Five Nights At Freddy's

Chapter 8 - Night 5

Fifth night. Last shift of the week. My heart pounded against my chest as I took slow steps towards the doors. My palms were sweaty as I reached out, grasped the handle, and pushed open the door. All of a sudden this place looked so much more menacing. Maybe it was the voice in the back of my head telling me I wouldn't leave here ever again. I hardly realised the manager as he greeted me with his usual happy tone.

"Hi Mike! End of your first week! How do you feel?" I felt too sick to reply. Instead, I shrugged, pretending nothing was wrong. I don't know why. He knows the animatronics are evil. "Well...a little advice for your last shift this week. The animatronics will be very active. Keep an eye on Freddy. Don't let him get close to your office. That's how previous security guards have...gone." I nodded. "Ok, well, have a good night. See you in the morning...hopefully." he said awkwardly, and left. What a great way to encourage your employee who's putting himself in grave danger for some money. I headed to the security office slowly. My legs felt like jelly. Even if I did survive this shift, there was no way I'd survive every week for months to come.

When the clock chimed 12, the phone unexpectedly rang. I thought the animatronics had got phone guy. Had he found a way to escape? There was only one way to found out. When the phone stopped ringing, I was prepared to hear his rather cheery "Hello, hello?". Instead, a distorted, robotic voice echoed through the phone. The words were inaudible. Was this the phone guy? Had he been stuffed in the suit? Maybe he had, and he was alive just enough to try and leave a message, but it ended up as this. Maybe he's still in the suit. The thought sent a shiver down my spine. I was not ending up like him.

Until 5am, the shift consisted of countless attacks from Foxy, Bonnie and Chica. Twice they disabled my doors for a few minutes, and Foxy had drained my power to 10%. I'd managed to keep Freddy in the restrooms. I was almost thinking I could actually survive tonight when my right door and light stopped working. I tried it after a few minutes, nothing. Half an hour later and it still wouldn't do anything. I was stuck. 5% power left. If I don't close my left door Foxy will get me, if I do I'll run out of power quicker. The decision was made for me, however, when I heard Foxy's footsteps pounding down the hallway. I clicked the door button and it slid shut.

For 20 minutes I sat in silence. My heart was pounding against my chest, and I jumped at every slight noise. My power quickly ticked down to 1%, and I found myself desperate to check the cameras one last time. But I couldn't, not if I wanted any chance of living. I shut my eyes as the power flicked to 0%. The door opened and the lights went out.

I was sitting for a minute in silence, waiting for something to happen. I could hear the animatronics roaming around, getting closer to the office. I closed my eyes and repeated "I can do this" in my head. And then the chime began to play. It was the same chime from the phone call yesterday, and when Freddy was in the kitchen. I opened my eyes and looked around, but nothing was there. I could, however, hear heavy footsteps walking towards the office from the left side, and the occasional demonic laugh. This really was a living hell.

3 minutes. 2 minutes. 1. I counted down on the battery operated clock for how long I had left. I was so close. And then a pair of eyes appeared at the left door, flickering, as the chime got louder. I could see the outline of Freddy. No. No, I'm almost done. Not now. Please. And then the room went pitch black.

Seconds. That was the difference between life and death now. I could hear a robotic creaking coming towards me. I shut my eyes, prepared to be grabbed and stuffed to death when...dong. 6am. Footsteps left the office and went back to the stage. A dim red light flickered on. I sat paralysed in the chair. I'd done it. I'd survived five nights at Freddy's.

(AN: This isn't the end! There are still 3 more chapters to go! :))