After the frightening encounter, Falcon and co. slowly calmed down. Slowly being the only false term in this sentence. After the lights came on, they all stared in horror at the broken shards of glass on the wooden floor. The sound of the dark inky waterfall soothed them if only for a moment. They finally got the courage to speak.
"What. The hay. Was that?" Rainbow spoke in a quiet, but traumatized tone. Falcon remembered the creature very well. Only at the same time, he didn't? The creature was rather thin, had thick black hair, and half of its face being quite pretty. 'Half' was what said it all. The pretty half was the face of the Angel he once drew on his desk. Only, the other half was, abnormal. The mouth was stretched out and didn't appear to have any cheek flesh or skin whatsoever, the eye on the same side was dark and swollen, and the halo that once shined so bright above the creature, had protruded out of her head and wiggled like rubber. That was indeed, Alice Angel, the devil sent from above.
"Alice." Falcon replied. "But judging by what we've seen here, I believe that's Susie Cambell, the voice actress."
"But, how? Sammy was nothing but a gelatinous mass in overalls!" Twilight exclaimed.
"And Boris seemed normal enough." Applejack added.
"But, why the employees of all candidates?" Rarity asked
"I think I know." Falcon answered. "I think all of this was my fault. If I hadn't left, maybe this could've been prevented but..." They all awaited his answer. "The Ink Machine must be the cause of this." Their once anxious faces turned to ones of confusion. All except Twilight's.
"I understand." She said. "Think about it! We activate the machine, Bendy tries to kill us... twice. We get trapped underground only to be captured and attacked. And none of this could have happened without the machine. But why was it your fault?" Falcon really hated himself right about now. He was going to need to reveal the truth eventually but right now? It was very overwhelming for him. Sweat stained his red coat as he tried to think of an excuse to get out of this. He was saved, kind of by feeling the air getting denser. The walls started gaining the same particles as Bendy went by the last time.
"Bendy's close." He said, "We better hurry." They went through the newly opened passage. only to turn the corner and find two paths. A sign was posted:
The "Demon Route" led to a path that was covered in nothing but thick ink. A chair was even stuck in an ink stream pouring from the ceiling. On a chair in the corner was a tape recorder. The "Angel Route led to a fancy room with a couch, Alice Angel cutout/plush, and tape recorder.
"We should split up gang." Twilight stated. "Rarity, Fluttershy, you two will come with me through the Angel road. The rest of you go through there." she pointed a hoof at the ink room.
Demon
Falcon, Pinkie, Applejack and Rainbow Dash stepped into the inky room. The room smelled strongly of a murky oil that just one whiff could make one sick. They walked towards the tape recorder in the corner of the room. Suddenly, a new voice appeared. It was one however, that Falcon knew well:
Voice of Joey Drew:
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 lifting 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.
Falcon had missed the voice of his old friend. However the last sentence hit him like venom. Joey had always believed in the supernatural. When he first arrived in Equestria, he was scared and alone. When Falcon found him as a kid, he brought Joey back to the orphanage with him. Yes they both had no parents. The reason why he and Twilight became good friends was because she had dreamed of having a younger brother. While she and Falcon were about the same age, she still took a lot of interest in him.
Falcon had always amazed people with his abilities to bring pictures to life. His first cartoon was of a bunny who never failed a task. He could squash, stretch, even reassemble his body parts. Joey had the same talent which is pretty much why they opened Sillyvision in the first place. Joey had named the cartoon character, "Oswald". Falcon thought it was an odd name but then again, it was an odd character. When a bully named Minty Fresh stole their idea of Oswald and started his own company, Fal and Joey started up again quickly. They threw away the idea of recreating Oswald as a mouse but thought of something better. An Angel. Falcon had lied to them about Alice back in the Music Department. Alice was never scrapped during production. The world just forgot about her until Bendy and Boris came onto the scene.
Falcon had originally plotted for Alice to be Bendy's love interest but scrapped that idea because it was too cliche. So Alice was stopped and Susie had been fired. Falcon could only wonder how devastated she was when Allison came onto the scene.
Angel
"Oh my! look at this lovely couch!" Rarity exclaimed, "If I could add a pinch of color then..."
