AN: Sorry Timm Hill I already had that chapter planned out. But when I saw your comment, I knew you would enjoy it. Keep up suggestions and comments though, I do think them over to see if they'll fit into the plot I have planned.

Chapter 26:

"Are you guys alright?" Alya asked as the Henry, Marinette, and Adrian approached the elevator. "We saw Bend walk past us and it sounded like there was some fighting."

"Dude, what happened to you?" Nino asked once Adrian was close enough that they could see the inky veins.

"It's a bit of a long story," Marinette said tiredly before the three began to explain everything that happened.

"Adrian, you should have told us what was happening," Nino said in comfort and slight disappointment. "We're your friends, we want to know what's troubling you."

"Yeah, I know," Adrian replied, giving a small smile. "I promise I'll be better about telling you guys whenever I have a problem."

"Glad that's all resolved," Alya beamed, pulling everyone in for a quick hug. "Now let's get this nasty ink to that creepy Angel. The sooner we get out of here, the better."

The group agreed and they began descending in the elevator. They had barely started moving when Alice's voice once more echoed through the speakers.

"Once upon a time, there was an angel." Alice reminisced. "And she was beautiful. And loved by all. She was perfect. No matter what Joey says!"

Alice went quiet as the elevator arrived on her floor. Henry, Marinette, and Adrian made their way to her door to drop her equipment down the chute.

"Susie, please," Henry begged. "I want to fix this, but I need to know what Joey did."

"I'll make this simple. Look for the valve panels on Level P." Alice instructed, ignoring Henry's plea. "Turn the little wheels. Then bring me their power cores. Please don't make me regret sparing you. I can always change my mind."

The panel flipped around once more, displaying a plunger for Henry to use.

"Really?" Henry questioned in disbelief as he took it. There was no way it was going to be an effective weapon.

"You can have the pipe back," Marinette offered, holding it out to Henry. "I need to be ready to transform anyway."

"I'd rather one of you kids have it," Henry replied, refusing to take back the pipe. "Remember, you're saving your transformation until we absolutely need it. I'll make do with the plunger."

Marinette nodded, though she did give the pipe to Adrian. She didn't want him to get hurt any more than he had been and she had been telling Henry the truth. She wanted to be ready to transform at any moment. They went back to the elevator and went up to Level P. They barely stepped out of the elevator when another twisted toon, this one resembling Edger, rushed forward to attack them. They barely dodged the first strike, but they were able to return blows of their own. Working together, Henry and Adrian were able to defeat the twisted toon. When it dissolved, the power core it was holding was left behind. They collected it before heading farther into the floor.

They didn't have to go far before they found the first valve panel. They all winced as Henry turned the first wheel, the loud squeak echoing through the whole floor. They looked around to see if it had attracted the Ink Demon, but there were no shadows. Henry went back to turning the wheels as quickly possible while Adrain and Marinette, Henry having given her the plunger so he could hold the power cores, keeping an eye for the Ink Demons. While they did run into a couple of searchers as they collected the power cores, there was no sign of the Ink Demon or his shadows. Henry theorized that the Ink Demon was still recovering from the injure Adrian had given it. Whatever the reason, they were happy to collect the cores with relative ease.

"You're quite the efficient little errand boy, aren't you?" Alice complimented as they headed back to the elevator. As soon as they started heading down, Alice began rambling again. "There was a time people knew my name. "It's Alice Angel!" they'd say. Feels like so long ago. But those days can come back. Dreams come true, Susie. Dreams come true."

Henry looked up hopefully as Alice said that, wondering if Susie was remembering who she used to be. But as soon as they dropped off the power cores, Alice was back to her old demanding self.

"You see those grinning demons?" Alice said with a hint of malicious glee. "Let's remove them, shall we? I've got just the tool to make this even more enjoyable. There's plenty on Level K to take out."

The panel flipped to reveal an axe, which Henry took gladly.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Marinette questioned as they headed back to the elevator. "I don't see how this could possibly help her in whatever her plans are. If anything, it seems like it's just going to make Bendy mad."

"I agree, but we don't have much of a choice," Henry sighed, pressing the button for Level K. "As long as Alice controls the elevator, we have to do with she says. With luck, though, we'll be able to get through this task before the Ink Demon finishes recovering."

"Well we do have the best lucky charm of all," Adrian joked, nudging Marinette.

"I hope you didn't just jinx us you black cat," Marinette attempted to joke back, though it was obvious she was still worried.

They soon came to Level K and Henry lead the way through the floor. With his ax and having Marinette and Adrian as back up, Henry was able to chop through the cutouts pretty quickly and easily take care of any ink creatures that popped up. They were soon back into the Heavenly Toys room with all the cutouts strewn about. Henry made swift work of them, leaving their pieces scattered all over the floor.

"Ah, now that was fun!" Alice said with satisfaction. "Oh! But I forgot to mention… he hates it when I do that. I would hide if I were you."

The three of them looked at each other with fear and worry, before looking around. For a few moments, nothing happened but before they could even think to relax, Adrian's shoulder began to burn. Inky shadows soon filled the room and they knew Ink Demon would soon be upon them.

"Quick in there!" Henry ordered, pointing towards the nearby Miracle Station. "We have to hide!"

Marinette immediately grabbed Adrian and the three of them hurried to the Miracle Station.