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#### Birth and Youth

Much of Bendy's very early life is a mystery. It is currently unknown who his parents are and how it is he ended up all alone on the Surface in the first place. The only glimpse of his early life we currently have comes during Chapter 79 when he has a vision as he is shifting back into his normal form. In this flashback Bendy appears to be about 5 years old. He is dressed in a raincoat, boots and holding an unknown individuals large hand. After getting distracted by looking at his own image in a particular dark puddle the younger Bendy looks up to see the silhouettes of many different kinds of Demon's all around him through a cloud of mist, many of which seem to be watching him. One large Demon in particular with downward curving horns and bright white eyes approaches Bendy. Bendy instinctually feels that this Demon is familiar and safe, reaching to take one of the claws the Demon had offered to him, Unfortunately, at this point Bendy came back into consciousness properly so the memory was cut off (Ch 79).

Later on, while severely sleep deprived, Bendy mentions that he could remember an offered hand and a bright light before he was left behind in a meadow. After he was left behind Bendy searched for someone and waited in the meadow for them until his hunger drove him to leave. After leaving he couldn't find his way back to the meadow and ended up lost (Ch 235).

#### On the Streets

The only memories Bendy actually has of his childhood are from his time roaming the streets of Sillyvision as an orphan. For the time that he was alone on the streets Bendy spent much of his time begging on the sidewalks and searching garbage bins for scraps. While he was alone for aa whileit was when he was 8 years old that he first met Boris. It was a cold winter day and a starving Bendy was staring at a big roasted ham in the butcher shop window. After some internal moral debate Bendy decides to steal the ham and attempts to use his shadows to sneak the meat out of the shop. Unfortunately, the young Demon loses control of his shadows which causes them to chuck them ham straight through the window into his arms. After fleeing from the angry butcher to an alley on the outskirts of town, Bendy hears a noise from further back in the alley. When he goes to investigate Bendy discover a clearly starving Boris lying on a bed of cardboard with a hopeless look in his eyes. It's this hopelessness that leads to Bendy attempting to befriend the young wolf, introducing himself and even offering to share his ham with Boris. While Boris is initially confused at Bendy's generosity he is happy to have someone around who wants to be his friend and the two of them share some of the ham. After they finish their meal Boris nervously asks if Bendy will be his brother instead of just his friend, to which Bendy happily agrees to after recovering from the shock. After this the two boys stuck together (Ch 8).

Since both boys were very much still street orphans they spent much of their time trying to survive day by day. In the beginning, Bendy would go out to steal food for them and Boris would stay behind since he wasn't strong enough to keep up. Whenever Bendy would come back beat up from his escapades Boris would begin to tear up, though in general, he didn't smile much. After a month of this, Bendy sat Boris down and told him he wanted to be greeted with a smile when he returned, not tears. In the following weeks, Boris often forgot this request so Bendy would walk up to him, take his face in his hands and ask "Where's my happy widdle wolfie?". Eventually, the saying became a thing between the two brothers that would instantly help Boris perk up and feel better when Bendy did it (Ch 127).

As mentioned previously, B-Bros often had to resort to stealing to survive, which caused them to have their fair share of run-ins with the local police. While the brothers ran from and subsequently harassed many of the local cops there was one weasel cop in particular who they caught doing dirty business on the side. After discovering the dirty cop the brothers, mostly Bendy, constantly harassed the weasel by threatening to expose his crimes. In return the weasel had begun specifically targeting the brothers, getting many of the other cops to follow suit and trying to frame the brothers multiple times. Eventually the brothers made a plan to out the weasel once and for all. While the details of this plan are unknown apparently the weasel ended up strung up in the middle of town with evidence of his crimes all around him. The weasel cop was subsequently fired but the incident did cause the rest of the local police to dislike the B-Bros even more, both because a bunch of kids had caught a dirty cop when they couldn't and because there were still a couple of dirty cops on the force (Ch 6).

There is also a rather mysterious event that would happen to the boys every Christmas. They would decorate a secret Christmas tree hidden in the woods every year and, without fail, on Christmas day they would find presents from an unknown gift giver. These gifts consisted of second-hand clothing, food, small mechanical items they could repair for money and a couple of personal items. It is unknown who gave them these gifts as Santa only ever gave them coal and they were careful to not lead anyone back to the location of their tree (Inky Extras Series Part 11).

