I'm Still Here

Chapter 2

Rring!!! "No! Go away, mom!" Rring!!! "Leave me alone! I can handle myself." Rring!!! Mike woke straight up and punched his alarm clock. He looked at the clock, it read 4 am. 'Shit!' Mike ran downstairs to the bathroom. He made a quick shower and then changed to his casual clothes which is a dark blue t-shirt and jeans. He went out of the house, locking the door in the process, opened the car and went inside. He started up the engine and rode to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. He was supposed to help his buddy, Reggie Ramirez, with his night shift. Reggie called at 1 am in the morning telling Mike there was a problem back and wants to meet him at 4 am at the place even though Mike hated this place. Finally he arrived at the creepy place, it was already 4:10 am. 'I hope he doesn't mind that I'm late.', Mike thought. He ran to the double doors of the establishment. He went to opening it but found it locked. 'Shouldn't he had opened the doors ten minutes ago?', Mike looked closer into the glass doors. It was dark and creepy especially the bear animatronic at the stage. It seems to be looking directly at the door. 'Wait, aren't there supposed to be three?'. No, there was only the bear animatronic. "What the-". He was stopped by a sudden scream inside the building. "Reggie?! Is that you?! Open the door!! What's going on?!", Mike was literally trying to break the door just to get in. Little by little, he used his foot to break the chains until he broke the glass due to excessive pushing. "Great! I might get reprimanded but I have to get Reggie. Reggie?!". Mike said entering the building. The dining room would be welcoming if it was daylight. The same bear animatronic stood still on the stage. He doesn't want to believe it that he felt some sort of connection with the bear. They had the same blue eyes and brown hair if the bear would be human. While he was mesmerized by the bear's appearance, the bear was slowly trying to move his robotic arms to get the man. "H-h-h-ey t-there bu-buddy! A-all y-you h-have to do is pla-(pay).". The bear said raising his arms, ready to strike Mike. Mike quickly backed away. 'Did that bear just said pay? It sounds so human!'. Mike thought while starting to run from the bear who was about to chase him. 'Shit, shit, shit!'. Mike ran frantically around the pizzeria while being chased by a creepy bear animatronic. He ran towards the left side of the pizzeria. He reached to a room which had two doors on the left and right. 'This could keep me from that crazy bear!'. He went inside and closed the left door. He got terrified by the bear's laughter at the left window. The bear knocked on the left door until he got disappointed and left. 'Thank God!'. Mike started to look around the room until he checked the floor. It was covered by some red liquid. He reached his hand to the floor and pressed it to the liquid. He smelled the substance on his fingers and was shocked to smell blood. "Reggie?", 'No, that can't be. Who would kill him in this childish place'. His mind wondered on the bear trying to chase him a while ago. Was the bear trying to kill him? That wasn't possible. Why do animatronics kill people in the first place? 'One killed your brother' 'Stop it, Mike. You might get crazy by revenge.' If they were these dangerous, shouldn't they be shut down? They don't seem to kill anybody during the day. 'One did.' 'Stop that!'. He pressed the light button at the left side to find the bear but fortunately, he didn't come back. 'Should I go out?'. Mike paced in the room to find a decision until he found a bag and a tablet at the desk. 'The bag must be Reggie's' "Hmmm....". He grabbed the tablet and turned it on. He found different cameras inside different rooms. He checked each room until he opened the back room. All the animatronics were there especially the bear and the fox. He didn't like to notice the fox due to those years ago. He was shocked to see all of them in one place. They were gathered together surrounding another bear animatronic. He looked like the bear animatronic that chased him minutes ago but this one is way creepy. It's eyes looked like a human's that had popped out from the sockets and red liquid was all over it's suit. 'Weird'. While Mike was looking at the event in the room, a certain bear animatronic seem to notice someone was watching them. Freddy smirked and turned to his friend, Bonnie the lavender bunny, who was still looking at the dead guard. "Bonnie.", the bunny turned to his friend bear and answered, "Yea, Freddy?", "I want you to scare the guard watching the camera." Bonnie smirked and nodded to his friend and back away from the perception of the camera. Mike was still looking at the back room camera until it went static. "What the-". He was stopped by the camera regaining signal. "What the f***?!". The bunny was looking straight to the camera with his empty eyes that shown a dark aura. "Nope! I'm not doing this. I can't take this!". Mike placed back the tablet on the desk. After doing such, he almost jumped because of a bell ringing. He checked his phone and it read 6:00 am. The doors opened and light shoned inside the establishment. Mike went outside to the stage and saw the three main animatronics. He raised his middle finger to both the bunny and the bear. Then, he went outside the establishment. 'Forget Reggie, I don't want to go back to that damned place again!', Mike thought, opening his car to get in. He started the car and left the place. Little did Mike know that the animatronics were expecting for his return.
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Callie had been calling Reggie for 3 hours. He didn't even reply to all her messages. She couldn't believe her boyfriend's ignorant actions. Reggie was lucky to have Callie as his girlfriend. She was a brunette-haired girl and has a very curvy body. She has the height of 5'6". She was talented, beautiful and funny. Every guy in their neighborhood always wished her to be theirs but she chose Reggie since he had a very special place in her heart. Since Reggie chose that job at Freddy's, Callie was afraid something horrible might happen to him. There were a lot of rumors surrounding that place. Included were reports about five missing children and some kid's frontal lobe was bitten by one of the animatronics there. Nevertheless, she was still persistent to get him. She ran over her contacts and saw what she was looking for:
Mike "Loser" Schmidt 09334589893
She pressed call and waited for a reply. Rring!!! Rring!!! She couldn't believe her boyfriend and Mike were best pals. Mike was a loser back in high school. He was a loner because his only best friend was his little brother. Until his brother died from a retarded disorder, he tried to socialize. He was bad at the preps but good with other loners. Reggie was a loner until he met Mike, there they became best friends. Reggie might be a loner but he was mysteriously attractive. She doesn't know about Mike though. Callie was still waiting for Mike to call back until he finally called:

