Many Years Ago...
Down in the Underworld, there was a small library that was accessible only to The Devil and his son, Bendall. The Devil was passing by when he noticed little Bendy sitting on a cushion in front of the fireplace, reading a large book. The father smiles at the little bookworm devil.
"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian." Bendy read from the book before turning a page.
The Devil couldn't help but nod in agreement but stopped.
"Christian?" he whispered. "Uh, son." He said aloud, walking to his son.
The little devil looks up from the book.
"What exactly are you reading about?" The Devil asked a little nervously.
"It's about sailors and a whale," Bendy said.
The Devil slowly lifts the book to see the cover. Moby Dick. The big devil lets out a sigh of relief.
"Oh! I thought you were reading something inappropriate for a second," The Devil said before patting his son's head. "Carry on!" he sits in his chair. "But let me know if you ever want to hear about real sea monsters."
Bendy looks up from his book. "Are they scarier than the whale?" he asked curiously.
"Oh, definitely scarier," he grins evilly.
Most tremble at seeing such a smile, but not the little devil. Bendy closes his book, his father picks him up and places the little devil on his lap.
Present Day...
It's a beautiful sunny day in Inkwell, and Bendy, Cuphead, and Mugman are out walking on a dock. Bendy is in his kitten disguise, and he and Mugman are eating candied apples.
"What're we doing at the dock?" Mugman asked.
"Yeah, Cup, this better be good," Bendy said.
"Don't worry, it will be," Cuphead said.
The three boys walk further down the dock passing by rough-looking sailors who are busy with work. They threw boxes around, lifted boxes with rope and hooks, and dropped dead fish around. The boys dodge all the boxes.
"Tell me, fellas, have either of you ever wished you were pirates?" Cuphead asked.
They walk over a dead shark.
"You know very well that I have," Mugman answered.
"Once or twice," Bendy answered.
Cuphead stops walking. "Well, all your swashbuckling dreams are about to come true," he said. "'cause we're gonna have a high seas adventure!" He points at a docked pirate ship right next to them.
"We don't know the first thing about sailing," Mugman said. "We could end up dead!"
Cuphead snatches Mugman's candied apple and boops his nose with it.
"That, my blue-nosed brother, is why it's called an adventure!" Cuphead said.
A seagull swoops down and grabs Mugman's candied apple from Cuphead.
"Ooh, my candied apple!" Mugman cried out.
"Adventure!" Cuphead yelled, waving his fingers around.
"I'm in!" Bendy said, finishing his apple and starts climbing the rope ladder on the side of the ship.
"Wait for us!" Cuphead said before jumping on the rope to follow Bendy.
"Wait. Wait. Wait, wait, wait," Mugman said. Cuphead and Bendy stop climbing. "You can't just climb aboard someone's ship. You need permission first!"
"Only if the ship is painted red," Cuphead said.
"The ship is painted red!" Mugman argued.
"I wasn't finished. Painted red-purp-orange!"
"Red-purp-orange isn't even a color!" Mugman said angrily.
"So we're good then!"
"Hey, you scallywags, you comin' up or what?" Bendy said.
"I'm comin'!" Cuphead said before climbing the rope ladder.
"I refuse to board without permission," Mugman said, turning around and pouting.
"Suit'cha self!" Cuphead yelled. He climbs aboard. "Wow! So amazing!"
"Mugman, you gotta see this!" Bendy yelled.
"Not without permission!" Mugman said with resolve.
The two boys could be heard running around the deck.
"Is that what I think it is?" Bendy asked with excitement.
"Bendy, look at this!" Cuphead said.
"I can't believe it!"
Mugman tries to resist it, but he starts to sweat, and his lip quivers as he continues to listen to Cuphead and Bendy's excitement and laughter.
"And one of these? I've always wanted one of these!" Cuphead yelled.
"Me too!" Bendy yelled. "Mugman!"
Cuphead and Bendy run to the side of the boat to see Mugman.
"Mugman, you're really missin' out!" Bendy yelled.
"Yeah! YOU could be havin' a high sea's adventure right now!" Cuphead yelled.
