A Few Days ago...
In the Underworld throne room, The Devil was sitting on his throne when the elevator arrived, and Henchman stepped out with suitcases.
The purple demon flew to his boss. "Uh, hi'ya boss," he greeted.
"Finally, you're back," The Devil said. "Put your stuff away and grab you clipboard. We have a lot to talk about. Starting with this upcoming hollow's eve."
"Duh, actually, boss, there's something really important that I need to tell you," Henchman said.
"What could possibly be more important than our busiest night of the year?" The Devil asked.
"It involves the prince," Henchman whispered. "Or it will..."
The Devil narrowed his eyes at the purple demon. "Speak," he said after he crossed his arms.
Henchman gulped. "Uh, I was lounging on the beach one day, and... she showed up," he said nervously while pointing upward.
The Devil's eyes widened.
"and she sends her regards," Henchman concluded.
In a blink, The Devil had Henchman pinned to the ground with a tight grip on his shoulders.
"Was she still on a cloud? Did her feet touch the ground?" The Devil questioned tensely. "Answer me!"
"N-No boss. She was still on a cloud," Henchman stuttered.
The big devil slowly relaxed, rose back up, and dusted Henchman.
"Then, we don't have to worry about it," The Devil said.
"Uh, but what if she tries to get to the prince?" Henchman asked.
"I'll never allow it. And besides that, she can't. Not if she wants to keep her precious, happy afterlife." The Devil said before tapping his fingers on his pitchfork and contemplating. "All the same, I'll have to craft something to make sure that harpy can't get too close to Bendall."
"Like what?"
"I'll think of something before tomorrow. My little pest is planning on going trick or treating with his friends."
"His friends?"
"Yes, the porcelain runts,"
"Uh, you mean you're letting Bendall see them?"
"Not by choice, but he refuses to seek other friends."
"Duh, I guess we'll have to get used to it then,"
The Devil laughed. "Never. I despise those brats more than ever." He said before sitting on his throne.
"But boss—"
"Henchman, I vowed to get that cup's soul and I will! I'll just have to get more creative about it. In the meantime, we got our busiest night coming up, so, chop chop!"
The next day, Halloween was here and Bendy was ready to show off his costume.
The little devil had a large black pirate hat with gold trim and the classic skull and crossbones printed on it and a red bandana underneath covering his horns and forehead, a jabot collar around his neck, a brown belt with a yellow buckle strapped around his waist, a black sock over his tail, and brown shoes. He pulled a red wagon behind him with an old-looking treasure chest. He had dark circles painted under his eyes along with a cat nose and a mustache.
The Devil was sitting on his throne when Bendy snuck up behind him and poked him with a sword to the side.
"Arg, hand over yer gold or I'll have ye walk the plank!" Bendy ordered, giving his best pirate impression.
"Marvelous costume, son," The Devil said. "And the makeup is perfect,"
"Makeup?" Bendy said. "Pirates don't wear no stinkin' makeup! This be... it's war paint. Now hand over yer gold I said."
"Alright, here," The Devil said before passing the golden treasure into his son's palm.
Bendy examined it. It was a gold ring with red markings on it.
"Whoa," Bendy said.
"Oh yes, and it's yours to wear, my little pest." The Devil said. "Try it on for size."
"Um, okay," Bendy said before he slipped his sword into his belt, took off his right glove, and slipped the ring onto his middle finger. The red marks shimmered briefly and Bendy felt a tingle against his skin. "Dad, what's this for?" he asked as he eyed his dad suspiciously.
"Hopefully nothing. But just in case, this ring will protect you if you happen to run into any... unwanted company," the big devil said, not wanting to even say that name.
Bendy looked at the ring before glancing back at The Devil. "And you're sure this thing will work?" he asked.
"I'm sure," The Devil said. "Now you run along and have fun. I've got a lot to do tonight,"
"Okay Dad, see ya!" Bendy said before running away.
"And don't let any people in robes try to form a summoning circle around you!"
"Got it!" Bendy exclaimed.
The Devil pulled up a newspaper and read. Printed on the front page was an article about how a fabulous red diamond known as "The Devil's Treasure" was to be taken to the Inkwell City Museum today and be put on display in a week.
On the surface world, in the Inkwell Forest, there was the Kettle Cottage decorated to the brim with Halloween décor. The boys were putting on the finishing touches of their costumes.
