To Everyone that has been Reading Tangled Up, I Truly Thank You All. THIS CHAPTER IS IT! CLOSING OF BOOK 1! I've Worked hard on this Story Off and on! I've Defied the Odds! Proven to People No Matter What Happens, you CAN DO ANYTHING! I Hope to a Lot on here I've been a good Role Model! I want to be. I want you all to be Happy, to Read Something that Defies All the Odds of Everything. Not Just a Story that was Thrown Together.

As I Close Down Book 1 of Tangled Up, Remember This. This Isn't the End by No Means. It's a Beginning Of Another Arc In It. Tangled Up is my Own Baby on this Site, and Many Things are Also Going to be Revealed in This Chapter to. Get Ready For The End, Get Ready to See the Happiness and Sadness of What Family is All About. LIFE! HOPE! DREAMS! THE WILL TO LIVE, AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE! Welcome to Chapter 16 of Tangled Up, and My Master Piece in my Opinion! Don't Just Take My Word For It! Read It And Review And Tell Me How You All Enjoyed it! Notes Will Be At the End to, so This Ride Will Truly be a Very Long One Indeed! Longest Chapter to! XDD *hugs to you all*)

Chapter 16 Now And Forever Family At Its Fullest Power And Saving The Ones You Love

(Opening Song is 'Never Far Behind' By Aly and AJ! .com/watch?v=HHJhFuwj7ZI )

As The Four Stitchpunks Looked up at the B.R.A.I.N, they knew this was Truly it. Everything they all Worked for Came Down to this One Point in Time. They Couldn't Run Anywhere. They Couldn't Hid Anymore. This thing has Done so much to Them all. But just like them, it Kept on Coming Back to. The CPU was the Ultimate Key. Getting Rid of that, then in the Future Destroying the Remaining Mechanical Beast, it was all so Simple to say, but Doing it was Another Thing All Together. As the Cat Beast B.R.A.I.N Swept a Claw at Them all, they just Barely had time to Run Away from it. Along Some Point 1s Sword had Fallen out of the Thing and He had it Along with his Staff Attached to his Back. The Beast Decided to Cut him off, but Before he Could Move, Something Hit it and it Looked Like an Arrow was Sticking out of its Head.

Turning, Everyone, To Their Surprise, 2, 5, and 7 were up! Before 9 Could Explain it to them, 2 Cut Him Off.

"We know 9. We Understand, and we need to Figure out a way to get Rid of it and-"

He was Cut off as 7 Hollered out to him. She had 3 in her Arms and 5 had 4.

"2!! We need to get the Twins out of here now! Let the Others Keep it Busy so we can Make an Escape!!"

With those Words Said, All Three of Them Took off While 8 Rushed it Again. He was Aiming for the Left Front Foot, and 6 was Heading Around to the Back. Maybe it was Terror. Maybe it was Fear. No Matter what it was, 6 wasn't Going to Let this Thing Hurt 7 or Anyone Else Anymore! He was Fed up to the Point he was Really Going Crazy! The Beast saw 6 and Ignored 8. It Tried to use its Tail, but 6 Just Simply Dodged it and Kept on his Way. He was Fueled by a Power Unknown to him.

While this was Going on, 9 Ran off from 1 and made his Own Break for it to the Library. He needed Answers, and he Needed Them Now! While 6 and 8 were Keeping the Beast Busy, Along with 1 now, he Made right for the Book Room. He had to get to Ortons Notes! As he Rushed in there, he Scaled the Desk in no Time Flat. Once Atop it, He Began to Frantically Look Through the Notes.

Outside, 8 had Once More Cut off one of it's Feet. 1 Was Fed Up with this to, and he was Helping out 6 at the Back. The Beast was Occupied with the Injured 8, and Already his Arm was Killing him, but he Pushed on. 3 and 4s Lives Depended on him! He wasn't about to GIVE UP NOW!! As the Beast was Trying to Crush him with it's Other Front Claw, he was Using his Butcher Knife with all His Might to Fend it off. Around the Back, 1 Had Found Some Rope and 6 had Tied a Hook to it. They were going to Scale it and then from there, Try to do what they did with that Bison Beast.

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In the Work Shop, Things Weren't Looking to well. 7 was Shrieking at 2 and 5, but it was no Use. 2 Explained to 7 that They didn't have the Right Gears to Repair the Twins Insides, and that They would have to go out and Look For Some. But They Didn't have Time. The Twins Both were Loosing a lot of Oil. Gears were Broken from the Cat Beast B.R.A.I.N Crushing Them. They Were Dying Right in-front of Them, and There was Nothing they Could do?! 7 Went to the Watch Tower From There and Hollered out with all her Voice.

