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Chapter 41 - Reunion

A/N: Toy OC Information

Toy OC: Suzy the Slimewoman(Suzy), Experiment #: 1332, Human name: Katelynn Penelope Barnes (middle name confirmed in A Silent Promise)

Appearance: A 750-lb petite cutesy pink slime toy with black sunken eyes made out of Suzy Slime(a counterpart to Doey Dough). While Doey has a human-like appearance, she has an amphibious-like appearance with axolotl frills and a tail; she also has blue teeth that extend and retract.

Personality: A sweet, kind person that's as pure as snow. There are times that she'll act childish; she can get angry, but doesn't get angry often.

Voice Claim - Lizzie Freeman

Link to the video: https://youtube.com/shorts/2lDkDR0M60g?si=GLOdDSQSJBp829ba

TW - Panic Attack

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When Michelle reached the end of the vent, she saw a large room with some filing cabinets before getting out and landing on the ground. Michelle stood properly and looked at the opening on the left before approaching it.

As Michelle entered the room, she saw a green keycard on the desk, which made her approach it and pick it up in her left hand. "You're more than likely important," she said.

Michelle looked at the middle part with a few shelves. "But there's probably another important thing here too," she continued before entering it and looking around.

Soon after, Michelle spotted a green VHS tape on the shelf, which made her grab it with her right hand. "Something like this," she said before leaving the room.

Michelle turned her head to the left and saw a cutout of a green dinosaur toy with a keyboard mouth, which made her smile a bit. "It's Pianosaurus," continued said before approaching it.

When Michelle was close to the cutout, she pressed the button. "Hellooooo! I'm Pianosaurus," it said in a sing-like tune.

Michelle smiled. "I may not have your toy, but I always loved your music," she said before walking to the right.

As Michelle looked around the hallway, she spotted a TV with a green VHS player under it. "There's the TV," she said before approaching it.

When Michelle was close to the TV, she inserted the tape into the player. Michelle looked at the TV as it booted up. "So, Ms. Greyber. Have you considered what we talked about?" Leith asked.

Michelle groaned and placed her hand over her eyes. "Oh, not this asshole again..." she said, lowly.

"Yes, Mr. Pierre. I... I won't lie; I was at a loss for words at first. The information hit me pretty hard. I felt so... badly— I still do... for the ones that go through the, um, testing," Stella said.

"You really care about them?" Leith asked.

"Yes. It... it hurts to... to see them hurt, I... I don't think there's any way around that... feeling..." Stella said.

Michelle stared at the TV as Stella took a deep breath and exhaled. "But... I did some soul-searching and got to thinking about the bigger picture..." she continued. "About what your researchers wrote."

Michelle was dumbfounded. "What bigger picture?!" she shouted.

"And?" Leith asked.

"Well, the work itself, what you've all been able to do... I mean, it's nothing short of a miracle," Stella said.

Michelle's blood started boiling before looking down with gritted teeth. "I... I know you have more goals to hit, but even as is, just, wow. Do they know when it'll be... fully ready?" Stella asked.

"We're still working out the timeline," Leith said.

Michelle clenched her fists as Stella hummed. "I see," she said.

"You know... the project head, Dr. Sawyer, wasn't sure about giving you that information in the first place. He thinks your affection towards those kids could be a liability... what do you think about that?" Leith asked.

"I took this job because I wanted to help change kids' lives for the better. Of course, these procedures are far from ideal; I cried like a baby when I read them," Stella said.

Michelle glared at the TV. "Apparently not enough, you heartless bitch..." she said, lowly.

"But I started looking past the here and now, started looking down the road a bit. And... that's when it clicked," Stella said. "What your researchers can do down here will someday help a lot of people out there, including so, so many kids."

Michelle stared at the screen as her right eye twitched in anger. "That's a bigger and better change than I could ever have hoped to make. That's a change I want to help make," Stella continued.

Michelle snapped as Leith chuckled. "I knew you'd understand," he said before the video ended.

As silence filled the room, Michelle trembled in rage. "Those fuckers..." she said, lowly.

Michelle turned her head to the back and saw a metal pipe, which made her quickly approach it. After Michelle grabbed the pipe, she charged toward the TV while angrily yelling before swinging it at the TV screen hard, which broke the screen.

As the TV collapsed on the ground, Michelle kept angrily swinging the pipe at it, which caused it to dent a bit.

As Michelle raised the pipe, she saw a man collapsed on the ground with blood on his head and a pool of blood under him in her vision, which made her eyes widen, and she dropped the pipe.

Michelle started hyperventilating as she backed away. "Why... why now...?" she asked. "Why did you have to show up at a time like this?! I thought I was over that!"

Michelle leaned against the wall and slid down as tears fell from her eyes. "C-Calm down, Misha... y-you have to calm down..." she said, lowly.

Michelle closed her eyes. "B-Breathe in..." she stuttered before slowly inhaling through her nose.

Soon after, Michelle shakily breathed out through her mouth. "A-And out..." she said, lowly. "Breathe in..."

Michelle inhaled through her nose before exhaling through her mouth. "And out..." she continued.

When Michelle calmed down, she placed her hand over her eyes. "It didn't trigger when I swung it at the TV back at the Game Station..." she said, lowly. "Why did he show up now...?"

After Michelle removed her hand from her eyes, she looked at the ceiling. "Has this place really made me reach my breaking point?" she asked rhetorically before chuckling. "I must look like a mess right now..."

