Fnaf Fazbear Frights: Stars and Tears by Lucius Redwing

Frost Bite

Snow gently fell from the sky covering the street in a pristine white coat.

Mateo watched through the window, right at the other side of the road a bright sign that said Freddy's Fazbear Pizza illuminated the night, he watched as the customers just keep coming even through it was already quite late.

Mateo's gaze shifted staring at four employees of Freddy's wearing costumes of the animatronic band that had attracted so much attention towards their stablishment.

"What the hell are you doing slacking off?!, Mateo hear his boss Jorge say," There's nothing to do, we don't even have clients, they are all in Freddy's", Mateo responded without turning around, Mateo could hear Jorge mumbling to himself, "Perhaps we should close early today" Mateo suggested, "What if a customer arrives?" Jorge asked, Mateo finally turned around and scanned their own stablishment, poorly lit, cold an lifeless, he looked at the single and outdated animatronic model standing on a very small stage, the only thing remarkable about the animatronic was it's sombrero, "I don't think that El Chip brings in as much people as the animatronics from Freddy's", Mateo responded, "Who cares about the mascot?!, what matters is the stablishment!" Jorge said, "Perhaps if you turned on the heating", Mateo said quietly, "What did you say?!" Jorge asked, the veins in his forehead becoming visible, "Me? Nothing" Mateo answered looking again through the window at the employees with the costumes, it was a impressive craft, they looked identical to the real animatronics.

Mateo and Jorge lingered at the window watching as the last people in Freddy's finished eating and leaved the building, the light turned off and the workers started to leave, three of the four persons with the costumes, left too but one remained, the one wearing the Freddy costume, he was holding some pamphlets, "Why doesn't that one go home?" Mateo asked not expecting an answer, "Hmmmm, I got an idea!", Jorge said, a smirk formed on his face, Mateo looked at Jorge puzzled, "Listen, I want you to fill a bucket with cold water and go into the roof and wait for my signal" Jorge said with a mischievous smile, "What?" Mateo asked confused.
- "Hey, my friend!" Jorge shouted at the man in the Freddy costume, the man looked around him searching for anyone else who might be the person who Jorge was speaking to, "You are talking to me?" the man in the costume asked, "Yes of course there's no one else at this late hours", the man approached Jorge moving clumsily and with difficult, "I didn't think you were talking to me, aren't El Chip and Freddy's business rivals?" , the man in the costume asked," Well, yes but I have no quarrel with a man doing honest job ", Jorge responded extending his hand, Jorge could see inside the mouth of the costume a trembling but sincere smile forming in the face of the man as he also extended his hand and they handshake," Thanks, I appreciate it", the man in the costume said, "You alright?" Jorge asked, the man in the costume nodded, "What are you doing this late still working?", Jorge asked, "I am in serious need of some extra money, my wife is trying to take the kid away and I need to pay my lawyer but my boss is an ass and doesn't stop demanding stupid things, I need to have all this pamphlets distributed for tomorrow morning!", the man in the costume said with a tired voice, "But the there's no people in the street this late at night", Jorge responded, "You don't say!", the man in the costume said followed with a quiet giggle that soon faced, Jorge tried to put a hand on the shoulder of the man but this one moved away, Jorge looked confused, "Sorry, this thing is very sensitive" the man in the costume said, Jorge raised a eyebrow, "I am really sorry for reacting like that, this thing makes me very jumpy" the man in the costume continued, "Don't worry, what is it anyway?" Jorge asked examining the costume closely, "Is kinda a secret of the company, soooooo...." the man responded, Jorge's eyebrow rose even further, the man approached Jorge and spoke quietly, "You mustn't tell anyone", the man said, "My lips are shut", Jorge answered, "So this is called a springlock suit, it can change from animatronic to costume in a moment" the man said, "No way!", Jorge shouted, "Yes way! It's amazing!" the man responded, "So that's why it looks so..... Faithful to the real ones" Jorge said surprised at this discovery, "Yes!" the man responded sounding almost proud, "But it sucks to use it, I have to wear the thinnest of clothes and the cold is unbearable" the man said, "Why don't you just leave the job?", Jorge asked, "When I said that I need the money I really mean it, I am desperated and I don't have any skills" the man responded, the sadness was apparent in his voice, there was a long quiet moment in which neither of them was speaking, "Hey, do you want to drink something? , Ehhhhhhh... I forgot to ask your name", Jorge said rubbing the back of his head, a warm smile adorning his face, "Name is Edmund and no thanks, I appreciate the offer but I cannot drink anything with this thing on" Edmund answered, Jorge's smile banished and he gave a mischievous look to Edmund, "You really don't want anything to drink? .... Not even a good glass fully filled with COLD WATER?!" Jorge shouted making a lot of emphasis on the cold water part, Jorge stared intensely at Edmund as if he was waiting for something to happen, after a while nothing seemed to happen, Edmund was absolutely confused," I said COLD WATER! ", Jorge shouted looking above himself, Edmund looked up seeing a man standing on the roof of the stablishment holding a bucket, "I feel bad for him!", Mateo responded, "Do it or I'll fire you!" Jorge shouted, "But I need the money for my family!" Mateo responded, "Then do it already or you are fired!" Jorge screamed, "I am really sorry" Mateo said shutting his eyes and preparing to throw the content of the bucket, Edmund turned around and tried to run away as fast as possible but the costume made it impossible to move fast enough, "NO, NO, WAIT, DON'T DO IT!" Edmund screamed at the top of his lungs as if he was about to be hit by a car or mauled by a bear, SPLASH!.