In an area filled with dark water, Michelle fell into it before she started sinking. As Michelle opened her eyes a bit, she grunted while making small bubbles with her mouth before covering it with her left hand. Damn it, it's hard to breathe... she thought.
Light started glowing below Michelle, which made her look at it. This light... she thought before swimming toward it.
As Michelle reached for the light, it engulfed the area; soon after, she saw a dimly lit room. "Where... am I?" she asked herself.
Michelle tried lifting her arms, but she felt something hold her down, which surprised her. Michelle looked down and noticed her wrists and ankles were restrained in belt-like restraints on a metal table.
Michelle struggled to move her arms and legs with gritted teeth. "Damn it, I'm stuck," she said.
"Misha..." a young female voice said weakly, which made Michelle's eyes widen.
When Michelle looked forward, she saw Suzy in the right corner of the room, restrained by chains on her neck, wrists, and ankles, and parts of her body frozen, which mortified her. "Suzy!" she shouted before she tried moving her restraints again.
"Struggling is futile; those restraints have you held in place..." a British male voice said, which made Michelle's blood run cold before turning her head to the left.
Soon after, Michelle saw one of the Doctor's mechanical bodies enter the room while pushing a whiteboard. Michelle glared at the Doctor as he stopped right before her. "You... why the hell is Suzy in those restraints?!" she asked. "You have me already; just let her go!"
The Doctor deviously chuckled. "You're so naive, little germ..." he said. "Did you honestly think having you in my grasp would make me let 1332 go?"
Michelle growled a bit. "But don't worry, I'll let her go..." the Doctor continued before looking at her. "After I finish my procedure on you... Subject 1477."
When the Doctor spun the whiteboard on the other side, Michelle's eyes widened when she saw a diagram of a puppet-like toy with reddish-brown hair and a halo suspended above her with wire, angel wings on its back, and arms similar to the GrabPack's arms, wearing a white dress. "Also known as Eve the Angel," he said.
Michelle stared at the diagram in horror as the Doctor turned away. "Now then, it's time for me to gather my supplies; I'll be right back," he said before approaching the door.
When the Doctor left the room, Michelle gritted her teeth. "I have to get out of here..." she said, lowly, before she started pulling on her wrist restraints.
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In a white hallway, Yarnaby lay on the ground inside a barred cage. As Yarnaby looked down, he remembered the Doctor staring at him. Once I'm done with that germ, I'll make sure any memory you have of her will be erased," he said.
Yarnaby curled up on himself and whined; he heard steps, which made him jump a bit before standing up. When Yarnaby looked forward, he saw Pianosaurus approach the cage while making music-like noises.
Soon after, CatNap appeared next to Pianosaurus and looked at Yarnaby. "Well, if it isn't the Doctor's little pet," he said. "I wasn't expecting to see you in a cage..."
Yarnaby growled and opened his mouth, which surprised CatNap. "That's new; whenever I mention him, you've never growled before," he continued before looking away and humming. "Perhaps Angel changed your wicked ways as well?"
Yarnaby closed his mouth before whining and lying on the ground; CatNap stared at him. "You want to save Angel, don't you?" he asked.
Yarnaby lit up and looked at CatNap. "Well, today is your lucky day," he said.
A large shadow stood covered most of the cage before they grabbed the bars and tore them off. "We're here to save our Angel; if you comply with us, I'm certain your sins will be forgiven," CatNap continued. "What will you do?"
Yarnaby stared at CatNap before standing up and stepping out of the cage. Yarnaby looked at Michelle's jacket wrapped around Pianosaurus's neck before approaching him.
When Yarnaby was close to Pianosaurus, he sniffed Michelle's jacket before turning to the left and sprinting forward, which made CatNap's group look at him. "Let's move," he said before they followed him.
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Inside the dimly lit room, Michelle pulled on her right arm with a grunt, which made her hand hit the restraints and caused the area near her thumb to redden.
When Michelle stopped, she tried to catch her breath. "They make it look so easy in the movies," she said before she continued pulling on her right arm while grunting.
Suzy slowly looked at Michelle as she pulled on her right arm restraint. "Misha..." she said, lowly.