Mugman's face turns red before he shouts.
"Don't you think I want that!? I need permission!"
Bendy rolls his eyes. "Oh, for hell's sake," he muttered before yelling. "Mugman, you have permission to come aboard!"
"Yaaay!" Mugman yelled happily. He chuckles as he climbs the rope ladder.
Mugman climbs aboard and is amazed by the pirate ship. There's rope everywhere, swords and scabbards, barrels, a cannon, and pretty much anything else you'd find on a pirate ship except pirates.
"Where are all the pirates?" Mugman asked.
"Who cares?" Bendy said. "We got the ship all to ourselves,"
"And all the stuff they left behind," Cuphead said. "Look what I found," Cuphead pulls out two scabbards from behind his back. His arms tremble from the heavy weight of the blades, but he manages to throw one to Mugman. "Catch!" he said.
The scabbard misses Mugman and cuts through a barrel. Mugman pulls it out and drags it to play with his friends. Soon the three boys are playing around with the pirate scabbards, cutting some of the wood and ropes. One rope that Cuphead cuts accidentally unanchors the ship from the dock, and it cricks as it slowly moves. Bendy makes a slash for Mugman but misses and cuts the rope releasing the sail. The wind picks up, making the ship move faster. The boys find the rope ladder leading to the crow's nest.
"I call lookout!" Cuphead said. He starts climbing, but Mugman grabs his handle.
"No. Me!" Mugman said, pushing Cuphead back.
"No. Me!" Bendy yelled. He jumps on the rope ladder.
The boys pull and push while climbing until all three reach the crow's nest. They look at the scenery in amazement. Open ocean with the sun overhead, the pirate flag fluttering in the wind.
"Amazing," Bendy said.
"Just look at all that ocean," Mugman said. "Makes you feel like a real pirate,"
"Huh. The shore keeps getting smaller." Cuphead said.
They all look behind them and see the buildings in Inkwell City getting smaller.
"Oh yeah," Mugman said. "And the ocean keeps getting bigger."
"Wait. Are we..." Bendy said.
"WE'RE OUT AT SEA!" Mugman yelled.
His words echo around them as they drift further out to the sea. Mugman grabs the mast for dear life and screams.
"I'm not a real pirate. I'm a fake pirate," Mugman said before sobbing.
"We're out at sea all alone on a pirate ship," Bendy said plainly before smiling and laughing.
"Now, this is a high seas adventure!" Cuphead said. "Anchors, aweigh!"
"Fire the cannons!" Bendy yelled.
"Ready the gangplank!"
"Throw 'em in the brig!"
Just then, the ship starts to rock against some choppy waves. The boys try to steady themselves but are eventually thrown off the nest and land on the ship's deck with a thud. Once they get back on their feet, they hear a man yawning.
Suddenly, the ship door opens as a brutish-looking pirate kicks it. He's wearing a long-sleeved grey shirt, red pants, black belt, brown boots, and a red and yellow bandana on his head. He also has an eye patch, an earring, and a big black beard covering half of his face.
The boys are silent and still. Too surprised to do anything.
Pirate grabs a green parrot that just flew right past him and placed it on his shoulder. The pirate doesn't seem to notice the boys as he walks past them and tries to grab his pirate cup, but he accidentally grabs Cuphead's head. He grabs a handful of cocoa beans, crushes them in his fist, and the droplets land in Cuphead's milk; his eyes turn chocolaty brown. As the pirate takes a slurp of the coco, his eyes meet Cuphead's. The cup chuckles nervously before the pirate spits out the coco and drops the cup.
Bendy reaches out and catches the cup before it hits the floor. He places the cup back on Cuphead's body.
"There you go," Bendy said, still holding Cuphead's face after he turned the head. "Good as new,"
Cuphead's cheeks turn pink once he notices how close he and Bendy are right now. The sound of feet stomping makes Bendy back away, and the pirate's voice breaks Cuphead out of his stupor.
"Yargh! Who dares stow away on the ship of Captain Brineybeard?" the pirate captain asked opposingly.
