Phew! Hey guys after a long hiatus, I'm finally back to writing this book and hopefully finishing it up so yeah

And also if you guys had noticed the subtle actions in the last chapter, you won't be that confused but yeah and there was suppose to be a picture for this chapter but since you really can't do that, I also post this book on Wattpad which does have the picture so if you're curious about it then you can go there to see it, my username is in the bio

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Chapter nine

Tick..Tock..Tick..Tock..Tick..Tock

That was the only sound he became accustomed to whenever he wakes up and despite that fact, the dripping sound still annoys him and gives him minor headaches. Letting out a curse under his breath, Cuphead slowly opened his eyes and let out a small yawn before slowly pushing himself off of the makeshift bed and swung his legs over the edge and soon started to stretch a bit, getting rid of some soreness and aches. Once finishing stretching, Cuphead tiredly bend down to slip on his shoes before getting to his feet and walked out of the small room, making his way to the bathroom. Once inside, he walked in front of the sink and turned on the water before splashing his face a bit and slowly looked up at the mirror in front of him, frowning a bit at his reflection.

'How long have I been here?' Cuphead couldn't help but ask himself while looking away from the mirror for a few seconds before looking back. Since there was no sunlight and all the clocks that he managed to find were useless, he didn't know how long he was trapped in the broken down place and was worried about his brother and Elder Kettle, 'Elder Kettle must be so worried and scared' he thought since this was the second time he somewhat went missing also he did hope that Elder Kettle won't freak out as much as he had done when Cuphead was younger. Then Cuphead stared at his reflection in a questioning way as he lifted his hand up to his forehead, lightly tracing the two markings, "What do they even mean..." he mutters to himself, remembering the first time he had noticed the markings was when Boris had first brought him to the safe room. Cuphead knew that the markings must mean something but couldn't figure out what and lowered his hand.

"I can't stay here any longer" he softly said to himself while pushing himself off of the sink and walked out of the bathroom, towards the 'main area' to see his 'roommate', Boris, sitting next to the table, tapping his fingers on the wooden surface. "Hey bud" Cuphead greeted Boris as he grabbed his backpack and looked into it to check the inside of it before swinging it over his shoulder after being satisfied of it. "Thank you for bringing me here Boris" Cuphead started to say, thanking the wolf whom was staring at him, "But I need to keep going...can't stay here forever" he said before seeing Boris turn to the entrance of the area and once he turn to look, Cuphead quickly noticed that the lever was missing and frown a bit. Letting out a hum, Cuphead looked back to Boris "Where is it?" he asked the wolf whom stared back with his eyebrow raised which Cuphead quickly realized what the wolf wanted and let out a sigh. "You won't give it to me until I make you something to eat huh?" he rhetorically asked before chuckling and placed his backpack back down, "Fine...lets see what we have" he said before walking away, knowing what Boris wanted.

'I'm sure we have more bacon soup' he thought as he searched around the area until he found one can on top of the barrel and once he grabbed it, Cuphead turned to his left and frown a bit, looking at the creepy picture on the wall. He remembered the first time seeing the picture which creeped him out for a few moments before he forced himself to ignore it. Quickly shaking his head, Cuphead soon walked away from the corner to search around more until he found a second can on the top shelf which he instantly took it and went back to searching. Deciding that it was enough, Cuphead thought to go back to the 'bedroom' and search around the small room until his eyes rested on the large chest underneath the hammock before kneeling in front of the chest and opened it. He instantly saw some knick knacks that he figured that Boris had found from before but kinda ignored it and instantly saw the third can and grabbed it.

