Some Things Are Better Left Buried

By: Miss-DNL

Chapter 9: Night 4

Cole Henderson stood in the parking lot of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, staring at the building with barely retained fear. The pizzeria looked a lot more frightful than it should to him. Never in his life did he expect a pizzeria of all things to look so haunting. His eyes darted from one of the front windows to the next, half expecting to see one of the animatronics waiting for him. He saw nothing but empty darkness. Cole wasn't sure whether that comforted him or not. As he approached the building Cole figured it was better than nothing.

Cole looked to his wrist watch, it was eleven forty-five. Earlier in the day he'd called Gregor to go over what he needed to know. Gregor warned him that the animatronics would be more active than they had on his first shift, and that all of them would be active tonight-including Freddy. That had caused Cole to swallow uneasily. Gregor stated that it, typically, took a few hours for Freddy to move. That wasn't much but it was something. After learning all he could from Gregor Cole ended the conversation and hung up.

"It's just till I find a new job…" Cole told himself as he grabbed the cold, unwelcoming, door handle of Freddy's front doors. He'd put in a lot of applications, in any place he could possibly apply for, yesterday. Cole never thought he could do as many application as he had. He hadn't gotten a call back yet, but he hoped he would soon.

With a push, Cole went through the front doors and into the darkened Freddy Fazbear's. He couldn't help but feel like he was being watched, from somewhere. The guard ignored the paranoid thought and headed into the security office. Cole checked his watch, it was almost eleven fifty.

Alone in the building Cole felt himself shiver, the chilly air brushing past him. With what time he had to spare Cole readied himself for the night. He put the flashlight and empty Freddy head onto the desk. From his pocket he pulled out some spare batteries for the flash light, and counted how many he had. That was the best he could do to prepare for the night he had ahead of him.

Even though he learned the animatronics were only active after midnight Cole picked up the control tablet and flicked through the cameras-the power limit was only in effect after midnight as well. As he had been told the animatronics were all where they should be. With a small, shallow, gulp Cole tried to mentally prepare himself for his shift. He looked down at his wrist watch and savored the ten minutes he had left. While he waited Cole played the recording left by Gregor, but he just went over what Cole had already learned from him. It was nice to have a refresher though.

Shortly after midnight Bonnie and Chica moved off the stage, Bonnie headed immediately for the hall. So far Chica hadn't left the main party room (her cupcake unfortunately back on its plater). The chicken seemed; for the moment, content to wander back and forth. Balloon Boy had left the prize corner and was standing just outside of it, staring at the nearest camera. What had been most shocking was seeing Mangle hanging from the kitchen ceiling. Almost more worrying was the fact the music box seemed to unwind faster than it had on Monday. Thankfully, Freddy hadn't left the stage yet.

Despite the fear running through him Cole kept himself from just slamming both the doors shut. He'd even managed to restrain himself from monitoring the cameras too much and instead only checked when he heard something move. Even still, he couldn't figure out how to get Foxy to stay behind his curtains. Already the fox was glaring at him from between the starry show drapes.

Cole flinched when he heard the sounds of several animatronics moving at once. Cole moved to check the cameras when something purple in the left office window caught his eyes. The guard jumped his chair and slammed the left door down. Bonnie was staring at him from just behind the window, the animatronic bunny glaring him with reddish eyes. Cole backed away slowly from the door button as Bonnie's head twitched every so often. A very similar noise to the one Chica had emitted from his first shift was now coming from Bonnie. It almost sounded like grabbled, choked, rasps.

Despite the disturbed feeling welling up in his chest Cole sat himself back at the desk. So long as the door was down Bonnie, nor Foxy would be able to get at him. It was hard to calm himself with the animatronic staring him down, but he managed to settle himself slightly. Cole glanced back at the bunny, the animatronic's twitching getting more unsettling. He questioned why the animatronic was behaving in such way. Was it because it was more active? Cole didn't understand how that caused any change, or why they were being more active.

Cole decided not to ponder during his shift, he needed to focus. The guard looked back to the control tablet. He flicked through the cameras again. Chica had moved onto the kitchen, she was looking at the camera out of the corner of her eye. Cole ignored this and checked on the next, Balloon Boy, Mangle and Freddy hadn't moved. Foxy, unfortunately had moved down from his stage. The fox's head was hanging to the side, tilted downward at an unnatural angle that looked painful. The camera left his eyes shining with an eerie silver glow, that part of Cole questioned whether or not it was the camera doing that.

