The next chapter will be smaller!...Yeah right. I'm just going to stop guessing how long each chapter is going to be. The word count for this chapter is 11,555 this is defiantly not a short chapter! This is about the normal length for all of my chapters! If we add in the previous chapter which is at 13,560 then the total word count would have been at 25,115, if I had kept to the original plan and just did the whole thing!
And also FFN has been having a lot of problems lately, they seem to have fix some things up from what I've read on twitter and then suddenly on December 29 I got spammed with over 58 of people favoriting and following this story all in one hour. It was an even spilt of 29 favorites and 29 followers.
Which: Hi, hello thank you for that!
I personally have a hard time believing that this story got that much love within one night and I believe these are notifications that I seem to have been missing and when they fixed what ever problems that was going on, the backlog just suddenly came through. Which had made me wonder if I'm missing any reviews as well, that was until I gotten a review last night for the previous chapter so I guess not. Which is good or I would have been upset that there are reviews that I'm missing.
I was also peeved that right when I was about to post chapter 12 the site just went down! Like come on! If it happens again and it's down for a while just a reminder you can also read this on AO3 and Quotev all under the same name. Well in any case here is the new chapter!
Tap
Tap
Tap
Tap
Tap
"Lil?"
"…"
Tap
Tap
Tap
"Is everything okay, Lily?"
Tap
"…Huh? Oh… Yeah, everything's fine. Just…trying to organized my thoughts is all."
"Are you sure? We can take a break if you want?"
"No. I'm fine, we can keep going."
Running.
"Seven…"
That's all we can do right now.
"Hah!?"
"Lil!"
"Gegi?!"
"Six…five…"
"I'm fine! We don't have much time keep running."
"Four…"
"Crap!"
It's so dark down here.
Quickly turning on the flashlight I look around the floor we are on and hope to quickly move on or find a place to hide. I can still faintly hear Mommy counting down from above.
"…Three…"
"Lil, her!"
"Huh?" I look down at the end of the room to see Ace and Zap standing at the end of the hall pointing to the right. I didn't give it much thought and quickly ran up to them as they continued to run in that direction.
"…two…"
…And that was the last I heard from Mommy.
I'm not sure if she finally given chase. I can't hear anything that would let me know, the only things that are echoing on this floor is our feet and my panting breaths from all of the running. I just know if we stop for just a moment it'll be eerily silent.
It doesn't matter if she is chasing us or not. All that matters is we keep moving, if we spot or hear her we just have to hope for the best that we can find a place to hide.
The room the two had led me to appeared to be a dead end of sorts which made me curse as I look around. I didn't get the time to see if there was perhaps another route we could have taken when Ace and Zap had called for me. And with time not on our side it's not like we can turn around and go back. With not much to see on the lower floor, we quickly made our way up the set of metal stairs and hopes to see if there was another way out up there.
Thankfully, and a bit concerning for me, there was. At the end of the walkway was a hole in the wall, just big enough for me to fit through. Walking up to it I quickly look around to see if there was another way out, however I didn't see one. So, I guess we are going to crawl through this hole. Seriously why is there a hole here?
Bending down I pick up both of the Huggies to help lift them up in the hole, then I carefully climbed up on the barrel and crawled into the hole. With only two steps in, we've made it to the other side. The Huggies had jumped down and moved on, while I carefully slid out looking around the room. I…honestly don't know what this room is. All I see are pipes. Lots of them and some are even colored. Looking around the room, I could find any doors. Walking a bit further in, I heard one of the Huggies shout.
"Huh…Oh, another hole."
I guess that is our other exit then, since I can't find a door or anything else for us to get out. If there are no doors here and one of the pipes burst how would the workers here even get to it? I can only guess that they themselves had made that first hole we crawled through, because this hole here is like a tunnel.
"What the…?" I frowned seeing the small, crapped space at the end of the tunnel. Was there supposed to be a room here before? This tiny spot is only big enough for one person to stand in, heck even with the Huggies standing in there it'll be crowded to move around in.
Telling the Huggies to stay in the tunnel, I carefully hop down to look at the other hole in the wall. It's from a vent and it seems to be leading down. I'm worried about two things from this, how far is the drop and how much damage is it going to do not just my injured ankle but both of my legs. The jump I made back at the staircase when we starting running from Mommy is still throbbing a bit. To the point it makes it difficult to run without a limp being involved. If I injure it any more I'll be in big trouble.
Bending down at the edge I lean forward a bit, so the flashlight attached to my shoulder is able to point down. Cursing at what I saw I leaned back with a groan.
"Damn it…" And just as I worried, the fall was deep. If my ankle wasn't already injured this fall would defiantly done the trick. To bad this isn't any rope here that could help us down…unless.
I look down at the GrabPack and at the edge of the hole. I don't know if it'll work, but… I could use the hands to grip the edge and carefully slide my way down. This hands have a strong grip to things, like back when I pulled that heavy box down to destroy that belt when Huggy was chasing me. I could be over thinking this, but the hands might have some form of stickiness too them. From when I latch the hands to the box and pulled it back the hands had stayed on the whole time. The only time they had let go was when I had release the switch from the sudden shock when I had fell down.
So maybe they'll stay latch to the edge till I let go?
It's a far stretch of an idea, but there's nothing else here that could help us get down safely. Either way it's better than just straight up jumping down and injuring myself even more. With a plan in mind, I look back over to Ace and Zap.
"Okay…I have a crazy idea, but there's really nothing else for us to do in order to safely get down." I began. "I'm going to use the GrabPack to get down first. Once there, you guys will jump down and I'll catch you, okay?"
The two look at each other, and despite the lack of facial movement I can tell they are a bit unsure with this plan. Either way, they nodded their heads and jumped down from the hole. And I was right in my previous thought, that having all of us in this small space would be a bit crowed. It's a good thing I'm already crouched down at the edge.
"Right, so…first things first…" Carefully I turned around and slowly lowered my body down the vent until I was fully dangling from the top, hands gripping on the edge. I did try my best to not look down but the feeling of nothing under my feet and the thought of slipping made it really hard not to.
Once down I quickly and carefully pulled my legs up and pressed them to the vent wall and then leaned back till my back touch the wall. Now secured and not feeling the danger of slipping, I slowly moved my hands from the ledge. Looking up I saw the Huggies poking their heads out, giving them a small wave I told them to step back a bit as I grab the GrabPack. Shooting the hands to the ledge, then I gave it a couple of hard tugs to make sure they were firmly gripping the ledge.