"Now Rarity," Fluttershy started," we don't have time to look at furniture."
"We do have time however for this recording." Twilight said as she hit play. The recorder played a very sad voice.
Voice of Susie Campbell:
Everything feels like it’s coming apart.
When I walked into the recording booth today, Sammy was there with that… Alison.
Apparently, I didn’t get the memo.
Alice Angel will now be voiced by Miss Alison Pendle.
A part of me died when he said that.
There’s gotta be a way to fix this!
The three mares felt nothing but empathy for Susie. She was replaced without notice and cast out. It must've ruined her.
Back on track:
The 7 ponies regrouped in the hallway and continued. They saw a Bendy poster at the end of the hall. What else was new? and as soon as they reached the end, a Bendy cutout popped out. They all jumped at it as it popped out of nowhere. But the one who did it was the one rolling on the floor laughing.
"GAHAHAHAHA!" Boris laughed. "You should've seen your faces! Priceless!"
"Boris! You gave us heart attacks!" Falcon yelled.
"Yeah! Not funny dude!" Rainbow yelled.
"Hey, at least I didn't come back empty handed!" He held out a steel pipe. Falcon took it in his hoof and wacked a barrel. Ink sprayed everywhere as soon as the tip hit the wooden case of the barrel. After a quick cleaning they continued into a room filled with toys and very annoying bendy clocks. I mean seriously how could anyone not find that annoying? All the ticking and ticking and... (Pony in the audience: We get it! Get on with the story!) Heheh. Ahem! Anyways, after passing through the room they came to a hallway with 2 paths. One led to a Bendy statue while the other went off into a smokey area.
"Looks like we're going to have to switch two levers on. You guys get this, I'll find the other." Falcon said. With the pipe still in his hoof he walked down the corridor, to the second lever. As soon as he pulled it he heard the mechanical whirring of machinery. As soon as he turned around, he came face to face with another cartoon creature. Falcon yelled in surprise. "CHARLEY?!" he yelled as the monkey-like creature, it's jaw wide open came running at him, swinging a plunger. The Meatly made him. I didn't.
Falcon dodged Charley's attacks and repeatedly hit the monster in the head. As Charley fell to the floor, he disappeared into ink. He saw his friends behind him, bearing scared expressions. "Is everything okay?" Fluttershy whispered.
"Yeah I'm fine. Another creature. I think it was Charley from the..."
"Butcher Gang." Boris finished. they all looked at him. "When I was on the run from Bendy and Alice, I ran into them, they looked disfigured but their minds were the same. They tried to take me like in the cartoons."
"I'm pretty sure he didn't try to kill ponies with a plunger though." Fal replied. Everyone heard Rainbow snickering along with Pinkie. "What?"
"He actually tried to kill you with a plunger?" Rainbow asked still snickering.
"Ugh! Come on!" Falcon said. They continued through the doors and came to a set of stair leading to an elevator. When they got there, it automatically closed around them.
You're all so interesting. So... Different. I have to say I'm an instant fan. It looks like you, red one, have a date with an angel. Come to me now. Level Nine. Just follow the screams.
"Hoo boy." Falcon said.
As they reached the bottom they spotted another tape recorder.
Voice of Thomas Connor:
These Blasted Elevators…
sometimes they open…
sometimes they don’t…
sometimes they come…
sometimes they keep on going to hell and back.
I keep telling these people, if Mister Joey Drew keeps cutting corners like this, someone’s sure to end up falling to their death.
And it sure ain’t gunna be me.
I’m taking the stairs.
"That guy gets it." Boris said. They all turned around to stare at him. They then walked toward a sign with Alice's head on it. It stated once more, "She's Quite A Gal!"
"You girls may want to stay out here. This is between me and her." He told the Mane 6. "Boris, you come with me. You're fast and good with machinery. You should be able to help the others if I'm in trouble." Boris nodded. As they both stood in front of the door underneath Alice, it slowly and loudly opened. And as soon as it did, Boris rushed inside.
"Boris wait!" Fal yelled as he ran inside. What Falcon saw as he entered scared him. He not only saw Boris staring at his corpse. He also saw the room filled with them.
