Book Six

## Summary

While still recovering from the events of Nightmare Night, Mickey is once again kidnapped and it's up to the Questers and his brother Ozzy to get him back! The group chases after Mickey all the way out to the Far West where the kidnappers are holding him hostage in an attempt to obtain the Cog. As the rescue grows more dire it seems more questions and revelations are popping up. Just who exactly are these kidnappers and what do they know about the parts? With Demons, a new part and the group's own pasts added to the mix it's going to take everything they have to pull off this mission.

### Warnings and Triggers

* Graphic Depiction of Violence
* Graphic Depiction of Injury
* Hostage Situations and Kidnapping
* Needles and Blood Drawing
* Depiction of Panic Attack
* Mention of Death/ Near Death Experiences
* Mention of Suicide
* Reference to Homophobic Beliefs
* Death and Funerals
* Fire
* Guns

## Detailed Information

***Spoiler warning:** Full book plot summary in collapsable.*

This Book begins with Bendy and Xedo getting into an argument about what happened to Cuphead, which ends with Bendy asking Xedo, and by extension Wiston, to leave. After the fox brothers leave Bendy is pulled aside by Alice and Holly for a private talk. The trio discuss what happened in Holly's head as well as the story of Cup's breakdown following his brother getting shot. Just as the girls are about to go home Oswald, Donald and Goofy show up demanding to know where Mickey is. Upon learning that Mickey was kidnapped once again The Questers promise to go to the circus the next day to help look for evidence of where he could have gone. The next day, a ransom letter for Bendy shows up at the house. The letter demands that they hand over Holly and The Cog in return for them releasing "Bendy", who they quickly realize is actually Mickey. Once at the circus the group informs Oswald about the situation and they collectively decide that they will go rescue Mickey themselves. After investigating the oddly smooth hole in Mickey's room that he was kidnapped through the questers leave the circus with the promise to go rescue Mickey in a couple of days.

After leaving the circus the group splits up to go prepare for the trip. The Cupbros talk to Holly a little bit about the events of Nightmare Night before heading off to make a report to their boss. The Devil is in a bad mood when the brothers report to him and, though the manage to avoid the worst of it, they still get their concealment spell removed as punishment. After a stressful meeting the Devil takes his leave and the Cupbros head back home.

Elsewhere, Bendy finally signs the contract Black Hat gave him while he's sitting with Felix and Boris. This immediately teleports him to Black Hat's, where Hat declares his training will begin right away. Bendy brings up the fact that he's leaving soon so Hat decides to check to see if the Cupbros will be suitable teachers since they're traveling with him. Hat teleports them to the house, where he then catches the Cupbros after they try to run when he informed them he was there to give them an "evaluation". With that taken care of Hat transports all three boys down to one of his territories in Hell. Once they arrive Hat gives them a short explanations on the politics of Hell before unleashing a giant axe monster on the trio in order to test their skills. While the boys are fighting in Hell the house has been kicked into chaos by their sudden disappearance. Felix and Boris rush back to the house after Bendy disappears to arrive just moments after Hat left with the Cupbros. The group begins making to travel down to Hell to save their kidnapped friends when Hat reappears with the boys, now far more beaten up then when they left, right in the living room of the house. Hat gives the boys the results of their evaluations without paying much mind to the distress/complaints from the house members and gives the Cupbros instructions for how to train Bendy. He then gives Bendy some books to study and informs him of his progress in getting Bendy a surface pass. There some brief trouble when he almost get's in a fight with Alice about suddenly kidnapping the boys but Granny breaks it up and, after he gives Bendy a loan of his magic, Black Hat leaves the house.

