Overdue Check-Up (Poppy Playtime)

(Chapter 4) Part 8: The Discoveries

"It what?!" Catnap shouts.

Dan puts his hands to his brother's chest and starts pumping, trying to get it back, "Come on, come on, come on!"

"Did he inhale some of the smoke?" Dogday asks frantically.

"You know this better than I do, and you were with him!" he shouts back.

Catnap pulls at his ears, "It shouldn't do this! It only knocks people out!"

Dogday growls, "Then it could be his injuries!" making Catnap freeze.

Dan shakes his head before breathing into Nearic's mouth before pulling away and pumping again, "It wouldn't stop his heart like this, he was fine before this."

The canine huffs, "Then what else explains this!" he shouts, gesturing to Nearic's body.

"I don't know, I'm not a doctor!" the older boy shouts back.

The canine turns to Catnap, "Did you do this?!"

The feline reels back, "What?! N-no, I didn't touch him when we came in here!"

"So you did do something!" Dogday reiterates.

Catnap shakes his head as he steps back, "No like that, I-!"

Dan turns to the toys and yells, "WILL YOU BOTH SHUT THE FU-!!!"

GAAAAAAAAASP

Nearic suddenly sits up with a sharp gasp, startling Dan back before the revived boy starts coughing, "What... happened?"

"Nearic!" Dogday shouts before running to the boy and crushing him into a hug.

"AH, ow ow ow ow! Arm, arm!" Nearic exclaims.

Catnap sighs in relief and collapses to the ground, Dan doing the same and falling backward.

Dogday releases his son and looks him over, "Are you alright, are you still dizzy, lightheaded, woozy, anything broken, anything hurt," he puts the back of his index finger to the boy's forehead, "Do you have a fever?"

Nearic slaps his hand away, "I'm fine, what the hell happened?"

Dan slowly sits up, "Your heart stopped, and you stopped breathing."

Nearic's eye widens, "What?"

Dogday sits down, "What the last thing you remember?"

The boy looks down in thought, "Uh... The Red Smoke was everywhere, filling the room, Catnap was watching over us while Dan tried to shut off the gas. I remember the gas being pulled away, then..." he groans as he rubs his head, "Things get fuzzy after that, I think Dan ran out to us? But I got nothing after that."

Dan sighs as he rubs at his face, "Okay, let's just take this slow and keep moving. Dogday, keep an eye on him," the canine nods.

Dan then points to the gate to the left, "I saw another path we can take that way, so let's get moving."

The four make their way back towards the office, the toys squeezing through the gate. They make a U-turn around a corner and see the path ends by a high ledge with white scratch marks along the wall, and a purple hand pad on the ground ahead of them.

"Guess I'm scouting ahead then," Dan says before switching his right hand to his purple one.

He then runs ahead and fires it onto the pad, sending him into the air and over the ledge. Nearic analyzes the small hall as his brother he quickly scouts ahead; an idea comes to him, and he smiles.

Dan runs back with a smile and gives a thumps up, "All clear!"

Dogday nods, "Okay," he looks back at the purple cat, "Catnap, you should-" Nearic interrupts him by running ahead, a smile on his face, "Nearic!"