"We are a part of a generation of peace…so why are continuously attacked? We need to do something about it and fast…" These were the very words that started this new revolution.

Prologue:

22 realized what differences had been placed upon her daughter only now. She stared at 25 from a distance, her entire body numb. 3 stood next to her, holding her hand gently. "She's gotten so big…"

"Yes…" He told back through the flashes in his eyes. There was a plethora of activity around them. Parents of the children stitchpunks were flocking to them, giving them praise and packages.

What 25 had done was announced a new revolution. She was taking the ideas of her grandmother 0 and mother 22 beyond what they had accomplished. She was going to take a party of the children she had grown with and travel around the world, trying to find land.

She was determined to see that everything was theirs. Machines had been plaguing them and she was determined to completely wipe them out and find out what source they were coming from. Even though the BRAIN was devastated that didn't mean peace was wrought upon them so easily. The leaders of this expedition were 25, 24, Pi, 15 and 37. All five were a part of a higher-up rank in the 'troops' as they were called. In a bit of sense, they had created a make-shift tribal force.

They should have been freed! And yet her uncle stood on a cane now because of an enemy attack. As she had grown up, 25 started to gain more of a leader's stance among the youth, and they all looked up to her. Especially her lover, 24. He was one of the twins that 13 had with 6, and he had basically known 25 for his entire existence. Ever since they were children, the two had been very close and made a promise to one another that they would protect themselves and never leave the other.

24, though very timid, was loyal and affectionate to her. He felt a little undermined by her strength but knew she was doing the right thing.

Pi, now grown, stood close to 25 while the two looked at a map of the areas they had previously explored. "I've set up camps around these areas…" 25 told, pointing to a few inked locations. "We'll be able to rest there."

"And when are we leaving again?"

"Not tomorrow but the dawning of the day afterwards. You've sent notices around the areas correct?"

"As many as I could." She responded, seeing 6 patting his daughter's head. Miu saluted and gave him a tight hug around the neck. Pi's eyes fell, for once she had a huge crush on the striped doll. 25 held her shoulder tightly, "Tell him goodbye. Remind him that we will be safe. He's been very nervous about this for months."

"I know. It's a very big thing." She told, holding her shoulder and slipping her friend's hand off. "I will. Don't worry."

"I'm going to anyway." 25 chuckled and set her hood down, letting her lengthen hair flow about in the faint winds. During her growth her body, chest, hips and hair had grown to a point where she was so unlike her child-like self. As with the other children, she no longer was short or chubby.

37 stared from afar toward Pi and adjusted the tie on his neck. He gave a few huffs, waving his arms around. "All right 37…" He told himself, trying to build enthusiasm for himself. "You can do this…just walk right up to her and say…Pi I…" He yelped as he saw his father come in, the same bland expression on his face. 21 stared to his son, cocking his head. "What are you doing?"

37 sighed in a low tone and mentally hit himself. "Nothing pa…nothing at all. Just trying to get ready…"

"I will miss you. I always do. But hopefully this will be the last major mission 25 leads you all on."

37 lifted his head fully, "She's doing it for a good cause. She's already found a bunch of new places and spread life as far as we can."

21 nodded slowly, staring into the skies. "I am not so sure about this trip my son…there's an ominous wind blowing." 37 stared up toward the blue and white within the clouds and slouched. "I'll be careful dad…I will be."

The feline 13 stood next to 1 and gave a giant sigh. She stared at her husband and her tail flinched slightly, "Oh 1…I know we don't have any of our own but I'm so worried for the children."

"I…I am too." He admitted, holding his ponytail with a rusted hand. "0 is inspecting them all this afternoon and then they get a day's rest. But after that…who knows when we will see them again."

11 looked up to her father and step-mother, giving a low sigh. Her optics wavered, trying not to whimper. She had to be strong. She looped her needle a few times, strengthening the force of her thread and stood fully. She saw Owl and Walker, sitting next to one another as they assisted 37. Walker smirked slightly, adjusting the black-eyed stitchpunk as the shorter female came in. "Hello 11. Getting ready I see." 37 remarked.

11 gave him a pout, crossing her arms, "And you're getting dressed like we're going to some kind of picnic."

"Dressed?" He asked, offended in a way, "I am simply making sure I look regal and ready to battle in case of an attack.

"Yeah right." Owl stood up and gave them both a smack on the back of the head. "All right you two, no bickering. It's bad luck." Walker stood fully, holding them in his arms, "Besides…" He told, chuckling, "You two are going to have to cooperate in order to fend for yourselves. You don't want to disappoint my niece. She's a feisty one when she gets angry!"

"No sir…" They both said, slightly ashamed of their squabbling.

