The next few hours of Bendy's life were the worst. Being forcibly painted orange until his color was permanent, felt like being force-fed dirt for a week except ten times worse. Then afterward he was tied to a chair inside a room with Salti and she turned off the light. What happened afterward is up to your interpretation (Wink Wink). Well then after that shenanigans, Bendy went to Splatasia's weapon lab. It was a large circular room with glass pipes snaking their way out of and into walls, multiple workbenches, and ink-related technology which Bendy recognized from his machine. He found her sitting and waiting for him on top of a giant ink nuke. She spotted orange kiss marks on Bendy's face and snickered.
"So... How was initiation?" she said with a hint of sarcasm as she leaped down from the bomb.
"F*ucking terrible," spat Bendy as he sat down on a metal folding chair, "What are you going to do to me? Use me as a test subject for your experiments like a mad scientist?"
"Yes and no," smiled Splatasia as she snatched a lab coat off the wall and pulled her sleeve through it, "First of all, I'm a scientist but I'm not crazy or any type of sexually psychotic. What we're going to do is to find a suitable weapon for you. It's going to be just you and me as test subjects. So we're gonna beat each other up until we find a suitable weapon for you."
"F*uck you," muttered Bendy still clearly in a bad mood. Splatasia looked at him sympathetically. She then flipped a switch which was labeled DOJO. The walls of the lab suddenly folded inwards and flipped to reveal concrete which was covered in orange paint splats.
"You know," she said soberly her eyes full of sympathy and sadness, "The internet is a terrible place. Some of us want the spotlight but others don't and it's usually them who get targeted by... Rule 34. I think Salti doesn't like it but I think she's just grown accustomed to what must happen. She just pretends to enjoy it."
She paused. Then she took a deep breath and looked at Bendy in the eye.
"Splatoon is supposed to be a fun game for kids and adults. It was never meant to be like this. People just do what they want to do with franchises. It contaminated us. It contaminates all of us. I'm sorry."
She then snapped her fingers and a canister filled with purple light slid out of the ground. Bendy realized that his ink powers resided in there.
"No, no," apologized Bendy, "I should be saying sorry. It's just new, the city, the missing people, the games. It's thrown at me like I'm expected to cope with it. It's not fair."
Splatasia sighed then opened the canister. The purple light shot off towards Bendy like a bullet and he felt energized, powerful but the same feeling of emptiness and bitterness filled him like darkness in a room.
"Salti's wouldn't like to see us wasting time so let's get started," Splatasia said as she bent down, "I've calibrated your ink to another spawner so we're enemy teams. Now let's see whether those stories about your powers are real."
She scooped up a handful of orange ink and lobbed it at Bendy's face. Bendy stood there shocked then realized what they were doing. He summoned a massive tidal wave of orange ink and sent it crashing down on her. But when the ink receded, she was gone. Bendy looked around and saw ripples of ink heading straight towards him. Before he could react, Splatatsia leaped out of the ink and planted her foot on Bendy's chest, and flipped, kicking Bendy in the process and landing with grace. Bendy stumbled into a wall and hit his head hard. He saw through his blurry vision the inkling taking a predatory pace towards him. Bendy then transformed into his monster form. Orange ink suddenly streamed along the walls and the floor. Splatasia paused for a moment to assess the situation. But that was her first mistake. Bendy's gloved hand found her throat as he flung her across the room. She got up, grinning wildly much to Bendy's surprise.
"Not bad for a beginner," she said as she rushed towards Bendy and tackled him into her own ink puddle. It was like fighting in water except you couldn't see and your opponent had an unfair advantage because the ink just made her stronger the longer she was inside. The worst part was that Ink Bendy relied on his sense of hearing to track unknown opponents but the hearing didn't help. All he heard were splashing, squelching, and voices. Voices. Then he had an idea. He reached out in his mind. He knew there was a little doorknob in Splatasia's mind that he could use to distract her for just long enough to get out of the puddle. There were a few long seconds of Splatasia kicking and punching him, then he found it. The world went black for a second but then a scene formed before Bendy. He saw a little inkling, clearly a younger version of Splatasia from her stern look and ponytail. She was inside a closet with what seeming looked like a much younger version of James, one of the inklings that recolored Bendy. They both looked afraid. A small gap in the doorway showed an adult inking shouting down at a female adult inking.
"WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THEM!" shrieked the father, "ALL THEY DO IS PLAY TURF WAR! DO WE EXPECT THEM TO ACTUALLY MAKE A LIVING!?
"Please," pleaded the mother, "It's their dream to be stars of Splat Harbor. Let them live it or make it seem like that."
"I WANT THE BEST FOR MY CHILDREN YOU BITCH. ALL THEY KNOW IS WAR. THIS IS NOT HOW TO RAISE A CHILD!"
"Your children, YOUR CHILDREN!" the mother's voice turned shrill, "SINCE WHEN WERE THEY YOUR PROPERTY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOOD BUT YOU'RE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MAN I EVER MET!"
Then he hit her. The pain stung right through Bendy as if he were the one being hit. He had seen enough. He closed the memory. At the present moment, he saw Splatasia splayed on the floor gasping and crying. Bendy was standing over her in his monster form. There was silence for a minute, then that minute extended into five minutes.
"How did you..." spluttered Splatasia as she sat up, "How did you do that."
"Basic soul and ink physics," muttered Bendy as he reverted to his cartoon form. He paused for a minute then looked away.
"What happened afterward?"
"My parents got divorced. Mother took James and father took me. He wasn't a good father. He used to beat me and... he had so many expectations. He got drunk every day and I'd used to run from home so I could avoid his rants. Although, I saw why he didn't like every inklings' dream. He saw how being a celebrity was a curse and the journey towards fame was nothing but pain. That's why I took up inventing. But then I found James... It turns out he managed to find himself on a popular team. He then invited me to join. So here I am. Confessing my sins to the devil."
Bendy stood there not moving. He held out his hand.
"I am a demon, not the devil. There's no sin in telling me how you got here," said Bendy solemnly then winked, "But I might just haunt you forever."
Splatasia gave a weak smile and grabbed Bendy's hand and hoisted herself
...
They went through a selection of Splatasia's weapons but Bendy was never good at shooting. They then resorted to melee weapons. The one that Bendy liked the most was the giant paint roller. Splatasia looked slightly underwhelmed.
"Usually rollers aren't very useful on our team," muttered Splatasia, "Although with your ink powers, you might pull through, there's no way of knowing."
Once they sorted out Bendy's weapon, Salti came in to tell them that their match begins in half an hour. Once the team went through the strategy, which Salti had to rework due to Bendy's choice of a roller.
"Seriously darling," she said in mock exasperation, "Why even choose a roller? They are so for amateurs."
"Seriously Salti," Bendy sneered, "Why even have sex with me you got Splatasia to do it for you?"
Splatasia turned as red as a tomato and Salti chuckled. James and Kogu raised eyebrows.
Once they got everything sorted. James stayed behind but then he walked up and put his hand on Bendy's shoulder.
"Take care of my little sister will you?" he said, "She often gets... targeted by others. Also, sorry about earlier."
"No need to worry," replied Bendy, "Once we get this over and down with, I'll be back to my black self."
"That's if Salti keeps her word," James said sourly, "She's an opportunistic little sh*t. Be wary. Once you're done, get the fuck out."
"Are you going to be alright?" asked Bendy.
"I have seen worse than this," said James but he had a hint of apprehension, "It's probably some inkling trying to sabotage us."
Bendy looked into James. He wasn't surprised that James and Splatasia were brother and sister. They both had that same sadness in their eyes.
"You take care of yourself," said Bendy as he headed out of the door into the arena.
...
The area was large and rectangular with concrete platforms with random signs and metal bridges connecting each platform. The crowd went wild as the teams materialized on their spawners at opposite ends of the area.
"NOW WE HAVE OUR SIXTH ROUND FOR THE DAY FOLKS!" said Callie and Marie, the Squid Sisters, as their magnified voices boomed around the arena.
"WE HAVE THE OCTAVIUS SPLASHINOUS, THE INFAMOUS PURPLE OCTOLING TEAM FROM THE UNDERGROUND!" shouted Callie with a hint of disdain in her voice.
