Phew! Sorry for posting this late, I got caught up in something and other, but here is the next chapter

Also lets see if you all noticed that small moment which will affect what going to happen

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Chapter eight

Once he descended down the stairs and turned the corner, Cuphead instantly saw writing at the end of the hallway.

'Down here, we're all sinners'

"Creepy" Cuphead mutters under his breath as he got close to the writing before quickly stopping to see the floor was sunk and was filled with ankle-deep ink. 'This...looks like a sewer' he couldn't help but think that before shaking his head and slowly stepped into the ink, shivering a bit from the coldness and looked at his left and right. At his right was a dead-end but when he turn to his left, he saw the way was a bit boarded up, but that wasn't what caught his attention. It was one of those ink monsters, but what differs from the others was a nice looking hat it was wearing.

'What?' confused, Cuphead started to move closer but as soon as he got close, the ink monster quickly disappeared but not before Cuphead saw something shimmer in its hands.

'The valve!' Cuphead widen his eyes in shock before quickly cutting down the boards and started moving forwards in hopes of catching the hat-wearing ink monster and soon saw another writing that sent more shivers down his spine.

'The sheep will come to slaughter'

Shaking his head, Cuphead walked passed the writing and kept moving until he came across a small room with a single chair and desk along with a recorder. Curious, Cuphead stepped into the room and pushed the play button.

There was silence for a few seconds before a unknown male voice was heard.

'I love the quiet and that's hard to come by these busy times'

'Must not like crowds then' Cuphead thought about it.

'And yeah sure it may stink to high heaven down here. But it's just perfect for an old lyricist like me.'

'So I was right, it is a sewer'

'Sammy's songs always got some bounce, but if I didn't get away once in a while, they'd never have any words to go with them. So I'll keep my mind a-singin' and my nose closed'

"Mm...what a strange guy" he said before stepping out of the room and soon kept moving. He took a few turns into he entered a small room with two small machines on each side of the room and writing at the end of the room.

He didn't have time to read what it says when he saw the ink monster standing there. "Mm!" Cuphead started to run towards it before swinging his axe at it but before the blade could touch the ink monster, it quickly disappeared before reappearing on the left corner of the room. Feeling his eye twitch in annoyance, Cuphead kept swinging the ink monster over and over again, missing every time until he got too tired and leaned against the wall, panting a bit.

'Ugh, how do I get that valve' Cuphead thought as he was trying to come up with something. Soon he decided to search around the room for an answer. Soon he found two levers on each small machine and when he tested it, Cuphead saw that the left lever raise a platform with a large box on it at the end of the room and the right lever lowered it, quite harshly.

"Mm..." He slightly tapped his chin in thought before snapping his fingers, "I got an idea...I hope that it works though" he said to himself before looking for the ink monster and started to chase him, mostly to figure out its pattern. After figuring out the pattern, Cuphead looked at the ink monster whom was standing in the right corner of the room and quickly charged at it, causing it to quickly move away from Cuphead and appeared in where he wanted it to be at.

Not wanting to take a chance of it to escape, Cuphead swiftly move to the right lever and pulled it down, causing the platform to fall on top of the ink monster, crushing it.

Sighing out in relief, Cuphead made his way to the fallen platform and quickly saw the valve slightly peaking out of the ink and picked it up before looking at where the ink monster was. "Sorry" Cuphead simply said, feeling slightly bad about killing the only harmless ink monster before turning around and making his way out of the sewers.

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"There we go" Cuphead mutters out as he placed the valve where it belonged and started to turn it, instantly hearing something being drained.

'Maybe I can finally get into that office' he thought as he started to make his way to Sammy's office and he was right, he saw that the ink had stopped spewing and opened the door. Curious, Cuphead walked to the desk, finding many different things, including an old fashion radio and a blueprint of some kind of machine. Cuphead then turned on the radio and smiles a bit, listening to the music for a bit before looking to his left and saw writings.

'It's time to believe'

'Believe what?' he thought before looking away, letting the radio on and grabbed onto the lever before pulling it down and soon heard some groans and creaks from within the walls.

