#god. augh. someone stop me from slamming my head into a wall

[absolutedarkstar]

ok back to me crying over d4dj. i was one of those people who was kinda dissapointed with lumina being an ai at first because i thought it was lazy writing, but GODDD the way the writers used it to reveal so much important information and progress the story is just. we wouldn't have gotten neo becoming human and realising she has a support system. we would've never gotten information on who neo's family was. lumina being an ai based on aria was the reason we found out that aria, this great singer who we only knew through other people's words up until sn9, had a direct link with one of the playable characters. we would've never seen that neo's dad isnt a huge supervillain who doesn't care for his child at all. we would've never gotten that scene where the rest of LMO bullies sho.

some people may have hated side nova but goddd did i love it

[daddyy333]

“Can I do something insane?” | Eddie x y/n

if you’d like you can reblog my original work, but please don’t post it without credit. if you take inspiration from my ideas please tag me, I’d like to see how someone else would write it

Word count: 2.9k

warnings: includes very descriptive mentions of abuse, eating disorder, weight loss, and weight gain, and sh

summary: Eddie saves you from being manipulated and abused by your abuse asshole boyfriend Jason Carver and you can’t help but fall in love with him

"God damn it! What the hell was that, y/n?!" He said as you got to his room, slamming you into the wall. You whimpered and said "I-I'm sorry I've- ah!" He slapped you.

He scoffed and pushed you to the ground, going to the bathroom and taking his shower. You cried on the floor, your head pounding, your stomach rumbling after 3 days of not eating, your eyes just wanting to close and get some rest.

Jason told you not to tell anyone about the abuse, because he said he did it because he loved you. Besides, no one would believe you. Jason's rich, he's got good grades, he's captain of the basketball team, he wouldn't abuse his girlfriend.

God, he's so loving in public but as soon as they're alone he finds something to yell at her for. "Get in here," he said and you took a deep breath. You stood up shakily and he said "strip and get in here with me. I need you,"

"I-I can't I'm on my period," you said, hoping he wouldn't yell at you for it. He sighed and said "then come suck me off, you dumb bitch. You ain't new here"

You sighed and opened the shower curtain, he moved the shower head away and he shoved 3 inches into your mouth. You "showed him how much you loved him" every night. Or else Jason would get angry. He came within 2 minutes and made you swallow.

He pushed your head into the wall and closed the shower curtain, washing himself off. You made your way out of the bathroom and undressed, waiting to shower. Your head hurt, but you kept telling yourself it was because he loved you.

"You're getting fat again. Are you fucking eating after I told you not to, fatass?" He said and you shook your head. He scoffed and smacked you in the face, making you shriek.

Sometimes you fought back, and that's when he really beat you. You tried to kick him away but he got pissed off and pushed you on the bed, pinning your arms down with one hand and punching you over and over again. "He loves me," you told yourself.

He typically avoided your face considering he didn't want anyone to find out. Which meant your lungs and stomach got the worst of it. "I-I can't- augh! I c-can't bre-eathe!" You tried to say, literally gasping for air.

He pushed you off the bed and said "I don't give a shit. Hell, maybe it's better that way. Get your fat ass in the shower and weigh yourself when you're done" You slowly crawled to the bathroom, pain erupting all over your body.

He used all the hot water, and you were already injured and weak so this was gonna be hell. You weighed yourself and whimpered, he was going to kill you. He wanted you to be 100 pounds, you were 103.

"What the fuck! I told you to stop eating!" He said and smacked you in the back of the head. You whimpered and said "I haven't had anything in days. Not even water, I swear!" "Obviously not!" He said and scoffed, pushing towards the bedroom making you trip and fall on your broken ribs.

He laughed and kicked you. "Stupid clumsy whore. Get your ass in bed, that's 3 more days without food now. Quit being so fucking fat" he said and got into bed. You cried yourself to sleep, and he would groan at every little sniffle and whimper. He sighed and said "I only do this because I love you and want to see you be the best version of yourself you can possibly be" You nodded and he fell asleep.

You messed up your routine at the game and kept zoning out because you were exhausted and overworked and extremely stressed. You lied earlier, you didn't even get your period anymore because you were so small and so stressed, and was starving yourself.

It was just nice to have 4-5 days without him using you like a whore. Obviously you still had to make him cum, but at least this was a little less painful. No one even realized how sunken in your face was, how your bones jutted out, how tired you were.

All they saw was a perfect romance they wished to have. You weren't sure why, since love was so painful. He was so abusive for no reason, and the worst part was that your parents were dead and you were placed under your aunt's care and she doesn't even care about you enough to check up on where you are, so he has you all to himself.

You woke up the next morning and covered your bruises as best you could, and put on an outfit that he cringed at. It was sweatpants and a regular sweater. You didn't like form fitting and revealing clothes, and plus you didn't have enough foundation left to cover your self harm scars.

You'd noticed Eddie had been watching you a lot lately and you started getting worried. You never once thought of him as a freak. In fact, you tried to make Jason stop calling him that on multiple occasions and ended up having to call into school sick because of how bad he "loved" you.

You were worried because Eddie could read you like a book. You guys had been really good friends up until freshman year, when you met Jason. He wouldn't let you hang out with Eddie anymore and you kept trying and it broke your heart when Eddie told you to "go hang out with your new friends".

You missed being friends with Eddie every single day. You just wanted to hug him and tell him that one day he would be in love too, and he would understand. He almost figured it out in Sophmore year, he saw you flinch once around Jason and you just told him he was seeing things, you didn't realize flinching was such a bad thing.

You got to first period and Jason pulled your chair closer to put his arm over your shoulder. All the guys started chuckling and cheering. The girls giggled and wished they were you.

At first you tried to stay away from Jason as much as you could, but you had no other friends. Jason made sure of that. You couldn't talk to his basketball friends or else he'd call you a slut and leave some nasty marks on you.

"H-Hey y/n...are you okay?" Lucas asked. You looked up at him and shook your head. "Of course, why wouldn't I be?" You said, checking to make sure Jason wasn't looking at you.

He sighed and said "I-I just noticed you look a little uncomfortable like just in general" "yea, well last night was a bit of a work out I'm just tired and sore" you said and he nodded. God, you wish all the soreness and pain you felt everytime you even breathed was from cheerleading. "Being in love makes the pain worth it" you told yourself.

"What the hell was that? Why were you talking to Sinclair?" Jason whispered in your ear as he hugged you, he smirked and slapped your ass in front of everyone. "H-He just asked if I was okay" you said and Jason growled.

"You've been telling people about the way I love you," he said and pulled away, cupping your cheek and kissing you softly. "I swear I didn't," you said as he pulled away.

He kissed your head and said "I'll see you tonight, beautiful" "see you, babe," you said and opened your locker, so you could hide your face and no one would know you were about to cry. You didn't like when he touched you like that in front of everyone, it made you really uncomfortable.

Jason and the whole basketball team had to leave early for an away game, so you decided to stay after school and read on the bench in the middle of the woods. You liked this, in fact you loved it. Jason said he didn't like needy girls who had their face stuck in a book, so you didn't get to read often.

Eddie followed you and you nearly fell out of the seat when he called your name. "Woah, woah, hey it's just me," he said, putting his hands up. He sat on the table part of the bench and cleared his throat. He looked over at you and said "I uh...I wanted to ask if everything was okay? If your relationship with Jason was hurting you at all?" "I'm great. Jason and I are really in love" you said and Eddie looked at you and nodded.

"Y/n...I-I haven't seen you eat in 4 days. The makeup you used to cover the bruise on your face is fading and you are visibly uncomfortable and scared and nervous around Jason. You don't need to pretend anymore, I can help you get away from him," Eddie said and you shook your head.

"N-Nothing's going on with me and Jason. He loves me, and I love him, we're really happy together. A-And I do eat, the school lunch is just gross and I eat at home instead" you said and Eddie put his head in his hands.

"Y/n please...eventually he's going to kill you. Don't you realize that? He's making you get smaller and weaker so it's easier to control you. You need help, y/n. You aren't safe or healthy right now and that's not okay..." he said and realized the way you were talking, and how your leg bounced and your picked at your hands, really hoping what he was thinking wasn't the truth.

"H-How does Jason show his love for you?" He asked and you bit your lip nervously. You sighed and said "just like everyone else. H-He hits me a lot, but that's only because he loves me and wants me to learn how to be perfect. It's okay, I promise"

"No, no it's not y/n. That's abuse, plain and simple. He is physically abusing you every single day because he knows you're vulnerable. Abuse is not love, okay? God, it's- it's fucking illegal for a reason. What Jason is doing to you is not normal and can put him in prison" Eddie said and you shook your head.

You sighed and said "how is love illegal?" "That isn't love, y/n. You don't hit anyone, especially the people you love. You don't deserve this, y/n, any of this" he said and you didn't want to believe him but you slow began to realize that maybe he was right.

"Oh- O-Oh my god...oh my god, Eddie," you said and began to tear up. He couldn't believe it. This whole time you had no idea that this was something bad, or wrong. You genuinely thought that this was just how you showed love.

Eddie begged you to stay at his place that night, even though Jason got pissed and blew up your phone. Eddie turned it off and distracted you the best he could. You were so grateful to have him, he was right, you would have died if you stayed with him and you wouldn't have ever realized this if it weren't for Eddie.

"Here, I have some sweatpants and a t-shirt for you" he said and you changed into the clothes he gave you. You put the pants on but they instantly fell off of you. You sighed, looking in his mirror. You bit your lip and put on your pants from earlier and he furrowed his eyebrows when you came out.

"I-I'm too small to fit into those. They just fall right off" you said and he furrowed his eyebrows and said "how? Those were my uncle's ex-girlfriends pants and she was literally the size of an12 year old boy" "I guess I'm an 8 year old boy" you said and you both laughed a little.

You noticed Eddie's mood quickly got sad and you took a deep breath. "Is everything okay?" You asked and he nodded. He smiled a little and said "are you uhm...are you in the mood for dinner?" "I-I don't...uhm...Jason said I can't eat for 3 more days" you said, and he instantly turned around and his eyes widened.

"What? W-What did- what?" He said, desperately hoping he was hearing things. You cleared your throat and said "Jason told me I was getting too big and that I couldn't eat for 3 more days" "when was the last time you ate?" Eddie asked quietly and you sighed.

"Uhm...I-I think 4 days ago. I-I had a granola bar and some iced tea" you said and Eddie took a deep breath, trying not to show you how angry he was. He reached his hand out and said "come on, y/n. I need to take you to the police station so that this sick bastard can go where he belongs"

"W-What- no, he doesn't need to go to jail" you said and Eddie ran his hands over his face and groaned. He pointed to the mirror and said "look at yourself in the mirror. Look at how boney your face and hands are. Look at the bruises on your face and neck. Tell me someone shouldn't go to prison for doing that to someone. Look me in the eyes and honestly tell me that abusing and forcing the woman who has been nothing but loyal and loving to you for 4 years to starve herself is not a reason for someone to be sent to prison, y/n"

"I-I'm scared, Eddie..." you whimpered and he slowly tucked your hair behind your ear, wiping your tears away. He sighed and said "it's gonna be just fine, y/n, I promise. Once he's in jail you'll be safe again. You can come live with me, and I'll protect you and take care of you and keep you safe for as long as I can. Please, y/n, let me help you"

You nodded and he drove you to the police station, stayed with you wherever he could and even though it took a long time, Jason was brought in for questioning and was arrested.

He was pissed and when he walked by you, lunged out of the officer's arms and got you on the ground, using his cuffed hands to punch you. They got him off of you and Eddie instantly scooped you up and got you away.

He tried to set you down but you just cried and held onto him. This was it, you had finally broken. "I-I hate him..." you said and Eddie sat down. He stroked your hair and said "you have every right to. I'm glad you told me and this is over now. I can't wait to see you happy again"

You nuzzled into his chest and he said "we can leave now if you want. I'll take you back to my trailer and let you get some rest" "o-ok..." you said and he gently put you in the car and drove back to his trailer. You fell asleep in the car and he shook you gently, worried her press on an injury.

You mumbled something and curled up, not wanting to move. "Y/n, come inside so you can sleep somewhere comfortable" he said and you groaned. You sighed and slowly opened your eyes, looking over at Eddie.

He brought you inside and you instantly crawled into his bed and fell asleep, smiling as you took in your favorite smell, Eddie. He chuckled and went to sleep on the couch, not wanting to scare you by sleeping next to you and accidentally touching you.

The next morning, he made you a small breakfast, and waited so that he could eat with you to make you more comfortable. He spent most of the day just letting you adjust to the new space, meeting his uncle and he went to your aunts to get all your clothes and stuff.

About a year later, you were happier than ever. He helped you get to a healthy 130 pounds, he also helped you realize what a healthy relationship was, even just a platonic one. His friend group welcomed you with open arms, and helped your healing process just as much as Eddie did.

You helped him finally pass highschool, and you both got a job at the same place so you were constantly together. Today he brought you to Rink-O-Mania, you two messing around on the rink and eating and drinking tons of junk food. You both crashed in the booth and he chuckled, tickling your sides which made you squeal and squirm.

"Eddie!" You giggled and he laughed as you almost fell out of the booth and caught you just before you could. You sighed and said "god I wish you were ticklish" "yea, sucks to suck huh?" He said and sipped his milkshake.

You bit your lip and said "Eddie, can I do something insane?" "Uhh sure" he said, not really aware of what you were thinking of. You leaned in, cupping his cheek and kissing him.

His hand and made it your waist, the other to your cheek. You pulled away and smiled and you both chuckled. "Do it again," he said and you leaned in once more, connecting your lips in a long awaited kiss.

"I've been waiting for that since we were 10 years old," he said and you giggled. He chuckled and you said "seriously?" "Absolutely," he said and you shook your head, kissing him again.

I’m not really sure how taglists work cause I don’t interact a lot on this app I mostly read stuff, but just dm me with the taglist you want to be added to (because soon enough I’ll be posting other characters/people)

Eventually I’ll be writing for

Eddie Munson

Joseph Quinn

Jamie Bower

Steve Harrington

Robin Buckley

So just dm me the taglist you want to be added to and I’ll add you :)

[sammysdewysensitiveeyes]

@sebastianshaw​  Hey, remember when I said that Potoroo Park was the dumbest thing I’ve ever written?  I take it back.  It’s this.  This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever written.  You have my deepest apologies. 

Dreams

Pyro was wearing one of his very old outfits – tight-fitting white pants that flared out at the ankles and a shimmery purple shirt. That was his first clue that something was wrong.  The second clue was that he appeared to be standing in the sand at Bondi Beach, one of Sydney’s most famous and popular tourist spots, instead of his familiar cabin on the Marauder.  

The third clue was the crowd of people rushing past him, screaming in terror.  

“What – “  A panicked surfer slammed into him before he could even get the question out, knocking him into the sand.  For a moment, Pyro was furious because the pants stained so easily, and he’d spent most of his paycheck for that last article on this outfit, and then he remembered that he hadn’t worn any of these clothes in decades.  They’d all gotten sold off at second-hand shops when St. John Allerdyce was packing up his civilian life and running off to become Pyro. He’d worn a lot more red and orange after that.    

The stampede continued around him as he picked himself up, and he could hear voices in the crowd.

“Emus!  The emus are coming!”  

“What?”  

“Emus, mate!”  One of the fleeing beach-goers stopped for a moment to push him along, and Pyro found himself running in spite of himself.  “They won the war and now they’ve turned on us!”  

“What?!”  

“And they’ve allied with cassowaries!”  

“Oh, fuck!”  And then Pyro was running in earnest.  Tourists were always fooled by cassowaries, with their vibrant blue heads that were so very pretty.  To hell with those those murder peacocks.  They were basically feathered dinosaurs, and they’d kick your guts out like an extra on Jurassic Park.  

The fact that none of this made any sense at all did not occur to Pyro.  He was too busy flailing as an errant foot sent him down into the sand again, this time getting stepped on by a few people.

“Augh!  Fuckin’…….gettoff!  Gettoff ya cunts!”  He pushed himself up, dazed, as the crowd receded into the distance, fully intending to burn every god damn one of them, which they totally deserved for trampling him into the dirt like that.  Although he might have to burn a few cassowaries, first.

Two booted feet suddenly appeared in the sand before him.  Pyro looked up, and immediately regreted it.  

The man wore thigh-high black leather boots, and what appeared to be a red diaper held up by odd suspenders crossed over his chest.  And nothing else.  Pyro was not a prude, or someone disgusted by the male body (quite the opposite, in fact). But he had no desire to see anyone dressed like that.  Especially not Fabian Cortez.

“You poor dear, those brutes have left you behind! Are you hurt?”  With a dazzling smile, Cortez offered Pyro a hand up, and the threat of murderous birds on their heels was enough to make him take it.

“Not to worry, my beauty,” Fabian continued before Pyro could even respond.  “I’ll save you!  You can be part of my harem when I defeat the emu army and am declared emperor for life!” He swept Pyro into his arms with surprising ease, and began sprinting down the beach.  

“Put me down, you sleazy piece of – “  Over Fabian’s shoulder, Pyro saw a cloud of dust on the horizon behind them.  The ground rumbled with the sound of powerful, clawed feet.  “Never mind, please keep carrying me.  And run faster.”

“Haha!  Don’t fret, my precious flower!  Those birds are no match for the mighty thighs of Fabian Cortez!”  

“Uh-huh, that’s great.  But I’ll just torch a few to discourage them from getting too close, shall I?”  The dust cloud was getting bigger, and Pryo could faintly see beady eyes and geaming claws in the mass.  He felt in his pockets for his lighter.  Then he felt again.  Then he desperately ran his hands all along his body, praying that he had it in some shirt pocket, even tucked away in his shoe.  

“Stop fidgeting, my cuddly koala!  I know you must be going nearly mad with desire, being so close to me, but please control yourself until I can deal with this crisis. Then I promise I’ll give you full and complete satisfaction, until you faint from sheer delight.”

“Where’s my bloody lighter you wanker?”  Pyro yelled, yanking on Fabain’s long red braid. “I need my lighter!”  

“You don’t need that!”  Fabian argued.  “You only need me!”

“I.  Need. My.  Fucking.  Lighter,” Pyro growled, punctuating each word with another yank on the braid.  He tried to focus on the anger, and not on the panic that was bubbling up in his chest.  No lighter meant he was completely and utterly exposed.  His powers meant fuck-all without fire for him to grab hold of. Because God forbid the fire-manipulating guy actually be able to create fire, right?  That would make things too easy.  

“Don’t get hysterical, my darling wallaby!  Upon my word as a gentleman and supreme mutant, I’ll protect you.  We just have to get to the high ground!”  

“What high ground?”  Pyro exclaimed, but suddenly they were right in front of the Sydney Opera House.  Which was miles away from Bondi Beach, nowhere near running distance, but what the hell.

“We shall climb to safety, my exquisite dingo. And from there I can come up with a strategic plan to save the country –“  Fabian was interrupted as a cassowary charged at him, kicking and squawking.   He jumped back with a rather undiginified squawk of his own.  The birds were all around them now, jabbing and kicking with beaks and claws.  

“Never mind, Allerdyce, it’s every man for himself! I’ll remember your sacrifice, my dearest Tasmanian devil!”  Fabian dropped Pyro, leaped onto the wall and began climbing.

“Wait just a damn minute, you piece of – “   Pyro began climbing himself.  It shouldn’t have been possible to scale Sydney Opera House, but somehow he was doing it, and very quickly went from the main building up onto the shell-like half-domes that protruded up from the roof.

“We’ll be safe up here, my sweet funnel-web spider! Emus and cassowaries are flightless birds!”  Fabian called down.

“I know they’re flightless birds, I’m from this country!”  Pyro looked down for a moment, at the dark mass of birds gathered below him.  There were thousands of them.  Which wouldn’t be a problem if Pyro just had his damned lighter, but of course he was one of the few mutants that needed some outside “help” to use his powers. Fuck genetics right up the arse.  

But it was okay, as long as they stayed up high on the building.  

Wait.  There was a flurry of activity down below, and Pyro saw, to his disbelief, the birds starting to stand on each other’s backs.  

“Climb faster, Cortez!” he yelled up, but soon they reached the tip of the tallest shell, and there was nowhere else to go.          

“I don’t suppose there’s the slightest chance you’ve got some matches in that diaper of yours, is there?”  Pyro asked in despair.

“I’m afraid not, my beloved duck-billed platypus. The only hot thing inside my pants is – “

“Shut UP, Cortez!”  Pyro looked down, and immediately regreted it.  The emu-cassowary “ladders” were working their way up the building.  

“Look!  Up in the sky!”  Fabian pointed at a dot far in the distance.  “Is it a bird, or perhaps a plane?”

“That’s not really a pressing issue right now, Cortez!” Pyro snapped, but he paused to look at the dot all the same.  It was quickly getting bigger, as if approaching them.  In a moment, it took shape, revealing the sillouhette of a man.

That in itself wasn’t so strange.  There were all sorts of mutant flyers, both men and women. But there was something especially odd about this one.  There were thin, wing-like appendages that seemed to be protruding out of his face. Then the figure came close enough to recognize, and Pyro groaned.  This was the only thing that could make his day worse.

“Greetings, friends!” exclaimed Sebastian Shaw, looking far cheerier than usual.  “It seems as though you need some assistance!  Let me read to you from the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People!”  

He was wearing his usual rich-as-fuck business suit, but…his hair.  Pyro realized with growing disgust that Shaw’s sideburns had grown freakishly long and seemed to move of their own accord, like the tentacles of some deep-water sea creature.  It appeared to be the primary thing holding him aloft.

“Shaw, what the fuck?!”

“Who is Shaw?”  Sebastian looked innocently confused, a completely alien expression on his face.  “I am the Flying Capitalist, my friends, and I’m here to help people help themselves! I know that with the proper encouragement, you two can overcome adversity, just as I once did!  I worked 13-hour shifts in the foundry starting at age 9, and it made me the man I am today!  Here, have some applications for a management training program!”  Shaw tossed paper down at them.

“Or maybe you could carry us out of here?” Pyro asked.  “Since you can fly and all that…..somehow.”  The sideburns fluttered like pennants for the world’s most disgusting baseball team as Shaw bobbed up and down with the air currents.

“Yes, save us, Flying Capitalist!”  Fabian begged.  “Or at least save me, if there’s only room for one!”    

“Oh, I could carry you to safety.  But would that really be helping you?”

“Yes!”  Pyro exclaimed.

“Nonsense!”  Sebastian waved a hand.  “The real assistance is to help you help yourself.  After all, give a man a fish and he eats for a day.  Teach a man to fish, and he becomes your competitor. But, teach a man to sweep floors and carry buckets of cod, and you can employ him at minimum wage in your fish processing plant!  Everyone wins!  But especially me!”  

“What the absolute bloody fuck are you talking about?”

“There are no free rides in this life, son,” Sebastian continued, now looking stern.  “I’ve done all I can at this point.  You’ll have to get yourself out of this.  Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps and levitate!”  

“That’s completely impossible!” Pyro said.

“Nothings impossible if you’ve got will and drive! It’s the American way!  They said I’d never bring sideburns back, but look at me now!”  

Pyro was trying not to.  The horrible, undulating waves of hair stretched too far across the sky.

“Just pull yourself up, Allerdyce!  You can do it!  Actually, I doubt you can, but it doesn’t matter.  Progress and industry don’t slow down for the incompetent.” Sideburns flapping, Sebastian started to rise into the air again.  “Read Atlas Shrugged!”

“Shaw, have you got a lighter?  At least toss me a lighter!”  Pyro called after him.

“Boooootsraaaaaps……”  came Sebastian’s voice, faint on the wind as he flew away into the clouds.    

For a moment, Pyro and Fabian looked at each other, then back down at the ground.  The emu and cassowaries, piled atop each other, had created a massive living wall that was now dangerously close.

“Maybe we can negotiate?”  

“With who exatly?”

“I think that’s their leader!”  Fabian pointed at a small figure, perched atop the head of the central cassowary.  If Pyro squinted, he could see that it appeared to be wearing a tiny crown and mantle.

