In the infirmary, Suzy was lying on her side in a medical cot, asleep, while Medic placed his claw against her head. Jack, Matthew, Kevin, and Michelle looked at Medic. "How is she?" Matthew asked.
Medic turned to the group and rolled toward Matthew. "It seems like she calmed down for the moment," he said.
Jack looked at Medic. "Is there any possible way to help her?" he asked.
Medic looked down. "I wish there were a way, but it's difficult for someone with dissociative amnesia," he said.
Michelle looked at Medic. "And that's different from regular amnesia?" she asked.
Medic nodded. "While regular amnesia, for the most part, is caused by physical trauma, dissociative amnesia is caused by psychological trauma," he said. "If I were to hypothesize, the reason why she can't remember her past is because of the trauma of being turned into a toy."
Medic looked down. "And the scientific way to treat those with dissociative amnesia is through psychotherapy or hypnosis," he continued.
Kevin looked away and crossed his arms, which made Michelle look at him before stroking her hand against his back.
Jack thought of something before looking at Medic. "What if we could reenact one of Suzy's good memories? Would it be possible for her to remember?" he asked.
Medic placed his claw against his screen with a slight hum. "I haven't heard of anything like that before, but it could be possible for it to work," he said.
Matthew looked at Kevin. "Do you know of anything Suzy liked when she was Katie?" he asked.
Kevin looked at Matthew. "Well... every time Katie would get tired, Misha used to sing her a lullaby and that always helped her get to sleep," he said.
Jack smiled. "So if we could get Misha to sing—" he was interrupted when Michelle looked down. "I'm not doing it..."
Matthew looked at Michelle, surprised, while Jack looked at her, shocked. "What?" he asked.
Michelle looked at the duo. "I said I'm not doing it," she said. "This theory you have... what if it has an opposite effect? What if it hurts her head worse than it normally does?"
Medic hummed. "That can also be a possibility if we were to reenact a memory," he said.
Tears pricked Michelle's eyes before she looked down. "I'm not taking any risks like that..." she said in a low voice. "The last thing I want to do is hurt Katie..."
Jack frowned a bit before thinking of something and smiling. "What if someone can reassure you that it'll work?" he asked before looking at Kevin. "You think it'll work, right, Kev?"
Kevin remained silent and looked down, which worried Jack. "Kevin?" he asked.
Soon after, Kevin uncrossed his arms and looked at Jack. "I'm with Misha on this one," he said, which shocked him and made Michelle and Matthew look at him. "I'm not comfortable with those risks either."
Jack approached Kevin. "How could you say something like that?! She's your sister!" he shouted.
Kevin glared at Jack and lowered his head to his level. "That's right, my sister," he said. "And as her older brother, I'm going to keep her safe from harm..."
Jack growled a bit. "But what if this actually helps her?!" he shouted. "Please?!"
Kevin growled. "She's my family, and my decision is final, damn it; I'm not gonna let anyone hurt her!" he shouted.
Dark teal dough tears pricked Jack's eyes before he closed them. "That's rich coming from the one who killed my parents!!" he shouted, which made Kevin's eyes widen and quickly pull his head away.
Matthew flinched and looked at Jack. "That's too far, Jack!" he shouted.
Jack froze with widened eyes, and he slowly covered his mouth with his hands. "He did what?" Michelle asked, which made the trio freeze up.
When the trio turned their heads to Michelle, they noticed her shocked and mortified expression. Dark teal dough tears fell from Jack's eyes before he closed them and ran away, which made Matthew hold his hand out to him. "Jack, come back!" he shouted.
After Jack was out of sight, Michelle turned her head to Kevin, which made him quickly look away. "Kevin... is what he said true?" she asked.
Kevin remained silent and looked down before crossing his arms. When Michelle looked at Kevin's hands, she noticed his claws digging into his arms, which made her frown. He usually does that when he doesn't want to admit he's done something horrible, she thought.
