Inside Home Sweet Home, a young Michelle followed a young Kevin and a young Katelynn. "Now, can you tell me what you wanted to show me?" Michelle asked.
Katelynn slightly pouted at Michelle. "That would ruin the surprise, Big Sister. We don't want that..." she said. Kevin slightly grinned at Michelle. "Uh oh, you've made her pout..." he said.
Michelle sighed with a slight smile and waved her hands. "Alright, alright, I'll stop asking," she said; Katelynn giggled a bit as she looked forward.
A young boy holding a Boxy Boo toy ran out of the room and sprinted forward before a different boy was chasing him. "You gotta be quicker than that!" the boy holding the toy shouted.
Unbeknownst to the boy holding the Boxy Boo toy, he bumped into Michelle, which made them hit one another, and he accidentally let go of his toy; the siblings looked at them, shocked. "Misha!" Kevin shouted.
After Michelle was on the ground on her back, the Boxy Boo toy landed on her face. When Michelle opened her eyes and saw the Boxy Boo toy on her face, her eyes widened, and she screamed before quickly grabbing the toy and throwing it at the wall.
The boy sat up and looked at Michelle. "Hey! Why d'you do that? Boxy didn't do anything to you," he said. Kevin glared at the boy, which made him flinch. "Well, next time, watch where you're going or someone else will throw your toy at the wall," he said.
The boy glanced away and quickly got up. "R-Right..." he said, lowly, as he approached his Boxy Boo toy and picked it up. "Sorry..."
As the boy walked away, Kevin looked at Michelle and noticed she was trembling with her arms wrapped around herself, which shocked him. "Misha?" he asked.
Katelynn approached Michelle, concerned. "You OK, Big Sister?" she asked. Michelle flinched and looked at the siblings before nodding. "Y-Yeah..." she said before standing up. "I'm fine..."
Kevin stared at Michelle. "Are you... scared of Boxy Boo?" Michelle flinched and looked away, uncomfortable; Katelynn held her hand. "It's OK to say in front of us," she said.
Michelle looked at the siblings before she looked down. "His face scared me when I was a baby... and I've had a fear of him ever since..." she said.
Kevin hummed a bit. "I can't say I blame you; the only time someone got a Boxy Boo toy was from someone in Playcare," he said. "His face is kinda scary..."
Michelle looked down with a slight frown; Katelynn noticed and panicked a bit. "Oh no, you're sad; I know what'll cheer you up," she said before running to the right. Kevin looked at Katelynn. "Hey, be careful; don't bump into any people," he said.
When Katelynn was out of sight, Kevin glanced at Michelle before slowly approaching her. When Kevin was close, he held Michelle's hand, which surprised her.
When Michelle looked at Kevin, he turned his head away with a blush. "If something like that happens again, I'll protect you..." he said, lowly. Michelle stared at Kevin with a slight blush before smiling. "Thanks, Kev," she said.
Kevin smiled a bit until he spotted Katelynn with her arms behind her back, which made him let go of Michelle's hand. When Katelynn was close, she faced Michelle. "Whenever I get scared, this helps me," she said.
Katelynn held out a chihuahua-like toy to Michelle, smiling. Michelle was surprised and held the toy. "This is the toy you wanted to show me?" she asked. Katelynn nodded. "He's supposed to be a protector of all the children," she said.
Michelle smiled at the toy. "He's really cute," she said. Katelynn smiled as Michelle held the toy out to her, which made her take it. "Now c'mon, let's play in my room," she said before walking forward.
Michelle giggled a bit. "Alright, alright..." she said before following Katelynn; Kevin looked at the duo with a slight smile before following them.
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Inside the room, Boxy Boo slammed his hand against the metal door before roaring. The group stared at the door as he started slamming his body against it. "Oh, come on! Of all places, Boxy had to show up?!" KickinChicken shouted.
Hoppy Hopscotch nodded. "There's no way we can beat him; even with all of our strength, he'll kill us!" she shouted.
