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     Ash crawled through the vent, following the lights as he did so. Musical memory rubbed him the wrong way, he didn't know why. He took a slight curved left and continued to move forward, he needed to worry about this later.

He took another curved left and walked forward, 'ok, one game down. Two too go' he told himself. He then took a full right, when he did so however he heard what sounded like a creature. He stopped and looked back, hearing the cries of another as it sounded like it was being attacked.

Ash froze, what happened?! Ash felt conflicted, but he decided to turn around and go check out what happened.
(And yes, this is actually canon to the game with what's about to be said)

Ash crawled back to the game area and looked up. He could see something at the top of the pillar but as it was dark he couldn't tell what it was. He quickly got up and ran to the broken bridge and carefully climbed up the bridge. When reaching the top he froze upon seeing that it was Bunzo.

He wasn't moving. He was covered in blood. Ash covered him mouth in horror. Did she– did she kill him?! "No... No no" he looked at the poor toy up and down. It wasn't his fault he passed. Ash felt a pang of sorrow flood him as he approached Bunzo's body.

He carefully placed a hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle pat. "I hope you're at peace now... Bunzo" Ash looked down as he removed his hand and walked back down the bridge. Why would she do this?! He knows it was mommy long legs, there's no other culprit for that!

He sighed and recrawled into the vents and retraced his steps back to where he was before he turned around to investigate. He moved forward as he took another right, then taking a left he ended up in a storage room. Ash hummed as he jumped down and looked around.

He wandered around this storage unit as he only took a few quick looks, he didn't have time for a detour. So, he walked off towards the panel that was above. He climbed the stairs and got to the panel above. Ash looked around and found a floored panel with a button and a big dinosaur toy on it.

He clicked the button as the panel lifted, but stayed in place as if trying to continue lifting before it dropped. Ash grumbled "too heavy I suppose" he murmered too himself. He climbed down and began to look around again, maybe there's something that can pick it up.

Just then, as he was looking up his eye caught a massive claw. Like the one that got him the red hand. Ash smiled as he spotted a handle on it. He shot a hand towards it, grabbing it, and began to pull it along. He walked backwards in curved turns before he turned around to walk up the stairs.

He fully pulled the claw along as he now saw a green receiver on it. He looked back at the wall as he knew there was the starting receiver there. He spotted it and shot the green hand onto it, allowing it to obtain electricity and shot it to the second receiver. The claw powered on and reached down to the toy.

It picked it up as Ash quickly shot the hand towards the handle and pulled it away. When the timer ran out the claw dropped the toy causing it to thud on the ground. Ash sighed as he got on the panel and clicked the button.

It lifted him up to the next level as he stepped off of the panel. He walked forward and took a left. He continued forward as he kept his eye out on his surroundings and his ears sharp. He took another left as he walked forward and approached another panel. The light above the button was flashing.

Ash had a feeling that this was gonna be like another puzzle. He pressed the button and, nothing. Ash nodded "ok" he said to himself. He looked around and found a receiver. There were two poles nearby, one on the ground and the other was above.

Ash nodded again as he shot the hand to the first receiver and touched the pole. Instantly, the panel lifted itself up. Ash quickly undid what he just did and let the panel lower itself down. He needed to move quickly. He shot the hand to the receiver and touched the pole.

He hopped onto the panel and let it lift him up again. He looked around at the top to see no second receiver. "Ah shit- it must be down there" he said aloud. He looked down the cracks and found the second receiver. He exhaled and clicked the trigger to pull the GrabPack hand back.

Looks like he's gotta go a different route. He shot the hand to the receiver again, having to crouch down as he did so and touched the wire to the pole where he was at now. He then jumped down and walked back to the pole on the ground.

He touched the wire to that and shot the second hand to the second receiver. Powering it on, the door above opened up and the light above the button turned green. Ash huffed out as he stepped onto the panel again.

