As they walked down the halls, trying to get back to the safe house, Dani tried to think of a way to start walking on her own so she didn't have to hold onto Sammy for support.

"Uh…Sammy? Don't you think it'll be easier to find me a pipe or cane so that way I can let go of you?" She suggested.

"Yes. But we haven't come across any. Now have we?" He asked and she shook her head.

"Unfortunately no." She replied.

Her position did allow her to get a good look of him, especially now that he wasn't wearing that mask. He was sort of like Wally with his glowing orange eyes but his chin and head were smooth. Dani couldn't help but notice how buff he was too, now that she wasn't afraid of him all that much.

'Stop that. He is much…much older than you.' Dani thought to herself.

She glanced away from his body and looked down at Jack, who was a little ahead of them.

'Didn't Alice mention that he was once a very handsome man? Hmm wonder what he used to look like…'

Dani was brought out of her musings when she heard what sounded like someone sniffling. She kept looking at Jack but it became clear it wasn't him making the noise.

Then she turned to Sammy, who was looking down at the floor.

"Sammy? Are you okay?" She asked, curiously.

"Y-yeah…" He stuttered.

"Doesn't sound like it." She frowned.

"I just… don't understand what happened here. How it's been so long yet feels like a few days…" Sammy replied, looking at her. "I'm just so…"

"…Overwhelmed? Me too, buddy." Dani replied.

"Exactly." Sammy nodded. "If as much time has passed… then that means my family is gone. Including my fiancée."

"Did she work here?" She asks.

"No. She didn't have a job." Sammy replied. "Unfortunately, I don't remember much about her. Hell, I can't even remember if I had brown or blond hair. I just know it was one of the two and that it was long. Kind of like yours, really."

"I'm really sorry you've been stuck like this for so long. There has to be a way to set you free so you can finally rest in peace…at least I think you guys are all dead?" She said, in a questioning voice.

"I believe so." Sammy confirms. "Now that my memory is somewhat back, I would much rather just get you out. No need for you to risk your life."

"Hm…" She hummed, looking back at Jack for a moment before looking at Sammy. "So… what do you remember?"

"Well… I remember being the music director upstairs. And how much I hated distractions…" Sammy replied and looked at Jack, who was still ahead of them and silently listening. "… I also remember how Jack liked to be down in the sewers for peace and quiet."

"If I remember right, one of the recordings mentioned how you kicked everyone out of the room so you can enter your sanctuary."

"Ah yes… that…" Sammy started. "After the ink machine came, my hatred for distractions grew but I wasn't about to go down to the sewers so… I made that room. Thing is, I think that ink was doing something to me and it forced me to send everyone out first."

"So basically, you had ink poisoning or was high off of ink fumes." She said. "I'm surprised I haven't gotten either one yet."

"No…well, yes…but I feel like something more was going on." Sammy said, making her raise an eyebrow.

"Like the ink was corrupting you before you even became a monster?"

"I think so." Sammy nodded. "I just… wasn't me after dealing with that machine for several months."

"Do you… know what happened to you? Before you got turned into this?"

"I…" Sammy thought about that, his head hurting as he did. "Aah!" He winced in pain.

"Hey! Hey… you don't have to hurt yourself thinking about it." Dani frowned, seeing this.

"I… I think I remember…" Sammy said, his orange eyes widening.

"You do?" She asked, surprised.

"I was looking for Franks. He was the-"

"-Janitor. I know. Continue." She cut him off.

"Well, the Music Department flooded again and I needed him to clean it so I could get inside. So I went downstairs. Maybe this far down, looking for him. No one had seen him for a while. But knew he was down here. At some point, I ended up in a area where no one else was." Sammy continued.

"No one? The entire area was just…empty?" She asked and he nodded.

"At some point, I got knocked out. I remember waking up and hearing a voice, I know for sure it was Joey. Who else could it be? But I couldn't move my arms. I guess I was strapped down? I don't remember much afterwards…just that everything was dark…and cold…for a very long time before I came up through the floor." Sammy finished.

"What?" Dani said. "You mean you came out of a ink puddle…looking like this, right?"

"Right. I'm still cold now though." Sammy said. "I don't remember anything between that time and now though… I think you said I tried to kill you? What happened? Why are you here? And what about your injuries?"

"Well, I came here with a few friends two days ago but then that monster appeared and they got out while I fell through the floor. Fast forward a few hours later, you knocked me out and attempted to sacrifice me. But that monster attacked you and Jack helped me escape."

"Ah." Sammy muttered.

"Then I got attacked by a Butcher Gang and injured my arm. Then Alice Angel had a messed up Boris clone try and kill me and now my ankle hurts because of him." She continued.

"Why were we together again?" Sammy asked.

"Because you kidnapped me out of the safe house and tried to kill me again but obviously Jack came to my rescue again. So thanks for that, buddy!" She said, getting a happy sounding noise from Jack.

"He said, 'you're welcome'" Sammy replied, shuddering when he was spoken to through the ink.

"That's kind of creepy that you can talk to each other in your heads…or the ink I should say." Dani said.

"No kidding." Sammy replied. "How far is this safe house?"

"Uhh not sure. But hopefully Jack knows the way." She said, as they looked at him.

"Yes I do." Jack said, through the ink again.

Sammy sighed in relief. At least they were headed in the right direction.