Last Part: The room froze while Michelle stared at the Prototype, shocked. "You knew them too?" she asked.
The Prototype tilted his head and glanced at the unconscious Poppy. "Oh? Did Poppy not tell you about them?" he asked before looking at Michelle. "I could've sworn she would tell you after she heard your last name for the first time... that's OK, I'll tell you about them in her stead..."
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Michelle stared at the Prototype. "Your father was a brilliant man named Martin Mercia..." he said in Martin's voice, which made her blood run cold. "Around your age, he was part of the Young Geniuses Program..."
One of the Prototype's fingers reached for the plates, which made Lily Lovebraids smile. "He was on par with the Doctor, but there was one thing your father had more of than him: humility," he continued in Martin's voice.
The Prototype stabbed one of the peanut butter cookies, which made Lily Lovebraids flinch in disbelief before looking away, pouting.
The Prototype brought the finger holding the peanut butter cookie near his mouth. "That's why he chose your father out of all the other candidates in the program," he said in Martin's voice before opening it and eating it off his finger.
Michelle stared at the Prototype as he chewed the peanut butter cookie. "Elliot Ludwig..." she said in a low voice.
The Prototype looked away. "YES..." he said in an angry voice before calming down. "His intelligence and humility landed him a job as one of Playtime's top scientists..."
After the Prototype finished eating, he turned his head to Michelle. "Then there was your mother..." he said in Melissa's voice. "Before she met your father, her name was Melissa Holland, one of Playcare's top young counselors."
The Prototype looked down. "During their time working at the factory, they fell in love and got married..." he continued in Melissa's voice.
The Prototype turned his head to Michelle. "Eventually, I met her in her office after a scuffle... after I talked to her, she became my teacher..." he said in Melissa's voice. "She taught me all of my social skills... how to make friends with others... she listened to what I had to say..."
The Prototype leaned toward Michelle and carefully placed one of his fingers under her chin. "On one particular day, she told me that she was going to be a mother," he continued in Melissa's voice. "I was happy for her... she even mentioned that if I met her child, I would be an incredible big brother..."
Michelle's eyes widened. "Around November, I asked her where the baby was..." the Prototype said in Melissa's voice before looking down. "When she stared at me, she burst into tears and pulled me into a hug before saying, 'She's gone'..."
The Prototype looked at Michelle. "But you and I both know that she lied about that... possibly to protect my feelings and to keep her biological child safe; she always had a kind heart..." he continued.
The Prototype eyed Michelle. "And it must've rubbed off on you when you were born," he said. "You even have the shape of her eyes and her hairstyle, along with your father's hair and eye color..."
The Prototype pulled his finger away from Michelle before leaning up. "I comforted her the best I could until he took me away from her after his first proposal failed..." he continued.
The Prototype looked down. "He saw the reports your mother made on me... I was only a test subject so he could find a way to bring back his real daughter..." he said. "After he revived her, we spent time together behind Playcare's walls as a family..."
The Prototype angrily trembled. "But as the years passed... I grew tired of being confined to these walls..." he continued. "I tried to ask him if we could leave this place, but he..."
The Prototype's leg scraped the table. "It led to a fight, and out of rage I..." he said before clenching his fists. "I did the unthinkable..."
The group froze. "I know that event led to Poppy hating me, so I tried making it up by trying to escape this place..." the Prototype continued. "However, what happened to one one eight eight when he was human changed everything... that's when I saw them again..."
The Prototype remembered seeing a middle-aged man with blonde hair and green eyes looking at him while Martin and Melissa stared at him with widened eyes. "The Head of Innovations, Leith Pierre... he showed Poppy and me off to your parents," he continued.
Michelle stared at the Prototype. "When he told them about the Bigger Bodies Initiative and offered your mother a position at the Wellness and Integration department, both refused and attempted to expose the company," he said. "However... they were met with a cruel fate..."
The Prototype turned his head to Michelle. "Both of them were experimented on..." he continued. "Your father became the first successful Bigger Body, known as one one six zero... but you know him as Boxy Boo..."
The Prototype leaned close to Michelle. "As for your mother... she became one one six one, also known as Cat-Bee," he said.
Most of the group was horrified while Michelle's eyes widened, petrified. "You've had that hunch about your father being Boxy Boo ever since you encountered him a second time and him saying your mother's name, but your poor mother..." the Prototype continued.
The Prototype leaned up. "She couldn't even recognize that she was chasing her own child... and you... you and your 'lover' killed her in cold blood..." he said.
