a little something i wrote at 1 am
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You sighed heavily, your limbs giving out under you without prior warning.
These chases are exhausting you, and you have no idea for how much longer you’ll be able to keep up with these toys without dying in the process.
Not like you stayed dead, anyways.
Strange voices in your mind ordering you to get up, and somehow waking up moments before your death… You’ve learned to not question it. At least not for now.
You check your surroundings carefully, trying your best to keep your heavy breathing as silent as possible as to not attract any more toys.
Dried pool, giant rubber ducks…
Ominous looking cell doors.
Ah shit, those are the only way forward, aren’t they?
You groan as you lift yourself up with your fists, your GrabPack feeling more like a hindrance than a helping tool at the moment. Damn designers.
You drag your heavy legs towards the cell doors, dread creeping up your spine.
Why are there CELLS on the POOL?!
You enter a dimly candle-lit corridor with a huge hole in a corner. You decide to not approach it, instead you keep going forward.
The putrid, rotting flesh and gore assaults your senses. The smell being unbearable, the sounds it made against your shoes as you walked disgusted you and the dried remains visible made your stomach churn.
But the only way is forward.
You look into the each cell individually, searching for something to help you open the doors at the end of the corridor—
“You… You’re Poppy’s Angel. Come to save us!”
You jump at the sudden deep voice behind you, turning around in panic with flare gun ready to shoot. Then you see it.
See him.
Dogday.
“Nothing left to save, not here…” He continues. “You’re in Catnap’s home, Angel. Their home.”
You try to swallow back the lump in your throat.
Or what’s left of Dogday.
His bottom half is ripped off, only a tight belt acting as a tourniquet preventing his insides to spill out completely. You want to throw up.
“A million pairs of eyes are on you now. Watching, waiting, hungry.” He sounds so defeated. “They want nothing more than to crawl beneath your skin– And eat away at you bit by little bit, fill what feels empty inside themselves.”
Your body moves without your input towards the canine, slowly as to not startle or scare him. Not like anything would achieve that at this point, you think.
“That... thing... CatNap. The Prototype is his God, and this is what he does to heretics.” He moves his arms, secured by shackles to emphasize this. “These little toys follow CatNap to avoid that very fate– and in return, they are fed.”
Your hands slowly move towards Dogday’s face. He doesn’t react.
“We tried to fight it, The Prototype's control.” He takes a deep breath. “I'm... the last of the Smiling Critters.” His voice shakes a little, looking away from you. Your heart breaks further for him.
“I–” You try to start, but he interrupts you.
“Listen to me, you need to get out of this place. You need to live!” He looks at you, his dark voids for eyes locking on your face. His voice cracks again, but he sounds determined. You make up your mind in that second.
“I’m not leaving without you.” You say firmly, before working your way through his shackles as fast as you can. He makes a sound of shock as his arm drops, followed by the other. He falls into your arms, limp and dirty.
“Wh– Angel, I’m a lost cause! You must flee!” He pleads, his hand closing around your forearm with the little strength he has.
“I’m sick and tired of people telling me who I can and cannot save. So strap in, Doggy boy, I’m getting you out of here.” You say with finality, shifting him on your back in a way he can hold himself up somewhat comfortably.
He doesn’t protest any further.
You look around, trying to find a way out of the cellar. The doors you came through somehow closed, so that option is discarded.
“Oh no... OH NO!” You hear Dogday cry out, and you turn your head to see what he’s on about.
Oh shit.
A mass of ruined critters start to crawl their way out of the walls towards you. Before you can react, the floor gives in beneath you, falling through a hole in front of the closed gates.
“Hold on tight!” You warn before running your way through the narrow foam tunnels. Your flare gun manages to scare the little toys that come across your away and gives you a dim light source in the abyssal darkness the Playground was.
You slide down one of the three slides you are offered, and keep running as you can.
And then you see it.
A platform to the surface.
You only have to make a purple hand jump to get there.
The GrabPack was made for only one person, though. Would you be able to make it?
Only one way to find out.
“Be ready!” You shout as you run at full speed, gaining momentum.
'Wait— nononO ANGEL WAIT—' You hear him yell in a panicked tone, but you don't slow down.
With a leap of faith, you press the pressure plate with the purple hand and the world slows down.
For a second, you’re suspended in the air with Dogday’s arms around you firmly, and on the next, you and your companion crash on the platform so hard it knocks the air out of both of you.
You quickly press the button for it to go up before collapsing. Seems like Dogday had let go of you once he saw you’d make it.
You pant in exhaustion, the adrenaline washing off now that you’re somewhat safe. The back of your hand rests on your forehead, your eyes closed to prevent the artificial light from entering your retinas.
You did it.
You hear a deep, husky laugh not far away from you, and you laugh along with him.
You did it!
You managed to save someone!
You two laugh together in a manic manner as the platform lifts you two to the surface level of Playcare.
You’d think what to tell the others once you’re there. For now, you’ll enjoy this short moment of bliss with your new friend.
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