Bendy and co.'s bios are located on my DeviantArt.

It was maddening how quickly word spread of the ink demon and his crew. Since the secret was out, many idiots tried to penetrate his home in search for clues. Only one person survived out of all the offenders and reports of coffins, pentagrams, the Ink Machine, and the remaining workers of Joey Drew Studios were all revealed albeit a bit exaggerated from what he could recall. Calls from all over the world were directed at Bumblebee because of his association with Bendy and quite honestly, he was relatively sick of it.

Bendy wasn't very happy either, having to defend his home on an almost daily basis but the kill of the hunt made it worthwhile. At one point, the devil contacted him and said that the Lost Ones and Searchers were going absolutely berserk in fear and anger. They kind of blamed him for the sudden attention and considering it was a repeating offense, Bumblebee could now see what Bendy meant when he said he hated humanity and how they acted on such discoveries.

Military personnel and Autobots geared up for it was time to retrieve Henry Stein before Bendy decided to take him. It would be a fight to keep him out of Bendy's line of sight but it had to be done. News reporters were already trying to get to him and if they didn't scram, Bee feared they would get a terrible wake up call.

"Alright, soldiers, we need to bring a citizen here who has literally been through Hell and back. Nobody is to regard him as anything less than a respected civilian. You can even call him a soldier for all I care but do not by any means consider him lower for what happened to him or what he supposedly helped create," Lennox frowned.

"Grimlock has agreed to join us and we have already persuaded Blurr, Rodimus, Arcee, Bulkhead, Flareup and Optimus to help Bumblebee rescue Henry. Lieutenant Jack Darby and Sergeant Robert Epps have also appeared from our sister bases at Diego Garcia and Nevada respectively. With them to help us, we can hold out long enough to complete our mission. Are we clear?"

An array of "yes sir" emitted throughout the warehouse. Jack, now grown up, nodded in compliance. Leading the way, the Colonel boarded Optimus and Jack mounted Arcee as both revved their engines. The other soldiers ran either ran onto the Prime's trailer or got in the military vehicles waiting. Some even entered other Autobots if there wasn't enough room.

Bumblebee was in front of them all and suddenly spun his tires, jerking forward with the others following. The MGM Grand Detroit Hotel was only ten minutes away with minimal traffic but the police escorts helped shorten the time span as many perched in the middle of intersections ahead of time to let them through with ease. When the hotel came into view, Bumblebee could only hope it wasn't too late.

Bendy watched the Machine create more toon animals with great speed. The process was no doubt exhausting but he knew he needed the extra paws because Bumblebee was going to defend Henry, he just knew it. In the end though, who would suffer the most losses? He was unfortunately indestructible as were the other toons. Spawn time might not be as quick for others but they would always keep coming so there wasn't much of a chance if he had to kill the Autobots.

The Sheep loaded up with their weapons of destruction while Sammy grabbed his newly sharpened axe and his tommy gun. Casey roared, shaking his spiked rooftops that flexed impatiently. Slamming onto the ground angrily, he gave a whine as he waited for the others. It was in his nature to roam free, not sit around for others to get ready and Bendy couldn't blame his restlessness. He too was becoming a bit unnerved.

Finally, all crewmembers going with him to retrieve Henry were locked and loaded. Even Ally…wait. As Ally began to run towards Casey gleefully holding a small knife, Bendy immediately grabbed the back of her blouse and shook his head, "No, no, Tootsie, you're staying here."

The doll girl gave a scowl, "Aw, this sucks!"

"I know, maybe next time," he flakily smirked. Yeah, no, she definitely wasn't going any time soon. Ally was still a child and the battlefield was no place for one. He didn't want her scarred for life, if the ink monster predicament wasn't scary enough.

He placed her on the balcony overlooking the main chamber next to a few searchers who patted her back as she huffed, crossing her arms with a pouty face. Smiling at the cuteness, he turned to his crew as he emerged his mallet from his backside that took its shape in seconds. Swinging it, he stopped it by jamming the tip of the staff into the ground.