"This should be enough" Cuphead said to himself as he got off the ground and walked back to the 'main room' and towards the small stove and pot. Easily opening all three cans and pouring the soup into the pot, Cuphead only had to wait for a few minutes for the soup to heat up before pouring it into a bowl and walked towards Boris. "Here you go" he said with a slight smile as he placed the bowl in front of the wolf, though once he did and stepped back, Boris reached down behind the table and pulled out a small tool box before placing it on the table before starting to eat. 'The lever...' Cuphead thought while reaching towards the tool box, opened it to revealing the thing he needed. Grinning a bit, Cuphead quickly grabbed the lever and his backpack and made his way to the closed door, placing the lever back in place and pulled it down to open the door. He felt a slight chill going down his spine as the door open, but he shook that feeling off before readying himself, 'Can't back down now' Cuphead thought as he started to walk out of the room but quickly stopped when he heard noises behind him and once looking back, he saw the wolf standing up and walking towards him. "You coming then" Cuphead said with a smile as he waited for Boris to catch him and soon started to walk away which Cuphead started following him since the wolf know more about the layout than him.

As they were walking down the hallway, Cuphead noticed a small outhouse-like box with a oval-like drawing on the door, 'More like a halo' he quickly corrected himself with a frown before looking away and continuing on. Soon enough they made it to the end of the hallway which led into a dark hallway, "Mm...you suppose there's some sort of flashlight around here?" Cuphead asked Boris while looking around only to find the same item he needed on the desk beside them which he quickly grabbed it and turned it out.

Letting out a deep sigh, calming himself, Cuphead soon took the lead and carefully stepped into the hallway, quickly hearing the loud noises of the gears turning. "Just stay behind me" he told Boris as they started maneuvering through the darkness. Sometimes Cuphead had to look back to check on Boris as they kept moving but the more they walked, the more Cuphead noticed more ink pouring in from the walls. After what it felt like forever, they finally made it into a lighter room which Cuphead turned off the flashlight and looked around the room before frowning, "Another dead end..." he sigh out before seeing that the door was closed and it was more metal than wood, "And there's not buttons or anything to open it" he added before turning to Boris, "You got any ideas?" he asked the wolf whom looked back to him and held out his hand towards Cuphead, "Huh?" confused, he handed the flashlight to Boris and quickly saw him kneeling in front of the metal gate and opened it with ease, "Oh, I get it now" he slightly exclaimed with a smile, "Be careful in there" Cuphead told Boris while watching him crawl into the vent and soon straighten himself before turning to the metal door.

Cuphead only had to wait for five minutes until he heard a sudden click somewhere before seeing the door slowly open. Grinning a bit, Cuphead glanced at the vent entrance for a moment before walking in, 'Hopefully we'll meet up' he thought while walking before suddenly stopping, finding himself in a split pathway. Frowning a bit, Cuphead took a glance at both pathways only to be confused for a moment before it suddenly clicked that both of them led to the same area and simply took the right pathway.

"Wow..." he breathed out in amazement as he looked around the large and open room before taking note of the large sigh pressed against the side of the large staircase.

'Heavenly Toys'

"Mm...this doesn't look so heavenly" Cuphead commented with a slight chuckle before making his way towards the staircase but once he was about to walk up, he instantly stopped. 'Is...that someone humming?' he thought as he was listening, taking note that the humming sounded like it came from a woman before looking around, trying to find where the woman was considering how close the humming sounded. 'Maybe the walls are thin enough...' he took a guess before continuing to walk up the stairs and once on the second floor, he followed the pathway which led him into a room with different machines on different parts of the area.

"Huh...I guess this is where they make the toys" Cuphead commented as he was exploring the room, taking notice of all the stuffed toys he found, although he was a bit confused on why there were more of the angel woman more than Bendy and Boris toys. Once he made it to the last part of the room to explore, Cuphead quickly noticed the door. "There" he said before starting to push the crates that was hovering in front of the exit but to his dismay, they barely moved an inch. "Ugh...there got to be a way to move them" he groan out before starting to look around for some kind of switch and found it but when he flipped it over to activate it, nothing happened. Frowning a bit, Cuphead flipped the switch a couple more times before noticing the wires beneath the switch which gave him an idea and quickly followed where the wires led to and to his happiness, it led to another lever, "What with all these levers" he simply groan out before switching the lever down and made his way back to the switch and switched it on, this time it seemed to activate the machine.

