||ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 7/18/21||

||EDITED 4/17/21||

Previously...

Reverse struggled against his captors, tears starting to form in his eyes, before he yelped as he was thrown into a cage, an active power dampener being placed on him so he couldn't turn into an ink puddle and escape. He tried to run out before the cage closed, but he failed and was now trapped. He looked at Alice and Joey in shock, tears streaming down his face.

"Now how does the plan go again?" Alice asked, smirking.

"If they don't come for him after the threat is made, we drop him into the void. If their friends show up, well, we have more leverage against the two of them." Joey explained.

"Heh. Right." It was then that Reverse noticed that he was being dangled above the void under the ink machine. "I completely forgot."

"Morning, Ben." She said with a smile.

"M- Morning, blueberry...!" He nuzzled her hand a bit, and her smile slightly widened.

"So adorable." Bendy's blush darkened.

"WHERE THE FUCK DID HE GO!?" They suddenly heard Baldi yell from halfway across the lair.

"! Baldi!?" Storm quickly picked up Bendy in a panic and ran towards the yelling.

"RYAN!?" Bendy tensed up and froze in Storm's hands once he heard Cassidy yell his brother's name in a panic, and she noticed.

"Shit." She burst into the room only to see absolute carnage.

Reverse's room was a mess. It had his white ink splattered all over the walls, staining it, and it looked fresh, a few hours old even. The bed sheets were strewn about across the floor, signaling that this had happened in the middle of him trying to sleep. A bunch of other stuff belonging to him were also strewn about throughout the entire room. It was dead silent for a heartbeat, then two, and then Bendy freaked out and screamed "RYAN!" at the top of his lungs.

"Don't worry... The others will get him back..." Just as she said that, she heard the sound of someone approaching the lair and hid with Bendy, who got the hint that he needed to stay quiet.

"Ugh... I can't believe we're coming back here now, Joey..." They heard Alice say.

"I know, I know. I'm surprised you even came." Joey's voice rang out and echoed.

"Well, we had to leave this note and photograph here for them. I wasn't gonna let you do it on your own since we took him and the rest of their friends together." Storm had to cover her mouth to stop herself from gasping.

"Good point." Joey left the note and photo on the throne before he noticed Storm's room. "... Would you look at that...? He made her a room in his lair..."

"HE DID WHAT!?" Alice asked, shocked.

"Yeah. He made her a bedroom to sleep in. Let's just get out of here." Their footsteps retreated and Storm left her hiding spot with Bendy.

Alice shoved Neighbor and Cassidy back into their cages and waited, not realizing that Storm was already hidden in the room, having snuck in while everyone else was distracted. She snuck over to the cages and shushed everyone, picking the lock and getting Reverse out of his cage first. He quickly ran into hiding, and Storm was about to free Cassidy when she sneezed, causing Joey and Alice to turn around and throw her into the cage Reverse had been in.

"Wha- HEY!" Storm tried to pry the door open but it was locked, and her bobby pins and lock picks were all on the floor in front of Cassidy's cage.

"That was a little too easy..." Alice pointed out.

"Yeah, and Bendy isn't even with her..." Storm kept trying to get the cage open, but it was no use. She had taken Reverse's place, albeit unknowingly and unwillingly, and Reverse snuck away to try and get help to free her and the rest of their friends, only to find Bendy in his small form being held in the hands of...

3rd Person

Storm kept trying to get the cage open, but it was no use. She had taken Reverse's place, albeit unknowingly and unwillingly, and Reverse snuck away to try and get help to free her and the rest of their friends, only to find Bendy in his small form being held in the hands of... William Afton!?

"What the- Who are you!?" Reverse asked, shocked.

"William Afton. I, um... Came to see if this place was better than the theme park since everyone's been fighting there since Storm came back here. Speaking of... Where is Storm...?"

"Wait- Ryan!!" Bendy jumped out of William's hands and ran over to his brother, who looked down at him, shocked.

"What the fu-"

"Don't ask how this happened..."

"Okay, but... Yeah, nevermind, Ben, how did this- Wait. I remember why I'm here." Reverse looked at William. "Alice and Joey have my friends... Storm included."

"... Where are they?"

"All in cages dangling above the void under the ink machine. But you can't go alone, Mr. Afton."

"Right, but we can't just leave them all in those cages!"

"What the fuck is going on around this place anymore!?" Henry asked as he walked into the room with Sammy and Allison, before noticing William. "... You aren't Joey."

"No. No he isn't." Sammy gasped at the sight of the small and fluffy Bendy.

"My lord!? What happened!? Did Joey do this to you!?"

"No, Sammy. I did this to myself. Somehow. But, speaking of my so called "father," he has Cass and the others locked in cages."

"... Allison, grab my axe. Henry's too. And get Tom as well. We're getting the others back." Allison nodded and left, coming back with three axes, her sword and Tom Boris.

