After Michelle left the blue watchtower, she sighed a bit and looked at the lever. "Hey," Suzy said, which made her look at the large doors. "I heard a lot of crashing; are you OK?"
Michelle glanced at Kevin and noticed he was looking down before looking at the large doors. "We're fine, Suzy," she said. "We tried putting the code in the locker, but it was jammed, so I had to destroy it."
Kevin was shocked and looked at Michelle. "But on the plus side, we got all the levers; we'll be on the other side shortly," she continued.
"Okie dokie!" Suzy shouted.
Michelle smiled a bit before approaching the chain with the green wheel; Kevin stared at her. "Why did you do that?" he asked.
Michelle glanced at Kevin. "I'm well aware that you hate liars, but you..." he continued.
When Michelle was close to the chain with the green wheel, she placed the lever inside the lever holder. "Yeah, I'm a huge hypocrite to myself," she said. "Plus, you know how she doesn't like us fighting against each other."
Michelle smiled at Kevin. "If I have to lie to keep Katie happy... then I'll do it with a smile," she continued.
Kevin remained silent and looked down as Michelle pulled the lever, which made the green wheel pull the chain. Michelle stretched her left arm toward the lever near the blue wheel and grabbed it before pulling it.
After Michelle retracted her left arm, she stretched both arms toward the other levers and grabbed them before pulling them.
As the chains started pulling on the large doors, Michelle faced them before sighing and placing her hand against her chest. "Something wrong?" Kevin asked.
Michelle rubbed her hand against her chest. "I don't know if it's because of me destroying the things inside that watchtower or if it's the stretching, but it's a little hard for me to breathe in this thing..." she said.
Kevin tilted his head. Hard to breathe? he thought before examining Michelle. I mean, it has been a while since I've seen her, so I guess there's gonna be changes to the human body, especially since women have...
When Kevin looked at Michelle's chest, he flinched with a red face. Women... have... he thought before sweating bullets.
Michelle glanced at Kevin and noticed his expression before pulling her hand away from her chest and looking at him, confused. "Are you alright?" she asked.
Kevin flinched and quickly pulled himself off Michelle, which shocked her; soon after, he carried her in his arms. "We should get going!" he shouted before quickly approaching the large doors.
Michelle looked at her right shoulder and noticed some blue and red dough before grabbing it off. As Michelle held the dough in her hand, she noticed it was a little runny, which concerned her.
When the duo left the workyard, they saw Suzy on the other side. "Over here!" she shouted before walking to the left.
A dough arm came out of Kevin's back before he opened the door on the right and entered. When Michelle looked at the dough arm on Kevin's back, she noticed it was a little runny. "Hey, Kev... are you alright?" she asked.
Kevin remained silent as he went through the hole and approached the other door. As the duo entered another room, Michelle sternly looked at Kevin as he opened the door with his free hand. "I know you can hear me, damn it. Are you alright?" she asked. "Your body..."
Kevin ignored Michelle as he opened the door before entering; soon after, they saw a small hole, which made Kevin crouch before entering it. Soon after, the duo saw planks covering a vent opening.
Kevin quickly pulled the planks off the vent opening with his free hand before placing Michelle on the ground as the dough arm retracted inside him. "You go on ahead; I'm right behind you," he said.
Michelle turned to Kevin. "You didn't—" she was cut off when he held her hands, which surprised her.
Kevin looked at Michelle with soft eyes. "Please..." he said in a low voice.
Michelle stared at Kevin before pulling her hands away and sternly looking at him. "Don't think this is over yet," she said.
Kevin nodded as Michelle crouched before crawling inside the vent opening. When Michelle was out of Kevin's sight, he looked at his slightly runny hands.
Kevin gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. Damn it... I thought I had more time... he thought before crouching and crawling inside the vent opening.
When Michelle got out of the vent, she saw Suzy standing near a large hole in the ground before standing up. "Suzy," she said.
Suzy turned to Michelle before smiling and waving. "You're here!" she shouted.
Suzy noticed something before looking at Michelle, concerned. "But where's Big Brother?" she asked.
Michelle looked at the vent opening. "He's crawling through the vent as we speak," she said before stepping back a bit. "However..."
After Kevin got out of the vent, he was on his hands and knees, panting, as his body was slightly runny. Suzy was shocked and quickly approached Kevin. "Big Brother!" she shouted.
Michelle knelt to Kevin when Suzy was close to them. "What's happening to him?" she asked.
Suzy looked at Michelle. "This happens every time Big Brother's parts are away from him," she said. "If he's away for too long, he'll get runny..."
Michelle looked at Suzy with serious eyes. "What happens if he can't reach his body?" she asked.
Suzy was scared. "I... I don't know..." she said in a low voice before black slime tears fell from her eyes. "Is he gonna die?"
Kevin froze before quickly standing up. "N-No, I'm not gonna die..." he said in a low voice.
Michelle stood up and sternly looked at Kevin. "Then what will happen?" she asked.
Kevin looked at Michelle before looking down. "I basically become a puddle of dough, but it'll be like I'm in a coma-like state until the main body finds me," he said.
Michelle sighed and placed her hand against her head. "For someone really smart, this is the dumbest thing you've ever done, you dumbass..." she said in a low voice.
Suzy looked at Michelle, worried. "What do we do now?" she asked.
