Chapter 11 - Welcome Home, Y/n (Deep Sleep Arc - Part 2)
Location: The Playtime Co. Trash Compactor
No POV
After Y/n was pushed into the Trash Compactor by Greg, he was knocked out unconscious after that long fall and he was soon woken up by the sound of someone trying to wake him up because he is about to be crushed by the trash compactor that is already starting to crush up the trash that they landed on after that long fall down the chute.
???: Big Brother! Wake up! WAKE UP!
Y/n slowly opened up his eyes to find FrownyFox alive and is trying to warn him about what's happening right now.
Y/n: Huh? FrownyFox?
FrownyFox: Bro! There's no time to waste! We gotta get out of the trash compactor before we both turn into a trash cube!
Y/n: What? (Suddenly realized what he meant when he found himself in danger) Holy shit! We gotta get out of here! But how do we get out of this trash compactor?!
FrownyFox: Look! (Points to the Grab-Pack nearby) Put on that Grab-Pack and see if you can use it to get us both out of here!
Y/n: Ok! Got it!
Y/n then immediately grabbed the Grab-Pack and put it on as he tried to find something to get him and FrownyFox out of the trash compactor until he spotted a metal pole that he can get them both out of the trash compactor.
Y/n quickly used both hands to grab ahold of the metal pole and retracted the line of the hands that is pulling the two out of the trash compactor before they were crushed to death.
Y/n: (Whew) That was close.
FrownyFox: Yes, thank God, we made it out alive.
Y/n: Yeah, we sure did. Just let me get us to safety and we'll explain what's going on here.
FrownyFox: Ok.
Y/n then used the Grab-Pack to hop on a nearby ledge to safety to avoid falling back down to the trash compactor and then went through a few more parkour style obstacles before making it to another room to explain what's going on here.
Y/n: Ok. Now that we made it to a safe area, away from certain death, can you tell me what just happened and how are you alive?
FrownyFox: Well, you were pushed into the trash chute by your former friend, Greg and landed in the trash compactor of the Playtime Co. toy factory and as for me, I was brought to life after you repaired me and cleaned me up and since you have given me such kindness and generosity, I was given life and I'm so happy that you're still alive, big brother.
Y/n: Why are you calling me, big brother, FrownyFox?
FrownyFox: I'm sorry if you didn't like it if I called you my older brother.
Y/n: No, it's fine. It's just weird that you started calling me your big brother.
FrownyFox: Well, you brought me into your home and made me look brand new, so I thought I would call you, Big Brother because you were like another sibling to me, and I have been secretly protecting you from danger and the bullies from the school you attended at, and I knew that those so-called friends of yours would do something stupid like that and we almost died from the trash compactor if that Grab-Pack didn't landed in the trash pile with us.
Y/n: Ok then. Well, now that we got out of that trash compactor, we should find a way out of here.
FrownyFox: Alright but be careful. There's no telling what kind of monsters lurk around here.
Y/n: Right. Let's get going.
So then, the two of them started making their way through the boiler room area along with using the Grab-Pack and doing some parkour skills to get through the many obstacles to find their way out of the factory, but they are completely unaware of someone watching over the two venturing through the boiler room area of the factory before going inside the vents and finds themselves in another room with a door that leads to the next room.
However, the door is locked and needs power to open the door, which is why Y/n has the Grab-Pack to access to the next area of the factory and the only way to power up the door to open it is to find two battery packs to power up the door to open it.
FrownyFox: Looks like we need to find 2 battery packs to power up this door if we want to press on to the next room.
Y/n: Alright, let's search around the area for 2 battery packs.
Y/n then looked around the room for two battery packs to power up the door until Y/n spotted a TV that is left on and only showing static and spotted a VHS tape as he walked over there to grab it and inspected it before deciding to push it into the VHS player and sat down on the couch to see what's in the tape.
Y/n: Hmmm...I wonder why there's a TV in here that is still in working condition? It seems that someone must be living here, which is why there's a bunch of household supplies including a stove, a fridge, a couple of vending machines, a bed for two people and two comfy couches to sit on with a working TV and VHS player in this room.
FrownyFox: I don't know, but it feels cozy in here. Maybe we can use this place as a safe room or something.
Y/n: We'll see about that, FrownyFox. Let's just see what inside this tape through the TV, it might have some information that can tell us what happened around here.
