Bendy's grin seemed to of widened as he made a waving motion with his larger hand. Then, he turned and walked back into the wall.

Once the ink disappeared, she got out, shaking from fear. He had to of heard her right? Right. So why didn't he attack her? Is he just playing mind games for the time being? He did wave in her direction after all.

After taking a deep breath, she continued on back to Alice…

…And was disappointed knowing that she still had to do something for her. At this point, she just wanted to go home, take a shower, and pray she wouldn't have nightmares of these guys.

This time she had to get hearts downstairs. Holding tightly to the pipe, she pressed the button and headed down to that floor with Boris.

As she walked out of the elevator, checking the towel wrapped around her arm, Alice started speaking to her as she went down the stairs.

"Do you see him? The Projectionist. You better stay out of his light if you don't want any trouble. Just bring me back the pieces I need." Alice says as Dani slowly wandered down the stairs, leaving the heart up there for last.

As she slowly walked through the ink, she listened to the recording that was sitting on a crate, keeping an eye out for the Projectionist.

She decided that between this recording and the one from the Music Department that this 'The Projectionist' was possibly Norman himself.

Trying not to make a sound, she walked through the ink to collect the hearts, hoping this would be fast.

Dani walked for about 20 minutes, going as slow as possible to not make the Projectionist notice her and stopping in the Little Miracle Stations when he was around.
She also watched a little bit of the cartoons on the walls, finding them strangely cute. Dani always did have a liking to the classic animation.

Once she felt she had all off them, she was about to turn around and head back to the elevator when she noticed a bright light behind her.

Holding her breath, she slowly turned and saw the Projectionist coming down the hall. If she stepped out of the corner and made a run for it, she'll be right in his path. Otherwise, she was trapped there.

She put the hearts back down and backed up against the wall, shaking and feeling very frightened and vulnerable.

Her breathing became shaky as he stepped into view and stopped for a moment. Trying not to let her breath out, she could only watch as he glanced around for a moment.

Then he started walking again. Accidentally, Dani breathed out. Making him notice her instantly.

The Projectionist ran around the small barrier between them and stopped directly in front of her. His light shining brightly on her face.

Finally, after so much, Dani began to cry. Feeling that this was it and that this giant monster was going to be the one to kill her. She kept stepping backwards, hoping she would just go through the wall like Bendy has been doing and just disappear somewhere else.

With her eyes shut tightly, she raised her hurt arm that had blood all over the towel at this point, and kept it over her eyes due to the light being too bright for her.

She choked out a sob, waiting for death to come. But to her surprise, she heard a small noise as the light dimmed enough so that she could open her eyes again.

Dani did just that, lowering her arm, and stared up at the strange Projectionist, who seemed to of looked down at her with curiosity.

They just stared at each other for a few moments, wondering what the other was thinking, and in eerily peaceful silence.

When Dani sniffled and used her right arm to wipe her tears, that's when the Projectionist came back from whatever he was thinking about.

He let out a sad noise and raised his hand, making Dani flinch and jump backwards even though she was practically on top of the wall already.

Slowly, he rested his hand on her arm that she held at her chest.

"Hurts." She choked out, her voice sounding strained and tired.

Norman tilted his head at this. He could still hear but unfortunately wasn't able to speak anymore.

He also wasn't sure why the girl seemed so afraid of him. Or why she reminded him of someone… a young person that he couldn't remember.

Why couldn't he remember!? Of all things…having some sort of memory is all he wants if he can't be free from this painful body. But he doesn't remember anything other then the Projector booth and wandering these flooded halls. Not to mention everything that he did to him.

Deciding that the girl needed his help, Norman grabbed her hand and dragged her into a room and led her to a table. Once she was sitting on it, he held out his hands to tell her to 'stay' before turning and grabbing a blanket to put around her shoulders. She was shaking so he figured that might help her calm down and relax.

"Thank you." She muttered, making Norman feel a little happy.

He held up his hands again and looked at a cabinet in the room with them. Going over to it, he opened it and started looking through everything inside of it, looking for something.

Unsure of what to do, Dani looked around the room. Only thing she could find interesting is that on a desk was a little Boris plushie.

'Cute little guy.' She thought but then became worried about the real Boris who was waiting for her. 'I hope he'll be okay for a little bit longer.'

She left her thoughts when she realized that Norman got back up and walked over to her with a little box. Dani was able to tell when he closer that it was the first aid kit she was hoping to find.

Dani sighed in relief. Maybe this guy wasn't going to hurt her. At the same time, Norman opened the box after setting it down beside her.

Feeling a little safer, she unwrapped the towel and grabbed a cloth and a bottle, hoping it'll still work. She didn't want to cause herself more pain so she spilled some of the liquid onto the cloth and cleaned her arm of the blood. Then she grabbed some bandages in there and wrapped it up.

"Thank you, Norman." Dani said, suddenly.

Norman's light got bright again and he let out a surprised noise as she held her arm up to shield her face from it. That name…he knew that name was familiar. Was it his name? How did she know it?

Knowing he simply couldn't ask her, Norman went over to the wall and began writing on it.

Is that my name?

"Yes. I think so anyway." She replied. "Thank you for not killing me."

He gave a nod before writing again.

