Child of The Darkness

Chapter 16

Audrey quickly crawled under a nearby desk as the same Keeper that had chased her moments before slunk on by, thankfully not seeing the little girl who waited until they had passed by before she could come out of hiding. She could also hear the little girl lost one Heidi, giggling nearby and it sounded like it was coming from the upper level of the area.

As she waited for the Keeper to pass by, Audrey crawled out from under the desk and then proceeded to climb up the ladder, and she knew that Heidi was close by as she could hear her giggling getting louder. Once she had reached the upper floor, the giggling was heard much more clearly now and Audrey found Heidi crouched in between two oil cans.

"Found you" the girl replied, causing Heidi to let out a squeal of excitement, causing Audrey to quickly cover her mouth "shh, there are Keepers patrolling."

Unfortunately, Audrey had spoken too soon as a Keeper that was patrolling the upper level came round the corner, obviously hearing the squeal and the two children quickly hid in a nearby room just before it caught a glimpse of them.

"phew, that was a close one" Audrey said in relief, just before she heard a low growl coming from behind her and the girl turned around to see a giant Ink creature with planks of wood sticking out of them. Taken aback, Audrey almost stumbled to the floor, however, Heidi seemed almost at ease with this giant Ink creature.

"Big uncle Steve" Heidi giggled excitedly as they lifted the small Ink girl and sat them on their shoulders, much to Audrey's surprise.

After they set Heidi on their shoulder, big Steve finally noticed Audrey and let out a low, menacing growl, causing the girl to stumble back.

"It's fine Uncle Steve, she's a friend" Heidi stated as Audrey, still feeling rather feverish slowly got up and gave a shy wave to the large Ink creature as Heidi giggled in response.

"Anyway, that was a fun game of hide and seek wasn't it?" the little girl lost one piped up "shall we play again?" Audrey instantly shook her head, stating that she wanted to get inside the cycle breaker room to see what was in there "well, suit yourself, but here, let me give you a little reminder of our game."

Heidi climbed down from Steve's shoulder and walked over to Audrey. Before the girl could react, Heidi placed her hand on the side of Audrey's head and the child felt a strange tingling sensation which went as soon as Heidi pulled her hand away.

"What did you do?" Audrey asked.

"Oh, I just gave you a new ability" Heidi replied with a giggle " now you have the ability to fast travel, just use the ink linkers that are placed out around the studio and you should be able to travel back to any place in the studio that you've already been."

"And what about the door to the cycle breaker room?" Audrey inquired "Is it open now?" Heidi nodded before sitting cross-legged on the floor and began swaying from side to side, humming to herself whilst Big Steve ate the pieces of wood that were sticking out of him "well, guess I better get going."

Leaving both Heidi and Steve to their own devices, Audrey began making her way back to the cycle breaker room and her journey back yet again turned into another stealth mission as one of the keepers was still patrolling around the area. Luckily, her small stature made it easy for Audrey to hide and she just managed to make it to the cycle breaker room without being caught.

"Phew, that was close" Audrey mumbled to herself before slowly making her way into the cycle breaker room, tightly clutching the Bendy plush.

As the little girl slowly entered the the area, she found herself in what appeared to be some kind of room that contained what appeared to be prison cells and she could hear what sounded like someone playing a Banjo.