Cuphead and Mugman hugged Briney's legs.
"A real, real pirate!" Mugman said gratefully.
"You can take us on a high-seas adventure!" Cuphead said excitedly.
"Adventure? We're going home!" Mugman argued.
"No way! High seas adventure!" Cuphead yelled.
"Home."
"Adventure!"
"Home!"
"Adventure!"
"Home!"
"Adventure!"
As the brothers keep going back and forth, Briney looks at Bendy.
"Yeah. They're just gonna keep going." Bendy explained.
Briney pries the cups off and hangs them by their handles with daggers stuck to the mass.
"He's gonna kill us!" Mugman cried out.
"Leave them alone!" Bendy shouted. He pounces and scratches Briney.
The pirate pries the kitten off, throws him in a barrel full of water and live fish, and closes it. The barrel shakes as Bendy hisses and grunts. The barrel lid flies up after Bendy kicks it. His head emerges, and he gasps. Brineybeard stares for a second before slowly lifting his thumb and rubbing it across the kitten's face.
"Excuse you!" Bendy yelled.
Briney rubs the ink between his fingers. "Your nose is drawn on?" he said.
Before Bendy could think of a reply, Cuphead spoke up.
"M-mister, please let us go," Cuphead pleaded. "We were just looking for a high seas adventure, that's all."
"It was all his idea!" Mugman yelled, pointing at Cuphead.
"Stop squawking and start sniffing!" Brineybeard yelled before sniffing the air.
"Start sniffing! Start sniffing!" the parrot squawked.
Cuphead and Mugman start sniffing.
Bendy raises his hand. "I can't sniff," he said. "I don't have nostrils,"
"You can't sniff?" Briney asked. "Then how do you smell?"
"Not bad, or so I'm told," Bendy joked.
Cuphead snickers.
"But if I wanted to smell something, I do this," Bendy said before sticking out his forked tongue. It flickers in the air.
"Do ye' smell that?" Briney asked.
"Fear?" Mugman asked.
"Fish guts?" Cuphead asked.
"Your breath?" Bendy asked.
"No! That be the pungent aroma of love." Briney said before smiling fondly.
"Love?" the boys repeated.
"Soon I shall reunite with me girlfriend, and this time it'll be forever!" Brineybeard said before pulling out a large heart-shaped box from behind his back.
"Gee, uh, what's in the box, mister?" Mugman asked.
The captain starts singing, and his parrot joins in.
"Thaaaaaaaaaaar~ Sweets for me sweet~ (Ha, ha!)
I win her back with treats (With treats!) ~"
The pirate dances around as he sings while the boys just watch him, looking confused.
"I need her like this pirate needs this ship beneath his feet
A man gets lonely by himself when he's at sea
(Lost at sea, lost at sea!)
I've missed her since the day she said "Goodbye" (Goodbye)
She made me heart walk the plank when she left me
If she don't take me back, I'll surely die~"
"He's gonna cry, gonna cry!" The parrot squawked.
"No, I ain't!" Briney yelled, crushing a barrel with his arms.
"I'm bringin' sweets for me sweet (Ha, ha!)
Sweet treats for hеr to eat
Of all the creaturеs in the deep blue sea
She makes me life complete!~"
"You're adorable!" The parrot squawked.
"Shut up!" The pirate yelled. His cheeks are burning red.
"Well, sounds like you two have quite the reunion planned," Mugman said. "So, if you could just drop us off at the docks, we'll get out of your hair."
Brineybeard pulls the cups off the board. "We ain't turning back till we get me girlfriend back." He places them back on the floor.
"Oh, I know!" Cuphead said. "We'll help you get your girl back, and you take us on a high-seas adventure."
"No. He means he'll take us home!" Mugman argued.
"Adventure!"
"Home!"
"Adventure!"
"Home!"
"Adventure!"
"Home!"
"If I let ye out, are ye gonna scratch me again?" Briney said.
"Only if ye don't hurt them," Bendy said, pointing at the brothers.
"Deal," the pirate said before Bendy climbed out of the barrel and shook off the water.
