Chapter 2: First Inflicted On Me

Henry looked back one last time to see his daughter eating her slice of pepperoni pizza. He knew that there was really nothing to worry about. William and he had made a fool-proof system in the security puppet. If there were any problems with the safety of the children in Fazbear's Family Diner, the security puppet would be there. Still, he felt uneasy about leaving Charlie by herself. There were a couple reasons for this. Maybe one of the other children in the restaurant would tell her what had happened to Evan or, even more horrifying, maybe something like that would happen to his daughter. Henry tried to push those thoughts out of his head as he sat down at the desk.

Henry turned on his desk terminal and then pulled a sheet of paper out of the bag that he was carrying. The paper was a checklist of things that needed to be done before the end of the night. Henry looked over the list and saw there was a lot: ordering supplies for the next week, advertising the diner, and then when he was done with those two things there were a few small maintenance tasks to see to. Normally, William would take care of the business side of the restaurant so that Henry could take care of the maintenance and animatronics. However, since Evan's death, Henry told William that he would be able to do more around the diner. He did not regret that, but he also did not like the amount of work that it put on his shoulders. Henry was sure that something was going to fall through the cracks eventually. He just hoped that it was something that was not overly important to the everyday operation of Fredbear's Family diner.

As Henry put in the final order for plates and cups, he looked at his checklist.

"Everything is done," he said under his breath. Looking at the watch that he wore on his wrist he saw that it was nearly time to close the diner. Henry figured that the maintenance that he wanted to get done that night could wait until the next morning before the diner opened. He was too tired to get it done then anyways.

Henry turned off the desk terminal and walked out of the office, locking the door behind him. He walked to the stage room to see if Charlie was ready to go back home. When he got there, he could not find her in the arcade, where she normally played the Princess Quest game that William insisted that Henry buy for the restaurant. William's daughter, Elizabeth, was obsessed with the game and William assumed that other kids would be too. Henry was glad to now know that William was correct. Henry saw that some of the children that Charlie talked about a lot were still at the diner.

"Hey, guys. It is getting close to time to lock up," Henry told them.

"Oh, wow! I have never been at Fredbear's this late before," one of them, a girl who wore a pink security bracelet, said.

"Me neither. I guess we should probably find your dad, Alec," the youngest looking boy of the group said. The other boy, who Henry had just found out was named Alec, shook his head in agreement but did not say a word.

"Hey! Before you do that have you all seen Charlie? I can't find her," Henry asked.

"I think that she said something about going back to her house," Alec lied.

"She would not be able to, not without checking in with the security puppet first. I will have to check the records," Henry whispered that last part, as if talking to himself, "Have a good night, kids. Remember to come back to Fredbear's Family Diner- a place where fantasy and fun come to life!"

With that the three kids walked towards the booths and tables. They found the parent and then left. After everyone else was out of the building, Henry walked towards the security puppet. He had programed a console within the box that kept a record of how many children were in the restaurant and how many left. At the end of the day the numbers should match. When Henry first pulled out the receipt paper with the numbers on it he was happy. They had over 200 children come to the restaurant that day. 'That is a great day, for a school night,' Henry thought. Then he was alarmed to discover that the numbers did, in fact, not match. The top number read 202. The bottom said 201. There was still one child in the diner- Charlie.

"Charlie, come out now. We are not playing hide and seek tonight," Henry called out in a rather playful voice. No one answered and so Henry started to search around the restaurant, looking under tables and around corners. There was no sign that Charlie was anywhere inside. Then Henry went back to the Security Puppet's box. Perhaps Charlie was hiding inside the box, which had its lid on it. Henry thought that was a little strange. Normally, William or he would be the ones to put the lid on but he had not and William was probably at his house. William lifted the lid quickly.

"Gotcha," he said as he looked into the box. What he saw- or, rather, what he did not see- put him on high alert. Not only was Charlie not in the box. The Security Puppet was also missing.

"Charlie, this is starting to not be very funny. Get out here now," Henry shouted. Again, there was no response. Charlie liked to have fun but this was not her normal sense of humor. Most of the time when Henry called out to her she would run to him and give him a hug. Henry ran throughout the diner calling out Charlie's name as he ran.

"Charlie! Charlie! It's time to go now."

Henry then went outside to see if she was already waiting in the car. The rain that had started earlier that day was now even heavier. Henry pulled up the hood on his jacket and wiped off his glasses.

"Charlie! Are you out here," Henry said as panic started to rise in his voice.

Henry ran to his car, trying to avoid the worst of the downpour. As he got inside of the car, he saw that Charlie was not there. Then Henry noticed something strange. Through the beams of his headlights, Henry's eyes could make out a faint glimpse of white in the side of the restaurant's building. It was a contrasting sight when all that was normally there were gray trash cans or black trash bags. He got out of his car to investigate. After all, he was the owner of the diner. If there was something strange it was his job to check it out. The rain continued to fall but Henry did not seem to notice it as much now.

As Henry got closer to the place where he saw the white thing, he noticed that the water on the ground was a different color. It was hard to say why that was, but Henry felt like he had seen the color that stained the ground before. 'What is that' Henry thought. Then he looked up and what he saw nearly broke him completely. Laying down between two sets of trash cans was Charlie. She had blood dripping from her side. Next to her was the Security Puppet.