“Oh look at it, it’s so cute!”  Fabian gushed.  “Look at its little whiskers and paws!”  

It was cute.  The tiny rodent – Pyro thought he remembered it having some silly name….pootalo?  Poorooto? – gazed up at them with unreadable black eyes.  It twitched it’s adorable little nose, and held out a tiny paw.  Then it turned the paw in a very clear thumbs down gesture.  

“Oh, for fucks sakes!”  Pyro exclaimed as the emus surged forward, up towards them.  

“Maybe we can appease them with a sacrifice!  Forgive me, my petite salt-water crocodile.  I’ll never forget you!”  Cortez grabbed Pyro and attempted to shove him off the ledge.

“Like, hell, Cortez!  You’re coming down with me!”  Pyro wrapped his hands around Fabian’s neck and held on as they tipped forward past the point of no return.  For an instant they were tumbling down towards the sea of birds and the cold dark eyes of King Potoroo –

Then, Pyro jerked awake and felt himself hit the floor.  He flailed around frantically for a moment, and realized that he was sprawled in his cabin on the Marauder  

“Ugh…..”  Pyro lay still while the wave of nausea that always accompanied his hang-overs washed over him.  This time it was accompanied by a sense of relief as the nightmare faded.

“What the god damn hell was that all about?”  Pyro muttered aloud.  Was it some kind of extremely problematic expression of suppressed guilt for living in a country founded on colonization?  Pyro didn’t really dwell on it, but he was well aware of Australia’s bloody history.  Was it his own underlying insecurity about his powers, which at times seemed to reduce him to “guy with flame-thrower”?  Was it a twisted version of his latest romance novel, first draft still halfway completed?  Was he somehow punishing himself for past crimes by dreaming about the two worst people in the entire world?

As his vision came into focus, Pyro spotted the bottle lying next to him.  Tequila, laced with mescaline, which Shinobi had acquired on the black market.  Shinobi, who was still on the bed, snored peacefully, with every inch of the sheets wrapped around him in a satin cocoon.  

Well, that explained it.  Throwing on a pair of shorts, Pyro staggered out to the top deck, and tossed the bottle overboard.  Never again. 

FYI: Fabian is wearing this outfit from the terrible sci-fi movie Zardoz.  I’m so sorry.

[myaekingheart]

139. Clumsy

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               When Lady Tsunade asked to see her in the hokage’s office on a Saturday morning, Rei wasn’t quite sure what else she had expected. Word travels fast in Konoha, and even faster among the hospital staff. The hokage was bound to find out eventually. Still, Rei had hoped—naively so—that she would have been granted just a little more time. She wasn’t ready for this. Not yet. She wondered for a moment if she could just feign sickness, a sorry excuse to avoid confrontation. Standing over the sink now, hands shaking and face pale, she knew she wouldn’t have to try very hard to begin with.

               But no. She could not procrastinate any longer. Time refused to stop for her and her indecision. The sooner she got this over with, the better. Gritting her teeth, Rei forced herself to move, to reach for her toothbrush in the cup by the sink. Her trembling hands betrayed her, however, and her faulty grip led to a domino effect of clutter spilling across the counter and onto the floor. Rei cursed under her breath and scrambled awkwardly, clumsily, to grab as much as she could. Bottles of mouthwash and shaving cream, razors and makeup brushes and toothpaste, all tumbled down with a chaotic crash.

               Immediately, Kakashi skidded into the doorway with a frantic look on his face. “Rei, what happened? Are you okay?” he asked. Before she could even answer, he swooped in to help her gather their things. His movements were so quick, so decisive. A stark contrast to the way Rei’s limbs warped and lagged.

               “It’s fine, don’t worry about it” Rei muttered sourly. “Just me fucking shit up again, per usual.”  

               Kakashi frowned. “What did you even do?” he asked, and Rei couldn’t tell whether he was disappointed or concerned. Either way, her blood boiled at the inquiry.

               “All I was trying to do was brush my dumbass teeth, but our bathroom is such a fucking catastrophe, I just—augh!” she groaned, and slammed her forehead against the edge of the counter in defeat.

               “You were…going to brush your teeth before breakfast…?” Kakashi cocked a brow.

               Rei paused, blinked. “I swear to fuck” she muttered under her breath. She clenched her jaw and reached up toward the counter so as to slam the toothbrushes violently back into their cup.

               Kakashi sighed and shook his head. Over the past few days, something had changed within his fiancée. Her mind had grown so cloudy, her acuity blunt and hazy. Even the most basic of tasks required utmost care and concentration and even then, she still faltered. He hated seeing her like this. She was a captain of the ANBU black ops, for heaven’s sake. He knew she was better than this. Helping her back up to her feet, Kakashi frowned and asked, “Rei, what’s gotten into you?”

               The question infuriated her. What had gotten into her? How dare he even ask. Shoving him away, she spat, “Your fucking sperm is what’s gotten into me, Kakashi.” Anger rose up in the back of her throat and her head had started to pound. She could feel her rapid heartbeat in her hot, ringing ears. As she stormed off toward the dresser, the whole world warped technicolor. The floor swayed beneath her and the walls vortexed and she suddenly felt as if her brain had astral projected straight out of her skull. She reached a hazy hand out to the nearest piece of furniture in an attempt to steady herself, her knees buckling beneath her weight, but found herself stumbling into Kakashi’s strong arms instead. He guided her to the bed and sat her down gently on the edge.

               Rei vibrated with urgency, eyes darting around the room in an attempt to discern what needed to be done next. All her thoughts jumbled into radio static. Kakashi took hold of her trembling hands, squeezing them lightly in reassurance. Toshio lumbered nearer to rest his head by her side. A small whimper pushed it’s way through Rei’s nose as her heart picked up the pace, rattling against her ribs. Every nerve in her body tingled and numbed.

               “Rei, just breathe” Kakashi murmured, brushing the bangs back out of her face. He wondered if her anxiety attacks were worse now than ever before, if the pregnancy hormones had only enhanced the inner chaos.

               “Don’t tell me what to do, Kakashi” she spat.

               “I’m only trying to help” Kakashi frowned.

               “I don’t need your help” she replied, even though she knew that was a lie. This loss of independence, this spinning in her head and pounding in her chest, only emphasized the cognitive dissonance screaming in her subconscious. She squeezed Kakashi’s hand, begged her body to move, but she was paralyzed.

               “Rei, just tell me what’s going on” Kakashi said. “What’s gotten you so worked up?” And that was the other point of contention: Rei had not told Kakashi of what was to come that morning. She had received Lady Tsunade’s summon the morning after the doctor’s appointment. Kakashi had been away on a low-rank mission; she had intended to tell him when he got home, but she couldn’t stomach speaking it into existence. She knew deep down that if she tried to verbalize what was being asked of her, the promise of the ultimate confrontation, all she would produce was anxious vomit. Rei had no other choice but to swallow it down, keep it to herself, in hopes that her own avoidance might make it disappear. Realistically, she knew that it would not.

                “K-Kakashi…” Rei finally croaked after a long stretch of silence. Kakashi looked to her expectantly. She swallowed back her fear now, forced herself to power onward. “Lady Tsunade asked me to see her this morning. I know exactly what’s going on. She knows, Kakashi. Sh-she has to know. And…and I don’t think I can handle it. I don’t think I can handle any of this…!”

               “Shh, Rei, it’s okay” Kakashi whispered, cupping her face in his hand. He caressed her cheek softly with his thumb. “You have nothing to worry about, I promise. Everything is going to be fine.”

               “Y-You keep saying that, Kakashi, but how can you know?” Rei exclaimed, borderline hysterical. “Kakashi, I’m barely even functional anymore by myself, let alone dealing with something like this! I don’t know what the fuck is wrong, I don’t know what’s going on, I just—Kakashi, I can’t do this”—here, she pounded her fist against her thigh in frustration. “I can’t do any of this.” Her voice cracked and her eyes glossed over, threatening tears. Her lower lip quivered and she gagged into the palm of her hand, her breathing desperate and unsteady. Kakashi quickly climbed up onto the bed beside her and pulled her into his arms. He could feel the haphazard beat of her heart, the anxious shivers slowly creeping over her body. “I don’t know how I’m going to do this, Kakashi. What if Lady Tsunade is pissed at me? Sh-she’s going to be so pissed at me. I-I made a promise, and now I have to break it. A-and how am I supposed to tell my team?! Oh god, th-they’re never going to forgive me! I said I would guide them, a-and now…now I have to break that promise, too. I just…I feel so fucking out of control, I can’t get a fucking grip on anything. I-I can’t focus. I can’t do anything right, I just—Kakashi, please…”

               Pursing his lips, Kakashi hugged Rei even closer to his chest, raked his fingers through her tangled hair. His lips brushed against her sweaty forehead. “Just take one thing at a time, Rei” he whispered. “You don’t have to do everything all at once.”

               Rei shook her head. “Th-that doesn’t mean anything” she argued, wiggling around uncomfortably in his arms. “I need a plan, Kakashi. I need…I need to fucking focus, but…but I can’t even do that right!” Defeated, she buried her face in his chest, clung to his shirt with a white-knuckle grip. “I just feel so out of control…I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t even know who I am anymore.”

               “What do you mean?” Kakashi asked. He wasn’t sure he liked the sound of that.

               Rei pulled back, wiped the tears from her face. “Kakashi, I don’t feel like myself anymore” she admitted. She kept her eyes firmly locked on his sternum, knowing that if she dared to meet his gaze, she would completely lose it. Her hand skated down to her stomach, pressed her palm gently against the waist of her pants. “I just…I feel like my body doesn’t belong to me anymore. I just feel…so fucking weird. I can’t focus, I can’t think. I feel different, a-and I look different…”

               “I don’t think you look any different” Kakashi assured her. And truly, he didn’t. She was still the same bright, beautiful woman he woke up to every morning. If nothing else, the knowledge of her pregnancy somehow made her even more beautiful to him—though even he wasn’t sure how that was possible.

               Rei’s crooked teeth bit down on her chapped lower lip. “N-No, you don’t get it, Kakashi” she shook her head. “I look at myself in the mirror and…and I’m starting to not even recognize myself. I-I feel like I’m in someone else’s body, I-I don’t know…” Her voice quivered with equal parts fear and confusion, as if she was struggling to even put these feelings into words.

               Kakashi furrowed his brows. “Rei, that doesn’t really make any sense” he replied. He hated that he didn’t understand it, but he hated even more seeing her hysterical over something so abstract and overblown. “Rei, you’re just the same as you always were. The only difference is that your body is doing something incredible. But just because things are changing, that doesn’t mean you have to lose yourself in the process. Does that make sense?”  

               That’s easy for you to say, Rei thought to herself. You’re not the one metamorphosizing.

               “Come on” Kakashi then said, rising to his feet. He extended a hand to help Rei up. “Let’s go get something to eat and then I’ll walk you to the hokage office.”

               Rei shook her head. “I’m not hungry” she replied. Not even five seconds later, her stomach retaliated with a monstrous growl. Rei dropped her gaze to the floor, pursed her lips, cursed her body. Kakashi lifted her to her feet and guided her to the kitchen, sitting her down at the table before making her a bowl of tamago kake gohan.

               He watched her poke at the raw egg yolk with her chopsticks, knees drawn up to her chest and a look of defeat on her face. Toshio whimpered at her side, desperate for a taste. “Rei, you need to eat” he told her.

               “How the fuck do you even expect me to eat at a time like this, Kakashi?” Rei asked. “I told you, I’m not hungry. And even if I was, I wouldn’t be able to keep anything down anyway. Do you really want me to puke all over the hokage’s office? Do you really want me to make things ten times worse? Because honestly, just looking at this shit is making me want to puke.” She stabbed the tip of her chopstick into the egg yolk, watched it explode and flow over the rice like a mucusy tsunami. Pressing her hand to her mouth, she shoved the bowl across the table and swallowed back the gag pressing into her throat.

               Sighing, Kakashi rubbed his temples and dropped his shoulders in defeat. He hated that she had a point. He knew her stomach had been finicky lately. He knew she had no control over when and where she felt sick. And at a time like this, she really didn’t need any more stress on her shoulders. And yet he couldn’t stand the thought of letting her go hungry.

               Before he could protest further, Rei leapt to her feet and began tugging on her sandals at the front door. “I have to go, I’m going to be late” she croaked. Toshio followed close behind her, stamping his feet with impatient excitement.

               “Let me go with you” Kakashi said, approaching. Rei simply shook her head and extended a hand out to halt him.

               “No, Kakashi” she insisted. “I-I need to do this on my own.” As much as she appreciated the offer, and deep down truly wanted Kakashi there, she didn’t want to have to depend on him constantly. Kakashi’s face fell. Clearly he was uncomfortable with the thought of her doing this by herself. He promised to be there for her every step of the way, hadn’t he? But how could he be expected to keep his promise if she kept pushing him away? The look of defeat on his face broke Rei’s heart but meant nothing to what she had to do. Her face softened only slightly, a bittersweet smile flickering across her lips, as she assured him, “Don’t worry. It’ll be fine, right? Besides, I’ll have Toshio with me.” She reached down to scratch behind the dog’s ear, and Toshio barked in happy agreement. At least Kakashi could take solace in that.

               With a defeated sigh, he slowly came nearer to tenderly kiss her forehead. “Just promise me one thing” he whispered, fingers tangled in her hair.

               Rei swallowed hard, anxious. “What…?” she croaked. She wasn’t sure she wanted to know. She didn’t want him to ask anything more of her, to add more weight to her burden.

               Kakashi tilted her head up to face him, whispered, “Promise me that you’ll at least eat something when you get home.”

               Dropping her eyes to the ground, Rei gave a single nod. “I will” she whispered. Then, without another word, she turned to leave.

               The hokage’s office felt all at once vast and suffocating as Rei knocked on the door and slipped inside. Tsunade looked up from her stacks of paperwork and smiled. “Just the person I wanted to see” she said and set the documents aside.  

               Rei gulped back her fear and forced a smile. Toshio nudged her hand, urged her forward. She was grateful to have him by her side at a time like this. “So, what did you need to see me for?” she asked with forced casualness.

               “Rei, I think you know” Tsunade replied, cocking a brow. Her manicured fingers trailed her desk then and held up a lab report from among the pile. “I received word from the hospital a few days ago about your most recent appointment. Congratulations.”

               “Th-thank you” Rei croaked.

               “Now, as I’m sure you’re well aware, you can’t continue your ANBU duties in your current condition” Tsunade continued.

               Rei shook her head in understanding. “I know, which is why I’ve decided—”

               “You’ll just have to go on light duty in the meantime” Tsunade interrupted. Rei froze, shellshocked.

               “L-Light duty…?” she asked slowly, cautiously. A part of her wasn’t even sure if she had heard her correctly.

               Tsunade nodded. “That’s right. We sure as hell can’t have you out in the field while pregnant. You’d endanger both your life and that of the child’s. But I can’t expect you to just give up your entire career. After all, something tells me this wasn’t exactly planned…”

               The insinuation, while correct, sent a shiver down Rei’s spine. “It’s, uh…it’s complicated” she muttered, dropping her gaze. She really didn’t have time to get into the specifics right now, nor did she want to. Lady Tsunade didn’t need to know.

               “I’ve already looked into your options” Tsunade continued, “and I think you’d be a perfect fit for the records department, given your history with filing at the bookshop.”

               Rei found herself nodding on her own accord. Somehow just automatically accepting the offer. It wasn’t even that she was against working in records, either. She knew she had a knack for filing, and she enjoyed being around binders and old books. There was something deeply satisfying about the organizational aspect of it all, of the intricate coding system, the smell of yellowed paper and stale ink. And yet there was still one more point of contention nagging at the back of her mind. “What about my ANBU team?”

               Tsunade heaved a sigh and her once-pleased expression fell. “That’s something I’m going to have to figure out” she replied honestly. “Your pregnancy does create a bit of a rift in the black ops, but that’s not your problem to worry about. You have far more important things at hand. Still, if you can think of anyone to take your place in the meantime, by all means.” Here, she motioned with her hand as if to silently encourage Rei to pose her suggestions.

               “Well…I do have one person in mind” Rei muttered, “but…when you say in the meantime…?”

               Tsunade blinked. “I mean until you’re off maternity leave. You do intend to return to duty once your child is born, don’t you?”

               Rei toed the ground anxiously. “Honestly, I didn’t know I was allowed to.”

               “Of course you’re allowed to!” Tsunade exclaimed. A light laugh bubbled up from her chest. “You act like you’re the first ANBU to ever get pregnant.”

               “Well, I don’t know of anyone else who has” Rei explained. “I didn’t think…I don’t know. I thought my career was over.”

               “Your career is definitely not over. Not unless you want it to be, that is” Tsunade replied. Rei hated to admit that the hokage’s words had alighted something in her. Kakashi’s insistence that she quit her job still hung heavy in the back of her mind, but at least now she knew that that was not the only option. That maybe, just maybe, she could have the best of both worlds after all. Spreading her hands out across her desk then, Tsunade pursed her lips and said, “Now, about your replacement.”

               Rei sucked in a sharp breath as she made her way to the ANBU headquarters. She wasn’t sure if she could do this, any of this. She didn’t think she could walk in there, face her comrades, gather her things from her locker, confront the situation at hand. While she knew now that this did not have to be permanent, that meant nothing for the fact that she would still have to leave anyway. She only hoped her subordinates would be kind. After all, she truly had not planned for this.

               Toshio nudged the door open for her, guided her down the dark and narrow hallways to the locker rooms underground. He helped steady her on the stairs, ensuring that he would catch her should she stumble and fall, and barked a hello at the ninja behind the barred supply counter. The man did not acknowledge them, but Rei wondered if he was smiling beneath his mask. Toshio seemed to have that effect on people. He could crack a smile from even the most stoic.

               The halls were nearly empty save for a few shinobi making their way to the briefing room or the holding cells. Rei wasn’t sure which would have been better: this, where no one could see her deliberate, or a crowded room where she could hide among the many. She shuffled toward the locker room and the whole world began to spin. As her hand hovered over the doorknob, her stomach lurched and she was positive she was about to be sick. Not now, fuck, she thought, leaning forward against the wall and attempting to steady her breath. Every worst-case scenario cycled through her head at warp speed, taunting her. She became grossly aware of the flashing red exit sgins at the end of each hall, feeling their existence boring holes into her back. She couldn’t do this. She needed fresh air, freedom, an escape.

               “Rei?” a voice then called from behind, and Rei’s entire body went icy. She turned slowly, cracking a faint smile at Yugao standing at the mouth of the hall. Before she could even say anything, Yugao surged forward and wrapped Rei in a tight hug. “I’ve been so worried about you! You should’ve kept in touch with me while you were gone.”

               “S-sorry” Rei croaked. “I’ve, uh…I’ve had a lot going on.”

               “Are you okay? Is everything okay?” Yugao asked, leaning back to get a better look at her captain’s face. “You look terrible” she then added, noting the pallor in Rei’s face, the dark circles under her eyes, the tremble of her hands.

               Rei nodded, dropping her gaze and raking her fingers through her bangs. “Yeah, I’m alright. I just…can we talk?”

               “Yeah, of course” Yugao affirmed, and motioned for Rei and Toshio to follow her into the locker room.

               Everything about this place suddenly disgusted Rei. She felt her stomach churn as she slipped inside, assaulted by the strong smell of floral perfumes and the sight so many naked women. Even though she knew, realistically, that they were all preoccupied, Rei couldn’t help but feel like all eyes were on her. She could feel them hone into her presence, ears pricked up like dogs just waiting for the tiniest morsel of juicy gossip. By now, word of Rei’s questionable state had surely circulated through the black ops. She hated to think of what kinds of rumors hung over her head now, a black cloud heavy with purpose, as she waded her way even deeper into the swamp.

               Yugao guided Rei toward her locker, propping it open as she got ready. “So what did you need to talk to me about?” she asked and though her tone was bright and eager, Rei could sense a hint of uncertainty lurking under the surface. As if Yugao somehow knew there was something wrong. Rei wondered if she bought into the rumors herself. She hoped her lieutenant would be a little more discerning but Yugao was only human. Besides, she had already known of Rei and Kakashi’s previous plans.

               Rei tangled her fingers in Toshio’s thick fur as her eyes skimmed the crowd, feeling completely surveilled. She wished there was someplace more private where they could speak, but beggars can’t be choosers. With her back to the rest of the kunoichi, Rei lowered her voice and said, “Yugao, I need to ask a favor of you.”

               Yugao met Rei’s face with wide-eyed anxiety. “O-Of course. Anything.”

               Rei sucked in a deep breath. She couldn’t look at her. Not now. “Some things have come up. Some, uh…unexpected things, and I…I need you to take over my captain’s duties. Temporarily, but…still.”

               The request, as expected, shocked Yugao. “Y-You need me to wh--? Wait, why? Rei, what’s going on? What happened?” An anxious nausea rose into the back of Yugao’s throat. Something was wrong, she could feel it. She rested a hand on Rei’s shoulder, squeezing it lightly. “Rei, what happened?”

               She didn’t expect to feel so vulnerable, but Rei’s emotions quickly got the better of her. Her throat tightened and tears pricked at the back of her eyes. The weight of the past few days bore down even heavier upon her shoulders. “Yugao, I…” Rei started, voice choked and meek. Yugao tightened her grip, hardened her gaze, desperate. Squeezing her eyes shut tight, Rei forced the words out of her mouth, a confession. “I’m pregnant” she gasped.

               Yugao immediately recoiled, her face falling. “Rei, you’re…” she whispered in disbelief. Rei nodded, wrapping her arms around her waist as if in defense. “A-are you…I mean…was this planned?”

               “N-Not exactly” Rei said sheepishly. “It was an accident, I guess things just got out of hand, I don’t know…”

               “Well, of course you can’t continue working like this” Yugao said. “Are you okay with that?”

               “I’ve made my peace with it” Rei lied. “Lady Tsunade said I could work in records until the baby is born, which should be fine. I just…I don’t want you guys to think I’m abandoning you.”

               “No, no, of course not” Yugao shook her head. “I don’t feel that way. Things happen. I get it. Are you…I mean, are you happy?”

               A small smile touched Rei’s lips, though even she wasn’t sure how genuine it was. “It’s just…it’s a lot all at once” she finally answered. Toshio nuzzled her hand, licked at her fingertips, sensing her silent distress.

               Yugao nodded empathetically. “Of course” she whispered. To say that she was shocked by this new development was an understatement. Certainly Yugao had her assumptions, as did everyone, but now that Rei’s pregnancy was confirmed, she couldn’t help but wonder what this meant moving forward. She watched as Rei ultimately turned toward her own locker a few doors down, swung it open, and began gathering her things. Something wary and desperate began to take root in Yugao’s chest as she watched Rei’s locker gradually empty. “R-Rei…?” she finally asked. Rei paused, turned to look at her. “You are going to come back, right…?”

               “O-Of course…” Rei replied. “Why wouldn’t I?” She refused to revisit Kakashi’s words, to linger on his insistences. Tsunade had given her a choice. The hokage almost even expected Rei to return. She had options. This was not the end.

               Yugao dropped her gaze, shook her head. “I don’t know, I just…want to make sure” she muttered. “Having a baby is a big responsibility. I’m not…well, how can you be sure you would even want to return to work after all of this?”

               Rei hated that she even had to consider Yugao’s point in the first place. Deep down, she didn’t know. Motherhood was a vast expanse of uncertainty and fear. From this point forward, Rei would be responsible for a little human life, fully dependent on her and her alone. She wanted to believe that there was a way to juggle both, to have one foot firmly planted on each road, but was that even realistic? Rei didn’t know. And quite frankly, she couldn’t stomach considering it further. Narrowing her eyes, she definitively replied, “I’m sure.” Even if she wasn’t, she needed Yugao to believe that she was. Rei herself needed to believe that she was.

               Before any more could be said, the bell crackled over the loudspeakers calling everyone in for the morning briefing. Yugao and Rei exchanged panicked looks as the other kunoichi frantically strapped their gauntlets to their arms and fastened their shoes to their feet, stumbling and swarming out into the hallway. Yugao fed Rei a sheepish smile, asked, “So what now?”

