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Rabbit Chapter 7The Spine reluctantly released Rabbit's hand. The copper bot seemed as lively as usual, as though nothing had happened, as if he hadn't died only minutes before.

"Glad to see you're feeling better, Rabbit." Peter said, leaning on his walking stick as he stood in the doorway.

Rabbit smiled at Peter and shifted in his place. He swung his long wiry legs over the edge of the bed, aiming to take his first steps since his breakdown. Hatchworth and The Spine flocked to his side, prepared to catch him if he fell, there was no telling what might have been shaken loose in his abrupt restart. With feet planted firmly on the ground, he lifted himself o

Rabbit Chapter 1Chapter 1

The Spine sighed as he stepped through the door way into Walter Manor, home once again. He stepped out of the way allowing Rabbit and Hatchworth to enter. Rabbit immediately raced off in the direction of his room, rambling on in unintelligible squeals. Hatchworth looked quizzically at The Spine. "Is something wrong The Spine?"The Spine took a moment before answering, "No Hatchworth, everything's fine. Why don't you go see what Rabbit's up to." Hatchworth gave him another quizzical look before heading off in the direction of Rabbit's room.

The Spine walked over to a window, looking out from behind the dark curtains at Michael, Matt

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Rabbit looked over the bars at the ground below him. Not even a robot could survive falling from this height. Behind him he could hear the clanks as The Spine climbed the ladder, stretching himself and doing two steps at a time. If it wasn't for The Jon, Rabbit wouldn't have had such a good start. But now he was trapped at a dead end. The very top of the space needle, nearly 600 feet above the ground on a tiny platform. Probably not the best place in the world to escape to. He could feel the wind gushing past his face. Rabbit no longer questioned his emotions

Rabbit Chapter 8The Spine laid down in his stasis chamber. As he closed his eyes an image flickered by. The nightmares always started the same way, an image here, a gun shot there, and the whir of his Tesla coil discharger powering up.
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He was in the trenches in World War I once again. Rabbit was crouched to his left, copper face shiny and free of oxidation. A soldier was a few yards to his right, holding a gun with white knuckles, obviously terrifies. The boy was only a private first class, he couldn't have been more than 20 years old. The Spine pitied him for a moment before regaining focus. An explosion s

Rabbit Chapter 10The Spine smiled as he stepped off of the bus he was outside a local bar. He never drank alcohol, but he liked the relaxed atmosphere and the company. The Spine sat down at one of the bar stools, hunching his shoulders to mask his height, he ordered a glass of water. He casually listened to the conversations around him, he picked up on one in particular that seemed to be interesting. A pretty young woman and a dark haired man were discussing music.

He pretended to be oblivious to their conversation, but couldn't help but notice when the woman got up and walked towards him. She gently tapped on his shoulder, "Excuse me, I'm sorry but would mi

Rabbit Chapter 2Chapter 2

Steve remained in the kitchen seated calmly even as Michael raced out the door to the aid of the robots. Steve tilted his head, furrowing his eyebrows as he concentrated on listening. He returned to sipping his cocoa after he heard nothing that was too terribly alarming, probably just another minor repair he thought. Matt looked at the door way that Michael had left through so suddenly, "Shouldn't we go after him?" he asked. Steve set down his mug and leaned back in his chair nonchalantly, "It's probably nothing, sometimes the bots need repair, happens all the time, they are 116 years old after all." The Spine 's voice rumbled thro

Rabbit Chapter 3Chapter 3

The sound of the knock ricocheted through the hall, Matt held his breath unconsciously, unsure of what to expect when the door would open, if it would open. After what felt like hours the door opened. A man in a wooden mask, with what appeared to be a keyhole cut out of the center. He stood there in silence for a few moments. "Well?" The man asked him. "It must be something rather important to interrupt my work with blue matter." Peter shifted his weight on his walking stick examining Matt. "It might help if you're breathing." Matt hadn't realized that he wasn't breathing until that point. Matt was only able to utter a single word,

Rabbit Chapter 4Chapter 4

The Spine was still singing when the rest walked in, he paused for a moment, giving them a nod to acknowledge that he knew they were there before continuing the song for Rabbit. Peter and Michael walked over to the bed, and began to remove the metal covering his chest. Rabbit was vaguely aware of their presence, but he was focused intently on his brother, he stared straight into the bright green of his brother's photo receptors.

