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When she grew closer to the studio, Jane stopped off at a gas station to stock up on a few things plus gas. She felt exhausted as she climbed out of the truck, stretching out her legs. All she had done was drive; well besides a few rest stops and a fast food joint to eat.
She went into the station and gathered a few items to take with her on the rest of the trip. A couple granola bars, a bag of chips, and a chocolate bar as well.
In times like these, she always managed to pack a few snacks. She was always the kind of person who thought ahead of things. The kind of person who packed everything but the kitchen sink. She carried around a bag where it contained items that she didn't even know that she packed.
While she paid for the snacks, her eyes perused the counter for any last minute items to take along with her. When she spied the mini LED flashlight, she snatched it up and placed it with the other items. Never know when you need a flashlight.
The male clerk looked at her stuff and laughed. "Got a sweet tooth?"
Jane gave a half smile and shrugged. "Kind of."
He smiled, packing her bag while she paid. "Well...hope this helps your travel go smoother."
"Thanks." she mumbled softly as he handed her the bag. "Have a good day."
"You too." he grinned as she quickly walked away.
Hopefully the travel went better.
Her stomach was in knots by now. When she started the trip, the adrenaline was pumping through her veins and she was so excited to do something so out of the box. Now that she was only thirty minutes away, the pressure was really setting in.
What was she going to say? Do?
As Jane climbed back into the truck, she shook her head a few times and and gently smacked her cheeks. "Stop it...stop it..." she mumbled, trying to stop herself from having a nervous breakdown. "You're just going to see a man. You've met plenty of men, right? You're just going to see a man...a man who used to work with Henry. A man...who owns one of the biggest animation studios and who betrayed your uncle. You're just going to talk to him about what he wants. Yeah...so just...stop freaking out..."
Gazing into the rear view mirror, she frowned at her reflection.
'Stop being sooo...weird. What are people going to think?' a familiar voice echoed through her mind, making Jane's eyes water. 'I hate it when you act like this.'
Biting her lower lip, Jane wiped away the tears that threatened to fall. "Stop this...don't think about that." she told herself, wiping her eyes. "Focus on the task at hand."
Jane started the truck and got back onto the road, blasting a sappy love song that she always sang to keep her mind off of things anything to keep her nerves under control
About several miles later, she arrived at the gate that led into the studio. By this point, her heart was racing and every nerve was twitching.
The gate was slightly cracked, making Jane's hopes rise a little. Someone was here!
She quickly got out to open the gates, hearing the loud screech of metal rusting. Once it was open, she climbed back into the truck and drove down the long driveway.
As she pulled into the abandon lot, Jane's mind began to wander about what she would gain from this.
Arrested for trespassing? Get inured for breaking and entering? Or would she get the answers that she was hoping for?
Sitting there in the only safe place that she knew and trusted, Jane let out a long sigh.
"What are you doing Jane? This is beyond crazy. This is like going cliff jumping off a skyscraper. This is like committing a robbery with a squirt gun." Jane pushed her hair behind her ears. "You've really got to stop watching those kinds of shows when people are pulling stupid stunts..."
Her eyes started up at the abandoned studio that lay ahead. The building was awfully big. Giant windows lined the sides of the walls, a long set of stairs led up to the main doors, and above those doors was an aging sign that probably read 'Joey Drew Studios', except now it read 'Jy Drw Stds', due to the fact that some letters were long gone. In the right hand corner, there was a large cartoon head of Bendy that had seen better days.
A small chuckled left her lips when she looked at the sign a little closer. "All the vowels are gone."
At least she had a little bit of humor about all this.
"You're really doing this. You're actually doing this..." she mumbled softly. "If this is your idea of an adventure, then you're clearly losing your mind."
Once she stopped scolding herself, Jane grabbed her backpack, slinging it over her shoulders and then got out of the truck. The sound of the car door slamming shut echoed through the empty lot, making her heart sink.