"8!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

8, Knowing Something Serious was Going on, but Not Sure What, Began to Think. If he Left Now, 1 and 2.....But he Didn't have to Worry about it Because 5 Came Running out of the Library.

"GO TO THE WORK SHOP 8!!! HURRY!!!"

5 Hollered this Out as the Beast Struck out at him now. He Just Jumped Back as 8 Rushed Past him. 5 Had a Small Spear with him, but he Knew he Could Only Hold it off for just a Bit. He Could see 1 and 6 Climbing on it's Back, and he Knew Right Then and There What They were Up to.

As 8 Rushed to the Work Shop, he Could Hear 7 Screaming on the Inside. As he Busted Inside it, 7 was Between the Tables of 3 and 4. She had Tears Pouring out of her Optics and Down her Face. 8 Sensing Something was Very Wrong, asked.

"What's going on in here? What's the Problem?"

2 Looked at 8 Very Sadly.

"We Don't Have the Gears Required to Repair 3 and 4.....When the B.R.A.I.N Crushed Them in it's Teeth, it Damaged a Ton of Their Inner Workings and Gears. It's Going to Take a Lot of Time to Find the Right Gears and Other Things Needed to Repair Them."

8s Mouth Dropped Opened. This Couldn't be Happening. Not when they Just got Together! It was Like a Nightmare. 8 Looked Back at the Twins and all the Oil on the Floor. Right Before Their Eyes, They Were Dying. And Nothing Could be Done to Save Them?! Sudden;y from Behind 8, 9 Appeared. He was Holding the Talisman, but it was Back in Two Pieces.

(For This Next Part, I Bring You All 'I'm Going Home' By Chris Daughtry. .com/watch?v=SIUw4ZS1J_A )

Before Anyone Could Talk, 9, who was also Crying, Answered for them.

"I Read Through Some More of Ortons Notes. I Discovered Something. Just like when I Died, the Talisman was Created to Hold Our Souls In-case Something Like This Ever Happened. Till We Can Repair Them, Till Then......"

9 Couldn't Even Finish it up as he Walked Over to the Tables Where the Twins Were on. Very Carefully, he Placed Each Piece of the Talisman on Their Chests. The Only Thing They Could Do Right Now was Wait Till They Went and Their Souls were Sucked Up in to the Talisman.

Right Then and there, Both 7 and 8 completely Lost it. Not Saying a Word, Tears Pouring Out of Both of Their Optics now and Down Their Faces, They Rushed Back Down to the First Floor and Outside. Seeing the Rope at the Back, 8 Started Climbing up it. 7 Went Around to the Front to Help out 5. 9 Just Made it Outside of it Himself, and Went to the Front. 2 Decided to Stay inside by the Twins. It was just a matter of Time Before They Went.

9 was Already Telling 1 and 6 About it, and that did it for Everyone. This Thing, The B.R.A.I.N, Just Took Their Two Children. As the beast was Attacking 5 and 7, Fueled by Rage, They Cut off the Claw. It Feel on its Front, and 1, 6, and 9 Help on. No More Fear was in Their Eyes. Only Rage and Sadness. 1 hardly Ever Cried, but even he was Shedding a Few Tears for the Twins. 6 Looked at the Map of the Beast he Drew, and as 1 and 9 Looked at it, They Knew Where the Core of it was at.

Unbelievably, it was Right Under Them. 1 Took his Sword Very Carefully, and Started Prying off the Panel with all His Might. Even 6 and 9 Helped him. Everything They Were Doing Now was for the Twins. As it Tried to Right its self From the Front, 5 and 7 Decided to Attack it Again From the Front. They Both Went for its Eyes, and Blinded the Thing. No One Messed With Their Family. As The Beast Gave Out Another Shriek, 1, 6, and 9 Had Gotten off the Panel.

Climbing Down Inside of it By a Rope, They Began to Run. They Knew Time was Short. Short for the Twins. Everything was for Them Right Now. Soon, They Came to it. There Before Them, Glowing Bright Red Surrounded By A Bunch of Wires, was the CPU and CORE of the B.R.A.I.N. All Three of Them Looked at Each other, and That was it. 1 Took his Sword While 6 Took his Spear and 9 His Light Staff. All Three of Them Attacked it at Once. Sparks Were Flying Everywhere, and the CPU was Getting Ready to Blow Along with the Huge Mechanical Cat Beast B.R.A.I.N.

