Chapter 4: Part 14

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Catnap and Dogday jumped onto Ben's shoulders. Ben went on the elevator as Daisy flies behind him, then the elevator started going up. Ben scans to make the door open. They entered the room and went on another elevator.

"Do you hear it like I do?" The Doctor said as the elevator started going up.

"Hear what?" Ben asked with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Off somewhere. Somewhere far. Beyond this place. Beyond any place. A bell. For whom does it toll, you think?" The Doctor said.

"A bell? I don't hear it ringing." Ben said.

"I do." Catnap said.

"Me too." Dogday said.

"Me three." Daisy meowed.

The elevator stopped. Ben walks through the hall with TVs on the walls. Ben stands by the door. He notices he was getting nervous, he takes deep breaths.

"You ready to confront him guys?" Ben asked.

They all nodded. Ben looked back at the door.

"Get ready, Harley Sawyer. Whatever you throw at me, I'll will keep fighting till the end." Ben said.

He opens the door and sees a control station. Ben took one step forward then something grabbed his arm.

"Not even the ground beneath your feet." The Doctor said.

Ben turns around to see a robot with a TV for a head and has plastic wrapping as a cloak.

"What the...?" Ben muttered.

It tosses Ben, Catnap and Dogday held on to his shoulders. Ben landed on the floor down the stairs. Daisy started growling as she starts tugging on its plastic wrapping. It grabbed Daisy and she hisses at the robot. The robot also tosses Daisy, she landed on Ben's chest. Ben lifts his head to see the robot waving at him. Then the floor opened and they fell into the hatch. The hatch door closes. Ben gets up.

"Is everyone okay?" Ben asked.

"I'm fine, Angel." Dogday said.

"Catnap?" Ben asked.

"I'm also okay, Tentails." Catnap said.

"Daisy?" Ben asked.

Daisy meowed.

"It's very dark in here." Ben said.

He pulls out his phone and turns on the flashlight on his phone.

He looks around and sees door switches. Ben spots a battery on the ground. He picks it up with the GrabPack and puts it in the switch. The caged door opens.

"Everyone, be on guard." Ben said.

They ran through a corner and spotted the TV robot. Ben noticed it was frozen in place.

"What if I...?" Ben said.

Ben turns around and then heard machine noises.

"Ah ha!" Ben said as he looked back the TV robot and it has moved a step closer.

"I've seen this behavior before because I've played "Red light, green light" as a child and also played a lot of video games." Ben said.

"Catnap, can you stare at it so it doesn't move?" Ben asked.

"Sure I can, I'm a champion of staring contests." Catnap said.

They walked past it as Catnap stares at it as walks backwards. Catnap and Dogday went back on Ben's shoulders. They noticed more so they looked at them to stop them in their tracks. Ben grabs a battery. Then he runs and puts the battery in the switch, opening another door.

"Elliot's machines are nothing to me. The childish fantasy of a native, broken man. They won't serve you here. NOTHING can." The Doctor said.

They run through corners avoiding the TV robots. Ben grabs another battery and puts it in the switch.

"I'll bury myself so far down that no one will ever find me! Not you. Not the Prototype. Not anyone!" The Doctor said.

Ben found the last battery and they rushed to find the switch.

"It's like a maze in here!" Ben said.

They found the switch and Ben puts it in the switch.

"It was going to be mine! It was ALL going to be MINE! MY discovery! MY recognition! I was the one who paved the golden path!" The Doctor said.

"Villain speech, blah, blah, blah." Ben said as they followed the cored.

They made it to the control station. Ben grabs the key card. Then the TV robots starts to charge at them. Ben started backing up then everything shuts down.

"You've... saved... no one..." The Doctor said as he shuts down.

Ben sighed in relief.

"Let's go get that Omni-Hand." Ben said.

Ben rushes to a machine. He puts the card in and his red hand into the container. The machine starts turning the red hand into the Omni-Hand. After it was completed, Ben grabbed the Omni-Hand and puts it in the right GrabPack cannon.

"Great job, Tentails! With this, you're able to access the factory's system!" Catnap said.

"Let's go back to Safe Haven and tell Doey that we got it." Ben said.

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⏰ Last updated: Dec 05, 2025 ⏰

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