Dani and Wally walked through the halls, feeling saddened every time they came across a body. They both wanted to get away from it all but they needed to find the others first.

Then they heard a cough coming from one hallway. They stopped and looked at each other, thinking they did it. When they realized neither of them coughed, they started down the hall, thinking it was someone they were looking for.

If monsters were still around…well, they had a axe and pipe.

But it wasn't a monster. Not anymore anyway. It was a man with long blond hair and blue eyes sitting there in the hallway.

"…Sammy?" Wally rushed over to the man sitting against the wall.

Getting closer, Dani could see the ink had melted away for the most part since she could see skin on his face and torso. Sammy wasn't malnourished but he was thin. And looked ill too. Ink poisoning and other things no doubt.

"Sammy!?" Wally said, shaking him gently.

"Hm?" Sammy squinted his eyes and said in a pained tone, "Franks?"

"Are you alright? You're the first employee we've found alive! All the others…" Wally trailed off before continuing. "…So far they're all dead!"

"How…? What happened…?" Sammy asked.

"Dani did it! She set us free and destroyed Joey too!" Wally motioned to her, who stayed a few feet away, remembering what Sammy did to her. "He's gone and we're human again!"

"Oh please… you helped too, Wally." Dani added.

"You did!? That's… thank you." Sammy gave a small smile before coughing up blood and ink.

"Oh golly! We got to get you to the hospital!" Wally said, worried. "Dani, help me get him up!"

"I um… okay…" Dani replied, feeling a little safe knowing that Sammy seemed too hurt and weak to do anything now.

Still, she couldn't help but feel bad for him.

Dani kneeled down on the other side of Sammy, who couldn't bring himself to look at her. He too knew what he did no matter how hard he tried to forget. Of all things to remember, why that? He definitely knew he still had some memory problems that they'll have to solve later too.

"What's wrong?" Wally asked, noticing her tone had changed. Almost like she was…"Why are you afraid of him? I mean, he was quite mean back in the day but he wouldn't hurt anyone! Especially not right now!"

"It's… hard to explain…" Dani said before turning to Sammy. "Can you stand? I don't think either of us can carry you up all those flights of stairs."

"I can try." Sammy said, holding a weak hand out for Wally.

Together they managed to get him to his feet so he was standing and leaning against the wall.

"Why don't you help him? Just tell me where to go to get back to the safe house." Dani suggested.

"Works for me." Wally replied and grabbed her shoulder right as she turned to start walking. "Can you tell me why you seem afraid of Sammy though?"

"I-"

"I will. Get walking, Dani." Sammy said, cutting her off.

She gave a small nod before turning and walking away. At the same time, Wally got one of Sammy's arms over his shoulder, holding his hand while his other hand was at his waist, holding him up.

"…So what happened?" Wally asked after a few minutes, knowing that what they were doing seemed to be working.

"I-" Another cough. "-I tried to sacrifice her to a ink demon." Sammy said in a quiet and clearly broken tone. Something that didn't sound right to Wally's ears but he knew that wasn't just it.

"That's not it though. She said you guys ran into each other again. What happened at that point?" Wally questioned.

"I…" Sammy glanced up and saw her walking ahead of them. He wasn't sure how she would react so he decided to stay as quiet as possible. With a sigh, he continued. "…I raped her."

"You what? I didn't quite hear that?"

"I raped her, Franks!" Sammy replied a little louder. "I… I was going to force her to stay with me forever and that was my way of punishing her for trying to escape! Don't you see those bite marks? I caused them!"

"Oh… she said Searchers did that…" Wally trailed off. He wasn't sure how to respond to something like that. It did make sense as to why she acted afraid. "The real you wouldn't do that though." He finally replied.

"That doesn't change what I did! I don't know why she lied about the bite marks but I…I know I did it." Sammy said, feeling guilty and ashamed.

"…" Wally was silent for a moment as he thought to himself.

Then he carefully ran up to Dani with Sammy in tow.

"…Hi?" She turned to them, hearing them come up behind her and hearing what they talked about.

Meanwhile, Sammy let out a few more coughs of ink.

"Sorry buddy." Wally said before turning to her. "Dani, I need to tell yah something important."

"What's that…?" She asked.

"Sammy -the real version- not the… the…" He trailed off.

"…The corrupted version?" She finished for him.

"Yeah that! He would never do something like that! Sammy was a total gentleman to all the ladies here at the studio! Even if he looked like he hated you, he still treated you perfectly." Wally replied and she looked down at her ink covered shoes. "Can't say the same about us guys though."

There was a few moments of silence before Sammy spoke first.

"Dani-" Sammy said, sounding like he was having a hard time speaking now. "I'm sorry. For everything. It was wrong and I hope you can give me another chance."

"You trust me right?" Wally asked when she still didn't answer.

"Yeah." She replied, quietly.

"Then trust me when I say that you should give him another chance! Do you think I'll lie to you about him being a gentleman around the ladies?"

"I guess you wouldn't…" Dani sighed before looking at Sammy, feeling heartbroken at his current state. "…Okay. I'll give you another chance. But only because he told me to."

