Heart to Soul (Bendy and The Ink Machine Fan-story/Reimagined)

Chapter Two: The Old Song (Part 1)

"Henry? Henry,wake up,please!" "Ugh...Ow,my head. Rosy? What happened?" "You stepped on this weird circle and passed out for quite some time."

After collapsing from the past few hallucinations,Henry finally wakes up with Rosy next to him.

"Well,I guess there's only one thing to do. Press on. See if we can find a way out." "Uhh,the axe is over there!"

Henry picks up the axe and breaks down the door,proceeding onward to a place called Utility Shaft 9. It has more coffins,some candles,a banjo and a tape. Upon playing it,it displays the audio of the voice of songwriter Sammy Lawrence:

"He appears from the shadows to rain his sweet blessings upon me.  The figure of ink that shines in the darkness. I see you, my savior. I pray you hear me. Those old songs, yes, I still sing them. For I know you are coming to save me. And I will be swept into your final loving embrace. But, love requires sacrifice. Can I get an amen? "

"I said,can I get an amen?" A voice spoke out of nowhere. Rosy looks around but nothing jumps out at them. "What was that?" She asks,startled. "I don't know,but it was twice as disturbing as this audio from the tape. Let's try not to stay in one place."

Continuing to a small hallway with ink all over the floor,a man reciting what sounds to be a poem walks by the other end of the hallway. "Hello? Excuse me,can you help us? Hello?" Henry tries to catch the man's attention but fails. When reaching the end,the man is gone. "Where the hell did he go?"

"Who was that?" Rosy asks softly. Henry sighs. "I wish I knew." They then approach a gate. "Need to power this gate somehow. Should be a copule of switches nearby. Then maybe I can open it." "I saw some switches back in that room. Maybe I can get them." "Do you think you can do it on your own?" "I'll try!" "Alright. But be careful."

With the power of backtracking,the young hedgehog flips two switches in the utility while Henry flips the one near him and waits for Rosy to come back. When she does,the animator opens the gate that leads to the Music Department. They enter,not before they hear groaning. Rosy grows worried. "Is that the thing from long ago?" "You mean that thing that attacked us near the Machine? I strongly doubt it." "It's really dark in here." The girl comments on the room's lack of light. "Hopefully this tape over here helps us."

Once again,it displays audio of the voice of Sammy. However,this time he sounds more sane:

"So first Joey installs this Ink Machine over our heads. Then it begins to leak. Three times last month, we couldn't even get out of our department because the ink had flooded the stairwell. Joey's solution? An ink pump to drain it periodically. Now I have this ugly pump switch right in my office. People in and out all day. Thanks, Joey. Just what I needed. More distractions. These stupid cartoon songs don't write themselves, you know. "

"This guy has a pump switch in his office! Perhaps we can find it." Rosy comments. "And get out of here." Henry adds.

Rosy goes to an entrance that leads to the flooded exit and flips a switch. Supposedly,it does nothing but turn on the lights. A blob of ink falls from the ceiling. "What was that?" She asks,turning around. When she steps back into the hallway,a few legless ink monsters rise and start attacking,causing the hedgehog to scream in fear and her human friend to take action and smash them with the axe until there's none.

When silence hits the place,a gate opens and music starts playing. However,this doesn't intrigue Rosy in the slightest,as she recovers from her panic. "Those things! T-they came out of nowhere a-and-" She tries to form a sentence despite her stuttering,but Henry stops her and lets her calm down. "It's okay,kiddo. They're gone now. Take deep breaths and then we can look around."

He lets her get relieved from the sudden attack as her breathing slows down. "You okay?" "I think so. Yeah,that actually helped." "That's good to hear. Ready to move forward?" "Yeah. Yeah,let's keep going!"

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"It may only be my second month working for Joey Drew, but I can already tell I'm gonna love it here! People really seem to enjoy my Alice Angel voice. Sammy says she may be as popular as Bendy some day. These past few weeks I have voiced everything from talking chairs to dancing chickens. But this is the first character I really felt a connection with. Like she's a part of me. Alice and I, we are going places."

The voice of voice actress Susie Campbell. An enthusiastic woman who was filled with delight in voicing a part of the trio from the old cartoons. However,neither names felt familiar to Rosy. "Alice Angel?" She asked. "You don't remember her that much?" "Surprisingly,no." "I think I saw a poster of her somewhere. Come on,I'll show you."

The only other poster in the main hall was indeed that of the character. Alice appeared to be an angel in black attire with horns. On the poster were the words "Sent from Above" and "She sings! She dances!" which managed to clog Rosy's memories. "Ohhhh,Alice! I think she was pretty sweet. Why did she have horns again?" "She's a fallen angel. And apparently Bendy's love interest in the shows. As opposed to what I had in mind."

 These words felt like a fist in Rosy's heart. She might've seen Bendy like a friend,but she never denied having a crush on him. So him being in love with someone else was like a true heartbreak. She wanted him to be happy,that's for sure. But her feelings were still there.

Henry notices the distress in the hedgehog's face and kneels down to her level. "Is something wrong?" "N-no. I'm...I'm fine." "You know you can always tell me what troubles you." "I know,I know. Maybe when we get out of here I might say." "If you say so."

After much more exploring,they find Sammy Lawrence's office and inside of it,the pump switch. "Well,there's the pump switch,alright. But that's one hell of a leak blocking the door. If we can just stop the ink from flooding,maybe we can get in." "Tapes always help!" "What? Oh,right."

"So I go to get my dust pan from the hall closet the other day and guess what? I can't find my stupid keys. It's like they disappeared into thin air or something. All I can think of is that they must have fallen in one of the garbage cans as I was making my rounds last week. I just hope nobody tells Sammy. Because if he finds out I lost my keys again, I'm outta here."

To be continued...