The Job
 
FAZBEAR RESIDENCE, 35 YEARS AGO
 
The door flung open as William Afton looked at his half brother. It had been storming outside, and the man's clothes were soaked to the bone. Henry was bulkier than Wiliam, one might even have called him chubby, but he had muscle in that pudge, and he made no bones about showing that. But at the moment, WIlliam cared little for that fact.
 
"Alright Henry, where is it?" William asked, looking about. "I know you took it, where is the animatronic!?"
 
Henry chuckled and steped aside, revealing a large clown anaimatronic, still only half finished. "Relax, it's right here. Amazingwhat you can do brother of mine. This is state of the art."
 
"Can it." William said. "The thing is too dangerous. THe CPU is faulty, and the springlock system is flawed. It can jam up at any time and shut down completely." William turned away. "WOrse, the thing gives me and my kids the creeps. I will not be finishing it."
 
HEnry put his hand on William's shoulder. "You won't need to. I have a better idea for it."
 
WIlliam turned, confused, and saw the setup in the main room in more detail. Wiliam was wide eyed in shock.
 
"Are you... serious?!"
 
 
FREDDIE AND FRIENDS PIZZA PLANTATION, PRESENT DAY.
 
 
Circus Baby smiled as she came in. Being a plushamatronic with the ability to turn things into food was a lot of fun, and it was nice her being a special guest for today. She walked about the halls, waving and helping Toy Chica with the food, Elisa moving from table to table to take orders. SHe felt more alive than ever now, odd considering she was technically just a living toy, but that did not matter. She smiled as she placed two pizzas with pepperoni befoe a family.
 
"Here we are! Enjoy!" She said, smiling warmly, the kids giggling, one getting up and hugging, making Circus Baby blush in embarassment at the parents. They were doing the same, seeing the awkward scene.
 
"Please forgive my daughter." the father said, gently leading the little girl back to her seat. "But she loves animals and such, and you are all some of her favorites. It's nice we have this back in town again, especially with how this town has needed a good family place since the old days."
 
Circus Baby beamed a happy smile, waved, and headed for the back office, breaking a sigh as she was off the floor. She looked to the Front Man, who was putting away the most recent LARGE wad of sales and tips.
 
"WHEW! And I thought it was busy as a sister location!" Baby voiced aloud, The Front Man chuclign as he too a seat. "How do you all manage? I mean I know they are animatronics and plushamatronics but still!"
 
"Relax, WE love this." He said calmly, chuckling a little. "Well, except for the unruly ones. But we got measures to deal with them. Most bullies are going to lose their cool if they see this." He rolledhis eyes back until the eyesockets were empty black holes, and two glowing lights showed in the middle. His mouth opened, and he let the stitched in teeth droop a little. Circus Baby eeped some at the sight.
 
"Relax, I find it nice to be the scary one and not the scared one." He said calmly. "What about you? How is Sarah and her mom?"
 
Baby pat her belly. "Delicious. Just yesterday I made them into a pair of cookies and gobbled them u-"
 
"That is not what I meant, funny though that is." The Front Man said, chuckling. Circus Baby sighed.
 
"Truth be told... I saw the mother's bill pile. They are badly in the red. I wish I could help."
 
The Front Man hmmmed. "Maybe you can. In fact I have a very good idea for you and the other Plushamatronics. We have a big meeting tonight after hours. See if the others can Skype their way in okay?"
 
Circus Baby nodded. "Will do!" She said as she left. Havng Baby work one day a week was a good idea from what she saw, but clearly that was not enough to help with the pay. The Front Man knew they would have to do more.
 
And they could, as big as this place was.
 
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"A Job?" Freddy asked. "But don't you and the toys have everything covered?"
 
Marionette sighed. "It's not just for you Freddy... .its for the kids as well." He looked to the group of eight kids who were also gathered, as well as what parents could come. "Fact is, we are big, REALLY big. And three animatronics and two night guards are not enough for all the buisness we are getting. WE may even have to make this a 24 hour place."
 
Mangle blinked. "Wow! That would be neat! Dibs on a shift with Foxy!"
 
