Never-Ending Nightmare

Chapter 18 - GO TO SLEEP (Deep Sleep Arc - Part 9)

Y/n: Ok. Thanks for the tip, I guess.

Prototype: (Deep Voice) You're welcome, Y/n. You know what to do and be careful when you enter the Office. There is a monster that lurks around there as its hunting ground as it will stalk you in the shadows. So, keep your eyes open and stay within the darkness as every shadow and every flickering light in the office is a hiding spot. It always stalks its prey first and it will take away anything in your possession to defend yourself with. When you're at your most vulnerable...he'll kill you. The monster lives for the hunt.

Y/n: Uh....can you tell me what kind of monster that lurks around in the office?

Prototype: (Deep Voice) Well, let's just say that this "monster" is one of Playtime Co.'s most dangerous and unstable creations. It will not stop until it captures its prey and not even me nor CatNap could stop it. So, I highly suggest you be very careful and don't let see you until you finish the job. Good luck and be careful.

(CLICK!)

Y/n: (Gulp) Well, I think we should do what he has to say and be careful when we enter the Counselor's Office.

Frowny Fox: Good idea. Let's send the power to the Power room and get this over with, so we can get out of here and cure your infection, before it's too late.

Y/n: Alright, let's do this.

So then, Y/n and FrownyFox did the task of bringing the extension cord to route the power to Playcare and after they managed to do that, Y/n grabbed the key to the Counselor's Office sent by the Prototype and the gas mask as they're both ready to head in there to find the last back-up generator to finally bring back power to Playcare to complete the task at the Gas Production Zone.

With the first task done, the two of them head over to the Counselor's Office to go find the last back-up generator and get out of there before the monster finds them.

Y/n: Well...(Gulp) You ready to do this, Frowny?

FrownyFox: Yep....(Gulp) Let's get this over with...

Y/n: Alright then, let's do it.

They then entered the Counselor's Office, and they can already see the Red Mist from one of the rooms and noticed another door that needs some power to open up and Frowny Fox went up to the vent to find a battery pack for Y/n to open the door as he inserts the battery into the slot and the door opened up and Y/n went in with FrownyFox jumped out of the vent and climbed back up to Y/n's shoulder.

Then as they proceed to the next area, it was a bit dark with some of the light flickering as they kept their eyes peeled for the monster as they kept searching every room until they made it to a dead end before looking up to see a bar high up to the ceiling that leads them to the vents as Y/n used his Grab-Pack to get to the vents before coming back out to find them back into the Caverns, but in a different area that is filled with some parkour and puzzles as they both started solving puzzles and performing some parkour to continue on their journey in the Office.

Timeskip - 11 Minutes Later

After solving more puzzles and doing more parkour, the two of them managed to head back inside the Offices before coming inside an office that belonged to Stella Greyber aka the Head of Playcare. Inside the office is a huge mess as it hasn't been used for a long, long time since the factory got shut down and the monster is lurking around the Office as it's hunting grounds to stalk its own prey.

But then, they noticed something inside the vent as Y/n opened it up the vent and a key fell out that should open up one of the doors to the next area of the Office as they went to the door that is locked up, unlocked it and went out to find the cardboard cutout of CraftyCorn and they are afraid to listen to what she has to say.

Y/n: Should we go ahead and play it?

FrownyFox: Ok, but this is the last time we will play these cardboard cutouts.

Y/n: Alright. Let's listen to what she has to say then.

He then pressed the button on the cardboard cutout and listen to what CraftyCorn has to say.

CraftyCorn Cutout: H-Hi... I'm CraftyCorn. Can you help me with my painting, Y/n? You will, thank you!! Pass the blue, please! Thanks! Now, can you give me some red? More red, please! Out?...But we can't be out. They're hiding more red from me from finishing this portrait of you, Y/n...I know they are. GIVE IT BACK YOU FREAKS!!! I NEED TO FINISH WORK OF ART FOR MY PRINCE CHARMING!!! GIVE IT TO ME!!!! NOOOOOOOW!!! (Screaming in the room with CraftyCorn then fades into Static). Ah! Now that's MUCH better. How does it look, Y/n? I made this portrait of you, me and our family just for you...all of this....for YOU...(Giggles then Laughing Maniacally before fading to static)

Y/n: (Thinking) I have PTSD....

FrownyFox: .........................Let's get going.....

Y/n: ............ok then............

They both went down the stairs and continued exploring the Office while they kept looking at their surroundings for the monster before finding another dead end and looked up to find another air vent to climb into as they traveled through the vents before Y/n suddenly smelled the Red Mist with his Smiling Critter nose as he immediately puts on the Gas Mask and while Frowny Fox took a deep breath, and they went down to the room with the Red Mist as Y/n quickly tried to find the battery pack, which is far away from the other room where they went through to get into the vent from the other side and he immediately placed it in the slot to power up the green hand Charge Port.

With the Charge Port powered up, Y/n quickly powered up the other charge ports in the room to proceed through to the next area, where the Red Mist is not covering up the room and FrownyFox can finally gasp for some fresh air.

Y/n: You ok, Frowny?

FrownyFox: (Breathing Heavily) Yeah....(Gasp) I'm fine.

Y/n: I probably should've asked the Prototype to give you a mask to breathe through the Red Mist so that you do have to hold your breath all the time.

FrownyFox: Don't worry, I'll be fine. Let's just keep going before the monster gets to us.

Y/n: Good point. Let's keep moving then.

So then, Y/n and FrownyFox continued moving around to get through another set of puzzles and parkour obstacles to get to the next area of the office to find the back-up generator, it was very tiring of Y/n to go through so many obstacles, but at least Y/n and FrownyFox managed to go through a lot of them during their journey and made it this far.

They took a deep breath and did what they need to do to keep moving before the monster shows up and hunted them down as its next victims to devour.

Timeskip - 35 Minutes Later

After yet another series of puzzle solving and parkour attempts, the two of them went through another air vent maze before they both ended up in another hallway with the Red Mist and FrownyFox already held onto his breath as Y/n quickly and quietly tried to get out of the hallway with the mask on.

However, just as Y/n was about to go put a battery into a slot, he was soon ambushed by the monster that Prototype was talking about as it hit Y/n so hard that his gas mask was knocked out and he tried his best to get up, but he immediately passed out from the Red Mist as the monster looked down at Y/n that took an odd resemblance to CatNap, but in a whole different look as he looks like the same type of monster that Y/n ran away from inside his dream when he entered Home Sweet Home as he spoke to Y/n in a deep, hushed tone in his voice before Y/n finally blacked out.

???: Go to sleep~

With that, Y/n passed out and immediately went into dream land, but this time, Y/n is about to witness a Never-Ending Nightmare that he will never escape from as this adventure is not far from being over...

Stay tuned...

END OF CHAPTER 18

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 19