AN: And the chase begins! Sorry about the long wait, hopefully the next chapter shouldn't take as long to write. Thank you all so much for the favs, follows, and wonderful reviews!

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There were several things the demon had expected the moment he lunged to attack the stupid humans. The first was the screaming (of course), then the cursing that usually went along with the screaming, and the humans freezing in fear, since he probably looked terrifying in his new form. It was so strange to be this tall, he was like twice his normal height!

What he had not expected was to get hit in the face with a bat.

His shriek was cut short as the girl (Lex, he faintly recalled), swung the bat and struck him in the face. He felt his the ink that made up his face bend at the blow, and it was strong enough to knock him back into the room. He heavily landed on the floor with a groan, pain pounding through his face and dazed at what had just happened.

If Bendy was back in his cartoon, stars would have been dancing around his head, or birds.

Ugh, it feels like someone dropped a safe on my face, again. The demon hissed as he sat up. He vaguely heard the humans screaming as they ran down the hall, splashing ink the entire time. Well, at least he could hear now! Trading being unable to feel pain for hearing was a bit of an unfair deal in the demon's mind.

Bendy stood back up, swaying a bit as he did so. Ugh, his face hurt and he was incredibly dizzy. He would kill that Lex girl first for hurting him, humiliating him in front of his soon to be victims, and then slowly tear her friends apart in revenge.

But first he had to find them.

Bendy stared down the hall, unable to spot his victims in the dim lighting. Dammit, they had escaped! The demon hissed once again and smashed his fist against the wall in anger. Suddenly the ink around him shot up in the air, forming deadly spikes.

What the blazes?!

Bendy paused, confused by the discovery. He could manipulate ink before he had... before Joey... but never to this extent! He imagined the ink moving around or forming more spikes and was surprised to see that the substance completely obeyed his commands.

With a grin on his face, Bendy imagined the ink blocking the only exit from the studio, trapping the humans inside with him. He imagined spikes of ink shooting up through the floor and strands covering the door, much like the wooden boards had.

The demon hoped the blockade was there, it would make everything so much fun~

Now all he had to do was find the humans, but how? His horns twitched and he was faintly aware of something rippling in the ink up ahead, it seemed to be moving towards him, or possibly bouncing off of something. The pattern of movement reminded the demon of footsteps, like someone was running. No, more than one person, a group running...

Like a group of humans running from a demon.

Bendy grinned to himself and began running down the hall, following the motions in the ink in front of him. He was unsure of how he knew about the movements in the ink, but the demon was grateful.

He did want to enjoy hunting the humans down, but he did not want to waste too much time trying to find them in case they managed to escape before he killed them. That would be infuriating, but Bendy highly doubted it would happen. They were just stupid, pathetic humans after all, and he had blocked off the exit.

They would not escape. He would not let them.

He finally found the humans not too far down the hall, one of them looked back, noticed the approaching demon, and shouted to the others. "IT'S FOLLOWING US!"

Bendy grinned and created multiple spikes of ink that shot up from the liquid directly towards his victims, an attempt to either impale or maim the humans. Unfortunately the same one that had noticed him somehow knew about the spikes and was able to get everyone to dodge the attack.

Bendy cackled and gleefully lunged at the human that had ruined his plan, intent on tearing her apart. He noticed too late that it was the girl with the baseball bat.

Another hit from the bat sent Bendy into the wall, he sank into the ink in order to recover from the attack, and hopefully not get hit again. Damn her, she keeps hittin' me!

The demon hissed to himself, thoroughly irritated by the girl's actions. She had managed to hit him twice, in his face! He was a, soon to be, killer demon! He was not supposed to get hit in the face with a baseball bat by one of his victims!

Bendy did his best to push down his rage and focus on hunting the humans once again. They had not managed to run too far, and actually seemed to be standing in place…

He shot through the ink, the liquid rippling around him. This was his chance!

