Bendy VS Springtrap (Bendy VS Five Nights at Freddy's) | DEATH BATTLE!



Bendy VS Springtrap (Bendy VS Five Nights at Freddy's) | DEATH BATTLE!

Interlude

[The episode opens on a preview of the battle. In it, the walls around Springtrap begin to grow darker and darker with Inky vines. He turns around to see Bendy the Ink Demon, slowly rising behind him from the dark puddles beneath.The footage then pauses and grays out, as Ringmaster shouts...!]


Boomstick: Bendy versus Springtrap!

Wiz: Joey Drew's dream brought to life, and the monster that remains in the wake of William Afton!


Wiz: These two monstrous mascots defined their very own genre, but it's time to find out which twisted encapsulation of greed, ambition and entertainment will finally be ended for good.

Boomstick: And we mean FOR GOOD for good, 'cause good luck keepin' 'em down forever!

[We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.]

Boomstick: He's Wiz and i'm Boomstick!

Wiz: And it's our job to bring terror and fright this Halloween night to find out who would win a DEATH BATTLE!

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Joey Drew Studios Presents  Bendy the Dancing Demon in "DEATH BATTLE!"



Come one, come all, to see Bendy the Dancing Demon! Now presented in Sillyvision. Trademark pending.


Dreams brought lovingly to life by Joey Drew and Henry Stein back in the roaring 20s, cartoons of Boris the Wolf, Alice Angel, and of course, Bendy himself, swept the hearts of millions of fans across the country.


But golden ages aren't meant to last forever. Early on into their success, Henry opted out of the studio to go "spEnD mOre TiMe wiTh wIFe aNd NeWbOrN sOn" like a total CHUD LOSER.


Joey was deeply bitter of his business partner's abrupt exit, but the show had to go on, with or without Henry. Unfortunately for Mr. Drew, this was only the first of many problems to arise within the now aptly named Joey Drew Studios.


Pretty faithful to the Disney inspiration, 'cause it was the WORST, LEAST magical workplace in the world behind the scenes. Employees of all kinds, from musicians, to voice actors, to technicians, all took the brunt of unfair hours, unfair wages, and unfair working conditions.


And it was all spurred from Joey's own ego. Everything would be made exactly to his liking, or not be made at all. And this mentality only got the studio so far as the decades went on and on.


Remember the time Joey tried creating a Bendy theme park called “Bendy Land” without accounting for, y'know, paying the contractors? All while paying no respect whatsoever to the theme park guy putting it all together? Or when he thought his artists GOING HOME TO SLEEP was too much of a break, so he invented the Artist’s Rest to force employees to stay in the Studio 24/7? Yeah, when Joey Drew Studios faced bankruptcy, its namesake had really lost his business-savvy edge.


And in its final working years, Joey Drew enacted his final gambit. Partnering with the Gent Corporation, he created an Ink Machine that promised to use a special version of ink to bring his beloved characters to life as mascots. Essentially, living, breathing cartoon characters.


So without a second thought, Joey pumped out their first experimentBendy himself! But what came out of the machine wasn't exactly the little devil darlin' they wanted. What came out of that machine...was the Ink Demon.




Oh yeah, speak of the devil, that Ink Machine? It turns out it housed an alternate dimension made of paper and ink, its complete fabric being made up of the failures and shortcomings of the Studio.


A monument to taking the wrong path, looping for eternity, but degrading over time, like a worn record. And with control over the story of this realm from the outside world, Joey decided to enact his revenge on the one he blamed for the failure of the companyHenry, for leaving all those years ago. Creating a perfect replica of his former business partner, he forced him to live out an eternal cartoon purgatory for his own twisted satisfaction. Whether out of revenge or regret, not even he knew.


Placed there with all the other hundreds of nightmarish experiments of the Machine, Bendy the Ink Demon would tower over all other children of the Machine and prove his dominance as the de facto god of this endless Cycle.


The only way to restart this loop is by showing Bendy an old film tape–the End Reel, showing this cartoon character his final curtain, which disintegrates him and begins the Cycle anew. But good luck doing that, considering his almighty power.


Bendy rules the Cycle like a goddamn apex predator! The realm is ruled entirely by strength. Being beyond every other creature in there makes all other beings pledge allegiance or risk being torn to pieces.


And many choose to do the former, like Searchers and Lost Ones! Because they were once workers of the studio with souls, through the Ink, they're able to reincarnate when they die, although this process seemingly degrades them mentally every time the process is undergone.


No biggie, ‘cause the Ink Demon can actually directly control them telepathically! Hell, because of his status, he doesn't even need to mind-control some for them to follow his bidding. Like Sammy Lawrence, former music director of Joey Drew Studios, an avid Bendy worshipper!...Whom Bendy has torn to shreds. Yeah, he, uh, doesn't quite care for anyone, turns out. He even enjoys hunting and eating Lost Ones!


Other tortured souls include the Butcher Gang–the Piper, Fisher, Striker, and Slicer. Those little gremlins have been experimented on and put back together even stronger by the twisted version of Alice Angel. Alice definitely doesn't care for Bendy, but the Butcher Gang have been shown to be subservient to his higher power in the past, especially in spite of Alice.


Although, it is definetly important to note that out of all beings within the Cycle, Bendy is the only one that lacks a soul to call his own as its first imperfect creation, meaning that if killed physically, he would be permanently erased, unlike the other Ink creatures.


That very lack of soul, of identity, forever instigated a deep hatred for himself, all others, and especially his traitor of a creatorJoey. 


And Bendy has reached heights not even Joey lived to see! Turns out, the Ink Demon gets stronger AND smarter the longer a Cycle goes on without resetting. After one was prolonged to hundreds of days long by ArchGate Studios’ resident creep Wilson, Bendy got a serious glow-up, turning into much more of a ‘demon’ than he ever was before! He even learned how to talk telepathically!



