After leaving the safe house, Audrey found herself standing in front of what appeared to be some kind of shrine with the following words written on them.
Joey Drew
1901-1971
Upon reading what was on the shrine, Audrey began to wonder if the Joey Drew she just met was actually their ghost, and if so, then how could they've been physically able to carry her back to the safe house whilst she was Unconscious. However, she didn't have time to dwell on that right now, she needed to head to the Gent workshop and find out exactly what was going on in this place.
"I see your mind as the truth unfolds" The Ink Demon's voice suddenly boomed, snapping the child out of her thoughts "you will accept your fate, before the end." Audrey nervously bit her lip and clenched her small fists.
"Not if I have anything to do with it." She was then met by a deep, gurgling chuckle, it was almost as if the Ink Demon was mocking her attempt at being brave.
"We'll see about that, little one" the Demon chuckled before the area fell silent once again with only the sound of Ink dripping from the ceiling and onto the ground.
Clutching the tattered Bendy plush she had found in Artist's rest and her gent pipe tucked into the side of her skirt, Audrey made her way through a small hallway until she came to an entrance that seemed to lead into what looked like a sewer area, and there, just outside the entrance, was the small, cute Bendy.
"Bendy" the little girl called out as she began to make her way towards the small toon who upon seeing the girl, began to back away nervously "wait, don't go, I didn't mean to" the little toon was now bolting away and Audrey was about to give chase, when suddenly, she was stopped in her tracks by a group of Lost Ones who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and the first thing that she noticed was that they seemed to have spikes coming out of their heads.
"Well, look what we have here" one of them spoke "a little stranger has wandered into our domain."
"Please, I don't want to cause any trouble" Audrey begged "I just wanna find the" she was cut off when one of them grabbed her by the arm "hey, let me go."
"Hmm, what shall we do with you little girl?" another one cooed as Audrey tried to pull away, the child getting rather scared now.
"Maybe Amok will know what to do with her, after all, he doesn't appreciate strangers wandering into his domain" another one spoke.
Before Audrey could protest, the Lost one that had grabbed hold of her arm, lifted her up from the ground and tossed the scared and confused child over their shoulder before proceeding to carry her through what looked like a sewer area and Audrey didn't know where these Lost ones were taking her and what they were going to do with her.
It felt like almost an eternity of being carried through the Ink filled sewers, the Lost one that had been carrying Audrey dropped the child onto the ground.
"Ah, behold, the stranger" a voice spoke and Audrey noticed that it seemed to have some kind of an accent, but she couldn't quite work out what "hmm, what shall we do with you, little one."
Audrey looked up to see another Lost one, and this one seemed to have some kind of crown on their head. Audrey guessed that this was Amok that the other lost ones mentioned.
"We found her just by the sewer entrance" one of the other lost ones informed as Amok nodded before focusing his attention back to Audrey.
"Little one, do you know what happens when an unwanted guest wanders into my domain?"
"Please" Audrey whimpered as she stood up and backed away from Amok who was now towering over her "I didn't mean to intrude, I'm just trying to find my way out, I..."
"SILENCE!" Amok yelled, making the little girl whimper and back away further "you have trespassed into the lair of Lord Amok and now you must face the consequences" he turned to face the other lost ones that had brought her here "kill her, kill her now."
Before Audrey got the chance to react, the other lost onrs made a lunge for her, but with her quick thinking, she pulled out her gent pipe and used it to fend off the attacking lost ones and after a few hits, they were now laying on the floor, lifeless.
"Hmm, not bad" Amok said, rather amused "for a child, however, I don't think you'll be able to take me down." He then lunged at Audrey who was still clutching the gent pipe, and with her quick thinking, swung and hit Amok before he got a chance to attack her and before long, he too was now lying lifeless on the ground, along with his minions.
"I...I'm sorry" Audrey whimpered, catching her breath and trying to get her head around the fact that she had just murdered someone.
As Audrey tried to process what had just happened, two more lost ones cane running in, and Audrey thought they were more of Amok's minions coming to finish her off, however, the girl was caught off guard when one of them picked her up off the ground and sat her on their shoulder.
"Hail, the new Amok" they cheered.