Michelle took a deep breath and exhaled before approaching Kevin and firmly placing her hand against his arm, which made him stop and glance at her. "We can talk about it at another time or not at all," she said. "Right now, I'm going to go find Jack."
Michelle pulled her hand away from Kevin before walking forward; when she was out of sight, he looked down, trembling and gripping his arms. Matthew looked at Kevin, concerned. "Kevin..." he said in a low voice.
The group heard faint steps from the opening. "I need some help over here!" a female voice shouted.
Matthew looked at the opening. "That sounds like Hoppy," he said before approaching Kevin. "C'mon, we should get going."
Kevin slowly nodded as Matthew placed his hand on his shoulder before they fused into Doey; he picked up Medic before approaching the opening.
When the duo was out of sight, Suzy opened her eyes and looked down. Big Brother was fighting amongst himself again because of me... she thought before covering her face. The only way to make them stop arguing is if I'm out of the picture...
Michelle entered a small room with a stage on the opposite side and looked around. "Jack?" she asked.
Michelle heard crying, which made her turn her head to the right; she saw Jack hiding in the corner, crying. Michelle was heartbroken before slowly approaching Jack. "Jack," she said.
Jack looked forward and saw Michelle approaching him. "Are you alright?" she asked.
When Michelle held her hand out to Jack, he shrank back, which made her frown a bit. Michelle lowered her hand and stepped back. "Alright, I won't touch you unless you're comfortable with it," she said before sitting across from Jack. "I'll sit here, and we'll go at your pace."
Jack stared at Michelle before looking down; soon after, he crawled out of the corner and stood up.
Jack approached Michelle before sitting next to her and laying his head against her arm, which made her smile a bit. Jack looked at the ground. "You probably hate me now, don't you?" he asked.
Michelle was shocked and looked at Jack. "Now why would you think that?" she asked.
Jack trembled as dark teal dough tears pricked his eyes. "It's my fault that Kevin is like this in the first place," he said. "Had I not leaned against the rails... I wouldn't have fallen into the vat, and he would've been normal."
Michelle frowned a bit and looked down. "Even if that were true, they probably would've turned him into a different toy," she said.
Jack looked away. "Sometimes I wish I was dead again," he said, which made Michelle's eyes widen. "That way... I can be with my Mom and Dad again..."
Michelle quickly hugged Jack, which shocked him. "Never say something like that again..." she said.
Jack stared at Michelle as she pulled away before looking at him while placing her hands on his shoulders. "Your parents wouldn't want you saying awful stuff like that, would they?" she asked.
Jack looked down before slowly shaking his head, which made Michelle smile a bit and place her hand on his head before petting it. "For all the horrible stuff this company did... you're one of the good things that came out of this mess," she said.
Jack looked at Michelle. "Kevin might not say it personally, but he agrees with me on it too..." she continued.
Jack stared at Michelle before dark teal dough tears fell from his eyes; soon after, he hugged her, crying against her shoulder.
Michelle gently smiled with tears pricking her eyes as she stroked her hand against Jack's back. "There, there..." she said in a low voice. "It's alright now..."
After Jack let go and wiped his dark teal dough tears away, Michelle looked at him. "Are you feeling better?" she asked.
Jack nodded. "Yeah... much better..." he said before looking at Michelle. "Though as I was hugging you... it felt like something was poking me..."
Michelle was confused before she remembered something. "Ah, that's right," she said as she dug into her right jacket pocket.
Soon after, Michelle pulled a beige VHS tape out of her right jacket pocket. "I forgot I had this VHS tape in my jacket pocket," she continued before looking at it. "So much was going on that I forgot about it."
Jack turned his head to the left. "Well, there's a TV in here; you can watch it in that," he said.
Michelle turned her head to the right and saw a TV with a beige VHS player under it, which made her hum a bit. "Well, ain't that convenient..." she said before standing up and approaching it.
Michelle inserted the tape into the player before sitting next to Jack and looking at the screen as it booted up. Soon after, the duo heard crying from the TV, which made Jack frown a bit. "That's Poppy..." he said in a low voice.
