Behind Closed Doors

Apologies

Mike groaned as he opened his eyes. Jeremy was sitting next to him, hugging Mike with his face nuzzled in Mike's shoulder. Stephanie was sitting against the wall on the other side of the room, arms and legs crossed.Mike put a hand to his head and his hand came back covered in blood. He felt like he was going to collapse, but stayed up, using Jeremy's arms as a support.

After a few moments Stephanie sighed from where she was sitting. Jeremy tensed, but stayed where he was. Mike felt Jeremy tense and wondered what he had missed. He stayed silent and waited for someone to speak. Finally, Stephanie spoke.

"Sorry." She grumbled.

Mike looked at Stephanie, then at Jeremy. After realizing that she had spoken to her, he asked, "What?"

Stephanie stared at the ground. "I'm sorry that I bashed your head in so hard you fainted like a little girl." she huffed.

Mike laughed. Stephanie looked at him questioningly. Jeremy relaxed.

"What?" Stephanie asked after a long moment where Mike continued laughing.

"Oh nothing." Mike giggled. "Just how you said it. And you guys were so tense!" He put his arm around Jeremy and gave him a kiss on the forehead.

Jeremy pushed his arm away. "I was worried because you got knocked out and then your head started bleeding." he huffed.

"Ok. Ok." Mike said, putting his hands up in defense. He turned to Stephanie. "Also, WHY DID YOU KIDNAP MY BOYFRIEND!" he yelled.

Stephanie stared at the ground again. "Everything was a blur. I didn't know what was happening and he happened to be the one who was looking over me."

Mike huffed. "That doesn't explain anything."

Stephanie looked up and sighed. "Look, it's going to take a lot of explaining and I don't want to explain it again. Let's wait until everyone is here."

Mike nodded. Jeremy got up and helped him to his feet as Stephanie stood up and opened the door. They walked into the hall and started walking to the door. Suddenly, Stephanie froze. Mike and Jeremy looked behind them. Stephanie was staring at the animatronic's stage. Bonnie was missing.

"What time is it?" Stephanie slowly asked.

Mike checked his watch. "Ummm." Mike gasped. Jeremy looked at Mikes watch. He gasped too. "12" Mike said, slowly looking at the stage.

They all froze. Everything was quiet. Then they heard a whirring noise coming from above them. They all slowly looked up. The whirring stopped.

* * * * *

Vincent threw open the door backstage and walked out of the room. He had to find Stephanie, but first he had to find Mike. He had heard Mike's footsteps go towards the office, so he decided to check there.

He ran to the left hall and froze. Bonnie stood in the hallway. Bonnie turned towards him and Vincent sprinted into the right hall and into the office. He closed both doors and sat on the floor of the office, breathing heavily. He had been holding his breath the entire time.

He checked the desk clock. It read 12. He grabbed the security camera monitor and flipped through the cameras. All he had to do was survive until 6 and then the animatronics would power down and he would be able to escape.

"Easy." he thought.

He opened both doors and sat at the office chair.

"I do this every day at work."

He flipped open the security camera monitor and located all the animatronics.

"I have to survive."

Everyone except Bonnie was in their proper positions. Bonnie was backstage.

"I have to do this for Scott."

He closed the security camera monitor and listened for sounds, just like the way Scott taught him.

"Scott..." he whispered, clutching his heart.

Because of that, he missed the sound of footsteps.

He flipped open his camera just to check where the animatronics were. He turned to the camera in the left hall. He found three figures standing frozen in the hall.

He peered into the monitor. "Guys?"