"Wait, what is this?" Audrey asked, the child was clearly confused as to what was going on right now.
"Oh, didn't you know" one of the others told her "whoever defeats Lord Amok gets to take his place, and since you were the one who defeated him, that makes you the new Amok."
The lost one that had Audrey sat on his shoulders set her down on the ground as the rest of them began to bow.
"Hail Amok. Leader of the sewers."
Audrey was lost for words, one minute she was being carried to what was almost her death, now she was being worshipped.
"Look, guys, this is a real honour and everything, but I'm afraid that I can't stay" the lost ones immediately stopped bowing and chanting "I'm just wanting to find the way out of this place so I can go home."
The small group of lost ones stood and thought about the child had just told them before one of them walked over to the little girl and crouched down to her level.
"We understand, but we recommend that you take some supplies with you, for this place can be quite dangerous, and it can especially be dangerous to a child. Come, I'll take you to get some supplies."
Standing up, the lost one took Audrey into a room that was filled with things like food, batteries, coins etc.
"Here, you should use this to carry a few things in" the lost one said, handing Audrey a small backpack "and please, feel free to take as much as you like." Audrey nodded before filling up the backpack with a few food items, along with some coins which the lost one referred to as "slugs" and that they could be used in vending machines.
After Audrey finished up filling up her backpack, the girl put it on her back and was about to leave when she suddenly felt a wave of dizziness and noticed that her head was still hurting a little from where she hit it, she also felt warm yet chilly at the same time.
"Are you ok? the lost one asked, noticing that the little girl was clearly not right.
"I'm fine" the child insisted, however, the lost one that had came into the room with her, walked over to the girl and placed their hand on her forehead.
"I don't know, you seem to have a little bit of a fever there" he exclaimed " maybe you should stay here until it passes." However, Audrey insisted that she was fine and that it was probably nothing.
Knowing that the girl was determined to find her way out, the lost one gave a small nod before allowing her to leave the sewer area.
After she had got all her supplies and bid farewell to the group of lost ones who still referred to her as "Amok", Audrey made her way through another part of the sewers and up a ladder which lead into what looked to be some kind of train station.
"They have a train station in this place?" she mumbled to herself before heading onwards until she found herself in a room with a large glass window which over looked what seemed to be some kind of city, also, there was a message written on the large window.
A CITY BUILT ON BROKEN DREAMS
"Woah" the child whispered in amazement at the sight of the large city before her "how big is this place?" Suddenly, a noise caught the young girl off guard and she turned around to see none other than the small Bendy, standing on one of the benches that were under the window and the little toon seemed startled to see the girl standing there.
"Oh, it's you, where on earth did you come from?" Audrey asked as Bendy nervously looked around, wringing his hands "listen, I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to hurt you, and, I don't think you wanna hurt me either, right?" he shook his head "good, maybe we can be friends, what do you say, you wanna be friends?"
Bendy stood and thought for a minute before giving the girl his trademark smile and giving her a thumbs up. Audrey noticed that he didn't or possibly couldn't speak, but from the gesture, she knew that he was accepting her request to become friends.
"Hey that's great" Audrey replied as she walked closer to the little toon" hey, maybe you can help me, I'm looking for something called the gent building" instantly, the expression on Bendy's face changed from being happy to somewhat scared and he instantly began to shake, his hands placed over his eyes. Audrey instantly sensed that something was wrong.
"Oh, what's the matter?" she asked "is it a bad place?" Bendy slowly removed his hands away from his face and looked at Audrey with the same scared expression "look, I know that I'm only a little girl, but I'll try my best to make sure that nothing happens to you, we'll take it slow, alright?."
The little toon hesitated for a moment, but he was slowly beginning to trust Audrey. After all, she was just a child, what harm could she bring to him and knowing that he could now trust her, he gave a small nod, indicating that he was willing to her help her.
"Alright, well then, let's go" Audrey said as she took Bendy's hand and the first thing she noticed was that he wasn't that much shorter than he was, he was practically a child, just like herself "ok, you ready?" Bendy nodded, his expression on his face still nervous "then, let's go."
The pair of them then made their way into the city, where the gent building was currently located and Audrey had no idea what she was getting herself in for looking for that building, and what exactly resided in there.
