Oooh so the old stitches might come bac! HOW UNEXPECTED!
CHAPTER 12: LIFE
7 smiled at 9's responce, she knew what he was thinking. Dylan on the other hand seemed completely bewildered,
"How are we supposed to bring them back? I thought they died..."
9 looked up at the human, still amazed to see even one source of life that meant the stiches weren't alone in this world. Of cource, the machines were there, but they hadn't really been good company.
"We aren't gunna bring them back, you are." 9 smiled.
Dylan's face just grew more perplexed,
"How am I supposed to do that?"
9 held out the new glowing white talisman,
"You use this," he said, "the letter said that it may even be able to reverse death, since it can transfer the spark of life."
Dylan's face switched from confusion to a mixture of anger and some other emotion that 9 couldn't identify...possibly hysteria?
"I can't do that!" he said, his eyes wide. "If I transfer my spark, I'll die! I don't want to die..." His voice seemed to be just sadness at the last sentence. Dylan grabbed both sides of his head and started rocking himself in the chair.
"I dont wanna die I dont wanna die..."
9 became worried for the boy.
"Dylan! Are you okay? What's wrong?"
After a while Dylan calmed down and said.
"I have severe necrophobia, it means that I'm horribly afraid of death. It's practicly a disease, and it's terrible."
(A/N: This is actually quite true, I do suffer from extreme necrophobia, so Dylan is as such)
"All fear is a disease..." 7 chirped up. "It's part of being human."
The entire time 9 had been pondering what Dylan had said about the talisman killing him. It's true that the scientist had died from using the talisman, but it was improoved now. How much of your life could you give away before you were left with nothing?
For hours on end the twins had been cataloging the old books and objects around the room, listening to the conversation. After hearing the latest parts of the conversation 4 turned to his older brother and said in their silent language,
Brother, could what the scientist have told us all that time ago be usefull here?
Hmm...you may be on to something brother! Hadn't the scientist told us to record a message for his son?
Why yes, I do believe he did!
Well what are we doing then? Show him immediatly!
(yeah I felt really bad for all you 3&4 fans kuz I hadn't done much with them...hopefully this will make you forgive me!)
The other three residents noticed the twins running up to them, seeming very excited.
"What guys? Did you find something you want to show us?" 9 asked
The twins rapidly shook their heads, then pointed at their optics.
"I think they want to project something for us." 7 said.
The twins happily tapped their faces where their noses would have been. They had never played charades, but it seemed like their kind of game.
(Lol srry I just had too)
7 then turned to Dylan and told him about how the twins could project things the've recorded, since they can't speek.
Two pairs of optics and one pair of eyes watched as the twins began their projection, Dylan gasped when he saw the scientist appear on the recording.
"Are you ready 4?" the scientist asked. 3 nodded in answer since 4 was obviously recording and therefore couldn't nod for himself.
"Okay then," the scientist said. "I want you to take this message to my son, Dylan. Hopefully sometime in the future you will come across him and be able to show him this..." After a pause, the scientist continued again.
"Dylan, if you are watching this then you have found my little creations. I'm sending this to you because I had forgotten to better explain the process of using the talisman I sent to you. My creations should be able to tell you the combination to use it, but I need to tell you how it works. You see, with my improovements you should be able to trancfer the spark of life, but It would kill you to do it directly. Instead I've found a way to trancfer the spark and still...preserve you, in a way. You see, I discovered that if you make a second set of stichpunks, based of my creations, you would be able to make 9, just as I will. But, with the new talisman, you will be able to create one more, powered by the pure spark of life. At this point your human body will have died, but don't worry. The death that you expirence is different then death by disease or weapon. Instead, your spirit will be able to transfer to the stitchpunks. One of the other things that I had been able to add into the talisman was the ability to trancefer your memory as well, and I designed the specific stiches who would carry your memories after 3 and 4 here. Now, I did draw up some blueprints for you, but I only was able to do the 9, I thought that the last one should be up to you. After I had finished them 6 over there..."
The scientist pointed behind him to 6, who faintly smiled, giving his awkward wave. This made both 9 and 7 laugh, but Dylan was in complete focus with the message, hanging on every recorded word.
"6 over there," the scientist continued, "Added these strange notes on each of the blueprints. I don't truely understand them, but maybe you do.
The scientist then showed the blueprints, 9 in all. On each was a familiar note from 6 in the corner.
To divide them
To hope for them
To store and remember for them
To dream for them
To write for them
To fight for them
To love for them
To unite them
The recording ended there, but Dylan still stared at the wall where the recoding had been.
9 looked over at Dylan.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
Dylan just stood up and walked to the door.
"We're gunna bring your friends back," he said, turning the handle. "Then I need a sewing kit."
With that the door flung open, Dylan looked back and pointed to the dog.
"It'll be faster on him" he said.
7 was already climbing the beast when 9 said,
"Let's go."