"If ye do help me get me girlfriend back, I'll be forever in your debt." Brineybeard said, "But I'll be honest with ye, our chances of survival are slim to none. And Slim just drowned."
Mugman was about to speak, but Cuphead stopped him.
"I like those odds. We're in!" Cuphead said. He pulls Bendy and Mugman to his sides.
"Cuphead, are you crazy?" Mugman asked.
"Squawk! Cuphead's crazy! Cuphead's crazy!" The parrot squawked.
"Prepare for the high seas adventure!" Brineybeard said before laughing.
"Yaaay!" Cuphead and Bendy yelled.
"Uh, could we make it a medium-seas adventure?" Mugman asked meekly.
"There's no such thing!" Brineybeard yelled.
Soon, the four are sailing the pirate ship further out to sea. The sun disappears behind the clouds, and the ship sails into a wall of fog. At the other end of the wall is a sea of shipwrecks. The only sounds were the waves, random bells from the shipwrecks, and the cawing of birds.
Brineybeard manages to steer the ship through the wreckage.
"I was, uh, picturing less shipwrecks," Mugman said. "Brineybeard, where are we?"
"This be where she lives," Brineybeard said.
"Your girlfriend lives on wrecked pirate ships?" Cuphead asked.
"Nay, she feasts on wrecked pirate ships. She lives in that thar creepy cove." Brineybeard points ahead of them.
The boys look and see a creepy skull-shaped cave getting bigger as they sail closer.
The brother's gulp while Bendy smiled.
"I wanna meet this lady," Bendy said, wagging his tail. "Tell us about her, Captain,"
"She be strong, beautiful, and she slaughters all who dare approach her domain."
"The domain we are slowly getting closer to," Bendy said.
"Aye,"
Cuphead and Mugman grow even more nervous.
"That last part seems like an important detail you could have mentioned sooner," Mugman said.
"Certain death. Certain death." The parrot squawked.
"Huh, this all sounds familiar..." Bendy said before rubbing his fingers against his head. "Hmm,"
"Hey, uh, Briney? What's with all the screaming statues?" Cuphead asked.
The other boys also notice the stone statues of screaming and frightened pirates on some of the shipwrecks. Brineybeard laughs.
"They ain't statues, they be pirates," Brineybeard explained. "Turned to stone when they gazed into the eyes of the dreaded sea beast."
""Dreaded sea beast"?" the boys said.
"You never mentioned a dreaded sea beast before," Bendy said.
"Nay! I told you from the start. We're going to find me love." Briney said.
"You're in love with a dreaded sea beast?" Mugman asked.
"Yuck! Keep that mushy stuff out of my high seas adventure, will ya?" Cuphead said.
"Bite your tongue! Or me sword will bite it for ye." Briney said, pointing his sword at Cuphead.
The sword started to move and now had a face. "You can bite it, or I can bite it, but either way it's gon' get bit." It said before poking Cuphead's nose.
"Wait a minute..." Bendy said. "Shipwrecks everywhere, surrounded by fog, a skull-shaped cave, stoned pirates." He gasped. He pushes the sword to the side. "Uh, Briney, your girlfriend wouldn't happen to have a dead octopus for hair, would she?"
"Aye, that she does," Briney said, sheathing his sword.
"Okay, just checkin'," Bendy chuckles nervously as he pulls the cup brothers back. "We've got to get out of here!" he whispered. "He's talking about Cala Maria!"
"Who?" Cuphead whispered.
"My dad told me about her," Bendy whispered. "She's the most dangerous monster in all the seas, and if we stay here any longer, she'll get us," Bendy whispered.
Mugman shook with fear.
"So, it's Calamus?" Cuphead said.
"It's Cala Maria," Bendy whispered quieter.
"Caramelly?" Cuphead said.
"Cala Maria!" Bendy yelled.
He covered his mouth, but his voice had already echoed. Suddenly the water began to rumble, and bubbles were forming in front of the ship.
Brineybeard gasped and smiled. "That means she's close!"
