Drive Thru

At Benny's Burgers in Torquay, the late shift has its own rhythm. Headsets chirp. Fries drop. Coffee orders become increasingly ridiculous. Tourists roll through on their way down the coast, and the same regular turns up for the same meal. For Mason and the rest of the crew, it's just another weekend and holiday job. Until the drive-thru sensor starts going off when nobody is there. At first, it's easy to explain. A faulty headset. A shadow outside the presenter window. Scratching somewhere beneath the floor. The kind of things that seem strange at midnight and ridiculous by morning. Then the voices begin. Someone calls from the freezer when they're standing somewhere else. Something moves through the drains. And buried in the history of the site is the story of a boy named Jack who disappeared one stormy night in 1926. When a violent storm hits Torquay, the crew find themselves trapped inside Benny's with rising water, failing power and something moving beneath the restaurant. Then the receipt printer clicks. ORDER 431 WATER PRESENTER WINDOW BACK DOOR JACK OUT Whatever is underneath Benny's has been listening. It's been learning. And the late shift isn't over yet.