               Hugging her belongings to her chest, Rei’s eyes drifted toward the door as she croaked, “Now I just have to tell everyone else.”

               Rei stood at the back of the briefing room, her belongings crumpled at her feet, as Meishu gruffly outlined the night shift’s happenings. She kept a hand firmly on Toshio at all times, scratching the back of his neck and massaging the tip of his velvety ear. In the pit of her chest, she felt the nagging weight of her own disattention but had to remind herself: what was the point? It wasn’t like this was going to have any importance on her day moving forward. She was not on duty.

               Her eyes skated to Team Ku seated a few feet ahead of her and her heart ached. They sat rigid with a unanimous tension, as if they knew something was about to break. An eerie feeling in the pit of their chests, a buzzing in the air. Every so often, Rei swore she caught Arai glance at her over her shoulder. In those deep amethyst eyes, there was nothing but sharp suspicion.

               And then Meishu dismissed everyone for their daily assignments, and Rei had no other choice. She clenched her fists at her sides, swallowed her fear, and strode forward.

               “Where the hell have you been?” Arai smirked, suppressing laughter. “What happened? Did you have to get your stomach pumped or something?”

               “I knew it had to be something serious” Hitsuji shivered. “Are you better now? You’re not contagious anymore, are you?” A small sneeze squeaked out of him, sniffling at Toshio’s allergic presence.

               “You look absolutely awful” Sukui complained. He reached back to pick up a strand of Rei’s limp, red hair off her shoulder, loosened from her ponytail. Frowning, she swatted him away.

               “No, I’m fine” Rei replied curtly. “Everything is fine.”

               “Oh yeah? You don’t sound fine” Kikkake snarked. “What’s with your clothes, anyway?” He motioned to her outfit, to the navy blue tunic with the full, turquoise sleeves and gold trim on the collar, the fabric faded and hem fraying from years of use.

               Sukui made a stink face and shook his head. “Retail therapy would’ve done you well, that’s for sure” he commented.

               “No, it’s not that” Kikkake said, waving dismissively to his comrade. Stalking forward, he stared down at Rei like a predator zeroing in on his prey. Unforgiving. “If everything was fine, you’d be in your uniform like the rest of us. The fact that you’re not means something is wrong. It means that you’re not actually at work today, are you? You’re here for a reason, and it’s not because you’re no longer sick.” Toshio’s upper lip curled into a growl.

               Hitsuji tensed, gripping the edge of the table tightly. “It’s worse than we thought, isn’t it?” he cried. “Is it Cyclospora? Gallstones? Cancer?!”

               Rei sighed and rubbed at her aching forehead. “Guys, please…” she whined. Her stomach churned and her hands felt numb and something within the pit of her chest lurched, anxious. She gripped at the waist of her dress in hopes that it might ground her.

               “Well?” Arai asked, cocking a brow. “Spit it out, boss. What’s the deal?”

               “Yeah, Rei, fess up” Kikkake spat. “What’s the matter with you?”

               Hitsuji covered his nose and mouth with his hand, his heart pounding out of his chest. “P-Please tell me you’re not contagious.”

               “Can you guys calm down?” Yugao asked. Then, meeting Rei’s gaze, she said much softer, “Go ahead, Rei. Tell them what’s going on.”

               The room was suddenly far too loud and far too bright. The air conditioner hummed overhead, the blast of cold air giving Rei goosebumps, and yet sweat beaded at the small of her back and underneath her bangs. Her subordinates faces blurred and melded together, desperate and angsty and scared. Rei’s throat tightened and her nose tingled and a sour taste filled her mouth and oh my god she was going to be sick. Their rapid inquiries pounded in her head—Come on, tell us. What are you waiting for? What’s going on? Rei, what’s wrong? What the fuck are you doing? What’s going on? You’re wasting time! Just spit it out! What have you done? Tell us, tell us, tell us, tell us. Squeezing her eyes shut tight, she clenched her fist tighter around the fabric and shouted, “I’m fucking pregnant, okay?!”

               The whole room fell silent. Even the few shinobi who had hung back, going over battle plans and studying assignments, paused and slowly looked toward Rei. And while the confession had released the weight of anticipation off her shoulders, it was now quickly replaced with something much worse: the fear of their reception.

               Team Ku sat in stunned silence for a long while before finally, Arai burst out in incredulous laughter. “That’s real fucking funny, boss! Now come on, tell us what’s really going on.” Rei pursed her lips and dropped her gaze to the ground. She wasn’t sure what else she could even say. All the potential sentences tangled in her throat, strangling her. Her silence only enhanced the weight of her confession, clarified the reality. “Captain Rei…come on. That can’t really be it, is it?” Arai asked. Her faith was steadily draining. When Rei still said nothing else, Arai recoiled in shock. “No fucking way…” she murmured.

               “A-are you sure?” Hitsuji asked. Rei caught his eyes skate down to her stomach, as if questioning the validity based on the size of her belly. Rei shot him a fierce glare that told him that she was, in fact, sure.

               “Well, this is just fucking stupdendous” Kikkake complained, leaning back against the table in defeat. “And what do you expect to become of us now, huh? You had a responsibility to us, you know. You can’t just get off scot-free because you couldn’t keep your legs shut.”

               “Kikkake!” Yugao shouted, slapping him hard on the arm. “Watch your mouth! This is still your captain you’re speaking to.” Kikkake, however, showed no remorse.

               “Well, as much as I hate to agree with him, he does have a point” Sukui muttered, fingertip tapped to his chin. “What is going to become of us?”

               “W-Well, I spoke with Lady Tsunade this morning and we decided on a temporary replacement” Rei replied cautiously, frantically. She kept her voice low, fearing that any louder might not only anger the beast but attract more unwanted attention.

               Shaking her head, Arai leaned back in her chair and sucked her teeth in distaste. “Oh, great. Awesome. So you’re going to just leave us in the mud and pawn us off to some other tired sucker. Love that. Way to show you really care, Captain Rei.”

               Hitsuji pursed his lips, furrowed his brows. “B-But you said temporary. That means you’ll be back, right?”

               Rei gave a single nod. “That’s the plan” she replied. “I am not abandoning you guys.”

               “Oh really?” Kikkake snapped. “Because that’s sure as hell what it feels like.”

               “And how do you know you’ll actually come back, anyway?” Arai asked. “And even if you do, it’s never gonna be the same. You can’t just walk into battle with a kid sucking on your tit.”

               “That would be pretty badass if she did, though” Sukui commented toward his comrade. Arai rolled her eyes, unimpressed.

               Rei was beginning to lose her nerve now. She could feel her muscles tense and electrify, her heart pounding and a vicious anger rising up into her throat. Gritting her teeth, she pounded her fist against the table and glared at her subordinates. “Hey. I am still your fucking captain and I demand to be treated with respect. Is that understood? Like I said, I am not abandoning you guys. I will do everything in my fucking power to make sure that you are taken care of in my absence, and that I will come back. Have any of you ever thought for one second about how I feel about all of this? Have you ever thought of anyone but yourselves? Because this isn’t ideal for me, either, but this is just the way things are now and I’ll be damned if anyone, and I mean anyone, stands in the way of making this transition as smooth and unproblematic as humanly possible. Do I make myself fucking clear?”

               Team Ku stared back at her with wide, silenced eyes. Hitsuji sat stock still, his grip tightening evermore on the table. Without even breaking eye contact, Sukui slowly leaned over to whisper to Arai, “They weren’t kidding when they said pregnant women were scary.”

               Arai immediately clapped her hand over her comrade’s mouth, growling, “Good god, man, don’t anger it!”

               Kikkake slapped both of them on the back of the head before asking, “So what about this temporary captain, huh? Who’s taking your place?”

               Rei glanced across the room and fed Yugao a silent signal to step forward. With a definitive nod, she obliged. “That would be me” Yugao said with a slight wave.

               “Oh, thank god!” Arai exclaimed, slumping in her chair in relief. As unpleasant an experience as all this was, at least they still had Yugao. Arai trusted her, almost even considered her more of a captain than Rei herself. In Yugao’s hands, Arai—and all the others, even—felt safe and capable. As if maybe this terrible turn of events wasn’t quite so terrible after all.

               “I may not be able to go on missions with you guys anymore” Rei stated, “but that doesn’t mean I won’t be within your reach, either. I’ll, uh…I’ll probably be working in records during my maternity leave, so whenever you need me, I won’t be very far. Alright?”

               The others all nodded halfheartedly, but it was still clear to Rei that they were not pleased. She glanced to Yugao, searching for some form of reassurance, but Yugao’s eyes turned instead to the clock. “Shit, we’re running late” she muttered under her breath. And with that, she whipped out the paperwork for the day’s assignment and began detailing their duties. Rei quickly felt their circle of inclusion close, an unrelenting pressure on her chest phasing her out of view. This was no longer her responsibility. She had no obligation to stick around and listen. Back pressed against the wall, she paused for only a moment to allow the weight of her new normal to crush her completely. Then, without another word, she scooped up her belongings and made her way to the door.

               The hallway expanded and contracted before her as she swayed toward the stairwell, Toshio dutifully by her side. Time seemed to speed past her and she was powerless. Her chest ached with anxiety but her limbs felt heavy and uncooperative. She cursed herself under her breath as she begged herself to just fucking move. And all the while, her throat grew tight and sore with impending tears, swallowing back the monstrous cry threatening to rise up out of her.

               And then, all at once, a weak hand took hold of her wrist and Rei’s body electrified. Toshio whipped around with a growl, immediately prepared to apprehend. For a moment, Rei expected—or perhaps even hoped­­—that it was Yugao but she knew full well that this was not her lieutenant’s grip. Toshio huffed and backed down. When Rei turned around, she was faced with none other than sheepish Hitsuji.

               “C-Captain Rei, before you go, I just wanted to say one thing” he murmured. Rei cocked a brow, urging him to continue. Hitsuji forced himself to look up at her, a small smile touching his lips as he said, “Congratulations.”

               Rei couldn’t help but smile softly, bittersweetly at this sweet, innocent boy. “Thank you” she whispered. “Now go get back inside. The others need you.” She hated to think of all the information he was missing by coming to speak with her. With a single nod, Hitsuji shot her one last reassuring smile before rushing back into the briefing room.

               Rei managed to remain relatively composed until she exited the building. The sun sat hot and heavy in the sky overhead and the smell of summer rain filled the air. Rei pressed a hand to her tight chest, prayed for peace, before turning a dark corner and allowing herself to finally, ultimately break down.

               She felt ridiculous for being so emotional—after all, there was no point in sobbing over something that needed to be done, right? Still, that heavy rock of despair lodged itself firmly in her chest. She swallowed back the rest of her sobs, wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand, straightened her back and stepped out into the sunlight. She struggled to keep her breathing steady as she walked home, one hand hugging her uniforms to her chest as the other clung to the thick fur at Toshio’s neck. She felt like a child, needy and vulnerable. She felt pathetic.

               And all the while, her eyes drifted to scenes of children playing in the street, of mother’s tending to fussy babies in restaurants and through shop windows. She envisioned herself in their roles and something suddenly felt so strange and unnatural about it. She couldn’t get used to it. She wanted to be a mother, of course she did, and yet there was something deep in the pit of her stomach screaming that this was all wrong. Turn back, danger ahead. Rei’s head began to spin. Her hand trembled as she unlocked the front door to an empty apartment and sank down on the couch.

               Toshio lumbered up beside her, resting his heavy head in her lap and whimpering dolefully. As if he could sense her mind in disrepair and wanted to heal it despite not knowing how. She scratched behind his ears and under his chin and the lump in the back of her throat hardened. She pressed a shaky hand to her waist, grazed the imprint of her hipbone through her tunic. She remembered Kakashi’s request from that morning. Really, she knew she should eat something. Patting Toshio on the head, she forced herself up off the couch and trudged into the kitchen. The tile was cold and unforgiving against her bare feet, the fridge foreboding. She creaked the door open slowly and idled in front of the full shelves. A loaf of bread, a jug of milk, last night’s leftovers. She studied them until she could no longer bear it, until the anger growing behind her ribs exploded out of her chest with a frustrated grunt. Gritting her teeth, she slammed the fridge door shut. Instead, she turned to the cabinet, pulling down a glass and holding it unsteadily beneath the faucet. She watched the water fill to the top, then overflow, letting it run over her tight knuckles and pale fingernails. When the hush of the running water began to annoy her, she flicked the tap off, brushed her hair back out of her damp face, and took a long, desperate swig. Her stomach expanded and grew heavier with each monstrous gulp. Deep down, she hoped it would trick her body into thinking she was full. She hoped it would be enough.

               It was never enough.

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“Don’t EVER do that again” for Brynjolf x Fiona if you’re taking ficlet prompts :D

A nightmare, a break-in and an abundance of emotions. Fiona says “I love you” for the first time. 

(congratulations anon, you win the prize for “prompt that got crab to write fiona’s confession on love”. it did not start that way, but here we are !)

Brynjolf x Fiona 💗🗡

1851 words (under a cut for length) | Ao3

“I’ll be certain to give Brynjolf your regards.”

Mercer’s wicked, self-satisfied grin was all too clear, even through the haze of the poison racing through her veins. He crouched over her paralyzed body and peered down at her with that golden longsword drawn, brimming with magical energy. He wasn’t hesitating, no, he was watching her squirm—the sick bastard.  

She felt a crash of emotions—but at the forefront of her mind was the regret she’d be taking to her grave—she thought of Brynjolf one last time as the blade sliced against her throat and then—nothing.

Only darkness.

Fiona sprang out from her bedsheets with a startling gasp, her throat tight and heart racing as if it would beat right out of her chest. The scar along the right side of her neck burned and she instinctively reached up to feel at it, almost expecting to feel the sticky touch of blood, but there was nothing. The skin was still incredibly sensitive, the jagged lines far from fading away—she would wear the mark Mercer left for the rest of her days. She inhaled deeply, desperately trying to steady her breathing but couldn’t shake the nightmare away.

She glanced to the empty void next to her and frowned, reminding herself she had no reason to be upset. Since her and Karliah’s return to Riften, Brynjolf had on more than one occasion stayed the night for protection—not that Fiona really needed it, but she had welcomed his company and comfort. Their relationship was different now—yet to have a definition, but it was obvious they were now far from being the just friends from before. If they ever really were “just friends” to begin with. In that moment, her mind still hazy with the memory of Snowveil Sanctum, she found her heart aching for Brynjolf, wishing he was there to sooth the pain away. He was one of the few people that truly understood.  

The only reason he wasn’t there that evening was because he was chasing a lead with Delvin, hoping to corner one of Mercer’s contacts in Shor’s Stone for information, wanting to confirm what they had found in Riftweald Manor. Karliah was also away, busy making some kind of preparations that would eventually involve both Fiona and Brynjolf—only time would tell.

Just as Fiona resigned to settle back against the pillows, she heard a rustling at her front door, the eastern entrance. She froze in her spot, listening intently as the scratching continued—was it an animal? The doorknob wiggled as she realized someone was attempting to wiggle the lock lose. Her chest tightened with a new wave of fright, even as she convinced herself that nobody was that stupid to break into the Dragonborn’s homestead. Even Mercer.

The thought of his name made her skin crawl and had her jumping from her bed and grabbing her dagger from her nightstand, silently but swiftly stepping towards the door. Just as she made it to the frame the sounds stopped and all fell silent, but only for a moment. The next sound Fiona heard was creaking, footsteps across her roof. Panic began to coarse through her and for a split second she thought about shouting through the ceiling, not caring about the destruction it would cause. She followed the sounds with her eyes, slowly crossing the floor towards the balcony doors, avoiding the shadows the fireplace cast against the windows on the western wall.  

Whoever it was had landed on the balcony with a muffled grunt—clearly not the most experienced sneak thief—but it didn’t give her any pause. She stood next to the doorway with her back flat to the wooden paneling as the intruder finessed the lock, this time having easier luck. Her hands shook as she clutched the hilt of her dagger tight, scolding herself for not changing the locks like she said she would. She closed her eyes, saying a silent prayer to the Divines as the door slowly creaked open, a shadowy crouched form creeping in through the night.

Fiona pounced immediately, yelling out in a mix of fear and anger, their bodies colliding against the door and slamming it shut. She swung her fist out first, knuckles colliding with the jaw of the trespasser before her other arm arced down, dagger ready to strike. Two hands caught her wrists, stopping her movements completely. The larger body moved to stand, jerking her closer.  

“Augh! Fiona!” A familiar voice. “It’s me!”

“Bryn?” she whispered, blinking in an effort to see his face in the darkness.

He pulled one hand away to yank back his hood, confirming that it really was him. An overwhelming abundance of emotions flooded over her at the sight of his face and her chest contracted tightly, breath hitching in her throat. Before she even realized what was happening tears were clouding her vision, quickly pouring over to slide down her cheeks. Her hands trembled as she dropped her weapon to the floor, her other hand gripping his shoulder tightly when her knees threatened to buckle from beneath her.

“I’ve got you,” Brynjolf murmured, his arms swiftly moving to scoop her up and hold her steady against him.

At first she clutched him in a desperate hug, thankful he was there—but she was so overwhelmed, self-conscious and unsure of where her more vulnerable emotions had come from. Yes, he had seen her cry before, but that didn’t mean that she felt completely comfortable shedding them in front of him. Still, she held onto him tightly, face buried in the curve of his shoulder as she openly sobbed.

“I—I had a nightmare,” she wept. Brynjolf’s arms tugged her closer, his nose nuzzling against the top of her head. “It was Mercer, at Snowveil Sanctum. When I heard the noises at the door I thought—I thought he had—”  

His arms tensed at her words and she could tell he was already feeling remorse. Still, she smacked her palm against his chest, gripping the leather of his armor to shake him slightly. “Don’t you ever do that again.”

“Aye lass,” he hushed against her temple, hands caressing down her back and through her hair. “If I have to spend the rest of my days begging for forgiveness, I will—”

“You better,” she agreed, failing miserably at a tease. They stood there for a long while, just holding each other close until her tears subsided, body relaxing against his. It was a forgone conclusion, but she really hoped that he was there to stay for the evening. She didn’t want to assume anything, even now.  

He pressed a soft kiss to the side of her face, humming as he spoke. “What do you say lass, could you ever forgive a fool like me?”

“You are so lucky that I love you,” she sighed.

Fiona froze in his embrace, realizing that she had said the words out loud.

Brynjolf’s arms tightened around her before relaxing, his soft laugh tickling the side of her face. “What was that?”

Fiona burrowed her face against his shoulder, feeling her whole body warm in embarrassment. “Nothing,” she said meekly, but it was of no use.

He carefully peeled her off of his chest and she reluctantly glanced up to meet his gaze. She had expected to find a teasing expression but instead she found him looking at her in a state of wonder, eyes sparkling, and lips slowly stretching into a wide grin. Even in the dimly lit room, she could see his own flushed cheeks—her sudden confession had surprised him as much as it had her.

“You love me?”

Fiona released a shaky breath, nodding once. “Yes.”

Brynjolf steadily brushed back the hair from her face before framing his hands against her cheeks, fingers curling against the back of her neck to tilt her head closer to his. His initial kiss was slow, tongue gently coaxing her lips apart, it gradually deepening. One of his hands threaded through her hair, cupping the back of her head as he shifted closer, Fiona eagerly meeting him as she slid her arms around his shoulders. Gods, she never wanted him to stop kissing her, even if it meant she would die of suffocation.

He eventually did pull away, albeit slowly, almost reluctantly. Fiona found herself exhaling in a short gasp, breathless. Brynjolf was still smiling, expression delirious as if he had been drinking mead from her lips. It was irresistible—she closed the gap once more for a swift series of kisses that trailed from his mouth along his jaw and to the collar of his armored coat. Finally she pulled away, copying his grin with one of her own. Even so, she could still feel the flush of heat on her face and the rapid thump of her heart beating against her ribs.

“Please say it again,” he breathed, green eyes shimmering with an emotion she hadn’t seen before—almost like a brand-new form of excitement.

Fiona nodded, nuzzling her cheek against his hand as his thumb brushed along her jawline in an affectionate sweep. “If you’ll stay.”

“If I’ll stay she asks—of course I’m staying,” he remarked with a chuckle. “That is, only if you give me a key. Can only stop breaking in someplace if I have a key, lass.”

She laughed, turning her head once more to kiss his palm and the inside of his wrist. With another nod of her head she reluctantly pulled herself away from his embrace if only to move to her desk where she kept a strongbox of valuables. Within she found the spare key for Honeyside, a small blue ribbon tied to the end—something she had been meaning to give to him for a while now. The timing seemed perfect with her confession of the heart. When Fiona turned to face him she found him tossing his discarded coat across the nearby chair, untucking his cotton undershirt from his pants.

“Don’t lose this,” she instructed, tucking the golden metal into his palm. “You won’t be getting another.”

Brynjolf nodded, covering her hand with his. “Consider this my most prized possession. Well, next to you…” His sly smirk faltered. “Not that I see you as something to be possessed—”

“Bryn,” she cut him off, leaning in to place a gentle kiss to his lips. “Its alright to say. I’m yours.” She caught his gaze and felt her heart flutter, a warmth radiate across her body and tingle run across her spine. “I love you.”

Two times. Progress.

“One more time?” he asked tentatively.

Fiona first ensured the key was safely slipped away in his coat before she wrapped her arms around him, kissing him sweetly and softly in the perfect way she adored. He kissed her back, two passionate kisses in quick succession. With another she broke away with the softest of whispers, “I love you.”

Without realizing she had been waiting her whole life to feel this way. She was in love and had no reason to be afraid anymore.

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[averyrogers83]

Yes Sir, Sergeant Barnes

Written by: Darlin’ & Vixin

Parring: Bucky x Reader

Rated: NSFW 18+

Warnings: language, smut, oral sex, vaginal sex, spanking

Summary:  What happens when Bucky overhears a conversation that was meant to be between just you and your friend.

Square Fills: Bucky Barnes for Marvel Bingo @shield-agent78 @marvelbingo

Words: 1304

A/N: Credit to the lovely @ayanemoonlight

You and Nat had just spent the day in the city enjoying some much needed girl time when you walk back into the compound to see one Sergeant Barnes coming out of the gym all sweaty from one of his workouts

As you look at him your world stops. It should be a crime for a man to look that good after working out. Sweat glistens his body. His brown locks is pulled up into a loose man. Dark sweet paints and a tight A-line shirt adorn his body. Bucky looks at the two of you and gives you a cocky grin that you pretend to ignore. Nat nudges you in the side with her elbow.

“Looks like someone can’t take his eyes off of you y/n.” A small giggle escapes your lips as Bucky runs his slate blue eyes up and down your body and licks his lips.  He always knows just what to do to make you hot and bothered.  You can’t take your eyes off him as you bite your lower lip as thoughts of what you’d like to do to him enters your mind.

Nat can’t help but catch your glare. She knows that look all too well. “Fuck me, Sergeant,” you say quietly, letting your thoughts tumble out of your mouth. Nat chuckles at you quietly. You quickly grab her elbow and head towards the elevators. Bucky chuckles, he plans on making sure that will become a reality very soon.

An hour later he has showered and changed into a pair black pants that sit low on his waist. He picks up his phone and sends you a text.

Bucky: Baby I need your help, can you meet me in my room?

You: Sure. What’s up?

Bucky: I need help picking out what to wear to Tony’s party later.

You: Ok Serg I’ll come and rescue you. Give me a moment I’ll be right there.

Damn, that woman knows how to rile him up, every time she calls him Sarg or Sir.  He’s already getting hard thinking about what he’s going to do to her when she gets there. Bucky sits himself down on his brown leather chair and patiently waits. He knows you will be here soon. Very soon.

It doesn’t take you but a moment to make your way to his room. It’s a path that you know all too well. You knock on the door but receive no answer. You think nothing of it and push the door open shutting it behind you with a light click. “Bucky?” you call out but receive no answer.  The room is dark so you can’t see Bucky sitting in the corner of the room watching your every move.  You call out for him again but he still doesn’t answer.  A small light by the bed flicks on and you quickly turn around to see Bucky standing there in his black sweats hanging so low you can see the hair on his v-line. Your breath hitched. You try to make a comprehensive sentence in your brain but words seem to have escaped you at that moment.