Michelle glanced at Suzy. "Hang on, Suzy; I'm gonna get you out of this," she said as she continued pulling her right wrist restraint with a grunt. "I hate to say it, but I think I have to dislocate my thumbs to get out of them."
Suzy looked down. "You shouldn't have come here..." she said, lowly.
Michelle's eyes widened, and she stopped pulling on her right wrist restraint before looking at Suzy. "If not for me, you wouldn't be stuck on that table..." she continued as black slime tears fell from her eyes before she closed them. "I'm sorry, Big Brother, it's all my fault she's like this..."
Michelle gritted her teeth with tears pricking her eyes. "No, it's not!!" she shouted.
Suzy was shocked and slowly looked at Michelle. "I chose to come to this place on my own!" she shouted. "Do you want to know why?"
Tears fell from Michelle's eyes as she smiled. "It's because I care about you..." she said. "I care about you just as much as your Big Brother does, and I'm not letting that fucker hurt you ever again..."
Suzy stared at Michelle with awe. "Misha..." she said, lowly.
The door opened, which made the duo look at it; they saw multiple mechanical bodies with medical equipment on a moving metal table and small canisters in their hands, and a large canister with a small gas mask connected to it. "It's time we begin the procedure," the Doctor said.
Michelle growled and turned her head away. "Go fuck yourself," she said.
Two of the mechanical bodies approached Michelle's sides and placed their hands on her shoulders before one of them grabbed her chin and made her look forward. Suzy watched the scene in horror. "Stop..." she said, lowly.
A different mechanical body grabbed the gas mask. "I'm going to enjoy this one..." the Doctor said.
As the mechanical body holding the mask approached Michelle, she panicked and tried moving her head away. "No, no, no; I don't want to be turned into a toy!" she shouted.
Suzy's blue teeth extended before she gritted them and looked down while pulling on her chains. "Stop it..." she said.
As the mechanical body held the mask out to Michelle's face, she stared at it with tears pricking her eyes. "Stay away!!" she shouted.
Suzy's body started boiling before she glared at the mechanical bodies. "Stop it, stop it, stop it!!!" she shouted.
As Suzy roared, a dark pink, child-like slime humanoid appeared inside her mouth before she pulled the chains holding her arms out of the wall.
The metal pipes and debris above Suzy collapsed on her, which made the mechanical body holding the gas mask stop and look at it. "What on earth..." the Doctor said, lowly.
The debris moved a bit before something emerged from it, revealing a giant serpent-like creature made of pink slime with large black eyes, long axolotl frills on its cheeks, a large, creepy smile with large blue teeth, black slime on the inside, and a dark pink child-like slime humanoid inside.
Link to the pic: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/castleage/images/1/1c/Serpent_Emerald.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091215143901
Michelle stared at the serpent-like creature with widened eyes as it made pained, angry noises. "Suzy..." she said, lowly.
Suzy roared at the mechanical bodies as her tail shot toward the one holding the gas mask, which destroyed it. The mechanical bodies stared at Suzy. "Even with being partially frozen from liquid nitrogen, she's still mobile," the Doctor said.
Suzy growled as large pink slime arms came out of her body before grabbing the mechanical bodies on Michelle's sides and lifting them.
As the other mechanical bodies dropped the supplies and charged toward Suzy, she roared as she swung the mechanical bodies in her hands, which destroyed them in the process.
Michelle watched in horror as Suzy slammed the mechanical bodies in her hands onto the ground, destroying them. The Doctor stared at Suzy with a chaotic red eye as her arms retracted. "You annoying glob of slime..." he said.
When the door opened, multiple mechanical bodies charged toward Suzy, which made her roar and destroy a few of them. Before the door could close, black claws dug into the wall before they tore it off, revealing CatNap; Michelle smiled at him. "CatNap!" she shouted.
CatNap stepped into the room and looked at Michelle. "I brought the cavalry," he said.
Yarnaby quickly entered the room and charged toward the mechanical body on the left with his mouth open before biting its head and tearing it off. As Pianosaurus entered the room, CatNap looked at him. "Take care of Angel's restraints," he said.
Pianosaurus nodded before sprinting toward Michelle; when he was close to her right side, he readied his claws before slashing her right wrist restraint.
Before Pianosaurus moved toward her right ankle restraint, a mechanical body stood before him, which made him stop. "You've made a terrible decision, 1163," the Doctor said.
