Chapter 7 Seeking Answers, Problems, And How To Tell Someone You Love Them
It was morning, and darkness surrounded him. Slowly he began to open up his Optics. After a few moments of letting his eyes get used to the light, he lifted up his head and looked around him. The first thing he noticed was that he was laying on a table in 2 and 5s Workshop. The second was 5 with his head resting on said table holding his left hand. Yes, 9 had regained consciousness and he had to smile at him. Wait....Memories of last night came back flooding to him and he just laid back down there letting his head thud back. He did this a few more times before he was suddenly;y stopped by a pair of hands. Looking into his Optics was 5 with a look of worry on his face.
"9! What are you doing?! Have you lost your mind?!"
9 just sighed as he closed his eyes then reopened them. He slowly got off the table and looked at 5.
"5....How? How can I apologize to you?"
5 blinked his Optic a few times not understanding what he meant. Then it hit him. He just laughed and hugged him.
"9, you silly. I'm happy! I'm excited! Can you beleive this?! I want to know how it happened, sure, but it happened to us!"
9 had to smile a bit at 5. His enthusiasm about this seemed to be more up than his. But he was worried. What would happen to him when it was time for the baby to be born? How would they handle this? How would they tell the others?...Wait. The others! 9 looked at 5 and pulled him down to midfloor level before whispering.
"5, listen to me...We can't let the others know about this just yet! Especially 1! After he saw us already, and what happened yesterday, sure he might be a bit upset, but this could unravel any good we have put into him. As it is hes still, like the rest of us...."
He trailed off as he looked over to another Table at 7s covered up still form. They had left her face uncovered with the blanket, yes, but .....She still hadn't woken up yet or showed any signs of still being alive. She looked like she was sleeping, but also dead like when the B.R.A.I.N had killed some of them in the past. With her looking like that, it reminded 9 of the princesses he heard about in the Fairy Tales she would sometimes read to the Twins. Sometimes the rest of them would go and listen.
5 looked over to where his lover was looking, and he felt a pang of guilt in his gears again. He looked at 9.
" I understand 9. I wasn't going to tell anyone about it until you were ready to as well. When both of us were. And as for 7, I'm sure shes going to be okay. Shes a tough girl...Come on. Lets go find out where 2 is at and see if we can't go find 3 and 4 along with some answers."
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9 smiled sadly at him and nodded. As they left the room, unknown to them, they had forgotten about another Stitchpunk that was there on a table covered up. He slowly opened up his eyes as well, just now regaining consciousness himself. Not sure of where he was at first, he got off the table in alarm. After a moment of looking around, he realized he was in the Workshop. He looked around a bit more and when his eyes landed on 7, he remembered what happened when that Beast attacked her. After that, everything was just a haze. He guessed the others must have finished it off, but why couldn't he remember anything else? Wait...7!
He rushed over to her and nearly burst into tears again right there. He knelt down and had to bit his lower lip from crying. Why?! Why her to?! What if she was dead?! How could he ever tell her?! How could he ever get up the courage?! Trying hard not to cry, he began to talk to her as if she was awake. He had to tell her. Now or never, and he hoped if someway she was still alive, that she would hear it and feel his emotions.
"7...."He began to fiddle with his fingers, making clinking noises as they touched. Yes, he was nervous. Very nervous. But he had to tell her! Sighing and getting up the courage, he began to talk once more. "7..I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I wanted to. More than anything. I just wished i could have stopped that Beast somehow and got you out of there with the others...Instead I pass out like a coward..Heh...I guess that's all I might be in some ways, but you've seen things about me. And I...I loved the things you gave me to. I loved how you praised me...and.....and..."He couldn't even talk anymore by this point. The tears he tried so hard in vain to hold back began to pour down his face. He just tried to wipe them away, but more replaced them. He looked at her laying there. One last thing to do before he left her. Possibly forever. Wiping away the tears he could, he got up and gently bent over her face and gave her a slow but sweet kiss on the lips. As he lifted up his face and looked at her once more, he just couldn't take it anymore and just rushed from the room.
As he was running, he didn't bother to look where he was going and bumped into something. Actually, it was a large something. "Hey! Watch where yer goin!" As he looked up, he saw that he had bumped into 8. Yeah, that's right. He was outside and down the hall from the Workshop. 1s Room was also on this Floor, so of course 8 had to be here to. 8, seeing who it was and seeing that he was crying, he helped him to his feet. "What's wrong 6?" He asked out of curiosity and concern. Yeah, after yesterdays events anyone would be concerned. 6 looked up at him and had to laugh through his tears.
"Nothing. Just that I couldn't do anything...At all yesterday ..Especially to save 7 or help her...."
