The Night Shift
Night 1

    “Flame..?” A voice whispered into his sleeping ears. “Flame,” again he heard his name but refused to wake. “Flame! Get up!” He was soon pulled into the land of the living as he jerked awake. As he opened his eyes he saw the familiar face of his half-brother Pyro. The drolf seemed very annoyed for some reason, but Flame didn’t know why.

    “What is it..?” Flame said partially sleeping. “Uhm. I don’t know… Maybe the JOB you are supposed to GO TO in less than THIRTY minutes! That new restaurant down the street with those robotic animals!” Pyro said with a look and overall tone of annoyance. Flame’s eyes widened and he jumped out of bed as quickly as he could. 

Pyro simply moved to the side and watched as Flame started to rush around the room to get everything together. He looked at the clock beside him and called out to flame, “11:40!” This caused Flame to rush and put his security outfit on. He then ran to the bathroom and brushed his teeth along with washing his face. When he was done, the clock read 11:48pm.

Pyro then led Flame downstairs to the kitchen. He hugged his bro and handed him an energy drink. “Good luck bro. Watch them things or they might come alive and stuff you in a suit!” He said jokingly. Flame chuckled. “Sure bro, I’ll see you later!” he said as he walked out the door.

Flame checked his phone, the time reading 11:53. He quickly jumped in his car and drove to the pizzeria. When he arrived he locked his car doors and ran into the building. He checked the time again and swore under his breath as he saw that it was 11:59. He ran and swiped his ID card which checked him in. The folf let out a sigh. “Man… I need to get up earlier. I was almost late on my first day. That would have been embarrassing… ” he said as he walked to his little office. 
 
Distracted by his close call, Flame failed to notice that he was being watched by curious eyes. He walked into his office and sat on the black rolly chair with a sigh. The desk he sat at had a monitor on the right with a tablet next to it. There was trash sitting everywhere in the small room. This disgusted flame a lot. He decided that he would clean it up. He got out of the chair and grabbed the small trash can from under the desk. He then started to throw everything into the bin.

As he cleaned a phone suddenly began to ring… or at least it sounded like a phone. Flame’s ears perked up as he heard the ringing and he looked towards it. To his confusion, there was no phone. “Huh? Ringing? But no phone? How am I even supposed to answer it?” He asked himself as he stood there dumbfounded. His thoughts were interrupted as a dull male voice started to speak.”Hello, and welcome to your new night job at Fuji’s FunHouse.” The voice seemed bored as it continued, “Use the tablet and the monitor on your desk for the cameras, use those buttons on the doors to shut them when you need to, and also watch that vent behind you. Close it if needed. You'll have limited power so use it wisely and blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda you should know the rest. Oh, and if I were you I’d stay away from the back room. Anyway bye.” Flame cringed at the lack of info and the dullness. 

“Sheesh, that guy was about to make me fall asleep…  But I got this. This is just like fnaf except I doubt I’ll be messed with by some animatronics. That game wasn’t even real.” As if on cue the sound of scratching on the walls made the folf jump. He looked at the monitor and flicked through the cameras. He stopped and gasped as he saw the wolf animatronic on cam 3. “Is that real…? No, it can’t be. This must be a prank..” He seemed to calm down as he reassured himself. He grabbed the tablet and pulled out his flashlight.

After flipping on the flashlight he walked out into the hall. He had his tablet in one hand which displayed his location in the building and his flashlight in the other. His steps echoed loudly down the silenced halls. 

There was a very eerie feeling as he walked down the hall. He shrugged it off and walked to the room where he saw the animatronic. From the look of it, he could see it was the party room. “Sheesh… For a restaurant, this place is pretty huge… ” he said to himself.

The room seemed pretty empty and dark. That was until he turned towards a corner to see the animatronic. It seemed lifeless and dull. This made him chuckle slightly. “Hey? Come out! I know this is a prank.” He called out to whoever he thought was pranking him. Only silence greeted him. He called out again and started to search the room. “Hello? Come out now! I’m serious, stop messing around.” Still, nothing but silence greeted him. 

He soon gave up and looked at the animatronic. It seemed to resemble his best friend. He hadn’t really paid much attention before, but now that he looked at it, he clearly recognized him. Flame thought for a moment. “Name, color, and animal. This is weird.” He felt bothered by it. His friend Fuji went on a business trip last year, but he hadn’t heard from him in a long time. He soon shrugged and laughed “guess he did something so awesome that they made a restaurant of him.” 

Flame headed out of the room soon after. He’d let the mechanics return him to his spot in the morning. The folf’s footsteps continued to echo as he returned to his office and laid back in the chair. He looked at the monitor and flipped through the cameras once again. He nearly jumped out of his chair as he saw the wolf animatronic staring up into the hallway camera with eyes that were black with a white glowing pupil. As if by instinct he closed the left door.

This was serious and he would be asking his manager tomorrow. He had plenty of questions and complaints. Pyro would probably love the fact that his joke might end up real. Flame checked the time. He was surprised it was only 3AM meaning he still had 3 hours of this crap. His power was at 69% and seemed to drop by the minute. He sat there wondering why it was going down so fast, but then he realized why and looked at his camera before opening the door. The wolf seemed to be back to where he began in the showroom. 

Every now and then there would be scraping on the walls causing the folf to close the door, but each time the animatronic returned back to his stage. Flame had calmed down a lot now as his shift was almost over. Before it was over he heard a voice. “You’ll be like me soon enough… Flame” The creepy whisper sent shivers down his spine. He was glad when his alarm sounded signaling that his shift had ended. He ran to the front and swiped his ID before running to his car and driving away.