Paige couldn't believe her eyes, there, right in front of her was Bendy, just as he appeared in the old cartoons but she was also confused, if he was here, standing right in front of here, then what or who was that creature she and Claire encountered after they switched on the machine, it looked just like Bendy only it was taller and looked like an evil, demonic version of him, still shaking, she wiped her cheeks as more tears streamed down them and took another glance, yeah, it was definitely Bendy, presumably the real one and not the evil, scary version she saw on the upper level.

"So, you know who I am huh?" he asked before skipping over to where she was sitting and plopped down beside her to get a better look "so what's a little girl like yourself doing here, ya look too young, ya cannot be no older than nine, maybe ten years old at least, let me guess, you're taking shelter from that scary old storm outside" a rumble of thunder could be heard from outside, echoing through the studio "or you've been watching my old cartoons and ya wanted to check out the place they used to make them, which one, come on, don't be shy."

"I will have to go with wanting to check this place out" Paige replied, she was less hysterical now but still sobbing and a little shaken from her recent encounter.

"Well I guess I can say I can't blame ya, everyone loves little old me" Bendy stated "so tell, what's ya name kid?"

"Paige" the little girl replied "I came here with my older sister Claire but we got separated and now I don't know where she is." She buried her face in her knees again and began to sob some more, she was scared and didn't know where her big sister was.

"Hey come on I'm sure she's around somewhere, she's probably worrying about you too" Bendy suggested "hey, tell ya what, hows about I help you look for her" Paige lifted her head up and looked at him, tears silently rolling down her cheeks "what do you say, besides, I know this place like the back of my hand so we can go around and maybe we'll find that sister of yours."

"That sounds good, but I wanna ask something" the girl implied, wiping her tear stained cheeks "if you're Bendy, then what or who was that thing me and Claire saw upstairs, it looked just like you only it looked scary and not friendly."

"I see, well the thing is, that creature you saw is actually a Demon that has for some reason has taken on a more sinister and evil version of my appearance and even my name" Bendy explained, his usually cheerful expression was now serious "when the creator brought us cartoons to life, something happened and another version of myself was also brought to life, an evil and hostile version, I knew it would be a threat so I had to trap it inside the ink machine to make sure it doesn't escape the studio and into the world out there, now it appears that it escaped and if it's loose in the studio, we'll have to be careful." Little Paige's face paled as it all sunk in, this was her fault, she was the one who turned on the machine and that evil, monstrous version of Bendy had escaped and was now lurking around somewhere inside the studio.

"You know, you remind me of someone a little" Bendy said, looking at her "someone I used to know."

"My dad used to work here" Paige replied, she had calmed down again but was still shaken up "this letter came for him, asking him to come visit but I found the letter and I wanted to check the place out, I got curious." The little girl took the letter out from her coat pocket and showed it to the living cartoon that was sitting beside her, he took it from her hand and examined it.

"Henry, you're Henry's little girl?" Bendy asked and Paige nodded "I haven't seen him since they closed down the studio, and you said you had a sister right, so that means that he's got kids now?"

"Did you know my dad?" Paige asked.

"Oh yeah, sure did, great guy he was, you'd have to say he was probably one of the more nicer people who worked there, not like the creator, oh such a bad temper he had that Joey Drew, wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of him." He then began telling the little girl about an incident he had accidentally caused and how Henry was the one who willingly took the blame for it.

Flashback

Henry was sitting at his desk working on some drawings when he felt something shuffling under his desk and he looked just in time to see Bendy crawling underneath as if he was trying to hide.

"Hey buddy what-" Henry spoke but the cartoon put his finger to his mouth, gesturing for him to keep quiet before the angry voice of Joey Drew could be heard yelling through the studio.

"BENDY, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" he yelled before storming into Henry's work area, looking extremely angry "ah Henry, you haven't seen Bendy around have you?"

"No, I haven't sir" Henry replied as he felt the little toon cling to his leg "why are you looking for him?"

"He's just gone and spilled a whole jar of ink all over my paper work, now I have to start all over again" Joey replied in a very annoyed tone .

"I'm sure it was an accident" Henry replied "you know how curious he can get, he's only been out in the real world for about a week now." Joey grumbled something in response before storming off and after making sure he was out of sight, Bendy crawled out from under the table and Henry placed him on top of his desk.

"You're right, it was an accident, I climbed up on his desk to get this" Bendy explained, showing Henry a small bouncy ball "and I accidentally knocked the jar of ink over when I was climbing down, I tried to clean it up but it didn't work."

"Don't worry buddy, accidents happen" Henry reassured.

"Didn't seem that way to old Joe" the toon pointed out "why does he have to get so angry over something I never meant to happen."

"He's just short tempered" Henry replied "but don't worry, I'll fix this." He got up from his seat and made his way towards Joey's office as Bendy followed behind, asking him what he was going to do.

"I told you buddy, I'm going to sort this" Henry replied as they reached Joey's office and the little cartoon Demon hid behind Henry as he knocked on the door and Joey answered.

"Henry what brings you here?" he asked before noticing Bendy hiding behind him "Oh so you found him then did you, now I can teach him a lesson about ruining all my paperwork."

