A New Guard

Chapter Seventeen: Investigations

"Matthew," I suddenly hear. My mind moves to my body and I notice I'm, running? I hear heavy footsteps behind me as I run. Looking behind me, I have a hard time making out colors, but it looks as if a large, almost bunny looking figure is chasing me. "Matthew?" I hear again. The voice sounds almost familiar in a way. Almost, too familiar. Mangle? "Matthew!" Mangle says again, but this time, when she says my name,I feel a jolt race through my body.

Jerking upright, my head slams into something, hard.

"Oww!" I cry, grabbing the front of my head.

"Matthew! Are you alright?" Mangle says, worry warmly shown in her voice.

"That hurt, but yeah, I'm fine," I say.

"I wasn't really talking about you hitting your head, but it's good to hear you're okay. You were acting like you had a dream or something," Mangle says. My mind rushes back to what I saw, and now since I'm thinking about it, I noticed my body wasn't really my own. "Matthew?" Mangle says, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm fine, it's nothing," I say. I feel a wave of uncertainty from Mangle.

"Right. Well, you'd best get ready. It's about midnight," Mangle says. I look at my phone and see it is almost midnight!

"Crap!" I say, jumping out of my bed. I rush to grab my hoodie and bag and run out the door. Jumping in the car, I start it up and head out for Freddy's. Reaching Freddy's, I open the door just as it hits midnight. Right when the door closes behind me I see Toy Bonnie hop off the Stage, followed by Toy Chica and, Fury?

"Hey, Matthew! You just about missed it!" Toy Bonnie says.

"Hey, Bonnie, Chica. Fury? What are you doing on the Stage?" I say.

"Oh, him? He's up there whenever one of us aren't," Toy Chica says. I nod in understanding.

"Yeah. If you couldn't tell already, Freddy was in pretty bad condition, so they took him back to the Parts and Service to get him fixed up," Fury says.

"Ah. So, he's-" I'm cut off as I hear the office phone going off.

"The phone?" Fury says. I hurry to the office and pick up the phone.

"Hello?" I say.

"Uh, hello? Hello, Matthew?" I immediately recognize the voice to be Fred.

"Mr. Fazbear?" I say, surprised. I look and notice a look of surprise from the animatronics as well. I put the phone on speaker quickly.

"Ah! Hello! Glad to hear you're still here!" Fred says.

"Yeah? What's up?" I say.

"Oh! Right! Well, I just wanted you to know that I've hired a new recruit to work the nightshift with you, figuring you'd be all lonely by yourself. He should be there already. If not, he'll be running a little late, so would you mind letting him in?" Fred says. Disbelief courses through my body, atop of Mangle's disbelief.

"Uh, sure thing," I say. Confusion crosses my mind from Mangle.

"Okay! I'll see you tomorrow after your shift!" Fred says before hanging up. I put the phone on the receiver, and as soon as I do, Foxy speaks up.

"A new night guard?" Foxy says.

"Take it easy, Foxy," Mangle says. I hear a faint knocking.

"He's here," Toy Bonnie says.

"Get back to the stage, except you, Foxy," I say.

"Uh, Matthew, lad?" Foxy says.

"What is it, Foxy?" I say.