Inside the cell, Michelle lay on the ground on her stomach with her eyes closed. "ANGEL... ANGEL..." a male, gruff voice said.
Michelle groaned a bit before slowly opening her eyes and sitting up a bit. When Michelle's vision started clearing up, she saw CatNap staring at her with worried eyes. "ANGEL..." he said.
Michelle slowly sat up and rubbed her head. "Ow... my head is killing me..." she said in a low voice.
CatNap lowered his head to Michelle. "ARE YOU ALRIGHT...?" he asked.
Michelle slowly got up. "I'll be fine," she said before petting CatNap's head. "Thank you for your concern."
CatNap closed his eyes and purred, which made Michelle smile. After Michelle stopped petting CatNap, she looked at the cell door. "Are we?" she asked.
CatNap nodded. "WE'RE INSIDE THE PRISON..." he said before turning his head to the cell door. "I TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR, BUT IT'S LOCKED..."
Michelle turned her head to the back and saw a large hole in the wall before approaching it. When Michelle poked her head out of the wall and turned her head to the right, she saw the back of a different cell and a dead end with gray walls.
Michelle grabbed the left arm cannon's handle before turning her head to CatNap. "You wait here; I'll try to find a way to open that cell," she said.
CatNap nodded as Michelle went through the hole before walking to the right; when she reached the dead end, she looked up and saw a handle.
Michelle aimed the left arm cannon at the handle and pulled the trigger. The blue hand shot forward and grabbed the handle before Michelle pulled herself up.
When Michelle reached the top, she saw a corpse hanging on the wall with its wrists tied to wires and dried blood on the wall, which made her shudder in disgust. "I never thought I would get this close to human corpses..." she said in a low voice.
Michelle looked forward and saw a corridor with a duct on the right side before she swung herself back and forth. When Michelle swung herself forward, she pulled the trigger, which retracted the blue hand back to her before landing on the ledge.
Michelle looked at the arm cannon's flashlight before letting go of the left arm cannon's handle and tapping her finger against it.
However, the arm cannon's flashlight did nothing, which annoyed Michelle before she grabbed it and pulled it off the hatch's slot. "Well, that's just great..." she said in a low voice.
When Michelle faced the flashlight's head toward her, she noticed multiple cracks on it and a broken bulb before tossing it on the ground. "Must've happened when that cell was shaking, and I hit the ground hard," she continued. "The electric surge already fried it; the impact was the final nail in its coffin."
Michelle looked at the arm cannon's hatch before making a quick movement with it, which made it close.
Michelle looked at the right arm cannon with a hum. "That works," she said before approaching the duct and grabbing the left arm cannon's handle. "Now to find a way to get that cell open."
When Michelle was close to the duct, she crouched before crawling inside it; she spotted a hole in the distance before approaching it.
When Michelle was close to the hole, she looked through it and saw a blue hand scanner near the cell and a few barrels over it. "That would explain why CatNap couldn't open it," she said before aiming the left arm cannon at it and pulling the trigger.
The blue hand shot forward and touched the scanner, activating it; after it finished, it retracted back to Michelle before the cell door opened a bit.
CatNap pushed the cell door open, which pushed the barrels away before stepping out of it. CatNap looked up and spotted Michelle through the hole before he had happy eyes. "THANK YOU, ANGEL..." he said.
Michelle smiled and nodded before crawling back; after she got out of the duct, she approached the ledge. Steam came out of a pipe, but Michelle was unfazed before jumping down. The air jets activated before Michelle landed on the ground.
After Michelle reentered the hole, she caught up to CatNap; the duo heard giggling, which surprised them and made them look around.
CatNap growled with his ears pointed back while Michelle let go of the left arm cannon's handle and twisted the knob, switching from the purple hand to the orange hand. "I don't know about you, but I'm ready to get the hell out of this place," she said.
CatNap nodded as the duo walked to the right; Michelle spotted a cell door partially open before approaching it and placing her left hand against it.
After Michelle pushed the cell door open, she saw a note on a small table next to a bed inside it, which made her approach it and pick it up. As Michelle read the note, CatNap looked at her through the opening. "A NOTE...?" he asked.
