Chapter 1

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck."

Karkat ran through his hive from his lusus, looking for his sickle. There was no way he could survive if he didn't find it.

HISSSSSS

"SHIT!" Karkat yelled, swinging his room's door open. "There's the stupid sickle!" he yelled, grabbing the tricolored handle. "Back! Back!" he yelled, swinging his sickle. "HISSSSSS!" screeched his crab lusus. "Shut up shut up shut up shut up!" Karkat yelled in return. He hit his lusus on the head, causing it to jump back. "Grrrrrr," his lusus growled in response. Karkat slammed his door closed, chest heaving. He was out of breath from running through his whole entire hive. How he didn't remember his sickle was in his room, he didn't know. He made sure to put it in his Encryption Modus.

Click.

CRASH.

"Damn it."

Karkat looked at the freshly made hole in his floor. He decided he needed to stop using the stupid modus and change to something less stupid.

Beep-beep! Beep-beep!

"Who the heck could it be now?" he mumbled to himself, checking is grub-top. He groaned. Just who he wanted to hear from.

"_ [_] began trolling carcinoGenesect [CG] at 17:09 pm

_: HeY, mOtHeRfUcKeR

_: hOnK :o)

CG: WHAT THE EVER LIVING FUCK DO YOU WANT NOW?

_: I JuSt WaNtEd To TaLk, BrO

CG: WELL I'M NOT IN THE MOOD TO TALK

CG: I JUST RAN THROUGH MY SHITTY HIVE LOOKING FOR MY SICKLE WHICH I, JUST LIKE THE GODDAMN IDIOT I AM, PUT INTO MY ENCRYPTION MODUS.

_: wElL, yOu FoUnD iT iN tHe EnD

_: iM tELlInG yOu, BrO

CG: MIRACLES, I KNOW.

_: mIrAcLeS.

_: hEhE

_: hOnK

_: :o)

CG: UGH.

CG: LOOK, I DON'T FEEL LIKE TALKING, OK?

CG: IM LEAVING.

_: wElL, iF yOu GoT tO…

CG: GOOD FUCKING BYE.

carcinoGenesect [CG] ceased trolling _ [_] at 17:32 pm"

Karkat really hated his best friend. He hated him like no one else.

In other words, as much as everyone else.

"HISSSSSS!"

"Oh fuck."

Karkat got up and looked down the hole again to see his lusus hissing up at him. "Oh god, where's my other sickle?!" he yelled. His lusus ran towards the stairs. "No no no no no no," Karkat said, running to his recuparacoon. He checked behind it for his other sickle. "Dammit!" he shouted, not seeing it.

Beep-beep! Beep-beep!

"AURGH."

Karkat looked at his grubtop. "Sollux!" he grumbled angrily. That jerk could wait.

Karkat swung open his door and ran past his lusus. Confused, his crab lusus blinked its four eyes and took a double take. Karkat grabbed the hive door's handle, turning it. As he did, he saw his other sickle in the kitchen. "Of all the fucking places-?!" He ran to it, grabbing it. He made sure not to captchalogue it. He stood, ready to take on his lusus. It wouldn't be the first time. He had been doing this since he was a wiggler, after all.