Chapter 2: What's going on?
Foxy goes to where his friends are and they too are playing their final song before they go on break. Once they are done playing, the four of them go backstage to talk about this. It was safe to say that none of them knew what the hell was going on, not even the employees in the pizzeria knew what was going on either.
"Okay, umm, what's going on?" asked Freddy, "The health inspector just showed up out of the blue." "Did he find we sold Red Dull?" asked Bonnie, "You know, the one that allegedly has-" "Please don't go there Bonnie..." said Chica, "Maybe we got complaints from those visiting? Like a pizza that had consequences after eating." "Or perhaps it may have been the act that nearly caused a power outage across town," said Foxy, "Who knew using me self made dj set would make homes and businesses turn into strobe lights. I remember one wee lad liked it so much, he was dancing on the floor."
An employee came to the backstage. "Hey, I don't mean to interrupt you guys, but this is important," she tried to explain. "If this involves the health inspector, we already saw him visit," said Freddy, "Did he want anything to say to us when we were in the middle of playing?" "That's the thing," the employee continued, "He kinda just dropped by, checked everything out, then said to tell you guys that this place is shut down for 5 days after today and will be closed down completely after 5 days. So we might be screwed, all of us."
Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy were confused yet shocked by this. "This is a joke, right?" asked Chica. "Absolutely no joke," replied the employee, "Just check the front door, there's a orange paper on there." So they went to check and there was indeed an orange paper taped onto there. It said the following.
As of Monday, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza will be closed until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience.
"Well that's a first," said Chica. "Shite," murmured Foxy, "The lassie really ment what she said." This obviously didn't make Freddy very happy at all, "We're going to town hall immediately!" said Freddy. "Let's all get into my new vehicle," said Bonnie, "After all, I have yet to show you guys."
At Town Hall
There is an man sitting in his office with a name plate that said: Bruce Friedlander Town Mayor. He was just sitting around while also doing paperwork. There wasn't very much to say about him, other than him just being mayor. Or at least that's what it seemed.
Just then, someone was calling him. "Mayor Friedlander," he said as he picked up the phone. "It's me, the health inspector," said a voice, "I mean, the guy who was able to make his way into being a health inspector thanks to my boss. Anyway, it's done. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is essentially gonna be gone within a week, unless they can hatch up a plan clever enough." "I hope your happy that you and your boss don't have to deal with this, because I do!" Mayor Friedlander snapped. He then hung up the phone.
Almost immediately after, the mayor called someone. "Hello?" asked a voice on the other line. "It's Mayor Friedlander, one of your people called to tell me to tell you that they got the job done," he said. "Well that's perfect ain't it?" the voice replied, "Soon I will have it demolished and turned into something my business empire is known for, golf courses!" "Yeah, yeah, yeah," Mayor Friedlander complained, "You and your golf, while you leave me to do ALL your dirty work. Can't believe I let you talk me into this; arrangements for business my ass. You know Freddy Fazbear and his crew are going to show up to me about this, right? Then I have to come up with the excuses to them while you sit back and smoke weed everyday!"
There was a moment of silence. "Were you trying to quote Snoop Dogg?" asked the individual. "What? No!" the mayor replied, "Not trying quote a rapper in a time like this! The situation is serious! Do you know the pizzeria is under Fazbear Entertainment? Fredbear doesn't screw around with stuff like this, especially since he is the father of Freddy! Meanwhile, you don't seem too concerned about this and continue to live like it's life of da party!" There was another moment of silence. "I swear, your quoting Snoop Dogg," said the voice again.
Mayor Friedlander was getting frustrated, "If the police find out the practices we are doing, it's gonna end up with us in prison for a LONG time! And if you won't take this seriously, then don't come crawling to me when shit hits the fan!" "I'm just kidding around!" the voice replied, "Besides, I own the police. They're with us no matter what. So you see? We're fine. Just do what your supposed to do as mayor and eventually things will go our way. Anyway, good day Friedlander." "Goodbye," said Mayor Friedlander as he hung up the phone.
He had an extremely annoyed look on his face. Looked like he was ready to punch a wall or something. "My God," Friedlander complained, "Stop living like your young, wild, and free."
Meanwhile
A white van was driving down the road on the way to town hall. As it turns out, it was Bonnie's personal vehicle. He was driving with the radio playing, while Freddy and the others glared at him while he was driving. Bonnie noticed this and knew something was up.
