"Hm... I wonder when they'll let me out of here... Hopefully not too much longer...," you said to yourself as you lay back on a soft, white bed. The floor to the animation studio was killing you. Finally. Relief!!

Right as you thought those words, a nurse walked into the room holding a clipboard. She circled something and looked up at you warmly. "Good morning, (y/n)! I have great news!"

"I'm being let out?" you guessed.

"I'm afraid not. The doctors want to run a few more tests on you to be sure that you're really ready to go home just yet. Actually, you have some visitors!" she answered.

Visitors...?

Running into the room were your parents. They were teary-eyed and happy to see you. "You're safe! Thank heavens!" they both shouted almost in sync.

When they hugged you, you thought they were holding so tightly that you would pop. The nurse smiled again and left the room.

"Mom... Dad... What are you doing here?" you asked trying not to sound disappointed. You wished that Bendy had broken something that would prevent you parents from being able to squish you in their arms.

"When you were gone for six days, we got worried sick!" your mom exclaimed. She finally released you from the endless hug of death. Your dad did so as soon as she did. Allowing yourself to breathe a moment, you felt the sudden desire to be trapped again with Bendy in the animation studio.

Your dad crossed his arms suddenly cross. "So, why did you run away from home?! How did you break your leg?!" he demanded.

Thoughts of potential lies you could tell flashed through your head. They wouldn't believe the actual story. "Um... It's complicated... You see... Oh man, I'm tired! I should probably take a nap or something. Why don't you come back tomorrow when I'm feeling well?" you asked your parents.

"Now, Miss! I will have none of that from you! You will tell me what happened! All of it!" he commanded forcefully. You shivered and hoped for a miracle. Thankfully, the doctor walked into the room just then.

"OH! Did I interrupt a family reunion? I'm sorry! I'm afraid this is going to have to wait! We're scheduled to do those x-rays now. Please be so kind and wait in the lobby," the doctor said kindly. Your dad scowled a little and nodded.

"Alright... However, you didn't get out of this talk, (y/n)! After you're let out tomorrow, you're coming home with us and explaining everything!" your dad yelled.

"And we're taking away your phone tonight and for the rest of the week!" your mom added before she too followed her husband. She made sure to take the phone with her.

The doctor looked at you and then at the door. He shook his head. "You know, I don't think I should even ask what happened. People these days..."

"Don't I know it!" you replied.

Not so very far away, a certain little demon was spying from the hospital window. He heard everything and knew you were going to be taken home. Of course, he didn't want that and he picked up that you didn't want to go either. He hopped away and made a plan in his head. He was going to break you out! After all, that's what friends are for, right?

"If only this was cartoon land! I wouldn't have to face the laws of life!" Bendy complained. He tapped his foot impatiently on the sidewalk below. If a person saw him, they'd either run by as fast as possible or cross the street to avoid him. That wasn't what mattered to Bendy then. He could only think about you and the rescue plan.

What should I do...? Maybe I could tie a rope to the top of the building and carry her down the rope. No... I'm not strong enough... Boris would be able to do that... But he's dead. Stupid Joey made sure of that. OKAY, stay focused! Maybe you could sneak past the security cameras. Are there air vents we can crawl through? She might be too big... I wouldn't have a problem if it was just me... Come on, Bendy! THINK!

"She's right by the window..."

Maybe I could build something like a scaffold? I wouldn't have enough time to... Should I take the chance with the rope?! Will it work? If I do end up losing my grip on her or the rope, someone's going to fall and die!

"WAIT! THAT'S IT!" Bendy suddenly shouted with an idea. He got out an ink pen and marked a tiny x on the sidewalk that no normal person would be able to notice. Thankfully, he wasn't a normal person. He grinned to himself. "I could put something beneath us to break our fall in case if we do take a tumble! Like pillows, trampolines, or maybe... Ink! I've got plenty of ink! If we fall, I can just summon ink. That should be easy enough to do. I just have to make sure that I summon enough of it to make sure we don't break our necks. Should be simple enough! I'll go get the rope."

Needless to say, the other people on the sidewalks thought he was crazy.

That night, you were staring out the window at all of the stars miserably. You wondered what Bendy was doing. Whatever it was, it had to be better than what you were dealing with. Anything was better than your controlling parents. You turned onto your side and pulled the white covers over your head. An hour went by. You knew sleep wasn't going to come easily. In mid-yawn, you heard a sharp tap on the window. At first, you assumed it wasn't anything to be concerned with. When you heard it again multiple times, you threw the covers off to be surprised by Bendy chilling outside your window. Getting out of bed without stepping on your cast, you opened the window. "Romeo, I presume?"

Bendy laughed awkwardly. "I don't read Shakespeare."

"You barely read at all! You should get more into books!" you told him happily. Escape sounded awesome.

"Yeah, yeah! I've got to get you out of this prison first. You know, before the prisoner transfer!" he stated as he began to tie the rope around you.

"You heard that...?" you asked.

"Your parents are lovely people...," Bendy sarcastically claimed with annoyance. Not even your parents could be allowed to talk to you that way in his book. He was looking forward to doing something horrible to them.

You stared out the window with uncertainty. "Bendy...? That's a loooong way down..."

"Last time I said the word long, you tried to throw water on me."

"Oh yeah! Good times..."

"AKA two days ago."

He pulled you up onto the window sill as you tried to not think about the consequences of falling. You held firmly onto his hand just in case. Surely Bendy wouldn't let you fall after all of this time, right? "What do I do...?" you asked staring blankly at the rope.

"Just grab on and we'll try to climb down. I won't let you fall, I swear," Bendy explained seriously. Even his cartoonish smile was serious in the eerie moonlight.