"Alright, boys, today we're going to catch ourselves a Creator! Our dear Henry has been working hard and we can't be any prouder of him but now it's time for him to come home, and I'll be damned if Optimus Prime is going to get in our way! I don't care where you spawn, just make sure it's near or inside the hotel and remember, Henry is to be brought home alive and well! As for the soldiers, they're expendable and all the Autobots except for Bumblebee are fair game. I'll deal with Bumblebee. Is that clear?"

Several roars and cheers indicated their understanding all too well and Bendy laughed, "What do you know? Dreams come true!"

The military vehicle behind Optimus veered to the side a bit and went faster, passing the semi-truck while the front passenger used the radio. "Colonel, we are taking position, over."

"Good, but be on your guard. They can spawn at any given-"

Casey's massive form erupted from a sudden appearing puddle of ink, mouth opened to the maximum and the soldiers of the military transport screamed as they were most engulfed. The end of the truck was lifted with a few men alive jumping from the devoured vehicle at the last second when insect-like mandibles emerged from beneath Casey's tongue, grasping the bumper and pulling the remaining vehicle into hungry jaws.

Vents of ink began sparking up from the ground throwing asphalt and concrete and many ink animals and Searchers alike emerged from the geysers.

Alice Angel flew up from the ink before landing in front of Arcee who transformed and threw a punch. The toon growled and returned the favor, sending the motorcycle into a small restaurant. Jack brought out his assault rifle and began shooting her near the face and chest, earning grunts and brief cries before he switch weapons and aimed his grenade launcher at her. When she opened her mouth to bellow at him, he fired and she froze.

Swallowing the grenade, she made a face of slight discomfort before a muffled boom emitted and the bubbling expansion of her chest and waist immediately became prominent. Her expression turned fearful and the bubbles grew larger until she suddenly exploded with an inhumane whine. Ink splashed everywhere as Jack smiled and ran past her unconscious liquid state towards the hotel.

Grimlock roared as Casey reared up like a cobra ready to defend. Stomping towards the train, he barely acknowledged the rattling of Casey's roofs as he approached. With another roar and hearing the bellow of response, both titans clashed with Casey attempting to immobilize him by curling around his form like a boa constrictor. The Dinobot king hissed and shook lose, biting the centipede-like ink monster's stack which earned him a cry of pain before he was bucked off. In return, he let out a whimper as his neck was attacked with black sharp teeth trying to tear armor and protoform off.

Blurr and Rodimus tag teamed and taunted the Sheep's firing line and maneuvering to where they overlapped in an attempt to confuse the Minicon-like hooligans. Blurr passed Bellwether as she growled, blowing up cars and trees trying to pinpoint the speedster. He eventually drew her attention enough to where he ran by her again and to her late comprehension, she shot Bernard square in the head trying to shoot out Blurr's pedes. Bernard gave a terrible screech when his head exploded but his body still thought it was in the sense of living; his hoofed hands clutched angrily and waved around to keep balance despite there was a lack of head to understand the movements.

Beau managed to snipe Rodimus' Energon pump to his left arm which made it go limp but the hot rod kicked her away before she could inflict more damage. He snarled as he watched Blurr knock Bellwether off her feet after beheading her brother. "The bitch disabled me! How am I supposed to use my bow without my main servo?"

Blurr circled around to slow to a stop next to him, "Aren't you ambidextrous?"

"No, Hot Shot is. The confusion of my original name and his name often leads to misinterpretations like this."

As the groaning of Searchers awakening and moving towards them caught their thoughtfulness, Blurr frowned, "Well you better learn quickly or you might not have any chance to in about fifteen seconds."

The Projectionist punched Epps in the gut, twisting behind him to instantly pull him backwards and slam his back into the thigh of the ink monster. The man was on the ground now, coughing up some blood from the blows. When Norman attempted to grab his leg, Robert kicked off from the camera-infused man which made his opponent stumble and fall on his ass. Epps then ran full speed at the creature before socking the lens of the projector with brutal force over and over until Norman actually had trouble seeing through his only possible optic.

Beating the projector head down, Robert smiled with slight satisfaction once his carnage ended and the Projectionist's head lingered almost lifelessly. Standing up, Epps spit beside the unconscious form and flipped him off, grabbing his gun and cocking it as several toon animals scraped their claws against the sidewalk and moved towards him with dark intent. He merely narrowed his eyes as the largest equestrian of the group rose up to try and pummel him.

