The Broken Loop

Chapter 22: Same Old Demon

Pov: ???

He still has power over this place.

The Liar and the Traitor.

They are both here.

I could have my revenge on both of them. . . .

"Please, help him." A woman's voice says.

"Who are you?" I ask the voice, no one has ever spoken to me before , no one has ever bothered to talk try talking to me, I was left to rot, alone.

"I am Linda Emily."

There's an employee with that name?

Actually, change that to there was an employee with that name.

The Traitor managed to free them all. .

Everyone except himself. . .

Their bodies remain sentient, though, they've been more afraid of him than me as well.
Then again, I've been hiding in the ink, watching them through my cutouts.

"What department did you work in?" And why are you bothering to speak to me?

"I didn't work here, but my husband, he did. And right now, he needs help."

Her husband is here? There's only two souls trapped here.

Joey Drew and Henry Stein. . .

"Your last name is Emily, the two trapped here don't have that as their last names, you must be mistaking this place for another hellhole."

"No, I'm not. He's here, trapped. Controlled. He's unable to stop himself from trying to kill his friends."

"You think that I will help save that traitor?" I spit.

"You haven't seen through the cutouts. You haven't seen the truth about Henry, have you?"

"What? That he knew about this place? That he knew what Joey did here and he ignored what was happening? That's what made it so fun to watch him be so terrified. Terrified of me. His own creation! Hell! Technically I am his son! He was the first one to draw me! He was the only one who cared about me! He spent several hours of his life just drawing me! Then he just LEFT US TO ROT HERE!"

"No, he didn't know. If he did, he wouldn't have left."

"Of course you would say that! You're his wife!"

"Yes. I am."

"Why should I help him?"

I hear her sigh.

WHY does she think I would help that traitor?! He's almost as bad as Joey? Almost. Joey is still far, far worse than he would ever be.

"Before this mess, he tried to kill himself."

"W H A T?!"

"It was because our children died"

"You're telling me he tried to kill himself, leaving you alo-"

"I died in child birth. He had nothing left to lose." She cuts me off. "He took our children to the pizzeria he owned alongside someone. While he was busy fixing an animatronic, our daughter got locked outside, in an alleyway, in the rain, by a bunch of kids, he didn't even notice she was gone until too late. He looked everywhere for her, just as he was about to check the alleyway, he was stopped by the other owner, he said that she wasn't out there, for he was just out there."