AN: Hey guys, sorry for the long wait. I had some family issues to deal with. Anyways, as always this fan-fiction is rated "T" for now but will be changing to "M" later due to: Violence, Alcohol reference, Romance, Language, and lots of character interactions. And I would ask just for this chapter that you go easy on my mistakes. I accept any comments and I like the corrections I get so I can fix my writing style, but just take it easy on me for this chapter please. Thanks
Warning, to those about this chapter, there is a part later on in this particular chapter that can be a bit stomach turning so I will put a warning near the part for those who do not wish to read it.
2, 5 and the twins crashed through the cathedrals entrance, stumbling on each other as they rushed to the top floor to notify 1. A loud crash erupted from behind them, making the twins
scurry around and click in fear. Large water droplets crashed into the ground outside followed by rumbling then a piercing light followed by a loud boom.
"Stop it you two! We don't have time for this" 2's serious tone calmed the twins down as they nodded and listened. They walked to the bucket and 5 secured the metal door making sure
it was closed. The twins began slowly pulling them up as 2 slumped down and 5 leaned on the side of the bucket. The rain danced off the side of the building causing a peaceful rhythm to flow through it.
"You think their ok? I mean 9 and 7 and X-ray and all? 5 whispered out of his voice-box in worry. 2 let out a deep sigh and shook his head, "I'm not positive, but I think they will be fine,
after all, 9 has 7 to guard him, and 7 has X-ray. They are probably safer there then we are here." 2 chuckled out. 5 looked up at the ceiling that was slowly getting closer, "I…I guess your right" 5 admitted but somewhere inside him he knew that they weren't safe at all. In fact he felt like something bad was about to happen. Something that could change all of their lives forever. 5 gulped and shivered, he didn't want to think about it anymore.
The sudden jerk and click told them that they had reached their destination as 5 popped open the metallic door and the twins scrambled out followed along by 2 then 5 himself. 1 was
looking out of one of the stained glass windows with what appeared to be a human with wings holding a sword in a defensive position. The rain drops pounding against it echoed
throughout the cathedral.
"So it seems that you lot have decided to return aye?" 1 turned and 5 noticed the stern face he had on.
"I had figured you would go to find the sorry excuse for a stitch-punk."1 grumbled. 5 wondered if he was talking about 9 or 7. 1 looked over the group then a confused look appeared on his face.
"Well then?! Where is he?" Yep defiantly 9, 5 thought. 2 stepped forward then proceeded to talk.
"1, we have a problem there is still monsters out there and 9 is missing we need to-"
"NO!" 1's sudden outburst made everybody flinch. "I will not let you go out there searching for a lost cause, especially if there is still a beast" 1 turned and walked down the steps until he was in front of 5.
He jammed a cold icy metal finger into his chest "And I don't want any rescue missions. He knows just as well as anybody here that if you break the rules there are consequences. He wasn't the first to have broken the rules, but that problem has been solved already." 5 struggled to refrain from shouting at 1 for insulting 7. He tightened his fist until they began to shake.
1 turned to leave and began stepping up the stairs "Your wrong." 1's body froze and he turned around to see 6 standing next to a startled 5. He messed with his fingers then looked down at the floor. "Y…you're wrong."
1 blinked and held his head up high. "You don't know what you're talking about." 6 looked up and pointed one of his ink covered fingers at 1 "No….YOUR wrong." "1 wiped around and came down the stairs fast until he was inches away from 6's face.
"I will show you who is wrong you little…" A sudden crash and piercing light erupted throughout the cathedral. The twins ran around the throne room and flashed in terror. 2 stepped in front of 6 and stared hard at 1.
"You leave him alone now." 1 placed his hand on 2's shoulder and gripped it hard. "Then tell him he better listen to me or else I will call 8 to teach him a little lesson in respect." "No you won't" "Watch me!" 2 and 1 began to yell at each like a pair of old disagreeing men, while the twins ran around like chickens with their heads chopped off.
5 just watched the whole scene unfold and shook his head. The twins continued to run around waving their arms high in the air until they clashed into each other and fell to the ground unconscious. The two old stitch-punks looked at them with puzzled faces for a moment until they got back to rambling on about something completely unintelligible. 6 stood next to 5 while fumbling with his unique fingers and seemed to be talking to himself. 5 sighed then looked out the window at the rain pounding the dead earth.
"I hope you guys can manage for now, because it may be a bit."
"AHHH!!! Damnit that really hurts!" 7 looked up from 9's broken leg with an annoyed expression.
"Yah it hurts, and it's going to continue to hurt if you keep yelling and thrashing around like this. Now let me finish." 7 picked up the rock next to her and raised it high over her head.
9 cringed when she brought the rock down hard onto his bent leg. "God, 7 do you even know what the hell your doing?!" 7 ignored 9 and brought it down hard on his leg once more.