"Aren't you boys ready yet?" Elder Kettle called out from downstairs. "Let me see already."
"Be right there Elder Kettle," came Cuphead and Mugman's voices.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"Oh, wonder who that could be," Elder Kettle said as he walked to the door. He opened it and there stood Bendy.
"Happy Halloween Elder Kettle," Bendy said.
"Happy Halloween to you too Bendy," Kettle said. "You look great."
"Thank you, Kettle,"
"Okay, we're ready!" came Cuphead's voice upstairs.
The boys came downstairs.
Cuphead was wearing a full-body black suit with a red cape. He had a red belt with a red fabric demon tail that trailed behind him and a smiling red demon hood and mask that covered his head.
Mugman had a black full-body suit on, but he still wore his normal shoes and gloves. He also had a white sheet over his body with a straw, arms, and eye holes cut out.
"You guys look great," Bendy said.
"Thanks, buddy," Cuphead said.
"Well, you boys have fun but be back before 9 o'clock," Kettle said. "And don't follow strangers to form a circle."
"Yes, Elder Kettle," The three boys said at the same time before they walked out the door.
"So, some news, Dad and I finally made up," Bendy said.
"Cool," Cuphead said. "So he's not mad at you anymore?"
"Pretty much," Bendy said.
"And he's okay with you hanging out with us?" Mugman asked.
"...He's—Mmmm," Bendy said before his lips stretched tight. "Glad I'm not alone up here,"
"But he doesn't like that it's us, right?" Mugman guessed.
Bendy shook his head. "He even gave me this," he said before he pulled off his right glove and showed the gold ring to his friends.
"Ooh!" Cuphead and Mugman said with sparkles in their eyes.
"He says it's to protect me from "unwanted company"," Bendy said.
"Like who?" Cuphead asked.
"He didn't say but this is nothing new. It's like he thinks everyone on the surface world is out to get me," Bendy said.
Cuphead and Mugman hummed uncomfortably.
"But enough of that," Bendy said dismissively before putting his glove back on. "Me chest be ready for candy!" he said and pulled out his sword.
"Okay, let's get Chalice and then start trick-or-treating!" Cuphead exclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah!" Bendy and Mugman exclaimed.
They ran to the town. Chalice, in her ghost form, was waiting by the cemetery gates and then smiled when she saw the boys.
"You ready ding-dongs?" Chalice asked.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" the boys said.
They passed by a brick wall and on the wall was a wanted poster with The Butcher Gang on it.
"This is Lenard Lemming coming to you from Inkwell Broadcast Tower, and tonight is Halloween night!" an eerie ghost wail plays. "Hope all you little ghouls have fun tonight. Now here's Jazzhand with tonight's musical selections for tonight. Jazzy?"
"Thanks Lenard! Alright, alright! What up all you boils and ghouls out there? While the little gremlins are out trick-or-treating, here are some haunting tunes for all listeners. Last year's hit Halloween song, "Thriller" sung by master of ceremonies King Dice. We miss you Dicy, come back to us soon,"
Jazzhand puts the needle on the record on the player and the jazz song starts playing.
"Hidey, hidey, hidey ho~ Hidey, hidey, hidey, hey~ Oh, hody, hody, ho~"
The song picks up in the beat.
"Alright. Listen girls~ I'm not like these other fellas'~"
"It's close to midnight~ Something evil lurkin' in the dark~"
In the streets there are children in colorful costumes running around, laughing, and acting out. Cuphead was nearly dragged away into a summoning circle but Bendy and Mugman managed to save him.
"Under the moonlight~ You see a sight that almost stops your heart~
You try to scream~ Oh, but terror takes the sound before you make it, yeah~
You start to freeze~ As horror looks you right between your eyes~ You're paralyzed~"
At the carnival grounds, there is the hay maze and little shops and games to play. Everyone was wearing a costume, so no one really paid attention to the stranger with pitch-black skin wearing overalls and a messy demon mask over his face.
"'Cause this is thriller, thriller night~
And no one's gonna save you~ From the beast about to strike~
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer, thriller tonight~"
Two bee cops were carrying a locked box off a boat and into an armored car, unaware that the two assigned security guards have been caught and replaced with Charley and Barley in officer uniforms. When the bees opened the back, they were immediately caught in web shots. Edgar jumped and tied up the bees.
