Chapter 4: Revival

Selene turned towards the window, the shadow had covered most of the whole room's floor, it was rounded shadow which made Selene nervous for reasons she couldn't comprehend. Slowly turning around her eyes widen in fear as she saw herself looking upwards at the fabrication machine. It was scouting and looking around for spare parts, it's body was still in function but it's legs were twisted and jagged out of it's metal sockets, Selene watched as the machine moved it's red eye down towards the window. Selene turned around abruptly and hissed through her teeth.

" Get down! NOW!" At the whip of her voice all of them found various places and sprawled across the floor. 4 and Selene ducked in front of the window, being blinded by the radiator that was in place of the window sill, 3 and Chandra hid behind the couch 3's arm cradled Chandra as she was gasping in hollow breaths and her heart was beating off the weight that was withheld in 3's arms, he snuggled closer and placed their cheeks on each other, his eyes watched as the blackness was replaced with the familiar crimson red, it barely touched them, too close for comfort as 3 watched were his hands were not wanting to attract any unwanted attention. 7 and 9 were small enough as they hid behind the armrest of the chair. Selene used her eyes to watch as the red light deteriorated and disappeared, slowly the black shadow started moving towards the rest of the town. Selene muttered a curse as she popped her head up to see the machine was gone but left traces of it's existence on the dents in the ground. Selene stood up all the blood in her veins were boiling with anger and terror, she walked and peeked around the couch. 3 and Chandra were holding onto each other, Chandra had her eyes closed as 3 nuzzled close to her, 3 looked up at Selene and nodded slowly picking up Chandra and setting her on the couch.

" 6 was right" 9 whispered to himself, 7 was slowly holding onto his arm as they made the way to the rest of the group, Selene placed herself beside Chandra and held onto her shoulder. Chandra was still in shock from everything, her lifeless eyes watched her stomach. She wasn't pregnant there was no way! She wasn't bloated out or anything like that. Selene cuddled close to her and whispered.

" I know what your thinking, yes you are" Chandra then snapped back to reality only to have something overwhelm her. Chandra had closed her eyes slowly as she saw a light in the distance.

Chandra was walking throughout the town, just minutes away from running into the fabrication machine. Chandra knew this she slowly walked up and approached the machine. The machine turned around and squealed in anger at her appearance, instead of running away Chandra smiled shyly as she held up the talismen, the machine snarled as it tried to snatch it away from her. Chandra then placed the talismen on her arm, activated it and it slowly morphed her arm into something shillouted she couldn't see clearly. She then charged towards the machine, scratching the talismen's socket so it couldn't be used again. The machine snarled as it slowly opened up it's red eye and revealed something to Chandra. Chandra couldn't see pass the blinding red light until it was doused a bit. Chandra saw as the spirit of a young woman was trapped inside of the machine, Chandra stood her ground as she saw the spirit open her eyes and turn towards Chandra, she gasped but slowly smiled at her. Chandra's eye widen in fear as she knew who the spirit was, the fabrication machine knew it gained attention as it raised it's arm with the saw and slowly made her way to Chandra's neck.

" CHANDRA!" a voice had made her turn around abruptly.

Chandra's eyes jolted open as she found herself in her bedroom, Selene was standing over her with concerned eyes, as soon as she opened them Selene smiled a relieved smile, she placed herself at the footrest of Chandra and sighed, she slowly turned towards Chandra.

" Are you sure your alright? That's the second time you passed out, however the whole time you were you kept muttering stuff and drawing with your hands" Selene paused for a minute as she pondered what else to say to her, " 3 said 6 used to be the visionary, maybe he gave you gift of seeing stuff through your dreams" Chandra sat up straight as she looked at Selene.

" Yes! I have been having really weird dreams and they hit me so fast it takes so much out of me that I fall asleep, I try to dephier what they mean but there confusing." Chandra rubbed her head as a throbbing headache hit her. Chandra stood up and started to walk towards the bathroom, only to hear Selene gasping to herself in surprise. Chandra turned around and glared confused.