As master of the Ink itself, Bendy can manipulate all Ink in the Studio at will, bursting walls and flooding rooms with it to slow his victims down. His body is almost entire comprised of it, making him invulnerable to most physical forms of attack, including tommy gun fire. He can also use it to regenerate, travel through walls, and transform into an even larger and stronger version of himself‘Beast Bendy’when enraged to a breaking point. 


In that form, and in general, his rage can blind him in his efforts to kill Henry once and for all, but good luck getting away when he’s barreling at you, steamrolling anything that stands in his way! And that Ink pumped out by Gent’s tin can isn’t the normal ink ‘ya got coming through your fountain pen. Known around the Studio as “thick Ink”, even just touching it is said to be able to bring out your deepest, darkest emotions. 


One of the most dangerous attributes of the Ink is its ability to consume your soul. If you die submerged in the dark puddles, your soul becomes a part of the Cycle forevermore, forced to become part of Bendy’s endless cast of cartoon monsters. If he so pleases, and believe me, he does, Bendy himself can even directly consume your soul if he gets his hands on you, so it’s best for most to avoid contact altogether and hide for your life when his supernatural presence makes his approach known.


The Ink even gives Bendy some innate abilities, like fast traveling through certain stations to cross massive distances quickly, and banishing weaker creatures of the Cycle with the touch of a hand, freeing their souls and erasing them permanently. 


Another is the Flow, which lets the user dash across a short distance at blistering speeds to avoid attacks and reach certain areas. 


Although displayed at its best by a Lost One named Porter, the Flow was actually a technique first utilized by Sammy Lawrence as confirmed by the Dark Revival’s archives.


Another protagonist Bendy routinely hunts down, Audrey, is able to outpace gunfire with it, and it’s even able to move in tandem with a ghost train. Assuming it’s moving at the speed of a normal train, that means the flow can reach upwards of 800 meters per second, or about Mach 2.3.


Bendy was able to tag her mid-flow, and should also be capable of performing the technique himself, possibly to even greater lengths. But that's not all that's special about Audrey!

[We cut to Wiz and Boomstick in an animated segment.]

Audrey was, as it turns out, the daughter of Joey Drew himself! In his final years, Joey began to grow a conscience, and although he could not atone for all his mistakes, he did everything in his power to right his past wrongs. 


He made Audrey with the Ink Machine to experience the joy of fatherhood, something I can definitely relate to–And something Bendy just couldn’t seem to wrap his head around. Y’know, I really feel for Bendy. When you’re created out of selfish desires and immediately ignored and cast aside, you can't learn compassion, you can only learn survival! Despite being a giant evil monster that likes ripping people’s heads off and eating Inky entrails, he’s just a natural byproduct of greed.


Wow, Boomstick. Your empathy for Bendy is truly profound and admirable…almost as if you understand it on a personal level.


AND JOEY DREW IS A GOOD FOR NOTHING SON OF A BITCH LIAR THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE LEFT TO GET THE MILK AND ABANDONED POOR MAMA BOOMSTICK AND HE PROMISED ME HE’D PLAY CATCH WITH ME AND…!


[Boomstick’s tangent devolves into incoherent sobs.]


Oh. Yeah, that checks out. Wait, what were the selfish desires for your creation in your father’s instance?


CHILD SUPPORT MONEY!


[The animated segment ends, and we return to regular footage.]


Being Joey’s first creation, the Ink Demon clearly just couldn’t fathom his creator creating something out of love and passion rather than ego and desperation, trying desperately to bring Audrey down to his level, all coming to a front when he consumed her soul and merged the two into one being. 


Bad news for him, ‘cause after being inspired by the memory of her father, Audrey took control of his body! Both Bendy’s own lack of a soul and her own willpower allowed her to haul Bendy’s giant Inky ass over to the End Reel to try and make the Cycle a better place the next time.


Despite that, the Cycle still continues, and for every new face to show up within the twisted Studio, the same old Ink Demon will return to hunt them down and kill them...Over, and over, and over again.



Bendy far exceeds and dominates all other beings harnessable within the Cycle. This includes those aforementioned Flow users, Alice Angel, Brute Boris, and even the giant living carousel ride Bertrum Piedmont, who can hit Henry with 38 Megajoules of force.

Not even the Projectionist and Shipahoy Dudley could take him on, 'cause he saw to their brutal deaths firsthand! The latter was literally designed to topple Bendy's reign, but thanks to some tampering by Audrey, he proved absolutely no challenge for the Ink Demon.


He's destroyed Ink tanks and pipes, shredded steel gates, and shaken massive rooms with his sheer presence alone. Hell, he even survived over 200 days of constant torture from Wilson, even when forced into a smaller, harmless form by electromagnetic Gent towers.


According to a very nice maid named Betty, the Ink Demon even destroyed the entire north wing of Wilson's stronghold singlehandedly, which was pretty much designed to be Bendy-proof, in a feat worth of almost 20 Tons of TNT! 

Although we don't actually see this take place, considering a harbor earthquake made by the Lost Ones worth about 15 Tons of TNT was mistaken for an action performed by Bendy himself, it's likely accurate to assume he truly is that powerful.

Now Audrey's back in the real world, out of the Ink Machine, rewriting elements of it to make life better for all the damned souls trapped inside. 

But considering the trilogy's trajectory, even those beyond the Cycle won't be safe from what the Ink Demon is planning next.

No matter what hope lies between every reset, the pen Bendy was first drawn with all those decades ago was clearly made with permanent marker, 'cause if one thing's for sure, it's that he can't be erased.

It'll be a cold day in hell before the dancing demon's reign of terror is over. So if the Ink Demon is coming for you...heed my warning and hide, lest your soul be forevermore a piece of the twisted tapestry of the tale of Joey Drew Studios.


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Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, Give a Faz-Tastic Hand for the Brilliant Mind Behind Fredbear and Friends  Mr. William Afton!



