Chapter 12: Horrible Nightmare

After Walten and Po were let go, Po yawned and rubbed her eyes. She hadn't slept in a while and the rest of her body felt...tired. Very tired. Like she could hardly stand.


Walten noticed this and looked at Po. "You're tired."


"H-Huh? N-No, I-I'm not." Po said before yawning again, already proving that what she said was a lie.


Walten thought for a moment before heading back into the room where Lenny was. "Hey, Lenny! Are there any spare rooms we can stay at? Po's a little tired."


"Yup, there should be some. Down the hallway and to the left." Lenny said as he eventually walked back to the communications center to try and help Ron and Fiona with fixing the machine.


Walten then faced Po. "Now, you need a little bit of sleep."


"B-But what about the N-New-"


"Don't worry about that right now. That's for you to worry about later. Just get a little nap, ok?" Walten asked.


Po sighed and nodded. "I guess I do miss a comfy bed now and then." She then walked off, using Lenny's instructions and finding an empty room and after confirming to herself that it was indeed empty, she went on the bed inside and fell asleep after setting her head on the pillow and cuddling up with the blanket.


But while inside her own mind of slumber, she suddenly shivered as she entered a dream.


When her eyes opened, she wasn't in the room anymore. She was in a room, but not any she recognized. She felt cold, and she hugged herself, trying to see if her fur would warm her, but it was only helping a little. She looked around, and saw only darkness. An empty black void. She looked down and then saw black and gray tiles, like a checkerboard.


She started to walk around before with each step she took, she could hear laughter in the distance.


"Hello?!" She called out.


No one answered.


She kept walking around. "Walten? Ron? Anyone?" She asked, but once again, no one responded. "Where am I?"


But then, she heard footsteps that weren't her own. She looked from side to side, but no one was there. She turned around before gasping when she saw an all too familiar face.


It was Tink, her best friend, but his skin was no longer gray and his face was no longer horrifying. It was the kind face she grew to know.


"T-Tinky Winky...?" She breathed, walking closer to him before Tink began to spoke.


"Y O U ' R E M Y B E S T F R I E N D !" He laughed with an evil chuckle before his face turned gray and he screamed the inhuman scream again.


Po screamed as loud as she could and quickly ran away as Tink, once again, began to chase her around the empty void. She tried to run faster, but she couldn't! Something was slowing her down, like it was the only speed she could go. She turned around and then her pink eyes widened when she saw not Tink, but Laa Laa.


Laa Laa roared and jumped into the air and in front of Po before grabbing her.


Po struggled and struggled, screaming. "HELP!!! SOMEBODY!!! ANYONE!!!" She cried.


Laa just roared at her before lifting her hand, which now had razor sharp claws.


Po eventually slammed her foot into Laa's chest, making her screech in pain and forcing her to drop Po, who quickly ran away again before hearing the rev of a chainsaw. She looked to the side and saw Dipsy, running at her with the bloody chainsaw that was now Walten's weapon.


Dipsy swung the blade at her, but Po ducked and ran again before she bumped into someone and fell onto the ground. She quickly tried to get up, but then saw that Dipsy or Laa Laa wasn't there anymore. Neither was Tink. She then looked at the one she bumped into and then her eyes widened with horror.


It was a red tubby. Her screen was cracked and her eyes were dripping bloody tears from her black empty eyes. She had a gray and pale face, and sharp fangs. She had spider legs with sharp blades on her back. She also had a cut off rope tied tightly around her neck. Finally? She had an antenna with a circle. Just. Like. Po's.


"N-No...I...H-How is this p-possible?!" Po said as she got to her feet.


Spider Po giggled before unleashing her spider legs. "You have no idea what is possible, dear." She then roared an inhuman roar and slashed at her face.


Po screamed in pain, feeling the sharp edge of the blade hit her cheek and feeling the blood trickle down her face.


Spider Po then punched her onto the ground before jumping into the air and ready to slam the blades of her spider legs into her body.


Po quickly got up and then ran, dodging Spider Po's attack.


Spider Po growled and then ripped her spider legs out and then shot out a fireball from her fist.


The fireball missed, but hit the edge of Po's fur, causing it to burn. Po winced, but gasped when she saw Spider Po lunging at her.


Po didn't know what to do! She couldn't defend herself, and this was someone who would kill her in her own dream. Was this how she was dying in the real world? Was she dying in the real world?


