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Night 3

"Where are you?! Where are you?!" I shout, frantically searching through each camera for a certain robot bunny ninja thingy. "There you are!"

Standing directly in front of the dining room camera is Zane. However, there's something different about the bunny. His white mask is gone, exposing the rabbit's purple face with icy blond hair in the form of a buzz cut in between his ears. Zane approaches the camera, grins, and removes his face, exposing his endoskeleton. The camera soon cuts out.

"Oh shit!" I cry, waiting for the camera to return to normal.

As soon as the camera returns, I quickly flip through each one until landing on the west hallway. For some reason, it lies on the floor, as if someone pulled it down and put it there. Suddenly, Zane sprints down the hallway and turns to my door. My hand shoots towards the door button and... Nothing... The door won't shut!? It clicks but doesn't close! The other one works just fine.

Alright Jay, you'll be fine... Just check the cameras. The door is probably just jammed. It'll go back to normal. Pulling up the cameras, I see that Kai is standing near the bathrooms and looks to be saying something.

"Grrrr..." I hear a deep, human-like groaning noise in the room.

Suddenly, my monitor is pulled down and Zane stands in front of me. He leans forward and screams in my face before snapping his jaws and biting me...

"NOOO!" I shouted as I sit up in my bed, sweat dripping down my back.

'Thank God! It was just a dream...'

"BEEP! BEEP!" My alarm screeches, letting me know it's 10:30. Ever since I took this job, I have had to adapt to sleeping during the day and waking up during the night.

'Time to go to work...'

Sitting down in the office chair, I pull up the monitor and begin to check the cameras.

'Good. Everyone's where they need to be...for now...'

*Ring Ring*

I glance up at the large amount of computer screens where the invisible phone is before going back to checking the cameras. Soon, Lloyd's message begins to play.

''Hello, hello? Hey, you're doing great! Most people don't last this long. I mean, you know, they usually move on to other jobs or something. I-I'm not implying that they died. Uh, anyway I better not take up too much of your time. Things start getting real tonight. Cole... Starts moving... Uh... But, uh, you'll do fine...! Um... Okay, I'll leave you to it. Talk to you later..."

I gulp softly as I think of Lloyd's words.

'Cole starts moving?'

A loud bang knocks me out of my thoughts and I quickly flip to the Dining Area camera. Standing there is Zane, staring directly at the camera... Just like my dream...

The bunny smiles softly before waving at the camera. Suddenly, however, Zane's eyes turn black and he scowls at the camera.

"That's not good..." I mutter to myself as I check the other cameras.

I see that Cole and Kai are still on the show stage and Nya's face is poking out slightly from behind the Samurai Cove curtains. Switching back to the Dining Area, Zane has now moved even closer to the camera, his mask moved up to expose his jaws. The bunny blinks before the camera cuts out. Fear creeps its way into my heart as the camera repairs itself and I notice that Zane has moved.

'It's 1 A.M... You can do this, Jay...'

Moving to the Backstage camera, I sigh in relief to see that Zane has relocated there. I also take notice of some of the things in the room. Of course, the old animatronic Jay suit that I saw last night sits in the corner, but I also notice multiple heads for the characters, some of them looking different in design. What shocks me the most, however, is the bare endoskeleton that sits on a table. And Zane seems to take no notice of it. So does that mean that they see me as a human? But, then why would they try to—

I hear the familiar sound of metal pounding the ground as something rushes to my door. Flinging my hand out, I shut the left door mere seconds before Nya arrives.

"Hey!" Nya cries. "Why'd you run away from me last night?"

"To avoid getting stuffed in a suit!" I shout.

"For the last time, I'm not gonna kill you!"

"Really? Then why is Zane staring at the cameras and gnashing his teeth?"

Nya hesitated before answering.

"I-I don't know... Zane's been acting really weird tonight..." Nya's voice faded away as she left the hallway.

'75% and only 1:30!? By the First Spinjitsu master I'm so doomed!'

After opening the door, I pull up the monitor and see that Zane is now inches away from the backstage camera, his black eyes showing no sign of life. Switching to the show stage, I see that Kai has now moved into the kitchen, judging by the loud movements of pots and pans.

It's 4:00 A.M. and thankfully, no one has come to my room. Cole has remained on the show stage, Kai in the kitchen, and Nya in her own area. Zane, however, has very slowly crept towards my office.

Checking the door lights, Zane's robotic body is illuminated as he stares at me.

"Ah!" I yelp before shutting the door.

Zane growls yet remains at my door, breathing heavily.

"Alright, go away now..." I mumble.

Checking the lights again, I see the bunny's shadow flick across the wall.

"C'mon Zane! You're wasting my power!"

'There's no way he could still be here, right? Only one way to find out...'

Opening up the door, I see that Zane is still there, staring at me. His head twitches and he begins to lunge at me, only to have his face run into the metal door.

"Ugh..." He growls before storming away.

'Finally...!'

"Hurgh hurgh hurgh... Hurgh hurgh hurgh..." A deep voice growls.

'Is that... laughing?'

Pulling up the camera, I see that Cole has left the show stage and is now in the Dining Area.

'Oh crap! Cole is coming!'

"Hurgh... Hurgh... Hurgh..." The laughter increases as Cole slowly paces himself towards my room.

I watch in horror as Cole moves from the bathroom, to the kitchen, and finally the hallway.

Flicking the lights on, I see nothing.

'What the hell?'

"Hurgh hurgh hurgh... Hurgh hurgh hurgh."

Pulling up the camera, I see Cole is now in the hall corner, one step away from entering my office...

I bite my bottom lip as I face a difficult dilemma. Close the door and waste power or get killed by Cole? I think the former. I close the door and watch as my power slowly depletes. Cole stares up into the camera, grinning and taunting me.

5%... 4%... 3%... 2%... 1%...

*Ding Dong!*

The bells ring, letting me know my shift has ended and I have lived another day.

"Woohoo! Suck it, Cole! Beat you again!" I cry happily as I run to the door.

"That was just practice... You think you'll make it next time? You have no idea..." Cole whispers, his brown eyes now black like Zane's.

"Hee Hee..." I laugh nervously before I started to run toward the exit of the building bursting out and only sighing in relief once I had left the pizzeria

'This can't get anymore worst now can it?'