Michelle heard groaning, music-like noises, which shocked her and made her look at the opening near the busted TV before standing up. "I think it's best if I take a different path to where the noise is coming from," she said before walking toward the back.

When Michelle entered a different room, she saw a note on top of a small filing cabinet before approaching it. When Michelle was close to the filing cabinet, she picked up the note and read it.

Soon after, Michelle's face went pale. "He wrote this during the Hour of Joy..." she said. "And he... accepted his fate..."

Michelle covered her mouth a bit. "It was like an endless cycle of the employees hurting the toys and vice versa," she continued.

Michelle folded the note before laying it on top of the filing cabinet. "But I'll make one thing certain... I'll make sure the hell back then doesn't crawl its way back up here..." she said.

Michelle looked forward and saw a machine with a green keycard slot before approaching it. When Michelle was close to the machine, she inserted the green keycard into the slot, which opened the door.

After Michelle entered the room, she looked around. "What is this place?" she asked herself before approaching the right side.

When Michelle was on the right side, she saw an opening with broken glass on the ground, which made her approach it.

When Michelle looked through the opening, her eyes widened when she saw a larger version of Pianosaurus standing next to a giant hole on the right side, eating a mini Bobby BearHug corpse. "Pianosaurus..." she said, lowly.

Michelle looked at the ledge. "If I'm quiet, he won't detect me..." she continued before getting on the ledge.

As Michelle slowly moved along the ledge, she looked at Pianosaurus. "I wonder how long he's been in here..." she said, lowly. "Hopefully not long enough that he's really hungry..."

When Michelle placed her right foot on a piece with some cracks, it broke under her, which shocked her, before she fell, which made her scream; she hit the ground hard, which made Pianosaurus stop eating.

As Michelle sat up with a groan, Pianosaurus turned his head to her while making music-like noises, which made her look at him in a panic. "I need to get away," she said.

Michelle tried standing up, but she felt a sharp pain in her right ankle, which made her flinch and sit back down with gritted teeth. "Damn it..." she said, lowly. "Why now..."

Pianosaurus turned to Michelle as music-like noises came from him. Soon after, Pianosaurus readied his claws before charging toward Michelle, which made her eyes widen. "I'm as good as dead!" she shouted before covering her face with her arms and closing her eyes.

Unbeknownst to Michelle, large pink hands wrapped around Pianosaurus, which made him fall to the ground.

When Michelle opened her eyes and uncovered her face, she looked at Pianosaurus, surprised, as the pink hands lifted him. "Yay! A new friend!" a young female voice shouted, which shocked her and made her look forward.

Soon after, a figure behind Pianosaurus emerged from the darkness, revealing a larger version of Suzy, smiling, which made Michelle's eyes widen. "Does Pianosaurus wanna play with Suzy?" she asked.

Suzy giggled. "Alright, let's play!" she shouted before slamming Pianosaurus to the ground, which caused him to make pained music-like noises.

Soon after, Suzy swung Pianosaurus side-to-side, which made him make more pained music-like noises.

Suzy giggled until her hands slipped, which caused Pianosaurus to fly through the giant hole and hit something. Suzy looked at the hole with a frown. "Oh... that's a shame..." she said, lowly.

Michelle stared at Suzy with widened eyes. DogDay mentioned that Katelynn became a toy named Suzy the Slimewoman... she thought. Is this... really her?

Suzy turned her head to Michelle before smiling and quickly approaching her. "Hi there! Do you wanna be my friend?" she asked.

Michelle looked at Suzy. "Katelynn..." she said, lowly.

Suzy tilted her head, confused. "Who's Katelynn? I haven't heard that name before," she said.

Michelle stared at Suzy, shocked. "What..." she said, lowly.

Suzy blinked a bit before realizing something and placing her clenched fist against her head with her tongue sticking out. "Oh, silly me; I forgot to introduce myself," she said. "Big Brother always said it's best to have manners."

Suzy created a slime skirt around her waist before curtsying with it. "It's nice to meet you, my name is—" a male voice interrupted her. "Suzy!!"

Suzy flinched, and the slime skirt around her waist disappeared before she tried hiding behind Michelle, trembling. Michelle turned her head to Suzy. "You have to hide me," she said. "If a part of my Big Brother finds me, I'll be in big trouble."

Michelle stared at Suzy. A part of her Big Brother? Does she mean... she thought.

Michelle heard something grab the wall, which surprised her and made her look forward. Michelle's eyes widened when she saw a blue dough toy with sunken eyes pulling itself into the room.

The dough toy's noticeable features were red-colored dough markings swirling around its arms and its long neck, red dough covering most of its legs with a clawed hand forming in its midsection, four-digit blue hands tipped with sharp red claws, and a red fang poking out of its mouth.

Link to the pic: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkMWuwhXkAAi8dC?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

(Pic belongs to AnimatorRader on X and Tumblr)

The dough toy turned its head to the left, annoyed. "I told him that she's not ready for this, but no... he thinks it's perfect if I show her the ropes!" he shouted.

The dough toy started growling. "This is what I get for listening to Matthew's stupid ass and taking Suzy with me! I'm never gonna—" he stopped midsentence when he turned to the right and saw the duo, which made his eyes widen. "Misha..."

Michelle stared at the dough toy with tears pricking her eyes. "Kevin..." she said, lowly.

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A/N: For those wondering about Pianosaurus, don't worry; I have plans for him :3.

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