"Maybe this was a bad idea." she cowered, her hand gripping the door handle, ready to get back in, drive home to face her parents, and go back to her miserable life.
But just when she was about to leave, a light flickered on in the window on the right side.
Maybe Joey was really there. But...how did he know that she was coming tonight? Maybe he lived there secretly and saw her outside. Or perhaps he stayed there in order to meet up with Henry.
Well whatever the reason, someone was there.
Jane gnawed on her lower lip as she contemplated over this. 'Make up your mind! Either you go back to your life or you face this crazy notion and meet the man! Stop being so indecisive!' she yelled mentally at herself. A tactic that she used quite a lot in times like this.
Finally, she released the handle and slowly made her way towards the front doors.
The summer breeze blew through her long hair while the late afternoon sun beat down on her.
"Imagine being here at night." she shuddered, looking up at the Bendy head on the sign. "It would be like a real horror movie."
Her nerves started shaking the closer she got. She was going to meet the man who helped create the world that she grew up on. But...he was also the man who practically ruined her uncle's life. What would he look like? How would he act? What would he say when he discovered that Henry's niece came instead?
Well whatever happened, it would probably change lives.
Once she made it to the doors, she gently touched the doorknob and turned it. "This is it..." she whispered, pushing forward. The door gave away, creaking open like the bracket hadn't been oiled in years. The hallway ahead was slightly dimmed, but Jane was able to see where she was going.
Taking a hesitant step inside, Jane ventured down the hallway. As soon as she was about a few steps in, the door behind her slammed shut, making Jane nearly jump out of her shoes.
"Geez...could I be anymore of a scardy cat?" Jane asked sarcastically, hoping that Joey didn't hear.
Jane crept into the main room, taking a look around. The room was dimly lit from the lights, but the real thing that lit up the room was the sign that caught her eye. Internally, Jane was nearly screaming when she saw the Joey Drew Studios sign surrounded by reels, which were turning as if they had never been turned off. Someone was definitely here!
She ginned, stepping closer towards the sign. Memories of seeing this logo at the end of every Bendy cartoon made her heart warm at the thought and her nerves slowly disappear.
She was actually here!
When she finished fan-girling over the sign, her eyes scanned around at the room. The walls were crumbling, being hidden behind several mismatched boards. The ceiling above was practically falling apart. Honestly, it was a real mystery how this place was still standing.
The sound of something dripping in the distance caught her attention. Was this place leaking too?
Her eyes trailed over to the corner to see an old fashioned projector with a film reel still in the holder. "Wow..." she marveled softly, moving closer to examine it. She had always seen these in old movies and always wanted to see one up close. "Wonder if it still works." When she located the switch and flipped it, but nothing happened. Jane's excitement dimmed when nothing came up on the screen ahead. "Bummer..."
Leaving the projector, she took the hall on the right side and wandered down until she came upon a small drawing desk in the corner. Upon further inspection, she saw a name plate above the desk, covered in a thin layer of dust. Using her finger, Jane swept the dust off, revealing the golden letters that read 'Henry'.
A smile crept on her lips. "Looks like they never got rid of your desk, Uncle Henry. Like you never really left."
There were a few scraps of paper lying around her shoes and a couple of drawing pencils as well as a small ink pot on the desk.
"Do people still use those?" she asked herself as she looked around at the various desks that were in the room next door. Papers were scattered all over the desks and floor while the lights above flickered on and off. It was as if everyone just stopped caring before this place was shut down and made a mess of everything. Probably to spite Joey for all the mistreatment.
Her brows rose. "Yep, this place is definitely abandoned." she mumbled, stepping away from the room. "But where's the so called 'creator'?"
As Jane left the artist area and went back into the main lobby, something out of the corner of her eye caught Jane's attention.
The projector that she had tried to turn on before was now shining a small glow on the wall while music played softly in the background. "What...the..." She remembered that it wasn't working before. Next to the projector was a cardboard cut out of the infamous little devil known as Bendy. Was that there before?
