Agent Phoenix: On the Case (An Aphmau Fanfiction)

The Masquerade Part 1: Getting tricked into going

A/N: Wow it's December and we've just gotten to halloween night in this story. Great job, me XD. But today is the first day of Christmas break! So I'll finally be able to write more. And sorry this is long overdue but I've been busy with end of term assessments and junk like that.

Aphmau's POV:

(With the power of Crab McGee, WE SKIP! ..To Saturday afternoon)

(A/N: See! I didn't forget about him.)

"Get up." Alesa grabbed the cover and pulled them off my head. I was sitting in my bed under my blanket playing Neko Atsume.

"No." I covered my head again.

"Seriously, Aph." She did it again and this time I glared at her.

"I am serious! I am this close to getting Lady Meow-Meow." I shoved my phone in her face.

"Oh thanks!" She snatched it out of my hands and ran out into the hallway.

"Wh-HEY! GIVE THAT BACK ALESA!" I jumped off the bed and ran after her. She stopped at the end of the hall next to the staircase.

"Shelby!" She shouted. Shelby, who was reading a book on the couch downstairs, looked up. "Catch!" Before I could stop her, she threw my phone over the railing. She. Threw. My freakin' phone. Over the stinkin' railing. Oh she is dead once I get my hands on her. Shelby dropped her book, stood up and caught the phone. I sighed in relief as I rushed down the stairs. "Keep away from Aphmau!" Alesa pointed at me. Shelby looked at the two of us and grinned.

"See-ya'!" She ran towards the kitchen. Now I see where Ross gets it from.

"No fair!" I whined and followed after while Alesa laughed from behind me. Shelby opened the painting hatch that lead to the tunnels and pressed a button on the back of the frame. I had learned yesterday that those were the buttons that changed where the tunnels lead you. And one of them was the one that Ross pushed back on Wednesday. She stopped and turned to me, smirking. I narrowed my eyes. "You wouldn't dare."

"Try me." And with that, she jumped into the tunnel. I heard Alesa snickering behind me and I turned to her.

"This is all your fault." I grumbled and went in after her.

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"Oof!" I landed flat on my stomach as Shelby sat up and rubbed her head. While she was distracted I took it as an opportunity to grab my phone out of her hand and scrambled to my feet. 

"INCOMING!" A voice echoed from down the tunnel. Alesa came flying out. At the last second she aimed her grappling hook, which everyone got, at the corner where the walls and ceiling met. She pulled the trigger and the wire shot out, wrapping around a support beam and fixing the metal claw in place. Alesa rocketed towards it, feet first, a landed with a loud THUMP. Some dust fell from the ceiling as she pushed the release button and dropped to the ground. Landing perfectly, she shoved the grappling hook into her back pocket. "And that, ladies, is how you land out of a tunnel with style." She snapped her fingers.

"Well someone's learning." Shelby adjusted her crown and got up. I only now realized my surroundings. We were in an attic. It was big and covered in dust. It was all made of oak wood, with wardrobes and chests and shelves all over the place. It was messy, but still had plenty of space to walk around. If it were night we barely would've been able to see anything, considering the only light was from an old circular window covered in grime. There were a couple of lamps hanging from the ceiling but the lightbulbs were blow.