Ch1

It was quiet in the halls of the lab. Most ofthe trolls were asleep. The room of the Libra, however, was lively. Colors createdwith chalk, cloth, and various other things had her room lit like nothingbefore. But of course, Terezi couldn't see any of it. Worse still, she feltsomething very strange looming. She sat on something called a "bed," deeply immersed in thought. Thisfeeling. It made her stomach churn,and she could feel her whole body tingle. What on Alternia was this?

"1 DONT UND3RST4ND. WH4TS 3V3N H4PP3N1NGTO M3? M4YB3 1 SHOULD GO T4LK TO K4RK4T 4BOUT TH1S." She stood up andgrabbed her cane. Not that she needed it a lot, really. It's just part of theP4CK4G3 d34l.- I mean… package deal...

Although she was blind, she knew that thehalls were dark and gloomy. No color at all. But the scent of a certainCancer's blood was drawing her closer to him. Eventually, she found him.

"K4RK4T 4R3 YOU 4W4K3?" No . He must be asleep... Terezi walks over to his bed and sits down... Shestarts to raise her hand to shake him awake a little, but suddenly doesn't knowif that's a good idea. He's been working so hard and staying awake for weeksjust for them... Waking him up would probably just make him mad anyway. Shesighs and gets up, then heads for the door.

"HEY." So he was awake after all? Jerk.

"WHATS WRONG?"

"K4RK4T... 1 DONT W4NT TO S4Y 1TS NOTH1NG,BUT 1TS JUST TH4T 1 F33L SOM3TH1NG R34LLY B4D 1S GO1NG TO H4PP3N. 1 THOUGHT 1DCOM3 T3LL YOU F1RST."

"WELL GOOD, BECAUSE IM THE ONLY ONE WHOCAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING AROUND HERE." Well, HE obviously got just enough sleep. Terezi could smell something. A blush on Karkat's sweet gray cheeks. It madeher smile a little.

"1 GU3SS. SO WH4T 4R3 YOUR PL4NS TO F1ND OUT WH4TS WRONG?"

"WELL I GUESS IF YOU FEEL THAT SOMETHINGBAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN WE SHOULD RROBABLY CHECK ON EVERYONE TO SEE IF THEIRSTUPID FUCKING ASSES ARE DEAD OR SOME SHIT."

"SOUNDS L1K3 4 GOOD ST4RT." Anothersmall smile crept across her stood up and stretched a little, andboth he and Terezi exited and walked down the halls.

"WHO SHOULD W3 CH3CK ON F1RST?"

"WELL WHO THE FUCK IS CLOSEST? THAT'S THEFUCKASS WE'LL CHECK ON FIRST."

"4R4D14 1T 1S TH3N."

"GOG DAMN HER SHES PRACTICALLY INVINCIBLEON ACCOUNT OF SHES A GOG DAMN ROBOTCYBORG THING NOW."

"K4RK4T YOU S41D W3D CH3CK ON3V3RYON3."

"FUCK. FINE." They walked up to Aradia's door and Karkat thought about this situation. Kartkat didn't even complain about helpingher. Not one peep out of his complaining mouth. She wondered why. For anyoneelse he would have- Aradia robot opened the door and stared at the two of them with her blank, red glass eyes.

"yes, what can i d0 for y0u?"

"YEAH YOU OKAY AND SHIT?"

"0f c0urse i am. is there s0methingwr0ng?"

"W3LL 1 JUST H4D 4 W31RD F33L1NG 4NDW4NT3D K4RK4TS H3LP. SO W3'R3 GO1NG 4ROUND S331NG 1F 3V3RYON3 IS OK4Y."

"i see. well im quite alright s0 im 0neless pers0n y0u have t0 w0rry ab0ut."

"YEP SEE YA LATER."

"TH4NKS 4R4D14." They all nodded toeach other and walked off. It took a while to ask every single troll if theywere okay. Sol and Fef...

"-EV-RYT)(ING IS JUST FIN-E H-ER-E!"

"yeah 2o can you leave u2 alone and2tuff?"

"WHATEVER FUCKASS."

Equius and Nepeta…

"Yes we are quite alright."

"PURRfectly alright! You dont have to worryabout us! Ive got the STRONGEST meowrailever!"

"YOU GUYS ARE SO FUCKING WEIRD."

"Watch your l00d language l0wbl00d."

"AH FUCK YOU." They didn't botherchecking on Vriska. They knew she was perfectly fine, probably plotting theirdemise for later on. That wasn't thefeeling Terezi was getting, though,so it most certainly wasn't her.

On to Kanaya.

"There Is No Need To Worry About Me. ButI Greatly Appriciate You Coming To Check On Me."

"SUR3 TH1NG K4N4Y4."

Eridan?

"Wwhat the hell do you evven wwant?"

"WELL HES FINE. MOVING ON."

"Wwait! Really wwhat did you wwant?"Poor Eridan being completely ignored, they continued to the last trolls. Gamzeeand Tavros. They were in the bathroom, sitting on the side of the tub, Gamzeehelping Tav shave the sides of his head and styling his Mohawk in ridiculousshapes.

"WHAT THE GOG DAMN HELL ARE YOU TWOFUCKING WEIRDOS DOING?"