The blurred outlines of his victims were noticeable in the gloomy hallway, their grey forms standing out against the dark background. Bendy grinned and once again caused the ink near them to shoot up, and hopefully hit them this time. He watched, still moving towards the group, as the humans yelped and dodged most of the attacks.

He was disappointed to see that none of the humans had gotten seriously wounded, but he had managed to split the group up. The demon cackled once again as he realized how close he was to killing his victims, the noise he made a bit too loud, and a bit too broken.

At least this offered a distraction from the pain that filled his nonexistent heart.

At the last second the humans split up, one group of three and one group of two. They each ran down separate halls that should not have been there... Wait, what?

When had the layout of the studio changed? Bendy had lived in the studio for his entire life and knew the place like the back of his hand! How had it changed?! This, this was not supposed to be here!

Bendy shoved down his curiosity and the dozens of questions that filled his mind, did the ink cause this? Had the studio changed to help him hunt the humans? and focused on finding the humans. He knew the girl he was planning on killing had been in the group of two, so with a grin he rushed down the hallway on his right.

The humans had, fortunately for them, managed to gain some distance between themselves and the ink demon that was chasing them. The Lex girl was dragging the smaller one behind her as they rushed through the halls.

Hm, perhaps he would tear the smaller one apart in front of Lex before killing her...

The thought of the blood gushing out of the smaller human and the sounds of Lex screaming in the background made Bendy smile. She would hurt like he had, she would know the pain of losing the one closest to you and not being able to do a damn thing about it!

It was a brilliant idea, but he had to catch the humans first!

His eyes scanned the now empty halls, and with a snarl the demon rushed down them, looking for his victims. He had lost them! Again!

He turned a corner and found himself in a hall that contained a couple boxes. The ripples in the ink told him that the humans had just passed through here, but the corridor was so long he should have been able to see them before they got out.

Where were they?!

Bendy hissed to himself as he continued to check up and down the hall. Surely the humans could not have escaped, there had been no time for them to! He checked the doors in the hall, all of them were locked and there were no signs of anyone having tried to force them open.

"Well, well, well ya think ya so clever, tryin' ta hide from me." Bendy called out into the hall, hoping to draw the humans out of hiding. The ripples were telling him nothing, and even with his improved vision his surroundings blurred together because of the ink.

He shifted a bit closer to the crates, trying to spot the sneaky humans. "Come on out, I promise I won't hit ya with a bat~" Bendy purred, hoping his voice would make them freak out and reveal their hiding spot.

Still nothing.

Bendy bit back the snarl that threatened to rip out of his throat. He was getting angry, but he had to stay calm. He shoved down the frustration and anger and decided to try a new tactic that might draw the humans out.

Taunting.

"Golly, ya sure were eager to play with me before, are ya too scared now?" He taunted, hoping it would draw at least the Lex girl out of hiding. Heck, he'd take being hit in the face with the baseball bat again if it meant he'd know where the humans were!

The hall was silent, and nothing moved in response to his taunt. His talons twitched, he was getting a bit worried.

Where were the humans?!

He stalked further down the hall and away from the crates. Perhaps the ink was messing with his vision? No, he could sense movement in the ink, and there was none here. There was nothing anywhere! They could not have made it down the hall without him immediately knowing!

WHERE HAD THEY GONE!?

Bendy felt like screaming.

How had this happened?! How had he let them get away!? His vengeance would be lost if he did not find them soon! Well, at least the door was still blocked and none of the humans would be able to leave through there.

"HEY YOU STINKING PILE OF SHIT!" A familiar voice shouted from behind Bendy. The demon spun around and faced the human he had been searching for. The baseball bat was pointed at his face, the unspoken promise of getting hit by it again floating through the air.

Bendy assumed the girl was trying to look tough, but her shivering form completely ruined it. At least she was still scared of him. Hopefully that would discourage her from hitting him with that damn bat again!

"YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?" Oh, she would be in pieces by the time he was done with her. He grinned, both at the thought and at the stupid human who had revealed herself to him. She would die here, he was certain of it.

