Trigger warning: Suicide and Gore
The blue, yellow and white checkered walls were tainted in crimson followed by the ghostly howls of morsels being torn apart in gordy fasion destroying any feigned innocence that Playcare tried containing. Bodies, entrails and blood peppered around the cold floors like confetti. The true horrors were with the broken and abused monsters that were once considered sweethearts now turned corrupt by the hand of a false god and a group of fraudulant scientists offering a hand of broken promises and delivering treatment harsh enough to make the most sane individuals lose their pretty miniscual heads. Again waves of screams, bodies, blood and guts piling up creating a dire feast for the dire souls entrapped in the dome of torment, how could one hour last lifetimes? Thought by both human and monster alike, blurs of purple you better pray he doesn't see you, blurs of blue pray he doesn't see you, two blurs of pink pray that they don't see you, manic laughter from knowledge keepers, pray you see them or die as hundreds have, breathe you're dead, cry you're dead, scream you're dead and by sunrise you'll survive, maybe.
Hoppy tackled DogDay into the crystal clear water earning her a surprised scream followed by innocent laughter
"HEY"DogDay yelped
"Hey yourself softass"Hoppy giggled nuzzling the pup
Huggy wrapped his arms around Kissy and fell into the water taking her with him
"AH Huggy!"yelled Kissy
"YES SO WORTH IT"said Huggy
"Poppy"said Player
"Huh?"said Poppy
"I should've stayed back at the house with Bobby"said Player
"Oh cmon we're only leaving them for a couple hours its not like they'll end up killing each other"said Poppy
"I guess, its just concerning especially with how volatile CatNap can be"said Player
"Yeah but he regrets what he's done, I bet he's hugging Bobby right now begging for forgiveness or something hehe"said Poppy
Player looked at her unconvincingly crossing his arms
"Oh cmon Player lighten up Im sure everythings fine"said Poppy
"I hope so, damn what we did was stupid"said Player
"Hey I got a question"said Boxy
Mrs Delight hums in curiosity
"Why was CatNap so hated when we were part of the Hour Of Joy as well"said Boxy
"Well emotions run high about this sorta thing so if I had to make an educated guess, the kids were looking for someone to blame also we didn't directly kill them... CatNap did..."Mrs Delight explained
"We still don't have to like him"Picky huffed
"Its not about liking him, its about coming to terms with the fact that he wants to change... is that what Player has been trying to get you to?"said Mrs Delight
"Well... not really"said Bubba
"Then why do you feel you have to?"said Mrs Delight
"I don't know... DogDay still likes him and he's still our leader"said Picky
DogDay turned to them hearing Picky which made his ears droop before being tackled by Hoppy again. Boxy Boo gives Picky an unimpressed look.
"You do realise that he doesn't decide who you like or don't like right? I think DogDay'd cut you some slack, I doubt DogDay wants you to like CatNap, he'll get it theres too much baggage but regardless of that he just wants CatNap to be left alone to heal, everyones suffering, I haven't been here long and even I realise that"said Boxy
Picky and Bubba fall under the scrutiny, taking Boxy's observation into consideration
"We're still so angry though"said Bubba
"Then we can express it in healthy ways"said Mrs Delight
"How?"Picky questioned
"Hmmmm, well..."said Mrs Delight
"Oh oh! I could help you guys paint, it helps when Im upset"said Crafty
"Does that even work?"said Picky
"Well it does preoccupy the mind from any distress"said Bubba
"Yeah... what he said"Boxy answered unsure
"Yes, it does work Picky"Mrs Delight said rolling her eyes whilst smiling and shaking her head
"Cmon I want you guys to join me"Crafty pleaded
"Fiiiine, I guess it'd be fun"said Picky
"Alright Crafty"said Bubba
"HOPPY STOP HEHEHE"DogDay yelped out getting tackled again
"Nuh uh you lil weakling"said Hoppy laughing hard
"Hehe please please"said DogDay
"Okay fiiiiine"said Hoppy
DogDay's giggling dies down
"So, you and CatNap are friends? How'd that happen?"he said
"Well I never really hated him... I was just angry and everyone else blamed CatNap for everything so I... sigh I just figured I'd blame him to... it got tiring if Im being honest and what me and Kicken did to him was messed up, it kinda made me feel like the monster"said Hoppy
"Oh... Kicken still hates him I guess?"said DogDay
"Yeah but as long as they stay away from each other..."said Hoppy
"I don't think thats gonna work, you know how Player is he wants to spend time with everyone"said DogDay
"Oh... yeah, damn... well maybe Kicken learnt to keep his thoughts and hands to himself?"said Hoppy
"We can only hope..."said DogDay
"So what are you gonna do when we get back?"said Hoppy
"What do you mean?"said DogDay
"With CatNap I mean"said Hoppy
"Uh... sigh I'll apologise to him tomorrow... I just hope he doesn't think I abandoned him..."said DogDay
"Sigh you probably brought back some crappy memories for him... we all used to call him a freak back then"said Hoppy sidehugging him
"Exactly, I can't believe I did that to him that was so stupid!"said DogDay
"Hey its okay, Im sure everything'll be better tomorrow"said Hoppy rubbing his back
"I can only hope...I just want him to open up to me... I just wanna be there for him but he wont let me and it hurts... it hurts so bad"DogDay whined
"I know... I know... just let it out DogDay"said Hoppy
DogDay cried into her shoulder not letting a single drop of tears remain dormant in his dark eyes, sobbing until all that was left was pathetic hiccups
"Do you feel better?"said Hoppy
"Y... yeah... yeah... You're right... things'll be better tomorrow"said DogDay
"See? Its okay"said Hoppy
"DAMN RIGHT ITS OKAY"Huggy hollered as he wrapped his arms around both the critters earning him a pair of giggles
"Let go you big blue bastard hehe!"Hoppy exclaimed
"Oh Im so offeneded right now"said Huggy feigning offense
"Good you're a lanky moron hehe"said Hoppy
"Hoppy thats mean"said DogDay
"Yeah listen to your big bad leader hehe"said Huggy
Player watched them all happily and then his phone started buzzing, it was Bobby. He answered and on the other end of the line was Kicken?