"that should do it" Cuphead said with a smile before making his way back to where the exit was and stepped into the main room.

CLANK

"Ack!" gasping out in pain, Cuphead instantly fell to the ground due to a sudden pain at the back of his head. Groaning a bit more, he saw black spots appearing in his vision and slowly rolled onto his back, trying not to pass out before suddenly seeing someone looking over him, but his vision was too fuzzy to see what they looked like.

"Rest your head~ It's time for bed~"

That was a last thing he heard before finally passing out.

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He slowly heard a low ringing noise in his ears as he was slowly waking up before feeling someone patting his cheeks, waking him up more. Slowly opening his eyes and with blurry vision, Cuphead saw someone slightly slouched over him, trying to wake him up.

"Wakey wakey~" the person softly said which Cuphead couldn't pinpoint of where he heard the voice from and let out a low groan and soon felt the icy touch leave.

"There we go now, Nice and tight" the stranger said as he pulled away, "We wouldn't want our sheep roaming away now, would we?"

"S-Sheep?" Cuphead weakly asked as he blinked a few times, slowly getting rid of the blurriness enough to finally see what the stranger looked like and it was a...man?

The man had ink black skin, wearing only faded worker overalls and the strangest thing was that he was wearing a messed up Bendy mask with the circle cut around the mouth.

"W-Who ar...Sammy?" Cuphead soon figured out who the voice belonged to and was shocked of what became of Sammy and soon saw him holding the axe. "What's going on?" Cuphead asked as he started to look around before finding himself tied up.

"No we wouldn't" Sammy kept talking like he never heard Cuphead while slightly caressing the handle of the axe before staring back at Cuphead, "I must...admit that I am honored you came all the way down here to visit me"

"I don't even know you" Cuphead quickly said with a small scowl as he tried to break himself free, somehow having a bad feeling.

"It almost makes what I'm about to do seem...cruel"

Cuphead quickly stopped when he heard that and glared at Sammy, "What are you talking about? What are you going to do to me" Cuphead almost demanded, but Sammy kept talking.

"But the believers must honor their savior" Sammy said as he turned around to lean the axe against the broken down shelf before moving back to Cuphead, "I must have him notice me"

"Notice? You mean Bendy?" he said before yelping a bit when Sammy suddenly gripped his jawline while leaning close, "Wait...you look familiar to me" Sammy said as he slightly move Cuphead's head left and right, "That face"

'I don't think I ever remembered seeing you' Cuphead thought with a snarl before Sammy shook his head and pulled away, "Not now" he started to say as he looked away, "For our lord is calling to us, my little sheep, the time of sacrifice is at hand"

"What!? I'm not going to be some sacrifice" Cuphead growled out as he started to struggle harder while glaring harder at Sammy.

"And then, I will finally be freed from this...prison...this inky...dark...abyss I call a body" Sammy said in a disgusting tone, "I don't care about that! Just let m-" Cuphead started to yell before Sammy suddenly covered his mouth.

"Shhh...quiet! Listen!" Sammy said which Cuphead started to listen a bit before quickly hearing someone moving within the walls, 'What was that' he thought feeling dread appearing in his stomach, "I can hear him" Sammy said, sounding happy. "Crawling above...crawling!" soon he pulled away from Cuphead.

Soon Sammy slightly clapped, "Let us begin...the ritual must be completed" he said before starting to walk to the door to his left, "Soon he will hear me...he will set us free" he added in a chilly tone.

"Wait! Come back and untie me!" Cuphead yelled out in rage before continuing to struggle as Sammy walked out and slammed the door behind him and soon the sound of an intercom was activated.

'Shit!'

"Sheep, sheep, sheep...it's time for sleep" Sammy started to said in a singing tone, "Rest your head...ti's time for bed~"

'No way I'm going to be sticking around!' Cuphead thought as he managed to get the ropes slightly loose and started to pull and twist the ropes.

"In the morning, you may wake...or in the morning...you'll be head"

Soon Cuphead heard more movements behind the walls and felt a bit of sweat appearing on his forehead and soon felt the dread growing when he saw a metal gate in front of him slowly open.