Soon after Cole felt his heart skip a beat when Foxy practically tossed himself at the closed door of the office. The fox beat his hook and hand against the door and took a small chunk of energy with him as he left. The security guard couldn't even feel relief when the red animatronic left, because Bonnie hadn't. The animatronic still stood just behind the glass window, twitching, staring, and uttering garbled noises.

It had almost been an hour since his shift began and because of Bonnie, Cole had to leave the door down for more than half of it! He was burning through too much power too fast! He almost used more than twenty percent!

"Just leave already…" Cole muttered to himself, as if he didn't want the animatronic to hear him.

As if to spite him Bonnie didn't leave, and remained where he was when Mangle tried to pay Cole a visit through the vent. He remained there when Chica dropped by. The bunny and chicken both pinned the guard down with their jittery gazes. Cole had never felt so small before. Being caught between two robots bigger than him, and no doubt stronger than him, had easily accomplished that. His dropping power didn't help quell the feeling of panic.

Then he remembered the light glitch. After briefly berating himself about forgetting Cole picked up the flash light, flicked it on, and shined it in both robot's eyes. To be extra sure he flicked the flashlight on and off repeatedly in each's eyes. The animatronics stopped jerking their heads around and stared blankly, not even looking at Cole anymore. Almost like a switch was flipped the animatronics seemed to return to normal and walked away with heavy footsteps.

Once the animatronics had wandered far enough away, Bonnie to a side party room, and Chica to the main party room, Cole gladly lifted the doors back up. With a relieved sigh the night guard sunk back into his chair. He looked at the time, it was a little past one am. Cole pulled himself to sit properly in the chair and looked back to the control tablet.

"Have to keep an eye on them." He said to himself, reminding himself to stay diligent.

Cole checked back through the cameras. Nothing set off any alarms until he viewed Pirate's Cove, Foxy was gone. Frantically Cole searched for the pirate fox. Naturally he checked the left hall which led down to the security office. Foxy was nowhere to be seen. Cole couldn't hear any rushed footsteps either. He could only hear the sound of the other animatronic's shifting around.

"Where is he?" Cole asked aloud urgently, flipping through the cameras. He stalled when he finally found Foxy. The fox was in the right hall, head low like he was prowling. Briefly the screen flickered with static, when it cleared the fox was looking at him. The screen was then overrun with static and Cole heard hurried animatronic footsteps barreling towards him.

Before he could even think about slamming the door down, the red fox pirate lunged through the doorway with an earsplitting screech. Cole screamed in fright and jumped right out of his chair, arms flailing in the air as he back peddled away. A sharp pop sent a shudder through Cole as Foxy's robotic jaws snapped shut barely a couple of feet away from him.

Cole looked from the fox to the desk, he needed to get the flashlight. The guard steeled his weak nerves and snatched the flashlight from the edge of the desk. His action didn't go unpunished when Foxy swiped at him with his hook. Cole winced as he felt the surprisingly sharp hook scrape through his skin.

Foxy hunched back, head jittering in the same manner that Bonnie and Chica had. It took Cole only a second to realize that the animatronic was going to lunge again. Sure enough a moment later Foxy screeched lunged, and just as quick Cole jumped out of the way and out of the security office. Foxy made a distorted noise similar to a snarl as it crept towards the doorway Cole had just exited. The fox's yellow eyes pinned right on the frightened guard, its jaws shook on its joints waiting to snap down on the guard.

Soon as the fox raised its hook Cole found his wits again and strobed the animatronic. Foxy froze in place, right in the doorway, head tilted at an odd angle, jaws wide open. With the light shining on the robot, Cole could see a glimpse of the endoskeleton teeth in the back of the mouth. The guard felt a brief chill at the sight, but quickly he looked around wondering what to do. He needed to get back into the office!

I'll loop around, Cole decided to himself, Foxy will follow.

Before the fox pirate could come through, Cole hurried down the hall, towards the front entrance, to put some distance between him and Foxy. He glanced back and saw the animatronic's head twitching. Cole uttered a restrained yelp when the red fox head suddenly snapped its attention back to him. He swore that the animatronic's eyes were black. Cole wasn't left with any time to dwell on his when Foxy's earsplitting, metallic, screech tore through the air.

Author's Note: After thinking a bit and asking a couple people I've decided to cute the chapters into parts. Easier to read and quicker to post.

May have mentioned this before, but don't always expect the animatronics to behave just like their in-game selves. That'd get predictable fast.

Hope you enjoyed!