The Depths of Your Heart - Sequel to 'Questionable Love'

What A Wonderful Broadcast

{Felix's POV}

This was horrible. I've never gotten involved with the Devil, nor did I ever plan on it. I never expected myself to fall into hell, literally.

Look, being in the fight with Satan himself was a chapter in my life I would love to burn, being in hell with the six other deadly sins? Man, this really was hell, figuratively and literally.

I allowed Bendy to lead us through the gates. We had to pay a fee (a huge one at that, who forces people to pay to come to a ring anyway? Are all rings like that?), making me suspect this was the Greed Ring, but I wasn't sure yet. What we were greeted with was something absolutely horrific. Blood. So much blood. Killing machines, psychotic beings, only the most dangerous of beings. Is this where all the serial killers went when they died? I could feel my stomach bubble up as I grew dizzy. All of this made me want to pass out, but I was able to stay strong.

This was definitely not the Greed Ring. If I infer, they could be wild animals for whatever they wanted, but I don't think they'd live somewhere where it was all red due to constant murder.

Without a second thought, I dragged everyone to a more enclosed place before staring at them.

"What the fuck is this place!?" Bendy whispered-yelled, holding his brother close as Cuphead held a passed-out Mugman.

I stared at them and shook my head before speaking, "I'm not sure! At first I thought this might be the Greed Ring, but I've seen how every ring is sorted out. I was able to buy it off Alice one time when we met. She gave me pictures and information about any ring. This doesn't look nor seem like any of the rings that she gave me information of!" I started to panic, holding my ear as I let out a shaky sigh.

"It's none of them... the attendant we passed said this was the eighth and newest ring, the Malice Ring."

All of us, besides a fainted Mugman, looked at Cuphead in shock. He had spoken for once, his eyes dull and eyebags under his once bright eyes. I would've been so happy if it weren't what he said. I could feel my stomach turn empty as I clawed my face and collapsed on the ground. "Okay, Cuphead, thank you so much, I'm glad you can speak, one."

"Two, we're going to die. There are only seven rings, I've never heard of an eighth one! The Malice Ring, we just walked onto our doom!" Bendy said, pacing back and forth. He looked completely reckless. I quickly got up and stopped him before speaking. "No, we got this. We can all protect ourselves if anything happens. All we have to do is survive tonight, find somewhere hopefully safe tomorrow, and most important of all, find the deadly sin that runs this ring."

Bendy and Boris looked at me with fear in their eyes before nodding. Cuphead glanced at me before closing his eyes. I let out a sigh before peering out and inspecting our surroundings. We were so not getting out alive... there was only a slim chance we could.

Taking a deep breath, I headed back to the group before huddling them together, "I know a way we can get out, but you all have to hang on."

Bendy and Boris looked at each other and nodded. Cups held his still fainted brother before grabbing onto Bendy. I took out my grappling hook and took a deep breath before shooting it up, the hook landing on the roof. I took a deep breath before letting it pull us up. Once it did, we all landed on the roof with a quick 'oof' before standing up. I stared down at the city in complete shock. Everybody had so many ill intentions, whether it be murder or... other things. No wonder this was called the malice ring.

Looking at the other roofs, I noticed a flashy yet rundown hotel. I looked at the crew before smiling, "I found a place to stay, but we have to go from roof to roof, deal?" Everyone stared for a moment before nodding. Mugman had finally woken up, but he was still dizzy. Cuphead held him close, not letting him get up yet.

After jumping from roof to roof, we finally got to the top of the hotel's roof. I found a door to the inside. Yeah, maybe I was breaking and entering, but this was hell, I had to. I couldn't let the others get hurt, or worse, killed.

I was able to unlock the door and walk in with the others, none of them questioned what I had done except Boris. Bendy had reassured him it was for our own good. After I was able to find an empty room for us to stay in for the night, everyone got settled into wherever they wanted to sleep. I locked the doors and windows, using chairs to cover each just for safety, since we didn't have much.

Bendy had decided to turn on the TV, and the news was playing. He was about to switch it, but I stopped him, "Bendy, wait. Let's just see what they have to say real quick." Bendy stopped and nodded. I sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the TV. Mugman laid his head on the pillow, peeking out to see the news. Boris sat on the other bed, watching as well. Cuphead looked down, but he slowly started watching as well.

- -  On today's live news, we have an announcement from our dearest leader themselves! - -

A sinner stood in front of the screen as he spoke, "It's been said by our ruler themselves, Mx. Y/n Dice, that all malice that involves violence can fix your problems, for a price!" An image of Y/n appeared before they spoke, "All the blood and violence in my streets, I know how much you all love killing! I can let it all continue, and I can even pay you for it! I need the best from all of you little sinners that can kill and deliver. If you can bring me enough blood, or enough bodies with blood, you will be rewarded with a great amount of money... and possibly even angelic gold. Don't get your hopes up if you're not committed!" Y/n waved at the crowd before leaving. The video disappeared and the reporter appeared once more, "There you have it, sinners! You can all kill for a price! Your stupid little afterlife can be worth living after all in the Malice Ring! Stay tuned, and don't forget, you could be working for our Mx. Dice themselves!

- - News of tomorrow! - -

Before anything could happen, Bendy turned off the TV. I stared in shock, and we all looked at Cuphead, who had tears in his eyes before he whispered, "They're... alive?"

We all stared at the black screen, eyes wide and jaw dropped. There was no way... no way in hell.

But here we were, inside Y/n's ring.

"We have to find them, one way or another." I said.

We had to. They were the only one who could help us.