My BATIM AU

Not a monster part 2

'Finally the next part of Not a monster' eh? :D

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The week passed quickly, since there wasn't many things happening. So he soon found himself called inside Joey's.

Just like the first time, the mad man gave him the mixture with a disturbing smile on his face.

After a few minutes, he finally arrived at the door of the ink demon's prison. This time though, he didn't hesitate and pulled the lever without a second thought.

When he entered the big room, he was greeted by the sight of the young ink creature, who smiled wider when he noticed the man's presence. But, couldn't help himself from flinching when he noticed the bottle on Tom's hand. So the mechanic immediately opened the bottle and poured its content on the ground to ease the poor demon.

"Remember, I'm not going to hurt you. So you don't have to be afraid." he said softly.

Just like last time, Tom then approached him slowly, carefuly scrutenising his face for any sign of discomfort. There wasn't any. The kid fully trusted him.

When was a foot away from him, the man outstretched his hand to pet the demon between his horns. Just like last week, Inky seemed to lean into his touch and began to let out a purring noise.

'Huh. Maybe I should ask him what he thinks of that name.' Tom thought, half expecting the young ink demon to not like the name because of how silly it sounded.

"Hey." The man said, immediately getting the demon's attention. "How about I give you a name? Would you like that?" he asked the demon.

At that, the ink creature smiled excitedly and tried to nod but was quickly stopped by a wince of pain.

"Woah! Careful there bud!" exclaimed Tom, worried about the demon's already injured neck getting worse. After making sure that the ink demon's neck hasn't gotten worse, the mechanic added "I guess I'll take that as a 'yes'."

The ink creature then looked at him expectantly, his tail wagging like an excited dog. He was excited to hear what name Tom came up with. The latter chuckled at that. He then hummed thoughtfully and brought his right hand to his chin to rub his goatee, pretending to think of a name.

"How about..." he said, taking his time to torture the poor young ink demon with the suspense. "Inky!" he exclaimed, finally deciding to end the demon's torture.

The ink creature, if it was possible, smiled wider and wagged his tail happily at that. He even purred!

"So you like that name, don't you?" Tom rhetorically asked, smiling warmly at how happy the ink demon looked. "Alright, Inky it is then!". He said, petting Inky's head.

The man's face then became serious, and somehow still stayed gentle.

"Inky? Can I ask you a few questions?" he asked but when he remembered that he couldn't respond, he brought his hands in front of him and added:

"Point your tail to my right hand if it's a 'yes' or point it to my left one if it's a 'no'." he explained, motioning to each of his hands in case the demon didn't understand the notion of left and right.

Inky pointed his tail to the man's right hand, showing that he understood.

"That's great!" he exclaimed, making the demon smile proudly.

"Alright, where should I start?" he asked himself. "How about... Do you know why you're locked in here?" he asked.

Left hand. 'no' The demon's smile was replaced by a sad and guilty frown.