"Mr. Fitzgerald?!"

I opened my eyes suddenly. How long was I out? I slowly stood up and looked around. I was still in the Parts and Services closet. It was still pretty dark, though.

"Mr. Fitzgerald! Where are you?!"

"I'm coming!"

I walked out as fast as I could, which wasn't really that fast. I opened the door and light shone right into my eyes. I don't remember it ever being that bright in the restaurant!

I then walked down the hallway and into the main area, where I saw a familiar face in a familiar attire.

"Well, well, well," the manager told me. "You actually managed to survive."

"You sound surprised," I told him coldly.

He replied with a small smile.

"Well, as promised," he continued as he reached into his purple coat, "here's your week's pay, as well as your overtime pay."

He then pulled 2 white rectangles out of his pocket and proceeded to hand them to me. I took a look at them to make sure everything checked out.

"One Hundred Five and 50/100 Dollars to Jeremy Fitzgerald."

I then checked the other one.

"Twenty and 10/100 Dollars to Jeremy Fitzgerald."

It wasn't much of an overtime pay, but I'll take it; no point in arguing at this point.

"I'm sure the assistant manager explained this already," he continued, "but we'd like you to work one more day."

"I know," I grumbled. "When's this stupid birthday party?"

"From 10 am to 2 pm," he replied. "After that, we close for a while."

"Speaking of which," I asked, "why is this place closing now?"

The manager shrugged.

"We had an...incident," he replied. "It's safer to close than to deal with it."

I scoffed; sounds like a very familiar tactic.

"Well, get some rest, Mr. Fitzgerald," he concluded. "You seem to have had a long night. I'd get some rest before the party."

"Sure," I replied with a mumble.

I then slowly walked out of the restaurant and headed towards the car. I had my paycheck, the one thing I'd been looking forward to all week, yet I didn't feel happy or accomplished. If anything, I found myself asking if it was all worth it.

At any rate, I definitely need as much rest as possible before this final event at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Hopefully Jacob and Courtney found something about the restaurant.