Well, I have never written a sequel before, but Chapter 3 inspired me to write a sequel to my story The Illusion of Animation. If you haven't read the first story, then in summary, Henry, Alice, Bendy, and Boris become friends because niceness and watch a movie together and Sammy turns out to be a normal guy with a very strange idea of what a good way to spend a Saturday night looks like. Anyway, the disclaimer: I don't own Bendy and the Ink Machine. I only wrote this story.

"Henry! You're here!" Alice skipped up to hug her old friend. "We missed you so much! Come on in!" She grabbed the man's hand and pulled him into the building, nearly yanking his arm off in her excitement.

"Whoa, I know you can't wait, but could we slow down just a little? I don't have as much energy as I used to."

"Oh. Oops." The hyper toon let up on the pacing. "We have to go downstairs. Now that Sammy's stopped coming to the music department, we got to explore it a little and we found this really nice place for us to live in." She turned the corner and they began their descent. "It has so much space! Once we clean it up a bit, it'll be perfect!"

"I'm sure it will be. I can't wait to see it."

He didn't have to wait too long. A few rooms later, a certain little devil darling joined them. The combined excitement of the two toons got them through the rest of the journey in record time. Henry couldn't say that he wasn't the tiniest bit relieved when Boris stepped in.

"Guys, why don't we show him everything we've been working on?" the wolf called, seeing that his friend needed a bit of a rescue from the whirlwind of hyperactivity.

"Oh yeah! Henry, you have to see the Bendy clock! The way its feet swings is so funny!"

"No, Alice! We have to show him something cooler than that!"

"What do you mean, it's not cool? It's hilarious!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Is not!"

"Is totally too!"

"Guys!" Both of the arguing toons quieted down at the wolf's words. "Look, how about we show Henry around and not fight about it?" Alice and Bendy exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement. "Good," Boris sighed. "I apologize for the state of the place. We're still fixing it up and it's a bit of a mess right now."

"If there's anything I can do to help, please tell me."

"Thanks Henry. We're pretty much done, though." They walked into the next room and Bendy and Alice pointed things they thought were exciting.

"Oh! I know what we should see next!" Bendy suddenly exclaimed. He pulled a lever on the wall, opening a door to a passage that led into darkness.

Boris's ears shot up. "Bendy, I told you we're not going in there!"

"Aw, but Henry's here. If we all go together, why can't we explore a little bit?"

"Look, it…" The wolf sighed. "Look, it just doesn't seem safe. It's dark and the floor's half rotted and I'm just afraid that someone might get hurt."

"But Boris," Alice whined, "Sammy took away all the searchers and there's no one else in the studio now that Joey's gone, so why can't we go?"

"You aren't missing out on anything, really," Henry stepped in to help. "There isn't much to see besides a few old boxes of unsold merchandise. It's boring, trust me."

"Fine," Alice and Bendy grumbled. The angel leaned against the wall and sighed. "I'm just so bored!"

"Let's play something, then!" Bendy suggested. "How about hide and seek?"

"I guess."

"Great! I want to hide. Who wants to be the seeker?"

"I'll do it," Boris volunteered. He covered his eyes and began counting. Bendy rushed out of sight. Alice followed, though much less enthusiastically. Henry realized that he should probably find a hiding spot. Turning around, he scanned the place for a moment before choosing a closet. Leaning to the side to avoid being seen out of the rectangular hole in the front, he waited for Boris to reach sixty.

Boris finally stopped counting. Perking his ears up, he listened for any sounds that might give the hiders away. Hmm…He strained his ears and picked up on faint breathing. He walked over to the closet and opened the door. "Darn! I thought I had it," Henry complained. He sighed and smiled. "What was it that gave me away?"

"You were breathing. I'm sorry, I guess that was kind of unfair."

"No, you caught me fair and square. Well, now I know to be quieter next time." He shrugged. "Good job."

"Thanks. I better go find the other two now."

"Okay. Good luck." The wolf smiled and walked off. Henry sat down and waited. It was a little embarrassing being the first one found, but hey, maybe he'd have better luck in the next round. The Bendy clock tick tick ticked away the seconds. Almost imperceptibly, it was joined by another sound.

Henry frowned. That sounded like Alice singing. Why was she giving away her position? Had she already been caught? A few rooms away, Bendy shouted in dismay as he was discovered. He and Boris didn't come back right away, so they must have still been looking for Alice.

Henry stood up and tried to discern the source of the singing. It was quieter around one corner, louder at the end of the other hall. Eventually, he was led to…

"Oh no." The door was closed, but the singing was without a doubt coming from the other side. Henry shook his head and started thinking up the stern lecture that he would have to give the little angel for misbehaving. What trouble was she getting into now? Well, he had better get her out of there before she got herself hurt. With a sigh, he pulled the lever.