9's body shook with pain and his copper fingers dug into the earth. His optics began to have trouble focusing and the world began to spin. His mechanical heart began to pulsate faster and his limbs began to move on their own. 7 went flying backwards and hit the ground multiple times like a flat stone on a lake until she slowed and finally came to a halt. She sat up and held her throbbing head with her hands.
"Damnit 9, you could've given me a warning." When she regained her vision she looked down at the dirty mark on her chest that 9 left from kicking her.
"I'm going to kill him." 7 got up and dusted herself off. A drop of water splashed besides her making her stiffen. Soon thousands followed and the sky began to darken. Mesmerizing white light flashed through the sky and shot down to earth with unbelievable speed. 7 took a minute to observe its beauty then glanced over at 9. He seemed to be doing the same thing. She grabbed her skull-met and placed it on her head.
"9 can you get up?" 9 shifted his weight and nodded "Yah, but I might need some help." 7 nodded in agreement, and lifted 9's arm over and around her neck. They ran into a decaying building that read aquarium on a sign bolted to the wall. X-ray followed behind them as they traveled through the dark building. Water dripped from cracks in the ceiling as the two stitch-punks and X-ray explored.
"Where in the creator's name are we?" 9 choked out as 7 helped him sit down. X-ray flopped down on his stomach and licked his lips. It had been sometime since he had last eaten and he was sure these newbie's to the world had no idea what food was. He lifted his head and got up before he dashed outside.
"Where's he going?" 9 asked as 7 watched X-ray run out the opening and into the rain until he was out of sight. "He does this sometimes, but don't worry he should be back within a few hours" "Um…ok." 9 looked from the opening to 7 then saw the imprint of a foot on her chest.
"Um…7 did I have anything to do with that?" 7 looked at the mark then back up to him "About that…" 7's fist tightened and she walked over to 9 and pushed her finger into his chest. "Next time try to give me a little bit more of a warning before you decide to send your foot into my stomach."
9 laughs it off making 7 smile. "So, about last night....do you remeber anything?" 7 looks up from her sitting position "Last night? No, why what happened?" 9 recalls the events that took place the night before. The party, the kiss, the sudden and incovient attack of drill face. He looks away from 7 and frowns "Oh its nothing" 7 looks questionably at him then shrugs it off.
9 forces a tense smile and relaxes when 7 turns to grab her spear that X-ray had dropped. Then 9's eyes once again fell upon the giant piece of red cloth covering up the most part of her number. "Say 7.." he started "Hmm?" 7 responded. She must've found a comfy spot because now she was lying down with her arms behind her head and her skull-met dropped over her face. "What is it 9?" 9 struggled to find the right words to say but continued. "Um, can I ask you something about that injury?" 7's optics widened and she slowly lifted up her skull-met and looked him straight in the eyes with an icy glare. "What about it." She said coldly. 9 continued "Where did you get it?" He finished and waited for a reply.
"I don't want to talk about it." 7 replied harshly. 9 being the oblivious idiot he is pressed on. "Why not?" 7 sat up with her spear in hand and jumped on top of 9. His head hit the ground and he cringed. 7's spear pressed against his neck as she spoke
"Listen, I don't know who or what gave you that injury on your chest, but unless you want some more, I suggest you leave this subject alone." 9 placed a shaking hand on 7's spear "Why won't you tell me?! " 9 yelled and pushed 7 off of him then stood with the best posture he could manage with his broken leg. "Is it really something so bad, no so horrible that you can't even talk about it?" 7's eyes flashed with anger and her grip on her spear tightened.
"Just drop it." She commanded, but 9 wasn't going to give up yet. "7, you can trust me aren't we" "Friends?" 7 interrupted. "Friends are people who respect each other's privacy!" 9 rolled his eyes and continued "Friends are people who care for each other, friends are people you can trust! FRIENDS ARE PEOPLE WHO WATCH EACH OTHERS BACKS!" 7 slammed her fist into the wall and quenched her mouth. "I watch my own back." Was all she said before she ran off further into the building "7, wait!" 9's arm reached out but she was already out of sight.
"Damnit 9, stupid, stupid!!" 9 took a deep sigh and sat down with his arms hanging off his knees.
"Why can't she just listen for second?" he mumbled in annoyance
7 hopped down onto a chair and onto the floor. She was still fuming from her chat with 9 and needing to release some of her anger.
"God, why is he so pushy?! I told him I don't want to talk about it, and what does the moron do?" She kicked a small pebble across the floor and listened to its rough texture skid across the earth's surface. "I need some air." She mumbled then continued exploring further into the building. Large tanks of water began to appear and they all seemed to have some sort of description sign printed next to them. 7 grew curious and jumped onto a chair then onto the railing that was next to the large tanks. She pressed her face against one of the tanks and tried to see through the murky yellowish water but failed.