Whenever the police did catch the brothers, and inevitably failed to charge them with any crimes, the boys were sent off to the local orphanage. At the orphanage, run by Ms. Sarah and Lady Tremaine, both the ladies running the place and the potential adoptive parents were ok with Boris but would severely mistreat/neglect Bendy. Since Boris refused to be adopted without Bendy the adults generally didn't know what to do. The B-bros never stayed at the orphanage long, but for the time they were there they had to deal with a lot. For instance, Bendy explains in one conversation how he would often be put in the "lock box". The "lock box" was a large chest in the front room that the ladies of the orphanage would lock naughty kids in as punishment for hours on end. The women running the orphanage were so scared of what Bendy would do to the other kids that he wasn't even allowed to walk up to them. While they were at the orphanage Bendy quickly established a rule with the other kids; they could say whatever they wanted too about him but they couldn't do anything to Boris. When they would eventually get sick of the adults of the orphanage the B-Bros would head outside to their "escape bush", which was a bush that hid a hole the brothers had made in the orphanage fence, and be back out roaming the streets once again in no time (Ch 80).

There was one incident when Bendy was around twelve years old where he was actually separated from Boris and sent to a different 'refuge house' then the local Sillyvision one. This refuge house was run by Mr. Squail who not only took care of the housing and punishments of the children living there but also organized them to work apprenticeship jobs around town which he pocketed much of the money from. Mr. Squail was a very harsh man when it came to punishment, there were even rumors' among the boys of kids going into his office and disappearing never to be seen again. While there Bendy made friends with his roommate, a deer toon named Travis, who told Bendy that he had an escape plan that he would let Bendy in on as long as the Demon helped him put it into action. Travis told Bendy to go to the mechanic apprenticeship job to snag a wrench. Bendy did and, after obtaining the wrench, discovered he actually enjoyed mechanic work quite a bit. Once back at the refuge house Bendy had just enough time to hand the wrench off to Travis before Mr. Squail called all the boys who had worked for the mechanics that day to interrogate them about the missing wrench. Despite Mr. Squail's yelling and lashing, Bendy did not admit to the theft. The next day consisted of planning and mechanic work, where Bendy was given his first pair of googles, which went well until dinner time came around. At dinner Travis was called into Mr. Squail's office and never came back. The only thing Bendy found afterwards was a note in their secret hiding spot instructing him to burn down the refuge house as planned the next day. The next morning there was still no sign of Travis enacting his part of the plan and Mr. Squail tried to call Bendy into his office. After making an excuse and collecting the supplies he and Travis had gathered Bendy snuck into the basement to flood it just like Travis had planned. After flooding the basement as a distraction Bendy went to set fire to the kitchen, but when he was trying to escape Mr. Squail stomped into the room to yell at the children about the basement. While trying to edge away Bendy accidentally dropped the wrench, which Mr. Squail noticed and sent him even further into a rage. Mr. Squail hit Bendy hard on the head with the wrench, causing the two to struggle for a moment before the rest of the people in the house finally noticed the fire and began to panic. Bendy escaped into the nearby woods in the ensuing chaos and found the stump Travis had told him the supplies for their escape were hidden at. After waiting awhile to see if Travis would show up Bendy heard what he believed were police dogs barking so he took one of the bags there and ran, leaving the other behind in the hopes that Travis would come to collect it. Using the compass and map in the bag Bendy walked back to Sillyvision where he then proceeded to break Boris out of the local orphanage. The B-Bros headed back out onto the streets and Bendy never found out what exactly happened to Travis (Ch 180).

### Book One

Bendy lived in the small town of Sillyvision with his brother Boris who were mechanics working under Peg-Leg Pete. One night the siblings encountered a paranoid owl by the name of Wilson Wiseton. Wilson warned them about a terrible illness that makes toons melt into a black sticky substance and claimed that Bendy had said condition. But, Wilson also said he could be the one to stop it from spreading using his Talent that according to Wilson had to do with darkness, shadow and even inky matter. “With your talent, you could possibly stop their plans before they take root. Fate is cruel to you.” *[Wilson Wiseton, Chapter 1].*

The day after this encounter, Bendy was fired by Pete because according to his boss the Demon had messed up a car he had worked on causing an accident. That, added onto Bendy’s supposedly bad attitude, was enough of an excuse for Pete to kick Bendy out.

