Poppy Playtime ~ An Angel's Bleeding Heart

Chapter 4 : Huggies and Kissies

Gabe knew he had to put the heart sinking feeling aside if he wants to succeed in the next challenge. But seriously, out of all the other toys that could have been used, Bron, CatBee, BoogiBot, or even CandyCat, it had to be Huggy Wuggy. Wait, probably not the same Huggy that he met awhile earlier, the ones he's going to meet must be different from him.

Wait, ones, as in not only a singular one. Which means there isn't going to just be one Huggy to deal with, but multiple Huggies! How great!

But he is not going to accomplish anything from simply standing idly and wishing he was never born. He has to get going. Though he wonders, as he passes through the halls leading to the next game, if the vents this time are going to be big enough for him to run through.

He was honestly hoping that the way there would take a little longer, just like he did when he made his way to Musical Memory. But it seemed that this time it seemed providence had a different idea, for the way ahead is clear and leads directly to it. He wished that Mommy would have done something by now to make his way forward harder, but she must be too eager this time to allow her new playmate any chance to take a breather.

Upon entering the room he notices that all around him are many considerably sized holes about big enough for him to crawl through. There is also an aesthetic theme to this particular game, a construction site. The murals painted all around the large hexagonal room display paintings of many Huggies with hard hats on, hard at work on the many pipes depicted in the mural. To add to this, even the floor to which he is standing on is filled with course sand, though now it is cluttered with pieces of litter everywhere.

The shutter door behind him then closes, trapping him. Just like before there is no going back now. The TV monitor hanging on one of the nearby walls then comes to life, and like before, the instructor explains the rules of the game.

"Welcome to Whack-a-Wuggy!" The instructor stated. "This advanced test is designed to assess your reactionary abilities. A duel palmed Grabpack will be provided to you for this test. All around you are eighteen size-able holes, an adorable Huggy Wuggy doll could appear in any one of these holes. If you see one, simply fire one of your Grabpack hands and push it back."

So really it is just a giant version of the game of whack-a-mole. Just now with living killer dolls that want nothing more than to eat his eyeballs. Gabe felt like he can do it, shouldn't be too hard. Just then Mommy then appears, again in the game's control room.

"The toys of this game used to have strings attached to them." Mommy said in her usual whimsical tone. "So they can be pulled back if they got to close to the kids."

Oh, Gabe doesn't like where this is going.

"Hmm, have fun."

The brighter lights then turned off, leaving the dimmer fluorescents alight. All was quiet at first, an eerie silence reigning in the humans ears. Till then he hears something. From behind the walls a skittering noise is heard echoing within the dark depths of the pipes, like a dozen legs all simultaneously running along in all directions.

Fear gripped his chest, he frantically looks around for the source of the skittering. Each hole a possible entryway for whatever how many of these Huggy monsters can come through. Sure enough he then spots it, that oh so familiar face of Huggy Wuggy poking their head out, the dim pale light silhouetting against the darkness within. Gabe didn't hesitate to fire the Grabhand at the creature, it squealed painfully as the hand bashed against their face, sending it back into the pipe.

But this one wasn't alone. Yet more faces appeared. Each one popping in from random directions all around him. Gabe made short work slapping them away, but this was just the beginning. He kept his head on a swivel, periodically turning all around and glancing at each and every hole, the holes with a Huggy peeking their way through he slapped away, as for the ones that are empty, he didn't bother wasting a split second double checking.