No Words (BATIM)

3| She said to me

Brooke's POV

I feel safe,-somehow..with Bendy..

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I sit up, noticing the new room. Bendy is nowhere to be found. I get up from a couch, and look around the spacious room. I hear faint whispering, and frown, looking all around. Where is that coming from?

Hello? I sign. The whispers stop,.. and turn to screams. They are getting closer.- or farther away? I can't tell?

I run about the room, and find a metal door. I push it open, and the screams get significantly louder. All I see is ink, though.-wait.. I stand next to an ink stained wall, and the screams are clear. "Help us!'  'Save us!' 'How did I get here?'  'WAHHHHH!!' 'I wanna go home!'  'Let me go!'  'Where is here!"

I back away, wide eyed. The screams become more  distorted and I walk down the hallway, quickly.

Oh Bendy, where are you??

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Bendy's POV

I stalk through the levels, following my so called prophet, Sammy Lawrence. More like annoyance.

He walks through the music department, carrying another of his pesky cut outs of me. I roll my eyes behind the cold ink, bathing them and distorting the vision a bit. Lawrence places it down before another wall circle, and Henry Stein comes running. I scoff. "Him again?" I ask the empty staircase. Ink particles scatter around me, darkening the halls.

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I teleport about, not really paying attention to what the creator and Lawrence is up to. Instead, I notice the Angel, who is more of a mence. I draw nearer to her lair, and a familiar ambience of voices and screams. I see shadows of movement, as she speaks. "Ah, there you are."

I frown, looking around the inky tunnel. "Come to me, Sweet Angel."

I flick through my visions, but none of the cutouts are close enough to her. Someone passes by one of the cutouts, but it's so swift that I can't tell who or what it is.

I frown as I register her words. Sweet Angel

"Oh no.." My eyes widen in realisation, and I panically teleport back to the safe room. I step out of the wall, and notice the metal door is wide open..

I rush into the room. "Brooke?" I call, looking about frantically. "Brooke!" I shout.

Still, nothing. I don't expect her to answer, but to pop out somewhere, at the least..

I step into the inky hallway. "Brooke?!" I holler, but only receive my echo. My hands fly to my head. shit, shit, shit, shit!!

I vanish into the wall, and teleport as close as I can to Alice's Lair.

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Brooke's POV

I sauntered the halls, following my gut, to go find Bendy. But, when a series of whispers found me, I angrily gave up and decided to follow them instead. They led me through corridors, and up an elevator, to a place called Heavenly Toys. I stood in front of the lift, as the gates closed and a beautiful voice spoke to me. I felt a sense of being watched. "Hello there," She called. I felt drawn towards her. "That's it," She cooed from a distance as I ascended the steps. "Ah, there you are." She said. I felt shivers all of a sudden, stopping before a door that had a doll's head above it.

The gates opened, and ahead laid another hallway. "Come to me, Sweet Angel."

I nodded, as I crossed a black river, surrounded by the decaying bodies of random cartoons. I stopped before another metal door. I shake my head, free of the spell. I knock on the metal door. Miss, you wanted to see me? I write on the crude metal. The doors slide open, and then a loud growl sounds from behind me. I turn around, to find Bendy, hunched over like an animal, and he stands straight. His grin is twitching, and his breathing is heavy-.. angry. I hear the clicking of heels from the door behind my back now, and-

"Don't you dare touch her, Alice." Bendy growls, looking behind me. I follow his gaze, and find an inky woman with raven hair and a melted face.

Alice grins and touches my shoulder. "Or you'll do what?" She counters. Bendy lunges at her, and I step away a split second before Alice hit the ground. Bendy sinks his claws into her inky flesh, and she claws at him. They fight like cats and growl at each other. I huff in annoyance, and turn to the wall. What's this about? I write.  I turn back to them and whistle loudly. They look at me, stopping their intense disagreement. I point to the writing on the wall.

Alice glances from me to the wall, then back at me, a confused expression on her face. Bendy sighs. "She wants to kill you, Brooke." He replies. I stare at him for a second, before writing again. And you don't?

Something flashes across Bendy's face, but it doesn't last long. Alice laughs and he punches her, knocking her unconscious.
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Bendy's POV

She wants to kill you, Brooke.

And you don't?

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That hurt me in a way words should never. Why does what she says effect me?

Something in my chest snapped at her meaningless inquiry. My breath caught, and all I could do was stare at her.

If only for a moment..

Alice burst out laughing. I punched her in the head, knocking her out. "Shut up, bitch." I growl at her. I look back at Brooke.

She looks confused, and almost scared.-how I thought she'd be when she summoned me.

"No, Brooke. I don't want to hurt you." I reply quietly. She nods, and opens her arms to me. I stand from the unconscious Angel, and lift Brooke into my arms. She hugs herself up to me, wrapping her arms around my neck. I, feeling pink spread across my face, teleport quickly back to the safe room. I set her down on her feet, and she stands there awkwardly. '...'

I tilt my head at her as she does something  with her hands, moving them. I can make out numbers, but even that doesn't make sense. I grab a piece of paper and hand it to her. "What?" I ask. She writes something down.

It's sign language. And I asked if you were okay.

I stare at the page. Should I tell her the truth?  'No, you broke me with your question,-and  I feel strange and warm around you.'

Or lie..? 'Yeah, I'm fine. What about you?'

I bite my lip, and I think she notices my hesitation. I shake my head. "I-..I'm not sure." I say.

It's not that truth, but.. It's not a lie.