999 and 1000 both stood far away from the family but still close enough to where they could watch them. The male gave a groan, holding his cigarette to his mouth. "Jesus 999." He told to the female who watched them with a certain worried glance in her eyes. Steam poured from his joints, his eyes blinking with a loud click. He locked his jaw around the small end and stared down. "are we really going to babysit these brats?"

"It's the last time 1000." She told him, holding his chin slightly. "And you can't tell me you have a soft spot for them."
"Damn me if I do." He told with his rugged voice, shrugging her off. She huffed and stared down to the boiler in his chest. She shook her head slowly, "You're too hard. You know you want to protect those kids as much as I do."

"Just hate to babysit the damn brats." He dropped his legs against a rock and stared into the skies. "Things are too peaceful around here. We gotta see some action soon right?"

"We finally get peace and all you want is more violence?" 999 huffed turned away from him and adjusted her clothing a bit. "Well, follow them and you'll see plenty of that Omega. I can almost guarantee that…" She closed her eyes slowly, recalling when Owl was injured a year ago on the last exploration to the south. Because of her injuries then, she couldn't have any children. Her soul was very weakened now. 999 felt a bit guilty, seeing her and Walker still happily together.

26, Jack and 15 all stood in a row, at attention towards 700 and 11. The two females were drill training them, as always. This had been going on since the crack of dawn for three months now, daily and nearly weekly. 700 blew hard on a whistle and they all dropped, huffing as they hit the ground. She blew it again, they pushed up onto their knees and another whistle told them to stand again.

11 hated seeing them this way, but she knew they had to be properly trained. They all knew the fury and leadership of 25, giving them full safety through their missions so far.

"What's our motto?" 700 yelled, looking down at them in the muddy earth. "We never turn back!"

"I can't hear you! Tell me the full motto." 25 watched while standing tall against the sunlight, her hair gleaming and body shaded. Her arms were crossed, watching with intense focus. Every now and again, her eyes flashed to catalogue the movements.

The three stitchpunks yelled as they stood at attention again, covered in mud. "We never turn back, we never give up, we always keep moving forward."

"More!" 700 yelled, knowing the full motto by heart herself. 15 winced slightly, biting her lip but continued to yell with the others, "We will be faithful to our family, we will stay strong no matter the situation, we will spread life as much as we can, and never fall to the enemy! We will stay united and free!"

"That's more like it. Now go wash yourselves up, you look terrible." The three nodded, following one another. Jack wiped a face with a hand, "Ugh I hate when she does that to us."

"It's for a good cause." 15 told, holding her side. Jack stared down at it sadly, cocking a head. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine…" She assured, freeing her hand. She gave a weak smile but he wasn't convinced. 26 nudged him from the other side and he sighed at the blue doll. She had such an optimistic smile, opposite to the shy gaze of 15. He felt almost special, surrounded by two beautiful girls. But he had to restrain himself. He adjusted the giant magnifying glass he used to make his eye look bigger and smiled handsomely to them. "Well ladies…I don't mind if you're dirty. I kind of like that."

26 and 15 eyed each other for a moment behind his back as they approached the river. 15 snickered and they mentally planned something. "Sorry Jack…"

"But we like clean boys." 26 smirked and violently pushed him into the river. He splashed about and huffed, climbing out as soon as he could. He shivered, staring at them and splashing water in their optics. Soon they were all within the irrigation tunnel, all playing about and acting like kids again. 25 spotted this, clearing her throat. "Now what are you doing?"

"Well…we were just…" 15 told, nervously fiddling her hands together. 25 gave a serious gaze and crossed her arms, "Don't interrupt me second mate! What are you all doing without me?"

When that warm smile appeared on her face, all three grabbed her by the jacket and plunged her into the water. 25 giggled as they continued to splash, she working into the fun of the group.

Kayia and Tobias were both just getting some weapons repaired and ready to fight with. As the girl pretended to fence, making a smirking face her brother sighed. She heard this and turned around, "Tobias what's wrong?"

"You're depressing." He told, feeling down and almost spacey. She could see his tiredness and stress within the steps he took. She gave a faint smile, "Who knows brother. We could find mom on this trip. That would be something wouldn't it?"

"Kayia…would you just give up on that? Mom's not here anymore." He gave a hardened gaze, never seeming to break it as he picked up a small box. "And you should accept that now."

Kayia's shoulders fell, hearing her brother in such a tone. "My Creator Tobias…where did you're hope fade off too?"

"It left. Just like the others." He whispered back, his tone hissed. She flinched at this and gained interest in the dirt. Her head fell and she slowly saw her brother stacking their rations up. She bit her lip, trying not to let the whimpers escape.

H1N1 saw Theta standing in front of something, saluting. She smirked, thinking he was doing his usual 'crazy' routine. Now Theta….he was loved and accepted there was no doubt but in a sense he was so strange and out there. He was like Walker, odd but intelligent. He counted as an elder but he still continued to serve missions with the young generation of stitchpunks. She smirked hoping to catch him do something odd but she gasped, backing up. She had nearly stepped into a meeting with the elders. She pulled her tail back into the shadows and held it, listening to them closely.