"Okay, you guys have been staring at me for 5 minutes straight," he said, "What did I do now?" "Bonnie, are you sure you are not a serial killer?" asked Freddy. "What? Just because I drive a white van?" Bonnie replied, "Come on Freddy, you know we need to put our things somewhere when we are able to go on tour!" "Freddy only ment that in a hypothetical way laddie," said Foxy. "I know, but still, I thought I'd be prepared ahead of time when or if that time comes," said Bonnie.
Chica looked around the van. It didn't have any seats, which made it nothing but open space and emptiness, except for the driver and passenger seat up front. "I feel like I got abducted," Chica said. "Oh my God," Bonnie sighed, "You guys will get used to it, trust me."
Before they knew it, they were pulling up to town hall. Everyone got out of the van, and approached city hall. "Alright, let's see what happens," said Freddy. "We should just enter like one of those badasses with sunglasses in movies," Bonnie suggested. "Or we could just walk in and get straight to the point," also suggested Foxy. This obviously disappointed Bonnie, as he clearly wanted to do that, whether to lighten the mood or just for shits and giggles. "How about this? Next time we visit city hall we can do that," reassured Chica. This made Bonnie feel a bit better.
The 4 entered city hall and went to the reception desk. "Oh hey!" said the receptionist, "If it isn't Fazbear and the gang!" "Hey Cheryl," replied Freddy, "Is the mayor around? We need to speak to him about something important going on." "Mayor Friedlander should be avaliable in his office, I'll call him," Cheryl said.
She picked up the phone and dialed the mayors office phone. "Mr. mayor, you got some visitors from Freddy Fazbear's Pizza," Cheryl said. "I had a feeling they'd show up," said Mayor Friedlander on the line, "Lucky for them I am avaliable. You can let them know I am open for visitors." "Will do," Cheryl replied, before hanging up the phone and turning towards Fazbear and the gang, "The mayor is avaliable whenever you guys are ready." Freddy wasted no time and neither did his friends, as they immediately went to Friedlander's office.
Meanwhile, Friedlander was pacing around, trying not to panic. He knew he needed to come up with good excuses and quickly. "Think Bruce, think!" he said to himself, "What would work that could convince Freddy that something is indeed wrong? Maybe complaints of a foul odor? Perhaps that could work?"
A knock from Friedlander's door came which startled him. He knew immediately who it was as he went to open the door. "Hey guys, come on in," he said. Freddy and his friends entered into the office and took their seats. "So, what seems to be the problem?" Friedlander asked. "The health inspector!" replied Freddy, "He doesn't even bother talking to us, but talks to the employees of mine and gives us the orange paper stating we are closed starting Monday! And in his words, "Have 5 days before closure." Like, what is going on?"
"Before I explain why you guys got that paper, you must know some things," Mayor Friedlander explained, "After the COVID-19 Pandemic struck, our town hasn't been the same in some regards. Jobs were lost and places closed, so obviously, this may or may not have led to new hires not being the most experienced. I'm sure you understand where I am going with this. However, the health inspector did mention somewhere in his notes that the pizzeria had a foul odor somewhere near the back of the building that could spread to the rest with time." "Foul odor?" asked Freddy, flabbergasted, "There was no foul odor when we were at the pizzeria! There must have been some mistake. I mean, not even our day or night guards have reported any smells that might be-"
Just then, Freddy's phone began ringing, which had the Toreador March as the ringtone. "Hello?" he asked. "Hey, it's Terry, one of your cooks," said the person on the other line. "What's up Terry? We're trying to get the situation figured out." "There's an awful smell in here, bad enough for customers to leave and even us employees needed to get out for fresh air." "What? You serious right now?" "I'm not kidding Mr. Fazbear, it's bad, I mean REALLY bad. The health inspector did complain about bad odors prior, not sure if he told you that." "We were told about it not too long ago. I thought it wasn't true, but I guess my original thoughts were wrong. We'll be back soon." "Alright, we'll talk more about it after I guess, goodbye." "Bye."
Bonnie, Foxy, and Chica looked at Freddy. "You alright captain?" asked Foxy, "You look like ye got bad news." Freddy took a deep breath, then said, "I just got word from one of the cooks, Terry. He says that there is an odor so bad he and the rest of the staff had to go outside for fresh air." The gang knew something was up, as it was becoming really weird. "We're heading back to the pizzeria to check it out," said Freddy, then he looked at the mayor, "We'll continue this conversation another time, and soon."
Once Freddy and his friends left Friedlander's office, Friedlander breathed a huge sigh of relief as he not only saved himself from trouble, but somehow predicted the odor, despite it being a lie. "How could you lie and somehow predict that happening?" he laughed to himself, "Wow Bruce, for once, luck is on your side!"
To be continued in the next chapter...
(Chapter 2 published 2/10/24)
