by Bob Kite
Chapter 10 – Thursday
Dave wakes up at 4:30 AM, after setting his alarm to go off then. He knows it's probably a bad idea going in there early, but it's the only way to get his father caught. He has to give Phone Guy some sort-of lead without telling him directly. He grabs the book he managed to hide away in his outfit the other day, and tries to carefully walk out the door to avoid waking his father up. He gets out to his car, gets inside, and sees his purple flashlight still in the cupholder. He drives off towards the pizzeria.
Nobody is there except the night guard, as there is only one car in the parking lot. Dave gets out of his car and walks inside trying his best to avoid the cameras. He apparently manages as he sneaks into the backroom without having Jim come out or anything. He then hears a loud noise. As if an animatronic was starting to move. Oh no. He then shuts the backroom door, as apparently one of the animatronics heard it. He starts hearing banging sounds on the other side of the door and it causes him to drop the book out of it startling him, he can't exactly see where it is because it's pitch dark in there. About 15 minutes pass and the animatronic stops banging, but just at that moment the lights start flashing. He can see it from the other side of the door. In the backroom, for some odd reason, the lights aren't going crazy. He then hears screaming.
Dave turns his flashlight on and starts looking around for the book, he decides to leave it there and puts the flashlight on the ground next to it, to be pointing out of the doorway to look as if something is illuminating from that room. Dave sneaks out of the room and walks around the corner to see who is in the security office, it's Phone Guy and Jim. Perfect. Jim must have not called Phone Guy's Boss, William or Henry. That'll make it better so that the journal will end up with Phone Guy.
Dave decides it's not worth the risk to stay there today. He leaves and decides to call in sick. He gets home by 6 AM and sees his father in the kitchen. "Hello, Dave." William says as he takes a drink of his coffee. Dave doesn't respond. William asks "So, where exactly were you?" Dave clears his throat. "I went for a drive when the roads weren't busy. I wasn't feeling very good." Dave says, as William nods. "Sure, sure." William says, he then continues "Take the rest of the day off, I'm sure that's what you're wanting. Slacker." William says as he gets up, and walks out of the house for work. Dave wipes the sweat off of his forehead. Thank God he thinks he's a slacker. That's better than thinking he's a traitor.
Dave is very tired and decides to get back to sleep. It'll be an easy, relaxing day today. Too bad he has to go into work tomorrow though. Hopefully it's just as easy. Dave closes his eyes and goes to sleep. Or tries to at least. The nightmares aren't usually very friendly.