0 smiled gently as she strung a medal around Theta's neck. "Now it may not mean much, but you are their garden…you've risked life and limb to help protect them."

Theta stared at the make-shift dime, attached to some rope. It wasn't much but still, there was something about it that made his chest puff in pride. He bowed gently, holding his head up all the way. "It is my pleasure. But I expect Walker will receive one as well?"

2 nodded slightly at this, holding on his cane gently. "Yes. He has and will if he continues to serve with duty."

115 had snuck near H1N1. "What they talking about?" She yelped and held tightly onto the stalk of the plant before her. "Cripes 115! You nearly scared the soul out of me!"

"Sorry…curiosity got the best of me." "That's how this whole mess started." She hissed, gripping the plant tighter. She bit her lip slightly, giving a bit of a growl when she saw that the elders and Theta had gone off. "Damn it. They're gone…" 115 held his hands to his mouth. "I'm sorry…"

25, 15, 26 and Jack had come from the water and were busy drying themselves in the afternoon sunlight. 25 gave a giant sigh, holding her arms out fully. 24 spotted this from afar and gasped slightly, hiding himself again. "Oh Creator there she is…" He whispered, "oh how am I going to do this? She's out of my league. She's too lovely…too perfect…"

"Do you guys hear something?" 25 told, closing her optics tightly. The heat reached her metal bones and she smiled, giving a yawn with a tiny mew within it. The others gave small yawns as well. 15 sat up. "I've collected species of plants from the east, west and north. The red maples are doing okay so far and the lilies are excellent."

"0 will have a wonderful time observing and taking care of them." 25 remarked, patting her back. "You did well."

"Thank you 25." 15 remarked, giving her a salute. All rose as she passed them. "My lady…" 26 asked gently, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going…I need to look at something." She told, saluting back to them, "At ease for now troops. I'll return. Continue to prepare yourselves. This may be a long mission." She snapped towards 24, "You. Come with me. This involves your help."

He nodded briefly, holding fingers near his chest anxiously.

6, 3 and 4 were helping the children as 22 and the female 13 were cleaning some dust off packages. 6 stared to them and gave a gentle sigh, seeing his twin children together. Miu appeared as if she was dragging her brother 24 along, he had this embarrassed expression on his face. Their father chuckled, knowing why. 24 adored 25 from afar, telling her things he wished he could only say to her face. The others relaxed when 25 and started to walk away with 24 following behind, their forms slowly integrating with the massive amount of growth. 6 just stared in that direction. "Oh 3…I have a bad feeling for your little girl. I've seen some odd things in my dreams."

3 cocked his head, intending to listen. The soothsayer blinked and relaxed a bit, "This is the final mission they will have. I believe it's going to be difficult. There will be great change for all of us…not just them."

The adults were to meet as well with their children. It was organized but from looking at it alone, it appeared very sparse and chaotic. 37 did not enjoy getting lectured by 21 but he was also upset that they were leaving so soon. He could spot 39 and 7 dueling with one another from the corner of his optic. He wished that could have been him.

Owl was standing with Walker as they came together near the Library. He stood tall over them, watching out slightly when he moved his cane about. He held his girl around the arm and smiled, "You know I'm getting second thoughts. I think we should go with them."

"Are you sure?" She asked back, looking up at him with a worried glance. "I mean…you're still really hurt."

"I've managed to keep them safe so far. Maybe that Northern air will jolt my systems back to normal!" He chuckled kissing her cheek gently. "Don't worry Owl. Things will be just fine. I promise you."

"It's not them I'm worried about…" She told, glancing down to his leg, still concerned. "We need to start getting them ready for a good night's rest. They leave the day after tomorrow so they're going to need it."

700 shook her hat off briefly, making sure it was free of dirt as she saw 0 come in with Theta. "There's the big boy." She smirked and slapped some newly made armor onto his shoulders. He stumbled a bit, still very silent. She hummed, "Those were donated by 8…so they aren't going to fit you well. Give me a night and I'll fix them up."

"No problem…" He told, trying to support himself under the weight of the gears. He gave a relieved sigh when the orange doll ripped it off and threw it aside. "Now what are you using as a weapon?"

"I…I use whatever we have. I'm good with anything. I'm mostly a staff user."

"We'll have 5 suit you up later honey." She told, cocking her hat slightly, "You really sure you're wanting to go with the kids? They can be awful rambunctious."

"Trust me, after going with the three times before, I am ready to see us go and come back safely. That's half the fun of this journey." He stared off towards the children, some looking confident and some looking unsure. There would be a lot of change on this particular journey, they all could feel it. But despite that, they lined up all in a row for one last training session.