Michelle turned to CatNap. "More like a weekly checkup for whoever Experiment 1172 is," she said.
Michelle looked at the note. "I mean... unconsciously rubbing the fur on her arms as a response to stress, emotional dysregulation... she must've gone through a lot..." she continued.
Michelle placed the note back on the small table before leaving the cell and looking at CatNap. "We should keep going," she said.
CatNap nodded as the duo walked toward the other side. When the duo was close to a closed cell door, they heard banging, which made them flinch before CatNap placed his arm beside Michelle and glared at it with a growl, his ears pointed back.
Michelle petted CatNap's arm, which made him glance at her. "It's OK, CatNap; whatever's on the other side isn't worth it," she said.
CatNap stared at the door before his ears perked up and the duo walked forward; soon after, they saw an open cell door before they quietly approached it.
When the duo was close to the opening, they saw two Nightmare Critters: one shaped like an alligator wearing a collar with a crossbones pendant on it and a zipper in its center, and the other shaped like a shark wearing a collar with a shark tooth pendant on it and a zipper in its center, inside the cell, eating a toy corpse.
Before CatNap did anything, Michelle held her arm out, which made him stop and look at her. Michelle turned her head to CatNap and placed a finger over her mouth before pointing at the cell door, which made him nod as he quietly reached for the cell door.
As CatNap placed his paw on the cell door, the Nightmare Critters turned to the duo with a growl before he quickly closed it. After CatNap placed his paw on the ground, Michelle giggled a bit and petted his arm. "Good job, buddy," she said, which made him purr.
When Michelle looked forward, she saw a slightly open cell door, which made the duo approach it before she placed her hand against it.
After Michelle pushed the cell door open, the duo saw a large hole in the cell's floor. "That should get us to the lower part of this prison block," she said.
CatNap nodded before Michelle jumped down, activating the air jets before she landed on the ground. After Michelle stood up properly, she spotted a couple of Ruined Critters eating a toy corpse near the open part of the cell door.
Michelle aimed the right arm cannon at the ground near the Ruined Critters before shooting a flare at it, which scared them before they ran away. Michelle approached the cell door and placed her hand on it before pushing it open.
After Michelle left the cell, CatNap landed on the ground before following her. As Michelle looked around the area, she spotted a red hand scanner near a closed, grated door on the right side, which surprised her. "Well, I haven't seen a red hand scanner in a while," she said.
Michelle looked at the barricaded path on the left. "That means there's a red hand around here somewhere," she continued.
Michelle turned to CatNap and pointed at the barricade. "Think you can make a path through this barricade?" she asked.
CatNap chuckled before approaching the barricade. "CHILD'S PLAY..." he said.
CatNap extended his claws and dug them into the broken cell door before pulling it away and setting it to the side. After CatNap moved the other debris away, he turned his head to Michelle. "IT'S DONE..." he said.
Michelle smiled. "Nice going, buddy," she said before the duo walked forward. "Now then, let's find ourselves a red hand."
Soon after, the duo entered a room with a few bunk beds and tables; Michelle looked around with squinted eyes. "This area looks like it was a sleeping quarter for the guards," she said.
When Michelle turned to the right, she saw a red hand and a flashlight near a corpse. As Michelle approached the red hand, she twisted the knob, switching from the orange hand to the empty slot before moving it, which opened the hatch.
When Michelle was close to the red hand, she picked it up and put it in the empty slot. "Nice... I think the last time I saw my old red hand... Mommy dragged it away," she said. "Good to have you back."
Michelle picked up the flashlight before putting it in the hatch's slot, which turned it on. Michelle looked at the hatch before making a quick movement, which turned the flashlight off and closed it.
Michelle smiled and made the same movement again, which opened the hatch and turned the flashlight on. "Perfect," she said.
Michelle twisted the knob, switching from the red hand to the orange hand, before approaching CatNap. "Let's head for that scanner," she continued, which made him nod.
As the duo left the resting quarter and Michelle closed the hatch, the intercoms started going off, which surprised them. "The subjects scramble for an advantage; they appear lost and disoriented," the Doctor said.