Pressing the button he was lifted up to the second level and stepped off of the panel, jumped down and ran ahead. Taking a right he continued to run as he ran ahead and took a left, gas leaked from a pipe but he wasn't too bothered by it.

He took another left as he ran more, and then he took another left (Jesus so many lefts-). He came to a stairway and climbed up the stairs, he huffed out a bit as he slowly regretted running. But, he wanted to get out of here quickly and now. Getting to the top he found a door with a chair lodged into it.

He hummed out and pulled the chair up and off and opened the door. When he opened it he was faced with the area he was in when attempting to enter musical memory. The hole in the wall was sealed shut by webs.

Ash huffed out "yep– she is a spider. Brook probably would've freaked out" he said as he chuckled out, knowing that Brook would've pulled out a flamethrower just to kill her. He walked over and out of the area, he didn't have time for this.

He climbed up the stairs and turned towards the panel, climbing up those stairs he reached the panel and the alarm beeped and the light flashed. Ash pulled the lever and the intercom played.

"Woah, you did fantastic! Who gave you permission to be this smart?" Ash piped up "my mother!" He answered before he giggled. The woman in the intercom also giggled "mommy is super proud of you, but I'm sure she's already told you that herself" Ash hummed out "she said it in a way she was disappointed I won" he murmered out.

"Our next game is wack a wuggy. Head downstairs and have fun!" The intercom stopped as Ash sighed. He looked back at the area as he approached the entrance to wack a wuggy. If this was what he was thinking then he's got this one in the bag.

The entrance lit up and opened. He walked down stairs and looked around for a bit, as he did, his eye caught a door. It said "GrabPack storage" Ash blinked and tried to open the door. Which was successful, to his surprise.  He looked in to see more GrabPack's Ash piped up but sunk as the gates seemed to have been locked.

He sighed and walked out, the entrance to the game was opened, unlike musical memory. Ash huffed out his anxiety as he walked in, the ground now crunching under his feet. The door shut after he walked in. He looked around to find the TV or something for the instructions.

Then, the sound of a TV static played. He looked over and approached the screen and paid attention. "Welcome to Wack-a-Wuggy! This advanced test is designed to assess the extent of your reactionary abilities."

Ash perked up "so, it's like wack a mole. Perfect!" He told himself. He had great reflexes, so this should be a peace of cake. "A dual palm GrabPack will be provided to you for this test" Ash hummed "no need, I already got one" he said to the screen, knowing there wouldn't be a response to him.

"Around you are 18 sizable holes. An adorable Huggy Wuggy toy could appear out of any one of these holes." Ash nodded at the instructions "If one comes out, hit it with your GrabPack. That's all. Good luck!" Ash nodded as he stepped back into the center of the area.

"The toys in this game used to have strings attached to them, so they could be pulled back when they got too close to the children." Ash blinked at her. "Wait, "used to"? What do you mean by that?!" He asked her in a slight frantic manner. She didn't respond to him, only smirking slyly as she hummed out "Hmm... Have fun"

Ash looked shocked as the game started, the lights shutting off 'shit shit shit– these games are rigged! I know it! Even if there wasn't anyone to pull back the toys she could, but she doesn't want to. She wants me to die' Ash thought to himself as he looked around. He gritted his teeth, and looked up with a frown 'stay focused Ash, if you get through this game, you can leave and live. Just stay focused' he hyped himself.

He looked around as he heard smaller stomping in the pipes around him. He spun around keeping his eye open for any of the wuggy's. He spotted one and quickly hit it back. The wuggy ricocheted back away as Ash focused back around for more. He spotted another and hit that one too.

Ash used this strategy to his advantage as he kept looking around and hitting any wuggy he saw. More becoming more visible at a time as the time passed, growling as they readied to pounce on him. Ash perked up and shot the GrabPack frantically but in a calm manner "fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you. Fuck you especially." he kept murmuring out.