Everyone chuckled as Marionette tapped his long fingers, his face not showing any emotions. Finally everyone noticed his silence and died down. "*AHEM* Romantic intenions aside we have a reason to do this. A health inspector is coming by in a few days to check up on us and make sure we are up to code. And one of the key things we need is people who will keep watch and help keep things clean." He turned to Elisa. "That is where the kids come in. Even as young as they are I have checked, and apparently there is a little used state ordanance that says that kids CAN work at an establishment provided it does not interfere with school or that they are being paid for said job fairly. In other words, you can all help out in various areas."
 
Katie smiled. "No worries there. I can help out in the toy shop with no worry, and with Cassie's help we can have that runnng smoothly."
 
Sarah smiled. "And I can help in the kitchen with Baby's help..."
 
Marionette knew where THAT was going. "NO. We are not feeding you to every customer who comes in. On the other hand you and Baby werre really well liked at the tables, and I think it would be a good idea to help in that area."
 
Circus Baby nodded. "Sounds good. Maybe I can help with some ice cream. The real stuff I mean."
 
Marionette nodded.
 
"Well GOldie and I could work as security during the day." Corey volunteered. Golden Fredy nodded.
 
"YEah, and anyone who is bad gets a BITE." He joked, having gotten over that part of his past with Corey's help. Freddie hmmed some and snapped his fingers.
 
"Well we can help out on the floor as well, maybe playing games with the kids and such."
 
Toy Bonnie nodded. "Great idea! That would free the toys up to focus on the band perhaps for the shows."
 
Marionette nodded. "Now naturally we cannot have you all doing the same things everyday. We will rotate out the staff here and there. Given what we take in minus supplies and expenses I think we can all do well." He turned to the parents who could come. "Naturally we won't do this unless you want to..."
 
Katie's mom spoke fo rthe group. "We like it. Not sure I like the idea of the kids working at such a young age but if they want to I am for it."
 
The others nodded.
 
"Alright then. The big thing will be cleaning. Elisa has volunteered to head that up, anyoen want to help?"
 
Mangle raised her paw. "I'm in, I can work the vents really well and do the celings."
 
Elisa was confused at first but then remembered that as an animatronic Mangle could get ANYWHERE. Of ocurse she kept that as a plushamatronic. Everyone discussed for a bit until finally Circus Baby spoke up.
 
"One thing I got to say... we kinda got to address the elephant in the room. I mean that accident the other day was rather unusual. I think some of those not on duty on the floor should be extra security."
 
There was silence, but finlaly they nodded. "Leave that to us." Freddie said, looking at his toy counterpart. "We will keep our eyes open at all times."
 
After some further discussion and working out a rudimentary schedule, they headed out to rest. Tomorrow would be a big day indeed.
 
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The next day, Everyone was hard at work, and the customers were delighted to see so many friendlyu faxces working the establishment now, older patrons recognizing some of the colorful characters they grew up with. This was made even more wonderful as they saw the kids, now dressed like little cartoon kids with big rosy cheeks, working alongside them, waiting on customers at various locations like pros. What might have been awkward anywhere else ant any other time for any other town in any other country seemed to be perfect here. Adding to it was when Baby came out that night, serving special dishes of ice cream for kids, the kids smiling wide as they took the sweet, cold, delicious goodness, Baby trying hard not to cry as some even gave her a hug, a feeling she had not had in years.
 
In fact, every animatronic and plushamatronic found this arrangement now felt just so right in so many ways. Somehow, they had found the right way to do this, and it was as if the horrible past the establishment had was something that had never occured in the minds in the masses, and everyone was only seeing the best family fun location ever in their hometown. As the doors closed, The Front Guy was in shock as he double checked the numbers.
 
The place had raked in at least three times as much as usual, and even at the lower number it was a high profit! Moreover, every one of the kids who was working with their plushamatronics was happier than he knew they had been in some time, for their own reasons. It was a dream come true.
 
He smiled, sat back and let a tear fall.
 
His death had not been in vain, and he knew now his life would not be either.
 
TO BE CONTINUED
 
 
(TO THE READERS: I am glad to see that there is a steady fan base for this series, and am even more glad when I can write these feel good chapters and people say how they like them. As a result, I now know my writing this series was a good idea. Thank you all. We are nowhere near the end of this series, and I am looking forward to seeing what you all think of as the story of the Plushamatronics continues.