Once sure that they won't let go I release the hands and shot them again. Look…I just gave them a hard tug, better to just shoot them again then proceed down and have the hands to suddenly let go. Call me paranoia but I would rather be safe than sorry. After that I slowly crawled my way down till I couldn't anymore.
Taking a deep breath in and slowly exhaling trying to steel my nerves. Then I removed my feet from the wall, jerking when I slipped down a bit more thanks to my arm suddenly going up from holding the GrabPack.
"Oo-kayy…" I gasp dangling down from the vent, looking around the room I'm now. "Glad to see the hands holding up pretty well so far." The room down below is almost pitch black, if it wasn't for my flashlight I wouldn't know where to go once I got down. Out of all the place that had to have no power it had to be when we are chased by an over size crazy killing spider, that I swear it feels like she'll be coming running down this dark hallway that I'm in just ready to tear me into pieces.
Just my luck…
Feeling my nerves tighten, I quickly flick both switches that the same time so the wires will slowly drag me down to the floor. I was maybe two or three feet from the floor before a startle scream left my mouth when I suddenly fell down.
A groan left my mouth from the hard landing on my feet followed by me falling backwards to the ground. A yelp soon escaped after when one of the hands smack my face before sliding back into the slot of the cannon.
"…"
My luck…
Just…why…?
"Lil?!"
"Ki?"
"Ugh…" I groaned sitting up taking a moment to catch my breath before looking. There was light in the small room I was in, but with it being dark down here—minus the light from the flashlight—all I could see was the silhouette heads of the two poking out from above. "I'm okay! Just…startle is all. Give me a moment and then you guys can come down!"
"Ri!"
With a grunt I got back up to my feet winching a bit at the throbbing sensation going down both my legs. Dusting myself off I lifted one leg at a time as I shook them around and also testing to see if any of them were more injured. My right leg seems fine…the left though. It's throbbing a bit more, I don't know yet how much this will impact me till I start moving. Hopefully it's nothing to serious.
"Okay, I'm ready!" I shouted out to them holding both my hands out.
"Kei!"
A second went by till I saw a shadowy movement from above.
"Woah!"
With a grunt I managed to catch Zap with no problems, with a quick look over to make sure everything was okay, I place them down before calling up again. Once Ace was in my arms and seeing if they were okay too, I put them down and looked around the room we were in one more time to make sure I didn't miss anything before me carefully made our way down the dark hall.
"Anyone else get the feeling that Mommy might make a sudden appearance at the end of the hall?"
"Ge!"
"Gege!"
"Oh good! Glad I'm not the only one. Keep an eye out for any good hiding spots in case she does."
"Ke!"
Thankfully my leg doesn't hurt as much, there is a slight limp to my walk, but it shouldn't cause to much of a problem if I have to start running. As long as I don't do anything else to it, I should be fine!
Making our way down the hallway, I'm once again reminded of how quiet it is. Since neither of us are running nor out of breaths the only thing we can really hear is the sounds of my footsteps. The Huggies feet aren't making any sounds with how light their bodies are, if they were running you could faintly make out light tapping noise. But now…nothing.
Augh…with how everything is set up, I'm being reminded of multiple scene from horror movies. Never thought I see the day were I'm in one…expect this time this is real and not fake. It really doesn't help that I don't know how Mommy will make an appearance, will there be sounds? What kind if so. And we'll be able to hear her before it's too late?
So many things to worry about and with how quiet it is and with it being dark too with only a flashlight to help. The hearing for my ears feel like they have heightened to a degree, trying to make out every sound the further we go. Trying to hear for that one sound that would let me know if Mommy is close by. It is so extremely nerve recking.
Making it to the end of the hall, we had no choice but to take a left at the end to continue down. The walk that way was short, but tricky due to all the rocks covering the floor. The Huggies had no problem navigating their way through, I on the other hand had some troubles and had to be careful in not tripping or spraining my ankles. Thankfully in the end we all managed to the other side with no problems.
"A dead end…?" I frowned looking around the room, seeing some stack boxes scattered around. At the end is another conveyer belt with an image of Candy-Cat painted on the wall. "No…not quiet."
"Gi?"
I walked closer to the conveyer belt looking around till I saw a lever switch to the far right of the wall. Frowning I looked at both ends of the belt, the right side is block by a bunch of boxes though it shouldn't be to much of a problem to move if needed, and the left side is clear.
"Hmm…" Using the GrabPack to pull the switch down, I let go of the lever watching the stick go back up at the same time the door on the left open up. "Oh!"
"Gei!"
"Well, we have our way out." I said bending down to pick up Ace—who looked at me a bit puzzled, till I placed him on the belt and bent back down to do the same with Zap. Once both were on, I climb up as well and directed them to the door. "Okay, let's try this one more time."
Shooting the hand to pull the lever down I let the two walk in first before I duck down a bit after them. Once inside we made our way through the vent, it feels weird crawling in one without Huggy. It almost feels like he'll just appear around the corner.
"What this…?" When we made our turn something shiny sparkle further down the vent. I frowned moving closer. As I got closer I realized it was a golden statue of Mommy Long-Legs. "Why is this heeAAYY?!"
"Lil!?"
Thanks to the statue I wasn't paying attention to what was below me…or rather the lack of floor. A loud massive scream of pain left my mouth when I had harshly landed on my feet before falling forward to the ground. The groan of pain leaving my lips as I curled up into a ball while having a death grip on my left ankle. The panic-worry scream from the Huggies weren't helping the massive overload of pain registering in my head.
"Fuck…!" I cried curling up in a tighter ball.
The one thing I was trying to avoid…has just happened. Now I have two injured feet, but my left is even in more pain then before. I don't know if I broke anything but the throbbing feeling going up my legs were not helping my nerves in the slightest.
"…Hah!..." I gasped out slowly letting go of my leg to get to my hands and knees. Despite how much I want to cry right now, I need to get back up and get the others. Truthfully I don't want to, the pain in my leg is just to much to ignore but I have no choice but to keep moving. Mommy is not going to just stop hunting us down just because I got hurt. Not to mention the Prototype.
He seems to be very interested in my well-being, and I don't know how he is going to take this…that's if he is actually watching me right now like he said. I haven't been paying attention if there were any cameras as we were running.
Fuck this is seriously going to get in the way if I have to actively doge Mommy!
"Lil!"
"Lil, ke?!"
"…Ugh…Haaa!" I almost fell back to the ground once I went to fully stand up, the sharp pain rolling up my left leg had shock me so much that I had collapsed down a bit holding my hands on my knees feeling my leg shake under my palm. "S-Shit…!" The only good news that I have is that while my right ankle is in slight pain it doesn't seem like I did any damage to it. Just suffering from the after shocks from landed on it too hard. I'm pretty sure the same could be said about my left ankle.