"I wonder what they kept in here." She walked on the railing to the description printed on the tank and began to read. "The Bull Shark, or Carcharhinus leucas, also known as the whaler shark, Zambezi shark or unofficially known as Zambi in Africa and Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a shark common worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers. The bull shark is well known for its unpredictable, often aggressive behavior." 7 looked down at the picture below the description. "Glad I don't have to fight those." She looked up and gasped, then lost her footing. She dropped her spear and it clanged against the metal railing and hit the floor while the echoing erupted through the building.
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She slipped off the railing and grabbed a dangling a strand of rope. "WH-what in the creator's name is that?!" A decaying shark pressed against the glass barrier of the tank and floated
from side to side. Its decaying head had bits of flesh peeling off of it as it's bleached skull became visible to her. The jaw of the shark seemed to be hanging on be a loss thread of flesh as it swayed back and forth in the water with large amounts of teeth accompanying it.
Its side had a deep gash and 7 could make out trails of decomposing intestines inside of its rotting body. The dorsal thin on its back had deep slashes and holes placed among it and the
flesh slowly peeling away from it rock back and forth in the murky diseased water. The spine of the shark was poking out from under the flesh that seemed that it was about to give way
at any moment giving the shark an even sickening look to it. Its clouded glazed over rotting eyes seemed to be staring at her from the beyond. 7 let of the strand and landed gracfully then grabbed her spear and shivered before she turned and continued walking.
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"I do not need to see that ever again" she told herself, then attempted to kick the image out of her mind. As she walked away the decaying shark body jerk backwards into the murky water and disappeared. Two glowing red eyes glared at 7's departing figure, then disappeared into the murky tank unnoticed.
9 rapped a piece of dirty cloth around his crippled limb. He placed the end of one of the sides of the cloth in his mouth and the other in his hand. He jerked his head back and pulled with all his might as the cloth tightened around his leg. He released the cloth and cut of the dangling extra material with a piece of glass, then slumped against the wall.
"I'll have to remember to ask 7 to finish fixing my leg when she gets back." 9 looked off in the direction where 7 had disappeared and let a worried sigh escape his mouth.
"I wonder where she went off to…" 9 tilted his head and squinted trying to look further into the darkness. A loud echoing noise made him jump and hit his head on a low board of timber. He stumbled to get up and ran towards the source of the noise.
7 continued to walk past countless tanks filled with dead fish. "I think this place is starting to give me the creeps." 7 shivered and rubbed her arms as she walked over to a tank that was placed in the center. Another sign with a description was printed on the side. 7 glanced at it from the floor; part of the description seemed to have faded away.
"Saltwater Crocodile..." 7 chuckled then pressed her face against the glass. The murky water seemed to go on for miles but then something caught 7's attention. Bubbles started emerging from the bottom of what looked like the tank. 7 squinted and tried to make out what was making them then saw something move near the bottom.
She jumped back, pulled down her skull-met and held her spear in a defensive position. The large air bubbles coming from the bottom slowly stopped then everything grew silent. 7 watched the tank and waited for thing responsible for the bubbles to emerge.
"7!" 9's voice made 7 wipe around. "9?!" 9 collided into 7 and they fell to the ground. "Aghh, my head…" 9 opened his optics, and then they widened.
7 Looked up at him with a stunned expression. They remained still, in a very awkward position with 9 straddling 7 and his arms positioned on either side of her head. 7 remained still with the same shocked expression on her face. 9 gaped "I..I..I didn't see you…I….I'm so sorry!!" 9 instinctively got up and offered his hand to 7. She continued to look at him but reached out her hand accepting his before he helped her up. 9 looked down at the floor timidly like nothing had just happened and rubbed the back of his head with his hand.
"I..ahh, I'm sorry for earlier. I just…you know…was curious is all…" 7 kept her stern look and placed a hand on his shoulder. He stopped talking and looked down at her with a look of worry.
"I'm still not going to talk about." 9 slumped over and a vain twitched in his forehead. "But…" 7 continued "That doesn't mean that I won't talk about in the future." 9's questionable expression made 7 smile then she hugged him. "Is..Is she hugging me?" 9 mentally asked himself. 9 relaxed into the hug and let all his worries fly away. It had been such a stressful day that he forgot what kindness and forgivness felt like. A large shadow engulfed the two stitch-punks and slowly got larger.
"9." 9 shifted his weight and mumbled a response "Hmm?" 7's voice reached his ears again "9!" this time it sounded more urgent. "7?" 9 questioned "9!!" 7 was yelling now and pointing at something. 9 turned and looked at a huge tank of water that was in the center of the room. His mouth dropped open as he stared at the huge creature inside of the tank glaring at them with two glowing red eyes and a mouth full of teeth.
"So much for a good feeling…" he stuttered out.
I know, I know, your probably all mad that I stopped right there, but I needed to because the next chapter needs to have some action in it. Anyways if things are looking up I should have the next chapter up in a few days. Until then please leave any kind of review, and anybody can leave a review because I turned on the anonymous reviews. Remember the more reviews I get the faster the chapters come out and the longer they will be.
~Pronzo