Mike Messed Up: Chapter 1
Author’s note at end!
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Warnings: frequent cursing. Mentions of murder and death.
Back Of Book Summary: Mike was just another night guard waiting to be killed by the end of the week. No more, no less. The thing is, how exactly are you supposed to react to your victim never hearing Phone Guy's messages, and instead is assigned to clean the dining room long after the clock strikes midnight?
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Fuck whoever came up with the night shift.
Mike stares at the iron doors he has in command to keep out...something. He doesn't believe a thief would have the power to break something like that in a million years, but there's never a reason not to be careful.
He was honestly surprised when the manager took one look at him and said he was hired for the restaurant's position of night guard. Didn't need any training, no need for papers to be signed, not even a resume. All he had to do was get to work on time.
And that's exactly what Mike did, showing up at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria at 11:50 PM.
Spinning around in the chair his eyes wander over the many relics sitting on top of the desk pressed tightly against the wall of the small room. A tablet of some sort sat on the edge, an old fan, a creepy pink cupcake with giant eyes, and…
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me," he mutters to himself. Leaning forward his eyes scan a single piece of paper addressed to him.
Mr. Schmidt,
As stated in your duties as a night guard, you are required to do a few tasks to get the restaurant ready for the morning. Simply complete these tasks by 6:00 and you will be able to leave on time. Thank you.
Mr. Seal
"'Thank you' my ass." Mike growls as he turns over the paper to see basic cleaning needed to be done in the dining room. The thoughts about the steel doors are pushed aside in favor of getting his mind on track.
Glancing at the watch on his wrist he stands up and trudges down the hallway to where he saw a janitor's closet, hoping the tools he needs to complete the list are there. After gathering the essential supplies, he then walks into the dining room and gets to work, back turned against the three animatronics to keep himself from getting too creeped out.
Freddy was quite surprised to see the newly hired guard walk into the restaurant so early, afraid he already had a clue as to what the group of animatronics would be accomplishing before his shift ended.
A smirk lights the bear's face though as the man, Schmidt his badge read, dragged his heels as he walked. Observing the new guard further, this one simply wanted to arrive on time, not having any clue as to what awaited him. This one will be easy then, a simple stuffing where Bonnie can walk into the office with no qualms and catch him completely off-
"Fucking boss," a voice echos. A shadow marches down the west hallway to reveal Schmidt walking into the dining room, completely vulnerable.
Freddy feels his servers loosen up as he shakes away the chills of not being able to command his own body. Something about this new guard seems, off.
"So fucking stupid," Bonnie smirks, offering a smile to Freddy. This will honestly be the easiest kill yet, making sure the guy never comes back a second night.
The purple rabbit and yellow chicken start to walk off the stage, when Freddy's left paw is held in the air, signaling them to stop. The two stare at their leader incredulously but stay where they are, looking at the lucky night guard who managed to earn Freddy's good graces.
"O', Freddy! Wha' be the hold up!" Foxy calls.
"He doesn't realize what happens to every other night guard."
All three of them look at the bear animatronic as if he sprouted two heads, but after hearing liquid being moved around, they turn to see the man, mopping.
For some reason, this one didn't stay in the office and listen to the tapes. He didn't even have the tablet connected to all the different cameras that's proven so helpful with keeping the miserable humans alive in the nights. He doesn't even look at the stage, simply mopping with a concentrated look as he hums a tune.
"We are only going to watch him tonight. Tomorrow we'll see how it goes." With that Freddy allows himself to be locked back into his original position. Bonnie scowls the man working but complies, never wanting to go against his leader even if the consequences seemed so small compared to the prize.
"Freddy, he got this job for a reason. He probably is a menace to the world, doing nothing more than being good at mopping floors," Chica hisses quietly, not wanting the guard to notice her speaking. The leader doesn't say a word and she huffs but also locks herself back into position.