“Augh, you augh needed some..something Serg?” Bucky gives you a smirk and moves a little closer to you. You could feel his breath on your skin as he whispers in your ear.

“Tell me what you said to Nat.”

“Not..thing.”

“You’re a terrible liar, tell me or I’m going to bend you over my knee.” You give him a fake look of shock.

“I told her I had a new red dress for the party that I was planning on wearing tonight.”

“I don’t think so, Sweetheart.” Bucky smacks your left butt cheek hard with his right hand causing you to jump closer to him.

“You want to try again? Cause this time I will take you over my knee.” He kisses you behind you ear leaving you speechless.

“I asked you a question.”

You try hard to compose yourself as he continues to kiss your neck causing shivers down your spine you love it when he gets so authoritative with you, you can feel his cock pressing up against your hip and know he wants this as much as you. Another hard smack lands on your cheek as you stare up at him through your eyelashes.  You gasp and try to think of what to say.

“I…I said Fuck me” the words spilled past your lips.

“Fuck me, what?”

“Ser..Sergeant.” You bite your lip in anticipation and give him a coy smile as you try to look innocent.

“You’re not that innocent sweetheart,” he mumbles as he nips at your neck causing you to moan. “Tell me how do you want it?” You lose your thoughts again for a moment as Bucky fondles your breasts.  You can feel your face flush with the heat of excitement from his touch.  You want to feel his tongue all over your body and he knows it. Bucky gives you a cocky smirk.

“How. .do. .you. .want. .it?”

“Fuck,” you mumble quietly again.

“On your knees baby girl.” You run your hands down his adonis belt.

“Yes, sir.”

Bucky lets out a low growl, it’s one of his weaknesses with her.  Every time she calls him that his cock twitches to life and he wants to bury himself inside her.  She runs her hands up his thighs and to the top of his sweats as you look up at him through your eyelashes waiting for instruction. You love it when he acts so authoritative. Wetness begins to form between your legs.  “Fuck, baby you look sexy on your knees,” he mumbles. You run your hands over his taut muscles as you smile.

“Undress me” You slide your hands over his large thighs and pull his black sweatpants down freeing his full erection. You lick your lips in anticipation. Bucky fists your hair as you run your tongue on his hard cock from tip to balls. You take him in your mouth rolling your tongue around his shaft and he lets out a moan. He pulls away with a pop causing you to glance up at the greek god in front of you.  You give him a little pout as he pulls you to your feet. Bucky steps out of his pants and then turns his attention towards you. He slowly undresses you pulling your cotton dress up and over your head. Next is your black bra and finally your panties. He pushes you lightly onto the bed as he hovers over you. “Do you want me to take you on your knees?”

“Yes,” you mumble.

“Yes, what?”

“Yes…Sir” you breathlessly answer him, you’re heart is racing and all you want is to feel him deep inside you. Bucky gives you no time to adjust as he flips you over and then slams into you. Your head falls backwards onto his shoulder as you moan out his name. He pulls out slowly just allowing his tip to brush along your clit.

The coil in your stomach tightens and you know you’re close. Bucky stills.  “Who’s your Sergeant sweetheart?” He teases you and smacks your ass, causing you to moan even louder.

“You are, you’re my Sergeant.” Your body tenses, fingers grasping onto the comforter as he continues slamming into you, pushing himself deeper with each thrust till your walls are clenching tightly around his cock as you come hard screaming out,” Sergeant Barnes!”

Bucky hears your screams of ecstasy and slams into once more before coming filling you with his hot seed.

He collapses beside you pulling you close to his side. You lay your head on his chest and listen to his heartbeat. “I love you, Sweetheart.”

You smile and place kisses on his chest “I love you too Sarg.”  

[kpopisthereasonihavenolife]

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Park Jimin/Reader [F]

Genre: Demon AU, Drabble

Words: 1.6k

Angst - 12: “Who did this? Who hurt you?” Fluff - 13: “God, you’re so beautiful.” 

You’ve been told for as long as you can remember if you hang a foot off the bed at night, or keep your closet door open, a demon would appear and take you away.  Where to was an answer you were never given. Though, no one prepared you for the demon who fell through a portal in your ceiling into your bed at 3 AM.  

You were still up, binge-watching the latest hit show until balls-ass o’clock against better judgment.  With class in the morning and the clock just hitting 2:57 AM, you starred at the bright numbers in your dark room.  You were one of the lucky students who managed a single dorm without having to bunk with someone else. On the 4th floor of the 7-floor building, all the way at the end of the hall by the stairwell was your small dorm. 

It was like magic.  Maybe it was magic.  At the exact moment the clock flicked to 3 AM, it went haywire.  Blaring its alarm that wasn’t suppose to go off until 7, you shrieked.  Slapping the snooze or flipping off the alarm did work to silence it.  Soon, you jolted out of your bed, abandoning your tablet with your show to unplug it.  Finally, it was silent, but not for long.  

Soon, a flash of what was lightning circled your ceiling before something fell and hit your bed.  Scared out of your wits by now, you ran and scrambled for your light switch.  The lightning disappeared as quickly as it appeared as you flipped on the light.  There was a man on your bed. 

“What the fuck?!”  You shrilled as the man lay unmoving on his back on your bed.  You stuck your head out a bit.  His face wasn’t visible from where his head was on your pillows. “Hello?”  You spoke with a crack in your voice.  The sound of your show drowned in the background as you slowly stepped around your bed to look at the man. 

He was gorgeous.  Dark hair with light highlights scattered along his fringe.  Skin a golden tan, shining and smooth like the finest paint.  Dressed in a torn, holey white shirt and dark pants, his feet were bare as his toes past the end of your bed. His jawline was sharp and his small body seemed toned even fully clothed.  You looked him over when his eyes suddenly shot open.  

“Augh whAT THE FUCK!”  You screamed as you flew back onto your ass on the floor as he threw himself upwards looking around. He looked around, a brow quirked down in confusion before he saw you, a human on the floor.  Then he screamed. 

“What the hell?!”  He shot up to stand on your bed, banging his head on the low ceiling.  He winced as he rubbed his head then looked back to you.  A human, young looking, dressed in shorts and flannel that hug off your shoulder.  “A human?  Where the hell am I?”  He questioned.  

Instead of giving him an answer, you gasped as you stood up, yanked a pillow off your bed and swung it at him.  “Get your nasty feet off my bed!”  You shrieked as you wailed on him, somehow hitting his head and flinging him sideways off the bed to tumble to the floor.  You gasped as you dropped the pillow and panicked as you grabbed your head.  “Oh god, I just knocked something into the wall!  What if I just killed a man?!” 

As you panicked to yourself, scrambled around the room, you soon hopped over him and opened your bedroom door, running into the hall to grab a first aid kit from the bathroom, only to come back to the guy sat up and rubbing his jaw.  You sighed in relief as you dropped to your knees next to him. 

“That was rude, even for a human,” he hissed at you.  

“Oh god, did I give you head trauma? You’re acting like your not human.”  

“I’m not a human,” you blinked at him and his dead serious expression.  His hand dropped from his jaw as his eyes blacked out and small fangs pushed at his lips and horns pushed out his forehead.  His fingernails sharpened into claws as he cocked his head.  “I’m a demon.” 

That demon, named Jimin, decided that night that as compensation he would be rooming with you until he decided otherwise.  With a fit from you and a steel will from him, he ended up winning.  It’s been 4 months now since he dropped into your life.  He was apparently kicked out of his demon homeland which he swore up and down wasn’t Hell.  

It was odd having a demon around, to say the least.  When you talked about your sudden roommate your friends, of course, wanted to meet them.  When they met Jimin with his white smile and happy personality, people called him an angle.  You offered an eyeroll with each compliment. Though, it was all true. 

Jimin was a sweetheart.  At first, he was cold, strict even.  But one day, he just changed.  It was like he saw you weren’t a bad person or something, but he started smiling and helping you around the dorm.  

On the weekends when you weren’t engulfed in college, he would drag you out of making sure you stayed in the living room with him instead of your room.  He had been booking it on the pull out sofa, as he denied your offers of getting him a real bed.  

It was a Friday afternoon, and he sat jittery in the living room waiting for you.  Normally you would be home by 3 if you didn’t have any evening lectures.  As far as he knew, you didn’t. So, why weren’t you back when it was half past 5?  It was a quarter til when you opened the dorm door with a sign.  A sign that Jimin heard with his spiked hearing and had him jumping up to greet you at the door while you heeled off your shoes. 

He gasped when he watched your pull off your jacket and saw a bruise on your arm and shoulder.  It wasn’t hard to see how when Jimin came around and word of how you were rooming with a hot guy word got out and girls got a wee bit jealous.  

Unnecessarily so.  

“Y/n?” He questioned as you looked at him and smiled.  

“Hey, sorry I’m late.  I got food though.  It’s cold, but we can heat it up.”  You brushed by him, ignoring the elephant in the room that is your bruises he so noticeably took a negative interest in. He trotted after you as you soon pushed the food into the microwave. 

Jimin stepped up behind you, throwing his arms over your shoulders to hang his hands in front of your chest. He didn’t deny the fact that he warmed up to you and started to care for you.  He wanted to take care of you and keep you safe, so the bruise on your shoulder he pushed his lips on worried and angered him. 

“Who did this to you?  Who hurt you?  Was it a group of girls again?” You sighed, obviously not wanting to talk about it.  “Please tell me.  Just once, you’ve never talked to me about this before.  I just want to know.”  That was a bit of a lie.  He wanted to know so maybe he could put a stop to it.  

“Jimin, it’s fine.  Don’t worry about it.”  You tried brushing off the issue once again. He sighed as he rested his chin on your shoulder as the microwave beeped, timer running out. 

It was a week later when Jimin walked into our room when you were sleeping.  You still hadn’t cracked to his questions, so he took the initiative. Kneeling at your bedside, he put his hand on your shoulder and started peering into your memories.  Seeing a group of 3 girls push you around and throwing books at you, he got angry.  Watching the scene from the past as he took his hand off you, seeing enough.  He leaned over your bed and kissed your forehead.  

“Let’s fix this.” The next morning, Jimin wasn’t in the dorm.  Thining he stepped out, you shrugged as you got ready and left for classes.  It was lunch when your friend Lisa ran to your side.  

“Y/n! Why didn’t you tell us!”  She whined as you looked at her confused, chopstick hanging out of your mouth. 

“Tell you what?” 

“That Jimin enrolled, duh!”  You gasped, just as shocked as her.  

“I didn’t know! What?!” You jumped when someone slung their arms over your shoulder and move to slid beside you on the bench you sat on.  “Jimin?!”  He laughed at your shock as you nearly dropped your chopstick completely. 

“Why the shock? I can go to school too.”  He smirked.  You leaned in closer to him. 

“But you’re a demon!”  You whispered at him.  He rolled his eyes, kissing your cheek.  

“Demon’s need education too.  Don’t be so simple-minded.” The rest of the day, he was basically your shadow.  You were standing at your locker, swapping books when out of the corner of his eyes down the hall he saw the group of girls who turned you into a victim a week ago. He scowled as you noticed and looked down the hall following his eyes. 

You gasped, hiding in your locker as they got closer.  Jimin looked around, the hall was scarce, not many students.  He grabbed your shoulder, pulling you out of your locker, slamming it shut and pinning you against them.  You gasped as he leaned closer to you, nose brushing yours.  The girls halted, watching the scene from afar with open mouths and whispers voices.

“Jimin?” 

“God, you’re so beautiful,” he breathed before he kissed you. 

[astarlitsunflower]

Harrisco #32

“I think I’m in love with you and I’m terrified.”

—••—

Cisco sat at his desk, working with the wires in Barry’s ninth lightning bolt; hair poorly rolled in a bun at the top of his head and glasses over his eyes for protection. He was chewing on the plump of his bottom lip, humming some stupid song to himself. He’d been humming it for an hour and fifty six minutes.

Harry slams his hands on his work desk, metal tools clattering against the metal top. “Can you knock that off? I’m trying to focus.” He glares at Cisco, the light shining off his glasses to emphasize.

“Huh?” Cisco sits up, trying to recover from the scare of Harry’s outburst. “What am I doing? I’m just working!” He motioned to the emblem, showcasing his work. Harry loved when he did that.

But Harry’s face didn’t change. “It’s the same tune. Over and over and over and over and ov-”

“Alright, alright!!” Cisco’s voice went high like Harry liked to mock. “I get it, god you don’t have to take that tone with me.” Cisco sighed out sharply, great, now he was annoyed. He mutters something Harry can’t make out but Harry doesn’t tug that rope. Instead he just hunches down again, trying to focus back on his work. 

—

Cisco stomped out of the room after the third inconvenienced sigh. Caitlin watched him go before looking back to Harry, who was definitely not clenching his jaw to bite back his comments. 

“So,” She started, lacing her fingers in front of her, “Any idea what that was about? Has Cisco been getting enough sleep? Sometimes he gets short fused when he’s exhausted.” She took cautious steps closer, watching Harry the more she spoke.

“How should I know his sleeping schedule? I’m not obsessed with him.” Harry didn’t look up from his monitor. “I don’t know when he sleeps or when he doesn’t sleep.” He could feel her hovering, so he sighed, sat up, and turned to face her. “Any more intrusive questions, Snow?” 

“Just one.” She countered, motioning her index finger towards him. “Where have you been sleeping?” She tilted her head, honey curls falling down with the movement.

Harry inhaled to speak, only to snap his mouth shut as Cisco stomps right back in, pushing his hair behind his ear. “I’ve figured it out!” He starts tapping and typing on the monitor in front of him.

Caitlin ran the equation three times over in her head before going to do her part to help. Cisco turned to stomp out again, making a point to not address or look towards Harry, Caitlin noticed, but kept it to herself. Harry simply scowled and watched him go. 

—

The arguing got worse in the coming weeks. Caitlin caught majority of it, but every so often Joe, Barry and Iris caught front row seats as well. Each where careful, Joe went to Harry while Iris and Barry took to Cisco. 

They treated him to a night out to a decent restaurant, and a bottle of champagne. Part way through the bread and salad, Iris cleared her throat softly. “Hey babe.” She reached for Cisco’s hand to stop pulling apart the bread, when he looked up she smiled softly. “Wanna talk?” 

Damn her. Cisco always blamed the deadly combo of her eyes and smile, no one could deny her. He sighed and dumped the rest of the champagne from the flute down his throat. “I don’t…” He sighs again. “I don’t know what I did. One night, we’re laughing and laying bed together, the next morning he’s distant and furious. Not to me, or at me….but about me?” He shakes his head, looking down before back up. “And then…” He squeezes Iris’ hands, he needs it. “I go to take his hand and….fear. I just feel fear. Fear, anger, rage.” He blows air out before forcing a tear-filled smile. “Awesome, right?” He coughs a laugh and clears his throat.

Iris and Barry look to each other confused for a second before back at Cisco. “Fear? You felt his fear?” Barry cocked his head.

“Yes. It’s part of,” He lifted his hands. “As well as people and the earths vibrations, I’m very in tune with emotions. Empathy, or hyper-empathy.” He shrugs a bit, non-chalant.

“That’s pretty co-”

“Babe.”

“Not the point, right, got it.” Barry sat up straighter, fixing his suit jacket. “What do you think the fear is from?”“Gee, I don’t know, the fact that I know exactly what vibration the earth’s core is and how I can shatter it so easily.” He lifts a shoulder, chuckling, “Or the fact that what I do, what we do, could get him killed. Or how it influenced his daughter.” He shakes his head trying to calm down. “Maybe it’s when I get too angry the apartment shakes. When I dream of the hand in my chest, or cry for Dante, maybe when I spent six months straight building a machine to save you.” Cisco wiped over his cheeks. “Maybe he’s just tired of the circus show.” He swallowed thickly before standing up. “Thanks, guys. I just want to lay down at home. Enjoy your night though.” He taps the table before pocketing his hands going to walk home. 

—

A week or so after that night, Cisco found himself wandering the star labs halls in search of his favorite pocket screwdriver. Upon discovery he grabbed it quickly and stood back up, only to shriek at the flashlight in his face. 

Harry hid an amused smile before flicking the lights on. “What are you doing in here?” He bit out, harsher than intended.

Cisco caught his breath and held up the screwdriver. “Looking for this, relax I’m not here to blast you in your sleep or something, go back to whatever you were doing.” Cisco turned to leave, trying to ignore Harry’s voice.

“What does–Ramon! What does that mean, Cisco?!” That one was closer, Harry must be following him. 

“I know you’re finally terrified of me, no wonder you’ve been yelling and sleeping here now. I’ll leave you be, okay? After this you can go back home and stay there.” His voice stuttered just once and he kept walking, arms folded in front of him; heavy boots echoing behind him. 

“Cis- Ramo-. Augh! Cisco, Stop!” Harry finally stopped giving chase, closing his eyes. “I’m not. Terrified. Okay. I’m not afraid of you.” “Oh really Harry, what is it? The wallpaper?” Cisco scoffed, turning to walk again.

““I think I’m in love with you and I’m terrified.” Harry’s voice didn’t faulter, it was strong, sturdy, an honest. 

Cisco had to grip the wall so he didn’t fall, his breath punched out of him as he stands there. “You’ve been….running away, and…..and sleeping here because y-you’re…”

“In love with you.” Harry’s voice lost all of it’s strength. “I haven’t felt this since Tess.” Bootfalls echoed, careful. “And it just got me thinking of her, the last time I loved someone, she…” He shakes his head, reaching, letting his fingertips brush along Cisco’s shoulderblade. 

Cisco was shaking, trembling, maybe? No, this was different, it wasn’t desperate. It was…Laughter. Harry was quick to pull his hand back and Cisco was even quicker to whip around an grab his wrist. “I thought you hated me. I thought you were so scared of me, all I felt off of you was anger and terror and I thought it was me, but you’re just an idiot!” He grinned, a few tears dropping down his cheeks as he did.

Harry frowned deeper, “Ramon, I could never think of you like that, sure your power is awe inspiring, and so strong, but I would never fear for my life by your hand.” Cisco just laughed more. “Ramon, please don’t laugh.”“But you’re- He cut himself off with laughter. “I love you too! And good god does that scare me too, but I’mm not going to run away. I’m going to embrace it, and that’s going to scare me even more.” He nodded, arms moving around Harry’s neck as he pushed on his toes. “But at the end of the day I’ll have love. And that’s worth it.”

“God yes it absolutely is.” Harry wrapped his arms around his waist, bending over him as he kisses him deep, easily supporting the curve of his back. 

[serene-gale]

Reunion Part 2: The Third Chakra

Previous

The next day.

The hamlet of Tailfeather was ablaze, both with the sounds of busywork and activity and quite literally, fires were still being put out.

Serene, having been caught dead centre in the chaos, was among the first to provide humanitarian efforts in the wake of the Gnath’s raid and subsequent Wyvern attack. The blood spilled from the wound she had sustained had dried but was not treated, the Roegadyn simply ignoring the pain in favour of saving more people in much worse shape than her, regardless, the shot didn’t hit deep, her leather coverings dealt with the brunt of the blast.

The works to save everyone still trapped and recover as many buildings as possible took the better part of both morning and afternoon, and it was approaching dusk by the time everyone had been accounted for, and the town was back to a state of quiet. A gathering not long after works had finished assembled, in order to discuss what next steps where.

“So, what the hell happened?! We got bombarded by the Gnath, then a bloody dragon came in and...”

“Wyvern.”, Esbyrne, who had since recovered from his injuries, piped up.

“Who the hell cares!?”, the Elezen hunter shouted, “It’s a god damn scalekin come to ruin our lives again! Probably saw the Gnath and figured it was a good time to...”, the Hunter was interrupted again, but this time by a Serene, who was in the process of finishing off a Bandersnatch skewer.

“Not exactly!”, Serene excalimed, rather chipper in spite of the general mood of the village, she bit and tore off a chunk of her skewer, wincing a little at it’s toughness, she turned to Esbyrne, “You was not kiddin’ about Bandersnatch mean huh? Oh well, meat is meat.”, she smiled at the old man, who just stared blankly back at her.

“Why the hell are you so happy huh!? Our village is ruined and you think it’s time to crack wise?”, the aggravated hunter yelled at Serene, who shook her head.

“No, I’m not, no way for you to know but my home town was annihilated by the calamity five years ago, not unlike what just happened. I know urgency is key but losing yourself in negativity ain’t gonna help either, just be glad everyone was safe in the end, even if your livelihoods were harmed.”, Serene replied calmly to the man, who put himself back in line at the Roegadyn’s explanation.

“I...right, I’m heated, how can’t I be...but at the very least I’ll keep a lid on it, but we ‘need’ to do something about the Gnath, we can’t have them raid us again.”, he added, with Serene nodding.

“They could attack again, but I don’t think they’re the cause of this. Did you hear that Wyvern just before it left? It was complaining about the constant noise driving it mad.And the Gnath...well they have guns and are constantly chattering...I think the Wyvern is lashing out at anything it’s hearing at the minute. Why? Dunno, but that’s my guess.”, Serene proposed, causing the congregation of men to huddle around thinking, only for Esbyrne to speak up next.

“The lass may be onto something. My grandpa told me stories of dragons when I was but a boy, and he would always tell me one before bed, about a Wyvern who’s hearing was so keen he could pick up the song of his forefather from malms away, as clear as crystal. If that dragon is hearing everything going on in the forelands, maybe it has been driven mad by it?”, Esbyrne proposed further, causing more discussion in the group, only to be asked by the frustrated hunter from before.

“So you’re saying we kill a Wyvern? Are you mad old man?”, he said, shaking his head, only for him to jump at Serene patting his shoulder, beaming at him.

“Naaah, you guys can focus on defending this place from further attack and recovering, ‘I’ll’ go fight the big scary dragon, uh...Wyvern.”, she said, her confidence wavering at her misnomer. The hunter, and Esbyrne too, scoffed a bit.

“Lass, you’re tough, but not tough enough for that.”, Esbyrne told her while the Hunter walked away, mouthing something about Serene’s sanity that she couldn’t quite hear. Regardless, the Roegadyn shrugged.

“Well, as a member of the Adventurer’s Guid, I can’t simply turn away from this, and I am not defenceless, not by a long shot, I promise you, on my honour as a Guildmember of the Adventurer’s Guild, that I will vanquish that dragon, and put both you and it out of it’s mysery.”, Serene declared, winking at Esbyrne before turning on her heel and walking towards the gate entrance

“Lass wait...”, Esbyrne called out, unable to properly stand due to his injuries, the hunter who had introduced Serene to the vilalge held him back, while the annoyed hunter from before rejoined the conversation, looking at the woman’s back as she left.

“Idiot’s gonna get herself killed, then again, she has the confidence of someone convinced that they can do anything...fool.”, he said, only for the fellow hunter to calm him down.

“Settle down, she helped us a lot over the course of this, as much of a suicide mission as it is, I trust her to do her job...though at the same time...”, he motioned to a group of healthy looking trapper, who moved out after the girl, “I’m gonna set up a contingency just in case she’s in over her head, I’d rather she not die for our sake.”

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A few hours later,

Serene had made it to a massive waterfall that lead up to a giant ruined structure, what the structure was for she didn’t know, but judging from the numerous claw marks and destroyed trees that led her here, the Martial Artist could only assume it was the lair of her quarry.

“Am I seriously gonna have to climb? Is there...”, she looked around a little before sighing, “There isn’t, climb it is.”, Serene hopped in the river leading to the waterfall, the current not impeding her too much as she found a relatively stable rockface to start climbing from.

The climb didn’t take too long, much to the Roegadyn’s surprise, what she thought would be smooth stone from the water constantly barraging it was actually jagged and quite capable of giving her footholds to use. The Wyvern must have used the waterfall as a way of drowning out the noise and lashing out in rage when it couldn’t do so.