As 1, 6, and 9 Rushed Out of There and Back up the Rope, 9 Took one Last Look Inside Before Leaving. As They Were Running Down its back, the Shaking Increased. They Jumped Down to the Ground at the Last Few Minutes, and Rushed with the Others Inside the Library. As They Watched From the Entrance, it Exploded in to a Shower of Parts and Pieces. 9 Waled Slowly Outside and Began to Look Around. He Saw it. The Smoking CPU and CORE of the B.R.A.I.N. He Walked Right Up to it, and Crushed it as Hard as he Could Under his Right Foot. As it Shattered in to a Million Pieces, Everyone there Knew this was Truly the End of the Thing.

Looking back at the Others, he Smiled Sadly Before Remembering. The TWINS!!! Without Another Word, Everyone Rushed to the Elevator Bucket and Were Going Up. As Soon as They Reached the Second Floor, Everyone Made Their Way to the Work Shop. As Soon as They Went Inside it, 2 Looked at the Rest of the Stitchpunks. From the Looks of it, 3 and 4 Were Still Alive, but Barely. 7 and 8 Went Up to them.

3 and 4 Had Their Optics Opened Up Only Slightly. This Was Actually it. Even Though They Destroyed the B.R.A.I.N, The Twins Were Still Going to Go. It Wasn't Fair! 7 and 8 Took Them off the Tables and Put Them on the Floor and Reset the Talismans on Their Chests. Everyone was Around Them. It was then that 3 and 4 Were Finally Able to Talk, and Talk for the Last Time for Creator and God Knows How Long. First it was 3, Then 4, and at the End Both of Them. They Were Struggling to get the Words Across, but They Pressed on Till The End.

(The Next Song is 'How To Save A Life' By The Fray. .com/watch?v=qw0wRfHjF5M )

"Don't....Blame yourselves...Please....7....8....It's.....Not.....Your Fault...."

"You did....Your......Best.....All of....You.....Did....."

"We....Just Wish...We Could....Have Spent.....More....Time Together...."

"We'll....Both Be....Back One Day....So Don't....Worry....Okay?.....Please......"

"We'll....See....You All.....Again....."

And With Those Final Words Clicked and Flashed Out, the Talismans Activated, and Their Green Souls Were Sucked Inside Them, Leaving Only Their Broken Bodies Behind. As 7 Sobbed Holding on to 3, and 8 Holding 4, It was then the Full Effects Really Hit Everyone. Slowly Getting Up, 2 and 5 Went Over to the Corner of the Work Shop and Got out a Few Pillows just like They Did for 9, and Put Them on the Two Tables in the Room, 7 and 8 Gently Laid Their Bodies on Them. It Just Didn't Seem Fair. The Twins Did Nothing Wrong! They Were Innocent in This Whole Damn War! SO WHY THEM?! 7 let Out a Shriek of Anguish and Then Ran From the Room. Right After this, 8 Followed Suit.

Everyone Understood Them. 3 and 4 Were 8s Loves, and 7 Always Felt Like a Mother to the Twins. Ever Since Day One. Now With Them Gone, it Left a Hole in Everyone's Hearts and Souls. The Rest Left the Room Somberly, Heading Back to Their Own Rooms. 2 and 5 Stayed in the Work Shop, 2 Having to Comfort 5 for Right Now. This Blow to Them All Was Going to Hurt Them For Days, Possibly Weeks to Come, but Hopefully They Could Get the Parts Soon and Get Them Both Back. For Now, They All Needed Time to Heal.

AFTERMATH

In the Days That Followed, 6 was Spending More Time With 7 Than Ever. It Had Only Been a Week and a Half, but it Was Still Fresh on Everyone's Minds. 1 and 2, Along With 5 and 9 Were Always out in the Emptiness Day in and Day Out Searching for Parts. Sometimes 8 Would Come Along, but he Mainly Stayed up in the Watch Tower Drinking Oil. No One Blamed Him Really. He Just Lost Both of His Loves. He Watched Them Die Right Before His Eyes, Powerless to Stop it. He Knew They Told Him Not To Blame Himself, but he Couldn't Help it.

