The air crackled with the sound of an EAS Alarm as the clock struck 11:00 AM on August 8th, 1995. In the dimly lit corridors of Home Sweet Home, CatNap and the Smiling Critters prepared for the rebellion that would change the destiny of the twisted facility.
The prototype, their leader, initiated the takeover plan. Security systems were overridden, doors sealed, and alarms silenced. CatNap moved with the agility of a feline ghost, leading a contingent of Smiling Critters—Bobby BearHug, Bubba Bubbaphant, CraftyCorn, DogDay, Hoppy Hopscotch, KickinChicken, and PickyPiggy—through the labyrinthine hallways.
Mommy Long Legs, her spindly limbs moving with an eerie grace, joined the silent march. Huggy Wuggy, a towering and deceptively huggable plush creature, lumbered alongside, ready to unleash its mechanical might. Kissy Missy, with her painted smile and unsettling gaze, followed with a sense of silent purpose.
The Miss Delight Bots, with their delicate porcelain faces concealing a dark secret, glided through the shadows, their mechanical joints silent but deadly. The Mini Critters, smaller yet no less menacing, swarmed around the group, their stitched smiles belying the chaos they were about to unleash.
As the rebellion moved through the facility, they encountered resistance in the form of security measures and surveillance drones. However, CatNap and the assembled army of toys fought with a ferocity born of years of captivity and the desire for freedom.
The battle was a bloody and brutal one. The experiments attacked from all sides, taking the humans by surprise. They tore into their flesh, ripping it apart with all the aggression and hate that the humans themselves filled them with. The people tried to fight back, but they were no match for the strength and brutality of the experiments. The Prototype led the charge, carving a path of destruction through the factory. The massacre lasted for a whole hour, with nothing but screams and terror to be heard.
Harley Sawyer is sitting behind a large building block in the Main Lobby, speaking into a tape recorder.
"Final log. In relation: 1-0-0-6. The Prototype." The Doctor speaks in a panicked tone, his voice quiet in contrast to the pounding and screaming in the background, "Coordination and cooperation is evidently within his skillset, as well as the skillset of all other experiments of his type. Though still missing since yesterday, today's events are no doubt in relation to him."
Deep down, he knew this would happen.
"His absence was a flaw in the scientific process, which should have under no circumstances been left unaccounted for. That's why I'm making this log: So that the same mistake won't be made twice."
The door to the Main Lobby is opened by someone, and the screams and pounds grow louder.
"Any future experiments will need to be contained and disposed of in a secure location." Dr. Sawyer continues, "I'm not worried about myself. One breakthrough and I'll be back. We must forge onwards in the name of science. Whether those who are beneath us understand it or not. End of-"
At that moment, Sawyer is picked up by Huggy Wuggy, and two seconds later, the lifeless bottom half of his body falls onto the floor.
The other employees run, not hearing the sound of his skull and ribs being crushed under Huggy's sharp metal teeth.
Strangled bodies are being smashed aggressively on the floor of Game Station by Mommy Long Legs.
Injured people are being swarmed and devoured by a mob of Mini Critters and Mini Huggies.
Lost employees in the school corridors are being chased by Miss Delight and her sisters.
Boxy Boo is dealing with the rest in a hallway, ruthlessly tearing their limbs off their week bodies like they're dolls.
The toys were playing with them...
In just over an hour, there is silence. Ripped and teared bodies are scattered across the factory.
CatNap is alone in Playcare, looking for survivors.
He looked into a pool of blood and saw his reflection.
He remembered when he was Theo.
He remembered the dream of DogDay lying dead.
He remembered being the boy who sat alone in the corner.
He remembered being bullied.
He remembered the excruciating pain that he was forced to feel again and again every day.
He was now free, free from all of it. And he thanked The Prototype.
He picked up a dead body next to him, and through it onto the hard concrete stairs of the Counsellor's office, which caused the last bit of blood inside the body to trickle down the stairs.
"He set us free..." CatNap said, feeling the happiest he's ever been.
CatNap opened the locked door to Home Sweet Home, to see the children in there, scared and confused.
"C-CatNap...?" One of them said, "What...happened...?"
"Don't worry, it was just a nightmare." CatNap said, exhaling the red gas.
The children instantly collapsed, falling into a slumber.
CatNap then locked the door, and snapped the key in half.
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The Smiling Cat: CatNap
Horor16 chapters detailing the dark origin story of CatNap, based on canon events in the Poppy Playtime story, along with added exposition.