As she reached the top, Serene cursed the fact that she was now soaked, trying in vain to dry her hair before entering the ruins of ‘The Iron Feast’, a building built long ago for dragonkind, having been left to ruin in the current age. There Serene saw what she had expected, the Wyvern, sleeping, though it’s tail lashed out wildly, The moment she took but a step into the Feast, the Wyvern’s eyes shot open and a roar followed.

*MORE DISTRUBANCES, NEED QUIET*, a voice bellowed in turn with the Wyvern’s roar, ringing Serene’s ears as she winced while keeping her pace towards the Wyvern, who turned to look at her.

*You...you’re the reason for this noise, stop...stop now*, the Wyvern spoke to Serene, it’s voice somewhat calm, if not angered, in the presence of the noise that caused it so much discomfort.

“No...not unless you stop wildly attacking the colonies of living beings down below.”, Serene demanded, which caused another roar to echo from the Wyvern.

*I wish...for quiet...and will...destroy all...who ruin it*, it spoke slowly before taking off to the skies and breathing a plume of flame at Serene, who backflipped out of the way of what was now boiling water on the floor of the Iron Feast.

“Guess negotiations are off...”, Serene muttered to herself before leaping out of the way of the Wyvern’s plunge, as she spun to face the beast again, she drew out various components of a pole from her carry sack, assembling it quickly as the Wyvern made for another strafe of her location.

This time, instead of breathing fire, the Wyvern extended it’s claws and slashed at Serene as she blocked with both of her arms, however, instead of drawing blood, the Wyvern’s claws dug into the hardwood of Serene’s staff, lifting the Roegadyn off the ground as he flew back up into the air.

Deftly, Serene used her momentum to vault from the claws of the Wyvern to one of it’s wings, ripping her staff from it and causing it to stagger in the air as she steadied herself and began unleasing a pummeling on the Wyvern’s back, causing it to jerk and thrash in an attempt to get her off it.

The two soared though the skies, Serene managing to inflict damage upon the scales of the creature with each crushing blow her staff dealt, however, infuriated, the Wyvern flew into a wall, slamming the Roegadyn into it and throwing her off it’s back and down back into the waterlogged floor below.

Thinking fast Serene grasped tight onto her staff and before she hit the ground thrust it into the stone wall next to her, breaking though and, despite her being unable to hold onto the staff now embedded in the wall, broke her fall, only winding herself a little as she landed, soaked and how with a mane of hair in her eyes as her ponytail came undone.

“Are you kidding me?!”, she shouted as the wing of the Wyvern smacked her from the side, sending her further into the centre of the ruin. Dazed from the surprise attack. She clambered up and shook her hair out of her face, the red locks reaching down past her lower back as she made sure she had her sights on the Wyvern, who had since landed a small distance from her and was now charging at her with malice in it’s eyes.

A flash of gold pulsed from Serene as she pulled back her fist and threw a punch that connected directly on the snout of the Wyvern, dazing it and sending it crashing to the ground, taking Serene with it. The two of them continued on for a fair few metres before Serene sprung up, and delivered a swift kick to the Wyvern’s head, causing it to howl and knock her back with the use of one of it’s wings.

“Augh...”, Serene gasped as she landed, staggering up as the Wyvern followed suit, “It’s so damn fast...I can hardly keep up...”, the Roegadyn closed her eyes and relaxed her stance, “No, no no, gotta remember, focus, be calm as the wind, that’s how I can see.”, she began to meditate as the Wyvern charged at her on the ground, fire pouring from it’s mouth as it readied more fire breath.

However, for Serene, her senses where elsewhere, she was back in a place like the Iron Feast, but pristine, or at least it was. Dragons and Elezen fighting to the death in it’s space, a grand battle, but through it all Serene kept her cool and continued her meditation, a blue glow, one she’d seen before enveloping her as the Wyvern she was fighting suddendly appeared in her minds eye, as clear as day.

The Roegadyn’s eyes shot open as she leapt above the fireball that had just been shot toward her, landing squarely on her feet before rushing the Wyvern, who had started to try taking to the skies. Instead, it found it’s legs being grappled on by Serene who spun the beast around with a force new to her and sending it back down to the ground, howling in pain.

Serene turned to faced the Wyvern, massaging her shoulder as she chuckled, “Right, okay, warm up’s done, I’m ready to fight now.”

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Bendy In Inky Terrors Chapter 3 New Version [Full]

heyyyy look here it’s chapter 3!~~~ hope you all are ready for more spooks and the feels and the triggered of alice taking away boris. oh and also angruh bendy boy too and haft of this chapter is partly based off of an rp i did with someone of their alice au with modern!bendy in his ink form but i edited an few knots into it to make it seem like an part of the story. and also there are poor feels when henry sees norman as in this au he and norman were like the bestest of friend like brothers nearly too you can guess that when he saw him as…. well the projectionist   you can guess that it was more of an heart breaking moment for henry rather then an scared moment

“Alice” and “bendy” and the butcher Gang belongs to themeaty shawn flynn belongs to jacksepticeye grant belongs to DAGAMES (i can’t remember the last name  ) Modern BATIM AU belongs to me happy halloween everyone or late halloween depending on what day you all read this on and there may be only one or two flashbacks occurring as we all know how long chapter 3 is too i won’t make it extra long cause I’m not that evil……. yet XD and also anything else can happen at this point make some fan stories of this au if you want or make up some random theory or even draw fanart of this au i don’t mind seeing what you all have.

made on: October 24th

finished on: October 30th

[[P.S you’ll find out why this is an new version since due to the new secret of chapter 3 being released]

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 Henry’s eyes opened as he got up from the bed after an few days or maybe even an week have gone by since he and bendy met up with Boris. Overtime however the demon and the friendly wolf noticed the scar Henry had on his arm thanks to joey. The rather young but still old animator had just woken up from an restful sleep he needed it due to how tired he and his friend were from fighting and trying to survive in the studio. He looked around the room he was in he sighed “we can’t stay here any longer” he decided that they stayed here long enough it was time for them to leave the saferoom. Henry then noticed that the hooded devil was nowhere in slight in the room “bendy?” he looked around not seeing the hooded devil darling anywhere “must have woken up he walked out seeing another pair of overalls hanging he went to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror "heh god I look like a mess” he said as he scratched his beard a bit and noticed his clothing still had some stains of ink left but he can barley see it “i’ll have to wash these when I get back home… if I ever make it out with these two that is” he said and walked on to see Boris listening to an rather classy cartoon like tune playing and saw bendy with the cartoon wolf he noticed bendy was not listening to the music as he kept drinking an can of bacon soup in his hand “hey there bud couldn’t sleep?” he asked the cartoon as bendy just nodded “eh to be honest I was just waking up to get something to drink” he said while taking an sip of the can of bacon soup. Henry patted the devil on the head “just try not to drink too fast remember your body hasn’t fully healed yet” bendy blinked before nodding Henry saw an series of numbers on the can which he assumed was the expiration date he looked at bendy and told him “besides you know that bacon soup is expired right?” bendy’s eyes widen so fast they almost fell out of his head as he spitted it out “AUGH WHY DID'INT YA TELL ME BEFORE?!?!?” he said while wiping his mouth trying to get the taste out. Henry held his laughter back and waved at Boris who waved back with a smile “good morning Boris… or good afternoon hard to tell the time down here” Boris pointed to an nearby clock the time on it said 10:00 AM on it  "oh thanks" he said to the wolf and went to look around an bit he saw the weird design on the wall he shook his head “whoever was here in this saferoom before did not think of what cartoons look like” he saw Boris and bendy nodding agreeing with him he walked towards the door and saw the lever was missing “not getting out of here that easy the lever’s missin-” Henry looked over to see Boris whistling with an innocence look on his face and Henry had to held back his laughter as he saw bendy doing the same thing only using the banjo just for fun “kid-” bendy started to play the banjo interrupting Henry as he choked an laugh “wellll howdy there deputy Boris! what do ya say we go and find that lever for our good friend Henry partner!” he said in the most funniest Texan accent he could manage and Boris whistled and did an motion of nodding while trying to hide his laugh “welll what do ya say hen? wanna help out old sheriff bendy and my deputy Boris in helping ya find that lever partner?” bendy said and the banjo lost an string hitting the little devil in the face Boris and Henry both covered their mouths trying to stop laughing out loud “pfffff-” Henry was trying his hardest not to laugh “well that was the 20th gosh darn banjo this week” he turned to look at Boris with an fake angry and funny expression on his face “BORIS! I TOLD YA WE NEEDED MORE BANJOS B O I!” Boris was wheezing and banging his fist on the table as Henry was laughing “come on Boris I know you have it or are you holding it hostage until I make you something to eat?” Boris had an innocence puppy look on his face while smiling and his tongue was out as bendy had to hold in his laughter after he and Boris did that little joke. Henry gave in to the wolf as he sighed and smiled “I thought so let’s see what I can find” Henry said as he walked around to find three bacon soup cans as bendy had to release his laughter he and Boris were laughing so hard “ohhh god Boris that was the funniest thing I ever seen in this studio ever since Henry came back” Boris nodded “hey what’s wrong you still don’t feel like talking?” the wolf nodded and bendy shook his friend “Come on pal you were laughing! Your voice has to be fixed now” Boris looked down and bendy patted his head “hey pal come on I promise you your voice will come back to ya maybe not even today but it’ll come back someday” Boris smiled and nodded. Henry came back with three cans of bacon soup “well I think I have enough to make an batch of soup for you Boris” he said and started to make the soup “hey bud how are your injuries holding up?” Henry asked and bendy fell silent “i’m still going strong!! it’ll take more than an ink demon to take me down!” he said trying to look tough but instead fell down from the seat “ow” Boris chuckled “not funny pal” bendy said rubbing his forehead “Hey Henry can I ask you something?” Henry looked at bendy as he putted the bowl of soup down for Boris “I guess so what’s on your mind?” he said as he helped him up “what was your family like?” Henry fell silent he paused and tried to think “well truth be told the only family I do see now a days are my sister and cousin along with their grandkids but I used to visit my other family members like my cousin and aunt and uncle” bendy looked at a picture in Henry’s pocket he noticed it has “what about your mom and dad?” Henry stopped and sighed “my father… well I take after him he was an war hero and a Good guy….. an real good guy I actually miss him..” bendy could see that the old animator did'int like to talk about his family that much because of what happened with his father bendy smiled sadly “hey i’m sorry if that made ya….. well ya know” Henry nodded “it’s fine I needed to get that out of my chest anyway” he said and picked up the lever that was in the box Boris putted “wait why do you need the lever anyway?” he asked and Henry pointed to the door that leads to out of the saferoom “well we’re not staying here forever bendy. At some point we do need to get out and we rest for long enough. are you ready to go?” he asked the little devil and he nodded while pulling out the same gun Henry used that was given to him by his father “you still remember how to shoot like I taught ya during when we were in here” Henry asked the toon and he nodded. Boris got up while he stretched his arms and Henry putted the lever back on and tuned it down while opening the door in the process “let’s see what’s out there don’t wander off” he told them. The three walked as they felt the saferoom door slammed shut. Henry noticed an little station near the corner “why would Joey add confession booths in the studio? since when did he care about religion?” bendy and Boris shrugged. the three saw an dark corridor up ahead Henry grabbed an flashlight that was on an table and he, bendy, and Boris both walked into the darkness they slowly walked keeping an eye out for anything as they walked an clanking sound was heard Henry and Boris and bendy jumped at the noise “it was nothing come on just the pipes you know how this place now is” he told them and they kept walking until they reached an blocked off door and the door behind them closed “shoot…” bendy stated as they were not trapped until they found an way out of this room. Henry looked around trying to see any opening “I don’t see any other way through, got any ideas guys?” Bendy shrugged and Boris pointed to an nearby vent happened to be right near the door “hey wait a minute Boris you think you can open that door for us?” The demon asked and he nodded “well you’re gonna Need this than we do” Henry said while handing Boris the flashlight and opened the vent as the 6’4 foot tall wolf crawled in as the two waited “so bud” bendy looked at Henry “mind tellling me how your able to uh….. well” bendy’s face darkened “you mean how I can transformed into…. that more monsterized version of that other me with the limp do ya….” Henry nodded and bendy sighed “Joey… well let’s say he used an kind of special ink coated on my body… that was only used on me he said it was an test he wanted to see how I can deal with having an special ink this was before you left and all and after an few weeks of Boris and Alice being brought into the real world….“ Henry raised an eyebrow "and why was I not aware of this?” he asked the devil and he shrugged “I honestly have no clue maybe Joey didn’t want you to know or maybe he was planning I don’t know all I know is that how he began his little tests with me he wanted to see if anything changed and it did one day I woke up like….. like what you saw fighting those searchers in the projecter room, only before I did'int even have any control over it when I realized what I became. You see some of that special ink may cause an different affect to certain toons I guess while some makes them tall or changes their appearance there are others tho…. that will give the said toon an increased amount of strength enough to lift a car and…..  in order to gain that strength one must….. pay the burden of becoming an monster…..” Henry could see the little devil shaking “I got the worst one…….. I was….. cursed…. to transform….. into an deadly… horriflying…. powerful…. monster version… of myself…… that was only the first form you saw…. yeah….. side effects sometimes can be a real pa-” Henry shushed him “stop, if you don’t wanna talk about it you don’t have to alright pal?” he nodded “it’s fine I just…. wanted to get that out of my head. been bother me for a while…” as they stand there and waited they both got worried that what if something happened to Boris. Then what seem like forever the door finally opened up “there we go come on bo-” bendy stopped when he realized “Henry… I think we’ll have to find Boris when we get into that room” Henry sighed “than we’ll have to meet up with hi-” he stopped “what did ya stop talking fo-” his eyes widen the two saw an massive room with the sign “HEAVENLY TOYS” on top “woah….” bendy said his eyes sparkling with awe and amazement “wow” Henry said shocked at what he was seeing “I don’t remember any of this” he said. the two looked around before going upstairs and seeing an shelf full of toys “huh wonder why none of these didn’t sell” henry asked himself and bendy pressed an button on a tape recorder “this” he pointed and the two listened “I don’t be seeing what the big deal is, so what if I went and painted some of those bendy dolls with a crooked smile? that’s sure no reason for mister drew to be flying all the handle at me” the voice had an slight Irish accent Henry knew only one person with an accent like that “Shawn Flynn?” bendy nodded and they kept listening to the tape “And if he really wants to be so helpful he could be telling me what i’m a suppose to doing with this warehouse full of that angel whatyamacall it. Not a Scrap of that mess be selling, probably have to melt it all down to be rid of it all” the tape stopped “haven’t heard that voice in a long time kinda gave me an surprise” Henry said looked at the wires and an lever “what’s ya thinking about?” Henry looked at the way that was blocking the door “why is there always something blocking the door? gotta be a way th-” he stopped when he felt a light bolt lit up above his head “hey bud I think I have an idea” bendy looked up “I’m listening” 10 minutes later after taking the toys out of the clogged places and turning on the power the door finally opened “well gotta say-” the two’s eyes widen “al….” bendy said quietly as they looked at the “SHE’S QUITE A GAL” sign Henry could see that bendy’s face was melting bring back some memories to him.

~flashback~ “ohhhh bendy darling!!!~~” Alice said in an cheerful voice. The hooded devil looked up he was busy helping out the old man with an drawing “yeah Al?” he said and she handed him an present “I realized you haven’t gotten an present since today is your birthday so hope ya like it!~” bendy’s eyes blink he forgotten that despite being created on Christmas he was only in the real world for a few weeks and he haven’t yet gotten an welcome he shrugged and opened it and his eyes widen as he saw an necklace locket he opened the pocket watch and an picture of him and Alice and Boris were on it with the words “Greatest Friends Ever” bendy had an dark blush on his face as he smiled at it softly and hugged the angel “thanks Al” he said with the angel hugging back “no problem” bendy looked down “but sorry i did’int give ya anything for ya toots” alice smiled and gave the hooded toon an kiss on the cheek “darling making you happy is all i need to see as an present” she said with an soft smile.