With Bendy having no luck job hunting, he constantly visited *The Dancing Lady,* the most popular dance club in Sillyvision. It’s owner, Sasha, who was one of the few people the B-Bros considered a friend, eventually offered Bendy a job as security given he had already proved himself handling mean guys before.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t long after when a car accident occurred and Bendy rushed out to see none other than Wilson bleeding on the ground having been hit by the vehicle. Bendy consoled Wilson during his final moment and listened to his final wish: Get the Ink Machine. He also gets a journal page written in an ancient language from the owl. Bendy has his first ink attack after watching Wilson die though it’s just a pain in his chest rather than him coughing or melting yet.

After checking on Boris they made their way home to find cops on their doorstep. Officer Snoutfer and Detective Joan Featherworth questioned them about Wilson.

Bendy had been in *The Dancing Lady* ready to work when a firefighter truck alerted him to a fire on the outskirts of town, which he was taken to check it out by Detective Joan and her partner Rachel Ringtail. Bendy panicked when he saw Pete’s mechanical shop burning in the distance. Fearing for his bro’s life he almost threw himself in the flames, but luckily Boris showed up before he could do so. However, the two brothers plus Pete were taken away for questioning by the police. Bendy and Boris had a talk with Detective Featherworth on the way to the station where they exchanged a little information, and they learned how the detectives had been investigating Wilson for a long time. Later on they find out that Wilson’s journal had been stolen from the police station.

The police couldn’t get much from Bendy and Boris so they were let go. However, when they found their apartment ransacked it was clear that they were being targeted the same way Wilson had been for digging up the subject of Ink Illness and the Ink Machine. It was then that they decided to go to Toon Town to find one of Wilson’s friends, Dr. Oddswell, and hopefully get some answers. They headed to *The Dancing Lady* where Sasha let them stay for the night. The next day the boys took a train to the city of Warnerburg and their journey began.

In Warnerburg, Bendy’s bag was stolen with their money still inside which forced them to stay there. The brothers soon come across two street performers, Finley and Sammy, as well as three peculiar characters: Yakko Warner, Wakko Warner and Dot Warner, three zany kids that cause all kinds of chaos around the city. After delivering a letter to them, the Warners owe Bendy and Boris a favor.

While Bendy, Boris, Finley and Sammy got ready to sleep in an alley, Bendy had another ink attack in which he did cough up ink and the pain worsened.

Bendy visits Dr. Boo to get a check up and when his blood test results arrive Dr. Boo explains that the inky substance Bendy coughs up during his ink attacks appears to have a complex system within it.

Everything gets more complicated when Bendy and Boris find out that they are wanted by the police. The boys manage to dodge the cops and end up throwing a little dance in the streets with Bendy encouraging people to dance and Boris playing the clarinet.

Later, Finley gets threatened by a bear for their money. The group manages to immobilize him and Bendy turns the tables around by grabbing the bear’s knife and acting as if he were truly a criminal. His wanted poster is enough to convince the bear to cooperate. Bendy decides to take him to the Warners in order for him to reveal information about the theft ring that’s been going around town because they probably had Bendy’s bag.

Bendy, Boris, Finley and Sammy spent the next few days together raising money for train tickets and waiting for news on Bendy’s bag.

After the bear spills the beans, Bendy, Boris, Finley, Sammy and the Warners sneak into a warehouse and find all the stolen things stored there, including Bendy’s bag. They get caught which causes Bendy to use his ability to reach out for the shadows around him for help, but he loses control and the shadows start throwing stuff around everywhere. Luckily, Sammy is later able to calm him down. Not long after, two strange individuals with cups for heads show up, Cuphead and Mugman, the same people who had been after Wilson and are now out for Bendy and Boris. Upon spotting him, Cuphead doesn’t wait long before shooting at Bendy, but Bendy dodged with quick reflexes and a warning from the nearby shadows.

The group steals a car and uses it to escape from the warehouse. Bendy wakes up the next day on top of a roof where Dot tells him he had an ink attack during a pursuit with the cops.