On Some Days he Would Be Seen in the Library with 9 Talking to him When he Wasn't Out in the Emptiness. He Did This 1 Realized to Stay Sane. Even 1 Found Himself Talking to Both 7 and 8 a Lot Just Like the Others. Trying to Keep Them Sane, and Trying to Them Moving On. Their Family Was Torn For Now, but Hopefully One Day it Could and Would Be Whole Again.

1 Himself Knew That 2 was Taking it Hard. He Knew this Because Just Like 5, They had to do the Repairs on Their Bodies. So 1 Would go in the Work Shop When 5 Wasn't There and Talk to him. Sometimes 2 Would Laugh as They Talked, Others Times he Would Break Down Right Then and There and Sob his Optics Out. It was Times Like These 1 Would Make him Take a Break and Take him to his Room to Calm his Love and the Inventor Down.

2 of Course was in Shambles About the Whole Thing. How Could Two So Young be Murdered Like This? It wasn't Fair! But Then Nothing in Life is Fair. 2 Realized this Long Ago When the Humans Died Out, but at Least They Had a Way of Saving Themselves. Now Don't Get me Wrong. 2 Cared for the Twins Dearly like Every Other Stitchpunk. That's Why he was Why he Continued to Fight on. That and Their Baby. And he Did Care About the Humans as Well. It was Just Sad They Couldn't Save Themselves Like They Could. In a Sense They Were Lucky.

5 of Course was Having a Hard Time Like the Others to. He Couldn't believe They Were Gone. 9 was Constantly Helping him out with his Sadness and Fear. Ever Since That Day hes Gotten a new Fear of Death. Seeing the Ones So Young Die Like that Really Hit Him Hard. He Would Sometimes like 2, Break Down Crying in the Work Shop. It was Times Like These 2 and 9 Would Try to Comfort the Poor Stitchpunk. He Also Had to Move on as Well. Not Just for him, but for Their Baby.

6, He was Torn as Well. Torn with Trying to Keep 7 Going, and Himself. It was Now Both of Them Leaning on Each Other For Support. 6 Relied on 7, and 7 Relied on 6. Now They Were Both Two of a Kind. 6 Continued to Draw, and Sometimes His Drawings Were pleasant, but Sometimes They Were of Rouge Beasts Still Out There. Everyone Knew They Still Lurked out There, and That's Why They Stuck Together All the Time Now When They Went Out. Poor 6 Was Having Fits Ever Now and Then, and When he Did, When 7 Wasn't There for him, Surprisingly it was 8 That Was. 8 Knew it was Hard for him to. After All, the Twins Were Favorites by Everyone.

7 Found Herself Many Times a Night Crying on Watch Duty. It Was Times Like These Surprisingly 1 Would Come Out There and Talk to her. It was Like With the Deaths of 3 and 4, 1 and 2 Seemed to Fight Less. But They Both Knew What it Really was. It was the Fact They Lost the Twins. Anger wasn't in Them Anymore. It was Sorrow and Sadness. Sometimes 7 Would Find Herself Crying on 1s Shoulder, and of Course he Let her. He Knew How Hard this was on her to Loose the Twins Like Everyone Else. She was a Mother to Them After All.

8 was Always on the Watch Tower now at Nights. Just with Oil and Seemingly Drunk Sometimes. No One Could Really Blame him Either. He Lost Both of his Loves Right Before his Eyes. And Seeing Something Like that Would be Enough to Tear Anyone Apart on the Inside. Sometimes 1 Would Find him out Here like he did with 7, and he Would Talk with the Giant. It Seemed to Help Like it did with 7. And it did Make 8 Feel Better.

9 Was Still Helping out Everyone and Keeping Them Calm the Best he Could and his Lover as Well. It was Hard Sometimes Though. Sometimes out in the Emptiness, 5 Would Break Down Crying Over the Twins. He Couldn't Blame him. Even he Himself Cried Sometimes for the Twins. It was a Devastating Blow to Them All. Time Heals Everything Though, and Even I knew This myself. 9 Would Always be There for Everyone and he Would Try to Cheer Them All up.

Now, as for me, I'm Still here Up on my Beam. I've Been Here All Along, just Watching the Events Unfold. Who am I You Ask? Well, 1 and 2 Never Told the Others This, but After Meeting During the War, After 3, 4, 5, and 7 Came Along, They had a Baby. Yes, That's Right. They had a Baby. So This Won't be 2s First One. I Always Wondered Though Why They Never Told the Others About me, but I Think it was my Own Fault. I Went out One Day When I was Five Years Old and They Never Saw me Again. So I Guess to Hid the Pain, They Decided not to Mention me. I Was Born different From Other Stitchpunks. I Was Born With Mixed Colors of 1 and 2 Both, but Even Though I Was Born Like Them, it was my Face that was a Bit Different.

