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Darkness, that was all she could see. A black darkness, an awful smell that almost seems like, like ink? Luz felt her nose sniff up, her eye’s closed more, and she took a deep breath, before realizing that breath made it so ink entered in her mouth. She moved her upper body up realizing she was laying down with a puddle of ink surrounding her head. She looked around, this wasn’t the Boiling Isles at all. Which means that she failed in getting her friends back home and she doesn't have any way to get back or- or maybe-
“Luz!” A familiar voice called out running to her.
“Hunter!” Luz called out trying to stand up before coughing up a few strands of ink.
“I’ve been trying to find anyone- but- but,” Hunter gasped for a few strands of air, “but I couldn’t find any of them, I waited a bit where I first came but no one was there so I started to look around and then-”
“And then you saw me,” Luz put together, Hunter nodded, Luz sighed, “I don’t think the portal led us back to the demon realm, unless you guys have wolves and demons with croissants for heads that you watch for fun,” Luz pointed to a poster for an old cartoon with a wolf and a demon one it not being able to see the words but seeing the drawing.
“Not to my knowledge, but why would the portal take us here?” Hunter asked a question no one knew the answer to.
“Then we just need to find where our friends are and where.. he is,” Luz stated, getting up fully this time.
“You know saying his name won’t make some weird swamp ghost just appear out of thin air… I think,” Hunter remarked, crossing his arms.
“Well either way we should get moving, we don’t know what to expect in this place,” Luz says walking closer to Hunter.
“Yeah, I guess,” Hunter replies.
So the two went on not finding anyone or anything interesting even mainly just ink, pipes, and old posters. They walked and walked hallway after hallway not entering any door for fear they may become lost, not even paying attention to the doors anymore. Until one slowly came open in front of them, the two stopping in their tracks, before seeing a person’s head poking out of the door head full of short black hair turning to face one way before turning to face them bright yellow eye’s widening in shock before the head quickly went back into the room it came out of door quickly slamming it shut.
“WAIT!” Luz called out running to the door but it was to late, she tried to open it but the other person was holding it shut, “We promise we don’t want to hurt you, we just need a bit of help getting out of here,”
“Well I guess we both have to same goal,” Luz felt the grip from the other side loosen and she stepped away as the door opened, behind it was a young woman around her 20’s-30’s with short black hair, a yellow sweater, and black pants, what was most surprising though were her eye’s that were a golden color and dark patches on different parts of her body, just like-
“No it can’t be-” Hunter backed up, eyes expanding, Luz backed up as well but it looked different now, the patches on her were black not the green, though they couldn’t roll out the possibility that he somehow got parts of ink in his already goopy body.
“Belos…?” Luz muttered under her breath.
“Belos? Who’s-“ the girl was cut off from someone somewhere nearby.
“So many new souls, so many to join the dark puddles” a deep raspy voice called out.
“We need to run,” the person said, eyes somehow widening more.
“What?” Hunter asked but was grabbed by them as they started to run away.
They ran and ran as fast as they could. After a bit they slowed down, taking many deep breaths in before turning to face the hall to their right, making eye contact with, well with some kind of demon Luz didn’t recognize from her time on the Boiling Isles.
Quickly the person holding the two went back to running forward and into an open room with a bunch of what Luz could only guess were demons with a similar appearances to humans other than not having any hair and being pitch black. The “demons” started to run towards them but the one holding them held out their left arm which was the same arm that Hunter had been held with. After a breath was taken they looked forward and then- they had zoomed forward somehow not only stunning Luz but some of the other demons here as well. Luz panicked as they had came across a dead in with only a wall in front of them, quickly she tried to break free but was quickly pushed into a vent she had not noticed earlier, following just a second later in being pushed in was Hunter, then lastly the person carrying them got into the vent as well.
Luz could hear it, the screaming of the ones outside, the running away from something in fear, how it got quieter and quieter.
“Please- please- let me in- please- I just want to go home!” One of the beings called out banging on the vent, quickly the person in front of them reached out their hand to let the being in and they were pulling them in when there was a pull from another source, the being screamed as the other tried to pull them in but yet the pull from the force was to strong, and after losing grip for just a split second the being was pulled away screaming.
“W-we need to go,” the eldest said, turning back to the other two.
Luz looked to Hunter as she nodded her head Hunter nodded back before the two got into crawling position. They crawled around trying to find a way out for a few minutes before finding another open vent and they jumped out of it.
“See I don’t want to hurt you,” the person said, jumping out of the vent.
“That’s what you say but you need to prove it,” Hunter stated standing up straight.
“I think I just did by helping the two of you get away from the ink demon,” the person said with a small laugh.
“Ink demon…?” Luz questioned, she hasn’t heard of an ink demon before.
“Yes, it’s the most powerful thing here and it kills whatever it can. If I hadn’t saved the two of you then you would also be dead,” the person explained slowly, coming closer and closer to the two.
“Luz how do we know we can trust what they’re saying?” Hunter whispered to Luz.