CatNap growled with his ears pointed back while Michelle looked around, placing her finger on the right arm cannon's trigger. "Heavy breathing is indicative of fear, and rightly so. Let's test the response to said fear when pushed into action," the Doctor continued.
The cell doors beside the duo started opening, which made them look at them. Soon after, Nightmare Critters and feral Mini Huggies started coming out of the cells and charged toward the duo.
CatNap quickly picked Michelle up by her jacket's hood with his mouth before swatting the smaller toys away. A few smaller toys tried jumping on Michelle, but CatNap quickly moved out of the way.
Michelle aimed the right arm cannon at the smaller toys before shooting a few flares, which scared a few of them away. "We need to close those cell doors," she said.
CatNap nodded as he quickly approached an open door on the right and closed it. Soon after, CatNap approached the left side in the far back corner, and he closed the cell door. A few smaller toys bit CatNap's lower legs, which made him growl and swat them away.
Michelle aimed the right arm cannon at the smaller toys before shooting five flares at them, which scared them away. There's no end to these little bastards... she thought.
CatNap kept closing cell doors as they opened and swatted the smaller toys away while Michelle shot flares at them after the orange hand reloaded. Soon after, a horde of smaller toys quickly approached the duo through the barricade opening.
Before the duo could do anything, the intercom went off, and they heard roaring, which scared the smaller toys. "I've seen enough... thank you; you may proceed," the Doctor said.
The smaller toys started crawling toward the vents before entering them. Michelle stared at the vents with a sigh. "That's finally over..." she said in a low voice.
CatNap placed Michelle back on the ground before she turned her head to him. "Let's get to that hand scanner," she continued.
CatNap nodded as the duo walked forward; when they reached the scanner, Michelle twisted the knob. The orange hand switched to the red hand before Michelle aimed the right arm cannon at the scanner and pulled the trigger.
The red hand shot forward and touched the scanner, activating it; after it retracted back to Michelle, the grated door opened. Michelle let go of the right arm cannon's handle before turning her head to CatNap. "You wait out here," she said.
CatNap nodded as Michelle went through the opening and climbed the stairs; when she reached the top, she spotted the door before approaching it and placing her hand on the doorknob.
After Michelle twisted the doorknob, she opened the door and saw a room with a large console at the center, a couple of chairs near it, and a whiteboard next to it. "This must be some sort of control room..." she said before entering.
When Michelle looked at the top right corner, she saw a cutout of a lion-like toy with a multicolored yarn mane, which made her smile. "It's Yarnaby," she continued before approaching it.
When Michelle was close to the cutout, she pressed the button. "The name's Yarnaby! Would you Warn-a-be my friend?" it asked.
Michelle giggled. "Still adorable as always; I even have your plushy in my bag and always take care of your mane," she said.
Michelle stopped a bit before looking at the vault door on the other side with worry. "I hope the others are OK..." she said in a low voice.
Michelle turned her head to a whiteboard before approaching it; when she was close to it, she noticed a game of Hangman on it. Michelle glared at the whiteboard with gritted teeth. "Those assholes..." she said in a low voice.
Michelle looked beside the hangman and saw the word 'CELL' under the lines. Michelle looked at the other part of the board with the word 'Assignments' above it, along with numbers corresponding to a letter.
Michelle looked at the word 'CELL' with a hum. "3-2-5-5... that's my code," she said before approaching the main console.
When Michelle was close to the keypad, she typed the code in, which made the case covering the red button open.
When Michelle pressed the button, the vault door across from her started opening, which made her look at it. "That'll do it," she said before approaching the door.
After Michelle left the room, the upper gate started opening, which made her look at it; she stared at the gate before approaching the top of the stairs.
Michelle grabbed the railing and looked down. "CatNap, the vault door on the other side is open; climb up the hole that let us get to the lower level," she said.
"GOT IT, ANGEL..." CatNap said before Michelle heard his steps getting quieter, which made her approach the opening.
After Michelle went through the opening, she saw CatNap exit a cell, which made her sprint toward him. When Michelle caught up with CatNap, they approached the vault door and left the prison block.