Chapter 7

                                    

                                          
        
                          
Lukas and Kate entered the room that opened up. Supposedly, this was Sammy Lawrence's "sanctuary", and it wasn't like any typical place that one would go to for solitude. There were instruments and cobwebs in the area, but the space that Sammy had set up to enjoy his free time looked even weirder. Sammy's desk had old papers and cobwebs on it, there was another pentagram drawn on the floor, and on the wall was another message.
                          
SING A HAPPY SONG. WHISTLE A MERRY TUNE. WAIT FOR HIS ARRIVAL. HE'S COMING VERY SOON.
                          
Lukas shook a bit, for he felt a chill run down his spine. Not even a sanctuary could help prevent Sammy from descending into insanity.
                          
"Lukas, look," said Kate.
                          
She pointed to another wheel on the wall. A sign above it said "Ink Flow". She walked over and started to turn it.
                          
"This should stop that ink from flowing above his office door," she said.
                          
After turning the wheel a bit, Kate stopped. The two of them heard the pipes start up, and they heard ink rushing.
                          
"Perfect! Let's get Aiden and get back to the office," said Lukas.
                          
The two of them started to leave the room, but just as they started to leave the sanctuary, a cardboard cutout of Bendy peered from around the corner. Just for a split second. And then it hid out of sight.
                          
Lukas and Kate yelped.
                          
"Aiden, not funny!" said Lukas.
                          
There was no response. 
                          
Lukas and Kate walked back into the orchestra room. The door to the room was shut, but there wasn't any sign of Aiden. What the two did see was a bunch of ink puddles.
                          
"Oh crap... more of these things," said Lukas.
                          
As if on cue, more ink monsters sprung up from the puddles. They began charging for the two, but Lukas and Kate weren't scared. Lukas landed some hits on the monsters with his axe, while Kate swung her pipe as hard as she could to hit them in the head. 
                          
And even though they were outnumbered, the two were able to fend off the ink monsters. The ink puddles sank into the floorboards once more, leaving them alone.
                          
"At lease these things are courteous to let us know if they're coming from ink puddles," said Kate.
                          
"Amen to that..." said Lukas.
                          
The two of them walked back down the hallway, but as they got closer to Sammy's office, they could hear the sound of the ink rushing still. They approached the door, and saw that the ink was still leaking hard and fast from the pipe.
                          
"What? That didn't do anything?" said Kate. "You gotta be kidding me!"
                          
"Calm down. Maybe there's another valve for us to turn. Remember that inky area? The infirmary? Let's see if we can go there now," said Lukas.
                          
He led her back down the hallway and to the stairs leading down to the infirmary. Sure enough, the large inky lake was gone. They could see that the stairs led to another area. Lukas and Kate walked down the stairs and entered the infirmary.
                          
The ink wasn't fully gone, for there were still some large puddles on the floor, and some was still leaking from the pipes. Lukas and Kate took care not to get close to any ink puddles that might have a monster spring to life and come after them.
                          
In the infirmary, there were lots of hospital beds, and even an eye test chart with letters. They spotted what appeared to be another spot to turn a valve wheel, but there wasn't a valve attached to it.