Child of The Darkness

Chapter 12

After leaving the safe house, Audrey found herself standing in front of what appeared to be some kind of shrine with the following words written on them.

Joey Drew

1901-1971

Upon reading what was on the shrine, Audrey began to wonder if the Joey Drew she just met was actually their ghost, and if so, then how could they've been physically able to carry her back to the safe house whilst she was Unconscious. However, she didn't have time to dwell on that right now, she needed to head to the Gent workshop and find out exactly what was going on in this place.

"I see your mind as the truth unfolds" The Ink Demon's voice suddenly boomed, snapping the child out of her thoughts "you will accept your fate, before the end." Audrey nervously bit her lip and clenched her small fists.

"Not if I have anything to do with it." She was then met by a deep, gurgling chuckle, it was almost as if the Ink Demon was mocking her attempt at being brave.

"We'll see about that, little one" the Demon chuckled before the area fell silent once again with only the sound of Ink dripping from the ceiling and onto the ground.

Clutching the tattered Bendy plush she had found in Artist's rest and her gent pipe tucked into the side of her skirt, Audrey made her way through a small hallway until she came to an entrance that seemed to lead into what looked like a sewer area, and there, just outside the entrance, was the small, cute Bendy.

"Bendy" the little girl called out as she began to make her way towards the small toon who upon seeing the girl, began to back away nervously "wait, don't go, I didn't mean to" the little toon was now bolting away and Audrey was about to give chase, when suddenly, she was stopped in her tracks by a group of Lost Ones who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and the first thing that she noticed was that they seemed to have spikes coming out of their heads.

"Well, look what we have here" one of them spoke "a little stranger has wandered into our domain."

"Please, I don't want to cause any trouble" Audrey begged "I just wanna find the" she was cut off when one of them grabbed her by the arm "hey, let me go."

"Hmm, what shall we do with you little girl?" another one cooed as Audrey tried to pull away, the child getting rather scared now.

"Maybe Amok will know what to do with her, after all, he doesn't appreciate strangers wandering into his domain" another one spoke.

Before Audrey could protest, the Lost one that had grabbed hold of her arm, lifted her up from the ground and tossed the scared and confused child over their shoulder before proceeding to carry her through what looked like a sewer area and Audrey didn't know where these Lost ones were taking her and what they were going to do with her.

It felt like almost an eternity of being carried through the Ink filled sewers, the Lost one that had been carrying Audrey dropped the child onto the ground.

"Ah, behold, the stranger" a voice spoke and Audrey noticed that it seemed to have some kind of an accent, but she couldn't quite work out what "hmm, what shall we do with you, little one."

Audrey looked up to see another Lost one, and this one seemed to have some kind of crown on their head. Audrey guessed that this was Amok that the other lost ones mentioned.

"We found her just by the sewer entrance" one of the other lost ones informed as Amok nodded before focusing his attention back to Audrey.

"Little one, do you know what happens when an unwanted guest wanders into my domain?"