~flashback ended~ “hey, bud you alright?” he said and bendy snapped back to reality “o-oh! y-yeah I’m totally fine old man just remembering some good old times with the gang!” bendy said smiling hoping Henry wouldn’t notice the stutter he made thankfully he didn’t notice and they walked an little bit closer to the big window with the door on it the entire room went black as they heard the voice of Alice angel while seeing images of Alice turned on at the small TV boxes “what… the…. ” he said in pure shock as bendy and he looked both creeped out and confused before he could say anything else suddenly what seems to be Alice angel appeared slamming on the window “I’M ALICE ANGEL!!!!” both bendy and Henry jumped in shock as she screamed and then the sounds of the glass breaking and laughing in a devilish tone was heard the entire room turned off blinding the two in total darkness “I see you there” the voice known as Alice angel spoke as Henry kept the little devil with him as close as he can as the hooded devil hid behind Henry’s leg “a new fly in my endless web” Henry gritted his teeth while keeping an grip on the hunting knife he found when he had first arrived in the studio. Bendy tried his best to keep hidden as he was scared now to even come out from behind he’d never been this scared before of something he saw happen basically every single time Henry felt something touched his cheek “come along now, let’s see if your worthy to walk with angels, hahahahahaha~” the lights turned back on and bendy jumped while screaming onto the ceiling henry blinked and looked up “bud you okay?” bendy realized he didn’t have claws in his normal form and he fell down onto Henry the two falling on eachother “ow! henry why did-” bendy noticed his friend’s eyes were widen so much he was paused for the first time in his life the old animator was terrifed and afraid “henry!” bendy said slapping henry “come on we have to keep going! who knows if that lady won’t come back over here to just kill us!” he said and the two marched on quickly with bendy trying to drag henry. they were stopped at two paths “what the…” bendy said now freaked out “okay when joey said he was gonna remodel the place I did not think he make two paths!” bendy said with ink melting from his head henry finally getting back to his senses patted the demon’s shoulder as he got up  “bud calm down we’ve seen weirder things than this” Henry said and he looked at the doors trying to think of which one to go to “looks like there’s only two ways to go but the question is…. which way is the right one?” he said as he looked at the two signs one said “THE DEMON” and the sign had an stained head of bendy colored in fully black as ink seem to drip down and they looked at the other sign which seemed normal with the words “THE ANGEL” on them “well come on let’s get going!” he said as he went the other way but Henry instead walked towards the door that said the demon. Bendy stopped in his tracks noticing that henry did’int follow him in and ran after him tugging his leg “h-hey! why are you going in there that other me could be hiding in there! come on henry you know how tough that thing is!” Henry looked down at him “bendy as much as I would want to deal with that… angel right now I prefer to go this way because-” he stopped as he was trying to think of what to say. bendy walked with him “well?” the toon asked and Henry putted his hands up saying in a calm and stern tone “i’ll tell you about it later alright? right now let’s focus on getting out of here” bendy nodded “okay...” Henry started to walk ahead “come on let’s see if we can find a way out of this room” they walked into the ink filled room and they heard the other door on the right closed “well no going back now it seems” bendy said and Henry noticed an tape recorder. He turned it on and the two were shocked to hear the voice of “Joey?!” Henry said surprised at how young the voice sounded in the tape recorder “there’s nothing wrong with dreaming. wishing for the impossible is just human nature. that’s how I got started just a pencil and a dream. We all want everything without even having to lift a finger. they say you just have to believe. belief can make you succeed, belief can make you rich, belief can make you powerful. why with enough belief you can even cheat death itself! now that…. is a beautiful and positively silly thought” after hearing the message Henry felt creeped out the way joey was talking. He was confused to how cheerful and calm he was in the tape almost like he did'int seem to care about anything at all. bendy got out of the ink shaking it off of his legs and rubbing it off his shoes “come on let’s get out of here this room is giving me the creeps” he said and the old animator followed the toon not knowing that an certain ink demon poked it’s head out of the inky floor as they walked away the ink demon’s unmoving grin grew wider and slowly went back into the ink leaving out an dark chuckle and cackle as it went underneath into the inky depths. The ex-animator and the hooded toon devil kept on walking in the studio listening to the eerie deathly silent in the corridors. It was Rather unsettling ‘it did'int feel right it’s way to quiet’ Henry thought to himself and he looked at bendy and he looked back with an worried look “something should had popped out by now in front of us it’s weird that nothing happened yet Henry” the toon said keeping an grip on the gun while gulping and Henry patted the toon’s back “well let’s not lower our guard yet anything can hap-” they both jumped when they saw an cutout peek from around the corner. Bendy yelled and accidentally fired an bullet from the gun out of fear Henry looked at him with a 'really?’ expression as bendy chuckled and smiled nervously “h-heheheh… s-sorry?” Henry sighed and they heard an seerching noise echoing along with an voice saying “My EyEs!!!!” bendy and henry looked at eachother with confused looks on their face “let’s pretend we did’int hear that” henry said with his friend nodding “that was creepy...” bendy said as the duo turned to see who was around the corner and they saw Boris standing there waving at them with an smile. Bendy ran quickly and hugged his friend the wolf patted the toon’s head “Boris you’re alright! how you get here so fast?” the little devil asked and Henry said “Boris!, you scared us to death I don’t suppose you have anything to protect ourselves with?” Boris nodded and handed him an gent pipe Henry grabbed it “this will do for now” he said and bendy got off of boris “good to see ya alright Boris! now let’s go!” the three marched on arriving in another room with what seems to be filled with toys of bendy, Boris, and Alice all in small and large versions. It did'int make the creepiness go down as there was ink everywhere it made the three looked around an check their surroundings “what happened in here? looks like an warzone happened in here” Henry said while bendy just looked down obvious to what happened here as he sighed “an lot of bad things happened while you were gone for so long hen…” Boris walked over and pointed to an lever while tapping his feet the two walked over “woah nice eye! I forgot your still good at seeing things we can’t!” bendy said and Boris smiled and looked proud of himself “looks like we need to turn on two levers at once you got this one Boris i’ll find the other one” bendy went ahead “oh! I remember those guys!” Henry went over to see what was his friend talking about he saw the butcher gang poster at the end of an corridor “oh, the butcher gang I remember them appearing in your cartoon haft the time they were like uncles to you right bud?” bendy nodded while smiling slowly “yeah…” he said and Henry started to walk over to the lever that happened to be right near the poster he turned around to see bendy not moving “hey bud you okay?” bendy blinked “o-oh s-sorry i’ll just stand here I-I just though I saw something move in there” Henry raised an eyebrow “what do you mean-” before he could say anything he heard something he turned around and got jumpscared by something coming out of the picture it roared at him and Henry backed away and as it got up and walked towards him he wasted no time in bashing it with the pipe it took only two big hits to the head for it to fall down he got an good look of the downed creature bendy saw too and he looked sadden “it’s charlie….” he said sadly and they watched as the inkified piper melted into ink and bendy stared as the ink that was the only remaining thing of piper went into bendy Henry did'int question as he remember in his cartoon piper and the two others were like mentors to bendy and kind of like the three uncles from Casper he sighed and Henry pulled the lever and Boris came running down the corner and saw his toon friend leaning on the wall “hey bud… you okay?” Henry asked the hooded toon devil as he rubbed his tears away “….. i’m fine… let’s keep going…” Henry nodded and the three walked into the room with the lift and they went inside as Henry pressed the number 9 on the wall and the lift went down. they heard the supposed voice of Alice angel speak again “your so interesting so.. different I have to say i’m a instant fan” Henry did'int say anything as bendy looked so emotionless and depressed from hearing Alice’s voice for so long. Boris comforted his toon friend and Henry listened to her speaking “looks like you got a date with a angel!” bendy looked up feeling like his heart just broke into a million pieces Henry took noticed and grunted at the voice of Alice and silently flipped her off even though she did'int see it. he muttered “yeah right lady…..” he looked at bendy and smiled and bendy smiled back with a few tears dripping down “hey don’t worry i know you’ll probably hit me with a mallet if I ever do that” Henry said while chuckling at his own joke and bendy kinda snickered an bit too while Boris smiled and patted the toon’s back. After what seemed like an few minutes of waiting they had reached the floor finally the trio could tell it was Alice’s place because of the sign of the SHE’S QUITE A GAL sign was on there. The door from the lift opened and all three of them walked down “come along there’s a whole twisted world out here~~” Henry noticed another tape recorder as Boris went on ahead and he pressed play on it and listening to Thomas yet again rambling on “kinda shocking that an elevator still works in this place after 30 years… than again it must be my head and mind playing tricks on me and i’m only just imaging all this happening” he said and chuckled when he heard Thomas said “I’m taking the stairs” Henry turned off the tape recorder “I would of done that too Tom” he went over to the platform and he along with Boris stepped on the tile as the door opened and Boris’s ears perked up and he ran ahead of the two “hey Boris wait up!” bendy said and chased after his wolf friend with Henry following “hey what’s the matte-” his eyes widen as he saw what Boris was looking at. an dead body of himself “oh… god…” Henry said and looked around shocked at what he was seeing an ton of bodies of dead v bendy’s eyes widen in pure shock upon seeing the amount of bodies of dead Bories he held his chest where his heart would be and started sobbing while leaning on the wall “nononononNONONONONONNNO!!!!! NOT AGAIN! PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME SEE THIS HORRIBLE IMAGE AGAIN!!!” bendy screamed loudly and ferociously while his clothing started to turn tattern and worn out. Henry knew what was happening to bendy, he was hyperventilating he knew that condition far too well but since the toon wasn’t an human Henry did'int know what else to do. As Bendy kept crying he started to grow claws on his gloves as he was trying not to transform out of pure saddness and anger he digged the claws in his own head trying to make the pain of the flasbacks of boris dying out of his head. He hugged the toon tightly while shushing him as bendy kept breathing quickly and sobbing and coughing harshly “hey hey hey buddy! calm down! it’s gonna be okay just calm down! it’s alright bendy! it’s gonna be alright!” Henry said rubbing the toon’s head as he saw his crying was sounding more demonic “NO NO NO IT’S NOT ALRIGHT! NOT AGAIN NOT AGAIN! WHY! WHY DID JOEY DO THIS!” His eyes turn turned red and purple as he snapped at the retired animator  "WHY DID YOU ABANDONED US HENRY?!?!?!“ bendy said while screaming and snarling in a demonic tone and lashed out scratching Henry’s arm on accident he was going to keep lashing out but than Boris hugged the toon. Bendy’s eyes widen and he was now whimpering and he hugged the wolf back crying softly into his shoulder than something came out of his throat he spoke shocking bendy and Henry "i-i-it’s a-alright b-bendy i-i-i-i’m h-here a-and i-im n-n-not l-l-l-leaving!” Boris said wheezing and coughing Henry and bendy looked at shock boris’s voice sounded so weak and tired but bendy sniffed and hugged the toon “i’m not d-d-d-d-dead bendy okay? your b-big b-b-bro is still here” he said coughing and after an few minutes bendy calmed down Henry growled and glared as they heard Alice’s voice again “look around it took so many of them to make me so beautiful” bendy then snarled darkly and was about to transform and beat the living ink tarp out of her body but Boris shook his head “don’t it’s not worth it” he said and bendy grunted but nodded than the three heard something that made all of them confuse of what Alice was saying “I had to do it, she made me” Henry than carefully walked over passing by an tape recorder but did'int press it he did'int want to hear what it had to say as he gripped on his fists and went inside to meet the ink angel face to face. Meanwhile Boris was trying to get bendy to calm down. The hooded toon was furious and angry as he argued on  "I CAN’T FREAKING BELIEVE IT! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS ALICE! SHE WAS HERE THIS WHOLE TIME! SHE. SHE. SHE’S GONE COMPLETELY MAD BORIS!“ bendy said hissing and snarling while Boris looked away from his corpse "I….. I know bendy b-but it wasn’t her fault you have to understand-” bendy snapped “I KNOW! IT WAS SUSIE’S DOING BOR!! BUT STILL….” bendy’s growling toned down as he sighed “why did she have to kill you so many times after joey did it to you the first… w-why….. why do I have to keep on seeing you die in front of me every single time!” he knelt down burying himself on Boris’s lap crying as he patted his head “there there buddy…” Boris looked up and noticed something was inside the corpse he pulled it out and saw an spare heart his eyes widen and he hid it in his pocket that he can fit it in thankfully and he picked up bendy “come on we’ll wait for Henry back at the li-” bendy suddenly got out of Boris’s arms as he looked at Boris with an expression that showed no emotion “no…. tell Henry I need to be alone for an bit” he said before walking off putting his hood over his head and putting his hands in his pockets. Boris looked down sadly while sighing deeply and walked off too waiting for Henry by the lift while bendy walked off by himself to gather his thoughts as he hid his anger and kept walking off and finding an shortcut to level 14. Henry came out of the angel’s lair and was going to walk back to the lift but he saw the gate closed in front of him “I’ll make this simple, look for value panels turn the clogs and get the things, please don’t make me regret sparing you I can always change my mind” Henry rolled his eyes and grabbed the plunger he stared at it “........ seriousally? an plunger” he sighed and walked off. He noticed that bendy was not with Boris “hey buddy? where’s bendy?” Boris looked up at him with an tired look “he said he had to be alone for a while needs to gather his thoughts” Henry nodded “I can understand that knowing what the poor little guy saw..” Boris nodded “Henry I… I need to ask ya…. do you think that we’ll ever get out of here?” Henry nodded “I made an promise to bendy Boris and i’m not going to break it I will get him and anyone else that isn’t or wasn’t affected by the ink out of this hell hole” Boris smiled “so should I come with you to uh help out with whatever she asked ya to do?” Henry shook his head “no i’m fine you can wait here if you want. I need to recollect on my thoughts too” Boris nodded letting his friend go off. the old animator sighed while walking as he listened to what Alice was saying as he searched around for the values “there’s so little rules in this world now so very. But there’s one rule we ALL respect down here, BeWaRe ThE iNk DeMoN~ stay out for too long and he will findddd you~~ if you don’t make it, well… I enjoyed seeing you again” Henry raised an eyebrow confused at why she said that but shurgged it off and kept on walking looking for the value cores. After what felt like hours of searching he’d finally found the last one it was in an room where he encountered the second member of the butcher gang. He noticed something strange. he stopped and looked at the creature’s appearance “the hell…?” he nearly vomited when he noticed the camera on the creature’s head he almost felt sorry for the ink creature as it walked off away from his slight “jeeze… wonder if that thing can see anything in there” he muttered to himself and got the last value core and walked back. Henry noticed ink veins appearing in the room and his eyes widen as he felt something whistling “WhAt’S Ya ThInKiNg AbOuT hEnRy?” the ink demon said incing his face closer and henry reacted quickly, by making the plunger stick to the ink demon’s face. “........ huh?” henry saw that the ink demon stopped and he growled “ArE yOu KiDdInG Me?” the ink demon growled while flipping him off and slowly went back down into the inky depts while the plunger was dropped to the ground henry picked it back up and ran out of the room back to where boris was waiting. Henry dropped the vaule cores and the plunger back in the dispenser like machine and the sounds of alice’s speaker turned on “my machines are hungry! gather me some spare parts” Henry groaned and took the wrench like object and walked off. he walked on carrying two gears to room to room he began to see the rooms darkening with ink viens appearing again henry’s eyes widen and he hid quickly in an miracle station and waited for “bendy” to go away. the ink was fading as it looked like the ink demon wandered off to another area and he got out of the booth breathing heavily while holding his chest “damn it! why now this happens just what is up with this place?!” henry ranted while moving on. After 20 minutes he gathered the last one and on his way back noticed an flooded room he felt like he will need to come back here soon “maybe it’s just my head but i feel like there’s something in there” he thought in his head as he walked back and noticed Boris was whistling an tune he heard when he was doing the sheepsongs episode. Henry putted the spare parts into the can and putted the wrench in there and then he blinked with an hopeless look as alice speaked into the speaker again “have you seen them? the swollen ones? there filled with ExTrA tHiCk InK!!! it makes me sick and yet it’s the perfect thing that keeps myself together but an little warning you will have to move quietly if you see one cause they get startled very easily” she said and henry took noticed of that and took the syringe he noticed it looked different than most syringes he saw during his time at the war but he payed no mind to went to work but he could’nt help but groaned “how much freaking stuff do you even need lady?!” he muttered to himself while walking off. Almost an hour and a haft later he found the last one while also listening to an tape on the way back “I don’t get it!” the voice of wally said on the tape “everyone’s walking around like grandma just died I mean hello people! you make cartoons for crying out loud your suppose to make people laugh! i’m telling ya if I don’t see an smile on anyone anytime soon i’m out of here!” Henry chuckled “I sure hope ya did make it out of here wally” he said and went back up during the way back he saw the walls showing spots of ink everywhere again. He hid inside and saw the ink demon once again as it was dragging something and it dropped it he snarled “oKaY ALiCE I KnOw YoUr FrEaKiNg OuT HeRe!” Henry kept quiet but curious ‘why did he said alice instead of me?’ The ink demon’s growling grew more viscous and he jammed his claws onto the inkified person’s back and dropped them and walked off snarling. Henry could see that it was the same person he saw in the closest with the knife and head wound and he was shocked when he saw the person getting up and moaning in an almost zombie like manner before wandering about and Henry waited no more than 3 minutes and started bolting straight back and called the lift and went into it “Henry you okay?” Boris asked as he saw him panting and pressing the 9 button an few times “i-i’m fine” he said ingoring what Alice was saying as he tried to catch his breathe. he did however caught note of one thing she said before they reached floor 9 “dreams come true susie, dreams come true no matter what joey said” Henry shivered remembering on the way back to the lift after Alice had spared him he listened to one of the tape recorders and found out that Joey took Susie on a date and felt creeped out when he heard her said “he even called me Alice, I liked it” Henry again breathed in relif and when he putted the syringe away back in the dispencer like machine she said something that made his heart stop cold “have you seen those grinning demons? let’s remove them shall we? oh i have just the tool to make it more enjoyable~~” meanwhile at all the way down to level 14 bendy looked up while dropping an haft eaten searcher his eyes blinking before he growled and snarled harshly into the air hearing what the 'angel’ said. He was tired of always losing his  temper and his friends always getting hurt. He though about how all of this started with Joey than later that changed to him hating Susie even more for becoming too attached to Alice and now they became what he feared, an monster of her former shell. He snarled and banged his fist as his gloved hand slowly faded away revealing his claw he looked at it as the hand was bleeding he made an twisted crooked smile on his face as he started to laugh like an maniac “heheheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” the ink started to melt from his face as his crooked grin grew even more wider as his entire body and appearance grew taller. his ink like state grabbed the dead searcher’s haft eaten body and slashed it and swallowed it all up “….J O E Y D I D T H I S T O M E!” bendy then climbed up and looked up and was gripping on his fists he snarled darkly while yelling out “I’LL GET YOU JOEY!! AND YOU TOO SUSIE! YOU ALL RUINED ME AND MY FRIENDS! NOW YOUR GONNA SEE THE DEMON YOU ALL WANTED!!! DO YOU HEAR ME JOEY?!?!?! I. WILL.” his voice than turned even more dark and corrupted and demonic “KILL Y O U JOEY DREW!!!!” bendy lifted his head and then released an loud blood curling demonic roar echoing throughout the whole entire studio. Henry was trying not to laugh as the ink demon roared with annoyance “WhO kEePs FUcKiNg BREAKING THESE CUTOUTS?!?!?!” henry had to calm himself down and felt relived when the ink demon finally left the area. he flinced after hearing the angel said “i forgot to mention he hates it when I do that~~. I would hide if I were you~~~” he than heard the roar from bendy’s anger and fury as it echoed throughout the entire studio and so did the ink demon and Boris and Alice as they all heard his demonic roar of rage. The ink demon simply grinned and clapped his hands like an happy child would and simply walked off snapping his fingers while whistling the same tune an certain mouse sang and than an swarm of searchers and members of the butcher gang were heading towards level 9 where Alice was at. Henry came back to floor 9 and was about to put the axe away when he heard the anger in Alice’s voice “those fiflty creatures that have wandered my halls have been left unchecked! they broken in don’t let them take your angel! purge them one by one smash them into bits! KILL THEM!!!!” Henry heard the sounds of the butcher gang and the searchers and he sighed “getting too old already for this and i’m not even 40 yet” he said and watched as the searchers and butcher gang members came down he gripped on his axe and attacked the creatures. Bendy quicken his pace of running on all fours when he sensed his friend was in danger he kept on running and running not stopping he even passed the other version of him as the ink demon watched the angry monsterized toon ran on all fours his grin grew even more and decided to watch the show that was about to unfold. after each blow Henry still couldn’t get the searchers or the butcher gang to die he soon felt he was being outnumbered as they were going to soon finish him off. Than an loud roar broke out and an pissed off ink bendy appeared lunging at the group of searchers and butcher gangs with his claws slashing the butcher gang and searchers one by one. Some of them managed to hit him and bendy simply stabbed them with his tail and threw them aside. Henry watched in horror for once as his hooded friend slaughtered the ink creatures in the most burtal and gruesome way possible. After everything was gone and all that can be heard were bendy’s heavy breathing Henry got up and walked towards the demon his wounds making it kinda difficult to walk “hey… bud…” Henry said touching bendy’s forehead as the hooded ink formed demon turned to look at him “are you alright pal?” he nodded slowly while wincing an bit Henry noticed his wounds on the toon had gotten worst “bendy... you don’t have to it’s alright it’s over” he nodded again and watched as the ink remains of all the creature he’d killed in this room went inside his inky body as he growled and tears starting to stream down his inky face “I’M…… I’M SORRY HENRY… I WAS JUST…. SO….. SO…. ANG-” he stopped when Alice finally spoke “shhhhhh listen there’s nothing, like the sound of a welcoming grave” she said giving an nice sigh and breathe of relief “I like the silence. don’t you?” Henry did'int response but he did nodded slowly “oh I hate leaving work unfinished! but that’s why I have you to do that but you’ll have to go down even deeper into the abyss, take the lift, see an old friend” the word old friend stung Henry as his eyes widen in pure shock “but here’s a little present an extra little firepower, take VERY good care of it, it belonged to someone very special” she said as Henr turned over to see an Tommy gun at the door Henry grabbed it before seeing if it was really real he pulled the trigger and it shot an bullet he could'nt help but smiled at it “now this is what i’m talking about” he said and bendy nodded giving him a thumbs up “alright come on let’s go-” Bendy shook his head “NO… YOU GO ON I…. I NEED TO CHECK UP ON SOMEONE” Henry was confused by this but he nodded and walked away as Bendy went inside to see Alice. As The Demon walked on he saw the door was opened he slowly walked in and saw Alice he saw what was different about her. Her once beautiful blue dress was now stained and tainted with ink and blood. Her halo that shows her emotions was stuck to her head only revealing an black color, Her Gloves were gone revealing sharp fingers almost looking like claws. she turned slowly to face him he could see the toon eye instead of susie’s he smiled lightly “HEY…. AL…” he said and she blinked and replied tirely “hello bendy, what brings you to this parts of the studio?” she asked and he walked up closer “OH… YA KNOW I WAS JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DECIDED TO CHECK UP ON YOU” she turned around revealing the right side of her face that was burnt due to the ink demon slamming an bottle of acetone on her “bendy things have been wonderful thanks to a certain human gathering items for me i’m sure you’ve seen his frighten soul all around the studio” she said smiling that bendy had her on his mind. he noticed the tone of her voice he was sad to see that somehow susie corrupted Alice both physically and mentally “YES…… BUT….” he said as he walked closer to her grabbing her hand “ARE YOU ALRIGHT?” he asked her and she looked up at him and reached up to brush away the ink to look at him in the eye “bendy darling i know i haven’t been the best but everything is going well now with Henry here you’ll see me beautiful again darling just like the old days” Bendy’s eyes were tired as he looked at her he should be angry mad wanted to rip her throat out but he can’t “WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AL?…. YOUR STILL THE ANGEL I MET THOSE YEARS AGO” he said grabbing her hand gently “WHY IN MY EYES YOUR EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOU WERE BEFORE” Alice smiled softly but then noticed the wounds “let me guess, that demon again?” he nodded and she sighed “you gotta learn how to block it’s attacks bendy dear not everything can be destroyed from just your brutal sheer strength” he nodded and sat down as she proceeded to treat his wounds. ~haft an hour later~ Boris and Henry were waiting for bendy to come back from whatever he was doing in the other room. During that time Henry found another boarded up door and chopped down the boards with ease and noticed there was an tape recorder there he pressed play on it and he raised an eyebrow upon hearing an voice he remembered but at the same time did not remember “grant?” he asked himself. he and grant barley knew eachother but he known grant enough to see that he was an mellow relaxed kind of guy for having an fonding of love and hate for music Henry agreed to that as he too had a thing for music as he listened to the tape playing Boris was looking around he admit he was scared coming back here after being killed and brought here too many times it felt like an endless loop he hoped when it finally ended when he saw Henry and his best pal but now he feared his own death was coming back to haunt him he was brought back to reality when Henry snapped his fingers “hey Boris you okay there?” he nodded “y-….yeah i’m fine H-Henry just thinking” he said his throat not sounding that much weaker than before as he was slowly starting to get use to his voice recovering. They look over to See Bendy Walking back in his normal form and he looked like his injuries were not bothering him “well you look fine and dandy guess you got your injuries fix bud?” he nodded “hey why did'int you two go? I would of catch up with ya some other way” he asked “well we were just recovering from what had just happened but if you want to go now we can” he nodded “yep! let’s hurry up and get out of here!” henry nodded “we still have to find joey though I still need some answers out of him” bendy’s face turned from happy to scared but he did'int question him about it. after 10 minutes in the lift they finally reached level 14 henry looked at the amount of ink that was there “this whole place looks like it was flooded on purpose” he commented and henry and bendy both walked down as they noticed an heart on a hand henry picked it up grossed out and then saw something he though he never seen the camere ink creature was there “shhhhhhh there he is, the projectionist sulking in the darkness, stay out of his life if you don’t want trouble just gather the things i need and return to me” the voice of 'Alice’ said but Henry couldn’t believe what he was seeing bendy noticed an tape playing and went over to grab it and walked back to henry and he turned it on and Henry felt tears streaming down his eyes “that’s…… that thing…… it’s Norman……oh god….. why…. why did it have to be him…” he said sadly as he knelt down silently crying inside his head. Bendy never saw Henry like this before it made him sad to see his friend like this he comforted the poor tired old man “Henry…. I… I tried Hen…. I tried so hard to stop Joey from turning him into that…… but……. but i was too late…” Henry sniffed “after all these years… and I did'int know what he was doing to you or the others….. oh god….. Norman i’m so sorry…. I…. I should of never left.. may-” bendy got up grabbing Henry and looking at him “no…. listen even if you did'int leave overtime joey would of done it anyway he’d lost it Henry! he gone and went mad with power he’s not himself anymore!” bendy said to him and letted go “come on we can be quick if you wa-” Henry gripped on the Tommy gun “no…. let’s just…. take our time….” he said and the toon nodded. As they ventured into the flooded ink he noticed an path boarded up he chopped it down and noticed an value panel and turned it not knowing what it could do “why did you do that?” he asked and Henry sighed “I just felt like doing it I don’t know everything is just….. starting to get more and more weirder” after what felt like hours of searching through the maze they walked into and hiding they found only 4 hearts they were now walking carefully looking for the last one and they noticed an shadow they took an closer look to see it was the projectionist/Norman he was just standing there looking at an screen that showed one of the cartoon scenes from bendy’s show he did'int move an single inch problem was the last heart was near him he gulped and carefully took one step as quiet as he could he slowly picked up the heart and backed up but the ink turned Norman did'int move an single inch still Henry then though of something he sighed “Norman…. I don’t know if you can hear me or… if your still in there but…. I wanted to give this to you before I left” he said and silently handing him an photograph seeing the inky hand tighten he and bendy quickly walked off Norman lifted the picture up to his 'face’ looking at the photograph it seem to open up an memory in his head that he kept inside him when he became this projectionist it was the only thing that kept him still mentally sane.

~Flashback~ “hey um Henry?..” Henry looked to see it was Norman “I know your leaving and all soon but can we have a talk?” Henry nodded “sure thing Norman anything for a friend” the two sat down having an drink of coffee “so what did you wanted to talk about?” he asked and Norman took an sip “well I was wondering… how long will you be gone?” Henry though he did'int really know how long he be gone for “I think maybe an few years I reckon but when I get back I better see this place rolling with films or my ghost is gonna haunt you till ya die” he said laughing and Norman chuckled “yeah I get it stay safe pal” he told Henry “hey do you think ya talking to your talking to a guy that’s technically been to war 2 times as of now” Norman nodded “I know you told me but still be careful alright” he nodded “I promise keep being you Norman alright and maybe when I get back we’ll have that drink like I promised or else you’ll knock me out with an hammer” Norman laughed “okay see ya around Henry” he nodded “see ya Norman”

~Flashback ended~ Henry And Bendy went back to the lift and he took one last look to see Norman Walking out and looking at him the two shared an stare at eachother bendy was on his guard he did'int know if he was here to hurt Henry or take him. Norman simply did an impression of Henry saluting and then walked off into the other room of the maze like hallways. Henry was shocked but he smiled “he’s still in there somewhere….” bendy noticed the look of relief on his face and smiled “hey come on we can take one last look around the place before we head back to Alice” he nodded “yeah come on I think that value I drained might had opened up an new area” they went back into the lift and it went back up. after what seem like hours they finally reached floor 9 and Henry and bendy and Boris both went to the room Henry was talking about they saw an lone searcher but Henry was able to put quick use to his new Tommy gun as the searcher went down quickly “why is there an tape here?” Boris asked and Henry walked over and pressed play on it “only 2 weeks into this company and already it’s gotten interesting. Joey is a man of ideas.. and only ideas. When I agreed to start this whole thing with him, I thought there would be a little more give and take. Instead I give and he takes. I haven’t seen My Friend Linda For days now. Still though someone has to make this happen, when ever in doubt just keep drawing Henry. On the plus side though I’ve got a new character That I think people are going to love.” Henry listened to it replaying itself “Henry?” Boris asked and Henry silently turned to look at him but turned around and walked back up bendy could of sworn he saw the old animator frown slightly “come on… let’s just finish this and find joey..” Henry said in a serious tone as the two toons followed him. Henry leaned against the wall in  a corner with insturments nearby and a piano “henry you alright?” boris asked him “y-yeah yeah im alright j-just go on wait for me by the lift i’ll catch up i need to... catch my breathe” bendy and boris nodded and walked off Henry was breathing as he  accidently hitted an few inturemtns and touched the piano “shit!” he cursed and he did’int see the room going dark. Instead he heard footsteps inside of the wall curious he leaned towards the wall trying to see what was happening behind it and he heard an voice he though he never thought he hear again “we have all been waiting but now he will..... set..... us....... free” Henry ran quickly back to where bendy and boris were waiting they looked at him with worried and concern faces “Henry you alright?” Boris asked him “gee old man you looked like you seen an ghost” bendy said trying to make him laugh but it did’int seem to work. Henry was breathing heavily “it’s n-nothing!” he said and quickly went over and putted the 5 hearts in the box. Boris grabbed henry by the shoulder “hey come on you can tel-” he was interuppted by alice’s speaker turning on again  “ahh that should be enough now return to the elevator, it’s time to go home” Henry was breathing still but he glared at the speaker he did'int want to leave just yet but something came up in his head an thought ‘maybe after we all ascend i could find another way to reach joe’ the three sat in the lift Bendy was  jumping with joy while hugging boris “hey Boris you hear that bud we finally get to outside! your gonna see the things Henry told us about! the beautiful skies, the nice open fields! and the wonderful amazing ocean! oh man it’s gonna be so great we don’t have to be in the studio anymore! we finally get to go outside for good this time!” Boris smiled kindly at his friend “that’s great b-b-bend-” than all of a sudden the three heard the lift go down very fast Henry’s eyes widen and screamed in an very angry tone “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK LADY?!?!?!?!” he shouted at alice as she screamed into the speaker with an demonic voice “DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN LEAVE THAT EASY?!?!?! NO! I KNOW WHO YOU ARE HENRY! AND I KNOW WHY YOUR HERE!!! YOU WON’T STOP WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE! NOW COME BACK HERE AND BRING ME BACK MY BORIS!!!” bendy’s eyes widen before glaring “HEY HE’S MY PAL NO ONE TAKES MY BROTHER CRAZY LADY!!!” He said now very very angry at the now possessed voice of Alice angel “HE IS THE MOST PERFECT BORIS I HAVE EVER SEEN AND I WANT HIS INSIDES TO MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL AGAIN!! SO GIVE HIM TO ME!” Henry glared and saw Boris was cowering in fear as bendy was getting ready to transform “OR BETTER YET I’LL TAKE HIM!” Bendy growled and Henry did’int know what else to do so he tried to look at the buttons and tried pressing one but it did’int stop going down he silently cursed as it went down even faster and Alice’s voice started to get more demonic “ONCE. YOUR. DEAD!!!!” She said yelling. Than an big loud crash to the ground and the elevator breaking is what sent Henry and bendy to blackness.

