Running Down to the Riptide

Taken Away to the Dark Side

(A/N: I've been a bit depressed lately, and Chapter 3 might take a week or two, but it will eventually be here. This is unbeta'd, so if anything's wrong either grammatically or plot wise, let me know. Otherwise, enjoy Chapter 3!)

12:30 AM

Noodle checked the cameras on the tablet the pair had been given and tried not to let her surprise show on her face, as the animatronic rabbit, Bonnie, wasn't on the stage.

"Are you tired, Stu?" she asked, trying not to panic, thinking that perhaps it would be easier to deal with the murderous animatronic on the loose if 2D was asleep.

"Mm, a bit. I really am getting old."
"You're not old, but you are cute," Noodle replied boldly, earning a blush from 2D. "If you're tired, just go to sleep."

"That's not right, love! The bloke is supposed to take care of the girl, 'specially if she's younger!"
"There is so much chauvinism in that sentence I don't even know where to start," Noodle commented with a disapproving cluck. "This girl cares about this bloke, so she's going to take care of him, because she doesn't want him to get sleep deprived."
"I can't leave you by yourself, 'specially after what you told me about this place."
"You aren't leaving me you're resting, which you need. I can handle a few stupid metal animals. Like I said, it was probably just an online hoax."

2D responded by sighing then laying his head down on Noodle's shoulder, for she really was a convincing speaker. She twisted her head a bit so that she could plant a kiss on his forehead.

"You could kiss me on my mouth., you know," he muttered, trying to go to sleep.

"Russel always told me that a guy who tries to kiss me on the first or second date is, in his words, 'just trying to get in my pants'."
"Well if our first date was at the coffee shop, and this is our second-"
She laughed,"That makes no sense! Our 'first' was was fifteen minutes long and not even planned, and our 'second' is us at work!"
"We're alone together," 2D pointed out.
"I'll play along, when will our third date be?"
"Breakfast? After our shift's over?" 2D asked, sitting up and looking at her earnestly.

Noodle grinned. "I can't wait. Where are you thinking of for breakfast?"

"I saw this Mexican restaurant called Chipotle and-"
"NO." the green-eyed woman replied firmly.
"Why not?" 2D asked, cocking his head a bit.

"I don't like chain restaurants," she replied.

"It said there were other locations on the menu at Beggar's," the vocalist pointed out.

"You looked really cute when asked for pizza, and I couldn't deny you." Noodle retorted.
"So you're saying I'm ugly now?"

The guitarist giggled. "No, I've built up an immunity to your attractiveness."

"That's the kind of fing that I'd kiss you for if you let me."
They both giggled in the type of two that were tired and slightly frenzied. 2D laid back down, and after a few moments, Noodle flipped the cameras once she sure that he was asleep and not looking at the iPad. The other two animatronics were on the stage and the curtain in Pirate's Cove was still drawn, but Bonnie was nowhere to be found. Noodle continued to look through the different angles, finding that Bonnie was in the rest-rooms staring into the cameras, with eyes that closely resembled black voids. She bit back a yelp at the frightening sight, but was relieved that the animatronic wasn't roaming anywhere at the moment.

Her relief was cut short when the phone rang loudly, causing 2D to wake up with a scream and her to jump silently.

"Stu, shh, it's fine," she whispered, setting the tablet on the small desk and holding his upper half in her arms, his lower half still in his chair.