Uhh, hello hello? Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza! As the security guard on the night watch, your job shouldn’t be too difficult. After all, you only have one job! Keeping people out! And, y’know, keepin’ the place tidy.


That’s two jobs. 


Not with that attitude! But, this Chuck-E-Cheesy restaurant and its colorful cast of animatronic entertainers harbor dark secrets. Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy may entertain kids and grown-ups alike during the day, but after hours, they seem to roam the halls of the pizzeria of their own haunted volition. 


Boomstick, don’t be silly. That’s just their wandering feature, so their servos don’t lock up!


Yeah, sure buddy. How about the blood and mucus oozing from their orifices? Or all the security guards before you that keep mysteriously going missing? A maze of halls with bloody walls, and countless scrawls, reminding me “It’s me”...?


That’s…surprisingly poetic. Did you get that from somewhere?


WHAT NO DEFINITELY NOT.


Regardless, all of these strange occurrences can be linked back to the unsolved murders that took place years and years ago–and the man behind the slaughter was none other than one of Freddy’s very own co-founders–William Afton.




Way way back in the 1980s, Afton and his old pal Henry–hey, where have I heard that before…?--Started their own restaurant called Fredbear’s Family Diner, fit with animatronic entertainers!

Bringing the characters of Fredbear and Spring Bonnie to life with Afton’s patented springlock technology, the establishment exploded in popularity. Unfortunately for him, those very same springlocks would soon lead to tragedy. 


Ya see, those springlocks were special, because it let animatronic suits double as mascot suits for people to wear by movin’ the gears out of place! Sounds great, but they were always a bit…sensitive. 


In a prank gone wrong, Afton’s eldest son, Michael, put his youngest son, uhh…


Evan? Dave? Whatever, little piss baby.


…Into the maw of Fredbear, his movements causing the suit to clamp down on him, the damage killing him and, in turn, tearing his family apart. 


Some say this event was what pushed Afton over the edge, but in truth, it simply gave him the excuse he needed to start taking his experiments to the next level–to uncover life beyond death. 


First, he came for Henry’s very own daughter in a drunken rage. After all, if he should lose his youngest, why shouldn’t he? But that was only the beginning of his path of slaughter.


Then came five children, lured to the back room in his beloved Spring Bonnie suit, stuffing their corpses into an array of animatronic suits–the missing children’s incident. The police searched Freddy’s top to bottom, but Afton was always a smooth talker, so who cares if they got that dead kid stank?


Eventually, the animatronics showed signs of possession, just as Afton had theorized. But as he finally discovered the secrets of immortality and fundamentals of spirits, fate planned him a truly dramatic irony.


Haunted by the ghosts of the first five kids he killed during a plot to erase all evidence for good, Afton tried to hide in his old Spring Bonnie suit to scare them away. But just like his son, his shoddy craftsmanship led to the springlocks violently clamping into him, killing him and forever trapping him in the suit. Finally, this vile killer was put to rest forevermore…Nahhh, just kidding. If there's one thing 'ya know about this purple bastard, it's that he always comes back.


Afton’s very soul bonded with the suit. And finally, after being sealed away in Freddy’s safe room for three decades, Springtrap made his grand debut. 


Don’t ever laugh at that name! Afton coined it himself, and he’s proud of it! He was always a bombastic guy. Y’know, considering he got out of that safe room and learned the pizzeria had turned into in Fazbear’s Fright, a haunted house attraction based on the old rumors around murders at Freddy’s, you gotta wonder if waking up in what was essentially a monument to his killings and experiments went to his head. Who am I kidding, it definetly did, 'cause now he's more showboaty than ever!



The Spring Bonnie suit his soul is bound to towers over all others, and can physically overpower almost anyone in his way. It’s so tough that it can endure electrical shocks, blunt attacks and even gunshots with almost no trouble.


Despite his favorite disposal method being…well, the whole stuffing thing, Springtrap relishes getting up close and personal to his victims with his knives. He’s got all kinds, including a thematically fitting giant ass pizza knife! 


That’s not where his arsenal ends, though. As a fellow inventor, I deeply respect Afton’s technological advancements as an engineer. Like the sound-based illusion discs, chips that emit a high-pitched signal to near flawlessly alter an individuals' perception in a number of ways.


They can make hallucinate, shroud things in invisibility, and make already scary animatronics appear as total nightmare fuel!


Said discs which pair well with his spare Endoskeletons in tricking his victims into thinking he's in places he's not, or even into believing they're being swarmed by a giant horde of Balloon Boys.


Dear god...You can only imagine the hellish noises that come from those little battery-stealing bastards.


Hell, some of his illusions aren’t technology-based–like the Phantom Animatronics, hallucinations of the a number of the Fazbear crew Afton creates to get in his victim’s heads.


And to fuck up my stupid ventilation system, give me audio errors, and JUMPSCARE ME–WIZ, WHY WOULD YOU SUBJECT ME TO THIS HELLISH TORMENT?! I’M AT RISK FOR EARLY HEART ATTACKS, YOU KNOW THAT!


“Early”?


FUCK OFF, MAN!


As you said, they're capable of messing with technology, just as Afton himself is with his presence alone. Even more deadly, the Phantoms can perfectly well mimic voices of the victim’s past to properly lure and torture them. Afton himself doesn't even need to know of these pasts, almost as if these Phantoms are natural byproducts of the agony Afton spreads everywhere he goes.


His springlock suit can be equipped with a ton of crazy Fazbear technology, like the Animstealth Module, which can turn him temporarily invisible and intangible. Perfect for his stealthy, stalk-y style, which he pulls off incredibly well for being a 6’10” metal rabbit with a rotting corpse inside.


Furthermore, his suit can also install MOD applications, which are chips that enhance certain functions. These include ones like Wear & Tear, which reduce the amount of damage he can take by a bit, or Map Movement ones, which can increase his overall travel speed by up by almost seven times.