Feeling slightly skeptical about this, she tried to ignore it and traveled down another hallway filled with several doors.
The familiar sound of something dripping became louder as she turned the corner.
When she saw what was causing this, Jane's feet stopped instantly. At first, she thought it was water that was dripping, but instead it was something dark and was pooling on the ground below. Not only that, but someone had used that black substance to write something on the wall.
'Dreams Come True'
Reluctantly, she crept closer and cautiously held out a finger to catch some on her finger. It was wet and smeared easily across her skin. "Is this ink?" she voiced quietly as she looked at the continuous drip. "Why would someone have ink dripping here? I mean...this is an animation studio, but this is kind of over the top."
Jane left the strange inky trickle and ventured further down the hall. There were several doors on either side of the wall, but all of them were locked. Strange...but then again, this place was probably closed for years.
But wasn't someone here?
Clenching her fists, she attempted to find out. "H-hello? Is anyone in here?"
Her voice echoed for a moment, letting her voice reverberate back to her. Then a pause of dead silence made her stomach sink a little.
Someone had to be here...right?
"Joey? Is that you?"
Nothing.
Jane bit her lower lip as she kept walking until she came to a pipe that stretched across the floor. Climbing over it, she was able to see what was hidden around the corner and it made her curiosity expand.
Ahead of Jane was a spacious room with several chains that hung from the ceiling while the ends of those chains ran all the way down into a deep dark abbess. There was a long railing that barred her off from going over the edge and rather large switch stared back at her.
"What the heck is this?" she asked out loud, hearing her voice echo throughout the room. "What kind of animation studio has stuff like this?" She stood against the railing, leaning over as she was trying to see into the hole.
In the corner of her eye, Jane spotted a power box with a sign that read 'Power'. Below that lay an unusually large battery about the size of a car battery.
Jane moved over to pick it up, with a little bit of strength and lifted it up into the slot. It sparked a little once it was in place, making her step back in surprise.
"That's not good..."
Glancing over her shoulder, she stared at the now glowing lever. Internally, she could hear the curious voice in her head saying to pull it. But on the other hand, the other voice was telling her to leave that glowing tempting button of destruction alone!
But...her curiosity won in the end as she found her hand on the lever and she pulled it down. The room began to shake and rumble while the chains began moving.
"Oh Jane, what did you just do?" she moaned in despair.
Within moments, a massive machine appeared from the darkness. Jane's mouth dropped in shock as she stared at the colossus machine before her. It was almost as big as the room was.
What in the world is this sort of contraption doing in an animation studio?
At the nozzle of the machine, Jane could see a small trickle of some sort of dark liquid dripping down. More ink?
"What is this thing? An ink machine?" she asked herself as her eyes trailed over to see a sign that read 'Ink Machine'. "Oh...wow I'm smart..."
When her eyes trailed back to the machine, Jane's inner child curiosity kicked in, causing her desire to get close to it to intensify. Maybe turn it on to see what would happen.
She searched the area for another switch, but nothing was in sight. "Naturally, no way to turn it on." she sighed heavily before taking one last look at the hulking machine before her. "Huh...guess its mystery will be lost forever. Cool machine though, even if it's a little weird." she mumbled, leaving the ink machine room. This was getting a little too strange for her.
A long sigh left Jane's lips as she climbed over the slow pipe again. "Maybe that's what Joey was talking about in his letter. Seems like something big to brag about to your old friend. But...would've been nice if the sender was actually here...or at least left instructions."
When she rounded the corner, she stopped abruptly. A strange feeling crept up her spine when she noticed another hallway appear where she knew that wasn't there before. She had recalled a shutter being there on that wall, closed tightly. But now, there was a lit up hallways with several more doors.
"I must be going crazy...because I know for a fact that wasn't there before..." Her head shook incredulously, before she crept closer. "Is this some sort of fun house? Because I'm definitely not having fun."
In fact, this was getting a little creepy.
