Winding Away

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Matt quickly turned on the camera. As soon as it was recording, he began speaking hurriedly.

"Hello. My name is Matthew Patrick. I live in Los Angeles, California. I don't know who is gonna see this, if you'll see this, but please, if anyone finds this, help me. Last night I was at the pizzeria and I was talking to someone. Last thing that I remember and now I find myself here." He stopped abruptly when he heard footsteps drawing nearer. He looked towards the door. "Oh gosh. I think he's coming back. Please, if you find this, look for me."

"What are you doing?"

"Matthew Patrick-"

"What are you doing?!" Nate's angry voice came louder.

"Nothing."

Suddenly, Nate was grabbing Nate and pushing him onto the chair, accidentally knocking down the tripod in the proces. He had a gag and blindfold. He tied them around Matt's head, covering his eyes and mouth. Then he picked up some ropes that Matt hadn't noticed on the floor by the chair. "Can't leave you alone for five minutes," Nate said as he wrapped the ropes around Matt's arms and torso.

"Leave me alone. Leave me alone!" Matt shouted through the gag.

"You just couldn't behave," Nate said, ignoring Matt's pleas.

Matt was crying at this point. "Please let me go," he begged between sobs.

Nate continued to ignore Matt as he picked up the knocked over tripod. He set it back up somewhere else. Then Nate reached up and grabbed a chain hanging from somewhere on or near the ceiling. He pulled on it and light appeared in midair. There was a light bulb hanging from the ceiling. It looked extremely bright shining in the dark room.

Nate looked at the camera and grinned creepily. After about a minute he took out his phone. "That should be enough footage for the video," he said to himself as he tapped away at his phone. "Ah, here we are!" He tapped it one last time and put it in his pocket. A moment later, music started playing. At certain parts, Nate lip synced to them, still standing near the light. It was extremely creepy the way half of his evil face was lit up. Finally, the song ended and Nate turned the camera off. He went back over to Matt. Then he knelt down in front of his captive. "I'm not sure if you know, but around a year ago I uploaded a lyric video on my main channel for an original FNaF song I'd written called Mangled. Now I've decided to make a music video for it," the YouTuber explained. "And you're one of the two stars."

Please tell me Nate is the other star, Matt thought. Please tell me he didn't kidnap someone else. Matt's mind turned to people like Morgan, Brett, and worst of all, Stephanie. If he hurts Stephanie, I'll kill him. I don't even care that he's my friend. But Matt knew that if that time came, he wouldn't be able to bring himself to do it. He wouldn't be able to hurt Nate, much less kill him.

Matt was brought back to reality by the sound of Nate's voice. "We'll film the rest tomorrow." With that, the monster Matt had once called a friend left Matt trembling with fear and utterly alone.