"Hello?"

"Hey Michael, glad you finally called."

"For the last time Callie, my name is only Mike."

"Michael is more classy."

"Ugh, nevermind. What do you want?"

"Where's Reggie?"

"Reggie?"

"Are you deaf, Michael?"

"No, I don't know where he is."

He seems hesitant.

"Tell me where he is!"

"I have no idea, ok?!"

"Liars go to hell, Michael."

"Sigh, you really want to know?"

"Yes of course, loner."

He hanged up after that. "What the hell?!". She was frustrated with him for that. She was going to get answers from him. She brought out Reggie's contacts and searches Mike's address.
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                            "Mike, what happened to you?". Mrs. Schmidt asked. She was in her early forties with her beautiful black hair and blue eyes like Mike's. She was wearing a brown overcoat with a blue shirt and black pants underneath. Mrs. Schmidt was shocked to see her son with shoes covered in blood including his own fingers. "Mom, what do you mean?", Mike asked. "The blood, Mike! You didn't kill someone did you?" , "Oh these. I found them at Freddy Fazbear's pizzeria last morning. I went there to find Reggie." , "Oh, thank goodness." She hugged him with her tender touch. Mike knows his mother always cared for him since he was now the only child in the family. She let go of him. "How are you? Did you get a career?" , "Mom, it's called a job, ok?" , "A job is different from a career, Mike. A career is what you do for a lifetime while a job is what you do for money.", Mrs. Schmidt smiled at her son. "Mom, I can't find anything for a career." , "Son, it will come a sign. It will come." , "Sigh, fine, I'll wait.", Mike smiled to his mother. "Anyway, did you ate breakfast? I still have some left." , "It's alright, mom. No need to worry about me. I've gotta go." Mike said his goodbyes to his mother and left. He went in and start his car. He drove back to his home.
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          After Mike arrived, he went out of his car and find his keys in his pocket. While he was at it, a rustling was heard nearby. Rustle! Rustle! 'What the f**k?'. He looked for the source by going through his bushes in his yard. Suprisingly, there was none. "That's odd. I wonder-". He was stopped by someone pulling his hands then his back was facing his outdoor wall. He looked up to see his assaultant. It was a female with brunette locks and tall height. She looked downright terrifying with the anger evident on her face. "Shit.". She got mad, "Shit is right! Thanks for holding my call!"
"That was a mistake! I was driving."
"Man, you suck at lying."
Mike gave up and asked if she could let him go. Callie freed him then Mike polished himself. Mike started, "I ended your call because...because..."
"Say it!"
"YOU CALLED ME A LONER!"
Callie shut herself, suprised by Mike's sudden outburst. He was never that assertive. Mike sighed, guilt going into him. "I'm sorry I shouted.". Callie sighed, "It's okay. It's my fault. I just wanted to know what happened to my boyfriend.". Mike tensed and sighed, "Fine, here's the whole story."
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            "F*** you, Vincent! You'd let it happen again.", Frederick scold Vincent. Frederick is the manager of Freddy Fazbear's pizzeria. He was old and his clothes matched the main animatronic, Freddy Fazbear. Vincent is the old security guard that worked in the pizzeria and he is in charge when introducing the surveillance job to the new security guards through the phone. He was wearing the security uniform which was a blue jacket, pants and a cap that read "SECURITY". "It's not my fault! Foxy surprised me. He doesn't come out on the first night." , "Oh, really? Why did he come out and f***ing killed the new guard at his first night?!", the manager yelled. "That's just what I'm trying to figure out. I'm surfacing his steps." , "Well, you better find out. God, I hate the stench of blood." The manager walked back to his office. Vincent checked his watch, it read 7:30 am. 'Looks like I've got 30 minutes to clean this mess', he thought and went to work. Out of his sight, the animatronics' eyes followed him. He was unaware that there was seething anger on their human-like eyes.