As the group traversed through the vents, they spotted a slightly bent vent grille at the end of it. Michelle aimed her right arm at the vent grille before the Pressure Hand shot from her wrist.
As the Pressure Hand touched the vent grille, the pressure gauge started going up, causing the bars on it to bend. When the pressure gauge was in the red, Michelle retracted the Pressure Hand to her wrist, destroying the vent grille in the process.
When the group got out of the vent, they were inside an elevator shaft and looked around. "Where do we go now?" Katelynn asked.
When Michelle looked up, she spotted a yellow handle near an upper floor on the left side before aiming her left arm at it. "We go up," she said.
The blue hand shot from Michelle's wrist and grabbed the handle before she pulled herself up. After Michelle let go and landed on the upper floor, Doey and Katelynn shot their arms at the railing near the stairs and grabbed it before pulling themselves up and getting on it.
Yarnaby jumped and dug his front claws into the ledge, but was struggling to get on the upper floor. CatNap approached Yarnaby and placed his paw under his feet before pushing him up.
As Yarnaby got away from the ledge, CatNap grabbed the ledge before getting on the upper floor. CatNap turned his head to Huggy Wuggy and held his tail out, which made him approach it.
Huggy Wuggy wrapped his arm around CatNap's tail before nodding, which made him pull him up and place him on the upper floor.
After Huggy Wuggy let go of CatNap's tail, Mommy Long Legs approached the wall with multiple elevator doors and green handprints under them before placing her hands against it.
Mommy Long Legs turned her head to Michelle as she climbed the stairs. "I'll scout ahead and see if there's an exit for us," she said
Michelle nodded as she reached the top of the stairs. "Good idea," she said, which made Mommy Long Legs nod before she started climbing the wall.
The others caught up to Michelle as she looked around; when she looked up, she spotted a handle in between folded stairs before aiming her left arm at it.
The blue hand shot from Michelle's wrist and grabbed the handle before pulling herself up. When Michelle was hanging over the upper floor, she let go of the handle and landed on it.
As Michelle climbed the stairs, Doey and Katelynn shot their arms toward the ledge and grabbed it before pulling themselves up. After the duo stood properly, Doey looked at Katelynn. "You catch up to Misha, I'll take care of Yarnaby," he said.
Katelynn nodded before quickly climbing the stairs until she was next to Michelle. Doey turned to Yarnaby as he approached the ledge and stretched his fingers. "Now then..." he said, lowly.
Two dough arms sprouted out of Doey's back before he shot them and his arms toward Yarnaby. After Doey's arms wrapped around Yarnaby, he pulled him up before looking at him. "I'm gonna hold onto you, just in case..." he said before climbing the stairs.
CatNap lay on the ground and looked at Huggy Wuggy. "It might be best if you climb on this time," he said.
Huggy Wuggy nodded before getting on CatNap's back and wrapping his arm around him. After Huggy Wuggy nodded, CatNap stood up before jumping toward the ledge; he grabbed it with a slight struggle before pulling himself up.
Michelle and Katelynn looked at the elevator before getting on it; soon after, the group heard a piece of metal break, which shocked them.
Michelle walked toward the left a bit until she spotted a handle hanging above a catwalk before aiming her left arm at it. The blue hand shot from Michelle's wrist and grabbed the handle before she pulled herself forward.
When Michelle was hanging over the catwalk, she looked at it before letting go of the handle. The air jets on Michelle's shoe braces activated before she landed on the catwalk.
As Michelle walked forward, Katelynn shot her arm at the wall, which made it stick in place, before launching herself toward it.
After Katelynn landed on the catwalk, Michelle looked up and spotted Mommy Long Legs near an elevator door. "Did you find something, Mommy?" she asked.
Mommy Long Legs looked at Michelle. "This elevator door can be opened with the Pressure Hand," she said.
Michelle looked up and spotted a handle before aiming her left arm at it. The blue hand shot from Michelle's wrist and grabbed the handle before she pulled herself up.
When Michelle was close to the handle, she felt a burning pain coming from her arms, which made her grit her teeth and her right fingers twitch a bit.
Mommy Long Legs noticed Michelle's twitching fingers before looking at her, concerned. "Are you alright, my little Misha?" she asked.
Michelle's grip against the handle tightened as she tried to control her breathing. "I'll be fine..." she said, lowly, before looking at the green handprint and aiming her right arm at it.