Just then, the monster appeared. It had a mermaid body, hair of snakes, red eyes, and sharp teeth. She towered over them and roared as thunder boomed and lightning flashed. Cuphead and Mugman screamed and hugged each other.
"Me sweet!" Brineybeard said happily.
"Wow, she's even bigger than Dad said," Bendy said with excitement.
The monster looked down at the ship. Brineybeard walked to the front of the ship.
"Now if you'll excuse me, boys, this is between a man and the woman he loves." The captain said in a serious tone before jumping and waving his arms around. "Cala Maria! Hi! Down here!"
The snakes on Maria's head hiss.
"It's me, Brineybeard!"
The three boys pull the captain back just as the monster shoots her stone-turning magic at him. It misses the pirate but hits his parrot.
The boys gasp.
"We gotta get out of here, Briney. Let's go!" Cuphead yelled.
Brineybeard pushes them back. "Unhand me! I'll never give up on love,"
The monster shoots her magic again at the pirate, but the three boys push him out of the way in time.
"Your love wants you dead!" Mugman yelled.
"Relationships are a series of peaks and valleys," Briney said. "Now step aside." He picks up the boys and places them aside before walking closer to Maria. "Me sweet, I present to ye a token of me love." He pulls out the heart-shaped box.
Maria leans in closer as Brineybeard continues.
"A symbol of me enduring devotion, me undying affection..."
"You talk too much," Maria said.
"...the deepest—"
Before Brineybeard could finish, Maria used her eyes to turn the pirate to stone. The boys gasp at the sight before noticing the monster setting her sights on them.
"Can't have too many witnesses," Maria said. Her eyes turn red, and her magic aims at the boys.
Bendy jumps between the red light and Cuphead, he gets hit, and turns to stone.
"No!" Cuphead gasped.
Maria turns around and uses his tail to make a huge wave that crashes into the ship. Cuphead and Mugman are washed away by the wave, and everything goes black.
A while later, the four passengers and parrot washed ashore on the island of Cala Maria's cave. Mugman spits out some sand from his mouth, and sand spills out of his eyes. He shakes Cuphead awake. The cup quickly gets on his feet.
"Bendy. Where's Bendy?" Cuphead said, running around. He stops when he sees the stoned little devil next to Brineybeard's statue. He pulls him out of the sand. "Bendy?" he said, wiping the sand off Bendy's frozen face. "Two hands. Two feet. Head still attached. Phew. He's still in one piece." He wraps his arms around the little devil.
"Uh, Cuphead," Mugman said slowly. "Didn't Bendy... have a tail?"
Cuphead's eyes look down, and he sees a cracked stub where Bendy's tail should be. He screams. "Okay, high seas adventure over, let's get outta here!" he yelled.
"Agreed!" Mugman yelled.
Cuphead yelps as he picks up the Bendy statue and starts running. Mugman does run but slowly stops when he looks back at Briney's statue. He looks on sadly and pulls Cuphead back.
"Hey!" Cuphead exclaimed.
"No, Cuphead, we can't just leave," Mugman said. He walks over to Brineybeard and pulls the heavy statue back on his feet. He picks up the parrot statue and places it on Brineybeard's shoulder. "We promised Briney we'd help him."
"So your plan is what?" Cuphead asked, still holding the Bendy statue. "Convince a dreaded sea beast that a big rock loves her? You're crazy!"
"Maybe, but I made a promise, and I'm gonna deliver these sweets," Mugman said, he grabbed some rope and started wrapping it around the pirate statue.
"You go in there, and you'll never see Elder Kettle or the cottage ever again."
"We're never gonna see Kettle or the cottage again anyway."
"Well, you're on your own, buddy."
"Well, so are you once The Devil finds you," Mugman said before pulling on the rope.
"The Devil? What are you talking about?" Cuphead asked.
"Think about it, Cuphead, Bendy has been turned to stone, and lost his tail trying to protect us. Do you really think his dad, The Devil, is gonna be happy about that?"
Cuphead couldn't think of a response.
"If you think the Devil hates you now, just imagine what he'll do to you when he sees Bendy like that!" Mugman said.