The next day Oswald finishes packing his bag, says goodbye to his children and heads to meet the Questers at the train station so they can catch the train to the town (Heela City) where The Butcher Gang is holding Mickey. The group all board the train and get themselves settled for the four-day trip. The group begins to discuss what they're going to do once they get to Heela City and how Mickey got involved with The Questers to begin with. After a small argument with Cuphead, Oswald begins telling stories and answering questions about him and Mickey. He soon retires to his room after playing a couple rounds of cards with the Cupbros and Holly. Mugman and Holly berate Cuphead for offending Oswald and explain how Oswald's wife Ortensia died of Ink Illness. Cup, though feeling slightly guilty, eventually brushes it off and instead brings up how they are going to save Mickey. The three brainstorm some possible ways to trick The Butcher Gang. Felix soon comes to join their discussion as well. Just as they're talking about how The Map has been silent for awhile Boris rushes in to say that another Part has appeared close to the town they are headed to. They realize that The Butcher Gang are most likely in possession of the part and try to figure out a plan for how to handle this situation but eventually realize that simply don't have enough information to do so. When Bendy rejoins the group Holly pulls him and Cuphead aside to tell them about some testing she did on their blood while she was under the influence of The Cog. Her results revealed that Cuphead actually has Demon blood in his system, which makes Cup incredibly angry at Black Hat since he's sure it happened during one of the experiments performed on him while he was in Hat's care. He also doesn't like the idea of being used as a test subject due to his unique cells and the Cupbros reveal some of the trauma they experienced from their time with Hat as well as some issues that they now realize are most likely side effects of the Demon blood in Cups system. Eventually, the conversation turns away from biology to crushes. This topic actually persists all the way to the next day as well, much to Cuphead's displeasure.

Following a fairly calm day on the train the group once again meets up in the morning to discuss their future plans once they arrive at their destination. Holly mentions that it would be best for their group to split into two teams, one to go after Mickey and one to go after The Part. After some discussion, they decide that the Cupbros, Bendy and Felix should go after The Part while everyone else goes to save Mickey. Oswald gets angry that half of the group is abandoning the mission to save Mickey, leading to a fight between him and Cuphead where Oswald punches Cup in the face. The others break up the fight, with Felix even deciding to go with the save Mickey group instead of going for The Part in an attempt to placate Oswald. Cuphead and Oswald (followed by Felix) both go back to their rooms, leaving the rest of the group to deal with the train employees and fellow passengers who recognize them.

The next night the train finally pulls into town and the group disembarks. Oswald remarks that the town name sounds familiar, but everyone is too tired to think about it too much. Cup picks the locked door on the hotel and the group settles into their rooms for the night. Later that night while the others are asleep, Cuphead sneaks out of his room to investigate the bar where they are meant to meet The Butcher Gang. He doesn't find anything suspicious about the bar itself but before he can leave he notices that someone else is in the bar as well. This person turns out to be Holly, which they realize after a short lived chase. The two of them begin to talk with each other about what exactly they're doing and Holly reveals that her magic hasn't been working right since Nightmare Night. Cuphead replies that he could probably get Black Hat to help with that and Holly says she'll consider it. The two begin to head back to the hotel, the conversation turning to Holly's plan to organize a large group date on the pretext that they are trying to get Mickey and Minnie together. Cuphead agrees to help with the group date and they talk about possible dates for him before Holly reveals she knows he likes Fanny. Cuphead sadly admits that his crush on Fanny and Holly comforts him. The two then go to bed for the night.

In the morning the group heads into town, stopping by a shop run by Speedy Gonzalez to buy some hats and to ask how they can travel into the desert. Speedy tells them that the only way to travel in the desert is on horseback and sends them to a farm where they can get some horses. They head to the farm and they rent two horses since Bendy decides to ride with Cup since animals don't like him much. After letting Boris and Mugs ride around for a bit, the Cupbros and Bendy mount the horses and head out into the desert. After riding for awhile the trio finally arrives at the spot where The Part is located; a train station. The boys jump the monkey loading the train but he manages to escape. As their chasing the monkey (Charley), who reveals he is the leader of The Butcher Gang, he uses The Part against them. This Part is revelated to be a Brush which he uses to erase one of the Cupbros bullets and take Bendy hostage. While Bendy does manage to free himself Charley ends up escaping into the desert with The Brush. The boys try to give chase but a sandstorm approaches so they have no choice but to bunker down and wait out the storm.

