When Alice had finished warning them about the Ink Demon aka Bendy, Lily looked up at Henry with a scared expression and began to wonder that maybe all of this wasn't such a good idea after all.
"I don't think we should go and do all those things that she wants us to do" the child whispered in case Alice was listening "we should just keep trying to find a way out."
"I know" Henry sighed, crouching down to her level and placing his hands on her shoulders "but she did say that she'll help us get out of here if we do these jobs for her so the sooner we get them done, the sooner we can leave this place and go home okay?."
"But what about what she said, about the Ink Demon being out there" Lily whispered "I don't want to be walking around the building if he's going to be lurking around."
"Just stay close to me okay, we'll just need to be careful and make sure he doesn't see us" Henry implied "I won't let anything bad happen to you."
"You know, if the child doesn't want to go along with our little errand run you could always leave her with me, I'll take care of her whilst you're doing my favours" Alice's voice echoed around the room followed by a chuckle "wouldn't want to put a innocent little girl at the mercy of the Ink Demon now would we."
"No" Henry spoke, grabbing Lily into a protective hug "she stays with me, I'm not letting her out of my sight" despite the Angel's offer of possibly keeping Lily out of harms way, he didn't trust her one bit, she seemed to be just as threatening and dangerous as Bendy was but he'd rather Lily stay with him than be left alone with her.
"Then quit you're little daddy daughter pep talk and fetch me my gears" the Angel replied in a rather impatient tone "I don't like to be kept waiting." Lily gave Henry a small nod, indicating that it was okay for them to go ahead so he stood up, took the little girl's hand and the pair walked into the elevator where Boris was waiting for them and proceeded up to level K to find the five special gears that Alice had requested them to fetch.
"Okay" Henry muttered, clutching the spanner in one hand and Lily's hand in the other "let's get this over with." The pair stepped out of the elevator but Boris remained inside, standing in the corner and Lily was curious as to why he wasn't coming with them.
"Boris, aren't you coming?" she asked.
"You guys go on ahead, I'll wait here" Boris replied, he remained in the corner and Henry began to notice that he seemed a little uneasy "I feel much safer in here." Henry was about to say something when he noticed the cartoon wolf had began to cower suddenly, like he was terrified of something and he was about to ask him what the matter was when he suddenly felt Lily tugging at his arm.
"Daddy" she whispered, pointing towards the balcony "look." Henry looked over to where Lily was pointing and noticed that black Inky trails had began to creep along the walls, accompanied by a taunting, demonic voice.
"Henry, where are you?" the Ink Demon's voice echoed around the room "I know you and that child of yours are around here somewhere,hehehe." Wasting no time, Henry scooped Lily up into his arms and ran inside a nearby miracle station, sitting on the seat inside and holding the little girl protectively as Bendy entered the area, searching around for the pair.
"You can't hide from me" he taunted "I know you're both around here somewhere, I will find you." The pair watched through the little peephole inside the station as he walked closer to their hiding place, the inky veins on the wall becoming darker and Henry could feel Lily trembling in his arms and began to quietly reassure her but the child could not take her eyes of the twisted form of what was once a lovable and friendly cartoon character her Daddy had created all those years ago, lurking around the room, hunting them down like a Lion hunting for it's prey.
"Please go away, please go away" Henry muttered, holding Lily even tighter as Bendy got closer and closer to the station, fearing that he would rip the door open and pull the pair of them out but instead he turned around and headed back up the stairs before disappearing into the wall through an Inky portal. Breathing a sigh of relief, Henry opened the miracle station door and stepped out as Lily followed closely behind.
"Phew, that was close" he said with relief before kneeling down at eye level with his daughter "are you okay?" the little girl nodded but she still appeared to be shaken up with their encounter with the Ink Demon and how he had come so close to finding them.
"So now what?" she asked.
"Well, I guess we better look for these gear things and bring them back to the Angel and then see what else she wants us to do" he replied "and we'll need to be careful, Bendy could show up again at anytime and we don't want to get caught do we?" she shook her head "okay,now let's this over with and hopefully we can get out of here soon." He stood up to his full height and began searching round for the gears, keeping Lily close by him at all times and the pair kept a constant watch out in case Bendy decided to unexpectedly show up again but luckily he didn't show up as they went collected the gears.
"Ah, that should be plenty" Alice Angel's voice echoed around the room after they found five gears hidden in boxes stuck to the walls "return them to me, and try not to die on the way back."
"Okay,guess we better go back down to level Nine and give these gears to Alice" Henry stated as he and Lily made their way back to the elevator "and then we'll see what the next task is she wants us to do."
"Do you still think she'll let us leave after we do these jobs for her?" Lily questioned.
"We'll just have to wait and see once we finish doing these favours for her" Henry replied "who knows, maybe she'll..." he immediately stopped speaking when noticed that more Ink veins were beginning to form around the walls yet again, meaning that Bendy was nearby but there was miracle station nearby for them to hide in and before either of them could react, the tall Inky figure appeared from round the corner and as it saw the man and the little girl slowly backing away, his grin stretched even further and he made a grab for Lily but Henry managed to snatch her out of his reach and he made a run for the elevator with her in his arms as Bendy pursued after them.
