Chapter I: [S] Problems Begins
Fire burned perfectly in his lover's eyes. Passion. Heat. Both of them were consumed in raw fire that ate away at their emotions. He bit down harshly on the other's neck drawing bright yellow blood from the wound as he felt claws rake down his back. He thrusted at a vicious rate knowing in the back of his mind the low-blood could take every bit of it. Wild cries echoed around them as growls turned to desperate moans. The one under him looked so perfect in the off cast of light from the moon.
Both finished in what felt like fireworks to the high-blood. Lips met in a hard black-passion filled kiss. Nothing could honestly compare to the singularity he was able to reach with the other. It had to be true then. They had to be fated.
Once he had put back on his clothes he turned back to his black-love only to hear snide laughter that did not at all fit the low-blood. One thought ran through the high-blood's mind.
"No.." Blank eyes stared back at anger filled ones.
"Surprise, Surprise, better get going before I let him go, Ampora."
Sollux vaulted out of his coon, nearly falling on his face, before finding himself hunched over the load gaper vomiting his last meal into the bowl. It lasted half an hour. His stomach continued churning even after he finished, everything smelled like honey. It was making him sick. Shakily, he stood up flushing the gaper before sluggishly heading to the sink. He cupped his hands under the running water for a while. Sollux watched the water fill his hands then splashed it over his face. He did this twice before drying his face off.
The gemini looked at himself in the mirror for a few moments. His eyes looked more sunken in than normal, the bags under his eyes were getting as bad as Karkat's, and he appeared a lighter than normal shade of gray. Gradually, he removed his underwear, that being the only thing he normally wore when sleeping, and slid himself into the trap showering off remaining slime on his skin. The slime was smelling worse than normal, possibly time to change it.
After the quick shower, he tied a towel off around his waist and went back to his respiteblock to find clothes. Nothing new or special just the typical black t shirt with his sign on it and a pair of plain jeans. They seemed tighter than before. Nah, probably just because of his sudden start everything was going to feel off. That was just the case some mornings.
Nothing seemed good enough to eat that morning. Oddly enough he had a craving for something salty and sweet. This left him puzzled for a while. Finally, he ended up sprinkling some salt on a frozen juice pop and calling it good. After only a moment or two, he was over his nutritionblock sink throwing up once more. Fruit tasted awful. The salt was fine but...he wanted meat. Something like fish. No, Sollux didn't like fish. Maybe just some instant noodles.
The noodles set heavy on his stomach, but he was at his computer anyways starting to work on his latest line of codes. Something he was hoping would finally allow low-bloods the same life expectancy as the highbloods. It was revolutionary, but he had yet to perfect the give and take of it. He would probably need to see Kanaya later.
"I'm sorry Kanya I appear to some cerumen build up in my hearing canal because for a moment I swear to jegus you just fucking said Captor had a clutch of eggs growing inside the vast wasteland called an egg sack all trolls have." Karkat growled his face entirely red as he proceeded to move what was blocking his hearing. "I'm sure you of all trolls know how ludicrous that sounds." Kanaya remained looking at the shorter troll with a serious expression.
"No, Karkat, I spoke quite clearly and meant what I said. Sollux is carry a rather large clutch of troll eggs. I have to get a hold of Porrim to measure exactly how many he is carrying but from touch alone it's a large number." The gemini on the examination table had remained in stunned silence up to this point, but his psionics were soon buzzing in rage. A worried expression went over the virgo's face. "Sollux, I'd advise against using your powers while you are carrying." A line of jars across the room shattered rather violently causing both the jade and mutant blooded trolls to jump.
"What the fuck do you mean I'm carrying eggs! That's not possible!" Psionics traced up the sides of the small examination room tearing jagged lines in the walls. "This is a shitty joke! We can't have fucking eggs! I can not have eggs! I haven't even pailed with anyone." The small room groaned as the gemini's powers were ready to collapse the room. Karkat quickly stepped forward and started shooshing the violent psion. The groaning slowly stopped but the red and blue powers remained storming around their owner.
"You need to draw back your powers, Sollux. For the sake of your brood, listen." The yellow-blood glared at Kanaya but in an instance the buzzing stopped, and he crossed his arm looking away from the other two.
"So what the hell does this mean for me?" The psion snapped sending a glare to Kanaya who remained unaffected by the gaze.
"I'm not exactly sure. I need to contact Porrim so she may look you over as well. While I am trained for this task, she has many more sweeps than I in this field. This also can mean hope for our race." The virgo's eyes sparkled with satisfaction. "You may not be the only troll with the ability to carry eggs. This is a rather curious development." The gemini kept glaring not looking any more happy than he was previously.
"He's carrying eggs, duh." Terezi snickered leaning back in her chair. "Not for very long but long enough that he can't get rid of them. Not that Kanaya would let him." Dave looked slightly more pale than usual.
"But, he's a guy. How...how can he?" Terezi let out a crackle of laughter at the question.