Meanwhile, Bumblebee raced by the ink monsters who didn't seem to make as much effort in trying to stop him as they did to the others, knocking Bulkhead out of his line of movement and having Boris verse Optimus after the former sidelined the Prime. Flareup was behind him for brief while but Allison and Tom jumped onto her and slashed two of her tires, forcing her to swerve off and transform. She was an excellent fighter so he knew deep down she would be okay.

Many soldiers fired from all directions to keep the Searchers and Lost Ones at bay. Some weren't so lucky, being torn apart or smothered to death by drowning in sentient ink that knew how to enter the human body and just wreak havoc on it.

Near the entrance to the MGM, Lennox kneed Sammy in his mask and the music director retaliated by sweeping his legs out from under him and aiming the risen axe at his head. He managed to roll to the side right before it struck down but it didn't stop Sammy from leaning down and lifting the soldier by the throat. As he was thrown, Bumblebee sped up much to his passengers' dismay and as Sammy had a last second realization of what Bee was going to do, he was rammed into. Ink covered the windshield and Sammy was flung somewhere on the sidewalk.

He wasn't dead because it took a lot to kill someone with Sammy's predicament but he could imagine the musician wasn't going to be very happy with Bee once he regained full consciousness. Transforming, he caught the soldiers that had hitched a ride with him and set them on the ground. Not wasting any time, he made it to the front of the building while dodging spawning Searchers. He almost reached the entrance when he suddenly heard a crashing noise of broken glass several stories above him.

A man in a vest and tie but no jacket with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows and pristine black and grey ruffled short hair with clean cut stubble leapt from the building with a shotgun in hand and sure enough, Bendy in human size followed in record time but didn't jump high enough. He fell below the human but swiped at him, narrowly missing as he kept his undivided attention on the concierge. As the two fell, Bumblebee raced to the human's aid and saw said human twist in midair and fire upon the ink demon. The shot didn't impale Bendy much to really do damage but it did make him close his eyes and growl briefly.

Bumblebee caught the man but right before that, Bendy had noticed him and shouted, "You son of a-!"

The toon hit the concrete and splattered, the remaining ink gurgling nastily almost like Bendy was cursing him still. He paid no mind to it as he held the human who gripped his thumb tightly, panting from the adrenaline of terror and reckless behavior. Backing away from the puddle, Bee set the man down and kneeled beside him to watch for any ink monsters, peering at him simultaneously with stunning realization.

"You're Henry Stein, aren't you?"

The man had his back turned towards the Autobot as he put his firearm on a special belt around his torso. He brushed off his sleeves and fancy vest before setting his hands to his side and sighing, "There isn't a day that goes by that I feel like I am. Karma for what I've done never seems to let me forget that I am Henry…"

He slowly turned to face Bumblebee with a disheartened expression, staring boldly into the optics of a being he knew could crush him at any given moment. "…I am the Creator."

Bumblebee saw sorrow, a man scarred from a mistake. He knew the feeling but to this degree of madness, even he couldn't compete. Henry wasn't like Joey, pretending to play innocent; Henry revived monsters and he lived with the guilt for over sixty years in which a normal human would be dead by now but the curse of the Ink Machine made his hell immortal just like its inhabitants of the studios old and new. Henry was a broken man and even Bee didn't know if he could be redeemed all from the way the human told his story through the tired eyes.

The mech began to open his servo and speak when suddenly he clutched his chest and gave a startling cry some of his peers from afar could even hear. Crumbling on all fours, Bee crawled a few feet forward to Henry's side before gesturing for the human to keep near him. The pain in his chest hurt more than his near-death experience at the cannon of Megatron during the Omega Lock battle aboard the warlord's ship.

"Bee!?" Flareup called, helping Arcee deal with an oncoming angry Susie.

Just then, blackness oozed from the ground and Bendy fully formed shot up. He did a remarkable landing with his mallet stationed upright but he looked far from happy as he could possibly get. Standing up, he spotted Henry but for once didn't devote his attention to the human much as he used to brag he would. He stared down maliciously at Bee before kicking the Camaro and crouching over the pained form, ink dripping from a vicious frown.