With their money back and a distraction from the Warners, Bendy and Boris hop onto a train to Toon Town but they have to jump from it when a man recognizes them. On their way to Toon Town on foot they come across *Black Hat's Casino*, where they stop to get some directions and food.

It’s there that Bendy meets Alice Angel as a bartender. Their first interaction doesn’t go very swell though as Bendy is a Demon and Alice being an Angel (though Bendy doesn’t know this, just feels her light magic in a way). Alice is quick to judge him, especially after Bendy stands up for her against some mean customers. The owner of the place, Black Hat, shows up eventually and Bendy gets an immediate bad feeling about the guy which drives him to leave the casino with Boris and not want to come back.

After arriving in Toon Town and settling in another place, Bendy has another intense ink attack in which the pain overwhelms him to the point of shouting: “I’m GoNna DiE! Eugh! I-I WANT to Die!” *[Chapter 21].*

The next morning, the brothers visited the university where Dr. Oddswell used to work. With the help of Holly May, they found the direction of his house and broke in when no one answered the door. Red Hot Riding Hood finds them in the house and takes them to the doctor who takes Bendy as another one of his “subjects”.

### Book Two

After Dr. Oddswell gave them some books to search in, Bendy and Boris began working on translating Wilson’s journal page. They also spend some time in the doctor’s improvised clinic where they met three other patients: Granny Gopher, Steven the Squirrel and Jerry.

The others later confront the B-Bros about a newspaper article speaking about their supposed crimes but the boys are given the chance to explain themselves.

Eventually, the brothers were able to figure out the first paragraph from the journal page which spoke about a Doll and a machine as a treatment to Ink Illness. After sharing their results with the doctor, Oddswell points out that Wilson had been researching the clues left from a civilization that had faced Ink illness before and had built a way to cure it. Dr. Oddswell went on about Wilson’s research on this “Micco” civilization being suppressed, however the Cup brothers interrupt and everyone has to scatter.

Bendy and Boris escape the observatory through a tunnel with the mission to finish figuring out the page and even find the Ink Machine or Parts if possible. The two make their way back to *Black Hat’s Casino* to continue their work.

Bendy had another encounter with Alice at the casino’s bar. Unexpectedly, the Angel pranks him, serving him a black licorice fizz wizz instead of the chocolate one Bendy had ordered. The prank relieved some tension between the two enough for them to exchange questions, allowing Alice to learn that Bendy is not the typical Demon.

During the night, Bendy had a nightmare of Wilson warning him of the danger he is in and puts others, like Boris, in. The nightmare ending in Wilson yelling at him to find the machine.

Bendy and Alice cross paths once again, this time in the form of a drunk Bendy in need of someone to get him back to his room.

After Boris receives The Map of the Ink Machine parts, the B-Bros encounter the Warners (more like the Warners track them down) who take them to New Orleans, the place where the first part is supposed to be. However, the pair had difficulties orienting themselves given they were the only ones able to see The Map which was also outdated, they end up being offered help by a mysterious lady who takes them into her voodoo shop.

The voodoo lady’s reading of Bendy’s cards states as followed:

“You’ve always been a hard-working boy, and many have worked to put you down. You're never really understood, but a few have accepted you, and that’s been good enough for you” Bendy blinked. It was a picture of him in his work clothes with figures grinning maliciously behind him, but kinder looking people ahead of him. “Now, you are on this journey to save yourself and others from an…inky situation. You’re sick?” She looked up at him. Bendy’s eyes widened.

She nodded. “So young.” She pursed her lips. “Seems that there are many out to stop you too. False accusations, hunters, and…something else.” She narrowed her eyes and looked puzzled. “You gotta get that thing workin’ or you and others won’t have much longer to be hopping around.” Bendy gulped. The image on that card didn’t look very different from the first one. This one had him dripping ink and the threatening figures…were shaped like cups and another couple of shadows behind him.  “Now, in your future I see a long journey in a strange land. You will find people that were friends and are then strangers. Still, I see the gears of machinery working for you.” She grinned. “That’s good.” The card only showed gears fitted together with the shadows of figures cast over them. Bendy blinked and gazed at the card in confusion. (Chapter 35).