But...once again, her inquisitiveness won again as she slipped down the corridor.
At the end of the hall, another Bendy cut out stood against the wall. Jane stared into its dark eyes before she felt the chill run down her spine again. "Who knew that could be so...creepy in this light." she shuddered, shaking her head as she ventured further down the hall. Suddenly a long board dropped from the ceiling, landing on the ground with a loud bang, making Jane jump back.
"Good thing I wasn't there..." she sighed in relief, stepping closer to the board. "This whole place is probably being held up by toothpicks at this point."
Something dark on the left side caught her eye, making Jane turn towards it. Instead of the chill, Jane felt her heart nearly plummet into her stomach at the sight before her at the end of the hall. Her breathing grew shallow. What...was that?
That voice in the back of her head said no. Her legs felt like lead, keeping her planted on the floor. She wasn't going to go near that thing.
But...she had to find out what it was.
Biting down on her lower lip awfully hard, Jane crept towards the strange sight.
The closer she got, the scarier and obscure it became.
Before her was what looked like a black and white cartoon character, strapped to an upright gurney table, with it's chest cracked open like a dissection project. A large wrench lay in the creature's chest. Candles surrounded the dog like creature while ink seeped through ceiling making the entire thing look like a sacrificial ritual.
"What the...I...what is this?" Jane choked, staring at the gruesome sight. "Is this some sort of Halloween thing that they forgot to take down or some...sideshow joke?"
Jane was beginning to feel a little unsafe in here. Where was Joey hiding at? Why was this place so creepy? Of course it was abandoned and falling apart, but what sort of abandoned studio had a dead cartoon character strapped down to a table? This was something straight out of a horror movie and she was the clueless victim.
"Please don't let this be a horror movie...I'm much smarter than those bimbos on TV." Jane breathed when she spied a poster on the wall next to the creature.
Realization slowly crossed her face when her eyes glanced between the poster and the figure.
"B-Boris?" she whispered in fear. "Boris the Wolf?"
Jane could remember watching Bendy cartoons as a child and seeing the goofy and slightly mischievous wolf playing pranks on Bendy that would make the little Devil run off. He was a playful character and always made Jane smile and laugh as a child.
But...now...he looked...dead. His chest was opened and little X's lay over his eyes like a knocked out cartoon character. Except instead of humor, all Jane felt was...fear.
"Wh-who did this to you? Why would anyone?" she whispered, her voice shaking a little.
Out of fear, Jane slowly stepped backwards and quickly walked away. This was getting too weird.
She moved down the hall to the other room until she arrived in the doorway. The large room had several column like pedestals, three on each side of the room. Straight ahead was a power switch with a large sign that said 'Ink Machine'. Was this the switch that turned it on officially?
Cautiously, she tiptoed towards the lever, as if she was trying to stay silent. However, every footstep creaked against the wooden floor.
"What are you doing Jane?" she asked herself. "Why are you doing this? This is the time to leave...not stick around and pull the lever of death..."
Her hand touched the lever and tried to pull down, but it was stuck. A light began flashing next to the switch began blinking, 'low power'.
"Okay Jane, there's no power. It's time to go and realize that Joey isn't really here." she told herself, stepping away slowly. "Just...go home and pretend that you never saw anything..."
When she took another step, something touched her foot, making Jane gasp and jump backwards. She looked down to see a black book laying on the floor.
"Geez Jane, getting scared over a book." she scolded herself as she reached down to pick it up. Turning it over in her hands, she saw the white lettering that read, 'The Illusion of Living'. "What the heck?" she whispered, flipping through the book. On each page, there were markings and notes written by someone over the true words of the book. Circles, stars, and lines were crossed out. Some of the phrases were too obscure for Jane to read.
Once she saw a phrase that had the word death and sacrifice in them, Jane gulped before quickly shutting the cover closed. Then she set it down on the nearest pedestal to avoid reading anything more.
A spotlight came on, making her jump.