Before the mechanical body could do anything, a pink hand grabbed it, which shocked the Doctor before being lifted.
The duo looked up and saw a withered Mommy Long Legs with burn marks and slash marks all over her chest and abdomen, with dried blood and grime on them, and most of her right leg missing, which made Michelle smile. "Mommy!" she shouted.
Mommy Long Legs glared at the Doctor. "The only mistake I see here is you taking my little Misha away from me!" she shouted before slamming the mechanical body on the ground, which destroyed it.
As Yarnaby was slashing at a mechanical body on the ground, a different mechanical body was behind him. "You'll regret this, 1166," he said as he raised his arm.
Before the mechanical body could do anything, a blue arm wrapped around it, which shocked the Doctor and made Yarnaby look at him.
As the mechanical body turned his head back, the Doctor saw Huggy Wuggy with his blue bowtie wrapped around his missing lower left arm, slash marks with bloody stuffing inside being held by rope, and dirty bandages wrapped around his chest, right arm, and left leg, growling at him.
After Pianosaurus slashed the remaining restraints, Michelle sat up and smiled at Huggy Wuggy. "Huggy!" she shouted.
Huggy Wuggy screeched. "Protect Misha!" he shouted before throwing the mechanical body at the wall, which made it hit the wall and crack behind it a bit.
As the mechanical body landed on the ground, the Doctor stared at the group with a red, chaotic eye. "All of you will pay for this... you'll all pay—" he was interrupted when CatNap crushed the screen with his paw. "That's better..."
As Michelle got off the table and rubbed her wrists, Mommy Long Legs picked her up and hugged her. "Oh, I'm so glad you're alright, my little Misha," she said. "When CatNap said you were heading to the Doctor's lair, I was so scared..."
Michelle smiled and hugged Mommy Long Legs. "I'm glad you're alright, too..." she said.
After Mommy Long Legs placed Michelle on the ground, Huggy Wuggy and Yarnaby approached her before he kneeled. "Huggy miss Misha," he said.
Michelle smiled and petted Huggy Wuggy's cheek, which made him purr. "I missed you, too, buddy," she said.
Suzy roared as she destroyed the remaining mechanical bodies, which made the group look at her. As the group surrounded Michelle, they looked at Suzy as she tried to catch her breath, growling. "Who or what is that?" CatNap asked.
Michelle stared at Suzy with tears pricking her eyes as she roared. "It's Katie..." she said, lowly.
The group looked at Michelle. "Misha's friend?" Huggy Wuggy asked.
Michelle nodded. "He was gonna turn me into a puppet toy named Eve the Angel," she said as she placed her hand over her mouth. "But when the gas mask was near my face... she went berserk and turned into this before destroying all the mechanical bodies in this room..."
Suzy growled and faced the group, which made Yarnaby growl and open his mouth while Pianosaurus made growl-like noises as he readied his claws.
Michelle looked at the larger toys as they got into fighting stances. No... I can't let this happen... she thought as tears fell from her eyes. Kevin... forgive me for what I'm about to do.
Link to the song: https://youtu.be/_yQpU_73Dv0
Suzy roared as she lunged toward the group until they heard singing, which shocked her and made her freeze in place. When Suzy looked down, she saw Michelle approach her while singing a melodic tune.
Michelle stood before Suzy and looked at her. "Lay down your head and I'll sing you a lullaby..." she sang. "Back to the years of loo-li lai-lay."
Suzy stared at Michelle as she started calming down. "And I'll sing you to sleep, and I'll sing you tomorrow..." she sang. "Bless you with love for the road that you go."
The humanoid inside Suzy's mouth stared at Michelle as she sang a melodic tune. That song... she thought.
Michelle held her hands out while singing her melodic tune, which made Suzy lower her head toward her.
Soon after, the humanoid in Suzy's mouth lay her head in Michelle's hands. "May you sail far to the far fields of fortune..." she sang. "With diamonds and pearls at your head and your feet."
The humanoid looked at Michelle. "And may you need never to banish misfortune..." she sang. "May you find kindness in all that you meet."
Tears fell from Michelle's eyes as she lay her head against the humanoid's. "May there always be angels to watch over you... to guide you each step of the way," she sang. "To guard you and keep you... safe from all harm... loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay..."
