I stood outside the back door that led inside to my office, wondering if I should really go back inside there or not.

I eventually slapped myself and walked inside when I had finally convinced myself, remembering that they were my responsibility.

I shakingly sat down on my chair and saw the clock turn to midnight. I turned on the camera tablet and saw the yellow creature by the front door, looking straight at the camera.

I gulped and put down the tablet, Balloon Spike jumping at me as soon as I did, causing me to scream along with him.

When my vision came back I turned left to reboot the system, but Rarity popped out of nowhere and screamed at me, causing me to scream and turn left. But as soon as I turned left Pinkie Pie popped up and screamed at me, turning me left as I screamed. But the left side wasn’t safe either as Rainbow Dash was standing there, jumping towards me and screaming as soon as I turned left.

I covered my eyes with my hooves and started screaming. I opened my eyes and saw that everything was safe now. I turned left and rebooted all of the systems.

When that was done I turned it off and turned back right, stopping where I was as soon as I saw the yellow creature standing outside the window, staring straight at me.

I stared at him and he stared back, both of us stuck in a creepy staring contest. I didn’t know what to do, could I still lure him away? Could I do that?

I gulped and decided to give it a try. I turned right and quickly turned on the camera tablet and flipped to the camera right outside of that room he was in and played Balloon Spike’s laugh.

I gulped and turned it off, putting it away and closing my eyes.

I opened my eyes slowly and saw that the creature was gone. I looked to the door and sighed in relief as I saw it wasn’t there. But I didn’t to get too comfortable with this, it’ll move back here.

I turned back on the camera and played Balloon Spike’s laughter at a further hallway where an arcade cabinet was. I lowered the tablet and Balloon Spike jumped at me, both of us screaming.

“Enough of that! I’m tired of that now!” I screamed as I turned left and rebooting the vents.

I heard banging noises and turned on the camera tablet quickly, switching to the vent cameras and seeing the yellow creature crawling through the vents that led to my office, stopping to stare at me.

I shut the metal door and turned it off, hearing banging noises that I knew were coming from it crawling back out.

I looked through the cameras and found it staring at me from the front door.

“Good.... Stay there. FAR away from me.” I thought.

I put down the tablet and Balloon Spike jumped at me, causing me to scream again.

“WHAT DID I SAY EARLIER!?!?” I screamed as I turned left, only for Rarity to jump at me.

I screamed, groaning as my vision came back to me. I raised the grid tablet and rebooted all of the systems.

I turned back and Pinkie Pie jumped at me again, followed by Rarity as I turned left, then getting jumped at by Balloon Spike as I turned right, then getting hit by Rainbow Dash as I turned left.

I was breathing frantically, sweating like crazy, and was utterly terrified by now. I looked right and out the window, seeing the yellow bunny creature staring at me. I quickly raised the camera tablet and lured him to the other room with Balloon Spike’s laughter.

“I’m getting really tired of this now!” I said, running my hoof through my mane.

I found it was getting harder for me to breath, facehoofing as I remembered I forgot to reboot the ventilation system.

I turned left and Rainbow Dash jumped at me, my vision fading and taking longer to come back to me. I looked around, searching for light as my vision slowly came back to me, only for Rarity to jump towards me.

“Buck,” I cried out, turning on the grid tablet as my vision finally came back to me, “I did not miss this job.” Grumbling that last part I turned the grid tablet off and turned to the window, freezing where I was as I saw the yellow creature standing at the door, staring directly at me.

I quickly turned on the tablet and drew him to the room next to the one he was in with Balloon Spike’s laughter. I waited a while for the audio to finish with its own rebooting and drew the yellow creature further.

I turned off the tablet and set it down, leaning back on my chair and running my hoof through my mane. I could still feel my heart beating fast, my breathing was in more control but still frantic, and I could feel my hooves shaking. I was sweating and I was terrified.

I grabbed the tablet and prepared to turn it on, hoping to lure the thing even further, only to put it back down and run out the door as I heard the bell ringing.

I ran out of the building and began running back home, only to slow myself to a stop as something began to appear in my mind. It was a realization.

“If that thing is still alive when this place opens.... Then who’s going to stop it during the day? Who’ll stop it from hurting somepony?” I thought as I turned my head back to the direction where the horror attraction was.

“How could I stop it?” I said aloud to myself.

I got an idea, jumping up and my eyes opening up a bit at the thought.

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