Last person standing

~6~

While Samuel was distracting his parents Addison got up and left. He didn't feel like talking to them at the moment. Or ever. When he arrived back at the mansion no one was there. Celia and Ms. J probably were out doing something so Addison didn't bother calling them. They would probably call him if they needed anything. Addison rubbed his eyes as he collapsed into a chair in his room. He was exhausted.

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A couple hours later Addison began to start getting worried. Where were Celia and Ms. J? Addison decided to call them. He grabbed his phone and called Ms. J. Thankfully she picked up.

"Where are you?" Addison said. "You haven't been at the house for hours."

"Sorry," Ms. J said. "We were down town and lost track of time. We're coming back now."

"Okay, good." Addison said. "I was getting worried."

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When they got back it was almost dinner time. Addison had been in the file room just looking through filesnot looking for anything in particular.

"Hey Addison, what are you doing?" Celia asked from the doorway.

"I don't know." Addison shrugged, eyes still fixed on the file. "Just reading." Celia laughed. 

"Reading?" Celia asked. "Come on, you have to be doing something."

"I told you." Addison said. "Just reading.

"Okay." Celia said, smiling. "Good luck reading." She left. Addison looked back down at the file in his hand.

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Addison awoke to the lights off. It was pitch black in the mansion. Addison blidnly rumadged around for his phone and checked the time. 12:25. Midnight. Addison must have fallen asleep while reading. Addison got up, leaving the file he had been reading open on the floor and went to bed. Lead by the light from his phone Addison thought about how tired he would be in the morning. Tonight he would only had a few hours of sleep left because he had to wake up early tomorrow for work. He closed the door to his room and fell onto his bed, falling asleep almost instantly.

The next morning Addison could barely get out of bed.

"How did you sleep?" Ms. J asked.

"Okay." Addison groaned. "I'm just really tired. When did you and Celia wake up."

"3:00." Ms. J said.

"3:00?"

"Yeah."

"That's way too early when did you go to sleep?!" Addison asked.

"Like 11:30." Ms. J said. She looked totally awake.

"Wow." Addison mouthed.

When he got to work there was a pile of paperwork on his desk.

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Addison woke up in his office with the pitch black city barly visible through his window. He had fallen asleep doing something again. What was going on? This never happened. Usually. Stuff like this usually only happened one night not two nights in a row. Addison rubbed his head then yawned, stretching. It was too late to got home so Addison decided to make another dent into his immense work load. When the sun finally rose Addison had bags under his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and went back to work. Finally, he left work.

"Where were you last night?" Celia asked.

"I fell asleep at work." Addison said. "When I woke up it was too late to drive home." Celia nodded as Ms. J entered the room.

"Oh hey Addison." She said, totally unperturbed by Addison being a day late.

"Hey Ms. J." Addison said, grabbing a piece of toast and a stick of butter. Just now did he realize how hungry he was. He waited in silence 'till the toaster went off.

"Get a lot of work done?" Celia asked as Addison buttered his toast.

"Not really." Addison said. "I still have a lot to do."

"You'll get through it eventually." Ms. J said. "And the stocks for your business are going up." Addison nodded.

"I know." He said. "I checked."

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"Hey guys!" Celia yelled from upstairs. "You guys need to see this!" Addison ran up the stairs, joined Ms. J, and Celia by a window.

"What is it?" Addison asked.

Celia pointed out the window, "That." Addison followed Ms. J to the window and saw something that made his jaw drop to the floor. It was Melissa and Bridger.

"Impossible!" Ms. J said. "Addison killed him."

"That's what I thought." Celia said.

"We have to stop them." Addison said. "Now."

"We'll meet you outside." Celia said. Addison nodded and ran out the door. When he an out the mansion's doors Melissa and Bridger were almost to it.

"Ah Addison." Melissa said. "Just lovely to see you."

"What do you want?" Addison demanded. "What do you want?"

"I'm here to eradicate a pesky little fly from existence." Melissa said.

"Oh you mean me?" Addison said. "Your own son?"

"Exactly." Melissa smirked. Where's Ms. J and Celia? Addison thought. They should be here by now. "Oh and one more thing." Melissa said. "You're friends aren't going to save you." Addison lookekd back to see Celia and Ms. J walk out the door. But a portion of their faces were gone revealing metal. "They're here to kill you."