"WHAT!?" Shriek 75, a dark stick punk .

"We...lost her." Reply the lead scout.

75 look at the speaker's face. She raise her hand and slash at the scout's face, her delicate -looking but sharp clawed hand rips the burlap on his face. They are shaking in fear. Not many survive 75's wrath if you failed her enough.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH" screams the wounded scout.

"What did I say about 21?" demands 75

"Grab her and return her back to base?" ask another scout

"And?" questions 75 with one of her stitched eyebrows raise.

"Don't return without her."

"Then what are you doing here?!"

The scouts' eyes widen. They scramble to their feet, nearly tripping over each other as they try to get out of sight. 75 sigh.

"We need to train the scouts more effectively." She says. "66, why don't you let me train them to obey orders?" 66 look at her. He shakes his head

"You are too rough."

"You are too gentle." Replies 75

66 smile. He wraps his arm around her waist and pulls her close. She does not fight him. His mouth is close to hers. "I know what I am doing. We don't want 21 get kill by their roughness."

75 shook her head. "We can handle the pendent without her."

Her mouth barely touches his when he moved away. 75 growls; she hates it when he does that. He smiles at her.

"I have something I must do. I can't tell you what it is."

"New plan on how to recover 21?" asks 75

66 smiles as 75. He loves to make her guess. He leaves the room quickly before she grabs him.

***

A chest nut brown stitch punk with wild, mean, crazy, mismatching eyes is drawing something on paper with her pen nib fingers. Visions of 21, her new hiding place and possible friends and allies fill 44's mind as she draws. The picture she is drawing is a run down church with Moon Blade, 21's weapon in the right hand corner with nine dots around it. She looks at her drawing after her vision is over.

"Ah, I see that you finished the drawing." Said 66's voice.

She turns around to see 66 smiling at her. She clutches the drawing in her hand and holds it close to her body.

"Give it to me 44. NOW!" Growls 66.

Normally 44 would hand over her drawings to 66, however this time is different. 21 is 44's first and only friend. 21 even offered her to take her with her when she escapes. The lest she could do is to try to keep her safe. 44 inch her way toward the fire hearth in the middle of the room.

"Don't think of it!!!"

44 toss the drawing towards the dancing flames. 66 runs to save the drawing and snatch the drawing before the flames could touch the paper. He opens up the paper and looks at the drawing.

"So 21 is hiding in a church! Time to flush her out. You 44 are coming along! Time to saddle the runners."

44 struggles as 66 and some scouts walk to the stables. 44 can hear the blood-curdling screams erupting from the runners themselves.

66 leave 44 with his scouts while he goes to retrieve the runners. 44 waits then hears a loud "Bang" come from inside. Moments later 66 come out with 2 runners who are glaring at her with hatred. They have a skeleton of a dog with an ax for a tail. Their eyes glow innocently but they can become lasers if the runners want to activate them, 44 notices the difference in he two runners almost immediately. The runner to 66's left is armored with thorns across its face and copper plating as its armor. The other runner to his right is different, with bigger and sharper thorns across its face, only with pitch black steel plating and a little bigger in size as well. Both of them resemble steeds and are probably the size of medium sized dogs.

44 winces as 66 grab her sternly and host her up onto copper runner. The scouts look at her uneasy and had their hands on their weapons. The lead scout takes the reins. They are waiting patiently for 66 to take lead.

"Let's find 21 and bring her back. 44 will help us." Said 66 as he looks at her on his runner.

The two runners take off. The little copper runner gallops hard to stay with the pace of the black one. Nearly all of it's' passengers are struggling to stay on the saddle. 44 is the only one that has some riding experience.

"Here's is my chance to get away and warn 21!" 44 think as she looks at the struggling scouts. She very quickly shoves off the scouts off the back of the runner, quickly grabs the reins and guides the runner west in a new direction.

***

6 jerks awake. He takes a deep breath as he tries to calm himself. A gentle sigh is heard and he looks down to see 21 snuggling against him. She looks so peaceful. Suddenly his body froze and images of a crazy, mean looking stitch punk riding a machine. They are heading towards their home!