Freddy's eyes watch the man the entire time, studying how he simply works, never checking the stage or pirate's cove, nor making sure the two areas are in his line of sight. Mr. Schmidt truly doesn't know about the horrible things the Fazbear Gang have done.
Mike on his part kept cursing the person who hired him every two minutes.
He knew he was doing these chores for cheap labor. Being a night guard in a place that has nothing to steal is an easy job, and therefore can be paid at minimum wage for just sitting and watching the restaurant. The day time workers have to deal with people and parties all day and are paid more. Telling Mike to do all the chores just let the bastard keep more of the money earned through the shit hole of a restaurant.
"Fucking asshole. Who does he think he is? Pushing me around like shit." It takes at least a solid hour to mop the floor clean, but right after that Mike goes to wipe down the tables, the next part of his list.
After five straight hours of cleaning, the man finds a random chair and flops down into it, his breath gone from all the hard work. Sure he could've half-assed it and saved the time, but the floors and tables really needed a good cleaning.
Freddy's eyes widen at how good the restaurant looks after Mr. Schmidt's work. None of the employees ever took the time to make sure the job gets done right, and even then their hard work becomes dirty again before the cleaning supplies could do what it was meant to, children running around and placing their hands on everything to mess it all up perfectly.
Looking at the clearly exhausted man Freddy stares at him. Why would he do all that work? Was he told to do it? But even if he was, why do it to the point where he's out of breath at the very end?
Very interesting this new night guard. Very interesting indeed.
True to his word Freddy doesn't so much as move a finger the entire night, even when the new worker slips off into a light slumber.
"Can't we check him out Fred?" Bonnie asks after the guard fades off from the waking world. Blue eyes searching the rabbit's red ones, and the bear finally nods once then resumes his position. They won't kill the man as long as Freddy requests it, and it's too cruel for him to not allow the others to move around freely during their only time to do so.
"Finally. C'mon Chica. Let's see what this guys all about." With a graceful hop the purple animatronic lands on the dining room's tile floor, taking the time to set down his beloved guitar on the stage before stalking over.
From far away the new guard is just a normal human, male and average height. Nothing fancy about him, though his hat always seems to dip on his head.
"Think I should scare him?" Bonnie smirks, leaning so close to the guard's face he can feel the soft breath.
"Freddy wouldn't like that," Chica says as she ambles over. Her eyes flicker over his prone form and softens a bit. "Poor little guy. He worked so hard to clean the place up."
"I can't wait to stuff him. Maybe tell Foxy to rip out his spine this time."
"You're always so gory. I think he's really sweet." Chica scans the man once more, taking note of his badge and the word Schmidt on it, when she spots a piece of paper on the table. Grabbing it she looks it over then thrusts it over to Bonnie. "I know why he didn't stay in the office."
Snatching the paper from her the rabbit scans it as well, eyes widening at what was stated.
"Someone wants him to get killed," he breathes.
"Why woul' anyone wan' tha'?" Foxy questions from his curtains.
"He could be a murderer who never got convicted of his crimes," Bonnie smiles, leaning menacingly over Schmidt.
"Oh hush! Mr. Seal probably wanted him to do something other than cower in fear all night. Good thing he did or else those pizza stains would never be wiped away," Chica berates. Taking one last look at Schmidt, she trudges back to the stage, swiping up her cupcake and plate before falling into place.
"Can we talk with him this time then? Ask why he did such a great job on the place?" her friend whines from behind.
"You can always talk with them. Only if it doesn't give away your position before you attack," Freddy answers.
"'Course Fred Bear. I'd never let them know I'm coming to get them," the rabbit purrs. Looking back at the guard he sighs at the lost opportunity but climbs up the stage, also checking to make sure his prop is in his paws. Foxy ducks back into the dark cove, just in time for their servers to lock up once more and a day time worker to unlock the door.
Mike didn't know what happened. All he remembered was finally finishing the cleaning put aside for him by the dick who hired him, only to suddenly get screamed at by a random guy.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" he screeches, flying backwards and out of the flimsy chair.
