AN: Here's what the others were up to while Henry and Linda were on thier date.
"Have fun you two!" Allison called as Henry and Linda finally made it out the front door. Bendy immediately scrambled to the nearby window to watch them leave, waving goodbye to Henry. He stayed there for several minutes before Allison pulled him away. "Come and play with us, Bendy. Time will go a lot faster if you're busy come. It'll be fun!"
Bendy reluctantly agreed and joined the others on the floor. Before he knew it though Bendy was fully enjoying himself playing games with the others. After a few games, Alice got up to get some more snacks for everyone. No one knows what triggered it, but while Alice was in the kitchen, she suffered a relapse.
The first sign something was wrong was when Ink Blot suddenly started hissing at the kitchen, fur puffed out as far as possible. Everyone immediately stopped and stared at the kitten in worry and confusion. Ink Blot was a very vocal cat and would often hiss when someone did something she didn't like, but she rarely was this aggressive. The last few times she was like this, she usually ended up attacking whomever she was hissing at. But they never could figure out what would set her off so…
"Well… well… what do we have here?" a sickly sweet voice came from the doorway. Everyone's head snapped up to see Alice standing there, holding a very large knife in her hands. Her eyes were glowing brighter than normal and ink leaked from her left eye. A cruel smile tugged at her lips as she surveyed everyone. "So many choices… which one of you little flies wants to help me become perfect?"
A moment passed by as everyone stared I frozen shock. Then Bendy let out a growl, his form growing as he lunged at the manic angel. Alice shrieked in rage and fear but was unable to escape before the Ink Demon grabbed her and pinned to the floor.
"Let go of me you abomination!" Alice shouted, struggling to free herself. "I refuse to let you drag me back to the puddles!"
"Keep her there Bendy!" Allison instructed, snapping out of her shock. Eyes narrowing in determination, Allison pulled her sword out of nowhere. (It was the one aspect of being a ton that Allison liked. She felt so much safer having her sword with her at all times and being able to pull it out whenever she needed it.)
"Tom!" Allison addressed her husband, though her eyes never left the mad angel. "You get the others out of here! We have to keep her isolated until she comes back to herself!"
Tom immediately complied, easily ushering the Butcher Gang out. Sammy, on the other hand, was doing his best to calm Boris and coax him out of the room. The poor wolf was shaking in fear and clutching his chest, memories and phantom pains plaguing him. The former music director eventually did manage to persuade the toon to leave, but not before Boris let out a fearful and distressed whine. Bendy looked up at the wolf in concern and worry, not noticing Alice using his distraction to free one of her hands, which just happened to be the one holding the knife. Allison noticed Alice's movements and tried to warn the Ink Demon.
"Bendy! Look out!"
The Ink Demon's head snapped back to Alice only for her knife to sink into his head, right where one of his eyes would be if it was visible. The Ink Demon reared back, howling in rage and pain as he ripped the knife out of himself. The knife left no damage (very little could actually hurt the Ink Demon), but inky shadows quickly filled the room to show just how enraged he was by the incident. Everyone still in the room couldn't help but take a step back in fear, even Alice as she managed to grab the knife and hold it close.
"Bendy?" Allison asked carefully, doing her best to sound calm. The last thing they needed was for Bendy to also suffer a relapse, especially as it would still be hours before Henry was due to return. Thankfully it seemed her fears were unfounded as the Ink Demon gave her a brief nod and the shadows lessened a bit. The Ink Demon focused on Alice again, lunging once more for her.
"Stay back you filthy Ink Demon!" Alice shrieked, swiping with her knife as she ducked under his arms. She managed to slash him, though the cut quickly healed. Her ducking out of the way though sent the Ink Demon crashing into the wall behind her, cracking it and leaving the Ink Demon slightly dazed. With the Ink Demon momentarily distracted, Alice took in those left in the room. Her eyes narrowed in anger as she gazed at Allison.
"I'm Alice Angel!" Alice shouted, lunging at Allison. Allison readies her sword and had to remind herself not to kill the toon. But before Alice even got close to the other woman, Norman lunged forward with a screech and tackled the angel. They both crashed to the floor, knocking over a nearby table and shattering the lamp that had been resting on it.
"Keep her there Norman!" Sammy said, racing back into the room after he had gotten Boris safely away. "I've got an idea of how to calm her!"
Sammy went to the piano and began to play Alice's theme song. Alice struggled and ignored the song at first, but she eventually stilled and began to hum along. Norman kept his grip firm though with Allison and the Ink Demon hovering nearby in case he needed help. When the final notes faded away, Alice blinked as if she was coming out of a daze as her form returned to normal. As she looked around a horrified look came upon her face.
"I… I… became her again… didn't I…" Alice stated sorrowfully, tears filling her eyes. "Did I… hurt anyone this time?"
"No lasting damage," Allison replied, putting her sword away while Norman helped Alice up. Bendy shrunk down back into his toon form. "Though you might want to apologize to Bendy… you did get him pretty good with the knife."
"Oh Bendy! I'm so sorry!" Alice cried, she went to hug Bendy but hesitated at the last moment. Bendy smiled and easily embraced her, making her feel better as she returned the hug.
"It's okay Alice," Bendy assured, giving her a comforting pat. "We've all been there and we help each other through it like always."
"Though we did make quite the mess," Sammy commented looking around. "We better get this cleaned up."
The others agreed and began straightening up the room while Sammy went to tell the others it was safe and get their help. The Butcher Gang swept up the glass broken glass while Tom worked on repairing the crack in the wall. Bendy sat on the floor, creating things the others needed from his ink such as new glass and frames for pictures that had been knocked from the wall, paint brushes, and even a new lamp. By the time he finished, Bendy just fell asleep on the spot while the others finished painting over the repairs.
Once they finished, Boris yawned as he went to pick up Bendy. But instead of taking the little Ink Demon to his room, Boris ended up joining him on the floor in dreamland. Alice soon joined the wolf and the Butcher Gang followed after. Norman and Sammy attempted to take the toons upstairs but also ended up joining the growing pile.
"This is not natural." Tom murmured in disbelief as he watched everyone, watching little Z's floating from the toons. "This must be some more of that #$ $#% # toon logic."
"It's better not to fight it," Allison smiled, yawning herself. "Besides… we all deserve a rest after this eventful evening."
"Not you too…" Tom shook his head before yawning as well. Giving up, he and Allison joined the pile and soon fell asleep.