. . .
It was awful.
So many cells, the blood stains and the bodies hung from the ceiling, on the floor or hung over the banister.
Stella shuddered, tears in her eyes,"No amount of words ever made this easier. . . I took this job to help kids. . .", guess she never saw the company taking the turn it did.
From making toys to experimenting on children to make them.
"Horrible, disgusting and. . . Monstrous things happened down here, things I can't fix or forget."
Mr Peterson frowned,"You were forced to do this, blackmailed with family and to be killed yourself.", Stella nods, looking at Jay, Theodore and Miguel,"Yes. . . Anything we could try, would lead to death. . .", Stella sighed, rubbing her eyes before looking around.
"Miss Stella?"
They all jumped, Stella pointed her gun to some boxes.
Slowly. . . A small toy crept out, a very small black sheep with a skull pendant.
It sat and looked at them.
"Hi. . . I'm Baba Chops; Apart of The Nightmare Critters."
"The. . . What?"
Stella gulped,"The Nightmare Critters, they were another group of toys aimed at an older audience, after The Smiling Critters.", Baba nods,"Yeah, that's us. . . Uhm, I saw you guys on the cameras and I wanna help.", Miguel frowned, Mr Peterson not trusting this one bit,"Help?", Baba nods, jumping down as Stella kept her guard up, keeping the light on Baba,"Yes: You see, down here a lot of the toys have a common goal; Defeating the Doctor, he's the man that did this to us, to the children and employees.", Stella nods,"Leith thought killing Sawyer and turning him into a computer system would stop him, but. . . It only made it worse.", Baba nods,"And. . . I want to make things right, get you guys out of here but. . . I know what happened to your brother, Mr Roth; Jimmy.", Jay stepped forward, now standing next to Stella,"You. . . Do?", Baba nods,"Yes; I know this because during The Hour Of Joy, me and my group were going to safety and. . . I saw what happened to him.", Stella frowned, nodding for Baba to continue their story.
"In The Hour Of Joy, Leith managed to escape along side a few others, but Leith knocked out Jimmy and tied him up, hoping that once they get this whole thing under control they would continue to force Jimmy to work with them.", Baba shook her head,"He managed to escape, after The Prototype freed him for whatever reason, but Jimmy immediately went to detective the cameras so no toys or doctors could find the kids, but. . . He didn't know Sawyer was turned into a built in security so he was caught and I know he's in Sawyer's domain.", Baba finished, the adults looking at her shocked and horrified.
"Look: You have a right to not trust me, but I can help you guys get through this prison, find Jimmy and get you all out."
. . .
Stella lowered her gun,"Can I trust your word?", Baba Chops nods,"Yes; If it helps, I can. . . Uh: Sit on your shoulder?", Stella sighed,"Okay. . . We'll trust you.", so Baba was put on Stella's shoulder and they continued into the Prison.

~

Entering one room, a huge glass separating them from a room.
"This is one of the rooms. . . The Scientists would bring in the toys, to evaluate them. . ."
Miguel shook his head,"This is sick. . .", "This is science.", they jumped, Stella aiming her gun at the TV as it flickered to life, an eyeball staring at them.
"Sawyer."
"Stella. . . How long has it been. Too long."
It chuckled.
"And you brought company, guess that school fell for that fake later. . . And what do you know; You brought in Jimmy's younger brother and nephew."
Miguel and Mr Peterson instinctively raised their weapons.
He chuckled again,"How interesting. . . Jimmy's family, and the son of two world famous scientists. . . Never thought I'd have such gems, for an interesting game.", Mr Peterson growled,"What game, you sick fuck.", he tutted,"Language; But. . . You are determined to save those kids, get them out of there. . . Well, let's put that to the test shall we?", the door opened, they looked at as Stella shuddered and Baba began to shake herself.
"Oooh Yarnaby."
. . .
In a flash, a creature slammed against the glass; A creature made of. . . Yarn, it slobbered on the glass, desperately hit the glass in attempt to get them.
Opening it's face, revealing a mouth so disgusting and disturbing, Miguel looked away feeling like he would throw up.
"Please, do keep making this enjoyable for me; I'll be taking notes. . . And I expect this to be more entertaining."
Yarnaby slipped away and The Doctor went quiet.
Stella shook,"We need to quiet. . . Yarnaby is a lion, won't hesitate to kill and we can get out, but we need to avoid. . . Sir?", Stella, Baba, Jay and Miguel raised that when they had all jumped back from Yarnaby's appearance, Mr Peterson jumped back the furtherest, he had grown pale and was even shaking a little.
"Oh. . . Phobia. . . Of Animals. . ."
Mr Peterson managed to stand up straight,"It. . . It didn't help that one's face opened in half, revealing. . .", Mr Peterson gulped, a lump in his throat but he remembered the kids, his friends and wife; They needed to escape.
"I'm fine. . . Let's go."
"If you're sure. . ."
So Stella lead the way, reminding them to be as quiet as possible.

~

Going through the storage room, Yarnaby crept among the shelves, looking for the 4 humans and toy.
Stella pointed to the vent, and following her lead they made their way slowly past Yarnaby, Mr Peterson froze as he heard it knock a shelf over.
Jay looked back, worried for Theodore as he got more pale and seemed to on verge of having a panic attack or anxiety attack.
But he pushed forward, they got to the vent and Stella throw something to the far back of the room so Yarnaby was distracted and they got into the other room with the vent.

~

Once dropping into the new room, they heard Yarnaby again and they remained silent, Mr Peterson covering his mouth to keep himself more quiet as the lion looked for them.
But then it left. . . Stella checked.
"He's gone."
Mr Peterson let out a breath he held, shaking as he mind raced; One of his worst fears, being chased by some animal and it had to be a lion?!
"Theodore?"
"I. . . I'm sorry, I'll be fine. . ."
He certainly didn't look fine, but they pushed forward, Baba acting as eyes over their shoulder.
. . .
"How many storage rooms do you have?"
"Too many. . ."
They entered, then they heard something fall behind them.
Oh no. . .
Slowly turning around, glancing behind them they saw large paws and a head peer over the shelves at them.
"RUN!!!"
They sprinted down the hall,"THE YELLOW DOOR!!!", Yarnaby was chasing them, nashing at them and as they ran in, Stella slammed door and they quickly fled into the vents.
By the time Yarnaby broke down the door, they were gone. . .

"Couldn't we shoot it?"
"No. . . That lion is made of yarn, and it's only weak spot is the mouth and it is far from dumb."