Chapters of Book Three

## Warnings and Triggers

* Mentions and Discussions of Death
* Graphic Depiction of Illness
* Graphic Depiction of Violence
* Graphic Depiction of Serious Wounds
* Blood
* Mention of Abusive Relationships
* Reference to Racist Ideals
* Guns
* Depictions of Grieving
* Verbal Harassment/Abuse

## Chapter Summaries

### Chapter 43 - A Monkey Suit

The B-Bros finish the rest of their train ride to Toon Town in relative peace and jump off the train early to avoid a possible police ambush. After a day of walking and a small incident of a book accidentally being left on top of The Doll, the brothers arrive at *Black Hat's* *Casino*. After booking a room and getting a meal at the buffet the brothers stop to look at the various advertisements on a poster board. While Boris is excited about an ad for Mickey's circus, which Bendy promises to take him to the next week, Bendy is more interested in one of the Casino's posters for Alice's new singing act. The B-Bros decide to head down to the bar to get a drink and congratulate Alice for getting her own act.

The brothers take their seats at the mostly empty bar, which only has two other shady gentlemen drinking there. When the brothers don't see Alice at the bar they worry that maybe she isn't a bartender anymore since she's now performing onstage. They try to ask a crane who comes by to take their order if Alice still works there but he doesn't answer them. After the crane gets them their drinks and leaves the two other men at the bar, who heard them asking about Alice, asks if they know the "cutie" who works there. When Bendy questions why they want to know the men reveal they've been trying to pick her up all night but she keeps turning them down. Bendy starts getting upset about the way the men are talking about Alice. It's only thanks to Boris and the reminder that Alice can take care of herself that prevents the Demon from starting a fight. After turning down the two men's continued attempts to get him to help them woo Alice one of the men get's upset and call's Bendy street trash. Boris once again warns Bendy not to start a fight but this time the other two men hear his name and recognize the two as the infamous B-Bros. The two men begin to talk about what a stir the B-Bros antics have caused within the criminal underworld. The two men start pushing for the B-Bros to come meet their boss but Bendy turns them down. When the conversation turns to Dr. Oddswell and Ink Illness Bendy ends up sending Boris back to their room with the excuse that he left his wallet behind. Boris goes but sends a sign to Bendy that he'll come back soon. After Boris leaves the two men continue to try to make a deal with Bendy, who is much ruder as he shoots them down now that Boris is gone.

Bendy's conversation with the two men gets interrupted by Alice, who has come to the bar with a security gorilla named Jenkins in tow. It is revealed that the reason Alice wasn't at the bar was that she was getting Jenkins to come to escort the two men out of the Casino. The two men argue that they were just talking with their "pal" Bendy, who Alice is surprised to see there. Bendy is quick to say that he doesn't know those two men at all and Alice tells Jenkins that Bendy doesn't need to be thrown out. The gorilla begins to try to force the two men out but during the struggle Bendy and Alice spot one of the men trying to pull a gun. Alice calls for more security while Bendy knocks the man to the ground, making him drop the gun on impact. Security is quick to escort the two men off of the property and Bendy begins to talk with Alice. Alice once again states how Bendy confuses her and begins to ask him more questions about himself. Before Bendy can finish answering all her questions Boris comes back in a panic having seen the two men getting escorted off the property on his way back down to the bar. After calming Boris down the B-Bros turn back to Alice and finally congratulate her for her new act. However, Alice is too caught up in the revelation that Bendy and Boris are brothers to notice the congratulations. After confirming that they really are brothers, Alice, feeling bad about all the assumptions she has made, apologizes to Bendy for her poor behavior and thanks him for the help he gave earlier. The three of them then begin talking and joking together.

### Chapter 44 - A Swinging Night

Alice, after getting dragged away from her conversation with the B-Bros at the bar by Demencia, is getting ready to go on stage for her performance. As she prepares she thinks about how, despite everything she's ever been taught about Demons, Bendy was a good guy. Before she can get too deep into the implications of this one of the musicians comes to tell her that she's on in fifteen minutes. Alice finishes her preparations and rushes on to the stage. Only moments after she arrives onstage the curtains open and Alice begins singing her first song. After her first number, the lighting changes to allow couples to start dancing to her music. She's surprised when she sees Bendy dancing with Dot Warner, how had apparently appeared sometime after she left the B-Bros. Alice continues to watch Bendy and Dot dancing throughout the rest of her performance, noting just how good of a pair of dancers they are as she does so. Eventually, her act closes to cheers from the audience and Alice makes her way off stage to go compliment Bendy on his dancing. After making her way through the various fans who wanted to congratulate her on a great performance Alice finally meets back up with the B-Bros, who also congratulate her for putting on a good show. The B-Bros are soon cut off by Dot who has returned to flirt with Bendy some more. While Boris is reassuring Alice that Dots a friend of theirs Yakko also appears and begins flirting with her, which upsets Bendy. After Boris yet again vouches for the Warner's character Dot suddenly begins to question who Alice is, though she softens up after Alice compliments her and Bendy's dancing.

Their conversation is interrupted when six men burst through the doors, two of whom are the men that were previously kicked out, and demand to see the B-Bros so they can take them to their boss. The Warners offer to help the B-Bros out but Alice says she'll take care of the situation. The others protest since it will be dangerous but Alice claims it's her job as a Casino employee, with the added internal justification that she's an Angel and can take care of herself. Alice approaches the men, not only threatening to call security on them but also claiming that they could have their right to do "business" at the Casino revoked which unsettles the group. However, when Alice brings up the fact that Bendy didn't help two of the men earlier one of them notes how close she sounds to the B-Bros and pitches the idea of taking her hostage to get the B-Bros to appear. Just as Alice begins preparing to fight off the men herself Dot pops up claiming to be Bendy's girlfriend and challenging them to try to catch her in exchange for the B-Bros. The men initially laugh her off but soon become angry as she begins messing with them. Alice tries to stop Dot but Yakko grabs her arm, reassuring her that they can handle the men and telling her to go meet up with the B-Bros on the second floor. Alice still wants to call security but Yakko tells her not to since the men have guns. After a bit more talking Alice leaves the situation in the Warner's hands and races to the second floor. As she runs Alice thinks about how, despite not really knowing what trouble the B-Bros are in, she wants to help them because they are good people. Alice soon meets back up with the B-Bros, who are relieved to see she is ok. They begin talking about the Warners and the police but suddenly Bendy cuts himself off and falls to his knees in pain. Boris immediately rushes to Bendy's side, worried that it's another Ink Attack, but Bendy quickly explains that it's not an attack but instead it's someone grabbing The Doll.

### Chapter 45 - A Casino Run

After hearing that someone has The Doll Boris races back to the B-Bros room in a panic only to find that it has been trashed with no sign of The Doll in any of the mess. Alice also comes into the room, after being sent to help Boris by Bendy, and offers to try something to help the brothers in exchange for getting a full explanation afterwards. After getting the physical description of The Doll from Boris Alice attempts to use a summoning spell to retrieve it but the magic fails. Boris reassures Alice that it's fine that her magic failed. Then the wolf suddenly catches an unknown sulfur scent in the room, which he realizes must belong to the person who took The Doll. Boris tells Alice to go get Bendy before taking off after the scent.

Boris follows the sulfur smell all the way back to the room where the men looking for him and Bendy are, which is when he knocks into a woman. The woman, recognizing him as one of the B-Bros, immediately sells him out to the men in the hopes that they'll stop shooting. Dot, who had been simultaneously messing with and taking out the men, appears next to Boris just in time for the three men left standing to turn and demand the pup come with them. After a quick reassurance from Dot that they could still take out the men without issue Boris agrees to go with the men. As the men lead Boris out they continue talking to one another, Boris questioning what the men want and the men asking Boris about the various rumours they've heard. Suddenly, Dot pulls out a giant baseball bat to take out one of the men and then quickly uses her gags to take out one of the others before the final man (Tom) pulls a gun on Boris. Tom grabs Boris and is about to shoot Dot when Alice comes up behind him and hits him over the head with a stone bust, knocking him out. Alice asks if Boris is ok and if he found The Doll yet, to which Boris replies that he hasn't found it but he's close. Alice reveals that she left Bendy with Yakko in the lobby and then joins Boris in searching for The Doll after sending Dot to the others in the lobby. As Boris and Alice follow the scent Alice questions Boris about Bendy, once again asking why Bendy doesn't act like a normal Demon.