When the song ended The Spine made a motion to get up to allow Michael and Peter more room to work. Rabbit grabbed The Spine's hand tightly, a dark tear slipped out and fell down onto his pillow, "Please….

Rabbit Chapter 9Chapter 9

Later that day…

The Spine dug in his closet for a few minutes before producing s black chest with a silver lock. He fished in his pocket before finding the key to open the box smiling, all of his supplies were still there. It had been far too long since he had taken a night for himself. "Brianna?" he called out.

"Yes?" she called from the hall. She peeked her head around the door before spotting the black box. She smiled before grabbing The Spine's writs and the black box, and proceeded to the Hall or Wires.

Rabbit walked into the kitchen to see piles of sandwiches filling the room. Hatchworth was staring at one pile in particul

Rabbit Chapter 11Hours passed as Holly and The Spine talked. The more time he spent with her, the more that The Spine felt a connection to Holly. She was intelligent and unafraid to speak her mind with passion and conviction.

As the night wore on, he realized she had one outstanding trait, she was stubborn. The Spine had only ever met one person as stubborn as her, and he had spent 116 years living with him.

The bar slowly began to empty as the night began to sweep into the early morning. Holly looked at her watch before fishing a pen out of her jacket pocket. "I had a great time talking to you tonight, and I'd love to stay longer, but I have a bus to catch

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*System Fully Charged. Start up initiated. Good Morning Rabbit*

Rabbit slowly opened his eyes, letting them focus in the dim light. Had he been outside all night? No. He was in a bed. A room with a ceiling. How did he get inside? Who pulled him-

"Spine!" He gasped sitting straight up and stretching his arms outward. No, somehow in the night he was moved. His grasp was empty. And he was under a blanket? He swung his legs over the side of the canopy bed, still very confused with the whole situation. This room was not familiar, nice,

I just wanted to be human Chapter 26

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Spine watched and waited as Rabbit began to start up again. He smiled out of the corner of his mouth as those mismatched eyes flickered. Any time Rabbit could come back and it not be caused by a crash was a good thing. Something worth smiling about for once.

“Good Morning.” He cheered. It had become a habit this past week, but not particularly one

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The two Peters hovered over Rabbit's unresponsive shell. He was still online yet lost in the replay, small slivers of electricity flowing over his body.

“We have to shut him down.... or pull him from the replay. Reset his programming.” Peter V tried to think quickly, tugging at his hair with both hands. Peter VI reached for Rabbit's switch, but was yanked back by his father. “Don't touch him! Can't you see him pulsating!?” His fear for his son cracking his usually stoic tone. It took young Peter off guard, forcing him to stand back a

I just wanted to be human chapter 23

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Chapter 23: Keeping Track

Rabbit gurgled on the building oil in his throat. Peter sr. continued to investigate the pain in his arm while his son began to work on the piping in Rabbit's neck. Just like all the other times they tested his circuitry there was nothing wrong. Connectors were synched, no lose wires, a strong electrical current to every piece. What could be causing the pain?

“Oops!” Peter VI gasped out, a tube snapping under his fingers. Oil began to spray everywhere. Rabbit started losing pressure to his faceplate and photoreceptors. The light in his eyes flickered as

Rabbit Chapter 30Several Months Later...

The Spine awoke from stasis with a soft click and a puff of steam. Gears spun quietly as he rotated his joints with acute precision. He closed his eyes for a moment searching the Wi-Fi for any important messages.

Suddenly his eyes shot open. It was Christmas Day. The Spine had already gotten his shopping done, and the gifts wrapped, but something was very wrong.

The Spine had woken up under his own power. In the last 116 years he had never woken up on his own, not on Christmas.