" What?"

" Ah Chandra your...your.... ah never mind" Selene put her hand in the air as she stood up and walked out of the bedroom, Chandra was dumbfounded as she walked into the bathroom. She walked towards the closet and searched around, the closet was full of mix and match items dotting the chest. Chandra had found the ibuprofen and took the lid off, she walked towards the sink and poured a glass of water into an old glass. Chandra placed the chalk tasting pill in her mouth as she drained it down with a mouthful of water. She placed the glass back on the sink and was about to walk out when her eyes met with the full image mirror. Walking towards it there was something different about the reflection. As Chandra came close the fun house looking mirror had revealed her full image. Gasping Chandra placed her hands on her stomach, looking down she saw her stomach had puffed out and was huge, she turned on her hips to see the bump forming from her lower abdomen. Placing her hands on her stomach and tracing her fingers across her stomach, it startled her as she felt a brush of a kick touch her hands, Chandra retracted her hands immediately as soon as she felt it. The thought in her mind had strangled her, there was no way she was pregnant no way, Chandra had placed her hands on her stomach and felt the warmth that had placed everything. Slowly Chandra felt her knees give up as she fell to the floor, as she started down towards her stomach she saw that her stomach was going down in size.

With wide eyed fear and her voice starting to crack from fear and exhustion, she managed to call out.

" SELENE!"

Selene had ran as fast as she could towards her sister who was laying on the bathroom floor, her stomach was back to it's old size and Chandra in her shocked state placing her cheek on the base of the sink, her face was beat red and her breathing was heavy, Selene walked over and picked her up. She was looking terrible, never before had Selene ever seen Chandra this way. She took her to bed and placed her above the sheets. Selene had sat on 3's bed as she watched Chandra come out of her state.

" Selene? Wheres 3?" her voice was so small Selene had to minimize her breathing in order to hear her.

" He's out with 4, I think he's worried sick about you but he doesn't the strength to come in and see you" Selene replied, her sister was still laying on the bed, her hands on her chest, mouth opened letting out small gasps of air. Her eyes cloudy but stilled showed streaks of blue.

" Can you get him? I think I finally lost it" Chandra laughed a nervous sounding chuckle, Selene nodded as she stood up and walked towards the doorway of the bedroom, before she left Selene turned around.

" Why do you think you've lost it?" Selene had to ask, she heard Chandra laugh again as she managed to answer.

" I hear voices in my head, one is 6 and I don't know the others"

Selene shook it off as she remembered that 6 said there were three spirits inside of her sister. She walked out and went to retrieve three, Chandra was still on the bed as she listened to the spirits talking to her.

" What do you want?" Chandra closed her eyes in exhaustion as she asked.

" I want to apologize, it seems as if two visionaries inside of you take a lot of energy, I've been teaching 13 as it seems as if she had the talent of it, 14 however is more of a fighter and doesn't believe in it" 6 answered.

" I'm sorry mama, I really am I don't mean too but I feel like I'm helping you by uncle 6 telling me what to do" Chandra placed her hands on her stomach as she felt a small but still touchable kick form her hand.

" These girls are really excited to come out and see everybody Chandra, they want to be born right now, however their anatomies are a lot different than a humans and a stitchpunks" 6 replied.

" When will they be born?" Chandra asked as her eyes darted around the room.

" Very soon be prepared though" 6 answered her question.

" I can't wait to see daddy too mama! 6 was saying that he's a very shy but nice person" A tiny voice peeped in Chandra's mind, the sweet innocence voice made Chandra start to smile.

" Yes he is a very nice person" Chandra answered as she closed her eyes, the voices stopped as soon as she heard the voices stop she heard aloud crash outside, opening her eyes she saw that 3 was at her bedside with his face painted with worry and fear. Chandra felt her stomach tie itself into knots as she saw that 3 was holding her close, he slowly whispered in her ear.

" The machine...it found 4 and Selene"

Alright! a 3 day weekend this calls for more writing!

1995penguin