~Flashback~

Bendy was watching the others drove off away from the studio he sighed and saw that Henry’s Car was still here he was confused “I don’t see Joey’s car so why is hen still here?” He got off and walked around and noticed someone sleeping he looked to see the young but old looking animator sleeping on his desk again bendy sighed deeply “overworked again I see” he said quietly before going to the closest and grabbing an blanket and putting it over him “Jeeze Henry you gotta learn when to stop overworking yourself” he said knowing the old man couldn’t hear him he looked to see what was he drawing this whole time and raised an eyebrow he picked up the drawing it was an drawing of him and what looked like Henry in it he noticed that in the drawing Henry was showing Bendy what seems to be outside the studio he noticed how happy he himself looked and he noticed the words “happy birthday Bud” was written on it he smiled and putted the drawing back on the desk he smiled at the animator and patted the sleeping Henry while putting an pillow underneath his head “night hen” he said walking off. Bendy heard muttering going about he looked to see Sammy was still here chanting something that bendy couldn’t hear him say he tilted his head to see what was he doing he saw the room he was in darken his eyes widen and quickly slammed the door shut and backed up and ran off surely something did pop out of the pentagram an demonized version of bendy as the ink demon slowly grinned but then it melted back into the pentagram Sammy’s eyes widen and shouted "NO!” bendy could hear him shouting repeadtly  he was breathing heavily and quickly ran off to find Boris and Alice “maybe they know whats wrong with Sammy” he said to himself as he kept running.

~flashback ended~

Henry could barley open his eyes as he slowly opened them to find Boris shaking him “B..Boris what are you doing here..? G-get out of here b-before she gets you…” He slowly cough and Boris kept shaking him he slowly turned to see bendy knocked out leaning on the wall with his hood covering most of his face. He turned to see Alice slowly coming towards them he tried to warn Boris but he couldn’t speak Alice grabbed him and pulled him away into the darkness Henry tried to reach out to get him as he heard Boris yell “HENRY!! P..PLEASE SAVE ME!!!!” Henry had tears dripping out of his eyes “Boris… I’m sorry..” He thought in his head as he slowly slipped into darkness As Alice’s Laughter is the last thing he hears as he blacks out before getting two pictures flashing up in his head an vision of boris strapped on an table with Alice’s Shadow looming over him and the second one shows the ink demon with his minions looking like they’re going to plan something to take down The Angel once and for all

~40 minutes later~ Meanwhile in an rather normal looking office, an short black haired man was sitting down on the chair reading some files he hears the door open and turns around to see an rather happy ink demon “well? did you figure out something yet my little devil?” the voice known as Joey Drew said as the tall ink demon nodded while it’s grin was wider than before joey smiled “good susie is no longer useful at this point even though she never was… make sure you finish the job and end both her and that…… AnGeL’s life” he said shivering after saying the word angel The ink demon made an sound that sounded like an happy child and clapped it’s hands repeadtly and ran out Joey smiled as he sat back down and putted on his reading glasses and kept on turning the pages of an book he was reading he then frown as he heard an deeper voice inside his head “S O O N” joey sighed and kept on reading

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Bendy In Inky Terrors Chapter 3 [FULL]