But as her life began to flash before her own eyes, Spider Po disappeared. Po opened her eyes and looked around, still in the empty void. She then clenched her fists. "S-Someone's d-doing this! S-Stop you, big...m-meanie!!!"


"Oh, you poor naive child." A voice spoke, but it was echoey and even...demonic. It didn't sound like anything Po had ever heard before.
Suddenly, she felt even colder and she hugged herself as a shadow loomed over her. She shivered before turning around and then becoming speechless.


She saw a tubby. A black tubby. They had no face, only a glowing mouth with blood eternally dripping down from their razor sharp fangs. They had an odd antenna, and a glowing screen that was almost blinding. Finally, they had claws absolutely stained in blood, whether it belonged to an animal or tubby.


"W-Who are y-you?!" Po cried out as she backed up.


The black tubby stepped closer. "Oh, sweet child. I am your nightmare." He said in a sickeningly sweet voice. It terrified Po.


Po shivered. "M-My nightmare...? S-So, this isn't real...? I-I'm not dying?"


The black tubby stayed silent for a moment before laughing as loud as he possibly could. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"


His laughter. It was so cruel. It made Po feel more scared than when she was about dying. His laughter just screamed the cold embrace of death and horror.


The black tubby stopped laughing before snarling at Po, making her scream. "YOU WILL DIE. JUST NOT YET!!!"


"G-Get away f-from me!!" Po cried before she suddenly couldn't move. She tried to move her legs, but they were frozen.


"I TOLD YOU!!! YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE!!! I WON'T LET YOU GET IN MY WAY!!! SO NOW?" He giggled. "I'M GOING TO RIP OFF EACH OF YOUR LIMBS UNTIL YOU CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING BUT NUMBING PAIN!!!!"


Suddenly, the tall Shadow Tubby began to transform as he began to laugh again. He changed size, looming over her. He grew spider legs from his back, which then grew bloody blades. His bones began to crack as another pair of arms appeared below the two he had. His legs then began to separate into halves as they transformed into insect-like legs, blood dripping from the halves before they covered it up with the black substance the Shadow Tubby was covered in. His screen began to crack until it formed a mouth and grew razor sharp fangs. His original arms suddenly began to grow longer, bones cracking before Po could actually hear his bones SHATTERING.


Then, Po could see the giant monster above her. She then saw something even more horrifying than the rest of it's body. A single eye appeared on Shadow Tubby's face and it glowed white. The giant monster then roared it's loudest roar.



Po screamed as loud as her lungs allowed her too and she finally forced herself to run away from the monster that could make anyone terrified.


"R U N  R U N  R U N ,  A S  F A S T  A S  Y O U  C A N ! ! !" Shadow Tubby cackled before beginning to chase her deeper into the black void.


Po just kept running, feeling her heart pound in her chest with fear. She just needed to get away! Anywhere as long as it was away from the Shadow Tubby.


Then, Shadow Tubby's spider leg swung, but not at Po. Instead, it chopped off Shadow Tubby's head, which then landed in his hand. The headless Shadow Tubby laughed before throwing his head at Po.


Po turned around and screamed, quickly turning to the side and running there.


The head landed on the ground before needle-like legs sprouted from the bottom of it's head and started to chase after Po while ticking like a clock.


"TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK!!!" Shadow Tubby laughed.


Po kept running before suddenly, black tendrils emerged from the darkness and grabbed her arms and legs, forcing her to stand still.


She was then forced to turn around and see the giant Shadow Tubby grab his own head and put it back on his neck, with the needle-like legs tying it back.


Po whimpered and cried, unable to escape.


Shadow Tubby then crawled closer to her, growling. "I WILL ENJOY WATCHING YOU SUFFER IN THE REAL WORLD..."


"H-Huh...?"


Shadow Tubby then roared and raised it's mighty hand and...


Po suddenly screamed and shot out from her bed, breathing heavily as her heart continued to pound with fear. She looked around and saw that she was in the room again. She then began to cry, feeling more scared than ever.


Then, Walten rushed in. "PO! PO, ARE YOU-" He then saw Po and walked over. "Po...?"


Po showed her crying face and hugged Walten tightly, sobbing into his shoulder.


Walten was surprised, but hugged back, figuring Po must have had a nightmare. Who wouldn't after all she had been through?


"W-Walten..! I-I w-was s-s-so scared!! N-No one h-helped m-me! I-"


"Shhh..." Walten whispered. "It's ok, Po. It's ok. I'm here now.


I'm here."

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