Do I know you if I am Norman?

"I'm afraid not. I don't know anyone here." Dani replied.

Norman made a sad noise at this. At the same time, Dani left the table and blanket and began walking around, glancing back to see if he wrote anything else on the wall.

When she approached the desk with the Boris plushie, she noticed what looked to be a picture frame on it. It was covered in thick dust though.

"Hm?" She hummed.

Going back to the rag, she decided to try and clean it. Norman noticed this and walked over to her.

Once the picture was as clean as she could make it, she noticed the family in it. A older male being one of the people. She also noticed the teenage girl in it too.

'This has to be Norman.' She thought to herself and out of the corner of her eye, she watched him pick up the plushie and then point at the kids.

"Do you remember having kids?" Dani found herself asking.

Norman nodded his head and then wrote on the wall closest to them.

Yes. I had kids. You aren't her though. You're different.

Dani looked back at the teenager and decided that must be why he didn't hurt her. He sees her as a kid. Because he knew he had a few at one point but hasn't seen them in so long.

Her heart broke when she realized they were all probably long dead. Not having a clue as to what happened to their father or husband.

"This must be you. The real you." Dani said, staring at the picture, tears forming in her eyes again at the sad situation. "And this must be your family. I'm really sorry, Norman."

Norman looked at the picture she had cleaned and instantly felt like he did know them. If there was one thing he did remember, it was having kids. So these must be them because the girl said so.

He held the plushie tighter, getting ink all over it.

But he couldn't remember the older woman. Maybe that was his wife? Why was this girl sorry though? What did she do?

Why are you sorry?

"Norman… Do you remember what year it is?" She felt stupid for asking that. How would he know how long it's been?

1940s?

"No…" Dani shook her head. "It's 2017."

He tilted her head, confused. 2017? How could it of been that long? Maybe she was lying. Like how he did. There has to be proof.

Prove it.

"O-Okay." She gently put the picture back down and took her phone out.

Norman stared at the object in her hands. What was that little thing?

"This is a phone. A cell phone to be exact." Dani said, basically reading this thoughts. "It can do more than make phone calls though."

Unlocking her phone, she showed him some things on it.

Meanwhile, Norman watched in shock and amazement. He knew now that this had to of been the future…er present.

Norman moved back to the wall and pointed at the 'Sorry' question. Dani frowned and put her phone back in her pocket.

"Oh… I'm sorry because…well… your family is likely gone." There was no good way of saying that.

His light dimmed much more than it did earlier as he thought about that. If it was 2017, and it has to be, that makes sense. But it still hurt knowing he might never see his family again.

"Norman…?" She slowly walked up to him, afraid he might attack her.

Norman didn't make a move. Which worried her. He did make a sad sounding noise that sounded almost like a whimper or cry. As she got closer, she noticed his lens had ink coming down, almost as if he was crying.

"I'm so sorry." She gently put her left hand on his right arm and began to rub it. "I… I'll try to save you. And any other employee that I can. I don't know how or if it's possible. But I'll feel awful if I make it out alive while knowing you're still trapped here."

He light brightened again but not enough to blind her this time.

She watched as he set the plushie down and came back over to hug her. Not feeling afraid this time, she willing wrapped her arms around him and allowed him to hold her for a few minutes. The happy noises he was making told her that he appreciated the thought.

They stayed like that for a short while before he let her go and led her back to where the hearts were. After grabbing them, she started to head out of the maze, surprised that Norman wasn't following behind her.

'Maybe he wants to stay here. Probably safer anyway.' She thought to herself as she headed towards the stairs.

Once at the top, she grabbed the last heart there and got inside the elevator to head back up.

Finally, they slowly ascended upwards after she gave the hearts to Alice. At the same time, Alice continued to speak to her before she started screaming again.

Dani's legs began to shake as she tried to hold on as the elevator dropped suddenly and Boris was cowering in the corner.

All the while, Alice was screaming about how he was the 'perfect' Boris and that she wanted him.

"I need him! I need his insides so I can be beautiful again!"

'Ew.' Dani thought.

"Now give him to me! Better yet, I'll take him! Once. Your. DEAD!"

Dani closed her eyes as she fell backwards and hit her head. When she wakes up again, she'll be surprised if she doesn't have any sort of brain damage or a concussion.

- A short time later -

"Huh? What?" She mumbled as she was shook awake.

When her eyes cleared up, she saw Boris looking afraid and shaking her shoulders. Boris? What was wrong with him?

She blinked and her headed started to hurt and her vision started to get blurry again.

The last thing she saw was a figure coming up from behind Boris.

"B-Boris." Dani said, trying to get him to turn around.

But he didn't. He kept his attention on her as Alice came up and grabbed him from behind.

Dani couldn't help but start shaking and yelp when she saw Boris getting dragged down the hallway.

Despite her head hurting, she tried in vain to get up and go after them. After standing up for a second, she immediately fell back down.

"Boris…" She muttered as she closed her eyes.

A whine slipping out of her mouth as her eyes began to tear up.

"…Please forgive me." And with that, she fell asleep.


Note: That part in chapter 4 is gonna be even more heartbreaking. But yeah I added the "A Different Light' part and her injury so Norman was involved with the rewrite.