The two arrive in an empty room with a stage and follow a noise they hear to the backstage area. Alice takes the lead from Boris and, upon arriving backstage, finds a small imp holding The Doll. Alice threatens the imp to give her The Doll or face her power but the imp opens a black-red portal in the wall to try to escape through. Alice uses her magic to banish the Demon just as Boris tackles it, who is surprised when the imp disappears out from under him. After checking to make sure they're both uninjured they begin looking for The Doll. As they're looking Bendy shows up with the Warners and it's not long before Dot has stumbled upon The Doll. Bendy tries to get Dot to hand it over but upon learning that anything done to The Doll is felt by Bendy, a revelation which also surprises Yakko and Alice, Dot begins to kiss and hug The Doll. As Bendy chases Dot to retrieve The Doll the other three discuss Alice's magic and why an imp would be stealing The Doll in the first place. Their conversation is cut off when a particularly strong hug Dot gives The Doll actually makes Bendy choke. When Dot goes to apologize to Bendy he takes the chance to snatch The Doll from her and reprimand her for playing around with it. With the distraction done Boris goes back to thinking about Alice's magic and wonders if she is the Angel he saw in this Casino. However, before he can ask her Black Hat bursts through the door and demands to know what Alice is doing in his Casino.

### Chapter 46 - A Sleepover With the Warners

Upon seeing Black Hat Bendy once again immediately senses the threat the Demon poses, but Hat is too busy yelling at Alice about all the damages done and her use of magic to notice Bendy. Alice tries to apologize and Yakko even stands up for her but Black Hat is far too upset to listen. It's only thanks to Dr. Flug's intervention that he doesn't use his magic to punish Alice right there. While Hat argues with Dr. Flug and Demencia Bendy takes note of the small amount of fear in Yakko's eyes and realizes he's going to have to step in to help resolve this situation as well. When Hat turns back to demand Alice come to his office Alice tries to explain why she had to banish the imp but Hat just becomes enraged that she banished someone at all. Bendy steps up and claims it was his fault since Alice was trying to recover something of his that was stolen. Hat questions whether Bendy will take responsibility for the whole incident then, pointing out that he is aware Bendy threw the first hit against the mobsters earlier. Black Hat says that he'll let Bendy off with just being kicked off the property and warns him not to "play" on others Surface territory. After telling Bendy that he has a few minutes to collect his things before he goes Black Hat turns his attention back to Alice to inform her that she is fired. Bendy is upset that Alice has lost her job because of him but she assures him it's fine because Hat was always going to eventually fire her since the two of them don't get along. Black Hat instructs Dr. Flug and Demencia to watch them to make sure they pack their things and leave before he departs from the group. When questioned about it Alice reveals that she has nowhere to go for the night so the Warners offer to take her with them. Bendy says he and Boris should go to Oddswell's house to try and find some of his other patients, a task which the Warners also claim they can help with. At the insistence of Demencia and Dr. Flug the group splits up to grab their things and leave the Casino. Once everyone has met back up outside the Casino Dot uses her Talent to transport the whole group to an apartment.

The apartment is revealed to belong to Xedo and Wiston, the younger of which the group shocks with their sudden appearance. While they begin to introduce themselves to Wiston Xedo comes in to join them and is thrilled to find the B-Bros standing in his living room. Xedo happily introduces himself and begins questioning the B-Bros until Yakko reminds him that it's midnight. Xedo then reprimands the two Warners for sneaking away from the hospital and sends them to bed. Dot heads to bed but Yakko sticks around to make introductions between everyone, but his introductions only make them all feel even more awkward than before. Bendy finally just tells him to go to bed since the B-Bros are going to need the Warner's help tomorrow, which Yakko agrees to on the condition that they'll owe the Warners a favour. After Yakko heads to bed, which shocks Wiston since he's never seen the Warners actually listen to anyone before, Xedo informs Alice that he also owns the apartment next door so she can stay there for the night after learning she has no place else to go. Alice once again brings up how she wants answers from the B-Bros, a sentiment that Xedo also echoes. Bendy is upset because he thinks Xedo is just using them for a news story and questions if the fox had anything to do with the lies being told about them in the papers, which Xedo denies having any part in. The Warners reappear to also vouch for Xedo which puts the issue to rest as Wiston shows Alice to the other apartment while the B-Bros get ready to sleep on the couches. Dot tries to cuddle with Bendy on the couch but Yakko drags her away, leaving the B-Bros to say good night to Xedo in peace. After getting ready for bed, checking The Map and The Doll, as well as chasing Dot away one final time, Bendy finally lays down to get some uneasy rest.

### Chapter 47 - A Talk Over Drinks

Back in New Orleans Cuphead thinks about how surreal it is that he and Mugs are having drinks and laughing with the frog brothers. Cups thoughts reveal that as soon as he heard that the frog brothers had kicked Mugman out he had wanted to get revenge but surprisingly Mugs suggested that they go have a break instead before going after the frogs. After enjoying the town the Cupbros had gone back to the frog brothers to inform them of their win against the Voodoo Queen and challenge them to what turned out to be more of a friendly skirmish than an actual fight. Mugman had even invited the frog brothers to have a drink with them after the Cupbros beat them. As the Cupbros drank with the frogs they brought the two Dishes up to date on what had been happening back home on the Inkwell Isles and with the other debtors since they left. The frog brothers even apologize to the Cupbros for treating them like villains and promise to help them next time they get into trouble if they can.

Suddenly a voice cuts into their conversation, sarcastically pointing out how nice it is to see such camaraderie among the "employees". The voice belongs to none other than King Dice, who asks the Cupbros for proof that they killed the Voodoo Queen as well as checking whether they recovered The Doll. King Dice is furious when he finds out they don't have The Doll which confuses the Cupbros since the man hadn't made it sound like The Doll was anything that important. Suddenly The Devil appears, telling King Dice off for trying to pull a fast one on him before ordering Dice and the Cupbros to come with him. The Devil opens a hole in the ground and instructs them all to jump in, which King Dice does without hesitation. The Cupbros thank the frogs for the drink, which brings The Devil's attention to them long enough to threaten them for complaining about the work he's given them. The Cupbros cautiously approach the hole and, after sharing a look with Mugs, Cuphead step into it.

After a long and disorientating fall Cup lands in a heap on the ground of a storeroom, shortly followed by Mugman who lands on top of his older brother. Finally, The Devil arrives, the hole closing up behind him. The Devil announces how they are at Black Hat's Casino where he sent one of his minions to try to steal the item the rest of them had failed to obtain, a fact which he will also be doling out punishments for. The Cupbros are unnerved to hear they're at Hat's Casino and Dice mocks them for not visiting their "daddy" lately. After breaking up the ensuing argument between Cuphead and King Dice The Devil informs them that their job is to stop the completion of the Ink Machine, which is difficult considering the B-Bros already have one of the Parts and The Map. The group continues to talk as they walk through the Casino with The Devil informing them that they can't find/destroy the pieces or the machine itself without The Map. Suddenly, The Devil gets a faraway look in his eyes before he begins cursing about people ruining his plans. The Devil then tells Dice to come with him as well as informing the man that he'll be the one taking all the punishment for sending the Cupbros to find The Doll behind The Devil's back. After dealing with Dice The Devil tells the Cupbros that he doesn't care what they do as long as they prevent the machine from becoming active. The Demon then sears a message to Black Hat into the wall in Demon script, grabs Dice and jumps into another hole in the ground. Now left alone Cuphead says they need to get out before they are noticed and begins walking away, forcing Mugman to run for a second to keep up. As they exit the Casino Cup thinks about how it feels uncomfortable that they have to go after the B-Bros again after New Orleans but they have no choice but to get back to work.

### Chapter 48 - Catching Up To Reality A.K.A The Pug of Guilt

Bendy wakes up in the apartment the next morning and, after some chaos caused by Dot, sits down for breakfast with everyone. Alice soon begins asking for an explanation about The Doll. Xedo offers to explain so that way the B-Bros know how much information he has and can fill in anything he's missed. After quickly stopping Wiston from starting a grease fire Xedo begins the explanation all the way back from the events in Sillyvision with the B-Bros and the Warners stepping in to fill in the holes in the events that occurred in Warnerburg and Toon Town. During this explanation, the B-Bros are shocked to discover that Holly had been fired from her job and had to leave the university after it was discovered she gave the B-Bros Dr.Oddswell's address. After deciding to find Holly to apologize later the explanation continues to Dr. Oddswell, Ink Illness and the Ink Machine, which the B-Bros once again have to fill in much of the information about. Following this, the Warners finally tell the B-Bros that Wakko has Ink Illness, which is why he's still in the hospital, and Bendy worries that he may have accidentally infected Wakko with the disease. Yakko also states the fact that Bendy has Ink Illness to the rest of the group. From there Xedo's information runs dry and the B-Bros fully take over chronicling how they obtained The Map and fought the Voodoo Queen for The Doll in New Orleans. Throughout this whole explanation of the events in New Orleans Bendy censors out both the fate of Lady Facilier and the Cupbros involvement. After the B-Bros finish their story Boris once again asks Alice about her magic, which she vaguely explains as being something her family taught her. With all the explanations taken care of as best they can be for the time being the group decides to head over to Dr. Oddswell's house.

