Chapter 5 The Last Reel
The snack pack were inside of a cell. They heard the other Alice angel humming a song that they were familiar with.
They saw her writing something on the walls.
"I know that song." Said Poppy.
"Everyone knows that song." Said The other Alice, "Who are you? Why are you all here?"
"I'm Poppy." Said Poppy as she began to introduce herself and the snack pack, "This is Branch, this is Biggie, this is Cooper, this is Guy Diamond, this is Smidge, and they are Satin and Chenille."
"We were invited by someone named Joey Drew." Added Branch, "And now we can't leave."
"Then, you know more than we do." Said the other Alice, "One minute, we don't even exist...just...thoughts. And the next minute...this place."
"Are you gunna let us out of here?" Asked Smidge.
"Down here, strangers aren't good things." Replied the other Alice, "How can we trust you all? We don't even know what you all are."
"We're trolls." Said Biggie, "We are the friendliest creatures the world has ever known."
"Well, my name is Allison." Said the other Alice, "You go back and rest. We'll talk again later."
Later, the snack pack saw Allison talking with another Boris.
"It's only for a few hours." Said Allison, "No need to worry. I won't go far... Only up to level six. Just stay here. Keep an eye on the trolls, ok? I'll be back as soon as I can. I promise." She then leaves.
The other Boris sits down and glares at the trolls.
"This is not the Boris we know." Said Guy Diamond.
Later, the snack pack saw Allison writing on the walls.
"I know you're all watching me." She said, "It's just... a little creepy."
"You're the one that writes on the walls." Said Cooper.
"We all do." Continued Allison, "For some poor souls down here, it's the only way they can be heard. But you don't want to touch the ink for too long. It can claim you... pull you back. That's how I met Tom. I was messing with things I shouldn't have been and he... he was there."
The snack pack realized that the other Boris was actually named Tom.
"Why do you call him Tom." Asked Satin.
"He just seems to respond to it." Replied Allison.
"Well, I don't think he's very fond with us." Said Chenille.
"Let me show you something." Said Allison as she approached the snack pack with a strange item, "A while back, I was mapping out one of the upper levels when I noticed something reflecting off a piece of glass. I held up the glass, looked through, and the wall behind me was a hidden message! Right there in plain sight! So, I kept looking and found more and more messages everywhere in the studio! But you can't see them with your eyes. Only through this. Take a look!" She handed the snack pack the glass item.
The snack pack looked through and saw some hidden messages and a halo on Allison's head. They were surprised.
"I don't know who's leaving them, but I think they know how to get out of here." Said Allison.
"Where does it all lead to?" Asked Smidge.
"Nowhere." Replied Allison, "I followed them for a long time... just leads me in circles. I don't think I'm meant to leave this place. But maybe... you all are."
"Allison... please let us out of here." Said Poppy.
"Tom thinks you're all dangerous." Said Allison.
"And what do you think?" Asked Branch.
"I... I think... you're all the hopes I've been waiting for." Said Allison, "Go to sleep. Maybe tomorrow will be better."
The next day, the snack pack woke up to the sound of banging and ink noises on the walls. Allison and Tom were struggling to open the cell to let the trolls free.
"We can't just leave them!" Allison yelled, "Not with the Ink Demon right outside the door!"
"What's going on?" Asked Poppy.
"He's coming! The Ink Demon!" Replied Alice, "We have to move on!" She tired to open the cell, "Tom! We have to let them out!"
Tom looked at Allison, for he knew there was nothing they could do.
"I'm sorry." She said.
Tom and Allison ran out as fast as they could, leaving the snack pack behind. Then, Branch broke open the door with a gent pipe he found with the help of the glass.
"Cooper, it's best if you hold the glass." He said and Cooper agreed.
The snack pack ran out and tried to follow Tom and Allison, but they lost them. They saw a ink river as well as a boat.
They got on. Cooper looked through the glass and saw a writing that said: "There's something in the river!"
"This won't be good." He said.
The boat started to run. The snack pack went through the river, when suddenly, the boat stopped. Branch saw that blobs of ink were stuck in the paddlewheel.
"Ugh! Of course it's the ink! It always the ink!" He yelled as he got the blobs of ink off the paddlewheel, "Can't things get any worse?"
Suddenly, a giant hand came out of the river and destroyed the other boat.
"OH MY GOD! STEP ON IT BRANCH!" Smidge yelled.
Branch made the boat go as fast as it could. The hand was after them. Then, the snack pack arrived at a strange village. They quickly got off the boat and went to see the village. The giant hand was gone.
"What is this place?" Asked Biggie, "It's so huge."
Suddenly, they heard an angry scream. They turned to see who it was, and to their surprise, it was Sammy Lawrence. He didn't have a happy look on his face.
"Sammy?! I thought you were dead!" Said Guy Diamond.
"BETRAYED!!! ABANDONED!!!" Yelled Sammy, "I trusted you! I gave you everything! And you left me here to rot! Why?! WHY?!" He was running at them with an axe.
"What are you talking about?!" Yelled Poppy.
"You are out of your mind!" Yelled Branch.
Then, Sammy grabbed the snack pack and dropped them on the ground.