"AND WE HAVE THE HELL PAINTERS, THE CROWD CAN'T WAIT FOR THOSE UNDERDOGS TO SHINE LIKE LAST TIME!" continued Marie but then she was interrupted by an inkling who whispered something in her ear. Her eyes widened then snatched the mic from Callie.
"I REPEAT! WE HAVE A GUEST OF HONOR HERE IN THE HELL PAINTERS. IT'S THE DEVIL FROM THE INKY DEPTHS OF THE ABYSS. GIVE IT UP FOR BENDY THE INK DEMON!"
The camera's almost spun out of control as they swiveled around and zoomed in on the Hell Painters. The crowd went loose with cheers and gasps and visible confusion. But over them was the unmistakable voice of Freddy Fazbear.
"WHAT THE F*CK!"
Bendy whirled around and saw Freddy Fazbear and Mr Peterson up on the back row. They both looked confused, surprised, and very angry.
"NOW THE SOUNDTRACK THAT WE SHALL HAVE FOR OUR LAST MATCH FOR THE DAY WILL BE FITTING FOR THE LAST MATCH FOR THE DAY," announced Callie she threw her arms out, "IT WILL BE CALAMARI INKANTATION!"
"That particular song strengthens inklings and octolings," whispered Kogu through the side of his mouth, "Watch yourself."
"CALLIE MY VOICE IS DYING RIGHT NOW. BUT ALRIGHT. THIS IS EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE! PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR THE ULTIMATE SHOW!"
And then the first note struck, the turf war began. The octolings made a beeline for the high ground, while the Inklings swerved around to cover the outer territories while Bendy headed straight for the nearest opponent. According to the plan, Bendy's job was to distract the octolings for long enough to get them surrounded. Bendy stopped at a column summoned a puddle of ink and jumped in and teleported next to the octoling. He didn't notice Bendy. Good. Bendy then rammed his roller straight into the octoling and sent him flying off the platform screaming in confusion, splatting about twenty feet below Bendy and effectively sending him back to the respawn point. Then Bendy spotted an octoling shouting at her teammate and warning them to watch their backs. But that didn't worry Bendy, spreading fear was the very thing he was good at. He quickly painted the tower orange and ran across the bridge to the next platform. The Inklings had the outer rims all colored orange and were slowing making their way inwards. At the moment, the octolings were winning but not for long. Bendy made his way to the next octoling who had a sniper, she stopped shooting and turned, grinning as she threw a splat bomb. Bendy then made his hand turn gigantic and swatted the bomb back to the octoling. She leaped forward and aimed her sniper at Bendy's face. Bendy quickly jumped out of the way as a stream of purple ink shot out just towards where Bendy was standing. Seeing that she couldn't win, the Octoling jumped off the tower and transformed into an octopus as she hit the ink. She escaped.
"God damn it," muttered Bendy as he colored the tower the moved on. Two octolings from a rotating platform above where Bendy was running to started shooting down at him, laughing as Bendy ran for cover. Bendy couldn't teleport since he was surrounded by purple ink. He was trapped. He then saw Splatasia running across one of the bridges. He then remembered one of Splatasia's weapons he tested.
"SPLATASIA!" Bendy shouted as purple ink rained from the sky, "THROW ME THE WOOMINATOR!"
Splatasia turned and saw Bendy being tormented by the two octoling then she understood. He pulled out a small speaker and threw it at Bendy and continued on her way. Bendy caught the Woominator and aimed it at the octolings and screamed into the receiver. The noise was indescribable. As soon the sound wave hit the tower, it collapsed sending the octolings back to their respawn point. The sound echoed in the stadium, shattering every piece of glass and causing everyone to hold their heads in pain. The audience paused then erupted into a whirlwind of cheers, begging for more action from the little devil darling.
"It seems they love you," observed Kogu thoughtfully who stopped by Bendy and colored the area orange, "Just try to reduce the collateral damage. I think you inadvertently sent Salti back to respawn."
"I'm not sure to think whether that is good or bad?" Bendy snickered. Kogu chuckled at Bendy's snide remark.
