After the group turned right, Matthew looked at Kevin and Jack. "It might be best if we fuse back together; just so they don't have to worry about trying to carry melted dough," he said.
The duo nodded as they placed their hands on Matthew's arms before they fused back into Doey. When the group turned left, they saw a decontamination room before approaching it.
After the group entered the decontamination room, the door behind them closed before it started spraying liquid, and blue lights started moving up and down.
After the liquid stopped spraying and the lights disappeared, the door opened, revealing a large room with multiple shelves holding boxes and different colored crates scattered around the area.
As the group entered the room, they heard noises, which made Glowby make worried noises. Michelle looked up and spotted black and yellow panels on the roof. "Weird... I wonder what they do?" she asked.
Katelynn got on the stacked pallets and spotted a large red crate before looking at Michelle. "Hey, Big Sister," she said.
Michelle looked at Katelynn as she pointed at the large red crate. "There's a large crate in the way," she continued.
Michelle nodded. "Got it," she said before approaching the stacked pallets.
When Michelle was close to the pallets, Katelynn stretched her arm and wrapped it around her before lifting her and moving her near the red crate. After Katelynn unwrapped her arm around Michelle and retracted it, she aimed the right arm at the large red crate.
The Pressure Hand shot from Michelle's wrist and touched the large crate before the pressure gauge went up. When the pressure gauge was in the red, Michelle retracted the Pressure Hand to her wrist, pushing the red box in the process.
As Michelle walked forward, Glowby made an alert sound, which made her look at it before pressing the green button twice, turning the blacklight on.
As the rest of the group caught up, Michelle pointed Glowby's blacklight at the box with the number '120' on it, revealing the number '95'. Michelle stared at the number '95' with a hum. "Something tells me the numbers on these boxes play some sort of part," she said.
Michelle looked up and spotted an office room with catwalks. "We'll probably get our answer inside that room," she continued.
Michelle looked at the hanging device and aimed her left arm at it. The blue hand shot from Michelle's wrist and grabbed one of the handles. Michelle looked at the broken catwalk and walked forward, pulling the hanging device in the process.
When Michelle was close to the broken catwalk, she pulled herself toward the hanging device. Yarnaby got near the red crate and pushed it toward the broken catwalk while making guttural sounds.
When the crate was under Michelle, she let go and landed on top of it. Yarnaby placed his paws on the crate and stood on his hind legs with bright eyes, which made Michelle smile and pet his head. "Good boy," she said, which made him purr.
After Michelle stopped petting Yarnaby, she looked at the broken catwalk before leaping toward it and getting on.
After Michelle walked forward, Yarnaby got on the crate before leaping onto the catwalk; after the others caught up, they walked forward and turned to the left.
When some of the group entered the room, they spotted a TV in the top left corner with a yellow VHS tape on top of a filing cabinet and a matching-colored VHS player on top of a small table. "What do we have here?" Michelle asked.
Michelle approached the filing cabinet before picking up the tape and examining it. Michelle looked at the player before approaching it.
After Michelle put the tape in the player, the group looked at the TV as it booted up. Soon after, the group saw a man's face with glasses near the camera. "Already just got— Oh, I'm on!" he shouted a bit.
When the man backed away and sat down, the group noticed he had short, dark brown hair, brown eyes, and stubble on his chin, wearing a Playtime Co. ID lanyard around his neck, and a yellow long-sleeved polo shirt.
Soon after, the man looked at the camera. "Hello, Mr. Pierre! Um... look, I know you don't want to hear any more about this; I get it," he said. "Um, sounds like a bad joke. Huggy Wuggy staring at children. But... look, I'm filming this so... so I can hopefully prove what I saw."
Michelle stared at the TV. "Look, if some... if some creep is hiding Nanny cams in our mascot's eyeballs, then something needs to be taken seriously," the man continued.
The man cleared his throat. "Uh, something dangerous is going on and I... I'm sure it wasn't on purpose. I'm sure it was just some big mistake, but... I saw what I saw," he said.
