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Kitten: So, out of all my stories, I believed that I owe you guys an update to this one the most. Sorry it's only 1 chapter right now. 'n' It's just, I'm working currently on finishing the story up, and making sure it's perfect, and that you guys will love it.
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~Chapter 12-Broken~
"Henry! Harmony!"
Both workers' heads shot up at the sound of their names being called.
Henry was in his office with the door open, drawing some more sketches, and Harmony was outside, chatting with Shawn and Susie.
"Yeah, Joey?!" Harmony & Henry called in union in response, Henry not bothering to look up from his paper, and Harmony leaning over, trying to peer into the blonde's office.
"Come in here, you guys! I wanna show you something cool."
At this time, Henry looked up from his paper in confusion. He sighed, putting his pen down, deciding he would continue when he came back.
Organizing his pile of sketches, he frowned, noticing that one of them were missing.
"Hey…where's-" He began to wonder aloud.
"Henry!"
The young man jumped, startled to see Harmony standing in his doorway, glaring with her arms folded.
"C'mon, let's go already! Joey doesn't have all day, ya know. And neither do I."
"I'm coming, alright?! Jeez," He mumbled in response before returning to his search.
"I just need to find something…where the hell is it..!? I know I put it somewhere…." he trailed off to himself.
Harmony rolled her eyes and huffed, walking over.
"Okay, that's it!" she said and yanked the pile out of the man's hands.
"Hey!" Henry exclaimed with a scowl. "Give 'em back, Harmony! Can't you see I'm looking for something!?"
"Can't you see I've got no time for this?!" Harmony shot back sternly.
"Honestly, Henry! Will you stop drawing for 15 seconds and get that nose out of that stupid book of yours!? Your best friend needs you for something, and it could be important. Now come on already."
She ordered, grabbing his sketchbook and hitting him atop of the head with it, earning a yelp out of the brunette.
"Ouch!" Henry hissed and looked away, rubbing his head.
"You're so mean to me, Mony…" He mumbled.
"Ugh, you're such a baby sometimes." Harmony said, earning a glare out of Henry, but it disappeared as Harmony bent down and kissed him on the cheek affectionately, and the blue-eyed man blushed profusely.
"Now come on," The redhead said, taking his drawings with her. "I'll give 'em back after the meeting." She called on her way out.
"Hey, Joey" Harmony & Henry greeted nonchalantly as they entered both their friend's and boss's office.
"What's up, guys?" Joey greeted in the same tone, but frowned when he saw the two gaping at him. "What?"
"Joey, you look terrible," Harmony uttered, leaning forward and cupping his cheek.
She gazed at the man's unruly blonde hair and the bags under his eyes. "You need to go home and rest. Me and Hen will take over for the rest of the day."
Joey smirked embarrassingly, pulling away from her. "I'm fine, Harmony. You're worrying over nothing. I just didn't get much sleep last night, that's all. And for a perfectly good reason, too."
"Yeah?" Henry said with a cocked brow. "And what exactly is this reason…?"
The blonde sighed with a tired grin, standing up and walking over to the back of the room.
"Hen, I'm guessing you've realized by now that one of your sketches have been missing,"
"Yeah," Henry answered with a frown. "I've been looking everywhere for it."
"Well, I hope you don't mind that I borrowed it just for a little bit."
"Borrowed it?" Henry repeated, perplexed. "To do what?"
Joey sighed again, picking up something and walking back over.
The object, or…whatever it was, was sitting down and covered by a velvet cloth-like blanket.
He sat back down, placing the thing on the table.
"Guys," He started slowly, "Don't freak out, alright? But…I want you to meet someone."
"Joey, you're scaring us," Harmony stated.
"You don't have to be scared. Just…Just look."
With that, the young man slowly pulled off the cloth-like blanket, and both Harmony & Henry gaped with wide eyes at the sight; there sat what looked like a baby ink demon on the desk, currently chewing on his black tail, pie-cut eyes full of mischief, and abrupt confusion when it saw the two workers.
"J-J-Joey," Henry breathed, recognizing the creature from one of his sketches. "I-Is that…?"
Joey smiled. "Henry, Harmony...I want you to meet Bendy"
"That's why you took one of my sketches, isn't it? Because you wanted to bring him to life."
"Yeah," Joey replied with a smile as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I thought about telling you Henry, but I figured it wouldn't be much of a surprise for both of you if one knew already."
"But how did you bring him to life?" Harmony asked, perplexed.
Joey ran one of his hands through his blonde hair, and swallowed before gradually handing Bendy to Henry, and the brunette was rather startled at the man handing him off so quickly, but managed to hold him up straight.
Bendy looked up at Henry, staring into the man's blue orbs, before letting out a small, cute giggle, reaching out with his gloved hands and touching the tip of his nose, causing Henry to let out a laugh he couldn't hold back.
"Seems like the little guy likes you Henry," Harmony stated, reaching over and rubbing his small head between his horns with a smile.
"Yeah," Henry chuckled, looking back at Bendy before rubbing his head as well, earning another giggle out of him.
He looked up at Joey who had a grin on his face, obviously glad that Henry had taken a liking to the small demon.
"Bendy, right?" he asked.
"Yup," Joey riposted, looking at the 3. "C'mon, guys. I wanna show you something."