"PLAYER PLAYER COME HOME PLEASE"he yelled breathing heavily
"Woah woah slow down, whats going on?"said Player
"ITS BOBBY... THERES BLOOD EVERYWHERE... OH GOD"yelled Kicken
"Alright hang tight Im on my way! Wheres CatNap?!"Player asked
"I DON'T KNOW! PLAYER IM SCARED"said Kicken
"Okay okay stay on the line with me"said Player about to leave
"Player whats going on?"said Poppy
"Its Bobby we gotta get home now!"said Player
"Okay, We'll go with you"said Poppy
Everyone of the more mature toys perk up
"No Kissy, Huggy stay here with the critters everyone else cmon"said Player
"Whats going on?!"Crafty exclaimed
Before Crafty recieved an answer the adults already left
"Huggy... whats-"said Hoppy
"Its Bobby uh... somethings very wrong"said Huggy
"We should be there then!"said DogDay
"No no! You're staying here, everything'll be fine"said Huggy
"What about CatNap"said DogDay
"I don't know... my guess is its something to do with Bobby and CatNap because CatNap isn't there, Bobby sounds hurt and... Oh shi-"said Huggy
"WE NEED TO LOOK FOR CATNAP NOW"DogDay exclaimed
"No no, Im not letting you get lost DogDay I'm sorry"said Huggy
"NO NO NO... I NEED TO TALK TO HIM I NEED HIM"DogDay exclaimed tearing up in pure panic
"Shhh sh sh its okay its okay"said Huggy
"Hey Im sure CatNap'll be okay"said Kissy
"IF CATNAPS MISSING WE NEED TO LOOK FOR HIM"Hoppy yelled
"Yeah, he's our friend"Crafty called out
"Now that I think about it Kissy, CatNaps probably done something really bad... and now he's gonna do something stupid, Im worried"said Huggy
"But Player told us-"said Kissy
"Screw what Player said! CatNap might be in danger!"Huggy exclaimed
"What if we all get lost?!"Kissy yelled
"... Alright everyone get out your phones Im gonna put a tracker on them so we don't lose each other"said Huggy
Everyone followed his instructions and once it was done Huggy immediately gets out the water, helping DogDay and Hoppy out
"Does CatNap have a tracker on his phone?"said Kissy
"I doubt he took it with him"said Huggy checking
"Well?"said DogDay eagerly
"No he didn't take his phone, sigh alright lets skim the area see if we can find him"said Huggy
"This is such a bad idea"said Kissy walking right next to Huggy
Meanwhile...
Player and the more adult toys are practically running to the house completely stressed out, Player immediately bursts through the door and everyone followed and then as soon as everyone walked in the kitchen they saw Kicken holding Bobby's limp body smearing himself in her blood while he was crying and shaking hard, everyone was paralised until Kicken voice broke out
"D... Don't j... just stand there! HELP!"yelled Kicken crying
Player immediately snapped out of it and ripped Bobby out of Kickens arms immediately rushing her outside and rushing to the shed. Kicken sat there sobbing and shaking
"Kicken, you okay baby boy"Mommy legs immediately comes to his side hugging him not caring about the damp blood all over him
"NO... NO IM NOT I DON'T WANT HER TO DIE, I DON'T WANT HER TO DIE"Kicken yelled
Mommy longlegs held him tighter
"Mommy get him outta the kitchen and wash him off, me and Boxy'll clean the kitchen, I pray to all that is good that Bobby'll be okay"said Mrs Delight
Mommy nodded and walked out with a shivering and traumatised Kicken
"She was twitching... she was trying to speak, I don't wanna lose her"said Kicken
"Sh sh she'll make it Kicken, she'll survive"said Mommy
Boxy and Mrs Delight were cleaning in silence
"Do you think Bobby'll make it?"said Boxy
"I don't know... all we can do is hope for her life... oh I hope she makes it"said Mrs Delight
Boxy shivers slightly trying to handle his own weight on his shoulders
Meanwhile...