The Pressure Hand shot from Michelle's wrist and touched the green handprint before the pressure gauge started going up.
When the pressure gauge was in the red, Michelle retracted the Pressure Hand to her wrist, which opened the elevator door and revealed a handle on a large box and a pile of smaller boxes under it.
Mommy Long Legs placed her left hand on the left side of the elevator door, which prevented it from closing, before looking at Michelle. "You go first; I'll grab the others," she said.
Michelle nodded as she aimed her right arm at the handle on the large box. The Pressure Hand shot from Michelle's wrist and grabbed the handle before she pulled herself toward it.
When Michelle was on the other side, the blue hand let go of the handle before retracting back to her wrist.
After Michelle let go of the other handle, she sat on the smaller boxes and gripped her arms with gritted teeth. Katelynn shot her right arm toward the handle and grabbed it before pulling herself up.
When Katelynn looked forward, she noticed Michelle was writhing in pain, which shocked her. "Big Sister," she said before she shot her left arm toward the ground on the other side, which made it stick.
After Katelynn pulled herself out of the elevator shaft, Mommy Long Legs shot her right arm toward Doey and Yarnaby and wrapped it around them before pulling them up.
After Mommy Long Legs placed Doey on the ground, she shot her right arm toward CatNap and Huggy Wuggy and wrapped it around them before pulling them up.
After Mommy Long Legs placed CatNap on the ground, she got out of the elevator shaft and let go of the elevator door, which made it close. Doey placed Yarnaby on the ground before looking at Michelle, worried. "Are you alright, Misha?" he asked.
Michelle took a deep breath before letting out a shaky breath. "I'm fine..." she said, lowly. "It's just the phantom pain..."
The group stared at Michelle, worried, as she stood up. "We need to move..." she continued before turning away from them.
Before Michelle walked forward, Kevin split from Doey and quickly wrapped his arms around her, which shocked her. "Not so fast," he said. "You're in pain; you shouldn't push yourself through it."
Michelle turned her head to Kevin with stern eyes. "And you should know that we can't risk staying in one place," she said. "We'll be sitting targets for the Prototype's hunters or something much worse."
Kevin sat on the ground, which baffled Michelle. "And that's a risk I'll take," he said as he pulled her closer to him.
Michelle slightly glared at Kevin with a slight growl until Katelynn stood before the couple, which made her look at her. Katelynn made puppy dog eyes, which made Michelle flinch. "Please rest, Big Sister..." she said.
Michelle frowned and looked away. "That's not fair..." she said, lowly.
Soon after, Michelle let out an annoyed sigh and sat in Kevin's lap. "I can do two minutes," she said.
Kevin looked at Michelle. "Five," he said.
Michelle turned her head to Kevin. "Three," she said.
Kevin stared at Michelle. "Four," he said.
The couple squinted their eyes at one another. "Three and a half," they said.
Michelle sighed and lay her head against Kevin's chest. "Fine... we'll rest for three and a half minutes; then we keep moving," she said.
Kevin smiled a bit and kissed Michelle's cheek. "That works with me," he said.
Doey nodded and held his hands out before the bottle of Advil and a water bottle emerged from them. "Well, with that settled..." he said before holding them out to Kevin. "Here are these."
Kevin nodded and grabbed the bottle of Advil and the water bottle from Doey. "Thanks, Matt..." he said before holding the water bottle out to Michelle. "Here."
Michelle nodded as she grabbed the water bottle and untwisted the cap. As Kevin opened the bottle of Advil, CatNap lay on the ground before Huggy Wuggy got off him.
Kevin pulled two pills out of the bottle before placing them in Michelle's hand. Soon after, Michelle put the pills in her mouth before she drank from the water bottle.
Huggy Wuggy turned his head to the back and spotted the cutout of a large toy with a large, rotund body covered with red fur on most of its body and yellow fur around its stomach, large hands making a heart shape, and two asymmetrical eyes. "Chum..." he said, lowly, before approaching it.
After Michelle finished drinking and twisted the cap back on the water bottle, most of the group looked at Huggy Wuggy as he pressed the cutout's button, which made it make humming noises.
Katelynn looked at the cutout. "I think I remember seeing a bigger version of Chum Chompkins back when I was Suzy inside the prison; he seemed nice..." she said.
Michelle looked at the cutout. "What's he like?" she asked.
Mommy Long Legs placed her finger against her chin with a hum. "He's very quiet, but then again, it could be because his mouth is near the top of his belly," she said.
