Location: The Dark Zone - Y/n's Mind

No POV

After Y/n's encounter with the monster that managed to ambush him and FrownyFox and hit them so hard that Y/n lost his gas mask that made him pass out and get sent back into the dream realm, only this time it's completely different as Y/n is now in the Dark Zone, a place where everything that is considered evil and negative is made from as Y/n soon found himself outside, in the driveway and in front of Playtime Co. itself.

However, he can't seem to move at all as he is rooted to the ground and he can only look around his surroundings as he heard a faint whisper of a child speaking to him as it sounded very close.

???: You are not alone.....You cannot leave us.....You belong to us.....This isn't a place you want to come back from.....

Then suddenly, Y/n was surrounded by the same Red Mist that brought him back inside the factory, not in the Office area, but in a completely different area as the voice spoke to him again, that sounded very familiar to him.

???: Do you have any idea what you're doing?

Then the Red Mist surrounded him again and this time, he's inside the orphanage, where he used to live in before he was adopted by Uncle Henry.

???: Do you know what's happened here?

Suddenly, he can see the silhouette of the Smiling Critter at the hallway that he oddly recognized from one of his dreams as he can heard the crying and laughing of the children before the Red Mist surrounded him again and found himself in a class, he once learned from Miss Delight before the incident happened that the place condemned.

???: Do you know who we once were? Before this whole thing happened after you got adopted....It was a catastrophe...and we missed you so much.............it brought us nothing but pain and anguish....it was torture.....

Then the Red Mist brought him to an area that he never been in, and he looked to see the interdimensional portal that the Prototype mentioned that it was supposed to bring all of the Smiling Critters to their new home, and he can see something from the portal as it shown the Smiling Critters including Theodore aka Moonlight is playing with each other and he noticed the same F/c (Favorite Color) A/t (Animal Type) Smiling Critter with the P/s (Pendant Shape) playing with them and he suddenly began to realize who that Smiling Critter is...

That Smiling Critter is him...

He is suddenly seeing himself as Smiling Critter like them and he can tell that they're having fun with them, and he suddenly felt sad and miserable for leaving, at least that's what his Smiling Critter side of himself is what's making him think like that.

???: Do you see why we wanted you to join us, Y/n? Why we have to end this painful, never-ending nightmare? That is why we've been hunting you down and helping you embrace your true self.

Then the Red Mist brought him to one of the areas of the Office as the voice continued speaking to him.

???: Do you even know what's real? What is fake? Whether this is a dream or a Nightmare? Or do you even understand their love for you?

Finally, the Red Mist brought him to a world of darkness, where he sees his younger self holding the same Smiling Critter that he is turning into as he is the one who is speaking to him as he says these last words before the darkness within the Dark Zone consumed them.

Young Y/n: No....you don't....

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNG!!!!

Then suddenly, Y/n heard the sound of an alarm along with the phone ringing in his ears as well as a man screaming in pain as Y/n can see nothing but Red Mist everywhere before he blacked out once again and woke up back at the Office and still alive, but he didn't see Frowny Fox anywhere as he tried looking for him until he remembers hearing the phone ring inside his dream.

So, Y/n immediately answered the phone and when he spoke to it, he heard someone speaking to him in a scary tone in its voice.

Y/n: Hello?

???: (Deep Voice) LEAVE PLAYCARE, OR I'M COMING FOR YOU.

(CLICK!)

Y/n wanted to get out of here, but he's not going to give up and he has to finish the mission no matter what as he tried to find FrownyFox, but he was nowhere to be found until he soon finds out that his hands have changed to clawed hands with F/c covered all over his hands to make it look like paws in the shape of human hands and even his feet as changed to clawed feet as well and he can already feel the fur growing to his arms and legs as he needs to hurry and find that generator and get out of here, but he couldn't leave FrownyFox behind.

Unfortunately, it's gonna take a long time to find him and time was running out and the monster is on the loose as he decided to go find FrownyFox later as he decided to go look for him later as he grabbed the battery pack and placed it into the slot and went through the door to get out of the Office.

But as Y/n left the room, FrownyFox suddenly climbed out of the rubble in the Office, and he suddenly felt a surge of energy as his eyes are now blood red and filled with rage as he is now going to teach that monster who's boss after he ambushed him and Y/n like that as he is going to follow Y/n to where he is heading to next in order to deliver some well-deserved payback to the monster that nearly killed him and Y/n.