8 had to look at him and do a double take. Surly he could remember?! Maybe he was in such Rage he couldn't. After all, he did pass out right after. 8 decided to fill in the obvious Stitchpunk on it.
"Yer telling me you can't remember?! None of us could ever ferget it! You picked up the Sword she made and gave out such a scream that we never heard and charged that blasted thing! We all watched as ya hit it's back foot with that dern Sword and hit it right on! After that you were on the next one before we all knew it! You made short work of the hoofs then once it was down, you climbed up it's back with such speed even 7 would be amazed at! Ya pried off the Metal to its neck and then struck the Core of it! After that ya feel off and I caught ya! Ya scared the hell outta us all! We thought ya really lost it and we went off the deep end!"
6 looked up at 8 with his jaw hanging opened. "What...But...How?..."
8 just shrugged his shoulders before heading to go back into 1s Room to sharpen his Weapons. After the battle yesterday, they needed it.
"Don't know, but ya did. Something possessed ya and made you go mad. Maybe you'll think of it later on and be able ta tell us."
With that, 8 went inside, but as 6 walked down the Hall to the Bucket, he already knew why if what 8 said was true. As he went down it, he still couldn't beleive it. Did he really love her that much? But he was 6! The coward of them all! So...how? As he reached the bottom of it and got out, he realized he needed to go back up and tell 7 what he had been told! Even if she couldn't hear him, he had to tell her! As he turned around, something from the Basement shattered. He quickly turned back around, and looked at the Door to it. Not many go down there, but sometimes they needed some of the things from there. They even put another Bucket Elevator off to the side of the Stairs to get to the Bottom quicker. Knowing something might be wrong, or someone might need help, he decided to go. As he went through the Crack they used in the Door and to the Bucket, he could see some of the Lights they made below were indeed on. He went down and got out. Timidly he called out.
"Anyone...here? Hello?"
He could hear noises around one of the corners of the Shelfs and decided to take a look. Once he did, he let out a scream.
"AHHHHHHHHHH"
The thing that was currently after its other prey turned to the new voice and flew at him. He ducked under it and nearly slammed into the wall, but was stopped short. Quickly opening up his eyes, he found himself staring back into the Optics of the very frightened faces of 3 and 4. They had barely stopped him from crashing into the both of them. The boys were silently crying, and before 6 could do anything, there was a screeching noise behind them. Remembering what they were all scared of, he turned back around and made sure the Boys were behind him.
6 was even more scared now. There were more of them! He Realized they must have been hiding down here during the day and coming out at night through the crack in one of the Windows from here! They were Bats! But Machines! More of the remaining Beasts! A bit bigger than the ones that you would normally see as a Human, once more the Stitchpunks were faced with a problem. Even if theses things weren't so much bigger than them, in numbers they posed a problem. And 6 didn't even have a Weapon to fight with! One of them, the Leader he guessed, screeched at him and flew! 6 just pushed himself back up against the Twins, hoping to at least be able to protect them from most of the attacks so they could get away.
Meanwhile in the Library's Book Room a bit earlier on before 6 had awoken, 2 had already told 3 and 4 about 5s problem. They got all excited and wanted to go see, but 2 had held them back saying they needed answers to it first. Disappointed a bit, but remembering where they put some of the Notes they got from Ortons Place, (It's what I named the Scientist that made them for all who don't know, pronounced Or-ton) they flashed to 2. After understanding some of them were in here, and others were stored in the Basement, they rushed off to said place flashing to him the location of the ones in here. He kept climbing up various Books stacked against the Desk in the corner. Of all the places they had to put them, it had to be high up. He had to laugh a bit as he remembered to fuss at them a bit later on for this little stunt of theirs.
As he was doing this, both 5 and 9 had come in from the crack of the Door a bit away from him. Since he was already up aways, and since he head something from below, he rested on one of the Books that was out a bit and looked down. Smiling, he called down to the two unknowing Stitchpunks.
"Well, look at who finally decided to wake up!"
Both of them jumped and looked up at where the voice had come from. Seeing 2 laughing at them from above, they called up to him.
"2 what are you doing?! Are you trying to get killed?!"
"2, please be careful! I don't want to have to fix you next!"
2 just laughed as he continued up his way, but telling them why he was doing this.
"Well my boys, I wouldn't be doing this if a certain pair of Stitchpunks didn't put some of Ortons Notes up here in the Drawers."
They both just groaned realizing that he was talking about 3 and 4, and knowing those two, they could get anywhere easily if they wanted to. Deciding to follow him up there and help him look, they to began to climb. But all that changed in the matter of a second. Not to far up yet, 5 heard it. It was a distance scream, but he knew full well where it came from. Alarmed, he hollered out to 2 and 5.
"2, 9! I heard a scream coming from the Basement! It was distant, but that's the only other place on the Bottom floor it could have come from!"