“Rabbit?” He called out to the empty room, hoping that maybe he was hiding as a joke. “Rabbit?” He call

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Rabbit Chapter 17Holly followed Brianna through what seemed like endless hallways to a small guest room. The room its self was clean, the bed had been freshly made, and the light bulbs replaced, but a smell of dust lingered in the air. Brianna turned around once they were in the room, "Sorry about how strange all of this must be, I'm Brianna by the way." She said in a bubbly manner.

Holly set down her heels on the floor and shook Brianna's hand. Her eyes continued to flit around the room, trying to take it all in, it was like nothing she had ever seen. The bedding and walls were a deep maroon and gold accented the room in a Gothic burlesque style. "This is a

Rabbit Chapter 16"He's bringing her here?" Brianna whispered in disbelief.

Michael nodded, "I'm confused too, I thought he liked this girl."

"He does…." Brianna responded," That's what makes it so strange."

Michael placed a finger to his lips, signaling her to keep her voice down, they didn't want to risk alerting the other bots. "Should we warn Peter?"

Brianna shook her head vigorously, "No. Spine can tell them if and when he wants to, but we tell no one, understood?" Brianna said adamantly.

Michael nodded warily before clutching his keys. "I'll be back in a little while." He tried to flash her a reassuring smile, but it just looked pained, there was no

Rabbit Chapter 15The Spine pulled away from her touch. "I'm sorry. I just…. I'm sorry." He said backing away.

Holly was still staring at him trying to make sense of the streak of silver that had appeared where she touched. She did something unexpected then, she walked towards him cautiously. She removed the handkerchief from his pocket with shaking hands and gently started to wipe away the make up.

The Spine caught her hand. "Why?"

She remained silent as she continued to wipe it away. The Spine let her, feeling it was the least he could do to show her who he really was.

"I guess I should properly introduce myself," he said once she finished. "Hi. I'm The-

Rabbit Chapter 14Chapter 14

Hatchworth told The Spine everything. All the resentment and jealousy that had built up inside and all the pain he felt. The Spine listened quietly as Hatchworth spoke, his heart broke as he realized the pain and neglect his brother had been feeling. He waited patiently until Hatchworth was done speaking to say anything. "I'm sorry Hatchworth we…. we didn't know you felt that way." They were silent for a moment, before The Spine said. "I think theirs something you need to see." He closed his eyes send a memory to Hatchworth.

Hatchworth watched Rabbit outside the vault he had been locked away in for so many years. Rabbit looked le

Rabbit Chapter 13Paige wandered the halls of Walter Manor, softly calling Rabbit's name. "Rab-" she called, suddenly cut off as she ran into the copper bot and tumbled to the floor.

"Sorry bout' that Paige. I-I-I didn't see ya there." He bent down extending a coppery hand to meet hers as he helped her back onto her feet.

"S' no problem." She said quickly. She smiled and suddenly remembered the water bottle in her hands. "I brought you some water, I thought you might need it." Her hands fumbled as she handed it to Rabbit.

Rabbit's boilers had been getting low, but he didn't notice until she mentioned it. Little things seemed to slip his mind when he was aro

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by ~stories11, Jan 8, 2013, 5:31:23 PM
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Chapter 5

The Spine realized something was wrong the moment he awoke from stasis. His photo receptors clicked on casting a greenish hue on the red walls of the Hall of Wires. "Rabbit…" he mumbled under his breath, systems still coming online after stasis.

He could see his metallic body across the room. He sent a telepathic signal to his body, willing it to walk towards him, but it only twitched. As his systems began to catch up with him, the signals grew stronger, allowing his body to begin taking steady steps forward. When his body reached him, he felt his snake like form slide into the familiar hollow of his robotic body. He automatically straightened his tie, before reaching for his ever present fedora, sitting next to his stasis chamber.

He walked out of the Hall of Wires and headed straight towards Rabbit's room. Hatchworth and Peter were already there, Peter looked up when The Spine entered. "I didn't think you'd be out of stasis for a few more hours." The Spine glared at him, annoyed at having been moved away from his brother, Hatchworth shifted uncomfortably, not wanting to be the next victim of The Spine's angry glare. The Spine returned to Rabbit's side.