You nod to him slowly. "Okay..." Slowly shifting your weight from the sill of the window to the rope, you adjusted to the situation. Bendy waited for you to begin your climb slowly downwards before he began his. His pitch black eyes watched steadily as the both of you slowly inched your way down. You told yourself not to look down, but something wanted to look anyway. You rejected the thought and just kept going.

"How far up are we?" you asked Bendy curiously.

Bendy glanced up and then down. "We're about seven stories up."

"Oh man...," was all you could say in response.

You made it about three stories down when your hands started getting tired. Clinging to the rope was starting to hurt. You were still four stories up! It would still be dangerous to fall!

"Bendy! I don't think I can go on much longer!" you complained gripping the rope tighter in fear.

Bendy didn't know what to say. "Just hang on as long as you can! I've got a backup plan!"

"WHAT BACKUP PLAN?!"

"You're just going to have to trust me, (y/n)!!" he snapped. That was a good enough answer for you! You continued your descent once more.

"Fine! I trust you, Bendy!"

Somewhere in the trees, a gun poked out. It looked left, looked right, aimed, and then fired! The bullet whizzed through the air and scraped the side of the rope. It was just enough. The rope withered and shook before eventually snapping! The gun might've grinned if it had a face. But it didn't. The owner, on the other hand, did. They were grinning like there was no tomorrow before vanishing into the trees.

Just before this happened, you began to panic. You noticed Bendy look up in terror towards the trees. Something was there. Something was watching. Then, there was a BANG! Bendy's eyes seemed to flare flames of anger when you finally realized what happened. Someone shot the rope. You yelled in alarm as you began to fall faster. Within a split second, Bendy grabbed onto you and shot a flood of ink from his hand. It reminded you of how a superhero would in those movies you'd sometimes watch.

"Hang on and brace yourself!" Bendy yelled to you as the wind whipped past your ears and through your hair.

Within a millisecond, you both landed in the giant lake of ink on the ground. Black was slathered across the universe and you couldn't process what just happened. Whatever it was, you were glad that Bendy was still protecting you. You wondered where in the world the ink came from because matter couldn't be created or destroyed. It didn't matter to you. You were just glad that you didn't die.

"Hey! We survived!" Bendy pointed out as he glanced around at all of the ink.

"Really...? I didn't notice... What happened?!" you demanded wiping away the ink from your eyes. You were drenched in black. If you didn't grow up around the scent and substance of ink, it would have been terrible. You knew you'd have to go shopping for new clothes. Even if you tried to get the stains out, you'd still look like a dirty chimney sweep. It smelled like you landed in a pit of sharpies without any of their caps on. You coughed.

To answer your question, Bendy fished a bullet from a nearby bush. He presented the small object to you with a grim expression. "Someone was trying to murder us."

Dread flooded through your veins and the shock of once again nearly being murdered came racing back. "Do you know who did it?"

"I only saw the gun."

"Oh."

"Whoever they were... I'M GOING TO SHOOT THEIR STUPID FACE MYSELF! What kind of person goes shooting at others for no reason?!" Bendy demanded as he began dramatically pacing the sidewalk and punching the air. He looked down at his bow tie. "My swag bow tie was stained black. I'm going to have to find another one..."

"Who cares about your bow tie?! We nearly got killed!" you announced wanting to wring his neck for pointing out something so unimportant. You then realized that he didn't exactly have a neck. What kind of sorcery was this?!

"Hey! My bow tie means a lot to me! Haven't you ever watched Doctor Who? Bow ties are cool. I was thinking about getting a fez along with it," Bendy said as he finally helped you up from the ground.

Trying not to slip in the ink, you carefully put all of your weight on the right foot and limped beside Bendy down the sidewalk. He stabilized you by acting as a support and tried to keep you from limping too bad. "Gee, I wonder why the doctor didn't give me crutches like they would for anyone else! Well, what do we do now...?" you asked trying not to feel miserable.

Bendy glanced up at the sky and at the stars. "Well, do you want to go back to the studio?" he asked thoughtfully.

"No. Not really..."

"Since that's the case, I think I know where we can go. It's a little far, though. You think you can manage?" he asked.

"Wherever it is, I'm sure it'll be better than that dusty basement, the stuffy hospital, my lousy parents, and the perilous rope."

Bendy nodded and slowly you made your way to this mysterious place in the dark moonlight. The thriller you just experienced did get you thinking. First Bendy goes on a murder spree, and then he saves you? That didn't agree with you. In general, Bendy hated humanity. You sort of did too. Maybe Henry was right all that time ago. You do have a lot in common with Bendy. Maybe more now than then.

"Well, no matter what happens, I'm always on your side, Bendy. I kinda understand why you don't really like humans. They don't understand you and run away screaming. They don't understand me either and I think I know why you feel and act the way you do. You loathe your creators because they leave you alone in a broken world with people who hate you because they didn't care. I feel that every day. There's nobody in this world who really loves me or even cares. Not my parents, my grandpa, my schoolmates..., and not anybody. I guess when Grandpa Joey told me that they'd kill me if I went back, I might have secretly wanted that. Then, maybe for once people would understand how broken inside I was... To die is the only escape from this prison... Is that what you feel? Is that why you want them all to die...?" you asked him.

The intensity of your words moved him. He couldn't help but wonder how you figured it out. "Yeah."

A thick silence hung over you. A wolf howled in the distance and you saw Bendy stiffen. You knew he missed his best friend, but you didn't know how to help. Joey's knowledge of supernatural forces was beyond you. Boris was Bendy's only real friend and Joey just took him away. Something struck your heart at the thought of him being alone for so long. You made a decision. Joey Drew was getting paid a visit in the morning whether if he was insane or not.