[OLD] Deep Underground

3. Where's the Clown-Baby?

I took a deep breath and stepped into the elevator. The doors shut with a loud bang, and I started to my decent to the bottom. I was listening to the sound of gears turning in the elevator when a loud synthetic voice startled me.

"Welcome to the first day of your exciting new career. Whether you were approached at a job fair, read our ad in Screws, Bolts, and Hairpins, or if this is the result of a dare, we welcome you. I will be your personal guide to help you get started. I'm a model five of the Handyman's Robotics and Unit-repair System, but you can call me Hand Unit. Your new career promises challenge, intrigue, and endless janitorial opportunities."

I wasn't really confused by the weird robotic voice named Hand Unit, seen as William had told me about it before he left. I was startled when a keypad popped out of what seemed like nowhere.

"Please enter your name as seen above on the keypad. This cannot be changed later so please be careful." said Hand Unit. I looked at the keypad and my eyes widened. There was no way I wouldn't mess up my name on it! The letters were scrambled and glitching everywhere. Cautiously, I started typing. When I felt that I had at least gotten close to my name, I hit enter.

"It seems that you had some trouble with the keypad."

"Yeah, no kidding." I muttered.

"I see what you were trying to type and I will auto-correct it for you. One moment."

I waited for a few seconds until Hand Unit's voice blared through the wall-speaker again.

"Welcome...Eggs Benedict."

I blinked and stood there, confused, as the keypad flashed out of view. Eggs Benedict? Really? I eat that stuff for breakfast.

The elevator hit the ground with a thud and a small jingle played before the lights turned off. I stood there awkwardly not knowing exactly what to do until Hand Unit's voice came out of the wall-speaker, once again.

"You can now open the elevator using that bright, red, and obvious button." I pressed it and the doors opened with a loud crash. Inwardly, I winced. If anyone else was in the building they certainly would know that I was here now.

Directly in front of me was a vent surround by yellow DANGER! tape. I grinned lopsidedly, knowing that this would be fun. (Fun? HA!)

Kneeling, I crawled into the vent. Suddenly, Hand Unit's voice played from somewhere in the vent. I wonder where they put the speaker...

"Allow me to to fill this somewhat frightening silence with some light-hearted banter. Due to the massive success and even more-so unfortunate closing of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, it was clear that the stage was set - no pun intended - for another contender in children's entertainment. Unlike most entertainment venues, our robotic entertainers are rented out for private parties during the day, and it's your job to get the robots back in proper working order before the following morning."

Good to know. I thought to myself. Just then, I crawled out of the vent into a slightly more open space. It seemed to be a sort of control module. There was a large fan directly ahead of me and two windows, one to my left, and one to my right. Infront of the windows were small pads that had two buttons on each. One resembled the sun, and the other resembled a lightning bolt.Above the fan was a creepy looking clown mask. To the left was three heads.

Wait. Did that one just blink?

Above the heads there was a clock... with a face. To the right of the giant fan was a creepy looking statue. Above the statue was a keypad and a speaker. Under the windows and fan, were three vents. I wonder where those lead to...