"HENRY" the Ink Demon roared, his voice echoing through the halls as he pursued after Henry who made a quick dash into the elevator, put a trembling Lily to the floor and quickly pressed the button to go back down to level Nine and luckily the doors closed before Bendy could enter and he began pounding on the glass doors with a growl as the elevator descended back down to level Nine.
"You may have gotten away this time, but next time you won't be so lucky" he declared before walking off and into the wall through another portal as Henry, Lily and Boris arrived back to level nine to give Alice the gears she had requested.
"When can we go home?" Lily asked,her voice shaking.
"Soon, we'll get to go home soon" Henry reassured her "I know you're scared honey but the sooner we get these jobs done, the sooner we can get out." After he placed the gears into the little garbage can device outside the doorway to Alice's chamber, she gave him yet another task, collect four power cores from level P and remembering how Bendy had almost got hold of Lily after they finished collecting the gears, he wasn't sure if he should take her with him for the rest of these jobs and he didn't want to leave her alone with Alice, despite her promise of letting them leave after they finished her tasks, he still didn't trust her, he could tell her to stay in the elevator with Boris but there was the risk of Bendy finding her in there so the only option was to leave her in a miracle station and come back for her once he finished doing Alice's jobs, it was a tough and risky decision but he felt she would be more safe in one of those miracle stations. After taking his next weapon, which was a sink plunger, Henry knelt down to Lily's height and pulled her into a tight hug before letting go and looking at her directly in the eyes.
"You do know I love you right?" he asked and the little girl nodded before noticing the serious look on his face, like he was about to make a huge decision "and no matter what happens, you need to stay strong for me right?" before she could ask what he was talking about, Henry scooped her up into his arms and carried her to the elevator before closing the doors and hitting the button for level P but still kept Lily in his arms. Once they reached the floor, Henry saw a miracle station nearby and with a deep sigh, carried Lily over to it and as he arrived beside it, he set Lily down on the floor and crouched down to her level, taking her by the arms.
"Now listen to me" he told her in a serious tone "I want you to go inside that miracle station and hide in there until I finish doing those favours for the Angel, I don't think it's safe for you around here, not with Bendy roaming around."
"No, don't leave me" the little girl pleaded, her voice shaking "I want to stay with you, please, don't leave me alone." Henry sighed, was he making the right decision, he wanted to keep his little girl safe but at the same time didn't want her being put at risk, maybe he didn't have to leave her in there until it was time for them to leave, he could just leave her in there until after he finished doing this job and then put her in another station if he was to be sent on another task and come back for her once he had finished.
"I'll tell you what, you wait in here while I go and do this favour then I'll come back and don't worry, these power cores she wants me to collect are all on this floor so I won't be too far away okay" he reassured "does that sound a little better?"
"I guess so" the child replied in a quiet voice.
"That's my girl, now go inside and don't make a sound" he told her before ushering her inside "I'll be back, I promise."
"Pinky promise?" the little girl asked, holding out her pinky finger " Pinky promise me that you'll come back when you're done." With a small smile, Henry linked his own Pinky Finger with Lily's and made the promise that he will come back for her.
"Now be a good girl and stay put, I won't be long" he said before closing the door, leaving the little girl inside the miracle station whilst he went searching for the power cores.
"How sweet" the sarcastic tone of the Angel's voice echoed around the room "you really do care for that child of yours don't you, heh, it's been such a long time since someone cared for me like that...and that will happen again, it will." Henry didn't respond and proceeded with his task whilst Lily stayed hidden inside the miracle station, waiting for her daddy to come back and she hoped he would come back soon.
"Please be quick Daddy" she whispered, pulling her knees up to her chin and looking out the little peephole, everything appeared to be normal, there was no Ink veins trailing along the walls and she could just see Henry up ahead so everything seemed fine, that was until a black inky Portal suddenly appeared on the wall just a few feet away from her hiding place and what came walking out from it was none other than the Ink Demon himself and Lily could feel her small body trembling and she curled up even tighter on the little bench inside the station, hoping he would just walk on by and hoped he wouldn't see Henry roaming around on the floor but he didn't even continue on walking by after coming out of the portal, instead he turned around, facing the child's hiding place and with a sneer, began to make his way towards the small box that Lily was hiding in and the little girl could feel her heart pounding in her chest as he drew nearer and all she could think of was why was he coming towards there, did he know she was in there, so many thoughts were going around in her young mind and she realized that Henry was nowhere to be seen, he must have gone into one of the small rooms on this floor so he was unaware that Bendy was also on this floor and was possibly about to find Lily or maybe he had seen him come out of the wall and was hiding himself inside another miracle station.
"Go away, go away" Lily whispered as the twisted form of her favourite cartoon character got closer and closer to her hiding spot and before long, he was right outside, gripping hold of the small peephole and Lily could see his Ink covered grinning face peering through and with what sounded like a snarl of victory, Bendy ripped the door open and his grin widened as he caught sight of the small child trembling and inching away.
"Hello...Lily" he sneered before grabbing the child by her pinafore and dragging her out of the station before holding her up against the wall, covering her mouth to prevent her from screaming "so... you're the daughter of Henry, that traitor, hehehe, this is going to get interesting, very interesting indeed."