After squeezing all seven of them into Xedo's car the group drives to the doctor's house, the B-Bros taking care to make sure they aren't spotted as they do so. They park in a dark alley and sneak into the backyard of the house since the front is currently being watched. The B-Bros aren't quite sure if anyone will be in the house since the doctor and Red are both in jail but before the group can even knock on the back door it swings open to reveal a large wolf inside who asks them what they want. When they question why he's there he says it's "my Red's" place before calling Bendy "little man" which almost starts a fight before Boris steps in. Suddenly, Granny comes from the kitchen to see who it is and is ecstatic to find it's the B-Bros returning from their journey. Granny assures the wolf, Avery, that despite what it says in the papers the boys are friends of theirs and ushers the whole group into the house. The group settles in the front room and Xedo begins to try to ask more questions about Ink Illness, all though Granny originally get's upset when she hears he's a journalist. After she settles down the B-Bros tell her that, while they have one of the Parts, they don't know where the others or the machine itself are. From there Xedo once again begins asking Granny questions about Ink Illness. Granny informs the group that since the doctor's arrest six more Ink Illness cases have appeared but every time she tries to get the information out to the public the journalists either disappear or deny ever meeting her. She also explains how one of the doctor's other patients, Jerry, has been given a large amount of money to keep quiet about the disease but she's turned down any similar offers made to her. After hearing what happened with Jerry the B-Bros asked what happened with the doctor's third patient, the squirrel boy Steven. Avery and Granny sadly inform the brothers that Steven had died of Ink Illness while they were gone, his funeral having occurred just a mere three days ago.

### Chapter 49 - An Angel's Perspective

The B-Bros are shocked and saddened to hear about Steven's tragic fate. While the B-Bros cope with the news Alice berates herself from still instinctually pulling away from Bendy when she should be helping to comfort him. Alice finally steels herself enough to reach out to take Bendy's hand to offer him some reassurance, which allows Bendy to shake himself from the stupor he was in and take Boris aside so they can have a moment alone. After the B-Bros leave Xedo asks some questions about Steven's death and once again promises to get news of Ink Illness out to the public. From there conversation turns to what they're going to do with The Doll now that they have it. Avery and Granny are upset to hear that The Doll is bonded with Bendy so Wiston suggests they have The Doll bond with someone else since it's especially dangerous having it attached to Bendy seeing as he's one of the only people who can use The Map. At the mention of The Map Alice thinks about how upset she is that it isn't easier for the B-Bros to use since it's so old and how she can't even help by revealing she can read The Map since she has to keep her identity as an Angel a secret. Alice's focus is dragged back into the conversation due to the upheaval that occurs when Avery offers to bind himself to The Doll in place of Bendy since he doesn't feel he's being of much use to everyone right now. During the argument, Avery reveals that he's not sure the Ink Machine will even still be working given how old it is, which is a possibility many of the others hadn't fully considered. Alice cheers the group up by saying they'll find the machine and build it from the ground up if need be, which helps brighten the talks from the pessimistic turn the conversation had taken. As the group finalizes their plans Xedo asks Alice to go bring the B-Bros back so they can have one last group discussion before he has to leave, a request which Alice hesitantly agrees to.

Alice begins searching the house for the B-Bros, thinking about the brothers and the various victims of Ink Illness she's unable to help as she does so, before finally hearing their voices coming from one of the rooms on the second floor. Alice goes to open the door but stops at the sound of the emotional conversation happening on the other side. Boris and Bendy are arguing about Boris's worries concerning Bendy's health while Bendy continues to reassure the wolf that if they just keep going everything will work out ok. After schooling her face back into a neutral expression from the flustered state they had been in from overhearing such a sweet sibling moment Alice enters the room to tell the B-Bros that Xedo wants them to come back down to the living room. Alice asks if they're ok and is surprised when Bendy turns the question back around on her since she was just an outsider who got roped into all this. Alice brushes off his worries, pointing out that she'll be able to find another job and that she's just happy she was able to help. With that settled the three of them head back downstairs to join the rest of the group.

Upon rejoining the group Xedo states that, while he now has enough information to clear all of their names, certain things like the B-Bros quest should be kept secret since them being treated as heroes everywhere they go may make the quest just as difficult as them being wanted criminals. Xedo also states that as well as keeping the Parts and Map a secret, that he believes Bendy should switch his bond with The Doll over to someone else. However, Bendy refuses to do so as he doesn't want to endanger anyone else. Avery then begins to argue that as far as the rest of them know The Map and The Doll aren't even magical and asks Bendy to give him The Doll so he can look at it, which Bendy does after Granny reassures him that he can trust Avery with it. Avery begins to fiddle with The Doll until it abruptly bites him, thus switching the bond from Bendy to Avery. While the others are upset that The Doll is now bonded to the older wolf Avery informs them that he baited The Doll to bite him intentionally and states that he can take care of himself just fine. When it becomes obvious that Avery isn't going to reverse his bond with The Doll no matter what the rest of them say even Bendy accepts this change. The B-Bros then take Avery into the house to show him a safe place to hide The Doll while the rest of the group stays in the front room since the fewer people who know the hiding place the safer it will be.

### Chapter 50 - Playing Go Fish

As the group heads to the hospital to pick up Wakko Bendy reflects on how many surprises he's dealt with since returning to Toon Town. Once at the hospital they find Wakko outside in a wheelchair pushed by nurse Fanny along with the Warners legal guardian, Dr. Scratchansniff. Xedo attempts to greet her politely but Fanny just complains about how much of a pain Wakko has been. When she spots the B-Bros Xedo tries to explain but Fanny just tells him she doesn't want to get involved and that they should focus on getting Red out of jail. After Fanny leaves the B-Bros announce they're gonna head to the cemetery to see Stevens grave. The brothers say their goodbyes to the rest of the group and begin heading towards the cemetery.

On the way to the cemetery Bendy thinks over how neither he nor Boris has much experience with death, his own mortality and the slight guilt he feels over taking so long to get The Doll. Boris snaps Bendy out of this line of thought by asking if they can go into a flower shop to buy some flowers, which Bendy agrees to. They chat with the shop owner, Minnie Mouse, for a little while before buying the bouquet she recommends and continuing their trek towards the cemetery. Once at the cemetery it doesn't take them long to find the grave and place the flowers there. The B-Bros talk about how unfair and sad Steven's death is before they start heading back out of the cemetery. The sight of the grave once again makes Bendy think about his mortality, his dwindling life expectancy thanks to Ink Illness and whether Boris could take care of himself if he were gone.

As the B-Bros exit into the near-empty city streets, they turn a corner only to come face to face with the Cupbros. Bendy quickly tells Boris to split up and meet back together later before taking off down the street, Cuphead following right on his heels. The two continue the chase through streets and alleys, shouting at each other the whole way before the steady pain building within Bendy's body causes him to trip and fall in one of the alleys. Cup is at first smug that he's seemingly caught Bendy but the pain is quickly revealed to have been the beginnings of an ink attack, the sight of which unnerves the Dish man greatly. Bendy begs for Cuphead to grab his bag, which he dropped when he fell, so he can take some of the pills Dr. Oddswell gave him. Though Cuphead originally doesn't want to grab the bag the sight of the ink attack eventually distresses him enough to go grab the bag and throw it to Bendy. After the Demon takes his pills and the ink attack stops Cup says they'll finish their business another time. Exhausted from the attack Bendy slips into unconsciousness as Cup approaches him.

Back with Boris and Mugs the two younger brothers awkwardly stare at each other for a moment before Mugs asks Boris if he wants to play go fish. Boris hesitantly agrees and the two boys begin joking and catching up with each other as they play. Boris tells him about Steven and Mugs asks Boris to send a letter back to Inkwell for him since Cup would be mad if he caught Mugs sending it. This gets the two of them talking about their older brothers and Mugs confesses how he sometimes believes Cuphead just views him as a burden. After taking a moment to think Boris replies that there are times he also thinks he's a burden to Bendy but he knows Bendy cares and works hard to do the best for him so maybe Cuphead is the same way even if he doesn't say it. Mugs thanks Boris for the advice and the two go back to playing but it's not long before they are interrupted by the return of Cuphead, who is carrying an unconscious Bendy under his arm. Cup tosses Bendy at his brother before grabbing Mugs by the handle and dragging his younger brother away. Boris is left alone to check his older brother over and is surprised that Cuphead actually seemed to have helped Bendy during his ink attack, even if the Dish didn't go about it in the kindest way. At the sound of sirens, Boris picks up his brother and sneaks the two of them back to Xedo's apartment where they spend the remainder of the day.