The Voodoo Queen ends up sending the boys to a swamp to look for the Doll that is the first Ink Machine part. Things don’t go well as the next time we see the two they are in a tree surrounded by alligators. They manage to get to safety though and just before getting ready for the night, Boris spots a strange rock that ends up dropping him into a strange room when pressed. Bendy follows Boris into the hole and they are greeted by a temple with a deadly trap that doesn’t let them go back but also makes it impossible to cross to the grand door in the room as whatever tried to get across would end up slashed and burned immediately. Bendy even tries to approach with his shadows but the results are the same as the Demon feels the burns and slashes as if it were him standing in the middle of the trap.

Luckily for them, Bendy and Boris are found by Mama Odie who aids them in avoiding the traps. They then encounter a giant snake that was supposed to guard the part, but after Mama Odie turns it small, the newly named Juju, the snake, helps them to realize that the part was already long gone and Lady Facilier, the Voodoo Queen, had probably tricked them and stolen The Map to the parts.

After getting out of the temple Mama Odie welcomes Bendy and his bro into her home. Using her magical abilities she even offers them the advice to “dig a little deeper” and encourages them to ally themselves with “the one in debt” in order to defeat Lady Facilier. Back in New Orleans, the B-Bros encounter Mugman as their possible ally.  Bendy doesn’t trust the cupman at first, refusing to listen or work with him. Ultimately, it’s thanks to Boris that they reach an agreement and form a truce.

Before facing the Voodoo Queen, Bendy actually confessed to Mugman that he couldn’t forgive him for trying to hurt Boris, but that meant the Demon couldn’t forgive himself either for putting Boris in danger by bringing him into the quest to begin with. Bendy pointed out to Mugs that even if he had done some bad things, he could always change for the better, showing once again his good side compared to other Demons.

Bendy and Mugman attacked the Voodoo Queen as Boris tried to sneak by her and get The Map, the doll and Cuphead (who had been turned into a simple cup). Bendy’s dark powers proved helpful in making Facilier’s shadow creatures back off, the Demon also held his ground against dolls and skeletons too before being trapped by an alligator skeleton along with Mugman. Just then, Mama Odie appeared to save them. The Voodoo Queen was eventually defeated when Bendy broke her crystal ball, turning her into a shadow creature.

The Doll bites Bendy while he was holding it which results in the Doll taking Bendy’s form and connecting to him in a way in which whatever happens to the Doll will happen to Bendy and vice versa.

Once Cuphead is turned back to normal, Bendy and Boris have to flee as a out of the loop Cuphead immediately starts shooting at them once again.

The B-Bros sneaked onto a train where Bendy had an ink attack inside their room. Being wanted, Boris had to cover for them as Bendy suffered through it while hidden in the closet. They become aware of the effect the Doll has on Bendy shortly after when the Demon uses it to fix an injury of his.

### Book Three

In order to keep a low profile, the B-Bros got out of the train and walked back to Toon Town. They eventually reached the casino and found out about Alice’s new show there.

Bendy had a little inconvenience when he and Boris were drinking fizz-whizzes at the casino’s bar. Asking about Alice drew the attention of two men who were after her. They kept pushing Bendy to help them out but he refused. Things got worse when the men recognized the B-Bros and tried to get information out of them or even offer to tangle them up with their boss. Bendy got a bad feeling and signaled Boris to pack their stuff, then Alice appeared with a gorilla security guard.

As the guard struggled to get the two guys out, one of them took out a gun. Bendy acted quickly and managed to disarm him before he could shoot.

After that, Bendy introduced Boris to Alice and the three of them exchanged a nice little chat.

Bendy and Boris went to Alice’s show that night, where at one point the Warners appeared and Bendy ended up dancing with Dot. Not long after the show ended, a group of men burst into the place demanding to see the B-Bros. Alice went to face them, followed by the Warners giving Bendy and Boris a chance to get ready to leave.

Alice caught up to the brothers but before they could make their escape Bendy felt a pain around his chest. He denied it being an ink attack which meant someone had taken the Doll that was attached to the demon.

Thankfully, Boris and Alice managed to recover the Doll. Dot used it to mess with him a little but in the end Bendy got it back safe and sound.

Black Hat arrived, and even if he was furious, he spared the group. He let them go with a warning though he unfortunately did end up firing Alice.