Springtrap can even harness electricity from local sources to serve up a corrosive shock, powerful enough to mummify a person instantly! THAT’S sure to get you motivated! Clearly, this rabbit knows a lot more than hat tricks.



Although he takes great joy in it, Afton dosen't need to do all the slaughter himself. He keeps a certain set of NOT haunted animatronics at his beck and call–The Twisted Ones! Freddy, Bonnie, Foxy, and…Wolf? Something seems off about that…


These four animatronics are quite literally just made specially to murder people, made to look grotesque and deformed by those aforementioned illusion disks. They can even be directly controlled by Springtrap via the Fazbear choreography system.


They're tough, too! The Twisted Ones survived being ignited in a pool of gasoline, worth about 1.4 Tons of TNT, and Springtrap himself should be as strong as or even stronger than these guys!



But perhaps the most powerful weapon in Springtrap's lengthy arsenal is his very soul. After all, if Afton truly wanted to play god, he had to master the two fundamentals of all life, the crux of his research
Remnant and Agony.

Strap in, 'cause this is where shit goes from "confusing" to "FNAF lore"!

[We cut to Wiz and Boomstick in an animated segment. Boomstick is strapped to an operating table to the left, while Ringmaster is strapped to an operating table on the right. Wiz stands center stage.]

Wiz: As common as that is to say, these concepts actually do wonders to explain the hauntings of Freddy Fazbear's pizza. Emotions are a powerful thing, none more powerful than pure Agony, which can do a number of things, including empowering its wielder. It can be left behind in objects closely connected to tragedy, and considering just how much of it he spreads to others as well as how much he felt rotting for 30 years, Agony is how Afton has mastered the art of his own soul, his hatred allowing him to be able to possess and control different bodies, even ones that contain other souls. Today, we'll be demonstrating this process on Boomstick and Ringmaster.

Boomstick: Wait, what?!

Ringmaster: Just get it over with quick, I was promised free juice boxes for this.

Wiz: Boomstick, look at this beer of yours I stole.

Boomstick: HEY!

[Wiz pours out the beer onto the floor, wasting every drop. Boomstick lashes out in Agony, shaking the table.]

Boomstick: YOU BASTARD, I'LL KILL YOU!

[Wiz presses a button on a controller, and a giant anvil drops onto Boomstick. His essence floats up, initially targeting Ringmaster... Before nosediving into Wiz.]

Wiz:...I probably should've seen that coming.

[Wiz drops to the ground, hitting the fuckass Golden Freddy pose and shaking uncontrollably. We hear both Wiz and Boomstick's voices screaming in the astral plane.]

Ringmaster:...Can I have my juice box now?

[The animated segment ends, and we return to regular footage.]

Thanks to Agony, Afton can infect others with his soul, essentially poisoning them with hate and killing them.

But one power system clearly wasn't enough, so then Remnant gets thrown into the mix! Also fueled by strong emotions, souls can essentially latch onto different objects, especially metal. That's how all those dead kids possessed the animatronics, and how Afton bonded with his suit!

Remnant can be liquified and injected into things, which will put a piece of that soul inside of the desired object or even person.

Normally, the one thing capable of completely destroying Remnant is intense fire, but SOMEHOW, Springtrap has managed to weasel his way out of buildings erupting in flame around him, so suffice to say it takes a pretty specific scenario and concentration to really do the trick.


Like in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place, when his son Michael and his old partner Henry did everything in their power to end the horrors of Freddy’s permanently. 


Hey, wait a minute, why’s he look so different? And, like, so, SO much uglier?


Because, after the fire at Fazbear’s Fright, he was able to repair and transform his body. In fact, if he gets his hands on enough Agony-infused metal, he can magnetically absorb it and transform into… well, THE Agony.


Or the Afton Amalgamation, if ya nasty. This form is ginormous, greatly increases his strength, and despite originally being formed on the basis of multiple souls, can still be maintained by Afton alone. Goddamn, turning into a giant trash Kaiju wasn’t exactly on my bucket list for this small-town serial killer.



Thanks to his impeccable manipulation skills and silver tongue, Afton got away with over a dozen confirmed murders, and has weaseled his way out of death over and over again.

He should also be comparable to the likes of the haunted Fazbear animatronics he created. Like Foxy, who was able to dart past a hallway in the speed it took for a lightbulb to blink at almost Mach 2, or even Glamrock animatronics like Monty Gator, who was able to hold up a giant steel bucket full of golf balls before the catwalk under him gave out.

Although scaling Afton to more futuristic animatronics like the Glamrocks may sound dubious, considerng the Mimic, an animatronic from the same time period as the Spring Bonnie suit, was able to pretty easily best weakened versions of them, all Fazbear animatronics should scale to each other regardless of era.

And Afton himself is able to blitz the nighguard through the vents crazy fast at crazy fast at almost Mach 3! And remember, he scales to the Twisted Ones surviving that massive gasoline fire, which definetly explains his whole whole fire-surviving schtick. Hell, even as a normal ass guy, he disassembled all the Classic animatronics, which was literally described as an act of overpowering them by Henry!

But all for naught, as Michael and Henry at last saw to the permanent end to all that remained of the remnants of Freddy's, the pain fading away as the agony of every tragedy should.

Trapped in a maze with no prize with nothing to blame but his own hubris, the darkest pit of hell opened to swallow him whole at last, destroying his physical body completely, leaving no Remnant behind.

But even after this final death, a particularly vengeful spirit of one of his victims trapped him into an eternal torment, with over fifty animatronics hunting him down in a cycle of torture representative of the pain he inflicted on the world.


Which, by technicality, he then eventually mastered! That's right, this motherfucker 50/20'd HELL ITSELF!


And even beyond this truly final grave, a rogue AI created by one of his former associates has begun to impersonate the path of agony left in his wake. I suppose that even in death, William Afton succeeded in his goal of being immortalized.


