A certain someone comes back!

Chapter 4 -

Sammy practically stomped down the dark hallway. He hated this. He hated that his Lord had betrayed him and tried to kill him. Not to mention how he was STILL stuck in that prison of a body!

"What did I do, my Lord!?" He wanted to call out so badly but feared what monsters would attack him down there. He usually stayed in the Music Department so he wasn't sure what all was down there.

Granted, he had an ax on him but after what Bendy did, his body was still taking time to reform itself.

Sammy was about to continue ranting when he stepped up to where the broken elevator was. Glancing to the side, he saw his little sheep from the night before.

"What's a little lamb doing all the way down here?" He wondered, feeling a little angry that the sheep seemed to still be alive and had managed to survive all the monsters in the studio.

Walking up to her, Sammy knelt down and began to stroke her face. She was still breathing, he could tell by her chest moving, but she seemed too exhausted to wake up.

"Hm…" Sammy hummed. 'Maybe I can try again? Yes. My Lord will set me free if I tried to sacrifice her again.'

With that thought in mind, he set the ax down and picked the girl up, getting ink all over her clothes and right side of her face.

- A short time later -

Dani woke up with a groan. Her head aching much worse after that fall in the elevator.

"What…happened…?" When she opened her eyes, she tried to raise her hands to rub them but found something was holding them back. "Huh?"

Now fully awake, Dani glanced down and saw she was strapped to a operating table like the Boris and Butcher Gang clones were. Her ankles and wrists had metal straps around them and there was another around her waist.

"What the Hell!?" Dani questioned, feeling very afraid.

She remembered that Alice had taken Boris- Oh shit! Where was the poor wolf at? Dani knew she had to go and find him. But who had taken her and where was she at? She didn't think Alice would want her since all she wanted was Boris…

Looking around, she was in a small room flooded with ink. The table was down and not standing upright like most of the others she saw were. But it was making it hard to see parts of the room.

Panic started to set in when she realized she was trapped.

"Come on!" She whined as she tried to break out, suddenly getting a second wind and a burst of energy.

"Ah ah…" A male voice said in a scolding way. "You don't want to be a bad little sheep, do you?"

"Oh no…" Dani muttered when she recognized the voice.

"Hello, little one." She didn't see it but she could tell Sammy was smirking behind the mask. "This time, I will succeed."

Moving her head to the left, she watched as Sammy walked out from the shadows and approached her. Standing beside her head and staring down at her as she felt her breathing stopped for a second.

"S-Sammy? You're alive?! How did you get down here?" She asked him some questions, surprised he had answered them quickly.

"I am. Seems not even death could set me free. I came down here to look for my Lord, to ask for forgiveness. I found you instead, however, by the elevator which seems to be broken. Looks like we're both stuck down here now." He chuckled darkly.

"Oh well…I'll love to stay and chat but I kind of need to go find Boris."

"You're not going anywhere. You escaped once, little sheep. But you won't escape again. I'll make sure of it." Sammy glared.

"Why do you want to sacrifice me?" Dani asked. "Bendy tried to kill you last night! I'll honestly stop following him if I were you. I mean, whose to say he could set you free to begin with?"

"You shut your damn mouth!" Sammy growled, hitting a button near him.

Dani watched curiously, wondering what the button would do.

A few seconds later, she got her answer. A bolt of electricity raged through her body, causing it to jump upwards, but the strap over her waist kept it from jumping very far.

She was barely able to let out a yelp let alone a scream. Which, to be fair, wouldn't be smart. She really didn't want Bendy or anything finding her in a way that would make it easy for them to kill her.

Even though it was only for a second, Dani found herself breathing heavy and trembling.

"I don't ever want to hear you disrespect my Lord again! Do you understand!?" Sammy yelled.

"Y-Yes!" Dani flinched. "I'm sorry. I just…"

She tried to think of a good way to put it. There was no way she wanted to get electrocuted to death. Or mauled by a ink demon. Not when she had to find Boris so they both could escape.

"Spit it out, lamb." Sammy said in a cold way.

"…I just think maybe you'll have better luck…" Might as well try this. Maybe he'll set her free…? "…trusting a human more than him?" She said the last part quickly.

Instinctively, she closed her eyes and moved her head away from him, expecting to be electrocuted again.

However, pain didn't come. After a moment, she opened her eyes, confused. Looking back up to Sammy, she saw him staring down at her through the mask like how he was but he was silent. And his hands remained at his side, not going for the button.

"S-Sammy?" She whispered, fearfully.

Was this a joke? Did he want her to open her eyes and feel safe for a moment before hitting the button?

"Sa-" Dani started but was cut off.

"What did you just say?" Sammy was quiet but she heard him loud enough.

"I uh… said that you might have better luck trusting a human more than him?" She said slower this time, still feeling tensed and expecting some form of pain.

Sammy moved his head away, like he was concentrating on what she had said to him. His silence did scare her though. He could very well turn around and brutally murder her right here and she has no way of escaping.

"That's all I want…" He muttered after a few minutes of silence.