Cuphead imagines The Devil looking furious at the cup, setting himself on fire, and the whole world explodes.
"That might be a tad overboard," Mugman said, seeing the thought bubble. "I think it would be more like." He imagines The Devil smashing both cups' heads with flying hammers. The thought bubble vanishes. "So, we either risk our lives facing a dreaded sea beast, or we risk The Devil's wrath. Which would you prefer? Cuphead?" Mugman notices his brother is gone. "Cuphead?"
"C'mon, Mugman, we're burnin' daylight!" Cuphead yelled.
Mugman turns around and sees Cuphead tying Bendy around Briney.
"C'mon, Mugsy! You grab the legs, I'll hold the head."
The brothers grunt and sigh as they carry the three stone statues along the sand and into the giant cave. The waves brush against their shoes as they walk. There are bones, swords, and random pieces of treasure everywhere.
"Ooh, look, a starfish," Mugman said. Distracted, Mugman trips over a skull on the sand and drops Briney. There comes a terrible cracking sound, and the mug sees the pirate's legs broken off from the rest of the body.
"You broke his legs," Cuphead said softly, looking horrified.
"Uh... There's always glue." Mugman said. Just then, a wave from the tides comes and takes the feet away. Desperate, Mugman grabs to table legs and screws them over the cracked leg stubs. "Ah. Good as new." He said, smiling.
"Mm." Cuphead hummed unconvincingly.
Mugman's smile melted away into a sob.
Cuphead pats Mugman's shoulder. "Well, he's solid stone now. It's not like he was using 'em. In fact, this might be a good time to cut our losses with the captain."
Mugman stops crying. "No way, Cuphead." He said. "We can't abandon Briney. We have a responsibility."
"Great. If we end up eaten, crushed, or turned to stone, we'll all know whose fault it is."
"Look, you're the one who wanted a "high seas adventure.""
"This is no time for the blame game."
"You started the blame game!"
"It takes two to blame game!"
"Yeah, and you started it."
As the two cups argue, a giant shadow looms over them, followed by a growl.
"Who cares who—" Cuphead stops yelling when he and Mugman notice the shadow. "Is it... her?" he asked.
Mugman slowly turns his head and sees a giant crab monster.
"It's just a giant crab monster," Mugman said nonchalantly.
"Oh, is that all?" Cuphead asked.
Their eyes widen with shock. "Giant crab monster!" Cuphead and Mugman screamed.
They run and hide behind Briney's statue as the crab roars and snaps his claws. The monster reaches for them and grabs... the box of sweets.
"Hey! Those aren't for you!" Mugman yelled.
The crab just hisses and snaps his claws.
"Give me back those sweets!" Mugman yelled. He grabs a scabbard. "En garde!"
The crab monster grabs a scabbard. The mug and the crab soon started a sword fight. The cave echoed with the clanging of the scabbards, yelling, roaring, grunting, and gasping. Until Mugman, with a furious swipe, disarms the crab monster. The crab gasps before the mug silently orders him to return the box to Briney's frozen hands and leave. The crab obeys and tiptoes away.
Mugman smiled victoriously and slipped the sword through his shorts. The fabric tears and his pants and sword fell to the floor. The mug stood in his white boxers with red hearts on them. He quickly tries to put his pants back on.
"Shh." Cuphead hushed.
They hear classical music playing from a cave accompanied by flashing lights. Cuphead and Mugman grab the statues and walk quietly toward the cave where the music is playing. The music grew louder as they went. Inside was a huge cavern where Cala Maria stood in water that covered most of her tail.
The boys walked towards the edge of the cliff they were walking on and set the statue of Briney, his parrot, and Bendy down. They hid behind some rocks and listened.
"My father was a sailor
My mother was a fish
Since I was little girl, I've only had one wish~"
"A tiny dream
Belonged to me
To be known across the seven seas~"
"I started small, but my ambition grew!
And now I'm known across the ocean blue~"
"All my life, what I've wanted to be
The fiercest monster in the deep blue sea!~"
"It's a lonely life
But the only life
I would ever want for me~"
"But I've come so far
And now I'm a star!
