Child of The Darkness

Chapter 7

Upon seeing the child, the Ink Demon's grin seemed to grow wider, watching as little Audrey desperately tried to pull on the lever and just as he was about to grab her, the door to the next area swung open and the little girl immediately darted inside, barely escaping the demon's clutches.

"Oh god" the child muttered before taking out the walkie talkie that Allison had given her, watching as the Ink Demon banged against the door as if he was trying to get in.

"H..hello, are you there?" Audrey whimpered, holding the walkie talkie in her trembling hands.

"Audrey, is everything okay?" Allison asked, a hint of concern in her voice and Audrey explained that the Ink Demon had found her "oh no, alright, listen to me Audrey, if you see him, you run and hide immediately, got it?"

"Y..yes" the little girl replied "but I promised one of the lost ones that I'd help them find their drawings that they lost."

"Okay, well you find those drawings and you get straight out of wherever you are and head to the upper levels, it's gonna be okay Audrey, just do as I say and you'll be fine."

After Allison finished talking, Audrey put away the walkie talkie before proceeding to look for the drawings that the lost one had asked her to do, however, as she searched around the room, she could hear the voice of the Ink Demon.

"My ink, swells and boils, it consumes" that quote alone made Audrey shudder, but she carried on searching "I am the Ink Demon, this realm is mine, you, were born from it, you belong to it...Audrey."

Upon hearing her name being spoken by what was possibly the most feared and powerful being in this place, Audrey immediately froze in place, clutching her gent pipe as the Demon continued to taunt her further.

"A scared child, how precious" he mocked "it is rather amusing to me, Audrey."

"H..how do you know my name?" the little girl stammered, only to be met with a gurgling chuckle.

"Oh, I know many things about you, Audrey, child of the darkness" was the Ink Demon's response "you were born from this realm, little one, you belong to it, you belong to the darkness."

Hearing those words made Audrey more nervous than ever, but she knew that she had a task to complete so she chose to ignore the Demon's taunting and continued looking for the drawings that the lost one had asked her to do,however it wasn't as easy as she hoped it would be, not with the Ink Demon now lurking around.

He would show up unexpectedly, lurking around the area ,forcing Audrey to hide and luckily, her being small made it easy for her to hide in places that he would never be able to get to. The child would watch from her hiding spot as he lurked around, hunting for her, taunting her and she could see that he resembled a more twisted version of Bendy and stood at least 8 feet tall, making him a giant in comparison to her tiny, Ten year old form.

"You cannot hide forever" he growled as he prowled around, like a lion hunting it's prey "I will find you."

After what felt like an eternity, the Demon finally retreated and Audrey came out from her hiding spot and proceeded with looking for the drawings which went a little easier now that the Ink Demon had gone, however, Audrey got the feeling that this would not be the last that she would see of them.

After what felt like hours, despite it only being maybe fifteen or twenty minutes, Audrey finally managed to find all of the drawings and making sure that the coast was clear, the girl retreated back to the room where she had met the lost one and known on the door of the room they were in.

"Who is it?" the voice of the lost one on the other side asked.

"It's me" Audrey replied "the little girl you sent to find your drawings, I...I found them." Upon saying that, the door flew open and the lost one came running out before proceeding to grab Audrey in a hug, lifting her off the floor.

"Oh thank you, thank you, I thought that I would never see my drawings again. You're a real life saver."

"You're welcome... I guess" the little girl replied "but, can you please put me down."

The lost one didn't say anything as he set Audrey back down on the ground before running off, clutching his drawings, leaving the child on her own once again.

"Well, guess it's time to continue with finding my way out of this place" she muttered to herself before tightening her grip on the pipe she was carrying before continuing forward, however, as she walked through the hallways, the voice of the Ink Demon continued to taunt her and she couldn't explain it, but every time he spoke, she felt somewhat of a dizzying sensation, almost like he was trying to make her pass out, maybe so that he could perhaps capture her and possibly turn her into an Ink creature.

"The deep abyss, remembers you, Audrey" the Demon gurgled as Audrey continued to push forward, attempting to ignore them "child of the darkness, you cannot escape your fate, little one, you belong to this realm, you were born from it."

"La la la la la" Audrey replied in a child like manner, her hands over her ears "I'm not listening, I can't hear you I..." she was immediately cut off when what looked like some kind of light source began reflecting off the walls just ahead of her, followed by what sounded like mechanical whirring and not wanting to find out who, or what it was, Audrey quickly retreated into a nearby room before closing the door, just as whatever was approaching entered the area that she was in.

Audrey couldn't see who was outside the room she was hiding in, but she could tell that there were two of them as they seemed to be having some kind of discussion, and with her curiosity getting the better of her, stood next to the door and listened in.

"Wils-o-on has informed tha-t-t a chi-l-l-d subject is wander-i-ing in t-his st-u-u-dio" Audrey heard one of them say and she recognised the voice, it was the same voice she heard back in animation alley, meaning that it was the same creature she had seen carrying away that child lost one, and from what she had heard them just say, she realised that they were talking about her "he wa-a-a-nts us to find t-them and c-contain th-em un-til h-he needs th-e-em."

The colour from Audrey's face drained, Wilson must be sending what seemed to be his minions to look for her, now she had two things to avoid, the Ink Demon, and who or whatever was outside the door.

"Should w-e-e hol-d-d them-m-m insi-i-de the pit?" Audrey heard the second one speak in the same, mechanical, glitchy voice "The-e-e-y co-u-uld be dangero-u-u-s."

"We w-i-i-ll find tha-a-at out once we-e-e find the-e-m" she heard the second one say "they mu-u-ust be ar-o-o-und somewh-e-e-re."

After who, or whatever was outside the door retreated, Audrey quietly slipped out of the room and continued forward, but with the little girl now knowing that she was being hunted down, not only by the Ink Demon himself, but also whatever was outside the room she was hiding in, she knew that she had to find a way to the upper levels, and to get out of this place as soon as possible.