"Well technically, none of us should be able to have eggs. That ability was lost ages ago to trolls. Either Appleberry is more mutant than we thought or it's an ability due to his double nature." The blind troll twirled her cane still having the shit eating grin across her face. Dave, meanwhile was trying to make sense of this.
"So, how did he get knocked up? Who's his...egg daddy?" The teal-blood gave a shrug.
"I don't know. It's not like I would have seen anything." Dave nodded still unsatisfied by the answers he was getting. "From what I've been able to understand, he doesn't even remember pailing with anyone. Which means either he was going through the cycle, he was being mind controlled, or both."
"Or both?" Dave raised an eyebrow. "The fuck is 'the cycle' anyways."
"Yes, or both." Terezi gave a slight smirk. "And that is a very rude question to ask a lady troll!" Mock anger was present as ever in her tone.
Eridan looked up from his book hearing the ding of his messenger going off. Someone was trying to contact him. Who was desperate enough for that? He put down his book and pulled the husktop onto his lap. It was Feferi. She...she hasn't talked to him since the game ended. IT was a rather odd ending. After defeating English, there was a bang.
A deafening bang, which created their new world. History flashed in front of everyone's eyes. It was pretty fantastic at the time. The world was suddenly upon them. Trolls and humans alike now shared a planet, all flourished rather well together. Some troll traditions were thrown out, and humans threw out a few of their traditions. Romance was never quite the same, friendship was growing ever more popular, but there was still trolls using mother grubs. It was falling out of practice, and thus the troll race was again on the edge death.
Eridan personally found it all some what ironic, not Strider's beloved irony, but irony nonetheless. All these trolls and humans and still none of them seem to really care what became of him. The matter at hand though is Feferi was attempting to contact him. He took his time with the reply worried at any moment it could just be a cruel joke. To his shock, it wasn't. He corresponded with the peppy sea troll for a few hours. Both catching up on each other. Eridan was happy to brag about the fact he landing a cosy job as a CEO of a rather large Company. Feferi glubbed on about her own work at an animal shelter, she had become a vet. Eridan had missed talking to her. Old feelings stirred in his chest that put him off slightly. No, it would be different this time.
Sollux pulled his legs to his chest feeling frightened as hell. This wasn't under his job description. He created codes not life. He destroyed life, he twisted life, and he stole life. NEVER created life. Now, there were...things, growing inside him. Things that he would lay and then would hatch. Finally he would be forced to raise what ever hatched, by himself, because who would want to deal with the hassle of raising grubs?
He couldn't remember when it could have happened. Things had been rather quiet. Extremely quiet. The gemini felt a tightening in his chest. He fucked up. Without even trying he screwed himself over. It was like a gift. A stupid, useless, gift. Just like him. Just like the eggs he would now be forced to bring into the world. Karkat gave a loud sigh as he entered Sollux's block.
"So, Kanaya says you need someone to watch over you since… Since you have the eggs. She volunteered me." Sollux gave a shrug not looking at his long time friend. "I can get Ara or Fef if you rather have one of the-"
"No, it's fine. I'm fine." The wind was slightly taken from the Gemini's sails as he attempted to handle his situation, it was clear in his voice he wasn't fine. "You don't need to watch over me. I'm not a grub!" His psionics would have been buzzing already if it weren't for the fact he had some innate instinct to protect the brood within him.
"No but you're acting like one! Look I get you're pissed off and moody but if you know who did this, you can tell me." Sollux narrowed his eyes on Karkat.
"If I knew, I'd tell you! I don't know so quit asking like I'm hiding something!" The hacker felt tears form in his eyes making him quickly hide his face. "Just...go away."
"You mean…" John looked between Rose and Kanaya. "The hacker troll. Sollux? The guy who acts like Karkat only less loud and kind of like Dave." Rose gave a nod,
"Yes, that is Sollux. We were wondering if you had been around him lately." Kanaya supplied with a slight smile. "Not that I think it is possible for cross-species reproduction, but I have to ask." John shook his head rapidly.
"He's been a shut in more than usual if anything. Dave told me he went over there, and Sol nearly ripped his head off." Kanaya gave a small nod.
"Trolls will probably do that. It becomes worse, from what Porrim has told me, as the eggs form. Eventually he will lay them, only for them to hatch moments later. Since the other parent has yet to step forward, we have to prepare for mostly yellow-blooded grubs. I will be surprised if we get any other colored ones from the batch."
"What do you mean by that?" John said with a raised eyebrow, taking the whole thing better than Dave had been.
"Well, from what Porrim told me, it's possible he may have olive, jade, burgundy, or even bronze colored grubs since we are all trol the incestous slurry. The DNA is there. However since it is mostly comprised from Sollux and the other troll, or person, it would be unlikely the grubs would be any other color than Sollux's or the other parent's color." John nodded before looking over to Rose.
"So you get all of this?" Rose nodded with a sly smirk.
"I was thrilled to hear of the possibility of cross-species young. I've been try for years to talk Kanaya into it." John paled at that statement.
"I believe that was a little too much for John, Rose."