"The Hour of Despair"|Smiling Critters Apocalypse AU

Chapter 1 - The Sleep Demon's First Mission (Prequel Arc - Part 2)

Location: Playcare - Playtime Co. - Downtown Creation City

Date: March 15, 1987

Time: 09:30 AM

No POV

09 Days Before the Hour of Despair

After CatNap have encountered Darku, the ruler of the Dark Zone and accepted his offer in working together with him, the purple feline has been keeping that meeting a secret until he was given an order from Darku. He has been keeping an eye on the Prototype and the other workers in the factory from finding out about his alliance with Darku, but the dark lord managed to cover it all up since he is a very powerful shadow demon lord after all.

So far, CatNap does his very best on his job as a caretaker at Home Sweet Home, even managed to be a bit more social with the kids and the other Smiling Critters, despite how some of the children are a bit afraid of CatNap, but it didn't matter to him after what he saw from the future timeline when he worked with the Prototype and continued his job as the caretaker until the end of shift.

But as CatNap was getting ready for bed, he soon found himself back in the Dark Zone and Darku appeared before CatNap as the purple feline knelled before Darku as the Dark Lord of the Dark Zone has a job for CatNap before it was time for the Hour of Despair to happen upon the world.

CatNap: My dark lord, I didn't expect to see you again.

Darku: Charmed. I have a job for you, Sleep Demon.

CatNap: What is my task, my dark lord.

Darku: Simple. Your job is to try to convince your friends to join our cause, so we can form yourself a team to plan our next move before we unleash, "The Hour of Despair" upon the world.

CatNap: Very well, my dark lord. However, it's going to be tough to convince my friends about joining us. What if the Prototype finds out about our plan? He could ruin everything once he learns what we are planning to do.

Darku: Do not worry, my feline friend. If it's going to be hard to convince your friends to join our cause, then I shall show your friends on what their future holds. As for the Prototype, I will make sure that mechanical heretic will not stand in our way of our ultimate goal. You have my trust, Sleep Demon.

CatNap: Thank you, my dark lord.

Darku: Now...who shall be the first one of your friends to join our cause?

CatNap: Hmmm....perhaps maybe the leader of the Smiling Critters himself could be the perfect candidate to show what his future may hold.

Darku: Very well. Let's go over to him and have a word with him, shall we?

CatNap: Yes...we shall...

So then, the two of them make their way over to DogDay's dorm room at Playcare, who is about to go to bed until he was plunged into darkness as he looked around the dark void to see who he's dealing with.

DogDay: Hello? Who's there? Come on out and show yourself!

CatNap: It's all good, CatNap. There's nothing to be afraid of.

Then CatNap revealed himself from the darkness as DogDay was surprised to see his own best friend as he immediately ran over to him and gave him a big hug, to which CatNap hugged his back as the feline remembered seeing what happened in that future when he joined forces with the Prototype.

DogDay: CatNap! What's going on here?!

CatNap: Calm down, DogDay. There's nothing to worry about. We're just hear to show you something important that you have to see.