FrownyFox: Good idea.
https://youtu.be/ouaRbYidFlE
Then as the VHS player started playing the tape, it started showing the Smiling Critters TV Show intro, which Y/n remembered watching this show back when he was a kid, and he loved every minute of this cartoon series.
But then, just after he watched the intro, the episode started off at DogDay's house on a dark and stormy night and out of all of the episodes of the show that Y/n have watched all of his life, he has not seen this episode before and it must've been a lost episode or something.
However, as Y/n and FrownyFox continued watching the episode where the Smiling Critters minus CatNap were having a sleepover at DogDay's house and they're having a hard time trying to get a good night sleep due to loud sounds of the storm outside. Then they heard a knock on the door as it slowly opened to reveal CatNap as everyone was happy to see him as they asked CatNap to put him to sleep with his sleeping gas, but as the purple feline did so and unleashed his red colored gas to his friends, they all started to laugh like a bunch of lunatics before the screen glitched out as all of the smiling critters except CatNap (Who is sitting on the couch and stared at the viewer in a creepy way) were all lying on the floor and not even moving at all as they seems to be nothing but withered husks of their former selves.
After the episode ended and bring back the static, Y/n and FrownyFox were completely shocked to see that happened in a Smiling Critters TV episode.
Y/n: What the heck was that all about?!
FrownyFox: I don't know, but what I just witnessed will scar me for the rest of my life.
Y/n: Me too. Let's just find those batteries and move on, so we can get out of here.
FrownyFox: Agreed.
Then they both got up to find the battery packs which wasn't too hard for them to find as Y/n grabbed the batteries with his Grab-Pack and placed them in the two generators to power up the door. Then after placing them in the slots, the door is working again with power and Y/n used the blue hand to open up the door as it began charging up the power before opening it, giving the two access to the next room, which is a corridor that will lead to a flight of stairs.
Then as they went through the corridor, they spotted a wooden cutout of Bubba Bubbaphant with a button to press for it to say something as Y/n pressed it to hear what it has to say.
Bubba Bubbaphant Cutout: I'm Bubba Bubbaphant- Hey! I remember you, Y/n! Want to know what I remember about you, Y/n? An elephant always remembers someone like you, Y/n! (Screaming, then fades out)
Y/n: Wow. I can't tell if this cutout of Bubba Bubbaphant is talking to me or not.
FrownyFox: Me neither.
After that, they both continued on before Y/n spotted a green sign that is charged with green colored electricity that Y/n can use to power up another door that can only be powered up by the same shape of the sign that projects the green power energy.
Frowny Fox: Y/n. Use that green hand to absorb that energy to power up the next door from up the stairs.
Y/n: Hmm...good advice. Thanks for telling me that, FrownyFox.
FrownyFox: No problem, big brother. But you better be quick to power up the door if we want to get a move on.
Y/n: Good idea. Better make it count once I charge up my green hand and make it to the door to open it up.
Y/n then used his green hand on his Grab-Pack to absorb the green energy charge and carefully raced up the starts to activate the other charge port to open the door and luckily, Y/n was able to do that before the green energy wore off and the two of them proceed to the next room.
Y/n: *Whew* Made it. That wasn't so hard.
Then suddenly, there was the sound of a phone ringing as if someone is calling them after they went into the room.
FrownyFox: Did you hear a phone ringing?
Y/n: Yeah, I do hear the phone ring, (Spotted a phone on the wall) I think someone is calling us from here. I think we better answer it.
FrownyFox: Are you sure about that, bro? What if it's a bad person trying to call us or maybe it's a prank phone call.
Y/n: Relax. I'm pretty sure somebody is trying to contact us that somehow located us in here after we both fell into the trash pit inside the factory.
Y/n then grabbed the phone and put it on his ear to listen in on who's calling them at this part of the factory.
Y/n: Hello?
???: (Deep Voice) Hello, Y/n.
Y/n: Who is this?
???: (Deep Voice) Do not be alarmed, I've been watching you and your fox friend traveling through the boiler room and you two seem to be lost after you two managed to escape from getting crushed to death by the trash compactor. I can give you two the details on how to escape this factory alive.
Y/n: You can do that?
???: (Deep Voice) Of course, however, in return, I need you two to perform a couple of tasks for me. Succeed and I will let you two goes. But be warned, for as you both continue on your journey in Playtime Co. you need to be aware of what kind of dangers that you two will face in order for the chance to escape this abandoned toy factory. Do you understand?
