With her newfound companion, Audrey found herself back in the area she had been in just before she came across the living toon Bendy and the little girl couldn't help but wonder what became of him, the last time she had encountered him, she accidentally ended up giving him an electric shock which had caused him to run off, she just hoped that the Ink Demon or those creatures she had heard when she was hiding in that room hadn't got hold of the small Bendy.

"Over her Bobby" Porter called, snapping Audrey out of her thoughts "I found the way to the elevator" Audrey walked over and found him standing outside a door that had a sign over it saying Elevator, however there was one issue, the door seemed to be blocked off by some kind of security lock.

"Now what are we going to do?" she inquired "we can't get passed that."

With his hand on his chin, Porter stood and thought of a way on just how they could bypass the security lock, until he saw the pipe that Audrey was holding.

"I think I may have just the thing, we can use that pipe thing of yours to bypass the lock" he explained "however, it may need a little tinkering."

Before Audrey could question exactly what his plan was, Porter took her by the hand and led her into what seemed to be a locker room, where she began to hear the Ink Demon's voice once again.

"The deep abyss, remembers you, Audrey, child of the darkness."

She couldn't explain it, but whenever the Ink Demon would speak to her, she would get a dizzy and lightheaded feeling, almost like he was trying to make her fall unconscious or weaken her at least so that it would make it easier for him to possibly take her. Even Porter noticed that something wasn't right with the little girl when he noticed that she was unsteady on her feet, her hand on her head.

"Woah Bobby" he exclaimed, rushing to catch her as she almost fell to the ground "you feeling alright."

"I'm fine" Audrey insisted, not wanting to discuss the real reason behind her dizziness "think I've been overdoing it too much."

Porter didn't know that much about children, after all, it was very rare to see one in the studio, but he could tell that something wasn't right with the little girl, so he suggested that maybe she'd sit down for a little while until she felt better.

"Maybe you could do with some food in you, maybe that'll help you feel a little better" he suggested and Audrey nodded "okie dokie, well, you wait here Bobby and I'll be right back."

As Porter got up to look for some food for Audrey, the child couldn't help but shiver slightly, yet at the same time, she felt warm, feverish almost, but maybe it was because she hadn't slept for hours or days at least, and she couldn't remember the last time she had eaten. Hopefully once she reached the upper levels, she could find maybe a bed or a couch at least and take a well, deserved sleep.

"Okay Bobby, I managed to find some food" Porter had returned and he handed the girl what looked like a pack of peanuts and a couple of candy bars "sorry if it's not much, but the only source of food we have here are the ones from the vending machine and Bacon soup, but that stuff isn't very pleasant."

"It's fine, and thankyou" Audrey replied before opening the peanuts.

"Alright, well eat up and it should make you feel better" Porter told her "then we can get to work on fixing up that pipe of yours so we can bypass the security lock."

After Audrey had finished eating and gotten over her dizzy spell, she and Porter continued their way through the locker room until they came to an area which had what appeared to be some kind of work bench with some kind of strange contraption fixed to it.

"Okay now Bobby, if we're wanting to bypass that security lock, we're going have to do a little upgrade to that pipe of yours, so, would you mind just handing it over and then we can get to work" Porter exclaimed and the girl nodded before handing over her pipe and then proceeded to watch as he began working on upgrading her defence weapon "and here we go, all done" he handed the pipe back to Audrey and she immediately noticed that some slight changes had been made to it "now, we should be able to bypass the security lock and then we get you the safety of the top floors."

After upgrading the pipe, Audrey and Porter made their way back through the locker room, where they were suddenly ambushed by a group of searchers, and despite Audrey's attempt to fight them off with the pipe, more and more spawned, making it nearly impossible for the Ten-year-old girl to fight them off.

"We can't beat them Bobby" Porter called out as the young girl attempted to fight off more searchers as they spawned "there's too many of them, best thing we can do is run" he grabbed her by the waisted, lifting her off the ground before running through the locker room, dodging in and out of more searchers as they spawned. Once they were out of the locker room, he set Audrey back down on the ground who gripped hold of the pipe, clearly shaken by what had just happened.

"T-there was too many of them" she said, her voice shaking.

"Indeed, those wretched creatures have a habit of swarming when attacking their victims, it would have been impossible to fight them off" Porter explained "but anyway, I think it's time to bypass the security lock, then we can head to the elevators."

Once she had calmed a little after the encounter with the swarm of searchers, Audrey and Porter made their way over to the security locked door with the now upgraded pipe that they could use to bypass it.

"Oh, there's one thing I forgot to mention" Porter stated "if you ever need to bypass one of these locks, you'll need to have your pipe fully charged, luckily I gave it a full charge as I was fixing it up, however, once it bypasses the lock, it will need to be charged again, but luckily, there's plenty of charging stations around the studio in case you ever need to bypass another security lock. Okay Bobby, do you want to do the honours?"

Clutching the pipe, Audrey made her way over to the security locked door and proceeded to open up the power box that was attached to the locks before putting in the fully charged pipe, which then caused the power box to short circuit and break the locks.

"Wee hee hee" Porter cheered, gleefully clapping as the young girl broke the security lock "you did it Bobby, now we can proceed with our journey." Audrey gave a small nod and opened the door leading to the elevators, but as it opened, Audrey saw something written on the wall which gave her an uneasy feeling.

THE KEEPERS SEE EVERYTHING

"You don't want to run into them" Porter stated as he appeared at the young girl's side "bad news they are, dangerous, deadly folk. They usually patrol in restricted areas, looking for intruders. But they mainly reside in the old gent building that lies just beyond the sewers."

"What happens if they catch any intruders?" Audrey asked, looking up at the Lost one "what do they do with them?"

"Well, I heard that they take them to a place known as, the pit, and from what I heard, whoever gets taken there, is never seen or heard from again" Porter explained, his tone unnaturally serious "but I wouldn't worry about that too much, as long as we stay out of restricted areas, then we should be fine. But anyway, I think we should proceed young Bobby, it shouldn't be too long before we reach the elevators."

Tucking the pipe into the side of her skirt, Audrey followed Porter up a flight of stairs, where she once again, heard The Ink Demon's voice echoing through her head, causing yet another dizzy spell.

"Your journey will end as you are consumed into my dark kingdom, child" he hissed as the little girl held herself up the wall to steady herself "here, you will find meaning in your pain."

"Woah Bobby, you okay?" Porter asked, noticed that the child was yet again unsteady on her feet "you having another dizzy spell?" Audrey shook her head and insisted that she was ok.

"I think I'm just a little tired" the little girl insisted "maybe I should take a quick nap somewhere once we get to the upper levels." Porter nodded and agreed that it might be a good idea, especially since she was so young and possibly hadn't slept for hours at least.

After Audrey's dizzy spell passed, she and Porter continued their way up the stairs until they reached the next floor and Porter told the child that they were almost to the elevators, however, just as the pair of them were about to enter the corridor leading to the Elevators, a cage door suddenly slammed shut, blocking their way.

"Oh no, now what are we going to do?" Audrey exclaimed "how are we going to get to the Elevators now?" Porter let out a sigh before turning to face the girl, speaking to her yet again in a serious tone.

"Well Bobby" he said, and the little girl could tell it wasn't going to be good due to the seriousness in his tone instead of the usual, cheerful tone he had when he spoke "there is another way to get to the elevators, however, it means that we will have to pass through one of the restricted areas."