### Chapter 51 - The Epidemic No One is Talking About

Following their run-in with the Cupbros the whole city had been made aware of the B-Bros return to Toon Town, forcing them to hide away in Xedo's apartment. They spend the majority of their first day in hiding dealing with an angry Xedo, who got fired when he tried to run the Ink Illness story, and a stressed Wiston, who keeps trying to burn down the apartment to cope. The following day is spent heading out with Alice, who is job hunting, to resupply at Betty's shop. Betty is surprisingly understanding about the B-Bros situation and even hires Alice to help out around the shop. When they return to Xedo's apartment they find that the fox has a plan for getting the news story printed that involves the Warners and a conspiracy theorist enthusiast who works at the newspaper. If all goes according to plan Xedo will write a follow-up piece about Wilson, Dr. Oddswell and the B-Bros involvement with Ink Illness. The Warners also announce they'll be heading home after helping Xedo out since they have to pick something up. The next day Xedo and the Warners head out before the sun rises to enact the plan and by the time the morning paper is delivered Xedo's Ink Illness story is on the front page.

With the news of Ink Illness out to the public, the city falls into chaos, despite the efforts of the Toon Town Times to redact the story, as civilians and other journalists rush to find out more information on the deadly disease. The mayor, Mayor Medusa, makes a public announcement where he claims everything said about Ink Illness was just a lie made up by Wilson, Dr. Oddswell and the B-Bros. Luckily, the crowd doesn't believe the Mayors denial/excuses as they boo him and even chant for Oddswell's release to the point where the mayor has to leave his podium. Many people visit Xedo's apartment hoping to talk with the fox but he still had yet to return and so it's up to Wiston to turn them all away. Bendy also suffers another ink attack during this time. The next morning Xedo still has not returned and the Warners head home with Dr. Scratchansniff. The police chief and commissioner also hold a press conference that day. While the Chief of Police was fairly neutral on the matter the commissioner not only refused to release Dr. Oddswell but also raised the bounty on the B-Bros heads. It wasn't until later that evening that Xedo finally returned home, happy that everything is working out according to plan. However, the group only has a short moment to talk before a knock on the door interrupts them.

While the B-Bros hide Wiston answers the door. The person there is revealed to be Holly May, who says she's there to see the B-Bros. This shocks the whole household and, despite the Tiptail brother's attempts to hide the fact that the B-Bros are there, Holly strides right in and catches the B-Bros in the kitchen. While Bendy is panicking about whether to run or not Holly asks if they have evidence that Wilson was innocent and whether everything Xedo wrote about is true. Realizing that she's not there to turn them in the whole group sits down with her to talk. Holly asks once again for an explanation and refuses to back down even when she's warned that the knowledge comes with a fair deal of danger. When she brings up how she already lost her job because of this mess Bendy feels guilty for having unintentionally dragging her into it before she reassures him that she doesn't blame either of the B-Bros. They begin to explain to her about Ink Illness, the B-bros involvement, the Ink Machine, the quest for the Parts and The Map they received from the Angel. The group even shows Holly The Map and the journal page. Holly mentions how rare it is to get a favour from an Angel, especially for a Demon of all people. She also identifies the odd symbols on Wilson's journal page as being written in ancient Micco. Holly goes on to explain a bit about the Micco before saying she can translate the journal page for them since she has more experience with the Micco than they do. Boris also asks her if she can update The Map so it's easier to use since there are also Micco Runes on The Map which Holly mentioned she was studying. Since The Map is invisible to her Bendy has to write out all the runes so she can see them. Once she sees them she is able to identify and explain about all except one of them, which she has never seen before. Holly says that while she thinks she'll be able to figure out something to update The Map it's going to take a while as she experiments with adding runes to The Maps sequence of runes. The group thanks her for the help she's offering and the B-Bros ask her to focus on fixing The Map first since they'll need it to find the next machine piece. At the mention of the Parts, Holly asks some questions about the piece they do have, such as whether it has noticeable runes on it, but doesn't receive many answers about it seeing as they don't fully trust her yet. Holly is understanding about the secrecy and, after getting thanked again while she promises to get to work on The Map and journal translation, Holly leaves the apartment. After she leaves Wiston questions whether they can trust her, to which Bendy responds they'll know by seeing whether the cops show up in the next fifteen minutes or not.

### Chapter 52 - Welcome to the Mouse's House

Having still not been arrested by the cops even after Holly discovered them Bendy is starting to go a little stir crazy cooped up inside Xedo's apartment for so long. After picking up a flyer sticking out of Boris's pack he sees that today is the day Mickey's circus rolls into town so he goes to ask his brother if he would like to take a trip to the circus. Though Boris is slightly nervous about going out while everything is still so crazy Bendy's reassurance and his own excitement quickly outweigh his fears so he agrees to go. The others worry that the Cupbros may find the B-Bros if they leave the house but Bendy waves off the concern claiming that the circus crowds will cover them. While waiting for Boris to get ready they talk about how Alice is moving out into an apartment by Betty's shop along with how she's been running errands for Granny as well as working her job at the store. Boris then suddenly bursts back into the room to drag Bendy out the door so they can head to the circus.

The B-Bros watch the circus show, Bendy smiling at how excited Boris is throughout the whole thing. After the show ends Bendy notices a security guard and asks if they would be able to meet Mickey himself, to which the security guard happily agrees. The guard leads the B-Bros to the apartments next to the circus where the crew/performers are staying and shows them to Mickey's room, telling the two that they can just head on in before taking his leave. Bendy drags the nervous Boris into the room, where Mickey happily greets them and gives Boris an autograph. As the three of them are talking a bunny kid towing along their father Oswald asks if Mickey needs anything while they're out grocery shopping. However, before Ozzy and his kid can leave to go shopping another one of Bendy's ink attacks begins. The attack frightens everyone there but particularly Oswald so Mickey calls Donald to take him away from the scene. Mickey and Boris help Bendy through the attack which thankfully doesn't last too long. Once it finishes Bendy apologizes for ruining Boris's first impression with Mickey, a concern which Boris easily laughs off since that's not what he's worried about at that moment.

Boris thinks about how scary the attack was until Mickeys return from putting their ink-stained clothes in the laundry and subsequent hug quickly erases all other thoughts from his mind. Mickey then pulls Boris aside to talk to him and asks if Boris has a job or any other family besides Bendy. When he finds out Boris is a mechanic Mickey happily offers the wolf a job with the circus. While Boris is ecstatic to receive the offer he has to decline since he and Bendy still have to complete their quest for the Ink Machine. Mickey is disappointed at the refusal but before they can continue their talk Bendy reappears to grab Boris and the two B-Bros take their leave after saying their goodbyes to Mickey.

Mickey watches Boris walk away before angrily slamming his hand into a nearby wall, thinking about how he let a kid walk away when his brother was surely going to die and leave him all alone soon. Mickey thinks about how he wants to help Boris so he doesn't turn out like Ozzy but Donald reminds the mouse that he can't help everybody. Mickey argues that he needs to be there for Boris but admits to himself that Donald is right, they already have a lot on their plates as it is. Mickey suddenly remembers Ozzy and asks if he's ok after witnessing the ink attack. Donald says that Oswald is acting a little weird but is otherwise fine thanks to some help from his kids. Mickey's thoughts reveal that Oswald had fallen into a long depression and hadn't even spoken to anyone in a long time. Later that day, as the circus crew is sitting down for dinner, Mickey's thoughts once again turn to Boris and what he could do to possibly help the young wolf.

### Chapter 53 - Mug Shots

The B-Bros are chatting as they walk back to the apartment when Boris decides to head into a bakery to pick up some rolls while Bendy waits outside. While Bendy is waiting he's suddenly dragged into a nearby alley by Cuphead, who is back to finish his job. Bendy manages to escape Cup and makes a run for it down the alley with the Dish not far behind. Boris suddenly runs around a corner towards Bendy, quickly followed by Mugman. Just as Mugs is lunging for the B-Bros Cup shoots and accidentally hits his younger brother, who collapses in a pool of blood. Cup is horrified by what he has done and races to Mugs but it's only moments before Mugman passes out, becoming completely unresponsive. Boris tries to offer help to the Cupbros but Cup goes mad with grief and threatens to tear the two of them limb from limb. Realizing just how dangerous the situation has become Bendy grabs Boris and drags the wolf a couple of blocks away from the scene before he notices Boris crying. Bendy pulls the two of them into another alley and tells Boris that he shouldn't cry over guys like the Cupbros but Boris argues that they don't seem like bad guys. Bendy reassures Boris that the Cupbros will be fine since they're strong and then cheers the wolf up a bit. After calming down the B-Bros cautiously make their way back to Xedo's apartment.