Y/n: Yes, of course. So, if we complete these tasks for you, you'll let us go?
???: (Deep Voice) Yes. I will explain more of your jobs in the meantime. For now, you must head down the path of the railroad tracks after you go through this door. (Sends out a battery pack through a tube) Once you make it to the path that leads to an old place that you are familiar with since childhood. Tell me, Y/n. Do you remember the place called Playcare, Playtime Co's orphanage?
Y/n: The orphanage? Yes, I do remember that place. Is CatNap and the Smiling Critters still there? Nothing bad happened to them while I was gone to live with my Uncle Henry, right?
???: (Deep Voice) Yes, Y/n. Your old friends are still living at Playcare, and they never forgotten about you since you left with your Uncle Henry. As for me, you can call me, The Prototype.
Y/n: Ok, Prototype. So, how can I make it to Playcare? It's been a long time since I came here.
Prototype: (Deep Voice) Take the Elliot Express that will take you to Playcare, once you arrived at Playcare, I will further explain the tasks that you and your friend will do for me if you want to leave this place.
Y/n: Very well.
Prototype: (Deep Voice) Oh, and one more thing, "Beware the Red Mist".
Y/n: The Red Mist? What does that mean?
Y/n didn't have time to talk about what he meant about the Red Mist as the mysterious man known as the Prototype hung up the phone, meaning that he is done talking to Y/n at the moment until he makes it to Playcare.
Y/n: Well, I don't know what he meant by "Red Mist", but I think we should be aware of what he meant by that once we make our way to Playcare. I hope that CatNap and the others are okay once we make it to the Orphanage.
FrownyFox: Okay, but let's be careful when we get to the Elliot's Express, cause once we make it over there, we have to prepare for whatever is going to attack us.
Y/n: Don't worry, we're not gonna die here, because we are gonna make it out of this factory together.
FrownyFox: Good idea, let's go.
So, Y/n grabbed the battery pack from the tube that the Prototype sent out and placed in the slot to power up the door to move on to get to the Elliot Express to make their way back to Playcare to do the tasks for the Prototype to get out of the factory alive. Then when they both walked down the hallway where the train tracks are, and they were both surprised to find the train crashed on the tracks and on fire.
Y/n: Whoa! How did that happen?!
FrownyFox: I don't know, but that's crazy for someone to crash the train like that.
Then the two went through a few obstacles that involved with using the blue Grab-Pack hand to power up a few doors and machines along with changing the direction to where it pointed to the power generator to open a few doors and power up some machinery to move on until they made to the entrance to the Elliot Express and spotted a KickinChicken cutout as Y/n pressed the button to hear what he has to say.
KickinChicken Cutout: Hey! I'm KickinChicken! Want to go outside and hang out? It's lookin' pretty rad outside! I've...never been outside before. Will you come with me, Y/n? I'm scared. Just follow me and I'll step out first. (Screaming)
Y/n: (Freaked out) Wow. That was incredibly creepy.
FrownyFox: Noted. The ride should work once we flip the switches on both side of the wall to power it up.
Y/n: On it.
Y/n then used his Grab-Pack to flip both switches to power up the Elliot Express car to take them to Playcare as the doors opened up for the two to ride on and they both stepped inside before the doors closed behind and they are on their way to the Playcare as an audio clip about Elliot Ludwig's speech began to play as the car began moving while the two started listening to what Elliot Ludwig has to say while they are on their way to Playcare.
Elliot: Hello. My name is Elliot Ludwig. When you look around at the world today, what one thing do you think it needs more of? I asked around, once: "Money. I never have enough." "Understanding. I can never get any." "Faith, the common man had lost it." Each answer was different...and I could perhaps see some little truth in each. But I think each was also missing something. Something simple. You see, not one of them could muster a smile. A smile is hope. A smile is love. A smile is understanding. And there is nothing more gratifying to my soul than being the reason for a child's smile. To be the spark that ignites all their hopes and dreams. For it is only through hopes and dreams that we may create a better world. One where our children need not be afraid. One where they are protected. After all, this company and its toys are nothing without them. These children deserve to smile, they deserve to love and deserve a safe home.
Then as the two of them went through a small tunnel, they found themselves at the place that Y/n once remembered back when he was a child.