"Ya finally came out to play, huh? Looks like I'll have some fun today after all." He purred the words, hoping to unsettle the human even more. The girl's hair seemed to puff up a bit as he spoke. She was getting scared.

Good.

"But, ya coulda left the bat behind, no need for that here." He heard the girl snort, the sound echoing a bit in the near silent corridor.

"What, you scared I'm gonna smash your ugly ass face in again?" Oh, this girl wanted to get killed! His grin stretched out a bit more, flashing more of his deadly fangs towards the girl. Time for the fight to begin...

"I'm gonna enjoy rippin' ya ta shreds!" He snarled, and lunged as fast as he could towards Lex. His claws were stretched out, but the girl just barely managed to spin around and run off before he caught her. His infuriated snarl was covered by the sounds of the girl shouting as she ran off.

"YOU GOTTA MOVE FASTER THAN THAT IF YOU WANNA CATCH ME, BITCH!"

Bendy rushed after the girl, using the ink to try and hit her as he chased her. Unfortunately for him, it seemed that almost none of the hits landed, as she dodged nearly every single blow. He continued to chase her through the studio that had become a maze.

He would not give up! Victory was so close!

At one point a tendril of ink nearly managed to tear her head off. The girl just barely managed to dodge it and slammed against a wall. Bendy grinned as he quickly caught up to the human, almost upon her!

"Aw, did I miss again?" He cooed out, pleased with how everything was turning out. He had the girl alone, and there was nowhere for her to run or hide without him knowing where she was. She was trapped. It would be so very easy to kill her.

If she stopped running!

He could hear her panting as she continued to run down the halls in a poor attempt to escape him. He knew she was tiring out and their chase would soon end.

Splash, splash, splash!

Bendy watched, more than a little stunned, as Lex suddenly sprinted down the hall and out of sight, far faster than she had before. Where had she gotten that energy from!? A bit of a smirk appeared on his face, it did not matter how fast she ran, he would catch her soon enough. He knew there was a dead end around here somewhere, and hopefully the girl would run right into it. It would certainly making killing her much easier.

Granted, that would only happen if the layout of the studio had not changed that much. It was weird how this hallway seemed to have moved, as if the studio was actually trying to help him corner the girl...

Bendy wanted to enjoy the hunt, enjoy watching the girl struggle for as long as she could before he moved in for the kill.

So instead of running down the hall after the girl, Bendy grinned to himself and slowly walked down the hall, listening to Lex bang on doors that would not open and curse in frustration. He could feel her end was near, yes. She would die soon.

He whistled a familiar tune that seemed to echo throughout the entire building. He had a feeling that Lex would know exactly where the tune was from based off o her reactions, but at this point he did not care if he killed someone who had been a fan at some point. He had pushed any guilt out of his mind and was focused on killing this human.

He walked past the door, not bothering to check any of them. Joey hated leaving doors unlocked, so Bendy would not have been surprised if none of them opened. It always made him curious as to what the older human had been hiding...

That would be something to look into after he had taken care of the humans infesting his home.

The demon approached the end of the hall and was about to turn into the next one when he noticed something going on in the ink. The ink in front of him seemed to be bouncing back quite a bit as it rippled, almost as if the hallway ended there...

Bendy's grin grew as he realized that the girl had run into the dead end. Perfect, it would be the best place to kill her! She would feel trapped like the pathetic rat she was, trapped like he had been!

He continued to whistle the theme of his cartoon, the cheerful notes floating through the air and bouncing off the ink coated walls. It seemed as though the chase had finally come to an end, but the demon was not too upset. He was certain she would fight till the very end.

Bendy would at least get some excitement out of this human before slaughtering the others.

So the cheerful demon entered the dead end, spotting the human right away. She had the baseball bat pointed towards him, ready to fight if she needed to.

His grin widened into a maniac smile. He had been waiting for this moment.

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AN: Well I'm pretty sure we all know how well this is going to go...