As the B-Bros enter the apartment they're shocked to see Featherworth and Ringtail waiting for them. The detectives ask the boys to come quietly as they announce they are putting them under arrest. While Bendy is originally considering whether to run or not he's surprised when the detectives say they think they'll have enough evidence to clear the B-Bros and Dr. Oddswell. The detectives reveal that there are many dirty politicians and cops who are working to make the B-Bros scapegoats and obstruct the detective's investigation. There have also been multiple attempts on Oddswell's life while in police custody all though they have thankfully foiled all of them. As just how big this whole thing really is becomes clear to him Bendy tries to grab Boris and escape, only to quickly be caught and handcuffed by the detectives. Alice is outraged that the B-Bros are getting arrested while Holly argues that the two detectives won't be enough to protect the boys against the mob. Holly then reveals that the police commissioner is the one sending the hitmen after the doctor because he's getting bribed by the mob to do so and that Xedo's old colleague Fairfax is also in on the plot. She's even seen the mayor receiving bribes from Fairfax. When questioned how she knows all this Holly reveals that she has been following Fairfax for the past month and a half after he wrote an article about her and that she's also caught the Sykes brothers being involved in this scheme. As the detectives complain about how messy this whole thing has become Featherworth is sheepishly forced to admit that all of Dr. Oddswell's research that they had been keeping as evidence had vanished without a trace. The detectives then decide it's about time they finally took the B-Bros in and, although the rest of the group isn't happy about it, there's nothing they can do to stop the boy's arrest.

The B-Bros are loaded into the detective's car and driven to the police station where their arrest is met with cheers by the other cops. The brothers are processed and the detectives tell them they have a few more questions to answer before Boris has to be shipped off to juvie to await trial. Bendy is furious that they're going to separate him from Boris but Ringtail angrily reminds the Demon that this is bigger than just what he wants. With that, the B-Bros are separated, with Bendy silently vowing to reunite with Boris in the future no matter what.

### Chapter 54 - Alice Goes to Prison

As word of the B-Bros arrest spreads throughout the city Alice continues to be outraged about the lack of justice found in the whole situation and all the rumours circling about the boys. Alice also internally worries about the completion of her Act of Charity, which she has been neglecting during all of this B-Bros mess. To top it all off she still hasn't even managed to reclaim her stolen halo from Black Hat. Alice is thankfully able to shake off all these worries as she continues to work in Betty's shop. It's near the end of the workday when Betty asks Alice if she can grab a case of bottled water from a bar three blocks away since they're out and she has a deal with the bartender there for this kind of thing. Alice agrees and heads to the bar, which turns out to be a rather seedy place. She asks the bartender if she can grab the water but, while he happily agrees to give it to her, he's busy making drinks at the moment so Alice will need to go to the cellar to grab it herself.

When in the cellar looking for the water Alice hear's two voices arguing with each other. While she originally ignores them, believing they're just other employees, she becomes curious when one of the voices sounds familiar. Peeking around a box she sees it's non-other than Avery, who is making a deal with Mortimer to trade The Doll for Red and Dr. Oddswell's freedom since he doesn't have faith in this whole Ink Machine business. Alice, panicking now that she knows she has to find the hidden Doll before Avery can trade it, hurries out of the cellar without even bringing the bottled water with her. She's in such a rush to leave she runs straight into Cuphead as he's walking in the bar door, an event which further scares her as she can sense his bloodthirsty rage and despair with her magic. Alice rushes back to Betty's shop. Seeing her Betty assumes her panic is because she just heard of the attack on the precinct jail, the perpetrator of which escaped. After affirming that no one at the jail was killed Alice quickly calls the house to ask Granny if she knows where The Doll is and not to let Avery leave her sight. Even though Granny doesn't know where The Doll is and Alice won't tell her the whole story the old gopher still agrees to keep her eyes on Avery for Alice. After quickly telling Betty she has to go Alice catches a cab to the police station.

The police station is crawling with reporters thanks to the recent attack but Alice manages to push her way through all the chaos to reach detective Featherworth. Alice asks to see the B-Bros since they're the only other ones who know where The Doll is but Featherworth tells her it's not safe for the boys to have visitors right now. When Alice insists that people's lives are at stake Featherworth finally gives in and agrees to take Alice in her car to where Bendy is being held since it's closer than the juvie Boris is in. As they drive Featherworth questions Alice about what is going on but Alice only gives her vague answers about it. When Featherworth hears that a deal is being made for Red and Dr. Oddswell's freedom she suggests letting the trade happen so they can catch the perpetrators in the act but Alice shuts the idea down since the item is too important to risk losing. Alice then changes the conversation to why the B-Bros are in separate facilities. Featherworth explains that, besides the age difference, it's for the boy's safety. In fact, they believe the attack on the police station earlier that day was someone attempting to find the brothers. Unfortunately, everyone is giving different descriptions of the attacker so the only thing they know is that he uses magic blasts of some kind. Featherworth also mentions that the B-Bros court date has been moved up to two days from now so if all goes well, the brothers should be cleared and free soon.

The two women arrive at the jail and begin filling out the paperwork for Alice's visit. The man filling out the paperwork, Richard, asks what Alice's relation to Bendy is since it's really only close family that's supposed to be allowed in for visits. In a fit of panic, Alice claims she's Bendy's girlfriend.

### Chapter 55 - Bends

As Alice internally berates herself for her stupidity Richard accepts her story about being Bendy's girlfriend and leads bother her and Featherworth back to Bendy's cell. Richard tells Bendy he has a lady visiting but the Demon spots Featherworth before Alice and tells the detective to go away if she's not there to tell him he's free or getting reunited with Boris. Richard asks him if that's any way to act when "his girl" is visiting, which confuses Bendy until Alice steps up to cover it even though his angry cold aura is freaking her out a little bit. To appear more like his girlfriends she also begins to refer to him as Bends. When Featherworth and Richard move back to give the two of them some privacy Bendy asks Alice about just what is going on. Bendy is outraged when he hears that Avery is planning to trade away The Doll but Alice says she'll handle it herself if he just tells her where The Doll is. Bendy wants to just bust out of jail and deal with it himself but after Alice points out that'll just cause more trouble he finally gives in and tells her The Doll is hidden behind some books in the house's study. Bendy thanks her for doing this and warns her to be careful as Alice is about to go. He also teasingly kisses the back of Alice's hand to "maintain their cover" which greatly flusters the poor Angel. With a promise to come to visit again the next day to update him on what happens Alice leaves the jail with Featherworth. As they drive back into Toon Town Featherworth asks some questions about her "relationship" with Bendy and comments on how the two of them make a cute couple.

Once back in the city Alice separates from Featherworth to head to the house where she finds Granny and Avery making dinner in the kitchen. Alice makes the excuse that she needs to grab something she forgot during her last visit and hurries up the stairs to grab The Doll since Granny is almost out of excuses for stalling Avery. Alice grabs The Doll but, quickly realizing it wouldn't be safe with her or any of the others in the house, she re-hides it in a vase so that Granny can sneak it to Xedo's apartment later. After a small panic-inducing run-in with Avery on the staircase, Alice heads back to Granny in the kitchen where she writes a note telling Granny about Avery's betrayal and instructing the old women to take the hidden Doll to Xedo's once Avery is gone. Alice slips Granny the note just as a loud crash from upstairs alerts her to the fact that Avery has realized The Doll is missing from its original hiding place.

Alice rushes out the back door with Avery hot on her tail, yelling about how she stole The Doll and demanding she give it back. The two race through town as Alice runs towards Betty's shop. Just as the wolf is closing in on her Alice rounds the corner and almost bowls a girl over before continuing to run. Behind her, she hears the sounds of the girl seemingly spraying something on Avery that causes him to yell out in pain with the excuse that the girl thought she saw a bee. This encounter gives Alice enough of a lead on Avery to safely make it to Betty's shop. Betty quickly brings the exhausted Alice to her apartment above the shop to rest and get some water. Alice gives her an edited version of what happened with Avery and Betty offers to let her stay the night, an offer which Alice gratefully accepts. It's not long before Alice has collapsed onto Betty's spare bed, thinking about the various events of the day until she drifts off to sleep.

### Chapter 56 - Don't Ride with Strangers

Alice awakes in Betty's spare room and, after giving Betty an edited version of the events of the night before over breakfast, Alice calls Granny at the house to ask how things went after she left. Granny explains that Avery didn't return to the house after chasing Alice and she was able to successfully sneak The Doll over to Xedo's apartment. With the confirmation that The Doll is with Xedo Alice says her goodbyes to Granny before calling the fox. Wiston picks up the phone and, upon realizing it's Alice, excitedly explains how Holly and Xedo had been looking for her for hours. It's revealed that Holly was the girl who sprayed Avery during the chase and also brought the basket with The Doll in it from Granny up to the Tiptail's apartment. Alice promises to head right over and ends the call with Wiston. Alice gets dressed, says goodbye to Betty and then calls a cab to drive her to the apartment since it's raining heavily outside. While she is being driven to the apartment Alice notices a black car start to follow behind them so she asks the cab driver, Droopy, to lose their pursuers. Droopy does so with some crazy driving and Alice, though shaken from the ride, safely arrives at the apartment.

