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You would think that I would be horrified at RJ's death but I'm not.
In fact, death is something I've come immune to at this point. Sure, it's a damn shame that he had to go but only one of us is gonna make it out in the end. That's not really good odds.

Rosy broke down crying. She seemed sadder today than she did any other day. I felt really bad for her. She just wanted a friend and she just couldn't keep one because they would die the very next night. Reminds me of the first time I went through this hell.
"Hey, it's okay." I said, putting a hand on her shoulder. The night wasn't over and I had assigned someone else to do camera duty. "I know it hurts. I've been through it before."
"Why did you come back?" She asked, looking up at me. Her face was red and her eyes were bloodshot. "Why would you put yourself through this again?"
"I want to get back at Bree." I said. "She's hurt way too many people. I want it to stop."
"But you also said that you came back from the dead." Ray said. "How on earth did you manage to do that?"
"Honestly, I'm not too sure myself." I said. "Everyone was gone and I suddenly found myself back in the pizzeria. The night was over so I wasn't really in any danger. But coming back from the dead comes with a price."
"What kind of price?" Ray asked.
"Not a good one." I said. "I get tormented by ghosts a lot."
"That must stink." Shade said.
"It does." I said. "But I can deal with it."
"Let's get the hell out of here!" Mike said as six AM came.
"Yeah." I said. "Let's get out of here."

As everyone exited the pizzeria, I was about to be the last one out when I felt someone out their hand on my shoulder. I spun around, my heart pounding in my chest because I thought that they were going to attack me.
I was very surprised to see Ellanore was the one who put her hand on my shoulder.
"Ellanore?" I asked. "What are you doing?"
"I wanted to talk to you while Bree's gone." She said. "Right at six AM, she always disappears and then comes back right at twelve AM when everyone is supposed to be here. It's really weird. I kinda wonder what she does."
"Do you remember me?" I asked. I knew that she didn't, but I guess that a part of me wanted to believe that a part of her remembered me. "Do you remember what Bree did to us?"
"Yes. Of course I remember." She said. "How could I forget?"
"B-but..." I said. "Before, you said that you didn't know who I was."
"It was all an act." She said. "Bree believes that she wiped my memory. Well, there's one thing that she's failed at."
The next thing I knew, I found myself hugging her. I couldn't believe that the mind control had failed. Sure, she was a demon but I didn't really care. She actually remembered me.
"I can't believe you actually remember me." I said, releasing her from the hug and smiling at her. "I thought that you forgot about me."
"I could never forget about you." She said, putting her arms around my neck. "Just keep it between the two of us, okay?"
"Will do." I said. "I've missed you so much."
"I missed you too." She said. "It literally pained me to pretend."
"Just shut up and kiss me." I said.
She laughed and did what I told her. It felt so good to feel her lips on mine again. It really did. I never wanted it to end and I was sad when it had to.
"I love you Astro." She said, laying her head on my shoulder.
"I love you too Ellanore." I said. "Keep up the act for as long as you can, okay?"
"I will." She said. "I can promise you that."
I smiled at her and realized that I should probably be heading home right now.
"I gotta go but I love you." I said, running my fingers through her hair.
"Okay." She said sadly.
"Keep up the act." I muttered.
She nodded and disappeared quickly.

With a smile on my face, I started to finally make my way out of the pizzeria. My heart literally skipped a beat when I saw Bree standing there.
"How much did you see?" I asked.
"All of it." She said, stepping inside and slamming the doors behind her. "Ellanore thought that I would stay out all night but she thought wrong. Very, very wrong. I'm an unpredictable girl and I like to keep it that way, you know."
"No kidding." I said, starting to make my way towards the exit. But she stepped in front of me and I found myself taking a step away from her.
"Listen to me Astro." She said. "I've got my eye on you. I won't rest until you're dead. You understand me?"
"I do but it's going to take a lot for you to kill me a second time." I said.
She laughed and started to walk away.
"Oh, Astro." She said, looking back at me. "I always win. You can never beat me."
Before I could retort, she disappeared around the corner and I got the hell out of the pizzeria as fast as I possibly could.

