6’s Vision

It would be no exaggeration to call it the end of the world.

What was once the proud country of Germany is now nothing more than a wasteland. Corpses and machine parts littered the once clean streets, nearly every building is either destroyed or barely standing, and the sky is forever darkened by smoke and clouds.

Sunlight becomes rare, there is nothing but silence, and thanks to the poisonous gases from the machines, not even the basic bacteria lingers in the city formerly filled with life.

That's what goes through the minds of some of the stitchpunks, the last creations of a scientist who wanted life to continue in the only way he could. As the years go by, each doll tries their best to live and survive, knowing nothing but their only home.

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That day started like any other day.

6 was drawing away in his little corner while avoiding 1 and 8 as much as possible, his visions having him draw the source over and over. That morning however, the visions were different.

One such vision was quite shocking; a ninth member was coming. 6 didn't know what he looked like but he was sure that this '9' will become important. Sure enough, 9 arrives at the sanctuary with 5 by his side as 1 shows 9 around.

Another vision hits 6 later that day, this time filled with death. 6 can only watch in horror as the vision shows the talisman taking 2's soul, and then, 6's own death as he falls into a bottomless pit. 6 tries his hardest not to scream, in fear of facing 1's wrath.

Shaking with fright, a million questions runs through his head:

Why are 2 and I dead?

Who killed us?

Did the beast kill us?

Did something bigger kill us?

Are the others going to die too?

What happened to the source?

His thoughts are interrupted by a voice in the back of his head: HOPE

The artist's head snaps back up, "H-Hope?" he repeats quietly.

THE NINTH SHALL SAVE US AND BRING US HOPE

THREE TALL STRANGERS, HOPE WILL COME

"'Three tall strangers, Hope will come?'", 6 was confused, that last one didn't make any sense. How can there be more strangers when there's no one left out there? As he continues to ponder over this strange vision, he doesn't hear the very faint sound of a airplane in the sky. None of them do.