"You lied to me! You said I'd be free!" He said, "Well I'm going to free you all now! Free your heads right off your shoulders! Sheep, sheep, sheep, it time for... sleep."
Sammy was about to kill the snack pack, until Tom came and hit Sammy in the head with his axe. Sammy fell to the ground, he was no more.
The snack pack got back up and saw that Tom and Allison were here.
"That was close!" Said Allison, "You're all lucky we were in the neighborhood. It's probably best if we stay together from now on. Think you guys can lead the way?" She opens a path.
"Why, of course!" Said Poppy.
The snack pack, Allison, and Tom arrived at a unstable bridge.
"This doesn't look stable." Said Branch.
The snack pack started to cross the bridge, when suddenly, the bridge broke and the snack pack fell.
"TROLLS!!!" Yelled Allison through the distance.
They landed in a puddle of ink.
"Man! What ever you do, do not step on that plank! That's a big no no!" Said Guy Diamond.
Cooper looked through the glass and saw a writing that said: "It's inside the vault."
"What does that mean?" He asked.
The snack pack arrived at a administration section.
"This must be where the offices are." Said Biggie.
They went to explored offices, played some tapes, and hid from the butcher gang which somehow they were still alive.
The snack pack encountered an office that belonged to someone they were angry with, Joey Drew.
"Well, well well! What perfect timing." Said Satin.
"Time to give him a piece of our minds." Said Chenille.
The snack pack busted the door open.
"Alright! Look here, Drew! How dare you-" Branch began to yell when he saw that Joey wasn't there.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Yelled Smidge.
The snack pack continued to explore the administration place. They arrived at a vault room. Cooper looked through the glass again and saw a witting that said: "The demon has taken it!"
"What did he took?" He asked.
The snack pack looked at the boxes full of movie tapes.
"Looks like whatever was here was taken long ago." Said Allison as she and Tom approached the snack pack.
"How did you get down here?" Asked Branch.
"It pays to carry a rope." Said Allison, "You should try it."
"Look, I know where we have to go... but it's not going to be pleasant." Said Poppy, "The Ink Demon has something that we need to get out of here. We're going after him."
"You want to go to his lair?" Asked Allison with concern, "Are you crazy? That's death!"
"That's where the trail seems to lead." Said Branch.
Allison sighed, "Well, it's probably close by... probably through that door. But it won't be easy to open. I'll need three gears, a crowbar... hmm, some kind of counterbalance."
Then, Tom breaks the door open with his metal arm.
"Huh. Well, that works too... I guess." Said Allison.
They went through the door and walked through a long tunnel. After walking for 2 minutes, they arrived at the main lair of Bendy, the Ink Demon.
"Oh my god!" Said Smidge with surprise.
"Wow!" Said Allison who was surprised as well, "I've never seen this place before! I don't see any way around... nothing to build a raft with."
"We'll have to wade across." Suggested Branch.
"We can't." Said Allison, "We're not like you, trolls. If Tom and I go in there, well... a drop of water in the ocean is rarely seen again."
"I guess it's all up to us." Said Guy Diamond.
"And we don't even know what we're doing here." Said Poppy, "We don't know why this is all happening to us."
"You're all here for a reason." Said Allison, "There's always a reason. Even when you can't understand it. It's time... set us free!"
And with that, the snack pack enter the lair of the Ink Demon. The entrance door closes behind them.
"They could've at least gave us a weapon." Said Branch.
They arrived at the door that led to the throne room.
"This is it." Said Poppy, "No more running and hiding."
"At this point, there's no turning back." Said Smidge.
"It's time to end this once and for all." Said Branch.
They entered the throne room. No one was there. They saw some cartoons in the top ceiling.
Biggie found a tape and started to play it.
"It's simply awe-inspiring what one can accomplish with their own hands." Joey Drew was talking in the tape, "A lump of clay can turn to meaning... if you strangle with it with enough enthusiasm. Me and my friend, Henry, created life itself. Not just on the silver screen, but in hearts of those we entertained with our fancy moving pictures. But... when the tickets stopped selling... when the next big thing came along... only the monsters remained... shadows of the past. But you can save them, Trolls! You can peel it all away!" The snack pack pick up a movie tape. "You see, there's only one thing Bendy has never known: He was there for his beginning... but he's never seen..."
"The end." Said the snack pack together.
Suddenly, Bendy appeared in front of them. He started to transform into a monstrous beast.
"OH MY GOD!!!" Yelled Smidge.
"RUN!!!" Yelled Biggie.
They all over the lair. It was like a maze. Bendy was moving fast and going through walls. The snack pack managed to dodge the Ink Demon.
"We need to go back to the throne room!" Said Satin.
"But how?" Asked Chenille.
Cooper looked through the glass and saw arrows in the ground that led to the throne room.
"Thank you Allison!" He said.
They ran back to the throne room. Bendy was behind them.
"Bendy!" Yelled Poppy, "Your reign is over!"
She inserted the movie tape and started to play it.
Bendy looked at the screen and saw "The End" sign. He slowly started to disintegrate. Then all the screens shows the "The End" sign. Bendy disintegrated into thin air. The Ink Demon was no more.
Later, the snack pack left the studio. They freed everyone, including Tom and Allison. All the lost souls left the studio and returned home.
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