Just like the springlocks he once invented, Springtrap violently and permanently dug his way into the slasher history books. And you can bet your goddamn FazTokens that someday, somehow, he'll come back. He always does.


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Prelude

Alright, the tales have been told, and terror runs free. Let's see which monster will live to hunt another day.

But first, a some quick ground rules for a unique fight like this one!

This battle will take place within the Cycle as we see it in the Bendy series and reside by its rules. Although living cartoons like Toon Bendy and Henry's pal Boris seemingly escape and are capable of living outside of it–implying these inky beings can travel between worldsthis setting is the only way to ensure the Ink Demon has full access to all of his powers. The battle taking place here would not unfairly disadvantage Springtrap in any major way, making it the most logical way to approach this battle. 

IT'S TIME FOR A SPOOKY DEATH BATTLE!!!

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Death Battle



[Metal footsteps echo through the sepia-toned halls of Joey Drew Studios. Springtrap lumbers about, listening to an audio log from the Studio’s history as he explores the Cycle.]


Joey Drew: [Why, with enough belief, one could even cheat death itself! Now that…is a beautiful…and positively silly thought!]


[Afton quietly chuckles to himself, humored by the limited viewpoint of the Studio’s namesake. Eventually, he finally stumbles upon the Ink Machine, rising ominously from a dark pit by metal chains. As a fellow engineer, Afton takes a moment to appreciate Gent’s handiwork.]


Springtrap: Fascinating…It’s real.


[Without warning, the walls around him begin to grow darker and darker with Inky vines. He turns around to see Bendy the Ink Demon, slowly rising behind him from the dark puddles beneath.]


Springtrap: Ahahaha…! Great atmosphere! 


[Bendy cocked his head in confusion momentarily before snarling and swiping his claws at his foe. Afton narrowly dodged the first swipe in the nick of time, then drew his pizza knife in an attempt to block the second attack. Underestimating the strength behind it, Afton still stumbled back at the sheer strength of the monster.]


Bendy: Your fate…is sealed. 


Springtrap: And you talk?! Perhaps you are worth examining, then!


[The springlocked slaughterer lunges at the Ink Demon with all the gusto of Withered Foxy, wrapping around his opponent’s back, before stabbing him over and over repeatedly. Thick Ink seeped from the wound into the ground. Snarling in rage, Bendy finally gets a firm hold on Springtrap, throwing him into and through a nearby wall, landing his foe into a smaller room projecting a cartoon onto the wall, drawing a grunt of pain from his steel maw. Springtrap reels in pain for a moment before quickly formulating a plan as the Ink Demon rushes him down.]


Bendy: Dieee…!


[The Ink Demon grasped the Spring Bonnie suit and lifted it up. It struggles in his hand for a moment before casually crushing its spine. Unlike the satisfying crack he so desired, Bendy instead heard an electronic buzz, revealing that what he actually crushed was a simply animatronic Endoskeleton masked by a sound illusion disk.


Bendy: What…?


[Bendy looked to his left and saw an open vent, leering through it.]


[1AM > NIGHT 1]


[Springtrap crawls through a vent in the ceiling of the Studio. Telepathically, he receives a message sent to all locked within the Cycle.]


Bendy: Children of the Machine…Destroy the invader…!


[Across the entirety of Joey Drew Studios, Lost Ones and Searchers rise in acknowledgment, the former arming themselves with weaponry. The three original members of the Butcher Gang gather around and snarl readily, as the latent fourth teleports in next to them. Down in the recording studio of the Music Department, Sammy Lawrence drags his axe along the ground, heeding the orders of his lord. Looking through a gap in his vent, Springtrap sees several Lost Ones searching the hallway for any trace of his presence.]


Springtrap: Perhaps it’s time to fight fire with fire…


[Silhouetted on the wall, in an Inky sewer, Springtrap mauls several Lost Ones to death, despite their fighting back. Bendy turns the corner and sees the man behind the slaughter rip his hand out of one of their faces and absorb the Agony-infused metal from one of their Gent Pipes.]


Springtrap: Their Agony sustains me…and yours shall be next!


[Afton takes a MOD application chip and applies a friction regulator, greatly increasing his speed. Bendy snarls and retaliates by using the Flow to immediately catch up to the spot he was standing in, but Springtrap dodges the attack, as Bendy misses and slashes a poster plastered on the wall. The two exchange more attacks, as Afton evades hits from the Ink Demon and Bendy tanks blunt force and slashes from Springtrap.]


Bendy: GRAAAGH…!


[Catching Afton off guard, Bendy once more knocking him a decent distance away. Once more on the backfoot, Afton activates his Animstealth Moduele, turning himself invisible, only his eyes glowing purple, as he summons his fancy new distractions.]


Springtrap: Wake up, puppets! I have something new for you to play with!


[With a rumble in the surrounding area, Twisted Freddy, Bonnie, Foxy and Wolf all burst through burrowed holes in the sewer and roar with the gusto of nightmares, surrounding the Bendy. Afton disappears, leaving his animatronics to battle the Ink Demon.]


Bendy: RAAAGH…!


[As Foxy lunges at him and bites into his arm, Bendy begins to fend off the other Animatronics. He slashes at Freddy’s chest, rips off Bonnie’s ears and smashes him upside the head, and as Wolf rushes him down, he slams down Foxy and rips off his arm, violently jamming it into the final Twisted One’s chest. With Foxy still active and pressed down, The Ink Demon finishes the job with a bite to the neck. Despite the damage sustained, Bendy slowly recovers and regenerates, the battle once more on hold as his opponent lives to fight another day.]


[3AM > NIGHT 1]


[Having his way into the Studio’s very own Artist’s Rest, Afton is hauled up in the tech office in the middle, Lost Ones and Searchers pounding at either door, peering through the glass on either side. A taste of his own medicine considering the similar circumstances to his own nightguards, he thought, but nothing he couldn’t handle. As they finally got in, he absorbed their attacks and slaughtered them all, crushing their heads, stabbing them repeatedly, and absorbing all their Agony-infused metal.


