Almost over! I think two more chapters and an epilogue to go? Maybe one more before the epilogue...
- Date: November 2, 2017. Time: 4:38 P.M. -
Henry went to Norman first. The older male's body was completely intact and was laying in a pool of ink. Luckily his face was up. The speaker was laying beside him along with all the wires.
"Urg…" Norman groaned, his voice weak and hoarse. "What happened…?"
Slowly, he sat up and rubbed his head with his hand. Then he opened his eyes suddenly and looked down at himself, surprised to see what he had saw and felt.
"I… I'm me again!? But how?" Norman said, feeling his human face. "I was so sure that I was a goner…"
"You were. That is until I stepped in." Henry said, appearing in front of him, making him let out a screech that turned into a normal yell.
"Calm down. You're fine now." Henry chuckled and kneeled down. "It's time to get out of here."
"H-Henry…? Is that you?" Norman asked, surprised to see him, now much older. Hell, maybe even older than him.
"Yep. I'm really here." Henry nodded.
"What happened?" Norman questioned. "How am I back to being me again? Where is everyone else?"
"Well, a young lady and I kind of worked together to save all of you. Most have moved on to Heaven but I decided to let several of you have another chance at life." Henry replied.
"Why me? I was… I was a monster! Besides, I'm older than lots of people here so one of them could've taken my place." Norman said, sadly.
"You're not a monster, Norman." Henry kneeled down. "That was all Joey's fault. You deserve a second chance."
"I see… where is Joey and that demon at?" Norman asked.
"Gone. They aren't a problem anymore." Henry said. "How do you feel?"
"My ears hurt… as does my stomach. But otherwise, I think I am okay." Norman replied. "This lady… where is she? Did I…try to hurt her at some point? I feel like I remember seeing a human very recently."
"Yes. But she is alright now. Her and the others are on their way up. Let's go get Susie first before meeting back up with them. Unfortunately, I can't help you up." Henry said, making Norman realize what he was.
"You're… why aren't you alive like the rest of us?" Norman asked, eyes widening at this realization.
"I was never dead like you guys." Henry shrugged. "Besides, someone has to be here to protect you guys in case Joey comes back."
"Oh." Norman mumbled before trying to get up.
It took a few tries but he finally managed to get to his feet. Once he did, Henry led him out of the room and to the one where Susie was sobbing on the floor in.
"Susie?" Norman asked, slowly making his way to her. "Are you alright?"
She shook her head and kept silent.
"Come on, it's time to leave. We have to find the others first though." Norman said, kneeling down in front of her.
"Leave me…" She muttered loud enough for them to hear. "I-I don't deserve this."
"Yeah you do. You had no control over what happened." Henry replied.
"W-Who are you?" Susie asked, looking up to him and wiping her tears.
"I'm Henry. You probably heard about me from Joey. I don't think we ever met though? I know you were the voice actress for Alice though." Henry replied. "Come on, time to go."
"But…" Susie trailed off.
"If I didn't think you deserved another chance, I wouldn't of let you live." Henry said,
"I-I guess that's true…" Susie sniffled. "But how will I face the others?"
"They'll understand." Henry said. "You have nothing to worry about anymore. None of you do. Everything will be alright now."
"Come with us, Susie. Let's go home." Norman said, making Henry realize what he had forgot to mention.
"Uh…" Henry started. "You… don't exactly have any homes to go back to anymore. It's been… a really long time…"
"What?" Susie gasped but Norman remained silent.
Why was this girl sorry though? What did she do? He wanted answers so he decided to write on the wall. It was the only way he could communicate with her after all.
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.
The recent memory had came to Norman like a…well, a flash. He remembered that girl perfectly now. What she had said to him about being in the far future from the last known year that he knew.
It would make sense that they are still in that year.
"But… how will we live in…2017?" Norman asked Henry.
"What year is it!?" Susie asked, shocked at that year.
"Dani will take care of you. And if you guys need help with anything, Bertrum and I will be there too." Henry replied. "She holds nothing against either of you and is more than happy to help you out and adjust."
"That's…oh my god…" Susie started to cry again. "That's the girl I tried to kill, isn't it?"
Henry gave a slow nod. Then kneeled down as quickly as he could when he and Norman realized Susie was going to have a panic attack.
"Hey! Hey… calm down! I swear everything is fine and that Dani isn't angry!" Henry said. "Let's go find them so you can see for yourselves."
"I'm a murderer, Henry! I-I don't deserve anything!" She put her head in her hands and started shaking from crying so hard.
"You aren't the murderer! Joey is! Please come with us. You can't stay here and… it's not like you have anywhere else to go either." Norman replied.
"I…" Susie sniffled. "…Okay… but you'll see how they're still angry at me for everything that I did!"
"And you'll see that they aren't." Henry replied as Norman helped her up.
"H-Henry? Are… you're practically see through!" She wiped her tears and came to this realization.
"Spooky, huh?" Norman asked and Susie nodded.
"Very." Susie said.