The pain from the drop might be what's making it feel worse then it really is. Carefully lifting said foot up, I winch when I rotated the foot. Yep it still hurts but it doesn't feel broken, so that's good I guess. Though…I think my foot had swelled up a bit more, my shoe is feeling a bit tight around my ankle. I might need to loosen the strings again.
"…" Sighing I slowly stood back up, tilting my head back up from the hole I fell from to see the worried looks from the Huggies. "…I'm…I'm not going to lie; I'm not doing good right now."
"Ree!" Ace let out a low moan.
"I understand your worried, but there's not much we can do right now. We have to keep going."
"Ge gereh!" Zap growled out.
Sighing again as I scratch my head trying to guess what Zap could have said before giving up. "Come on let's get you guys down safely." I held out my arms. "Safer then I did…" I mutter under my breath. The two look at each other before nodding. Ace swung their legs out before pushing themselves off the ledge catching them, I put them on the ground. As I stood back up to catch Zap next I felt Ace lightly poking at my ankle as if they are trying to examine how much damage my leg has gotten.
"Gotcha!" I huffed when Zap landed in my arms. "Okay…" I put them back down to the floor "now what's next?...Oh!"
When looking around the room I the first thing I saw was a cog machine with a big cog above it, what caught my attention the most was the glowing sign above the closed metal shutter door.
'EMERGENCY EXIT'
"An exit…!" I breath out a sigh of relief looking down at the Huggies who seem to be happy as I am upon seeing the door. "Looks like we'll be getting back to the others quicker than I thought." The two nodded their heads. "Though…that's if it'll lead us to them." I walked over to the lever with an obvious limp to my walk. That damn fall really did put a number on my leg, it's going to be a challenge if I need to run. Grabbing the stick with both of my hands I pulled it down. "In any case I'm just happy we found an exit out of here."
However,…when the stick went back up.
Nothing happened.
BAM!
"Gi!?"
"Lil?"
WHY?!
I internally cried, slamming my fists into the door.
Why is this always my luck.
Why can't something for once go well in my life?!
Of course…
Of course, the switch doesn't work! Why wouldn't it work?!
"Lil…ke?"
I felt one of them putting their hands on my upper thigh.
"…" Take a deep breath in I pushed away from the door and exhaling "Yeah, I'm good. Just dealing with, once again, a door that coincidently needs power to open. I've seem to running into that theme a lot lately…" I mutter that last part under my breath. Turning around and giving them a strain smile. "So…it looks like we'll need to find another way out or find some kind of power source for this door."
The two gave each other uncertain looks before looking back at me with a slow nod.
I'm not stupid, I know they are silently judging me right now.
And I don't' blame.
"Right, let's get going!"
With that we began walking—or more limping on my end—out of the room and into the hall. Only for me to pause in my steps staring in bewilderment at seeing a normal—yet somehow scary—dark brown oak door at the end of the hall.
This has to be one of the most out of place normal door that I have come across. Poppy's door comes second after this.
It's just so weird to have a normal door right there in this creepy dark place…I don't even know what this floor is even supposed to be! I'm just shock that I don't need some power or the GrabPack to get this door open.
…God I hope it's unlock.
If not…well…I have the Huggies to help break down the door. We don't really have much of a choice in that matter since the other door refuses to open.
"Ge?"
"Sorry…It's…just weird seeing a regular door down here."
"…Ge?"
"It's a long story…"
Moving closer to the door I grab the knob—and breathing out a sight of relief when it turn—pushing the door open. I shivered a bit at the loud creaky noise it made as I slowly open the door. It clearly hasn't been in use for a long time.
"…"
"…"
"…"
The three of us stare at the dark void that greeted us upon opening the door. The flashlight barely even helps as we can't see the other side of the damn room. It…almost look like a hallway. The creepy creaky door and the dark endless void before us…this is definitely a scene out of some kind of horror movie. Now we just need Mommy to jump out of the darkness to top it all off.
I wish I could just 'nope' out of there, but alas I can't.
"…We have to go down there…don't we…?"
"…Ye."
"…Damn."
With a sigh of defeat and the feeling of unease rising inside me, we made our way down the dark hallway. Why did this whole area had to the one place that didn't have power. After this I'll never question again why certain parts of the factory still has power and just be thankful that there is any power!
Making our why further down the wall and enter another closed off room. I would have curse at the block exit if it wasn't for the fact that there seemed to be four color lever—two on each side—in the room. It didn't take a genius to know that we would need to pull the switches in order for the gate to open. The question is…
"…Is there an order we need to put them in?" I wonder out loud. Ace and Zap just shrugged their shoulders making me frown. I already had some hunches that they probably didn't know this area all that well, however I had hope they would know the code to this place. Guess we are doing it the old fashion way…finding it out ourselves.
I quickly pulled each lever down in a random order to see if we just needed them all pull down or if there was indeed an order we have to pull them down. And what do you know, we do in fact need the right order!
"Well shoot…guess we'll need to look around for a clue then." I don't remember seeing anything in the creepy hallway but maybe there was something back in the other room?
We first look around the room we were currently in to see if there happened to be any paper or something that would help us out. It wasn't until Zap called out that had me looking over to them seeing them looking up at the ceiling. Frowning I looked up and my eyes widen at seeing a hole above with some light coming out.
"What the…" I gap walking closer to Zap, looking up I saw a rail that I could use the GrabPack to bring us up. "Nice find, Zap!" Said toy puffed out their chest while Ace had grumbled to the side. Guess their a bit jealous that Zap found something helpful first.
Bending down so the two can climb up and find a good position to hold on too, I shot the green hand up and then lifted us off the floor to the top of the ceiling. When we got to the top, I blinked at the sight before me. There was multiple colored wires some attached to black boxes with numbers on them. Most of all there's enough space between the two floors here that the Huggies and possibly even me could fit in, if we needed to. It'll be a challenge on my part, but I could make it work somehow, a quick look down show that the hole I'm in goes a bit far down so if someone was walking by they wouldn't see my feet dangling from below unless they look up.
This…could be a good hiding spot from Mommy. I'm actually still amazed we haven't run into her yet, she seem so angry back then. We weren't that far from here when she had reach zero, so why hasn't she shown herself. It's not like we were—or I really—were all that quiet.
I have a bit of a feeling that we'll be running into her soon…
Looking back this little crook that we've found, I notice the Huggies were looking around and chatting amongst themselves before Ace tapped me to get my attention.
"What is it?"
"Lil, loo! Color!"