Springtrap: Hahahah…!


Finally, The Ink Demon, a small army of Searchers and Lost Ones, the Butcher Gang, and Sammy Lawrence all make their way into the Artist’s Rest. Afton stands atop the office, staring down the children of the Machine.


Springtrap: I’ve done more research, you wretched little beast! You know, out of all of you putrid creatures, you shouldn’t even be here in the Artist’s Rest…


[Afton telepathically activates the Twisted Ones down in the sewers. Although withered and wrecked, their eyes still light up at their creators’ beck and call.]


Springtrap: After all, I'M the artist…


[Afton ethereally scans the souls of Bendy’s army. Everyone has one…except Bendy.]


Springtrap: And YOU’RE JUST A PRODUCT!


[The withered Twisted Ones burrow from the ground and ceiling, and an all-out brawl ensues between both sides. The animatronics are able to take on more of Bendy’s army at once, but there are so many that it’s practically neck and neck. Twisted Freddy drills through a horde of Searchers and Lost Ones, their Inky bodies being shredded apart and splashed all over the room. Two Lost Ones beat Twisted Bonnie down with a respective pipe and plunger before a third lodges an axe into its forehead, enraging it as it lashes out in pain. The Butcher Gang all try to jump the Wolf, but the animatronic grabs the Piper in his mouth and bites down violently, shaking him around. The Slicer teleports onto the Wolf’s back, stabbing him repeatedly in the neck. Amidst the chaos, the Ink Demon holds back Twisted Foxy as it drills into his hand, before lifting it up, crushing its very endoskeleton, and ripping its head off. The Lost ones in the immediate vicinity to witness it all cheer. All the while, Sammy Lawrence alone squares up with William Afton.]


Sammy Lawrence: I’ll slaughter you myself, lest the savior be covered in whatever remains of your rotted corpse!


[He dashes forward and swings his axe wildly. Springtrap eventually catches the hilt of the blade as it gets caught in his shoulder, tearing it out and tossing it spinning away, where it eventually bisects a stray Lost One.]


Springtrap: There is no ‘savior’...


[Springtrap grabs and crumples Sammy’s paper mask, crushing his head behind it, his now-lifeless body dropping to the ground, seeping Ink]


Springtrap: …There is only me.


[Springtrap takes the advantage of distraction to try to flee and recuperate once more, but Bendy takes note of this and snarls in rage, slowly filling the entire room with Ink. All the Lost Ones gasp in fear as it overtakes them and kills them, as do the now completely defunct Twisted animatronics. Afton thinks he can escape the Ink, but it calls to him, ringing in his head, and several arms reach up to pull him down into it. His life flashing before his eyes, Afton reaches his hand up and absorbs the electricity from the lights in the chandeliers in the rafters of Artist’s Rest, mustering it all into a corrosive shock that blasts Bendy square in the face. The Ink quickly lowers and drops the exhausted Afton.]


Springtrap: Rrgh…!


[Before he can recover, Bendy once more uses the flow to catch up to Afton and try to grab him. Springtrap narrowly dodges, but another backhand sends him through the nearest wall, through the hollow cracks between, deeper into the throws of the Studio.]


[4AM > NIGHT 1]


[Afton awoke in a theme park area, the sprawling sign above reading “Bendy Hell”. Hearing the Ink Demon fast-traveling through a wall close to him and noise coming from another room, Afton quickly fled into the adjacent room. In that room, he found a giant carousel ride, just as the Ink Demon rushed through the doorway.]


Bendy: I grow weary of the chase…Your road is gone, your path, sealed…Submit to the dark puddles!


Springtrap: I won’t soon submit to a filthy beast like you…!


[Springtrap activates the carousel telepathically and magnetically lifts it past its rafters, spinning it as fast as humanly possible. The head of Bertrum Piedmont peers through the central column's shudders as it collides with Bendy, causing a massive explosion that ends up knocking the both of them through the wall, tumbling down a massive chain-filled pit into an Ink river below. In the distance sits the lair of the Ink Demon. Recovering first, Springtrap quickly enters the building. Seeing his opponent escape once more, Bendy growls in rage, absorbing the surrounding Ink River and roaring as he transforms into Beast Bendy. The Ink Demon dashes into the building, turning a corner where he hears noise to silence his opponent once and for all, but instead finds something he never expected to see–Joey Drew, standing alone.]


Joey Drew: Failing to catch another goal you’re after? Some ruler you turned out to be! Your subjects are losing faith… Every step of the way, failure after failure… You remind me of myself in that way, Bendy.


Bendy roared and rushed down the ghost of his creator to silence him, only to be met with Phantom Freddy screaming in his face, causing his head to ring in agony. Hearing more voices of his past around every corner, Bendy begins a wild goose chase, darting through the halls. Henry, Audrey, Wilson, the Keepers, and always louder than the others, Joey, haunted his every step, always met with a Phantom of Freddy’s that caused Bendy pure agony. All the while, the real Springtrap snuck around the building, collecting more and more Agony-infused metal, growing larger and larger…]


Bendy: RAAAGH…!


[Wholly overstimulated after the Phantom Puppet had seemingly latched onto his face and stuck there, the Ink Demon began smashing the ground, leveling the entire building. Both bursting past the wreckage, surrounded in flame, the Afton Amalgamation and Beast bendy squared off at equal footing, roaring in viscera before facing each other down. As their final battle began, the Phantoms of both their pasts began to echo throughout the cavern.]


Henry Emily: [And to you monsters trapped in the corridors, be still, and give up your spirits.]


[The Agony grabbed the Ink Demon by the neck and threw him into a pile of rubble.]


Joey Drew: [You can save them, Henry! You can peel it all away.]