21 wake up to see 6 in a trance. She lightly touches his shoulder. She sees what 6 sees: 44 ridding on a runner.

"That 44, my friend. She's a seer like you. I got to go out there and meet her!" explains 21.

"You crazy?!"

21 moves to head towards the door, suddenly something sharp grabs her arm. She

looks at see what it was; it was 6's hand.

"It too dangerous for you to be alone out there and you can't be by yourself."

"Come with me then."

"I can't"

"You want to be coop here for the rest of your life? We can go get the other and go out to greet 44. 6, can you take me to the others?"

6 look around. He is gripping his key firmly.

"8 is by the door,21!"

"Is he a light sleeper? Don't worry, I will protect you."

6 look at the sleeping 8 worriedly. 21 reach out and squeeze 6's shoulder gently. 6 finally gives in, he always wanted to get back at 8.

6 and 21 approach the brute with caution. 8's chest rises and falls as he seems to be in a deep rest cycle. 21 lets a grin come onto her face, showing that a magnificent idea has just come to her thoughts. She looks at 6 mouthing something to him, but he doesn't get the message and just stares at her with his mismatched optics. 21, looks around for an idea to tell 6 about her plan, but decides is futile. So she disappears suddenly causing 6's mechanical heartbeat to rise in anticipation. A sudden noise from behind him causes him to turn and hold his breath. 21 put her hand over his mouth to keep him from yelling out in surprise. She slowly puts a finger to her lips then notices 6 relax, then she hands what she found to him.

6 stares blankly at the long piece of rope 21 had just handed him then looks back up at her likes she's crazy. 21 instantly defend her plan,

"Well I thought we would leave a little gift for him to find in the morning, you know..."

6 nervously smiles then gets to work wrapping 8's arms together then his feet. They attach him to an old wooden post with the rope then use all their remaining strength to lug up the humungous stitch-punk so that he's swinging in the air like he was the kill of the day, with his arms and feet tied up to the wooden post. After they finish, 21 and 6 carefully step down the platforms, and look back up at 8, who is swinging back and forth slightly.

"Well that couldn't have gone any better!" 21 look down at 6 who is fidgeting with his hands and smiling up at 8. The giant is sleeping soundly as he gentle spins.

"Let's get you to the others, 21. We have no time to waste." Says 6.

21 nods and follows 6 out of throne room.

***

5 scan the Emptiness with his telescope. He is adding more to the map of the Emptiness until he thought he saw movement in the distance. He moved the telescope to where he thought he saw movement. He saw a new beast: the beast have a skeleton of a dog with an ax for a tail. It has bright green "eyes." The body was covered in copper plating and the dog skull has some sharp thorns across its face.

"I must warn the others!"

5 hurriedly put the map of the Emptiness away. After the map is safely put away, 5 rush towards the staircase. He was in such a hurry; he fails to notice 9's light staff was in his way. He trips on the light bulb part of the staff and tumbles down the steps, with the staff right behind him.

***

6 and 21 found 7 and are heading to the watch tower. As they got closer, they keep hearing loud thuds. When the group got seven feet from the stairwell, 5 tumbles out of the staircase and knocks everyone off their feet. 7 is the first to recover. 7 look down at 5 with a smirk,

Walk much?" 5 look up at 7 and sees that she's just being sarcastic decides to let it go but her smirk remains on her face.

"What is so funny 7?" 7's smirk grows deeper then she holds up her hand to cover her mouth, to help her from laughing hysterically. 5 look around and catch 6's optics.

"What is she laughing about?" 6 just fiddles with his hands while hiding a soft smile on his face as well. 5 started to get annoyed.

"Will someone just tell me wha-" 5 stops mid-sentence as if processing something then begins looking desperately around the room with his optics.

"Where's 21?!" He looks up at 7 who merely just lift a hand then points down to the ground. 5 look at her with confusion,

"What is that supposed to mea-!!!" 5 instantly get off of 21 and she breaths in a sharp breath.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" 5 quickly helps up 21 then proceeds to pat her off, all the while when 7 is on the ground rolling around laughing her rear off.

