Through the Factory: a Poppy Playtime story

Chapter One: Going Back

June 24, 1990

Rae looked around at her surroundings. This was her first day at her new job and she was getting a tour. Her tour guide was now showing her the last room which was right by the front but her tour guide, Ryan, decided to save this room last.

"And this is Huggy Wuggy. The kids love this big guy." Ryan motioned to the giant furry toy.

Rae looked up at the toy. He had a wide mouth which was set in a huge grin, he had one hand raised as if in greeting, to greet every child and adult who walked through the door in front of him.

"Wow, he sure is big." Rae said feeling a bit intimidated by the giant blue toy.

"Yep. They say it makes the children love him more, which they do." He stared at Huggy for a minute before turning back to her. "Let's get going now shall we. We've got things to do."

Rae nodded and followed him.

Later that day right before closing Ryan left. He said there were other people in the building and that she could clock out whenever she wanted. She was extremely exhausted. She had spent the day doing her half of the work and Ryan's half as well. But she wanted to take a look at one more thing before she left.

She used her grabpack which was given to her today and opened Huggys door. After 10 which was when everyone but the employees left these doors shut and you needed to open them automatically with the grabpack or key.

The door took forever to load and open but as soon as it did Rae knew something was wrong. Why? Because Huggy wasn't on his little stage platform. Rae slowly walked into the large room and looked around. The desolate light that was supposed to shine on Huggy simply showed the dust particles floating around with no Huggy in sight.

Then before she could move she was picked up and squeezed in a tight embrace.

"Hello new friend!" Said a goofy sounding voice.

She looked down and saw that the arms holding her were long blue arms with yellow hands.

"Huggy?" Rae questioned and tried to look behind her, which she couldn't.

"The one and only." The happy voice chirped.

"Do you think you could let me down?" Rae asked, she was scared that the very thin arms that were holding her up would drop her, or that Huggy would refuse to put her down at all.

Without saying anything Huggy slowly lowered her to the floor and let go. She turned and looked back at him. "Hi Huggy."

"Hi new friend!" This made Rae smile.

"Friends already?"

"Yes! You're the best one here!" For once she saw the wide smile on his face falter. "You're the only nice one here..."

"What's wrong Huggy?"

He looked at her deep into her eyes. "Nothing new friend!" She smiled wide and grabbed his hand.

"I'll see you tomorrow Huggy."

Now

Rae grasped the rusty handle and slid her extra employee key in the lock. She was surprised when it slid in like butter and even more surprised when it opened. They must have never changed the locks. She rolled her eyes. Or checked to make sure she had given in her extra key. Careless assholes.

She kicked the door open which proved to be more of a challenge given the hinges were rusty as hell. Once the door was out of the way she stepped and looked around. The place looked exactly as Rae remembered. It was just extremely dirty. As Rae walked in further she spotted a tape on the front counter. She walked over and picked it up. It was the security tape. They played it on the tv after they closed everything.