Just a silly sauce one-shot I spun out. It can fit either Halloween or April Fool's, but the idea couldn't wait, so Halloween it is.

As always, please enjoy and review!


"Yes, I will spare you. For now," she said to the anxious Henry. "Better yet...I'll even let you ascend and leave this place. If you will do a few eensy, weensy little favors for me first." Straightening up, she smirked. "Return to the lift, my little errand boy. We have work to do."

She pressed a button on the control panel and the window slammed shut. Flipping a switch, the sounds of electric torture played through the surround sound system again.

Turning around, Susie opened her 'deformed' eye and smiled. "All right, Henry is now 'Alice's' errand boy!"

Joey, Sammy, Norman, Thomas and Alison gazed back at her, crouched in the shadows, glee on their faces. "Wonderful, wonderful work, Susie!" Joey praised as he stood up.

Susie took a mock bow. "Why, thank you, Mr. Drew. This is a lot more fun than I thought it'd be!"

Joey clapped her on the shoulder. "Told ya. Thomas, can you check on Wally quickly?"

"On it, boss." Thomas stood up and stretched, then reached for a walkie-talkie perched on a gear. "How's it going on your end, Franks?"

Wally's staticky voice came out of the small device. "As well as can be expected. Henry's definitely nervous. The sea of dead Borai was nice touch, Sammy."

"Thanks." The composer adjusted his Bendy mask. "Although I am a little worried. What if the elevator fall kills Henry?"

"It won't," Wally assured him. "I rigged it so that it slows down just enough near the floor to create a believable crash. Henry'll be fine. I, on the other hand, am sweating like a pig in this costume." Movement filled the walkie-talkie. "Henry's coming back, I gotta go, good luck!" Wally hurriedly signed off.

Thomas put the device back where it was. "So when should 'The Ink Demon' appear again, Mr. Drew?"

Joey smoothed out his costume. "I was thinking maybe after the first errand."

"Oh! That's right!" Susie grabbed the microphone connected to the surround sound. When she spoke into it, her voice came out as two-toned. "I'll make this simple. Look for valve panels. Turn the little wheels. Then bring me their power cores. Please don't make me regret sparing you. I can always change my mind." She smiled as she finished her lines.

"You were always a great actress, Susie," Sammy said. Susie smiled even wider, happy.

"I'm bored!" Alison cried. She adjusted her horns and frowned. "When do Thomas and I show up, again?"

"After Henry kills 'Boris' in the Haunted House," Joey said patiently. "Norman, can you make 'The Butcher Gang' appear at random times, to keep Henry on his toes?"

Norman saluted. "Will do."

Susie examined herself in her pocket mirror. "I'm going to reapply the face paint. My teeth and eye are fading."

"Okay, you take a few minutes to do that," Joey said. "Norman, when Henry comes to you in the basement, you know what to do, right?"

"Yep," Norman said. "I just need a little time. The light on my costume is broken. An hour and a bit should be enough to fix it, if you can manage that, Susie."

Susie nodded. "No problem. I'll just give Henry a few extra jobs."

"Excellent." Joey grabbed 'The Ink Demon's' head from a shelf and fitted it over his own. Opening a secret door, he glanced back at his prankers-in-arms. "And with that, I'm off. Everyone knows what to do?" he affirmed, his voice slightly muffled.

Everyone nodded.

Joey grinned inside his head. "All right, then. Team, break!"