Though, he noticed how one of the mini wuggy's stayed on the edge longer than it should, as if hesitating on jumping out to kill him. Ash blinked in slight confusion and wacked it away. The wuggy seemed grateful that he did and jumped away. Ash hummed out and kept hitting more and more wuggy's he saw.

Time was nearly running out for the game as he kept hitting the wuggy's, desperate to survive and pass. Then, the lights turned on as some music played. Ash perked up and smiled "yes!" He said celebrating to himself. He had to admit, for a life threatening game, it was loads of fun.

"Oh... You did it." Mommy long legs spoke up. He looked up and nodded "yeah! I gotta admit that was a lot of fun" he told her cheerfully. Mommy long legs looked at him shocked, she definitely didn't expect the from him. She cleared her throat and replied "hurray! Mommy is so... Proud of you!"

Ash smiled and bowed "thank you Mommy long legs" he said as he looked up at her smiling. Mommy long legs exchanged a look she hasn't exchanged in years, like she was looking at a child again. She shook her head and focused up "here, Mommy has another hint for you." She said as a door opened and her hand was right there.

Ash walked over and grabbed the paper. He looked down at it to see colors on it. He folded it up and stuck it in his pocket. "Only one game left to play. Hmm... Sad. Mommy was hoping you'd stay here forever." Ash looked up and shook his head "sorry Mommy, I can't stay, but I'm happy to play the last game before I go"

She looked at him and sighed "I guess" she replied "though, it's never too late to change your mind." He looked up as he saw her crawl up laughing out. As soon as she was out of eye and ear shot he huffed out "yeah right..." He murmered.

The door from before opened up. He looked back and approached the door. Though, he stopped when he felt eyes on him, he looked up and around before his eye caught movement in one of the lower pipes. He tilted his head and approached it. When he was close the thing scurried back.

Ash jumped up and spoke up "woah woah woah! Hey hey, it's ok! It's ok, I won't hurt you" the toy looked up at him. It tilted its head and slowly crawled over to him. It was inevitably a smaller version of Huggy Wuggy. Ash tilted his head "hey buddy" he spoke up smiling at it. The toy crawled closer, but back tracked. It stepped away and looked away, worried.

Ash perked up, he knew Mommy long legs watched them. He knew that she saw this one stalling for him. Ash looked at them and begrudgingly asked "she's.... Gonna kill you... Isn't she?" The toy looked up at him, he could see fear in its eyes as it nodded at him, letting out small whimpers of fear.

Ash felt his heart breaking for the little guy. They weren't at fault for him winning really they weren't! Ash remembered hearing Bunzo's cries as he was slaughtered, he knew these guys were gonna die, but they wouldn't follow him.

Ash balled his hand into a fist, he couldn't let this one die, if he can't save all of them he should at least save one of them. Ash looked up as his gaze softened "you don't have to die like this" the mini wuggy looked at him, doubt clouding its eyes.

Ash smiled and held out his hand "come with me" the toy looked shocked as the eyes showed it "hey, I promise you that you'll be safe if you come with me" the small wuggy looked even more shocked at his words. Ash looked around, keeping an eye out for Mommy long legs.

The small wuggy nodded as it crawled over to him. Ash quickly grabbed it and ran off to the door crouching below it and held the little one in his arms. The door shut as he sorta fell to his behind and looked over at it then at the mini wuggy. The little wuggy let out a happy cry as it hugged him. Ash smiled and hugged him back.

"Awww you're welcome little guy" he replied. Then he perked up "or ummm girl?" He asked in confusion. The wuggy shook their head 'no' at the girl part. Ash perked up "ah, boy I presume?" He asked. The wuggy nodded as it broke the hug and sat in his lap.

Ash nodded "ok, and I presume you can't talk?" he asked, the wuggy nodded at him. Ash hummed out "ok, so only yes or no questions for you" the wuggy nodded at him. Ash thought for a bit, but he didn't have time to sit around.

"Well, I can walk and talk" the wuggy looked confused. Maybe about only him walking. Ash didn't really stand up right away and turned his back towards the toy. He looked back at him smiling "hop on" the toy's eyes gleaned as he jumped onto his back.