"You hear the door slam!~ And realize there's nowhere left to run~
You feel the cold hand~ And wonder if you'll ever see the sun~
You close your eyes~ And hope that this is just imagination~
Girl, but all the while~
You hear a creature creepin' up behind~
Oh, you're outta time~"
Edgar hopped into the car and closed the door before Charley drove the car. Barley jumped into the back and broke into the box. Inside was a large red diamond. The men drove for a mile till they found an alleyway. They came out of the alleyway wearing costumes.
"Night creatures call~ And the dead start to walk~ In their masquerade, masquerade~
There's no escaping~ The jaws of the alien this time~ This is the end of your life, end of your life~"
Edgar was wearing a white sheet that covered his body and legs but had two holes cut out for his eyes. He held a jack-o-lantern bag in one hand.
Barley was dressed like a pirate, with black clothes, a yellow belt, brown boots, a pirate hat with a crossing sword printed on it and holding a hook in his left hand. He also pulled a red wagon behind him with an old-looking treasure chest on it.
Charley was wearing a plaid tweed coat, a red turtleneck sweater underneath, brown pants, black shoes, a fedora, glasses over his eyes, and a fake mustache under his nose.
"This is thriller, oh, thriller tonight~ So let me hold you tight~ Inside a killer, thriller~
Thriller, killer, chiller, I fulfill ya~ Girl I'll be your thriller, tonight~ Let me be your thriller baby!~"
The butcher gang walked into the suburban neighborhood. Charley was tugging on his turtleneck collar.
"I hate this disguise," Charley said. "I feel ridiculous,"
"But you look so boring in it, boss, it's perfect," Edgar said.
"The point is to look unassuming, boss," Barley said.
Charley just grunted as he kept tugging on the collar.
One of the wagon wheels hit a rock and the treasure chest shook.
"Careful!" Charley said. Then he spoke in a whisper. "The diamond's in there,"
"I got it boss, get off me case!" Barley exclaimed.
A mother sandwich and her son, Sammy Sandwich, stopped and stared at the two men.
Charley chuckled. "He's getting so good at his old, washed-up pirate impression." He said. "Now son, that's no way to speak to your elders," he harshly patted the bearded man's head.
Mrs. Sandwich walked away with a "humph".
"Did you see that? Judgment!" Charley said. "Sheesh."
They hear police sirens in the distance and stiffen a bit before walking away.
"Just act casual boys," Charley said. "We're just a family out for the night."
Edgar stopped when he spotted some kids trick-or-treating at a big house.
"Does that mean we can get some treats, boss!?" Edgar asked excitedly.
Charley rolled his eyes, "Fine," he said.
"Do I have to do this?" Barley asked.
"Yeah, we gotta act like we got nothin' to hide." Charley said. "And keep your yapper shut. We don't need you giving us away."
Barley grumbled but said nothing and followed the spider to the big house.
"Ooh, I hope I get a Burgy Bar," Edgar said excitedly.
The men continued to walk around, playing the part of a family while keeping an eye on the treasure chest and putting candy in it just in case.
Around that same time, the three cup kids and Little Devil were walking around the same neighborhood, trick-or-treating. Bendy put all his candy in the chest in his red wagon.
In one big house, they offered free use of the restroom to any treaters or parents who needed it.
"I gotta go, Barley, you watch the treasure chest," Charley said before stepping away.
"Arg, I gots to go too," Barley said.
"You go, I'll watch it," Edgar said.
"Uhhh..." Charley and Barley said with uncertainty.
"Guys, it'll be fine," Edgar said. "I won't lose it. Trust me,"
"Ugh, fine. Don't you dare lose it." Charley said.
"Don't worry, I got this!" Edgar said as the men walked away.
A few seconds later, the four friends walked to the same house. Cuphead and Chalice walked to the house.
"I gotta use the restroom," Bendy said. "Can you watch the wagon? I'll bring ya some candy," he asked Mugman.
"Sure, you go ahead, I'll just stand over there," Mugman said.
The mug walked next to the spider, and he parked his wagon next to the other one. He sett the handle down.
"Good ghost costume," Mugman said after lightly elbowing the spider in the sheet.
"Thanks, you too," Edgar said after clearing his throat and speaking more childishly. "Hey, is that a Burgy Bar? I'll trade ya for it," he said.
"Mmmm, what'cha got to trade?" Mugman asked.
Edgar let go of the wagon and looked through his bag. "I'll give ya some chewies and a bonbon."