Alice stumbles up to the apartment and is greeted by a worried Wiston. While Xedo is still on his way home Holly is asleep on the couch, exhausted from the long search. Holly wakes up and, after reassurances that Alice is ok coupled with a fair amount of puns, the three of them start talking about what to do with The Doll just as Xedo is arriving home. With the whole group present, everyone begins sharing their information as Alice explains what happened with Avery and Holly goes over what she knows about the corruption among the city officials. The two girls decide that they should go talk to the detectives, Holly because she wants to give them some more information about the corrupt officials and Alice because she has to visit Bendy once again to tell him how things went with The Doll. The girls say their goodbyes to the Tiptail brothers and catch a cab to the police station. As they drive to the police station the girls discuss why they may be being followed and by who.

The girls arrive at the precinct to find it once again in a state of chaos. The woman at the desk attempts to dismiss the girl's attempts to talk to the detectives but the two of them eventually manage to reach the detective's office. The two detectives are just doing some paperwork when the girls walk in and when they both explain what they're there to do the detectives decide to talk with them on the drive to the jail. On their way to the car, the group runs into the commissioner, who questions what they're doing and where they are going. The commissioner tells the detectives they don't have time to play escort, instructing them to just interview the girls in the station. With no other choice, the group heads back to the detective's office.

### Chapter 57 - Discovering the Evil

The group of women is upset that the commissioner stopped them from heading to the jail and, as they begin talking, Featherworth writes a note saying that the office is bugged so they have to watch what they say. As the girls give their "statements" to the detectives about their interactions with the B-Bros the four of them argue through the notes about who should go to the meeting of all the corrupt individuals that is happening that night. Against Featherworth's wishes, Holly decides that she'll go spy on the meeting that night, handing off her journal to the detectives in case anything happens to her. Realizing that Holly can't be stopped the detectives warn her to be safe and give her Featherworth's car keys. With everything settled Holly and Alice head out of the precinct. Once outside Holly admits that she was really hoping she could just leave everything to the police. After some slight worrying about Bendy Alice says they should get going to the warehouse where the meeting is happening, which surprises Holly since she wasn't sure if Alice would want to come with her. With their destination decided the two girls drive off to the warehouse.

The girls arrive at the warehouse and Alice promises to have Holly's back as they search for a way in. The girls find an open window to the warehouse down a side alley but unfortunately, it's over a river so they would have to jump to it without falling in to avoid detection. Alice makes the jump and enters the warehouse to unlock the door for a now slightly suspicious Holly, who questions where exactly Alice came from. Alice gives a vague answer to Holly's question and the two girls sneak up to a stairway to observe the meeting from above. Just as the girls reach their hiding place nine people arrive for the meeting- the commissioner, the Sykes brothers, King Dice, the mayor, Fairfax, Mr. Winky, Ratagan, and a weasel. As the meeting begins the men complain about how much trouble they've had with their various jobs related to the B-Bros and covering up Ink Illness. As they talk it is revealed that Cuphead was the one to attack the jail and that the two detectives are the ones preventing the group from just killing the B-Bros in their cells. They discuss just killing the detectives and Xedo since he is also a threat to their anonymity, but the commissioner brings up how he saw Holly talking to the detectives so they have to watch out for her too. Finally, King Dice calls for attention, talking about what a mess it has become and threatening them all (but especially the Sykes) with death if they continue to fail. King Dice then hands out assignments to each member of the group. The mayor once again asks about just killing the B-Bros but King Dice states that that's a job for the Cupbros, not them. Having finished giving orders King Dice disappears into a magic hole in the ground. After King Dice leaves it's not long before the majority of the group exit as well, albeit with some complaining, until it's just the Sykes brothers left. The Sykes brothers discuss what a mess the rest of the idiots in the group have made of this job and Robert Sykes worries about the Cupbros, in particular, coming for them if they continue to fail. His brother Bill dismisses his concerns and the two men head their separate ways. With the meeting over the two girls sneak back to the car where Alice immediately explodes with anger at what evil people all those men are. Holly takes a more logical perspective on the matter, pointing out that they're career criminals and that at least now they know some of their plans ahead of time. Holly suggests they try to be a bit more offensive now that they have this strategic advantage but Alice isn't sure about it. Putting the issue aside the girls head to the jail in order to visit with Bendy as Alice promised she would.

The two girls head in to meet Richard the guard once more, who informs Alice that her "boyfriend" got into a fight with another inmate that day because the other prisoner started talking about Alice. While Holly is sidetracked by the boyfriend comment Alice asks if anything else happened while she was gone. Richard informs her that the only other notable event was Bandy's lawyer, White Rabbit, visiting. Richard is just telling the girls how White Rabbit is probably Bendy's best bet for freedom as they reach the hall where Bendy's cell is located.

### Chapter 58 - Fairest of Them All

When the two girls arrive at Bendy's cell the Demon immediately shoots a wall of questions at Alice with no chance to get a response in. With the assurance from Alice that everything is fine Bendy calms down enough to finally notice Holly standing there and the three of them start to have a proper conversation. The girls reprimand Bendy a little for his fight with the other prisoner before they start telling Bendy about the information they learned by eavesdropping on the criminal's meeting. They warn Bendy about the dirty lawyer, Mr. Winky, whose set to prosecute him and about the plans for the Cupbros to assassinate both him and Boris. While the news about Mr. Winky is new Bendy tells the girls that he has a history with the Cupbros and that they aren't people they need to be worried about anymore. While Holly gets lost in her head asking questions about the Cupbros Bendy and Alice pun for a bit before Holly comes back to the conversation enough to inform Bendy that she found the right rune combination to fix The Map. Bendy tells her that the detectives have The Map and, after both girls promise to be at the trial tomorrow, Richard informs the girls it's time to go. Bendy once again kisses the back of Alice's hand but this time the Angel whispers she has to tell something important to Bendy, making him lean in to hear, before pulling the Demon in to kiss him on the cheek. Alice leaves a shocked Bendy behind in his cell and heads back out of the prison with Holly.

Once back in the car the girls start to drive back to the precinct and Holly asks Alice about her "relationship" with Bendy, which sends Alice into a panic when she realizes that she just kissed a Demon. Holly just laughs and reveals that she already knows Alice is faking being Bendy's girlfriend and she asks Alice what she really thinks of Bendy. After some thought, Alice says that, while Bendy is a good guy, he confuses her since he doesn't act like a normal Demon would. Alice then explains how she met Bendy and eventually became friends with him. Just as Alice is finishing up her story to Holly the girls arrive at the police station. Before heading into the station Holly writes a list of all those targeted by the mob and a summary of what they saw at the meeting, which she leaves in the detective's car before exiting. The girls head straight into the detective's office and, once again by using notes to communicate, the group decides to head to Ringtail's apartment so they can talk without being worried about bugs.

Once the girls and the detectives are back into Featherworth's car the detectives give Holly back her journal, stating that they read it all while the girls were gone and now they are caught up not only about the mob business but also about the existence of the Ink Machine and its parts. The detectives even agree to help the group as much as they legally can with their quest and agree to give The Map to the girls so Holly can fix it with her runes. The group is discussing magic when they arrive at Ringtail's apartment. Once there Ringtail grabs The Map, which she had hidden there, and hands it off to Holly. Once she has The Map Holly remembers she can't actually see the runes and thus she can't alter them without the boys there. This situation annoys Alice since she actually can see The Map but can't reveal this fact since it may expose her as an Angel. As Alice continued to try to find a way to add the runes without exposing herself the detective and Holly talked about what happened to the warehouse until it was time for Featherworth to give the two girls a ride home. When it becomes clear that Holly doesn't have a place to stay Alice offers to let Holly stay in her extra room.

The girls arrive back at Alice's apartment and Alice immediately hides The Map in her room. It's not until after the girls have settled in and had dinner that Alice's phone rang. To her surprise, it's Dr. Flug, who tells her Black Hat is offering her job back and that they expect her there by tomorrow morning. Even though Alice doesn't want to go back to the Casino she has few choices since Hat still has her halo. Despite this, she still tries to say no but Flug completely ignores her, telling her to be there by eight before hanging up. With no choice but to go to the Casino to handle her unfinished business there, she decides to give Holly her job at Betty's shop, calling up Betty to arrange it before Holly even fully understands what's happening. When Alice won't answer Holly's question about what's going on she instead begins asking about how Alice was able to make a twelve-foot jump out to the window back at the warehouse but eventually backs off when she realizes she might be putting Alice in an awkward situation. After telling Holly that she'll hopefully be able to explain everything soon Alice says her goodnight's to the other girl.

The next morning Alice sneaks out of the apartment before Holly awakes, leaving behind three letters. One letter for Holly which would give her Alice's apartment, another for Betty to explain the job switch and a final one for the B-Bros. Despite her lingering fears, Alice heads off to the Casino, determined to retrieve her halo from Black Hat.