Michelle looked at Mommy Long Legs, shocked and baffled. "He has a mouth near his stomach?!" she shouted. "What kind of shit were these scientists on when they thought it would be a great idea to have a toy with a Thing-like mouth?!"
Most of the group looked at Michelle, confused. "What do you mean by 'Thing-like', Angel?" CatNap asked.
Michelle flinched and looked away. "Well, uh... when I was around seven, there was this one family who did a movie night when I was there," she said.
Michelle looked down. "They thought it would be a good idea to watch a horror movie called 'The Thing'," she continued.
Michelle placed the water bottle on the ground before looking at the group. "Basically, this movie is about this group of American scientists in the middle of Antarctica," she said.
Michelle rubbed the back of her neck. "They find a dog being chased by two crazy Norwegian people," she continued. "The Americans kill them and take the dog to their base."
Kevin let out a dry chuckle as he picked up the water bottle before it, and the bottle of Advil went inside his body. "I can see this already going wrong," he said.
Michelle looked at Kevin. "And you'd be right because it turns out the dog is actually an alien called 'The Thing'," she said. "It's an alien species that literally imitates other organic beings; that movie had a lot of psychological horror."
Michelle looked at the group. "One specific scene is where a guy has a 'heart attack', and they try to bring him back to life with a defibrillator only for a mouth to form on the guy's stomach and bite the doctor's arms off," she continued.
The group flinched. "So yeah, after watching that movie, I had nightmares about it for weeks," Michelle said before looking away. "One of their kids made fun of me for being scared... which led me to ruin all of his toys and me getting sent back to the orphanage afterward."
Katelynn frowned a bit. "That shouldn't be something to make fun of..." she said.
Michelle sighed. "Yeah, well... people can be very cruel sometimes... especially adults..." she said.
The group remained silent. "I think our breaktime is over," Michelle continued.
Kevin let go of Michelle before she stood up. "Let's regroup with the others," she said.
The others nodded as Kevin stood up before approaching Doey; after he fused with them, they walked to the right. Michelle spotted a pink balloon with Kissy Missy's face on it in the middle of the hallway before gently pushing it away.
When the group was near the double doors, Michelle grabbed the handles and twisted them; after she opened them, they entered a hallway before turning left.
After the group turned right, they saw large windows, revealing large pools of Poppy Gel inside craters and a large light above it; Michelle stared out the windows before they turned right.
After Michelle opened the double doors, they saw double doors on the other side, with one of them open, before approaching it. When the group was on the other side, they saw a large red plastic tunnel going to the left; Michelle aimed Glowby's light before they turned left.
Soon after, the group heard metal hitting the ground, which shocked them and made them look around while taking fighting stances.
After the group turned right, they saw a shadow moving forward from a light coming from the right side, which made Glowby make worried noises. Michelle took a deep breath and exhaled before slowly walking forward.
When Michelle turned right with Glowby's light pointing at it, she saw a partially open elevator door, which made her sigh a bit and lower her left arm. "Clear," she said before turning her head to the group. "There's also an elevator door open."
After the group caught up to Michelle, they went through the elevator door. The group looked up and saw an elevator shaft with a few broken platforms. "Looks like we're climbing up again," Michelle continued.
Mommy Long Legs stared at the broken platforms. "I have a better idea," she said before looking at the group. "Let the ones who can stick to the walls climb them while the rest of you hold onto a climber."
Michelle hummed a bit. "That works," she said.
Six dough arms sprouted out of Doey's back before four of them wrapped around Yarnaby. As Huggy Wuggy approached Katelynn, her tail wrapped around him, which made him wrap his arm around it.
After CatNap wrapped his arms around Mommy Long Legs, she looked at Michelle. "Ready when you are," she said.
When Michelle was close to Doey, he carried her in his arms before she looked up. "Let's go," she said.
Doey nodded as he placed his free hands on the wall before he started climbing, which made Katelynn and Mommy Long Legs do the same thing and follow him. The group saw a couple of Outimals growling as a few metal pieces broke and fell to the ground.
When Katelynn was near the Outimals, Huggy Wuggy snarled at them, which made them flinch, terrified. As the Outimals ran away, Katelynn giggled while Huggy Wuggy chuckled. "That'll teach them a lesson," she said as she gave his hand a high-five with the tip of her tail.