"Color…?" I frowned and looked at to where they were pointing. My eyes widen when I realized what the color wires and boxes were for, the wires match with the levers down below and they are attached to a box number. "Could this be the key for the levers? But where's number four?"
Boxes one and two are pretty close to each other and number three was behind me and yet I couldn't seem to find the fourth box.
"Well…I guess it doesn't matter. As long as we get the first three the fourth one will be easy to figure out. Now we just need to figure out which color goes to what." Examining the wires a bit more I managed to figure out the order the levers need to be pulled. The first one is red followed by blue and green so that would mean the fourth on is yellow. "Okay I'm gonna need your guys help with this part."
"Gi?"
"Ace I want you to stand by the blue lever and Zap you go to the green one."
"Ke!...Why?"
"This way I can remember what order to go in. I'm sure I can remember the order just fine, but I would rather safe than sorry."
"Iiee…"
With that, I flick the switch so we can safely make it back down with thankfully no troubles. Once down the two hop off and ran to their respective spots as I made my way over to the red lever. Putting my hand on it I glance around one more time spotting the yellow lever right next to the red one. Pulling it down I walked over to the center of the room to shoot the green hand to the blue lever and the blue one to the green lever.
After that I pulled the blue down followed by the green lever, when I'm done with that the two quickly ran up to me as I use the GrabPack to pull down the last lever. Once the last one went down there was a creek then the sound of the metal shutter rolling up.
"It worked!" I happily cheered with the other two when we saw the gate go up. "Alright let's keep going!"
Well, that was the plan till I stop us just before we climbs up the small set of stairs. Ace and Zap look up at me as I frowned staring down the hallway. That feeling from before is getting strong…the feeling that Mommy might actually make her appearance.
"Hey…" I slowly began "I've been thinking about how weird it is that we have yet to run into Mommy …" They nod a grimace forming on their face, seems like they were thinking the same thing as well. "I'm having a strong feeling we are going to run into her soon… so be prepared." I look back over to the hole in the ceiling. "If she does appear and we're fast enough we could hide up there."
"Gei…"
The two look at each other before nodding, the walk up to stand in front of me holding their arms out.
I blink tilting my head "You want to me to carry you?" They both nodded. "Hmm…" I hummed scratching my cheek. It would save some time if I need to quickly pick them up and get them organized on the off chance Mommy does make her appearance. "Alright, that's fine with me."
Turning around to bend down, I felt the two of them hop on the back of the GrabPack. The pack holding the wire is pretty bulky and I'm still amazed despite it's appearance it's pretty light. At least there is a plastic case of sorts protecting the wires and making it easier for the two to sit on. I would have been concern about them slipping off if their hands and feet didn't have that sticky stuff on them that let's them to latch onto my clothes.
"All good?" I called out to them once they stop moving.
"Gi/Ge!"
"Alright, let's keep moving then." Standing back up and adjusting the pack a bit to rebalance myself and making sure to have the canons in my hands on the off chance I need to use them. Making my way down the hall, I huff at how almost narrow it is with all this…I'm guessing air vents, or something stick out from the right side of the wall. I'm glad it's just me in the hall but if there was anyone else or more debris on ground it would have been difficult to navigate through.
As I made my way around the corner I halted in my step at seeing a shadowy movement further down the dark hallway then…
"MaaaaHahahah…I fooouunnd yooouuu hahaha…!"
"Gi!?"
"Shit!"
I knew it!
Mommy finally shows herself stretching her long limbs across the wall and she let out a low groan followed by laughter as she makes her way down the hall, crawling on all four.
Quickly backing up a few feet before turning around and ran back down the hallway, hearing the loud moans and stomping noises that Mommy is making. Well at least I know what to hear for next if we manage to hide from her.
I curse under my breath again at the throbbing sensation from my leg as I struggled to run as fast as I could. I could feel the Huggies tightening their grips on my shoulders as the sounds of Mommy is growing closer.
They're scared just as I am.
"…!?" Fuck it. I don't care if I'm going to regret this or not. As I got closer to the opening I jumped from the edge over the stairs, grunting when I landed and quickly made my back to the hole. Once above I quickly pushed the Huggies to the ledge telling them to crawl back as far as they can. I don't have time to try and squeeze myself in there as Mommy's voice is getting louder, so I placed my feet on the wall and helping boost myself up a bit more I quickly turned off the flashlight.
Now it just a dim glow up here.
I can barely make out what's in front of me so I can only hope that it's dim enough that I won't cast a shadow of me down below. Probably not with how dark that room is but one can never know for sure. I look down holding my breath as Mommy voice and the sound of her stomping is finally loud enough to know she is in the room.
My breath hitch when I saw her figure moving across the floor past the hole and I prayed she doesn't look up or crawl on the halls. Out of the corner of my eyes I can see Zap shuffling in their place, I quickly look at them holding a hand to my lips telling them to stay quite as I look back down the hole. Mommy continue to pace around the room for a bit making my heartbeat to increase as the worry of her finding us grew stronger.
After a minute the sounds began to get quieter until their was only silence. When the Huggies made a move I quickly shook my head and holding a finger up, trying to telling them to give it a moment. I didn't want to go down just yet in case Mommy was merely playing the silent game and is still in the room waiting. They seem to catch on to what I was trying to indicate to them as they both nodded their heads.
Then…after what felt like an entirety went by I let out an exhausted sigh as I felt my heart stop trying to burst out of my chest. "Okay…I think it's safe to go back down now." The Huggies slowly nodded their head and carefully climb back on me. I turn the flashlight on and slowly lowered us back down till we were peaking out of the hole. I look around the room one more time to see if it was actually safe…though I doubt it would really matter since we are now in the open…
Everything looks good despite the new decoration the room was giving; Mommy made a bit of a mess in here as a lot of stuff was now out of place. However, I don't see her, so I can only guess she is not hiding in this room.
"Okay…" I carefully dropped us back to the floor looking around. "The cost seems clear. Do you guys want to get down or stay on me?" They both grip my shoulders letting out a sound "Up it is."
With the threat of Mommy now out of the way for the time being, we made our way back down the hall that we ran from. Now that we didn't have a giant spider blocking our path we've enter what seems like a massive room. I'm able to make out two glowing lights that's meant for the green hand on the right of the room. On the left is another closed gate which I internally sigh at.
Walking forward I spotted a machine next to the gate at the far right of the wall. I frowned seeing a piece of paper tape on it just about the empty hole slot where a gear would be. I'm going to take a wild guess that we need that gear to open this door. I bent down a bit so the flashlight could shine upon the paper so I can make out the words.