Bobby BearHug looked at the smaller toys in some of the larger toys' arms, and the smaller toys riding on Pianosaurus's, PJ Pug-A-Pillar's, and Yarnaby's backs. "Not to mention that we have smaller toys with us," she said.
When Doey looked at Michelle, he noticed she was mortified, which concerned him. "Misha?" he asked. Boxy Boo dug his claws into the door, which sucked the Red Smoke out of the room. "What do we do then?" Katelynn asked.
When Boxy Boo dented the metal door and entered the room, the door behind the group opened, which made them turn to it. "We run?!" Michelle shouted.
The group started running away, which made Boxy Boo follow them. After the group turned left, they went through a busted hole and went up a ramp.
When the group was on the other side, the ramp broke; they saw Boxy Boo attempting to grab them until he retracted it before some scrap metal covered it.
Michelle looked at the hole next to her. "Come on," she said before entering it; the others nodded before they entered.
When Michelle looked down, her eyes widened when she saw Boxy Boo walking forward. "Damn it... why is he still here..." she said, lowly. Poppy looked at Michelle, concerned. "Are you alright?" she asked, which made her flinch.
Michelle looked at the toys. "Y-Yeah, I'm... totally fine..." she said. "We should, uh... keep moving..." The toys looked at Michelle, concerned, before nodding and moving forward.
Michelle looked at Boxy Boo while moving forward. Of course, the one toy I fear the most had to come after us; why couldn't he just be dead, she thought. As Michelle took another step, the grate started moving, which made her look at it in a panic. "Oh no..." she said, lowly.
Soon after, the ground under the group broke, which made them land on a conveyor belt; Boxy Boo turned to them and roared.
The group looked forward and saw moving crushers as Boxy Boo attempted to break the glass. "Keep moving?!" Michelle shouted before sprinting forward.
After Michelle got past the first crusher, she tried moving back while the conveyor belt moved forward before the second crusher went down. After the second crusher was raised, Michelle moved forward and noticed some bent scrap metal.
After the larger toys destroyed the crushers, Michelle aimed her arms at the scrap before the blue hand and the Omni-Hand shot from her wrists. The hands grabbed the scrap metal before Michelle pulled it off.
After the hands retracted to Michelle's wrist, she went through the opening before going through a gap between two large pipes. When Michelle reached the other side, she spotted another piece of scrap metal before aiming her arms again.
The blue hand and the Omni-Hand shot from Michelle's wrists and grabbed the scrap metal before she pulled it off. After the others caught up with Michelle, they sprinted through the pipe as Boxy Boo destroyed the glass and followed them.
When the group was near the end, they turned right before turning left and going up. Soon after, the group got on another conveyor belt and moved forward. Michelle spotted a blue hand scanner before she aimed her left arm.
The blue hand shot from Michelle's wrist and touched the scanner. When the scanner finished, the path before the group opened, prompting them to move forward and go down a slope.
The group turned right before entering another hallway. Soon after, the group got on another conveyor belt moving against them before they tried running forward.
When the group reached an opening, they saw a vent on the other side of the hallway. "Through here!" Michelle shouted. "Let the ones holding the smaller toys go in first!"
As the larger toys holding the smaller toys entered the vent, Boxy Boo reached the opening, which made Michelle's eyes widen. "Move now?!" she shouted.
As the other toys entered, Boxy Boo charged them. When Michelle entered the vent, Boxy Boo hit her, which made her yelp a bit and land on the lower part of the vent.
Michelle tried catching her breath and looked at Boxy Boo's arm above her before he retracted it back. "I need to get away, now," she said before crouching and turning to the right.
Michelle turned another right and looked around. "Hopefully the others are alright..." she said, lowly. Unbeknownst to Michelle, she stepped into a hole, which made her yelp and fall.
Soon after, Michelle started sliding down, which made her look forward, panicking. "Well, that's just great?!" she shouted before screaming a bit.
When Michelle was close to an opening, she saw an orange dough arm before it caught her. Doey lowered his arm before placing Michelle on the ground. "Are you alright?" he asked.
