✓ 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 | E. Nelson [shiloh and bros]

𝐈𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞... 2

Ella grabbed the hand Elijah gave her as he pulled her up. Dusting her off, he turned to Huggy. "Well, that wasn't very nice."

Huggy stretched out his hand, a note sitting on his palm.

"It's not your time. Get up." Elijah read angrily, before smiling, "Aww, that's uplifting."

"Let's go." Shiloh said, heading in.

The grabbed the grab-packs and opened the doors upto where they were previously. 

"Okay. We know he's around here somewhere." Elijah said as they approached the desk. A metal thudded behind them, and the music changed. "Ah, there he is." Shiloh said, "Right on cue."

Elijah awwed. "But he's too cute to be bad. Bring it in buddy!" He said happily, and Huggy leaned down.

They were back outside.

"Turns out Huggy Wuggy doesn't like being huggy." Elijah said, upset.

"You mean hugged." Shiloh said, making Ella pinch her.

"That's what I said." Elijah grumbled.

Five times. Five times they'd been thrown out. Huggy handed them a note. "These aren't even words!" Shiloh yelled, "It looks like a two-year old wrote it."

Huggy outstretched his arm. Elijah looked at it. "Listen. He has mittens for hands. He's trying his best." Huggy agreed.

They walked, almost stomped, in again.

One more time. Once more, they were back out. "That wasn't even surpsrising!" Elijah called, and Huggy slapped him. "OW! Okay, that was."

"Poor thing." Ella cooed, sliding a finger across his cheek, "You keep getting slapped." She grinned, slapping him lightly again. He looked at her in shock, and her grin grew wider. She turned and marched in, missing the pink of his face. Shiloh, however, didn't. 

"He's clearly guarding something." Ella said, "But what?"

"I don't know." Shiloh said, turning to her brother, "Eli?" They stopped. "Eli!"

"Huh! Yeah!" He said, shaking his head as he snapped out of whatever he was thinking about.

"Oh nevermind." Shiloh grumbled, walking away, muttering about bugs.

"He's keeping us out of that part of the factory." Shiloh said, "But why?"

"Let's just sit down and figure out this whole mystery." Elijah said.

Shiloh had her face in her palms, Elijah had his hands covering his mouth as he stared at the wall and Ella pinched the bridge of her nose, eyes closed.

"I am no closer to figuring this out than I was when we started." Shiloh said, making Elijah look at her.

"I just need someone to explain this to me like I'm five years old."

Ella sighed, grabbed his shoulders and looked his square in the eyes. "Our friends are trapped, we have to save them. The head of innovation quit 20 years ago, probably due to a threat, Huggy wants us away from a part of the factory, we have to find the room with the poppy flower."

"I need someone to explain this to me like I'm two years old." 

Ella smiled. "None of us understand, Eli. But we have to keep going. We have to save the ot-" She stopped, making the pair turn to her.

"What?"

"I got it. The flower room is the only room we haven't seen, and Huggy isn't letting us into a certain part of the factory. We haven't found our friends yet, either. So, Huggy is guarding the flower room, where our friends are. The only part I don't know is why." She ranted, pacing back and forth, as Elijah and Shiloh watched her, mouths open in awe.

"He gave us the keys earlier, which means he's trying to help us, but he's not letting us go into a room with our friends in it."

She grabbed her hair, "Ugh! Why can't I figure this out."

"Maybe.." Elijah piped up in a small voice. "He's keeping us from something else, which is in the flower room with our friends?"

Ella blinked. "That's.. Actually that's genius. You might be right. Let's go."

"Okay." Shiloh said, "As long as we go near the flower room he'll follow us." She stopped, making Ella crash into Elijah. He turned and caught her before she fell, placing her back onto her feet lightly.

"You get him to follow you." Elijah told Shiloh. Shiloh nodded.

"No." Ella said, "If he gets you, you'll be thrown out alone. I'll go. I'm older and much faster. It'll be harder for him to catch me."

Elijah looked at her, hesitating. "Alright, go. But make sure you're not thrown out." Ella nodded, taking off towards the flower room and Huggy appeared behind them. Elijah and Shiloh ran into a different hallway. Huggy chased after her.

Spotting Elijah in a hallway a few metres in front of her, she grinned. "Smartass."

She hurried through as she saw Elijah appear at the end of her hallway, and the edge of the box appeared above it. She clambered out as fast as she could, and Elijah grabbed the box, blocking the hallways. Huggy pushed against it, unsuccesfully.

Ella cheered, hugging Elijah and Shiloh. "That was so smart!" Shiloh grinned, "All Eli."

Ella gave him a radiant smile.

"The flower room!" Shiloh said, and they ran to it.

Elijah opened the door, and they tiptoed through, as a lullaby sounded.

"That's the same wallpaper that was in the others' VHS tapes." Ella whispered to Shiloh. They passed a door boarded up by a cabinet and a few baskets. Someone banged on the door.

"Elijah! Shiloh! Elizabeth!" Daniel yelled, "We're in here!"

"Come on!" Ella yelled, as the trio pushed the cabinet away from the door. Elijah opened the door, as Micah, Mary, Judah and Daniel streamed out.

"We're free!" Micah yelled as they cheered. "Wait!" Ella asked, "It's only you four? Where are the others?"

"The others?" Mary asked, making Ella nod. 

"Britney, David and Sarina? They came with you." She replied.

"I dunno." Daniel shrugged, "They must have escaped."

Ella sighed. "Maybe. We'll have to come back for them later, if they're still here."

"Wait. Guys?" Shiloh said, making them turn to her. "What's behind that door?"

Ella and Elijah approached the door. "Stay behind me." Elijah whispered, and Ella rolled her eyes, throwing the door open.

A doll was sitting there, her head tilted to the left. She had red hair that was braided with ribbons and a blue dress.

"Just a toy doll." Elijah said.

"This is what Huggy was guarding." Shiloh said, and Ella narrowed her eyes, shivering. "She looks freakily similar to Brit."

The lights above the doll buzzed and her head straightened. "You opened my case."

Elijah slammed the door shut. "Welp, that's too creepy."

"Yup! Let's get out of here!"

"We'll do that in part two." Daniel said, as they ran out of the room. They danced as they made their way out of the flower room, and made their way to the train home.