Michelle took a deep breath and exhaled before looking at Suzy. "I'm gonna go ahead on my own; you take your brother back to Safe Haven," she said.
Kevin was shocked and turned his head to Michelle. "Hang on, you can't—" he was cut off when she sternly looked at him, which made him flinch and stop talking.
Michelle faced Kevin. "Listen here, goddammit, you've been taking care of mine and Suzy's well-being ever since you saw me back at Pianosaurus's enclosure, but didn't take care of your well-being..." she said.
Michelle pointed at Kevin. "You knew what would happen if you separated, and yet you didn't give a damn," she continued. "So as your friend who gives a damn about you, you're going back to Safe Haven with Suzy and returning to yourself."
Kevin looked at Michelle's right ankle. "But your—" he was interrupted when she placed her hand against her chest. "Don't worry about my sprained ankle! If I must, I can walk slowly, shoot a flare at a smaller enemy, or hide if a larger enemy comes by..."
Kevin remained silent and looked down while Michelle groaned a bit. "And I know you just told me that gentle voices trigger you, but please, Doey..." she said softly as she held his right hand in both of hers, which made him look at it. "Please go back to Safe Haven... I'll be fine..."
Kevin stared at Michelle's hands before nodding. "OK..." he said in a low voice.
Kevin turned his head to the hole in the ground. "The generator is in a bad state, so we usually keep the power off here..." he continued before looking at Michelle. "But for you, we can turn it on; it'll open a door downstairs."
Michelle nodded as she let go of Kevin's hand before slowly approaching the hole. Kevin looked at Suzy, who nodded and quickly approached Michelle. "I can help you get down to the lower level," she said.
Michelle turned her head to Suzy before gently smiling at her. "Thank you, Suzy," she said.
Suzy smiled as she wrapped her arms around Michelle's waist and lifted her a bit before lowering her to the hole. After Suzy placed Michelle on the ground, she unwrapped her arms around her before retracting them.
Michelle looked forward and saw shelves leaning against one another, forming a small gap between them; she slowly approached it before going through it.
When Michelle was on the other side, she grabbed the right arm cannon's handle and made a quick movement, which opened the flashlight hatch, before slowly walking forward.
As Michelle turned the corner, she saw a battery socket in the distance before slowly approaching it.
When Michelle was close to the battery socket, she saw a pink arm lower down from a large hole in the roof holding a battery. "Here, Big Brother wanted me to give this to you," Suzy said.
Michelle grabbed the left arm cannon's handle before aiming it at the battery's handle and pulling the trigger, launching the blue hand and grabbing it. "Thank you," she said before it retracted back to her.
As Suzy's arm went back into the hole, Michelle plugged the battery into the battery socket, which lit the room up. Michelle made a quick motion with the right arm cannon, which closed the flashlight's hatch, before slowly approaching the center of the room.
Soon after, Michelle found a mechanism with three gears missing. "Looks like I'll need to find which gear goes where," she said before slowly walking toward the back.
When Michelle walked to the back, she turned her head to the left and saw a gear on a desk before aiming the left arm cannon at it and pulling the trigger.
The blue hand shot forward and grabbed the gear before it retracted back to Michelle. "You might be one of the important gears..." she said in a low voice as she slowly approached the mechanism and aimed the left arm cannon at the right slot before pulling the trigger.
The blue hand shot forward and placed the gear in the slot, which made it spin, before retracting back to Michelle. "If it goes like that, I need to find two large gears," she continued before slowly walking around.
When Michelle was near an opening, she turned her head to the left and saw a larger gear behind a few crates, which made her slowly approach it.
After Michelle slowly stood on top of a crate, she aimed the right arm cannon at the gear and pulled the trigger, launching the red hand and grabbing the gear before retracting back to her. "That's one down," she said before slowly getting off the boxes and walking forward.
When Michelle was close to a T-section in the fencing, she slowly walked to the left and saw a large gear on the lower shelf. "And there's the other," Michelle continued before aiming the left arm cannon at it and pulling the trigger.
The blue hand shot forward and grabbed the gear before retracting back to Michelle. "Now to put you two in place," she said before slowly walking away.
When Michelle was close to the mechanism, she aimed the left arm cannon at the center slot before pulling the trigger, launching the blue hand and placing it in, which made it spin.
After the blue hand retracted back to Michelle, she aimed the right arm cannon at the left slot before pulling the trigger.
The red hand shot forward and placed the larger gear in the slot, which made it spin before the shutter opened. "Great job, Misha! It should be a straight shot from here!" Suzy shouted.
Michelle giggled as the red hand retracted back to her. "Thank you, Suzy," she said before realizing something and looking at the hole. "Doesn't Safe Haven have a way to defend itself?"
Michelle heard Suzy hum. "Probably... Big Brother and I can go on ahead and have them turned off for you," she said.
Michelle nodded. "Alright," she said before slowly walking forward.
When Michelle was close to the opening, she heard a voice. "Misha," Kevin said.
Michelle stopped and looked at the hole. "When your voice became gentle... it didn't trigger me," Kevin continued.
Michelle was shocked before looking away; she took a deep breath and exhaled before looking at the hole with a smile. "That's good to hear," she said. "Now go back to your body, idiot... I'll see you in Safe Haven..."
"I'll... we'll see you inside," Kevin said, which made Michelle nod before slowly going through the opening and turning left.