Bad Dream- BATIM AU

Joey, please...

3rd Person P.O.V.

"Joey, please, let me take a break." Henry pleaded.

"No can do old friend, we need these scenes out to the music department A.S.A.P." Joey replied.

Joey Drew is the owner of Joey Drew Studio's and he is working his oldest friend to the bone. Henry Stein is his name and he is one of the only artists in the studio. He is the true creator of the studio's most famous and only characters, Bendy the Dancing Demon, Boris the Wolf, Alice Angel and others, but Joey took the credit claiming that he is 'helping' Henry. But Henry has been working non-stop on their next film for 3 days straight and he is on the verge of collapsing.

"Joey, I'm exhausted, I can barely see straight and even if I could see, I can't hold my pencil without shaking!" Henry said, getting frustrated.

"Henry," Joey started, "gods don't need rest, and we are gods. The gods of the cartoon world, we give people something to believe in, and that makes powerful!" He declared as he started walking toward Henry.

Joey we aren't gods! We are normal people, human beings! What are you doing?" Henry said as he started backing away.

As Joey got closer to Henry, he noticed that Joey had grabbed a tool from the table the sat next to them. When Henry looked back up to Joey's eyes, he saw nothing but determination. As he kept backing away, Joey got closer and started to raise his hand, showing his intention in his actions.

'He's going to kill me!' Henry thought as he started to panic.

'I need to get out of-' He started; just then he bumped into the wall behind him startling him out of his thoughts.

When he looked back, Joey saw that as his chance. he raised his hand above his head and hit Henry in the chest with a screwdriver. The last thing he remembers after that is pain, screaming, then nothing. All he saw was darkness, he felt no pain, he heard nothing, but silence. His cries for help were answered by the deafening silence that surrounded him.

'Where am I?' Henry thought as he fell further into the dark abyss that kept him captive.

What seemed like days maybe even years passed before he jolted awake. Henry looked around, he was home, in his bed, he put his hand on his forehead and wiped the sweat off onto his shirt sleeve.

'Why would I dream about Joey killing me?' Henry thought as he got out of bed. 'Was it really a dream though? It felt so real, like he actually hit me and that dark place, it felt too real.'

Henry's P.O.V.

It's been 30 years since I left the studio and every night since then I keep having that same dream, it feels so real, the pain, the fear. Every once in a while I feel a residule phantom pain in my chest where Joey stabs me. I've tried telling my family about is but they just brush it off as a bad recurring dream.

'Maybe I should talk to Joey, or atleast try to contact him.' I think to myself as I look through my mail.

"Oh!" He exclaims, "Looks like I don't have to contact him."

3rd Person P.O.V.

In Henry's hand was a post card with a picture of Joey Drew Studio's addressed to him from Joey Drew himself. It reads, "Dear Henry, It seems like a lifetime since we worked on cartoons together. 30 years really slips away, doesn't it? If your back in town, come visit the old workshop. There's something I need to show you. Your best pal, Joey Drew"

'He needs to show me something? Wonder what it is.' Henry thought as he got his car keys.

As Henry locked the door behind him and headed toward his car, he couldn't help but feel like he was being watched by everyone. Like he was putting on a show. While driving toward the studio he kept thinking about how much he missed his old friends, Joey was not one of them, Henry couldn't help but be scared at the thought of meeting up with his old boss and...friend? Was he still a friend at this point? Henry didn't keep in touch and the last time they talked in person didn't end well, and now he is having nightmares about Joey killing him. But was it really a dream? To Henry, it felt a little too real.

This is an idea I've had since Bendy and the Ink Machine came out. If anyone has any ideas or ships they would like to see let me know! But it will take me a while to update, typing with long nails on a chrome book is hard! :'(
Anyway! Hope you all enjoy!