Elliot: That is why it is with enormous pleasure that as the founder of Playtime Co., I announce...PLAYCARE! Our very own onsite orphanage. But it's not only that. It's a school, a playhouse, a place to belong. Our very own ecosystem beneath the surface, dedicated in every inch and detail to ensuring a child's smile. It's teachers and counselors, mothers and fathers, until such a time they have all of that in you. A child should never be left unloved; never without a hand to hold when they see a monster in their closet. May Playcare bring joy, inspiration, and smiles to every child who enters these doors. For what gives life it's meaning, if not a smile?
Then as the car made its final destination, the two of them got out of the car and looked around and admired the Playcare as the memories of being here brings back the good old days within Y/n and he is surprised to see it still standing, even after the place was abandoned and shut down.
Then suddenly, the phone that Y/n brought along began ringing again as it must be the Prototype calling them again as Y/n immediately answered it.
Y/n: Hello?
Prototype: (Deep Voice) Hello again, Y/n. I see you and your fox friend have made it safely to Playcare, am I correct?
Y/n: Yes, we did. It was a bit of a bumpy ride to get here through the Elliot Express, but we made it their safe and sound.
Prototype: (Deep Voice) Excellent. The Playcare does bring you back so many memories of your past, doesn't it? The kids used to live here, until they're all gone, and the Smiling Critters claimed it as their home, sweet, home. Now, do you see the statue in the middle of the room?
Y/n: Yeah, what about it?
Prototype: (Deep Voice) Take the stair under it and you will find a room, where all of the power of Playcare is inside. It what keeps ALL of Playcare alive and well. I will give you the key to another room in the Playcare that will be the start of your first task.
Y/n: Ok, We're on our way.
Prototype: (Deep Voice) Good. Grab the key and I will give you further instructions on what you need to do next.
Y/n: Alright.
Prototype then hung up and Y/n immediately ran down the stairs that is under the statue of the Smiling Critters and once he made it down there, he explored the area until he spotted a tube that revealed the key that Y/n needed to start his first task from the Prototype. He grabbed it and Prototype called again to explain the next step on what Y/n and FrownyFox need to do next.
Prototype: (Deep Voice) You got the key? Good. Now head back up and you will find a door just to the left of the cable car that will lead you to another room, where I will explain what your first task you need to do.
Y/n: Alright.
Y/n then went back to the cable car that he and FrownyFox rode on and went left to find the door that he used the key to unlock it. Inside, Y/n went down through a corridor to find himself in the Gas Production Zone, which is where they made the Poppy gas that CatNap used to put children to sleep.
Y/n: Whoa. What is this place?
Prototype: (Deep Voice) Welcome to the Gas Production Zone, Y/n. This is where they made the Poppy Gas that is strong enough to put the children to sleep, the same type of sleeping gas that your friend CatNap uses to send you to dreamland. This is the heart of the entire Playcare system. All of that special sleeping gas are all coming from this machine is made right here in the factory. And to answer your question from our previous conversation, this is the "Red Mist", but some people call it, "The Red Smoke".
Y/n: Actually, the Red Mist is a better name.
FrownyFox: Ditto.
Prototype: (Deep Voice) I agree, but right now it's all headed off to the right. All you have to do is transfer the Red Mist to the left instead. That is your first task that you and FrownyFox must do. That will be the first step to freedom. However, the machine will possibly have a few safeguards for you to work around, but by combining both your skills, I'm sure that you both of you will complete this task. I will contact you once it's done.
Y/n: Ok then. We'll get to work.
After that conversation, Y/n and FrownyFox went to work and went through a couple of rooms before grabbing a battery pack to access the room with the powered door and inside the room, shows another TV with another tape as Y/n grabbed it and put into the VHS Player and they both watched it to see what's inside the tape.
The tape shows a testing protocol video, which shows CatNap using his gas on a dead Playtime Co. worker that died from a electric and a dead body of child's parent that appeared to dug from a grave at a local cemetery and the effects of the gas suddenly managed to bring both of them back to life and turn them both into Smiling Critters with one of them as Raccoon while other is a Beaver as they both bowed down to CatNap as they see him as their new leader.
Then CatNap looked at the camera explaining how did this happen.