Michelle looked at Doey. "Oh, besides the giant jack-in-the-box toy chasing us, I'm doing just fine," she said. Doey stared at Michelle before his eyes were soft. "You still fear him, don't you?" he asked, which made her flinch.
The other toys looked at Michelle, concerned, before she sighed. "Yes, I still do..." she said, lowly. "Every time I try to overcome it, it never works..."
Mommy Long Legs frowned a bit. "Oh, my poor little Misha, it's OK..." she said as she petted Michelle's head with her finger. "It's normal to have a fear."
Michelle held Mommy Long Legs's finger. "Yeah, but I shouldn't display it at all. It..." she said before sighing and looking down. "It makes me feel like I'm a coward." DogDay looked at Michelle. "You're far from a coward, Misha," he said.
Michelle glanced at DogDay. "True cowards avoid responsibility and let their fears control their actions," he continued. "Even though your biggest fear was chasing us, you still acted for the better of the group. Acknowledging your fear is a sign of strength, not weakness."
The toys nodded in agreement, which made Michelle smile. "Thank you, everyone..." she said. Michelle looked at the window before approaching it; when she was close, she saw a large structure in the distance. "What is that?" she asked.
Most of the toys looked out the window. "It looks like some kind of village," Bunzo Bunny said; CatNap looked down with a hum. "I wonder..." he said, lowly.
Yarnaby looked at the table and spotted a note before roaring a bit, which made the group look at him. "Did you find something, buddy?" Michelle asked.
When Michelle was close to Yarnaby, she spotted the note before petting his head. "Good boy," she said, which made him purr.
After Michelle stopped petting Yarnaby, she picked the note up and looked at it. Soon after, Michelle clenched the paper. "It seems like whoever sent this letter made a deal with the Prototype," she said. "They basically sold their souls to the devil."
Michelle placed the note on the table before looking at the group. "We should keep moving," she said. The group nodded before walking forward; when Michelle stepped on the slightly broken piece, it broke under her, which shocked her and the toys.
The air jets on Michelle's braces activated, which slowed her fall before she landed on the ground. Michelle sighed a bit. "Nice..." she said, lowly. After the group caught up with Michelle, they walked forward.
As Michelle looked around the area, she spotted a banner of a smiling doll-like toy with large purple braided hair in a ball-like form, oval-shaped eyes with black irises, and curved eyelashes, wearing a purple t-shirt and black suspenders with a star embroidered on her front pocket and flowing out like a skirt. "A Lily Lovebraids banner..." she said, lowly.
CraftyCorn shuddered at the name. "I really hope we don't meet up with her..." she said, lowly. Michelle looked at CraftyCorn. "Why's that?" she asked. CraftyCorn looked down. "Well, uh... how can I say this without being rude..." she said, lowly.
PickyPiggy looked at Michelle. "She's a psychotic bitch that could give Mommy a run for her money," she said. Mommy Long Legs sternly looked at PickyPiggy. "How insulting," she said before looking down. "Though... you aren't far off..."
Michelle hummed a bit. "I see..." she said, lowly. Soon after, the group spotted a gap. "I've got this," Doey said before stepping forward. When Doey was close to the edge, he stretched himself to the other side before he formed himself into a bridge. "You're good," he continued.
As the group crossed the bridge, Michelle spotted a pink and yellow gel-like substance on the wall. "What is that stuff?" she asked.
After the group crossed the bridge and Doey reformed, Michelle approached the gel-like substance and held her hand out to it; Poppy looked at her. "Don't touch it!" she shouted.
Michelle flinched before she and the toys looked at Poppy. "How come?" she asked. Poppy looked down. "That substance... is really harmful to humans..." she said. "I believe it's called Poppy Gel."
Michelle stared at the Poppy Gel. Is this the same stuff they used to revive the dead rat in that one note? she thought. Michelle nodded. "Alright, thanks for the warning," she said; Poppy nodded before the group walked forward.