"Excuse me?" Dani asked.

"I just want to be human again. That's why I need to sacrifice you to my lord. So he could change me back." Sammy replied.

"But…he might not do that. He already tried to kill you once. Do you want that to happen again?" Dani then noticed how his body had completely reformed before her eyes. "…And get your body all screwed up?"

Sammy glanced down at himself, seeing his body back to normal.

"Sammy, I'm really sorry you've been trapped here for so long but killing me isn't the answer. Let me help you. I'll…" She trailed off. "…I'll give you the human interaction that you so desperately need. Isn't that better than nothing?" Dani's tone was quiet and just loud enough for him to hear.

"…Yes." He said, keeping the same tone as her. "I would love nothing more than to interact with a human and find out how much the world has changed. Maybe even staying here forever? I do need that sort of company again. Heh. It's funny, yah know?"

'I didn't say I'll stay forever but at least we're getting somewhere.' She thought to herself.

"What's funny?" Dani found herself asking.

"I hated distractions…and just about all of my fellow employees. Strangely, those are a few things I remember of my old life. But now? I long for having human friends and companions again."

"Oh." She muttered.

"I know I was strict and mean to a lot of them. Especially those in the Music Department but… if I could see them again, I'll apologize for it. You never know how much you care about someone, or a group of people in my case, until they're all gone." Sammy said, feeling hurt as he remembered some things that he did.

"How many lost their lives here?" Dani couldn't stop herself from asking.

"Too many to count. God only knows what Joey did to himself after he was done murdering and trapping us all here." Sammy started to sound agitated.

"I'm truly sorry." She said, truthfully. "It's awful that you've been stuck here for so long. And trapped like this. If I knew how, I would've changed you back already. Doesn't help that your mental health seems to have taken a very hard turn for the worse."

"It isn't your fault, little sheep." Sammy slowly lifted a hand and began to pet her head. Unconsciously, Dani began to tilt her head in his inky hand, like a dog that was kicked by his owner and wanted comfort. No longer caring about the ink in her hair since she had so much in it already. A little more wouldn't hurt. "If anything, it was all Joey's fault."

Dani took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a moment, liking the comfort she was getting. It was relaxing. Now she knew why dogs liked being pet so much. But when she opened them, whatever energy she had earlier slowly disappeared as exhaustion took over her body once more.

Then the panic came back and she started to breath heavy.

'No! Stay awake!' Her mind screamed at her.

"Hm?" Sammy hummed, noticing the little lamb had tensed up suddenly and was breathing quickly. Too quickly for his liking. "What's wrong? Please calm down, my little sheep."

"C-Can't sleep. Afraid…" She could barely get words out as she felt a panic attack coming on and her eyes began to tear up.

"Sleep." Sammy commanded in a calm way as he continued to pet her head, ink starting to form a pool under her head. "You have no reason to be afraid. Not anymore."

"B-But-" Sammy put his other hand over her mouth and shushed her.

"You aren't a sacrifice anymore." Could she believe that? "Just rest your head, it's time for bed. I'll make sure you wake in the morning…friend?"

"…Yes…" Was the last thing she said after he removed his hand from her mouth before closing her eyes.

As she went back to sleep, Sammy continued to pet her head until she was completely out. Then he grabbed a nearby rag and wiped the ink from her mouth and little from her face and head.

'Was she really my friend now?' He wondered. 'After everything I'd done to her? I need a human companion so badly… but I can't force her to stay here forever… can I?'

After cleaning her up, Sammy went and sat down in a nearby chair.

He'll have to watch over her until she wakes up again. Sammy could only imagine what all she's been through since the night before. Hell, he was genuinely surprised she had survived all the monsters and made it down as far as she did.

For a moment he wondered how she got down there before remembering the elevator…and that angel singing in the distance. He wasn't sure if the angel wanted to harm her but he'll make sure she doesn't.

Because this girl is his friend now. Not even Bendy can get away with hurting her. Not after all he did to Sammy himself.

"Sheep sheep sheep…" Sammy whispered quietly. Singing the tune to himself as he watched his friend sleep.

He decided to take the restraints off later when she was awake again. Then they could travel to higher ground together.

- Meanwhile -

Boris was shaking with fear as Alice dragged him deeper into the studio. He was tied up now and only hoped his new friend would find her way to him. But with all the turns, stairs, and corridors they were going down, it seemed unlikely.

He knew she would try to go after him. But he didn't want anything to happen to her. Boris didn't want her to suffer the same fate that he and all the other employees suffered through. Now they were all trapped in this eternal Hell. With him constantly on the run so he wouldn't get taken apart.

But there was one thought constantly finding it's way back into his head;

'I wish I got outta here when I had the chance.' The voice echoed.

DUN DUN DUN! Surprise!

I always liked the theory that Wally is Boris so I decided to add it to the story. Will Dani make it to him? Who knows! However, I might do a 'bad ending' chapter (It doesn't involve Wally… not this one anyway…) to this one with Dani and Sammy. It'll likely be posted before the next one… whenever I finish it.