Author's note.

Well, Team Tennyson is heading towards the prison. Can anyone say 'they need therapy'?. And yeah, Catnap his going through a lot. But, to be fair, he discovered that everything he believed in was a lie. So, leave a review, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

Chapter 19

The Graveyard

As Team Tennyson walked through the caves, they came upon a metal door tied shut by rope. Max then used the flair gun hand and burned the rope off.

"Let's get this open" said Max. He, Ben, Gwen and Dogday then forced the doors open. They gasped at what they saw…

Toys.

Dead toys.

Lots of dead toys.

Mountains of dead toys.

"Holy" said Ben.

"It's a graveyard," said Dogday, clenching his fist. "A graveyard for the failures".

"Who could've done this?" Wondered Gwen.

"I think we'll find out if we go forward," said Dogday. "Let's go, the Pad Pal can help us keep an eye out for traps." They then walked through the graveyard, Ben was starting to get scared. Wait? SCARED?! Why would he be scared? He's a hero, he's supposed to-.

Ben then saw something coming out from one of the piles; a long, bright-pink arm, with a dark-pink hand with a light-blue wristband. Ben slowly walked towards it. Ben could swear that he could hear something. Ben reaches out to touch it, when suddenly, the hand grabbed Ben's arm, causing him to scream. Ben pulled back and tried to move. Then, Mommy Longlegs slowly moved out of the pile of toy bodies.

"WHY DID YOU LET ME DIE?!" She shouted in a distorted voice. Ben screamed, finally getting out of her grip. Ben continued to run until he hit something. He looked up to see the burnt, mangled body of Miss Delight.

"Murderer. That's you. Murderer" groaned Miss Delight. Ben screamed again and dodged Miss Delight. Ben continued to run through the graveyard, seeing Mommy Longlegs' body, Miss Delight and the arms of Huggy Wuggy. Ben tripped over something, he looked up and there was nothing. Ben saw what he had tripped over. It was a journal. Ben picked it up, he read the cover of the journal; 'Riley Riba'.

"BEN!". Ben then saw Dogday, Gwen and Max running towards him.

"Are you okay?" Asked Dogday.

"Yeah, I'm fine," said Ben. "But, look at this". He handed Max the journal.

"Riley Riba" said Max.

"I remember her," said Dogday. "She was a 12-yr-old girl that lived in Playcare".

"A 12-yr-old?" Asked Gwen, seeing as Max was looking through the journal.

"That poor girl" muttered Max.

Some point in the 1990's.

A woman was walking through the game station towards the train. She had Caucasian skin, long, white hair that curled up at the sides, red eyes with two long, eyelashes on each side of her eyes. Her outfit consisted of a pink blouse with an image of a swan on the breast area, white yoga pants and black high-heels. This, was Stella Greyber, and today was her first day as head of Playcare, after being promoted from the Game Station. As she headed towards the train that headed to Playcare, a young girl ran up to her.

"Hi, Ms. Greyber!" She called.

"Oh, hi Lola," said Stella, her dutch accent very prevalent in her speech. "What's the matter?".

"I wanted to say good-bye before you left" said Lola. Stella then rubbed Lola's hair.

"You'll still see me," said Stella. "But, you'll need to go down to Playcare". Lola giggled.

"Bye, Ms. Greyber" said Lola before running off. Stella just watched Lola run off before getting on the train. After a blow of the whistle, the train headed down to Playcare. Stella sat on a seat and started to touch up her make-up.

"This seat taken?".

Stella look up and saw a man with brown hair sat beside her.

"Oh, Hi Max" said Stella.

"So, how's it feel to be one of the big wigs now?" Asked Max.

"I'm, well, pretty fucking nervous," said Stella. "But, *sigh* how are, Phil and Devon doing?". Max's face got serious.

"Nothing yet," said Max. "But, they heard words of a someone wanting to build prison".

"A prison?", asked Stella. "Why the hell would a toy company need with a prison?". The train then stopped and the two of them got off and headed towards the tram into Playcare. They got onto the tram and the tram headed down.

"So, what do we do if we find, well, you-know-what?" Asked Stella.

"I know, Stella", answered Max. "I really don't know".

"Did you hear about Thomas Clark?" Asked Stella.

"Yeah", sighed Max. "Poor guy's got Lung Cancer".

