Behind the Curtains

Chapter 11 - Inside Pirate's Cove

"You know yer' not suppose to talk to them people! Especially the guards!"

"I was really curious, okay...?! Please don't be mad at me... I'd never wish to hurt you or the others..."

"... Listen lassy, you can't be walkin' around when there's still people in the buildin' and them lights are on. Aye?"

"... Aye Aye, captain..."

Alyssa heads over to the door leading to the Pirate's Cove party room, keeping an eye on her surroundings as she zig-zags across the main party room. The children continue to laugh and play while the parents watch, and the employees working their shifts were making it quite difficult for the night guard to maneuver around the area. As she got close to the doors, Alyssa couldn't help but overhear slight whispering from behind the door. Hoping to maybe find some friendly employees to talk to, she held the key up to the lock and unlocked the door, carefully opening it.

As she walks in, the brunette closes the door behind her. She feels a bit sad seeing the room so quiet and lonely with the lights dimmed. Alyssa knows she heard something, or someone, making noise inside the locked room, but simply brushes it off. "Must've been my imagination," she whispers to herself.

The female notices the stage where Foxy and Kitten are kept with the curtain closed still. They look slightly ruffled, almost as if someone had possibly moved them. "Must've been a mechanic checking up on the two." Alyssa raises her hands up, letting out a quiet moan as she stretches. "I needed to get away from him so I can rest. Kat... you owe me big time for making me apologize..."

The security guard turns around to face the wall and switches on the lights, the room brightens along with her vision. The tables are still where they were left beforehand along with some party hats and balloons. Nothing seems to have been cleaned since the party. Thrusting her arm out to pull her sleeve back, she checks the time before whispering, "2:00... Well, looks like I'll have some time to sleep. Hopefully, I don't get interrupted..." The brunette turns around and glares at the door. "Vincent better stay far away from here..."

With that, Alyssa places the key in her pocket and walks over to one of the tables, then pulls out a chair to sit down in. Once she's seated, she takes out her phone, then turns on her music setting to a high volume along with an alarm to wake her up later. The guard folds her arms on the surface of the table, then lays her head down on top of them and closes her eyes to rest.

Now that the room is quiet again, light brown eyes poke through the tiny opening of the purple curtains to see the tired night guard asleep. A familiar redhead pokes her head out fully into view. Her red cat ears twitch a bit to hear anything, but all she hears is the sound of music coming from the employee's phone. She smiles, turning around to her partner inside. "She's asleep, cap'n," she chirps happily.

A tall, dark figure keeps his distance from the curtain while trying to coax his partner away from the edge. "What're ya doin', lass! Get back over 'ere!" he whispers harshly, his one golden eye glowing angrily at the female pirate.

Her ears droop a bit hearing how angry he sounds. "But captain, she's sleeping. She won't hear ya," she whispers back.

The figure shake his head. "I don' care! If you go out an' she catches ya, ye be in big trouble!"

"With her or you?" the young lady retorts, glaring back at him while crossing her arms.

Now getting annoyed with how rude she's acting, along with being so stubborn with her captain, the figure holds out his hook in her direction, the light from the tiny opening in the curtains makes it gleam threateningly. "Don' get me started, Kitten! Ye almost blew our secret to da guard! Freddy ain't gonna be too happy wit' ya!" he argues with annoyance laced in his tone.