"Kids! What happened?" Henry asked, ushering them inside and sitting them on the couch. Sammy, seeing that one of the kids was hurt, left the piano to get the first aid kit.

"It was an accident!" Emily defended desperately as Sammy returned and started to clean the wound. "Bendy didn't mean to hurt me! Please don't be mad at him!"

"Calm down… I'm not going to be mad at anyone…" Henry said with an assuring smile, doing his best to ignore the way his heart clenched. "Now please start from the beginning… What did Bendy do?"

"Well we were all playing hide and seek in the woods," Matt explained as Beth comforted Emily. "It was Bendy's turn to be it so we all ran to hide."

"Bendy found me first…" Emily said softly, sniffing slightly. "But he was in his big form and he wasn't acting right. He… he attacked me, but Alice stopped him… He looked so scared and sad when he looked back at me… I wanted to tell him I was alright… but he ran away before I could…"

"The rest of us heard Alice shouting and we could tell something was wrong," Beth continued. "So we all came running and found Alice helping Emily. She explained what happened and told us to bring Emily to you while she and Boris kept looking for Bendy."

"You did the right thing by coming here," Henry assured, doing his best to stem the flood of worry and guilt. Bendy had been doing so well… it had been almost a month since his last serious relapse and he didn't think it would happen around the kids. Bendy must have felt so devastated once he had come back to himself… Henry had to find him…

"Good news is the scratch isn't that serious," Sammy said once he'd fished bandaging, snapping Henry out of his thoughts. "It might leave a light scar, but other than that you'll be fine. Considering my experience with Bendy… well… you were really lucky…"

"Thank you, Mr. Sammy," Emily smiled back at him before turning back to Henry. "Please don't be mad at Bendy. I know it wasn't his fault."

"I know sweetie, I just need to find to let him know it isn't" Henry replied because there was no way the devil wasn't blaming himself for what happened. Silently cursing Joey again for all the damaged he caused, Henry rose to his feet. He hurried to the front door and grabbed his coat.

"Henry?" Linda asks, having just come in from the backyard with the Butcher Gang trailing behind her. "Is something wrong?"

"Bendy had a relapse and accidentally hurt Emily," Henry explained quickly as he put his coat on. "She's fine, but Bendy's run off. You stay here in case he comes back while I go look for him."

"Find him, Henry," Linda pleaded, giving him a hug. "Bring our son home."

"I will," Henry promised, giving her a brief kiss before heading out the door. He practically flew to the playground, finding the rest of the neighborhood kids standing restlessly at the edge of the trees.

"Kid's" Henry called as he came up to them. "Where are Boris and Alice?"

"They're still looking for Bendy," Kevin replied, pointing into the woods. "They told us to wait here because it might be too dangerous to look for Bendy."

"That's probably for the best," Henry agreed. "Why don't you kids head home, I'll take it from here."

"But we want to help!" Kevin protested. "Bendy's our friend after all."

"I know, but Bendy ran away because he feels bad about accidentally hurting Emily," Henry explained, kneeling down as he talked to the kids. "And if you get hurt while looking for him, he would only feel worse. So please, just trust us to find him and bring him home."

"Alright," Kevin nodded. He and the others headed home, glancing back as Henry and the woods as they did so. Once Henry was sure the kids were really going home, he ran into the woods. He got fairly far into them when he heard his toons calling for Bendy. He called out to them and they came running to him.

"Henry," Alice sobbed, clinging onto Henry as Boris did the same. "Bendy ran away and we can't find him anywhere! It's my fault… I wasn't able to catch him in time… and now he's out there alone…"

"Hey… Hey… it's not your fault…" Henry assured, holding both his toons close as he helped them calm down. "I know you've done everything you could… But you know how Bendy gets when he comes out of a relapse… We should have expected something like this to happen eventually…"

"But there should have been something more I could have done…" Alice said softly, wiping her tears away. "Something I could have said…"

"With as bad as the relapse was… I doubt there was anything you could have said that would have made a difference…" Henry reasoned. "Now I want you two to head back home. It's probably going to a while before I find Bendy and I don't want you two to be out here when it gets dark. I'll find Bendy, don't you worry."

"Alright," Alice reluctantly agreed, knowing that Henry was probably the only one that could get through to Bendy right now. "The last time we saw Bendy, he was headed in that direction. Come on Boris."

Henry watched as the two left for home before heading back further into the woods. He spent hours looking around, pulling out his flashlight as the sunset. The longer this went on the more he worried that he wouldn't be able to find Bendy in the dark. He refused to give up though, and every trace of ink he came across only spurred him further. As he was looking around, he heard a rustle.

"Bendy?" Henry called looking for the source of the noise. But instead of finding his little Ink Demon, a small black kitten came out of the tree. "Ink Blot?"

The little kitten meowed at Henry, rubbing herself against his leg before moving back towards the woods. Ink Blot paused for a moment and looked back at Henry. Getting a hunch, Henry started following after the kitten, hoping she would lead him to Bendy.

Bendy curled in on himself as he leaned up against a large tree. He was still in his Ink Demon form because it was the form he deserved to be in. He was a monster after all… always had been and always will be… He doesn't deserve to be around others as he would only end up hurting them eventually. No… it was better if he was alone…

Bendy shivered slightly, though it had more to do with his emotional state then actually being cold, and tucked his head into his knees. As he sobbed quietly, he suddenly felt a familiar weight jump onto his head. What was Ink Blot doing here?

"Bendy!" Henry cried in relief. Bendy felt joy at hearing his Creator's voice before realizing he was putting Henry danger by having him here. Bendy lifted his head and hissed in warning, trying to drive Henry away.

"You should know by now that's not going to work on me," Henry replied, moving forward without fear and hugging Bendy despite how the Ink Demon tried to flinch away. "Bendy… what happened wasn't your fault. It was just an accident."

"But…it… was… my… fault…" Bendy cried, sobbing into Henry's shoulder. "I… attacked… Emily… I'm… a… monster!"

"Now stop that right now!" Henry said firmly. "You are not a monster! You never had been! Joey's the one to blame for the time you were forced to hurt people. He's the one that forced your violent instincts onto you, but you've been fighting them this whole time. You've come so far… please don't through everything away just for this one little setback. You deserve to be happy Bendy…"

Bendy sobbed harder and clung to Henry, seeking comfort from his Creator. Henry held him close and continued to murmur comfort. Eventually… Bendy's tears came to an end.

"You ready to head home Bendy?" Henry asked quietly. Bendy nodded and shrink back into his toon form. Henry scooped the toon up and held him in his arms as he started walking towards home. Bendy snuggled up against his chest, holding Ink Blot in his arms and taking comfort from Henry's heartbeat. Bendy started to drift off as Henry walked, feeling safe and loved in the arms of his Creator.