After making sure that everyone had everything they needed, the group left the safehouse. Henry had told Angel to stay with either him or Bendy at all times and she agreed and was now sitting on the demon's shoulders, seemingly having the time of her life. Henry grabbed a flashlight as they came across a pitch-black hallway and told them all to stay together. When they made it through Boris looked at Henry, after having what seemed to be a silent argument, Henry gave Boris the flashlight and watched as he crawled through the vent off to their left.
A few seconds later the metal doors that blocked their way opened slowly and they moved on. Angel looked back at the room and frowned why wasn't Boris with them? She'd have to ask Henry. She had gotten much better at speaking and Henry even taught her how to read! That was a lot of fun.
She tapped Bendy's head and told him she wanted to talk to Henry, nodding silently he moved over to him and tapped his shoulder. When he turned around to look at him, he pointed to her. Trying to find the words for what she wanted to say, her frown deepened. After a bit, she spoke " Where…. is... Boris?" Her voice was hoarse from the lack of use, it didn't hurt but it was very irritating.
Henry smiled at her " We'll meet up with him later, but he's alright for now." seemingly satisfied with his answer, she smiled in relief and went to play with her halo.
The group had come across the toy machine room and Henry frowned at the shelf blocking the door and muttered to himself "Why is there always something blocking the door?"
Bendy had placed Angel on the floor, noticing that Sammy had been awfully quiet. He turned his head in his direction and saw that he seemed to be wary of something. He limped over to him and poked him to get his attention. Sammy jumped a little but calmed down fairly fast, he looked up at the demon towering over him.
Now that he had the music directors attention he spoke "̶̤̬͙̫̍Ỳ̶̤̟o̴̭̲͇͗u̸͍̓̅̅̕ ̶͖̭̜̄̈́s̵̝͉̤̠̦̗͋̽ę̴̢͈͊̌͊͠e̴̻͖̱̺̳͒͋̕m̶͖̥̣͍̍̒̈́̐ ̷̨̢̭̦̍ṅ̴̜̼̭̟̥͎͒e̷̮̲͌͜r̷̬̹͍͉͋̿͊̉̏͂v̶̻̠̈ơ̴̯͕͍̒̃͗͆͆u̴͎̞͋͂̾̊͜s̵̛̞͙̊̓̂̑͝.̵̛̳̫̀.̴̝͓̳́͐̂͑͗̈́ͅͅ.̷̡̛͉͇͔͍̝̌͗͆͗ ̴̺̓w̶͎̮̿̒͆̅̀̅h̸̥̦͌̆͐͘͠á̶̱͎͗̑̆̀͘͜t̵͚̮͚̼̘̀'̸̧̪̤̦̈́͂̉͐s̴̤͈̺̐ ̸̢̢̺̯͒͒w̴̫̿̄ř̷̥͉̫͊̎̈̔̆o̵͕̝̼͓̍̈́n̵͇̩̝̾̄͆͆͜͜g̴̨̟̗͕̎̽͗̕?̴͈̝͕̈́̍̊̕"̴͕̒͊̿̑ Sammy adjusted his mask "It's…. The Angel… n-not the smaller one, but the other one…."
The Ink Demon growled "̴͇̝̔̆W̶̠̍͋̇̄͠h̷̨̖͇̭̻̘̓̆̈́͗̒a̵̛̛͕̞͔͆̉͜t̵̬̥͍͍̆̎̚͝ ̴̜̩̈̍̏̓ą̴̦̬̟̄̑̾̔͠b̴͓͔̓̉͐̚͜õ̷̦̘̖͜ͅư̵͓̱̳̍̓̕t̴͈̮̰̤̫̿̓̀͊̚ ̴̛͖̏̈́̓͗͝h̷̥͈̾͋̑́̈́e̷̛̝̭͗̍͂͑r̵͎̻̯̰̖̄?̶̱͇̣̃̄̏̌̽ͅ"̵̜̮̹̬͇̗̐̀̋ ̴̪̆̚ Sammy shifted a bit. "I don't know but I've got this bad feeling," Bendy thought about this, he knew she wouldn't dare do anything to piss him off but if there was a chance for her to become perfect, no matter how small that chance is, he had a feeling she would do anything to achieve her goal. No matter the cost.