heyyyy look here it's chapter 3!~~~ hope you all are ready for more spooks and the feels and the triggered of alice taking away boris. oh and also angruh bendy boy too and haft of this chapter is partly based off of an rp i did with someone of their alice au with modern!bendy in his ink form but i edited an few knots into it to make it seem like an part of the story. and also there are poor feels when henry sees norman as in this au he and norman were like the bestest of friend like brothers nearly too you can guess that when he saw him as.... well the projectionist   you can guess that it was more of an heart breaking moment for henry rather then an scared moment "Alice" and "bendy" and the butcher Gang belongs to themeaty shawn flynn belongs to jacksepticeye grant belongs to DAGAMES (i can't remember the last name  ) Modern BATIM AU belongs to me happy halloween everyone or late halloween depending on what day you all read this on and there may be only one or two flashbacks occurring as we all know how long chapter 3 is too i won't make it extra long cause I'm not that evil....... yet XD and also anything else can happen at this point make some fan stories of this au if you want or make up some random theory or even draw fanart of this au i don't mind seeing what you all have. made on: October 24th finished on: October 30th -------------   Henry's eyes opened as he got up from the bed after an few days or maybe even an week have gone by since he and bendy met up with Boris. Overtime however bendy and the friendly wolf noticed the scar Henry had on his arm thanks to joey. The rather young but still old animator had just woken up he looked around the room he was in he sighed "we can't stay here any longer" he decided that they stayed here long enough it was time for them to leave the saferoom. Henry then noticed that the hooded devil was nowhere in slight in the room "bendy?" he looked around not seeing the hooded devil darling anywhere "must have woken up he walked out seeing another pair of overalls hanging he went to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror "heh god I look like a mess" he said as he scratched his beard a bit and noticed his clothing still had some stains of ink left but he can barley see it "i'll have to wash these when I get back home... if I ever make it out with these two that is" he said and walked on to see Boris listening to an rather classy cartoon like tune playing and saw bendy with the cartoon wolf he noticed bendy was not listening to the music as he kept drinking an can of bacon soup in his hand "hey there bud couldn't sleep?" he asked the cartoon as bendy just nodded "eh to be honest I was just waking up to get something to drink" he said while taking an sip of the can of bacon soup. Henry patted the devil on the head "just try not to drink too fast remember your body hasn't fully healed yet" bendy blinked before nodding Henry saw an series of numbers on the can which he assumed was the expiration date he looked at bendy and told him "besides you know that bacon soup is expired right?" bendy's eyes widen so fast they almost fell out of his head as he spitted it out "AUGH WHY DID'INT YA TELL ME BEFORE?!?!?" he said while wiping his mouth trying to get the taste out. Henry held his laughter back and waved at Boris who waved back with a smile "good morning Boris... or good afternoon hard to tell the time down here" Boris pointed to an nearby clock the time on it said 10:00 AM on it  "oh thanks" he said to the wolf and went to look around an bit he saw the weird design on the wall he shook his head "whoever was here in this saferoom before did not think of what cartoons look like" he saw Boris and bendy nodding agreeing with him he walked towards the door and saw the lever was missing "not getting out of here that easy the lever's missin-" Henry looked over to see Boris whistling with an innocence look on his face and Henry had to held back his laughter as he saw bendy doing the same thing only using the banjo just for fun "kid-" bendy started to play the banjo interrupting Henry as he choked an laugh "wellll howdy there deputy Boris! what do ya say we go and find that lever for our good friend Henry partner!" he said in the most funniest Texan accent he could manage and Boris whistled and did an motion of nodding while trying to hide his laugh "welll what do ya say hen? wanna help out old sheriff bendy and my deputy Boris in helping ya find that lever partner?" bendy said and the banjo lost an string hitting the little devil in the face Boris and Henry both covered their mouths trying to stop laughing out loud "pfffff-" Henry was trying his hardest not to laugh "well that was the 20th gosh darn banjo this week" he turned to look at Boris with an fake angry and funny expression on his face "BORIS! I TOLD YA WE NEEDED MORE BANJOS B O I!" Boris was wheezing and banging his fist on the table as Henry was laughing "come on Boris I know you have it or are you holding it hostage until I make you something to eat?" Boris had an innocence puppy look on his face while smiling and his tongue was out as bendy had to hold in his laughter after he and Boris did that little joke. Henry gave in to the wolf as he sighed and smiled "I thought so let's see what I can find" Henry said as he walked around to find three bacon soup cans as bendy had to release his laughter he and Boris were laughing so hard "ohhh god Boris that was the funniest thing I ever seen in this studio ever since Henry came back" Boris nodded "hey what's wrong you still don't feel like talking?" the wolf nodded and bendy shook his friend "Come on pal you were laughing! Your voice has to be fixed now" Boris looked down and bendy patted his head "hey pal come on I promise you your voice will come back to ya maybe not even today but it'll come back someday" Boris smiled and nodded. Henry came back with three cans of bacon soup "well I think I have enough to make an batch of soup for you Boris" he said and started to make the soup "hey bud how are your injuries holding up?" Henry asked and bendy fell silent "i'm still going strong!! it'll take more than an ink demon to take me down!" he said trying to look tough but instead fell down from the seat "ow" Boris chuckled "not funny pal" bendy said rubbing his forehead "Hey Henry can I ask you something?" Henry looked at bendy as he putted the bowl of soup down for Boris "I guess so what's on your mind?" he said as he helped him up "what was your family like?" Henry fell silent he paused and tried to think "well truth be told the only family I do see now a days are my sister and cousin along with their grandkids but I used to visit my other family members like my cousin and aunt and uncle" bendy looked at a picture in Henry's pocket he noticed it has "what about your mom and dad?" Henry stopped and sighed "my father... well I take after him he was an war hero and a Good guy..... an real good guy I actually miss him.." bendy could see that the old animator did'int like to talk about his family that much because of what happened with his father bendy smiled sadly "hey i'm sorry if that made ya..... well ya know" Henry nodded "it's fine I needed to get that out of my chest anyway" he said and picked up the lever that was in the box Boris putted "wait why do you need the lever anyway?" he asked and Henry pointed to the door that leads to out of the saferoom "well we're not staying here forever bendy. At some point we do need to get out and we rest for long enough. are you ready to go?" he asked the little devil and he nodded while pulling out the same gun Henry used that was given to him by his father "you still remember how to shoot like I taught ya during when we were in here" Henry asked the toon and he nodded. Boris got up while he stretched his arms and Henry putted the lever back on and tuned it down while opening the door in the process "let's see what's out there don't wander off" he told them. The three walked as they felt the saferoom door slammed shut. Henry noticed an little station near the corner "why would Joey add confession booths in the studio? since when did he care about religion?" bendy and Boris shrugged. the three saw an dark corridor up ahead Henry grabbed an flashlight that was on an table and he, bendy, and Boris both walked into the darkness they slowly walked keeping an eye out for anything as they walked an clanking sound was heard Henry and Boris and bendy jumped at the noise "it was nothing come on just the pipes you know how this place now is" he told them and they kept walking until they reached an blocked off door and the door behind them closed “shoot...” bendy stated as they were not trapped until they found an way out of this room. Henry looked around trying to see any opening “I don’t see any other way through, got any ideas guys?” Bendy shrugged and Boris pointed to an nearby vent happened to be right near the door “hey wait a minute Boris you think you can open that door for us?” The demon asked and he nodded “well you’re gonna Need this than we do” Henry said while handing Boris the flashlight and opened the vent as the 6’4 foot tall wolf crawled in as the two waited “so bud” bendy looked at Henry “mind tellling me how your able to uh..... well” bendy’s face darkened “you mean how I can transformed into.... that more monsterized version of that other me with the limp do ya....” Henry nodded and bendy sighed “Joey... well let’s say he used an kind of special ink coated on my body... that was only used on me he said it was an test he wanted to see how I can deal with having an special ink this was before you left and all and after an few weeks of Boris and Alice being brought into the real world...." Henry raised an eyebrow "and why was I not aware of this?" he asked the devil and he shrugged "I honestly have no clue maybe Joey didn't want you to know or maybe he was planning I don't know all I know is that how he began his little tests with me he wanted to see if anything changed and it did one day I woke up like..... like what you saw fighting those searchers in the projecter room, only before I did'int even have any control over it when I realized what I became. You see some of that special ink may cause an different affect to certain toons I guess while some makes them tall or changes their appearance there are others tho.... that will give the said toon an increased amount of strength enough to lift a car and.....  in order to gain that strength one must..... pay the burden of becoming an monster....." Henry could see the little devil shaking "I got the worst one........ I was..... cursed.... to transform..... into an deadly... horriflying.... powerful.... monster version... of myself...... that was only the first form you saw.... yeah..... side effects sometimes can be a real pa-" Henry shushed him "stop, if you don't wanna talk about it you don't have to alright pal?" he nodded "it's fine I just.... wanted to get that out of my head. been bother me for a while..." as they stand there and waited they both got worried that what if something happened to Boris. Then what seem like forever the door finally opened up "there we go come on bo-" bendy stopped when he realized "Henry... I think we'll have to find Boris when we get into that room" Henry sighed "than we'll have to meet up with hi-" he stopped "what did ya stop talking fo-" his eyes widen the two saw an massive room with the sign "HEAVENLY TOYS" on top "woah...." bendy said his eyes sparkling with awe and amazement "wow" Henry said shocked at what he was seeing "I don't remember any of this" he said. the two looked around before going upstairs and seeing an shelf full of toys "huh wonder why none of these didn't sell" henry asked himself and bendy pressed an button on a tape recorder "this" he pointed and the two listened "I don't be seeing what the big deal is, so what if I went and painted some of those bendy dolls with a crooked smile? that's sure no reason for mister drew to be flying all the handle at me" the voice had an slight Irish accent Henry knew only one person with an accent like that "Shawn Flynn?" bendy nodded and they kept listening to the tape "And if he really wants to be so helpful he could be telling me what i'm a suppose to doing with this warehouse full of that angel whatyamacall it. Not a Scrap of that mess be selling, probably have to melt it all down to be rid of it all" the tape stopped "haven't heard that voice in a long time kinda gave me an surprise" Henry said looked at the wires and an lever "what's ya thinking about?" Henry looked at the way that was blocking the door "why is there always something blocking the door? gotta be a way th-" he stopped when he felt a light bolt lit up above his head "hey bud I think I have an idea" bendy looked up "I'm listening" 10 minutes later after taking the toys out of the clogged places and turning on the power the door finally opened "well gotta say-" the two's eyes widen "al...." bendy said quietly as they looked at the "SHE'S QUITE A GAL" sign Henry could see that bendy's face was melting bring back some memories to him~flashback~"bendy darling!~" Alice said and the hooded devil looked up he was busy helping out the old man with an drawing "yeah Al?" he said and she handed him an present "I realized you haven't gotten an present since today is your birthday so hope ya like it!~" bendy's eyes blink he forgotten that despite being created on Christmas he was only in the real world for a few weeks and he haven't yet gotten an welcome he shrugged and opened it and his eyes widen as he saw an necklace locket he opened the pocket watch and an picture of him and Alice and Boris were on it with the words "Greatest Friends Ever" bendy had an dark blush on his face as he smiled at it softly and hugged the angel "thanks Al" he said with the angel hugging back "no problem bendy" she said with an soft smile ~flashback ended""hey, bud you alright?" he said and bendy snapped back to reality "o-oh! y-yeah I'm totally fine old man just remembering some good old times with the gang!" bendy said smiling hoping Henry wouldn't notice the stutter he made thankfully he didn't notice and they walked an little bit closer to the big window with the door on it the entire room went black as they heard the voice of Alice angel while seeing images of Alice turned on at the small TV boxes "what... the.... " he said in pure shock as bendy and he looked both creeped out and confused before he could say anything else suddenly what seems to be Alice angel appeared slamming on the window "I'M ALICE ANGEL!!!!" both bendy and Henry jumped in shock as she screamed and then the sounds of the glass breaking and laughing in a devilish tone was heard the entire room turned off blinding the two in total darkness "I see you there" the voice known as Alice angel spoke as Henry kept the little devil with him as close as he can as the hooded devil hid behind Henry's leg "a new fly in my endless web" Henry gritted his teeth while keeping an grip on the hunting knife he found when he had first arrived in the studio. Bendy tried his best to keep hidden as he was scared now to even come out from behind he'd never been this scared before of something he saw happen basically every single time "come along now, let's see if your worthy to walk with angels, hahahahahaha~" the lights turned back on and bendy jumped while screaming onto the ceiling henry blinked and looked up "bud you okay?" bendy realized he didn't have claws in his normal form and he fell down onto Henry But he caught him before that he fell down onto the floor with him "you alright bud?" he nodded and he putted the toon down "come on we have to keep going" he said and the two marched on. they were stopped at two paths "what the..." bendy said now freaked out "okay when joey said he was gonna remodel the place I did not think he make two paths!" bendy said with ink melting from his head "bud calm down we've seen weirder things than this" Henry said and he looked "looks like there's only two ways to go but the question is.... which way is the right one?" he said as he looked at the two signs one said "THE DEMON" and the sign had an stained head of bendy colored in fully black as ink seem to drip down and they looked at the other sign which seemed normal with the words "THE ANGEL" on them "well come on let's get going!" he said as he went the other way but henry turned and walked towards the demon path bendy stopped and ran after him "h-hey! why are you going in there that other me could be hiding in there" Henry looked at him "bendy as much as I would want to deal with that... angel right now I prefer to go this way because-" he stopped as he was trying to think of what to say. bendy walked with him "well?" the toon asked and Henry putted his hands up saying in a calm and stern tone "i'll tell you about it later alright? right now let's focus on getting out of here" bendy nodded "okay" Henry looked and started to walk ahead "come on let's see if we can find a way out of this room" they walked into the ink filled room and they heard the other door on the right closed "well no going back now" bendy said and Henry noticed an tape recorder turned on the tape recorder to hear the voice of "Joey?!" Henry said surprised at how young the voice sounded in the tape recorder "there's nothing wrong with dreaming. wishing for the impossible is just human nature. that's how I got started just a pencil and a dream. We all want everything without even having to lift a finger. they say you just have to believe. belief can make you succeed, belief can make you rich, belief can make you powerful. why with enough belief you can even cheat death itself! now that.... is a beautiful and positively silly thought" after hearing the message Henry felt creeped out the way joey was talking he was confused to how cheerful and calm he was in the tape almost like he did'int seem to care about anything at all bendy got out of the ink "come on let's get out of here this room is giving me the creeps" he said and the old animator followed the toon not knowing that an certain demon poked his head out of the inky floor as they walked away the ink demon's unmoving grin grew wider and larger and slowly went back into the ink leaving out an dark chuckle and cackle as it went underneath into the inky depths. The ex-animator and the hooded toon devil kept on walking in the studio listening to the eerie deathly silent in the studios was an bit unsettling 'it did'int feel right' Henry though to himself and he looked at bendy and he looked back with an worried look "something should had popped out by now in front of us it's weird that nothing happened yet Henry" the toon said keeping an grip on the gun while gulping and Henry patted the toon's back "well let's not lower our guard yet anything can happen-" they both jumped when they saw an cutout peek from around the corner. Bendy yelled and accidentally fired an bullet from the gun out of fear Henry looked at him with a 'really?' expression as bendy chuckled and smiled nervously "h-heheheh... s-sorry?" Henry sighed and they turned to see who was over there and they saw Boris standing there waving at them with an smile. bendy ran and hugged his friend  the wolf patted the toon's head "Boris you're alright! how you get here so fast?" the little devil asked and Henry said "Boris, you scared me to death I don't suppose you have anything to protect us with?" Boris nodded and handed him an gent pipe Henry grabbed it "this will do" he said and bendy got off "good to see ya alright Boris! now let's go!" the three marched on arriving in another room with what seems to be filled with toys of bendy, Boris, and Alice all in small and large versions. It did'int make the creepiness go down as there was ink everywhere it made the three looked around an check their surroundings "what happened in here? looks like an warzone in here" Henry said while bendy just looked down obvious to what happened here as he sighed "an lot of bad things happened while you were gone for so long hen..." Boris walked over and pointed to an lever while tapping his feet the two walked over "woah nice eye! I forgot your still good at seeing things we can't!" bendy said and Boris smiled and looked proud of himself "looks like we need to turn on two levers at once you got this one Boris i'll find the other one" bendy went ahead "oh! I remember those guys!" Henry went over to see what was his friend talking about he saw the butcher gang poster at the end of an corridor "oh, the butcher gang I remember them appearing in your cartoon haft the time they were like uncles to you right bud?" bendy nodded while smiling slowly "yeah..." he said and Henry started to walk over to the lever that happened to be right near the poster he turned around to see bendy not moving "hey bud you okay?" bendy blinked "o-oh s-sorry i'll just stand here I-I just though I saw something move in there" Henry raised an eyebrow "what do you mean-" before he could say anything he heard something he turned around and got jumpscared by something coming out of the picture it roared at him and Henry backed away and as it got up and walked towards him he wasted no time in bashing it with the pipe it took only two big hits to the head for it to fall down he got an good look of the downed creature bendy saw too and he looked sadden "it's piper...." he said sadly and they watched as the inkified piper melted into ink and bendy stared as the ink that was the only remaining thing of piper went into bendy Henry did'int question as he remember in his cartoon piper and the two others were like mentors to bendy and kind of like the three uncles from Casper he sighed and Henry pulled the lever and Boris came running down the corner and saw his toon friend leaning on the wall "hey bud... you okay?" Henry asked the hooded toon devil as he rubbed his tears away "..... i'm fine... let's keep going..." Henry nodded and the three walked into the room with the lift and they went inside as Henry pressed the number 9 on the wall and the lift went down. they heard the supposed voice of Alice angel speak again "your so interesting so.. different I have to say i'm a instant fan" Henry did'int say anything as bendy looked so emotionless and depressed from hearing Alice's voice for so long. Boris comforted his toon friend and Henry listened to her speaking "looks like you got a date with a angel!" bendy looked up feeling like his heart just broke into a million pieces Henry took noticed and grunted at the voice of Alice and silently flipped her off even though she did'int see it. he muttered "yeah right lady....." he looked at bendy and smiled and bendy smiled back with a few tears dripping down "hey don't worry i know you'll probably hit me with a mallet if I ever do that" Henry said while chuckling at his own joke and bendy kinda snickered an bit too while Boris smiled and patted the toon's back. After what seemed like an few minutes of waiting they had reached the floor finally the trio could tell it was Alice's place because of the sign of the SHE'S QUITE A GAL sign was on there. The door from the lift opened and all three of them walked down "come along there's a whole twisted world out here" Henry noticed another tape recorder as Boris went on ahead and he pressed play on it and listening to Thomas yet again rambling on "kinda shocking that an elevator still works in this place after 30 years... than again it must be my head and mind playing tricks on me and i'm only just imaging all this happening" he said and chuckled when he heard Thomas said "I'm taking the stairs" Henry turned off the tape recorder "I would of done that too Tom" he went over to the platform and he along with Boris stepped on the tile as the door opened and Boris's ears perked up and he ran ahead of the two "hey Boris wait up!" bendy said and chased after his wolf friend with Henry following "hey what's the matte-" his eyes widen as he saw what Boris was looking at. an dead body of himself "oh... god..." Henry said and looked around shocked at what he was seeing an ton of bodies of dead v bendy's eyes widen in pure shock upon seeing the amount of bodies of dead Bories he held his chest where his heart would be and started sobbing while leaning on the wall "nononononNONONONONONNNO!!!!! NOT AGAIN! PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME SEE THIS HORRIBLE IMAGE AGAIN!!!" bendy screamed while his clothing started to turn tattern and worn out. Henry knew what was happening to bendy, he was hyperventilating he knew that condition far too well but since the toon wasn't an human Henry did'int know what else to do. As Bendy kept crying he started to grow claws on his gloves as he was trying not to transform out of pure saddness and anger. He hugged the toon tightly while shushing him as bendy kept breathing quickly and sobbing and coughing harshly "hey hey hey buddy! calm down! it's gonna be okay just calm down! it's alright bendy! it's gonna be alright!" Henry said rubbing the toon's head as he saw his crying was sounding more demonic "NO NO NO IT'S NOT ALRIGHT! NOT AGAIN NOT AGAIN! WHY! WHY DID JOEY DO THIS!" His eyes turn turned red and purple as he snapped at the retired animator  "WHY DID YOU ABANDONED US HENRY?!?!?!" bendy said while screaming and snarling in a demonic tone and lashed out scratching Henry's arm on accident he was going to keep lashing out but than Boris hugged the toon. Bendy's eyes widen and he was now whimpering and he hugged the wolf back crying softly into his shoulder than something came out of his throat he spoke shocking bendy and Henry "i-i-it's a-alright b-bendy i-i-i-i'm h-here a-and i-im n-n-not l-l-l-leaving!" Boris said wheezing and coughing Henry and bendy looked at shock boris's voice sounded so weak and tired but bendy sniffed and hugged the toon "i'm not d-d-d-d-dead bendy okay? your b-big b-b-bro is still here" he said coughing and after an few minutes bendy calmed down Henry growled and glared as they heard Alice's voice again "look around it took so many of them to make me so beautiful" bendy then snarled darkly and was about to transform and beat the living ink tarp out of her body but Boris shook his head "don't it's not worth it" he said and bendy grunted but nodded than the three heard something that made all of them confuse of what Alice was saying "I had to do it, she made me" Henry than carefully walked over passing by an tape recorder but did'int press it he did'int want to hear what it had to say as he gripped on his fists and went inside to see the angel face to face. Meanwhile as Boris was trying to get bendy to calm down the hooded toon was furious and angry as he argued about  "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS ALICE! SHE WAS HERE THIS WHOLE TIME! SHE. SHE. SHE'S GONE COMPLETELY MAD BORIS!" bendy said hissing and snarling while Boris looked away from his corpse "I..... I know bendy b-but it wasn't her fault you have to understand-" bendy snapped "I KNOW! IT WAS SUSIE'S DOING BOR!! BUT STILL...." bendy's growling toned down as he sighed "why did she have to kill you so many times after joey did it to you the first... w-why..... why do I have to keep on seeing you die in front of me every single time!" he knelt down burying himself on Boris's lap crying as he patted his head "there there buddy..." Boris looked up and noticed something was inside the corpse he pulled it out and saw an spare heart his eyes widen and he hid it in his pocket that he can fit it in thankfully and he picked up bendy "come on we'll wait for Henry back at the li-" bendy suddenly got out of Boris's arms as he looked at Boris with an expression that showed no emotion "no.... tell Henry I need to be alone for an bit" he said before walking off putting his hood over his head and putting his hands in his pockets. Boris looked down sadly while sighing deeply and walked off too waiting for Henry by the lift while bendy walked off by himself to gather his thoughts as he hid his anger and kept walking off and finding an shortcut to level 14. Henry came out of the room after 10 minutes later and was going to walk back to the lift but he saw the gate closed "I'll make this simple, look for value panels turn the clogs and get the things, please don't make me regret sparing you I can always change my mind" Henry rolled his eyes and grabbed the plunger and walked on. He noticed bendy was not with Boris "hey buddy? where's bendy?" Boris looked up at him with an tired look "he said he had to be alone for a while needed to gather his thoughts" Henry nodded "I can understand that knowing what the poor little guy saw.." Boris nodded "Henry I... I need to ask ya.... do you think that we'll ever get out of here?" Henry nodded "I made an promise to bendy Boris and i'm not going to break it I will get him and anyone else that isn't or wasn't affected by the ink out of this hell hole" Boris smiled "so should I come with you?" Henry shook his head "no i'm fine you can wait here if you want. I need to recollect on my thoughts too" Boris nodded letting his friend go off. the old animator sighed while walking as he listened to what Alice was saying as he searched around for the values "there's so little rules in this world now so very. But there's one rule we ALL respect down here, BeWaRe ThE iNk DeMoN~ stay out for too long and he will findddd you~~ if you don't make it, well... I enjoyed our date~" Henry rolled his eyes and kept on walking looking for the value cores. After what felt like hours of searching he'd finally found the last one it was in an room where he encountered the second member of the butcher gang. He noticed something strange. he stopped and looked at the creature's appearance "the hell...?" he nearly vomited when he noticed the camera on the creature's head he almost felt sorry for the ink creature as it walked off away from his slight "jeeze... wonder if that thing can see anything in there" he muttered to himself and got the last value core and walked back to the room and putted it away and while also dumping the plunger in there too "my machines are hungry! gather me some spare parts" Henry groaned and took the wrench like object and walked off as he walked on to room to room he began to see the rooms darkening and he felt his heartbeat thumping he hid quickly in an miracle station and waited to see who it was and his eyes widen it was the other bendy the one with the limp he could see it more clearly now he noticed it had an green glove like his bendy had and an red glove he noticed the bow tie was mixed color of blue and red he saw how it was walking it made him feel sick. The ink demon looked around growling in a confused tone thinking it heard someone walking about he grunted and walked off away from Henry's view and soon the black started to fade from the walls but Henry waited an few more minutes before coming out and went back to finding the spare parts. After 20 minutes he gathered the last one and on his way back noticed an flooded room he felt like he will need to come back here soon "maybe it's just my head but i feel like there's something in there" he thought in his head as he walked back and noticed Boris was whistling an tune he heard when he was doing the sheepsongs episode. Henry putted the spare parts into the can and putted the wrench in there and then he blinked "have you seen them? the swollen one? there filled with ExTrA tHiCk InK!!! it makes me sick and yet it's the perfect thing that keeps myself together but an little warning you will have to move quietly if you see one cause they get startled very easily" she said and henry took noticed of that and took the syringe he noticed it looked different than most syringes he saw during his time at the war but he payed no mind to went to work but he couldnn't help but groaned "how much freaking stuff do you even need lady?!" he muttered to himself while walking off. Almost an hour and a haft later he found the last one while also listening to an tape on the way back "I don't get it!" the voice of wally said on the tape "everyone's walking around like grandma just died I mean hello people! you make cartoons for crying out loud your suppose to make people laugh! i'm telling ya if I don't see an smile on anyone anytime soon i'm out of here!" Henry chuckled "I sure hope ya did make it out of here wally" he said and went back up during the way back he saw the walls showing spots of ink everywhere again. He hid inside and saw the ink demon once again as it was dragging something and it dropped it he snarled "oKaY hEnRy! I KnOw YoUr OuT tHeRe!" Henry kept quiet and still as possible after minutes of growling he jammed his claws onto the inkified person's back and dropped them and walked off Henry could see that it was the same person he saw in the closest with the knife and head wound and he was shocked when he saw the person getting up and moaning in an almost zombie like manner before wandering about and Henry waited no more than 3 minutes and started bolting straight back and called the lift and went into it "Henry you okay?" Boris asked as he saw him panting and pressing the 9 button an few times "i-i'm fine" he said ingoring what Alice was saying as he tried to catch his breathe. he did however caught note of one thing she said before they reached floor 9 "dreams come true susie, dreams come true" Henry shivered remembering on the way back to the lift after Alice had spared him he listened to one of the tape recorders and found out that Joey took Susie on a date and felt creeped out when he heard her said "he even called me Alice, I liked it" Henry again breathed and when he putted the syringe away she said something that made his heart stop cold "have you seen those grinning demons?" meanwhile at all the way down to level 14 bendy looked up while dropping an haft eaten searcher his eyes blinking before he growled and snarled harshly into the air hearing what the 'angel' said. He was tired of always losing his  temper and his friends always getting hurt. He though about how all of this started with Joey than later that changed to him hating Susie even more for becoming too attached to Alice and now they became what he feared, an monster of her former shell. He snarled and banged his fist as his gloved hand slowly faded away revealing his claw he looked at it and than he made an twisted crooked smile as he laughed like an maniac "heheheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" the ink started to melt from his face as his crooked grin grew even more wider as his entire body and appearance grew taller. his ink like state grabbed the dead searcher's haft eaten body and slashed it and swallowed it all up "....J O E Y D I D T H I S T O M E!" bendy then climbed up and looked up and was gripping on his fists he snarled darkly while yelling out "I'LL GET YOU JOEY!! AND YOU TOO SUSIE! YOU ALL RUINED ME AND MY FRIENDS! NOW YOUR GONNA SEE THE DEMON YOU ALL WANTED!!! DO YOU HEAR ME JOEY?!?!?! I. WILL." his voice than turned even more dark and corrupted and demonic "KILL Y O U JOEY DREW!!!!" bendy lifted his head and then released an loud blood curling demonic roar echoing throughout the whole and entire studio making everyone hear his anger. Henry flinced after hearing the angel said "he hates it when I do that~~. I would hide if I were you~~~" he than heard the roar from bendy's anger and fury as it echoed throughout the entire studio and so did the ink demon and Boris and Alice as they all heard his demonic roar of rage. The ink demon simply grinned and clapped his hands like an happy child would and simply walked off snapping his fingers while whistling the same tune an certain mouse sang and than an swarm of searchers and members of the butcher gang were heading towards level 9 where Alice was at. Henry came back to floor 9 and was about to put the axe away when he heard the anger in Alice's voice "those fiflty creatures that have wandered my halls have been left unchecked! they broken in don't let them take your angel! purge them one by one smash them into bits! KILL THEM!!!!" Henry heard the sounds of the butcher gang and the searchers and he sighed "getting too old already for this and i'm not even 40 yet" he said and watched as the searchers and butcher gang members came down he gripped on his axe and attacked the creatures. Bendy quicken his pace of running on all fours when he sensed his friend was in danger he kept on running and running not stopping he even passed the other version of him as the ink demon watched the angry monsterized toon ran on all fours his grin grew even more and decided to watch the show that was about to unfold. after each blow Henry still couldn't get the searchers or the butcher gang to die he soon felt he was being outnumbered as they were going to soon finish him off. Than an loud roar broke out and an pissed off ink bendy appeared lunging at the group of searchers and butcher gangs with his claws slashing the butcher gang and searchers one by one. Some of them managed to hit him and bendy simply stabbed them with his tail and threw them aside. Henry watched in horror for once as his hooded friend slaughtered the ink creatures in the most burtal and gruesome way possible. After everything was gone and all that can be heard were bendy's heavy breathing Henry got up and walked towards the demon his wounds making it kinda difficult to walk "hey... bud..." Henry said touching bendy's forehead as the hooded ink formed demon turned to look at him "are you alright pal?" he nodded slowly while wincing an bit Henry noticed his wounds on the toon had gotten worst "bendy you know your injuries haven't healed themselves yet" he nodded again and watched as the ink remains of all the creature he'd killed in this room went inside his inky body as he growled "I'M...... I'M SORRY HENRY... I WAS JUST.... SO..... SO.... ANG-" he stopped when Alice finally spoke "shhhhhh listen there's nothing, like the sound of a welcoming grave" she said giving an nice sigh and breathe of relief "I like the silence. don't you?" Henry did'int response but he did nodded slowly "oh I hate leaving work unfinished! but that's why I have you to do that but you'll have to go down even deeper into the abyss, take the lift, see an old friend" the word old friend stung Henry as his eyes widen in pure shock "but here's a little present a extra little firepower, take good care of it, it belonged to someone very special" she said as Henry and bendy turned over to see an Tommy gun at the door Henry grabbed it before seeing if it was really real he pulled the trigger and it shot an bullet he could'nt help but smiled at it "now this is what i'm talking about" he said and bendy nodded giving him a thumbs up "alright come on let's go-" Bendy shook his head "NO... YOU GO ON I.... I NEED TO CHECK UP ON SOMEONE" Henry was confused by this but he nodded and walked away as Bendy went inside to see Alice. As The Demon walked on he saw the door was opened he slowly walked in and saw Alice he saw what was different about her. Her once beautiful blue dress was now stained and tainted with ink and blood. Her halo that shows her emotions was stuck to her head only revealing an black color, Her Gloves were gone revealing sharp fingers almost looking like claws. she turned slowly to face him he could see the toon eye instead of susie's he smiled lightly "HEY.... AL..." he said and she blinked and replied tirely "hello bendy, what brings you to this parts of the studio?" she asked and he walked up closer "OH... YA KNOW I WAS JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DECIDED TO CHECK UP ON YOU" she turned around revealing the right side of her face that was burnt due to the ink demon slamming an bottle of acetone on her "bendy things have been wonderful thanks to a certain human gathering items for me i'm sure you've seen his frighten soul all around the studio" she said smiling that bendy had her on his mind. he noticed the tone of her voice he was sad to see that somehow susie corrupted Alice both physically and mentally "YES...... BUT...." he said as he walked closer to her grabbing her hand "ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" he asked her and she looked up at him and reached up to brush away the ink to look at him in the eye "bendy darling i know i haven't been the best but everything is going well now with Henry here you'll see me beautiful again darling just like the old days" Bendy's eyes were tired as he looked at her he should be angry mad wanted to rip her throat out but he can't "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AL?.... YOUR STILL THE ANGEL I MET THOSE YEARS AGO" he said grabbing her hand gently "WHY IN MY EYES YOUR EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOU WERE BEFORE" Alice smiled softly but then noticed the wounds "let me guess, that demon again?" he nodded and she sighed "you gotta learn how to block it's attacks bendy dear not everything can be destroyed from just your brutal sheer strength" he nodded and sat down as she proceeded to treat his wounds. ~haft an hour later~ Boris and Henry were waiting for bendy to come back from whatever he was doing in the other room. During that time Henry found another boarded up door and chopped down the boards with ease and noticed there was an tape recorder there he pressed play on it and he raised an eyebrow upon hearing an voice he remembered but at the same time did not remember "grant?" he asked himself. he and grant barley knew eachother but he known grant enough to see that he was an mellow relaxed kind of guy for having an fonding of love and hate for music Henry agreed to that as he too had a thing for music as he listened to the tape playing Boris was looking around he admit he was scared coming back here after being killed and brought here too many times it felt like an endless loop he hoped when it finally ended when he saw Henry and his best pal but now he feared his own death was coming back to haunt him he was brought back to reality when Henry snapped his fingers "hey Boris you okay there?" he nodded "y-....yeah i'm fine H-Henry just thinking" he said his throat not sounding that much weaker than before as he was slowly starting to get use to his voice recovering. They look over to See Bendy Walking back in his normal form and he looked like his injuries were not bothering him "well you look fine and dandy guess you got your injuries fix bud?" he nodded "hey why did'int you two go? I would of catch up with ya some other way" he asked "well we were just recovering from what had just happened but if you want to go now we can" he nodded "yep! let's hurry up and get out of here!" henry nodded "we still have to find joey though I still need some answers out of him" bendy's face turned from happy to scared but he did'int question him about it. after 10 minutes in the lift they finally reached level 14 henry looked at the amount of ink that was there "this whole place looks like it was flooded on purpose" he commented and henry and bendy both walked down as they noticed an heart on a hand henry picked it up grossed out and then saw something he though he never seen the camere ink creature was there "shhhhhhh there he is, the projectionist sulking in the darkness, stay out of his life if you don't want trouble just gather the things i need and return to me" the voice of 'Alice' said but Henry couldn't believe what he was seeing bendy noticed an tape playing and went over to grab it and walked back to henry and he turned it on and Henry felt tears streaming down his eyes "that's...... that thing...... it's Norman......oh god..... why.... why did it have to be him..." he said sadly as he knelt down silently crying inside his head. Bendy never saw Henry like this before it made him sad to see his friend like this he comforted the poor tired old man "Henry.... I... I tried Hen.... I tried so hard to stop Joey from turning him into that...... but....... but i was too late..." Henry sniffed "after all these years... and I did'int know what he was doing to you or the others..... oh god..... Norman i'm so sorry.... I.... I should of never left.. may-" bendy got up grabbing Henry and looking at him "no.... listen even if you did'int leave overtime joey would of done it anyway he'd lost it Henry! he gone and went mad with power he's not himself anymore!" bendy said to him and letted go "come on we can be quick if you wa-" Henry gripped on the Tommy gun "no.... let's just.... take our time...." he said and the toon nodded. As they ventured into the flooded ink he noticed an path boarded up he chopped it down and noticed an value panel and turned it not knowing what it could do "why did you do that?" he asked and Henry sighed "I just felt like doing it I don't know everything is just..... starting to get more and more weirder" after what felt like hours of searching through the maze they walked into and hiding they found only 4 hearts they were now walking carefully looking for the last one and they noticed an shadow they took an closer look to see it was the projectionist/Norman he was just standing there looking at an screen that showed one of the cartoon scenes from bendy's show he did'int move an single inch problem was the last heart was near him he gulped and carefully took one step as quiet as he could he slowly picked up the heart and backed up but the ink turned Norman did'int move an single inch still Henry then though of something he sighed "Norman.... I don't know if you can hear me or... if your still in there but.... I wanted to give this to you before I left" he said and silently handing him an photograph seeing the inky hand tighten he and bendy quickly walked off Norman lifted the picture up to his 'face' looking at the photograph it seem to open up an memory in his head that he kept inside him when he became this projectionist it was the only thing that kept him still mentally sane. ~Flashback~ "hey Henry" Henry looked to see it was Norman "I know your leaving and all soon but can we have a talk?" Henry nodded "sure thing Norman anything for a friend" the two sat down having an drink of coffee "so what did you wanted to talk about?" he asked and Norman took an sip "well I was wondering... how long will you be gone?" Henry though he did'int really know how long he be gone for "I think maybe an few years I reckon but when I get back I better see this place rolling with films or my ghost is gonna haunt you till ya die" he said laughing and Norman chuckled "yeah I get it stay safe pal" he told Henry "hey do you think ya talking to your talking to a guy that's technically been to war 2 times as of now" Norman nodded "I know you told me but still be careful alright" he nodded "I promise keep being you Norman alright and maybe when I get back we'll have that drink like I promised or else you'll knock me out with an hammer" Norman laughed "okay see ya around Henry" he nodded "see ya Norman" ~Flashback ended~ Henry And Bendy went back to the lift and he took one last look to see Norman Walking out and looking at him the two shared an stare at eachother bendy was on his guard he did'int know if he was here to hurt Henry or take him. Norman simply did an impression of Henry saluting and then walked off into the other room of the maze like hallways. Henry was shocked but he smiled "he's still in there somewhere...." bendy noticed the look of relief on his face and smiled "hey come on we can take one last look around the place before we head back to Alice" he nodded "yeah come on I think that value I drained might had opened up an new area" they went back into the lift and it went back up. after what seem like hours they finally reached floor 9 and Henry and bendy and Boris both went to the room Henry was talking about they saw an lone searcher but Henry was able to put quick use to his new Tommy gun as the searcher went down quickly "why is there an tape here?" Boris asked and Henry walked over and pressed play on it "only 2 weeks into this company and already it's gotten interesting. Joey is a man of ideas.. and only ideas. When I agreed to start this whole thing with him, I thought there would be a little more give and take. Instead I give and he takes. I haven't seen My Friend Linda For days now. Still though someone has to make this happen, when ever in doubt just keep drawing Henry. On the plus side though I've got a new character That I think people are going to love." Henry listened to it replaying itself "Henry?" Boris asked and Henry silently turned to look at him but turned around and walked back up bendy could of sworn he saw the old animator frown slightly "come on... let's just finish this and find joey.." Henry said in a serious tone as the two toons followed him. Henry Putted the 5 hearts in the box "ahh that should be enough now return to the elevator, it's time to go home" Henry grunted he did'int want to leave let but maybe after they ascended he could find another way to reach joey as the three sat in the lift Bendy was looking around "hey Boris you hear that bud we finally get to outside! your gonna see the things Henry told us about! with outside the beautiful skies, the nice open fields! and the wonderful amazing ocean! oh man it's gonna be so great we don't have to be in the studio anymore!" Boris smiled kindly at his friend "that's great b-b-bend-" than all of a sudden the three heard the lift go down very fast Henry's eyes widen and screamed in a angry tone "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK LADY?!?!?!?!" he shouted at alice "DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN LEAVE THAT EASY?!?!?! NO! I KNOW WHO YOU ARE HENRY! AND I KNOW WHY YOUR HERE!!! YOU WON'T STOP WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE! NOW BRING ME BACK MY BORIS!!!" bendy's eyes widen before glaring "HEY HE'S MY PAL NO ONE TAKES MY FRIEND CRAZY LADY!!!” He said angry at the now possessed voice of Alice angel aka Susie campbell “HE IS THE MOST PERFECT BORIS I HAVE EVER SEEN AND I WANT HIS INSIDES TO MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL AGAIN!! SO GIVE HIM TO ME!” Henry glared and saw Boris was cowering in fear as bendy was getting ready to transform “OR BETTER YET I’LL TAKE HIM!” Bendy growled and Henry did’int know what else to do so he tried to look at the buttons and tried pressing one but it did’int stop going down he silently cursed as it went down even faster and Alice’s voice started to get more demonic “ONCE. YOUR. DEAD!!!!” She said yelling. Than an big loud crash to the ground and the elevator breaking is what sent Henry and bendy to blackness. ~Flashback~ Bendy was watching the others drove off away from the studio he sighed and saw that Henry’s Car was still here he was confused “I don’t see Joey’s car so why is hen still here?” He got off and walked around and noticed someone sleeping he looked to see the young but old looking animator sleeping on his desk again bendy sighed deeply “overworked again I see” he said quietly before going to the closest and grabbing an blanket and putting it over him “Jeeze Henry you gotta learn when to stop overworking yourself” he said knowing the old man couldn’t hear him he looked to see what was he drawing this whole time and raised an eyebrow he picked up the drawing it was an drawing of him and what looked like Henry in it he noticed that in the drawing Henry was showing Bendy what seems to be outside the studio he noticed how happy he himself looked and he noticed the words “happy birthday Bud” was written on it he smiled and putted the drawing back on the desk he smiled at the animator and patted the sleeping Henry while putting an pillow underneath his head “night hen” he said walking off. Bendy heard muttering going about he looked to see Sammy was still here chanting something that bendy couldn't hear him say he tilted his head to see what was he doing he saw the room he was in darken his eyes widen and quickly slammed the door shut and backed up and ran off surely something did pop out of the pentagram an demonized version of bendy as the ink demon slowly grinned but then it melted back into the pentagram Sammy's eyes widen and shouted "NO!" bendy could hear him shouting repeadtly  he was breathing heavily and quickly ran off to find Boris and Alice "maybe they know whats wrong with Sammy" he said to himself as he kept running. ~flashback ended~ Henry could barley open his eyes as he slowly opened them to find Boris shaking him "B..Boris what are you doing here..? G-get out of here b-before she gets you..." He slowly cough and Boris kept shaking him he slowly turned to see bendy knocked out leaning on the wall with his hood covering most of his face. He turned to see Alice slowly coming towards them he tried to warn Boris but he couldn't speak Alice grabbed him and pulled him away into the darkness Henry tried to reach out to get him as he heard Boris yell "HENRY!! P..PLEASE SAVE ME!!!!" Henry had tears dripping out of his eyes "Boris... I'm sorry.." He thought in his head as he slowly slipped into darkness As Alice's Laughter is the last thing he hears as he blacks out before getting two pictures flashing up in his head an vision of boris strapped on an table with Alice's Shadow looming over him and the second one shows the ink demon with his minions looking like they're going to plan something to take down The Angel once and for all ~40 minutes later~ Meanwhile in an rather normal looking office an short black haired man was sitting down reading some files he hears the door open and turns around "well? did you figure out something yet my little devil?" the voice known as Joey Drew said as the tall ink demon nodded while it's grin was wider than before joey smiled "good susie is no longer useful at this point even though she never was... make sure you finish the job and end both her and that...... AnGeL's life" he said shivering after saying the word angel The ink demon made an sound that sounded like an happy child and clapped it's hands repeadtly and ran out Joey smiled as he sat back down and putted on his reading glasses and kept on turning the pages of an book he was reading.