"That's the thing I wanted to see you about sir" Henry replied "it wasn't Bendy who spilled that jar of ink all over your work, it was me." There was silence as both Joey and Bendy looked at him with confused expressions but Joey's was more suspicious.

"You're not covering for him are you?" he asked "because it's pretty funny how you didn't mention it was you after I told you about the Jar of ink being spilled over my work."

"I know, I'm sorry sir I did try to tell you but you did seem pretty angry" Henry replied "So I thought I'd wait until you calmed down before I come and tell you, so now do you see, it's entirely my fault." Joey still looked suspicious for about a second but instead of questioning Henry any further, he let out an annoyed sigh.

"You should really be careful Henry, it took me ages to complete all that work, now I have to start all over again" Joey replied, still slightly annoyed.

"I know i am truly sorry sir" Henry replied "and it won't happen again."

"Well, make sure it doesn't happen again, now if you'll excuse me, I have some work to get on with and I believe you do too" Joey replied before shutting the door as Bendy still looked at him with a confused expression.

"Why did you say that you did it?" he asked "I was the one who knocked it over and ruined his paperwork, you didn't have to take the blame." Henry sighed and lifted the little toon up from the ground.

"I know that buddy but I didn't want to see you get into trouble for something you didn't mean to happen" Henry replied "and I would hate to see a friend get into trouble for something that happened by accident."

"Well, thanks anyway pal, I don't know what I would have done if you weren't here to back me up" Bendy replied.

"Hey, that's what friends are for right" Henry pointed out "anyway, why don't you come and help me out on this project I've been working on, I could sure use your help." The pair then headed back to Henry's work area, the incident with the spilled ink quickly forgotten.

Present day

"Wow, my dad really did that?" Paige asked "well, I can believe he would do something like that, he's got to be the best dad in the world."

"Yeah, me and him got on really well when he was working here" Bendy replied "then there's the music director Sammy Lawrence, he never left this place and you'll also need to watch out for him too?"

"How come" Paige asked.

"Well let me put it this way, he's kind of obsessed with that monster version of me, he worships it like some kind of god or something" Bendy explained "and basically he's planning on sacrificing someone to my evil self, to please them." Paige nodded as she took it all in, she may only be Ten but she knew what the term "sacrifice" meant.

"So, he wants to kill someone just to please the scary version of you?" Paige asked.

"He's been planning it for sometime, I've been hearing him talk about it" Bendy replied before realizing something "hey I just realised, I bet he wrote and sent that letter to Henry, he must have been planning to lure him here and sacrifice him but seeing as it was you and you're sister who found the letter and came here instead, he could use or her for the sacrifice." As he explained all this, Paige began to realize what could have happened to her sister, what if she had been taken by this Sammy person to be sacrificed.

"What's the matter kiddo, you look like something's bothering you" Bendy pointed out when he noticed the worried look on the little girl's face.

"You don't think he got Claire do you?" she asked "that could be why she's disappeared, what if she's already dead, oh no, I'll never see her again, my big sister" the Ten year old girl began to sob again "S-she's dead isn't she, my sister's dead, she's gone."

"Oh I'm sure nothing bad has happened to her, if me and you search around the studio, we might find her and I can guarantee that she's somewhere around, probably looking for you as well" Bendy suggested, trying to put the little girl's mind at ease but he wasn't so sure himself, what if the other girl had been captured by Sammy but if she hadn't, there could be a chance that he could come for Paige, he knew he had to stay with her and not let anything bad happen to her, she was his old friend's little girl so he had to protect her.

"Do you really think so?" she asked "and can I ask you something, if you were brought to life then does that mean Boris the wolf was also brought to life too?" Bendy nodded, his expression looking somewhat sad "where is he, will I get to meet him too?"

"I'm afraid not, Boris is dead, Joey killed him" he replied, his usually cheerful expression saddened "that s-" he was about to say a naughty word but remembered that there was a young child present "that swine."

"I'm sorry" Paige replied.

"But hey we mustn't be worrying about all that now must we" Bendy replied, his expression now cheerful and upbeat once again "now, howz about we go find that sister of yours" he stood up and offered a white gloved hand to Paige who nervously took it, she hadn't quite got her head around the fact that her favourite cartoon character was stood right in front of her and offering to help her find Claire and maybe he could help them escape from this place too. As she stood up, she noticed that Bendy was around the same height as her, she had always imagined him to be maybe shorter.

"So little miss Paige, shall we go look for the sister of yours?" he asked the child who nodded silently "okie dokie, let's get this show on the road, and trust me kiddo, we will find her." Still holding onto her hand, Bendy let the child out of the room she had fallen into and down a serious of staircases, unaware that someone had been watching them, someone who was covered from head to toe in ink and wore dirty white trousers held up by suspenders and his face was covered by a beaten up and worn out Bendy mask, giving it a menacing appearance, the person watching chuckled darkly as he watched the little girl and the living cartoon descend down the staircase.

"Don't stray too far little sheep" Sammy Lawrence chuckled darkly "the ritual must be completed sooner or later, and then little sheep, our lord will set us free, soon, the time of sacrifice will begin my little lost sheep." He chuckled as he slipped into the darkness, reciting a rather soothing yet chilling poem which seemed to echo into the darkness.

"Sheep sheep sheep, it's time for sleep, rest your head, it's time for bed."