"Whoa, Joey," Harmony breathed, amazed at the big machine that stood before them. "What is this thing?"
"Erm…I like to call it The Ink Machine," Joey answered. "It's how I brought Bendy to life. See, ink flows through this machine, and flows back into Bendy who was brought to life…and…"
He walked over to where there were two more blankets and what looked like sitting figures beneath them, pulling them off to reveal none other than a baby wolf and a baby angel.
Both Henry and Harmony gaped, especially Harmony, her mouth dropping wide open.
"Meet Boris The Wolf," Joey introduced, pointing at Boris before pointing to the angel. "And Alice Angel."
"Whoa!" Harmony giggled, running over and picking up Alice. "Aww, Joey! She's so adorable!"
She grinned at Alice, who cocked her head to one side before grinning back.
An abrupt whine interrupted them, and Harmony looked to see Boris looking at her with a frown.
She gasped before chuckling, handing Alice off to Joey, and bending down, picking the baby wolf up.
"Aww! Don't worry, you're just as adorable!"
Boris grinned, wagging it's small tail and licked her cheek, causing the redhead to giggle bashfully.
"This really is amazing Joey," Henry commented, walking over with a already dozing off Bendy. "It's awesome. So, what exactly are your plans with these three?"
"Well," Joey sighed with a grin, reaching over and ruffling Alice's short black hair, earning a giggle out of the angel and she clung to the man, burying her face in his chest, earning a fond chuckle out of the blonde himself.
"I've been thinking…we raise these three, and when we think they're ready, once they come of age, we start training them into being performers."
"Performers?" Henry repeated, "Like, real live performers? The ones we saw when we used to go to plays and such?"
Seeing Joey nod, Henry whistled and breathed, "Wow…that would be cool."
"Raise 'em, huh?" Harmony asked, and the two men looked toward her.
"Raise 'em…like…like they're our kids? Like they are our own children? And we're they're parents…" Harmony trailed off, a smile gracing her lips. "Alright, I'm in."
"Me too," Henry agreed. "So, when they come of age, right? How will we know?"
Joey grinned, stroking Alice's hair. "Every being deserves a childhood, so they won't be ready for a couple of years at the most. We'll give 'em time to be kids for a while, like the time we got when we were kids. Let's not jump right into training, that would be too much."
He chuckled, "After all, it's important that we enjoy this time as well, considering the fact that we're basically gonna be not only mentors to them, but parents, family too."
"I agree," Harmony nodded. "How will the training work exactly?"
"If you don't mind, considering the fact that you're an amazing actress and singer," Joey started, smirking when Harmony blushed bashfully, playing with her red hair. "You'll be helping Alice with her singing and acting, while me and Hen will help the guys with the same things. That sound good to everyone?"
"Yeah!" Henry cheered, excited. "It's gonna be fun!"
"Man, you're so funny and cute when you get overexcited like that," Joey laughed, ruffling Henry's brown hair, causing the younger to smirk, blushing bashfully as he swatted his hand away.
"Y'know, I'm surprised your not his father Joey," Harmony teased playfully, and it was Joey's turn to finally blush with a goofy grin, and the other two laughed.
"Nah, he's more of a brother than anything," Henry riposted with a chuckle, throwing an arm around the blonde, smirking when Joey's green eyes met his blue.
"But I'm still getting you the best father of the year award,"
"Get off!" Joey chuckled, pushing the man off him, and they all chuckled.
"Henry?!"
Laughter echoed in his head as vivid memories swam around. He didn't know where he was, and he couldn't figure it out. Everything was just a blur.
"Henry!"
Wait…Who is that? A neighbor, maybe? Was he at home? Was he house sitting for someone? Maybe even babysitting?
"Henry, wake up! Wake up!"
No. No, not house sitting, and definitely not babysitting. He isn't at home. He knows that much. But where was he? Who is that person? And why are they screaming for him to wake up? Is he sleeping? Is he dying?
"Henry, please! Please wake up!"
Female. The voice is female. Harmony…? No.Impossible. They haven't seen each other in years. It was stupid for him to even hope. Then who…?
"Henry!"
A. ..Alice!? Alice Angel?!
"Henry, buddy, we really need you to wake up!"
Boris! What was going on!?
"Wake. Up!" The two said in union.
Henry gasped as he bolted up straight, blue eyes wide as he panted, looking at his surroundings.
The Pentagram room.
After a few minutes, his eyes landed on Alice and Boris.
"Guys," he croaked out, sitting up a little. "Are you okay?"
Both toons nodded, and with an abrupt sob, Alice threw herself at Henry, sobbing uncontrollably, her small shoulders shaking.
"Aww, Alice, please don't cry," Henry said softly, hugging the angel close to him as she sobbed into his shirt, and he rubbed her back and stroked her hair.
"I-It hurts H-Henry," Alice sobbed, "I-I j-just w-want t-the o-old B-Bendy b-back…"
"I know," Henry sighed, looking up at Boris who was whimpering with his ears down, and before he knew it, the wolf was also clinging to him.
"I miss him too…"
Kitten: Hehe...sorry for the depressing cliffhanger guys! Don't worry, it won't be this sad and depressing for too much longer, I promise you that much.
Kitten: Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and, as always...
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