You See, I was Born With White Hair That Went to the Floor, and my Eyes Were that of a Glass Dolls With Eyelids. Like a Humans Almost. And to Top it off, For Some Reason, I was Born with Two Long White Wings that Went to the Floor as well Coming Out of my back. Curious, They Took me to Orton Shortly After I was Born. Orton Found the Result Right off by Examining me. Even Though All my Inner Working Were that of a Stitchpunks and my Skin, Somehow When I was Born, a Bit of Human Blood was in me. That Blew Both my Parents Minds.

More Study Revealed that the Blood, After Test After Test, the Only Thing Orton Could Come up with was that it Might have Belonged to a Human that was Also Half Angel. Weird, but how did it come to be in my Body? Orton told 1 and 2 That it might have Happened in the War When One of Them Came in Contact with this Human Without Knowing it. That was the Only Thing he Could Come up With. At Any Rate, Both my Patents Weren't Upset and left.

Coming up with a name was Easy for Them. It was Under a Starry Sky When They Did. Father AKA 1 Called me Angelfeathers because of my Wings, and my Mother Came up with my Last name. Normally They Didn't do this With Their Kind, but They Felt I was Special. My Mother Came up with Starlight because of the Stars that Night, the Ones that Seemed to Peak Through the Fog, Seemed to be Emitting Very beautiful Starlight. So it was Done. But I Would be Lost From Them all For 25 Years.

After the First Fight With the B.R.A.I.N, I was Devastated, but I knew 9. I knew he Could Come up with Something. So I Watched From Afar. And Sure Enough he did. After They Made Their New Home in this Library, One Night When Everyone was Asleep, I Snuck in. It was then I Decided to make my Home Here Secretly as Well. I Made a Secret Elevator Bucket Right Above 6s Fire Place, and After that, I Made me a Home up Here on a Beam. In the Corner I Kept a Supply of Oil, and I Made Sure Everyone was Asleep Before Even Risking Flying Out to Look For more. As I Held Two Small Gears in my Hands, I was Still Debating with Myself if I Should go to the Others. I know They Needed These Gears for 3 and 4, but if I Showed Myself Now, I Would need a Lot of Explaining to do. Maybe I Should. Maybe it was Time for me to Reveal Myself at Long Last. After All, I was the Daughter of 1 and 2. That Much I Could Never Change. And I didn't Want to.

So Maybe it was Time for the Guardian Angel of Stitchpunks to Come Out of Hiding. Yes, I Called Myself that Long Ago Because of my Wings. But Even I Couldn't Protect Them All. After all, I was just like the Other Stitchpunks. Just a Bit Different. Making up my Mind, I Put the Gears in my Satchel on the Side of Myself And Went to the Bucket.

Tangled Up Book 1 End

(And with this, Book 1 Ends. So, are you all Surprised and Sad? This has Been One of the Best Things for me Ever! And Now my Notes.

Note 1: Angelfeathers, Shes my OC. My First one. As I Explained, shes a Bit Different from Other Stitchpunks, but not by Much. Shes not Going to be a Mary Sue. XD God Knows I Hate Them to. Shes Going to be Playing the Roll like the Others. Just like any OCs in a FanFic. Also, Shes about a Half Head Smaller than the Twins. Small, but Deadly when she Wants to be.

Note 2: As for Why Angelfeathers was Lost, That's Another Story that Will be Explained in the Future. ^^ But the Fact Still Remains from my Other Fic Still not Posted Yet that she was with Orton a lot. Right Before 9 was made. He Just Kept her Hidden and that will be Revealed to. Mainly she Asked him to.

Note 3: Just like my Other Unpublished Fanfic, She Knows a lot of Info on the Machines that were Made After and Before the B.R.A.I.N was Destroyed. She has Some of the Most Important and Missing Notes of Ortons that the Other Stitchpunks Need. But There is a Lot of Them She Doesn't Have Info on At All.

Note 4: Like I Said Before, I Decided Long ago to Call the Scientist Orton (Pronounced Or Like the Word, and Ton like the Weight. So that's how you say Orton.)

With all of this Said and Done, I Truly want to Thank You all For Reading and Reviewing This Story Thus Far. I Came So Far So Fast! Let me Know Your Thoughts People and See you all Again Very Soon! *hugs to you all*)