And everyone know me ah!~"
"Yes, I am number one sea beast!~"
"I am the Cala Maria!~"
Mugman, who had walked crosser to the edge of the cliff, applauded after Maria finished her song.
"Wow, you have a beautiful voice." Mugman said dreamily.
Cala Maria swam closer and looked down at the mug.
Mugman giggled nervously. "Hi, Miss Cala Maria, ma'am. My name is—"
"Dinner," Maria said. "Your name is Dinner."
"Actually, my name is... Oh. You're going to eat us." Mugman said.
Maria stared him down, unamused.
"Well, if you're gonna eat us, then I'm gonna tell you why we came here," Mugman said.
Maria groaned and rolled her eyes.
"This stone loves you." Mugman points at Briney.
Cuphead is holding Bendy in one arm. "Yeah. It's love on the rocks." He said with a laugh. "Get it?"
"Not helping," Mugman said.
"Kid," Maria said. "I don't have the slightest idea what you are talking about."
"Look, he even brought this for you," Mugman said, showing the heart-shaped box to Maria.
"A gift? Wow." Maria said, sounding genuinely surprised. "No one has ever given me a gift before. What is it?"
"See for yourself!" Mugman opens the box.
Inside the box were various fish parts, two hearts, two livers, octopus tentacles, and three eggs. Flies came buzzing around the sweets.
Mugman sniffs and notices the bad smell. After looking in the box, he gags.
"Ugh! I'm so sorry." Mugman said. "I thought they were sweets."
"They are!" Maria said happily. "Oh! He even brought my favorite. Squid livers." She grabs a liver and eats it. "Mm. Mmm!"
"Yuck," Cuphead and Mugman groan.
After licking her fingers, Maria looks at the Briney statue fondly.
"Mm, what a sweet gesture," Maria said. "Too bad I turned him into stone." She leans down and kisses the statue. "Now, where were we? Ah, yes." She roars, and her tentacles turn into hissing snakes.
The boys whimper, cower, and cover their eyes. Cuphead holds onto the Bendy statue tightly.
An energy pulses from Briney's statue in the shape of a heart, and the stone begins to crack. Where Cuphead's arms were, a pink ring wrapped around Bendy's torso, and the stone began to crack. Suddenly statues shook, and the stone shells broke away. Bendy, Briney, and the parrot were free. Bendy slumps in Cuphead's arms while Briney trips over his new peg legs.
Maria gasps.
The little devil groaned and rubbed his head. "What happened?" Bendy asked. "Where am I?"
Cuphead smiled, seeing his friend back to normal until Bendy looked back at him and he noticed he was still holding him. In a panic, the cup drops the little devil on the ground.
"Ow," Bendy groaned.
"Sorry!" Cuphead said, helping his friend back up.
"Hey, these ain't me legs!" Briney yelled, looking at his peg legs.
Mugman whimpers before wailing. "I'm sorry! I dropped you and shattered your legs. I'm a terrible person!" he sobbed.
"Are ya kidding? Most pirates have one peg leg, and I gots two!" Briney said with a laugh. He does a little dance with his peg legs before smiling at Maria. "Argh."
"Phew!" Mugman said.
"He lost a limb?" Bendy said. "Neat!"
"Um, he's not the only one who lost something," Cuphead said nervously.
Bendy scans the cup and the mug, then he checks himself. "Two hands. Two feet. I'm still in one piece." He whispered. Then he looks behind and notices his tail is missing.
"We didn't drop you," Cuphead said. "You lost your tail in the ocean! So sorry!"
"Cuphead, it's okay," Bendy said. "I can just regrow it later with some ink," He shrugged.
"No one has ever un-stoned themselves before," Maria said.
"It's 'cause I love you, baby," Briney said.
The pirate was turned to stone again by the sea beast.
"Don't call me baby." Maria said.
A heart-shaped energy shattered away the stone, freeing Briney again.
"Understood." The pirate said.