Bonnie and Chica, for their parts, try their hardest to control their laughter, though a few snickers carried through the pizzeria. Fortunately, with Mike's crash both humans were busy trying to help him back up and missed the animatronic's amusement with the situation.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you. You just wouldn't wake up to me simply saying your name so I had to get louder."
"No no, it's okay," Mike smiles as he stands up. He straightens up the chair and offers a real smile to the startled man watching him worriedly. "Thanks for waking me up. I don't think the boss would appreciate how I was sleeping on the job."
"I get it. It's the night shift and it's really late. I don't envy you. Well have a good day, hopefully I'll see you tomorrow morning when you're done." With that the man walks away to do his job as Mike walks to the doors.
Wait, he hopes to see me tomorrow?
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9
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Well hello, hello!
To start with, this particular writing is fairly old, at least four years old. It was my first ever FNAF fanfiction, and also one of my first ever complete one (as in with chapters instead of oneshots)
I went back and forth with the thought of ‘should I move this to tumblr or not, and if I do should I rewrite the entire thing’. It’s been on a different platform this entire time and to be it felt...weird? to put it over here if I didn’t rewrite or edit before hand.
The thing is: I love it. For what it says about how I wrote before. How far I’ve come in making a different writing style. Maybe one day I will completely rewrite it, but after I finish the plot in my head in which I haven’t written for in several months it’s bad.
Hopefully this will give me more motivation to get those chapters written! Maybe both platforms will have this story stay on hiatus until twice a year a chapter gets knocked out. At least on here it ain’t uncommon ;)
Just wanted to let ya’ll know there will be a chapter popping up for ‘Mike Messed Up’ every week! Thank you so much for reading, I really appreciate it! I hope you enjoyed ^^
Have a wonderful day!
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hey, so people need to be aware that youtube is now (randomly) holding basic features for ransom (such as being able to pin comments under your own videos) in exchange for Your State ID/Drivers License, or a 30 Second Video Of Your Face.
not to pull a "think of the children," but No Actually.
I've been making videos as a hobby since 2015 (and I've had my channel since middle school), I was a minor when I started and I'm not sure I would have understood the kind of damage something a seemingly simple as a video of your face can do.
this is a Massive breach of privacy and over-reach on google's part No Matter What, but if they're going to randomly demand a state ID or license then they absolutely should not allow minors to be creators.
google having a stockpile of identifying information on teenagers is bad enough, but the Alternative of recording your face and handing it over to be filed away is Alarming considering it opens the gates for minors who Aren't old enough to have a license.
and yes, there is a third option, but it's intentionally obtuse.
a long wait period (2 months), with no guarantee of access (unlike, say, the convenience of using your phone's cameras for either of the other two), with absolutely No elaboration on what the criteria is or how it's being measured.
it's the same psychological effect that mobile games rely on. offer a slow, unreliable solution with no payment to make the Paid instant gratification look more appealing (the "payment" in this case being You. you are the product being offered).
and it's Particularly a system that (I think intentionally) disadvantages people who don't treat their channels like a job. hobbyists or niche creators who don't create regularly enough or aren't popular enough to meet whatever Vague criteria needs to be met to pass.
markiplier would have no problem passing, your little brother might not be able to. and while Mark's name is already out there there's no reason why your little brother's should be too.
something like pinned comments may seem simple, you don't technically Need it. but it's a feature that's been available for years. most people don't look at descriptions anymore. so when there's relevant information that needs to be delivered then the pinned comment is usually the go to.
for my little channel that information is about the niche series I create for. guides on how to get into the series, sources on where to find the content At All (and reliably so). for other creators it can be used for things Much More Important.
Moreover, if we let them get away with cutting away "small" features and selling it back to you for the price of your privacy, then they Will creep further. they Will take more.
Note: I have an update to this post here: [Link]
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