"What the..." Her eyes trailed over to the picture behind that had an image of a book. It matched what she placed on the column. "That's really weird..." She said, shaking her head before she walked away.
At this point, Jane wasn't sure what to expect and she didn't know if she wanted to find out. Joey was nowhere in sight and yet...the lights and machines were running as if there was someone there. Did that mean that someone else was there with her? Or...was there anyone at all?
Jane's heart dropped at that thought. "No no...there are no such things as ghosts." she told herself, turning the corner, only to let out a loud scream when she came face to face with a Bendy cardboard cutout.
That...definitely wasn't there before.
"Who put this here?!" she yelled out, feeling slightly frustrated and scared over this rude prank. "Seriously! Who did this?!"
Her protests were no use as nothing echoed back. The only thing that stared back at her were those dark eyes that belonged to the cardboard cutout as well as the dissected figure of Boris.
Jane ran past the cutout and down the opposite hall as fast as she could. When she was away from the fearful sights, her eyes glanced around the room for anything that would tell her who was there with her.
Why was she still here? She should just leave and never return! Maybe go to the nearest seven-eleven and freeze her brain on blue slushies. Forget this ever happened and let the crazy mystery die. Go back home and face her parents already.
But when she was about to walk away, something caught her eye, making Jane look down at the table nearby. A small tape recorder lay there and it looked like a tape was still in there. This place was filled with all kinds of older technology. Peering closer at the player, she could see writing on the white strip of the tape that read, 'Wally Franks: Diary Tape 1'.
Wally Franks? Who was that?
Jane's hand reached out to push the button, but stopped herself. "Don't...even dare Jane. This will just make you want to stay and go exploring. And then that exploring will lead to death and destruction. Your death." Her feet began pacing in front of the table as she fought with herself. "It's just a tape, it's not like it's going to jump out and attack you..." she trailed off before looking down at the tape. "Right?" A heavy shake of her head followed. "Oh stop being so paranoid. True, there's some really messed up stuff going on, but that doesn't mean that this is really happening? Maybe you're imagining things. I mean, remember when you made up that monster that lived in your closet? Yeah...it just turned out to be a puffy coat with a tear in the sleeve. A big tear..."
She nearly turned the corner to see if the cutout was still there, but stopped abruptly, afraid to see if it was there.
"Just...check the tape and then leave. Find out who this Wally is and then go." she told herself before going back to push the play button on the tape. "It's amazing that people still have these."
"At this point, I don't get what Joey's plan is for this company. The animations sure aren't being finished on time anymore. And I certainly don't see why we need this...machine. It's noisy and messy and who needs that much ink anyway. Also, get this...Joey had each of us donate something from our workstations. We put them on these little pedestals in the break room; to appease the Gods Joey says. Keep things going. I think he's lost his mind. But hey, he writes the checks. But I tell you what, if one more of these pipes burst, I'm outta here!"
When the tape stopped playing, Jane was left there in shock as she took in this new information.
Before, she had no idea what any of this meant, but now...after hearing Wally's account on what was happening...some of it made sense now.
But the question was...was she going to try and turn on the machine still?
About a half hour later, Jane's arms were full of items that could be possibly used in the power room. In her arms, she held an old record, a small bottle of ink with a skull painted on the label (very creepy), a large machine gear, and a cute little Bendy plushie that she found.
She managed to go back into the break room to study the pictures behind the pedestals and ran back out to gather the items throughout the studio. Thankfully, the cutout stayed in place. Last thing she needed was to get spooked by that again.
Jane placed the items in their respected places, seeing spotlights turning on above them. Looks like she was on the right track.
However, there was only one pedestal left. And the picture behind it showed a wrench.
Jane sighed heavily in response. She had searched every single room for one, but came up with nothing. Where was it?
As she began mentally checking to see what rooms she had checked, her heart dropped when her eyes fell on the Boris room ahead. Low and behold, the end of a wrench was sticking out of his chest.