### Chapter 59 - The Trial

Bendy sits in his prison cell as he thinks of all that occurred since he was locked up such as Alice's visit, another Ink Attack and the fight with the other prisoner. His thoughts are interrupted by Richard arriving to bring him to the trial, who's surprised to see him covered in ink from the attack and offers to let the Demon get cleaned up before they leave, an offer which Bendy gratefully accepts. Bendy takes his shower, gets breakfast and is taken to the courthouse as Richard attempts to cheer him up the whole time. Once at the courthouse they have to fight their way through a crowd of reporters to get inside, all of whom are shouting questions at Bendy. Once into the courthouse Richard takes Bendy to a back room and uncuffs him so the Demon can wait there for Boris and his lawyer.

It's not long after Bendy is seated in the room that his nervous lawyer, White Rabbit, arrives. White Rabbit questions if Bendy is sure he doesn't want to reveal his Ink Illness during the trial to get sympathy from the jury but Bendy says he doesn't want to become some "pity poster boy". The conversation ends as the door to the room opens to reveal a guard escorting in Boris. The brothers happily reunite with each other and the guard informs Bendy that Boris was actually rather popular and well-liked in juvie. The B-Bros then sit down with their lawyer to go over the details of their case once more.

It's not long before the B-Bros are brought into the packed courtroom, filled with both people and tv cameras, for their trial. Soon, Mr. Winky and Judge Hearts enter the courtroom and the trial finally begins. While going over the B-Bros charges Mr. Winky interrupts to add the murder of Lady Facilier to the list, which outrages White Rabbit since he wasn't notified ahead of time but the judge still allows the charge to be added. After the B-Bros plead not guilty to all charges the trial moves into opening statements with Mr. Winky going first. Mr. Winky paints a picture to the audience of the B-Bros travelling across the country on a crime spree and selling drugs for Dr. Oddswell before creating a fake illness to scare the public prior to their capture. With his statement complete Mr. Winky sits back down and White Rabbit steps up to make his opening statement, the rabbit getting more confident as he talks. White Rabbit tells a more truthful, but admittedly fairly edited, version of events and states not only the B-Bros innocence but also the fact that Ink Illness is real. Before the White Rabbit can finish Judge Hearts enthusiastically calls for the first witness, which turns out to be none other than Officer Snoutfer.

### Chapter 60 - May All Your Bacon Burn

Bendy and Snoutfer glare at each other as the officer takes his seat in the witness box and begins his testimony. Following questioning from Mr. Winky the officer explains how the B-Bros were the town's "riff-raff". Mr. Winky then asks several leading questions to Snoutfer about the boy's involvement in Wilson's death, all of which White Rabbit objects to. Surprisingly, when asked directly about whether he believed Bendy killed Wilson Officer Snoutfer says he doesn't since the evidence all points to the fact that it really was an accidental death. Mr. Winky tries to bring up the car crash Bendy's faulty mechanically supposedly caused but Officer Snoutfer says there is no evidence such a car accident ever took place. Mr. Winky then turns his attention to the fire at the garage, which was indeed deliberate arson, but Officer Snoutfer once again points out that there is no evidence that the brothers were the ones to start the blaze. The mention of evidence allows Mr. Winky to bring up the break-in at the Sillyvision police station where evidence relating to the case, Wilson's journals, was stolen. This means that other evidence could have been tampered with at the time and puts all the evidence Snoutfer has brought up into question. When Officer Snoutfer tries to argue that the Sillyvision police wouldn't have missed something else being tampered with during the robbery Mr. Winky points to some of the department's shortcomings as evidence that the entire Sillyvision police department is lazy and incompetent. While Snoutfer is enraged about how his department is being represented Bendy is conflicted since, while he's glad someone is finally pointing out all the issues with the Sillyvision police, this is probably the worst possible time for it to happen. Officer Snoutfer tries to bring up the witness reports of the crimes but Mr. Winky quickly points out how all the witnesses gave conflicting accounts about the individuals chasing Wilson through town. With Snoutfer out of options, Mr. Winky ceases his questioning and Officer Snoutfer is let go without any questioning from the defense.

The next witness called to the stand is Sasha Swingskirt, who immediately pulls the B-Bros into a hug upon seeing them before berating the boys for not writing enough and causing her so much worry. Before Sasha can rip into the boys too badly White Rabbit breaks in to remind her about the trial and she finally takes the witness stand with one last promise that she'll talk to the B-Bros about all this later. White Rabbit then begins to question her on her relationship with the B-Bros, what happened the day of Wilson's death, Wilson himself and the fire at the garage. During this Sasha also get's to share her personal opinions on Pete as well as the discriminatory attitude found in Sillyvision that has caused issues for both the boys and herself during their time in the town. Sasha wraps up her questioning by stating the B-Bros innocence, defending their decision to leave town and claiming that, despite never having known someone with Ink Illness, she still believes the disease is real. With White Rabbit's questioning complete Mr. Winky stands to take his turn at interrogating Sasha.

### Chapter 61 - Don't Wink or You Might Miss Something

Mr. Winky begins his questioning by asking Sasha exactly how long she has known the B-Bros and why she moved to Sillyvision in the first place. Sasha claims she wanted a fresh start and that the money she used to move was her own supplemented by a loan. Mr. Winky then reveals he has documents of her previous life in Toon Town, pointing out that she didn't even have a job so how could she use her own money. When the Judge and White Rabbit question why this is relevant to the case Mr. Winky says it's because she's the only one in Sillyvision with ties to the mob. Everyone, especially the B-Bros are shocked by this revelation. Mr. Winky then explains how Sasha's ex-husband Chad Skirt was a high-ranking member of a mob crime family who is not only in jail for the murder of two men but also claims Sasha stole the money to move to Sillyvision from him. Mr. Winky then begins pushing Sasha for why she left her husband in the first place since she didn't initially leave him once she discovered he was in the mob. With White Rabbit having no grounds to object Sasha is forced to admit that the reason she ran was that he threatened to murder her sister Sally. Bendy continues to grow more enraged as Mr. Winky claims that Sasha not only left her sister Sally behind to rot in her escape but that there is also evidence that she participated in small jobs for the mob, although Sasha states that if she ever did any jobs it was unknowingly. Finally, Bendy has enough of Mr. Winky ruining Sasha's reputation and yells at him to shut up or Bendy will punch him. While many people in the audience are terrified by Bendy's threat White Rabbit, Boris and eventually Sasha herself are able to get the Demon to calm down. After Sasha explains that her sister Sally choose not to come with her to Sillyvision Mr. Winky began pushing her about where the extra money for her move originated from Sasha refuses to answer. Ultimately, Judge Hearts dismisses Sasha from the stand before Mr. Winky can finish questioning her.

As the detectives are called to the stand Bendy becomes lost in thought about the fact that he didn't know Sasha as well as he thought he did and how he wished she had relied on Boris and him more. It's not until after the detectives were finished being questioned that Bendy returned from his thoughts, just in time to hear Holly being called to the stand. Everyone, including Holly, is confused about the prosecution calling her out of all the potential witnesses but none the less the girl takes the stand. Mr. Winky begins by asking Holly about her interactions with the B-Bros on the university campus which soon moves into questions about her researching both the B-Bros and Dr. Oddswell following her losing her place at the university. Mr. Winky then goes into talking about how Holly was harassed on campus for her interaction with the B-Bros and using magic to the point where she became homeless. Now that her work with magic runes has been brought up Mr. Winky then moves into questioning whether runes could cause illness or at least the appearance of illness. Realizing what Mr. Winky is trying to do Holly admits that yes, while runes could mimic the symptoms each victim would have to have a rune written on them to work. Mr. Winky tries to claim that Bendy could use his Demonic powers to cover some of the rune's shortcomings but this just angers Holly as she begins to explain the difference between rune magic and the magic found in inherently magical species like Demons. Holly is in fact so knowledgeable on the subject that Bendy even internally admits she knows more about his magic than he does. Holly then states that, despite how Mr. Winky claims the only known cases have happened in Toon Town, that she has found evidence of the disease worldwide. After Mr. Winky says one too many dismissive remarks about the victims of Ink Illness Boris finally snaps and begins to tearfully shout about how Mr. Winky can't just talk about people who are suffering like that until Bendy finally manages to calm the pup down. Holly then brings the attention of the room back to her by stating that Mr. Winky's opinion of Ink Illness is irrelevant and that she could list everyone she knew with Ink Illness if necessary. Surprisingly, Mr. Winky says this isn't necessary and ends his questioning of the girl. Since White Rabbit decides not to question Holly himself the girl is allowed to leave the witness stand.