Ash hoisted him up and walked off and down the stairs he took a left then a curved right as he approached more stairs. Ash huffed "oh great- more stairs" the toy let out what sounded to be a giggle. Ash giggled back as he began to climb up the stairs. Though, there was some missing as he got up some of the steps. Ash huffed and looked up. The toy also looking up with him.

There was a handle above towards the top. Ash grabbed the GrabPack "hold on little buddy" he said. The toy nodded and gripped onto Ash as he shot the hand up holding the trigger. Ash released and pulled the trigger once more, jumping off the edge of the stairway. One hand on the GrabPack while the other held onto the mini wuggy.

They reached the top and Ash swung them on the floor, releasing the hand from the handle. Ash huffed out and looked at the wuggy "so, do you got a name?" He asked. The mini wuggy looked at him and thought for a bit. He nodded and traced his hand on his arm, spelling something out.

Ash blinked "oh, that's clever" he spoke up aloud. The wuggy purred with pride and continued to trace on his arm. Ash spoke up "1385?" He asked shocked (I don't know the experiment numbers for them, that's my only guess).

Ash frowned and shook his head "I am not calling you 1358" he said almost sternly. The toy looked shocked, but nodded as if understanding him. Ash hummed out and thought for a bit "how about I name you?" The toy looked up and nodded frantically.

Ash giggled and hummed out again, thinking of something simple and easy to remember. A light bulb flashed over his head "how about Grim?" He asked. The toy let out a roar of joy, gurgling happily as he hugged Ash. Who chuckled out and petted his head "alright then, Grim it is!" He said happily "I'm Ash" he added.

Grim nodded and rubbed his head against Ash's. Ash smiled and walked along and off. He walked through a gate and passed by a control panel. Though as he turned he and Grim heard roaring in the distance Ash froze as he turned back, Grim perking his head up in shock. Ash could hear the mini wuggys as they roared and cried out.

Grim let out a roar as he wanted to jump off of Ash's back and run to them. Though Ash held him and shook his head "Grim no! She'll just kill you too! Please" he spoke up. Grim did jump off but sunk to the floor and cried in sadness. Ash looked down at him, sorrow filling him as he knelt down and grabbed him, pulling him into a hug.

"I know buddy I know..." He murmered as he hugged him tight. Even if he didn't think it was possible, Grim was shedding tears for his lost uhhh siblings? Ash could only guess that those wuggys were raised as siblings. Ash shushed him gently as he rubbed the poor toys back as he wepped. Ash feeling tears from his own eye forming.

Ash sighed as he let the toy cry out, all he could do was comfort the toy. The toy soon calmed down after a few minutes as he lifted himself up and wrapped his arms and legs around him, like a child would. Ash sighed as he picked him up as if he were his own kid.

"WHERE ARE YOU?!" Ash froze as Grim flinched "I KNOW YOU'RE HIDING!!! COME OUT AND FACE MOMMY!" Grim sunk in his arms as he crawled into his back, letting out gurgles of fear. Ash gritted his teeth and looked at him "hey hey hey! She will not get to you. I promise you that I will keep you safe from her wrath. I promise"

Grim looked up at him, uncertainty clouded his eyes as he looked at him worried "Grim, I promise you with my life that you will be safe from her as long as you're with me" Grim gurgled out with doubt as he rubbed his head against Ash's again.

Ash sighed and leaned into the touch "don't worry little buddy, I won't let her touch you. I promise" Grim nodded and buried his face as best as he could. Ash sighed out with relief as he continued along. Walking up the stairs he felt his blood boiling with rage. He will make her pay for all of this.

He swore in it...

God I loved writing that 😭😭😭 IT WAS SO PRECIOUS–

Stay tuned for chapter 7 mommy doesn't like cheaters... (Buckle up as well, I'm expecting it to be a bit of a long chapter). Until then

Cat~con out!