Chapter 2: Meeting New Friends
"And this is Freddy's famous band!"
Mike Schmidt was screaming at the top of his lungs as him and Jermey Fitzgerald entered the room where the animatronics were kept for performances.
Just a day prior, Jeremy had managed to land himself the job of the night shift security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzera, a weeks old restaurant new to town.
"This is Bonnie."
A purple bunny with large ears and big, white chompers stared back at Jeremy with a look on it's face as if to say, "Hello, friend!".
"This is Chica."
A yellow chicken with a huge beak and a ton of feathers glared at Jeremy, as him and Mike walked down the line.
"And of course, Freddy's band would not be complete without Mr. Fazbear himself, Freddy!" Mike exclaimed as he began to tell the history of the particular animatronic.
"Mr. Fazbear, our founder, wanted a animatronic modeled after him and this is what the original designer came up with because everyone always said Mr. Fazbear was a big ole' teddy bear!"
Mike let out a light chuckle as he say a look of concern spread across Jeremy's face, "Oh but don't worry, these guys are harmless! They only serve one purpose, and that is to entertain the children day in and day out for the last twenty years!".
"Twenty years?" Jeremy was amazed the company had been around that long, yet this was the only Freddy Fazbear's he had ever seen before.
"Yes sir, we started out as Fredbear's Family Diner, then we got a new place and we rebranded as Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria!".
"What happened to that place?" Jeremy asked inquisitively.
"It got old, we wanted an upgrade so here we are!" Mike said, trying hard to bury the question deep into the ground.
"Anything else you might want to show that is of importance to my job?" Asked Jeremy looking around the empty room where children are normally crowding the seats by the load.
"Oh yes, Pirate's Cove!"
"Pirates Cove, eh meh laddy!" Jeremy said mockingly, as him and Mike shared a laugh for the first time.
"Yes, it's we our matey Foxy is at! Originally he had been in Kid's Cove after being downgraded on the scary level, but since opening here in our new location we designed Pirate's Cove to come back and we put him back in his rightful spot!"
Mike led Jeremy through a set of double doors with pirate ships and an ocean painted nicely onto them. When they pass through the doors, the room is dimly lit save for the spot light that seemed to shining on a small display stage with a curtain enveloping the entire length of the stage.
"So this is where Foxy stays, he doesn't come out too much but when he does the children get really excited about him!"
"He must be a fan favorite." said Jeremy walking around the small stage trying to catch a glimpse of the fox.
"Something to that effect!" Mike chimed back winking at Jeremy.
As Mike wrapped up the tour of the restaurant, Jeremy asked when was his first night going to be.
"Tonight! If you want …"
"That's perfect for me! My parents want me out of their house so I need to start making some moolah fast!"
"Well tonight's your first night, and you can report here by midnight by entering through the back of the pizzeria through a door that comes into the security room which is your station."
"Then my shift ends at 6?"
"Yes sir, and from then I can take over."
"Sounds good, Mr. Schmidt, I can't wait to work for you and the Fazbear family!"
"Be here tonight kiddo, I'll leave you some guidelines, but you should be fine!" Mike walked Jeremy out to the parking lot and watched drive off, not sure what he had just done to that poor soul driving away.