"Surely you jest," Mugman said after putting his hands on his hips.
"Ugh, fine. How about...two goobers and some red hots,"
"Hmmm, I'll trade ya for both goobers,"
"Deal,"
The two traded candies.
Bendy and Cuphead stepped out of the house.
"Hey ghost boy!" Cuphead shouted. "Time to go,"
"Yeah, it's time to hit the fairground," Bendy said.
"Coming. Nice chatting with you," Mugman said before he walked away after grabbing the wagon handle.
Edgar waved goodbye.
Chalice joined the boys after Bendy took the wagon handle from Mugman and the kids left.
Edgar silently watched the children go before he grabbed the wagon handle.
Charley and Barley came out soon after.
"You still got the chest?" Charley asked.
"Yeah, I got it right here," Edgar said. "And look, I got my Burgy Bar."
"Great, let's go meet Carley at the cemetery," Charley said.
"Don't know why we have to include the banshee," Barley said. "She's barely a member of the gang and she didn't help with the heist,"
"She's a butcher in training, besides she said she's got her own thing to do tonight," Charley said.
At the cemetery, people in robes were chanting in a circle.
"We give you these gold coins and this liquor oh dark one," said one person.
The objects suddenly floated up and disappeared.
"You see that! The dark lord has approved of our blessings once again."
Unbeknownst to them, they had simply been robbed by Carley. She was in her ghost form additionally wearing gauze around her arms and forehead, and had stitches drawn on her face. She pocketed the gold and downed the bottle of liquor.
Meanwhile, Charley, Barley, and Edgar were walking to the cemetery, Barley was holding the wagon handle when the wagon hit another bump and the latch came loose on the chest and the lid opened.
Charley gasped. "Careful!" he said as he ran to check the chest. "We don't want to lose the—" The tall man investigated the treasure chest and only saw candy inside. He dug through the candy with his hands. "When did we get so much candy in here?"
"Arg, we've haven't put in that much," Barley said.
Charley slammed the chest lid closed. "The-... the diamond isn't in this chest," he said.
"What!?" Barley exclaimed. He pulled the wagon and started looking through the candy in the chest. "Well where is it?" he asked.
"I don't know, it should be in there?" Charley said. "It's the same wagon and chest,"
The spider shifted nervously, "Um, are you sure it's not in there?" he asked.
Charley and Barley eyed Edgar suspiciously.
At the same time Cuphead, Bendy, Mugman, and Chalice entered the fairgrounds unaware of the rich treasure they now had in their possession.
The Butcher Gang was now in an alleyway and Charley held Edgar's face in his hands.
"Edgar, look at me," Charley said sternly.
"I am looking at ya, Charley," Edgar said.
"What happened to our treasure?"
"How should I know?"
"I know we still had the diamond before me, and Barley went into that rich house, and you were the last one left alone with it. Now what happened while we were gone?"
"Okay, okay! I was talking to a kid in a ghost costume, and he was pulling a wagon too. We traded candy bars and then his friends called him over. Then he left and... I guess we grabbed the other's wagon by mistake."
Charley dropped Edgar and his face turned red with anger.
"W-wait! I know how we can find him," Edgar said.
"How?" Barley questioned.
"His friends said they were going to the fairground. If we hurry, we can catch them and get the diamond back!"
Charley pinched his brows and took in a few breaths before the red in his face went away. "Okay, let's get Carley, then get to the fairgrounds before those kids look into the chest." He said before running.
The four children were helping themselves to some cider and candied apples. Not too far away from the kids though, a masked man was watching them from behind a tree.
"My lord," Sammy whispered. "No disguise can conceal you from me, but it's a good look for you, nonetheless. I'll wait till we can be alone, then you can free me at last. Until then I will watch over you," he hid himself in the shadows.
Soon, the four members of the butcher gang showed up at the fairground.
"Alright, we'll find it faster if we split up," Charley said. "Meet me back here when you find the wagon and chest."
Edgar and Barley walked away in different directions while Carley flew overhead.
Bendy laughed. "I gotta check my haul." He said. He lifted the lid to his treasure chest and was surprised to find not only candy but a large red diamond. "Holy spit. I don't remember getting this." He said. He stroked the gemstone and looked at it with wonder. "Sparkly..."
Cuphead walked behind Bendy. "So how much candy did you get?" he asked.
The little devil was still leaning over the chest. "Um, not much." He said.
