Behind the Curtains

Chapter 8 - Kat

Alyssa pulls into the parking lot the next day. She is still troubled by many thoughts and questions like before, but she tells herself to forget them so she would be able to continue her work. She gets out of the car and closes the door after pulling out her bag. Once the door is locked, Alyssa walks up to the twin glass doors and opens one to enter. A couple of families are gathered in the main party room because a birthday party is being celebrated. Freddy and his friends are all up on stage and performing a song for the kids. The young lady looks around and watches the kids run around, laughing and playing, while the grown-ups watch or talk amongst themselves. She smiles at them, then heads off to the employee's room to get changed into her uniform.

Walking into the room, the new night guard sees Vincent, leaning back in a chair while his legs are resting on a table that's holding him up. His hat is covering his face and his arms are behind his head in a relaxed fashion. The guard is also wearing his uniform and very much asleep.

Alyssa stares at him, wondering why he's sleeping. She walks up to him quietly and lowers her head down a bit to see his face; he seems innocent enough when he's relaxed. "Asleep as usual..." she whispers, leaning back up. The brunette walks away from the sleeping night guard and over to her locker while fishing out her key. After a few seconds, she pulls them out and carefully unlocks her locker before opening it. She suddenly stops and slowly turns back to Vincent who was sleeping at least a few feet from her. A sly, playful smirk creeps over her face, thinking of a good joke to pull on him. After getting her uniform and putting her bag away, she holds the door and begins to quietly count, "3... 2...1..." and immediately slams the locker door, making a loud 'clack' echo through the room.

Vincent quickly jolts upward in shock and panic; his quick movements causing his hat to fall to the floor. His muscle memory also causes him to rush to his feet on an impulse to hit the door button but falls to the floor since there was no wall to catch him. "AHH!!" he yells before hitting the floor with a thud and groans in pain.

The female brunette backs away quickly from his movements, all the while covering her mouth, forcing herself to keep from laughing aloud. She, unfortunately, lets out a muffled chuckle, followed by a giggle. "Ha ha ha! I wish I had my phone out! Priceless! Ha ha!" she snickers.

The man in the purple uniform groans as he gets back up onto his feet while rubbing his head. His gaze shifts to look at her while being slightly mad, but then his glaring frown turns to his usual smirk and he chuckles. "Heh, nice one. You actually got me!" he laughs. "Not bad for a newbie~" the male compliments as he slides one hand into his pocket.

Alyssa, panting slightly from holding in a big breath, wipes her eyes while smiling happily at him for a change. "I couldn't help it...! You know you can't sleep at work, so I had to somehow wake you up... and this was all I could think of!" she admits and giggles. "Wow, that reaction though!"

Vincent feels a warm blush appear on his face feeling a bit embarrassed for having been caught off 'guard' by the other guard but quickly chuckles to hide it. "Ah, shut up," he smirks still, but calm. "Anyways, what are you doing here this early? I thought you were on the night shift today?" he asks, putting his hands in his jacket pockets.

Calming herself down while taking a few small breaths, she eventually regains her ability to speak. "Phew...! Well, I was, but for some reason, Mr. Fazbear put a note in my locker telling me to come in in the morning for a morning shift," she explains, placing both her hands on her hips and looking down. "I was dumbfounded."

The male tilts his head, actually looking confused as well. "A note?" he asks to clarify. "Usually when he wants to tell an employee something, Fazbear says something to them in person or through a phone call." Thinking for a moment on an explanation, he looks back at his female companion and asks, "Do you still have the note on you?"