Lethean (William Afton X Reader)

彡[ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 33: ᴄᴇʟʟᴀʀ]彡

I stood next to the unoccupied chair with my hands closed inside my pockets and sat down. Henry had his fingers intertwined, his elbows resting on his brown desk. "A... nightguard?" I mumbled.

"Yes, it'll only be temporary, until the technicians repair the cameras. Every single footage is broken, including the audio" he replied. "I looked into the feed regarding your unfortunate incident again, but everything's fuzzed up. The repair's supposed to be today, but it was moved to Monday next week for unknown reasons."

Henry cursed under his breath again as he rubbed his temples. I won't be surprised if Cassidy was the one who messed with the cameras, she's a ghost for goodness' sake. You can basically control electromagnetic frequencies if you're one and move stuff with your mind, depending on how strong an apparition is. Every single thing consists of energy or is made up of energy. What the—Why do I know this?

"I've asked Vanessa for the temporary nightguard duty but she's scared to the bone. You might have already heard from them how unsettling our animatronics are, right?" Henry leaned back on his chair. "Will is out of the question because the band gets a little er... quirky the next day when he's around."

"Yeah, I think everyone's scared of 'em," I said, crossing my arms. Of course they're gonna act up when William's here, he's their killer but Henry doesn't know that. Charlie seemed to have told everyone I was trustworthy so, who knows, maybe I'll see Chris again. Apart from that, I did tell Susie that I'll have a chat with them when I can.  "I'll do it"

"Wait—Seriously? Is it really fine with you?"

"Yeah, it's only 2 days. It shouldn't be so hard" I shrugged. My only problem would be Cassidy who's out to get me. Then, I recalled what Chris told me before.

"Big sis said you're a special case (Y/N), that's why you can touch us but in return, we can also touch you um... physically. Cassidy found out and used it against you."

If physical contact was indeed possible, I can just hold her back with a hand, hopefully not accidentally smacking her head. Although I do need to be careful, she is a specter and I'm about to spend a night with 6 of them. Now it got me thinking about how many hours I have to stay, so I asked.

"Your shift will start exactly at midnight up to 6 AM, a whole 6 hours" the man with glasses answered, "The cameras will still work, but they won't be able to record anything, not even the audio."

"Thank you kiddo, you're a lifesaver. I'm really sorry for putting you up with this task, if only I could do it instead, but I still have a pile of paperwork to do" Henry motioned his head to the stacks of papers on his desk. They're like a goddamn mountain, going over that must be a headache and a pain in the ass.

He reached for my shoulder and patted it as another way of saying sorry. I beamed and told him no apology was needed. He was worried about me and everything, kind of like a dad, to the point he wanted me to go home and sleep throughout the afternoon so I can stay awake later. The fear of not doing anything stirred in my stomach again so I convinced the man to let me help around the pizzeria until 3 PM at least.

The animatronics performed as usual, but Chica got the most attention for her new voice. No one expected me to tamper with it, in a good way because of how tricky it was, and they were even more surprised I knew how to read the complicated manuals, saying how I'm actually taking my job as a mechanic seriously. The positive side of this is getting paid more since I'm technically taking on 3 roles; waitress, mechanic, and nightguard.

Vanessa had given me the key to the security office, along with a flashlight since the power will be shut down by the time midnight strikes and only the cameras will operate. "I'mma call you later because you haven't answered my questions yet" she ran her fingers through her hair.