“We don’t have many others here we can, we kinda are stuck here,” Luz whispered to her friend.
“Do you maybe wanna work together to get outta here?” The person asked, lending their non black hand for a handshake of trust.
“I think that would be smart,” Luz said, taking the handshake.
“My name is Audrey, what about the two of yours?” the person now known as Audrey asked.
“I’m Luz and this right here is Hunter,” Luz stated pointing to herself and then Hunter.
Hunter gave a small wave and Audrey waved back.
“You know it’s so nice to be exploring this place with another human in toe,” Audrey stated walking forward, “I’m heading to the Gent headquarters, I think we might be able to find a way out there,”
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“This sure doesn’t look like anywhere back home,” Willow mumbled under her breath, but this should have worked. They should be back in the Boiling Isles, she should be back with her dads.
“Willow?” Gus asked, looking at Willow.
She straightened up. She had to be the strong one, she had to be the one everyone could rely on, she had to be the one comforting others.
“Where are we?” Willow asked, looking around.
“I don’t know but if I had to ask I would say it’s probably somewhere in the human realm.” Gus explained looking around as well.
Suddenly there was a noise behind some oddly shaped large boxes. The two turned their attention to it, in fear and surprise.
“What was that?” Willow asked, turning to face her friend Gus.
“I-I don’t know maybe we should leave it alone, you know in case if it’s something dangerous” Gus laughed awkwardly.
“That’s not the Gus I know, besides you and I both know how powerful we are, and what’s the worst that could happen?” Willow said walking closer to where the noise was coming from.
“Uh you know nothing too bad other than DEATH!” Gus remarked walking forward.
“Well let’s just see,” Willow braced herself and with the help of her plants moved the weird heavy box.
Behind it was a small demon with a floating head and a tail shaking in fear, his big toony face looking up at the two in fear.
“Well hey little guy, don’t worry we won’t hurt you see,” Willow sat down in front of the demon and reached out her hands for the demon to see there was nothing in them.
“I mean unless you try to attack us first,” Gus stated, staring the demon down.
“Gus! You’re going to scare him even more!” Willow replied, turning her head to face her friend.
“What just gotta let him know not to mess with us!” Gus remarked.
Willow rolled her eyes and turned back to face the demon who was slowly reaching out his hand to meet hers. Slowly he put his hand into her before flinching, only to find she wasn’t hurting him or going to. Slowly he moved his hands around in her’s before tapping them a lot and then jumping into them.
“WOAH! I was going to ask you if you wanted to come along with us but I think you already decided, right little friend?” Willow laughed facing the small demon who nodded his head frantically.
So Willow stood up still holding her new friends as Gus looked at him still being unsure about the new demon.
“So little friend, what's your name? I’m Willow and this here is Gus.” Willow stated, pointing to the smaller witch.
The demon jumped out of her hands before running forward.
“Wait little friend for us!” Willow called out as she and Gus grabbed their palisman and ran up to the demon. They found him in the hall pointing to a poster.
They took a look at the poster guessing that it had his name.
“Your name is Boris?” Gus asked, looking at the poster and then to the small demon.
The demon smacked his head before pointing at the other B name on the poster.
“You’re Bendy?” Willow asked the small demon.
Bendy nodded his head frantically and jumped up and down.
“Well it’s nice to have you in the group Bendy,” Willo said, picking up the small demon.
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“Mija is this what the demon realm you've been talking about, so very… inky” Camila took a deep breath looking around, before noticing that neither her daughter nor her friends weren’t there with her, “MIJA, MIJA, WHERE ARE YOU!” She screamed for her daughter only for no response.
She prepared to fight for the worst case and walked backwards looking around until she realized that she had stepped on some kind of platform and suddenly the tv’s in the room flashed on with life.
“New subject is detected” The strange figure hissed as Camila turned around to face the creature on the tv.
“Please I need to find my daughter Luz and her friends Am-” Camila started before being interrupted.
“Subject has been deemed hazardous the Subject will be taken to the pit till further instructions,” The thing hissed at her, when it had finished speaking doors opened up with more of the strange creatures all coming towards her.
“Oh you have another thing coming if you think I won’t go down without a fight,” Camila said trying to keep herself calm and cool with whatever these things were. She knew Luz loved the demon world but this might be a bit too weird for Camila’s liking.
Camila clinched the bat and swung it hitting one of the things with the bat which made it hissed, she was about to hit another when she and the bat were both grabbed and held.
“Must the subject be immobilized?” One of the things hissed moving its slimy inky hand on her leg.
Camila froze, she didn’t know what to do. On one hand she knew that she had to be there for her daughter but on the other hand she knew just how strong her daughter had been. Plus if she would have any bone broken by these things then she would put everyone at a disadvantage as well. She sighed knowing what she had to do.
“That won’t be necessary.”