He wondered if he should go with Henry to make sure nothing happens, well it never hurt to ask.
Henry finally managed to fix the toy machine, which was a relief for the most part. He pulled the lever a few times, clearing the way to the door. He moved to go through but Angel beat him to it, she opened the door and stepped in looking around in curiosity. Suddenly the door slammed shut behind her and she jumped. She turned around but Henry wasn't here with her, pie-cut widened with terror as she shrank away from the door.
Her halo flickered dimly as her fear grew, she looked around for a way out and found none. The room suddenly went dark and a light turned on behind her as a voice rang out and began to sing.
"I'm the cutest little angel sent from above and I know just how to swing."
She turned around, trying to find the source of the voice, it calmed her down a little bit and she wanted to find who was singing but found nothing.
"I got a bright little halo and I'm filled with love, I'm Alice Angel"
She sighed in relief, there was someone else here and an angel nonetheless. Maybe this person could help her find Henry.
"I'm the hit of the party, I'm the belle of the ball, I'm the toast of every town."
She moved closer to the light and saw that there was a room behind glass and she stood on her tip-toes to look inside but found nothing.
"Just one little dance and I know you'll fall…"
She backed away from the glass, she had a really bad feeling about this, but before she could move any further away, A woman who looked like her but was definitely not her, suddenly appeared from behind the glass and screamed "I'm Alice Angel" Then the room went completely dark as glass shattered and the scary woman laughed.
Her halo flickered dimly as Angel looked around wildly in the dark and found nothing.
"I see you there…" A voice from behind her said and she turned around and went stiff with fear as a hand touched her face. "A new fly… in my endless web" the voice seemed to soften as Angel's halo flickered, casting a little light on her face. " Come along now little one, Let's get you out of here."
Maybe this woman wasn't so bad after all, sure she looked scary but that wasn't her fault. The woman gently took her hand and led her out of the darkness. Angel slowly stopped shaking, her fear starting to subside a little as she was led away from the room.
They walked for a bit, the deformed angel would smile down at her from time to time and Angel could see her face more clearly every time she did. As they walked Angel hoped that Henry wasn't too worried about her. She was brought out of her thoughts as they arrived at what seemed to be some kind of hideout. The room itself was cozy and the only thing that stood out was a table with straps on it, that gave her a bad feeling but she chose to ignore it for now.
The deformed angel sat on a couch on the other side of the room and patted the spot next to her, Angel quickly complied as she didn't want to risk making her mad. She noticed that the woman seemed very excited to see her, though she couldn't fathom why.
Angel messed with the hem of her dress out of nervousness, she didn't know what to do so she figured she would start with her name and then ask what hers was. Taking a deep breath she spoke " I'm… Angel… what's your name?" She was pretty proud of herself, she had managed to make a full sentence without stuttering. Which in her opinion was a good thing, she still hadn't gotten used to speaking much. "You may call me Alice little one."
Angel smiled at her, she thought it was a very pretty name. "I like your… name… it's really… pretty."
Alice returned the smile, seemingly embarrassed by the compliment. "Thank you."
Angel studied her face, she could see that the left side was deformed and her halo seemed to stick in her head halfway, she hoped it wasn't too painful for her. She wanted to help her but had no idea how to do so. She looked down at her gloved hands in thought, Maybe if she thought hard enough she might come up with a plan to help the fallen angel.
Alice was thrilled that she managed to meet her perfect counterpart, although there were some differences between the two she brushed it off, she was still perfect. She noticed that the smaller angel seemed to be thinking about something, if it was about her, she would have to tell her that it's no use. She had tried everything to be perfect again and nothing had worked. She was ready to give up before she met her. Alice knew that there was no 'fixing' what had happened to her but that didn't stop her from trying at first. But now…. now she just wanted to sleep, she was so tired of everything that was going on.
She was brought out of her thoughts when the others halo pulsed brightly, giving off little sparks of golden light. Angel seemed just as surprised as she was as she looked up at the glowing sparking halo above her head.