Michelle stared at the screen. "Poppy...? Are you there?" Ollie asked.
The duo heard Poppy sniffling. "Yes... Yes, I'm here," she said.
"When you didn't answer, I... I mean... a-are you feeling OK?" Ollie asked.
"I'm OK..." Poppy said before sniffling. "Really."
Jack frowned a bit. "Did the bad men hurt you?" Ollie asked.
"There's nothing more they can do to hurt me," Poppy said. "Nothing more than what they've already done."
"Something's bothering you, Poppy," Ollie said. "Something you... need to talk about?"
"I don't need anything tonight," Poppy said. "Ollie, I just want to sleep."
"I think there's more to this," Ollie said. "More that you're not telling me."
"There's not," Poppy said.
"I know what you're doing, Poppy; talking like that," Ollie said. "Don't think for a second that I believe it."
Jack stared at the TV, worried. "Just tell me what you're feeling," Ollie continued. "Please, just talk to me honestly."
"Talk? Talk?! You want me to talk?!" Poppy shouted.
"Yes, yes, I—" Poppy interrupted Ollie. "And what will talking do, huh?! Will talking to you make them stop?!"
Jack covered his mouth a bit. "N-No, it..." Ollie said in a low voice.
"I'm scared, Ollie. Is that what you want to hear? I'm scared, and I'm angry, and... and I really don't know what to do..." Poppy said. "The bad men don't say what they want. They don't listen. They don't care how much anything hurts..."
Michelle remained silent and looked down. "It's been weeks and weeks of taking things out and putting them back in and taking things out and putting them back in," Poppy continued. "Over and over and over. Nothing's EVER gotten better. And it'll never GET better."
Dark teal dough tears pricked Jack's eyes. "But you know what scares me more than anything, Ollie?" Poppy asked rhetorically. "It scares me that every time they do it... every time they peel me open... I feel it less! LESS...! I hate them. And I hate him. And I hate..."
The duo heard Poppy sniffle. "I'm nothing now, Ollie. No one," she said. "I'm a thing... and nothing they can do hurts me more than that."
"You're not nothing to me; you're Poppy," Ollie said. "And talking with you. Like this... I know it doesn't make any of what they do right; it can't."
Michelle looked at the screen. "But it makes me feel like a piece of me is still here. No matter how small they make it," Ollie continued. "Next to all of that. Next to whatever they do... it means everything."
Soon after, the duo could hear Poppy crying from the TV. "I'm here, Poppy; for you, I'll always be here," Ollie said before the video ended.
Jack stared at the TV as dark teal dough tears fell from his eyes. "I had no idea... Poppy went through that kind of pain..." he said in a low voice. "I feel so bad for her..."
Michelle remained silent and stared at the TV with an emotionless expression. Jack turned his head to Michelle and noticed her expression, which concerned him. "Misha?" he asked.
Michelle flinched a bit and looked away while rubbing the back of her neck. "Y-Yeah, very sad..." she said before standing up and holding her hand out to Jack. "C'mon, we should get out of here..."
Jack nodded as he wiped his dark teal dough tears away while standing up before holding Michelle's hand and leaving the room.
When the duo was close to Suzy's cot, Jack stopped, which made Michelle stop, as he looked at her. Soon after, Jack stretched his arm toward Suzy before petting her head. "Get some rest, Suzy..." he said in a low voice.
Michelle stared at Jack as he retracted his arm before chuckling a bit. "You love her, don't you?" she asked.
Jack flinched a bit and looked away with a slight blush. "Maybe..." he said in a low voice.
Michelle smiled and petted Jack's head, which surprised him before he looked at her. "I think she'd love you, too," she said.
Jack smiled a bit before the duo walked away; when they were out of sight, Suzy moved her hand away from her eyes and looked around before slipping out of her medical cot in a puddle-like form and slithering toward the giant hole in the wall.