"Why me..." she wailed, slowly creeping over to the dark room. "Why did it have to be there?"
Biting her lower lip, Jane carefully leaned forward, grabbing the top of the wrench and began to pull. At first, it seemed pretty stuck and the fact that the wrench was covered in ink, making it much slipperier, wasn't helping.
Jane stopped pulling and wiped the ink off on her pants, internally yelling at herself for staining them. "Stupid...right on your favorite pair of jeans..."
Huffing a quick breath, she began tugging on the edge of the wrench. Loud groans left her chest as she pulled with all of her might. "Come on! Move! Moooove!"
Suddenly, it gave away, making Jane tumble backwards, the wrench enclosed in her hand.
The Boris slumped forward, making Jane's stomach lurch. 'What if that thing was real?' She shuddered at the thought. "Come on Jane, that can't be real. It's just some really creative Halloween decoration."
With the wrench in hand, Jane strutted back to the room and placed the last item on the tower. The spotlight came on, but when she went to pull the lever, nothing happened again.
This made Jane groan loudly in frustration. "Oh come on! What else do I need to do?!"
Once again, nobody answered.
When she looked down at the lever, she noticed that the button now read 'low ink pressure'.
Was that the next step?
At the back of her mind, Jane had recalled seeing an ink pressure machine down the hall when she was searching for the items. Maybe that's what she needed to do.
Jane left the ink room and stopped the second she got out. The Bendy cutout was gone.
She pushed the fear deep down before she rushed down the hallways. "Don't even...don't think about it..." she huffed, jogging across the creaky wooden floors. "Ignore the fact that the cutout got up and walked away...just pretend that he went to get a drink or a doughnut. Little demons like doughnuts, right?"
'Sure Jane, they like doughnuts.' she mentally told herself, rolling her eyes.
When she approached the hallway, she sighed in relief. Almost there.
"Alright, just turn it on and-" she cut herself off with a scream when the Bendy cutout from earlier peeked around the corner before disappearing again.
The heart inside of her chest beat wildly like a drummer beating on a base drum at a concert. Her mind tried to tell herself that she was just seeing things at this point. That it was her crazy mind. Yeah, that's right. Or perhaps the scent of the ink getting to her head. Her fear...
Shakily, she ripped her backpack around and begins to dig around for something, never taking her eyes off of the corner. What she needed was a weapon. A weapon of any sort.
In the end, all she could pull out was an umbrella that she had in there for an emergency.
"You...you really need to carry a knife from now on...or pepper spray..." she whispered, cautiously taking steps towards the corner. "Like a cardboard cutout is going to be scared of an umbrella. Oh wait...how would I know what a cutout is afraid of?"
With every shaky step, her fear was practically doing a tap dance on her nerves.
As soon as she turned the corner, there was nobody in the viewing room. Instead, the Bendy cutout lay against the wall, smiling widely at Jane. Creepy...
Once her foot stepped into the room, the projector in the room flickered on and a Bendy cartoon began to play. The sounds of Bendy whistling the filled the room created an eerie and disturbing symphony that sent shivers down Jane's spine. The Bendy cartoon dancing on screen grinned as he bounced up and down, pumping his arms. His eyes stared back as if looking deep into her soul.
Jane stood there for a moment before she rushed over to the lever. She needed to get out of here. This couldn't be some Halloween joke that someone left behind.
No...this place had to be haunted.
Jane gripped the handle of the lever and shut her eyes tightly. "Just pull it, look at the machine, and leave. Stop being stupid and just leave."
The instant that she pushed the lever forward, a loud squeal screeched above her head, making Jane cringe at the sound. Suddenly the sound of something bursting above made her eyes shoot open to see the pipe above her explode, causing gallons of dark liquid to pour into the room.
She gasped as the room began to fill up with ink, dark sticky ink making its way to her shoes. What was happening?! Ink filling up the room?! What was this?!
Jane tried to back up, but ended up pinned in the the corner while the ink soaked the bottom of her sneakers and began slowly rising.
