Chapter Thirteen: It's not worth it

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"Woah...you're Six? Like THE Six?" Fourteen said, "Uhh..yeah? W-What do you mean?" Six asked, "Oh my god,No way!" Fourteen whispered excitedly. Fourteen stood up and snapped a couple pictures. "What are you doing?" Six asked, "I'm taking photos for evidence!" Fourteen said, Six sat there staring at her, she had no idea what was going on. "Who are you?" Six asked, "Yeah i've gotta get going.. I can't wait to show these photos to him.." Fourteen said as she put her camera in her pocket. "Show who?" Six asked, "Mono, who else?" Fourteen said, "He's..still looking for me?" Six mumbled. "I'll see you soon!" Fourteen waved. She opened the heavy cellar doors, she peaked her head out, no one. She climbed out and closed the door behind her, "I cant believe that, I'm gonna show him these first thing in the morning.." Fourteen said as she scrolled through the photos on her camera. "Show who what?" Someone asked, Fourteen stopped walking and turned around, "Tyler!" She said startled. "What are you doing here?" She asked, "I could ask you the same thing.." Tyler looked at her. "W-well, the photos were nothing" She nervously laughed, "They were just some pictures of mushrooms I found by the river!" She said. Tyler looked her in the eyes, Fourteen's grip on her camera grew tighter, "Well, It's pretty late, you should get going.." Tyler said, his voice trailing off. "Yeah I was just leaving!" She smiled. Fourteen waved and turned around. A sigh of relief left her mouth as she walked back home.

Mono hadn't slept in weeks, He tried but too many thoughts circled his head. He felt as if he was running and getting nowhere. Mono flopped on the couch and closed his eyes. Someone knocked at his door, Mono shot up. "Coming" He sighed, and got up off the couch and opened the door. "Hey Eleven.." He said, "Just came to che- Woah, you look, rough.." She said. "Yeah, I haven't slept in weeks'' He walked over to the kitchen counter, "Yeah..Tom said you haven't been to his shop in weeks, I came over to make sure you were...still alive.." Eleven said, "You didn't think that I.." Mono looked up at her, "I mean, what else was I supposed to think?" She looked at him. "Anyways," She said, "I brought you food so you dont starve to death" She said placing a bag on the counter. Another knock on the door, "I'll get it" Eleven said walking up to the door, Eleven opened the door and to her surprise no one was there. "What the-?" Eleven looked at the floor, "What is it?" Mono asked walking over. "Someone left a note.." Eleven said, bending down to pick it up, "What does it say?" Mono yawned, "It says, *Six is safe*" Eleven looked at Mono, "She's alive?" Eleven mumbled, "We have no proof of that," Mono snacthed the note out of her hand. "Other than this note on a napkin we don't have anything" He said examining the note, "And we don't even know if it's telling the truth" He scoffed. Mono stuffed the note in his pocket and walked out, "Mono!" Eleven yelled. She closed the door behind her and ran to catch up to Mono, "Where are you going?" She asked. "I don't know," He said. 

Eleven walked beside him, none of them saying anything. "Hey..Mono.." Someone said, Mono turned his head, there stood a girl with pale skin with green eyes and black hair, it was in two buns, she had some of it covering one of her eyes. A teal sweater and black leggings, covered by a navy blue overall dress with a mushroom design on the pockets, and had black rainboots and she was holding a camera. "Woah-" She said, "Yeah I know" He sighed, "What's up?" He asked, "Well, I went out on a walk last night, and I-" Fourteen paused. "Mono?" Some else asked, "Oh.my.god." He whispered, He turned his head in the other direction, "Shawn?" He asked, "Woah, you look..different" He laughed. "What do you want?" He groaned, "How's that Six girl?" He asked, Mono growled, "Oh wait, she's dead" He laughed, "Shawn.." S.T said quietly, "She's not dead" Mono said, "And how do you know that? For all we know she ran away and died" He said, Mono clutched his hand. "She's only holding you back, just let her go bro" Shawn laughed, "Like how you "Let go" of Seven?" He said. Shawn stopped. "There's a difference, you didn't bother with him, but with Six? Oh it's a whole different story" He rolled his eyes. "You think I didn't try?" Mono said, "Maybe try and be a better friend, maybe then you wouldn't get people killed" Shawn said. Mono looked up at Shawn. "Mono" Eleven said quietly, His hand turned into fists, and his grip grew tighter by the second, "Mono, it's not worth it" Eleven said. Her and Fourteen placed their hands on his arms and walked away with him. "Coward" He scoffed. "Coward?" Mono said, he shook Eleven and Fourteen off his arms, "Shawn." S.T said again, Mono walked up to Shawn, He was a few feet away. Mono looked Shawn directly in his eyes "Don't forget, you didn't do anything to save him either" He said. Mono walked away, with Fourteen and Eleven following behind, "That was..." Fourteen said, "Intense?" Eleven asked. "Yeah" Fourteen said, "Mono, are you alright?" Eleven asked, Mono stopped walking, he finally released his hand and looked at them, he had bleeding crescent shaped markings on his palm from tightening his fist so much. "Fine" He mumbled and placed his hands in his pocket, "You came really close to punching Shawn, Mono" Fourteen said, "I wish I did." Mono responded. "What did you wanna show me?" He asked, finally turning around to face them. "Right, I wanted to show you these photos" Fourteen said, digging her pockets for her camera, "Look, Fourteen, if they're pictures of mushrooms, I'm really not that interested" He sighed. Fourteen sighed,

"They're photos..of Six" 

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