Bendy slammed the mallet down beside Bee's helm who glanced at in fear before having enough strength to look to the toon. "You made a deal with me! If I spot Henry, he escapes on his own or I get him! You are not supposed to interfere! That was our agreement and you broke it! NEVER BREAK A FUCKING PROMISE OR I WILL RIP YOUR FUCKING HEAD OFF YOUR DEFILED BODY!"

Bumblebee couldn't speak as he twitched from the magic-induced spark attack he was enduring but he could give the ink demon an expression of absolute horror. From the anger, Bendy's face line was melting, ink streaks connecting with his pie cut eyes and his fanged mouth. His bowtie was pointed more downward than Bee was used to seeing as well.

Eventually the pain subsided as Bendy snapped his fingers, indicating the deal was off. He grabbed Bee's helm by the cheeks and scowled, "I had hoped you would have known better but I've been wrong before, right? Now do yourself a favor and stay out of this or the next thing I will do to you is tear your arms off and stick them through your abdomen!"

Throwing Bee's head back down hard and making the Autobot moan weakly, he turned his attention finally back to Henry who stood beside the mech bravely, only giving him a sour glare when he smiled.

Bendy wiped the dripping ink on his face back into place and recomposed himself, "I hate having to be the bad guy but I want you to know I'm doing this out of love. I care about you, Henry, and you belong with us. What is there to be afraid of? Yes, we're monsters but we can all suffer together as a family again."

Searchers and toons began advancing on Henry, crawling and whining while the human barely glanced at them. Henry breathed gravely, "Who said I was afraid? I just want to go home, wake up from this nightmare. Perhaps I will see you and Boris and Alice as yourselves the way you were meant to be and I'll be able to see Linda and the girls again."

Bendy shook his head, "Unfortunately, old friend, the past can't be altered. This is the harsh reality that is and we must embrace it but the best way we can is if you come home."

An ink crocodile waddled quickly at Henry and snapped its jaws before sprinting but right as it got near his leg, Henry simply huffed.

"Don't you dare…"

The ink animal halted beside him before slightly backing away to give its Creator some room. The Searchers stopped as well only a few feet from him, swaying their heads a little while the other animals kept their distance and obeyed. The crocodile gave a purr of sorts when Henry knelt beside it and stroked its head. They knew better than to harm him.

"There are some perks of being your Creator, I suppose but to live for eternity trapped in the studio…as if I wasn't insane enough? There were nights I kept having the same dream over and over where I would replay the day I awoke the Machine and go through that antagonizing maze as if it was on a loop. I made so many mental notes of the placement of everything that my voice just grew duller from lack of surprise. But whenever I entered the dream, I had to get to the end before I would awake and no alarm could save me. I guess that's part of the horror of our curse, having to experience those days forever," Henry snarled.

Bumblebee managed to bring himself upright and briefly glanced at Henry before peering back as the battle in the background still raged and he was helpless to aid his friends. He shook his head aggressively, "You don't have to go back there."

Henry gazed at him in surprise and Bendy shot him another fierce look but he continued as he sluggishly recovered from the episode. He ignored the sudden synced voices of their audience growling at him for implying such a thing.

"Bendy, he's not yours to control. He'll still love you because he is your true Creator but you have to let him go! By keeping him there, he'll be miserable among you. Henry, if you say no, do you really think they are going to stop you?"

Henry trailed the gestured view of the circle of toon animals and Searchers who did nothing to step towards him. They obeyed him. The actual toons like Bendy were their own powers but these were mooks compared to them so they listened whoever ordered them and Henry was the Creator. Bendy wasn't as powerful as he thought but when it came down to who they would obey, Henry's word was just as considered as Bendy's and he knew it.

"Come with me," Bumblebee announced. "I will relocate you if you want but I will also help you in any way I can."

Bendy roared, "Stay out of this, Bumblebee! I'm warning you-!"

"Henry?"

"HENRY!"

The human was more focused on the dark demonic-sounding tone Bendy had taken that neither of them seemed to have heard before. But Henry had no time to try and calm Bendy when he was immediately grabbed by Flareup and Bumblebee was dragged away upon retreat as several missiles flew directly at the ink demon.