"Do you hate her?" asked Kogu, his eyes neither interested nor uninterested. He then threw a splat bomb at an octoling who was trying to sneak upon them.
"It's just she kidnapped me and forced me into sex," muttered Bendy, "I'm just pissed off."
Kogu noded.
"She does do a lot to get things her way," Kogu noted, "Other than that she'll be alright. If you ever try to stick around."
"Well I probably won't," shrugged Bendy as he headed off to color some more terrain. The inklings were winning which was good but just barely, which was bad. The plan was working with all the other rims colored and Salti defending the terrain with Bendy, Splatasia and Kogu fighting off the Octolings. It wasn't the most ideal situation but it was still in their favor. As Bendy ran around coloring purple terrain, he heard a scream. Bendy's hearing skills told him that it come from an alleyway hidden away from the audience, Bendy jumped into an orange ink puddle and reformed to where the scream was from. What he cleared his senses, he was knocked over by Spalatsia and an octoling. Splatasia had a gag in her and was being tackled down. The Octoling was trying to tie her down. The duo threw each other across the wall, Splatasia was good but the Octoling was too fast.
"BENDY!" screamed the inkling through her gag as she was pinned, "GET THIS RAPIST OFF ME!"
Bendy then understood what was happening. He transformed into his monster form and swiped the octoling of his feet and held by the neck. The octoling realized who this new opponent was and struggled desperately.
"Let me tell you a secret you little sh*t," Bendy snarled, his crooked smile gave off no happy vibes, "I hate today. I hate every day. But it is people like you who make it worse. So do the world a favor and go to hell."
He then slammed the octoling onto the ground. The octoling half combusted, purple ink splatted around him. Then Bendy raised his foot and repeatedly stomped on the octoling's face until it was nothing but a mush of flesh and ink. Bendy then pulled out his roller and ran over the octoling's half-splatted body. Bendy looked at the now disintegrating body and looked at Spatasia who looked horrified then looked at the ground.
"You didn't have to do that," muttered Splatasia.
"Does this happen regularly?" asked Bendy as he reverted into his cartoon form.
"No."
"You're lying."
"Yes I am," confessed Splatasia, "You're the first person since James to understand me. Nobody knows about this. But... I'm grateful you stopped it."
Splatasia and Bendy walked out onto a platform. A loud siren blared across the stadium signaling the end of the turf war.
"THAT IT FOR TODAY!" said Marie into the speaker, "I'M AM SURE GLAD THAT'S OVER."
"WELL, IT SEEMED THAT THE HELL PAINTERS HAVE SECURED THEIR WIN BY 5 PERCENT!"
"NOW THAT'S THE END! STAY FRESH!
Salti squealed in joy, jumping up and down. Kogu grinned and gave Bendy a small wink. Splatasia squeezed Bendy's gloved hand and started whooping. Bendy looked around dazed to consider that they won. Then after a few seconds, he started to smile.
...
Back at the changing rooms, the team shared their own accounts of what happened to each of them.
"Bendy," said Salti, "That scream was rape to my ears. Great job!"
"Bendy did handle that quite well," noted Kogu, "Even it was your first turf war, you exceed everyone's expectations."
"I guess you have to go back to your investigation," muttered Splatasia who was still holding Bendy's hand, "I'll miss having you around."
Bendy looked at Salti and she looked back. He remembered James warning about Salti and prepared for her to say the worst. But then what she said was any of the sort.
"I'm sorry for kidnapping you. Even if this was a great experience, I kinda sucked the fun out of it. If you ever want to come back, call me."
She then looked at Splatasia then at Bendy. She then gave a wink.
"You two make a great couple."
Splatasia went red. Bendy did the same. Salti laughed.
"So you aren't hitting on me anymore?" asked Bendy.
"I am a f*ucking slut," said Salti seductively, "I hit on anybody who has a dick."
"Good point," said Bendy as he got up, "Now Splatasia, recolor me black and I'm outta here."
Everybody cheered. But their celebration was cut short as Freddy Fazbear stormed into the room with the Neighbour scuttling close behind.
"Now Bendy," said the bear, on the verge of rage, "Explain to me what the f*uck is going on."
