Soon after, the group entered a room with boxes inside. As the group went up the ramp, the ground shook, which shocked them, before a cable holding the box disconnected, which made it fall.
Michelle turned her head to the left. "That direction should allow us to move forward," she said. Michelle looked at the large red box before aiming both arms.
The blue hand and Omni-Hand shot from Michelle's wrists before grabbing the red box. Soon after, Michelle pulled the red box toward the large yellow box.
After Michelle let go of the red box, she aimed at the smaller box. The blue hand and Omni-Hand shot from Michelle's wrists before grabbing the smaller box.
As Michelle pulled the box toward her, she felt burning pain through her arms, which made her flinch and let go of the box before gripping her upper arms with gritted teeth and collapsing to her knees.
The toys were shocked and quickly approached Michelle. "Are you alright, Big Sister?" Katelynn asked. Michelle grunted a bit. "It's... my arms..." she said, lowly. Doey looked at Medic. "What's happening to her, Doc?" he asked.
Medic looked down with somber eyes. "Unfortunately, this is phantom pain," he said. "This happens after amputation; it's caused by the brain reorganizing after losing sensory input, causing it to misinterpret signals from severed neurons."
The Mini Huggies looked at Michelle with worried chirps. "Can Doc do something?" Huggy Wuggy asked.
Medic looked at Huggy Wuggy. "The only thing we can do is give her painkillers; that should help with the pain at least," he said before looking down. "However, the painkillers in this place would be less effective on her."
DogDay remembered something. "Hang on, the first-aid kit in Misha's bag; I remember seeing a bottle in it when we were in Pianosaurus's cell. That bottle might be some sort of painkiller," he said.
Doey nodded and quickly opened the bag on Michelle's back before pulling out the first-aid kit and a water bottle. Dough arms came out of Doey's back before they opened the first-aid kit.
Doey saw the bottle with the word 'Advil' on it before grabbing it. "Perfect," he said before carefully opening it. Doey held his hand out and carefully tapped the bottle, which made two pills fall out of it.
After Doey closed the bottle and placed it on the ground, he undid the water cap before holding the pills and the water bottle out to Michelle. "Here..." he said.
Michelle nodded as she carefully grabbed the pills and put them in her mouth before grabbing the water bottle and drinking it.
Michelle pulled the water bottle away and sighed a bit before holding it out to Doey. "Thanks..." she said, lowly. Doey nodded as he grabbed the water bottle before putting the cap back on.
Doey grabbed the Advil bottle before placing it and the water bottle on him; soon after, they went inside his body. "I'll keep them inside me in case the pain comes back," he said before closing the first-aid kit.
Michelle nodded as Doey put the first-aid kit back in her bag. "Good idea..." she said as he zipped it back up. As Michelle slowly stood up, Doey got her bag off her back. "And with what you're going through, someone else will be carrying this," he said before looking at Miss Delight. "Miss Delight?"
Miss Delight nodded. "If it's to help Miss Misha, I will wear her bag again," she said. Doey nodded as he helped Miss Delight put Michelle's bag on her back; Poppy watched the interaction with a frown before looking down.
Kissy Missy looked at Poppy before petting her head. Doey pushed the small box next to the red box before looking at the others. "We should keep moving," he said.
The others nodded as some of the toys climbed the boxes while others went over them. Doey stood beside Michelle as she climbed the boxes. "You know you don't have to baby me all the time," she said.
Doey got to the top of the pallets. "I know, but you also know that I'm going to worry about you all the time," he said. "Especially when we get out of this place..."
Michelle chuckled a bit and placed hand against Doey's cheek. "You three are too good for me," she said. Doey smiled as Michelle removed her hand before they went up a ramp and jumped down a hole.
After the duo went through the gap, the ground shook before a small box fell to the ground. DogDay looked at the large grate. "We'll need that grate out of the way," he said before looking at Bubba Bubbaphant and KickinChicken. "Bubba, Kickin'."
The duo nodded. "On it," they said as they placed the smaller toys in their arms before approaching the large grate. Bubba Bubbaphant placed his trunk on one end of the grate, and KickinChicken placed his hands on the other before they started pulling it.
Michelle looked at some of the toys. "Well, besides the Nightmare Critters being gone for two weeks, did anything else happen?" she asked. Katelynn smiled at Michelle and wrapped her arms around her. "Two weeks ago, it was my birthday," she said.