[Bendy recovered and snarled, leaping up onto the back of the animatronic mass, clawing, biting and slashing as the Agony ripped off Inky flesh trying in an effort to get the beast off.]


Henry Emily: [For most of you, I believe there is peace, and perhaps more, waiting for you after the smoke clears.]


[Roaring with rage, Beast Bendy ripped off the Afton Amalgamation’s jagged arm, and shoved it into its eye socket.]


Joey Drew: [You see, there’s only one thing that Bendy has never known…]


[The Agony took what remained of its lost limb, a sharp metal rod, and impaled the Ink Demon in the lower abdomen with it.]


Henry Emily: [Although, for one of you…]


[The two monsters roared, violently pushing each other away, standing off and clearly pushed to their limits.]


Joey Drew: [He was there for his beginning…]


[Bendy leaps forward and punches down the Agony with all his might, dislocating its head and forcing it to its knees.]


Henry Emily: [The darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole…]


[Bendy forces the Agony into the ground, the titanic impact against the floor causing a thunderous shake to the room. The Agony screeches loudly, but the Ink Demon grabs its jaws with both hands, prying its mouth open.]


Joey Drew: [But he’s never seen…The End.]


[Unleashing a bellowing roar of his own, Beast Bendy tears apart the face of the Afton Amalgamation, prying apart metal with the crack of living bones. The giant animatronic body goes limp.]


Henry Emily: [So don’t keep the devil waiting, old friend.]


Springtrap: A- AGHH... AHAHAHA...!


[Springtrap's essence emerges from the split-open mouth of the beast...moving directly into the maw of the Ink Demon. We cut to black. For a moment, there is a peaceful silence, before we cut to a POV shot from the perspective of Bendy. He looks over his clawed hands... Before his vision starts to blur. The Ink Demon grunts in pain, dropping to the ground, as painful purple flashes cloud his sight.]


Bendy: WH-WHAT...? 


Springtrap: AHAHAHA...! I know your secrets, Bendy...A disgusting mistake, cast aside by your creator...Pitifully empty. Hollow, really…


[The Ink Demon struggles for control of his own body, slamming an arm into the wall, fragmenting concrete into the now aflame rubble below. Finally gaining full control, Afton puppets the Ink Demon's lumbering arm down to pick up the End Reel from the rubble of Bendy's lair.]


Bendy: Reset this realm all you want...I am a constant of my world...I... ALWAYS COME BACK...!


Springtrap: Hahah...! "Reset"...? "Begin anew"...? Oh, please. This...is your end.


[Springtrap crushes the End Reel in Bendy’s palm. He takes the Ink Demon's sharp claws and begins clawing at its own chest, wounded Ink spilling all over the ground. The creature shrieks in pain.]


Bendy: RAAAAGHH…!


[Afton laughs manically as he reaches the Ink Demon's ribcage, tearing it apart and reaching his insides. He fully reaches the other side of his body, moving to tear the body in half, the loud, vile Inky squelch still not quite as loud as the final roar Bendy unleashes as the two lifeless halves of his body drop the ground, once more quaking the entire room as the god of the Cycle falls. Afton's soul emerges from the beast and finds his very own rotted Spring Bonnie suit resting amidst the rubble, its empty torso, arm and head reaching out. As he transfers his essence into the yellow rabbit once more, we fade to white...]


[6:00]


[Cue "Joey's Apartment".]


[An old, retired Joey Drew works in his kitchen, out in the real world beyond his twisted Cycle. He hears movement in his home, assuming it must be his invited guest.]


Joey Drew: Henry! So Soon? I didn't expect you for another hour yet...


[A metal foot quietly lands near the entrance to the kitchen. A towering pair of glowing eyes and rabbit ears peer out.]


[It wasn't Henry.]

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Post-Analysis


K.O.!

Oh Christ, Afton controls the Cycle now? That's, like, the OPPOSITE of the whole "Ooh, next time we can do better and learn from our mistakes" spiel of Dark Revival. If life in the Studio hadn't already completely gone to hell before this, I can't imagine what comes next...

Pitting Springtrap against Bendy was absolutely fascinating, and requires several key categories to properly break it down. Let's start with their physical STRENGTH.

Yeah, this one wasn't close. Springtrap could compare to the Twisted animatronics surviving that gasoline fireworth about 2 tons of TNT. Impressive, sure, but the Ink Demon destroyed the entire north wing of Wilson's stronghold, which was worth almost ten times that at 20 tons of TNT! 

Although hearsay, that seems to be relatively consistent with other showings of strength within the Studio, like the hordes of Lost ones causing an earthquake that shook the Lost Harbor.

Springtrap could get stronger both through Agony itself and becoming the Afton Amalgamation, but these were a processes that took time, while Bendy could activate his own stronger form, Beast Bendy, relatively freely in comparison. The Ink Demon takes this category.

That's certainly all well and good for many inevitable physical confrontations between the two in Bendy's favor, but with that said, their SPEED was a whole different beast.

...Bendy?

...What?

The Ink Demon could tag Audrey while she was using the flow, and she could outpace bullets, and even move in tandem with a ghost train! That's a little over Mach 2.

However, compare that to Springtrap, who himself could blitz the nightguard from the vents fast enough to be casually moving at almost Mach 3. Sure those numbers are relatively close and give Afton only narrow room to dodge Bendy's attacks, but that changes as soon as we look at the former's speed-based MODs.

Springtrap could boost his speed easily, and some of of those map movement MODs would turn the gap way in his favor, giving him ample time to work around Bendy's physical advantage and employ countermeasures.

Bendy could slow Afton down with the Ink, ala Henry Stein, but a single MOD application of any kind renders that relatively moot. So sure, Springtrap was faster, but how did their ARMIES compare?

