"Bendy, hold still! I'm almost done," Linda scolded lightly as held Bendy's cape in one hand and a sewing needle in the other.
"Sorry, mom…" Bendy mumbled, stopping his excited bouncing. He did his best to stay still, though he still ended up fidgeting quite a bit. Linda chuckled as she finished her repairers.
"I'm all done," Linda announced, tying off the thread and letting the cape settle into place. "And you better not be climbing trees in your costume again young man, because I'm not going to be fixing it again."
"Thanks, mom!" Bendy replied, giving Linda a big hug. "And I won't."
Bendy then scampered off to join the others as they were getting ready in their own costumes. Bendy was wearing a Batman costume, while Boris was putting on a Superman costume and Alice was dressing as Wonder Woman. The kids in the neighborhood suggested the costumes, as Bendy was practically considered a real superhero and the toons were happy to play along. The Butcher Gang were dressing up as zombies and staying with Linda at home. They were going to hide out among the decorations in the yard scare those that came to the house before giving them candy.
With everyone ready, the toons scampered out into the yard. The Butcher Gang got into position while the others met up with neighborhood kids. Henry stayed back with other adults, chatting with them as they casually followed the crowd of excited children and toon running from door to door. The evening went well and after an hour or so, the kid's bags were full of candy and they were getting tired of running around.
After hitting one last house, they headed back for their own street. The toons said goodbye to their friends and Henry herded them inside, waving to the Butcher Gang as they went. The toons happily sat down on the living room floor and began going through their candy. Bendy and Alice teased Boris for having already eaten most of his candy. Boris just responded by stealing some of theirs, throwing it into his mouth and chewing it with a big grin. Bendy and Alice cried out and tackled him. They giggled as they rolled around before Bendy suddenly sat up, looking off into the distance with his eyes glowing slightly brighter.
"Bendy… what's wrong?" Alice asked, sitting up as well and looking at him in worry.
"It's Emily…" Bendy replied, still staring off into the distance. "She's calling me through the necklace I made her."
"Oh no," Alice gasped in worry. "Is it serious? Do we need to get Henry? The police?"
"No…" Bendy replied, tilting his head slightly as if he were listening to something. "It's nothing like that… In fact…"
A large mischievous grin split across his face as he began to transform.
"I'm going to have a little… fun…" The Ink Devil concluded before he disappeared through an ink portal. Alice just sighed and went to tell Henry and Linda where Bendy had gone.
In the basement of Kevin's house, the kids had gathered there to exchange candy and play a few games before they would have to go their separate ways. Things had been going well until Kevin's older brother, James, and some of his friends had come down and was threatening to take all their candy.
"Give it back!" Kevin shouted, trying to jump and get his bag.
"If you want it so bad, come and get it," James mocked, holding the bag out of reach as his friends did the same with the others. "Besides, we're brothers and aren't brothers supposed to share?"
"If you don't give it back, you're going to be sorry!" Emily warmed.
"Oh is the little girl going to cry for mommy?" One of Jame's friends said, making all the others laugh.
"And here I thought you considered yourselves all grown up for befriending a demon…" James continued. "Well... That little freak isn't here to help you now…"
Almost on cue the basement filled with inky shadows, making the teens drop the candy bags in surprise while the kids all grinned in relief and happiness.
"Did someone summon me?" Bendy asked, the Ink Devil's voice echoing all around and making it impossible to tell where it was coming from.
"Stay back you monster!" James tried to sound brave as his friends all gathered around him in fear.
"Now that's not very nice…" the Ink Devil scolded. "Calling people monsters when you're the one stealing from others. Now apologize to them! Or I'm going to get really… angry…"
"You're not going to do anything," James scoffed, somehow finding confidence. "My brother and his little friends have been going on an on how you're a nice demon and don't hurt anyone."
"Haven't they also told you how I hunt down corrupted souls?" The Ink Devil laughed. "How I go after those that would hurt others? And with you guys stealing from my friends… well… even you should be able to figure out what that means…"
"I'm not afraid of you!" James shouted. Some of his friends joined him in the shout while others looked like they wanted nothing more than to run.
"If that's so… then look up…"
The teens immediately looked up to see the Ink Devil attached to the ceiling above them, his head was turned completely backward so he could look down on the teens, his sharp teeth on full display in a manic grin.
"Boo"
The Ink Devil lunged at the group, though he purposely missed landing on any of them. Still, the sight of the Ink Devil coming at them was enough to send the group screaming out of the basement, causing Bendy and all the kids to erupt into laughter.
"That was great!" Kevin said, still chuckling as he and the other kids came over to praise Bendy. Bendy only stayed a few minutes longer, joking with his friends and making sure the teens didn't return. Once he was satisfied, Bendy prepared a portal home and accepted the candy his friends were offering him as thanks. Bendy knew he was probably going to get in trouble for running off like that, but seeing his friends happy was worth it. Besides, the teen's faces were priceless. Giggling at the image, Bendy stepped through the portal for home.
