another night at freddy's: night 1

chapter 1: just another night

As security guard Mike Schmidt collapsed in his roller chair, tablet resting on his desk and angled to his face by his right hand, Freddy stood in his spot onstage. It had been two weeks since Mike first got this job as night guard, and now everything seemed routine. Unbeknownst to Schmidt, the animtronics had, through observation of Mike, made the realization that he was not an endoskeleton needing to be put back into uniform, and was simply part of the staff, like they saw during the day.

But Mike didn't need to know. after years of scaring previous night guards (who were, as far as they were concerned, "out of uniform"), Freddy and the others had gotten a morbid satisfaction out causing as much terror to the poor guard as they could. But now... well Mike was a little bit different. He never got caught, for one, but he also kept coming back, and not just each night. After his first week, Mike had taken a liking to the 'bots, crazy as it sounds, and took to seeing them during the day, sometimes even talking with them. Freddy and his band were "on duty" most of the time, and didn't react, while Foxy remained disabled. Management had made it clear years ago that anything resembling their free roam programming was forbidden during the day.

This was what was on Freddy's mind as the clock struck midnight, and he felt himself loosen up. A series of whirs and clacks from either side indicated that Chica and Bonnie were feeling much the same, and getting ready to wander about. Freddy stayed, focusing on a realization that had befallen the others as well. They actually liked mike.

What did it for Foxy was rather obvious, once Mike had a rather one-sided conversation in pirate's cove one day. After being locked up for nearly 20 years, Foxy appreciated the attention. Chica was also swayed rather quickly, when Mike had asked (again, during the day), possible sarcastically, if she actually made any pizza. Needless to say, Mike had a delivery order that night. Apparently he liked it , and let her know the next day.

Bonnie and Freddy arrived to this conclusion much later, Freddy himself just now. White the animatronics didn't interact all that much, Chica and Foxy did share their small bit of joy they received from Mike's various actions. Seeing the other two a little happier made Bonnie instantly like Mike, while Freddy realized the lack of assumption they were mindless killing machines had pushed him to join Mike's "fan club".

But again. Mike didn't need to know. It's not like they could just waltz right  up and tell him anyway. nice as he was to them, the security doors were always closed when they got close. This rather dismayed Bonnie, who wanted to thank him, but understood Mike's caution. He wasn't the first guard. So now, Freddy and his friends stopped trying to get Mike back in "uniform", and were content to pester him, maybe even scare him from time to time. Foxy certainly did.

A faint "beep" drew Freddy from his thoughts as the stage camera's red light blinked on, signalling Mike was currently watching him, and making the realization that Bonnie and Chica had left. The light was off rather quickly. Across the dinning hall, the camera aimed at pirate's cove blinked on, and Foxy was already starting to peer out behind the curtain, ready to make his latest charge. He wasn't going to hurt Mike, but making the guard jump seemed to amuse him greatly. Freddy chuckled to himself

Just another night, he thought.

Foxy snickered to himself as he watch the camera light blink on, then almost instantly blink back off.

The lad must be jumpy tonight, he thought, and continued waiting, inching out again to continue his tradition of slowly leaving the curtain before sprinting for the office. Seeing Mike jump back when he slammed himself into the window still got a kick out of the old pirate. But interestingly, the camera didn't blink back on. Foxy turned towards the show stage, seeing Freddy decided to finally get up and move around, and watched the camera's both at the stage and dinning hall. They remained off.