*****

Do you ever get that feeling that you're being watched? I got that feeling while I was driving home. Something just didn't feel right. I don't what it was, maybe I was just paranoid from the night before? I don't know, but I just couldn't shake this feeling.

I pulled into the driveway and turned the car off. And that's when I heard a sound coming from the back. It sounded like breathing. I didn't have a weapon on me so I bolted out of the car and went in the house and locked the door and put the little chain that I never used in its place. Not looking back, I ran into my room and locked the door behind me.
"Holy shit." I breathed, still feeling my heart pounding in my chest.
It pounded even faster as I heard the lock clicking and the little chain breaking.
Someone had broken in.
Hiding under the bed, I called the cops and told them that there was a burglar in the house and gave them my address. They told me that they would be there right away and that I should stay hidden in the meantime.

I heard footsteps coming up the steps and I could feel my heart beating in my throat. I breathed slowly and quietly, literally fearing for my life every second. The worst part was when my door slowly creaked open and I saw someone's shoes as they entered my room.

Much to my relief, the cops had made my way into my house as whoever had broken in bolted for the window. Unfortunately, they escaped too quickly for the cops to get a description of them and told me to stay with someone at all times while they tried to figure out who it was.

*****

I felt pretty ballsy throughout the rest of the day. I stayed at my house....alone. I was armed at all times. I wanted to see if this person would come back. And they didn't. I wondered if I should tell everyone what happened when I got to the pizzeria.

I decided against it upon arriving and everyone looked happy to see me.
"Hi everyone." I said, smiling at them.
"Hi Astro." Shade said, smiling back.
"Hi." I greeted. "How's everyone doing?"
"Pretty good." Mike said. "I still don't know what the hell's going on but, other than that, I'm doing pretty good."
I shook my head, Mike hadn't really spoken much not helped us in any way during our time here. He was just kinda there. It really made me mad considering we were all in this together.
"How are you doing Rosy?" I asked, walking up to her. I was very concerned with her. She's been traumatized since everyone around here that she's made friends with has died. I wanted to make her feel better and I wasn't really sure how exactly I was going to do that.
"I'm doing pretty good." She responded. "I'm doing my best and trying to not be sad but it's really hard."
"I know." I said. "It's hard but it always gets better."
"Do you think that?" She asked.
"I know that." I responded.
She smiled as Ellanore opened the door and beckoned us to come inside. I was the last one in and she winked at me and I winked back at her.
"Just a fair warning." She announced to all of us. "Bree is extremely angry tonight. I don't why she is, she just is."

As we walked in the office, I was dreading the phone call. But that wasn't really because Bree was angry, it was because I was scared what she was going to do to me.
"Hello everybody." She said. We didn't even hear the phone ring so everyone jumped upon hearing her voice. Her voice sounded bitter and it was like she wanted to strangle somebody. "Night four has come and I'm just ready for one of you tonight. There's a certain someone that I want to die tonight but I won't say who it is. That's all I have to say."
Silence followed and I opened up the camera. Chica and Bonnie were already out and Foxy was already peeking out of his curtain.
"This ain't good." I said. I told them what I had just observed.
"Well, it's night four." Mike said. "Don't you think that they would up the difficulty a bit?"
"It speaks!" Ray said. "It's a miracle!"
Mike just rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.
"I'm not really the one to talk." He said. "You might have noticed that by now."
"Yeah. We did." I said as I heard Shade close the door just in time to prevent Foxy from coming in here. I heard him pounding on the door and got a bit pissed off that he robbed a bit of my power.

Everyone screamed and I looked over and saw that Chica had gotten in the room. She went for Ray but I immediately threw myself in the way. Seeing this, Chica took advantage of this and started to attack me. Everyone tried to make a group effort of getting her off of me but it failed. It failed so badly. You would think that we would all have this down by now but I guess we don't. I fought back, of course. I wasn't going to waste my second chance of life by dying a second time to a fucking chicken that everyone seems to think is a duck for some reason (I never really understood it.). In the end, my and everyone's efforts failed and I felt the familiar feeling of death looming over me. I felt like I had failed someone or maybe even something. Why would I be brought back if I wasn't meant to be the one to stop Bree once and for all?
I was a failure, without a shred of doubt.