"Thank you. I understand if you don't forgive-" Sammy shuddered. It felt like he still had ink running through his system.

"Yeah. It's going to take me a while to forgive you. But let's just focus on finally escaping." Dani finished his sentence for him.

"Agreed." Sammy nodded. "…What happened to your arm?"

"Oh I cut myself as one of the things I needed to do to free you."

"Oh…" Sammy said. "Thank you for that… we should get you to the hospital too."

"Yeah. I'll probably need stitches." She said, going back to putting pressure on her arm and wincing at the pain.

"I think we're getting closer to the safe house. Hopefully the others are already there." Wally said.

"I hope so." Dani replied. "Wonder how Norman is doing upstairs?"

"He's alive again too?" Sammy asked and she nodded.

"Yes and currently alone up there. Probably confused as Hell." Dani said.

"Let's try and move faster. I think I can manage. My stomach just hurts and I feel like I still have ink in my veins…" Sammy said.

"If you're up to moving faster then we can." Wally replied.

"Come on." Sammy started to pull Wally forward by walking faster. Or as fast as he could make himself go.

Wally and Dani glanced at each other before quickening their speed.

- Later -

It took a while but they finally made it to the safe house and was relieved to see the others there waiting for them.

"Guys! You made it" Bendy squeaked as he ran up to them.

Dani kneeled down and caught the little demon as he jumped into her arms and hugged her.

"Careful with my arm, Bendy." Dani chuckled and hugged him back.

"Sorry." Bendy said, pulling away and standing in front of her. "I'm just so excited! I finally get to see the outside world!"

"And we finally get to leave. It's the wrong time period but it is what it is." Thomas shrugged as he and the others came up to them.

The guys thanked Dani for freeing them as Susie did it quietly, not wanting to look at someone she nearly killed with the elevator. Susie couldn't bring herself to look at Wally either.

"…Susie?" Sammy asked, noticing her behind them.

Susie pushed some hair behind her ear, nervously.

"Hi Sammy…" She muttered.

"She… isn't going to… yah know…" Wally said to the guys while Sammy elbowed him in the stomach. "Ow…"

"No. She seems to be back to her old self again. As are you two." Grant replied, glancing to Susie to see her looking down.

"Well, what are we waiting here for anyway?" Bendy asked, changing the subject. "Let's leave!"

"Gotta find Norman first. He's the only one that isn't here." Dani said.

"Well, he's upstairs so let's head up." Shawn replied.

"Think you can make it, Sammy?" Wally asked.

"I think so. Of course I seem to be the only one completely weakened… then again, I deserve it for-" Sammy got cut off.

"-Nothing." Dani said. "You don't deserve this."

The others looked at each other, confused. Meanwhile, Dani put a finger to her mouth to tell him not to tell them what happened and Sammy understood what she meant instantly.

"…Nevermind…" Sammy muttered before he started walking. "Come on."

"I'm confused." Shawn said and looked at Wally as he walked away with Sammy and looked back at him.

Wally shook his head before Shawn had the chance to ask what they were talking about.

Deciding to leave it alone, the rest quickly caught up with Sammy and Wally and headed for the stairs, not trusting the elevator.

"You still have your phone?" Wally asked and Dani nodded.

"It's at 15% so hopefully it'll survive till we get outside so I can call for help." She replied, checking the battery.

"Hopefully." Thomas agreed.

"How long have you been here for?" Grant asked.

"Uh… two days? Maybe three?" Dani replied. "Still no sign of the cops. Some friends I have for ditching me after I fell through that hole."

"Yeah no kidding." Thomas said. "You'd think they would've sent help by now huh?"

"I hoped they would've." Dani said.

It took a while, but they finally made it to where Norman should be at.

"There you are!" Shawn said, as they rounded the corner and saw him sitting on the stairs by the elevator.

Norman looked up, surprised and happy to see his friends back to their old selves much like how he is.

He opened his mouth to talk but… no words came out.

"Can't talk?" Wally asked, worried.

Norman looked away sadly as they got closer. Then he pointed to his ears, which made them even more worried.

"You're deaf too!?" Wally questioned.

Norman shook his head and wrote on the wall,

"Ringing…can't speak…"

"Oh… you're ears are ringing but you can still hear somewhat and you can't talk at all anymore?" Dani asked and Norman nodded.

"Maybe the doctors can help you! Right?" Wally asked, hopeful.

"Maybe…" Dani said.

Norman wrote on the wall again,

"What happened?"

"It's a long story but Dani freed us." Shawn said. "Now we all need to get to the hospital."

Norman smiled at Dani, who smiled back. Then he turned to start going up the stairs to the elevator.

"Wait. We don't exactly trust the elevator." Thomas stopped him. "We're taking the stairs. Come with us."

Norman turned back around and nodded. Then he followed them back to where the stairs were.

It took a long time but they finally made it back to the main floor and to a exit in the back of the building.

When they got it opened, they could see the sun shining and birds singing as they stepped out into the sunlight.

Maybe 1 or 2 chapters to go!