"Hear me Bendy! Arise from the darkness!" Sammy started to said in a loud voice, "Arise and claim my offering!"

"MM!" Cuphead managed to hear the ropes starting to break and pulled harder.

"FREE ME! I BEG YOU! I summon you Ink Demon! Show your face and take this tender sheep!"

Just as Cuphead thought that Bendy was going to burst through the entrance ahead, he jumped when he heard rapid movement coming from the intercom. "No! My lord!" Sammy yelled out, sounding panicked, "Stay back! I am your prophet!" Cuphead felt his heart drop a bit when he heard a demonic roar. "I am your-AHHH!" Sammy soon screamed out in pain before the intercom got cut off.

'What happened!?' Cuphead panicky thought before letting out a cry of relief when the ropes finally broke. Quickly moving to his feet, Cuphead quickly grabbed the axe and as soon as he picked it up, he saw more ink monsters appearing.

"Bring it!" Cuphead let out a war cry as he charged at the ink monsters, hearing his heart beating in his ears as he strike down every ink monster he could before running through the entrance. Seeing the boards blocking his way, Cuphead started to cut them down, still high off his adrenaline, but when he cut down the last board, Cuphead felt his blood turn cold when he saw the blade of the axe get broken off.

"Oh no..." he said in horror before dropping the handle of the axe. 'Maybe I could find another one' he thought before moving forwards and soon stood at the entrance of the room that was filled with ink. "Exit!" Cuphead quickly said, seeing the exit sign on the other side. Soon Cuphead stepped into the ink and started to move towards the exit, but halfway though, something suddenly burst in front of him before feeling something grip his neck and lifted him off of his feet.

Cuphead only had a second to freak out before becoming silent when he was face-to-face with Bendy.

"B-B-Bendy?" Cuphead managed to say as he stared at his old friend in shock, surprise and horror. The Ink demon let out a deep growl, scaring Cuphead more before lifting his other hand and pressed his fingers against Cuphead's forehead and the touch snapped Cuphead out of his panicked state before instantly pressing his index finger against Bendy's wrist that was gripping his neck and shot a lazar beam through the wrist, causing Bendy to cry out in shock and rage, quickly releasing Cuphead.

Gasping when he hit the ground, Cuphead ignored the slight pain and quickly move to his feet and started to run away, hearing Bendy growling behind him.

'Damn it!' Cuphead saw a blockage ahead of him but then saw an opening to his right and quickly took a sharp tone, hearing Bendy following behind. Cuphead ignored the icy cold feeling of the ink splashing on him as he ran away while taking sharp turns, 'What is this! A maze!?' he thought with a growl. He could also see black lines starting to appear all around him, causing him to run even faster. Cuphead soon felt his heart soar when he saw a door ahead and pushed himself faster before taking a change to lunge though the doorway. As soon as he hit the ground, Cuphead rolled over and quickly kicked the door closed, causing it to be automatically locked.

He was breathing heavily as he heard a few banging on the door before it became quiet. He waited for anything to happen for a few moments before deciding that Bendy left and soon let out a loud sigh of relief and collapsed on the ground, trying to catch his breath.

"Fuck..." Cuphead breathed out in relief before he slowly pushed himself up, still breathing heavily, 'I can't believe that I found him...but...he didn't recognized me' Cuphead thought, feeling sad at the thought before clenching his fists tightly, 'No! There got to be a reason...and I'm going to find out' he then thought with a frown before looking around, seeing some buttons on one wall and a large shelf on the other side of the room that was filled with Bendy plushies. Ignoring that, Cuphead looked around more before finding another door and quickly walked through it, seeing another room with mostly barrels.

Becoming a bit tensed, Cuphead started to walk forwards before quickly stopping when he saw a can rolling out.

"Who's there!" Cuphead yelled out, getting ready to fight. Soon he heard footsteps before seeing someone walking out and blinks a bit.

"Wha..." Cuphead breathed out as he felt like he had seen the other before.

"W-Wait...Boris...?"

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So yeah, lets see what is going to happen next now

Comment down of what you think so far and yeah

Piper out-