Dot took the group to the apartment of a journalist by the name of Xedo Tiptail. Turns out the fox had been investigating the B-Bros which led to the Warners sticking with him. Xedo allowed Alice and the B-Bros to stay with him and his little brother, Wiston, for the night. The next morning the B-Brothers explained their situation and the journey they had been through claiming their innocence for Wilson’s death and other crimes they had been tied to while also letting the others know about Ink Illness.

Xedo drove the group to Dr. Oddswell’s with caution. There they met Avery, Red’s boyfriend, and reunited with Granny Gopher. It was then that they heard the terrible news of Steven’s death.

Once Bendy and Boris took a moment to themselves to process the news, Alice got them back downstairs. Bendy got tricked by Avery to hand the Doll to him which resulted in it biting the wolf and bonding with him.

The next stop was the hospital where the group picked up Wakko, who had stayed there under observation because of an ink attack. Bendy and Boris went on their own way to pay Steven’s grave a visit. In the graveyard, Bendy began to wonder if Boris could take care of himself if the Demon suffered the same fate of succumbing to Ink Illness.

They came across Cuphead and Mugman on their way back, making Bendy and Boris split up. Bendy got an ink attack while being pursued by Cuphead. The Demon begged for help in his pain and Cuphead, truly disturbed by the sight of the attack, got him his pills and even carried him back to Boris without harming him.

Bendy and Boris spent the following days in Xedo’s apartment. The fox got fired but still managed to slip an article out to make Ink Illness public knowledge, finally.

One day, the B-Bros were discovered by Holly May, the girl who had helped them get Oddswell’s address. Bendy was aware that, because of them, Holly had been expelled from the university and even left to live in the streets, so the least they could do was face her and give her an explanation.

Holly offered her help to translate the page Wilson had given Bendy and help update their Map too using her knowledge of the Micco and runes.

Bendy offered Boris to go to Mickey’s circus as he grew crazy from staying in the apartment all the time. The brothers watched the circus parade, and afterwards Bendy got them to meet the mouse himself. While they were with Mickey Bendy got an attack, causing the Demon to feel guilty for ruining his bro’s first impression with his idol but Boris brushed the apology off. The two left after Bendy recovered.

On their way back, Boris suggested buying some rolls to eat. Bendy got caught by Cuphead while he waited outside of the store, but the Demon managed to free himself. As he ran from Cup’s blasts Bendy ended up tripping just as Boris and Mugs showed up and Cup ended up accidentally shooting Mugman instead.

Bendy dragged Boris away from the scene as Cuphead began going mad with grief for his gravelly injured brother. Boris wouldn’t stop crying and Bendy stated that they shouldn’t feel pity for their pursuers which upset Boris more. The Demon managed to calm Boris down using the phrase “where’s my happy widdle wolfie?” which would always cause Boris to smile.

Things didn’t slow down for the B-Bros. When they arrived at the apartment, detectives Featherworth and Ringtail were already expecting them there and they got arrested on the spot.

Bendy and Boris were brought to the police station where they got processed and interrogated. After having their things taken they got separated to go into different jails since Boris was still technically a minor while Bendy was an adult.

During his time on the cell, Alice visited Bendy making herself pass as his girlfriend to ask him where he had hidden the doll as she had to get it before Avery, who had betrayed them and planned to trade it for Oddswell’s and Red’s freedom after they had been arrested too.

Later on, Alice came back to the prison to update Bendy on the situation and found out the demon had gotten into a fight with another inmate that had been harrassing Bendy about his supposed relationship with Alice.

Bendy had an ink attack the night before his trial but managed to keep a low profile. The next day, the prison guard Richard took him to the court where Bendy and Boris finally reunited for their trial where they’d be judged for Wilson’s murder and even Lady Facilier’s, which was brought up as a last minute charge.

The trial was conducted by Judge Hearts. The White Rabbit acted as the Bbros’ lawyer against Mr. Winky, who worked for the mob and whose job was to specifically make sure that the Bbros were locked up for good.

Mr. Winky brought up all sorts of accusations, evidence and speculations against the brothers, from the fact that Bendy had worked on the same car that had killed Wilson to the demon’s ability to use dark magic while Mr. Rabbit contradicted him using the Bbros’ version of the events, only omitting certain parts that included the ink machine and Bendy’s illness as the demon expressed discomfort at it being exhibited to the public.

