Part 4. So I got enough requests for the alternate ending to this story where Henry does not save Bendy. Will our 'hero' be able to reach the exit in time or will he never escape this inky deathtrap?

Sigh... okay I just want to first get out that I had a bunch of conflicting emotions on how this chapter would go. It actually kept me awake at night as I tried to think of how to do this chapter. As a result, my final decision is that I won't be making a full-length chapter about it. I'm a person who loves to get into the lore of something, so when I started getting more invested in BATIM, I realized just how dark and disturbing it could be. An ink devil summoned by satanic rituals that is probably rampaging about and attacking its creators, I just don't feel good about myself doing it.

So here's the deal. If you already don't know, then this story was meant to be representations of what could happen at the game's ending, like if you played the game a certain way or chose a certain choice then a different ending would appear. I've decided that there should be one ending if you chose to save Bendy and two bad endings, each caused by decisions and choice patterns in the game. I won't go into too much detail about them, but I will list them out. Just a brief summary.

Enjoy the chapter!

"...if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."-Friedrich Nietzsche

If you choose to leave Bendy behind and escape...

The first ending is that Henry keeps running through the hallways, that are suddenly becoming flooded with ink again after a bloodcurdling shriek echos through the hallways. The lights flicker more then ever, until it's almost like running through pitch black darkness.

Worst still is that Searchers and the demented, distorted figures of the other cartoon characters you've encountered thus far are rising up from the ink to grab at you and prevent you from leaving. Since you are without your axe and any form of light, you are running blindly down the halls, hoping and praying that you're going down the right path to the exit and you'll make it there before you're completely consumed by the ink.

If you run fast enough, you'll finally see the door that leads out into the outside world is blurring from all the creatures attacking you, yet you surge towards the exit, just as the the lights above give off. The ceiling and floor groan and begin to collapsed, weakened from all the ink eating and tearing at the structures. You slam against the doorway, hands frantically trying to grab hold onto the doorknob. You might it, a spark of relief spreading out within you...

...it dies soon after you realize you can't open it. Pounding as hard as you can, you try and break it down, with no avail. A cry escapes your dry throat as you are suddenly pulled away from the door and across the floor. Your face turns up and you can here the sound of ink flowing down the hall and your heartbeat as the monstrous, fully constructed form of Bendy the Dancing Devil stares maliciously down at you.

He lunges viciously and the screen turns to black.

...

You wake up dazed to the sound of a film reel rolling. You try to get up and move, but find yourself paralyzed. You gasp once your eyes open and the camera zooms out, revealing you, a character upon the silver screen, forever stuck in the same loop. The camera keeps zooming out, revealing the form of Bendy in his less threatening, cartoon form, now on the physical plane and watching you, the cartoon character, upon the wall.

Fade to black.

The second ending is where you are able to escape to the outside world.

Looking behind you, you see all your enemies approaching, eagerly awaiting your demise into the inky depths from which they came from.

All of a sudden, the hallway gives a mighty groan and the ceiling collapses, sending planks of wood tumbling down and hindering the ink creatures in your path. A crevice starts to break apart in the floor as you desperately keep trying to break open the door. With an earsplitting crack, the knob pops open and a crack appears in the door. A horrendous roar and shriek call out behind you, but you pay it no heed as you push through the whole, just as the studio behind you finally breaks down.

You pass out onto the ground.

...

You wake up some time after. At first you are frightened, seeing a world of darkness around you, but it quickly fades as you realize there is the light of the stars, moon, and street lamps around you. Your breathing starts to quiet down and you start to get up, first cherishing the feeling of grass underneath your hands.

Turning back, you gaze in awe and horror at the remains of Sillyvision Studios. All has collapsed into a dusty pile of wood, paint, and bricks. All that is slightly intact is the logo sign, yet even it is chipped and worn from years of neglect. You release a sigh, but either of relief or of sadness it is unclear.

Turning away from the place once filled with happiness and joy, now a grave of obsession and horror, you turn towards your car, parked right as you left it. As you pull out your keys and enter your car, you are filled with conflicting thoughts. Thoughts of what happened back there and what could've caused it. Memories replay in your head as you try and figure out the mystery of the ink machine and the people along with it.

As you start to drive off, you come to the conclusion that some things in the past should remain in the past, as the golden memories they once her, and should not be re-imagined and forced into becoming new things completely unrecognizable from what they were intended to be.

...

Inside the wreckage of the studio, a faint sliver of moonlight trickles into the mess of wood and ink, revealing the smile of a broken Bendy cutout.

Fade to black.

It ain't much, but I hope you won't be too disappointed with it. I just really felt that I shouldn't do the full graphic version of it, I just really didn't feel okay with it.

Anyways, thank you so much for checking out an dreading my story. Please leave a review and feel free to check out some of m other stories. -V.t.7