"Really? Let me see," Cuphead said before lightly pushing Bendy to the side. He gasped when he looked inside the chest. "Buddy, this thing isn't even full," he said.
Bendy shrugged. "Ah well, better luck next year," he said.
"Hmmm, here," Cuphead said before putting full bars of candy in the chest.
"Cuphead, no, I can't take these," Bendy said.
The cup closed the treasure chest and fastened the latch. "I'm not giving you a choice. It's the least I can do after... messing things up with you and your dad," he said.
"Cup, my dad was gonna find out sooner or later. And we're talking things out." Bendy said. He then pulled Cuphead close and nuzzled his cheek. "But thanks, you're the best," he said before purring.
Cuphead's face turned beet red and little hearts formed in his eyes. "N'ah. You're the best." He said. "Plus, I'm planning on stealing some of Mugman's anyway." He whispered.
Bendy chuckled as he tucked the diamond away into his pocket.
The cup shielded his red face and head with the hood before he and Bendy joined their friends.
Meanwhile, the butcher gang was still looking when Carley spotted the wagon next to two kids. One kitten in a pirate costume and another kid in a demon costume.
When Carley saw the ghost chalice girl she gasped. "Her again," she said. She flew right back to Charley and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Hey boss," Carley whispered. "I found the treasure chest. It's with four kids. And one of them is a ghost, like me,"
"Like you?" Charley whispered.
"Yeah, some chalice girl who is also a ghost. I've seen her around town, I don't know how or why but she can change from her living form to a ghostly form, like me,"
"Huh, didn't know it was that common," Charley said.
"But that's not all," Carley said before turning visible. "I usually see here with Bendy and the cup kids."
Charley's eyes widened. "You've gotta be kidding me," Charley grunted.
A while later...
The kids were bobbing their heads in the little pool when Carley invisibly opened the treasure chest lid. She looked inside but only found candy. She flew back to Charley, Barley, and Mugman who were hiding behind a stall.
Carley turned visible again, "It's not in there," she said. "They must've taken it."
The gang looked back and when they saw Cuphead, Mugman, Bendy, and Chalice bring their heads back up, their jaws dropped.
Charley's body shook and his face turned red again. "Are you freakin' kidding me!?" he shouted.
The other gang members grabbed the tall man, put their hands over his mouth, and held him back before he could run out into the open and attack the kids.
"Boss, ye can't bellow like that," Barley whispered.
Charley struggled to break free.
"Take it easy, boss," Edgar said. "Find your happy place,"
Carley removed Charley's hat and stroked his head. "C'mon Charley, deep breaths." She whispered.
Charley breathed through his animalistic nose and the red on his face eventually faded. He nodded. When the hands left his mouth, he spoke.
"We have got to get that diamond back. It's our ticket to being seen as a feared and cunning gang." Charley said. "Carely, pick the devil brat's pockets and get the diamond,"
Carley pulled back and rubbed the back of her head. "Ye-No. I'm not going alone near that soul sucker." She said.
Charley sighed. "Fine," he said. The gang members peek from their hiding place and see the kids go into the hay maze. "Let's go,"
Later...
The kids were inside, and Cuphead was still unimpressed with the lame jump scares.
"Why are we in here again?" Cuphead asked.
"Because it was my idea," Bendy said before taking the cup's hand.
"Oh yeah," Cuphead said suddenly very agreeable.
"Although Cuphead was right, these jump scares stink," Chalice said.
The four were about to go through a hall of hay until they felt something stick to them. In the dark, they hadn't noticed the spider web they had just walked into.
"Eww," Chalice said. Before she phased out of the web.
"This is new," Cuphead said as he tried to get out of the web.
But the three boys soon found themselves stuck to the web.
"What the heck?" Bendy wondered.
Suddenly Edgar appeared and he chuckled. "Lookie what I caught," he said.
"Edgar!" Bendy shouted.
The spider shot a web over Bendy's mouth and on Cuphead and Mugman, further trapping them.
"Let 'em go, you creep!" Chalice shouted. She flew towards Edgar but was soon caught by Carley who held her back.
"Hey," Carley said smugly as the chalice ghost struggled. She only stopped after Carley put a ghost knife to her chin.
Barley and Charley stepped out from around the corner. The tall man pulled off the fake mustache over his face.
"Hi'ya runts," Charley said holding a lead pipe in his hand.
Bendy glared at the men.
