Abandoned, Alone, Forgotten, Anger, Rage

For thirty years, that was all he ever felt trapped in the inky abyss of the studio. The ink demon was feared, a force they saw as a god or monster.

Joey said he was soulless, that Bendy was a beast that needed to be locked in a cage with the key thrown away. He was left in an abandoned studio, watching as people left one by one until only three remained. That Susie was already trapped, but right before Sammy could step out the door for good the demon snatched him.

Bendy made it so that they couldn't leave, they were consumed by the ink after all. The demon didn't care what Joey's intentions were when the workers came filing back after they received a letter from their old boss. Bendy wasn't going to let anyone leave, they were the cause of his pain, they deserved to be trapped down here like he was.

Soulless, monster, demon, murderer, lord…the ink demon had heard them all. Was he really soulless?

All of these thoughts were running through the ink demon's head as he entered the False Angel's territory, bursting a pipe as he did. That was part of what he was going to do in the first place.

'Bendy what are you doing,' the voice of Joey yelled, 'You're supposed to stay on script.'

"DIDN'T YA YET THE MEMO JOEY, THE SCRIPT AIN'T IN CHARGE ANYMORE," Bendy told the observing man, "SO I AIN'T GOTTA DO WHAT YA WROTE ME TA DO."

'The script gave you a PURPOSE, the closest thing you are ever getting to a soul…' Joey began to say before the demon interrupted him.

"YA LIE JOEY," Bendy growled, "YA BEEN LYIN TO ME BOUT HENRY, AND YA LIED BOUT MY BORIS. ALL IT TOOK WAS THE CREATOR'S KID RUINING YA PRECIOUS SCRIPT FOR ME TA SEE."

Joey laughed nervously, 'So, you are beginning to remember.'

"YA HAVE NO POWER OVER THE STUDIO ANYMORE," the demon wished he could turn his frozen grin into a smirk, "I AM AT THE WHEEL NOW, YA JUST WATCH."

The namesake of the studio grew quiet, not even menacing laughter or a snarky remark came from the tyrant's mouth. The demon didn't mind the man's silence, it was welcomed with open arms as Bendy was now in charge.

Cassidy and Henry entered the flooded lair, Bendy watching closely as the two were following the breadcrumbs that the demon laid out for the two. This was now his story to shape, and he was going to make sure he wouldn't die this time.

He wasn't going to let the two go; oh he couldn't do that when the ink demon longed for this family thing the two have. Bendy chuckled a bit, he just had to open the girl's ears to the ink.

The room with the Boris and Butcher Gang clones was fully flooded, not a single platform to help the two get across. With Henry being forced to stay behind, it was the perfect chance to begin his plan. The ink answers to the ink demon and the real Boris was already in place.

"Cassidy, I can't walk across with you," Henry said, "How did Alison say it, 'A drop of water in the ocean is rarely seen again."

Cassidy sighed deeply, something which the demon noted she did often, "Alone then…"

She said something under her breath that the demon couldn't hear as the girl stepped into the lake of ink which came up to her chest. It took a while for her to tread through the substance that held no obstacle for the ink demon.

There was a new area opened, one that led to the Angel's control room that she would use to prevent any ink pipes from bursting in her home. This was the place the demon planned to ambush the teen, and the room was flooded with enough ink to allow Boris to appear.

"It's time to make my move," Bendy said out loud as he disappeared into the ink.

Please Save us

My Lord, won't you please free us?

The demon was used to the voices in the ink, the voices of those who were swallowed by the ink. Those who are inside the ink usually hear only their own voice, but as the ink demon, he could hear every ink creature's thoughts within the studio.

I hope she'll be okay

'Henry, ya kid's gonna be fine,' the demon thought to himself, knowing the new toon couldn't hear him. The demon was nearing the young human, he could tell since a voice came from out of the ink.

"Now let's see, elevator controls…" the girl paused for a moment, "Seems like someone moved them elsewhere…and then aha the pipe system controls."

Bendy emerged, causing the controls to be covered by his inky webs rendering them temporarily useless. Cassidy panicked as she looked for a place to hide, only to find her cornered in the control room.

The melting Boris grabbed the girl by the arm, Cassidy struggled against the wolf's grasp, trying to find some way to free herself from the dripping hands of the toon.

"This…this was a trap!" Cassidy yelled, "You set this up didn't you!"

Bendy clapped his hands together slowly, "Ya catch on quickly sis."

The girl couldn't hear him, he already knew that, but she looked like she understood the gesture. The demon got right in her face, grinning as he got a closer look at the girl. She has the same bright green eyes as her father, something the demon couldn't tell since the girl was wearing glasses.

The demon could tell she was scared, though her face didn't show it. Instead, he could tell by the way the girl's body tensed up as the demon grabbed her by the waist. Cassidy kicked at the demon as he lifted her off the ground, splashing ink on the already inked walls.

'The ink has barely even taken ahold of the gal, she must be as stubborn as her old man,' Bendy commented to himself, waiting for the girl to tire herself out.

It seemed like hours until the teen couldn't keep struggling against the demon's grasp. The girl was completely out of breath, making one more weak swing at Bendy before she tried to catch her breath. That was when he set the girl back down and let go of her.