"Yes!" he cheered for a moment before instantly hearing the sound of gears grinding against something which made him a bit worried and quickly checked on the wheels next to the switch only to find toy parts stuck in some parts of the wheel. "Why would anyone do this" Cuphead commented under his breath as he carefully removed the toys that was blocking the wheel and once seeing it turn without interruptions, Cuphead soon started to check on the other wheels and removing any toy parts that he saw. Once he managed to get everything, he walked back to the switch and flipped it on before jumping a bit when he heard something else move and when he turn to look at the blocked exit, he saw that the machine moved the crates. "Bingo" he said with a grin before flipping the switch two more times before the exit was finally unblocked.

Although as he was about to walk towards the door, he instantly saw another tape recorder and quickly made his way towards it before pushing play, hoping for some information.

'I don't be seein' what the big deal is'

'What kind of accent is that?' Cuphead asked himself with a confused expression since he had never heard that kind of accent.

'So what if I went and pained some of those Bendy dolls with a crooked smile. That's sure no reason for Mr. Drew to be flyin' off the handle at me. And if he really wants to be so helpful, he could be tellin' me what I'm so be doing with this warehouse I got full of that angel whatchamacallit. Not a scrap of that mess be a-sellin'. Probably have to melt it all down to be rid of it all'

"Seems like those angel dolls aren't so popular" Cuphead commented somewhat slightly annoyed that it didn't reveal much information that he wanted before letting out a sigh. "Hopefully there's more of these recorders with better information up ahead" He said while walking towards the door and entered.

Inside the room, Cuphead felt a bit unsettled by the state of the room. 'Very creepy...' he thought, seeing it dimly lite along with couple boxes, a bookshelf full of the angel dolls on one side and one the other side, there was a cutout of a angel woman, 'Is it an angel?' Cuphead asked, noticing that the woman also had small devil horns. And on the end of the room, there was a small room with a single door and the board above the glassed room said 'She's quite a gal' along with multiple small TVs on each side of the glass.

Still feeling unsettled, Cuphead cautiously took a few steps forwards before suddenly jumping when the room instantly went dark, "Hey!" he cried out before hearing the door behind him shut closed, 'Shit!' he panicky thought before turning his focus towards the other end of the room, quickly seeing the small TVs start to turn on, revealing to be the head of the angel woman which followed by some sort of tune. Then he felt his heart stop a bit when he heard a woman's voice.

"Ahh...hehe" the woman let out a happy sigh followed by a giggle.

"I'm the cutest little angel sent from above and I know just how to swing" the woman started to sing in an adorable and innocent tone which made Cuphead more fearful and unsettled.

"I've got a bright little halo and I'm filled with love, I'm Alice Angel~"

'At least I found out about her name' Cuphead quickly thought while tightly gripping the strap of his backpack although he couldn't help but step a bit closer.

"I'm the hit of the party, I'm the belle of the ball, I'm the toast of every town"

'I bet you are...'

"Just one little dance and you know I'll fall, I'm Alice Angel~"

'Who even wrote this song?' Cuphead thought, now getting slightly annoyed by both the tune and the singing.

"I ain't no flapper, I'm a classy dish and boy can this girl sing~"

Cuphead suddenly jumped when the darken room before him quickly light up, revealing the same door he saw and couldn't help but lean in a bit more close.

"This gal can grant your every wish~"

"AH!" Cuphead let out a startled yelp while jumping back when he instantly saw a tall woman pop out and slammed her hands against the glass, "I'M ALICE ANGEL!" she screamed out before harshly swung her arms back and once again hitting the glass, breaking it at the same time the whole room instantly went pitch black.

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On snap, how will this going to go next time xD

Also I'm going to try to have each chapter at least 2k words long so yeah

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