The man looked away a bit. "And... and I... I'm positive about that," he continued before looking at the camera. "And, uh, I know if you could see it too, I think you'll understand."
When the video ended, part of the tape came out of the player, which made Michelle approach it.
As Michelle pulled the tape out of the player and examined it, Mommy Long Legs slightly grinned at Huggy Wuggy. "Seems like someone saw you staring at the children; so much for being a security dog," she said before giggling behind her hand, which made him snarl at her.
Michelle stared at the tape before approaching Doey and holding it out to him. "This could be beneficial to us too," she said.
Doey nodded and grabbed the tape before it went inside him; Michelle turned her head to the right and spotted an opening before approaching it.
When Michelle was near the opening, she saw a large room with a projector screen, a projector on the roof, a slightly tilted whiteboard, three lockers with glass coverings, and a deactivated keypad with an empty battery socket between shelves.
Michelle spotted something inside the middle locker before approaching it. When Michelle was close to the middle locker, she saw a manila folder with multiple pages inside it behind the glass, which made her smile. "That folder has to have information about the Negation Compound," she said.
Michelle spotted part of a yellow cuff behind the folder, which surprised her. "There's something else inside too; I wonder what that is..." she said, lowly.
Michelle looked at the battery socket. "First things first, I need a battery," she continued before looking at the whiteboard. "I might as well figure out where the code might be, too."
Michelle approached the whiteboard before placing her right hand at the top of it and aiming Glowby's blacklight at it.
As Michelle turned the whiteboard a bit, she saw the number '94' in red marker with the invisible ink circling it and the letters 'SP' circled in the red marker next to it.
Michelle placed her hand against her chin with a hum. "The code is probably on one of those boxes with the blacklight numbers beside it," she said. "If we use the crate that had the number 95 on it as an example, the code would've been 120; I need to find the crate that has the number 94 on it."
After Michelle left the room, she looked at the group. "I need to examine the shelves again," she said. "The code for the locker should be on one of the boxes on a shelf with the letters 'SP' on it."
Mommy Long Legs turned her head to the shelves and spotted the shelf with 'SP' on the top near the stacked pallets. "I believe the shelf you're looking for is the same shelf you saw that other box," she said before laying her hand near the door. "We can see what the other two boxes have."
Michelle nodded before approaching the door; after she got out of the room, she got on Mommy Long Legs's hand before holding one of her fingers. Mommy Long Legs turned away from the room and got on the ground before approaching the shelf with the letters 'SP' on it.
When Mommy Long Legs was close to the shelf, she lowered the hand Michelle was on to the second box with the number '788' on it. When Michelle aimed Glowby's blacklight at the box, she saw the number '99' on it, which made her shake her head. "Not that one," she said.
Mommy Long Legs nodded as she raised the hand Michelle was on close to the box on the top shelf.
When Michelle aimed Glowby's blacklight at the box, she saw the number '94' on it, which made her nod. "This is it," she said before looking at Mommy Long Legs. "What's the number on it?"
Mommy Long Legs examined the box before spotting the number '926' on it. "That would be 926, my little Misha," she said.
Michelle nodded. "Alright, all we need to do now is find the battery for it," she said as Mommy Long Legs walked away.
After Huggy Wuggy stepped out of the room, he looked around before spotting two small crates near a door and approaching them. When Huggy Wuggy was close to the crates, he spotted a battery before wrapping his arm around it.
When Mommy Long Legs was close to the broken catwalk, she lowered the hand Michelle was on to it, which made her get off. Michelle spotted Huggy Wuggy approaching her with a battery in his arm before kneeling and placing it on the ground. "Battery..." he said.
Michelle smiled and approached Huggy Wuggy before petting his cheek. "Nice job, buddy," she said, which made him smile and purr a bit.
After Michelle stopped petting Huggy Wuggy's cheek, she turned to the battery and picked it up before approaching the room.
After Michelle entered the room with the whiteboard, she approached the battery socket before putting the battery inside, which activated the keypad; soon after, the projector turned on, which made her look at the screen.