FrownyFox: Don't worry, big brother...I'm going to find and kill that son of a bitch if it's the last thing I'll do...

Location: Playcare - Playtime Co.

After Y/n got out of the Counselor's Office, he noticed that the power cord is full of the power of the back-up generator from the Counselor's Office as he immediately grabbed the cord and placed it to the power outlet to route the power to Playcare as the phone began to ring again as he answered the phone to hear the Prototype's voice again.

Prototype: (Deep Voice) Something went wrong....I wasn't expecting the monster to come out and attack you at the last minute.

Y/n: Yeah, and he took my gas mask and FrownyFox is gone....

Prototype: (Deep Voice) I am deeply sorry for the loss of your fox friend...but I have a solution on how to deal with the monster that attack you and presumably killed your friend, I am sending you the key to unlock the Playcare power box. Bring the cord from the power box that has the symbol of a red flower and bring it back to the Power Room once it reaches to 100% to have enough power to bring back the power to the Gas Production Zone to complete the task to bring the Red Mist to the other glass chamber. Once you bring the huge battery filled with tons of energy to the Gas Production Zone place, you can finally leave this place. However, you need to take care of the monster. I know a place where you can use the green hand from your Grab-Pack to send a massive and powerful Charged Shock against the monster that will put him out of his misery once and for all.

Y/n: But what if he tries to kill me like he did to FrownyFox if it's not enough to kill him?

Prototype: (Deep Voice) Do not worry my child. I will take care of him once he is taking out by the controlled shock. You know what to do. I'm sending you another gas mask through the chute, you're gonna need it. Good Luck and be careful.

Y/n: Alright then. I will.

(CLICK!)

Then as Y/n grabbed the gas mask from the chute, he decided to put it on before he left the Power Room, only to feel his head felt different as he realized his head has changed to a full Smiling Critters head as his transformation is almost complete as he put on the gas mask, grabbed the battery and went out of the Power Room to head back to the Gas Production Zone to put the battery in.

Location: The Gas Production Zone - Playtime Co.

As Y/n made it back to the Gas Production Zone to put in the battery, he found the slot is the color blue that's for the huge battery to bring the power back to the Gas Production Zone as he placed in the slot before he heard a loud bang coming from the door and the Red colored smoke seeping out of the door before the blue battery was shot of the slot just as the monster burst through the door with a huge cloud of the Red Mist quickly filled the room as Y/n immediately put on the mask before he quickly grabbed the big blue battery as he began to run away from the monster.

Monster: Found you....

The monster appears to resemble CatNap but he looks all malnourished and skinny with his paws look all boney as Y/n immediately ran away from the Nightmarish CatNap with him stomping loudly as he began chasing down Y/n through the Gas Production Zone.

Nightmare CatNap: You will not escape from me....

Y/n: Watch me!

As Y/n continued running away with the blue battery, he managed to find an elevator as he pressed the button to activate it and quickly got on with Nightmare CatNap climbing up the elevator behind the metal cage as he kept his eyes on Y/n before Y/n ran into the other room that has plenty of Charge Ports and purple tiles for his green and purple Grab-Pack hands to use against the nightmarish feline.

Then he witnessed a big machine that has five battery slots with a Charge Port as he remembered the Prototype's advice to use the Super Powered Charge to take out Nightmare CatNap as Y/n gets himself ready for the fight against the monster.

This is a Cat Fight to the Death as he placed one of the batteries in one of the slots to charge up the battery as he can already hear the loud footsteps of Nightmare Catnap as Y/n kept a close eye on wherever Nightmare CatNap is going to attack him from one of the four paths.

He can hear him coming from the left side next to the machine as he charged up his green hand and switched to his purple hand to get on top of a ledge and activated the other charge port that sends out a gush of clean, purifying air that is actually making Nightmare CatNap screaming in pain as he hates getting sprayed by that and he immediately got away, at least for now until Y/n has enough power to take out Nightmare CatNap with a Super Charge Attack.

But then, he heard the sound of one of the batteries that he placed inside that is getting too much power as he quickly grabbed another battery pack and placed it one of the empty slots to let it charge up some power before moving on to the next one.

