FNAF: Things Are Never What They Seem (2)

Joy, night two... I sat up with a sigh and looked at the time. It was 6:34 PM which meant that I had time to eat and shower. With yet another sigh, I drag myself out from under the covers and out of bed.

Do I want to stay at Freddy's for another six days? No, not at all. For the sake of the money, will I stay? Yeah, probably. Unless I get stuffed in a suit and die. But let's not think about that right now. I mean, as long as I'm careful, they shouldn't be able to get me... Right? Right. I shake my head and walk into the kitchen, the need for coffee taking over.

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I left the house at 10:15. I wanted to be a little earlier tonight, talk to Mike a little and find out why exactly do the animatronics do what they do. I mean, I highly doubt that it's just the endoskeleton thing. That could be a part of it, yes, but... Part of me feels like there's more than meets the eye for these robots.

Mike was pretty surprised to see me walk in the doors at 11:00 so much so he actually fell out of the chair he was in. I laughed, then went over to help him up. He thanks me and settles back down into his chair.

"What're you doing here so early?" he asks, setting down the local paper.

I shrug. "I thought that maybe if I talked to someone before my shift, I wouldn't be on edge so much," I say.

Mike nods. "Makes sense. But you know, now that you're here I don't technically have to be here anymore," he says while grinning evily.

"You wouldn't do that to me, would you?" I question, feigning innocence.

"Nah, I wouldn't. Anyways, what did you wanna talk about?"

I pull out a chair and sit. "Well... I was curious about the animatronics." I glance towards them on the stage and I saw Bonnie's eyes flicker away from me. Shit, they're already moving, and it's not even time for my shift...

"Well, what about them?"

"Do they really think that the night guards are endoskeletons or is there a deeper backstory to it?" I ask, leaning forward.

"There's no backstory. They just don't have a human recognition feature is all. I mean, during the day they know the difference but I guess at night it's a different story," Mike says, looking at the animatronics.

"But... That's... Really odd. Like why wouldn't they know the difference at night too?"

"I really don't know Bunny... Look, I'll tell you what. I'll stay here with you tonight and-"

"No."

"No?"

"You don't have to stay here tonight. I can handle a few animatronics on my own," I say. But I really wasn't sure if I could. Part of me wanting Mike to protest and stay, the other part of me wanted to prove to him that I could handle this.

Mike shakes his head. "I'm staying with you tonight no 'ifs', 'ands' or 'buts' about it," he says.

I sigh, partially in defeat and partially in relief. At least I wouldn't be alone tonight.

'Kind of a strange first date though...'

Wait, where'd that come from? You know what, I don't care. I need to be focus on the job ahead. Not on weird first date things...

"You okay Bunny? You look like you're about to bust a blood vessel..." Mike says.

"Hm? Oh yeah, yeah I'm fine," I say, clearing my thoughts. I glance at the watch and panic. It was 11:57, three minutes and those robotic killers were going to come to life and well... Kill us.

"Okay, well we gotta like, go. It's 11:57," I say. And with thag we ran to the security office.

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12:01 AM

99% Power

"Can you hit play on the phone recording, Mike?" I ask while picking up the tablet with the camera veiws.

"Uhh, Hello? Hello? Uh, well, if you're hearing this and you made it to day two, uh, congrats! I-I won't talk quite as long this time since Freddy and his friends tend to become more active as the week progresses. Uhh, it might be a good idea to peek at those cameras while I talk just to make sure everyone's in their proper place. You know..."

I check the cameras to discover that Bonnie was already missing. "Ah fuck me sideways..."

Mike looks over at me. "Is that an offer?"

"Shut it Schmidt," I hiss as I flip through the cameras to find Bonnie in the party room.

"Uh... Interestingly enough, Freddy himself doesn't come off stage very often. I heard he becomes a lot more active in the dark though, so, hey, I guess that's one more reason not to run out of power, right? I-I also want to emphasize the importance of using your door lights. There are blind spots in your camera views, and those blind spots happen to be right outside of your doors. So if-if you can’t find something, or someone, on your cameras, be sure to check the door lights. Uh, you might only have a few seconds to react... Uh, not that you would be in any danger, of course. I'm not implying that. Also, check on the curtain in Pirate Cove from time to time. The character in there seems unique in that he becomes more active if the cameras remain off for long periods of time. I guess he doesn't like being watched. I don't know. Anyway, I'm sure you have everything under control! Uh, talk to you soon."

"Of course you're not implying that I'm in any danger. You stupid ass hat," I say.

"Hey, calm down Bunny. You aren't in any danger," Mike says.

I nearly dropped the tablet I was holding. "You have got to be kidding me. You. Have. To. Be. Fucking. Kidding. Me. You know what it's like here, you were nightshift once. Those robots are fucking terrifying!" While ranting, I flipped through the cameras again. Chica was in the kitchen, Bonnie was in the closet... Foxy was behind his curtain. All was good.

"Hear me out Bunny. They don't see me as an endoskeleton. That's why I said I'd stay with you tonight-"

I was listening but couldn't find Bonnie anywhere. Checking the door light I saw he was there. I slamed the door down and looked at Mike, very annoyed.

"You were saying?"

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3:06

59% Power.

Foxy had already made a run down the hallway twice, thanks to Mike distracting me. Chica was at one door, Foxy had his head out of the curtain AGAIN and Bonnie was hidding in the backstage area.

"I have 59% power left, its three AM... I'm good, no thanks to you," I say, glaring at Mike.

He holds his hands up in surrender and checks the door light. That's the job I assigned him to, checking the doors. My job was to watch where the animatronics are. Bonnie moved again, he was walking down the halkway.

"Be ready to shut that door. Bonnie is coming," I say while going back to check on Foxy, who's head was still out of the curtain.

Before the door slams shut, I hear something that sounds like an "I'm sorry" from Mike. I look at him in disbelief.

"Did you just apologize to that damned thing?"

"How many times do I have to tell you that they're not what they seem?"

"Until I believe it. Is he gone?"

"Not yet."

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5:50

8% Power.

"I swear if that god damned fox comes back to that god damned door I'm going to shove that hook so far up his ass he's gonna-" my rant was cut short when Mike covered his hand over my mouth. I bit his finger and he jumped back.

"Now why did you have to bite my finger for?" he asked.

"That will teach you to cover my mouth. Check the door."

I checked the power and the time. 5:53 with 5% power. I can do this. Suddenly the door slams shut. It was the right door so that means Chica was here... Maybe I can't do this. The power goes out and I stand up, finding Mike.

We back up against the wall in the back of the office. All too soon, Freddy was at the door, playing a tune of death. It was only 5:54. We're not going to make it. The music suddenly stops and my thought was 'this is it.'

But then Freddy spoke, and my blood ran cold.

"Mike? What are you doing here?"