Night Shift at Freddy's

Chapter 4: Freddy Leaves His Stage

Even though Mike heard rumors of someone going missing at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, he still went for his third night.

He crawled through the holes drilled into the Office, and the phone rang soon after midnight. Phone Guy was back, and he said, "Hello, hello?"

Mike replied, "Yep, I'm back! I saw some things in the Backstage area. What are those about?"

Phone Guy said, "What in particular?"

"I saw a box that played music sometimes. What is that about?"

"Uh, that was a test character that we no longer use. They are known as the Puppet, and they stay in that music box. Um, I doubt you'll get to see them. Er, don't open that music box up, either. They, uh, don't like it."

"Also, there is a yellow Bonnie. Can you explain that to me?"

"Uh, that is 'Spring Bonnie,' another concept that we decided to test. Uh, you know how workers dress in mascot costumes to create the illusion that mascot characters walk around?"

"I'm familiar."

"We decided to create something intended to make those not necessary. Uh, he's called a 'Springlock Suit,' and he is meant to be a hybrid between a robot and a suit. Um, he has an AI for his robot mode, but in his suit mode, it, uh, shuts off. Er, you need a crank to turn it from robot mode to suit mode, and it cannot go into robot mode while there is something inside of it. That is, um, a safety feature so that it doesn't go into robot mode while someone is inside of it, which I think would kill the one wearing it."

"Finally, why is there an empty Freddy suit?"

"Uh, that? We shouldn't need a second one. I'll go tell management about it."

"That's all I wanted to say."

"I have something to say. Uh, Freddy will now wander around starting tonight. And, uh, he's quite smart, staying in dark areas. You remember what I said about his reason for wanting to get into your Office?"

"I remember."

"Now you have that to worry about. Also, fun fact: Chica used to be from another location called Chica's Party World. We bought them out and put Chica in our cast, booting Foxy off of the stage. Oh, hey, before I go, uh, I wanted to ease your mind about any rumors you may have heard. I can assure you that anything going on out there, however tragic it may be, doesn't have anything to do with our establishment. Okay, hang in there, and I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Chica was the first one to leave the stage, doing so at 1 AM, followed by Bonnie at 2 AM. Freddy left the stage at 4 AM, moving faster than Mike expected.

During all of this, he was not looking at Foxy, but the cameras were up enough that he didn't leave.

6 AM came after lots of stress, so Mike left as soon as he could.

He returned to Freddy's the following night, crawling into the Office.

Phone Guy called, and he said, "Hello, hello?"

Mike replied, "I'm here again."

Phone Guy said, "Hey, wow, day four. I knew you could do it. Uh, just to update you, uh, there's an, uh, investigation going on. Uh, we may be going downhill. I'll just keep you up to date as events unfold. Uh, just as a side note though, Bonnie seems to have been, uh, blinking in a strange pattern we haven't been able to understand. He stares at Freddy while doing so. We are starting to worry, but all four of them interact with kids, adults, and staff just fine. Uh... anyway, hang tight. This will all pass. Good night!"

The call was quite short. The most interesting part of the night was that Bonnie and Chica were twitching when they got to the hall corners. Chica was also bucking like a chicken, which Mike found significant because she had just said "Pizza" before.

Freddy was more active, Bonnie and Chica arrived at the blind spots more often and stayed for longer, and trying to keep track of Freddy helped Mike avoid Foxy.

He saw that he was losing power fast, so he decided to see how long he could last while keeping both doors closed and not looking at the monitors.

He did not make it to 6 AM with any power. Freddy played the Toreador March in a music box style for long enough that his shift ended.

As Mike left, he felt that he was being watched, but not from cameras, as there were none in the Office. He decided to sleep before returning for the last night of his shift.