Hi guys! So, I guess I'll make this into a chaptered story since I have a few ideas! Even so, reviews and suggestions are greatly appreciated, as well as critique (just be nice about it please!), corrections (if you see a typo or grammar error or something), or really anything else you can think of? Eheheh! Well, I don't know how often I'll be updating this since I'm going to be working on some holiday stories too! Plus, this isn't going to be a top priority, so who knows if I'll even be finishing it? But for now, I'll be working on it whenever I feel like writing. So I hope you enjoy! ^_^
I hadn't realized the lines I'd put in weren't showing up in between POVs and such. I fixed it though! :3
"Equius!?" A girl, about the age of eighteen, calls out weakly, a cough escaping her mouth shortly afterwards. This girl goes by the name of Nepeta, Nepeta Leijon.
Earlier that day, she had arrived at the store with her older by three years step-brother, Equius, and his girlfriend, Aradia. Equius and Nepeta had known each other for a large chunk of their lives; about seven years, ever since Nepeta's mom died and Equius's father went to prison with a life sentence.
After the alarms went off for maybe thirty seconds and everything became locked off and protected, she had lost the one person she felt safe with, and her heart was beating fast. They had come looking for prescription medicine that Nepeta has had to take for years, in an attempt to fight the disease currently eating away at her health.
Nepeta was diagnosed with CML or Chronic Myeloid Leukemia at the age of 16. For a year and a half, she was doing well, but recently her condition has worsened, leaving her worse for wear. The doctors said she only had about four more months to live, at the most, and quite soon she'll have to be admitted to the hospital. For good. She was told that two months ago. For extra precautions, she's to be admitted within the next week.
Ever since then, Equius has tries to be the best big brother he can possibly be for her, turning down two scholarships and three great job offers just so he can stay at his house and care for her. She started living with him and Aradia around a year ago.
But now all hopes of getting that medicine today are lost, because the pharmacy mini-store is under lockdown, much like the rest of the building, and Equius is nowhere to be found.
"K - Karkles!? What's going on?" Terezi's voice sounds panicked, and she finds herself pressing close to Karkat's body, her mind racing fast.
Everything is black, as per usual for her, but right now she can't find that comforting - only scary. As bodies rush past them, pushing and shoving, she can practically feel the heat of everyone's breath sticking to her yellowed skin.
"I'm...Not exactly sure." His arm wraps protectively around her neck, soliciting a sigh of relief on her part. "Somebody must have triggered the alarm, everything's going on lockdown. What kind of idiotic fuckass would do that!?" His calmed voice turns into that of an angry one.
"Wait, you mean we're trapped here!?"
"I told you already: everything's on fucking lockdown. Yes, we're fucking trapped."
An enraged growl escapes the grimacing mouth of Equius Zahhak as he brings his fist back, only to slam it into the iron gate again. It barely dents.
Equius had always been by far stronger than anyone he'd ever met, and had graduated his high school as 'that guy you shouldn't mess with, ever.' Of course, that's a wrongly assumed title - despite being the champion boxer in his school, he wouldn't hurt a fly unless it was his opponent in a match. But here he is, his knuckles cracked and bleeding slightly from the force of punching the gate.
Everyone had assumed he'd graduate and go straight for training to be the boxing state champion, but his step-sister's condition had gotten considerably worse. Some days she'd only have a simple cough, but others...She'd be bed-ridden, sweating and weak. It worried him, and he cried at night for her, praying. Aradia would often hug him and whisper comforting words into his ears, running her hands through his long, dark hair and drawing patterns on his tanned skin with her fingers.
"Equius, sweetie, I think maybe you should calm down. Let's think about this logically, okay? It'll be like…Like…Like an adventure!" Aradia really does try her best to cheer him up, but he simply gives her a look and punches the gate again. Still, it doesn't budge.
"Sollux! Fix this, fix it now!" Feferi commands, shifting her weight from leg to leg uncomfortably. Out of the corner of her eye, she can see the passed out guard groaning and moving around in his forced sleep, seemingly going to wake up at any time. "And hurry!"
"B – But, FF, I really don't…Want to!" He finally spits it out, standing up from the chair and holding his head in his hands. "Fuck, I can't believe I did that! How could I mess it up? I could've missed any key in the whole entire loop! It might take me hours to even find the mistake if I tried!" His brows are furrowed in a worried way as his hands drag down his face.
"What do you mean you don't want to!? Oh cod, how could I let you talk me into this…? We're going to get in so much glubbing trouble!" There she goes, with her fish puns again. They usually only escape her mouth when she panics or gets irritated, and Sollux is almost positive which of the two emotions she's experiencing right now, if not both.
"Calm down! Just…" His fingers tap impatiently against his arms as he crosses them over his chest. "Let me think. I'll think of a way out of this."
"As long as you fix this!" Her hands grab onto his shoulders, almost in a threatening way, and she puts her face real close to his. A nervous swallow follows a nod, and she pushes him away so he can sit back at the computer and start looking at the screens in a thoughtful manner.