"I noticed that the other man looked like he was gonna commit murder. So I grabbed him an axe to join in on the fun." Henry and Sammy both grabbed axes, and Tom grabbed the other one before looking at William. "You won't hurt us right?"

"Nope. Just the man that has my adoptive daughter in a cage." Tom was a bit skeptical but handed William the axe anyway.

"Wait. We should get my brother back to normal first."

"I'll be fine, Ryan!"

"Ben, please." Bendy sighed and nodded before trying to go back to normal.

"... I, um... I'm kinda stuck like this."

"Oh. Shit. We'll fix you later then. Let's just get Storm and the others back." Everyone nodded and Henry picked up Bendy, placing him on his shoulder.

While everyone else was preparing for all out war, Joey and Alice were watching everyone in the cages like hawks. Storm had given up on getting the cage open and was now just standing with her hands on the door of the cage, looking down at the void and imagining it was a normal floor to try and stop her fear of heights from kicking in. She was starting to regret going alone to get Reverse and the others out, but it was too late to go back and change her decision.

"Hm..." Alice turned to the door. "Looks like he isn't coming after all."

"He wouldn't just leave us!" Molten yelled out.

"Well then where is he!?"

"I... I don't know, but he's probably coming up with a plan to save us!"

"Yeah, right." Storm fidgeted a bit, before looking at the door, silently praying that Bendy didn't run through it. She didn't want him getting caught up in all this, and it seemed like her prayers were answered as Tom ran into the room, axe in hand.l, followed by Allison Angel, or Allison Pendle as she went by before her inky demise. "... You two. Go fucking figure."

"They aren't the only ones!" Henry yelled out as he ran in, Bendy still on his shoulder, with Sammy following him. Storm's eyes widened once she saw Sammy, but she freaked out even more once she saw William run into the room after them with Reverse, axe in hand. "Joey."

"... What are you doing here, Henry?" Joey asked, before noticing the axe. "You wouldn't-"

"Let them out." Allison aimed her sword at Joey and Alice, and William, Henry and Sammy gripped their axes so tight their knuckles turned white.

"... No." Joey had seemingly prepared for all out war and grabbed two axes that he had stashed, handing one to Alice, just before the all out war began.

"Someone get them out of the cages!" Henry yelled out as he and Tom fought with Joey, and both Sammy and William ran over and broke each of the cages open, starting off with Storm and Molten, ending with Neighbor and Cassidy.

"NO!" Alice kicked Allison's sword out of her hand, and then Allison herself over the rail into the void, causing Sammy to drop his axe and grab her hand.

"Uh oh."

"ALICE, WHAT THE FUCK!?" Storm ran over and helped Sammy pull Allison back onto the ground only to gasp as she was stabbed from behind after Allison was safe. She blacked out just after Sammy caught her and gave her bacon soup to heal her wound, and William ran over to help make sure that she was okay.

"RETREAT, WE COMPLETED OUR MISSION!" Sammy picked up Storm and ran off with her, Allison and William, and Henry knocked out both Alice and Joey before following them with everyone else. Bendy pointed the way to the lair, very nervous about what would happen next, and for good reason, because the minute Storm was laid down in her room, Cassidy started cursing out William for turning her into who she is now, causing Bendy to facepalm.

"Cass, can- can you not yell right now?" Sammy asked. "Storm's sleeping, she needs rest."

"Yeah, sure, but this asshole needs to learn his lesson!"

"Cass. Not the time." Bendy looked at Storm's room, and Henry took him into it, placing him on the bed next to Storm. Bendy gently crawled onto her chest and curled up like a little cat, not wanting to leave her. Henry smiled softly and left the room only to see that Cassidy and William were gone. "... Didn't I just say not now??"

"She didn't listen." Molten rolled his eyes.

"How's Storm?" Sammy asked.

"Still asleep. But better."

"That's good." Sammy looked at Allison, who was lost in thought. "Allison??"

"Hm?" She looked at Sammy. "Oh, sorry... Just thinking about something. Why she looked shocked when we showed up."

"Sammy, does- does she not know?" Henry asked.

"Know what?" Sammy sighed and looked at Allison, gently cupping her cheek.

"Allison... Storm is our daughter." Cassidy and William had been dragged back into the room in time to hear that, and William looked at the two, a small smile on his face, glad that he knew that Storm's real parents were good people.

"... Really...!? We... We have her back...!?"

"Yeah...!" Sammy smiled. "Yeah, we- we do...!"

"I... How did I not know this...!?"

"I don't know but... We finally have her back...!" Sammy looked at William. "Thanks for taking care of her, William..."

"You're welcome, Sammy. I'm just glad that she's okay." William smiled. As if on cue, Storm woke up screaming from a nightmare like she had on her first night back.