Thnx to Celestial Rainstorm for reviewing! Started school yesterday. Yay! lol. I do not own 9. 9 belongs to Shane Acker. I only own Jess. Enjoy!
I woke up a few minutes later, my head no longer hurting. I checked out my surroundings and smiled. I knew exactly where I was. I got up and looked for 7, 9, and the twins. After an hour I couldn't find them.
"Where could they be?'' I asked myself. Just then, I heard a voice.
"Come on, you two! We have to find him." I knew instantly who it was.
"7?" I asked, hopeful.
"Jess?" As soon as we saw each other, the twins ran up and hugged me. "Alright." The twins backed away, and 7 and I hugged each other.
"Man, those three months were definitely worth the wait." 7 chuckled at this.
"Have you seen 9 at all?" I shook my head no. "This isn't good."
"Why?" I asked a bit worried.
"He went out scouting this morning and hasn't come back!" She looked depressed.
I put my hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. We'll find him." I smiled as she looked at me and nodded, smiling back.
After a silent 2 hours of searching with no luck, 7 broke the silence.
"What was that?" 7 said, turning her head.
"What's wrong?" I asked. 7 pointed to a pile of rubble. We saw something pop up from behind it. "Is someone there?'' Just then, a familiar face appeared out from the pile. ''0?''
0 was made of the same fabric 7 was, with 2 black X's sewn across her chest, and dark yellow yarn hair.
"You know who this is?" 7 asked me. The twins ran over to catalogue her.
"Yeah. I made her up." I turned to 0, who was still being catalogued by the twins.
"Okay, you two. That's enough." 7 told 3 and 4. They broke away from 0, and she looked back at me.
''How'd you get here?" She tried talking, but no sound came out.
"She must not have a voice box." 7 suggested.
"I'll find her one as soon as I can. Do you know where 9 is?" She nodded and gestured us to follow her. We ran behind the rubble to see 9 unconscious and terribly injured.
"What happened to him, 0? Tell me why my best friend is lying on the ground in shreds!" 7 demanded to 0, her eyes blazing ferociously as she kneeled beside 9, and placing both hands upon his back gently, feeling his fluttering heartbeat and listened to his tiny gasp of pain.
"Yeah, 0. What happened?" I prodded, a bit more gently than 7. 0 drew her story in the dirt, showing how a certain machine tore at 9, and how she managed to save him before it killed him.
I looked at the creature and asked her, "It's back?" 0 nodded. 7 and I looked at each other with worried looks on our faces. We don't know how, but the Machine had returned.
Holy nuts! This ain't good! On the bright side, 9's birthday is tomorrow! :) This is gonna be fun. Oh, and the extra stuff that wasn't in the sneak is courtesy of Celestial Rainstorm. Thnx Cel! Please read and review!