As Michelle walked in the hallway, she looked around. "Alright... my only obstacle between here and Safe Haven is Yarnaby," she said before turning right. "I need to keep quiet; stealth is gonna be my friend in this."
After Michelle turned left, she saw a small fenced area before walking forward. When Michelle was near the fenced area, she saw Yarnaby approach a large opening, which made her eyes widen before hiding behind the wall and quickly covering her mouth.
Michelle poked her head out as Yarnaby entered the large opening and walked forward before the shutter closed, which made her sigh in relief and uncover her mouth. "I'm glad he didn't see me..." she whispered.
Michelle looked at the fenced door before approaching it; she placed her hand on it and tried opening it, but it was locked. Michelle groaned. "Well, that's just great," she said before laying her head against the gate door and closing her eyes.
Soon after, Michelle sighed and opened her eyes before looking forward. "I gotta find a way to bust this—" she stopped midsentence when she saw a pink arm stretch down from a hole in the roof, which made her eyes widen and quickly back away.
The pink hand grabbed something on the other side until Michelle heard a clicking sound from the fenced door.
As the pink arm retracted back into the hole, Michelle stared at it with widened eyes. "Was that...?" she asked, lowly, before quickly shaking her head. "No, it couldn't be her... knowing Kevin for so long, he wouldn't let her out of his sight... would he?"
Michelle quickly approached the fenced door before pushing it open. "Right now, I should be focusing on escaping Yarnaby's sight," she continued before walking toward the yellow door.
After Michelle opened the yellow door, she turned to the left and spotted another yellow door on the far right before approaching it.
After Michelle opened the yellow door, she saw a room with shelves full of boxes before crouching. "So that my feet will be quiet..." she whispered before going through a gap and sneaking to the right.
Before Michelle got close to the center, she saw Yarnaby come out of the large hole, which made her freeze in place. Yarnaby roared in the air before walking forward, which made Michelle glance at him.
After Michelle crawled out of the gap, she heard a 'psst', which made her turn her head to the vent hole on the left. Michelle saw a pink hand come out of the vent hole with an inactive flare in its hand before placing it against a hot pipe.
Soon after, the flare caught on fire before the pink hand dropped it and retreated inside the vent hole. When the flare landed on top of a few empty boxes, it started a fire in the left corner, which made Yarnaby look at it before approaching it.
As Yarnaby sniffed and rummaged around the burning area, Michelle looked forward and saw a handle near a vent. Now's my chance, she thought before sneaking toward it.
When Michelle was near the handle, she spotted a note on her right and grabbed it before aiming the blue hand at it and pulling the left trigger, launching it. After the blue hand grabbed the handle, Yarnaby turned to Michelle as she quickly pulled herself up.
Michelle quickly entered the vent before Yarnaby caught her. Michelle turned her head to Yarnaby as he roared and tried to grab her in the vent. "Time to move..." she said, lowly, before she started crawling.
When Michelle was near the vent opening, she saw a room with shelves full of technology. After Michelle got out of the vent and landed on the ground, she stood properly and held the note out. "Let's see what you hold," she said.
As Michelle read the note, she was shocked. "It's from that Cole guy again... apparently, his co-worker, Stanley, cared for these toys... he even tried to sneak sweets and toys to them," she continued. "However, he got attacked by Boxy Boo for doing a good deed..."
Michelle folded the note. "He might've had an idea about the toys once being human, but his buddy didn't want to believe it," she said. "Had I not seen what I saw... I wouldn't have believed Stanley either..."
Michelle looked at the ground and spotted a black VHS tape on the ground before approaching it. Michelle crouched before she switched the note for the tape; as she looked at it, she heard noises, which made her turn to the back.
Michelle saw Yarnaby come out of the large hole through the fencing. Michelle stared at Yarnaby as he walked forward; soon after, he turned around and walked back.
Michelle examined Yarnaby as he continued the same process. I see... so I need to be out of his sight when he walks away... she thought before sneaking toward the opening.
When Michelle was close to the opening, she saw Yarnaby, which made her hide behind a wall. When Yarnaby turned away and walked forward, Michelle darted toward the other side.
After Michelle went through a small gap between some tech, she heard a fence shaking. When Michelle was close to the other opening, she saw Yarnaby shaking the fence. I have a bad feeling about this... she thought.
When Michelle crouched and stepped forward a bit, Yarnaby broke the fence, which made her quickly cover her mouth before he entered another large opening.
When the shutter closed, Michelle uncovered her mouth and sighed in relief before crawling out. "That was way too close for comfort..." she said, lowly, as she stood up.
