Chapter 9

12 knew their journey was going to be rough, so he made sure everyone had packed more than they needed. Yes, they had already been and destroyed the cat machine, but they all agreed that there was more to it than that.

Once 12 had quadruple checked their equipment, they set off. 12 took his first step outside; it was windy and cold, but 12 tried to ignore this and walked on.

Every now and then 12's hands would violently grab the handle of his sword, whenever he heard a noise. 4 walked next to 12 and 2, clicking at them, shivering with the cold of the winds that blew by. Every time 12s hands went at his sword, 4 would jump behind him, holding 12s arms and peeking his head out. 5 walked at the head of the stitchpunks, holding his crossbow, so that he was always ready for a target.

A few minutes later 5 stuck out his arms, halting the group; they were on a hill of rubble and probably at the highest peak of their journey,

"We're here" 5 said in a nervous, yet somehow manly, whispering way. The factory was in close view, but there was something none of them had been expecting; hundreds of enormous robot bugs scuttling below them.

"We're going to have to fight our way through." 5 said in a loud, yet scared, voice. "12, give 2 your sword".

12 obediently handed 2 his sword.

"Now, get that gun out that you made yesterday." 5 ordered, his voice sounding shaky and a little scared.

12 took out his gun.

"4, you stay behind and click to warn us if there is any danger." 5 said.

4 clicked, still shivering.

"...Let's go..."

They jumped down the slope, and found an easy, clear, route through the maze of moving robot insects. Half way through, a machine jumped out in front of them, but 12, who was one step ahead, shot it down. By the end the scores were; 2 had saved them from two mechanical bugs, 5 had taken down four metal insects and 12 had saved them from six of them. As 5 was just about to push open the door to the factory, 4 clicked then he clicked again, then he clicked ten more times. 12 was the first to turn around, but the last to run, 12 was mesmerized by what was in front of him; it was some kind of horrible robot with a skull, a skeleton arm and bony ribs; but also a giant mechanical claw that it walked on, a robot arm ,long mechanical body and vicious robot jaws . Suddenly it grabbed 12 and held him tight.

"Where's 12?"5 exclaimed as they as they ran, 5 turned around and he shouted "It's got 12!"2 and 4 swivelled around and there was the robot holding 12 in it's claw. They all ran towards it, but when they had gotten close to it, it noticed them and put 12 in its robot jaw, quickly 2 jumped and grabbed 12's free arm; but it was too strong and it lifted 2 up with 12, 5 grabbed 2's ankle and dug his own feet in the ground for grip. 4 who was now panicking thought of the only thing he could do, and began to climb up 5 and 2...