Michelle saw Poppy's face and a ribcage before showing a chemical formula, which disturbed her a bit. This is all sorts of freaky... she thought before looking at the keypad and approaching it.
When Michelle was close to the keypad, she typed the number '926' on it, which opened the middle locker and made her smile. "Yes!" she shouted before approaching it and grabbing the manila folder.
Doey and Katelynn entered as Michelle opened the folder. "Did you find something, Big Sister?" she asked.
Michelle nodded. "This folder has the information we need," she said.
Doey and Katelynn approached Michelle as she opened the folder, revealing the same image from the projector. "Legacy subjects... 1006 and 1007..." she continued. "1006 is the Prototype, and Poppy did mention that she was made after him, so that must make her 1007."
As Michelle turned the page, the trio was surprised. "A Restorative Gel Mixture; this must be Mr. Ludwig's version of the Poppy Gel... encouraging cellular regeneration and tissue growth," she continued before scoffing a bit. "He basically made a life elixir or something."
Katelynn squinted at the paper before tilting her head a bit. "What does DMEM stand for?" she asked.
Doey crossed his arms. "Dunno; probably something the scientists used," he said.
Michelle stared at the page before pointing at the bottom of it. "Based on this sentence, DMEM could've been some kind of culture medium that supports the growth of cells," she said. "However, Mr. Ludwig's Restorative Gel surpassed this medium; that in itself is terrifying."
Michelle turned the page. "And they thought it was a great idea to take a crack at replicating it; that's probably what the Poppy Gel is," she continued. "Though theirs had a lot of side effects, including hives and multisensory distortion."
As Michelle turned the page, the trio saw a microscopic image. "That would explain why they had to create the Negation Compound," Doey said.
Michelle nodded before turning the page. "To stop the Poppy Gel from going out of control," she said. "Since the substrates of the Restorative Gel and the Poppy Gel are similar, the Negation Compound should work on it."
When Michelle turned to the last page, she examined it. "It seems like the only records that are still accessible are at a data center in the Labs," she continued before closing the folder and holding it out to Doey. "We need to get this back to the others."
Doey nodded as he grabbed the folder before it went inside him. Katelynn spotted two yellow metal cuffs inside the case before grabbing them and examining them. "What do these do?" she asked.
The duo looked at the cuffs. "Maybe they're supposed to go on the GrabPack's wrists," Doey said.
Michelle looked at her arms. "Maybe..." she said before looking at the cuffs and spotting two small keys in each one. "They even have keys inside so they can lock in place."
Katelynn nodded before holding one of the cuffs out to Doey, which made him take it. Katelynn looked at the key inside the cuff before carefully placing her fingers between it. When Katelynn turned the key to the left, the cuff unlocked before she carefully slid it open.
Doey did the same thing before carefully sliding the cuff open; Michelle pulled Glowby off her left arm before holding it out. Katelynn lined the cuff to Michelle's wrist before sliding the cuff closed.
Soon after, Katelynn twisted the key, locking the cuff onto Michelle's wrist before pulling it out. As Michelle placed Glowby back on her left arm, the key in Katelynn's hand went inside her. "Just in case..." she said.
Michelle nodded before pulling her beaded bracelet back a bit and holding her right arm out. Doey lined the cuff to Michelle's wrist before sliding it closed and twisting the key, which locked it in place.
After Doey pulled the key out of the cuff, Michelle moved her bracelet next to it. "And that should do it," he said as it went inside him.
Michelle placed her hand against the right cuff. "The only question now is what these cuffs can do..." she said before the trio approached the opening.
After the group left the room and got on the catwalk, Michelle stood near the broken part and looked at the panels across from them before aiming her left arm at them.
The blue hand shot from Michelle's wrist and touched one of the panels. "And if I try to pull the hand..." she said, lowly.
Soon after, Michelle pulled herself toward the panel, which shocked her and the group. "Whoa!" she shouted.
