9 RP Chapter 5

9 RP
Written by *pieface123 and *Tifa-the-Strange

The First Visit of the Artist and Introducing Sound

As the elders and 5 worked on a new telescope, 6 smiled and hummed happily in his drawing corner, he wanted this drawing to be perfect, just to get 13's opinion. He giggled excitingly as he stroked the last ink line. "D-done!" he hugged the drawing and skipped out into the throne room.
Just as he was about to reach the area with the metal box prison, he bumped into something big. He crawled away as he noticed who it was. 8 looked down at the artist, growling.
6 stared up at the lumbering giant, rooted to where he stood. His lip trembled, "I-I....e-e-eh..."
"Where do you think you're going?" 8 asked menacingly. He noticed the drawing in his hand; he walked up to the artist and swiped his drawing away.
6 let out a small whine when the drawing left his hands; he gasped and reached for it. "No, n-no... G-give back!!"
8 was amused by 6's attempt to recover his art work. "Oh, you want this?"
6 gripped his key, looking away from the brute. He nodded, "P-pl-please..."
He handed it over, 6 smiled and reached his hands to it. "Whoops!" 8 swiped it away, walking towards the newly made fireplace. 6 ran to him.
"N-no... please... it's for t-th-13..." 6 tried to grab it but was held back by 8's arm. 6 whimpered and squirmed.
8 grinned, "1 said no one get's near her."
6 let out another whine as 8 held his artwork over the burning fire.
6 whimpered, "G-give it back!!!"
"Make me!" 8 replied with his smug grin.
6 just whimpered, trying to reattach his fingers to reach. "Mmmmph..." he grunted, trying to reach as 8 laughed.
8 then let go of the drawing, 6 felt as if time slowed down, witnessing his new art work being burned. He ran to the fire place, quickly grabbing his drawing as 8 walked away, laughing. The drawing's surroundings got burned, only the center untouched, barely the size of his hands.
6 muttered a whine, running his finger over the remains of his drawing, the only part was the dancing figure, "M-mm…" he sniffed, his shoulders shook as he fell to his knees. He felt as if he watched himself die right before his eyes.
"No... no..." he muttered over and over, the moment repeating in his mind. All that hard work... Gone...
The big brute chuckled and walked away, leaving the broken artist.  
6 continued to whimper, and curled up in a fetal position on the floor. "N-no..."
The Twins saw everything and walked up to the artist, who held the remains of his lost artwork.
6 sobbed and sobbed until he saw the twin librarians. He gasped and cradled his dead art.
3 & 4 stared at him with sympathy, they flickered messages to each other before helping the artist up.
6 sighed sadly, as the twins pulled him up to his feet, still disappointed.
The twins then tugged his arms gently, pulling him towards the metal box.
6 then got it, he couldn't go see 13, his drawing was ruined!! What would she think?! "N-no... drawing ruined... can't see..."
They flickered their eyes to each other before looking at his drawing. They just kept pulling and pushing him towards the box.
6 pouted but allowed the twins to tug him in front of 13's locked prison door. 3 and 4 flashed to each other.
They looked at 6's hands, 4 grabbing his hand as 3 grabbed the lock. 6 knelt down in front of the door as 4 used his hand to pick the lock.
6 made a surprised noise when the lock clicked. 3 and 4 flashed happily and scurried over, pulling the door open.
6 tried to object what the twins wanted him to do, yet he walked inside.
The twins followed, flashing happily. 6 whimpered nervously, fiddling with his hands. "th-13?"
13 looked up to him, looking like she just woke up. She rubbed her optics before noticing the artist. "S-6..."
6 held his burned art to his chest, "O-oh..." 3 and 4 pushed him towards her. "H-hello..." he stuttered, glancing at the ground before shyly handing her the destroyed drawing.
13 grabbed the sock blanket and slid it off her shoulders, revealing the dress the elders made for her as she took the drawing. She took a while to examine all the details, touching it gently. The girl looked sad as she touched the burnt sides.
"S-sorry..." he stuttered, fiddling his hands nervously. "e-e-8..." he whimpered.
She flinched slightly as he mentioned the big brute. She looked down at the drawing again, "W-why d-did he do that...?"
6's optics wavered and fogged, "I-I don't know..." he whispered.
13 touched the drawing, "It's still beautiful... e-even if it's b-burned..." she muttered, noticing a small musical note on the side. "Wh-what's this?" she asked as she pointed at the note.
6 looked to where she was pointing and whispered more, voice cracking, "S-sound..."
13 repeated the word, "Sound... W-what's s-sound?"
"Sound is... m-music... humming..." 6 clicked his key and began to hum softly. He finally smiled.
13 listened to him attentively as he hummed, closing her eyes as she listened.
6 swayed lightly as he hummed sweetly, smiling and surprisingly content. He suddenly took 13's hands and helped her stand up, "D-dance with me!!" he said excitingly.
"W-what?" she asked nervously. "I... I don't k-know h-how..."
"N-no, it's easy... watch," he started to hum and swung their hands, starting to bounce to his humming.
At first she gasped and whimpered, trying to keep up with the steps. 13 relaxed a bit after getting the hang of it, listening to his humming tune.
6 smiled and started to jump and twirl around the room, happily laughing and humming his song.
13 couldn't help but giggle as the artist twirled her. The twins ran into them, causing them to trip on the hay filled match box bed; their optics flickered like mad, pointing outside.
6 landed on top of 13 on the bed, but didn't seem to be affected as much. He turned and gasped looking at the open door.
13 held her hands over her chest once she noticed where she was.
When the twins flashed out that nothing was at the door, 6 smiled with relief. "We-we have to watch out f-for... on-1."
13 didn't reply, she was a bit frightened of how they were positioned over her bed.
6 then looked and noticed where they were. His optics widened. "O-oh!" be scrambled off and away from her clutching his key. "I-I'm sorry, 13...."
"It... It's a-alright..." she barely muttered.
6 lowered his head as the twins flashed their apologies. He silently picked up the ruined drawing and handed it to her, "t-this make it better?"
He felt better once he saw her smile as she looked at the drawing again, touching the musical note.
6 smiled, running his fingers over his key, "D-do you... like it?"
She gave a small nod. "It's r-really pretty."
6 cocked his head, confused. It was all burnt and shriveled, "R-really?... but, 8..."
"It... It's the m-m-meaning that c-counts... right?"
6 smiled happily, a blush forming on his face. "Y-yes..." there was a small silence before 6 asked timidly, "C-can I give you a h-hug?..." for some reason, he wanted to know what she felt like.
"S-sure, o-of course..." she placed the drawing on her bed, fiddling with her hands.
6 smiled and moved close to her, carefully wrapping his arms around her back, he snuggled close. "T-thank you... f-for liking my drawing."
13 let out a small gasp once she felt his arms; it took her a few seconds before returning the kind gesture.
6 closed his optics and sighed, she was so soft. He was so content that he almost didn't hear the twins' rapid clicks. 6 gasped when the twins pulled him to them, '1 is coming up the elevator,' 4 clicked in fear 'We have to go!'
"Wh-what's wrong?" 13 asked, not able to understand what the Twins said. The librarians did their best to tell the girl what they just told 6. She flinched once she knew.
"I-I have to go..." 6 stuttered at her apologetically. "I'll... d-draw you more d-drawings... I promise..." 6 said before being pulled by both arms from the twins. 6 muttered a 'goodbye' before he was dragged out and the door closed on the unlucky doll once more.