MAINTENCE LIST
ð Ensure that machinery is clear of debris
ð Wipe machine surfaces of lubricant dirt
and other loose debris
ð Check for and replace worn or damaged
parts
ð Check for machinery fluid levels
ð Check belts for damage
Every box was check of expect for the middle one, it had a 'X' drawn on the box. Meaning everything was good to go but the gear itself was not. The theory was backed up when I saw a sticky note attached to the paper at the end.
Main gear removed damaged beyond repair
PLEASE replace ASPA
"Looks like we need to make a new gear for this machine, if we want to get this door open." I said out loud turning around, blinking when the flashlight show what the rest of the room looked like. There was a furnace of sorts at the far end of the room with a staircase built around it leading to the top of it. On the ceiling is a claw that I'm not sure what it is used for.
"At least we know where the furnace is."
"Gi…"
Walking to the stairs I head up to get a closer look at what's up top. Standing in front of the upper part of the furnace I saw all the charcoal in open holes. I guess this is where they put the rocks in before starting the fire. A closer look showed there is a lot in there, so I don't think I'll need to find a bag or something to add more in. Heading further down the walkway I look down to see an open slot in the wall of the furnace.
"A mold of sorts…?" That's what it looked like to me, it had the same shape to the missing gear part to the machine. "It looks like we've found a mold for the gear…guess that means we need to find the part and put it in."
"Gi!" The two Huggies then jumped off my back and ran down the walkway.
"Ah, wait!"
I get that they probably want to help with the search, but I do wish they didn't run off, the lighting in this room is very low and I don't want them to accidently hurt themselves, and not to mention Mommy could come back any minute. I'm actually more amazed she hasn't turned around or anything, giving that she most likely went down the creepy hallway and will see the closed door. And the fact that this area is closed off…it doesn't take a genius to know that we are still on this floor.
So, what is she planning?
Catching up to the Huggies something shiny caught my attention from the corner of my eye, pausing on the step I look to my right to see an elevator of sorts for tools. What caught my attention is a giant golden gear. My eyes widen once I realized what it was for. Though I can't help but question how I didn't see it before or Zap for that matter they were sitting on my left side.
Whatever it doesn't really matter, all that matters is that we found the gear to put in the mold to make a new one.
"Hey guys get back here; I found the gear!"
"Ke!"
I grabbed the gear, grunting when I almost drop it because of the weight. With a huff I lifted up higher to my chest and walked back up the stairs hearing the light tapping noise from the Huggies feet as they followed behind me. With a grunt I put the gear in place, shutting the door and locking it.
"Alright let's go and get this thing turned on." Getting back up we quickly made our way down the stairs. Shooting the green hand at the power outlet I quickly made my way over to the furnace and smack the hand to the other outlet.
Then a clicking noise is heard before I flinch covering my eyes as the furnace suddenly turned on, lighting up the room and warming it up do to the heat.
"Whoa!"
"Ki!"
Lowering my hand as I felt the heat slowly die down and the room growing darker, after a minute the furnace turned off. I shrived despite wearing a jacket, after getting blasted by the sudden heat it now felt pretty cold in here.
"Guess we are good to go…" I said shooting both hands at the door rail and pulling the heavy metal door slowly open. I winched at the loud scrapping sound it made when opening it. If the fire didn't alert Mommy that were hear that sound would have giving us away.
Walking closer to the open furnace I flinched at feeling the after heat from where the fire was roaring. Looking down at the Huggies feet with a frown, I bent down telling them to hop on. Unlike my feet they were not made out of cotton…or whatever material their feet were made of, and I didn't want to test and see if this still hot floor would burn their feet. Once on, I continue to walk further down the furnace feeling a bit surprise at how deep I needed to go to find the gear sitting on a table of sorts at the end.
I held my hand over it and could feel that it was still hot. "Hmm…" It's not like I can wait for it to completely cool down or until it's safe enough to hold it, I don't know when Mommy will decided to make another move. So, with that in mind, I used both hands of the GrabPack to pick it up and being very careful walking out of the furnace. I can feel the heat from it hitting my torso, making me sweat a bit due to the heat.
I will say that I'm glad that the heat isn't melting the hands our I would be in trouble. I only have one spare green hand, and I don't have spare blue hand. Maybe I should have just used the green hand instead…too late now.
Putting the gear in the slot I stood up and us the GrabPack to pull the lever down. We cheered when the metal shutter went up. Once the gate was fully up I made my way down the hall in onto a walkway. Which was weird, why couldn't they just put a normal floor here, a quick glance through the walkway and all I can see is darkness, if this thing breaks we are screwed.
I was halfway across the walkway when the familiar derange laughter from Mommy echo throughout the room. Pausing I flinch when I finally caught site of her crawling up the wall on the other end of the room.
"Crap…!" I quickly turned around and ran.
"Whherree do you think you're goooinnng Lilllyyy…Hahahaha…!"
Do I have time to run back to the other room? No. Mommy is took close and she can easily catch me if she wanted to stretch her limbs out. And with my injured ankle I wouldn't get very far. The only option would be to use the furnace, but Mommy would be able to see us run in there. Unless…
"Damn it…" I grab Ace and Zap startling them as I threw them across the room. "Hurry and run to the furnace!" I quickly told them once they landed on their hands and feet "I'll catch up in a bit!"
Thankfully they didn't try to question me and just nodded their heads and quickly ran inside to the furnace. Running back into the room I caught sight of the two finally making it inside the machine.
As I ran I shot the green hand to the power outlet on the wall and once the hand came back and I was about two feet from the open doors I shot the hand at the outlet. Hearing the furnace starting to tic as it begins to warm up, I ran inside and quickly turned around using the GrabPack to shut the doors.
Right as the doors shut the front section of the furnace burst into flames just as Mommy's moaning laughter finally enter the room.
"Geh…hot…!" I groaned from the intense heat of the furnace and already feeling the sweat build up on my body. I quickly moved back as far as I could and grabbed the Huggies. Rotating my body around so my back was facing the door I crouched down as I squeezed both of them to my chest. Trying my best to guard them from the heat and any stray spark of fire jumping our way.
The dizziness from the heat and the fried nerves as Mommy laughter still echo throughout the room as I can faintly make out her stomping noise over the loud sounds coming from the furnace. There's no doubt in my mind Mommy knows where we are at, but because of the flames she won't open the door. I can only pray that she leaves before the fire dies out.
It was tense for the while, hearing the laughter, the roaring flames, our panting breathes as the heat is getting to us, when finally, Mommy laughter dies out and not a second later the furnace finally shuts off.