Meanwhile, the rest of the group head to wait at the bar for the meeting with The Butcher Gang. At the bar the sheriff Yosemite Sam is playing cards but when the group gets his attention he recognizes Oswald as the rabbit wanted for blowing up the town bank years ago and attempts to arrest him. Oswald uses his tricks to escape and the others are forced to run when the other officers in town attempt to capture them for their connection to Oswald. Ozzy is eventually able to lose Sam and returns to the hotel to meet up with Felix, who got separated from Holly and Boris in the chase. The two then see that the B-Bro's room has been broken into, there are signs of a struggle and a note demanding they bring The Cog to a specific canyon or they will never see Boris and Holly alive again. At the same time as they discover the note Boris and Holly are tied, blindfolded and transported by horse cart to the same cave where the gang is keeping Mickey. Mickey informs the two of them that he was injured by the gang and the trio start making escape plans for when the sandstorm passes. They eventually decide that Boris Boris will distract the gang members while Holly grabs Mickey and some horses before circling back to help Boris escape as well. The plan decided, Boris sneaks into the gangs' camp and steals their dinner. The two gang members present chase him, but Holly and Mickey come around with the horses just as they begin to catch up to Boris. The trio begin to ride back to Hella but before they can get to far they fall into a pit trap the gang had set earlier. Charley threatens Mickey, who managed to avoid the pit trap, and reveals The Butcher Gang's plans to blow up Heela City. When Mickey tries to run Charley shoots him with some of The Brush's erasing paint before recapturing the trio. The three of them are taken back to the gangs' camp and it is revealed that Mickey's right leg has been erased.

Elsewhere, the Cupbros and Bendy are finally heading back into Heela City now that the storm has let up. They return to the hotel to find the rest of the group gone and the B-Bros's room a mess. When two female dogs show up the trio question whether they know what happened but the dogs turn out to be police officers who bring the boys to the sheriff's office. There they find Felix locked in a holding cell and separated from his bag while Ozzy is being interrogated in another room. The trio are also thrown into holding cells and Felix informs Bendy that Boris was taken, sending him into a panic attack. The attack causes him to lose control of his Demonic abilities somewhat, scaring everyone in the sheriff's office. Luckily, Felix eventually manages to calm Bendy down and Bendy passes out. Oswald and the deputy sheriff, Anita, return from the interrogation room and reveal that they have made a deal for Anita to release them all if they help her find and catch The Butcher Gang. The Questers are released and begin tracking The Butcher Gang with the police dogs. Felix eventually leads the group to The Butcher Gang's camp and they begin to plan a rescue. The plan is for Mugman, Felix and Oswald to grab the hostages while the rest of the group deals with the gang. Boris smells the group coming to save them and informs Holly, who tells Boris she has a stick of dynamite in her skirt band. Holly talks to Charley to distract the gang while Boris lights the dynamite. Boris throws the dynamite, which explodes and gives the rescue group the opportunity they need to move in. In the ensuing scuffle, Charley catches Mickey and uses him to blackmail Holly into coming with him as he escapes. Once the smoke settles it is revealed that while they only managed to save Boris they were able to capture Barley and Edgar. After reuniting with his brother Boris informs the group about Holly and Mickey's capture, the gang's plan to blow up the town and Mickey's missing leg. The group decides to split up- two of the dogs, Chiantzi and Dimitri, and the Cupbros will stay behind with the captured gang members while the rest of the group goes to stop Charley. Plan decided, the groups head their separate ways.

As the Cupbros finish tying up the two gang members, discussing whether or not "she" will show up. Just then, a fox-like Demon appears and takes out Chiantzi, the only dog cop currently at the camp. The Demon, identified as Ava by the Cupbros, begins to yell at Cuphead and Mugman about messing up her plans. Cuphead calls her stupid for going after the parts when she knows The Devil is after them. Ava then frees the gang members, who turn out to be her debtors, after which Cuphead purposefully provokes her in an attempt to keep her from going after the rest of the group to help Charley. Ava soon starts attacking the Cupbros but after a short battle, Cup offers to make a deal with Ava. In exchange for Cup and Mugs not reporting her to The Devil, Ava will take The Butcher Gang and leave The Part and Bendy alone. Ava agrees to the deal and tells them to seal the contract with blood. She then disappears up the side of the canyon for a little bit before coming back, chasing the other dog cop, Dimitri. She captures Dimitri and tells the Cupbros to prove their trustworthiness by killing Dimitri for her. The Cupbros argue about whether or not to kill Dimitri and eventually Cup heads over to Ava and tells her to drop the dog. Mugman steps up to protect Dimitri from Cup but Cuphead points his finger gun at Ava instead of Dimitri. He tells her that just because they're making a deal doesn't mean he has to listen to her orders. Just then, Chiantzi suddenly groans and Dimitri runs over to her. Ava is about to attack the two dogs when Dimitri yells that she wants to make a deal- In exchange for Dimitri staying silent about what she saw, Ava won't kill her and Chiantzi. Ava pulls out a contract and, despite the Cupbros best efforts to stop her, Dimitri sign the soul contract. Ava leaves, taking The Butcher Gang members with her. Chiantzi wakes up while Cup grabs Dimitri's contract and examines it. He then tells her they'll discuss it later before handing it back so she can hide it.

