An Inkwell's Stain //BATDR Fanfiction\\ [Female Reader]

Chapter Forty-Three [Broken Containment]

A strange face flashed onto the screen, and looked to be swaying a little, alive. You stepped back as the room darkened so you could see the screen better. A disturbing and icky sounding noise erupted through the speakers, and you felt goose bumps prick your skin at its volume. It sounded somewhat like breathing, but you weren't too sure...

The odd noise shifted into words and you automatically clenched you weapon, hearing the petrifying call of the same voice who broke the elevator. Bendy shrunk and clung onto your side, scrunching up his eyes. 'Anomalies detected...' The voice cracked and stuck together, it was horrifyingly creepy and hurt your ears. You held Bendy tightly with one arm and posed your Gent Pipe out for protection.

'New subject designation required for one, Experiment 44 found.' The doors behind you made a strange locking sound, and you knew you were stuck. A broken vent grate caught your eye, but you decided to not do anything about it just yet. 'Unknown anomaly... what are you?' You stuttered, knowing this thing was talking to you. 'I- uh... I'm-' 'What is your purpose?' The thing cut you off, and you felt even more low. Why did this thing made you feel so much smaller? 'My name is Y/N! I- we aren't here to cause any trouble. This is Bendy, by the way... you seem to already know him.' Bendy shrunk into you more, clearly not wanting to be here.

A gross gurgling noise came from the speakers and you sighed. 'Look, I just want to go home! Please... can you help us?' You hugged Bendy for reassurance, as he was now shaking. The gurgle came back and it stopped when a steamy whistle came out. 'Feisty... erratic... dangerous...' The voice suddenly boomed, and you took and step back, Bendy still clutching you. 'We've not seen one like this before...' The tone in the voice made you feel uncomfortable. 'I'm sure we can reach an agreement, uh... Keepers?'

'We are the Keepers...' it called. Didn't I just say- 'Order. Control. Eternal... We serve the many, by serving the one.' You assumed this "one" was Wilson, as of how he talked about these creatures in his random monologues. 'You don't seem to be great at serving the many if you're killing people...' You remember the Lost Ones hanging outside. But then you think about what you just said out loud and cover your mouth immediately, letting go of Bendy in the process. 'Feisty, indeed...'

'I uh... I'm sorry I didn't mean that, uhm... Wilson is who you serve, right? Who made you, him or Joey?' There was a groaning noise on the other line. 'Wilson.' It replied. 'Alright... can you please take me to him? He asked me to find him. Maybe he could get me home!' There was no delay with their response this time. 'Dangerous! Much too dangerous... This new subject is without limits.' In anger, you raise your voice and sneer loudly at them. 'Take me to him!' You'd had just about enough of these people wasting your time. You just wanted to leave. 'Subject has been deemed hazardous... Withdraw Experiment 44 from containment. Toxic fumes activated.'

'Wait-' Toxic fumes?! A green gas was emitted into the room from the vents and was expelling into the air. 'Wait! Stop!' you started to cough and splutter, so you quickly dragged Bendy over to the vent as he groaned from the lack of oxygen. You hit open the grate and push him inside, and crawl in yourself, feeling the airflow kick back in. He already looked like he was about to pass out. How small are his lungs to already be looking this pale?

Bendy slowly crawled forward as he breathed in and out loudly, trying to get oxygen back into his system. You heard the door open and a strange slugging sound fill the room behind you, so you turned to look back. Two Keepers ad come into the room to grab what they called "Experiment 44" from the room before he died. And they were confused to find he wasn't there. And neither were you.

'Subjects have broken containment.' One of the Keepers called into a microphone, which reverberated throughout the whole workshop. You push Bendy forward slightly to keep him going. 'Execute on sight...' You both crawled forward silently in the vents, but Bendy stopped and stared to the side through a vent grate. 'What's-' a Keep could be seen slowly slugging along on the ground, patrolling the area. Sitting in silence for a moment, you waited for his back to be turned to continue.

'Lock down all access to the Cyclebreakers...' the Keeper screeched a whisper among the workshop, alerting its inhabitants. They're being contained? 'Bendy... I know I'm going to sound crazy, but I think the best idea is to go to the Cyclebreakers.'

Bendy froze in his tracks and twisted to look at you like you were insane. 'I know, I know!' you hissed quietly, putting your left index finger to your lips. 'But they might have some answers, and Alice might be there! I owe her...'

You owe that monster?

'Monster?' you ask, delighted to hear him actually talking to you instead of trying to sign. 

She's never seen me before, but I've seen what she has done to Boris... so many of them...

'What did she do?' He continued to crawl, but he did reply meekly in your head:

Took their insides...

'What?!' you suddenly cried out, and then you both paused. No one came at you. A sigh of relief wafted out of your lips. 'What do you mean, "Took their insides"?' you whisper to him again as you both continued through the vents.

She wanted to be beautiful, and she believed that was the only way...

'No, my Alice would never do that. Trust me,' Bendy sighed and nodded, hoping you were right. You saw light at the end of the tunnel and another large expanse greeted you both, Bendy hopping out and offering a hand to you to help you on your feet. A Keeper was slowly descending the stairs in front of you, currently not aware that you were there. 'Bendy!' you hissed as you grabbed his hand and quickly dragged him toward another broken vent and shoves him inside, you following after. You had just made it in without being spotted it seemed.

'Looks like a stealth mission, bud... can't whack our way outta this one.' Bendy nodded at your words, agreeing with you.