Not wasting any time, knowing that 2 wouldn't joke about anything like this, all three of them quickly climbed down and broke off in a run out the Book Room. On the way out, they bumped into 1 and 8 coming off the Elevator from above. 1 whacked 2 on the head and hollered out at him since he hit him head on.
"First the incident from yesterday, and now this! Why can't I have any peace in here?!"
Not really wanting to waste anytime, 5 was the one to talk.
"It came from the Basement, but the thing is 3 and 4 are down there! So it was someone else there with them! We don't know what's going on! But we have to hurry!"
Without waiting for warning from 1 about safety and not going, the three of them were off. Or rather four since 8 was running with them now. If it concerned 3 and 4, he was there. No questions asked. Just like 1, he felt a need to protect both of those two for some reason. More than the others. 1 just grumbled and broke off after them.
Down in the Basement, things weren't looking good for 6. Twice now the Mechanical Bat had struck him. He had tears from it in his arms and knees, but he still wouldn't let it get to the Twins. Anytime now he knew the others were going to go for him, and once they did, he could only hope and pray that 3 and 4 would run.
But suddenly, he heard something else. Looking behind the rest of the Bats, he saw the others were there. He knew they must have heard a scream, and he felt embarrassed, but that was pushed aside as 1 was the first to talk.
"Where did these come from?!"
Everyone else behind him was wondering the same thing, but they didn't have long to think about. 3 of the Bats turned around, and after seeing them, they decided to attack. 8 and 9 quickly got in front of the others and you could hear the clanging of metal against metal. They had successfully deflected them, but they were coming back alone with a forth one. They attacked, and once more Metal hit Metal, but this time one of the Bats flew off to the side away. It had tried to attack them from the side, but it got a surprise when 1 decided to hit it with his Staff.
The remaining two turned their eyes back on 6, and he knew this was it. With all of these Bats here, they could keep the others from reaching him and the Twins. He didn't have a weapon, and neither did the Boys! They flew down at him with their feet out, but a crashing noise of glass from somewhere from another window, and once more Metal Clanged against Metal. 6 slowly opened up his eyes, and nearly chocked right there.
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They looked behind them and smiled as the Helmet was lifted up. Looking right into his eyes, smiling, not even caring about the Twins watching, or the others fighting from behind, the Weapon was quickly put up against the wall for a second. The next thing 6 knew, his head was quickly grabbed from behind, an arm was firmly around his waist, and he was pressed into a kiss he would never ever forget. As he was released, he was still opened mouthed. The Twins were laughing from behind.
"Did you miss me lover boy?"
Before he could even reply, a screech was coming their way. Smiling, pulling the Helmet back down, Weapon grabbed, they attacked once more. Realizing this was it, 6, 3, and 4 made their break. As they reached the others, they turned around. The Bats weren't attacking them anymore, they were after the newcomer since they had already destroyed one of their own. Blow after blow was deflected with quick reflexes. The Bats decided to regroup and this was when the figure landed in front of the rest of the Stitchpunks. Realizing the Bats stopped attacking, and looking at the figure, most of them hollered out.
"7!!!"
She just smiled behind her Bird Helmet.
"One down and five to go! Listen up you Bats! No one hurts my Family! Machine or anything else! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"
She hollered out before jumping back into the fray of Bats. Yes, 7 was back, she was healed, she was awake, and she was PISSED! Everyone there still were on edge. 2 was looking over 6s wounds as 5 and 8 were looking over 3 and 4. 5 discovered on 3 that he had a tear on the back of his Right Leg and 8 discovered the same on 4. 9 and 1 were both faced with protecting the rest from the two Bats that decided to attack them. Both 2 and 5 decided to get the Twins and 6 out of there, but 6 refused to go. 1 hollered out to him to stop being a fool and go, but he actually hollered back at him he couldn't. Surprising even 1 himself, he just growled out why. As 7 had just Destroyed another Bat, she answered him.
"Oh come on! It's because of me! 1, how stupid can you be?! And before you start hollering at me, think back to yesterday! I heard everything 6! What you had to say, and then your convo with 8! Your really loud 8 when someone is trying to sleep off a serious wound! He went crazy like that because of me! Now why do you think?!"
She just jumped on the back of the other Bat right as both 1 and 9 destroyed one together. As she flew through the air, she landed right back in front of the others. 1 just looked at her angrily while 8 looked at her sheepishly.
"Just because...Wait! Now you two are in love?!"
Finally i dawned on 1, and 7 just smacked her hand to her head through her Skull Helmet. The rest just laughed, but it was shortly interrupted by that awful screeching again. 2 and 5 decided to get the Twins gone now while the rest took care of the remaining Bats. Yes, this was going to be a fun remaining fight indeed 7 thought.