Chapter Two

The Old Song

She slowly awoke to the sound of footsteps, and rattling breath, it sounded as if whoever it was had ink clogged in their throat. She opened her eyes and slowly sat up knowing exactly who was in the room with her. She rubbed her temples to ease away the headache she had upon coming into the world of waking. She looked up at the growling, inky mess in front of her with a smile and said softly. "You and I don't get to talk as often as I'd like."

The Ink demon in front of her let out a low hiss before walking away to a portal that had opened up. With a grin that matched the one on his face, she said in a singsong voice, that sounded like Alice Angel's, "Bye Bendy." he stopped in his tracks for a few seconds before turning around to find that the human girl was gone. He could hear her going down the stairs. Letting out a frustrated huff, he limped through his portal and was gone.

Lily still had that grin on her face at his reaction to her words. She wasn't surprised in the slightest that he was somewhat mad at her for not being even remotely afraid of him, it seemed to piss him off to no end. As she headed down the stairs she contemplated whether or not she should do everything in her power to piss him off, she settled for a little bit of everything, her new goals were to find ways to piss off, confuse, and irritate the infamous Ink Demon. The grin on her face grew impossibly wide as she continued to make her way down the small flight of stairs. The ink that had coated her before was now gone, leaving her to wonder what happened to it.

When she came to the bottom of the stairs she hummed a little tune and skipped down the small hallway. She passed the banjo that was leaning against the wall, plucking a few strings as she went by. Turning right at the small intersection she found Sammy's audio log and pressed play.

Voice of

Sammy Lawrence

"He appears from the shadows to rain his sweet blessings upon me.

The figure of ink that shines in the darkness.

I see you, my savior. I pray you hear me.

Those old songs, yes, I still sing them.

For I know you are coming to save me.

And I will be swept into your final loving embrace.

But, love requires sacrifice.

Can I get an amen?"

After the audio ended, his voice rang out seemingly from behind her.

"I said can I get an amen?"

She didn't even flinch when she heard his voice and turned around and continued on her way. She climbed up the small steps down the hall and in the end, there was a bendy cutout, Giving it an evil grin she moved on to the ink flooded hallway. Silently thanking the gods that she didn't have shoes on she sloshed her way into the hall, her movements slowing down considerably. About halfway down, Sammy appeared at the end of the hall holding a bendy cutout. She knew that calling out to him would prove pointless, so she ignored him for the time being.

Once she made it out of the ink-filled hallway, she shook her feet sending ink splatters everywhere. Walking up to the gate she found that it was already open for her, she only two guesses as to who could have done this and she was betting it was her first choice. Crawling through the boards she made her way the power switch. After pulling the lever down and adjusting her grip on her ax, she stepped into the newly lit room trying to calm her racing heart.

Moving forward the first searcher popped up, slowly crawling towards her. Lifting her ax and moving back a few steps, she swung slicing its head clean off, and she said with a giggle "Off with their heads"

Two searchers popped up from their puddles to her left, one lunged for her legs while the other tried going behind her. Jumping over the first, she swung her ax again slicing both of them in half. Huffing she readied herself for the rest of them. Hearing a moan she whipped around, throwing her ax while doing so, she watched as it went through two searchers and landing with a loud thunk.

The last three searchers didn't move as she retrieved her ax, hefting it on her shoulder, she stood there staring at them and watched as they dived back into their puddles. She made her way to the now open hallway, huffing as she went. That fight had made her a little out of breath.

After finding Wally's keys and opening Sammy's sanctuary and turning the valve, she stepped out of the sanctuary and looked up at the balcony to see Sammy watching her. Taking a step towards the door, nine searchers arose from the floor, all of the moaning and groaning. Taking a deep breath she said " Didn't you learn your lesson last time? Fighting you guys is something that is not on the top of my bucket list."

One of them, decidedly the dumbest one of the group, lunged for her. Rolling her eyes she proceeded to slice it in half, her ax sinking into the floorboards. Yanking out her ax she gave them a look that said: " who's next?"

The remaining searchers parted, making room for her to get to the door, her face softened to a small genuine smile as she reached down to the last searcher and gave it a pat on the head. Before exiting the room she turned and waved at the remaining searchers, some waved back as they went back to their puddles.

"Now." she thought " time to get that other valve."

*Time Skip*

Climbing the stairs from the infirmary, she made her way to Sammy's office to get to the drain switch. Patting the head of a cutout outside the door she stepped inside. After pulling the lever and listening to the radio on the desk she left the room. Making her way slowly down the hallway, she wanted to calm her heart before being knocked out by Sammy. Reaching the end of the hallway she felt something hit the back of her head, falling on her side, the last thing she heard was " Sheep Sheep Sheep, it's time for sleep."

As she slowly came to she saw Sammy standing in front of her saying something. "There we go now, nice and tight. We wouldn't want our sheep running away now, would we? No, we wouldn't."