Angel was completely stunned by the way her halo was glowing and sparking. It looked like a fountain of golden light, lightly dusting both of them in golden powder, like snow but it wasn't cold. It filled the two girls with warmth like they were sitting by a fire during a snowstorm.
The golden dust did nothing but slowly fade away when it touched Angel, but Alice was a different story. When the dust touched her, the deformities that littered her face and head slowly sealed shut, leaving nothing but soft, smooth skin.
Angel's halo stopped sparking and settled back to its original state.
Looking up at Alice she saw what the glowing dust had done to the woman, her face, which was once scarred and deformed, was now perfectly healed even her halo which was once stuck halfway in her head, now floated cheerfully above her head.
Alice slowly brought a hand to her face, the dust seemed to have gotten rid of all her imperfections. Standing up she rushed to the nearest mirror, wanting to confirm that she was indeed perfect.
What she saw shocked her, the gaping hole that had once taken up half her face, was now gone. Replaced with smooth skin that was soft to the touch. She was completely speechless, never in all the time she had been trapped in this godforsaken studio, did she think that she would ever reach perfection.
A smile grew on her face as tears pricked her eyes, this might be the happiest day of her miserable life here in the studio.
Angel pushed herself off the couch and moved over to Alice, slightly worried by the fact that the Fallen Angel was now crying. She reached for her hand, silently asking if she was okay. She squeaked when she was suddenly lifted in the air and spun around a few times. She smiled and giggled as the other held her close, laughing and smiling.
When the spinning stopped Angel gave Alice a big hug, happy that she had made her happy.
Alice set her down, still smiling not wanting to believe that this was happening. Alice didn't know if she was dreaming and if she was she never wanted to wake up. She didn't know how many times she thanked the little angel, but she was so grateful that she couldn't help it.
They jolted when they heard a thunderous roar, Alice froze in terror. Was the Ink Demon coming for her? No, she refused to go back to the puddles, she had finally gotten what she wanted- "Hey" a voice brought her out of her panicked state and she realized that Angel was still here.
She took a deep shaky breath "Y-you should go now little one." She was surprised when the angel refused. Giving her an inquisitive look, her silent question was answered when Angel tugged her forward. She wanted her to come with her, but just as she was about to say no, Angel gave her puppy eyes that she couldn't say no to. Sighing she let her drag her along, she was still plenty scared but the hopeful look on the smaller angel's face quelled her fears a little bit.
She helped guide the angel when she was unsure of where to go. They were getting closer to where the roar first sounded and Alice began to shake more the closer they got.
Angel turned to Alice giving her a smile in hopes to comfort her a little bit, it seemed to work. She told her to wait right here and that she would come back for her when things had calmed down with her friends.
Alice nodded and sat on the couch on her side of the split hallway.
Angel ran down the hall, she was excited to be reunited with her friends. She saw Henry looking around frantically for her in the room she had been in not too long ago. "Well she couldn't have gone-" Angel tackled Henry in a big hug, giggling as she did so.
Bendy was filled with rage when he learned that Angel had gone missing, but that rage had dispersed when he found Henry on the ground, holding a giggling little angel. He rushed forward and picked up both of them in a big hug. Sammy stood in the corner hesitant to come closer when Angel beckoned him forward. Sammy took a few steps towards them when the Ink Demon swept him up into the group hug.
