What Happens After Hours

TAPE #1

TAPE #1 
10/31/22
BREAK-IN

*BEGIN RECORDING*

“So Josh, um, why are we doing this in the middle of the night? On Halloween nonetheless?” Kyler asked his friend as the tape started recording. Showing off a bit of static until the image fixes itself to reveal that the location was taking place at a parking lot and a teenage boy, most probably Kyler’s friend Josh, looking through his bag and grabbing two flashlights; one for him and one for Kyler. 

Josh threw the flashlight at Kyler for him to catch. The camera jerked a bit as Kyler managed to catch the flashlight, though with a bit of a stumble by being caught off guard by the sudden throw.

“I told you that we are celebrating Halloween Night! And what better way to celebrate the spirit of halloween by staying overnight at a closed down restaurant.” Josh said excitedly.

“Ok, yeah, sure. But, out of all the places you could’ve picked, why did you pick here?!” Kyler said as he pointed to the building that was nearby with his camera. 

The building in front of them was that of a pizza restaurant. But it looked like it hadn't been open for some time. The giant words placed on the building labeled ‘Freddie Fazbear’s Pizza Place’ with a silhouette of a female anthropomorphic bear in a pose, all while being lid by the glitchy neon pink colors in the dark night.

The camera turns back to Josh as he is grabbing his bag and straps it onto his left shoulder. Josh then gave a sigh, knowing what Kyler was feeling about this, “Y’know that those rumors happened all the way back in the 80s and 90s right? And besides, with all the mysteries and rumors spreading around this place, this is perfect to spend the night on halloween. And who knows, we could possibly be the ones who solved the mysteries behind Freddie’s!”

Kyler was skeptical about this idea. He never went to the restaurant as a kid in person, but after hearing all of the rumors about murders, people going missing, and… robots that come to life at night. He didn’t even wanna bother going there since Kyler is not the biggest fan of the paranormal. And plus, they could get into big trouble if they get caught by someone seeing them breaking and entering a private property.

Josh, noticing the silence and the look that Kyler was giving, decided to give him some assurance. “Come on Kyler, just one night. Alright? If it gets a little too much for you, then we’ll just go home and do a horror movie marathon with the boys if th, okay?”

Kyler looked at Josh again and nodded hesitantly. “Alright, I’ll go along with this. But we better make this quick, we still have to go to school tomorrow.”

“Sweet!” Josh cheered. “Come on. I know a way to get inside.”

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“Okay, why did you think it's a good idea to go through the air vents? it's so cramped here and dark that I can barely see anything.” Kyler complained while trying to get his flashlight to work, “And these flashlights aren’t that useful. Seriously, where the hell did you buy these? From the dollar store?”

“Hey cut me some slack, ok? My grandpa bought these for me and my sis on our birthday. He didn’t know any better." Josh said in defense.

“Sigh, whatever. I’ll just use my cam’s night vision. At least until we can find the exit through these vents.” Kyler said as he turned on his night vision cam, ‘Hope I don't lose too much battery while we're here.’

They both continued to crawl forward for who knows how long until Josh felt something underneath him. He pointed his working flahslight and saw that there's a hatch.