While the Cupbros were dealing with Ava the other group manages to catch up to the train filled with explosives that Charley escaped onto, with Yosemite Sam joining up with them as he was already there trying to arrest Charley as well. They find Holly tied up in one of the train cars full of explosives on a twenty-minute timer. Felix, Anita and Oswald stay to help Holly and deactivate the timer while the B-Bro's continue through the train after Sam, who ran off ahead. They soon find Sam and Charley fighting in the engine room. In the struggle, The Brush accidentally melts the train's controls. Bendy and Mickey break up the fight between Sam and Charley, with Mickey managing to grab The Brush from Charley. Anita rejoins the group just as Sam pulls a gun on Mickey for The Brush and manages to talk him down. The group then turn their attention to stopping the train. This distraction gives Charley the opportunity to escape the train after stabbing Bendy in the leg. Mickey eventually ends up using The Brush to repair the controls. Bendy pulls the break while Mickey uses The Brush to clog up the train's wheels and make a cushion ahead of them. Just as they are about to reach the station Bendy uses all the power he has to wrap shadows around the train to try and stop it. Thankfully, their efforts succeed in stopping the train just in time. They celebrate until Sam once again tries to take The Brush, tackling Mickey to do so. Suddenly, the mayor (Wylie Burp) shows up with Speedy Gonzalez, who had informed him of what was happening. Sam claims they should be arrested before and makes another grab for The Brush but the others top him. The Mayor says they should all sit and talk but Anita suddenly exclaims that Bendy is bleeding out from the stab wound on his leg. Bendy passes out and Felix begins performing first aid, which Sam takes as an opportunity to escape the group with The Brush. Boris and Holly chase Sam done and recapture him, towing him back to the group. The group then moves to a nearby saloon where they discuss Ink Machine. Boris and Ozzy end up having a fight due to the rabbit's reservations about the Ink Machine, which causes Ozzy to leave. The discussion then shifts to the issue of The Brush and Mickey's leg. The Cupbros, Dimitri and Chiantzi return to town and meet up with the group. The train group catches them up on what happened while Cupbros group tells a story about how they lost the rest of the gang in a "trap". After talking with the mayor about the situation he allows them to take The Brush. The group then has dinner but the B-Bros have to leave part way through due to Bendy having a bad Ink Attack. After his attack the brothers return to the group at the hotel.

Cup watches Bendy and Boris head upstairs to clean up from the attack before heading outside to have a smoke. He catches sight of Dimitri on the roof and climbs up to join her. He asks how she's doing after the canyon and then begins to tell her about what she should expect now that she is a debtor. He also gives her some advice on how to deal with Ava and tells her that if any debtors give her trouble to just say she's his friend and they'll leave her alone. Dimitri asks some questions about what Cup is going to do about the Parts, which he answers vaguely. Cup then explains to her what most likely happened with The Butcher Gang and the fact that Sam is also one of The Devil's debtors. Mugs eventually joins them on the roof and, after talking for a bit more, Dimitri heads home. Once she leaves Mugman confronts Cup about some of his choices during their encounter with Ava but calms down when Cup explains his reasoning to him. Cup also reveals that a piece of paper he took from Holly's bag earlier is the torn page from Wilson's journal and that he has the rest of the journal but is keeping it as insurance. The Cupbros then head off to talk to Sam, who is in the sheriff's jail. On the walk there Mugs questions whether he can trust Cup, to which Cup replies that even if it comes down to the two of them fighting that he won't hide from Mugs. They then use Mugs dodge move to teleport into Sam's cell. Cup threatens him so Sam explains his orders from The Devil, which angers Cup as they seem to suggest that The Devil has some idea where the Parts are located. Sam also tells them some more about The Butcher Gang. They are about to leave when Sam asks if they can free him. The Cupbros, after some debate, do free him in exchange for him owing them a favour. The Cupbros then heads back to the hotel, with Cupheads thoughts swirling the entire way there.