CatNap was running through the woods feeling leaves beat at his already exhausted body as if they were punishing him for what he did, he then tripped on a branch and tumbled down a cliff hitting multiple jagged rocks all stabbing into his skin mercilessly, each searing jab was followed by a strangled cry from the ruined cat, he eventually hits the soaked muddy floor, sinking into it he begins to scream, letting every tear flow out of his eyes
"I DIDN'T MEAN TO! I DIDN'T MEAN TO! IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE YOU! WHY WAS IT YOU?! WHY COULDN'T IT JUST BE ME!? WHY?! WHY?! IM SORRY BOBBY!? IM SORRY?!"
"OH IM SORRY BOBBY! IM SO SORRY!"
"SHUT UP!"yelled CatNap
"I WISH IT WAS ME! I WISH IT WAS WAH WAH WAH! STOP WHINING AND JUST DIE!"
"LEAVE ME ALONE"yelled CatNap
"THEY DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT YOU DID! WHY WOULD THEY?!"
CatNap falls underneath the half truth
"Exactly you have no reason to keep fighting, just let go... leave the world behind... end your torment"
"... I just wanted to know what freedom was like..."said CatNap slowly getting up and picking up a sharp piece of rock and started limping
"Good"
"I just wanted freedom... wanted freedom..."CatNap repeats himself as he limps through the woods deciding to take one last work in the outside world before taking his own life
Meanwhile...
Huggy, Kissy and the rest of the critter crew had completely split up looking for CatNap. Huggy was with Kissy calling out for CatNap
"CATNAAAAAP!"yelled Huggy
"Huggy I don't like this"said Kissy holding onto his arm
"Hey its okay, everyones looking for that kitten"said Huggy kissing the top of her head
"I wanna go home Huggy... Im scared..."said Kissy
"Hey hey, are you okay"said Huggy pulling her into his chest
Kissy weeped against his chest
"Im just really worried about Bobby and CatNap, I don't wanna lose anyone else... Im so sick of it"Kissy whimpered
"Sigh... I know... So am I... if I lose another person I feel like Im gonna lose my mind..."said Huggy
"Please... please promise me that you won't leave me again"said Kissy
"I won't, I love you so much"Huggy reassured kissing her face multiple times
"I love you too Huggy... I love you so much"said Kissy
Bubba was with Picky, Hoppy and Crafty
"Oh why did we let DogDay go on his own!"said Crafty
"You know how he is when he's desperate, hes... less than friendly"said Hoppy
"I don't get why he loves that cat so much... he was treated the worst by him"said Bubba
"Yeah! It doesn't make sense"said Picky
"He just wants things to be the way that they were"said Crafty
"Thats impossible"said Bubba
"Why?"said Hoppy
"Because we all hated CatNap back in the day... and now you and Crafty like him, Bobby likes him and DogDay abandoned him and now all he wants to do is be around him"said Bubba
"Is that a bad thing? Hating CatNap was one of the major cause of The Hour Of Joy in the first place"said Hoppy
"I get that but choosing to love him now is just... pointless, he clearly doesn't wanna reciprocate, he's just doing it because he feels like he has to"said Bubba
"You don't know what we've seen from him Bubba"said Hoppy
"Im sure I haven't but all Im saying is we won't ever love him... we'll live under the same roof as him though"said Bubba
"Sigh I guess thats fair..."said Crafty
"Im sorry guys but theres just... too much baggage"said Picky
"Sigh its okay"said Hoppy
DogDay was walking through a tall grass field near a tree line
"CATNAP"yelled DogDay
He didn't get a response so he decided to let out an even louder scream in desperation for the cats presence
"MOON"yelled DogDay
The only response DogDay recieved was from the crickets that croaked through the night leaving the poor pup in distress
"CATNAP IM SORRY PLEASE COME OUT, IM SURE WHATEVER HAPPENED WE CAN SORT IT TOGETHER! PLEASE MOON! I NEED YOU"yelled DogDay
DogDays legs gave out from under him as he whimpered calling out for his other halfs name in one last pathetic attempt to get him to come out of hiding and embrace his companion. By miracle DogDay hears a pained grunt from the treeline, he then immediately feel a surge of adrenaline spike through his body as he shot up from the floor and instantly made a mad dash for the woods, barging past any bush or branch that threatened to hit him, he kept following the laboured breathing of the wounded person taking all kinds of twists and turns, however it works as the breathing gets louder and clearer, he then makes it to a clearing from the woods onto a thirty foot cliff which had more of the woods at the bottom. However that was none of DogDay's concern as one thing stood out above all else, atop a miniscual boulder was a purple cat who was covered in stab wounds and scratches with his back turned to DogDay as he looked on at the outstretched lands.
"MOON"yelled DogDay