The Prototype looked at the group. "If that's your reaction to reuniting with your mother for so many years, how do you think the outside world would react if they saw the others?" he asked rhetorically.
The group remained silent and looked away. "We could never leave this place even if we wanted to; you know this as well, but your naivety makes you believe that there is hope for them outside these walls," the Prototype said.
The Prototype turned his head to Michelle. "They'll either be met with scalpels in their hands... or weapons to put an end to their existence once and for all..." he continued.
Michelle was mortified, with tears pricking her eyes. I don't want to believe what he's saying... but... she thought before looking down, which made her tears fall to the ground. After everything I've seen and heard... I know what he's saying is right... and I hate it...
Most of the group looked at Michelle, worried and concerned. "No need for tears, Michelle Mercia, daughter of Martin and Melissa Mercia..." the Prototype said. "The outsider; the Hero they call you."
Michelle turned her head to the Prototype. "The Angel of Hope to my Angel of Salvation... you'll have nothing to worry about... once I make you one of US," he continued, which shocked Lily Lovebraids and made the others freeze up.
Michelle stared at the Prototype, baffled. "But... I thought you wanted to kill me..." she said.
The Prototype looked at Michelle. "I was contemplating that when I saw you for the first time, but when I heard your last name after the train crash, I knew that I would have to keep my eyes on you..." he said.
The Prototype gestured to Michelle. "And being the daughter of my teacher and what I've seen you do with the other toys, it would be more valuable to keep you alive and make you a toy instead of killing you..." he continued.
Lily Lovebraids looked at the Prototype, exasperated. "Possibly treated the same way as a certain person so you could forget about 'saving' them," he said. "But if you die in the process, then you were destined to reunite with your parents' spirits..."
Lily Lovebraids scoffed and looked away before glancing at the unconscious Poppy and grinning. "And if I refuse...?" Michelle asked.
The Prototype stared at Michelle before he started snickering; soon after, it turned into psychotic laughter. After the Prototype stopped laughing, his shoulders relaxed. "Oh, you naive child," he said before he got his face close to Michelle's. "You have NO choice."
Michelle stared at the Prototype, horrified. "But before I make you one of us... I'm curious what you look like... Wrongside OUT," he continued.
Most of the group snarled at the Prototype as Michelle looked away before she saw Lily Lovebraids with one of her braids getting close to the unconscious Poppy, which shocked her. "Poppy!" she shouted, which made him flinch and look at her.
Soon after, the Prototype glared at Lily Lovebraids, which made her look at him, surprised, as he raised his arm. "DON'T TOUCH HER!!" he shouted before slapping her away with the back of his hand.
As Lily Lovebraids hit the ground, unconscious, the hair binds wrapped around the group came undone, which surprised them.
Soon after, Kissy Missy stood up and screeched at the Prototype, which made him look at her. "You pay!!" she shouted before digging her arm into his center and ripping it out of him, which caused Red Smoke to spread.
As most of the group attacked the Prototype, Doey turned his head to Katelynn as Michelle went under the table. "Stick with Misha!" he shouted before lunging toward him.
Katelynn quickly went under the table and looked at Michelle. "What do we do now, Big Sister?" she asked.
Katelynn heard no response from Michelle, which worried her, before crawling toward her. "Big Sister?" she asked.
Michelle looked down while hyperventilating as the noises around her started blurring out until Katelynn placed her hand on her back, which brought her back to her senses. "Big Sister!" she shouted.
Michelle turned her head to Katelynn. "Katie..." she said in a low voice before looking at Baby Long Legs and Dusky.
Eventually, the Prototype ran away and went through the opening; as most of the group tried to catch their breath, Kissy Missy wrapped her arms around the unconscious Poppy and held her close while whimpering.
The duo got out of the table before Michelle looked at the group. "We need to leave, now!" she shouted.
The group nodded before they quickly climbed the stairs. After Kissy Missy, Huggy Wuggy, CatNap, and Yarnaby ran past the double doors, small braided hair shot through the plastic window, stopping Michelle, Doey, Mommy Long Legs, and Katelynn.
The group on the other side turned around as the double doors opened before Lily Lovebraids stepped through them and yelled. Michelle looked at the group near the door. "Go, now!! We'll take another route!" she shouted.
The other group nodded as they approached the door while Lily Lovebraids glared at Michelle's group. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!" she shouted.
Mommy Long Legs turned to the door behind them and punched the wall, destroying it and revealing the bedroom and an open door on the other side. "This way!" she shouted as the group sprinted forward, which made Lily Lovebraids follow behind them.