"Let's make this quick," Charley said. He points the pipe at Bendy. "Where's the diamond?"
The little devil mumbled under the webbing over his mouth.
Charley rolled his eyes. "Edgar, the mouth!" he shouted.
"Sorry, boss," Edgar said before he crawled over and pulled the webbing off Bendy's face.
"Where's the diamond, you little creep?" Charley questioned harshly.
"The red diamond?" Bendy asked.
"Yes,"
"Big enough to fit in your palm?"
"Yes,"
"Sparkly and probably worth a lot of money on the black market?"
"Yes!"
"...Never saw it," Bendy concluded.
Charley growled.
"Tell us where it is!" Barley shouted. He pulled out a sword and pointed it at Mugman, "Or we cut the blue one's nose off,"
Bendy sighed. "Fine. Back pocket," he said.
"That's better," Charley said with a smile. "Ed,"
Edgar stuck his hand in the back pocket.
SNAP
"Yeow!" Edgar yelled. The spider pulled his hand back and it was caught in a mouse trap.
The kids couldn't help but snicker.
Edgar managed to pull off the trap and blew on his swollen hand.
"Arg, let me try," Barley said before putting a hand in Bendy's back pocket. He soon grabbed something solid. "I think got it," he said before he pulled out a snake. It hissed and bit his big nose. "Yowch!" he shouted.
"Remind me not to pick your pockets," Chalice said before chuckling.
Barley pried the snake off while the children chuckled.
"Everybody SHUT UP!" Charley yelled.
Everybody went quiet.
Charley then reached into Bendy's pocket. "Okay, third times the charm," he said before he pulled his hand out. It was a stick of dynamite.
Before the man could react, Bendy spat a small fireball at the fuse. It sizzled quickly and...
BOOM
The force of the blast was enough to destroy the web, which freed the boys, knocked out Edgar and Barley, and left Charley standing and charred.
"Ow," Charley muttered.
Charley shook off the pain and grunted as he approached the boys. Bendy and the cup brothers backed away.
"You darn, obnoxious, sadistic little brat. I'll kill you for disgracing us!" Charley said before raising his pipe.
"Charley, behind you!" Carley cried out.
Charley looked back in time to see a man run towards him with an axe. The man managed to stop the strike with the pipe. They stood there with their weapons shaking against each other.
"How dare you..." Sammy said.
"What the hell?" Charley asked.
"How dare you! First, you lay your filthy hands on my lord, then you insult him, and then you raise a weapon to him! You'll pay for your sacrilegious, you vermin!" Sammy yelled before he kicked Charley in the stomach.
The tall man was forced back, and the boys backed away.
"Charley!" Carley exclaimed. She released Chalice and rushed to her boss. She grabbed the axe, but Sammy simply swung the axe around and shook her off.
Chalice flew away and the boys shuffled away.
At this moment, Barley and Edgar woke up and ran to their boss.
"What's going on?" Edgar asked.
"I don't know. This joker just attacked me just as I was about to attack Bendy." Charley explained. He suddenly thought about the kids, but when he looked around, they were gone. "Oh c'mon!" he exclaimed.
The men soon noticed the shadow looming over them and noticed the masked man approaching them with two axes.
"For my lord..." Sammy said.
The police arrived at the fairground after being tipped off about a disturbance. Several bee cops approached the hay maze just as the boys, still in costume, exited out the entranceway.
"What's going on here?" Officer Bee Well asked Bendy.
"The Butcher Gang are inside the maze and there's also a man with axes too," Bendy answered.
"Move in troops!" Bee Well said to the others.
The other bee cops flew into the maze.
"Is there anything else you want to tell us?" Bee Well asked.
"I don't thin-"
Then Mugman elbowed him and cleared his throat.
Bendy rolled his eyes. "Actually, while we fled, I picked up this," he said before he handed the diamond to the bee officer. "I think the gang stole it."
Officer Bee Well picked up the diamond. "The Devil's treasure," he said as he examined it. "Thank you, son, we were searching for this all night." He took Bendy's hand and shook it. "You did a very good thing returning it."
"Anytime officer," Bendy said after lifting his hat.
The boys walked away just as several bee officers came out with the original Butcher Gang and Sammy in handcuffs.
"It's the Butcher Gang. We finally got them." Said female bee officer Bee Fair.
"Get them in the car!" Said Officer Well ordered. "We've been trying to catch you thieves for months now. Too bad you couldn't get away with this," he showed off the red diamond.
