Return To The Machine

Chapter 39

Parker, Henry, Wally, Alice, Buddy, and Sammy sat across from their abductors with their wrists tied on what seemed like a train or subway. Rosa meanwhile was forced to sit next to him, her neck still trapped, and the others were asleep on different seats.

Alice glared at him the most out of everybody. "So... we meet again? What else have you been up to Wilson?" she asked him. Wilson began with a silent snicker before laughing his creepy laugh. "From the way you sound, I can tell we've never settled things properly. But seeing all of you alive, it must mean you've managed to last a lot longer than I thought you would've." he told them. Alice hissed at him while the others were glaring at him. "Who are you? Why are you doing this? What have you done with Constance, Bill, and Brant?" Parker interrogated. Wilson scoffed before laughing maniacally.

This creeped out everyone in there. "I'm sorry it had to be like this... I wish there was a better way to discover each other. Especially you," Wilson began, turning to face Parker. "Word spreads fast through the ink. I had no idea that the one they found of value would be someone like you. You don't look exactly strong." Parker swallowed a nervous lump in his throat. "I'm sorry that we decided to meet like this. It was the only way I'd be able to get my hands on these," he went on, holding up the tokens they had. "But truly this is quite the honor. All these Cyclebreakers in one place. You hold so much power yet there's nothing you've done to be rid of all our problems. No more of that now... I've had enough of this nonsense. I think I might actually have the plan to take out that demon once and for all."

Wally scoffed "What are you gonna do now? There hadn't been nothin' that you've done that changed the outcome yet." he questioned suspiciously. Wilson laughed. "Don't worry, you'll see soon enough."

Their ride came to a halt. The doors slowly hissed as they opened up, allowing Wilson's servants to stand up while carrying the unconscious passengers off. Wilson chuckled as he forced Rosa to stand up with him, holding the knife close to her throat. Rosa slightly struggled by being dragged around like a doll. "ROSA!" Parker shouted, trying to catch up with them. One of Wilson's other servants hit him behind the head with a Gent Pipe. Parker fell to his knees trying to stop his head from spinning.

Sammy got down on one knee and tried his best with his hands tied to get Parker off the ground. "Relax. We still need you. Don't get pissed off now." Sammy instructed as he helped the boy get up off the ground. The group was forced down into a new area where they were brought to Wilson's labs. The ones who were unconscious were carried around by Wilson's helpers. They were led down yet another dark pathway to what looked like a wannabe lab where Wilson forced all of them inside. They gathered around one spot as Wilson operated a few things.

Rosa was forced to be next to him throughout it all while everyone else was forced down into a seat while waiting for Wilson to be finished. "It'll be okay, this won't take long. As long as you don't make it difficult, we should be good." he declared. All of them waited for him as he made a machine whir while making sounds as it opened up to reveal a painting. Everyone stared at him confused, wondering why he was showing them this.

All it showed was a very cute cat on the canvas in color. Their eyes widened upon seeing the only thing with color in the art studio. "I'll try my best to make this easy to understand," Wilson told them, forcing Rosa down in her own chair, bounding her to it. "Back before this one ruined everything," Wilson began, motioning to Audrey that was now laying down on a table. "I was able to keep that Ink Demon at bay by using my own creativity to chase that thing away. Unfortunately, it didn't last for very long. Bendy came back even stronger, leaving someone like us to clean up the messes he made. Truly I had the solution in my hands at one point in time! I was this close to defeating that demon and taking everything back! But no. I had to endure the ongoing war with this ink! Well no more! I'm going to end this once and for all! And you're going to help me, little girl." he snarled, looking straight into Rosa's soul.