The young teenage girl lifted her upper torso off of the bed in a sitting position. She stretched her arms out and gave out a low yawn. She paused; there were voices arguing in the living room. Deciding that it was just her parents arguing over something, she climbed out of bed and walked out into the living room. The voices got louder and there seemed to be more than the two voices of her parents.
One of the voices belonged to a… it sounded like an old man. He was yelling and shouting insults and orders to somebody else. There seemed to be three more voices along with his; these were definitely not her parents, nor were they friends of them. Mustering enough courage, she walked slowly and quietly into the Kitchen and ducked down so none of them could see her. Peeking her head from behind the counter; she silently gasped at what she saw.
"The Stitchpunks," They had heard her and some of them had ran behind 8 and 7, who put both of their helmets on and got ready for a fight. She quickly stepped out from her hiding place.
"Wait! I-I don't mean any harm," She stuttered trying to reassure them. All of them stood there not moving a single inch. She wondered if they were just advanced dolls. She carefully took a hesitant step towards the cowering dolls…and poked 8 in the stomach, to which he giggled. Maybe he's ticklish. 1 took offense to this and began to yell at her.
"If you don't mean us any harm than you'll let us go!" He said scowling at her. She raised an eyebrow in annoyance at him.
"Where will you go?" His scowl dropped," Where will you stay that's safe and disaster-free?" Everybody nodded their heads in agreement. Yet he still didn't take the bait.
"We're not staying here with a human if that's what you're suggesting," His scowl returned. That must be his normal face. 7 lowered her spear and turned towards 1.
"Why don't we stay here?" She asked him in a suspicious manner. He turned his scowling face towards her.
"We can't trust her," He shouted," What if she's working for the machines," 7 looked back at the others who were glancing back and forth from the both of them.
"Why don't we take a vote?" She said in a calm voice. 1 didn't stand a chance," Raise your hand if you think staying here with the human is a good idea," Everybody, except for 1 and 8 of course, raised their hands. She looked back at him with a smirk," Well I guess that settles it then," She said smugly.
"You must be joking," He said in a low and angry voice," You'd place your lives in the hands of a complete stranger," 7 looked back at him.
"Well you can leave if you want to," She told him," But I don't think you'll survive out there, even with 8's help," One of his eyes twitched. He grumbled before looking back up at the human girl.
"Alright, we'll stay here for the time being," A sigh of relief overcame everybody," But if you so much as act like a machine, we're out of here," She shrugged her shoulders.
"Sounds simple enough,"