When Doey was near a yellow door on the third floor, Michelle aimed her left arm at the doorknob before the blue hand shot from her wrist.
After the blue hand grabbed the doorknob, Michelle attempted to open the door, but nothing happened. "Not this one," she said as she retracted it back to her wrist before Doey continued climbing.
When the group was near the fourth floor, large metal pieces started falling near them. Mommy Long Legs stretched her arm and redirected the metal pieces before they continued falling.
When Doey was near the fifth floor, the door suddenly burst open, which made him cover Michelle and Yarnaby before it hit the ground. When the trio looked forward, they saw a hallway. "Let's head through there," Michelle said.
Doey nodded as the dough arms holding Yarnaby stretched forward before placing him in the room. Doey entered the room and placed Michelle on the ground before the dough arms on his back retracted inside him.
After the others caught up, Katelynn placed Huggy Wuggy on the ground and unwrapped her tail around him before looking around. "What is this place?" she asked.
When Michelle turned her head to the left, she saw a display room with large roots with poppy flowers growing off them and face-shaped mushrooms growing in the ground inside a room behind a large glass pane, which shocked her.
After CatNap let go of Mommy Long Legs, Michelle approached the display room, which made the others look at her.
When Michelle was close to the display room, she placed her left hand against the glass. "It looks like some place where they experiment on plants and other organic things," she said before looking at the face-shaped mushrooms, disturbed. "But something about this place is off..."
As the group looked around the room, CatNap spotted a blue cassette tape on the base of a pillar before picking it up with his tail. "I found a cassette tape," he said.
The others looked at CatNap. "Nice find," Michelle said before approaching him.
When Michelle was close to CatNap, she held her right hand out. CatNap's tail unwrapped around the cassette tape before it landed in Michelle's hand.
Michelle pressed the white part of Glowby, which opened the slot. "Now then, let's see what's on it," she said before putting the cassette tape inside.
As the group gathered around Michelle, she closed the white part of Glowby before pressing the red button. "OK, so again, thank you all for coming in and being a part of this focus group," a young man said before laughing a bit. "What you just saw was a promo for our newest line of toys, the Wrongside Outimals."
The group stared at Glowby. "We'd love to get your honest reaction to—" a woman's voice interrupted the young man. "I think they're disgusting."
The young man sounded baffled. "OK. OK, well, no wrong answers. Can you tell me a little—" the woman interrupted him again. "And satanic."
The group heard another woman humming in agreement. "They do kinda look like... demonic," a different woman said.
"Is that what you're trying to teach the kids? How to turn animals inside out?" the first woman asked rhetorically.
"Is the octopus... is he turning into a fish skeleton? I-I don't get it..." a man said.
"Octopuses don't have bones," a different man said.
The group stared at Glowby with sweatdrops. "OK, let's stay on track here; so I have... uh... disgusting," the young man said.
"In a bad way," the first woman said.
"Great. Yes... um... disgusting-in-a-bad-way. I wrote it down twice; OK, anyone else—" the second woman interrupted the young man. "And satanic."
Michelle sighed a bit. You gotta feel bad for the guy; he's only doing his job... she thought.
"Yeah, I wrote that one down... we're good on the satanic," the young man said.
"What if they had a skateboard?" the second man asked.
"I'm sorry?" the young man asked.
"What if one of these outside-imals, you know, what if he had a skateboard?" the second man asked.
"OK, you'd like one of them—" the second man interrupted the young man. "I mean I wouldn't like it. But, you know, the kids."
Doey deadpanned at Glowby. "Not everyone likes skateboards, genius," he said sarcastically.
"I just really think it's in bad taste; it's all very Jeffrey Dahmer," the first woman said.
Michelle cringed. "If the control group is comparing the toy line to a serial killer, there's something seriously wrong with it," she said.
"OK, um, how about... positive feedback?" the young man asked before laughing a bit. "Is there anything that we like?"
The group heard the second man hum. "I like the one with the doobie," he said.
"Oh, that's uh, not... th-that's a paintbrush," the young man said.
"Oh... then I don't like it," the second man said before the tape ended.
After the white part of Glowby opened, Michelle pulled the cassette tape out of it before placing it back where it was. "I think we should leave this place," she said as she closed the white part.
The group silently nodded before approaching the large door with a blue hand scanner. When Michelle was close to the blue hand scanner, she placed her left hand against it, activating it. After the blue hand scanner finished, the door opened before the group entered.