Winky’s tactics were tricky, often turning what the witnesses claimed against them by bringing up their own personal faults to discredit them. When he pulled this on Sasha Bendy snapped which if not for the others calming him down would have ended any hopes he had of winning the case. Winky even went as far as to imply that Bendy had used magic to make up the illness when it was Holly’s turn to testify.

The White Rabbit called the Warners to testify where they told their version of the events that occured in Warnerburg. Bendy was almost escorted out of the room after losing his chill because of the Warner’s shenanigans but thankfully only got a warning.

The Warners ended up making a mess in the courtroom while trying to avoid getting caught, after Winky managed to grab Wakko, the zanny started to have an ink attack which shifted the mood completely. Bendy noticed and hurried over, he had to explain the situation while it was happening right in front of everyone, proving that ink illness was real and Wakko was experiencing it. The Judge called for a recess after Wako’s attack faded.

Bendy apologized for putting Wakko into the spotlight but the Warner didn’t mind, but Bendy still felt guilty for causing his friends trouble with the trial. During the recess he meditated about how it had been seeing someone else go through an ink attack, Bendy felt guilty he hadn’t been able to do much to help.

The witness that followed was young Facilier himself who testified about the day he lost his mother and how he had seen the Bbros with her, the brothers felt an overwhelming guilt as the kid spoke and Bendy noticed something was wrong. A fire got started in the room, Bendy noticed a shadow slip away from him and Boris, turns out that Facilier was using magic to mess with their feelings, hence the despair they had felt. Bendy used his own shadows to form a barrier that would protect them from Facilier’s influence, the demon struggled to keep the shadows in the defensive instead of letting them loose, he lost his focus when Boris was called to the stand and the shadows dispersed.

Boris answered Winky’s questions as the man pushed the blame on Bendy for the Bbros’ misconduct. It made Bendy realize that he was in fact responsible for most of the decisions involving them and worry for what Boris would do without him around to make the calls. Winky finished with Boris by stating the wolf was more of a victim influenced by Bendy than a criminal which took the brothers by surprise. When Boris answered White Rabbit’s questions defending Bendy, the demon felt a mix of pride and embarrassment, the determination Boris showed for getting a cure reassured Bendy that the wolf could be okay without him.

Lastly, Bendy was questioned, he talked about Wilson’s death and finding Oddswell but kept details about the machine to himself arguing that if they were made public the ones that were trying to stop them from finding a cure could use the information against them. He explained what he saw happen to the Voodoo Queen, which led to a demonstration of Bendy’s shadow magic. Bendy simply moved a pen using them but it slipped due to his lack of practice, the demon testified that his shadows could only touch things and pick up on negative emotions.

Bendy almost admitted to his condition when asked if the shadows could have an effect on ink illness but he dismissed the question. He also had to talk about what he knew about demon society to which Bendy admitted not knowing the slightest about his culture or having an idea on why he was different than the rest, he expressed his discontempt for the prejudices against demon kind and that he only cared about the life and goals he had now.

When it came Winky’s turn to interrogate him, Wiky brought up the bear Bendy had handled to the Warners back in Warnerburg when he had been looking for his stolen bag and how said bear got internated into a mental hospital thanks to the zanies. Winky moved on to accuse him of being responsible for Facilier’s death, the man almost didn’t let Bendy speak, often interrupting him. In the end Bendy chose to plead the fifth to stop the self incrimination Winky was aiming for.

Winky didn’t push Bendy further which he found suspicious. The jury debated and settled on a verdict in favor of the Bbros’ innocence or not guiltyness as it was worded. The boys celebrated as they were let go, now free from being chased by cops, but as the detectives let them out of the courtroom someone pulled out a gun.

### Book Four

Bendy and Boris were driven away from the courthouse. Bendy noticed Boris had been grazed by a bullet on his knee so he attended him.

The boys picked up their things at the police station. Bendy didn’t bother to hide his impatience, but they still had to wait for the detectives. Ringtail offered to put them under witness protection due to the remaining threat to their lives but they declined.

They later ran into Mickey Mouse himself while they were restocking at a store. Mickey was quick to check on Boris and invited them for dinner. At the restaurant Bendy recognized Felix the cat, his favorite author, and approached him, the demon gushed about Felix’s adventures until Felix went to check on Oswald as he had hugged him unexpectedly earlier on.