"HeY mY bRoThEr. We'Re JuSt HaViN' fUn InThE tUb AnD sHiT. MaKiNg TaV bRo'S hAiR wIcKeD aWeSoMe."

"uH, yEAH SORRY ABOUT ALL THIS. iS uH,eVERYTHING OKAY?"

"1 GU3SS 1F YOU TWO 4R3 OK4Y TH3NY3S."

"SwEeT dEaL mOtHeRfUcKeRs. WaNt In OnThIs SwEeT tUb TiMe?"

"OH GOG FUCK NO. TEREZI LETS GET THE SHITOUT OF HERE." He quickly absconded...

"SORRY G4MZ33 NO TH4NKS. H4V3 'FUN' YOUTWO." She left after Karkat and they stood in the hall in thought.

"MAYBE YOURE JUST NOT FEELING WELL ORSOME SHIT."

"NO 1M SUR3 4BOUT WH4T 1 F3LT. 1 JUSTDONT KNOW WH4T 1T COULD POSS1BLY B3."

"MAYBE JUST GO GET SOME SLEEP."

"1 TR13D 4LR3ADY 4ND 1T D1DNT WORK."

"WELL FUCK I DONT KNOW THEN."

"L3TS CH3CK OUTS1D3?"

"FINE." Still no complaining? Whatis going on with him? Hm. Oh well. They went up the ridiculous amounts ofstairs to the roof and looked around.

"LOOK, SEE? THERES NOTHING WRONG."

"K4RK4T 1M BL1ND. 1 C4NT 'LOOK' OR 'S33'YOU 1D1OT."

"OH RIGHT SORRY MY BAD." Your badindeed, Kar. As he looked around for the both of them, he did see somethingstrange in the darkness of space.

"WHAT THE GOG DAMN FUCK IS THAT?"

"WH4T?"

"ITS A FUCKING WIERD LOOKING METEORTHING. IT LOOKS LIKE ITS COMING RIGHT FOR US. COMING FOR US LIKE A FUCKINGWINGBEAST AFTER A SQUEAKBEAST. ITS COMING AT US LIKE THERES A BIG FUCKINGTARGET ON ALL OF OUR ASSES."

"4R3 YOU JUST JOK1NG?"

"YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. JOKING LIKE THATSTUPID EGBERT JOHN HUMAN WHEN HES FEELING FRISKY. ABOUT A METEOR THATS GOING TOHIT AND KILL ALL OF US. YEAH. JOKING."

"W3LL TH3N W3 H4V3 TO GO T3LL 3V3RYON34BOUT TH3 D4NG3R!"

"THOSEIDIOTS WILL THINK WE'RE FUCKING AROUND. BESIDES WHAT CAN WE EVEN DO? WE CANTHIDE. AND WE CANT RUN."

"W3 M1GHT B3 4BL3 TO RUN 1F W3 G3T4R4D14S 4ND M4YB3 SOLLUX'S H3LP. TH3Y C4N MOV3 TH1S M3T3OR W3'R3 ONM4YB3."

"HOLY SHIT YOU REALLY THINK THEYRE THATAWESOME?"

"K4RK4T R3L4X. L3TS JUST GO T3LL TH3M 4NDS33 WH4T W3 C4N F1ND OUT." Without letting Karkat respond, Terezi quicklyran back inside. Karkat wondered how she could run a beeline in any direction if she was blind. But questioning that isjust stupid. He follows her inside and all the way back to Sol and Fef's room.

"HEY FUCKASS WE KINDA NEED YOUR HELP OUTHERE." Sollux just can't get any alone time with Feferi can he?

"iidiiot iim tryiing two-"

"NO DUDE WE DONT EVEN HAVE TIME FOR YOURFLUSHED SHIT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A METEOR ROCKETING UP OUR ASSES AT INFINITYTIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT."

"1 4LSO SM3LL3D SOM3TH1NG STR4NG3."

"STRANG-E? LIK-E W)(AT?"

"YEAH LIKE WHAT. YOU DIDNT TELL ME YOUSMELLED ANYTHING."

"TH4TS B3C4US3 YOU W3R3NT SHUTT1NG UP.4NYW4Y 1 SM3LL3D SOM3TH1NG F4M1L14R."

"famiiliiar?"

"Y34H. 1T 4LMOST SM3LL3D L1K3G4MZ33."

"GAMZEE?"

"W)(Y GAMZ-E-E?"

"1 DONT KNOW BUT 1T D1D SM3LL W4Y MOR31NT3NS3 4ND M4YB3 3V3N 3V1L."

"YOU THINK YOU SMELLED AN EVILGAMZEE."

"Y3S." Well what could this mean?

"liike gamzeeth blood color orsomethiing?"

"Y3S TH4TS WH4T 1T W4S."

"HOLY FUCK THAT DOESNT EVEN MAKE SMELLED EVIL GAMZEE BLOOD ON THE METEOR THATS GOING TO KILL US?"

"PR3TTY MUCH."

"well thiith could be a problem then..."

A problem ofa magnitude that none of them could possibly imagine. It was coming right for them as if it were fired straight at them… on purpose. But whatever the reason or cause,this couldn't go on. Something had to be done. And then they would understandthe magnitude of the shit that theyhad just gotten thrown at them. And whata massive pile of shit it is...

To Be Continued in Ch2