"HAHAHA!! That was priceless!!! " Laughs 7 as she tries to catch her breath.

6 saw 9's light staff lying on the ground. He picks it up.

"There's my light staff! Where you found it 6?" ask 9 as he comes out into view.

"5, tripped on it."

"Guys, we need to go find 44. She is on a runner." Said 21.

"Does the runner have an ax blade on the end of its tail, metal plating and a dog skull?"

"How you know what a runner looked like?"

"I saw it. We better hurry before the runner gets closer!"

"Way a head of you!"

With that, 21 runs head with 5, 6, 7, and 9 running after her.

***

44 keeps looking over her shoulder as she checks to see if 66 is still following her. The landscape appears to be empty. She hopes that she finally got him off her trail on her eightieth try.

"44! Where are you?!" Said 21's voice somewhere in the vast emptiness.

44 looks around her but did not see 21. She gave the plated armor two sharp taps, signaling that she wants the runner to rise on its two hind legs. The beast obeys, balancing its weight on its hind legs after 44 climbs up onto the skull. She looks around but saw nothing.

"Where is she?! WHOA! What is it?!"

44 suddenly hear noises coming towards them. She knows that she must get back into the saddle before she gets throw off when the runner takes off. Something is shining thirty feet away. It spooks the runner and it took off with 44, who mange to cling to one of the neck bones to keep herself from flying off. However, after awhile her grip is starting to weaken.

"Slow down damn it!"

Her grip finally slips. 44 is flying in the air. She crash into 6 and both land in a heap.

"44! Are you ok?!" yells 21 as she runs over

44 moans. She looks dazed and stunned. She felt something moving under her.

"Will you get off me?" Said a voice that under her.

"You are on top of 6, 44. Can you please get off him?" ask 21.

"Sorry 6."

She gets off him and grabs his hand and yanks him up. She is being gentle while she brushing him off with the back of her hands

"We better get back before 1 finds 21 and 6 missing. 8 will whip us!" said 5.

21 and 6 laugh loudly. The gang looks at them funny. They don't understand what so funny.

"8 is 'hanging around' at the moment. We don't have to worry about him." Said 21.

44 is looking around nervously around them. She thought she heard a runner running in their direction. She notices light being reflected off 21 could be seen for miles.

"Can we please talk somewhere safer? He is still out there and is looking for me and you 21."

"Roger, 5, 6, 7 and 9, I have to tell you guys everything. I am going to tell you all about it on the way back."

***

66 is running his runner through the emptiness. He is cursing under his breath. He completely forgot how wild, and unpredictable 44 can be.

"I swear I will find you, 21 and the pendent. Your seer powers will not protect you from my wrath!"

He was about to turn his runner in the direction of the base but light being reflected off something shiny in the distance. The light seems to move around. A smile appears on his face.

"I gotcha now 21!"

He rides off towards the source of the light. He may not recover 44 but he is going to recover 21.

***

"Let me get this straight, you are the last of the other good stitchpunks. Both your tribe and the dark stitchpunk tribe were brought to life by a pendent made by your friend and creator, Taylor. The pendent was stolen, some humans and your tribe was sent to get it back. Only you survived the ordeal?" ask 7.

"Correct. Taylor would have survived if she did not give up the rest of her soul to the pendent, but she knew she die one way or another. Before she did it, she told me that I and other of pure heart can truly use all of its powers. What wrong 44?" ask 21 as she notice 44 sudden change in behavior.

"It's him! He is almost here!" Said 44 as she looks around as she moves faster with 21 in tow.

"Who is coming?" ask 5 as the rest of the stitchpunks try to keep up with 44 and 21.

"66, he is a skilled warrior and one of the toughest stitchpunks created." Replies 44.

Suddenly another runner leaps over them and lands in front of them. The black steel-plate armor gleams in the sunlight. Its slim ax tail is raised over its head, ready to strike on its rider's command. The rider is smiling down on the group he found. He mostly looks at 21.

"Grab her." Command the rider.

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