Hatchworth wondered if he had made the right choice in helping Peter to move The Spine. He knew that The Spine needed a true stasis, but they all knew that wouldn't happen until Rabbit was well again. His thoughts quieted as he watched his new brothers, his new family, as The Spine touched Rabbit's face gently and said something that he couldn't quite hear. The Spine looked up and gestures for him to come over. Hatchworth got up from his seat and walked over to join his brothers.

Rabbit's photo receptors struggled to interpret the silvery shape that appeared next to him. "S-Spine?" The shape shifted a small bit before responding "Yeah Rabbit, it's me." Rabbit tried to make what he hoped appeared as a smile. The Spine smiled back at Rabbit's forced smile. "You know Rabbit, you're a real jerk. Going and breaking down like that, you really scared us back there." Rabbit felt terrible about breaking down, but he couldn't help but love all of the attention he was getting. "Is Hatchy st-still here?" The Spine touched Rabbit's face gently, "Of course he is Rabbit, do you want me to call him over here for you?" Rabbit nodded slowly, he wanted his family around him as much as possible, he was already sure he was going to die. Peter had already begun to artificially heat Rabbit's boiler, trying to buy time that they didn't have. If he was going to die he wanted his family around him. A bronze and orange colored blur appeared beside The Spine. "Hi Ha-Hatchy."

Peter watched the robots as he tinkered with Rabbit's boiler. They acted so real, so human, it never ceased to amaze him. He had been working on Rabbit for over 24 hours now, stopping only to eat or sleep on occasion. He felt he owed it to his great-great-great grandfather to fix Rabbit, the first of his kind. Examining the boiler once again, he considered waking Michael, who was sleeping on a couch in the next room. Sleep, the word seemed so comforting, maybe just a few hours, maybe it would look better in the morning. He stood up, wiping off his hands on a spare rag, "Michael will be in in just a minute," before exiting the room, leaving it alone to the robots.

Rabbit Chapter 5by ~stories11

Literature / Prose / Fiction / Fantasy / Introductions & Chapters

Another chapter slightly on the short side, only because when I wrote it out, it got much too long, so expect a Chapter 6 up tonight!

My first Steam Powered Giraffe Fanfic, please bear with me.

This story involves: The Spine, Rabbit, Hatchworth, Michael Reed, Matt Smith, and Steve Negrete… so far

Rated PG

Already written chapters 1 - 5, Chapter 6 is being written, this can also be found on Tumblr and the Cavalcadium

This is just fan fiction and is in no way considered a part of the Steam Powered Giraffe lore, I do not own Steam Powered Giraffe in any way

~MuppetMolly Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Last warning, friend. Don't you fictionally hurt my Rabbit.

~stories11 Jan 8, 2013 Digital Artist

You'll just have to wait and see, I'm already typing up chapter 6

~MuppetMolly Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Well, if you kill him, there's are certain beloved persons of the mechanical nature that BETTER be there... hint hint, wink.

~Warrioratheart Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

This whole thing is very good; and very sad! Keep it up!

~stories11 Jan 8, 2013 Digital Artist

Glad you like it chapter 6has already been written, editing it as I type, I'll admit I'm suprised, people have been reacting really well to this fan fic, I might have to write more when this one's done.

~Warrioratheart Jan 15, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

The famnily is very sweet - and as long as it's not a dirty fic, there are bound to be those who like it. c:

~stories11 Jan 15, 2013 Digital Artist

Nope no dirtyness here, PG through and through theres one PG13 paragraph ahead but that for violence

~Warrioratheart Jan 15, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Yes, yes when I meant "dirty" I meant like. Sexual things. But then again, there's a few sexual things going on anyways, and that's fine too since every fandom goes there at some point, I just don't approve that much. xD

But we've explored the violent spectrum from the beginning, not just with fanfic but with art.

~stories11 Jan 15, 2013 Digital Artist

Yes, thats true, and I knew what you meant by dirty, I just wanted to make it clear that this is in no way sexual to any degree. I don't tend to do pairings for a reason, because most pairing end in dirty fic. I'm not saying I never write pairings I just rarely go above the PG rating when I right

~Warrioratheart Jan 16, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh, I know that!

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