Michelle turned her head to the right side and saw a TV with a black VHS player. "Now to play the VHS tape," she continued before approaching it.
After Michelle inserted the tape into the player, she looked at the TV as it booted up. "This recklessness has to stop," a posh British man said. "The Doctor has no regard for the safety of this facility or its staff."
Michelle tilted her head. "Going off by the head people... I'm guessing this is Eddie; I've never seen the man in my life," she said.
"Or the children in Playcare. I've tried to set boundaries with him; he doesn't listen to me," Stella said.
"He doesn't listen to any of us. Not really. Not anymore. And he's behind schedule," Leith said. "Playtime may have turned a corner, financially, but that doesn't change the fact that 'Bigger Bodies Initiative' is still a money hole."
Michelle glared at the TV. "Oh, you asshole... of course you care about money, you piece of shit," she said.
"The guy's gotta go, Leith," Eddie said.
"And how do you suggest we do that?" Leith asked.
"This wouldn't be the first time we've made someone disappear," Eddie said.
Michelle felt uncomfortable. "We can't kill him, Eddie," Leith said.
"Why not?" Eddie asked.
Michelle heard Leith sigh. "Because like it or not, we need him," he said.
"Eddie's right, though. Sawyer can't keep leading this project," Stella said.
Michelle heard Leith chuckle. "So we just ask him to step down? Take a demotion?" he asked.
Michelle heard Stella sigh. "No, but..." she said, lowly.
"I'm not disagreeing. Huggy loose in the woods, that business with CatNap, the whole Stoll thing—" Eddie interrupted Leith. "And half a dozen other incidents."
Michelle heard Leith sigh. "Right, and all of that pales in comparison to the Theater Incident," he said.
Michelle heard Stella shudder. "I don't even want to talk about that..." she said, lowly.
Michelle heard Eddie sigh. "So... we can't kill the sonofabitch, but we need to knock him out of the equation. What do we do?" he asked.
"There is... one thing I can think of..." Leith said before the video ended.
Michelle looked down. "The Theater Incident... if I remember correctly from the news, there were a lot of casualties during that event," she said. "I'm not sure how it was caused, but I have a pretty good guess that the Doctor was part of it."
After Michelle walked away from the TV, she saw a vent on the left side, which made her approach it before crouching and crawling forward. As Michelle crawled through the vent, she heard banging and rubble shaking, which concerned her before she crawled forward.
When Michelle reached the vent opening, she saw a bunch of shelves before getting out of it. Michelle stood properly and spotted a gap made from knocked-over shelves before approaching it.
After Michelle went through the gap, she spotted a note on a shelf, which made her grab it. Michelle read the note. "Another journal log from Cole," she said. "It seems like he's doing a bit of digging on his own after his conversation with Stanley at the right moment."
Michelle placed her hand on her chin. "It must've happened after the Doctor was turned into an experiment because he couldn't recognize his human name," she continued. "And from the looks of this note, he's starting to believe his co-worker."
Michelle folded the note and placed it back on the shelf; when she turned her head to the right, she saw a mixture of blue, yellow, orange, and red dough holding some shelves together.
Michelle stared at the colored dough. "This is... Doey Dough... I must be heading in the right direction," she said before looking at the gap on the right and approaching it.
When Michelle looked through the gap, she noticed a long corridor with a yellow door on the other side and boxes scattered all over the ground, which made her deadpan it. "Oh, this ain't ominous as hell," she said sarcastically before sighing. "Let's get this over with."
Michelle lowered the GrabPack arms before going through the gap. When Michelle walked forward a bit, she heard roaring, which made her groan. "Yep... I knew it," she said.
When Michelle turned her head to the back, she saw Yarnaby's paws grab the top shelf before he pulled himself up. Soon after, Yarnaby roared before leaping toward the ground and opening his mouth. "And that's my cue!" Michelle shouted before sprinting away.
Yarnaby started chasing Michelle as she jumped over a few boxes while running. When Michelle looked forward, she saw the pink arm come out of the vent and gestured to the door before going back inside. "Yeah, I figured as much; thanks!" she shouted before sprinting toward it.
Michelle quickly opened the door before shutting it behind her; Yarnaby slammed against it, which made her quickly back away.
Soon after, Yarnaby started scratching at the door as Michelle tried to catch her breath and calm down. "I take it back... that was way too close for comfort..." she said, lowly.
Michelle turned her head to the left and spotted the vent. "Time to get the hell out of this area," she said before crouching and crawling inside.
As Michelle crawled, she could hear Yarnaby's song box and roaring before his steps started going quiet, which made her sigh in relief. "I think I lost him... for now... let's keep it like that," she said before she continued crawling.