"I'm sorry, what was your name again?" Maria asked.
"Why, it's me, Brineybeard."
"Brineybeard! Brineybeard!" The parrot squawked.
"Hmm. Sorry, doesn't ring a bell." Maria said.
"Brineybeard!" The pirate repeated. "We went on a date, I took ye to that Italian joint, we had the seafood pasta, and for dessert, we had..."
"Tiramisu..." Maria said, finally remembering.
"Yes! So, I came all this way to ask ye." Briney gets down on one knee. "Would ye be me girlfriend?" he asked.
Maria looks uncomfortable. "Look, Briney, you're a nice guy." She said. "But for me, my career comes first."
"But—" Briney said.
"Romance isn't in the cards right now." Maria continued.
"But—"
"It could never work between us."
"But—"
From behind Briney, the boys were watching. One of the eggs from the sweets box cracks open, and a sea creature with tentacles comes out and jumps onto Cuphead's face. The cup screams and tries to pry the creature off while Mugman and Bendy keep watching the grownups talk.
"In fact, I planned to eat you on our first date," Maria admitted. "But I filled up on tiramisu."
Cuphead struggles to pull the creature off his face.
"Would ye at least think about being me girlfriend? Maybe down the road?" Briney asked.
"Oh, sweet, sweet Briney. You are a charmer." Maria said. "But I'm afraid I must eat you and your crew now. Ah, how about I give you a ten-second head start?"
Cuphead finally manages to pull the octopus off his face and throws it down.
"What did she say?" Cuphead asked after panting for air.
"Aw, she said she was gonna eat us," Mugman answered.
The boys flinch.
"Eat us!?" Cuphead, Mugman, and Bendy yelled in unison.
"Run for your lives! Run for your lives!" The parrot squawked.
"Run!" Mugman cried out.
Cuphead, Mugman, Bendy, and Briney run for the exit. They scream as they run to the shore outside the cave. Maria was close behind them before retreating.
"Look, there's the ship!" Cuphead yelled.
The ship was held between some rocks and not far from the shore.
"Hurry!" Cuphead shouted.
Before they can reach the water, Cala Maria emerges and roars. She stood between them and the ship.
"We'll never escape!" Briney shouted in fear. Then he swoons, "She's so good at what she does."
"Really?" Bendy asked, annoyed. He grabs the box from the pirate. "Hey, Maria! You still want this?" he shouted.
Maria gasped. "My sweets!" she yelled.
"Then go fetch it!" Bendy yelled, throwing the box away in the water.
The sea monster gasped before diving and swimming away.
"Come on!" Mugman cried out.
The boys and pirate run to the ship while Maria finds the box and eats another treat.
"Mmm! So tasty." Maria said between bites. "Mm, mm, mm!"
"No, no, no, no, no! We're stuck on the rocks!" Mugman cried out.
"What're we gonna do?" Cuphead asked frantically.
"We're gonna die. We're gonna die." The parrot squawked.
Briney goes around the ship trying to find a way to get the ship off the rocks but gets distracted seeing Cala Maria.
"Aw! Exquisite," Briney said.
Maria spotted Briney and gasped, realizing her prey had made it to their ship. Instead of cowering, the pirate blows her a kiss. Moved by the gesture, Maria blows him a kiss as well. The wind from her kiss was so strong that once the sails caught it, it blew the ship away is a maddening speed.
Cuphead, Mugman, Bendy, and Briney grab onto the railing on the stern as the ship sails far away from Maria's cove.
"Mugman, thank ye," Briney yelled happily. "Ye came through on a promise to a pirate. Know what that makes ye?"
"What?" Mugman asked.
"A real pirate!" Brineybeard answered.
Mugman grinned. "Ya hear that, fellas?" he said. "I'm a real pirate!"
Cuphead loses his grip and falls off the ship, screaming.
"Well, looks like he finally got his high seas adventure!" Briney said.
Mugman, Bendy, Briney, and the parrot laughed.
Meanwhile, back around Maria's cove, Bendy's severed turns from stone to life again. It swims away in the water. It's destination... who knows?