shrugs, shaking his head. "Fine... But right after one thing..."
"You." On the last word he charges at you, and grabs your throat. You struggle as you hear something in your back cracking. A bullet pings off his shoulder. Somehow you didn't hear the police assembling in groups behind you, taking cover behind cars. He lets go of your throat and you fall to the ground.
As you enter a deep sleep, you see Gamma appear and grab Alphas shoulder, before they both disappear.
In your nightmare, you are surrounded by dead bodies. You're in parts and service, looking at Alpha through the suits eyes.
You see he has cornered someone. Without thinking, you try and throw a punch at him. He turns around and snarls at you.
"Don't take my pride away. I was first! You're second. And always will be Beta!"
You look down at your light colored cream hands, feel your furry mane, as opposed to his spiky one. You see your reflection in an endoskeleton.
You are new and shiny. You are better.
"She's coming round! I think she will be okay" an unwelcomed voice says. You look around the room. You see the hospital light.
"I'm in… the… hospital?" You say.
"Yes. Yes you are. You should be able to walk now. But you are suspended from a lot of movement for the next week or so."
"But I'll miss my job!"
"Patient, with all due respect, I don't think ANYONE will be working there anymore. After the Alpha Incident, they are shutting down the main line of animatronics. They're making new ones or something like that..."
"Great.." You sigh into your hands.