Then suddenly, there was a bright light from above as he can see Nightmare CatNap trying to attack from above as he began trying to open up the hatch to get in and ambush Y/n, but Y/n immediately used both hands from his Grab-Pack and pulled down the door before Nightmare CatNap gave up and Y/n went back to work before it's time to counterattack with the Super Charge Attack to get rid of Nightmare CatNap once and for all.

Timeskip - 10 Minutes Later

It was very stressful to juggle every task from keeping Nightmare CatNap at bay by spraying him with the clean gas and keeping the hatch door closed and placing the other two batteries until the Charge Port is finally ready as the green energy is emitting a massive amount of energy as Y/n immediately used his green hand to absorb the energy until Nightmare CatNap jumped down from the hatch and Y/n hit him with the green hand, causing Nightmare CatNap's body to get electrocuted with a massive tons of volts of electricity, making him collapse on the ground.

But then, as the monstrous feline tried to unleash the Red Mist from his mouth, the chemicals from the gas mixed in with the green energy suddenly set Nightmare CatNap on fire as he began screaming in pain as he began freaking out as he tried to escape but he kept hitting some walls until he collapsed on the floor again.

Y/n immediately went over to Nightmare CatNap to see if he's really dead, only to fall down to the floor as his legs suddenly felt weak as the transformation is causing his body to go limp as his transformation is near in completion.

Y/n: Oh no....not now....I can't stop now. I was this close to getting out of here....

Then without warning, Y/n looked up to see Nightmare CatNap got back up and grabbed Y/n by the neck as he pounced on him with him chocking him to death as he is crushing his own windpipe in retaliation for trying to kill him with the Super Charge Attack and getting burned to a crisp as Y/n is seeing nothing but red and he is already losing a lot of oxygen in his lungs as he is about to die at the hands of the monster.

Nightmare CatNap: Shhhhhhhhhhhh.....go to sleep and never wake up ever again.....(Chuckles Darkly) 

Then as Y/n is about to die, he heard a loud roar before Nightmare CatNap got punched squared in the face by another huge monster that resembled as some sort of fox or a wolf as he began beating the literal crap out of Nightmare CatNap as he began punching, clawing, biting and strangling at the Nightmarish cat in a fit of rage.

???: NEVER! TOUCH! MY! BROOOOTHER!!!!

Y/n then realized who it was as the monster who saved his life was none other than FrownyFox as his love for his brother gave him the strength and power to take out Nightmare CatNap that nearly killed him and Y/n back at the Office as he is happy to know that his brother was alive, and he is saving his life from the evil feline.

But then, before FrownyFox is about to deliver the final blow, the hatch above them opened up and saw a huge looking robotic hand lowering down at them as FrownyFox stepped back and went over to Y/n to pick him up as they both saw Nightmare CatNap looking at the Robotic Hand in fear as he tried to step back and started to beg for mercy before the Robotic Hand stabbed Nightmare CatNap through the mouth and is now dead.

With the nightmarish cat now dead at the hands of their savior aka the Prototype, as he took the now dead Nightmare CatNap up to the ceiling before closing up the hatch, leaving the two alone as Y/n is about to pass out in FrownyFox's arms as his time as a human is running out.

Y/n: FrownyFox....you saved me....

FrownyFox: Shh....It's alright....I know that you're about to become one of them, but we can still find a place where can live together in peace, even though that we won't be able to see Uncle Henry again....but at least we'll have each other....

Y/n: But what if it doesn't work out....

FrownyFox: We'll figure something out....but I think you should rest and let me take care of the rest...(Grabs the blue battery pack) We're gonna finish the job first, then we're leaving this place...

Y/n: Ok......you're the best brother.....that I ever had....in my life.....

Y/n then passes out, snoring softly as his transformation as a F/c A/t Smiling Critter is finally complete as his body is now the size of a normal Smiling Critter plushie like the other Smiling Critters he knew back then before all of this ever happened as he peacefully sleeps in FrownyFox's left arm while he is carrying the battery with his right arm as he went back to the elevator to get to the Gas Production Zone to finish the job.

But their adventure is not over yet once they finish the job they began with before exploring the entire Playcare to bring the power back to Playcare and took out the monster that nearly killed them as this will be the final part of their journey as they are about to meet their savior once they complete the task at the Gas Production Zone.

Stay tuned for the Final chapter...

END OF CHAPTER 19

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE FINAL CHAPTER