Don't Deal With The Ink Demon

Chapter 5: The Old Songs

I watched as the group walked around the studio, looking for the exit.

Why is he here? Why did he come back? Why..?

I shook my head before turning to the familar couple.

Why do they seem so familiar?...Wait-

My covered eyes widened as the realization hit me like a brick.

No...NO!

I growled in anger as dragged my claws on the walls, leaving scratch marks, i watched them follow the man and the two mug brothers.

What are they doing here?

I clenched my teeth together in anger as I slowly follow them through the old tainted walls, trying not to get caught. But then i lost them when they began to go further down into the studio. I growled in anger before disappearing into the walls. Waiting for the opportunity to strike.

•~•Henry's Pov•~•
"How did this place get so big?!", i asked myself as we entered the music studio. I hear the group behind me mumbling something but i just shrugged it off. They were probably talking about the studio and that...thing...we just saw earlier.

We make it towards a hallway that was filled in ink.

Then, a man walked across the hallway from another room. "H-Hey! Wait! Can you help us?! Hello?", as soon as i got out of the ink covered room and entered the other room. The man vanished. "Where the hell did he go?", i asked myself. I heard the others following me behind as i continued to unlock doors to drain the ink from the exit.

But then the devil walked up to me. "Henry, since you worked here before, do you know any way out?"

"This part of the studio is new to me. I never knew this place was so huge. But if i remember correctly, there should be all sorts of exits in the studio. We just have to look for exit signs and follow them.", i said as i walked into Sammy's office to pump the ink out of the exit. "But i found an exit that show get us out of here.", Devil stared at me before nodding and we walled out of the room and to the main roon of the studio. As we walked in the room, we find King Dice and the cup brother, laying on the floor unconscious. "What the he- ACK!", i said before i felt something hit me in the back of the head, hard. Everything was blurry, i felt dizzy, i collapsed, slightly turn around and see the blurred figures of Devil and the man we saw earlier, fighting. I see the man got the upperhand(somehow) and managed to knock out Devil with some type of tool i couldn't make out what it was. Darkness began to take over my vision, and before it did, the man spoke with a familiar soft tone.

"Rest your head...It's time for bed..."

"S-Sammy...?"

Then everything went dark.

Time Skip
"There we go. Nice and tight. We wouldn't want our sheeps roaming around, would we?", i slowly open my eyes, my vision blurry as i heard his voice again.

"No, we wouldn't."

I then heard the others groaning in pain. I turn my head and see them shaking their head trying to see clearly. Once uppon doing so, they jumped at the sight of Sammy holding my axe like if he's fascinated of it. "What is the meaning of this!? Untie me this instant!", Devil snarled. "Let us go! You freak!", the cup brothers yelled as they struggled against the ropes. Sammy walked to the structures behind him and placed my axe against it, before walking back to us.

"I must admit, I am...honored you came all the way down here to visit me. It almost makes what I'm about to do seem...cruel. But the believers must honor their savior. I must have him notice me."

"Uh...who's this 'him' you speak about?", King Dice asks.

Then suddenly Sammy was in front of my face, staring me down like a animal. "Wait. You look familiar to me... that face...", my eyes widen. Does he not recognize me??

"Not now. For our lord is calling to us, my little sheeps. The time of sacrifice is at hand! And then, I will finally be freed from this...prison. This ink...dark...abyss, I call a body..."

"What are you-"

"Shhhhh...Quiet! Listen! I can hear him. Crawling above. Crawling. Let us begin. The ritual must be completed! Soon he will hear me...he will set us free."

My eyes widen in fear and began to struggle against the ropes as Sammy left the room to what seems to be some sort of office/recording booth. Then we hear Sammy's voice through the speakers, causing all of us to struggle and pull more against the ropes.

"Sheep, sheep, sheep, It's time for sleep. Rest your head. It's time for bed. In the morning, you may wake. Or in the morning, you'll be dead.", the gate in front of us began opening as Sammy continued speaking through the speakers. "Hear me, Bendy! Arise from the darkness! Arise and claim my offering! Free me! I beg you! I summon you, ink demon! Show your face and take those tender sheeps!", i stopped struggling as i heard the name. Bendy.

Bendy... was he... was he the monster i encountered back at the ink machine?? What happened to him!?

I turn my hear and noticed Devil and Kind Dice also stopped struggling, they held a expression i couldn't make out, but i could tell it held shock and...pain?. Then a loud slam was heard through the speakers, then hearing Sammy's voice again, but he sounded afraid.

"No! My lord! Stay back! I am your prophet! I am your- AAAHHH!!"

With one last pull, the rope snapped, letting me loose and went to grab my axe, freeing the others. Then those searchers emerged from the ground and charged at us, but i killed them as the others went ahead and run through the gate. I soon followed behind and see the stop at a rumble of wooden planks. I used my axe to break them and make a path for us, but at the cost of the axe breaking apart. We continued on and see a door in a room that is flooded with ink. As i was about to step in the flooded room. The Ink Demon emerged from the ink, roaring at us.

"Run!", i yelled before running into a different hall, Bendy chasing us as he let out inhuman roars.

3rd person view
The group continued running till Henry saw a door at the end of the hallway, it wasn't a exit but it can be used to escape from The Ink Demon. "Almost there!", Henry yelled. The cup brothers noticed the Demon slowly catching up. Both nodded at each other and stopped running and aim their index finger towards The Ink Demon, who immediately stopped running and let out a growl as it went on its fours. "Guys! What are you doing!?", Henry screamed. "Buying you time!", Cuphead yelled as he and Mugman shot their 'bullets' at The Ink Demon. The bullets makes contact with his inky body, earning a screech of pain. Henry and the couple make it to the room and look back to see The Ink Demon screeching in pain. But then the Demon roared in anger, it swung its claw at Mugman, slamming him into a wall, knocking him out in the process. "Mugman! No!", Cuphead cried out, distracted by his now unconscious brother. The Ink Demon took this advantage to grab Cuphead and slammed him into the ground, knockinghim out cold. "NO!", Henry cried out. The Ink Demon then roared at the remaining group and charged at them. "CLOSE THE DOOR!", Lucifer yelled as he pushed Henry away and slammed the door shut and blocked it with a piece of plank King Dice had found. They hear the demon slamimg its body into the door as it let out groans, but soon left them alone and limped back to the unconscious cup brothers. The Ink Demon grabs them by their ankles and drags them back to its lair, merging into the walls and only leaving a ink-covered wall.

Hearing the footsteps fading away, Henry looked at his surroundings and see shelves filled with Bendy plushies. As he and the couple walked depoer into the room, a can a soup roll across them, startling them. "Hello? Someone there? I know you're here. Come out and show yourself.", a figure walks out if the corner of the room, revealing a wolf wearing overalls, staring at the remaining group with curious and cautious eyes.

"Boris?"