"…"
"…"
"…"
We stay still for a moment to catch our breaths.
"Christ…that was hot…"
"…Geee…"
"….Ye…he…"
I looked over my shoulder seeing the darkness of the room through the holes of the furnace door.
"I don't doubt for a single second that Mommy didn't know we were in here." They both nodded in agreement. "And we can't just sit here she'll definitely find a way to get us. I don't like it…but we have to keep moving regardless if is she knows our location."
Mommy's appearance has been increasing. I have a strong feeling she'll be making another move really soon and I wouldn't be surprised if it's the moment we step back out of the furnace. We can't keep running back here the heat will eventually get to us and even if we run back to the other room Mommy will eventually come across that hole.
We are literally a fly trapped in a web, Mommy has us cornered and knows it. Yet she choose to play with us then just go straight for the kill. I believe the next chase will be the last…if I don't find a way to stop her and get her to calm down or get back to the others first, then the Prototype will make his move!
"…Tch!" My options on what to do are very limited. The only thing I can do is run and hide, how am I supposed to help Mommy if I can't find a way to stop her?!
Standing back up I push the Huggies to climb back over my shoulder, I don't want them to be on the ground for the rest of this game for their safety. Once they were secured I turn around walking up to the furnace door and using the GrabPack to push it open. I paused in my steps as my eye went wide in horror upon seeing the site before us.
"Oh god…" I mutter as I heard a hitching sound of shock coming from the two.
Webs.
The entire room is covered in spider webs.
I knew Mommy is a spider base toy, but I didn't know she was cable to making webs! I can't recall any memories of her doing this. Either I don't remember it, or she never once did it around my younger self. Honestly that doesn't matter right now, what matters is that this room is completely covered in webs. What had me tensing up a bit is a clear path I can make out.
It's a maze of sorts but I can tell which way to go. From the furnace to the two doors…Mommy clearly laid a trap for us. Even if I managed to run back to the furnace the webs would slow me down and I probably won't have to time turn it on.
"Damn it…she has us cornered." I hissed clenching my hands in a tight fist. Looks like Mommy is done playing around and wants to get straight too it. It's an obvious trap but there doesn't seem to be a way out of it.
"…" Taking a deep breath in and slowly exhaling I step out of the furnace and carefully following the path back to the gate we had open before. Making a turn while ducking under a web, I stood up and look back at the webs with a frown. A part of me kinda wants to touch it to see how strong it is. I don't know if it'll easily fall apart like regular webs or is it a bit sturdier.
The Huggies must of notice what I was thinking as they quickly let out panics chirps. Startled I look over my shoulder to see them chittering away, rapidly shaking their heads while crossing their arms in a 'x' shape. I might be able to fully make out what their saying but that sign right there is enough for me to figure it out.
"Right, don't touch the webs got it." I told them, stepping away from the web that I was eyeballing and continue through the maze, till I reach the open entrance.
Spider webs are usually strong to hold the said spider and any bugs that get caught, if a person were to touch it it'll easily break. Despite it being very sticky and a pain to remove. If the logic still applies to Mommy's web then if a person to get caught in it then the strength would be much stronger and maybe impossible to get out of. So, if I had poke it with a finger then it would get caught and very hard to pull off, at worse I would have drag the whole web down on top of me.
That would mean if I had to run through this it'd be one major pain in the butt, and a game over for all three of us. Now I have to worry about not touching this stuff on top of Mommy chasing us. Lovely.
"Alright." I stop at the entrance grabbing hold of the GrabPack in case I need to quickly use it. "Thing are probably going to be even tougher now, you guys ready?"
"Ye!"
"Okay…"
With that I walked back through the hall and was able to make it to the next room with no problems, however…
"Shit…" I silently cursed under my breath as I stop at the entrance of the room. In front of me there were a lot of machine equipment of sorts and a lever of to the side. What had me on edge was on the caged walls were even more spider webs. I have a strong suspicion that Mommy is in this room just waiting to come out and attack.
Since it looks like the only thing I could do in this room is pull the lever, I quickly position my body in a ready stance if I need to run. Then I shot the canon to the lever pulling it back at the same time a familiar pink hand came over the ledge and a deep dark laugh followed.
"Crap!?" I quickly ran out of the room as fast as I could yelping when an arm suddenly grabbed my right ankle. Grunting when my body slammed into the metal walkway I began to panic when I felt myself being dragged backwards.
"Ahahah! Caaauught yoouuu AHAHAHA!"
Shitshitshitshit! I cried trying to turn my body and kicking at the hand holding my ankle, while Mommy stood at the entrance laughing.
"Come to Mommy, Lily~! AHAHA!"
Then suddenly Zap let out a loud growl and ran down my back to bite down on Mommy's hand.
"Zap!?"
"AGH?! YOU LITTLE SHIT! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!"
Mommy screamed letting go of my ankle, I quickly got back up hand flying to out grab Zaps arm and ran back down the hallway as I held him to my chest. I could feel Ace leaning over my shoulder letting out some concerned growls, to which Zap replied to.
"Shit! Thanks, Zap. You're a life saver back there!" I told them once we made it back to the furnace room. Zap merely nodded and I felt them wiggling in my arms, so I quickly loosen the hold as they climb back over me. Mommy enraged screams and the stomping feet growing louder. Without a second thought I ran towards the other hallway before letting out a startle screaming when the roof suddenly collapsed before us.
"No!" I cried out in a panic once I realized we are now trapped, then suddenly a light lit up on the left next to a door. I didn't even bother to question how I didn't see it before and just ran to it, slamming the door open.
Running into the room I flinched feeling the intense heat coming inside the area. "What the?!" Over on the left below the edge was a massive fire. "Why is this place suddenly on fire?!" I cried out before continuing running down the hall.
Before I made it to the end I heard Mommy groans sounding much closer than before. I snapped my head over to the direction and saw her crawling on the wall where the fire was at. I don't know how she got over there so quickly; all I know is that we are in big trouble right now.
Continuing running down the hall I saw a dead end but a hole at the bottom of the floor. "Damn it…!" Not even thinking once of the consequences I jumped down the hole, stumbling a bit with a yelp and the Huggies also letting out a surprise noise as the quickly wrapped their arms around my neck. "Guys…air…" I patted their arms telling them to loosen their hold or let go.
"MMMMOOOAAAAHHH…..AHAHAHA…!"
The three of us let out a startle scream when we saw Mommy making her way straight towards us from the tunnel. I quickly turned around and ran just as she squeeze her body through the pipes reaching her arm out to grab us. Quickly ducking down to the ground to avoid the swipe but in the process I had scraped my hands and knees. With hiss I crawled on the floor till I was safe enough to get back up.
