''Second Chances'' ch3 full

10 took a step back. She stared blankly at the striped stitchpunk and his drawing of her talisman. But suddenly there was a loud screeching noise.10 knew that noise all too well. She also knew that they were not safe where they were too. 10 saw how frightened 6 was when they heard the loud screeching noise, the noise that had haunted 10 for quite some time. The noise of the Monster! Everything suddenly went quiet. 10 and 6s optics darted around the area, looking alert.
Then suddenly a large razor-like, metal claw reached inside the crack they were hiding in, narrowly missing 6 as 10 pulled him out of reach. The ground beneath them shook and 10 saw the roof of the cave start to crack even more than it already was. She knew that pretty soon it was going to cave in. The Monster reached its claws inside again, making loud screeching noises and sounding very angry that it couldn't get them. It peered inside the cave.
The only thing the stitchpunks could see of it was its large yellow optics staring angrily at them, illuminating yellow light inside the darkness of the cave. It lifted it's head back up and 10 saw this as a risky opourtunity to run otherwise they would both be crushed to death soon by crumbling rocks. She grabbed 6s arm and ran with him out of the cave. They both kept on running and did not look back. They knew the monster was pursuing them as the ground continued to shake. The Monster swiped at them, sending them flying on to a nearby ledge. The ground had stopped shaking. 10 and 6 looked down to see where it was but it was hard to see because the air was murky and filled with dust. Suddenly the razor claw reached up and grabbed 10s cloak, causing her to nearly fall off the ledge.
6 grabbed her and held on to her tightly, causing the Monster to make a large tear in her cloak and slash her right leg. They managed to grab on to a piece of long rope, dangling from a broken bridge that was pretty high up. They knew that this was their only chance of escaping the Monster and climbed as quickly as they could until they reached the top. 6 got to the top first and pulled the wounded 10 up and dragged her as far away from the edge as he could. They heard the large screeching noise of the Monster getting distant. It must have given up looking for them but 10 knew it would be back. 10 knew that it was the exact same Monster she was running from before she fell in to the chasm and it must have fallen in not long after her, looking for her like it always did. 6 helped 10 sit up and saw the giant gash on the side of her leg.
''A-are you o-ok?'' he asked her softly, gasping for breath. 10 nodded and pulled out her emergency needle and thread and began to stitch the wound back together.
''Th-thank y-you for p-pulling me away f-from that Machine th-thing before'' 6 said with a smile. 10 smiled back at him.
''Have you s-seen that m-monster before?'' 6 asked her. 10 nodded slowly. She tied a knot at the end of the thread and broke the thread off with her hands and took off her cloak so she could stitch up the rip in it. 6 noticed that her entire body was covered in black, purple and white patches. He then got a glimpse of something shiny in 10s cloak pocket but he could not see what it was as she had finished stitching up her cloak and put her cloak back on.
The two of them moved further away from the edge of the cliff and found a temporary spot to rest. 10 decided to lie down for a moment while 6 sat there, scratching at the ground, drawing something like he did before they got attacked. He started humming to himself and continued to draw pictures of the 'new source' and also started drawing pictures of the Monster...