"Come on." Henry chuckled. "The others couldn't of traveled up very far. Especially since the elevator is down. Hm…"
"What?" Norman asked.
"I should probably see about fixing that. You'll just have to go up in groups. I doubt it'll hold much weight." Henry said.
"Well, why don't you see what you can do and tell the others we'll meet them at the elevator?" Norman suggested.
"Okay. There aren't any monsters roaming around so you'll be safe." Henry nodded, liking the suggestion.
"Okay." Norman nodded back and took Susie by the hand as he led her out of the room and down the hall.
Henry disappeared and went to tell the others where to meet Norman and Susie. He also opened up the door next to the elevator that was down since they should be coming from that way.
Once everyone was together at the elevator, Henry had told them he was working on getting it fixed. In the meantime, several had to suffer the awkwardness of what they may have done or tried to do to each other.
Boris and Bendy especially hid behind Dani, Thomas, and some of the others to stay away from Susie. While Alice tried to talk to her.
"Hey um… it's alright, yah know? You have nothing to worry about." Wally said to Susie, kind of nervously though he tried to hide it.
"Yes! Everything is fine now." Alice added.
"I know… it's just hard… after what I did…try to do…" Susie continued to look down, unable to look at them.
"I understand. Trust me." Sammy said. "I don't quite remember what happened but I know I tried something very bad too. Probably did a lot of bad things that I don't remember."
"You're lucky you don't remember it." Susie replied.
"Susie?" Dani started, leaving Boris and Bendy with Thomas and the others that weren't near Susie. "If this is about what you tried to do to Boris and I, well… I don't know about him, but I do forgive you. At this point I think we all should just forgive and forget whatever might have happened to us."
"I agree." Sammy nodded. "Forgive and forget sounds like the best option."
"See? She isn't angry like Henry said." Norman said.
"Only I don't think we should forgive Joey." Dani added.
"I also agree with this." Sammy replied. "But none of us are angry, Susie. Some…might be scared." He glanced back at Boris and Bendy. "But we're not angry."
"I'm just…tired…" Susie said. Well, it wasn't a total lie.
"Mood." Dani said, getting a lot of stares. She sighed. "Do I really have to explain that one?"
"Yes." Several people said in unison.
"Oh! Can I try and guess what it means?" Wally asked.
"Sure." She replied.
"Hmmm…let's see…" Wally thought for a moment. "It means that you agree with what is being said? And that it's relatable or something?"
"Wow. Nicely done, Wally." Dani replied. "It basically means something is relatable. So you got it pretty much."
"Yes!" Wally grinned. "I'm pretty good at… modern expressions…?"
"Eh. That one was a meme but sure. It's a modern expression too." Dani shrugged, getting more stares at the new word. "Memes are… basically something that is popular for a while before becoming overused, annoying, and old. Usually a new one pops up every other week."
"I think I like memes! They sound like something I'll enjoy!" Wally replied.
"Don't give him ideas." Sammy stated.
"What other… memes… are they?" Wally asked.
"I'll show you a list later." Dani replied. "Back to the point, no one is angry. Scared? Sure. But not angry. I think the only ones that are scared are Boris and Bendy." She said to Susie.
BANG!
A loud noise suddenly rang out. They looked back to the elevator to see that it was completely fixed now.
"Sorry that took a while. You guys should head up in groups." Henry said, reappearing with Bertrum, who didn't look well.
"I did find some photo albums. I used all my strength to take them to the main area so the police can find them easily. You'll just have to tell them to use the backdoor." Bertrum added, explaining what was wrong.
"Oh right. I forgot about that hole." Dani said.
"It also took me a while to convince someone upstairs to fix the elevator for you guys." Henry replied. "Can't do anything for that hole though."
"That's fine. We should be able to get out through the back." Thomas said.
"Well, why don't the toons and someone else come with me?" Dani said, stepping towards the elevator.
"Yeah! We'll go with you!" Bendy ran over to her with Boris right behind.
"I'll go with you!" Wally said.
"As will I." Jack added.
"Okay. That should be enough for the first group." Henry said as they got in and Jack pressed the button.
After a few times, they were finally together and was heading through the main area to go out the back. Lacie decided to grab the photo albums so they could just hand them to the police later. But they for sure need to send them back for all of the bodies.
Luckily, the floor was holding for them all even though the ghosts may have something to do with that.
Eventually, they finally got outside as the sun was starting to head down but it was still light out. Norman and Dani's eyes hurt a little, but she was so happy to finally see the sun again. They all were.
"I… never thought I would see the light again." Lacie said, using the books to shield her eyes.
"I never thought I'll see the sunlight period." Bendy added.
"Looks like the sun is going down. We better head around to the front and contact the police before it gets dark." Thomas said with the others agreeing with him.
As they walked around to the front, they decided to hang out in the parking lot as Dani took her phone out, realizing that while the battery was still holding on, it also had service again.
Note: They. Are. FREE! They can finally enjoy the sunlight as they sit on the parking lot, waiting for the police to pick them up!