Camila watched as the things moved her along hall after hall, room after room until they had appeared in front of a room with a banner over it reading “the cycle breakers”. Camila watched as they opened the door, she looked around noticing a few cells as well as a projector stuck in a glass box, one of the cells was empty with some kind of message on the floor she couldn’t make out another cell she had a decent time to see would be the cell she was thrown in.
Camila quickly got up and banged on the glass keeping her from the rest of the world and yelled at those things from within, “Pequeñas y sucias criaturas malvadas, si creen que pueden alejarme de mi Mija, entonces tienen algo más por venir, bi-” Before being cut off by a door closing.
“Uh hey there,” She heard a male awkward say from the cell infront of her. He wore an open suit with a tie around his neck as well as a dress shirt.
“Hello,” Camila said to the man, “What is this place?” She asked, deciding to make the best of the situation she was put in.
“Did you not read the sign or were you too busy thinking about whatever you just said?” A man she could make out was next to the other’s cell sighed, “this is where they keep all the cycle breakers people who are important in restarting the cycle,”
“The cycle?” Camila repeated his last words to herself in confusion.
“It’s what keeps this world intact, but Wilson wants to have complete control over it, your new aren’t you?” The man in front of her let out a small laugh.
“Uh yes very new, I came here through some kind of portal thing with my daughter and her friends trying to find her friends home, but I think we might have ended up in the wrong place since this isn’t how she described it at all, then again she is pretty creative but still.” Camila explained.
“I see, then Wilson is most likely is going to keep you here since you are new and he doesn’t know your role, you could be someone just trying to survive nether to come across anyone important to the cycle or you could have a very important role like us.” The man explained, “either way I think we might be in here for a bit.”
Camila froze no she needed to find and see her daughter again, she had just gotten her back, she had just came home, she couldn’t lose it not again please not again-
“If we will be stuck together then it’s important to know each other’s names, I’m Henry, the one next to me is Sammy, and the projector is Norman.” The man now known as Henry explained.
Camila took a deep breath she knew that she would have to get out and that she would she just had to wait for the right time, “Camila, pleasure to meet all of you,”
“So are you interested in by chance joining the ink demon’s following to be saved from the inky darkness we all live in down here?” Sammy asked, popping up.
“Ink demon?” Camila asked none of this made sense to her.
Suddenly a loud screech came through which made Camila put her hands to her ears to block it out.
“Norman’s right, ignore Sammy’s crazy talk about the Ink demon he would not save anybody from here.” Henry laughed.
“Well you never gave him the chance to save anyone before you killed him!”
Another loud screech came and Camila had to block her ears from it again.
“Heh, heh, funnnnnnnn” She said to herself already slightly regretting coming here but she knew that she has to be brave for her daughter.
-
“LUZ! GUS! WILLOW! HUNTER! CAMILA! ANYBODY!” Amity called out for her friends only to no response.
Suddenly though as if it was listening to her something came out of a puddle, seeming to be some kind of deformed abomination with black glop instead of purple and missing any legs. It tried to get closer to her but Amity was able to quickly use her only magic to make it go.
That’s when she heard whispers about how they were surprised someone was about to take that thing down so quickly how powerful she had to be to take it down in one move.
Amity looked around but saw no one, just shadows, quickly she brought some of the black glop around her to use as abomination glop. Moving it around her in defense and looking around trying to find something, anything, anyone.
That's when she heard the yelling of someone, as she could see someone coming closer and closer. Yelling something she couldn’t make out until he was almost right in front of her.
“BOBBY! BOBBY GET OUTTA THE WAY!” He yelled, Amity was stunned, even more so when he grabbed her and did the same move she had seen Hunter do one or two times before and zapped the two high up as some weird snake-like thing went through right where they once were.
“Wait a second you aren’t Bobby are you?” The abomination said, though Amity was starting to think he wasn’t one with how life like it is and talking without a clear commander.
“No my name is Amity, what about yours?” Amit said, holding out her hand without her palisman.
“Amity? No,doesn't suit you I’ll call you… Bobby 2! Since you’re like Bobby 1! Anywho I’m Porter, pleasure to meet you Bobby 2!” Porter said, shaking her hand wildly.
“Uh nice to meet you Porter, do you uh by chance know what was chasing you a minute ago?” Amity asked, trying to get more information out of this.
“Of course I do! That was a Keeper trying to put me into the pit but they shall never catch Porter the explorer and his trusty sidekick Bobby 2!” Porter exclaimed standing up.
Amity thought back to the detention pit back at Hexside, and how scary it was, though she did wonder why he was trying so hard to get away.
“Do you by chance know how to get outta here?” Amity asked looking around at where they were, this was most definitely not the Boiling Isles.
“Nope! Though maybe we can find a way since I am the greatest explorer here within Joey Drew Studios!” Porter exclaimed.
Amity nodded her head, “That be great”.
Just a little bit of exploring this studio and then Amity would be able to find her girlfriend, her friends, and be able to return home.
Just a little bit-
“I’M GOING TO JUMP DOWN THIS HOLE BOBBY 2 WANNA WATCH?”
“Wait what, HANG ON—”