When Michelle was close to the panels, she looked at the catwalk while laughing a bit. "The cuffs magnetize my hands; that's awesome!" she shouted.
As the group caught up to Michelle, she thought of something before lowering the cable a bit and hanging upside down before placing her feet on it. "Hey, guess who I am?" she asked before making the thwip gesture with her right hand.
Katelynn smiled and wagged her tail a bit. "You're like the female version of Spider-Man; that's so cool!" she shouted, which made Michelle smile and giggle.
Michelle turned herself right-side up and placed her feet on the catwalk before retracting the blue hand. Michelle turned her head to the right before spotting a door below them. "Hello, what are you?" she asked herself before dropping onto the top of the shelf.
After Michelle landed on the ground, she saw a room with a control panel before approaching it. When Michelle entered the room and looked around, she spotted a beige cassette tape on a control panel before approaching it and picking it up.
After Michelle put the cassette tape in her left pocket, she left the room and looked at the top magnetic panel before aiming her left arm at it. The blue hand shot from Michelle's wrist and touched the panel before she pulled herself.
Michelle swung herself to the catwalk and retracted the blue hand to her wrist before landing on it. "Did you find anything?" CatNap asked.
Michelle carefully grabbed the cassette tape before pulling it out of her pocket. "Just a cassette tape," she said before opening the white part of Glowby. "Time to see what's on it."
After Michelle put the cassette tape inside Glowby, she closed the white part before pressing the red button.
Soon after, the group heard a phone ringing from Glowby before it went silent and heard a hum afterward. "Leith, I've been reviewing your concerns about our Head of Shipping," Eddie said.
Most of the group glared at Glowby. "He's becoming some sort of 'people's champion,'" Leith said. "Now too many noses are sniffing around. We deal with this now, we'll make him a martyr."
Michelle glared at Glowby. "You dick..." she said, lowly.
"Not if we deal with it the right way," Eddie said.
The group was surprised. "Oh?" Leith asked.
"I think Mr. Lovitz is due for a promotion," Eddie said.
The group stared at Glowby, confused. "You're serious?" Leith asked, confused.
"Oh, he can't be the people's champion if he's one of us," Eddie said. "Up his pay; his title. New parking spot; give him a new car too. Let everyone think he sold his soul."
Michelle glared at Glowby with a slight growl. "And if it doesn't work?" Leith asked.
"You worry too much; try focusing on the bigger picture," Eddie said. "Our friends in Tokyo are coming up to speed. At this rate, this factory won't even be our main focus in a few short years."
The toys glared at Glowby with menacing growls. "And the park?" Leith asked.
"Renovations are underway," Eddie said. "I'll be inspecting the premises next week: 7th to the 12th."
Michelle was shocked. "I trust you won't burn this place down in my absence," Eddie continued.
The group heard Leith's laugh. "I'll do my best," he said. "Though I won't lie, this place is feeling more like a powder keg every day."
When the cassette tape stopped playing and the white part opened, Michelle pulled it out before closing it. Michelle looked at the cassette tape before looking down. "When did the Hour of Joy take place?" she asked.
CatNap looked at Michelle. "That would be August 8th in 1995," he said.
Michelle growled a bit and trembled in rage. "If this was recorded before that day... that means that bastard Eddie is still alive," she said before clenching the cassette tape a bit. "And they were trying to make Rich into one of them... I really hope he rejected it and quit on the spot."
Michelle stopped trembling before dropping the cassette tape on the catwalk, which made the group look at it. Michelle stepped back a bit before looking at the group. "Any of you want to do the honors?" she asked.
The group stared at the cassette tape until CatNap approached it. "I believe this is what everyone had in their minds," he said before placing his right paw on it until they heard a crunch.
When CatNap moved his paw away, the cassette tape was in pieces before he bowed his head. "I hope this pleases you, Angel," he continued.
Michelle nodded. "It does..." she said before looking at the catwalk leading to a different room. "Now then, let's regroup with Giblet's group and show him that folder."
The group nodded. "Right," they said before they approached the room.