𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐒 & 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒

3.

It had been about a week since the huggy wuggy statue got taken down for some unknown reason, and you missed his fur. You had no problems with bron, but you missed your sour patch lookalike. 

Bron was easy to clean as he wasn't made of fur like huggy wuggy, but rather plastic. He could move his head as his statue was more animatronic like while huggy was simply fur and concrete. He was a hit with the kids, but wasn't nearly as popular as huggy wuggy, with the kids often saying that they missed the big fluffy statue.

"Do you know when the huggy wuggy statue will be back?" you asked one of the managers. 

"We're not entirely sure. Fixing him has been...difficult." you frowned and went back to distracting children from touching the big plastic dinosaur. 

"I hope he comes back soon." the manager didn't respond, but he probably didn't hear you. 

Later that night when you were spraying bron down with cleaner you heard a big bang in the distance. "Hello?" you called out, but no answer. Bron's area was less open and had many plants surrounding him, so it was harder to see. 

You went back to cleaning him when you heard a vase get knocked over. You turned around and saw dirt on the ground as well as the plant. "Who's there? This isn't funny," you scolded, beginning to walk over to the potted plant. 

You heard a growl coming from a bush nearby and held your cleaner ready to shoot at whatever made the noise. "Come out! I'm being serious!" you were shaking at this point, but tried to suck it down. 

You heard rustling from the bush and saw a long, fuzzy, and blue arm shoot out from the shrub and right next to you. You screamed in terror and backed up until you hit the wall, which was really only a few feet away. A head popped up next to be the lovable huggy wuggy statue that you had gotten so attached to.

"Huggy?!" you screamed out as the giant statue stood up at his full height, and oh god did he look terrifying. He had two rows of teeth where his usual happy smile was. The monster let out a guttural growl before walking towards you.

Before you even realized you dashed for the nearest door and ran through it as fast as you could. Alarms began to go off and you heard his footsteps stomp in the background. You ran back some coworkers who were confused at your running before quickly began to join you, but they were not as lucky. 

You heard a scream and the sound of bones cracking right after. What did they do to him? Nothing you wanted to see, that's for sure. 

You continued running until you made it to huggy's area where a bunch of scientists were, as well as soldiers of some sort. "What is going on here?!" you screamed, hearing huggy wuggy run towards this area. 

"Just get out of here!" you heard your boss yell, but you stayed in your spot as huggy wuggy came barreling through the hallway and into his area. The scientists shot horse tranquilizer darts at the creature causing him to let out a screech. 

You watched the twelve foot tall huggy wuggy fall to the floor on his stomach. Unintentionally you ran over to him and saw he was trying hard to stay conscious. You knelt down next to him and heard him whimper before getting hit with another dart. You frowned and petted him as he fell unconscious. 

"Ma'am, I'm gonna need you step back from the creature," One of the scientists pushed past you and signaled for your coworkers to move huggy onto a stretcher. 

"What kind of experiments are you doing here?" you asked, desperate for answers. The scientists didn't answer, but your boss did walk up to you. 

"If you promise not to tell anyone I'll bump your pay up; it'll be an offer you can't refuse." 

"What?! Why would I do that? What is this company doing that's making statues come to life?" 

"He's no statue." you were stunned. How can he just talk to you like this was normal? What if one day huggy wuggy breaks free? Have they done this to other toys here?

"I don't care what he is, I want answers." 

The man sighed and rubbed his temple. "Y/n, please just stay. You're very valuable to our research; ways you can't know of right now. I'll double your paycheck," you narrowed your eyes at your manager and sighed. 

"I...I don't know...this is inhumane. Huggy wuggy isn't safe to be back on his podium; he never was. If he's alive, what kept him from just moving from his spot all this time?" 

"You." you looked at him like he was crazy. "It's true. That's why we need you to stay. Please." you thought it over, not looking at him.

"I'll think about it. If I come in to work tomorrow, then I'll be staying. If I don't, then I quit." your manager nodded and watched you walk out of huggy's area and into the parking lot where only a few cars sat. You had a lot to think about.

At the end of the day, you couldn't afford to quit this job. And if you did stay, then you'd make double the money. You could be set for life at this job, but at what cost? Knowing that people in the factory are doing these immoral experiments and not doing anything about it? You'd be throwing away your moral compass for money. 

You sighed and continued to eat your sad PB&J in the kitchen of your moms house. She told you tonight that you needed to be out by the end of next week, which means you need money to move into an apartment. Money from a job that creates horrifying monsters. 

Just try and save up as much of that money as you can, and when you have enough, quit that job and do something new. 

Seems like an easy enough plan, right?

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huggy wuggy my beloved

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HES JUST SO SCRUNKLY OK anyways glad i could drag you guys down with me in loving this twelve foot monstrosity <3