Unfortunately for Bendy's dwindling patience the next witnesses called to the stand are the Warners. The moment they're announced Dot appears on Bendy's lap, declaring her love for him and trying to kiss him. Thankfully, it doesn't take long for Yakko to appear and toss his sister into the witness stand before greeting the B-Bros himself. Wakko also shows up and the two Warner brothers join their sister on the witness stand. After some wordplay jokes by the Warners about oaths and oats prevent the Warners from being officially sworn in Bendy advises White Rabbit to not let the Warners distract him while they talk and to just keep pushing for the main point during questioning.

### Chapter 62 - The Warners Go To Court

White Rabbit begins his questioning of the Warners by having them describe how they met the B-Bros and the events that took place in Warnerburg. During their statement about the warehouse the Warners attempt to descend back into their "Who's on first?" gag again, causing Bendy to angrily yell at them to stop messing with the lawyer. Mr. Winky tries to use this interruption to have Bendy removed from the courtroom and the Judge says he may allow it if Bendy interrupts one more time. The Warners then continue with their description of the misadventures in Warnerburg. They then finish up by explaining how they later found the brothers outside of Warnerburg and continued to help them despite knowing they were criminals since criminal status means nothing to the Warners. With the defense questioning complete, Mr. Winky stands up to take his turn at interrogating the Warners. Mr. Winky immediately brings up the fact that the Warners stole some items while at the warehouse, specifically a golden crown. While the Warners attempt to deny taking the crown Winky sees a glint of gold underneath Wakko's hat and demands he remove it. After some shenanigan's from the Warners attempting to stop the removal of Wakko's hat Mr. Winky is finally able to snatch it off Wakko's head, revealing that he is in fact wearing the crown. Mr. Winky tries to have the Warner's statement stricken from the record since they're obviously thieves, which sets off a whole new wave of chaos throughout the entire courtroom as the Warners evade arrest.

As the courtroom becomes enveloped in insanity Mr. Winky tries to get the B-Bros to make the Warners stop but upon learning the brothers have as much control of the trio as anyone else accuses them of bringing the Warners there on purpose to cause mayhem. Bendy argues that anyone whose been to Warnerbug knows how much trouble the Warners are and Mr. Winky finally seems to snap, grabbing Wakko by the throat while threatening to send all the Warners to jail as guards snatch up the other two Warners. While Mr. Winky is busy arguing with Yakko and Dot Wakko suddenly begins coughing.

When they hear Wakko coughing the other two Warners suddenly lose their joking demeanor and begin fighting the guards in earnest to escape. Bendy, also realizing what the coughing means, becomes upset as well just as Yakko manages to free himself from the guard holding him in time to grab Wakko when Mr. Winky drops the boy in surprise. Dot also manages to free herself and the two Warners start comforting their brother as his ink attack begins. In addition, Bendy places himself between the Warners and the guards. Suddenly, Bendy has a desperate idea and announces to the courtroom that Wakko is having an ink attack. The stunned room watches as Wakko coughs up ink and, despite Mr. Winky's attempts to take control of the situation again, Bendy is able to make his speech about how those with Ink Illness need help but all anyone has been doing is getting in the way of those trying to help the victims. Boris also makes a plea for help to the room just before Wakko's attack comes to a stop. Wakko apologizes for the attack suddenly making everything so serious and Judge Hearts decides to call for a court recess so the room can be put in order while everyone recovers from the ordeal. Ignoring Mr. Winky's attempts at protest Judge Hearts also thanks the Warners for coming and apologizes for what they had to go through. This confuses the Warners considering the amount of chaos they caused but Judge Hearts says that it was up to the adults to take care of things and they should have handled the whole situation differently. The Warners say they'll accept the apology if the Judge buys them lunch, which he happily agrees to do.

### Chapter 63 - The Verdict

As the court recess begins the B-Bros check-in with the Warners and White Rabbit admonishes an unrepentant Mr. Winky for his behaviour. The B-Bros are then brought back into the prep room for the break where the brothers discuss Wakko's ink attack until it's time to head back into the courtroom. The next witness is called and it's none other than Lady Faciliers son. Mr. Winky begins the boy's questioning by having him recount the events of the day his mother died, which makes the B-Bros feel intensely guilty. However, when the boy starts going into mundane details about the Cupbros appearances and yet the guilt he feels keeps increasing Bendy realizes that something strange is going on. Bendy figures out that the kid is using some kind of magic on him and Boris to make them feel this way. As the Demon tries to figure out how the boy is doing the magic the young Facilier finishes his account of events by claiming the B-Bros killed his mother. Suddenly, a small fire breaks out in the back corner of the room and during the panic that follows Bendy notices a thin shadow pull away from their table back towards the witness stand. It's revealed after the fire was doused that it was set by Wiston in the audience and the trial soon gets back underway. As Mr. Winky resumes his questioning Bendy focuses on the shadows around himself to turn them into a barrier against the thin shadow slowly inching toward their table once again. As the kid describes what the police told him about his mother's death, like the fact that they couldn't tell how she died besides the fact that her heart gave out, the thin shadow hits Bendy's barrier and is successfully stopped. The shadow hisses as it tries to find a way past Bendy's barrier, which causes Boris and White Rabbit to look around in confusion while Bendy smirks back at the shocked boy. With one final assertion from the boy that only a Demon could have caused such a mysterious death Mr. Winky ends his questioning and White Rabbit steps up to take his turn. As Bendy focuses on protecting White Rabbit from the shadow the lawyer begins to question what evidence the boy has that the B-Bros killed his mother. After all, the police don't even consider it a murder and the B-Bros weren't the only ones there. After bringing up that Lady Facilier practiced voodoo and once again pointing out the boy's lack of actual evidence besides his beliefs White Rabbit ends his questioning. It's not until after the boy leaves the courtroom that Bendy drops his defense.

Mr. Winky then calls up Boris to the witness stand. Mr. Winky begins by asking Boris about his history with Bendy but as Boris finishes his explanation Mr. Winky comments how it seems like Bendy is the one calling the shots between the two brothers. After implying that Boris is just a victim conditioned by Bendy to do whatever the Demon tells him to do Mr. Winky ends his questioning. White Rabbit then steps up and begins asking Boris about what happened to the two of them in Toon Town and New Orleans. White Rabbit also asks Boris if he agrees with Bendy's choices, whether he regrets coming to Toon Town and what the pup would do if freed. This allows Boris to show that he has had free will during the entire series of events that have taken place and White Rabbit concludes his questioning. After reassuring Boris that he did a good job it's finally Bendy's turn to take the stand.

White Rabbit calls Bendy to the stand and begins the questioning by asking about Wilson's death. The questions then move on to Toon Town, Dr. Oddswell and finding a cure for Ink Illness. After once again assuring the room that Boris had chosen to come with Bendy the conversation mores to New Orleans and Lady Facilier's death. Bendy describes the woman's death to the best of his abilities and confirms he didn't do anything to her. This turns the topic towards Bendy's magic which causes Bendy to demonstrate his ability with shadows before the court by using them to move around a pen. Bendy also describes what exactly his shadows are capable of but admits he doesn't have the best control of them. White Rabbit also asks Bendy about whether he has made a soul contract before, which Bendy vehemently denies ever doing. Finally, White Rabbit asks Bendy what he knows about Demon society and why he seems to be different than most other Demons. Bendy responds by saying that he knows nothing about Demons, the only thing he has ever known is Sillyvision and that he wishes others would stop judging him based on his race. White Rabbit then ends his questioning and Mr. Winky steps up. Mr. Winky fires off a series of accusatory questions at Bendy about the events of Warnerburg and New Orleans without letting Bendy fully answer the questions before interrupting with the next one. Once Bendy finally asks if Mr. Winky will let him answer a question only to plead the fifth when the question turns out to be about one of the parts Mr. Winky abruptly ends his questioning of the Demon. With no more witnesses to call the Judge releases the jury to go discuss their decision while Bendy rejoins his brother and White Rabbit.

After an unknown amount of time, the jury filters back into the courtroom with the verdict. Unfortunately, the spokesperson for the jury is the Cheshire Cat and it's not long before him, Judge Hearts and White Rabbit devolve into wordplay and talking about various Wonderland-related topics. Finally, the cat reveals the verdict to be not guilty! The boys themselves, along with many people in the audience, cheer and celebrate the verdict. After thanking White Rabbit for all he did the boys are approached by the detectives, who they also thank after the B-Bros receive their own congratulations from the detectives about the verdict. As the detectives begin to escort the boys out they continue to receive congratulations from many people, including Richard the guard. As they push out through the crowd of people around the building they only make it halfway down the stair before terrified cries begin to slice through the cheer. Someone shouts about a man with a gun just as Featherworth pushes Bendy to the side. Three bangs go off on Bendy's right as the Demon falls to the stairs. Bendy looks up just in time to see a scowling weasel aiming a handgun at them.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* According to Holly's Journal, the events of this Book take place over the month of October

### Notes

* There is a version of Bendy's POV of Alice's visit to him during Chapter 55 located in Inky Extra's Chapter 38

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