The Night Guard

The dusty wall clock pointed its' hands, signalling that the time was 5:50. Sitting alone in an office, a buck in a dark purple button up shirt and hat kept his eyes glued to a small monitor that rested between his forehooves. On his chest, a golden, rectangular badge that read 'Security' sat pinned to the cloth.

"Ten minutes...ten minutes...come on Rotary, you can get through this. One last shift and it's goodbye nightmares..." he muttered to himself. His eyes kept racing up to the clock, the time seeming to stretch on with each look. Suddenly, his head craned up and looked to his left, leaning his body towards a dark doorway. Reaching a hoof forward, he slammed a white square button, activating a hall light outside the room. The buck screamed as the animatronic form of a lavender alicorn stared at him with murderous intent. The bucks' hoof moved from the light and slammed a red button above the white button, causing a metal door slab to shut as the robotic mare began to lurch forward. Moving back to the monitor, the buck gave a horrified gasp as his eyes landed on a power indicator.

1%

"Oh fuck..." he whined quietly. At that moment, the percentage went from one to zero. Within a second, the lights in the office went dark, accompanied by the sound of the dying generator as it ran out of power. Silence fell throughout the establishment. Darkness was the bucks' only company. The only light that did dare enter the room was from a ceiling window, allowing the approaching rays of daytime to pour through the dirty windows.

Thud...thud...thud...thud...

The buck began to shake violently as he looked to his left in the darkness, the small monitor dropping from his hooves and clattering to the floor. The heavy thudding drew closer to the doorway until it stopped right outside the office. Erratic ticking echoed before a music box sprung to life, followed by a set of eyes of a pink animatronic mare being illuminated by an interior light.

The bucks' heart seized in his chest as he jumped to his hooves. With a scream, the buck dashed out the doorway to his right, racing down the dark hall. Behind him, the thundering of metal hooves drew closer and closer with each gallop. Entering the main eating area, the buck skid on his hooves as he quickly changed direction. At that moment, a high pitched screaming rang though the air, making the buck freeze on the spot. From the darkness, a hook slashed at the buck, cutting him across his face. Blood rushed from his torn eye, forcing him to scream as he resumed his running towards a back room. Skidding into the doorway, the buck barely made it over the threshold before the hook from before lashed out again and sunk itself into his ear leg. The buck screamed louder than ever and slammed face first into the tiled flooring, his snout breaking with a sickening CRACK! Immediately he began being dragged backwards out of the back room, the hook still deep into his leg.

"LET ME GO!!" he roared, kicking his intact hoof against his assailant, but to no avail. The attacker flipped him onto his back, removed the hook from his leg, then plunged the hook down into his open mouth, the metal piercing through his lower jaw and effectively hooking him like a trout. The buck squirmed and thrashed violently, shock over taking his mind as his head was slowly raised up. The attacker leaned forward, revealing a cyan robotic mare with an eyepatch and several sharp teeth.

And with one jerk, the animatronic mare snapped the bucks' neck, ripping his lower jaw off in the process.

As the buck laid on the floor, the light of life leaving his eyes, other forms gathered around his prone form in the darkness.

And with his last breath, they picked him up and took him away into the darkness.

Captain Suicide Presents

The Night Guard