13 sat down on her bed, holding the drawing close to her, she looked at the musical note, wanting to remember, "S-sound..."

3 and 4 frantically lifted the magnet off of 8 and took 6's hand to click of locked again. 6 sighed sadly as he felt it lock, he wanted to see her more, it would have to wait for tonight. When the three stitchpunks came back to the throne room, 1 was sitting in his seat, looking as un-amused as ever. 6 prayed he wouldn't acknowledge their presence.
"What are you doing here?" 1 asked them.
6 winced, the twins jumping behind him at the sound of the threatening voice. "W-we...u-ghh" 6 fiddled with his key, looking away from the elder.
1 sneered as he heard no answer. The twins waved their arms around, catching his attention, 4 acting like a big ape as 3 made an impression of 6. 4 choked 3, getting a cruel chuckle from the caped leader before he dismissed them.
The twins sighed in relief once they were out of sight with the artist.
6 sighed in relief and giggled, hugging the twins with excitement. Earning a few flashes and silent giggles from the small librarians, they bowed when 6 clapped.
Once they left, 1 began thinking. He growled once he came to a conclusion.

"We'll finish this tomorrow, 5." 2 said once examining their work, "This telescope is coming out very nice."
5 nodded, yawning and rubbing his eye, "Alright... can do," he smiled and stood up, packing up the tools. 0 giggled and helped pick up some wrenches. "It looks great, you guys."
"Just imagine. Once we finish it we'll be able to find supplies quicker and venture the Emptiness to find answers."
0 smiled and nodded, "Yes, that will be exciting and helpful..." she pat his shoulder. "You two better be careful out there though... I'm gonna be so worried," she chuckled lightly.
"We'll be fine. There is nothing out there that will hurt us. It's the Emptiness, after all." Just as he said that, 2 remembered what 1 said about a monster. "... Or is something actually out there...?"
0 sighed and shook her head, "I sure hope not... I don't want anyone to get hurt..."
"We won't know until we go and see for ourselves. What 1 said could be just a bluff, but how he said it made me curious to know."
0 nodded and smiled a little, "Well, I'm sure you two will find something very useful out there."
2 chuckled softly, "We will." He looked to the setting sun, "If we know where to look, those ruins might be full of riches."
"Oh, I'm sure there's tons of stuff out there... very interesting stuff."
'Not as interesting as you...' he thought after he stared at her for a while.
0, unaware of him looking at her, looked up at the setting sun and sighed at the beautiful sight, "I can't wait to see that through the telescope."
He sighed as he leaned on the rail, his chin on the palm of his hand, looking at her from a distance.
When 0 finally looked to him, she noticed his gaze on her, her face flushed and giggled, smiling at him.
2 chuckled nervously once he snapped out of his thoughts, rubbing the back of his head. "O-Oh!" he stuttered, trying to change the subject, "W-we better get down. It's getting p-pretty late."
0's face still flushed but she nodded, "Umm, yes... w-we should" she smiled and turned to the elevator.
2 held out his hand to help her get inside, closing the door behind her as 5 pulled on the leveler, descending to the throne room.