The Bbros were shocked when none other than Cuphead entered the place soon after, Bendy shoved Boris out of the way and scrambled as the Dish let out a rain of blasts on them. They ran out, trying to lose their pursuer between the alleys until they hit a dead end.

Bendy thought they were doomed but he heard as Cuphead broke down from the loss of Mugman. When the demon went to check on him he was greeted by the horrific sight that Cup was aiming his finger gun at himself. Bendy hurried to snatch his hand away, he comforted Cup, imagining how he would feel in his place until Cuphead passed out on him. Despite Boris’ protests Bendy decided they would leave the man at the hospital, even if he was at risk of going for it again, Bendy knew they couldn’t do anything else for him and put his and his brother’s safety and mission first.

Boris asked about going back to Mickey but Bendy confessed his suspicions on the mouse, he thought Mickey was being too nice for comfort. Bendy got mad at Boris for his naivety and how it only seemed to put them in danger, though he realized he had hurt the wolf by doing so even though all Bendy wanted to do was protect him because he loved his little bro more than anything. Boris understood his brother’s reasoning but they would still have to go back to the restaurant to get their stuff.

Back with Mickey, Bendy grew defensive of his bro after Mickey’s behavior towards them finally got on his nerves. He hurried to pick their bags and get out. Bendy thought about Mickey’s reasons to dismiss Bendy and cling to Boris like that, it made him uncomfortable.

They reached Oddswell’s house where they met Sasha’s sister, Sally. The group celebrated the good news that came with the Bbros’ triumph but the image of Cuphead still rested on the back of Bendy’s head.

The next morning, Sasha spoke about her situation with her husband. Holly arrived shortly after with the ink machine map, she also gave Bendy a letter Alice had left behind explaining why she couldn’t be at the trial and that she had to return to Black Hat’s.

The Bbros and Holly got working on altering the map, despite Snowball’s, the dandehog Holly had made accidentally, interference. Holly suddenly asked Bendy about his shadows, inquiring that he could do lots of things with them if he learned control, even detailed work inside a person or with mechanics. Despite Bendy considering the idea, Boris was quick to shut it down due to Oddswell’s warnings about how using his magic would worsen the illness.

Bendy showed Holly where to alter the map, the girl did so successfully and the map was updated to show the present world instead of how it had been in the past. Boris noticed an X that pointed to another part in the mountains around Toon Town. The boys headed out into another adventure.

During their stay at a hotel on the edge of town, Bendy ended up giving a speech of encouragement to the tiny cat that ran it, relating to his own height problems. Then Bendy felt a twinge on his chest, he hurried out away from everyone into an alley, turns out he was having an ink attack but didn’t want Boris to suffer from having to see it. Bendy found out he had run out of pain pills when he searched for them, he failed to push through the pain on his own and cried out for his brother.

Bendy’s screams caught the attention of Cuphead, who had been around, the dishman picked him up willing to help him get back to Boris as a thanks for helping him earlier. Cup also brought up he remembered Bendy had admitted he had his respect back when Bendy had left him at the hospital.

Bendy hoped Cup helping them meant he was giving up on killing them, though it couldn’t be the case since the Cupbros were being forced to.

The two guys found Boris but to Bendy’s dismay the wolf was pressed against the back of an alley with a knife to his neck. Cup pointed his finger gun at the thug that had Boris cornered but he refocused on Bendy when he choked on some ink left from his attack.

Thankfully, Boris was saved by Mugman, now up and running since the incident with the shot. Bendy threw himself at Boris who carried him back to bed though the demon couldn’t lay down as he was offended when the hotel owner confused him for the little brother out of the two of them.

To Bendy’s surprise, the Cupbros had decided to spend the night at the same place as them, he and Cuphead saw each other through the balcony where Cup teased him over his jumpiness but also thanked the demon because he had helped reunite the Cupbros in a way by taking Cup to the hospital where Mugs had been.

The next day, the Bbros went back to the house to refill Bendy’s pills and on the way Boris told Bendy that Mugman said they wanted to come on the quest with them, which Bendy turned down. They passed by Betty’s shop as well where Bendy trusted the ink machine parts page to Holly to translate and even invited her to a date.