Charley, Barley, and Edgar gawked when they saw the object they had painfully searched for before they were pushed into the backseat of the police car. Bee Fair took the wheel.
"Get these three to the station." Bee Well said.
"You got it, Well," the female officer said before driving the car away.
"And what about this one?" Officer Well asked.
"He won't give us his name, but he was armed with these," Female Officer Bee Kind said before showing the axes. "And he was attacking the gang."
"Have you read him his rights?" Bee Well asked.
"Yes," Bee Kind said.
"Then he should know not to have this," the officer said before he removed Sammy's demon mask.
The moment the mask was peeled off, Sammy let out a high-pitched wail, he had yellow eyes with red pupils, no nose, and sharp fangs, and when the officers saw his face, they froze in terror, and they turned white as a sheet. Sammy was able to pop his hands off at the wrists and the cuffs fell to the floor. He grabbed his axes and mask and walked away.
Meanwhile, the boys and soon Chalice, back in her living form, were walking back into town. Bendy and Cuphead were holding hands as they walked.
"Well that was exciting," Bendy said casually.
"Yeah!" Cuphead said.
"Are you both crazy?" Mugman exclaimed as he ripped the sheet off. "The Butcher gang caught us and nearly killed us again! Not to mention that axe-wielding maniac, Sammy!"
"Like I said, exciting," Bendy said. "Plus, Sammy basically helped us this time."
Mugman grunted.
"Okay, I'm so confused. Who's Sammy?" Chalice asked.
"Just another crazy guy after me," Bendy said. "But don't worry, he doesn't want to get me like the gang. He's just my biggest fan."
"You have an axe-wielding maniac for a fan?" Chalice asked.
"Don't be jealous just because I got a fan and all you got is the police force looking to arrest ya'."
Chalice laughed sarcastically. "Very funny, you should write a joke book." She said.
"Maybe I will," Bendy said.
"I can't believe you had that big diamond all along," Cuphead said. "How did you even get it?"
"You didn't take it from them while we weren't looking, were you?" Chalice asked.
"No," Bendy said, "I just opened my treasure chest, and it was in there. I just pocketed it without thinking it was stolen."
"Guess we'll never know for sure," Mugman said.
"Not unless you all want to visit the Butcher Gang in jail and ask," Bendy said.
The kids were silent for a second before they laughed.
"Anyway, I don't know about you weirdos," Bendy said, "but I'm parched after all that. Who wants a drink? I'll buy."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Cuphead, Mugman, and Chalice said.
The kids walked to the soda shop.
"The big root beers to celebrate," Bendy said.
"The big root beers? Thanks." Mugman said. "Are you sure you can afford 4 of them though?"
"Sure, I could," Bendy said as he secretly pulled out a wallet with a police symbol from his pocket. Inside was cash and Officer Bee Well's I.D. "Yep, this should be enough." He pulled out the cash and threw away the wallet in a public trashcan.
"A toast to getting rid of the Butcher Goons!" Cuphead exclaimed.
"Yeah!" the friends cheered.
Meanwhile, the Butcher Gang sat silently in the police car while Officer Fair drove... but she turned away from the police station.
"Uh, where are we going?" Charley asked.
The bee officer pulled the car over to the side of the road. She turned her head around and Carley's ghost popped out of the bee's mouth.
"Hi'ya fellas," Carley greeted.
The men stared at the ghost.
"You possessed the cop?" Charley asked.
"We're ye in there this whole time?" Barley asked.
"Sure, just right after they handcuffed ya," Carley answered.
"Why didn't you say anything before?" Edgar asked.
Carley rolled her eyes and then passed the handcuff keys to the guys.
"Do you want to keep questioning me or do you want to use this stolen cop car and this officer's money to drown ourselves with drinks to save the night?" Carley asked.
The men used the keys to remove the cuffs.
"But we lost the red diamond," Barley said.
"It was a chance to look like feared and cunning gangsters," Charley said.
"Robbing an officer seems like something cunning gangsters would do," Carley said.
Charley, Barley, and Edgar looked at each other.
"Works for me," Edgar said.
"I can live with that," Barley said.
"Whatever. I need a drink," Charley said.
The four of them tied Officer Fair to a light post with spider webbing after taking her money and then drove away in the stolen car, laughing over escaping the cops again and being able to rob another day.