Ace shouted something and I see their arm pointing at something further down the tunnel. "Through there?!" I yelled and they chirped in agreement. "Right!" On the wall next to us if a swear pipe big enough for me to crawl through but with all that water in the pipe it'll slow me down a bit, but it should help us escaped from Mommy.
I have no doubt she can fit but she would have a hard time trying to reach us with her arms. Well, that's what I thought till I saw her hand reaching out from the darkness almost grabbing me if I didn't quickly turn left down the tunnel.
"Shit!" Is she just using her arms to trying and grab us?! I cried internally making another right turn trying to crawl as fast as I could, coughing when some of the water got in my mouth.
"The! The!"
"An exit!"
"AHAHAHA…LLLLIIIILLYYY!"
"Shit!" Looking over my shoulder I can Mommy slowly making her way through the tunnel. Guess she giving up in just trying to use her arms.
Quickly crawling out of the tunnel and getting back up I looked around trying to find a way out, but it's an enclosed space. "Shit where…!"
"Gi!" I felt one of them tapping my shoulder, looking over I saw Zap pointing up. With a quick glance I shot the GrabPack at the railing that was on the ceiling above. Flicking the switch to raise us up, I happened to glance down to see Mommy climbing out of tunnel and proceed to start making her way up way.
"Shit! Shit!" I cursed wishing that wires of the GrabPack will pull us up faster. Once on top I quickly swung forward to land on the ground.
"Gi" I caught Ace pointing to the right and quickly ran in that direction. I can only guess they know where we are at right now to give me directions. To which I'll forever be grateful right now.
"Where to next?!" The run was short leading me to another dead end, when I had turn around I saw a rail further down on the ceiling. Quickly telling the two to hold on, I ran forward and jumped, raising the green and to the rail and quickly shot it to the railing. Once secured we flew forward and I released the hand as we managed to make it to the other side.
Continuing running forward I saw a small hole up a head. Cursing again at my shit luck I quickly hop down feeling a bit surprised to land on a wooden box that was directly below the hole. Standing on the box I looked around trying to catch my breath and ignoring the throbbing pain from my ankle, I realized we are back at the room with the emergency exit.
"Did we just run in a circle…?" I shook my head "Whatever, not important right now." I looked down and hop on top of the other crates before landing on the floor. The cogs next to the door are spinning rapidly so I guess at some point we've manage to get the power back for that.
Running up to the lever I quickly pulled it down at the same time hearing the faint noise of Mommy's moans. "Shit…! She's getting closer!" As the door slowly began to open I grabbed both Zap and Ace and putting them on the floor.
"Ge?"
"Lil?"
I push them to the door ignoring their questioning looks. "Go! Hurry! I'll join in a bit once it raises higher enough"
They had an uncertain look before they nodded and crawled under the open door. I can make out them already moving down the hall and once the door open wide enough for me to duck down I can ran down the hall catching up with the two.
"God…I hope…we're almost…out!" I panted as we ran down the hall hearing the two grunted as well. Halfway down I caught site of another door and a blue hand panel above, without wasting a second I shot the blue hand to the panel.
"Oh, come on!" I cried catching site of the loading screen moving slowly. Why of all times does this thing need to be slow! We don't have time!
And as if knowing of our dilemma Mommy finally makes her appearance again crawling down the hallway behind us with a loud moaning laugh.
"Shit!" When the door finished loading and slowly began to rise I told the Huggies to run faster, it didn't matter to mean if they left me behind a bit, I just want them to get out of here safely. The nodded and picked up their pace a bit and ran through the partially open door. I could make out them making a right turn when they made it through the room, now knowing that once I get in I'll have to make the turn.
As I got closer to the door, I frowned hearing a strange sound over Mommy's moans, once closer I saw a machine of sorts in front of me turned on. I didn't have time to question why it was on as I ran in the room and made the turn before halting in my steps.
"Fuck, no!" I yelled out, upon seeing the panic Huggies struggling against a closed fence door, I ran up to them trying to find a way to force the door open. Turning around I spotted another closed gate, but this one is partially open and boarded up. All of us could easily fit through but I would need to take the GrabPack off first and we don't have time for that!
Maybe I can find a way to close the door…!
BAM!
Just as I thought that Mommy comes running into the room slamming into the machine. All of us flinched back tries to press ourselves closer to the door. Mommy turned to reach for us before suddenly.
"AAAAAAGH!"
Mommy started screaming in pain. I looked over to her hand that was in the machine in my eyes widen in horror as I realized it started shredding Mommy's hand, slowly dragging her to machine.
"Oh god…!"
Mommy turns around with panic written on her face as she tried to use her other hand to pull herself out. "WHAT HAVE YOU DOOOOONE?!" She cries out in horror.
Don't tell me that she…!?
"Mommy, stop!" I yelled at her when she tries to put her foot on the machine to help pull herself out. If she does that her foot will get torn up as well! "Zap! Ace! Go turn the machine off, I'll grab Mommy!"
"Gi/Ge!"
Zap and Ace ran to the switch to try and turn it off while I ran to Mommy ducking under her frantic swing arm as she continues to scream.
"HE'LL MAKE ME PART OF HIM!"
"Mommy, calm down, you're going to hurt yourself!" I cried wrapping my arms around her chest to help pull her back. "Auugghh!" Pulling with all my might I heard a popping noise just as the machine turn off. Mommy and I fell back to the ground, panting. I tried to sit up but suddenly Mommy wrapped her hand around my throat, squeezing very hard.
"…AH…Mo….mmy…"
"LIL!?"
"STE!?
I saw the Huggies jumping down running up to Mommy trying to pry her hand from my throat, it was then that I noticed that her left arm is missing. That must mean the popping sound I heard was Mommy's arm coming off.
"…Eugh…!"
Crap it's getting hard to breath!
I tried to use my hands to pull Mommy's arms back, but her grip was to strong.
"You'll pay for this!"
"…Mo….I…did…n't….augh…"
I can see through my eyes that she is too far gone, she lost a reason to listen! If I can't find a way to stop her then I'm screwed.
"…"
My vision is getting fuzzy…
I…need to find a way…to stop her…
I tried my best to take in as much air as possible and then screamed out with all my might.
"MARIE STOP IT!"
…Suddenly
…. Everything stop.
The only sounds in the room where the Huggies still struggling to get Mommy off of me and me coughing my lungs out when Mommy grip suddenly loosen. Her hand is still wrapped around my neck in a tight squeeze but thankfully she is no longer trying to squeeze the life out of me.