Michelle smiled at Katelynn. "Was it?" she asked rhetorically before petting her head. "Happy late birthday, Katie." Katelynn giggled a bit and wagged her tail as Michelle looked at the others. "Anything else?" she asked.
Bobby BearHug looked at Michelle. "Well, nothing too important..." she said before looking down. "Except..." Michelle looked at Bobby BearHug. "Except?" she asked.
Bobby BearHug looked at Michelle. "After we finished cauterizing your arms, we placed your broken lower arms in a different room," she said. "However, the next day... they disappeared."
Michelle's face was slightly pale. "You don't think they... ate my lower arms, do you?" she asked. CatNap looked at Michelle. "If that were the case, they would have discarded the broken bones," he said.
Some of the larger toys sternly looked at CatNap. "At least that's what I would've done, but I wouldn't do it now; that would upset Angel," he continued. Michelle petted CatNap's head. "And that is something I do appreciate," she said, which made him purr.
Soon after, Bubba Bubbaphant and KickinChicken pulled the grate off. "It's done, DogDay," Bubba Bubbaphant said. DogDay nodded as Bubba Bubbaphant and KickinChicken picked their smaller toys up. "Let's keep moving," he said.
The group nodded as they went through the opening. After Doey got on the opening, he helped Michelle get through the opening. As the group walked forward, a grate above them fell, which made Michelle flinch; Doey grinned a bit. "Jumpy much?" he asked.
Michelle slightly glared at Doey. "Shut up, Kevin," she said before walking forward. When Michelle was close to the second grill, Boxy Boo's arm shot through it, which made her scream and back away.
When Boxy Boo's arm retracted, Michelle looked at the toys. "Run?!" she shouted before they sprinted forward. Soon after, the group got on a conveyor belt moving against them.
Michelle spotted an Omni-Hand scanner before aiming her right arm. The Omni-Hand shot from Michelle's wrist and touched the scanner; soon after, the gate in front of them opened.
Michelle spotted another Omni-Hand scanner and aimed her right arm before the Omni-Hand shot from her wrist and touched the scanner.
When the gate opened, the group saw Boxy Boo roaring at them and destroying the objects in front of him. "To the left!" Michelle shouted.
When the group turned to the left, Michelle spotted a purple handprint on the ground. Michelle twisted the knob, which made the Omni-Hand retract into her wrist before the purple hand appeared.
Michelle sprinted forward and aimed at the purple handprint. "I hope this works," she said. The purple hand shot from Michelle's wrist and hit the jump pad, launching her to the other side before landing on the ground.
Doey formed himself as a bridge, which made the larger toys cross. After Doey reformed himself with the others, the group looked at Boxy Boo on the other side and roared at them before turning away.
The group tried to catch their breath. "We lost him... for now..." Poppy said, lowly. Michelle looked forward and spotted a large room with a text reading 'Engineering' above it. "In here," she said.
As the group entered the room, the door closed before liquid started spraying on them. "What is this room?" Katelynn asked. Michelle noticed blue lights on the walls before they started moving down. "It must be some kind of decontamination zone..." she said.
When the blue lights disappeared and the liquid stopped spraying, the door opened, revealing fire coming out of the pipes. "Well, that's just great..." Michelle said, lowly.
Pianosaurus turned his head to the left and made music-like noises before moving forward, which surprised the group. "Pianosaurus?" Michelle asked.
When Michelle looked in Pianosaurus's direction, she spotted a valve before approaching him and petting his head. "Nice find," she said. Pianosaurus made happy music-like noises before Michelle aimed her left arm at the valve.
The blue arm shot from Michelle's wrist and grabbed the valve before she started turning it, which made the fire near the stairs disappear.
The blue hand retracted to Michelle's wrist. "One down, one to go," she said before she and the group approached the stairs and went down them.
When the group was close to the valve, Michelle aimed her right arm before the purple hand shot from her wrist and grabbed it.
After Michelle finished turning the valve and the purple hand retracted to her wrist, the wall above them crashed and created an explosion, which made the larger toys holding the smaller toys to cover them, and Michelle and the others covered their eyes.
When Michelle uncovered their eyes, they widened when she saw Boxy Boo above them. When Boxy Boo turned to the group, he roared and bent the fence. "Just how persistent is he?!" Michelle shouted before she and the group ran.
As Boxy Boo landed on the ground, the group climbed the stairs and looked at the large hole. "Through here!" Michelle shouted.
As the group went through the hole and turned right, Michelle spotted a large creature with red fur walking forward in the distance before the door closed. What the hell was that? she thought.