The next day the Questers discover that the media has swarmed the building as they have gotten wind of the train incident. Mickey and Felix handle most of the media, but the entire group is photographed there. Once they deal with the media, they head over to a party the locals are throwing in celebration. Cuphead, Bendy and Oswald have a drinking contest where the losers have to wear whatever the winner wants for a day. Oswald wins the contest, but all three are very drunk by the end of it. Eventually, the three boys sober up and the group goes to the saloon to get some food. Felix, Holly and Oswald chat to each other about Cuphead, Ozzy's kids, Mickey and The Brush. During the conversation Felix gets flustered, eventually fleeing altogether, and thus alerting Oswald and Holly to his crush on the rabbit. Oswald warns Holly not to say anything about the crush as it could destroy Felix's reputation, to which she agrees. Oswald then turns the conversation to the subject of Snowball. The rest of the night is spent enjoying the celebration. The Questers then board the train and start the journey back home.

On the second day of the train ride the Warners board the train with Dr. Scratchensniff after successfully defending their company. The group catches them up on everything that had happened since the last time they saw them and the Warners ask to see The Brush. After some inappropriate joking are told off by Felix and apologize. Mickey then attempts to paint his leg back on, but it fails. The Warners try to grab The Brush and use it, causing some of the paint to spill. Thankfully, the Cupbros handle the situation before anything happens. The rest of the train ride is spend in relative peace, with the exceptions of a prank or two.

The Quester arrive back in Toon Town on a snowy day to find the whole place seems oddly quiet. Felix stops a couple on the street and asks why it is so quiet, to which they inform the Questers that there is a large funeral taking place. The Questers finally arrive back at the house only to discover that the funeral is for Snow White, who has passed away from Ink Illness. They all change into funeral wear while Red catches them up on what has happened while they were gone. Everyone in the house then goes to attend Snow's funeral. The loss of Snow causes Cup to realize he doesn't want to lose Bendy to Ink Illness and feels guilt for the fact that he may be forced to doom everyone with Ink Illness to death in order to save his and his brother's life. The funeral ends and they all return to the house, exhausted. That night Bendy also tries to talk with Angelo about Snow and is surprised to find that Angelo had actually followed the Questers to Heela City. Wakko then shows up, revealing that not only does he know about Angelo but is also able to actually touch the deceased Angel. Bendy decides to head to bed and realizes that Wakko being able to see Angelo means the Angel is real. The next morning Bendy and Boris begin their training with the Cupbros, although Bendy has to leave at one point due to another Ink Attack. Once Bendy returns to the group it is revealed that Jerry has returned to the house. Jerry says that he is willing to fund their quest, although he still disagrees with Bendy and Boris being a part of the group searching for The Parts. Jerry is quickly shut down by the rest of the house in regards to the B-Brothers and, upon realizing he is outnumbered, leaves the dining room. The house then comes to the mutual decision to all prank Jerry.

## Characters

* **Appeared:** Alice, Anita, Ava, Barley, Bendy, Black Hat, Boris, Charley, Cuphead, Dimitri, Edgar, Holly, Mickey, Mugman. Felix, Oswald, Yosemite Sam
* **Appeared Briefly:** Angelo, Bunny Kids, Cala Maria, Chantzi, Donald, Dot, Dr. Oddswell, Dr. Scrashansniff, Finley, Goofy, Granny, Jerry, King Dice, Mic, Red, Sammy, Scrooge, Speedy Gonzalez, The Devil, Trish, Wakko, Wiston, Xedo, Yakko
* **Mentioned:** Azazel, Daisy, Donald, Fanny, Minnie, Snow White

## Locations Visited

* Toon Town
* Heela City
* Hell

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* This Book introduces the third part, The Brush