"…marie…" I heard Mommy whispered the name.
Trying to get my coughing under control I open my eyes to look at her, seeing the blank look on her face. "…It's your…real name." I coughed out "Marie Payne."
"Name…it sounds familiar…" She tilted her head to the side eyes moving around as if she is trying to recall.
"…You used to work here…augh!" I yelped when her grip suddenly tightened again as a flash of anger went through her eyes.
"Why would I ever work with those filthy humans! Your lying!"
"I'm…not…please try...and remember…!" I gasped out struggling in her grip. "You were…my…ah…caretaker!...you had a daughter…Sophie was her…name! Please! Try and remember! Try and…remember the times…we've played together…!"
Not everything has come back to me regarding Mommy but enough to get a clear picture of what our life was back then. But hopefully I can try and make Mommy remember who she was before becoming Mommy Long-Legs.
"!?" I flinched when I felt something wet hitting my check. Looking up I saw tears forming in Mommy eyes. Her eyes were wide and glossy as tears began to form, mouth slowly opening and closing.
"…Sophie…"
Then suddenly Mommy let go of my throat, making me cough again from the release of the tight hold and the sudden rush of air entering back in my lungs. Coughing I quickly crawled back a bit and slowly sat up, Zap and Ace let go of Mommy and ran over to me acting as a guard as I continued to cough while rubbing my sore throat. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a bruise already forming. Great, Huggy is going to flip once he see it.
Looking back over to Mommy seeing her hunch down with her hand on her head. "…Sophie…my daughter…yes…I had a child…I…aaaahhh…how could…!"
"Mommy…" I coughed out seeing Mommy having a breakdown of sorts. With a frown of determination, I continue to speak out to her. "Marie, try and remember who you were! The times we've played, teaching us and taking care of us…You worked here acting as my caretaker and even brought Sophie along. The three of us gotten along so well, that I saw you as my own mother!"
"Aaugh…no…! Why did…?!"
"Sophie and I…we were great friends! You were so happy about that!" When I had tried to move forward to her, Zap and Ace had grab hold of my jacket trying to prevent me from getting close to Mommy. "There was an accident…something happen, and you just left. Marie, please trying and recall everything…!?"
Mommy eyes were shot wide as her breathing began to pick up in pace, before suddenly she had let out a loud scream. The three of us flinched at the noise. When she had stop I looked back over to her seeing that her breathing had calm down a bit.
"…"
"…"
"…Marie…?" I flinched feeling Mommy's hand on my head as the Huggies let out a low threating growl. Looking up to see a calmer look on her face.
"Lily…" She smiled rubbing my head.
"…" I can only stare at her in bewilderment.
"…You've grown so much."
"!?" My eyes widen at that response. "…You."
Mommy tilted her head up "…It's all fuzzy…but I can remember…how could I have ever forgotten…" She tilted her head back down. "Those damn doctors…it's all because of them, that I…" She look at us "Lily could you…could all of you ever forgive me…for what I've done? I've hurt you, something that I sworn to never do…" She looks down to the Huggies. "You've helped me so much in the past and yet my actions cause you to lose your family."
Zap and Ace flinched at that before looking at each other then back at Mommy, speaking in a low grow. Mommy merely sigh shaking her head.
"That's all I can ask…I myself can never forgive what I've done and won't try to ask for full forgiveness."
"…" I don't know what was said between the three but whatever it was, it seemed to help put her at ease. "…" Holding a hand to my throat the words from the Prototype float around in my head.
However, if Mommy Long-Legs physically hurts you in any way… Her life will be forfeit.
Just know I'll be watching.
This task was impossible, I knew that and I'm damn sure the Prototype knew that too. I failed…but maybe it's not too late! Mommy seems to be calmer to a degree and seems to be very sorry for what she has done. Maybe…just maybe I can still some how convince him to not kill her.
"…Marie…"
"Mommy."
"Huh?" I look at her confused.
Mommy tilted her head with a smile "You can keep calling me Mommy, it's what I've always been called before. Beside…" She looked off to the side. "I'm…not the same person that you remember. I've… changed."
"…I see." I said "Then Mommy to answer your question…You…I…I was scared of you, but I never once blamed you. Your demeanor, your threats…it was terrifying to say the least."
"…Lily…"
"But despite all of that, I've never once blame your actions. This place couldn't have been very kind to you guys over the years. I've…forgiven you a long time ago. I'm just happy that I got to see you again…play with you guys…even though I wish it was under better circumstances…" I weakly chuckle making the other let out a small laugh. I looked at her with a small smile "I can only ask if you can forgive me, for leaving and then coming back…not remembering everything."
"…" Mommy's eye widen in shock with a small hitch in her breath.
"Everything is also still fuzzy for me and lots of things aren't coming back…but…I do remember some stuff…and I…!?" A small grunt left my mouth when Mommy put her hand back on my head giving it a small rub.
"Despite how I acted in the beginning…I has never mad at you for not remembering. Because I knew what those so called doctors have done. It was my anger for what happened…that I had ended up taking it out on you. So, I forgive you as well, Lily."
"…Thanks." I mutter rubbing the back of my neck. "Then…could you…"
"Hmm?"
"Could you answer some questions for me…about what happened…after I left?"
"Sure…" She nods her head "I'll answer them to the best of my knowledge. It's the least I can do for you after everything."
We are now officially three chapters away from being done! I can hardly believe it almost took three years to get here!
I'll also not lie I wasn't too happy with the ending scene I had so many different ideas floating around my head and yet when I go and write them my brain go blank. ...Fun. Do you guys have that problem to when writing or is it just me? So in the end this is what we got. I wasn't going to take months to wait for a better idea, but if a better one comes around I'll go back and fix it. So for now we'll just have to deal with this. I do apologize for that.
And now the time has come for Lily and Mommy's final talk. To which I'll need your guys help again for any suggested ideas for Lily to ask Mommy, I'll also be crediting you as well! Any and all ideas will be very much appreciated in helping me out! I will give the for warning that the beginning of the chapter will probably be more dialogue focus until the end of the talk. So just a heads up there.
I'm also not to sure when the next update will be out but I'm hoping to have the next chapter done late this month or in February. Since we are falling more into a original plot line those tend to take me a while to work on so please be patient with me! My goal is to still have this done by April or May!
UPDATE NOTE 1/7/25: Thank you to everyone for giving me some very good question ideas, I now have enough to work with for the upcoming chapter! Seriously I can't stress enough how much time you guys have saved me when coming up with question idea! I'm managed to finish about half of them and working on the last half. Once I'm done I'll have a rough guess of when the next chapter will be release.