Former security guard for Freddy Fazbear's, Alex Redding can't seem to catch a break. Now a private investigator, he's hired by the animatronic company that created the Fazbear band to track down the original four animatronics, having never been found after the 'Drone Incident'. There's just one problem. Alex would rather not lose his new roommates.

Life isn't easy at the best of times, but when you're Alex Redding, former SWAT officer and security guard turned guardian over a band of sentient animatronics, life is a bit more complicated than just figuring out a shopping list. A quick oneshot just to set the scene for future stories in the Five Lives at Redding's Extended Universe. I know it's short, but here it is.

After four nights of terror, security guard Alex Redding has had his fill of the goings-on at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and prepares to either stop the madness on night five or die trying. However, not everything is as it seems, and if Alex truly intends to stop the dark secret lurking beneath the restaurant, he'll need to find some help from an unlikely source...

There's a brand new Freddy Fazbear's opened up in the wake of the failed lawsuit against Fazbear Entertainment, and Alex Redding decides to look into the new location to make sure that the mistakes of the past aren't repeated in the present. After all, with a brand new cast and no doors, what could go wrong? Part of the Alex Redding universe.

It is the year 2035. The Rift has opened, and Rift Running/Mercenary work has become the highest paying job in the underground. Of the many Mercenary teams, the Phoenix Coalition is one of the most well known and powerful in the Rift. This is the story of how they came together. PENDING REWRITE