Chapter 3

Steven and the Gems arrived home to recover from their experience.

Steven: If you would excuse me, I'm gonna go lay down. Try and calm down.

Pearl: I'm gonna do the same.

Amethyst: Me too.

The three of them went to different areas to recuperate. Steven just fell asleep on his bed. 11 pm rolled around, and the Gems were prepared to leave.

Garnet: Steven has to stay this time.

Steven: What? But I want to help.

Amethyst: Listen. We didn't know what was going to be there last time. Now we know. You're not coming.

Pearl: If anything happened to you we don't know what we'd do.

Steven: You guys. I have to go. You can't leave me here alone all night.

Garnet: But we can't put you in danger.

Steven: Aren't you three gonna be there to protect me?

Pearl: Fine. If you really want to go, you can. We'll keep an eye on you.

The four made their way to the restaurant, let themselves in, and made it to their office. Midnight rolled around, starting their shift. The phone rang, and soon, Scott Cawthon's next message was heard.

Scott message: Ah...hello, hello! Uh, see, I told you your first night wouldn't be a problem. You're naturals!

Amethyst: Yay.

Scott message: Uh, by now I'm sure you've noticed the older models sitting in the back room. Uh, those are from the previous location. We just use them for parts now. The idea at first was to repair them...uh, they even started retrofitting them with some of the newer technology, but they were just so ugly, you know? The smell...uh, so the company decided to go in a whole new direction and make them super kid-friendly. Uh, those older ones shouldn't be able to walk around, but if they do, the whole heads trick shoud work on them too, so, whatever.

Pearl: And nobody thought that something like that should be investigated?

Scott message: Uh...heh...I love those old characters. Did you ever see Foxy the pirate? Oh wait, hold on...oh yeah, Foxy. Uh, hey listen, that one was always a bit twitchy, uh...I'm not sure the head tricks will work on Foxy, uh.

Amethyst: Great. More things to worry about.

Scott message: If for some reason he activates during the night and you see him standing at the far end of the hall, just flash your light at him from time to time. Those older models would always get disoriented with bright lights. It would cause a system restart, or something. Uh, come to think of it, you might want to try that on any room where something undesirable might be. It might hold them in place for a few seconds. That glitch might be in some of the newer models too.

Steven: Cool. I can use that on the cameras to keep them away from us.

Amethyst: And I'll use it to keep Foxy away.

Scott message: One more thing - don't forget the music box. I'll be honest, I never liked that puppet thing. It was always...thinking, and it can go anywhere...I don't think the masks will fool it, so just don't forget the music box.

Garnet: Puppet?

Scott message: Anyway, I'm sure it won't be a problem. Uh, have a good night, and talk to you tomorrow.

Pearl: Why are their so many bad things about all this?! Why is their not a bright light at the end of the tunnel?

Amethyst: Well, we have this flashlight to shine into that long hallway.

Pearl: Not what I meant.

Steven checked the camera and saw Bonnie was outside Parts and Service in the main hallway.

Steven: Bonnie's on the move. I don't think he's happy about his arm.

Childlike voice: Hi!

Steven: Who said that?

Amethyst: I don't know.

Pearl: That's creepy.

The phone rang again, and Scott's voice was heard.

Scott message: Hello? Hello, hello? Uh, I almost forgot to tell you. There's a character stationed in the game area that'll probably start moving around tonight. I think he's called Balloon Boy. He's an animatronic that would hand out balloons to the kids. That one was a bit different. Uh, if he gets into your room, he'll recognize you as a human and try to hand out balloons to you, but something in his animatronic machinery will cause your lights and flashlight to be disabled, regardless of how much power they have. So just make sure to throw on the masks if he's in the ventilation shaft, and he'll think he's in the wrong room, and will leave you alone for a bit. Now that should be all. Good night!

Steven checked the left vent and saw Balloon Boy crawling through.

Balloon Boy: Hello.

Steven: Hi! Hi! Oh man!

Balloon Boy was thrown off by the light flashing in his face. This froze him in a crawling position for a few seconds. Amethyst flashed the flashlight down the hall, and caught Foxy standing at the end. She started flashing it a few times, over and over, disorienting Foxy, and forcing him to retreat. New Freddy started walking down the hall, unfazed by the light, every flash, he'd appear closer and closer to the office.

Amethsyt: New Freddy's coming!

When Steven pulled down the camera tablet, New Freddy was sitting in the room, with his endo skeleton eyes revealed. Everyone threw down their masks as the room flashed before going dark. When the lights came up, New Freddy was gone.

Steven: Weird how they just disappear.

Garnet pressed the left vent light, and Balloon Boy was peaking through. Garnet threw down her Foxy mask, covering up the vent to throw off Balloon Boy. He crawled back through the vents and out the other direction.

Steven noticed the New Foxy crawling up the ceiling of the prize counter. The new Foxy gave off radio interference as Steven wound up the music box.

Steven: That New Foxy is messed up. What do we even call that?

Steven flipped over to the main hall to find Freddy standing by the door. Near the camera was also New Chica, who had lost her beak and eyes, exposing sharp teeth and dark, soulless eyes.

Steven: Ugh.

Pearl checked the right vent light and saw the New Foxy crawling through. She did the same thing as Garnet with her Chica mask. This threw off the New Foxy and drew it away.

A gong noise was soon heard, ending their shift.

Amethyst: Finally.

The Gems went home to recuperate.