The Broken Loop

Chapter 24: A Failed Plan

I barely manage to jump out of the way in time. I quickly turn to look at him and I freeze.

He looks like a human sized version of the original Bendy sketch. . . except he looks more human, he also has ink dripping over his eyes like me, not to mention he's like. . . two-three feet taller than I am. . . he even has a tail that's waving back and forth, I would have found it funny if I wasn't so terrified. . .

Why am I so scared? I've never been afraid before. . .

Before I can even think of an answer to my question I'm suddenly shoved against the wall, his clawed hand is holding onto one of my horns and he repeatedly slams my head into the wall.

After like ten head-slams I disappear into the ink on the ground and I appear behind him, launching myself at him.

Just as I was about to land on him he immediately grabs me and throws me to the ground, he then starts to punch my face.

I manage to summon enough strength kick him in the stomach with enough force to get him off of me, after a few attempts I manage to shakily stand up. The moment I manage that, though, he suddenly rakes his claws across my back, I scream in pain.

I've never felt pain before. . .

He's much stronger than the Protectionist, and he was by far the most difficult creature to fight down here.

I stumble forward, before he can pin me down again I quickly hide in the ink, causing him to slip and fall, once he hits the ground I emerge and pin him down, I can easily kill him now, and send him into that inky abyss of the Ink Machine. The plan is working, although its much harder than I expected it to be.

I hesitate, he's never actually died in any of the loops before. . . and those who have died were soulless. . . those with souls who did die came back every time the loop reset. .

Would he even come back if he dies?

That hesitation was enough time for him to throw me off of him, he stabs me in the stomach with his claws, I can feel his hot breath breathing into my 'ear', I can also hear him growling.

I'm not going to win this fight. . .

I quickly retreated into the ink, and appear in my throne room.

With all the strength I have left I sit down on the throne, I then sink into the ink on it, allowing it to heal me.

I growl in frustration, if I didn't have any second thoughts on the plan it would have worked.

"Are you okay? I hear Linda say, I actually flinch.

"No." I reply, that's the first time I actually got hurt by something that wasn't The End, that was the first time I actually felt pain.

I close my eyes and look through the eyes of the cutouts I have around the studio, I remember the rebels(I finally decided to call them that, its easier to say than 'empty shells'.) mentioning that those Bendy statues hold Henry's memories. . . maybe those will help?

I find one inside of my lair, in a maze-like-corridor with levers inside it. I growl in annoyance, but I then immediately regret it after sudden, stabbing, pain.

How did I not see that?

With a lot of effort, I manage to summon a massive hand to knock down the statue, I then watch. . . .

"Dad? You called?" I hear a teenage girl say, I watch as the ink forms into a teenage girl, entering some kind of office.

". . . Yes, I did ." Henry says, something is. . . off. .