Bendy remembered where Charley injured the girl, the wound had scarred in the matter of a few hours thanks to the healing granted by the small amount of ink in the girl's system. He reached his non-gloved handover and opened it, causing the girl to open her mouth to scream.

The demon flinched back, expecting a blood-curdling scream to come out. The girl could only manage to let out a small quite scream, the demon was relieved by that. The wound was now leaking crimson liquid, the demon needed to act quickly.

He reached his hand to the reopened injury, letting some of his ink drip into the wound before stepping back to let the rest do its work.

The wound healed faster than before with the addition of the demon's ink. Bendy had done this twice before, with Joey and Henry, though both had different side-effects. Henry was able to come back through the ink without it affecting him and Joey was given control over the studio.

After a few moments, the demon spoke, "Can ya hear me now?"

The girl flinched, staring at Bendy with a horrified look, "You…you can talk!"

If Bendy's eyes were not covered in ink he would be rolling them, "Course I can Lil sis, ya just couldn't hear me till now."

"Hold on a minute, you called me Lil sis…"

"Ya the creator's kid, the creator created me, that makes us…siblings, right?" Bendy asked, "I'm ya big brother…"

"I have a name you know," Cassidy spoke, "If you were put up to this by Joey then…"

"Ya hate that bastard, I hate him too," the demon said, "See we already have that in common."

Cassidy looked at Bendy confused, "If you hate Joey, then why are you keeping people trapped here?"

"Ya can't understand, Joey locked me up and then one by one the workers left," the demon explained, "Up there with people, ya won't understand loneliness."

She chuckled at that, "That's the thing about assuming, it makes an ass out of you and me."

"Are you laughing at me?"

"It's just, you think that by having people around makes me not alone," Cassidy commented sternly, "My dad was trapped down here, my sister and mother died, I never had…"

"Ya never had what?"

"I never had a friend, the only people that I could go to was my family," the teen paused before continuing, "Not Joey of course, I'd rather talk to myself about my problems than tell them to a man who has only said that I can't do anything."

"Joey called me soulless, what did he find wrong with ya?" the demon asked curiously.

Cassidy gestured to her head, "Joey believed that just because I have disabilities that I can't have a life of my own."

Bendy stared at the girl who talked about Joey like a monster, her voice rose as she spoke about the man that they both loathed for similar reasons.

"Guess ya had it just as tough, sorry for saying ya didn't understand," Bendy apologized.

The girl stared at the ink demon that she must have thought was going to kill her. Looking away quickly before saying, "I should be apologizing, I assumed you were a monster like Joey."

The two were quiet for a moment, the demon processed what he learned about the girl's relationship with Joey Drew. The girl's apology also caught him off guard, he wondered if Cassidy would stay willingly.

"So would ya and our old man stay here then?" the Devil Darlin asked gently.

"I can't stay, I promised to get dad out of here along with Boris," Cassidy said, "Perhaps instead, you can come with us?"

That was not expected, the demon hoped that she would agree to stay but not offer him a chance to escape. The offer sounded genuine, not like a trick to get the demon to open the exit only to be abandoned right afterward.

"Ya ain't 'messin with the dancing demon are ya there?" the demon asked the girl smiled, "Aye, Boris, ya hear that we're gonna get 'outta here!"

Boris made a gurgle as the inky shape made what Bendy know was a smile. They will need to stabilize the wolf so that he can get out of the ink.

The wolf made a grunt which Bendy responded to, "Dontcha worry buddy, I ain't leavin without ya!"

"The same here," Cassidy assured the wolf before remembering why she was there, "What am I supposed to do now, the elevator was going to lead us out."

Bendy pondered it for a moment, "Well, that elevator ain't gonna cut it. That false angel will use it ta kill ya the moment ya finish her chores."

"Is there any other way out of here?"

Boris grunted, "What is it, buddy?"

THE LOWER FLOORS

"That's right, ya are right bout that," Bendy exclaimed, "The lower floors have locked doors that might just lead to an exit!"

"We should let dad know," I said, "I'm sure if I talk to him he will listen."

Bendy nodded, "I will be close behind ya, the ink might bring in searchers or the Bucher Gang."

Cassidy walked through the ink slowly, so when Henry was in sight the man screamed her name.

"It's fine, he isn't really that bad once you get to know him a bit," Cassidy said, "Same with Boris."

Henry gave a confused look before turning to Bendy, "You better not be pulling any tricks!"

"Now, why would I do that Creator?" Bendy asked, "Ya kid and I just found somethings that we have in common."

They got in closer and sat down to explain the encounter before Henry looked at the demon with guilt in his eyes.

"I…I should have realized that Joey would assume things," Henry began to apologize.

Cassidy glared, "I would figure that since he is a womanizer, ableist, manipulating, selfish bastard if you would excuse my language."

The creator nodded before looking down at his own hands, "I hope you can forgive me for…you know."

"It ain't your fault, Joey set up a script that we were forced to follow," Bendy said, "If ya kid didn't glitch the main script then ya'll still be following it."

Henry stood up on his legs which would still wobble when he needed to balance, "Then let's save everyone this time!"