Sollux POV

The human's were scheduled to arrive today. And Kk wasn't back yet. Great. He was off doing more of his portal jumping bullshit, and research. After Sburb, he "unlocked his true potential" as Doc called it and was told he had to do research of the various different species and dimensions of existence. He brought his phone with him, I know he did. He always does. But I don't think he gets any service on another planet. Unless, of course, AT & T really was everywhere. In the last two sweeps, Karkat Vantas did nothing but get bulkier and smarter. He really showed off his leading abilities when he sparked, took over, and won the rebellion against hemospectrum discrimination. He also grew wings in one of his many adventures. Big. Black. Feathery. Wings. I was worried the humans wouldn't recognize him. He used to me a 4'5 twig and is now a 6'2 war lord. He kind of turned into a beef cake. Hell, he beat the shit out of Equius a little while ago. Everyone learned a lesson that day, "Don't call Karkat Vantas a low blood."

I was down in the lab, fingers crossed, hoping a black portal would rip through and out would fly my best friend. He was my second best friend actually. Tz was my Morail, so she automatically help first place. Gz was Kk's. Everything kind of worked out that way. I was sent by little miss second-in-command to wait for the humans' arrival. After Sburb, Kk and Aa started this unspoken alliance, and now she was little miss perfect. Everyone thinks they're matesprits, but they keep denying it.

Sadly, the bright light of the transportalizer reached me before the portal.

"Hi Sollux!" John practically screamed.

Dave just nodded. He was cool like that. Jade was jumping uncontrollably rambling on about how tall I had gotten or how much she missed Feferi. It was true, all of us had gotten taller. Rose approached me with caution and asked if she could see her long-term matesprit.

"Before any of you begiin wiith your hello2 and what not, ii have been iin2tructed two take you all to get 2ettled iin before ii overwhelm you wiith everythiing that ha2 changed around here," I stated matter-of-factly. I really had been, Aa told me to.

Everyone grabbed their belongings and traveled with me up stairs and out of the first level of the dingy basement. We all decided to build one giant hive and live together as a family, and after everything we'd been through, we practically were. I didn't say anything and just silently led them up the stairs to the ninth floor. John and I just started to fly, earning us a disappointed groan from Rose.

Before Kk had left, He outfitted each room to accommodate the human living there. Each respiteblock was personalized to the last details. John's was a bright blue, with lots of open spaces for him to fly. Jade's had two of the four walls made completely out of glass which basically turned her room into a greenhouse. Rose had a bed made for two incase Kanaya wanted to join her. Her room was darker and had a more cryptic undertone. Dave's was soundproof with many electrical sockets to fit all of his turntables. Kk even donated one of his sound boards to this room. Each one of the interior designs had some splash of red as Kk's way of claiming his work. it wasn't anything that stood out to much, but it also wasn't anything removable. None of them wanted to even unpack their things. Rose wanted to see Ka, Jade wanted to see Ff, and, surprisingly, John and DAVE wanted to see Kk. I would let Aa tell them he wasn't here. I pulled them into the elevator that was too small for all of their bags and pressed the button that would take us to the first floor.

The slid open. Everyone jumped to their feet and made a bee-line for us. Many welcomes and hugs and handshakes were distributed before everyone calmed down and returned to their seats. Dave was the first to pop the question.

"wheres vantas"

It hung in the air for a minute. Us trolls all silently agreed none of them would believe it if they heard it, so no one said anything. The silence was becoming awkward.

As if on cue, That same portal opened up and out flew a mass of black feathers, tar, and candy-apple red. He bent his wings and made a graceful 180, firing a hand held pistol into the portal before swiping his hand through it, destroying it.