The humanoid stared at Michelle as she sang a melodic tune. I... know this song... Suzy thought.
In Suzy's mind, she saw a young Michelle singing to a young Katelynn while she lay her head against her lap with her eyes closed. This human... sang it to me... she thought before she and the humanoid closed their eyes.
Tears landed on the ground. "May you bring love and may you bring happiness..." Michelle sang. "Be loved in return to the end of your days."
The group stared at the duo. "Now fall off to sleep, I'm not meaning to keep you..." Michelle sang. "I'll just sit for a while and sing loo-li, lai-lay."
Michelle closed her eyes. "May there always be angels to watch over you... to guide you each step of the way," she sang. "To guard you and keep you... safe from all harm... loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay..."
Michelle trembled. "Loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay..." she sang.
The group stared at Michelle with somber eyes as she continued singing the same line. When Michelle finished singing, she sniffled a bit. I'm sorry... I had no choice... she thought.
Silence filled the room until the group heard something drip to the ground, which made Michelle freeze up. When Michelle opened her eyes and looked forward, Suzy's entire body started melting, which made her eyes widen and shake her head. "No, no, no, no," she said.
The humanoid started slipping through Michelle's fingers, which made her try to hold her face in a panic. "Don't do this to me...!" she shouted.
However, the humanoid's face went through Michelle's fingers before Suzy became a large puddle of slime on the floor. Michelle stared at her hands, mortified, before trembling and collapsing to her knees. "I'm sorry; it's my fault!" she shouted.
As the group behind Michelle slowly approached her, tears fell from her eyes, and she looked at the large slime puddle. "Please don't leave your brother and me!" she shouted before covering her face and looking down. "Come back to us, Katie!!"
Yarnaby whimpered a bit before approaching Michelle and gently rubbing his head against her right side as she cried loudly. Pianosaurus made sad-like noises as he lay near Michelle's left side; the larger toys gathered around her and tried to console her.
Unbeknownst to the group, the large pink slime puddle started bubbling a bit before large slime hands came out of it and placed them on the floor, which made the toys cautiously look at it.
When Michelle uncovered her face and looked forward, she saw Suzy pull herself out of the puddle of slime before it returned to her.
However, the Suzy standing before the group had a tall, slimmer figure, a serious-looking face with longer axolotl frills on her cheeks, slightly larger hands, and a long axolotl tail. Michelle stared at Suzy, shocked. "Suzy...?" she asked.
Suzy opened her eyes and looked at Michelle. "You know... every time I hear you sing that song, I always sleep halfway through it," she said. "Your singing voice always made me feel relaxed..."
Michelle's eyes widened before tears fell from them. "Katelynn..." she said, lowly.
Katelynn smiled a bit. "I missed you, Big Sister..." she said.
Michelle quickly got up and sprinted toward Katelynn before tackling her into a hug, which pushed her back a bit. Michelle trembled and clung to Katelynn. "You have no idea how much I've missed you..." she said.
Katelynn softly smiled, black slime tears pricking her eyes as Michelle cried against her before she wrapped her arms around her. "I probably have a pretty good idea..." she said, lowly, before the duo dropped to their knees.
The rest of the group approached the duo before circling them and comforting them while Katelynn gently stroked Michelle's back.
After the duo let go, Michelle wiped her tears before smiling at Katelynn. "Now then, I think it's time we bring you back to your big brother," she said.
Katelynn frowned a bit and looked down, which concerned Michelle. "What's wrong?" she asked.
Katelynn looked away and crossed her arms. "Do you still think he'll love me...?" she asked before looking at the destroyed mechanical bodies. "Even after everything I did in here..."
Michelle was heartbroken before holding Katelynn's hand in both of hers, which made her look at her. "Of course he still loves you; he even tried to barge into this place just to rescue you," she said. "He'd do anything to keep you safe..."
Katelynn remained silent and looked down before the group stood up. "C'mon... let's get you home," Michelle continued.
Katelynn slowly nodded before the group turned to the hole and left the room; before Yarnaby left, he spotted a medium-sized metal canister on the floor and approached it.
When Yarnaby was close to the canister, he opened his mouth and grabbed it before quickly leaving the room.