"I've gotta get out of here." she whimpered before attempting to jump onto a nearby chair that sat in the middle of the ink, clutching onto the umbrella.
The pipe above was leaking like a water pipe had just burst at home. But why were there pipes filled with ink? This was unbelievable! Then again, most of this place was.
Jane leaped to another chair, nearly slipping on the ink dripping from her shoes and crashed onto the seat. "Now this was the ultimate edition of 'the floor is lava'." she panted before she jumped onto the elevated floor on the other side.
She collapsed on her knees right in front of the cutout and glanced behind her to see the ink filling up the room while the cartoon of Bendy continued to play. Shooting up to her feet, she slipped a little on the ink that pooled under her soaked shoes before she took off down the hall.
The trip back was almost a blur. Jane jumped at every loud boom that the pipes above made and avoided getting ink dripped onto her head as she passed under them. Her body was covered in sweat by now, either from all the running or the fear that pulsed through her veins.
All of this was unreal.
The abandoned studio. The mysterious letter that was leading her nowhere. The crazy ink machine in the room before her. The Boris creature in the other room. The 'ritual' described in the tape recording. And more importantly...the creepy Bendy cutout that seemed to follow her!
What was happening and why was she still so determined to turn on the machine that would probably be the worst decision to make?
Her brain was hurting at this point with the indecisive nature she was in. Should she turn this on and face whatever consequences that followed or should she just run out the door and try to forget what she had seen?
Her feet stopped near the hallway where the exit lay when her phone began to buzz.
Pulling it out of her pocket, she looked at text that was sent.
Mom: Where are you?! Your father and I can't seemed to get a hold of you. School let out days ago and you're not here!
Jane's heart plummeted before another text showed up.
Dad: ANSWER YOUR PHONE!
She quickly deleted them and leaned against the wall, sighing heavily.
Right...she still never told her parents that she had left and went to stay at Henry's. Also...she didn't tell them that she has failed out.
Jane dragged a hand through her hair, tugging on it slightly out of anxiety. She didn't need this too!
"Come on Jane, make up your mind. Either go home to face your horrible parents and end up clueless about your next move. Then go back to being a introverted artist who hides from her problems..." she breathed before lifting her head to stare at the hallway that led back to the ink machine. "Or...live life a little dangerous for a moment and try to find out the mystery of this place. Discover the reason why Joey reached out and didn't show up."
After a few moments, Jane shoved the phone back into her pocket and put the umbrella back into her pack before she crept back down the hall. "And if it works and begins leaking, just let it destroy this place." she chuckled to herself, bracing herself for the dangers that possibly lay ahead.
And sadly that's where I have to end!
Trust me, I wanted to keep going, but I felt that this was a good stopping place! Also, I was already at like over 6500 words lol I'm anxious and nervous about Bendy's scenes, but I hope to do good for the next chapter!
Side note, I giggled about the part when she sang that sappy song at the beginning to calm her nerves. If I had to pick a song that she was singing, it would be 'Can't Smile Without You' by Barry Manilow. Because even if it's sappy, it always makes me laugh and it's fun to sing! Mainly because of the scene in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. If you haven't watched that moment/scene, then go look it up. Trust me, it's hilarious!
MINI GAME: But...I have a mini question for all of you guys out there! If you had to pick a song for Jane to sing in the car to calm her nerves, what do you think she should be singing! I want you guys to give me your answers! It would be a fun little game and I want to hear what you guys have! I like those kinds of games! Don't be afraid to share a funny sappy song or something that would help you feel better!
Anyways, I'm anxious and excited to start on the Bendy chapters! He will be in the next one for those of you who are waiting. Currently working on chapter 4 as we speak! I hope to have it out soon!
Don't forget to leave a review (and an answer to my question!). I want to make this fun for you guys! Also, I'm curious what you guys think of this story so far. Thank you everyone for your support and I hope to hear more in the future! Thank you! ^_^