This actually ended up coming out pretty close! While the Twisted animatronics were likely waaay stronger than any single Lost One in particular, the children of the Machine were much greater in number, and could even respawn thanks to the nature of the Cycle! Also, don't forget the Mad Maestro! Sammy Lawrence was the first to master the Flow technique, meaning his speed likely compared to or even slightly outclassed Afton's animatronics. 

All that said, based on what we know, that reincarnation process takes at LEAST a couple minutes, if not longer, giving the Twisted Ones ample time to hold them back. And while Sammy was capable of utilizing the Flow technique, no other member of Bendy's army have been shown to be capable of the same, nor should they contextually. Well, assuming Porter finds a way to avoid this confrontation entirely, but that's neither here nor there...

Considering Springtrap and Bendy themselves had ways of wiping out the other's army with relative ease thanks to Ink submerging and corrosive shocks, their armies mattered little in the end. Thematically fitting for both, really. 

Speaking of that Ink and those corrosive shocks, let's finally break down how their extensive abilities and arsenals would interact, especially within the context of their series' RULES & SOULS.

Both were physically invulnerable to most human forms of attack like blunt weapon swings and guns thanks to the Ink physiology and toughness of the springlock suit respectively, and both their presences alone could cause pretty basic level sPoOkY visions, so none of that ended up really mattering in the end. 

Although the Ink Demon's strength was obviously much greater at a baseline, Afton could certainly gain more power via Agony

The concept, not the trash kaiju!

Which was perfectly suited, considering the children of the Machine and the Studio itself would EXUDE the stuff because of their perpetuated torturous existence and powerful emotions. 

Speakin' of torture! Hang on, it's crazy how many different things I could segue into with that, lemme think...Oh yeah! Remember those electromagnetic torture towers created by Wilson and the Keepers? Considering his technological control, Springtrap could activate those traps, which Bendy is super likely to dash into considering how blindly he runs into them while chasin' Audrey.

And that blind rage is another major weakness of Bendy's in this confrontation. the Ink Demon definetly isn't stupid, and Afton has been lured into traps before, sure, but the former is much more consistently portrayed as rushing into things in a blind rage that can cloud his judgement, while the latter at his best is a terrifyingly efficient manipulator that knows how and when to push the right buttons of his victims.

Buttons like those pesky Phantom animatronics! Considering how they've been shown to mimic figures from someone's past to torture them, including those Afton himself dosen't even know, those suckers would be pulling out all the stops to essentially ragebait Bendy! Visions of Henry, Audrey, Wilson, the Keepers, and ESPECIALLY good 'ol Joey Drew were more than enough to get him on a wild goose chase.

All the while, Springtrap would use his speed and craftiness to do...well, anything he so pleases. Harvest Agony, form his Amalgamation, learn about and adapt to the rules of the Cycle, and above all else, do whatever it takes to prevent any possibility of Bendy coming back.

But how COULD either of them put down the other for good? Again, like, for GOOD for good? Let's get into how souls work in their respective universes! Springtrap has a soul, while Bendy dosen't. That much is pretty clear, but considering context for souls in both series is the only way to come to a reliable conclusion for how they would interact here.

If Bendy physically got his hands on and drowned Springtrap to death in the Ink, because the latter has a soul, he would be reincarnated into the Cycle as a Lost One. After that, if the battle wasn't technically over already, Bendy could likely use his Banish technique to eliminate Afton from the Cycle entirely, erasing him completely and permanently.  

Springtrap had ways of escaping that process, though. Like those corrosive shocks! Even though the "thick Ink" created by the Ink Machine isn't the normal ink comin' out of your fountain pen, sharing different properties, it should still work as a conductor, which is consistent with how a couple Lost Ones get fried by Alice Angel, killed instantly by a weaker current than that of what Afton can muster thanks to his Agony.

Considering a single corrosive shock is said to be enough to literally mummify a person instantly, Springtrap could theoretically create an opening in the Ink by shocking, all while hurting Bendy in the process. It's circumstantial, given that he must pull the power from technology in the surrounding area to spark the shock, but there is plenty of technology within the Studio to pull from for him to do so. Paired with his ever so helpful speed advantage and all other manipulations on his part, more often then not, Afton would be able to resist drowning in Ink and scamper off to safety.

However, the Ink Demon himself has an almost entirely consistent way of killing, and it's definetly not drowning in Ink--It's physically overpowering, followed by soul consumption! That's right, it's finally time to find out what would happen if they explored each other's bodies!

Please never say that again.

When Bendy assimilated Audrey's soul into his own body, his own lack of a soul didn't impede him from controlling his own bodyat first. Sure, that was likely a factor, but it was also through Audrey's willpower, inspired by the memory of Joey Drew, that let her take control with relative ease like she did.

And that emotion-based willpower is actually quite similar to how souls are most consistently shown to work in FNAF. So, whether or not Afton forced it into him through his liquid Remnant, simply left his body and hitched a ride, or even got overpowered physically and had it consumed, an EXTREMELY likely occurrence in this battle is Springtrap taking over Bendy's body with his soul, and from there the fight is essentially over in any way he sees fit. 

Hell, powerful souls in FNAF like Afton can detect the presence of other souls, so knowing his opponent didn't have one right off the bat means could probably even skip the hard part and go straight to taking his new vessel!

And since he dosen't have a soul to call his own, Bendy can't be reincarnated through the Cycle when he dies physically. When he's gone, he's gone for good, cementing Springtrap's victory.


[We cut to Wiz and Boomstick.]

The Ink Demon was, without question, a terrifying threat. innumerable strength, several ways to stop his opponent from coming back, and the entire twisted Studio behind him made sure of that. However, Springtrap's superior speed, abilities, and intelligence proved just enough to show Bendy his final curtain call.

"THE END"!

...That's really the best pun you could come up with?

Hey, I thought it was STUDIO-US of me to limit myself. Trust me, it's AGONY sitting on this goldmine of INK-REDIBLE puns!

I... I don't think you know what studious means. Sigh... The winner is William Afton.


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