They stayed like that for a while, before Bendy set them down. He turned to the little angel and scolded her "̷̫̱͚̬̖͕͛͐̋̔̚D̷̝̿̀́̃o̵͕̕n̸̤̈́͒͐͌̚͜'̷̟͖̼̤̫͌͂̾̓̈̕t̶̢̅͘ ̴̡̨̢̩͈̝͂͑͗y̶͈̥̯̋̉̚o̸̺̙̞͔̣̳̓̉̇u̸̬͕̠̞̍́͌̌̅͜ ̸̛̣̳̹͖̌̓̆ë̴̙͇̰͙̬́̈́v̸̥̬͙̀̏͋̐̚e̵͙̮͒̈r̷͚͔͓̻̆̈̅ ̵̡̨̛̭̰ͅs̴̰̓͆̊̏͝c̴͓̈́͊͘a̷͕̱͙͓͐͑̆r̸̡̛͛̒ė̷̼̰͇̾͑́̒̍ͅ ̷̘̠͖̘̟̺̽̏̄̋̃̓u̵̱͌s̸͔͕̒̎͂ ̴̨͉̱̖̲̐̀̉̆̔l̵̨̻̬̍̿́̽̚͘i̸̩͌͌̌͠͠͝k̷̹̣͓̮͇̣̐̃̉̂͘e̷͇̫͈͍̗͂̿̏̋͆͑ ̸͔̙̓̚̚t̶̮̦͉̬̯̓͛͑̓ḧ̴́̾̋͝ͅa̴̝͕͊͆̃̑̂t̸̙̪͖̲̲͆̉ ̵͚̥͎̩͗̃̔̿͘a̴͉̿g̸̟͎̭̜͖͗̂͋̇̚à̵͈̼͌̌ï̴̡̊̓͜͜n̶͙̼̘̠͋̽̾̒͒,̵̹̝̰̅̊͠ ̵̢͓̣̦̯̒̾͒̎̓ÿ̶̢͈̤͈́a̴͓̱̘̎̍͂͘ ̶̜̬̌ḣ̴͕̦̼̲̰̫̈́̄̓͝ȩ̴̦̳̝̺̌́͗̀͘͘à̴̢̹̥̮̱̆̆̈́͐̔r̸̨͍̃͝ͅ?̸̞̆̌̄̓͝"̴̢̤̪̼͊̌͑̊̎̚
She nodded, taking his words very seriously. She suddenly started tugging on Henry's hand, trying to lead him somewhere. Casting a confused look to Bendy he allowed her to pull him forward, Bendy and Sammy followed closely behind the two.
When they came to the split hallway, Angel told them to stay put and not to attack her new friend. That had the whole group on edge, whoever her 'new friend' was they might be dangerous.
She stepped into the right hallway and approached Alice. When she was close enough she held out her hand. Alice looked at her, she was still shaking in fear but that fear disappeared when Angel told her in a firm voice "Don't worry Alice, I'll protect you." then she smiled at her. Alice smiled back, this little girl of an angel was willing to protect her. She was like a guardian angel, despite how small she was.
Nodding, Alice took her hand and let her lead her out of the safety of the hallway. Angel led her new friend out to the intersection where her other friends (that's right I heard the story- sorry I had to) were waiting. She frowned when Henry brandished his ax and Bendy growled menacingly. Angel stood in front of Alice protectively, she wasn't going to allow her to get hurt. The floor rumbled and the boards creaked as something from underneath was trying to poke its way through. The floor broke and splintered as green vines forced their way through the floor, creating a little barrier between Angel and her friends. Both Henry and Bendy seemed shocked by the arrival of the vines, they hadn't expected Angel to defend Alice so stubbornly.
They looked at the little angel and found that her eyes were glowing, they were no longer pie-cut but they looked more human, they reminded Henry of the 'wandering is a terrible sin' cutout he saw sometimes when he was in a place he wasn't supposed to be in. But her eyes were different, they were glowing blood red.
Trying to defuse the situation Henry put the ax down and told Bendy to stand down. The demon did so reluctantly. Sammy on the other hand was in awe of the little angel's power. She looked like she was ready to defend the False Angel at any cost.
When Angel saw that they weren't going to hurt Alice, she calmed down and dismissed the vines (she didn't know how she summoned them in the first place but decided to just go with it for now) before smiling at everyone.
Alice watched in amazement as the little angel protected her, she had no idea just how powerful she was and she realized that if she had made one wrong move back at her hideout she would have been a puddle of ink by now. The thought scared her a little bit but she shook it off for now.
Bendy was genuinely surprised by Angel's power, it could easily match his own. When he looked into her eyes he saw something dark and sinister that sent shivers up his spine. But now that things had calmed down a bit he could see that her eyes had returned to normal and Angel was still herself, but not as cheerful as before. She had an air of seriousness that surrounded her so thickly that Bendy had a hard time believing that she wouldn't kill anything that threatened her new 'friend'.