Bendy gave an abnormal bellow shattered many windows of the MGM Grand, his top half of his face melting rapidly into a more demonic structure. The missiles hit him just afterwards, sending him reeling back several feet but this time he managed to hold solid form with impact marks very present which included a side of his face blown off.

As he regained his footing and the ink worked quickly to realign his features, he watched as Bumblebee and the femme that was supposed to be the girlfriend if sources proved correct run off with Henry in hand. They both transformed and aimed for the outside of the city to be bridged away from the enemies. Right as Bumblebee made his leave, Bendy shouted words undeniably angry at him that indeed caught the Camaro's attention.

"THIS ISN'T THE END, BITCH! I'LL GET YOU BACK, YOU HEAR ME!? I'LL FUCKING KILL THE THING YOU LOVE THE MOST BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER! I'LL MAKE YOU FUCKING SUFFER FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE! DON'T YOU DARE SHOW YOUR FACE AT MY STUDIO AGAIN OR I'LL DESTROY YOU! HAHAHAHA, YOU'RE DEAD! YOU'RE SO FUCKING DEAD! GET THEM!"

Bendy's scary laugh haunted the entire battlefield as if it was designed to chase them. Some Searchers tried to capture the fleeing military personnel but very few succeeded. Bumblebee was followed by his original crew except Grimlock who parted down a wider stretch of road to veer off into a more suitable section of the city that he could escape from. Alice and Boris could no longer keep up with the Autobots and made rude gestures as they became spots in the distance.

A train horn out of nowhere abruptly rumbled closer in a small amount of time that put everyone on edge. The body of Casey ripped through the asphalt surface with no trace and slid to rip roar behind them, jaws snapping with the intent to kill. Many of the soldiers screamed as they glanced in their door and rear view mirrors to see the entirety of a malevolent Casey taking up nearly all the mirror's reflection space while gaining on them.

One brave soldier placed the barrel of a rocket launcher out the rear of the truck he was riding and fired on the train. It hit Casey's cheek and ripped part of his details off. Getting the hint, Jack fired his Cybertronian-implemented gun back along with several other soldiers. A few took on more rockets and began shooting up the toon like crazy.

Some shots were swallowed accidentally by the train and ruptures alongside the rows of cars that were attached to him emitted smoke and sometimes even fire. The train, however, didn't seem like it was going to stop. He only growled as other hits took out his window coverings and part of his chimney stack, deforming his face too. Finally, the bombardment became too much and the blasts that hit among his organs overcame him. With one final try at biting Rodimus, Casey blew up with ink erupting madly like a space bridge explosion miniaturized. One car burst after another in the row before all were destroyed and Casey was physical no more.

Everyone cheered at their victory and they carried on as the ground bridge awoke. They took their leave and it closed with no more enemies in pursuit. The last thing Bumblebee could see in his rear view mirror before disappearing through the rift was that of the betrayed frown of Boris who shook his head at him. Considering what he had just done, he knew it was a sign someone would pay for his second greatest mistake.

Bendy, on the other hand, clasped his mallet strenuously which almost broke the damn thing in half. Watching Casey being defeated wasn't any pleasant but he just stood on the grounds of the damaged hotel contemplating his next move. The Sheep, Sammy, and the other former humans gathered around him with disappointment in themselves for failing. Alice and the toons didn't look far off from disgraced either but Bendy paid them no mind.

"It seems…," the ink demon grinded his teeth with an unusually peaceful voice, "… that I'm going to have to take this to a whole other level to get what I want. I've never had to cross this line among friends but this changed the rules. Bumblebee has just signed a very pitiful death warrant and I…I know who I'm going after to make him understand that I am not a fucking joke among this world. I'm as real a threat as it gets."

Sammy held his arm like it was broken as he softly spoke, "Bumblebee was only doing what he believed to be right, my lord."

Bendy didn't even remove his glare at the ground, only pursed his mouth in an unfavorable expression. "Yeah? Well I'm about to do what I believe is right too…and I'm going to make it hurt. Boys, bring the cake and the wine because we're going to have a very special guest over come tomorrow."

AN: The next chapter is the Rated X chapter this has been building up to because this is where Bendy really becomes the absolute monster that gets him a spot in the Nightmare Universe. Reader discretion is advised!