The Inky World Of The Ink Machine

Chapter 33 - Do I deserve this?

I woke up in a dark room. I couldn't see anything. But my hearing was perfect. I heard every sound. I heard someone locking the door. Locking me up in this room. I came to the door, a few times tripping.

"Hello? Who's there? EY, YOU! Let me out of here!"

Nothing. Only to noise of their footsteps that slowly faded away. I was trying to... break the door open. It was no use. No scratches... which was weird. Afterwards I tried to make a portal and go through. But... something made it disappear. I couldn't even enter it. No matter how hard I would hold on... it vanished.

I was losing hope on getting out of here. I was hoping someone would notice this weird door and help me escape. How did I landed here again? Right. The Ink Machine.

Suddenly I heard a noise. I listened carefully. Someone was unlocking the door. But the aura was different... but oddly similar.

I backed off and hid in the darkest corner of this... room. You can't even call it an office from the studio. It was empty. Nothing besides me was in here. The door opened.

"Hello? Someone here? I know you're in here. Come out and show yourself."

This voice... Those words... I knew exactly who that was.

"Henry?", I said, slowly coming towards him.

"Thank goodness you're alright. I'm relieved.", said Henry, hugging me.

He then let go of the hug. He indeed was relieved. Or that's how he seemed to look like. He then laid his right arm on my left shoulder.

"What happened to you? Who looked you in here?"

"I... I don't know. I woke up in here and right after that... the doors were being locked by someone. Nothing worked to get out of here. Breaking the door, my portals, nothing!"

"Do you know where are (Y/N) and Dimitri?", asked Henry, looking worried.

"I don't know. We got separated as we teleported back here thanks to the Ink Machine. My portals didn't work so we had to find another way to come back."

Henry tilted his head a little.

"I don't understand. Why would you want to come back after you were free?"

"We landed in a different dimension, Henry. Me, as well as the others, are from another dimension. My portals don't work as a teleportation through dimensions. So as we escaped the cycle, we stayed in the same dimension. It was a big teleport, so I was weak and couldn't do another portal."

"Makes more sense. Even though sometimes it's a little bit more complicated to understand you."

I smiled. Henry grinned.

"You look... "

"I know... I know... Sinny eyes."

"No no. That's not where I wanted to go."

Henry looks away. He seems to think about something. I'm not a mind reader but... he seemed to have... a positive thought.

"You... look very similar to... Bendy. He's lucky to have you. You do actually look like siblings. I remember his previous Ink Demon form. He still looked like the original Bendy, but a little bit more... obscure."

"I very liked his look. Obscure is the perfect word for that, in my opinion."

"It is. Well,... and then we have this form. This very demonic one. So creepy... scary too. (sigh) The poor thing..."

Henry stood up, holding his hand our for me.

"Come on. Let's go look for the rest."

I nodded. I took his hand as he helped me stand up. I followed him. Henry seemed to know which way to go.