Her vision blurred and came in and out focus but cleared up after a bit. I must admit I am honored you came all the way down here to visit me." He chuckled at the last part. "It almost makes what I'm about to do seem cruel." she knew exactly what he meant by that and didn't like it one bit. But the believers must honor their savior. I must have him notice me.

He finished his speech before leaving her alone. As he spoke on the intercom she slipped out of her bonds with ease when she heard Sammy crying out in pain. Quickly grabbing her ax she readied herself for the searchers that surprisingly didn't come. Deciding not to question it, she ran down the hall slicing the boards in her way. Turning to her left, she saw the ink machine lowering down into the deeper parts of the studio. Before it was completely gone, she called out "Ink machine, buddy, where ya going?"

Continuing down the hall, she slipped through the boards not really wanting to lose her ax. She stood in front of the large puddle of ink that bendy was supposed to come out of, taking a few steps forward she smiled as the Ink Demon arose in front of her. Neither of the two moved for the longest time, Lily has still had a shit-eating grin on her face, while the Ink Demon's permanent smile turned down into a frown.

Bendy was the first to move, limping forward slowly he stepped out of the ink-filled hallway, his inky veins that traveled on the walls were like a web that followed him. When he finally came to a stop he towered over the much smaller human in front of him, he leaned forward a bit to get a better look at the girl.

She began to rock back and forth on her heels as she waited for whatever he was about to do.

Now that the demon was so close, she could really get a good look at him, he was at least eight feet tall and he looked like he was made of skin and bones. His spine was poking out of his back and his left leg was twisted at an odd angle. Reaching a hand out to his chest she proceeded to fix his bowtie. The demon in front of her stilled when she touched him, his mind going blank for a few seconds.

When she finally stopped messing with his bowtie, she stood on her tiptoes and gave him a pat on the head. "You know you should get your leg checked out," he grumbled in response. He was starting to get annoyed by this human, and he decided that he would keep an eye on this human for a while.

" no offense to you, but I think you'd look much better with a tail. But then again I might try to pull it." she laughed at the last part. Slightly intrigued he watched her crawl through the boarded up hallway, not bothering to use the ax she was carrying.

He appeared next to her on the other side of the boards, limping as he followed her down the maze-like hallway. She seemed to know where she was going, as she managed to avoid dead-end after dead-end. After a few minutes of walking, the duo stopped at a door, turning to the demon who was trailing behind her like a lost puppy, she contemplated whether or not she should tell him who was going to show up soon. She finally came to the decision to tell him. "Before we go in there's someone I think you would be happy to meet if it is him or just another clone."

The demon tilted his head in confusion, he didn't know what she meant by that but figured he'd find out soon enough.

Opening the door she held it open for the taller being, "Ladies first." she said sarcastically. He stuck out his long, forked tongue at her in retort. Laughing, she grabbed a plushie off the shelve and gave it a squeeze. The demon, whose back was facing her, was unaware of what the other was about to do.

Smiling, Lily tossed the plushy she was holding at the taller being, said plushy bounced off his head, landing with a squeak on the ground. Turning around he saw the human holding a plushie, he let out a low growl. She turned and said: "what? I didn't do it."

He frowned and picked up the one he knew she threw at him and threw it back, getting a yelp from the girl in response. She turned and threw it right back, earning a grunt from the demon.

This went on for a few minutes, before finally, he picked her up, trapping her against his chest. She let out a squeal of laughter, and she squirmed in his grasp trying to break free. After about two minutes of twisting and turning, she gave up and went limp in his arms. Smirking she said: "well I'm pooped, you'll have to carry me."

He shook his head, letting out a hiss of laughter, he adjusted his grip on the human he was holding. Pointing at the door she said, "Onward my friend." limping, he moved over to the door and held the girl with one arm and opened the door with the other. He stepped inside the room and looked around at the barrels on the ground and cans of soup on the floor.

Taking a step to grab a can, when a clanking sound was heard from the hall, he stiffened and let out a low growl. Rolling her eyes she put a hand on his arm to calm him before calling out, "Hey, you can come out now, don't be shy we don't bite."

Slow footsteps came from the hall and out stepped Boris, he started shaking like a leaf when he saw the Ink Demon standing there with a girl in his arms.

Slipping from the Demon's grasp, she slowly walked over to Boris, trying not to panic him further. "Hey, Boris, buddy it's ok he's not going to hurt you." once she was in arms reach, she pulled the shaking wolf into a hug, leaving room for him to pull away if he wanted to. After the wolf calmed down, she explained why The Demon was with her, and that he had good intentions.

When she was sure that the wolf had calmed down enough, she asked the wolf if he knew of any place that she could rest up safely.

The wolf led them to his safehouse, still slightly wary of The Demon that trailed behind. Once inside the safe house, Boris led the girl to his room that had an extra bed. Laying down on the bed, she fell asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow. The Ink Demon sat next to the bed and kept watch over the human girl.