CatNap: As you can see, by testing out some various types of the Poppy Gas, I managed to use it on a couple of dead bodies and turn them into Smiling Critters. With the help of Bubba Bubbaphant and his own team of scientists to create a vast amount of Poppy Gas with special effects to expand our family of Smiling Critters. The latest test was a complete success as two dead bodies of a Playtime Co. Engineer and one of the child's parents. With so many tests of the Poppy Gas, we will have many more new members to join our family. This tape that you are watching right now is part of the testing protocol. Thank you and have a nice day.
Then the tape ended, shocking Y/n of what he just witnessed from the tape of how CatNap was turning people, even dead people into Smiling Critters. He began to wonder how CatNap was able to do this kind of stuff.
FrownyFox: Hey, Y/n. Look at this Grab-Pack hand that I found.
FrownyFox handed Y/n the purple Grab-Pack hand and replaced the green hand with the purple one and put the green one in his backpack for later use in case he needed to power up any more doors or machinery.
Y/n: Good thing I brought my backpack with me after we both fell into the trash compactor. I wonder what this hand does?
FrownyFox: Maybe try to hit it on that purple tile with that purple hand, it might do something if you hit it.
Y/n: Ok. Let's test it out then.
So FrownyFox climbed up to Y/n's shoulder and Y/n hit the purple tile with the purple hand, causing him to get launch up to a nearby platform.
Y/n: Whoa. That was crazy. This hand could be useful to get up to high places that we can't reach as long as there's a purple tile to use. Now let's find the power source to give the machine some power to transfer the Red Mist.
FrownyFox: Way ahead of ya, big brother.
Timeskip - 15 Minutes Later
After a few moments of Grab-Pack parkour and puzzle-solving, Y/n and FrownyFox managed to bring the power back into the machine as they went back the Gas Production Zone Room and turned on the machine to transfer the red mist.
After pressing the button on the machine to begin the transfer, the gas only made it to the middle container and the power went out.
Y/n: Uh oh. This isn't good.
(Phone Rings)
Y/n: Hello, Prototype? Yeah, we got ourselves a major problem, someone killed the power to the machine and the Red Mist was only transferred to the middle container before the power went out.
Prototype: (Deep Voice) I see. Then it looks like you're gonna to have to restart the power in order to continue the transfer. I have already sent you another key in the Power Room. It will allow you to enter Home Sweet Home aka the Orphanage. However, your little fox friend will have to stay put inside the room until you finish the job inside the orphanage in order to bring back the power through one of the back-up generators that is located in one of the buildings in Playcare. Once you are inside, find the orphanage's back-up generator and continue the other back-up generators in the other buildings around Playcare. Is that understood?
Y/n: Yes, of course.
Prototype: (Deep Voice) Excellent. Good luck and remember, do not breathe in the Red Mist or else.
Y/n: Or else what?
(Hangs up)
Y/n: Seriously.
FrownyFox: What did Prototype say, big brother?
Y/n: He says that you need to stay put at the Power Room until I can locate one of the back-up generators in one of the buildings in Playcare.
FrownyFox: Are you sure that's a good idea, big brother? What if you get seriously hurt at the Home Sweet Home?
Y/n: Frowny, I can take care of myself. I'm not a child anymore. Don't worry about it.
FrownyFox: Well...ok then. Just be careful in there and don't breathe in that Red Mist that Prototype was talking about.
Y/n: Don't worry, I'll do my best to stay away from that Red Mist and I'll be back as soon as I can.
FrownyFox: Ok then.
Y/n: Great. Let's go before something else happens after the power went out.
FrownyFox: You don't need to tell me twice.
And so, Y/n and FrownyFox make their way back to Playcare so that Y/n can gain access to Home Sweet Home in order to find the back-up generator inside the building to bring power back to Playcare and transfer the Red Mist into the left container.
However, what Y/n doesn't know is that once he sets foot back his former before he was adopted by Uncle Henry, he is about to witness something that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
And soon, he will eventually meet an old friend that he hasn't seen in a long, long time as a familiar shadowy figure watches Y/n walking up the steps of the Orphanage while holding the key to Home Sweet Home as the shadowy figured smiles wickedly as he is happy to see his 'best friend' once again as Y/n is coming back to his old home where he truly belongs.
???: At last, my dear friend is finally back home to us. We missed you so much, Y/n and this time you will not leave this place that is your true home. We will move to a brand new home to live in, where no one will ever take you away from us ever again. I'll see you in Dreamland once again, my dear friend~ or my name isn't...CatNap.
Welcome home, Y/n~
END OF CHAPTER 11
TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 12
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