DogDay spotted an elevator. "Get inside the elevator, quickly!" he shouted. Michelle glanced at the back and spotted Boxy Boo before twisting the knob, which made the purple hand retract into her arm before the orange hand appeared.
Michelle stopped and aimed the orange hand at Boxy Boo. "Maybe I can buy some time for the others," she said.
As Michelle reached for the trigger, Boxy Boo let out a terrifying roar, which made her freeze in terror before she started trembling. Come on, damn it; do something to help them... anything... she thought.
Before Boxy Boo got too close to Michelle, a dough arm wrapped around her waist before she was pulled away; when she was inside the elevator, Doey wrapped his arms around her before the elevator doors closed.
The group heard Boxy Boo's roars as the elevator descended. Doey looked at Michelle. "What were you thinking? You could have—" he felt trembling, which surprised him. "I'm sorry..."
When Doey looked at Michelle's face, he noticed tears pricking her eyes. "I thought I could stall him, but when he roared, I..." she said before looking down. "I'm so sorry..." Doey's eyes became soft before he petted Michelle's head. "It's alright, Misha... it's alright..." he said lowly.
The group heard a loud thud, which made them look at the roof. "Don't tell me..." Poppy said, lowly. The group heard banging around the elevator and Boxy Boo's roars, which made the group look around.
Michelle looked at the square red panel before it started bending. "Watch out for the red panel on the right!" she shouted. The group moved forward a bit before Boxy Boo's arm shot through it and swung his arm around before retracting.
The group noticed the black panel near the buttons started bending, which made the group move out of the way before Boxy Boo's arm shot through it and swung his arm before retracting.
The group looked around the elevator. "Where is he gonna attack next?" KickinChicken asked. Michelle looked at the roof and noticed the back light was starting to bend. "Back light!" she shouted.
The group backed away before Boxy Boo's arm went through it and swung his arm around before retracting back.
Soon after, the group noticed the other red panel, and the light near the buttons started bending, which made them move out of the way before Boxy Boo's arms went through them and swung around before he retracted them.
The black panel and the light on the left started bending, which made the group move out of the way before Boxy Boo's arms went through them and swung them around before he retracted them.
The group heard banging and Boxy Boo's roars before the elevator stopped. The group looked around as Doey placed Michelle on the ground. "Why did the elevator stop?" Poppy asked. The elevator doors opened, which made the group turn to it.
The group saw an Omni-Hand scanner on the wall. Michelle twisted the knob, which made the orange hand retract, and the Omni-Hand appeared. "I can get that scanner," she said before aiming her right arm.
The Omni-Hand shot from Michelle's wrist and hit the scanner; soon after, it made an error noise, which made her sigh. "No good..." she said, lowly.
Before the Omni-Hand could retract to Michelle's wrist, Boxy Boo grabbed it, which made her and the group's eyes widen. "He's got my arm! He's got my arm?!" she shouted.
Boxy Boo started pulling Michelle, which terrified her; Doey quickly wrapped his arms around her. "Oh no, you don't, you red bastard?!" he shouted.
Huggy Wuggy and Mommy Long Legs wrapped their arms around Doey while CatNap wrapped his tail around him before they started pulling Michelle away; however, their feet were dragging toward Boxy Boo a bit.
When the group was near the door, Boxy Boo's other arm dug his claws into Michelle's right prosthetic arm, which mortified her.
Katelynn shot her arms toward Michelle's right wrist, and her blue teeth extended. "Let go of Big Sister, now!" she shouted before biting Boxy Boo's hand.
Boxy Boo roared before pulling his arms, which destroyed the upper part of Michelle's prosthetic right arm and made the group collapse. Michelle looked at the destroyed prosthetic arm, terrified, before placing her hand over it. "It's gone... it's all gone..." she said, lowly.
Katelynn sat up. "Not all of it," she said, which made Michelle look at her. Katelynn held her hands out, which revealed Michelle's beaded bracelet around the broken metal piece. "I managed to save this before Boxy destroyed the rest of it," she continued.
Michelle stared at her beaded bracelet before smiling at Katelynn. "Thanks, Katie," she said, which made her smile.
The elevator jolted, which shocked the group, before it started going down at a fast pace, and sparks were coming from the outside. "Lie on your backs, now?!" Michelle shouted.
As the group lay on the ground, Doey wrapped his arms around Michelle before he held her close. "Hang on?!" he shouted. The larger toys holding the smaller toys covered them before the elevator slammed against the ground, and everything went dark.