"I kept telling him that smoking was bad for him", said Stella. "But, he didn't listen". The tram then stopped and both Stella and Max got out. They were then greeted by Catnap.

"Welcome to Playcare, Ms. Greyber" said Catnap.

"Good morning, Catnap" said Stella.

"Ms. Greyber. Mr. Tennyson".

"Oh, Claire", said Stella. "Good mor-OH MY GOD! What happened to you nose?".

"Kevin Barnes and Quinn Navidson got into a fight", said Claire. "Quinn punched Kevin's fist and it hit my nose".

"*sigh* Again?", asked Stella. "I'll, go talk to Kevin and Quinn. Max, take Claire to the medical area".

"Sure thing, Stella" said Max.

Modern Day.

Max continue to read the journal as they walked through the graveyard until they came to a barbed wire gate.

"Are there any traps here?" Asked Gwen. Dogday looked at the Pad Pal.

"Nothing on the screen" said Dogday.

"Then let's head on" said Ben. Before they could even take a few steps, bright lights shon down on them.

"What the?!" Shouted Max.

"I thought you said there weren't any traps?!" Shouted Gwen.

"I'm guessing it didn't check for motion sensors" said Dogday. Mini-Huggies then ran from the piles of toys scuttled towards them. Dogday ran forward and stomped on one of the Huggies before grabbing it and ripping it in half while roaring.

"We need to inside" said Dogday. Ben, Gwen and Max just looked at him.

"What?" Asked Dogday.

"That, was intense" said Gwen. Dogday looked up and saw an opening at the top of a mountain of dead toys.

"Up there", said Dogday. "Let's go". The four of them walked up the mountain of toys and saw the opening.

"Through here", said Dogday. "We're getting closer, I know it". They then walked through the opening and entered towards a loading platform.

"These tracks must lead to the prison" said Ben. The phone then rang and Max answered it.

"Hello?" Said Max.

"Hey, it's me again, Ollie" said Ollie.

"It's good to hear your voice again, Ollie" said Max.

"I, wanted to talk to you" said Ollie.

"We're listening" said Max.

"Before you go inside", said Ollie. "Everything you've seen out here. The piles. The dead. They all came from inside. Believe me, everything that Poppy said about this place is true. It's hell. But, she also hasn't seen it like I have. It's worse. Just, please, be careful. Try to stay alive. I'll help you when I can". Ollie then hung up.

"We need to get the train operational and head into the prison" said Max. The four of them then split up and started to look around the loading station. They then heard a loud scream and ran to a cell hung up in the air by a crane. They saw that Ben had found a corpse in the cell.

"I'm guessing that is Riley" said Gwen.

"While I do hope not", said Max. "But, apparently, that might be the case".

"Look, there's a key" said Gwen. Ben walked over and took the key, afterwards, he placed a hand on the corpse's head.

"Rest in peace, Riley", he said. "You saved a lot of people". After opening an office, they used the power in there to turn on the train. They got into a cell and the train headed off.

"So, what's the plan?" Asked Gwen.

"Simple, we stop whoever's behind this" answered Max. Half way through the journey, a TV turned on. On the screen, was a singular eye.

"Know what's this?", It asked, in a deep, smooth, oily voice. "Do I feel something crawling it's way beneath my skin?". This caught Team Tennyson off-guard.

"An invasive, foreign, little germ?" Wondered the voice.

"Who are you calling a germ?!" Shouted Ben.

"Quite an aggressive, young child here", said the voice. "And is that alien technology I see on his wrist? Why does he have it? He clearly isn't the smart one".

"Leave him alone, Harley!" Shouted Max.

"Ah, Maxwell Tennyson", said the voice, now identified as Harley. "How good to see my old friend again".

"You lost that right years ago" said Max.

"You know him?" Asked Ben.

"Oh, I need to introduce myself", said Harley. "I am Doctor Harley Sawyer former head of the Bigger Bodies Initiative. But, Max and I have known each other, long before that. But, that's a story for another time. Let's make a game of you four". The train suddenly stopped and rattled.

"What's going on?" Asked Gwen.

"You've blundered along the shadows above", said Harley. "And only managed to squirm all the way down here by the barest skin of your teeth. There are no shadows down here that will be of use to you. Not even the ground beneath your feet is yours. There no places you can hide, not from me". Harley laughed as Team Tennyson was knocked out.